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| Was good in the beginning, should have ended the series at episode 16 where they just all live happily ever after in their life dome or whatever or at episode 21 where they chase VIRM off planet earth and all start a new life on earth and let the future generation deal with VIRM. Whatever, I'll still watch episode 13 every once in awhile for my demon Loli fix |
| Just finished it. Was the space thing dumb? Completely. I'd much prefer a generic all-out battle on Earth than this, but I'll forgive it since it only lasted 2 episodes (a flaw in itself), and that what we saw happening on Earth was really good. Yeah, reincarnation was kind of a lazy ending, but it's much better than having them show up exactly how it was. Overall, I really like it. The last 2 episodes were lukewarm, but considering everything before it was really good, I can forgive it mostly. Masterpiece? No. Miles better than your average seasonal? Yes. |
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| Truly "impressive", on different levels. I said last episode (23) felt like it moved extremely fast. Well this episode packed in 10 years excluding the last couple minutes which passed how many decades/generations. So many (basically all) characters I didn't care for, as they felt less like characters and more like gears to turn plot points. So many things unexplained - just "this happens, then that happens!" without making any sense (or even trying to). These weren't trivial things either, they were crucial to the story. It felt like this anime combined 5+ previous anime series.. No, not combined, but (s)mashed. The good news is I figured it'd be mediocre from the beginning and only chose to watch it for all its memes popularity. Despite being 24 episodes I remained entertained (again, truly "impressive") throughout. There were actually one or two moments that I felt were unique and memorable to this series, which is more than I expected. |
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| i liked the anime overall, really wasn't a fan of the space thing. didn't find it necessary and after episode 19 i was kind of confused most of the way through. this anime isn't a masterpiece in my eyes, but it's entertaining. 6/10 |
| No bitter ending at all. Happy ending! |
| It wasn't flaming garbage. Nor was it a masterpiece. Z2 does stand out a lot even though it was somewhat confusing why she would be calling Hiro darling at first when she doesn't call any one of her other partners 'darling'. If it was established that she only call the one that she loved darling, the boy in the snow, why did she do so if she didn't know at first Hiro was the same boy she met 10 years ago, call him darling? There was also an instance when she looked visibly disturbed when Hiro didn't kiss her, and she laments being a monster in his eyes, so she doesn't know or does she? Also, why was there an old man piloting the FranXX with her back in Episode One? Adding to the ending which I thought fit the already confusing nature of the anime. I guess that's just the type of story Japan likes to write. |
| Quite disappointed with the ending ._. |
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| YOU get pregnart! YOU get pregante! EVERYBODY getting pregananant! |
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| If MAL hadn't been down when this aired, I think this ep would've hit a record for forum responses. Episode 14 has 1400... IDk, it's something I just came up with. |
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| https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-01-14/kentaro-yabuki-says-darling-in-the-franxx-manga-will-have-major-divergences-from-the-anime/.141952 To Love-Ru and DARLING in the FRANXX manga artist Kentaro Yabuki posted a special message on December 30 on the Shonen Jump+ website, where the DARLING in the FRANXX manga is currently being serialized. He thanked readers for their support for the past year of the manga's serialization, and said that starting from the next issue (chapter 37), the story will begin to have major divergences from the anime. DARLING in the FRANXX is an original science-fiction television anime by Studio Trigger and A-1 Pictures. It began broadcast in January last year alongside Yabuki's manga adaptation, and concluded its run in July. The manga is still ongoing. Chapter 37 was published on Shonen Jump+ on Sunday, and will be free to read for a limited time. Yabuki said that so far he has been incorporating gradual changes in the manga version, but that the latest chapter represents a turning point. He describes the direction of the story as "the ultimate what-if route," and said that presenting an alternate story is the reason why the manga version has continued past the conclusion of the anime.  |
Reigokyuu said: Boring, the final part is predictable and a bit like the old mecha anime Which is why the manga what-if route is exciting. |
