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| cliche and lame AF... the show's been dropping since some time. Cannot comprehend some people here, the "we've met when kids but forgot about it" is one of the BIGGEST cliches that exist in anime, and it didnt added anything particularly good... |
AredrosApr 8, 2018 3:26 PM
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Pityfool said: Aredros said: cliche and lame AF... the show's been dropping since some time. Cannot comprehend some people here, the "we've met when kids but forgot about it" is one of the BIGGEST cliches that exist in anime, and it didnt added anything particularly good... Can't tell if you're trolling, or just haven't watched the episode... neither, the show started as an interesting concept as most Trigger shows, and it hinted between all the sexual references that the connection between 02 and Hiro was something related to their personalities being opposites (Maybe BDSM stuff), and now it became (at least it strongly hinted), that it is because they met as children and he drank her blood (destroying or at least making less STRONG the other point that was more original than this)... Dunno how many shows have you seen, but the "We met as kids, we made a promise, we were separated and now we found each other but we dont know it" trope is one of the most used in this industry, and even if I dont really care about cliches when they are well used (boku no hero is an example of this), in here it didnt made anything special but transform the show with some original points in a walking cliche. (been happening since some episodes ago, but this one was bleh)... |
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| Oh My God! Another great episode from Darling in the Franxx? This makes me happy and pisses me off at the same time. Happy because this show is finally getting good and pissed off because I wish they did something like this sooner in the show. If they keep up what they are doing right now, this show will more than make up for its bumpy start. |
| OHHH this was sooooooooo good T^T) The kind of episode that makes you forget your own worries and the world around you, just being entranced in the story on a rollercoaster of feels. Having the 2 protagonists as narrator the whole episode was such a splendid choice that created empathy. Also props to the animators for actually making the whole illustration book with so much details. I don't think the following episodes will be that good but it just raised my expectations on Darling in the FranXX super high. On a note side, I cannot get tired of stories that question society in a post-apocalyptic scenario. I've got a Shinsekai Yori vibe. |
| No words. Undoubtedly the best episode thus far, and what a strong one at that. |
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Aredros said: neither, the show started as an interesting concept as most Trigger shows, and it hinted between all the sexual references that the connection between 02 and Hiro was something related to their personalities being opposites (Maybe BDSM stuff), and now it became (at least it strongly hinted), that it is because they met as children and he drank her blood (destroying or at least making less STRONG the other point that was more original than this)... Dunno how many shows have you seen, but the "We met as kids, we made a promise, we were separated and now we found each other but we dont know it" trope is one of the most used in this industry, and even if I dont really care about cliches when they are well used (boku no hero is an example of this), in here it didnt made anything special but transform the show with some original points in a walking cliche. (been happening since some episodes ago, but this one was bleh)... Agreed, i'm kind of baffled of how much praise this episode is getting. |
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| This episode hit me in the feels department! I enjoyed Hiro and Zero Two interacting with each other as kids. It was too adorable! I hate that the episode left on a cliff-hanger when they recognized each other. Can't wait for Episode 14! |
Aredros said: cliche and lame AF... the show's been dropping since some time. Cannot comprehend some people here, the "we've met when kids but forgot about it" is one of the BIGGEST cliches that exist in anime, and it didnt added anything particularly good... I see you are under a huge misapprehension that clichê = bad. It really doesn't, by any means. What matters it's execution and delivery, and this episode gave it in spades. Was it lame? Maybe for some people it was, but you can take every emotional anime scene ever and call it lame... in fact even if you don't, someone will do it for you, so what about it? As you can see, people enjoyed it anyway and I know I did enjoy the heck out of this episode. I also took the liberty to check your anime list and you seem to have loved a lot of romance anime like for instance Anohana, a series that I do like a lot too, but there's no way you can call this episode of Darling in the Franxx lame but not give Anohana the same treatment. And what confuses me the most about your comment is, what the heck you mean by saying "it didn't had anything good"? No matter how you look at it, it was an episode full of character development. I think the reason you cannot compreend something so simple is because you cling to meaningless words like "clichê" or "lame". |
