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Mar 6, 2016 10:32 AM
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Discuss! |
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Mar 6, 2016 12:19 PM
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Mar 6, 2016 12:22 PM
#3
One or two should be fine but it's up to you. |
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Mar 7, 2016 1:33 PM
#5
Focussing in one character per episode indeed sounds like an interesting idea, although it was hard for me to connect with the motive that moved this particular boxer in his relationship with his mother. I hope some of the stories we'll encounter in the next episodes are better crafted. The production values were pretty lacklustre, and even if I don't really mind the artstyle or animation, the whole atmosphere felt quite dull for the major part of the episode. This's been a better one. I found the conclusion to be rushed and also kitsch/cheesy at some extent*, although the major part of the episode was quite rewarding to watch. I'd prefered this story taking 2 or 3 episodes to develop better. * The whole scene felt out of place, with him making his fiancée to take part of it, the way he tooks the child and seems to solve everything with that small talk. The rest was left outscreen. And being particularly judgemental with this one scene makes sense since the whole episode built up for it. |
UnowenMar 7, 2016 2:36 PM
Mar 8, 2016 2:57 PM
#6
Episode 1 I like boxer stories in general and even though the whole tough childhood background is kind of cliché in that context it didn't bother me too much. I think the episode did a good job at showing how he choose boxing to vent his frustration and get away from his mom while trying to convince himself that all his actions were based on some kind of pragmatism. In the end what caused his inability to be really happy also fueled his boxing career and made him able to live comfortably until he finally got over it and forgave his mom. But he also lost his inner 'hunger' with that and lost his next fight, but it didn't matter since he can now enjoy other things for the first time since his childhood. Episode 2 I liked this one less. As Lordwen said, the conclusion just didn't feel very believable and was way too rushed which left a bad aftertaste even though the buildup was decent enough. Still an okay episode, but I preferred the first. |
AlcoholicideMar 8, 2016 3:53 PM
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Mar 8, 2016 4:26 PM
#7
Still about 1and2 First episode definitely fitted the format better, with a neater conclusion even if I prefered the second one's way to build up. It's a close call anyway. I wonder if those happy endings we got so far represent some kind of pattern we'll find in the rest of the series as well. If all of them start as bitter stories about adults, that are however close to an inflection point in which they head towards a brighter stage of their lives. We'll find out soon. |
Mar 8, 2016 7:32 PM
#8
episode 1 I dont know this didnt sit well with me, i understand what they were going for with the mother and son relationship but it just kind of left a foul taste in my mouth like they were too easily forgiving child abuse, I get that the mother came to her sense about what she was doing when she hurt akira but the whole thing moved too fast with akira coming to the decision to forgive her that it just felt too easy especially after all he had gone through as a result I hope the 2nd episode is better |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Mar 9, 2016 12:29 AM
#9
Ep 1 God that early 2000's aesthetic is not pretty. Doesn't have the nostalgic effect of handdrawn cell animation and they were still experimenting with digital, so the detail and vibrancy isn't there. Not to mention the oversimplified character designs and lack of sakuga. Nitpicky BS aside I thought this was alright. It's blunt and to the point. A story of someone overcoming their emotional weaknesses and coming to terms with their past. The early bits kinda reminded me of No Longer Human, in the way that he believes that he's just playing a role and projecting the version of himself other people want to see. I love boxing too, so yeah not bad. I did feel like it didn't handle the subject of child abuse with the seriousness it deserved, but considering how cliche the story and message was it's understandable. Ep 2 Looks like the idea of family is going to keep popping up. I actually like the first episode better. This one just lacked any sense of moral ambiguity. Mothers obvious should have a role to play in the upbringing of their children. Although statistically children from single-parent homes don't tend to do too well. The lawyer guy felt a lot less interesting than the boxer from last ep too. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
Mar 9, 2016 4:00 PM
#10
