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| Pretty intriguing start, to say the least. Really hoping this will be a good one! |
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| I liked the mysteriousness of this show. The animation is also interesting, it gives off old generation animation vibes. A nice comeback from Madhouse. They have interesting powers.  I wish someone gave this penalty to me, I feel so lazy to workout XD  I do that to my cat too XD As for this episode, it felt like a strange themed short movie of some sort. Will it be episodic kind of anime? The way it ended seemed like it was the end of one chapter, like they wanted to get out of this darkness and they somehow got out, that's it. It felt like the story ended there. I'll continue watching it cuz I'm curious about how they plan to continue it. |
Rickydory123Jul 9, 2021 12:27 AM
| What a depth of an episode, just like one thread explain here, it's seems like a depiction of social and politics, one is incompetent authoritarian government, and then the rebellious extremist, the aphatetic , the oligarchs , and the pacifist libertarian. But this episode feels like that Tokyo Revengers pre air episode ,many things felt crammed at once. Gonna check more , probably my AOTY material here. |
TierraRobadaJul 13, 2021 9:34 AM
| Хайде, хайде, хайде, това е първата зона, брато, първа зона, първа зона, добре, добре, добре, това става тук горе, отива тук горе, само спокойно, само спокойно... Ха, отдясно е, навсякъде отдясно отдясно къде е дясното ти о да добре добре добре тихо мълчаливо не успях да се съсредоточа върху това ЕХ ТЪПАК КОГАТО СИ БАВНО БАВНО ... ой е путката на моето момиче прасе куче, аз Чувствам се добре, о, мамо, *шамар*, какво е това госпожице татко- |
tolga1991 said: I like the mindfuck mystery aspect of this anime but as always students are too stupid and shallow. Make it a seinen with fleshed-out adult characters and you'll have an anime of the year. But then you wouldn't have the Lord of the Flies gimmicks. The characters must be immature for that kind of story to work out well and be interesting. Adults are too rational for that. |
| Is this you, Madhouse? This feels so fresh. A season with a few GREAT entries is better than a season with many good entries. This is already full of characters, themes and ideas, and the production seems very confident. It's also amazing how much character/many characters they could already establish in only one episode. It makes me excited for coming epiodes. The art is also really unique; I wouldn't describe it as "old-school", but it feels very appropriate and very Madhouse-esque and kind of reminds me of The Girl Who Leapt through Time. I feel like this could become something incredible. |
GooseflowerJul 13, 2021 4:04 PM
| I really like the art style of this show tbh, feels stylistic and unique even with the way character expresses their personalities. Premise seems interesting and I find most of the cast intruging. This can either be a hit or a miss but honestly, the way they build this first episode showed promise. Looking forward to more honestly. |
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| I really enjoyed that premeire. Very interesting, like the art style and the lack of music for most of the episode only enhanced the mystery and psychological undertones of the show by a lot. Very refreshing kind of episode and unique compared to other anime this year. Hoping that the show can stay on this good path though and not get too repetitive or dull soon. |
| This first episode was very interesting. |
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| Nozomi feel so dangerous, but at same time so worthy to follow. I wasn't getting into this anime after thinking that would be just the school the only location, but after more of the world opened up looks interesting. With my memories of islands survival, potential this may have. |
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| I forgot to comment about the premiere because I watched it long before the official TV broadcasting lol. It’s an interesting setup, I guess, but after the trainwreck that was WEP, I’m being very cautious of yet another similar setup based around surrealism and youth mentality, hence a weak personal impression for me. It can get better along the way but if it turns out as one of those overly dramatic and contrived supernatural shows with teenage angsty, then my sensing of possible red flags will be all the more justified. Lastly, I can’t say I’m a fan of this sort of artstyle, but hey, I probably won’t mind it much down the stretch. |
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| So it's "Lost" the anime. It was pretty obvious halfway through that they were dead. The lightning kind of gave it away. Idk I can't really judge it after one episode but I was no impressed. if anything i like the interactions between Nozomi and Nagara. Also MIzuho is cute AF and I need more of her. |
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| I have no freaking clue what I just watched lmao, will give it an episode or two more I guess but not particularly excited. |
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| The Show seems to be pretty meta Not sure if I like that. Think I'd be more interested in a good, well written Story instead of a social statement , made by the Anime's Creators. I want actual characters. Not just Political-Archetypes delivering lines. ...the Black-World-Mystery gives me some hope for that, at least The Mc-Girl's getting on my nerves already. Hate her happy go lucky, yet ultra-deep and mysterious vibe...xD |
Merve2LoveJul 15, 2021 5:36 PM
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| I rewatched the first episode just to refresh my memory, and if this show keeps the first episode quality all the way then I wouldn't mind having it as my anime of the season because this is the best first episode so far this season. |