Veldin461Apr 8, 2018 6:49 PM
| Episode was beautifully executed, I'm eager to see how the story develops from this point |
Gamersup said: I have a question did zero two knew that hiro was that kid he met at the garden or she jus discovered on this episode In my opinion, or she thought it was him but wasn't certain, or just didn't recognize him at all. We will need to wait for the next episode to know the answer to that, though. |
| This is the strongest solid episode of the show so far, now its making a lot of sense, Zero Two's action are resulted from what she learned from Hiro, why she likes lolipop and honey because of Hiro who gave her candies, her name which she refused naming her again by present Hiro, the Darling obsession of her. Such a cruel backstory of her. Though I wonder if she's a Klauxaur who evolve/shape like human, or she's just half klauxaur, according to Dr.Franxx its the former, but how did it happen. When Hiro is patting Zero Two oni, there's a illusion hand which is similar to Zero Two, long nails, maybe her mother, so its not just Zero who is an oni. The one who gave her picture book but then disappeared, that's felt mysterious. Any relation with the one who patted her illusion and the one who gave her picture book. Can't wait for the next episodes to answer my questions, cause I'm really intrigued. ..even if memory fades, I guess feelings still remain... |
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| Sad episode but really good, really well done, now Zero Two and Hiro knows about each other, loved to see their interaction, in the past that they share, now we finally understand their past! The reaction of Zero Two when Hiro ask about book, was the best one ! That episode was so good, that i have no words to describe ! Episode 5/5! |
LimaolcApr 8, 2018 8:29 PM
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| Well, finally a DitF episode where I can expand (hope no one else wrote something like this), here I go... I knew this episode would be a total uproar on this site, I was ready for more than 10 pages... But 15?! C'mon, I won't read that much XD. We finally got the flashback episode we deserved and even tho it was as expected and even cliche it was so well done that you don't really care for that. Little Zero Two was cute af and Hiro was a total phillosopher when he was a kid. The setting, the bg music, the story given to Zero Two, the coincidences that hinted for something between them two later on their lives; everything was so well executed that you can really feel the emotional punch at the end of the episode with their realization at each other. Now with the type of episodes this anime gave us so far and specially this one I can say that everything is worth watching even when most of the people don't think that way, of course, they migth've cut a little here and there to keep a better pace but everything still works as an emotional, psicological and personality profile for each one of the kids who will defy everything they were teach or told to do; they've been also working as a transition between Zero Two changes at least this 3-4 last episodes where she was having a regresion to her former self. Think about something, if this anime were about just Zero Two and Hiros development then who will they figth along to change Papa and the adults system? With the other ones they have a chance to achieve freedom (more people willing to change how thigs are due to experiences or unanswered questions) and for that to happen you need that development. There are just a few misteries to solve in this anime and it's the Klaxiosaurs existance, even when some things have been hinted we must see the characters reaction to that discovery, that would be the actual turning point for everyone to fight Papas system; this is the kind of series that makes us realize or discover things with their characters eyes and that I think it's the main reason to not explain the Klaxiosaurus existance yet, now let's see if they keep up with the quality of this last episode story-wise. |
