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| I skipped this at the beginning of the season but after seeing and hearing about its positive reception, I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did, I really enjoyed this show. I'll keep my hopes up for a second season, as I would like to see more of that Bondrewd guy, as well as the adventure of Riko and Reg as they make their way through the abyss. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
| Fantastic ending. Admirable how much it shows in gruesome detail. The last four episodes mostly made up for the uninteresting middle portion. 8.75/10 |
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| A touching, conclusive and dark finale to end proceedings off for the Season. Week after week, this show simply got more and more intense in ways unanticipated by many, I'm sure, and this was definitely and easily the most dark and touching episode of all. It was so heartbreaking, painful and saddening to see the elevator scene firstly with the intense emotions and all followed by Mitty's eventual death. To be honest, dark human experimentation was the last thing I expected from this show, but to my surprise it as though it is one of the most vital and important pieces of this splendid story and one that has been handled brilliantly thus far. It was seriously painful and an eyesore to watch all those bizarre scenes and I hope, for the sake of the characters, that was all! Gah, Nanachi immediately breaking down to tears after Mitty's death was so dang excruciating though. Personally, the moment of this episode that hurt me the most was when Nanachi was taken along to see Mitty's disastrous condition after numerous experiments and listening to that psychotic scientist deduce the results of those inhmane experiments and tests. I so hope that Lyza, Ouzen and the other top Raiders to be a part of these experiments nor the leading government of the land above and that Nanachi once and for all gets to achieve his revenge and salvation ultimately. Overall, a straight 5/5 to this episode and a all-round well deserved 9/10. Expecting this show to get off the Danmachi vibes was seriously the worst mental preparation to end up in the midst of this show, Guaranteed! Now, all we can do is hope and wish for a Second Season and that the sales go great. Here's hoping for a Second Season! I need to know what's going to happen next, although I'll find out soon enough once I start reading the manga which I definitely will as soon as I can, but want to see more of this anyway. Story Development/Plot Developments: 9.5/10 Art/Animation: 9/10 Sound Department: 9/10 Characters: 9/10 Enjoyment: 9/10 => Overall: 9/10! |
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| I only say that now I need to buy the manga. Definitely AOTS, 10/10 for me. |
| This was quite the journey, I cried (a lot), I laughed, I felt... Seriously, Made in Abyss is one of the best animes I've watched, it had everything I want in a story. Looking forward to a second season. |
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| Mitty is kill and poor nanacchi crying :'( backstory on how they got like that and riko awakens with mitty's spirit helping her up. 9/10, bondrewd arc maybe. |
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| This episode really made me consider upping the score to a 10/10. Is it possible that I have finally found an anime that I thought was better than Toradora and Your Lie in April? I believe so.. |
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| Beautiful finale to an overall amazing show. Anime of the Year for me so far. |
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| The show was outstanding! The production values, world building, music, animation, story, characters...everything. It certainly deserves top 100 status. I will say it needs a second season to make it truly special, the series has been top of the JP TV rankings so hopefully that translates into sales which in turn means we get that second season I really hope Sentai include a fold out version of the map of Abyss in their CE, that would be pretty cool 9/10 (may get a 10 if we get another excellent season) |
Kaze_Kitsune said: An entire episode - 45 minutes long, nonetheless - devoted to the killing of some blob creature that we were supposed to care about. A fitting finale for a series where nothing happened in every single episode. Most overrated show of the season. This is true but I still liked the show because cute bunny and shit |
| Good god this anime is great. It's not only great, it's fantastic, it's wonderful, it's a work of art. It's what all anime should be. Made in Abyss might be the top anime of this year for me for a single reason: It has an identity of it's own. It has a soul. In an anime world where it's so easy to put anime into premade archetypes, like the harem or the, ugh... isekai... it's so refreshing to see one that does something unique and that, unlike 18if, does it fantastically. Because what's great about this anime is that there's nothing like it out there. If it didn't leave an open end (fuck waiting for season 2, ima just read the manga lol) it would be a 10/10 for me. And I REALLY want to give it a 10. Let's just leave it at 9.5 for now, and a 9 in my vote much as it pains me. But man if season 2 is better than this (and the people that have read the manga say that, if adapted correctly, it will be) this series might just get into my all-time favs. |
