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| I was like uh....? In some parts but I was nice to watch I guess. |
| The immense potential of this series was completely squandered with the introduction of the meaningless character of Five, who became the focus of the entire second half. It really felt like they realised halfway through that they only had 11 episodes to work with so they needed to come up with a villain quickly to create a more focused narrative and a goal for all of the main characters to work towards like in a standard thriller. I was hoping it would be the next - or maybe even better - Death Note but with musings on modern society and the morality of terrorism. And with a director like Shinichiro Watanabe I thought it would be a guaranteed masterpiece. Unfortunately it's a total disaster with boring and typical implausible anime melodrama, and any mature themes it had were overshadowed by the awful direction the plot takes after the first half. The commentary on the one-sided, exploitative post-WW2 relationship between the US and Japan could've been very interesting, but there was just not much to it aside from a line or two. Incredibly disappointing. I hope Watanabe's future works will show a return to form for him. The soundtrack though is one of the shining aspects of it, with Yoko Kanno's music being absolutely brilliant as always. |
neotstyleAug 15, 2019 2:47 PM
| After witnessing a lot of praise I expected this show to be so much better... What a shame that it turned out to be a disappointment. But good things first. The direction was splendid. A lot of great, photographic-quality like moments. The pace of the whole anime was pretty satisfying, a lot of slower moments felt really chilling and relaxing. Moreover, I like the fact that everything was conlduded in the end with enough time to build the whole thing up. The artstyle was soothing and the animation was kept on a decent level. The soundtrack was top notch with some really strong and memorable moments. To sum things up the whole presentation of the anime was its best aspect. Really high quality work. On the other hand the characters and their development were atrocious. Especially the female cast. Lisa was annyoing the whole time, she was a damsel in distress and a real retard. Everything she has done was cringeworthy and she was always a source of the incoming problems. No wonder her mother was "overprotective". She was not only stupid and illogical but also a big crybaby. She was not a real character - she serves no purpose to the story other than making our MCs easier to catch. But still she is not the worst character of this show. When a turd like Lisa is not the worst you know you are in some deep trouble. Five`s story part was totally unbelievable. Up to this point the story was somewhat realistic, but when this bimbo was introcuded... oh boy. Not only she is some secret agent searching for atomic bomb but she is also the biggest fish in her team. 17 year old girl with an unstable personality and a lot of severe headaches is the boss of the team that is supposed to deal with atomic bombs. Like hell yeah, legit. On top of that she is a one dimensional villain with no personality other than being obsessive over Nine. When you main villain is a cartboard villain and her only discernible feature is the fact that she is obsessed about the MC just because, you should know you fucked it up. And the whole point of her winning against Nine? What the hell? Firstly, she had not found the atomic bomb. Secondly she had not won against Nine because he surendered. And after all how could you even call this a duel? A two guys against whole japanese police and american special unit. And then they killed Twelve first not Nine. Yes, make Nine angry because you killed his friend. He is totally not holding the... oh crap. Twelve was wrecked after his motorcycle fall, but Nine? Not even a scratch. Nine stealing the atomic bomb from the school that was surrounded with high class antiterrorist? Okay. Him running away without even a scratch when they were firing at him? Please. Things like this makes this anime feel like totally unrealistic. What a shame. With better characters and improved plot this could be a future classic. |
tearofmankindAug 17, 2018 1:28 PM
| Strong ending... but I didn't like it. Twelve getting shot was pointless. Nine dying off screen without any comment about how long it took, if he got hospitalized etc, was also rather anticlimatic. They had to die and couldn't get happily ever after ending, but killing them this way felt bad. Another thing that I didn't like in this anime were Five and Lisa. Shibazaki would be good antagonist, but we got annoying crazy girl. Complicating stuff with Lisa felt forced, even if she played big part in their character development - she could've been pushed to less active role for that purpose and let action focus on their story. Other than that, it's pretty much perfect. There is no flawless anime, so despite things I wrote above I'll easily give ZnT 10/10. I feel so empty now, fuck. |
| Damn, how I have enjoyed this anime, but damn, does the last episode ruin it for me. Had there only been 12 episodes they would’ve perfectly executed the ending. But having this be the ending seems to me as if something is missing, the ending feels too rushed. A twelfth episode would’ve made the death scenes so much more emotional, by giving them more time to sink in for the viewer. Overall of the series 8.5/10, last episode I can only praise for the soundtrack, 6/10. |
