/a/ - Animu & Mango

I didn't want one of the gay theories that people wanted to actually happen.

So the Oni is pregnant but through mitosis, that's gay

>They changed who kokoro and fatso are paired with in the op

Great.

>>809651

Wouldn't get my hopes up

>Already forgot he got NTR'd and just keeps treating her like always

Ahh what a monumental faggot. Can't even feel sorry for him anymore. Also this blonde kid has the gayest voice of everyone,probably sucks off everyone else of the Nines.

Good episode overall,at least we got some new development that isn't kids being sexually confused or literal whores like Cockoro. And i welcome Hiro becoming a oni too. Maybe he gets all angsty like Zero Two and violent sex ensue,she seems very proactive.

>People were right when they said MC was sloppy seconds

Not that surprising but this show really does love shitting on us

>>809662

But the end implied that Hiro met her when they were kids. He may be the old darling she mentioned.

>>809662

Some one else said he already met her as a kid, going by all that amnesia and fated love shit that's so common.

Red skinned oni girl doesn't look cute she looks like her skin is too rough to fuck comfortably.

>>809665

This. She most likely escaped from whatever containment facility she was held in and wound up in the Garden, where she met Hiro. The adults caught her and she was going berserk to go back, but someone most likely Dr Franxx told her that if she kills all the klaxosaurs, she will become human and can return to Hiro and she's been clinging to that thought ever since.

And Hiro got the "special tests" to erase his memory of her.

>>809670

It would be like getting licked by a cat all over

Wait, so 002 was born an oni? I assumed she was just particularly hotblooded for a parasite that it brought out the klax in her. Sems this might debunk the theory that all the kids are part klax.

>>809686

I think the injections are klaxx based, and considering that Hiro will become part Klaxx, there is no reason not to assume that the others won't become dinos as well, but at a much slower rate.

They just made this fucking show a childhood friend simulator like fucking Nisekoi.

First Ichigo is the childhood friend but 02 was the earlier childhood friend but Hiro just couldn't remember?

So is Ichigo gonna win the Hiro-bowl now she isnt the earliest childhood friend because childhood friends never win or is noone gonna win.

>>809706

But anon, the true earliest friend is Mitsuru, the punish Milkman.

>>809655

Nice catch.

>>809726

>like exact same plot or the one where a human man and oni have a child

We are still missing 000 and 001.

>>809658

>just keeps treating her like always

He seemed more cool and mild after the bump and apology rather than his exasperated . Now Mitsuru, on the other-hand, what was he doing looking at Kokoro with supreme disgust for asking about their origins?

>Also this blonde kid has the gayest voice of everyone.

He is the main villain after all. Based Abe showing once again that gay is not okay

>>809732

In all honestly, 000 is probably Dr. FranXX. The robots are named after him and he probably helped start the parasite program.

>>809695

>>809726

So how soon are they going to drop "Klaxxosaurs are actually people!" on us?

>>809738

Probably episode 20-22 or so, but it will be even more blatantly obvious before that

>>809738

>People are Klaxosaurs

seems more plausable

>>809732

in all honesty we dont know shit about father and the others, other than them being Seele 2.0

>>809733

>In all honestly, 000 is probably Dr. FranXX. The robots are named after him and he probably helped start the parasite program.

So it all started with a young Dr. Franxx who fucked some otherwordly beast? That would explain how a d why he lost half of his face.

>>809743

>some otherwordly beast

Onis mom.

Evangelion human instrumentality plot where its revealed that Transhumanism somehow turned the planet into what it is.

Oni mode that Hiro is about to enter is probably what the initial goal of the Klaux instrumentality project was, gay jews trying to become demon semi Gods, or whatever.

>>809743

A klaxx is fine, too.

>>809743

I'd watch a spin-off show about Dr. Franxx's younger-self, just for that alone.

>>809769

>oni-waifu needs to have sex to feel human, but it kills you over time

whatstheproblem.jpg

>>809769

>I'll show you what comes after kissing

I generally dislike the whole "forgotten childhood friend" type shit but if that's where we're going, I hope they can at least pull it off good. Where we're going now is either some Elfen Lied type backstory or the mindwipe people keep talking about. Either way, best episode in a while

Don't know why I keep watching this show when I am so bored of it. 002 being attractive is the only cool thing about it but a depressed 002 and a punk ass bitch of MC is so annoying, drives me crazy. I liked happy 002 than this end of the world nihilism 002.

>>809841

>Punk ass bitch of an MC

The hell are you smoking? This MC has succeeded where every other partner failed, the cancer that should have killed him? Well, he manned the fuck up to stay with his oni waifu. Even being taken by surprise at her longer horns and fangs he mans right the fuck up and confesses that he doesn't give a shit what she is physically. And 02 only knows love in a purely carnal form, if she understands what love is in an emotional way, she's never actually experienced it.

Face it, Hiro is a fucking man trapped in a boy's body

>>809845

>living so rent free

must be nice.

