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| The consensus is that it sucks, and I agree. This anime really blows! it was generic, characters weren't anything special, the plot and the poor writing were all horrendous to watch. So many cliches, poorly explained abilities and characters, an abundance of plot holes, I mean I can go on and on but I won't. I'll just leave it at that. I really hope we get better animes next season. |
| Guess I'll go against the grain a bit and say that this anime is good for a dumb edgy death game anime. I find the entire genre to be unwatchable but I unironically enjoyed this one. The use of annoying tropes and moments of stupid writing are definitely present as you would expect from this sort of show, but they arent as numerous compared to other series of its type. I appreciate the author putting a non-comedic-relief male character like Ryuuji in the main cast and letting Rain & Sui be their own person instead of harem members lusting after Kaname. I wasn't as bothered as I thought I would be by the female lead being yet another yandere killer who wants to get in the MC's pants because Shuuka is a genuine badass who stands out during her own scenes without Kaname. That being said, none of them are exactly interesting or deep characters. Kaname himself is also very much your average Japanese good-guy-with-morals type of MC without any sort of quirks or unique personality. But for what its worth, I think hes better written than other plain average joe MCs in this genre. His actions and thoughts are all understandable, and the way he is driven by the loss of his male school friends is very human. At least its better than him being the resentful otaku loser type found in so many power fantasy shows. I also appreciate the lack of sexual violence or even the threat of it. Wang could have easily been the creepy disgusting rapey type on top of being a psycho murderer but it seems the author is better than that. Not saying that it somehow makes him a good villain though, as hes still just a generic "Im so evil I love killing!" type of antagonist. Lastly, the animation is surprisingly good and even great in some scenes. This show got a lot more love than I expected from the animators. Last place I would expect some nice sakuga is from an anime adaptation of a niche trashy battle royale manga. Anyway, news of a 2nd season would be nice but I would neither be too disappointed nor surprised if it doesnt get one. I'll read the manga either way, but I will definitely miss Ueda Reina's sweet murder voice for Shuka and Oomori Nichika's monotone loli voice for Rain. |
Ikr he went from snivelling pissbaby to israeli mossad, didnt even get a montage In Season 2 he'll reach super saiyan without 100x gravity training |
| Definetly not the worst Battle Royal that we have but, it's still bad, nothing makes sense the main character is incredible powerfull after playing for 1 month and only 1 game, how tf can he defeat Shuka? One of the best players in the game, in his second battle??? Yep, nothing makes sense and the animation is overall crap, I do have to say that the seiyuus did a great job, and the anime can be funny. The first episode was good but this turned out to be a disapointment 3/10 |
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| I liked this anime and its characters even though I usually don't like this kind of "killing game" themed animes, like for example Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku that personally I found very disturbing, I hated it, but for some strange reason I appreciated Darwin's Game , no more than a 7, but I liked it. I think that the MC (Kaname) even though is a very standard shounen character is kinda cool and also the other characters create a good "blend", the story is interesting, nothing special but nothing awful either, good anime. |
| Well, at least the bad guy got what he deserved. Still I have to say the way in which he was portrayed during the whole series make him looks like he was really OP, almost invincible. So the way he was killed is really lame in my opinion, very one sided. Following the logic of the show it would be no problem if there has been some sort of power up on the protagonist side, but the only thing that really changed was the MC's mood + him turning into some sort of pro sniper out of nothing and the female MC getting wires... To be fair: the chains loli was already kind of op, but lets not forget she got owned by the ice kid in the past... So you are basically telling me that a guy that is pretty much the devil encarnated, which lead an entire gang of lunatics, a person who can teleport and easily kill people with all sort of supernatural powers like the pyrokinetic girl as example.. this same villain get butchered by some gal using wires... even worse is that the last resource of the villain is to swap places with the gal which is controlling the wires??? Same gal that by the way was not even able beat the kid using ice and water during the hotel arc.. Sorry but that must be one of the most retarded endings that I've seen in a while. I guess that on the good side the animation while not really good but at least is not full of ugly cgi... |
rieihdiusMar 20, 2020 6:22 PM