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| I actually enjoyed this anime C: ppl seem to be black and white about it, so either you love it or you hate it :3 ZnT gave me Death Note vibes, except obviously not as good as Death Note, hah. Can't compete with a classic :P Anyways. This anime had its flaws. Lisa didn't really progress too much. I wish she was bolder and had done more. I get why Nine is always harsh on her. She's always crying and shit lol. And she didn't give Twelve enough love/expressed it imo. How dare D:< lulz. Still ship em tho :3 Five came in with a bang (and left with a bang too, heh) but they didn't really delve into her all too much :/ Yeah, she's the villain and an excellent queen bitch type, but I wasn't sure what her motives were, exactly .-. why was she against Sphinx and why did she commit suicide in the end???? And why did Nine turn himself into the popo? It didn't really amount to much -.- I have mixed feelings about the tragic ending, as I love my Sphinx boiz, obvs. And I'm glad all the kiddos are together now. The scenery at the end was beautiful and so was the part where Spinx was playing together with Lisa. Despite the holes in this anime, I managed to enjoy it still and looked forward to the next eps C: 7/10 |
| I really have expectation of this.. and the rating is high so I expect that it's really good, It really have a good potential and they end it in a rush! I love the first part.. but it has so many question that it did not give an answer (I don't know if they explain it but I did not know) What the reason of their bombing ? they did not give backstory of Lisa, why her mom is like that.. why her father leave them, etc. The story of 9 and 12, they did not elaborate it.. The female lead (Lisa) is so annoying and useless! The shipping seems force, they hint romance but it's not needed in the story! Lisa makes the anime bad! and 9 and 12 died unexpectedly! anti-climatic! I really hate this part!!! Episode 1 it makes me high but the ending makes me lowwwwww! No explanation whatsoever.. I don't understand about the bombing at all! please explain it to me .. I just don't understand it at all.. 4/10 |
erenmeiiJan 28, 2019 4:45 PM
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| That story didn't capture my hearth. Maybe in this time of my life I don't need a story like that, but i didn't like or dislike anything in this anime. There were some mistakes in the story, mostly how easy everything went on, OP and ED were.. they just were and thats all. Both girls were not needed as they didn't add anything to the anime in my eyes and were only to add more screen time ;/ But the story itself is ok, just ok. |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| Decent show, was far from perfect though and I also feel that the middle of the series with fives involvement just dragged it down a bit. Music was great, enjoyed most of the characters. Story was alright as well. 7/10 for me. |
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bang-bang said: I want the time I spent watching this show given back to me. yup. pretty much how I'm feeling at the end of this one. |
| That was rather disappointing dropped def to a 5 It has it few good moments and the idea was may good but def nothing I would have watched if I knew how it was |
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| What a tragic end, but I am glad there was a proper conclusion and their deaths wasn't in vain. I like bittersweet endings btw. Anyway, I felt the anime was too short and rushed at the end. It could have been better if it was at least 25 episodes long especially with a story this grand. |
| This show really should have been longer. Fucking 11 episode anime... |
| It all feels so pointless in the end... So they wanted to draw attention to the Athena Project...by bombing places and playing cat-and-mouse games with the police? It would've been interesting if each bombing revealed something about the Athena Project, but none did. Or am I missing something? How would the atomic bomb going off reveal anything about the Athena Project? Or were they banking on the press conference to tell everything, but they never did because it didn't happen? Five was cartoonishly evil and one-dimensional, and her motivation was awful. What even was the point of the flashback scene of her laughing maniacally while Nine and Twelve were escaping? To show that she's crazy? We see enough of that already. Should've probably been more toned down or removed from the show entirely. There was already a conflict between the FBI, JP police and Sphinx, no need to bring her in as well (and she took away time that could've been spent developing Nine and Twelve). Lisa...eh, I get why she's in the show, but again, wish she wasn't. It's good that she turned out to be just a random person in the end and not one of the children who were experimented on, or Shibazaki's daughter. However, she made so many mistakes (opening the door to the delivery guy, messing with their equipment, running off out of guilt and becoming bait) that she never was anything more than dead weight and a damsel in distress. The soundtrack wasn't my cup of tea but there were a few tracks that sounded nice. Hated the ED. Animation was fine too; nothing spectacular but easy on the eyes. I don't know, I think they had plenty to focus on just with the Japanese and American governments doing shady things, and the time wasted with Lisa and Five could've been spent on developing Nine and Twelve better, and maybe a conflict between them. Twelve going with Lisa made sense but still felt forced somehow. Feels like a poor man's Death Note. 4/10, wish I hadn't picked it up but trusted the high rating. Oh well. |
