/a/ - Animu & Mango

It looks like a shittier and more tryhard Ajin.

Not sold so far.

>>778438

>It looks like a shittier and more tryhard Ajin.

Is this even possible?

>>778448

Not the anon you asked but yes it is. There was a lot of time wasted on pointless 3D rotation around pointless objects just to say "time has stopped except our characters". Also in the stopped time world there are pretty much invisible creatures that are somewhat human controlled, just like the black things in Ajin. I doubt this story will have an antagonist as fun as hat man so this is probably going to be less fun to watch.

>>778448

I don't understand the hate for Ajin. It was a perfectly competent and fun action show. This looks much more contrived and edgy. They also seemed to blow their entire budget on the time stop sequence because the rest of it looked like shit.

>>778476

You WATCHED Ajin? You watched a show with Berserk tier CGI? Gas yourself.

That was entertaining.

>>778592

I didn't say adaptation specifically because I haven't read the manga yet. Maybe that would ruin it but just as an anime on its own I thought it was okay.

>>778500

Ah, I thought the character designs were familiar. His girls always arouse my heart, I don't know why.

>>778583

>informed opinion

>I haven't read the manga yet

>you need to watch a shitstain in its entirety before judging it

>>778563

>caring about looks and fluff over story and characters

Satou quickly became one of my favorite antagonists in any medium. Hell, I couldn't stop grinning when he went on his rollercoaster ride. Also has a protagonist that isn't a "I sit by the window in class and am 100% average". Hell, the kid's a sociopath without being a edgelord.

The art is weird and the premise is silly, not to mention that awful opening song. I don't think I'll be watching this.

Well this went to shit real fast. I'll give it one or two more episodes but I don't think I'll be finishing it.

>>778563

It was good. Really good and really fun to watch hatman's rampage.

>>778612

>caring about looks and fluff over story and characters

Are you pretending they don't matter? Because Berserk 2016 have a cool story. Anyway, that's what the manga's for. Ajin isn't bad, but the romance kind of spoilt it for me.

So, is the ajin manga worth reading? Polite sage for off topic.

>>778875

>has promise

I'm with this anon. I wasn't super impressed or anything, but the story certainly intrigued me. I will probably end up watching all of it just to find out what happens.

>>778875

>Fun and interesting premise

>Nothing fun or interesting in the actual episode

That's the definition of wasted potential

>>778897

Why are you such an instant gratification fag? Not every story shows all its cards in the first chapter. I just finished a series that took 8 to 10 episodes to really get started. Give it at least 4 to 6 weeks before you can even mention wasted potential. I'm fully expecting to you to give some retard response like ">watching X episodes of shit just to determine that it is in fact shit". If that is the best argument you can come up with, you can head back over to reddit where people are zero attention span.

>>778875

>Fun and interesting premise.

Family has superpowers and there's a parallel world isn't an interesting premise.

>Retards immediately shit all over it because of CGI and not immediately providing entertainment payoff.

It'a already obvious that basic parts like CG, directing & music are lacking.

>>778921

>Not every story shows all its cards in the first chapter

There doesn't need to be immediate payoff, but that doesn't mean that a terrible first episode is a good sign.

>Give it at least 4 to 6 weeks before you can even mention wasted potential

The 3 episode rule exists for a good reason.

I watch over 30 new anime this season, I don't have the time to watch a terrible anime, just because there's a 0.1% chance that the anime might improve by episode 6.

>>778927

>I watch over 30 new anime this season, I don't have the time to watch a terrible anime,

Wow you're so hardcore dude. How can I be a cocksucking faggot elite anime master like you? I too want the ability to judge a series' worth in a single episode, or even with but a mere glance.

>>778929

What a high quality comment.

Did you just come from /v/ or Reddit?

>>778921

This one's problem is not just the absence of good things, it's the presence of bad things. From one cliche shitty dramatic situation they bumbled right into another cliche shitty dramatic situation within just one episode. At least a mediocre anime with the same concept would've had a first episode where the gramps walks in there, gets the kid and onii-san, walks back home and everyone's happy. A good anime with the same concept would've had the same thing, but with them killing the thugs or severely hurting them. This had neither, Men in Black showed up, level 2 thugs that can walk in frozen time showed up, they pushed in the shit of the good guys again, then tree showed up, episode ends in the middle of the fight on a cliffhanger. There's not a lot they could've done to leave a worse impression.

