DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
Shonen-Heartful said: Lots of men in suits doing investigations, but why? I expected a bit more out of this anime but that's just me. There's a mystery at the end, with Fumio's baffling fate, yet! Isn't the prospect of a mystery, coming in scarce and seemingly unrelated hints thrilling you? Well, I decided to drop this if they killed off a character by the end of the first episode. Dumbest reason ever to drop, mostly for the point I stated above. The core appeal of the mystery, is the reason why these absolutely outlandish suicides happen and what are behind them. The subordinate wasn't a crucially important character, so his early sacrifice to the plot doesn't particularly matter. |
sorceryOct 8, 2019 5:37 PM
 |
| I have in the past enjoyed the Law and Orders or CSIs, but these bozos are no Jack McCoys. Mainly because the writers can't find a way to get across the importance of the various revelations in the episode, so our hard-boiled experienced LEOs react to goddamned everything like they're in Phoenix Wright. Nothing is too trivial to not be gasped at, stared at with a tortured look, and then the next course of action shouted out, even when it's exactly what they were expecting. The kind of thing Lennie Briscoe would respond to with a weary sarcastic quip because he's seen it all, instead has to be dramatized up to hell and back. I did glance quickly through episode 2 just to see if it improves, and it contains a "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" scene, so… this is writing that certainly thinks it's serious, but it is most definitely not. It's also just plain slow, even for a procedural. Multiple scenes don't seem to have a real point. He meets with a dude in a bar who begins the conversation with "Well, here I am in a bar meeting my best friend who I've known since college." They then review the current situation, one Googles something, repeat that they're best friends, and leave. I guess we really needed someone to use Google. Or the meeting with his boss where he's told such helpful nuggets like "arresting a politician would be a scandal" and "You are law enforcement, and your job is to arrest people for commiting crimes." There's a base level of knowledge I think we can assume, people, and the more time we spend repeating shared knowledge, the less time we're spending on developing the story, which is already in pretty dire shape. And yes, the animation is indeed horrible |
| Well this is interesting. Haven't seen a thriller anime in a while and this looks like it has potential |
 |
| I like it. Very intriguing, very mysterious. It has a certain subtlety about it that I like. And Fumio... I didn't expect that, especially so early on. Did he actually do that of his own volition, or did he get too close to uncovering a truth somebody didn't want him to find out? Luckily we've been given the first 3 eps already, so that might be something we'll find out soon. |
| When you think someone is a main character but he dies in the first episode...... x_x |
| sad death is sad wtf i liked him too shit man |
 |
| That was really good, the writing seemed reminiscent of Psycho-Pass which is a plus, although it seemed like a lot of events happened in just the first episode. I think it could've benefited from a longer run-time with extended scenes to create atmosphere and establish the characters more, but I think it handled the actual story itself very well. The directing is also on point which was kind of expected. Good start, but I'm looking more forward to the MC and supporting characters' development from here on. That end was 5/5 though, I mean the rest of the episode also held my attention (for the most part at least), but I got the chills at that last part. (also high key if Amazon keeps this up I think I'll officially like them over Netflix when it comes to anime) |
 |
| Intense and interesting start. I am definitely hooked. |
| That ending was unexpected I hyped for the next episodes |
 |
| Took me way too long to finally get around to watching this, but this was definitely by far the most promising first episode this season. Hopefully it can keep this up. |
 |
| I never knew that Miles Edgeworth's badge was real. |
| I was riveted. I love a good mystery. I was waiting for what happened to Fumio as soon as they separated. |
| wew lads, a lot happened this episode, and that ending came out of nowhere. I was expecting a buddy mystery and one half of the buddy mystery is already dead! wtf?? How long has it been since an anime felt daring enough to kill a potential leading character early on? Feels like this is symptomatic of an industry long gone... All these characters, all these weeb names I can't immediately commit to memory, all these events I've had a hard time keeping sorted in my head, but it looks like this will be a really good time. OP is unorthodox and ED is really good. |
 ☩ Discord: the.path.to.pathos ☩ RateYourMusic ☩ last.fm |
| Damn Fumio slow down why did ya have to do this to me at the 1st ep man I was just starting to like you. Since we have to wait 3 weeks for the next episode,why not just watch an episode per week instead of all of them at once? |
| Aw man. I was really digging Fumio's character. ;~; Too bad... This is hella interesting though, can't wait to see how the story develops! |
 |
| I like the mystery and that bodies are falling left and right from the start. The music/art/animation is solid. The premise is not original, but it's smotheing rarely seen in anime so that makes it interesting. What I don't like tough is the pacing of this first episode. Too many things happen that are not explained in detail. We get a pharmaceutical audit, a construction company director and dirty politician. The MC jumps from place to place and it makes little sense as a whole. All we know is that there is some conspiracy and people are being killed. This was so disappointing, I hope future episodes will make it up or else I'm gonna drop. |
| Can anyone please explain what was the prostitution talk about and how come Fumio killed himself? I tried re-watching the episode but am still unclear what happened. |
