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| A decent conclusion, as good as you can really get with this time limitation and with the massive amount of plot points and characters they tried to hit on. Overall the message of pushing forward despite your troubles seems, well, appropriate. It's a unique take at the least for me, often times disaster plots are doom and gloom and action, misery porn essentially and while some of the moments in this show get close to that it never dwells on it(for better of for worse, remember her dad and how quickly that was overlooked?). That being said it's another one of Yuasa's mediocre works in comparison to Ping Pong. Which is to be expected if anyone know's his history. It really needed more focus, better pacing most importantly and more time focused on these characters to make their sacrifices mean more to us. It takes a tremendous suspension of disbelief to follow along with this story and not roll your eyes out of your skull(360 gramps no scope, famous youtuber and famous scientist survive and tag along, finding eachother in the middle of the ocean, everyone coming across working boats, one even military). The amount of plot conveniences within these 10 episodes is incredible. The show requires quite a lot out of it's viewers to get to what's good and to ignore the flaws and that's a huge problem for this show for a lot of people. I'd love to see what non anime fans thought of this, if Yuasa's minimal and wonky animation style ruined it or not basically. Because while in Ping Pong it adds to the aesthetic it doesn't do that so much here. I'd say beyond Kite's balloon scene and maybe Ayuma's final crying scene that wonky, exposed roughness rarely adds to anything going on and often times it probably leaves viewers wondering if they're watching an unfinished product. Final thoughts, I didn't feel much but I was entertained for the most part and at times it made me think a little about how I interpret tragedy. I did have to get over quite a few stupid plot decisions and really just accept this rapid pacing though. Making an anime this janky and at comparable length to a movie which would have much higher production values seems counterintuitive. But overall I enjoyed it, the characters were generally likable, the thematic elements were a pleasant and uplifting change, some of the character moments we do get are satisfying and it finishes pretty damn strong all things considered. It's not as good as I hoped but it's not much worse either. 7/10 for me. |
| I finished the whole series straight in one night. I just can't believe I didn't cry. But there lots of tearjerking moments. *^* I'm just disappointed I didn't cry like some of the you did. Probably because of sleepiness? I already expected that both of their parents are gonna die but I didn't want it to happen. I'm also sad that Haruo died :'( And KITE -- He's one of my favorite character in the series. He's the MVP in this anime after the father died. (Only for me) |
| I found the show to be a mixed bag. There's good stuff happening throughout, but the story felt rushed at points, the tone can be really weird at times, the animation shifts in the later half and felt distracting, and there's a number of things with the story that bugged me. Generally the survival story stuff was what I was wanting, so when we would veer away from that or kinda dumb story stuff happened (Finding an amphibious APC on the ocean, the secret cave base, the whole Kite ending) and I almost stopped at a few times around the half way point when they reached the commune place and everything afterwards. It's certainly not bad, it's very watchable, this isn't something awful like 7 Seeds, but I felt that it could've been better. I'd put it at like a 3/5. |
KamikazeKeegJul 12, 2020 11:42 PM
| What a great show. I'm glad I picked this up! Of course it's not perfect and the animation is kinda wack sometimes but I thought it did well in the emotional side of things and the journey as a whole was quite nice to see. Interesting finale! |
| Lol. I happened to watch Hello World movie and Japan Sinks yesterday and I still can't believe that a piece of trash like Hello World got 7.76 and Japan Sinks is hated by nearly everyone here. Must be some rare case of collective blindness. Not gonna say anything about the animation, I never cared about it, but this is my second Yuasa's work (after Eizouken ni Te wo Dasu na) and I really liked the style. This roughness and imperfection are what makes it good. Pros: - A lot of people are writing about unrealistic characters and their reactions. I can't agree with that at all. It's really common to be seemingly in high spirits after a death of a person close to you, to joke and smile a lot etc., especially when you're in such a stressful situation. It's just a protective mechanism, you know, so you don't