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| Ready Player One meets the Matrix. Colour me intrigued. |
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| What the heck this was very confusing. I hope this confusion goes away in the next few episodes instead of confusing me more. Idk what is real and what is not. |
| If you read Eleceed you're automatically my friend. |
| This show went from possibly being another generic fantasy post apocalyptic show to actually having substance, and being original. I’m all for the company, psychological angle and if the storyline continues in this path it has the potential to be as good as Steins Gate. |
| It's kind of weird to see little-known studios like Nut try to do something so arthouse, old-school science fiction. I didn't understand even half of what was happening in this episode, but to be honest, they managed to buy my attention. Hope this show does not repeat the fate of ReCreators. |
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| I loved the world explained through Ep 1 ,now that there is the whole deviant "bug" and sentient robot aliens thing going on, it kind of kills the shows tone. It's so hard to take the whole thing seriously even though I respect the shifts in art style. This might just be one of those shows where I watch up to 5 ep to decide whether to drop it or grind through it. As of now the only things I watch for are the opening,ending songs and the highly likable MC. |
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| WHY? WHY? WHY? The 1st episode was so great , why this stupid plot twist? From 2nd favorite after 1st episode to 1st drop .Disappointing score 3/10 |
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| wtf was this? ... i'll probably watch one more episode (since i kinda liked Natsume and the main guy in ep 1), but this episode has to be my biggest disappointment of the year... not that i was expecting to enjoy this anime either way... this being a game is lame, and the cartoon thing is even more lame lol |
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| WHAT ON EARTH DID I JUST WATCH? |
| Great twist. Now no idea where this is going. Will the humans hack out of their (re)programming? |
| I absolutely have no idea of how I should react to this episode. It just made me confused 'cause now we'll have a side-story that I don't wanna watch... which is actually the main story ? Well, as long as these cartoon scenes don't overtake the whole story... why not. |
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| I dont know... I found this espisode, the animation, too childish, and the story seems to be so serious. I wont be able to take this seriously if I keep watching that infantile thing. |
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| went from a 9 to a 4 for me. Garbage. but mc girl has potential. |
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| Not gonna lie, I was extremely confused in the beginning. I thought that they had their own online internet system and that the avatars just represented the characters. However, I think I understand it now. It seems a bit more interesting knowing that Kaburagi is not really human. I'm guessing his body is either a dead human that they're using or a robot of some sorts? I could be wrong. I'll give it a few more episodes. I'm still on the fence with this one. |
| 臭い- |
| I love all the trophes with Plato's Cave, TTGL, Matrix, Logan's run, Ergo Proxy, The Truman Show and soo on. Now one more for the collection, I can't wait for this girl to wake up and tell everyone the truth, as always happens. Allegory of the cave |
ChanbaraJul 17, 2020 11:38 PM
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Bibimbapski said: Not gonna lie, I was extremely confused in the beginning. I thought that they had their own online internet system and that the avatars just represented the characters. However, I think I understand it now. It seems a bit more interesting knowing that Kaburagi is not really human. I'm guessing his body is either a dead human that they're using or a robot of some sorts? I could be wrong. I'll give it a few more episodes. I'm still on the fence with this one. I think the aliens are 'virtual' and the 'chips' that humans have give access to control the body. |
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| Hory shet!! This turned a whole 180. So the humans are the one being played? Damn, AI's tunimg humans is some weird thing. Let's see where this goes. |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| Now that was an interesting episode. That said, I didn't really find it as "confusing" as some people seem to have found it, though obviously it raises a bunch of questions it hasn't answered yet. I think the idea of this episode is to explain who Kaburagi really is and what his motivations are. He's apparently some kind of AI/program controlling a human-looking character? His real job is (at night) to retrieve people who figure out what his company is actually doing. But having seen how replaceable he and the other AI are to the company, he decides to help Natsume in the the hopes of... her maybe changing things, I guess? I suppose that is yet to be seen. But I assume that going forward, we'll see him train Natsume and presumably she will eventually find out what's really going on, and then we'll see what she does. So going forward, the show will likely go back to following Natsume and what she's doing in "the real world". |
Pie is delicious. |
