--------- Introduction --------
This review is gonna have spoilfer free section.
With spoilfers, explaining little and what I think.
Anime and movie comparisons to this anime "Monster".
Ending, of my thoughts.
If you like some cathegories what I have written scroll down and read other ones too with spoiler warning or without. : ^)
Not gonna be the best review (I believe) because only watched 5 episodes. It took me 3 days to watch the 5th episode. 1 episode in 3 days. Yep. It was that bad.
1-4 episodes were 7/10.
--------- Short review without spoilers ---------
This anime is nice if you are chill watching and wanna watch something while you have your brain turned off or you normally don't use brains while watching.
Yep. That's the short review. :D
I don't recommend it. It's over rated. 8,83/10. Yikes.
If you want complex story then DO NOT WATCH.
If you want story where is psychology then sure if you are new this this area.
I can't say anything super bad to this anime because I haven't watched it much but the writing never changes so much that a person starts to like the anime later on if he didn't like it earlyer. If the writer didn't change or didn't change his idea.
It's rare if the first half is bad and later it's good. The writer writes characters the same way and stoies what happen.
--------- Comparisons without spoiler ---------
This anime was 7/10 but when the 5th episode came. Everything went down hill. The anime tries to make you think and have "plots" or something mid anime what are SUPER OBVIOUS.
And the anime is slow or really slow what is fine. Builds up characters and so on. Nice.
But when the obvious thing comes and it's like +2 episodes and you already know what's what, who is who or how whats gonna happened.
Then the rating dropped really quick. It's like anime for dummies. No offence. The anime is really nice if you wanna watch this casually but if you wanna enjoy it and if you criticize a lot of things like me. Then it's no go anime for sure.
The anime is too simplistic. Too long, streched out. Compared to my favorite movies, animes.
Just better watch these. I have tons of them.
Gattaca 1997
Transcendence 2014
Gone Baby Gone 2007
Predestination 2014
This anime isn't even comparable to these.
So lets give some animes. Easyer to compare.
Kotonoha no Niwa (aka The Garden of Words)
Sakasama no Patema (aka Patema Inverted)
Zankyou no Terror (aka Terror in reasonance)
Koe no Katachi (aka A Silent Voice)
91 days
Lets give worse similar styles of animes. But they still were more successful than monster.
B: The Begginng
Durarara!!
Ergo Proxy
Psycho-Pass
These came from top of my head. Trying to have a short review.
But I'm gonna make it long anyway because it's over rated.
I really like these kinds of animes and movies but it's easy to fail. The animes where you need to think. Where you can't predict easily what the story is gonna bring. not like Monster.
Ohhh. Even Attack on Titan. Forgot this gold. If you say you knew what would happen after watching season 1 and knew what's gonna happen in season 2. Please stop lying to yourself and others.
It's impossible because they didn't give much hints. They did more when the priest appeared and I could predict but it was well written.
Even Death Note is better. First half. 100%. Second half. Is better but has it flaws.
------------ Why I rated like that, what I think. Spoilers I guess. xD-----------
+++ Starting 5th episode +++
I wrote this when I started watching 5th episode. Only watched for the intreduction to 5th episode -5min and stopped. Yep. It was that bad. xD
After seeing 4 episodes and seeing only 5th episode start. Anime was 7/10 so far.
Ohh noes. Here it comes. Family has 2 children and both of them are really good at something. When I say really good I mean basically the best.
That's super rare. Almost impossible. But okay lets pretend it's like that.
And Let me guess. One kid is super detective and super amazingly good at everything in his school and the other twin is super good at killing people.
And they start to hunt eatch other??? This idea can't be good and how characters are written. My hope of this anime died quickly after seeing the Ms. Nina Fortner intreduction at the start of episode 5.
The way how she reacted. Who the heck reacts like that. It feels like she is gonna be one of those anime personality type person (Tsundere?? and so on). Oeh.
+++ Mid way +++
I wrote this while I watched this, close to 10 minutes.
Mid way watching episode 5. It's obvious for viewers to know who the writer is if you have any braincells. The twin brother. Oeh. (When Ana recieves the message that "I wanna kill you so I can put pretty flowers on your thombstone" or something.
I saw this anime rated highly multiple times in multiple places but it feels like it was over rated and I really don't wanna be dissapointed. I stop watching.
Hah and I called she is good at everything on top of her class. Beating everybody even on judo. xD Called it.
++ Completion ++
I wrote this when I completed 5th episode,
I have realized. I get dissapointed really fast when I see one of those anime personality types or if I see something quite unrealistic with characters. Theyrs personalities. Hayao Miyazaki was right.
I believe this anime will go 3/10-5/10 if I make it to the end. Don't wanna "waste" so much time. I mean this anime has 74 episodes.
This anime tries to make people think for sure but if you really like this kind of stuff and you already do that in every place or thing what you watch.
Then most of the stuff what this anime does is probably obvious. It's slow and builds up characters which means it kind of makes easyer to predict where the story goes if they hint.
It's not a problem but man. The anime interest goes down super fast if you can predict what comes.
I just watched movie "Repo Men" 2010.
This is my mentality when I watch these animes.
And yes. The 5th episode was that bad that I even wrote for future review.
Maybe I just didn't like the character and the anime is good. Welp. I take my chances.
But I doubt it.
And I'm sure the story changes and brings new characters and old ones die? Hopefully. But if the first few main characters aren't that great and being super humans in some way. Then I say No. Thanks. I go watch something else.
Because this anime is being super realisitc and people aren't that realistic.
Hayao Miyazaki would agree.
--Art--
Is not that great but I respect it a lot when they made realistic humans without big eyes and without big boobs uneraged girls.
--Story--
Unknown. Watched only 5 episodes. So far probably. 6/10 or 7/10.
--Sound--
On the lower side. Can't comment much because samle size is small.
--Characters--
I really don't like super humans. Meaning when people are really good at everything like a plot characters. Every human is bad at something. Let me rephrase that.
Every human is bad at most things and can only be good at few. That's the reason I like Antiheroes. They are the most realistic human beings normally.
--Ejoyment--
It was 6 or 7 out of 10 the first few episodes. 5th episode was 1 or 2. Reminded my of Wondewoman or Black Widow. (Let me tell small reason why. I know it's not anime but let me thell why. My hate is strong towards stupidity).
Black widow super power? POOHOOO MY CHILDHOOD WAS HARD and then they put her into other and real super power people. Who can beat +10 blackwidows at once if not 50 blackwidows.
(-_-)
--Overall--
5/10.
I would rate it even 3/10 for the first 5 episodes but it's not right. The writer did some things well and stuff. I try to rate things faily.
So it's 5/10 or 7/10 max. Not 8,83/10. Wuuuuut.
------------ End ------------
Well.
This anime shouldn't be 8,83/10 for sure. I would say 7,3/10 or something MAX.
I rated it 5/10. It can go higher it can go lower if I kept watching. Probably lower. That's why I stop watching stuff. There are plenty good animes and movies. Just have to find them.
Really good stuff doesn't have super bad episodes or medicore stuff that much like Monster did.
This anime didn't bring my interest to the anime to continue watching.
I expected actually little more. Was dissapointed.
If you are chillwatcher and watch animes for fun and doesn't try to find gems then. Then watch it.
For me. I'm not chill. I try to find gems. I'm little ruthless on rating things. If you are the same. DO NOT WATCH IT.
Thanks for reading, have a nice day. Hopefully this reveiew helped.
