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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I really liked the animation style and it was interesting to see how everybody reacted to the situation they were in when some people gained powers and felt superior and some didn’t |
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| idk wtf just happened, it had a Angel Beats type opening, then proceeded to do some Lord of the Flies bs, then some mountain comes up. this ep's audiovisual were strange too, I mean, that lack of ost and the abstract art was smth for sure. anyways, good episode. |
| Really good stuff. First, i like how we are immediately in the situation without knowing what the fuck was going on. Also like that it isnt overly edgy yet, i was sure somebody was gonna get killed in the first episode, glad it did not. The designs are great and the animation is top notch, congrats to the team. Was, and is, my most hyped show for summer, by far. |
| Episode felt so long for me. This is one weird anime. |
| this is really give me yuasa anime vibes and it's so interesting , will looking forward to next episode in summer. |
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| Solid first episode, I have no idea where this is going but the reveal at the end increased my interest by far. I'm still a little worried that they'll still fall into the Lord of the Flies or Drifting Classroom cliches, but at least the writer's 100% aware of those risks. I just hope he pulls it off. This could be really fun. |
| Well well, Sonny Boy is director and scriptwriter Shingo Natsume pulling a Masaaki Yuasa on the sci-fi side, and character designer Hisashi Eguchi being so weird lols, but a great early premiere though. And Madhouse is finally back on the production side, missed this studio for quite sometime! The art style being reminiscent of Masaaki Yuasa's Ping Pong The Animation, and totally having that Lord of the Flies feel. LOLS that Hibari-kun reference, that was sublime. High school boys and girls getting "penalized" by "rules" of people whom have superpowers in the midst of the outside "darkness", nothing makes sense, but DAMN, this is one fine premiere of a showing. Fuck man, THIS SHOW IS WEIRD AND FUN AT THE SAME TIME! This being an original anime, and this premiere episode definitely has me intrigued and stoked for more on the "Show, Don't Tell" basis. |
KANLen09Jun 18, 2021 8:59 PM
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| Bro I don't know what happened in that episode, the dude with star on his face is definitely evil though. I loved the visuals, the song at the end, the Lord of the Flies themes that it touches on. Also does anyone catch Nagara almsot cracking a smile at the end looking at Nozomi? Almost as if he's having fun after being depressed for the whole first episode. There's so much going on in the first episode but this was amazing honestly. |
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| I'm back into watching seasonal anime and back into the episode forums. Thank god the personally dreadful Spring is over, and Summer times are here! And also returning this time around, is Studio Madhouse! Ever since the trailer got released, I know this series has something going for it, and I DIG THE SONG (or atleast the part of it. So what do I get? Well...I'm still yet to watch it so...gonna watch it lol. |
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| Weird stuff, cheap but stylish visuals. Reminds me of Yuasa a bit (tatami galaxy/devilman). This surely has some potential to become a thing, so I'm in. |
| Nice nods to The Drifting Classroom and Stop!! Hibari-kun! This is the only anime I cared about this year, and even then it was only because Hisashi Eguchi is one of the great living illustrators in Japan. Glad to see the actual content of the show seems interesting too. |
| Pretty cool premise, liked it overall but not fully sold yet. |
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| I didn't know what to expect at the beginning, but by the end I was really interested and I'm definitely looking forward to more. The star tattoo dude will probably be the antagonist of the show, he's just too dangerous. I wonder if he played mind games on that kid that looked extremely traumatized at the end. "You can't go back to the real world.", it's as though they're all dead and stuck in some kind of afterlife dimension without being aware of the details. Summer 2021 won't be as bad as I thought it would be after all! |
| I sometimes forget to finish my sentences. |
| This pretty good. I think this might become be one of the better shows of this year. |
| so is this a story about how to balance more control aka rules (less to no freedom but with peace and order) vs more freedom (that causes chaos and disorder) or authoritarian vs libertarian spectrum  |
degJul 22, 2021 5:09 PM
| I guess it was an okay start. Pretty weird but in a good way. Those cats are cute. :D Let's see what's next. |
SerafosJun 19, 2021 12:03 AM
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| Wtf was this episode. It looked cool and all but I didn't get shit lmao. It's an interesting concept so I hope they won't mess it up. I think this show needs a little more music, lack of music made the episode feel emptier than it actually is. |
