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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Really enjoyed this anime, reminded me a lot of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 but had a lot more aspects and different focus points. Loved the ending a lot as well, really a very enjoyable episode and ending if you ask me, and certainly felt quite sad yet really loved how the whole story turned out! |
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| I believe I cried for 10 minutes straight. What a wilde ride holy fuck lmao so many things happened. As a whole, this anime went downhill in quality as soon as Kite was introduced So many plot holes and stuff happened just because it was convenient, also the development was way too unrealistic. I have to give credit to the incredible relationships that were built and all the characters were likeable. This anime excelled at conveying feeling, so although I have a lot of negative things to say about it, it still is a 8/10 because managed to make me cry more than once throughout the series |
XenocrisiJul 9, 2020 9:25 AM
| Going through the footage was also particulary remiscent of Tokyo Magnitude finale. And wow, midway through I was honestly lost, not knowing if I would end up being satisfied and now such a moving conclusion. Admittedly if you boil the messages down to the essentials this was a cookiecutter ending, still nicely delivered, very uplifting and I dare to say something that should resonate well with the majority of people. So even if this was bumpy ride with random thematic and tonal shifts, I loved the note this ended on. Strong 7 or 8/10 |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| So, I watched this meme (this cannot even be considered anime), a plot worse than a porn movie, the animation feels made by anything but an anime studio. Just wasted time. |
| For me it's a 5/10 at best. While there were definitely touching moments, for me, it doesn't negate the list of issue's through the entire show. Of which there are many. |
| My thoughts on the show: Middle episodes (with the "not a cult") were a drag and unnecessary but the the beginning was solid. The ending got a little melodramatic and ham-fisted, and throughout the anime there were many things that made no sense. I feel like the anime was trying to say "Japanese things will always be loved and remembered as Japanese things" but if it was, it wasn't done well. |
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| I really liked this anime, even if it only had 10 episodes. I can agree that it started going downhill after the first few episodes, and that there are a bunch of scenes that we're really weird in both art and animation, but I got the messages they wanted to convey. I really like how they were able to show the inner dialogues the previous episodes had in this episode with the videos shown. It was really nice how they showed us pictures and videos that show us what Japan is. Also, I'm pretty sure that's Kaito near the end who's watching Ayumu in the race. I'm really glad he's alive! I'm still sad that so many people died so that Ayumu and Go could live, and if something like this ever happens, there will be a lot of people who would die to save the ones they love, though probably (or definitely) not in the ways here. Even with the bad aspects of the show, I love the message the show conveyed, like family and looking towards the future, so I'd give this an 8/10. Edit: So apparently Kanzaki Iori made the ending song for this episode??? Holy shit, I want to listen to it again, but I can't find it on Youtube,, |
jd2001zJul 9, 2020 11:18 AM
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| What the hell did I just watch!? Honesty, the writing and tone of this show were a complete mess. The characters were weakly developed and even the animation was at best okay to average depending on the episode. The whole cult arc was unnecessary, except for padding & the ending was weak. This was crap, so bad I honestly wonder if Yuasa was actually involved in the project, or just allowed his name to be associated with it. Finally, Daniel was cringey as fck. 4/10 Edit: Pyeon-Gang Ho served as series director, Toshio Yoshitaka served as series composition, Yuasa just seemed to be Science Saru's representative director at the time of production. Perhaps he directed some episodes, other than that I don't see how this is even credited as being a Yuasa series. |
JokerVenturaJul 10, 2020 12:04 AM
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| Overall, it was not bad, but not the best. I kinda liked the ending but not really at the same time, it just feels weird. Really enjoyed the experience of the show, the directing, some of the characters etc. Some episodes were strong while some are weak. Pretty enjoyable. 7/10 |
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| ngl...one of the worst anime I've ever watched. What a waste of time .. 4/ 10 at best |