| i put off watching this for the longest time and honestly, when i started it i was not into it at all and seriously considered dropping it around episode nine. while the whole “virm is the real enemy” thing that popped out at the very last minute has me confused, i really enjoyed the relationship-centered parts of this, and although it seems the ending has a lot of people mixed, the whole episode had me in tears. i thought it was very beautiful and bittersweet, and i’m glad that zero two got to reunite with her darling in the end 8/10 |
| Yeah I had similar feelings. Show was alright, better than the MAL Nobility made out. I didn't bump into as much issues as they made out... and it kept me from watching for so long. My only gripe was not getting a satisfying release for Zero Two and Hiro. Always busts my OCD the reencarnation; their squadmates will just believe they have died and the new characters aren't... them. The real people we saw on the show are deep space dust now. However I wonder how the girl has pink hair, it doesn't seem natural in this world. A better ending IMO, would have the original cast teaching the future generations about Hiro and 02 by reading the story book we see so much throughout the show to their children ending with the two fighting still for the future of humanity somewhere out there in space using their love bond to plod on.. wings and all as the fight isnt yet over (or so the show implies). They gave their all for humanity and earth hope some day they will be reunited.. leaves it a bittersweet open ending for the viewer. |
DrPopkorneFeb 2, 2019 6:42 AM
| I gave it a good 8/10 in the end, that's a pretty powerful end even if it's slightly WTF. There are emotions and our characters grew up and built a better world, it's sad for Zero Two and Hiro but they were at peace so it's fine. That's great because because the show bored me a lot in the first 8 episodes, so much that I stopped watching it back then before coming back to it this week. |
| I think this show gets more hate than it deserves, but that tends to happen when people bandwagon things and think in a group mentality. That said though, I give it a 7/10. First half was alright, ranged between 5 - 7/10, but was interesting enough to keep going. Second half I liked a lot more, 7 - 9/10. If I really like the ending run of a show I tend to score a bit higher but this show had so many things ripped off that I think a basic 7 is a fair final score. |
| Was good till episode 17, i just punch my wall and made a hole cause of the final, first half 9/10 then 1/10 so ~5/10 overall |
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| This reminded me of Qualidea code, especially around episode 19-21 the real antagonist was showed and it was amazing. This anime made me so emotional, I really had hard timing to finish it because I don't want it to end. It's the best. |
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| Now that I finished it after seeing so many rants about this anime, I can definitely say its not as bad as people made it out to be. The theme of the anime is simple, yet bittersweet and I think they managed to convey it decently throughout the anime with the characters and their relationships. Ending wise, I liked it. It wasn't the greatest, but I think it concluded the series well enough. I give it an 8/10. Def enjoyed it. |
| Until the last episode, I hoped it would still be Eureka 7. But it was Gurren Lagann. |
| This anime became a symbol of our time how pathetic anime could be, 4 shifts of plot style direction barely every 6 episodes, this is how looks like situation when developers don't even know what they are doing and what they want. It feels like they are absolute amateurs because who the hell start anime with melodrama based on characters and their relations if you didn't show them yet, who the hell after such start changing anime to slice of life romantic comedy, why it's once again a drama after a half of anime with mood roller coaster when one episode is positive then negative then positive then once again negative, is it some kind of experiment of Dr. Franx? Ended this anime even worse than it started somehow, before around of episode 20 people asked many questions about plot since anime stayed silenced but then after episode 20 only one question is remained: "Where from this bullshit came from?". Some questions are supposed to stay unanswered. it reminds me another piece of crap - Shinsekai Yori, both are pretentious as hell and full of fetishes, story is awful, characters are dull. But even Shinsekai Yori is better than Darling in the Franxx since first one is some kind of original at least when second one is full of references and stealing. At least Darling in the Franxx won't have second season because of such ending, big thanks for that. |
| I still have like 500 questions and I doubt even the staffs of this show can answer them because they probably pulled a lot of things out of their butts, especially in the last few episodes. If I had watched this while it was airing, I would have probably dropped it. Also, I hate ending scenes where they show the characters being reborn and meeting again. I've seen that scene SOOO many times in other shows that it doesn't do anything for me. I mean, if you want to kill off the characters, go ahead, I'm ok with it as long as it's justifiable and does something for the story but don't feed us with "oh look, they met again after being reborn and now they can finally have their happily ever after ending even though they don't remember each other which makes their past together completely pointless!". |