| LETTSSS GOOO! To Kaname's revenge plot! FINALLY, after realizing his actions from Episode 1, the penultimate finale truly shows his wilful, unforgiving character, and with it, the clan battle of Wang's Eighth vs. Kaname's Sunset Ravens. It was a psychological battle of insanity and stupid proportions, but no matter how bad it was, from Shuka relentlessly carving dismemberment ends for Wang from her true powers of her Sigil, to Kaname landing the final blow with his special privilege he earned from the Treasure Hunt (and Ryuji getting his end of the deal of revenge). D-Game has definitely borne a new king, the most OP character it has ever had, and it's Kaname controlling the game. Well, after coming all this way, as trash as everyone in consensus says about this show, I did have some enjoyment with this. Not the best, not the worst, but not bad either. Time to read the manga! |
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| second season when? |
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| Was pretty enteraining during the first couple of episodes, but it lost it's flavour quickly. Still watchable because survival game series. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Ok this anime not be the best but the op and ending are really good |
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| I'm not fully sure what some were expecting in this. But I suppose that's just people's tastes. I can see their points, some I don't agree with, some I do. For me, this show was decent. I thought the story was well built, least for the MC at least. His growth into what he'd later become is prob the main good thing story wise. Wang was built as a piece of shit that we'd want to see killed, so no problems there. Sure, other characters could've had better writing, but wasn't too bad at all. |
| Gotta love how the audience are fine with MC being another mass murderer at the ending. |
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| So it's over, thankfully it ended with Wang getting what he deserved. Overall, it was okay. I'd say it's better than most of it's peers of the genre, it was watchable and also entertaining at points till the end so yeah, I'm happy it turned out half decent. 6/10 |
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| "killing people is bullshit" the main protagonist says, after mass murdering like 20 people. LMFAO. 4/10 series because of the dumbness of some scenes. |
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| Did it end already? Just when it's was getting decent again. |
| I absolutely hate the art style of this show and the power levels of the characters are so inconsistent. I can't stand Shuka, MC, and pretty much the rest of the characters. The only character that made this show watchable was Rein. 3/10 |
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| This is a forgettable standard action series. No one will remember this, and the few that do will most likely look back and feel how dated it is (or will become at least). I wouldn't consider it bad, but it's definitely not good either. I'm personally not a huge fan of gun fights, and while certainly not every fight is a gun fight, the protagonist's power is to create firearms out of thin air and there's enough of them in the show to bore me. The other powers were okay, but not terribly interesting. The plot was convoluted, however I have definitely seen worse offenders so I can overlook it. I'd prefer more character development, more alone time without action, but this show seems to exist for one purpose. Oh well, it could have been better, but I think it accomplished what it set out to be: a filler action series. |
| Damn, couldn't have asked for an edgier final episode even if it was possible. Kaname didn't even let Ryuuji kill Wang despite having him remembering us weekly how much hatred he had towards the guy. Not much to say about this series overall. The first couple of episodes were bad yet still kinda entertaining due to how absurd some situations were... then the story tried to become ambitious and deep with its weak writing about human morality and stuff, to finally end up being your typical "edgy" show full of one-dimensional characters, pretentious storytelling and of course, the usual and overly lunatic villain who only wants to burn, destroy, torture, rape, kill, etc. just because... why not? 2/10 - Wonder if Gleipnir will be any different next season. They may have nothing to do in terms of plot but for some reason, I can't help but sense the same vibe when it comes to these two shows. That being the unnecessary over-the-top violence and the little-to-no development between characters. Anyways, we'll see. |
| i dont get the hate, i still enjoy the show despite of its inconsistencies, its a shounen in the first place. Shuka is my fav character in this series. Seems like all of the negative reviews from this show is just one-sided and i dont like how it impacted my view in this show. Yes, this aint perfect nor the best, but its also not that "bad" or "shit" to be downgraded. Critizing is good, but exaggerating it just brings a show to its grave even if it doesnt deserve it. |
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| Thoroughly enjoyed, hope the manga eventually gets picked up for localization. |
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| Great end to the season. Hope there is a season 2. |
