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| OFFICIAL Episode 1 thoughts With Akira awakening in what seems to be a fantasy world ruled by the OWEL organization, greeted by village chief Wia and his daughter Idhi, seeing a different future as opposed to one with Towasa and bringing the naked man to Hakodate, muh of the fantasy world's "Japan" pretty much exists in his mind, though the village people rever him as the Wise One for some reason as a relic, who long to see his girlfriend-turned-fiancée once again. Assessing things at Hakodate, Akira wants to know what OWEL is up to, and one of the first things he learnt is the idea of "marriage" or ehlsea, groups of people who live together for a common cause. Of course, it's a reference to the LC project that Towasa has been prepping for her big AI project, though Akira has to deal with 18th century know-how to survive against the likes of the "detestable" people of OWEL, as is with Commander Percussus Caniss and his men finding their way through the family whistleblower to Hakodate to arrest Akira, along with Wia and Idhi for defiance. The one sole salvation lies with the unknown girl of Yugure, in the hood watching Akira from the sidelines, then saving him and the father-daughter duo from OWEL with her insane android firepower, though her being of semblance with Towasa, it's an android girlfriend this time? NGL, this reeks of P.A. Works's last half-decade anniversary show of 2018-2019's Fairy Gone with a similar style...keeping expectations decent for now. |
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| Really enjoyed this it looks like it will be a great watch. |
| A very nice first episode, the pacing is fast but it covers the lore, the characters, the worldbuilding, and the action well. God damn what an insane firepower for just one android, two of these in a duel will be devastating I would imagine.  |
MainnusOct 2, 2025 9:38 AM
| I am guessing the android "Towasa" was made by Towasa or is part of her mind? Also really the government that is around is called OWEL, but sounds like Orwell -.-. I don't think any group would intentional call themselves that. Although from the brief bit we saw of them they seem quite corrupt. |
OmnipotentGeassOct 2, 2025 9:53 AM
| Oh, I promise not to put my expect too high with the animation for the next 11 episodes. I promise x |
| Seems pretty interesting so far and those last few minutes when Yugure showed up to kick some ass was fire af. Learning more about this world and how things got this way will be interesting. |
| 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. |
| Great first episode, or rather the second. It's funny how when Akira woke up, he didn't recognize the speech at first, and only did so after a couple of seconds, maybe he's also an android. Yugure was a cutie, the way she cut down the enemies so beautifully, although the last shot was too powerful. I wonder if Towasa somehow influenced this future, or if it's all because of the corporations and, yes, the new kind of marriage, I liked it. |
| Been a while since we saw such cartoony villain, so evil he is gonna kick your puppy, murder your whole family, have his way with your wife, and make you all watch it while cackling like maniac |
| Please discuss episode 0 here |
| PA works potentially dropping an all time great here for their anniversary project? First episode(0) piqued my interest, but now I’m really engaged in this story. It’s shown the perfect balance of worldbuilding, action and good character interactions so far and oh my god, blonde Towa or whatever her name will end up being’s introduction was one of the best scenes, if not THE best scene I’ve seen from PA works. I didn’t know they had this in their bag? Only concern right now is whether or not 12 episodes will be enough. I feel like this could easily be more. With the way it’s set up now, seems like Owel is probably Towa’s AI companion gone horribly wrong and that’s why society has changed marriages to “Ehlseas” and all this other draconian information censoring shit. Totally a brilliant idea to implant AI into everyone, what could possibly go wrong? I’m also thinking Towa uploaded her memories/personality into a cloud and this blonde hair version is an android with all her data so that she could protect Akira. The OP from Uru is so nostalgic omg and it looks like we’re gonna have other androids and a lot of action going forward. I’m hype. I hope they’re not shooting themselves in the foot with 12 episodes though. There’s a lot you could do with such an interesting world as this. I actually really loved the convo Akira and idhi had about marriage as well. It’s pretty funny to think about how the concept and institution of marriage could change so much in the future. Our version seems so normal to us now and in the future it could be something totally different all depending on what fits the needs of human society at that point in time. Would be cool if they explored more stuff like that. |
Marinate1016Oct 3, 2025 10:54 PM
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| The premise that this series has showcased during this episode is very intriguing and captivating. I also like how it got to explaining how things work in this era many hundreds of years ahead from our current time. With that being said, it's not necessarily for the better going by how the villagers dislike the OWEL organisation. Not only does it remind me of George Orwell, but the way that they operated here in this episode would be straight out of his 1984 novel in a heartbeat. The commander is a classic case of a nutjob that gets his hands dirty all of the sake of climbing up the ranks, so I'm glad that Yuugare made her introduction in such an epic and brutal style. It's been a while since I've watched a P.A. Works anime that is action packed and seeing how Yuugare destroyed the OWEL soldiers one by one was a showcase of awesome and satisfying animation that I hope we get more and more of as the series goes on for this season. Even the OP sequence has plenty of engaging action while backed by a really nice sounding OP song. =) This original anime is off to a pretty good start if you ask me. I do look forward to knowing more of what the state of the world is in and hopefully we'll know more about Yuugare herself and how Akira ended up in the capsule in the first place (Which might be easy to answer after seeing episode 0, but I still want overall confirmation on that one). |
The LGBTQ+ & Polyamory folk diving in front of truck-kun after hearing about the ehlsea world...   |
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| Pretty typical post apocalyptic setting, civilisation restoring, certain group of people controllong info and the world, androids, all typical tropes for this kind of story. But I liked the presentation and this was also surprisingly brutal. Towa turned into an android? Built from her conscious ig. |
MegamiRemOct 18, 2025 6:09 AM
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| I have a feeling it's going to have a sad ending, so I'm gonna give this one a drop |
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The caricature villain meatsack was off-putting, but otherwise a solid episode. Still many questions to be answered but I suppose that and worldbuilding questions will be addressed as we go along.