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Sweanime said: Makaze_no_Moujuu said: So it's not bad that we're over halfway into a series and we've got no central plot, no world building and surface level character development for most of the cast? Sorry don´t know what you talking about IMO. Have got a lot of details about the world, plot and characters. Not everything but can piece things together if you pay attention to details. And personally I would not like to know all the plot either after 12 episodes. Want to have parts by parts to think for myself. And most of the cast I see as side characters and only need surface development. When you are near 30 years old you only need surface development because you have meet all kinds of people already. That you can identity their problems and characters easy anyway. Like Zero-two in this episode was for me quite clear in the second episode why she would be like she is. It´s more like a "little" deeper cliche characters. Even if characters like zero-two sometime is rare in Anime. In contrast in Ichigo that is like a walking copy of hundreds. (Angel beats for example only have more or less one eps per characters. Still good) I don't remember any character like Ichigo before. If it's about childhood friends, I never liked them so it's not why I like her but her personality and designs. |
caio_ken said: how do you don't remember, it's the same Childhood friend that falls in love, but never says anything and it's too shy to say what she feelsSweanime said: Sorry don´t know what you talking about IMO. Have got a lot of details about the world, plot and characters. Not everything but can piece things together if you pay attention to details. And personally I would not like to know all the plot either after 12 episodes. Want to have parts by parts to think for myself. And most of the cast I see as side characters and only need surface development. When you are near 30 years old you only need surface development because you have meet all kinds of people already. That you can identity their problems and characters easy anyway. Like Zero-two in this episode was for me quite clear in the second episode why she would be like she is. It´s more like a "little" deeper cliche characters. Even if characters like zero-two sometime is rare in Anime. In contrast in Ichigo that is like a walking copy of hundreds. (Angel beats for example only have more or less one eps per characters. Still good) I don't remember any character like Ichigo before. If it's about childhood friends, I never liked them so it's not why I like her but her personality and designs. |
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Dark-Scorpion said: caio_ken said: how do you don't remember, it's the same Childhood friend that falls in love, but never says anything and it's too shy to say what she feelsI don't remember any character like Ichigo before. If it's about childhood friends, I never liked them so it's not why I like her but her personality and designs. Yes, and that's why I said that being a childhood friend with such trope doesn't mean that much for me since I never liked those characters but I like Ichigo because of her personality. |
I notice that in EP 1 02 said this to hiro does that means she knew who hiro is since the beginning or i'm overthinking? |
Veldin461 said: Aredros said: cliche and lame AF... the show's been dropping since some time. Cannot comprehend some people here, the "we've met when kids but forgot about it" is one of the BIGGEST cliches that exist in anime, and it didnt added anything particularly good... I see you are under a huge misapprehension that clichê = bad. It really doesn't, by any means. What matters it's execution and delivery, and this episode gave it in spades. Was it lame? Maybe for some people it was, but you can take every emotional anime scene ever and call it lame... in fact even if you don't, someone will do it for you, so what about it? As you can see, people enjoyed it anyway and I know I did enjoy the heck out of this episode. I also took the liberty to check your anime list and you seem to have loved a lot of romance anime like for instance Anohana, a series that I do like a lot too, but there's no way you can call this episode of Darling in the Franxx lame but not give Anohana the same treatment. And what confuses me the most about your comment is, what the heck you mean by saying "it didn't had anything good"? No matter how you look at it, it was an episode full of character development. I think the reason you cannot compreend something so simple is because you cling to meaningless words like "clichê" or "lame". First time someone checked my list for debating an argument (even if my list had Boku no Pico at 10/10 that wouldn't make less or more of my argument). And if were that careful to keep reading you would have seen that I also wrote that for me cliche doesnt mean bad, because it can be well used (like I told before, Boku no hero an example), for the problem is that: 1. It threw to the ground a great part of the previous points of the show (the why Hiro and 02 are so compatible, now is a fated children story) 2. Part of 02's emotional independence (now she is a girl in love looking for the kid who was kind with her some time ago... it makes her less strong and original as a character, at least for me it does) 3. This point is more picky, but 02 is a child who was always mistreated (except for a pet in the head), but after Hiro saves her she acts so conveniently well with him (I know this point is not that strong, but it makes feel meh) |