| It was so unexpectedly gloomy and emotional that, frankly, I myself began to fear for the future of Japan. Especially these deaths. Damn dude, not every slasher or war drama did it so dramatically or detailed. But most of all I was confused by the themes of natural disasters and the Olympic Games. Did the author of the original novel really want to troll his own country? Given the actual news from Japan, it looks pretty creepy. However, I must admit that this trip was crazy, but at the same time exciting. I have not received so many emotions from watching anime for a long time. Purely subjective 10 out of 10. @JokerVentura This is essentially 2012 + Tokyo Magnitude + Triumph of will, lol. anime-prime said: My thoughts on the show: Middle episodes (with the "not a cult") were a drag and unnecessary but the the beginning was solid. The ending got a little melodramatic and ham-fisted, and throughout the anime there were many things that made no sense. I feel like the anime was trying to say "Japanese things will always be loved and remembered as Japanese things" but if it was, it wasn't done well. It is rather a parable that the Japanese should love and value their country, because there is nothing worse if at some point the people lose their homeland. These are my speculations, but in my opinion this is the most friendly interpretation. Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
anime-primeJul 9, 2020 11:04 PM
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| @RobertBobert From what I've seen online the original novel had nothing to do with the Olympics, it was a story about scientist and politicians dealing with the disaster and Japan sinking. The series seems to have just taken the main idea of the novel and done it's own thing, the Olympics being shoehorned on because Japan 2020 was still a thing when the show was originally being made. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
JokerVentura said: @RobertBobert From what I've seen online the original novel had nothing to do with the Olympics, it was a story about scientist and politicians dealing with the disaster and Japan sinking. The series seems to have just taken the main idea of the novel and done it's own thing, the Olympics being shoehorned on because Japan 2020 was still a thing when the show was originally being made. I was just embarrassed that in such a difficult year for Japan, they release a show that can be briefly described as "Japan in the ass". Before I knew that it was an adaptation of old science fiction, I thought that Yuasa decided to make a salty message about his country. |
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| @Papy-1412 Especially agree with not taking everything at face value, that would help many not to think that badly of this anime, but even then it was probbaly still too wild for that at times. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Yeah, I just finished torturing myself through this hoping it will get better but it never did. Give me back 5 hours of my life 😭😭😭 I kinda stopped caring after episode 4 (that made me feel a little bit better), but still GIVE ME BACK MY HOURS!!!!! I don’t even want to rate or put this on my list. Not worthy of my rate LOL |
TeamDalaiLanaJul 10, 2020 3:44 AM
| Down on the West Coast They got a sayin' |
| What an impactful final episode, the premise and finale of this show were both amazing. I'm glad Kite is alive and well, his luck didn't run out there haha. Ayumu is in the olympic even with her situation, I'm proud of her. Go became a pro gamer and even won the tournament, what a guy. The flashbacks/records of everything was really touching. Also damn that kid from the first episode survived. So Japan is a floating country now and someday it will rise again. This was a great journey, I love this type of shows so I had a great time watching this. This had it's ups and downs but with the epic finale this concluded really well. |
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| Yuasa's definitely done better, but I still thought this show was pretty solid. Some people are calling the characters and their reactions unrealistic, but I read someone on Reddit saying "grief is reserved for people in safe spaces". I found that pretty smart and as soon as the family got to a safe space such as the cult (an arc I really liked tbh), they started dealing with their own grief. I really liked that. The scene between Ayumu and her mom was very touching. Ushio Kensuke's amazing soundtrack definitely added to that. My favorite episodes were the cult arc and episodes 7-8. The ending was fine, representing some nice themes, but it wasn't anything mind blowing. 7/10 I definitely prefer Devilman Crybaby over this one though. |
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| The story and characters were pretty good; I love me a survival show. Sadly though, the budget was clearly tight as hell which resulted in quite the shitty production quality. I will say though I still managed to enjoy it quite a bit. I'll at least admit there was a lot of stupidity about this show as well. I still do not comprehend why Ayumu thought it'd be a smart idea to hide such a deep laceration for such a long time...like what? At least bandage that shit dude... I did get emotional a few times but nothing to succeed in making me cry. Overall I liked it, but my god was it a flawed show. I usually love Yuasa's stuff, I do, but this kinda just fell flat. |
| I had high hopes for this anime. The one that could stand or surpass Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, but alas it sucked. I never enjoyed watching it ever since the first episode, plot holes, forced tantrums, and some other BS that I couldn't even care less worth mentioning it. It should've taken me a day to finish it, but procrastination tells me otherwise. Imagine things that are happening due to plot conveniences. And boy oh boy, the animation really sucks. It's a pain watching it. This show is a train-wreck. An insult to disaster anime. Especially the worst part of them all, the MC itself. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 was way better than this show. 4/10 |
