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| What I expected: Dark themes, gore, murder, psychological shit. What I got: Light hearted comedy, ridiculous murders, and yaoi up the ass...literally. We have an MC who looks, sounds, acts, dresses, and gets treated as a girl...and yet somehow is a boy. That shit crosses the realm of androgynous and trap. Autopsy was done by some weird bitch and a talking doll...why? Fucking ultra trap savant MC somehow deduces the entire crime just by sitting in an interrogation room with the most halfass theory ever. Chick confesses immediately when there was no evidence, just because. Metrun said: Well, I got my expectations turned down. I thought that there was going to be one big riddle, or a least some longer and connected riddles, and then it looks like it's going to be another episodic series. Also, I don't like how the watchers can't "participate" in solving the mystery - there aren't really any clues or anything, we only see the anwser - we haven't been informed about teacher's "feelings" before, the culprit is a character we see for the first time ever, etc.. Also, the comedy scenes were very anticlimatic. Hope this anime gets better. Yea totally get that feeling. The purpose of a mystery show is kind of defeated when you cant even take a guess at the culprit yourself. |
Konata360 said: It seems like a lot of people didn't enjoy it... which I understand, because I really didn't like the autopsy scene and that cat-eared teacher gets on my last nerve (who tf wears cat ears to school?!). But I encourage everyone to give it another chance. I think most people dislike that Koybayashi's deduction was rushed and had holes in it. But the anime freely acknowledges this. Akemi says he passed, but "just barely." It's even noted that his deduction would have fallen apart if Hoshino didn't confess. Keep in mind that this came from a 13 year old amateur, and while good it's not going to be perfect. Next week could be an entirely different show if it focuses on Akemi and not Koybayshi. Kind of like, here's what a mystery looks like when dealt with by amateurs, and now here's what a REAL mystery looks like. Call me too optimistic, but I can see some real potential in this show. Don't give up on it just yet! I hope I can be as optimistic as you, but I cannot. Sorry. It's too much for me. |
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Konata360 said: Also, to those saying that it's "weird for a male teacher to fall in love with a male student." UMM NO, what's weird is that a teacher of any gender is dating a student of any gender, and that this teacher is emotionally manipulative eough to convice said student to want to be dismembered and turned into a chair! Why is no one concerned about this fact?! Who cares if the characters are on the other team, this man literally convinced a girl to become a chair! Evidently, it's because people are more concern that the MC is a girlish boy, the loli teacher, the glass friend,...etc. People.... |
ReaperCreeper said: So he pretty much solved the entire thing on a hunch. How did the teacher find so many girls who want to become chairs? Emotional manipulation on level of brainwashing. A teacher would know his students psychology and problems so he would have no problems manipulating that to his advantage. |
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Skeleton thing was wow: Very unexpected. I just know that the teacher'll end up becoming a murderer/criminal. Her cuts hint at that alot. ~.~ Her reaction to the chair was lol xD 10/10 episode. The scenery/background/mind scape when solving the case was a nice touch. |
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mira-nyan said: Very unexpected. I just know that the teacher'll end up becoming a murderer/criminal. Her cuts hint at that alot. ~.~. Wait, that new female teacher was not even the culprit. You got it wrong. |
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Konata360 said: They said she'll end up becoming one. Not that the teacher was the culprit this time, but she'll probably be a suspect in future cases. They said? Who? Or maybe that's a foreshadowing for her backstory & the reason why she always wears some kind of cosplay costume. |
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| Thank you, my fellow Konata fan~^ |
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shiroux said: Konata360 said: Also, to those saying that it's "weird for a male teacher to fall in love with a male student." UMM NO, what's weird is that a teacher of any gender is dating a student of any gender, and that this teacher is emotionally manipulative eough to convice said student to want to be dismembered and turned into a chair! Why is no one concerned about this fact?! Who cares if the characters are on the other team, this man literally convinced a girl to become a chair! Evidently, it's because people are more concern that the MC is a girlish boy, the loli teacher, the glass friend,...etc. People.... lolicon, not loli, unless you mean the onw with the cat ears, but i can't really see her as a loli... in case you meant the first i don't have much to correct you on, after all the students all had (i guess) at least 13 years old, which is both legal in japan and past the point where they would have their welcome to the "sex world", which would technically be ok, even if just barely, with what the term means. |
| Why does everyone hate loli-sensei? It was obvious from the start she was mostly gonna be used for comedic purposes (also she has the best freakout scene in a while) until the anime decides to delve into what the fuck happened to her. |
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Konata360 said: Sorry, when I said "they" I meant the previous commenter, mira-nyan. I was too lazy to type out the full name XD I'm inclined to agree, though. Those cuts are highly suspicious, and it even intrigued MC enough to pull her out of background character syndrome. As soon as he saw the cuts she stopped being grayed out like the rest of the background characters. Do not worry about it. Oh, yeah, that weird & inconsistent silhouette syndrome. |
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Konata360 said: Also, to those saying that it's "weird for a male teacher to fall in love with a male student." UMM NO, what's weird is that a teacher of any gender is dating a student of any gender, and that this teacher is emotionally manipulative eough to convice said student to want to be dismembered and turned into a chair! Why is no one concerned about this fact?! Who cares if the characters are on the other team, this man literally convinced a girl to become a chair! lol. Yep, couldn't have said it any better. I don't know if I've commented in this thread yet, but: This show is bizarre as hell, intentionally. That is perfectly clear now. And I'm fine with that really. I do want to see what's gonna happen later. |