| Welp. I was very interested in this show from the first episode but then they introduced this cartoon avatar crap and I lost all interest. I understand the huge plot twist and it's a cool concept but that was not what I signed up for when I watched episode 1. I will not rate it however because I didn't watch it. So whoever is rating is based on 2 episodes, you guys are dumb af. |
LuxtressJul 18, 2020 9:10 AM
| Well... that was certainly something. Don't know how to feel about it exactly, yet. Right now I can't say I am interested as I was. |
| Soooo...it's a game...A FREAKING GAME???!!! JUST WHY?!!! |
| "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." |
The master of plot twists. Very hyped up for the rest of the show! |
| You don't call this a video game setting, you call this a dystopian setting. This got much more interesting and unique this episode, surprising how so many people are to the contrary The cartoony parts were extremely Kaiba. To the point that I'm halfway sure this was directly influenced by it. |
| I came for AoT and got SAO. But I can't complain, I like the new direction as action shows bore me quickly. I'm actually interested in the show now. Main girl is still obnoxious af tho. |
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| such a turnoff really.. |
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| Gotta say I was pretty interested in this show until they flipped the premise |
| I shall destroy and hate mankind |
| Attack on Titan has entered the chat Attack on Titan has left the chat Darling in the FranXX has entered the chat Darling in the FranXX has left the chat Sword Art Online has entered the chat So, basically, an alien race has invaded eart and filled it with monsters so they can mind controle humans that become soilders and use their bodies to play video games trough a chip? And the main character is a human that do not have a chip in it and the alien will train her to get rid of this evil gaming company that also kill people because E-SPORTS? That is such a trip but sing me in! |
| heh. |
poiuytrewq said: No, its more a reverse westworld were the player bodies are controlled by robots that may or may not just be humans that too cybernetics to its endpoint and the human people are just towns folk. Its not a virtual world and its not e-sports its just a coat of paint. People seem to forget that the ep2 reveal is just an ad from the evilcorp do you get killed in real life for underperforming in an MMO or cheating. No clearly not. The robos are all the property of said evilcorp so participation in many respects is not optional. (Its no wonder it has >90% satisfaction but it is considered a bug (punishable by death) to be dissasisfied with your slave life the robo players ironically have less freedom than the real humans do even if the humans and robots don't realize it) Yeah I get it, it is far more complicated than SAO but the fact that we have this dinamic betwen the videogame overlords opresing the players (by that I mean the robot things) and humans do remember me of SAO, just that this time there is more things happening, the players and "NPC's" (By that I mean humans) are much more unhappy and the videogame is actually real and the company is some strange fucked up human and robot body stealing scam. Or I didn't get the show aswell as I expected. Anyways I will happly follow WTF is happening because warping my head around it is being fun. |
Bob-o-DominadorJul 19, 2020 12:05 AM
| heh. |
Uhm. What? They are actually being controlled by those alien-like creatures? It means they don't have consciousness or will, except for Natsume who is considered a bug and dead?? |
Ao_SkyJul 19, 2020 3:14 AM
Ao_Blue said: Uhm. What? They are actually being controlled by those alien-like creatures? It means they don't have consciousness or will, except for Natsume who is considered a bug and dead?? Only the Gears are the robot thingys. The humans are human with chips in them to keep them under control. The bugs are humans who step out of line. |
Vindicater said: Ao_Blue said: Uhm. What? They are actually being controlled by those alien-like creatures? It means they don't have consciousness or will, except for Natsume who is considered a bug and dead?? Only the Gears are the robot thingys. The humans are human with chips in them to keep them under control. The bugs are humans who step out of line. I think humans are called Gears. If Gears die, those robot-like things will just replace them. Humans can't basically decide on their own, right? I guess they will be labeled as bugs once they regain consciousness or something. |
| Why is everyone saying aliens? Those cartoon avatars might be digital people from before apocalypse. |
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Ao_Blue said: Vindicater said: Only the Gears are the robot thingys. The humans are human with chips in them to keep them under control. The bugs are humans who step out of line. I think humans are called Gears. If Gears die, those robot-like things will just replace them. Humans can't basically decide on their own, right? I guess they will be labeled as bugs once they regain consciousness or something. so Kaburagi is basically a human possessed with the robot avatar mind? meanwhile, Natsume still has Human consciousness ? and the previous user of Natsume has already dead? or Natsume... what I'm confused as hell |
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| Not really sure what to think yet, will keep watching for a few weeks before making my mind on this twist |
| At least trying something different. Sad people won't even give it a chance. This anime's potential just skyrocketed imo and thankfully wasn't as it appeared to be. |
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