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Kakugoto, Yesterday , ToG and now Gleipnir - all messed up the pacing, the endings and broke the plot....
Having said that it was a good finale leaving things open for season 2 or an OVA.
As others have said they killed off a character that's still alive in the Manga so I'm not sure how they'd progress that storyline.
I'll be generous and give it 7/10.
I've read the source and as others have said "start at chapter 35 and forget the last two episodes of the Anime" as the adaptation isn't too bad up to that point.
There's still so much I don't understand. What exactly happened to Honoka(if that's who the white girl even is)? What did Elena do the Shuichi that made him forget his past and why? And what's the All Might looking character(forgot his name) trying to do?
The last 3 episodes left me completely baffled. A lot of characters that hardly figured at all suddenly became extremely important to the entire plot. Gonna have to rewatch or even better, probably read the manga.
"Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii
There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov
Beautiful. Wild. Insane. Sumptuous. Brilliant. Epic. Crazy. Glorious. Brutal. Magnificent. Horrific. Mesmerising. So many words to choose from, so little time to think of them all. Number 1 show of the season for me.
Kinda a confusing ending to me. But after reading some comments, this episode looks like anime-original so it's to be expected I guess. Overall this show turned out to be better than I thought it'd be.
Kinder-Malo-20 said: This episode was an acceptable ending, there is a possibility of a second season, but the manga only has 54 chap and the anime adapted it until chapter 35 so we will have to wait 2 years :(
Do you really read the manga? It is currently 54, but it hasn't ended either..
Where do that 2 years come from..
because most of the time this is a bare minimum how long it takes between seasons for manga (especially with monthly release) to make enough chapters/story for next season + time spend to make actual anime.
but easily it could be also 4 years like in case of One Punch man. ;)
Manga recommendation:
- Spy x Family (Ch.96/? - biweekly) | Sakamoto Days (Ch.159/? - weekly)
- MARRIAGETOXIN (Ch.80/? - weekly) | Mama Yuuyu (Ch.26/? - weekly)
- Make the Exorcist Fall in Love (Ch.60/? - biweekly)
- You and I Are Polar Opposites (Ch.51/? - biweekly)
Anime recommendation:
- Deca-Dence (Finished) | Wave, Listen to Me! (Finished)
- If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (Finished)
- Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (Finished)
Oh boy I already want a continuation
Is a season 2 gonna come?
God bless whoever decided to not let it end on a cliffhanger
Did Elena actually re-erase Shuichi's memories? Or was she not able to? Cause she tried to, right?
First thing first is... I haven't read the manga...
So... Is this anime/manga more like Evangelion + Naruto have a Baby ??
Like when I see Episode 13.. it's really Identical to Evangelion Rei Ayanami Ending...
Like Is this Real ?? If this is Real Shit... I DEMAND SECOND SEASON...
I dont get some of the low ratings this show has gotten, this anime was an absolute banger, although I'm not really all into action so maybe people that like action a lot disliked it for not having that much of it not sure. Im surprised how I liked a show with a furry cosplayer and tons of fanservice more than Tower of God.
A good episode, and the whole show has been great. An interesting concept, that the power comes with such a tragic history behind it.
I had to read ahead long ago, when they first met Elena, and I read the entire manga. This episode is not like in the manga, but that fine; anime is its own story. I liked it a lot.
I also always like these stories where they are in the Japanese countryside, out in nature under the hot sun, with the crickets in the background.
I consider myself a pretty big fan of death game anime/manga but unfortunately I couldn't really get into this one.
Pros:
Animation is surprisingly great.
OP/ED are amazing, especially the ED.
Interesting antagonists.
Sadly, that's about it for me. After the first 6 episodes, it started to go downhill. The MC is terrible. Even his progression sucks. Absolute disappointment, couldn't care less about his past. Claire is too much of a wild card emotionally to have any value besides fan service. All in all, it's okay.
