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Aww. I enjoyed it , especially for an ONA. i watched the whole thing in one sitting though, so it worked better for me that way. I probably wouldn't have liked watching it with breaks inbetween the very short episodes. 7/10 from me. i'll be watching the movie when it comes out :)
zooming said: It was a bit unbelievable at some points, but as a show for kids it's not too bad. 7/10 for me. Also, waiting for the full ending song to be released.
It was extremely unbelievable. But it was a show for kids, they couldn't depict explicit police state violence.
Still, as a show for kids, it was pleasantly subversive.
I can't imagine a show like that coming out of Hollywood.
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Give Toyama Koichi one spiteful, malicious vote!
As a half-baked, comedic kind of authority, I don't mind lending a hand in this situation. (Bakemonogatari, Ep. 8)
I'm going to go and ignore most of what you've said... - Mawootad
I like it especially the graphics. The char designs are really cute and very pleasing. The story is not that top-notch but I enjoyed it. It's 9/10. I considered rating it 8 but I let it stay as 9 since watching ep 1.
I was surprised at how much I liked this series, its good for a short quick burst of anime when you don't have the time to watch a regular one. Loved it!!!!
I think that it's rather cute :D I kind of want to see the movie version of it (which, I cannot find by the way XD); the anime was apparently based off of a book and it also has a manga series.
By far one of the dumbest plot I have ever seen in my whole life. Which is sad, it takes itself extremely seriously.
So we have a totalitarian government, political prisonners, a repressive police, an illegal rebellious movment and in center of all that we have children and... chocolate!!
Is it me or is it putting serious matters into a childish plot?
Is it really necessarily to destroy everything and to risk their life for... chocolate? Is there no better and more pacifist solution than this?
This utter crap is promoting violence and illegal rebellion.
And lol @ glorifying chocolate in the point of risking their life for it. It's just chocolate godamn!!
It's not sweet, childish and charming, it's just completely sick and wrong.
Why did I waste my time with it... I don't know who is the author of this but he is like the best troll ever...
I really loved the idea for this anime. I understood and could feel the pain of all those people bearing a life without chocolate ( I tired to get on a diet once).
But seriously, I see your point HooHiraiBunny. All that repressions, people getting thrown to jail for nothing, tyranny and all the rest of the effin serious stuff is not very enjoyable or understandable for kids.
On the other side, predictable plot, childish characters (adults too) and an ending like from a kid's story are not things that older audience enjoys.
So, I only liked it in a 5/10. Imo, this anime has too much or not enough for all types of audiences.
There is supposedly a lot of symbolism going on, and seriously glorify anarchy and revolution for kids.
But I liked Chocolate Underground, where kids are kids who grow up (sorta). There isn't much of the whiny stereotypes which perpetuates some of the popular Anime series nowadays (Harem genre, I'm looking at you).
Chocolate Underground is great for packing enough action and story within 5 minutes.