greyisbeast said: Koito91 said: Yes, you have to wait till October 27/28. It was just an advanced streaming on Prime, this is not the first time they're doing this. October 27/28 is when Episode 4 airs and then it follows up like every other anime. Didn't hear (yet) that they will pull a Boogiepop here, so... So when it actually fully starts airing on October 27/28, will it still be on Amazon Prime? Yep, Amazon Prime should be streaming it. |
 ☆ PlayStation: KoitoTV ☆ Discord: Koito ☆ Twitch Koito ☆ @Koito91 |
| Good start. I'm excited to see where this goes from here. |
| A good and interesting start! Was totally surprised by the ending, can't wait to see how the story will develop! |
| I found the first episode interesting, sometimes I'm into political dramas, movies, novels, etc. and there are times when I don't care for them at all. In this case, I knew someone was going to die but I wasn't expecting it to be Fumio. Honestly, I thought Seizaki was going to die since he started talking about his wife and kid. You never talk about family in movies or novels like that because it's almost always a death flag. This show has potential and I hope it gets better. |
| 臭い- |
| Never before has Dvorak given me such chills, not to mention the otherwise twisted finale of the episode. Off to a great start. |
| Wow, they killed the sidekick already. |
| I think this is the detective thriller I've been waiting for. The pacing is quick but easy to follow. It sometimes shows just flashes of scenes with no narration and you have to follow along based on visual cues. Love the dynamic of the prosecutor with his "best friend" journalist lol. Love the way this show makes characters feel like they have a lot of history despite the lack of long introductions. I was convinced the bubbly newbie was going to be the protagonist, since that's how things usually go, but he's killed off instantly. God damn. I thought he would be the lighthearted element that's always there to crack jokes.... I accepted that kind of character as an inevitable trope for these types of stories and I'm impressed at the turn. The way the show introduced him, as if he was a constant element that I would be able to connect with more, just to rip it away. I actually said "oh shit oh shit oh shit" out loud when the episode ended. Beautiful background art. I'm a sucker for well drawn cityscapes. Love the sound design. The low bass note black screen scene transitions really add to the atmosphere - I actually really liked those hardcuts. I am completely into the mood of this episode. It started off kind of bland when I thought the newbie was going to be the main focus but from the moment they discovered that nasty bloodstained page, the episode was fantastic. |
| Damn, that ending was shocking. How and why? I don't understand why or the circumstances that led to it. Really intrigued. I think the pace is a little fast, not so fast as in I can't figure out what's going on but I think I would've appreciated it more if they slowed down a bit to flesh things out a bit better. |
 |
| This one looks full of potential. Great first episode. |
 |
| Epstein Fumio didn't kill himself. |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
F8L-Fool said: That's weird. It's actually helping set/establish the atmosphere for me.Really dislike the number of hard cuts to black they're doing. Especially because of how long they last. It's jarring and throws off the flow of the show. Hopefully future episodes tone it WAY down. |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| Holy crap, didn't expect that end Looks like this will become a good mystery anime which definitely isn't holding back on killing characters |
UnkrownedJan 31, 2020 10:48 AM
 |
| I dont relly watch anime's like this a friend said it is good...and im at ep 3 and i have to say its to much talk about politics and crap like that pretty boring for me.....not saying it's not good but its one of them animes that you need to watch 3-4 times to actualy understand wtf is going on |
 |
| Fumio's death came rather quick, yeah? I expected him to fight alongside Seizaki for the entirety of the series. |
| This is pretty impressive. The art and sceneries looks really cool and the background music were effectively played on the scenes. I just can't believe what happened to Fumio, it's unexpected but I guess more bad stuff will happen not only to Zen but his colleagues and family. They touched a pretty messed up and huge crime and I can't wait to see more. |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| That was so boring. |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| Dark always be good for the thriller. Idk why this show had low scores. Let see how much i can get in this show, then? But honestly, i dont really get along with thriller and physchological genres, i might getting these a bad review, however again, let see.... |
 Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here. I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges  |
| Well... that's a shame. I was starting to like Fumio. Okay so... after all the disappointment regarding this series' last episodes, I finally decided to give it a chance and to be honest, this was a quite intriguing start overall. Seizaki's morals about justice are kinda stereotyped tho so I hope this current case offers some interesting elements that can mess with his ideals since I love seeing those aspects in political thrillers. |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Babylon Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Jan 20, 2020 |
118 |
by GreenTeaRabbit
»»
Apr 7, 1:25 AM |
|
Poll: » Babylon Episode 7 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Nov 18, 2019 |
319 |
by GreenTeaRabbit
»»
Apr 6, 11:47 AM |
|
Poll: » Babylon Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Jan 27, 2020 |
442 |
by madstar345
»»
Mar 16, 2:02 PM |
|
Poll: » Babylon Episode 3 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )Stark700 - Oct 6, 2019 |
157 |
by madstar345
»»
Mar 16, 10:53 AM |
|
Poll: » Babylon Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - Jan 6, 2020 |
98 |
by VanniePon
»»
Feb 16, 6:47 AM |