Episode 1 This show is kind of ugly, but I'll probably get used to it eventually and forget I find it ugly. The opening song was meh, but I liked the ending song. I'm not very impressed so far. As for the story in this episode, well... I thought the main character's tribulations were complex in a sense, even if the resolution came around ridiculously easily. I did find his cynical attitude towards the media eating up his lies a bit interesting, but his glee over it seemed a bit immature too. I have to commend him on the discipline though! I don't support child abuse and I definitely think hitting your children is counter-productive and more a way to take your anger out than to punish them, but at the same time I can't help but wonder what a difficult situation that woman must have been going through at the time and she probably felt like he was being ungrateful. Episode 2 I like idealistic characters like the lawyer, but this felt almost like a caricature of a character more than a fleshed out one. I liked that they mentioned how sometimes adults can be unfair to teenagers or younger adults in their "I know better because I'm older" attitude, but this only felt right since Midori and Kazuya had left a bad lifestyle and seemed to be getting back on track. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
Mar 9, 2016 4:48 PM
#11
episode 2 I quite disliked this one, i was digging it all the way up until the final parts where the resolution becam far too cheesy and unbelievable, there was so much tension and ill will there that i cant be expected to believe everything just sort of works out after some random literal who comes into those parents lives and starts preaching feelings, especially when they make the conversations that supposedly resolves things happen off screen. episode 3 This was boring as hell for me. This was at its heart the story of a man trying to reconnect with his son, but the way it was handled made everything far too melodramatic and bogged down by the bike situation, and like the other 2 episodes i dislike how quickly things get resolved with just him taking off. I think this was better than the last episode but so far all 3 episodes have been serious duds |
JizzyHitlerMar 9, 2016 6:56 PM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Mar 9, 2016 8:41 PM
#12
Episode 1 So, he shunned his mother for over 10 years due to an accidental face cut. I'm kind of on the opposite side of you guys I guess. It seems quite petty to me. She made a mistake under a lot of pressure while the kid was being quite sassy and ungrateful. Not condoning it, but accidents happen. She never abused him again (or even abused him on purpose in the first place), was immediately sorry for the accident and tried to look over him as best she could throughout his career. The change of heart at the end made sense to me. He should have forgiven her a long time ago. Anyway, it was a fairly mediocre episode. I do like the symbolic loss at the end there. It wrapped everything up rather nicely. Also, the OP and ED for this were a lot different from what I'm used to hearing in anime. That is almost always a good thing. Episode 2 Yeah, I agree with everyone else on this one. The episode was decent enough I guess, until the end. Kind of reminded me of the crips and blood episode from South Park. Everyone should get along because, "Come on," lol. A few simple statements from a random that the grandparents didn't even know kicked off the happy family ending. Such simple times the early 2000's were :P |
Mar 10, 2016 6:39 AM
#13
Ep 3 Really simple and straight forward. Family centered again. This time dealing with different generations. At the end of the day they both wanted the same thing time with the father. Seems to be a pretty common problem nowadays, but especially in Japan because of the demanding work culture. Ep 4 Another episode another dysfunctional family situation. I'm not really sure how to feel about this one it was just kinda meh for me. I still feel like the first episode was the best so far lol. I guess they did somewhat of a bait-and-switch with the son and how he turned out to be the one causing all the problems. Like other people were saying these, it feels like these are being resolved a bit too easily, but I guess that's one of the cruxes of having an episodic structure. |
LoneWolfMar 10, 2016 5:02 PM
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
Mar 10, 2016 5:59 PM
#14
Episode 3 This was kinda nothing-y for me. The whole issue seemed so obvious that the 'revelation' at the end felt more like he finally found access to common sense. Not a very interesting episode imo. |
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Mar 10, 2016 6:47 PM
#15
episode 4 I really enjoyed this one, first episode i liked actually. I think there was a solid build up of events unlike the rest of the episodes and the resolution this time didnt come out of someone ass, out of all the episodes this was the only one where the forgiveness felt deserved and ill be honest i got a tad bit misty eyed when she asked her father to keep living with him and he started crying. about it Hope for more episodes like this one |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Mar 10, 2016 7:16 PM
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Mar 11, 2016 4:27 AM
