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| Hmm dunno, I find the second one to be better than the first one. The first one was straight up "boohoo I'm a killer and I'm gonna kill you" while the second one have some "story" in it with the whole taking happiness from others. Overall I thought it was quite satisfying, albeit short considering they're adapting 2x 40 mins OVA from 3 novels. 8/10 |
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yonaaofthedawn said: Small teenager has no problem pushing off the main guy a few meters, right on the street. Even though he's a lot taller and quite well-built, this just couldn't happen without her without her running towards him or something. Well, if you don't expect it (he was feeling uneasy too), you can lose balance with a blow of wind. And of course the truck driver dodged, trying to not run over him, resulting in crushing her instead, IT'S KARMA FOR YA, BITCH! :D yonaaofthedawn said: So did the girl kill her boyfriend in the end or not? She cheated on him, making him commit suicide. The him being happy thing was all in her head, of course. ekla said: Why the heck juu's hair isn't black but fucking blond? You can see in the first OVA that the girl from the student's council scolds him for having inappropriate hair. A similar thing can be seen in Bleach, where the main protagonist has a similar hair color and a lot of people think he's a delinquent. In this OVA's case though, this means this isn't his natural hair color. TL;DR He dyed his hair like that. |
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BitchMaster said: 2009 + Denpa= WIN 2009 - Denpa= FAIL 'nuff said. As for the OVA, the direction is kinda off here and there, the ending feels kinda rushed but overall still far better than the crap airing rite now.... Good thing I have some other things to occupy 'till the next and last OVA 8-) 8 years later and still nothing.... |
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| That Juuzawa almost died again, they should've killed him as he was one useless protagonist and the girl is demented not in a cool way. I felt this ova was trying so hard but it failed for me and the girls were all psychos except Ame's sister, although she didn't have that impact. Plot was stupid and failed at a twist. ah lame ova with lame characters. was gonna give 5 but after writing this it deserves a 2 but I will give 4/10. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
Natasha said: Totally agree with youThis was complete and utter garbage not even worth adding to my list. Whoever wrote this story had to be an edgy middle schooler with a very low opinion of females. |
| How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove |
| I really enjoyed this one. I love all the crazy that happened in here. But I don't know why but I feel like I love the first episode more. Maybe because it was the introduction to the characters and all the crazy shit. I think maybe I was able to understand the mystery in the first epi more than the mystery in the second epi. I guess it confused me a little bit. But all in all it was great. I will also read the manga as well. I haven't checked if the 2 epi sums up the whole manga or not but I will still read :) |
| Higurashi but without the character and the good/bad dynamic. The sense of mystery was there (in the first episode) but was never going to be as deep as Higurashi. Also the happiness points were a dumb analogy of happiness. 4/10 |
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| Seriously, what an amazing anime. The second episode was way more philosophical and made me happy that I didn't skip this anime. There is lots of stiff over there. "The quickest way to achieve happiness, is to avoid looking at reality" "I don't really believe in divine retribution. God is pretty lazy after all. However, every once in a while, he gets the job done." I seriously never expected that the girl pushing the boy onto the road will be hit with the vehicle that was meant to hit him. But it made a lot of sense, especially how drivers react to pedestrians on the road. But I saw her pushing him a mile away. Anyway, this is how you do a twist. Man, I could learn a lot from Juu-sama and how he handles people. He is a great guy to not take advantage of a girl and also, he is pretty much a king at heart.(The part where he let the other guy hit him till he admitted defeat was pretty spectacular).  Man, this is definitely gotta be on my re watch list. Looking forward to reading the light novel. |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| This was very enjoyable. So enjoyable, in fact, that I am very sad there are only 2 episodes of this. Wtf..why could this not become a series? |
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Damn... No words... Just gotta fucking appreciate this masterpiece. "God is lazy fellow! However, he does a good job every once in a while" Wow I like it.  |
| So does every crazy bitch in their universe just carry around a box cutter at all times lmao |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Funny how she whipped out a box cutter out of nowhere like what Satsuki did. Ame looked like she saw some flashbacks about what happened before when VP brought it out and it made me chuckle a little. This one was better than the previous episode even with the whole ridiculous happiness points thing. Shiraishi getting instant karma for attempting to kill Juu was the most entertaining part and that's the very last scene kek |
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bakakisima said: 9 years later still nothing..lol 10 years later and still nothing... c'mon brain's base! |
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Cr4zko said: bakakisima said: 9 years later still nothing..lol 10 years later and still nothing... c'mon brain's base! I just finished watching this after searching for recommendations like Kara no Kyoukai and it stunned me with how good it was. I enjoyed it even more than most of the KnK movies! I don't think we'll ever get a continuation :( |
| i didn't expect this to be this good, it's just really fun. i'd like to have at least a couple more ovas of this, man it's a shame it's just a couple of episodes long. |
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| Wow this was pretty good! I didnt expect this but Im actually sad its over already. Considering its been 10 years since the OVA and the author not releasing anything in 7 years (according to mal) I think its safe to say we wont get more of it. All the conclusion to Ames and Juuns connection we will get is likely the short flashback of them on a playground. So I guess this is a Steins;Gate scenario with Juun setting it up but forgetting about it. Oh and I liked Hikaru. I definitely crave more of it. The more adult approach to this was very refreshing. I nearly got to used to the generic ecchi comedy these days. Something about this story and character just screams (mid) 2000s for me though. Not in a bad way either. Its just that this type of stuff is pretty rare now. What would even be a somewhat similar anime? Another, Higurashi, Kara no Kyoukai, to a degree Monogatari? Damn Im really sad there is not more of it. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I iwsh there were more chapters |
