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| My next top OP ever , great char especially Akechi. |
| Good start, I liked it. OP/ED both amazing. I kinda like MC's personality. Not gonna drop this, looking forward to next week. |
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| I really dont like these "everything is boring to me" characters in anime, very cliche at this point and im not part of me hopes that the we're just being trolledand the mc turns out to be a girl because the whole trap thing is kinda ridiculous if you as me. Characters are all uninteresting so far and the mystery isnt particularly exciting either since there wasnt much build up to it but I guess they need to grab the audience quickly and what better way to do that than having a gruesome murder scene. I'll probably watch to the end though unless some bl shit is added. Btw is it me or does the kid with the glasses seem act like he has a thing for the trap mc? |
| So this is the edge of the season. This was absolute bullshit. It describes itself as a Horror Mystery, yet minutes later you get to know that the main character is a retarded trap everyone finds super cute, there is a genki school teacher wearing cat ears, and there are "funny faces". Way off to a good start. This is why people will never take anime seriously. Some of the visual aspects were interesting, but they can't carry the show for me. The general presentation was really lame and couldn't grab my attention. 1/5 |
| Time is money, but money won't turn back the clock. |
Knight_Artorias said: So this is the edge of the season. This was absolute bullshit. It describes itself as a Horror Mystery, yet minutes later you get to know that the main character is a retarded trap everyone finds super cute, there is a genki school teacher wearing cat ears, and there are "funny faces". Way off to a good start. This is why people will never take anime seriously. Some of the visual aspects were interesting, but they can't carry the show for me. The general presentation was really lame and couldn't grab my attention. 1/5 Agreed what's wrong with people? I guess I'm gonna give it one more episode though even though it's not a horror anime |
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JohnnyBme said: WHO CARES! fucking AMAZARASHI OPENING! Literally all that matters. Amazing OP |
Knight_Artorias said: So this is the edge of the season. This was absolute bullshit. It describes itself as a Horror Mystery, yet minutes later you get to know that the main character is a retarded trap everyone finds super cute, there is a genki school teacher wearing cat ears, and there are "funny faces". Way off to a good start. This is why people will never take anime seriously. Some of the visual aspects were interesting, but they can't carry the show for me. The general presentation was really lame and couldn't grab my attention. 1/5 Dont blame the show for MALs genre list. If u read the synopsis u would know its a detective/murder mystery show. So yeah its not trying to be the edge of the season. At least for now. Take into account that this anime is inspired by the works of author Edogawa Ranpo. This explains the characters design and the school setting. If u dont like it thats fine, just giving information about the show. |
GrumpyWolf said: Dont blame the show for MALs genre list. If u read the synopsis u would know its a detective/murder mystery show. So yeah its not trying to be the edge of the season. At least for now. Take into account that this anime is inspired by the works of author Edogawa Ranpo. This explains the characters design and the school setting. If u dont like it thats fine, just giving information about the show. The genre tags at AniList etc. are all the same; Horror, Mystery, Drama and it definitely seems like it's trying to be edge of the season. I mean the show opened up with a shot of a skull. That's not why I dislike it, though. And the name Edogawa Ranpo doesn't ring a bell. |
| Time is money, but money won't turn back the clock. |
Knight_Artorias said: GrumpyWolf said: Dont blame the show for MALs genre list. If u read the synopsis u would know its a detective/murder mystery show. So yeah its not trying to be the edge of the season. At least for now. Take into account that this anime is inspired by the works of author Edogawa Ranpo. This explains the characters design and the school setting. If u dont like it thats fine, just giving information about the show. The genre tags at AniList etc. are all the same; Horror, Mystery, Drama and it definitely seems like it's trying to be edge of the season. I mean the show opened up with a shot of a skull. That's not why I dislike it, though. And the name Edogawa Ranpo doesn't ring a bell. Its just vague tags anyway, its a detective show regardless. Well theres also the human chairs and taking another look at the anime season it looks the edgiest for now, so yea I agree. |
| All I can say is this new mystery anime is getting interesting, I hope this anime is good as Gosick and Another. But I hope Hanabishi, the homeroom teacher is not the murderer, because showing cuts marks on her wrist in the first episode seems way too generic nor cliche in my opinion. Anyway can't wait for episode 2. |
| Yeah, as soon as I read "Boy, Age 13," I noped the fuck out. |
| Didn't know this was based on an famous Japanese novel but I will order it as soon as I can because this show interest me. I admit I was creep out at how much Kobayashi look like an girl, but that was soon replaced by interest in his personality. The guy acts like an complete sociopath while at that same time having that face makes it kind of unnerving and I love that. If they play their cards right then he might be my new favorite main character for this season next to Nicolas. As for the episode itself, the human chair kept me my attention the whole episode. So far I satisfied with this show but I still going to keep my expectations in check. |
| They tried so hard to show us Kobayashi's perspective and his vision of a boring world around him that the whole episode ended up being somewhat boring as a result. I don't mind the, err, anime-ness of some characters, I think the mystery involved is good enough to keep going and hopefully we get to know the characters better. The human chairs were the highlight of the episode, pretty twisted. |
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| The first half was extremely boring. The characters are terrible and unrealistic. Nekomimi teacher. Traps. Dropped. |