#17
Episode 1 I found this episode to be a decent start for the series because it kept me engaged even though it was quite simple. I'm taking sides with Yoshi on this one, I don't think this is a story about abuse. The mother made a mistake and an accident happened, I think she really regretted it and wanted to make it up to him somehow, and it was a huge relief for both of them when he forgave her. It's possible this story resounded with me because I had a similar experience with my parents, so I quite liked how it was resolved, but in general the storytelling was a bit cliche. Episode 2 I didn't really like this episode, everything felt too superficial to me and rushed, like the writer just didn't know how to wrap up the story. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, either, so it felt quite melodramatic and boring. I hope the coming episodes are better. Episode 3 With this episode the serie picked up again a little for me, though I must admit when I first read about the show, I was expecting something completely different. Anyway, the moral behind this episode is nice, but the execution was quite convoluted, in my opinion. Initially I thought the father was a douche for trying to force his feelings on his son, then I realized he was a douche for a completely different reason, but when things got resolved at the end, I thought he had genuine intentions to make it up to his son, so that was decent on his part. |
Mar 11, 2016 8:38 AM
#18
Episode 1 It was kind of refreshing to see character designs from a decade ago, since I haven't watched any shows from the 2000's in a good while. I could have asked for some better animation though, considering the scene of the protagonist running behind a bicycle looked more like a frog hopping. There was so much left to be desired at the end of the episode. What exactly drove the character to boxing instead of anything else? Was it merely because he was lying about the origin of his scar? Was it just an excuse to leave his home? The mother kind of reminded me of a certain someone that I know in real life - someone who thinks parenting is about financial support instead of emotional and life guidance. I guess the mother was so superficial and clueless that it led her to never try to reconcile with the protagonist properly instead of just trying to show her apology through having things like a birthday feast many years later. I guess the wound in her heart hurt her more than I can imagine, but it certainly needed more exposition to be impactful in anyway. I guess I can excuse the ending of the episode for the character wanting to make up for lost time with his mom by going back home instead of continuing his boxing career. The background music for this episode was pretty good. Probably its strongest feature. |
I'm also filled with pure-hearted ulterior motives. |
Mar 11, 2016 11:22 PM
#19
Episode 1 Animation is not this show's strongest component, is it? It looks subpar even for something made in 2003. Well, I think I'll get accustomed to it soon enough. Agreeing with KingYoshi and oberstein regarding the child abuse part. While the mother shouldn't have gone physical, she definitely didn't have the intent to injure him seriously. It should also be noted that she was going through a lot of stress. As a kid, it might've impacted Akira a lot, but after turning into an adult, he should've been able to assess their past circumstances and thus forgive his mother in return long ago. Instead of being a boxer, he would've done great as a wistful poet. Episode 2 Fair beginning, extremely rushed and weak ending. If they didn't have follow an episodic formula, this could've been a lot better spanning over another episode or so. An idealistic lawyer like Hiroshi was seen to be struggling in his field since people have become unfair, but just a few rhapsodized words from him were enough to convince the unethical grandparents to resolve the issue without going juridical. I guess they had to close the episode on a happy note for all, but it felt imposed all the same. |
Mar 14, 2016 10:16 PM
#20
Ep 5 Actually didn't mind this episode, kinda sentimental as always, but the notion is nice. Giving some thought to his unborn son and coming down to earth after being successful in his career. The backgrounds this episode were quite nice too during that little montage. Ep 6 Maybe i'm just in a good mood, but I liked this episode too. I mean the traditional hard work message is pretty cliche, but it's not a bad one. The discussion between the brothers was nice and the story about the professor was touching. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
Mar 15, 2016 11:30 AM
#21
Episode 4 I agree with jizzy, I liked this episode probably more than any of the others so far. The conclusion with her father was kinda predictable but it was still nice and the issue with his grandson wasn't magically resolved in a day like I was afraid it would. Her misunderstanding when she was trying to dump her father back with her brother was also well done, these kind of scenes always work for me because I know how bad it feels to rant based on a misunderstanding only to realize afterwards that you were angry at yourself more than anything. |