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| I enjoyed it, it was beautifully adapted, are there more anime like this? |
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allblue1 said: ycleped said: I just finished watching this after searching for recommendations like Kara no Kyoukai and it stunned me with how good it was. I enjoyed it even more than most of the KnK movies! I don't think we'll ever get a continuation :( Well, it'll be 15 years in two months since the last Light Novel came out in Japan, but there is a bit of news happening in that same month. "A manga adaptation of the novel will be released on Ultra Jump magazine on July 19, 2020. The manga will be illustrated by Hiraoka Hiroshi with Furuya Daisuke as the storyboarder." -taken from the Wiki Whether this spawns new stories set within this series, or if translators pick up the series in the first place is anyone's guess at this point. Do you have a source for this? |
| This sucked hard. A show that clearly thinks being "dark" makes it interesting all on its own. Characters were uninteresting and the two episodes had stories that were ludicrously absurd and melodramatic. I suppose taking an episodic detective show, placing it in a high school setting and turning the dial of tension and violence up to 100 is supposed to be enough to make a great show. Well it failed completely for me. So is the girl delusional or not? She certainly seems to have a more than ordinary link with the male MC but since nothing is explained who knows really. |
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| The third guy in Nao's room just disappeared lol. Oh maybe he just went out offscreen, idk. I don't think Ame's hand and leg were bandaged before entering Ichiko's house, but whatever, probably an animation mistake. In any case, that was a visually pretty "detective" OVA, nice to see that Ame's approach was different here. I wish there was more of it, despite some shortcomings in writing (it was the author's debut, so I guess it translated into the adaptation too, etc). NOBODY CAN SMELL THE ODOR OF DECOMPOSING BODY IN A ROOM NEXT DOOR It was getting ready for the reveal scene, can't do that earlier. Maybe it was so old that it didn't even smell, idk how that works. Or maybe Ichiko was smart enough to use an air freshener, haha. Or there were just too many bad smells mixing together to figure out this particular one. And yeah it took them a long time to actually confront her lol. They were clearly taken aback by the events! |
St0rmbladeDec 20, 2020 8:51 AM
| "The quickest way to achieve happiness is to avoid looking at reality." Very true. It's the quickest, and easiest way. But it's not the only way, having a purpose in life also is important. Some people focus so much on trying to be happy that they ironically become unhappy every time any little thing doesn't go their way. When you have a goal, it becomes less about worrying if you are having a good or bad day, but more anticipation about the next step in your mission, and if something does go wrong, how you are going to get over it. The other thing to realize is that being perpetually happy is just as bad as being perpetually sad. Humans thrive on variety. |
  死神 ❝What do you think are the most important things in life? Money, dreams, sympathy towards others... Yes, they're all important things as well... But the most important thing is responsibility for your own actions.❞ - Yuichi |
| Overall an enjoyable series. Since episode 1 ended well, I expected episode 2 to have a different story with different characters. I really liked Ame in this one with her Chuunibyou personality. Overall, a 6/10. |
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| Girl (who isn't a relative) get in your room and you're surprised to see her taking her clothes off? What do you think you guys were going to do in there? BREED my guy, you must BREED!!! |
  "I can't trust a website where csm is rated higher than hxh"- Akira Toriyama  |
| Crazy absurd anime, made for a wicked atmosphere and edgy WTF moments. Had a pretty good script, felt like real people. Needed more time to flesh things out. 7/10. |
| What a psychological twist on happiness. Malicious pranks turned deadly as people were hurt in exchange for taking their happiness points. That Kuraki girl was the sus mastermind behind the pranks. But little did she know that it will bite her in the ass. Seeing the twist at the end made it satisfying. The realization that her brother was the one who took all the happiness from her family completely broke her. Ame established herself as best girl. She dealt the finishing blow on Kuraki by making her realize her brother's smiling face upon death. W move Ame. Tho this episode was disturbing and dark. Kuraki's mom rotting inside her house with flies infesting the place as well as the student council president sitting on her own vomit. It was such a shame to see this story end on only 2 episode. I was so invested. The story was really compelling and the characters were like detectives uncovering the unfortunate events of the town. That was a bummer. This show would've been great if it fleshed out to 12-13 episodes. |
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| Really wish we had gotten more, pretty good stuff. |
 In most cases, the MAL Average Scores don't mean anything, here is a question: were the works made before 2000 all shit? Why are they so damn scarce in the Top 50? Think about how MAL is quite literally a filtered amount of the Anime fanbase. Here's a timeline of the Top 15 in which you can check that, almost always, the scores are affected by the freshness, popularity and other factors that have nothing to do with quality. |
| Begs a question what if the brother had despair stretched over his face while doing the thing ,would their(his family) destiny change ? If not then whom would have the happiness transfered to .Sounds silly but it's not black and white and as Ame said the ordinary and extraordinary are interlinked ,the difference is one's subjective view of them.I guess whatever it takes to get out of a sticky situation. Honestly the two episodes were enough to pass on whatever it tried to tell and the execution is what made it shine.The two EDs can be included in any therapy session ,speaks of its quality. Overall gets a 8.5 from me. |
| The anime was good, and was carried by the two main characters and the psychoness of everyone else. It did feel like a few scenes didn't have enough context though, in the 2nd episode especially. Still, it is unfortunate that it stopped after only 2 episodes. They could have at least done an anime-original ending to close on a good note. |
| The longer the episode went on, the longer the frequent references to "Happiness" seemed less like an emotion and more like a currency that could be exchanged and used to put people in debt — something that was very likely intentional. Liked the scene where Ame tried her best to make a joke as well, not just because it was endearing, but because it shows she isn't deliberately trying to come across as strange or intense.  Wish there was more to this. It knew exactly when to dial up that ominous aura of discomfort that keeps you watching in anticipation, without leaning too hard into misery or despair once the threat dissipated. |
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