Joker Game Episode 1 Discussion

Soli18 said:
First episode was really interesting!

I will surely continue to watch this after this cliffhanger :p.

RinFTW said:
Very decent episode, i like the 8 civilian "monsters" mentality already.

but guys lets be real here... if you love moe crap shows, useless female cast that do zero contribution to the story (only there to fight your silly WAIFU wars) then don't bother with this anime... Yeah also if your unable to differentiate other characters unless they have an unrealistic hair color(Blue/Green?) you will have a hard time adjusting to the character design that ACTUALLY suit the atmosphere of the show.

There is a guy who's whining about how the "engrish" of the show ruined his "immersion"... are you serious? its already established that anime suck at that unless its your first time hearing someone talking in english in an anime i don't see why its even worth nitpicking on... even Hollywood is bad when they make their actors talk in other languages.

one of the cons is (under-developed characters)?.... in episode 1? ... Really?

that is the dumbest thing i ever heard in the history of this forums.

I don't usually make posts like this but reading some of the posts in this thread is frustrating... its hard to find people that can make valid points that worth a discussion nowadays.

hack5 said:


I so agree with you.They're nitpicking at everything when its only the first episode,what we all should be discussing is
what in the hell is the mc of the first episode going to do to get out of the situation that's he in,this is the reason why im here and all i see is all this bs MAL ......shakes head whatever

gophercg said:

Usually you'd find theories more in reddit (or any non mal forum). There are better mal discussions in shows heavily advertised as mystery (subete ga F, RnY, Sakurako, etc...). But if a show isn't clearly labeled mystery (even if show itself is obviously mystery genre, like Punchline, K, Concrete Revolutio etc), it becomes plothole/bad writing complaints.
Btw, you'd find the Kabaneri thread even more frustrating...

Sakuma appears a very rigid man stuck to military protocol. It'd be surprising, or "out of character", if he suddenly thinks up a solution. Some aid from the spies might be more reasonable. Currently they've no reason to help. But if Sakuma makes a deal, like giving the smoke in the joker game, he can bring a spy to his side.

Vanessa said:
I don't like the MC since he is so un-spy-like.. not sure how to describe it, but the show itself says spies are known for being very mischivous, smart, and the like. MC so far maybe is a bit perceptive, but also very oblivious (The way the american guy acted here... anyone would have noticed it. I mean he spilled out everything for no particular reason.. or does he have a reason? I do hope this will be explained in the upcoming eps).
Also I actually like the character designs but so far no character had any charm to them... Like in Baccano you have a lot of different characters with very distinctive personalities, which makes the show so interesting and also entertaining (the infamous comedy-duo e.g.), here they feel so lifeless and dull...
Being an adult or having an adult-cenetered show does not mean the characters need to be so.... uninteresting :s
Oh well, hopefully all of my worries will disappear later on. I quite like the setting (although I think they could have done so much more with it... considering episode 1 is supposed to be the one that captures the audiences interest... that was not done well here)

gophercg said:

Just another bad day at work to commit sudoku.

Jacksworld said:
having Japanese female spies would have been highly unlikely so I think they are just trying to be realistic and also if they added a female character I'd be more worried that they would use her as the seductress spy which would just be an annoying cliche, this will be interesting if we actually do see the guys seduce a female for example.

Rei366 said:


Seppuku*


@Fai There is an actress on the movie adaptation poster if you want to check what her role was like. No idea how faithful it is to the novel but I read it was terribly bad.
I also think a woman spie would seem a bit out-of-place, but on the opposite hand the fictional agency is supposed to recruit people out of the normal pool (but again, not sure if there was any highly educated woman out there)

Stark700 said:

gophercg said:

tic tac toe* (your supposed to ride the meme, not go tsukkomi lol)

Female spy would be very interesting, like a geisha/servant serving foreign guests. But might change the group's dynamics too much. That might work in later arcs however.