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Mar 15, 2016 3:24 PM
#22
episode 5 I feel like this episode could of worked but just sort of didnt, the way the protagonist was being a piece of shit in the start didnt feel like it was properly resolved, he was cheating on his wife, screwing his friends over, and above all else didnt really give a shit about his kid being born or that it died until a random revelation that pretty much came out of no where, on paper this revelation seems great but the way it was handled it just sort of comes out of no where without any real build up and even then like my issue with the first 2 episodes i feel the wrongs that people did just get haphazardly forgiven without any real consequence |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Mar 15, 2016 7:23 PM
#23
Episode 4 The whole grandson ordeal actually caught me by surprise. Didn't expect him to actually be the problem. This episode wasn't bad and managed to stay interesting enough to where I didn't feel bored at any point during. The ending was nice and felt real. Her father was able to realize how much hell he caused his family by living through the victim role himself. Too often people fail to recognize the harm they cause until it actually happens to them. Selfish. Also, what was that handheld that the father kept playing with? |
Mar 18, 2016 6:58 PM
#24
Episode 3 I thought this episode was okay. It's true that the situation was quite simple and the resolution could seem obvious in a sense, but many people are quite blind at their own intentions or reasons to glorify things or to what they want. All in all, I found it fine if a bit slow. Episode 4 I'm so conflicted about this episode... in a way I can agree with what you guys said that it actually felt more realistic that the conflict was not completely resolved with the son's family and the grandson. My issue is that although the woman's offer for her father to stay around is nice, it still doesn't solve how the man treats other people to try to atone for his past, so he may continue to give her trouble in the future. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
Mar 18, 2016 10:29 PM
#25
Ep 7 A lot more of the same, felt very similar to the story about the actor who neglected his family that also happened to have a pregnant wife. Seems the re-occurring theme is that family and traditional conservative values are more important than throwing yourself in your work. Considering how demanding the workplace culture is in Japan though, asking for this kind of change seems unrealistic, but hey it's just anime Ep 8 This is probably one of the episodes I actually ended up enjoying more. I like that it wasn't focused on family for once and it was more about how life is a lot less black and white than you might think. Despite if they're criminals or guards people are still people with all kinds of virtues and flaws. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
Mar 20, 2016 2:48 PM
#26
Episode 5 Meh, the protagonist was too much of a piece of shit for me to care about him so the whole episode didn't really work like jizzy mentioned. Maybe my least favorite episode so far. Episode 6 I quite liked this one. There was no big, dramatic issue but it was a nice moment in the life of two brothers and the memories about the professor also were a nice touch. For a change I don't have anything to complain about. |
AlcoholicideMar 21, 2016 8:05 PM
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Mar 22, 2016 7:39 PM
#27
Episode 5 Wow, that guy was a douche. I couldn't bring myself to feel much sympathy for the main. If his son would have lived, he would have almost definitely kept living the way he was living and continued to neglect his family duties. So, at the end when he stated he wanted to show this world to his son and started crying, it felt like he was even more full of shit than before. Those backgrounds at the end were very nice though, I agree batto. The soundtrack continues to grow on me as well. Episode 6 This was my favorite episode of the series so far. I liked the professor's message about learning to love the world even through all of the corruption. Quite the progressive take for an older series. Good stuff. |
KingYoshiMar 22, 2016 9:24 PM
Mar 25, 2016 6:04 PM
#28
Ep 9 This was pretty much what I've come to expect of this series. The mistress angle was definitely somewhat of a curve ball though. It was pretty cliche, but not bad. Ep 10 The riots they were referring to at the start of the episode were probably the French student and worker riots in 1968. Nice to see an episode not set purely in Japan though. Also makes reference to Tsuguharu Foujita. Aside from the interesting references, I didn't really get much from the episode. Like a lot of the episodes the message is pretty clear, don't get too caught up in your career. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
Mar 26, 2016 10:15 AM
#29