lose your mind with grief immediately. Scenes like the one where mom was cutting Ayumu's hair show that in such situations people deal with grief later. - The same can be said about characters. Yeah, people IRL are often annoying, cheesy, cringey, they make stupid jokes all the time, insult each other, being insufferable weaboos like Go, get into unnecessary arguments with their parents or children, show their worst side when faced with extreme situations and so on. But they also help each other, genuinely love each other, overcome the difficulties and grow. I think the show mostly managed to portray both of these sides well. - I'm pretty empathetic and can sympathize with characters even in really generic shows, but the impact is not the same every time. Some deaths in this anime were a bit forced or didn't happen at the right moment to have the necessary impact, some made me really sad, and Mari's death actually made me cry a lot. I don't cry at every even remotely sad scene in every anime I watch, but I can't just shrug off children trying to save their mother with all their strength, and I don't give a shit about the fact that it's generic, has been done a thousand times everywhere, cheesy, badly animated etc. Cons: - A lot of plot conveniences, not going to argue about this one. But as long as I still cared about the characters, it's fine. I guess I could describe the characters as mostly realistic and the plot as mostly unrealistic (excluding sudden stupid deaths, that's not really unrealistic, you could expect that in every disaster). - Yeah, it's really predictable most of the time, like the moment Ayumu's leg was infected you could guess that she would have it amputated and then perform at the Olympics with a prosthetic in the last episode. Or you could easily predict how Haruo will die. It's not necessarily a bad thing. A good show doesn't have to be completely unpredictable, it could be just good old predictable things that are done right and still have impact. - Some things felt like they were really just there for shock value, like the scene where seagulls are eating the fisherman's body was good and emotional enough, but the shark after that was really unnecessary. It broke the mood sometimes, but as I said most of the deaths ranged from okay to really strong and emotional to me. Overall: solid 8/10 for me. It's fairly predictable show about simple people and simple things. Yeah, Japanese culture like any other culture deserves to be protected and remembered. Yeah, people often have conflicting beliefs and world views but they can achieve great things if they overcome it. Yeah, we go through a lot of sadness and pain in our lives, but if we live through it all, it will probably help us grow. So what is so bad about the anime that tells about these things in kinda generic but emotional and impactful way? Ah, yeah, "ugly animation", lol. P. S. People who are now posting things like "good job for ruining Yuasa's name" in the director's profile, are the cancer of anime community, I'm not exaggerating even a little bit. People who are upset with Olympics for the disabled (it literally exists in the real world, wtf) or the fact that different cultures can coexist, IDK, probably go back to your cave. (edited, forgot to add the score lol) |
| The pure stupidity of characters of this show is way beyond me. That girls leg could be treated like in 1st episode, when her father had first aid kid (or some sort of) or even at this weird cult place. Not to mention some weird ass siutation like taking a freaking photos, Granda-rambo, random Rap battle etc. I just wanted some Tokyo Magnitude vibe. What I get was this abomination. Giving it 4 is mercy. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| I mean, the finale was nice I guess but... I didn't care much because most of the anime until now was pretty shit and poorly executed. Hurts to do that to my boi Yuasa but it's gonna be a 3/10. Just go watch Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 instead, it's waaaaaaaaaaaay better than this garbage. |
STOP SLEEPING ON ODD TAXI |
| Wow that kinda sucked balls |
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| seriously at some scene that animation looks so ugly !!! |
| I stay with 7/10. Episodes 1+2 were nice. (Though the weird scenes and random English already started there.) Later it got worse. The cult and Daniel ... were totally random. After that it got a bit better gain. Though it feels a bit pointless in the end. Still ... the last episode was nice. I would have preferred some actual and more realistic survival though. With different kinds of chars working together (different skills) to survive. Was just some kind of adventure anime with a weird attempt trying to mix comedy and serious stuff. More serious and I could have enjoyed this a bit more. (Still not great then unless it would have been a real survival anime.) |