Can it recover? Sure, but I'm not counting on it.

>>778935

>This one's problem is not just the absence of good things, it's the presence of bad things.

>cliche shitty dramatic situation x2

>mediocre anime with the same concept would've had a first episode where the gramps walks in there, gets the kid and onii-san, walks back home and everyone's happy.

>A good anime with the same concept would've had the same thing, but with them killing the thugs or severely hurting them

Ahh, I see. Apart from attacking the show with buzzword after buzzword, you are, as stated, an instant gratification retard. Most excellent. Glad we cleared that up. You've made your worthless opinion known and can now leave for greener pastures.

>>778936

Since when did anime companies start hiring shills anyways?

>>778939

Calling people retarded when they attack a show with nonsensical bullshit does not equate into shilling or otherwise disproportionately defending it.

You're just really damn stupid. Like, you must be one of the dumbest niggas.

>>778939

>Since when did anime companies start hiring shills anyways?

They don't need to.

Every season we get a new batch of underage /v/ crossboarders, who defend every trashy anime that looks the slighest bit "mature".

>>778944

Other than you no one has said or even implied this show is "mature".

>>778944

>>778939

>>778934

Despite disliking /v/, you do seem to love calling everyone who disagrees with you a shill from a different board.

>>778974

>you

You are quoting 2 different people.

>everyone who disagrees with you

With what? Almost no person in this thread has given any reasoning for why they like Kokkoku.

Everyone who didn't like episode 1 is an instant gratification retard and from Reddit

isn't a good argument.

As long as this doesn't suffer the fate Wizard Barristers did, it'll be a step up for Umetsu.

>>779276

Correction.

The father is ugly as *** but somehow his daughter is hot... how does that work exactly?

>>779273

>Umetsu

Is he the main artist?

I like the girls, even in Wizard Barristers but the plot needed help. I seem to remember the MC goes to Canada... that's the most memorable part.

>>779281

Director?

He should just copy the persona series, but change things just enough. They have a similar vibe in some respects, especially the pinups and their use of color.

>>778500

He was the character designer, original creator, and director of possibly the worst thing I've ever watched.

Thankfully, he's only the character designer here.

>>779993

Don't make me remember this, for some unknown reason I actually watched the entire thing.

>>779995

>possibly the worst thing I've ever watched

Well don't keep us waiting?

>>780007

>>780013

I forgot almost all of it, probably a defence mechanism by my brain.

>>780007

It can never be worse than this.

>>778583

I have to agree with this anon, Its best to hate something you have experienced rather than blindly following someone else because you were too lazy to commit.

So if you get too many jellyfish inside you, you turn into treehead?

>>781527

But that looks actually good despite the lack of animation. Wizard Barristers was a trash anime and Episode 11 broke my mind.

>>783148

go for B

>>783148

C is pretty lame and nonsensical

Watch A

It's a shame that everyone's stopped watching this because I still think it's okay. Not AotS material but it has a decent central mystery and character-driven story as well as a rocking OP.

>>783148

A is top 10 anime of all times

B is good

C is overrated otaku fan favorite, but still good.

>>790610

Same. When the giant Handler appeared and the grandpa teleported in the first episode I considered dropping the series, but it's just gone in a different direction than I expected. Definitely entertaining.

>>790610

I'm watching it. I went in expecting Wizard Barristers 2 but ended up getting a decent show with a cute protaganist.

>>783148

Monster is hihgly recommended. There's some bullshit filler but it's otherwise still 9/10 with a great OP.

>>790850

I think it's just this time because their stone didn't cast the stasis. Under normal circumstances, their weaker stone probably works normally.

I liked this episode. It feels like the lazy dad is going to become the real nemesis. They've helped the antagonist woman now and their differences are reconcilable, but the dad is just really fucked up and sees opportunity in his new environment.

This show at least is able to captivate me each week, unlike most shows I'm watching this season.

>>799133

That's a disgustingly terrible drawing.

>>799133

I laughed so hard at this. What the fuck is it even supposed to be?

>>799133

>>799698

Needs a "Never give up!" written somewhere.

>>801539

She could have been faking it. She immediately put on her happy-go-lucky persona right as she got back. I'm not sure why she would do that, but I think there is more to the power than just touching someone with her palm.