All puzzle behind the Gleipnir Game stories had just revealed all of themself. Finally, i had more time to caught up this great series without any hesitations. I thought this series had a deep shit background story, rather than just a random battle royal game collected and fights against some random coin. Surely, the Alien entity never do that on a crazy reason like a pyscho killer. Indeed the same reason for every 'monster' on Gleipnir, the justification really own a great perfectionism. Without even realised that it leads to some generic battle royale with risky prize to gambled.
Okay, back to Alien perspective. He just do that to respect the whole wished of 'the Deadly Hanako'. Hell, i even had a hunch that he must feel something heavy toward her. OMG! Back to topic. The chain in between her dying was an absolute fucked up reasonal. Yeah, like the huge flashback in episode 12, its revealed anything. Its dark, indeed, because of her own mistake decision. Everything, like a butterfly effect, to its chance to fly away leave every human there to gone crazy. Its destroyed the greedy people till its bone. The changed. Never missed to satisfied some people to take a lead using some wrong way. Unfortunately, her friends, another unnoticed foes, backfired her, and the Alien buddy. Thats some ragequit master Kaito that behind the screen, became the MC. He stole her live, used it, with an empty emphasis, and become a judge to obliterated the whole bonds among the humanity. Great words by me, there. Yet, thats a true definition of a greedy people. Shit intentions.
Shuichi memories back events were just a great incident to introduced the whole battle against the Hanako's being, and its master, Kaito. Shit. This long 13 episode acted as an Introduction really served like a pain in the ass. Its a long journey to understand the whole problem surrounded the true intentions of Gleipnir Game. A long journey to knowing why Shuichi become a deuteragonist on this show, and his slow progress learning his true power. At the end, its simply a huge development of him, make his intentions, and the past of him truly clear. Just finished this game already! Because, yeah, the real game was just about to commenced.
The games was came back and continued age. While so much people killing each other to get atleast one coin or more. Alas, even the last boss in the different extremely high level was alive there, in the last checkpoint of huge treasures of Gleipnir coin. Still, the reason why Kaito must protect that coin, instead of making it back to the Alien entity was an absolute blurry. Shit. The series end with no other explanations. I might drop my point by one, with that blank space appeared. Even, no clue about another season might messed up the whole serialization. Alas, i dont have anything to do rather than read the source material of this show. A complete way to avoided the responsibility. Again. No bad guy here. Its just a flow of the shit game that destroy the humanity and insanity for several human being. So, the only bad guy here, obviously that Alien and Hanoko to brought that shitty game.
Okay. Its time to my judgement. The story itself indeed might lead some generic battle royale game. The background of Alien entity and the power system only that make the Gleipnir Game feel slightly different. The flawness and the way of building the storyline were unique. Using a complex step up to finally came the last revelations really served my satisfaction. At last, i might be honest that this series had caught my guard to loving it. Unfortunately, the story seems unfinished. There is no way i cant give the perfect scores for this, since the end still far awat beyond the limit. So, at my final brain-storming session, 8 must be enough for this show. Its goes to the characterization section too. Because, yeah, the game was unfinished. But, the development really served well. So, yeah 8 must be enough too.
The art and animation kinda bugged me. Its maybe their best, but to me its not getting my best art and animation so far. Its in a very good level without any doubt. The OST was intrigueing. Its really catchy and caught the thrilling moment while they battled in the last moments. The op and ed were my favourites. Its easy to listen and had very deep meaning toward the series. I might come up to the great scores for that enjoyable kind of musics. The enjoyment and overall might be the same guess like before. The enjoyment come as my personal judges, and the overall take into my meaning rate. So this is the final verdict for this great show:
8/10
A hard decision, indeed. But, thats it. No other complain to me. I just really hope for the continuations. But, shit was always come. So, yeah, its obvious. Its time to me to moved on!
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This series made me feel a lot of things. The plot is great and truly a breath of fresh air in this 'fantasy/ shounen/ drama/' kind of anime type that haven't got a good entry since Mirai Nikki (my opinion). The problem with these type of show that has got a lot of thingw going on plot wise and all the subplots, is that it strives to be all at once, and maybe this works for a manga series but a 13 episdode anime doesn't work. The adaptation falls short in comparison with the source material and this leaves space to misinterpretations and contributes to bad reviews. Still the plot and the characters are great, the MC has a nice growth arc in wich he becomes more interesting and owner of his own story. These anime has 5 thrilling episodes that made me go from the sitting on the edge of my seat (due to the action) to fell the emotional load of the drama that runs throughout the story. Would definetely recommend the anime and the manga.