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| I didn't re-watch the whole episode, just bits of it, and the last five minutes. Something that really bothered me when I watched this on Youtube, was the weird sound mixing that was super distracting. I didn't seem to notice it with this "official" broadcast? Which is good, at first I thought it might have been a creative choice would would have been really annoying. looking forward to this anime. But at the same time I honestly don't know what to expect from it. This episode still feels like it could be a one-off anime short to me. Just hope it doesn't turn into an utter train wreck like WEP did. Since this is also an anime original, and seems to be going into really abstract territory like WEP did. |
| Eguchi Hisashi made original character design. The show also inherits his pop art style. Although the story is similar to "Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu (The Drifting Classroom)", supernatural power element is added. The most expected show of this season for me. |
| feel like I was on some psychedelics watching this, but that OP is pretty good not gonna lie |
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| i'm in hoping this lands because it's so strange for a another dem darn high schoolers got super powers with how much was going on to unpack i thought the episode was longer than 20mins lol no idea where this goes but i'm sold for now ! |
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| I'll give them credit, they are definitely doing something different from all the other shows from this season. Really hard to judge the story from episode 1, but definitely an interesting start. Not a huge fan of animation style, but it's not terrible quality animation. Just not my cup of tea. Hopefully episode 2 will give more clarity. |
| Rewatch this episode, noticed alot more this second time around, a bit too much to post here so anyone that cares to read Read it here: https://twitter.com/VanishingKira/status/1415884993751142400 In short Nozomi might be a reality warper and the mastermind behind the "drifting." Or she might be the proxy of the bird shown through the episode in very brief glimpses. |
| First of all, the animation style is great, and secondly...what? I liked it and it's interesting, plus I want to know what's going on. The opening is good |
| Now this show was a weird isekai, kek. |
| Extremely impressing episode dude. First of all, the aesthetic, the vibes, everything goes together and create a huge atmosphere, props to the production. But honestly, the freedom statement and systematic rules imposing in juxtaposition between the positive and negative freedoms and how it affect our way of understanding the world and operate in our day by day was extremely well done. Extremely sound message here from different perspectives of power. With this, I think that this season has huge potential in terms of provoking shows, hope that it turns out well and the start wasnt just a fluke |
NextUniverse said: idk wtf just happened, it had a Angel Beats type opening, then proceeded to do some Lord of the Flies bs, then some mountain comes up. this ep's audiovisual were strange too, I mean, that lack of ost and the abstract art was smth for sure. anyways, good episode. Maybe it's just me, but I often enjoy the lack of ost in a show. It's different from what we usually get today, and it reminds me of older anime that I used to watch when I was a kid, so it takes me back. |
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| Hoshi is a little sus especially with that look at the end. Artstyle is so cool. I love how there was no OST throughout (except the OP at the end). Amazing first episode. Love that it's an Anime original so we don't know what's coming next. Looking forward to more! |
AyyMayyJul 16, 2021 4:46 AM
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| I liked it for sure, but wtf did I like? I don't even know the first actual thing about what's happening. Gonna be real pissed if it takes the collective conscious route like Evangelion. |
| I have so many questions... I love it. The visual style is really damn good and unique. Despite the episode not having any background music at all until the ending, it managed to be engaging and captivating. Nozomi is definitely mysterious, and then there's Hoshi who seems to be playing God. I have this feeling that Nagara is actually related somehow to how they ended up in that void, maybe I'm right maybe I'm wrong. Though that "demonstration" that Hoshi showed everyone is kind of sus, are they all like dead and he's some kind of reaper, are they actually in hell? I don't know, the only thing I know is that it has limitless possibilities. I hope it maintains its quality until the end unlike a certain egg. |
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| I don't know what the hell did I just watch maybe in the next ep there will be an explanation |
| I watched the pre-air when it was available, but rewatched it again because I really dig this. It’s weird and unconventional and we’ll see how it turns out, but it could be really good. It’s unique if nothing else. |
AutumnWaterbird said: Is this you, Madhouse? This feels so fresh. A season with a few GREAT entries is better than a season with many good entries. This is already full of characters, themes and ideas, and the production seems very confident. It's also amazing how much character/many characters they could already establish in only one episode. It makes me excited for coming epiodes. The art is also really unique; I wouldn't describe it as "old-school", but it feels very appropriate and very Madhouse-esque and kind of reminds me of The Girl Who Leapt through Time. I feel like this could become something incredible. Shouldnt be suprised since they took a long break |
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| I have no idea what's going on but I like it haha This is one odd anime but I love the abstract world building and the Lord of The Flies situation. The characters are really interesting, especially Hoshi - like what's going on with that dude? Seems like a quietly hostile person and I get the feeling he didn't want them to make it out of that black space. |
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| good original anime |
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