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| A weird skipping time end with all shit happening on these show. Okay, it might be a good one finisher. But, not the best resolution i've seen so far, and i even not a good fan of time skipped event ending. So, yeah, it take a little dissapointment ending. The sinks, and then their revival strategy to built some artifical island that resolved every Japan's problem of apocalypse were indeed not be so realistically okay punch to solved the whole problem the moment after KITE sacrificed. I felt it too rushed to even considering it as the end. I might be wrong, but, yeah, thats happening. Atleast, the siblings were saved, alived, and healthy. Not so healthy, i guessed. Since Ayumu lost her left leg miserably. But, yeah, her dream should continued and Gou absolute won closed the whole show with a nice clap from me. Wait a minute, its a skipping time, so i can't satisfied that time with a nice clap. I take my previous comment, then.... Started with such a part when the girl need to preparing her event of sport by doing her sport activity, as a runner. Then an apocalypstic suddenly began to destroy everything. Slowly the pace rearranged the initial plot of nice and easy plotting to built something that drastically different from its Introduction. Its an adventure themes, surprisingly, with survival journey of that young girl and her group, as its punchline. The emotion circling and progression beyond their MC arouse as their journey became more crushed. Some dead appeared, some drama rewinded, some separation happening. At the end, the happy closurement gave me a hollow. And the came back of its initial ideas, the sport themes one, suddenly made me wondering. What am i watching afterall? Such a random show if i can be honestly. Lmao. Good job made my feel burned there, Yuasa. Even at this time i completely dont know why this show purposes. Again. I keep my judgement simple. Its not my best show, indeed. But still, i had a fun ride watching this little journey. Overall, 7/10 shall be enough to close my nonsense mind-blowing storyline that these show had. Only if their art and animation were improve a bit, the final scores might be improved a bit too. So, yeah, that really enough and suited well for this kind of randomness show. Thats it. |
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| Well, I don't know what to say. Did Yuasa really worked on this one or was it mostly a work from Choi? I love Yuasa's works but I couldn't feel his essence here. This story could have worked 100x better in a movie format. Episode 1 was good as well as the last one, but the rest were not really convincing. 7/10 I liked Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 more |
| Well the leg having to be amputated was obviously going to happen. I'll be honest, it was alright but it was nothing compared to Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, I was more heavily invested in that as a series. I guess I also went into this series expecting something completely different to what I expected. The start was too fast paced, a lot of the characters lacked proper development and some of the deaths which I felt should of have a serious aspect to it didn't and was actually somewhat comical. The later deaths were dealt with better I feel though. Overall, it was an alright series, the start and ending were good, but inbetween was very lacKluster to be honest. |
| The series started off an 8 but then slowly sank (pun intended) to a 4-5. The SJW shit was too much and so badly done. Men=rapists Japan=racist gay politician kiss multicultural people = good quadriplegic = vital making the disabled olympics the first netflix anime I watched, it will be the last. I am sure Japan would be embarrassed at this abortion of a show. At least some of the deaths were funny and I am totally shocked they didn't shoehorn in some black characters. Maybe they were too afraid to animate them. |
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| Really glad that Kite is alive at the end. First episode was honestly the best in my opinion, the entire first half didn't made that much sense to me (landmines, poison gas, cult) but the second half did improve. Outside the death of the mother, I didn't really care for the others as the characters didn't felt developed enough to care for them. I think I understood most messages this series was trying to convey but I feel like it was too forced and not well executed. |
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| Is Kite really alive? It looked like someone else was operating his YouTube channel |
QPR said: The series started off an 8 but then slowly sank (pun intended) to a 4-5. The SJW shit was too much and so badly done. Men=rapists Japan=racist gay politician kiss multicultural people = good quadriplegic = vital making the disabled olympics the first netflix anime I watched, it will be the last. I am sure Japan would be embarrassed at this abortion of a show. At least some of the deaths were funny and I am totally shocked they didn't shoehorn in some black characters. Maybe they were too afraid to animate them. I have no clue how you even got to some of those conclusions, but lmfao if the stuff in this show gets you tilted, then crawl back under the rock of bigotry you came from |
Samu-tanJul 11, 2020 11:08 AM