Kinder-Malo-20 said: This episode was an acceptable ending, there is a possibility of a second season, but the manga only has 54 chap and the anime adapted it until chapter 35 so we will have to wait 2 years :(
5 years is a minimal chance of year. If they considering the Manga popularity or BD selling rates are high. Lol.
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What a great show that had amazing fight scenes, great soundtrack, and an interesting premise/atmosphere. It’s a better show than Demon Slayer imo and is a solid 9/10.
The scene when Shuichi almost rape Claire was so fucking dumb. Oh no i lost my memories so after I get a glimpse of it I should rape my ex girlfriend's sister.
Classic Shuuichi. Starting and concluding the series with at least one scene of him almost raping Claire.
Decent final episode. An open ending was more than obvious at this point so at least, I'm glad we got even a bit more info about Shuuichi and Elena's past as well as more insight into this "entity" that looks like Honoka which I gotta say, seems more complex than I originally thought. I was left kinda confused in that regard but guess it couldn't be helped since we only knew about her backstory one episode ago.
Anyways, I also gotta say how glad I was to see that good animation from ep. 2 returning during Shuuichi/Claire's fight against Elena. It was a somewhat short sequence but pretty exciting nonetheless.
Overall and to my surprise, this anime ended up being a rather entertaining ride. Visually speaking, it surpassed my expectations, especially the backgrounds art; OST was surprisingly good and catchy and I found myself feeling rather captivated by the mystery aspect surrounding our main protagonists.
Cast, on the other hand, was kinda bland in my opinion. Not that memorable aside from the main duo and Elena but luckily, the sense of tension surrounding these three and the curious chemistry between Claire and Shuuichi made up for it. Though truth be told, Claire's character mostly carried the show during the first few episodes.
6,5/10 -> 7/10 - Honestly, I didn't think I would say this when I started watching the show but man, a second season would be really appreciated.
I didn't even intend to watch this anime this season but the mascot costume design piqued my interest and I'm so frickin' glad I watched this! This is the best anime of the season, no doubt but it's really underrated too! There were a few episodes that were a bit dull but the twists, tragedy and action made up for it entirely!
I'm gonna keep my fingers and toes crossed for a season 2!
The fight scene was well done which was partially due to the ost with the choir in the background, some delicious animation and nice visuals - worthy for a finale. However, this episode gave us a lot of loose ends. Kinda unsatisfying and annoying but I guess it works since I really want to know what happened.. Why can't Shuichi tell her who she is? What does Elena tell her to make her think she is a monster? Did Elena kill his parents, just make them forget each other or what? What is this daycare with talented kids for alien-hogwarts wizardry? Why should the world end and Shuichi prefered this path?
Honestly, I almost gave up on this show after episode 1 but I am so glad I did not and continued. Main reason being: Claire. She saves the show and pushes the story forward in the beginning. She is outspoken, cunning and driven by a simple motive and thus, carries hard. Then Shuichi changes and more mysteries appear and I was hooked,
The 3 episode rule really is no joke. Sure, overall there are obvious weaknesses in terms of execution and I guess the budget of this show was not too great either, but it created interest. I do hope for a season 2 that can use this one in terms of content as a foundation.
Thought the first half was good, there was an actual story to follow, the 2nd half was just an arena for a battle royale which was disappointing, and then they shoe horned Shuuichi's backstory into the last 2 eps which was a bad idea. 6.
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This sure was quite the different anime, the first episode of it really made me raise an eye brow to how strange and direct it was together with the rather synthwave ost that was only used here and for the ED while the series itself didn't had anything to do with it.
Together with the pacing and rather directness of things the pacing of the overhaul story changed quite often and especially near the end to also have a quite dark and different take was nice yet weird to then get presented with this kind of ending.