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| First of all, ED/OP song, great great song. Great GREAT SONG!!! I'm excited to hear it on full. Finally my return to seasonal anime is Sonny Boy! An anime that took me away in an instant. You gotta follow and patiently look in every minute of this show, because dear lord we are only given a bare minimum in context and background of whatever freak is going on in this first episode. I love just how grounded and tense this show already is man. Once you're given super powers in such a cozy and tight environement, you know things will go wrong really fast, and that's what happened here. Each characters so far that we're introduced have their own personal views and agendas now that they're in this FFA (free-for-all) world. The students who holds a strong power and a strong will, tends to abuse the other students who are too weak or are unopposed their goals. Dictatorship? Glad things got resolved fast, as they cracked the puzzle and have escaped the dark, dark environment of "This World"...and now they're on an island! Sure hope nothing's going wrong with that...I clearly know some manga series that uses islands for their survival setting. So far, I'm content with this first episode. Sonny Boy doesn't have an apparent goal yet, but we already have a foundation for our characters and their motives in the other world that has yet to be known. Next episode is gonna come next month, so let's wait for that long...but so far it's good! |
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VanishingKira said: Actually according to what we know of the powers of the main characters, Very densely packed episode. Take Lord of the Flies+Mind Games+some supernatural aspects and you have this show. Alot of emphasis on cats for whatever reason? Maybe Shingo Natsume just really likes cats, there's probably more to it. Also a very direct reference to The Drifting Classroom manga. |
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| A great 1st episode. Kinda reminds me of WEP in that you have no clue wtf is going on until the middle of the season. A mix of tatami's galaxy's mystery and sci-fi with Lord of Flies themes especially at the end of the episode. Seems like the student council will play as the antagonists for the show. Can't wait to see how this all pans out throughout the season! |
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| Lord of the Flies sure looks different these days. It might even become Animal Farm soon. I don't know if it can become a Brave New World though, I have my doubts. |
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| i found it rather interesting that you were plunged into the story, though it was still understandable from the snippets of information you were given. and the absence of the ost for the majority of it was rather interesting too. i'm excited to see how this anime goes. |
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| i have never been so intrigued, can't wait for this to actually air, i hope it won't be rushed. |
| It is weird but maybe it is intended to be weird in the first episode. Lets see! |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Interesting start for sure, I love the mystery about it, and I am very curious to learn more about it, and see where it does indeed progress as it goes along. |
| This looks very interesting. don't know how it will go on but im intrigued |
| "Even if it has good reviews, if I don't like it then it is shit" -Some random anime character |
| Can't wait for more. I'm assuming it will go the survival horror route ? Nice to hear Ging Nang Boyz doing some OP |
| This really surprised me 0. The animation is simply excellent, although I honestly don't understand what was going on but I imagine they will explain it It reminds me a lot of Woder Egg and I hope this doesn't end up disappointing me (*´▽`*) |
| Okay, this is really fucking weird, but in a good way. Interesting characters, and an even more interesting set-up. High school kids being thrown into such a scenario can produce great results and turn out to be very intriguing, and this show has been a great example of this so far. Though, I disliked the fact that they skipped over how this phenomenon occured in the first place, and how the students reacted to it. They seem way too calm even after getting stuck in such a bizarre and horrifying situation. I mean, they did kind of freak out at the end of the episode, but if this had happened in real life, the breakdown would have certainly come a lot earlier and would have been a lot more devastating. I'm probably being a bit pedantic, though. This is only the first episode, so let's see what comes next. Btw, I didn't like that star guy to be honest. I don't know why, but having some sort of godlike figure in every apocalyptic or apocalyptic-esque story is apparently a must. This kind of set-up would be far more interesting with just normal people included. The animation was fine. They obviously cut a lot of corners (many conversations weren't animated properly; sometimes, only the characters' figures were shown from far away, and the facial expressions and the lip flaps weren't animated at all), but it didn't bother me that much. I'm really eager to see where this goes. |
IrrelevantGuyJun 23, 2021 6:37 AM
| At first the premise reminds me a bit of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX S3, but the tone is more like Mugen no Ryvius or OG Boogiepop. It has that eerie feeling to which reminds me of late 90, early 00 anime. Pretty intriguing start. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| That was a very good first episode. I liked it, especially the last 10-15 minutes. |
| The plot of this show is really interesting. I like it a lot. The first episode made me ask a lot of questions and my brain was actually thinking about stuff in this show. This is really interesting as of the first episode. Looking forward to more. And, yeah the animation is great. Madhouse on the track baby. |
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| Weird but in a good way. Can't wait for more! |
R0rack said: If it maintains that "show, don't tell" approach, this will easily be my anime of the season. I a hundred percent agree. The fact that we know so little because the characters themselves know so little and we are following /their/ point of view, makes it a lot more immersive. Also makes me incredibly curious of what's to come. I have high hopes for this! |
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