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| at first i thought this anime is a tragedy, but now I realize it's a comedy. i can't take this characters, this animation and even the deaths seriously. Nainu_ said: I had high hopes for this anime. The one that could stand or surpass Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, but alas it sucked. I never enjoyed watching it ever since the first episode, plot holes, forced tantrums, and some other BS that I couldn't even care less worth mentioning it. It should've taken me a day to finish it, but procrastination tells me otherwise. Imagine things that are happening due to plot conveniences. And boy oh boy, the animation really sucks. It's a pain watching it. This show is a train-wreck. An insult to disaster anime. Especially the worst part of them all, the MC itself. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 was way better than this show. 4/10 i feel you. this show was such an disappointment. 3/10 |
QPR said: The series started off an 8 but then slowly sank (pun intended) to a 4-5. The SJW shit was too much and so badly done. Men=rapists Japan=racist gay politician kiss multicultural people = good quadriplegic = vital making the disabled olympics the first netflix anime I watched, it will be the last. I am sure Japan would be embarrassed at this abortion of a show. At least some of the deaths were funny and I am totally shocked they didn't shoehorn in some black characters. Maybe they were too afraid to animate them. I feel like he just intended on fitting as many real issues here in Japan, in the anime as much as possible. Especially the whole old people being racist, and the whole plot about the nationalist Japanese which he used to try and represent the nihonjinron/homogenous problem japan has. Would of been good if it was executed properly, but it wasn't :( So far its received mediocre reviews here in Japan, from what I've read so far. Was hoping for it to be another Tokyo Maganitude 8.0 but naaaah |
| Decent story, garbage animation. That kid who was talking randomly eng ana japanese was so f*cking cringe.. Another "original" Netflix anime that looks like crap (I'm looking at you Nanatsu no Taizai 3) Final score 5/10 |
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| I don't know what to say. I had high hopes for this show because you don't come across many anime focusing on a natural disaster and how people survive/ cope with it... Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has been a personal favorite of mine ever since I first watched it... But this show just lacked a lot of things for me. The story was all over the place... Didn't care for any of the characters, they just felt shallow and lacked personality. I wanted to punch Go every time he spoke English... It felt like they just kept killing people off to pull the viewer's heartstrings... Not to mention the animation... Damn those necklines are going to haunt my dreams. I think they had a good story and just executed it very very poorly. Couldn't consciously recommend this to anyone. :/ |
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| not sure if i'm missing something but i've seen a couple people say that kite was revealed to be trans? was this stated directly because i skimmed through the ending again and i didn't really see anything to confirm this? |
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| damn give this anime 9 out of 10 |
Rickydory123 said: Is Kite really alive? It looked like someone else was operating his YouTube channel Yes, he was clearly shown at the end with a kite cap at the stadium. amagirinomikoto said: not sure if i'm missing something but i've seen a couple people say that kite was revealed to be trans? was this stated directly because i skimmed through the ending again and i didn't really see anything to confirm this? Now that would really make me lol, I think they maybe having you on or maybe it was true in the manga but I saw nothing to suggest it. Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
anime-primeJul 12, 2020 4:02 AM
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| Nice conclusion but the series as whole is a awful experience with poor direction and the story progression. The artstyle itself is horrible throughout. Overall a mess and bad anime 4/10 |
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QPR said: amagirinomikoto said: not sure if i'm missing something but i've seen a couple people say that kite was revealed to be trans? was this stated directly because i skimmed through the ending again and i didn't really see anything to confirm this? Now that would really make me lol, I think they maybe having you on or maybe it was true in the manga but I saw nothing to suggest it. I think people are basing it on the ending, when they show past videos it shows young Kite flying a kite while wearing a skirt and then removing it as a nuisance. It's subtle and honestly completely pointless, perhaps Science Saru is creating a new form of baiting. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
JokerVentura said: I think people are basing it on the ending, when they show past videos it shows young Kite flying a kite while wearing a skirt and then removing it as a nuisance. It's subtle and honestly completely pointless, perhaps Science Saru is creating a new form of baiting. Completely pointless actually sums up this anime. I wasn't even watching properly at the end, I literally didn't care what happened. |
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| This was the most anti Japaneses anime I have ever watched... Netflix was literally pissing on them.. |
Y'all never heard of PARALYMPICS huh did you wear your MAGA-cap while watching? |
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Endlosschleife said: Y'all never heard of PARALYMPICS huh did you wear your MAGA-cap while watching? Nice try but I am as anti Trump as anyone, I have been called a marxist and trumper on here. That tells me I am in the centre with the far left and right hating on me. |
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