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TheIMF said: I also hated how the showed the gender only at the main character, just to reinforce that he's in fact a trap.Yeah, as soon as I read "Boy, Age 13," I noped the fuck out. Stupid shit. This is the sole definition of "draw a girl, call it a boy". He even wears the female school uniform for no reason. God, I hate this and of course the mouthbreathers will be crazy over it. |
nightwalkJul 5, 2015 3:36 AM
| Time is money, but money won't turn back the clock. |
| I don't know the source material but this looks like it's adapted from a game..? Either way, amazing start! MC is... I don't know how to feel about he- him. It's interesting, but at the same time, aggravating. I don't know them traps are annoying me these days. That detective (Akechi..?) is shady as well.. I feel like this anime will have a crap ton of twists and mindblown's scenes, but my body is freaking ready. |
| Not bad for a first, but if they don't tryhard every episode, it wont end up well. They have to maintain everything at a decent level, which is why im not getting my hopes up. Btw, too many traps in shows lately, starts getting annoying |
Suukima said: I don't know the source material but this looks like it's adapted from a game..? Errr, NO? Its an anime original work, a modern retelling of detective novels written by Edogawa Ranpo, as a way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death. Why else would the show be literally called "Mysterious Stories of Ranpo". That namedrop should have already made it clear for anyone interested in japanese literature. Not to mention It is literally stated at the start of the show. |
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| Who noticed this? I have not noticed, honestly. |
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Tlahuizcapante said: Who noticed this? I have not noticed, honestly. You were supposed to, considering Kobayashi seeing those wrists is what turns the teacher from "background element he is not interested in" to "something interesting"(she becomes non-silhouette in his POV) |
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CookingPriest said: Tlahuizcapante said: Who noticed this? I have not noticed, honestly. You were supposed to, considering Kobayashi seeing those wrists is what turns the teacher from "background element he is not interested in" to "something interesting"(she becomes non-silhouette in his POV) |
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| How can it be a BOY??? D= http://myanimelist.net/character/129502/Yoshio_Kobayashi |
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| Oh, trap MC, huh? Hmmm...The start is bizarre, indeed. Not really impress with the first episode, but hoping that it will get good as the series progresses. |
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| It's not a horror anime anymore I requested to remove the horror genre. It's just mystery now. |
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| The way they started this series off is quite interesting. I really like how they portrayed the POV of Kobayashi with shadows of individuals representing his detachment to the rest of the world outside his little bubble until they step into his "field of vision". It's a good interpretation of how people truly focus on things that they are initially interested in (like his friend), or things that just happen to catch his attention later on. The way they showed his classmates as shadows also makes me think that Kobayashi doesn't really get along with anyone else in the class other than Hashiba, his extremely influential best friend apparently, and that he's pretty self-centered. It feels like each character in the show, thus far has their own set of flaws (to be revealed later on of course). I'm intrigued. It's been a while since I last came across a mystery series that held a similar vibe to the old Kindaichi Files. Hopefully it won't disappoint. |
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| Absolutely loved it....I mean Amazarashi for OP? That alone had me sold But aside from that, solid first episode! Kobayashi is def interesting and overall great characters Can't wait to see this unfold |
| I liked the feel, interested in the mystery, but that Kobayashi guy (huh) is just ruining everything. |
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| Nope nope and nope, I rather go watch oh I don't know.. Another or Death Note instead again, they just jumped into my head as I wrote this. This was just straigh up bad, it rubs me the wrong way, not my cup of tea. |
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| So I'm not the only one who thought of NGNL, Akechi reminded me so much of Sora. Episode was meh, but I can imagine that it will get better. We'll see. |
eso18 said: I really liked how it started especially when I started watching it without even reading the title. The only thing that I can and will complain about is the idea of MC. If they already made him look like a girl, sound like a girl and behave like a girl, what is the point of making him a boy? (sure you can say because it's anime, but I would probably liked the series a little bit more if that was the heroine) Still, the fact that he is a psycho does help though so in the end I did like him nevertheless. Well, he's just thirteen, so he wouldn't be very manly anyway. And so what if he's kinda feminine? He's adorable and a little nuts. It's a good combo. lol |
| Decent start and 1st episode. I felt that there was a lack of impact the moment the main character woke up and saw the dismembered (and stitched together) body. In my opinion, the overall atmosphere of that whole scene should’ve felt more dreadful. The whole tone after that also felt a bit off. Students were allowed to go back to school, but the atmosphere didn’t really change; everything seem fine, just like nothing ever happened. Anyway, I’m still looking forward to the next episode and how they’ll handle the culprit revelation. |
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| No wonder it gave off a Danganronpa vibe, same studio. Though this one seems to be a lot more interesting than Danganronpa was. Need more of this! |