| I go through the series again for past 2 days. Ikuno is not my favorite character and people doesn't seems to talk much about her but I personally think that she suppose to have bigger role but cut short probably because they decided to concentrate on their red oni blue oni thing. I just had these feeling where Goro setting suppose to be dead and Ichigo end up with Ikuno at the end not Ikuno with Naomi. Ikuno secretly combining her DNA with Ichigo's to create new life. She also done some studying on the Franxx in preparation for Season 2 invasion. The scene where she slap 9a make me think: Ah, this is it. The point that is set for future. It's will be the total shift from Boy X Girl to Girl X Girl like what normally the industry love to do. |
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| This episode hit right in the kokoro, if you know what I mean :) I had to watch all the anime in one go and it got me hooked for the whole duration. I wouldn't go as far as saying it was perfect, but I'll give it 10/10 anyway because it hit all the right spots for me. Basically it had stuff I liked from TTGL and Kill la Kill, with a satisfying ending nonetheless, that last scene was priceless! Also, all the characters got what they deserved. And Goro looks like he's ready to become the next Hokage, lol. |
FullyChargedOct 8, 2019 5:50 AM
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Kurogamikyosuke said: Spoilers Guys I have come to the conclusion that this Series is actually EVA 4.0 Nope, it's actually Diebuster 2.0, Gurren Laggan 1.5, or even... Eureka Seven SAO (worst than AO, hahahahah)!!! Now, if you mean that Evangelion 4.0 may have the same ending like it, well, I doubt that Hideaki Anno has such a little imagination, as the writers of A1 Pictures, to put a Gurren Laggan/Eureka Seven/Gunbuster-like ending, xd! He may put the ending of Evangelion's manga adaptation (that it was somewhat similar to that of... Madoka, lol)! But if you ask me, for Evangelion to have a ''happy end'', that may be kind of... ''blasphemous'', heh, heh! The irony is that the second movie of Eureka Seven (second) remake took some inspiration from Darling!!! What I mean? Bone's Eureka Seven has a character named Anemone, that like others (like Asuka from Evangelion, or Lum from Urusei Yatsura), she inspired Zero Two! Well, in the second movie of the remake, Bones seem to took inspiration from Darling ''success'', and they make her look more Zero Two-like, lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdrw_e7o4zo |
| This is one of the most beautiful anime endings in anime hands down Everyone is TRIPPIN I can't believe they hate in this |
| I'm happy and sad at the same time with how it ended. I was longing for the type of closure that Kill la Kill brought and I somewhat felt it. I'm so torn on how to feel though. |
| I get what they're trying to bring here but yeah so many cringe and facepalm scene.. but its not that bad tho... i did enjoy the waifu war and memes.. |
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| Cant believe this show missed the opportunity to smack dat cockpit ass and say ikimasu. Only neg in the entire show. solid 9/10 |
| Shame the serie gots so much hate, really loved it. okay the plot twist of the VIRM was kinda forced and out of nowhere, I have to agree on that, but aside from that it was a perfect anime. 9/10, 10/10 if they didn't fked up with VIRM |
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| First 16 or 17 episodes were really good i was thinking to give this show 7/10 even though there was not much story and show was revolving around love triangle drama then after that it felt like show become really stupid with ridiculous plot twist but I ignore those plot holes becuz this show is really well made with amazing animation,fight scenes and some good moments but holy shit these last two episodes were fucking terrible and full of bad writing that i was laughing throughout the episode and i believe anyone who has watched some good mecha or space opera shows knows that this was so stupid especially how Zero two become robot and both of them enjoying their honeymoon in space yeah I really want to give this show good rating becuz some episodes were really good but i can't ignore what happen in these last two episodes so 4/10 |
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| I heard this show stirred up quite a bit of controversy among the fandom especially concerning the choices the character Kokoro made and how the series concluded. I was expecting a trainwreck, I was expecting to be upset. But what I got was just a big, fat, MEH. This show was neither good or bad. It's just...mediocre and really, really stupid. Nothing memorable about it and certainly nothing worth getting upset about. PS: Kokoro did nothing wrong. |
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| I actually really love this anime! I'm not too much for a stickler for details but it was kind of cute and adorable ! |
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