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Mar 28, 2011 3:34 AM
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How cool would it have been if they had ended the show here?
Apr 18, 2011 11:28 AM

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Holy shit. Without the censors it is gore-y as hell. Loved it.

Crazy how they kill off a bunch of characters that felt like main characters.

Apr 19, 2011 3:54 AM

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Series over? Already? LOL?
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May 5, 2011 12:33 PM
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I thought this episode wasn't that good. I only watched the first episode and was dissappointed! I heard great things about this series in professional reviews and they say it doesn't get real good until like episode 3. They also say this series has one of the best endings ever! So I'll continue watching it dubbed. The first episode sorta reminded me of the first episode of Elfen Lied!
Jun 20, 2011 12:36 AM
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Great action, wired setting... So far so good. But then... they killed of everyone in the end? Wow, that really caught me by surprise! Let's see how this develops.
Jun 27, 2011 12:08 PM

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oO this was surprising good! wow realy refreshing hope rest of show will be as good as this episdoe :)
Jun 27, 2011 3:58 PM

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When i watched the first 20 minutes i thought to myself "Hey, this is really cool. You got a Ghostbusters team with a hot biker chick and cute secretary girl"

And then,

"HOLY FUCK! EVERYONE DIED?! INCLUDING THE HOT BIKER CHICK AND THE CUTE SECRETARY GIRL WHO BECAME A PINEAPPLE?!"

I knew by then this would be one hell of an amazing anime.
Jul 16, 2011 10:07 PM

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...

first episode

kill 'em all

This just beat a certain show's record for having everyone dead by episode 4.

Interesting, they just introduced a cast of false main characters, then killed them all off at the end of the same episode after introducing a real main character.

I just hope there won't be any more CG monsters, though.
Jul 24, 2011 3:32 PM
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I am incredibly impressed. Excellent troll ending and I did not expect the OST to be this engaging
Jul 25, 2011 2:12 PM
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This still one of the best 1st episodes of anime series I've ever seen. I was sad to see bike-fu chick die though. Such a waste of any interesting character, but such is the sacrifice of an epic troll episode.
Dec 29, 2011 3:24 PM

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I think it was a really good episode and a really good anime. I wasn't exactly happy (major sadface ;_;) about how it ended but I take it this all happens right before the manga takes place so in regards to how they're advertising the manga I think they did a good job getting us interested...ish.

Although, even after watching the entire series I'm still a bit lost with the first episode...
Before the main dude died they showed us some of his memories. I'm lost as to who the chick in the water is and how he knew Yomi if it's obviously a past memory...
Since throughout the anime they showed us Yomi/Kagura's past, why didn't we see the main guy who died in this ep?
I'm so confused!!! xD
Jan 29, 2012 7:59 PM

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Dec 2011
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I was thinking about drop it but the end changed my mind.
Feb 11, 2012 8:50 AM

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So uhh those guys weren't the main characters?
I mean I thought they were until they all just got brutally murdered.
Feb 12, 2012 6:23 PM

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CrimsonLight said:
So uhh those guys weren't the main characters?
I mean I thought they were until they all just got brutally murdered.


Like wise. I almost didn't watch the show, until I saw that happen. It left me thinking WTF Happened! lol
Feb 21, 2012 12:41 AM

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Woah wtf did I just watch? *looks at what episode I'm watching* Alright good, thought I watched the last episode.
Mar 28, 2012 9:50 AM

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Holy shit! What did I just watch? O_o

5/5


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May 10, 2012 2:30 AM

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OriginANIME said:
Woah wtf did I just watch? *looks at what episode I'm watching* Alright good, thought I watched the last episode.