Episode 5 Not much to say. I really disliked that episode and the resolution of sorts at the end just made me more bitter. Episode 6 I liked this episode a bit better, but it could've done without the closing line. The professor's resolve to fight against corruption was something I could identify with. Episode 7 There isn't anything more satisfying than rooting for someone to get trashed bad and then seeing it happen. That reporter had a ridiculously bad attitude. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
Mar 26, 2016 2:16 PM
#30
episode 6 I think this episode was just sort of ok. I do like the principle behind it but nothing really left an impression, leagues better than episode 5 though. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Mar 29, 2016 11:29 PM
#31
Ep 11 I don't really feel too strongly about this episode. This felt like an afterschool special about "standing up to yourself" really lot of this show does, but this more than usual. It's nice I guess, the old guy helping out the kid, but it all happens too fast and never lets us get to know the characters properly. I liked the OST this episode though. Ep 12 Kinda felt like she turned around her life a bit too quickly... I did actually think the counselor guy was a decent character though. I genuinely felt like he wanted to help the girls and would go to a great extent to do it. Delving into some darker aspects of society with underage prostitution as well is a plus. definitely one of the better episodes of the series IMO. Ep 13 So the last episode is an abuse story, kinda reminds me a bit of the last episode. Perhaps this would have happened to the girl in the last episode if she was never caught by police. The plea for clemency in this case was definitely warranted. Kinda wish they gave some more closure about what the final verdict was and if she ever got with Ryuji afterwords.... kinda just ends abruptly. As for the series as a whole... I still kinda feel like the first episode had the most interesting main character with the way he portrayed himself to the media and others and what really happened in his life and what he really thinks. A lot of the stories have a very collectivist, conservative/traditional ideological basis behind it. A lot of times they kind felt like afterschool specials like a said before. Really putting the moral and message before actually crafting a good story and interesting characters. Putting the cart before the horse IMO. Production values were pretty poor all around, a lot of anime during this early 2000's period suffer from this, but this show in particular were pretty bland in terms of presentation. OST rarely ever left an impression when there was one. The characters felt like more of a device to tell the story and deliver the message through rather than realistic individuals. Some episodes definitely were better than others, such is the case with most episodic anime. A lot of it felt super cliche and trying to impose this certain moral code on me. Overall I felt like the bad outweighed the good. We complain a lot about escapism and how "unrealistic" anime is, but going in the opposite direction and trying to make things too realistic is equally unrealistic, these characters and situations are there to just push a certain message on to the viewers. I wouldn't say any of the messages were disagreeable, really it was mostly common sense stuff, but I disliked the patronizing tone in which it was sometimes delivered. Anyway a 4/10 for me. |
LoneWolfJun 17, 2016 5:29 PM
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
Mar 31, 2016 2:08 AM
#32
Episode 7 Well, the reporter definitely had a bad attitude, but the girl didn't kill herself because of his story. I'm not buying he was to blame for the suicide in any way. No sympathy for her from me. Anyway, the episode was decent enough I guess. Nothing special, but better than several we have seen saw far in this series. Episode 8 Another decent enough episode here. I thought it could have had a greater impact if the paper plane(s) never came over the wall, but this series seems keen on happy endings. The idea behind this one was solid anyway. |
Apr 1, 2016 7:14 PM
#33
episode 7 I thought this episode was downright horrible, the way the plot moved was laughable especially with he asked the worst questions in the interview with the girl only for her to immediately admit to murder, or how the entire press group was berating the main character for causing the death only to that very same night act all friendly and happy towards him in the hopsital. the entire episode felt like a check list of coincidences and misunderstandings with a happy go lucky conclusion that didnt feel believable in the slightest. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Apr 8, 2016 9:26 AM
#34