He's a literal beta cuck that is incapable of standing up for himself OR his woman. He's an hollow individual that got where he is now only because he got dragged into it by the events. If it wasn't for that failed pilot girl that kicked him off the bus (because he's a super cuck) he would've been crushed to death like the girl was, and if he didn't meet 02 he would've been recycled like all the other failed kids. Face it, this MC is a bland idiot sitting in a robot piloted by a psycho bitch and he's only there because he wants some oni ass.

Will the cucking ever stop? Now we got this blonde cunt too. I'm expecting a sex scene in the coming episodes with someone crying right outside the door because he/she is getting NTRed.

>>809841

If you want a SoL anime go elsewhere, they're all over the place, you know?

>>809917

I keep hearing this howling/awooo on the episodes.

>>809931

Here's the CD version, better quality too.

Please, use hooktube in the future.

>>809871

Only want if it's loli oni.

I would, once again, like to point out that Miku is okay.

>>809971

She is the best and double tsundere team is shockingly the most stable.

>>809972

I am glad that other people now also see how okay Miku is. I will still continue posting about how okay she is in every thread just in case anyone forgets that Miku is okay.

>>809984

>First two pictures

Yep, that's To Love-Ru

I miss happy Oni.

>>809985

>僕のしるし

>my mark

Noice, she actually says it out in the Manga. Can't wait for the next episode, Blu horned Hiro soon.

>>810010

When will he get drunk

>>809995

It's Hiro's duty to protect her smile and her humanity

>>809841

>>809861

The only one cucked here is you and the fatso, faggot. The shit you type makes it sound like you want to protect 002's smile and can't handle that you're eternally cucked by Hiro.

>>809991

Anon, since the willing can by definition not be raped, I must surmise from your unwillingness that you are indeed a homosex.

But on account of your desire to be raped I am perfectly fine with bestowing the title "straightest faggot of the bunch" upon you.

So Zero Two is used goods, right?

>>810210

What made you think she wasn't used goods up until now?

>>810210

It's pretty obvious her original darling was also Hiro. Hiro must have made a promise to her loli oni self and then had his memory wiped of her. She wants who he was before back. She wants him to remember. So no, not used goods.

I unironically can't wait for next week's episode. This show, while a little predictable in the overall plot, is consistently excellent in its execution of said plot.

>intro has blue mix with red blood

>hybrids confirmed

The curse of cloudy pupils

>02, the squad, Dr. Franxx all have pupils

>other squad has slightly cloudy pupils

>all adults eyes don't have pupils, including their male and female officers

>spec ops squad don't have pupils

>kids injected with more yellow blood cells have faded pupils, look depressed

What does it meaaaaan?

>triple spec ops long grey hair clones with facemasks

>02 has teeth

Sharpen your fang confirmed?

>EP01

>red oni kid at the mistletoe tree, seeing (hallucination?) of dinos

>shows 02 with beret in normal grey uniform and (white?) hair with black-haired kid

What does it meaaaaaan?

>Professor has one horn on head, the right cyber side

>APE all wear full metal masks/helmets

>what if professor's already fulldino and wearing a helmet, the "human" side just a fake mask?

Does the title imply Hiro will have to fuck Dr Franxx?

>>810275

Only is the family name of 0ni isn't Franxx too.

>>810264

Also, why does every adult other than mama/papa/doc hide their eyes with weird hats/masks with the mouth cutout?

>>810319

Do you remember the lady Zorome met? Her eyes were fucking strange.

>>809984

>2nd picture

Is her hand in his pants?

>>809662

I'm more surprised the Blue Oni theory was correct.

>>809726

>they would give it an evangelion/human instrumentality bullshit plot.

Anon, it's Trigger. They don't start the plot until half way through and you can see it coming because of the uptake in Eva references at that point.

>>809732

Just realized 002 is another Eva reference because her color is red.

>>810126

Who put this GAN in /a/?

>>>/tech/

>>809651

God I wish that were me

This show is kind of trash, I'm honestly glad it's flopping. Trigger should stop trying to become the next Gainax, it will never work.

>>810991

>Is Darling in the Franxx referencing Evangelion?

What do you think? >>810804

>>810991

Yes, Eva invented the act of getting on top of another person.

Incidentally, whenever you see two characters doing the prone bone in a hentai, that's a deconstruction of the Eva genre.

New PV is out. Oni 02 is so cute, yet so downtrodden and sad. I want to protect her.

>>811329

Fucking knew it. Hiro was getting too buddy buddy with 0ni, so they wiped his brain

>>811329

I can't wait for the healing so all the ntr shitposters get blown the fuck out. It will be twice as good as episode's 4 and 6.

>>811423

And there are some faggots who deny she's Lum.

>>811503

Still waiting for that one prescient expert who was 100% absolutely sure this show was going to be all about NTR and was never going to move away from it to show up here again.

>>811545

Banira Banzai!

>>811544

>he says, after 12 episodes of nothing but NTR-spiked teenage relationship drama

>>811544

If you're referring to the shitstorm over doujin content, that was me you assclown. Never did I say shit about the show itself, the point was entirely about the porn.

And regardless of how good the show handles Hiro and 02, doujins WILL be mostly NTR crap. I stand by that. Although given the sales you might not get that many doujins to begin with unfortunately.