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Aredros said: Veldin461 said: I see you are under a huge misapprehension that clichê = bad. It really doesn't, by any means. What matters it's execution and delivery, and this episode gave it in spades. Was it lame? Maybe for some people it was, but you can take every emotional anime scene ever and call it lame... in fact even if you don't, someone will do it for you, so what about it? As you can see, people enjoyed it anyway and I know I did enjoy the heck out of this episode. I also took the liberty to check your anime list and you seem to have loved a lot of romance anime like for instance Anohana, a series that I do like a lot too, but there's no way you can call this episode of Darling in the Franxx lame but not give Anohana the same treatment. And what confuses me the most about your comment is, what the heck you mean by saying "it didn't had anything good"? No matter how you look at it, it was an episode full of character development. I think the reason you cannot compreend something so simple is because you cling to meaningless words like "clichê" or "lame". First time someone checked my list for debating an argument (even if my list had Boku no Pico at 10/10 that wouldn't make less or more of my argument). And if were that careful to keep reading you would have seen that I also wrote that for me cliche doesnt mean bad, because it can be well used (like I told before, Boku no hero an example), for the problem is that: 1. It threw to the ground a great part of the previous points of the show (the why Hiro and 02 are so compatible, now is a fated children story) 2. Part of 02's emotional independence (now she is a girl in love looking for the kid who was kind with her some time ago... it makes her less strong and original as a character, at least for me it does) 3. This point is more picky, but 02 is a child who was always mistreated (except for a pet in the head), but after Hiro saves her she acts so conveniently well with him (I know this point is not that strong, but it makes feel meh) 1- You know it's better to use Children Fate than stupid kid that coveniently was OP the only one enough pair with the Waifu 2- Zero Two Emotions are a great way to show she is most human than most of the adults, rather than just being the Cold OP that doesn't care about anything |
Dark-ScorpionApr 9, 2018 2:23 AM
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| What a beautiful episode. Poor Zero Two. It was really moving to see Hiro treating her so well after all she had been through. But they had to have their memories erased after being caught. Can't wait for the next episode, the show is getting better with each new ep. |
| Current score is 8.01/10 Current top review overall score is 1/10 LOL When 2018-winter knocked the door, I chose DITF, because it was only series tagged with mecha genre. Back at that time, it wasn't even in the top six circle. I am glad I followed this anime show. |
araneathedragoon said: Current score is 8.01/10 Current top review overall score is 1/10 LOL When 2018-winter knocked the door, I chose DITF, because it was only series tagged with mecha genre. Back at that time, it wasn't even in the top six circle. I am glad I followed this anime show. well mal has a very loud shit taste and meme community and they will upvote a review regardless of its quality, just if they agree with the score the '1' review of franxx is just horribly written, it's hilarious tbh |
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| Reposting from reddit: It's probably this unique and very special snowflake. We've had this discussion before: average score of 2.66 practically gives him away, and the fact that this account was created in 2015 means nothing. Who the hell knows how many accounts he already has, if it wasn't a problem for him to create 300 more? edit: corrected the link |
autistic_potatoApr 9, 2018 4:35 AM
| That was simply amazing, the adults need to burn. |
| Ayy, fking goosebumps at the end, sick. |
Epicenter said: I like the atypical bit: Zero Two can't speak, and has near zero experience with normal human interaction, so all communication between them is haphazard, improvised and basic. That means they revert to sharing food, and sharing art.Great episode, though my only one dislike is that it was kind of so typical...oh they knew each other as kids....oh he is the original darling. Jeez. Angel942 said: She appears to have been given more freedom to roam than the other kids, so she probably picked it up from some other book.but if there was nothing about sex in the picture book, 02 how do you know about sex? :) Zyukichan said: Nana said something at the start of this episode about their consciousnesses merging through Strelizia. Not a whole lot of detail on it, but there seems to be a big mental component to piloting the FranXX.Apparantly memories were wiped for obvious reasons. I wonder how he suddenly got it back (not sure what triggered it. missed that). cronoSpirA said: I'm guessing something like the claymores from Claymore - a human base with klaxosaur material added. Can't really imagine a naturally-occurring humanoid-form klaxosaur.Though I wonder if she's a Klauxaur who evolve/shape like human, or she's just half klauxaur, according to Dr.Franxx its the former, but how did it happen. -shrug- Large variations in opinion are intriguing. |