| Had to rewatch it and i'd lie if i were to say that my eyes weren't bloodshot after it. |
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| For me its 6/10, its kinda hard to give a better note when they forced five to be a "rival' for nine but she basically changed nothing in the story and lisa is one of the most useless characters of ALL time |
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| Great anime, the story was interesting all this terrorist thingy feels awesome, it remind me of Death Note. I really hope that they insert the orphanage part, it would be awesome and it would help the character in information. Overall I feel awesome watching this, the only thing that lacks is the character especially both 9 and 12 as well as 5 and the other kids, anyways this is a good one. |
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| Great anime, some ppl complained the cliché in the second half, but compared to most productions, is really satisfying to see a well made work without plot holes and unsolved questions. The ending with the meaning of VON was really nice. But then, called my attention how the story was one of the most subservient japanese in face of americans ive never see before. - Reinforced that japan is under control of America and have to be. - The japanese bureaucrats planing secret portable atomic bombs in ridiculous unprotected instalations and failed superagents, to be independent of USA, are the bad guys and got exposed. - The gringos with surprising OK accent (to japanese productions), with H-bombs, also anti-ethics experiments, killing inocent people in other countries, doing whatever they want, got legitimized. This is not Terror in Resonance, but in Subservience. |
Rob7Jan 22, 2020 9:32 PM
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| I liked the show overall, enough to give it a 7/10, but it went over what ended up being relatively simple concepts and characters arcs in a purposely convoluted manner, making some things still quite unclear after the show ended. For example, I still don't really know what Five's true motives were. All she said is that she wanted Nine for herself. Did she mean she knew Nine was gonna turn himself in, and she didn't want that? We'll never know. Shibazaki's story is no less vague. |
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| the ending felt rushed to hell and back but it was a fun watch. 6/10 which is a high score for me |
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| It was pretty obvious from the 1st Episode that either nine or twelve will die in the end cuz of what they were doing...... What I didn't like in this Anime...........was FIVE.........just what was the purpose of showing her......I think it would have been much better without FIVE in the Anime.... Well....I really Enjoyed the Anime...... 9/10 Could have been a MASTERPIECE....... Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags; please hide plot details. |
KuniiJan 30, 2021 5:57 PM
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GD1551 said: Z4k said: Wait I'm confused. Can someone tell me what was the point of all they did? To put it in simple terms, they did all that to get global attention, then expected to get caught and let the world hear their story. + they only destroyed the buildings related to that Research Facility I guess..... |
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| This is a difficult show for me to rate, as it had some truly great aspects as well as some bad aspects. I loathed everything about 5 and hated the way they tried to paint her in a sympathetic light in the end, and was very glad that she died. I loathed the fact that 12 and 9 had died, as it felt so needless and just there to make the ending really sad (especially poor 12, my favorite, suddenly shot down like that...). I did however quite enjoy detective Shibazaki and his role, and am glad that he and Lisa survived. Overall, after some thinking, I think 8/10 is the most fitting rating for this show, as it was like a beautiful rose that had some painful thorns as well. |
| I decided to rewatch this during quarantine. The first time I saw it back in 2014-2015, I feel like I wasn't in the right headspace to fully enjoy it and understand its message due to personal issues. Despite it, I still rated it a 7/10. Now I am changing it to a 9/10. I still remember the OST and watching it again, the animation, scenes plus the amazing soundtrack made me appreciate it more. I cannot give it a perfect score because it still had its flaws, one of the biggest flaws was Lisa. To this day, I still cannot see the point to her character. If it was to "humanize" Nine and Twelve, they were already human and didn't need her. I also felt like the addition of Five was unnecessary. The best character in this entire series was Shibazaki. One of the best written characters in a show ever. Honestly, he carried the show although the other characters, except for Lisa, were already good. |
