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| it’s hard to grasp how I feel about this anime overall it was a creepy fever dream with weird pacing and a weirder storyline oddly enough I was engaged the whole time and while the animation quality drop was disappointing it didn’t take away from the horror vibes which I enjoyed coming up to Halloween the thing is I can’t say it’s good—and in a lot of major ways it was actually kind of bad lol but it kept me interested which is among the most important qualities something to watch can offer I’m torn but suppose I’ll give it a 5/10 and call it a day |
| dropped after 2nd episode, garbage |
| Great story but the animation was disastrous. |
Kenjutsu is the art of killing...no matter how you sugarcoat it! |
| This was complete disaster. Wow. |
| I liked a lot the visual style but it is a shame the actual animation couldn't keep up with it, I'm a chicken with anything remotely scary and even I felt nothing, I can see the appeal of the visuals, much like with the Aliens / xenomorph franchise which I forgot how it is called, from H.R. Giger , but this adaptation didn't translate well. |
| This could've been better, but it was good. It's a very different anime compared your average stuff. More contemplative, weird and artistic. Too bad they decided to destroy the animation, but the art style still has it's own grace. |
| Lmao did they put this episode on 1.25x speed to cram it in 30 minutes? Got to admit I enjoyed this finale more than ep 2 and 3, was laughing through-out. |
| Man, if the quality kept up from the first episode, and this had double the episodes, this could have been phenomenal. It’s such a shame because there is some really interesting ideas, but the production and pacing just destroyed this show. But here’s the thing: it was pretty bad, but I still enjoyed it! This is a 4/10 for me, but it’s probably my favorite 4/10 ever lol!!!!! |
| well that was pretty disappointing after waiting so many years for this |
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| I think that overall I still found it scary and I like to see some of these horror elements animated like the snails etc but it's clearly underwhelming compared to the manga, not only for the animation but pacing and direction, I would just treat it as a bonus adaptation for being reminded of the manga but I'm sad that I waited years and got hyped just for it to have this result, anyway it is what it is... |
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| From being the most interesting anime to being a meh one.😮💨 |
| I don't remember those two characters at the end and the time loop in the original, but other than that it was a pretty faithful adaptation, only changing the episodic narrative in the beginning by having the stories playing out at the same time. Visually it was great on the first episode, and got a lot worse since then, but nowhere near as bad as I expected it to be from the viral clips I've seen. So yeah, I'd say it's on par with the original. |
CaptainKenshiroOct 23, 2024 11:58 AM
| Yes, the animation was pretty bad at times, but I still felt this was quite good. I didn't mind the ultrafast pacing because it just added to the fever dream atmosphere that this was already going for. I was never bored because there was always some creepy shit happening on screen. Even though this adaptation should have been far better, it still manages to be among the best horror anime I've seen. |
| Everyone hating on it, just calm down, you cant appreciate the work of Junji Ito... how are you still here? Manga may be better but, still the best adaptation It was unique, thanks for the B/W, really weird and eerie, an experience, dont care about the animation, the horror aspect was there, sometimes goofy, pacing a little fast yes, but I liked it, perfect for this spooky month In the end, its all a big spiral, the cycle and curse continues ! |
| Best episode, first 3 were pretty average, but this one was amazing and had my full attention. |
| Wow absolutely disgusting, they really eat those Snail people cooked and Raw LMAO Shuichi x Kirie love story at the end, they ended up together forever in spiral. Wow that after credits, history repeat itself. Overall honestly i expected a lot from this adaptation since they spent years in the making but it was okay i guess. Even though this was probably closest to be the best Junji Ito adaptation in Anime format compared to the previous one but still there is a lot of flaws. 6/10 for the terrifying and disturbing ride and just because i respect Junji Ito. |
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| What an ending. Bittersweet but, damn. Was it scary? not really Was it disturbing? hell yeah I noticed that people said the animation quality dropped after ep 1 but I'm not that nitpicky to notice that much amount of detail lol, still good to get the horror aspect across. |
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| How faithful is the ending to the original story? Was it really all because of some ruins and a recurring curse? In the film, everything ended much simpler, but I don’t know how true for the canon that was. @TheRealRouges I'm having snobbery overload from your comment. Please warn me in the future. |
RobertBobertOct 25, 2024 3:25 AM
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| I hope that those two at the end left the town immediately. |
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| Episode 1 was pretty good. The rest rip. 5/10 |
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| Such a shame… The idea of creating a black and white adaptation in manga style was great, and the animation, though not quite up to expectations, was acceptable. The real problem was trying to adapt it in just four episodes, which completely killed the atmosphere, turning it into a bunch of creepy scenes glued together. For me, it’s the best anime adaptation of a Junji Ito story, which makes me realize just how bad the others are. The curse struck again here too. :c |
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| Decent Adaptation. The story as a whole remains a 4/10 though. ... I can't recall the differences off memory, but I like the original epilogue of Shuichi and Kirie's genderswap reincarnation confirming to be stuck in the spiral for eternity. I first read the manga in Sep 24, 2022. I've read all of Junji Itou's work except for The Liminal Zone Volume 2, that new monthly manga, and his No Longer Human adaptation (all of his adaptations are bad). I love his work for the most part. Big fan. But... Uzumaki is surprisingly his most overrated and most popular work. It's too nonsensical to say the least. Sure, the spiral is chaotic, but the plots individually aren't all great and don't compliment each other. The start is great, and so is the finale, but some of the buildup and plots are dull and as a whole doesn't feel right and perfect. Most of it is too ridiculous and random. They don't fit. Anyway, here's my incredibly lengthy original manga review; |
waalex11Oct 27, 2024 3:16 AM
| I mean, This last episode was better than the previous two atleast. The first and last episodes were the best tbh. Oh well, Atleast the final scene and the drawings this episode were done really well. |
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