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| This anime have been something awesome, animation, backgrounds, OST, voice actin have been really speacial. As ejoyment this deserves a 9/10 but since they made a confusing story so good i think this anime deserves a 10. Lets pray for a second season!! |
| I had shed a few tears reading the manga. I knew everything that was going to happen and nevertheless I cried like a little girl this episode. |
Tokoya said: This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to watch I can't even begin to express how depressed I was and how much despair and sadness overcame me when I saw the story of Nanachi and Mitty and I'm just astonished by how THAT guy didn't even see all of these poor little kids as human beings This reminded me of the feeling I got when I watched FMA and saw Shou Tucker perform experiments on his own daughter and turned her into a fucking beast and this was just as if not even more fucked up than that, and I am just so sorry for all of them.....This man killed Mitty over and over (Which he know she felt every bit of pain there was to come from it) and deformed her even more and for such a sweet and optimistic girl, she didn't deserve that at all I can't even begin to imagine the psychological trauma Nanachi went through all this time and seeing her in present day and watching how she reacted to when it was time to kill Mitty just fucking broke me and left me hollow inside and I can't express it enough But other than that, everything about this episode was just fantastic and it truly made me happy to see Nanachi smile again as well as to agree to join them on their journey because I just want her to be happy....She deserves to be happy....I'm happy for Reg and Riko too for overcoming their struggles and getting back on their horse Seconded, amazing show overall. Outstanding atmosphere and world building, loved the characters especially Nanachi. I love the sense of adventure the series manages to create and the way it envelops it in a darker and darker tone. Some of things were just messed up but despite all that seeing our protagonists continue on their journey is pretty inspiring. 9/10, really hope there's a second season. |
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| This anime (it's a season 1 that's supposed to just introduce a story) deserves a 9/10 easily, but this episode alone is capable of making it 10/10. A masterpiece episode. One of the best episodes I've seen. A true work of art, with everything from pacing to storytelling to animation to voice acting on point. I'm utterly astonished and moved. This episode also should stand as a masterful example as how pacing should be done. 10/10 anime |
| I loved everything about this series 10/10 I just really hope that we'll get a second season sometime in the future :') |
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Lelouch0202 said: Tokoya said: This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to watch I can't even begin to express how depressed I was and how much despair and sadness overcame me when I saw the story of Nanachi and Mitty and I'm just astonished by how THAT guy didn't even see all of these poor little kids as human beings This reminded me of the feeling I got when I watched FMA and saw Shou Tucker perform experiments on his own daughter and turned her into a fucking beast and this was just as if not even more fucked up than that, and I am just so sorry for all of them.....This man killed Mitty over and over (Which he know she felt every bit of pain there was to come from it) and deformed her even more and for such a sweet and optimistic girl, she didn't deserve that at all I can't even begin to imagine the psychological trauma Nanachi went through all this time and seeing her in present day and watching how she reacted to when it was time to kill Mitty just fucking broke me and left me hollow inside and I can't express it enough But other than that, everything about this episode was just fantastic and it truly made me happy to see Nanachi smile again as well as to agree to join them on their journey because I just want her to be happy....She deserves to be happy....I'm happy for Reg and Riko too for overcoming their struggles and getting back on their horse Seconded, amazing show overall. Outstanding atmosphere and world building, loved the characters especially Nanachi. I love the sense of adventure the series manages to create and the way it envelops it in a darker and darker tone. Some of things were just messed up but despite all that seeing our protagonists continue on their journey is pretty inspiring. 9/10, really hope there's a second season. It gets even darker. If you think what Bondrewd did to Nanachi and Mitty was absolutely horrifying, wait until you see all things he does within the 5th layer/next arc. |
| Aaaah... I cried a lot. I want more... But I guess it´ll take a while for a second season. |
| "Could you not talk with me? I'm busy breathing." |
| Non-biased opinion, but this was easily the best anime series since years. Decent characters and dramaturgy with the support of a top-tier OST, directing and visuals. A weaker 8/10 overall. |
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| Great story, amazing visuals, great characters, amazing soundtrack. Best show of the season with no contest. 10/10 Waiting for second season. |
| well nice nanachi backstory was so good...waiting for S2 |