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Bibimbapski said: I decided to rewatch this during quarantine. The first time I saw it back in 2014-2015, I feel like I wasn't in the right headspace to fully enjoy it and understand its message due to personal issues. Despite it, I still rated it a 7/10. Now I am changing it to a 9/10. I still remember the OST and watching it again, the animation, scenes plus the amazing soundtrack made me appreciate it more. I cannot give it a perfect score because it still had its flaws, one of the biggest flaws was Lisa. To this day, I still cannot see the point to her character. If it was to "humanize" Nine and Twelve, they were already human and didn't need her. I also felt like the addition of Five was unnecessary. The best character in this entire series was Shibazaki. One of the best written characters in a show ever. Honestly, he carried the show although the other characters, except for Lisa, were already good. Hey I rewatched it too and despite the flaws I still thought this was dope as hell show too. I also have issues with Five but that's only because I feel the show didn't quite flesh her out enough. A flashback to her past from her point of view would have been nice. Leave my girl Lisa alone though. She been through some shit herself so let her happily play ball with the boys man. |
| great ending. twelve dying made no sense but sphinx achieved what they wanted to, life passes on from then on. |
| Ok, I've maraphoned through all eleven episodes in a single day, meaning the show was indeed goddamn enjoyable. Last episode was... Good. I kinda expected something more dramatic or mind-breaking, like "woah" but I got what I got and I'm happy enouth with that. Watching both boys dying was grim. I don't liek the music they inserted when Twelve got shot though, some silence or soemthing with lyrics would work out better imho. Nine died from ear ringing, or got shot too. At first I thought he fainted. Graves made things clearer though. And Lisa... aaah, man I expected something more out of her character, I mean she is in the ending! ENDING! ENDING SONG BY AIMER!! But srsly, I'm a bit disappointed by how things ended up with her character. Overall, still 10/10. With exception of Lisa and her lack of development, I couldn't find any faults worth mentioning. |
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| Damn, what a bunch of nonsense this show was. Five did all that crazy shit including risking hundreds of people's lives just to get back at Twelve after losing to him at the orphanage? And then she kills herself anyway, because apparently she has some terminal illness induced by the orphanage's tests which is barely even mentioned, save for one vague line "They've never seen anything like your condition before." Also I've no idea why the show went out of its way to say Sphinx caused no casualties and only collateral damage since their last nuclear attack and the electromagnetic pulse created by it likely caused the death of thousands if not tens of thousands of people needing immediate medical care or are on life support/ventilators which would be damaged. And speaking of Sphinx, why in the world did they do this in the first place? In the last episode detective guy says they did so that the media wouldn't be able to ignore Athena Project, but this is one stupid and contrived way to do it and it doesn't even guarantee its success as the whole plan hinges upon an intelligent person to piece together the clues. How about, just fucking telling them directly? Testifying under court? Not cool enough apparently. The last total fuck up was the US helicopter scene. If they really did want to cover US's involvement in the airport and subway incidents, then why are they only shooting Twelve and not also Nine immediately afterwards? Did they want to give Nine time to have his dramatic breakdown? For that matter, detective is aware of the true orchestrators of airport bombing as well, and they know he knows since he was the one who intervened. And the cherry on top is when Nine conveniently fucking dies of the same condition Five had, minutes after seeing his friend killed. Which I'll repeat is literally only vaguely mentioned once and it was referring to Five. As for characters I'll say this. Lisa literally was only added to the story to be a liability for the other two since they were too OP. She did nothing, she was told nothing, and she understood nothing. That was so distasteful. 3/10 |
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| loved the ost throughout. 5 was kinda retarded tho and I didn't really like anything after the actual nuke went off. just the part with them dying seemed really out of place ya know? and the very very last part a year later was stupid too. it was legit like "Thank you" "No problem" "Von means hope" "cool thanks bye" END CREDITS 9/10 tho. its the first anime in a long time to make me want to continue watching and I'm a sucker for anything with good music |
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| Typical of the united states to come and ruin everything - including this anime. |
| Easy 9/10. Look, I think this definitely had the potential to be a 10. The animation was amazing, very high quality. And the art was beautiful. The music could have been a tiny bit better (I've started to really pay attention to music after Attack on Titan). But my biggest issue was with Five and "The Settlement" where the kids were raised. This is such a rip off of Death Note. You know how everyone complains that Near is a rip off of L? Well Five is a rip off of Near. Even the blank jigsaw puzzle was taken from Death Note. And come on... that ending... really? Why kill them when they were finally happy and Twelve and Lisa had fallen for each other? I guess it makes more sense than keeping them alive, but... I hate sad endings. |
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