na35899 said: she's so adorable for me :(MaahHeim said: Oh my god, Darling in the FranXX was able to deliver a good episode. The flashback was better than everything the anime had showed up until now. Zero Two as a kid was way more likeable (adorbssss!), and she and Hiro made such a cute couple. Thank you, now I can ship them. Also, it was Hiro who gave Zero Two her name. Adorable.  i have to agree with this she is very adorable and innocent when she is still a child. it is very sad what human have done to them, i think they should just flee and let them humans defend themself and this is the best episode so far |
Aredros said: First time someone checked my list for debating an argument (even if my list had Boku no Pico at 10/10 that wouldn't make less or more of my argument). And if were that careful to keep reading you would have seen that I also wrote that for me cliche doesnt mean bad, because it can be well used (like I told before, Boku no hero an example), for the problem is that: 1. It threw to the ground a great part of the previous points of the show (the why Hiro and 02 are so compatible, now is a fated children story) 2. Part of 02's emotional independence (now she is a girl in love looking for the kid who was kind with her some time ago... it makes her less strong and original as a character, at least for me it does) 3. This point is more picky, but 02 is a child who was always mistreated (except for a pet in the head), but after Hiro saves her she acts so conveniently well with him (I know this point is not that strong, but it makes feel meh) There's a first time for everything, I guess. I don't know what Boku no Pico has to do with this since I was not trying to see if you had shit taste or not, and I even picked an anime I do also like a lot, to use as an example. I checked your list to see if I could make sense of your "it's lame" comment, and I reached the conclusion it was just biased. As for your points: 1. It threw nothing to the ground. All that happened in this episode was perfectly well foreshadowed. And again your point is "it's clichê". 2. Here we go with "originality" again... Also you're basically saying that her having a goal, just because it's a romantic one, makes her less strong? Why? 3. It really is a picky one. In that situation, Hiro heartfeltly reached his hand to her and she did sense his intentions, as you can see in the scene he broke the glass. Why wouldn't she act the way she did? You can try go around it but unfortunaltly all you wrote screams "clichê = bad"... |
Veldin461Apr 9, 2018 8:42 AM
| She almost killed her Darling. Can't help but wonder how the plot would have unfolded if that had happened. I'm also wondering if the reason Hiro has been able to pilot the FranXX with Zero Two without dying is because he licked her blood as a child. |
Hannah_AnaApr 9, 2018 8:57 AM
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MaahHeim said: Oh my god, Darling in the FranXX was able to deliver a good episode. The flashback was better than everything the anime had showed up until now. Zero Two as a kid was way more likeable (adorbssss!), and she and Hiro made such a cute couple. Thank you, now I can ship them. Also, it was Hiro who gave Zero Two her name. Adorable. I love this face from Zero Two. It's almost the same with the face when Hiro requested to drive with her a second time. Btw, I love your profile photo. Chihaya's beautiful eyes. |
| I will probably get tons of hate for this but no matter much I tried to bring myself to care for any of the characters any further, it is still not happening. I feel like everything is done in such an overly dramatic way that it only makes me cringe instead of wanting to see more or feel bad for Hiro or 02. |
araneathedragoon said: Current score is 8.01/10 Current top review overall score is 1/10 LOL When 2018-winter knocked the door, I chose DITF, because it was only series tagged with mecha genre. Back at that time, it wasn't even in the top six circle. I am glad I followed this anime show. I don't know how people are able to score things so low,'cause sometimes the pacing is different from the "here ya go u lazy fk" animes they're used to watch. Even when I score a "popular anime" with low grades, I can usually highlight something about it. Be it the animation, music, etc. If you're getting a "standard" animation or music, you should give it a 5.0, cause it is average after all. But hating and being "edgy" is a common trait around impatient and premature anime viewers. |
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