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| Damn the whole story of Mitty and Nanachi hit me right in the feels :'( Tears were shed. Really enjoyed this series and cannot wait to see more. Hopefully season 2 in the future. 9/10 |
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| 5/5- Fantastic and powerful finale. Almost everything you'd ever wanted in a finale was met and delivered in spades. Nanachi became my favorite in this series by a HUGE landslide. Nanachi is just a wonderful character and a joy to watch despite being in this for 3.5 episodes. Poor Nanachi and Mitty, their past was tragic. Anyways, 9/10 for the season. It had enough intrigue for me in the first half but I considered that a 7-8/10. The 2nd half though was far more captivating and entertaining. The overall tone of the series grew darker and more grim. The final 3 episodes were absolutely incredible in my opinion. I want to rate it a 10/10 but the first few introductory episodes were a bit slow for me. On top of that, I am not a big fan of the character designs. Other than that, the artwork of the environment and the designs for the monsters was gorgeous. The story was top notch and the soundtrack is phenomenal. Here's hoping Season 2 (and the manga) comes soon! |
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| Masterpiece of an episode. That had me in shambles. I wasn't gonna give this a 10, had decided for a 9 beforehand but this just blows it out of the park. What a series, i'm highly expecting a season 2 somewhere down the line. Don't wanna write anymore at this point. |
| Wow that finale was incredible. Blew my expectation out of the water |
| Before the episode that introduced Nanachi I thought of this show: meh... another dime in a dozen... but I did change my mind due to that character alone and I can say the ending was great. I wonder how behind technologically the cave raiders are. Because technically Mitty could be saved using engineered viruses. One could re-write her DNA at least to something similar to Nanachi. |
| damn dat last scene tho, i dont read manga but this makes me want to |
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| Well that back story of Nanichi and Mitty was very dark indeed, although I pretty much knew what was going to happen the moment we were introduced Bondrewd. If we were introduced to this world through this story, without knowing what happens to Mitty, the intensity of these scenes would have been off the scale. All that said, what a wonderful season finale to such a beautifully crafted anime. I really hope this isn't going to be the last episode I get to see. |
| This show is masterpiece. Almost everything goes right. Art , music, character development, and especially the world building aspect. Easy 10/10 from me. Now it's time to read the manga :)) |
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| I really hope theirs going to be a season 2 honestly this anime was fantastic |
| That song used during the ending....beautiful.... I was glad I kept myself invested with this series, 9/10 now I can move onto reading the Manga from the start while listening to the phenomenal OST... thanks MIA, for making this season great |
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| Holy fucking shit that last episode, I went expecting a lot and it delivered. Mitty's death hit me right in the feels, that's another anime that made me cry to the list, that final scene was freaking beautiful. I would give it a 10 if I were to rate it now but I want to calm down before anything to not let the hype I feel right now blind me, but yeah, fantastic anime, I loved it, really looking forward to reading the manga! I saw this meme on reddit, I feel bad about it but I definitely lost it, my sides.  |
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Kaze_Kitsune said: An entire episode - 45 minutes long, nonetheless - devoted to the killing of some blob creature that we were supposed to care about. A fitting finale for a series where nothing happened in every single episode. Most overrated show of the season. ...... It's fine what you think, but the song used during the ED, did you like it? |
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Aidoru-Ojisan said: Kaze_Kitsune said: An entire episode - 45 minutes long, nonetheless - devoted to the killing of some blob creature that we were supposed to care about. A fitting finale for a series where nothing happened in every single episode. Most overrated show of the season. ...... It's fine what you think, but the song used during the ED, did you like it? I actually did! I've never had a problem with the music for this show :) |
| Wow, Mitty died, I cried. ;_; Despite reading the manga long before that I thing they've done amazing job animating that scene. Maybe not the whole second season but I hope they'll make an OVA with the fight. 9/10 |
| Feels got fucking shot man. Honestly this show was a pleasant surprise because when I looked at the visuals and read the synopsis, I wasn't impressed. I still wasn't into it too much after about the first 4 episodes but as I continued watching it, it really grew on me. Definitely one of the best pleasant surprises of the season for me and it has managed to squeeze out an ironclad 9/10 for me. Now to read the manga. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Well, I cried almost the entire episode 9/10 for me, my favorite show of the season SUBARASHI! |
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