And I thought Higurashi was the king of early episode shockers.
What is it about smirking kid villains...
AzureBluesMay 10, 2012 1:08 PM
May 11, 2012 9:36 PM
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just finished the whole series and went back to episode one and STILL dont know what the 1st episode is about :\ even looked into the summary of the manga, and cant still find the significance of natsuki and touru, and yomi's relationship to them. and that reoccuring flashback with the white haired kid. :S
May 23, 2012 6:13 AM

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It seems like I`ll enjoy this series, I liked the atmosphere, but I`d like to see more drama and less action...
Jun 13, 2012 2:02 PM

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Confusing episode is confusing.
Jun 18, 2012 9:40 PM

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The ending was quite something.
Jun 23, 2012 5:16 PM

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now that was pretty strange,
Jul 1, 2012 1:58 AM

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Feb 2011
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I feel as though I have been violently trolled. I thought that guy would live but nope. Motorbike scene was pure wut. But interesting
Jul 2, 2012 8:56 PM

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kwangsta said:
I feel as though I have been violently trolled. I thought that guy would live but nope


Hell, that caught me by surprise. What happens now then? O.o


(Edit: APPARENTLY, the chronological order is 3-9, 1-2, 10-12.)
MirorinJul 3, 2012 8:04 AM
Aug 4, 2012 9:28 PM

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I really like the music but I am hella confused.
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Sep 17, 2012 10:12 AM

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Interesting start of this Anime, quite some cool action and events going on but the ending seems a bit strange everyone directly being killed, how will the story progress now?

Either way I'll be watching, from this first episode I give this anime a 7/10 let's see if it's good enough to boost it's score!
Sep 30, 2012 12:23 AM

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I'm lovin it!
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Oct 25, 2012 4:09 PM

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Well, this is... interesting. Wonder what's going to happen next.
Nov 10, 2012 1:48 AM
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Jun 2012
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good action. i love it. but the big monster seems a bit farfeched
Dec 9, 2012 5:35 AM

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First impression.
oh, so they are main characters. they seems like section 9 from GITS. this anime might be ghost busters version of GITS or something like that.

At last.
they all died?? what?

Underground area really exists in Japan. I wanna visit there.

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Jan 5, 2013 6:49 AM

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wow....this is one of the best episode that I watch :D.....although I'm confused I thought natsuki is the main character...I watch this series without information :D
Jan 7, 2013 11:20 PM

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Shinx233 said:
wow....this is one of the best episode that I watch :D.....although I'm confused I thought natsuki is the main character...I watch this series without information :D


The first two episodes take place towards the end of the series and you shouldn't get attatched to any characters in the first episode.
Feb 5, 2013 12:59 AM

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Boba_Fett said:
Interesting start of this Anime, quite some cool action and events going on but the ending seems a bit strange everyone directly being killed, how will the story progress now?

Either way I'll be watching, from this first episode I give this anime a 7/10 let's see if it's good enough to boost it's score!


You posted on hundreds of anime's in a few month span. It's unreal
May 15, 2013 10:27 AM
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They said there was a powerful opening but the only thing I can see is a bunch of weak-charactered amateurs who look like the junior division of Section 9.

Wtf?

They would have faith if they could see! Really?
Spray them with the blessed water. Seriously?

I don't understand how people found this episode (I am not gonna make assumptions about the future episodes because I always fail at that) that interesting. I wish I could be that excited too.
May 19, 2013 4:16 AM

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Wasn't expecting them to die so easily/fast.
So this is like a prequel to the manga....
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process.
Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers.

Jun 3, 2013 2:48 PM
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Good episode.
Don't got anything to say about this episode except the ending. damn that sword girl is a beast. She kill everyone wow.
That huge monster wow!
4/5
Jun 3, 2013 4:45 PM

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I feel superior-ly gutted that STS Section 4 members all died.....
I was going to look forward with the biker girl and the other members but they all died...
Good show so far after watching he first episode but really gutted that STS Section 4 all died..
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Jun 26, 2013 12:46 PM

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Decent first episode. Confusing, but nice action.