>>801594

I'm totally okay with being presented with new rules for how this world works, as it seems that new rules get thrown at us all the time. However, prior to that point, I think it is fair to say that whether the power can be used on herself is in a category of "nobody knows", and it's pretty fucking stupid to act like testing whether such a thing works or not is a good idea when it is the sole method that anyone does know of to return anyone back to reality.

>>801610

>>801539

Would've been a decent curve-ball end of the series though

>whatshername tests on herself

>oh shit it worked

>everyone else is stuck

>everyone slowly grows vindictive

>eventually all turn into heralds and hunt down sagawa

>whatshername explains to the brother that she left everyone in stasis

>neet oniichan becomes the real protag and kills her

>>801594

>She could have been faking it.

I'm pretty sure she was faking it. Look at her eyes.

>>802020

I think the "Me?" is what the dad is thinking.

>>802020

>they still have to keep changing the rules

What rules have they changed? All I've seen is world building in a strange dimension that no one understands.

>Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity

>He must be changing the rules of the universe

>>802048

Isaac Newton did not discover gravity. He just described it better than anyone before him did.

>>802060

Sagawa didn't discover heralds he just described them better than anyone before him.

>>802060

>Isaac Newton did not discover gravity

American education.

>>803247

He didn't.

>>803648

I'm getting the feeling that this show is a victim of the cutting room floor. Considering it really died in the ass, I'd wager that they had a change of plans half way through and went with whatever the fuck it is now instead of whatever the fuck it was going to be at the start.

Mismanaged show that had early potential but a hack can't be carried, it seems.

>>803648

This is probably going to tie into the ending.

>>803668

>What was even the point of having the father pretend he was controlling the herald if they just found out shortly after?

It was just a short comedic moment i guess. I kinda like the goofy father figure.

>Why are we having a flashback episode about the stupid villain and his life growing up in a cult?

Why is the villain stupid, though? I find his motivations and his origins far more interesting than the typical "hurr durr i want to conquer the whole world!" type of anime villain.

>>803668

>What was even the point of having the father pretend he was controlling the herald if they just found out shortly after?

Because he's a scumbag that is willing to try anything in order to get the ability to enter stasis.

I just thought of this, but if the kid can control the specters, couldn't he have used his power to control Sagawa?

>>803668

>Why are we having a flashback episode about the stupid villain and his life growing up in a cult?

They need to fill time because with no cultists or heralds left there's nothing preventing Juri from getting rid of the family's specters.

Sinister time-stop cult man is definitely stupid, but I don't think he's necessarily a bad villain. Good motivations, just poor execution.

>Why is anyone still watching this?

Hey, it's better than Beatless.

>>803648

I'm willing to bet they forgot all about this character. I certainly did.

As I expected they spent the entire show inside the same moment. I don't think it's been that bad as other people say, it was enjoyable. The villains goal is not any crazier than a Jojo villain and makes sense. The family was all unique especially the dad.

>>805692

Tobio was dead and unconscious, while Sagawa was still alive and semi-human, and in full control of his specters. Probably has to do with that.

>>805704

There's only one episode left now, and it's like nothing happened this episode. I think spending an episode where the defeated bad guy turns into an even more easily defeated spider was a poor choice. I've generally been enjoying this show but the last episode and a half have been pure filler. If we needed the villain's motivation, they should probably have given it to us before the final confrontation.

Still interested to see what happens in the finale. Will the MC have to wait behind in stasis until the spider baby grows up enough to expel her? And then it'll just die of exposure and loneliness in stasis?

I dont fully understand how that ended but I'm glad its over. Onto to better shows this and next season.

I think it's just pure coincidence, the ending is also shown in the first episode.

It was satisfying that the show wrapped up its story properly at the end, unlike most seasonal anime. Having the opening scene come back at the end to go full circle was a nice touch.

It wasn't the greatest thing this season but for the most part I was fairly entertained, and interested to see where the characters and story were going. I am still interested to see more from this studio.

"the girl from the first episode can actually move in and out of stasis and send people out of it too" aside, I enjoyed the final episode more than the rest of the anime.

>>808090

That is correct. I am intending to give the first few episodes a go, and I do like the historical time period (Russo-Japanese war), but I'm afraid it'll end up coming off more like a tired yakuza thing because of all the references to fighting criminals to help the best friend's widow.

I don't know anything about the source material though so feel free to change my mind. It seems to be very popular.

>>808211

>I don't know anything about the source material

You should consider reading it if you like ainu cooking.