One thing that bugs me that will probably be written off was the state of his 'cryo' pod; that thing was shattered and looked like it'd been that way for a while, was he just hanging around for who knows how long until waking? I wonder if he's human at all.
And the villagers apparently held rites to gain wisdom from him somehow while guards watched over them... but information is strictly contained by OWEL. Eh, probably a throwaway bit of setting.
One thing that bugs me that will probably be written off was the state of his 'cryo' pod; that thing was shattered and looked like it'd been that way for a while, was he just hanging around for who knows how long until waking? I wonder if he's human at all.
And the villagers apparently held rites to gain wisdom from him somehow while guards watched over them... but information is strictly contained by OWEL. Eh, probably a throwaway bit of setting.
| @Tarrian They mentioned something about an earth quake breaking his pod. So it seems like the people who found him initially saw his pod break. |
| I see P.A. Works I watch it, simple as that |
| Oh, that was not only awesome but also unexpectedly gruesome. Yuugure can transform one of her arms into a railgun? That's some Chie from Saishuu Heiki Kanojo mind-blowing level weaponry. |
| very good. now, it tries to bring the utopia that if there are no countries there is peace and in such utopia there is "poliamory" lol. I already see people hating that part of it. |
GersonSalasOct 2, 2025 7:05 PM
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| Looks interesting. I'm guessing Yuugure is an android made by Towasa, and maybe her AI was made with Towasa's brain or something like that? Like Nikke I guess-- |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| Funny seeing Takahiro Miura as SB. He clearly did the action, and that was the highlight. Cool stuff |
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| Ok it got some Orwellian kind of dystopia, and lightsaber girl. Interesting from the prologue definitely an improvement although, still have yet to know where it's going or what it's about |
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| Don't mess with OWEL, er, Yugure. That was a bit of an overkill with that energy gun, serious unnecessary collateral damage to the environment. But, it was well animated. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| The world goes to shit and everyone becomes gay and depraved. Sounds about right. Biblical even. |
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| Do I need to watch Episode 0 before this? Thank you |
| I think I will continue to watch this anime, the fighting is so brutal n gore lol full of blood… |
xufos69Oct 2, 2025 7:18 PM
phantomfandom said: The marriage in the new era is much more advance than current era. If not because of OWEL (which is obviously a homage to George Orwell like mentioned above), I believe there'll be a group of 100 people trying to married each other for real. The first episode give a different impression than the zeroth episode, I'm not sure what's gonna be the result but it's already too bloody for my taste. Literal subhuman and animalistic behavior is “much more advanced” huh? I think you missed the point of what was being shown. Everything about their lives is unnatural and disordered with an authoritarian regime keeping them weak and ignorant. |
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Do I need to watch Episode 0 before this?
Thank you
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| @Sui_Atom Yes, watch Episode 0 first |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| we went from lame ass teenage-minded sci-fi to LGBT preaching to super android battle shonen with magical "science" weapon this anime is so ass. 1 more epsiode before I decide to drop it for good |
Cross  AngeHey guys check my profile for current airing season anime recommendation (guaranteed best taste) |
| at first it felt like an average '90s/2000s fantasy where the MC froze in time and wake up in a distant future' kind of show that was left in the fault for too long (which was kind of on theme), but then the violence kicked in, now i'm convinced that it actually is one |
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