| yo how the fuck did kite survive? man has at least 9 lives. PANDEMlC said: I'd love to see what non anime fans thought of this, if Yuasa's minimal and wonky animation style ruined it or not basically. i watched a couple episodes with a non-anime-watching pal, and they told me they really liked the art style: apparently because it wasn’t jarring on the eyes. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
| Idk even know what to say omo I only liked Kite because of his voice/seiyuu He looks okay on the first episodes that he appeared and btw he's dead right? Since it was the scientist/dr operating the YT channel or something? Edit: NVM he's alive, oh great :0  |
saeran_choiiiiJul 14, 2020 7:19 PM
| owkey |
| did they just reveal Kite as trans at the end, or...? |
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fuwahfuwaaaaaah said: So Kaito is alive, right? I like to believe that he was watching Ayumu at the end |
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| The ending had a similar tone to girls last tour's ending but wasn't as emotive, which is weird because I engaged with those characters unlike the archive of humanity in girl's last tour that we know nothing about the world they are in, when they show that montage in this show i just dont feel it man, I think it has something to do with the writing going downhill in the second half, all the stupid coincidences and the mf tank was enough, i can't get over the ridiculous stupid coincidences, they left a bad taste and don't let me enjoy the ending memories montage because without those the ending can't happen, the show in the state it is doesn't deserve that ending even if its one that should fit in. |
Carpal_Tunnel69Jul 15, 2020 5:41 AM
| A valiant effort from the last 3 episodes to give some emotional depth to the deaths and further expose whatever topics the anime is meant to be cemented on. Except I can't buy it one bit considering the nature of the events throughout the series and how it failed miserably in making me invested (or remotely interested) in these characters. Which ultimately leaves me with a painfully long epilogue, without any of its benefits. A (very rare) 1/10 in my book. |
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| I mean it pretty much felt like the average disaster movie just with some awkward animation style and without Dwayne Johnson. 5/10 for me... |
| So this is one of the lowest rated anime I've watched in a while. They killed off most of my favorite characters, but I'll still rate the show highly. My reaction to character death isn't always the same. Maybe Kite is a bifauxnen who doesn't mind being called 'he.' LoL. (Watched it before checking MAL and lol not gonna say anything besides did they expect waifus doing cute things or something.) Ayumu didn't have much time to spend on her PTSD and neither did the series. So there's less of a psychology tone here or the controversial 'you said they should get over it and they did.' I thought it was a good anime. And btw I thought the Japan pure people's boat demise was deserved. It's an anime, it doesn't have to solve anything. Also there are reasons for Japanese people to not totally approve their country. Animation budget was gone in the last few episodes or something it seemed. Interesting apocalypse genre work. I don't mind some characters survived ending because true enough, there are survivors. It's not Evangelion which has different plot points anyway. |
Eris-w-Jul 16, 2020 5:25 PM
QPR said: The series started off an 8 but then slowly sank (pun intended) to a 4-5. The SJW shit was too much and so badly done. Men=rapists Japan=racist gay politician kiss multicultural people = good quadriplegic = vital making the disabled olympics the first netflix anime I watched, it will be the last. I am sure Japan would be embarrassed at this abortion of a show. At least some of the deaths were funny and I am totally shocked they didn't shoehorn in some black characters. Maybe they were too afraid to animate them. you are right. I am really bored of netflix forcing peoples eyes about their values. I dont care someone gay or aseksuel or racist. But they should make it good story telling. İnstead of doing something good they just mix everything and they hope it will be good. This is not curry |
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| This was the only good episode out of the series. I'm glad Kite was alive in the end. I'm not sure what to rate this, this episode alone could be a 7 or 8 but looking back throughout the series the other episodes would score low. The way the characters acted sometimes, the pictures, the rap battle, etc. are what put me off from this. I feel like if it was more serious and more "realistic" (Not saying that some parts weren't.) it would be better. But I'll admit it was really entertaining to watch. It was okay and entertaining but I wouldn't give it a 5 so, 4/10. |