| Can't say I didn't see that coming but still "how disappointing" 3/10 |
RedChromeMar 21, 2020 2:59 AM
| well guess we wait for when s2 is a announced. next arc will be a banger btoom style |
| Imagine finnishing a serie you don't like :p |
| It was entertaining to watch, despite the writing fallacies and flaws. I had fun watching. |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| Not a recommendable anime. It was just ok. There are far worse anime than Darwin's Game though. At least this one didn't irk me. |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| lol edgy show ended...i thought it was 12 episodes...anyway Kaname is badass and spread the fear... oh really? you gotta keep in mind that that there would be someone better that you thingy...anyways 3/5. 5/10. |
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| Enjoyed this show more than I expected. Deserve a solid 7/10. Hope that we get a season 2 later |
| I don't typically read manga so if I get anything right please don't tell me. |
| I got some good guilty pleasure out of this anime. The ring collecting minigame was a lot of fun to watch. This last arc was considerable less so unfortunately. In the last episode I think one of the eighth guys said they had jammed the police officers guns some way or another. Well it looks like they messed up and did it to themselves because I don't think a single bullet was fired upon our Ravens. |
| Survival game series are a mixed bag. Sometimes you get something that's total trash but it's so bad it's good, like Ousama Game. Sometimes you get something that is extremely boring trash. And rarely you get something decent or even good. This belongs in the second category for me. The idea of putting D-Game in the present world was supposed to be innovative, but the author hasn't handled it well at all. It is just a source of a huge amount of plotholes. The characters were as forgettable as it gets because they are 100% one-dimensional. I have even forgotten half their names. Many moments were cringe-worthy, like Kaname's edginess or Wang being evil for no reason. Oh and I rarely say this, but the art was TERRIBLE. The faces have really small eyes and their nose is abnormally long, like it starts higher than their eyes so they end up looking too ugly. 3/10 |
| Hope for another season, finally MC got some balls and it was starting to get interesting. It was little boring at start but with each episode it was getting better. (+++ points for not annoying comedy in serious battles) |
| When Kaname finally became a interesting character the series ended. I really enjoyed that killing spree at the start. I wouldn't mind a second season tbh. I'd give it a solid 6/10 |
| Watashi wa a victim of cyberbullying. Everyday someone online calls me a "weeb" desu. Watashi won't stand for this. 26 percent of bullying victims are chosen due to their race or religion desu. I may look like a basic white boy, but deep down I am Nihongo desu. Watashi religion is anime. Anata wa bullying me because of my race and religion desu ka? Disgusting desu. Anata should be ashamed of yourself, racist pig. A baka gaijin like anata is probably jealous of my race and culture, cause Nippon is more sugoi than your shitty country desu. Watashi pity anata. You'll never be Nihongo like watashi. Educate yourself on nani a "weeb" is. |
| Well... that was pretty bad, lol. I guess every season needs one of the "popular manga that get a shitty adaptation" anime, huh? I'm not sure if it necessarily deserves the sub-5 scores I've been seeing some reviewers give it, as I think describing this anime as average is perfect, with its unexceptional aspects in almost every area imaginable. Predictable and uninspired, Darwin's Game failed to live up to its decent premise and only managed to garner disappointment. Each episode is filled with numerous retired cliches that serve no purpose other than to fulfill the overpowered cast of main characters. Bad shows seem to get second seasons though, so we'll see what happens with this. I'm not sure if I'd return for a season two. 5/10. |
| Lols ... so much hate for DG. It wasn't even close to be one of the best things of this anime season but i wasn't as bad as people here make it seem. for me is a (MAL: 7/10) (my score: 6.5/10) |
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| I think this is an okay anime, while it excites me it is still bad. Love the first half of the show, but it got bad immediately on the last part of treasure hunt. |
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| the manga is so much better. i hope if it gets a season 2 which idk why you show the next arc prev that they work on it. |
| Well, though this anime had many flaws, I still enjoyed it nonetheless |
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| Well, this show happened. It wasn't anything special. There was no logic in the show, but the fight scenes were pretty okay. I love how they just stand and listen to what the MC says and then die later without doing anything. Characters were bad, but the one I hate the most is Shuka. She's so annoying, she's like a bad clone of Yuno Gasai. Overall, it's very generic. I'll give it a light 5/10 |
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