| Lol, what did I watch just now? It seemed as if they pulled things arbitrarily out of thin air, strung them in a sequence, and passed them off as an episode. Was I supposed to take all of that seriously? The resolution to the case and the entire "the victims went along with his sick plan because, love" thing were utterly ridiculous, to say the least. This show kind of reminds me of that 'slice of life' abomination by P.A. Works that aired last summer (I'm referring to Glasslip in case you didn't get the drift), in the sense that both of these shows have had my mind blown away by their too profound to handle content. |
| Dropped. It seems it will focus more on the sickoness of the murder rather than the trick mystery. Not the kind of mystery show that I seek. Regretted for hyping this. Hated it. |
| Christ the main characters in this show are incredibly unlikable especially the glasses kid the main character makes murder out to not be a big deal not a very good show so far |
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| I love this show! It's like reading Edgar Allen Poe at night, except with animation. This show is easily the best macabre anime I've seen this year, and long may it continue. Seems like shows like this have been missing for a while now. |
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L-Ryoshi said: This show is easily the best macabre anime I've seen this year Isn't one of, if not, the only macabre show to come out this year?? |
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| So she wants to grow up and become a chair? XD |
Sukebe14 said: Sherlupin said: you should stop searching for realism and comon sense in this anime Edogawa Ranpo was a writer of strange tales and macabre humor Guess you right. This anime not for me, I rather read some H.P Lovecraft's works. His stories makes more common sense This anime is really not meant to represent any sign of realism.. the only problem I had personally is the awkward mix between comedic and serious moments; that substitute teacher jumping out of the window lol... it ruined the intensity of the moment for me. |
Vanisher said: Stark700 said:  This scene almost made me drop the anime, it was so fucking terrible. Also the teacher jumping thing was terrible as well. Fuck comedy. It was alright outside of that. Yeah, that scene doe. I was not too fond of how they went about that... urgh |
Juhnny said: Yeah...I have to say that I was excited for this episode. This show had a good opening and all the mystery surrounding the teacher's death was drawing me near the story. This episode was absolutely ridiculous imo. I didn't like that the mystery was solved so fast and I'm bothered by all the hints of pedophilia. I'm putting this on-hold for now with a serious drop of score from a 7 last week, to a 5 this week. it's not pedophilia if you live in japan :D not that it is much better anyway... |
| Definitely disappointed by this episode. The conclusion to the case was moronic. They should also really stop with the random slapstick comedy. I'm just wondering what the fuck the people behind this show are thinking to even put that in there.. The younger audience probably loves it tho. |
Juhnny said: kataklism said: it's not pedophilia if you live in japan :D not that it is much better anyway... I know what you mean. I'm not going to pretend I don't know there is some in anime but this whole thing "My teacher loved me" being said by a 13 year old boy, bothered me. well, it is legal there anyway, and considerin how fucked up both kobayashi and the girl were, i don't think that was so much cringe-worthy. |
| MEH. Dropped. |
I despise woke people. |
Takuan_Soho said: It's called Camp - When the usage appeared in 1909, it denoted: ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, and effeminate behavior, and by the middle of the 1970s, the definition comprised: banality, artifice, mediocrity and ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29 That does not sound appealing at all. |
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| This anime is really weird... I thought that is kinda artistic in the first episode but it's just odd. Main character goes on my nerves a bit as well, but I'll still watch it anyway xD |
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Takuan_Soho said: I should add that this show is not "pure camp", this show is using Japanese motifs that long predate "camp", but I do think it is the right attitude for a westerner to view the show and enjoy it the most. Your inputs are enriching. Thanks are due. |
| Looks like the killer just wanted sensei to notice her :( Also, the MC is one twisted little trap. |
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Takuan_Soho said: I admit it is very tough to pull off properly, but when done well it can be pretty entertaining. I see. Too bad this anime does not pull it off properly. |
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| This is so strange... a male teacher somehow finds five girls willing to become chairs and also ends up falling for a shota... |
| The way the case ended kinda reminded me of Conan. The killer was unexpected :'DDD At FIRST I was like 100% It's their new teacher especially when Kobayashi saw those red lines on her wrist. But .. not bad :D |
Takuan_Soho said: No, you just wouldn't accept it even if it did. The 1st 2 episodes were adequate, but the real fun starts from now. Who said that I would not accept it? You are being so defensive. Relax. Well, for the sake the people who are still watching this, I hope you are right about "the fun starts from now." |
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| The only remotely normal reaction was the new teacher, Hanabishi-sensei's screaming rampage. The murderer was kind of a cop out, in my opinion, introduce some character you never mentioned and then bam there's your murderer. Dafuq. The characters are fucking weird. |
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| Didn't like the comedy parts, I'd hoped they go for the more serious tone. Although, I have to admit that I don't know the works of Ranpo Edogawa and this stuff might as well be right up his alley? If you ask me, all those characters except Hashiba are completely insane. |
Sukebe14 said: not to mention such ridiculuos thing that victims wanted to be killed and turned into chairs You will be surprised at the amount of weirdos in this world. Ever heard of idiots interested in being eaten by others/serve their own body part for dinner? Yeah well, that exists too. |
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| ...this anime just keep getting better and better |
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