All up to this episode and ending was nice but I did have various moments were it certainly was quite weird too watch, even for me.
Animations was good at this episode but I think they couldn't make the forgetting part logical tbh. But yeah, it was fine overall. Hope it gets a better season.
EVERYTHING IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING HERE.
so many wasted time placed in filler moments when it could be used to push the main plot. but more importantly
MY MIFUNE-CHAN WHY!! HOW COULD YOU!!! not only she did absolutely nothing to the plot, now you're just gonna push her away?
kidlat020Jul 2, 2020 1:39 AM
>I had no brain when I was 12
>Then everyone must had no brain when they were 12
>I experimented 100 samples and proved that they had no brain when they were 12
>Therefore children cannot consent
An interesting anime, but it suffered from quite a few flaws.
6/10
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?
A manga reader who thinks the manga is kinda meh, this adaptation was pretty faithful except for the final episode. Even the manga has its cool shounen moments and really bland moments and even moments that just don't make any sense. It's kind of hard to get invested in most of the characters because they're the type who have at least one quality you'd hate.
Overall, this anime adaptation is a 6/10 for me. I prefer the manga for being uncensored, nipple-less topless shots kind of take me out of the scene because it looks weird. Even the manga is a 6/10 for me so far.
Solid series. I think there's a decent amount of hide-the-ball going on, but there's no question it did a solid job fleshing out the characters and maintaining tension throughout. Hope they get a second season even if they need to do some kind of anime-original ending (this honestly doesn't feel like it needs to be a long series). Not sure how popular this series is ultimately though.
Loved the fight scene--short, but still awesome. Aside from that, the anime has been kinda meh. Wish they had more awesomely choreographed fight scenes like this. Overall kind of bland, but as this last episode went I enjoyed it.
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A surprisingly nice first half that devolved into a bit of a mess in the second.
I understand this was probably inevitable due to this being an adaptation but the mountain death battle arc undermined the show so much; introducing a bunch of bland characters and disturbing the flow of the (seemingly) main storyline. From then on focus shifted from the MC duo that was carrying the series and the once tight production value dropped substantially.
The main storyline itself was fairly decent, though in effect it felt like a long prologue; it apparently did establish the main characters and most of the backstory but didn't have time to do anything with it.
So here's the problem I have with this anime original ending episode, it messes up the story to come (I'm up to date with the manga and I even re-read it since the anime started airing), let me explain why:
When the anime comes up with an anime reason as to why Elena erased Shuichi's memories, it's not that bad, and although it's nowhere in the manga it kinda makes sense and explains to viewers that Elena is not actually the antagonist of the anime, but with Kaito's episode (the super saiyan dude) that's already kind of implied. Anyways, that change in the anime is characterizing the rebirthed version of Honoka from Kaito, which in the manga we haven't seen characterized or acting on it's own, we only know that Kaito obtained the power to revive people which he calls rebirth, and that he "rebirthed" Honoka who was impersonating Aiko, out of guilt for killing her, but in the manga it's crucial that this "Honoka" is not really Honoka. Elena and Naoto (Aiko's bf) knowing this, is basically the reason why they're teaming up to try and find a way to stop Kaito and this rebirthed fake Honoka. IMO, a better way to end the season, would've been to spend less time on the forest fire's aftermath, advance the story up until the fight against the Spartan dude and Snake-arm lady (up until chapter 40 of the manga) and that would've given us an amazing fight for the season ending, a little backstory on Sanbe (the horned monster ally they gained earlier), and a little more information on Kaito's power from that last fight, which is a great fight and has an incredible ending. I'm also aware that going this route would mean the anime adapts 40 of the current 54 chapters and most of their source material would be gone, but that would just mean we would have to wait a little longer for any possible S2 adaptation in exchange for a better ending that doesn't deviate from the manga.