yura_marinetteJul 16, 2020 3:38 PM
| So Kite is a man the whole series last minutes in Episode 10 they changed his gender to get woke progressive points not to mention the out of nowhere Gay politicians. |
kinasato said: Because they needed to cut off her leg for the olympic ending, which seems to be one of the important messages of the show. Just another painfully obvious case of bad writing : / Unfortunatelly, virtue signaling took precedence over delivering a good and beliveable story. This show feels like a bunch of moral/ethical/political statements with some random plot and characters slapped on it. Waaaaay too hamfisted to be impactful or enjoyable. Exactly. This show has it all, race diversity, a trans character, a disabled character, rape attempts, nationalist bigots... everything except decent writing. Feels like it was made to appeal liberals. |
| Just is episode felt like someone was using a cat as a condom just to shag some burnt crippled hobo booty in a dumpsterfire. |
| I hope Kaito/Kite is still alive. He was the only younger character who was interesting and useful, aside from Haruo who died after saving that hard drive. All my favorite characters died: mom, dad, gramps and even Haruo, who I began to like when he started to talk more. The ending was confusing and unsatisfying. 6/10 for me. I was so looking forward to this. However, I got pissed off many times while watching it. Some parts were enjoyable. The deaths were pretty funny but mom's death hit me the hardest. Lots of plot holes, lots of things didn't make sense. I had a feeling Ayumu vegan yam girl was going to join the paralympics after they mentioned they had to amputate her leg. I'm guessing she and her brother lived in Russia or Estonia for a few years. Whee did they get their money?? Who supported them? Did Onedera adopt them? So many unanswered questions. They kept saying Mari, best mom, was from the Philippines but they didn't say a single Tagalog or Visayan word or introduce anything from her culture. |
| 臭い- |
| I was shocked to see KITE turning into an asshole, but I was wrong - he performed something heroic. I'm glad Kaito survived everything and that Ayumu and Go were able to find happiness in the new reality. This anime had many flaws, but it was a good one. I really enjoyed watching it. |
QPR said: Rickydory123 said: Is Kite really alive? It looked like someone else was operating his YouTube channel Yes, he was clearly shown at the end with a kite cap at the stadium. Where? I don't see him anywhere in the end except for when Onadera is controlling the virtual kite. |
| The most unbelievable thing about this series is how the world just let the Japanese people suffer. Really, other countries didn't rush to help Japan? Honestly speaking, this ending had some genuine emotional moments. Unfortunately, it certainly wasn't deserving of such an ending thanks to everything that came before. Despite the overwhelming negativity on the internet(comments, reviews, etc), I went into this show with an open mind. Expected a disaster-type anime with Yuasa's general directorial flair. Instead, I certainly got a disaster, and people were mostly right about it. Should've just played it as a straight disaster-type anime, but it was some of the most over-the-top, unbelievable, silly, and random shit with a strong side of tragedy porn. I checked out during the random cult part. I still can't believe it lasted 3 entire episodes. 10 episodes and you spend 3 of them on some stupid cult. The series should've been longer. Maybe that would've fixed some things. I don't know. Also, the budget absolutely tanked halfway through the anime. Netflix, what happened to your money? I have no idea what happened with this anime, but this was a miss for Science SARU. I hope their next work will be better. |
| 7/10. Made me cry more than once, but too many issues and deaths. Grandpa's death and the ending were the most emotional parts. |
| I am not a weeb, I simply enjoy 2D girls |
| Far from Yuasa's best work, but not really as bad as some people are painting it to be. I think they tried to do too much and make too many points instead of focusing on the characters a bit more. They only really started doing that towards the end. I would have also skipped the cult arc completely. Didn't really fit with the theme of the series. Maybe it makes more sense in the source material. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
gift62 said: Does anyone know the ending song that played in this episode? The song is called "景色" (keshiki). It is sung by Kaf (花譜) and written by Kanzaki Iori (カンザキイオリ). You can find it on the YouTube channel of Kaf : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46HgoDkRCns. |
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