When I first saw the anime on MAL I had the impression that the girls were actually part of the military/defense team, not demons or whatever themselves (or maybe it's just this girl?).
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Jul 3, 2013 12:56 AM

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Good thing I watched the Bluray release since it seems there is less censor in the killing scenes at the end. But so far, not yet so hooked up with the 1st episode. Hopefully, it will get more interesting.
Jul 11, 2013 4:49 AM

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Oh, I was definitely not expecting that. Strong first episode.
I wonder what happens now..
Jul 16, 2013 4:21 PM

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It seems to look promising, the music delivers.
Jul 17, 2013 8:57 AM

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Koybz said:
Oh, I was definitely not expecting that. Strong first episode.
Aug 20, 2013 12:46 AM
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*sigh* I'm very disappointed with this series. I watched past the first episode out of curiosity concerning Touru's past and why he had to "let it go". Ultimately that goes unexplained and this entire series turned out to be mediocre and predictable.

I have to say with that in mind the first episode succeeded in its goal in drawing a viewer base but from a story standpoint was completely irrelevant and weak. I don't see how people continually say Ga-Rei: Zero has a strong first episode when it only provided minor details of the setting and introduced characters who quickly became insignificant and


Yes, the final minute was powerful but with 20 minutes of pointless nonsensical fluff (motorcycle gunning, really..?) how can anyone justify that as a strong episode?

If you're reading this and you're hooked because of the first episode, here's my advice. Don't watch this.
NimiousAug 20, 2013 12:51 AM
Oct 9, 2013 5:31 AM

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Well that escalated quickly
Oct 27, 2013 5:16 PM
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Placement said:
*sigh* I'm very disappointed with this series. I watched past the first episode out of curiosity concerning Touru's past and why he had to "let it go". Ultimately that goes unexplained and this entire series turned out to be mediocre and predictable.

I have to say with that in mind the first episode succeeded in its goal in drawing a viewer base but from a story standpoint was completely irrelevant and weak. I don't see how people continually say Ga-Rei: Zero has a strong first episode when it only provided minor details of the setting and introduced characters who quickly became insignificant and


Yes, the final minute was powerful but with 20 minutes of pointless nonsensical fluff (motorcycle gunning, really..?) how can anyone justify that as a strong episode?

If you're reading this and you're hooked because of the first episode, here's my advice. Don't watch this.


Because it was unpredictable and creators had guts to kill everyone who were thought to be main characters.

So far not many shows have done it. When I watched it for a first time I was like "yeh well the girl and dude will survive", girls head falls off "ok dude will survive for sure" dude is dead "NO WAY! I WAS WRONG!"

I rarely get proven wrong in my predictions, this episode did great job at building things up and drawing you in. Characters don't have to be important to leave an impression. If they had survived, I would be far less excited.

I really don't see what is there to learn about Touro's past. His girlfriend got turned over and he had to shoot her. Butterfly freak was responsible for it so Touro was after revenge while still traumatized. That's all there was.

Besides this series are really dark, I personally (major ending spoiler)



The only thing that put me off in this series were sudden mood changes. It started with epic action, then went into comedy that turned into tragedy.

When comedy kicked in I was "Oh come on, give me some juicy stuff from the start already!" and they did after few episodes.
Mar 19, 2014 5:55 AM
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I'd read a lot of positive review of this show and finally watched a bit. I was rather bored the first 3/4 of the show to be honest, seemed like repetitive action scenes with a supernatural twist to it.

And then the guy spilled the coffee...Wow. Talk about coming from left field. Really want to see the next episode now.
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Apr 26, 2014 11:15 AM

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May 2013
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This was a confusing first episode looking forward to the next episode, which I'm about to watch.
May 31, 2014 6:39 AM
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Jan 2013
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Oh that was a crazy episode. Good teamwork at first, killing some Class C apparitions and 2 Class B's. Then out of nowhere a Class A appears and does a clean sweep of the characters, WTF.

I saw the uncensored episode, damn all the blood and stuff.

Jun 12, 2014 3:54 PM

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This was funny, I was literally thinking I need a good bloody anime..5 minutes later its a blood bath O__O. That ending was sick (In the good way :P)
Jun 19, 2014 1:11 AM

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Damn that was intense, did not expect that to happen at the end. Interesting first episode though, killing off all the characters introduced.
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