episode 8 Oh god i couldnt handle the cheese this episode, like none of the guards actions made sense this episode and made it seem like prison was a fucking elementary school rather than an actual prison, hell the prisoner's logic also was just outright stupid with the lying about why she went there as a coping mechanism for her to believe it, like when placed in those scenarios they lie to themselves about intentions not make themselves a literal different person. also the happy ending was really blegh especially when they pulled the line about forgiveness, the episode should of just been how she wound up in prison as that sounded far more interesting |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Apr 19, 2016 11:52 AM
#35
Episode 9 So, this one was fairly interesting with the whole mistress thing. At first I wondered if maybe she actually was his mother, but never told him. The way the scenario played out was interesting enough, but where did the wife's revelation come from? She went from aggressively wanting the old lady out of the house, to chasing them down for her to come back. All in matter of minutes. Nothing happened on-screen to help change her mind aside from asking her child a question that she already knew the answer to. It made the entire episode feel empty. Episode 10 Yeah, I didn't much care for this episode. While all of these stories seem different on the surface, they all have that repackaged feel. I was hoping they would change up the formula at some point, but it doesn't seem they like to stray from "basic life problem -> tension -> happy ending." |
Jun 1, 2016 4:13 PM
#36
Episode 11 The episode was decent enough. I kind of enjoyed the old man's "tough love" approach. There really was nothing that stood out as overly terrible this episode anyway. Episode 12 I wish they would have purposely left more of the girl character's development off-screen. That would have made her change of heart more believable. Instead of the, she was a completely different person as soon as she got back. A, "she gradually became a different person when she got back," would have fixed the problem. Oh well. The conversation in the ramen shop was ridiculously convenient timing as well. Episode 13 This was probably my favorite episode of the series. I felt sorry for the woman and definitely think she deserves clemency in this case. I imagine she has a good shot at it as well considering the circumstances. In all honesty, she could have pleaded self defense and simply shown the court all of the injuries from her beatings. I'm not sure how Japan's laws handle this type of situation. Well, the episodic style ranged in quality. A few episodes were not very good at all. A few were decent enough and the rest were mediocre. I liked the OST as well as some of the backgrounds. The rest of the art and animation was pretty sub-par. All in all, I didn't dislike the series, but I didn't necessarily enjoy it a whole lot either. I'll split the rating right down the middle and give it a 5/10, (50%) |
Jun 5, 2016 6:52 AM
#37
I should try to finish this now. Episode 8 An episode that features only women. Well, I liked some part of it, like showing that people can try to take advantage of the gullible new guy and how frustrating it can be to deal with people when they're trying to rile you up. The prisoner's backstory was really something normal, a mistake took everything away. I guess the forgiveness part seems a bit hard to believe, but I guess the relevant part here was to show the guard's improvements in believing the criminals are just people too. Episode 9 I have to agree with @KingJoshi on this one. Even if she remembered that her husband had called the lady family and so on, she really seemed to dislike the old lady being there, so that change of mind on a whim seemed just for the sake of the happy ending. That aside, I did enjoy this episode. Episode 10 @LoneWolf my takeaway from this episode was that a woman shouldn't leave everything because of a man haha but wow, I'm surprised that she started to think less of him just because he couldn't realize the idealistic dream of their youth. I guess the happy ending makes up for everything to them. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
Jun 17, 2016 3:52 PM
#38
Episode 11 I liked that the old man helped the kid see why he was getting bullied and I also liked hearing the old man's stories and stuff, but the approach to dealing with bullying really annoyed me. Episode 12 Like it was said, it was all very convenient for the sake of the happy end, but I really liked how informative this episode was about this part of Japanese society and what efforts they are doing to solve this issue. It was a really nice episode. Episode 13 The last episode portrayed a reality for many people, but it felt very much all over the place and then it ended in a weird place. I was glad there seemed to be some hope for her though. The show as a whole left me kind of cold. I enjoyed an episode here and there, but some were just me putting in the time to finish the show because I wanted to get it done with. It still took me a few months! Production left a lot to be desired and the way many of the stories were handled seemed to be pushing for certain ideas to be held by the viewers. I'll rate 4/10. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
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