Knight_Artorias said: TheIMF said: I also hated how the showed the gender only at the main character, just to reinforce that he's in fact a trap.Yeah, as soon as I read "Boy, Age 13," I noped the fuck out. Stupid shit. This is the sole definition of "draw a girl, call it a boy". He even wears the female school uniform for no reason. God, I hate this and of course the mouthbreathers will be crazy over it. That is how he was described in the novel, everybody saw this coming from a mile away. Not to mention its relevant to the plot of those novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa_Ranpo But I suppose not everybody will like these very well known Japanese mystery novels. I'm sure more people will whine about the upcoming clichés, not knowing it was those novels that started a bunch of them. |
| Yo dat opening. The MC friend is annoying as fuck. |
rederoin said: Knight_Artorias said: I also hated how the showed the gender only at the main character, just to reinforce that he's in fact a trap. Stupid shit. This is the sole definition of "draw a girl, call it a boy". He even wears the female school uniform for no reason. God, I hate this and of course the mouthbreathers will be crazy over it. That is how he was described in the novel, everybody saw this coming from a mile away. Not to mention its relevant to the plot of those novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa_Ranpo But I suppose not everybody will like these very well known Japanese mystery novels. I'm sure more people will whine about the upcoming clichés, not knowing it was those novels that started a bunch of them. I knew Akechi Kogoro is like the Japanese Sherlock Holmes, but I didn't know there were so many novels with him. I keep seeing his name over the past few years so I'm finally caving and trying to find those novels now. :P I really think people are putting too much thought into the whole "this is a cliche" thing. I see nothing wrong with a boy looking and dressing feminine. Or even acting feminine. There are plenty of anime that don't have characters like that, so if a few have such characters, what's the big deal? xD I think it's just seen as a cliche because characters like that get a lot of negative attention and people get sick of them. If people complained just as much about abusers/sociopaths/villains in anime often being pretty or handsome, that'd be nice. The bad guys can't always be sexy. Sheesh. And I think his crazy "being a homicide suspect/solving gruesome murders is fun" mentality coupled with his childish cuteness is the perfect combination for a horror/mystery anime, honestly. :D |
| That was a very bad introduction episode. Nothing made sense at all. Kobayashi's reactions to his surroundings were so god damn unrealistic. You just can't wake up in the middle of a classroom staring your dead teacher and have absolutely no reaction to the scene whatsoever. Trying to become a detective because 'it should be fun' is an excuse for poor character writing. I hope this turns out to be at least decent. I like mistery shows and the production quality seems alright. For this episode, though, 1/5. It's like I watched nothing at all - I'm gonna head into episode 2 with the same questions I had before. |
| Not a fan of traps... Kobayashi seems to have a good sense of deductive reasoning and Akechi looks like an interesting character, I mean, he loves canned coffee, why wouldn't he be? Hashiba is annoying though, extremely annoying. Sweet ED and the OST is pretty soothing. |
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| Well, that was... awkward. The whole episode oscillated between mediocrity to unintentional hilarity, and was pretty dull despite the show's desperate attempt to bring something intriguing to the table. Something in it is just entirely off. One of the main characters seems like a really fucked up gir--guy, and not in any interesting way whatsoever. Characters claiming to be "bored" with their lives and being on the lookout for incidents for the sole purpose of curbing boredom and "having fun" are becoming trite and are no longer amusing. I'll probably stick with this for a couple more episodes, but there's nothing in particular that seems to be worth looking forward to, judging by the bland first episode. |
| Damn, this anime's got some potential. But I love mystery stories, so. That's pretty much the reason why I gave this a shot at all. The Human Chair. I've actually read the manga of that. So yea, next episode should be interesting. Cute girl protagonist btw... ... ... yes girl. IT'S A GIRL DAMNIT. CAN'T CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE. |
| I have strong association with Kekai Sensen. Similar style, even some characters are too similar. The weak point against Kekai Sensen only one - trap boy with clearly psychological problems as the main protagonist ) |
| This was fucking dreadfull i ussualy dont give anything below a 5 unless for those echi ova shows but this was just so bad.I mean grey people??????The most stupid protaganist EVER AND his sidekick is stupid as fuck.This show has a fucking horror tag WTFFFFF?????This is a horror show why do we have traps and teachers with bunny ears??. 4/10 its not a 3 because im kinda interested in knowing who the real killer is tbh. |
tomi02 said: This was fucking dreadfull i ussualy dont give anything below a 5 unless for those echi ova shows but this was just so bad.I mean grey people??????The most stupid protaganist EVER AND his sidekick is stupid as fuck.This show has a fucking horror tag WTFFFFF?????This is a horror show why do we have traps and teachers with bunny ears??. 4/10 its not a 3 because im kinda interested in knowing who the real killer is tbh. Its not a horror show, it is a modern take on almost hundred year old detective novels by Edogawa Ranpo. This is as much of a horror as Sherlock Holmes is. |
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| Based on the 1st episode, this anime is a 2 or 3 out of 10. There was nothing good about it, the characters are really bad, the art is average at best, so is the animation. I can't really judge the story right now because i've only seen 1 episode but based on that, it looks like it'll be bad too. Now this is only based on episode 1 so my score may get higher as the episodes go but right now, it's honestly the worst 1st episode of an anime i've ever watched. Edit : I'm guessing they'll be trying for a ''So bad it's good'' anime or something. These things are getting pretty popular for movies so i guess people will try it with anime, like Mars of destruction. |
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