Ok that's my take on how the anime would've made a better job on an ending, but I'm just a manga fan and I'm not paid to come up with anime adaptation scripts, so I could be completely wrong and maybe anime only fans liked it and maybe the anime will take a route slightly different from the manga if we ever see a S2. Let me know what you think if you were a manga fan before the anime adaptation, or if you read it after seeing the anime, or even if being an anime only fan/viewer you read my spoiler comment and are like "WTF does all of this means" and went straight to read the manga just to understand my rant lol.
Felt like it was a mix of something between Mirai Nikki and Darling in the Franxx, without the mechas.
Really cool premise, story and good execution. The art style was also quite good, and i liked the main characters, but i want to highlight Claire since she was my most favorite. Still want to mention the action scenes wich i thought were the most appealing part of this show, man were they pretty good!
7/10, would recommend for people who like survival game stuff.
Ok so here's what I think happened. The blonde guy who killed Honoka used his coin to wish to bring Honoka back and he ended up with that Stan looking thing. Honoka only appears when there are "bonds" between people. She is also insanely dangerous as she can "erase" people from existence. Elena killed Suichi's and Clair's parents and erased Suichi's memories of him and her to keep both of them from having "bonds" to protect them from Honoka.
Bruh, this is the type of story progression this anime needed from episode 6 and on. I admit the action scenes are really nice, but it was soooo slow. This episode proved that the story needed to be faster...because let's admit it, there's no season 2 so why end it where they did?
Ashhk said: I really enjoyed the manga and I think the anime was good too but too much confusing and slow.
The pace of the manga is definitely better but it's still enjoyable to see the fights animated because they are much better in anime.
Hi, do you know which chapter of the manga is the anime last episode? I'm really interested in reading the rest of the story.
Ashhk said: I really enjoyed the manga and I think the anime was good too but too much confusing and slow.
The pace of the manga is definitely better but it's still enjoyable to see the fights animated because they are much better in anime.
Hi, do you know which chapter of the manga is the anime last episode? I'm really interested in reading the rest of the story.
Thanks!
The last episode of the anime was basically original and isn't in the manga but if you're looking for where to carry on reading the rest of the story then start with Chapter 36 of the manga. Currently it's up to chapter 54 atm.
This was a hard anime for me to rate. It started out as an 8 and then it rolled downhill to a 7. I would recommend anyone interested in this series to read the manga. I don't have a lot to say about the last episode since it is original and does not follow the manga. Giving it 8/10 and hoping Elena erases my memory of this last installment.
The ending was meh. Elena's reasoning for erasing Shuichi's memories to "protect him"(even when she almost killed him initially out of jealousy) from ghost Honoka is not clear but somewhat understandable still why turn him into a monster? That's the main reason he has to put through all this shit. Also why does ghost Honoka go after Shuichi and some other random folks who remember her but not Elena or Naoto?
Honestly speaking the anime was kind of disappointing considering all the hype. I began to lose interest after 4 episodes. I guess I was expecting an engrossing story behind the supernatural mystery of people becoming monsters not something silly and weird like a shape-shifting tentacle alien that crash lands on earth and get people to collect his lost arcade tokens in exchange for wishes. Yet surprisingly no one wished for fame, fortune etc. and didn't mind becoming a monster. It just doesn't make any sense. Also what was up with those poorly drawn monsters like the ones in Madoka's gang. It felt like a 6 year old made them. I didn't mind the ecchi stuff but why make the insides of the mascot all gooey with muscle tissue. It was kind of disturbing. I think the author has some strange fetishes.
There were some good things about show like the fight with Hikawa, Claire's ruthless character and that's about it. Can't really recall anything else that I truly enjoyed. I didn't have any expectation from Shuichi's character since Claire is pretty much what I wanted him to be. Also I couldn't really empathize with his character regardless of his memory loss since he had no ambitions and wants to have a normal life just like most background characters. He didn't even care to find out about his condition until Claire got involved.
I don't know if the anime was properly adapted from the manga or not since I don't read manga. But overall the show was pretty average for me.
Pretty interesting series with some great plot (at least the last few episodes) and a few dope fightscenes. Really liked the cunning Claire more than I thought I would, but the opposite for Shuuichi not because of his wimpy attitude but because of his stupid decions.