>>811620

I'm probably not talking about you, there was one guy in the first or second thread who said he knew the series itself would be all about NTR and romantic plots would not move away from that. We were like 2 or 3 episodes in and he was acting like the most arrogant little shit talking like he knew exactly where things were headed.

I agree that doujins will probably heavily feature NTR, I don't think there's any escaping from that.

>>811558

Don't use words you don't know the meaning of.

>>811503

The fact that there is ntr undertones has already ruined it for me. Too many partner switches.

>>811735

At this point it's not about who is it in the flashbacks but more on why did he forget and why he doesn't recognize him.

>>811753

>Kid meets demon child.

>Uh oh security breach. Better mindwipe the kid to be safe.

Also explains why he doesn't remember his promise with the faggot.

>>811017

No dumbass, he is asking if Franxx is going full Steven Univers or Star vs Evil with the references

>>810930

>no single horn Hiro

>>811780

Do we find out why Franxx is half robo-oni?

>>811782

Keep at it, the vanilla payoff at the end will be glorious.

>>811788

I think I understand why Hiro considers himself a monster.

I wouldn't want to be human either.

>>811853

24 episodes bruh, simple search engine query.

>>811854

25 will revolve around killing everyone in the fanxx and 26 will be hiro sitting on a chair like a bitch

>>811854

>>811857

Thank god, history repeats itself

The end credits were a good anime in and of itself.

>>811849

>Onis have super human strength and intelligence

>Adapt to cold environments and have secured dominance of the world

He wants jap girls to breed with the white man

>>811760

>No dumbass, he is asking if Franxx is going full Steven Univers or Star vs Evil with the references

It'ss TRIGGER, Anon.

They'll do both.

>>811838

>>811788

>Cute oni girl is cuter than anticipated

Trigger will save anime

Just finished,pretty good.

Who the fuck is Code 000? The blue figure that gave the book to Zero Two?

>episode is great, oni 02 is absolutely adorable

>Oh flashback's ending! I can't wait for the reunion!

>credits roll

I didn't even realize 20 minutes had passed! Motherfucking NIshigori ending on that fucking cliffhanger. Now I have to handle a full week of hell before I get my goddamn healing!

>>811861

Doesn't he know halfbreeds just make things worse?

>>811876

>I didn't even realize 20 minutes had passed

Same, was pretty engrossed into it.

Cut off at the book, I'll watch it again Friday and read the credits too in preparation for the new episode.

>>811876

>>811879

This was the first time I'd bothered reading the credits as well. :^)

This was the best episode yet by far. Now we're finally getting somewhere.

LOLI ONI IS FUCKING CUTE, CUTER THAN I EVEN IMAGINED

>>809646

This was a very nice plot twist, but it's really ashame the buildup to it has been so poorly written, not to mention utterly boring.

>>811882

It can't be called a plot twist, if you saw it from a mile away.

God, I got chills when the Strelizia theme played once they grabbed eachothers hands for the first time.

>>811883

The lack of quality in the writing and your indubitable intelligence aside, this development is a "plot twist" on paper.

>>811887

Not really. They've been hinting at this since the start. Heck you saw flashbacks from both Hiro and 02 that showed it.

After episode 11 it was all but confirmed that they'd met in the past and he'd just forgotten.

>>811788

The connection between his disposition at the beginning of the show, and the influence of Dr. Franxx and the scientists during this event, is very poorly established here.

>>811887

If we go by these definitions:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plot_twist

>An unexpected development in a book, film, television programme, etc.

>unexpected

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_twist

>A plot twist is a literary technique, introducing a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction.

>change in the direction or expected outcome

https://www.quora.com/What-does-plot-twist-mean

>A plot twist is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative

>a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot

Considering that we all knew that Hiro met 02 in the past and that he lost his memories, the fact that this episode showed us this, doesn't make it "unexpected" or have a "radical change" in how we expected the outcome of the plot. So I'd say that's it's not a plot twist.

>>811889

>is very poorly established

They literally spell it out for you in episode 11 when Mitsuru goes to meet Hiro and he's all dead eyed. Goro comments that Hiro acted strangely as well, although I don't think he said after that, just at that time he acted strangely.

>>811893

I agree, and it did explain why she liked sweets so much(and I actaully enjoyed those moments, don't get me wrong the episode was great), but saying that she liked them because Hiro gave her candy when they escaped, doesn't make it a plot twist.

>>811888

>>811890

The writers explicitly lead the viewers into questioning 002 character several times up to this point. For example the scene where Ichigo slaps her for her ambivalence about MC's dying. At the end of ep 12, those suspicions are blatantly confirmed by her dialogue. The writing isn't great, the foreshadowing is not obscure, and I doubt many people here were surprised by the change in direction. It's still a plot twist. There's really no need to play semantics to try and impress.

>>811891

>They literally spell it out for you in episode 11 when Mitsuru goes to meet Hiro and he's all dead eyed.

There is still a large gap in time between that event and Hiro in ep1. It's a little silly to think that the discussions of "Hiro not being who he used to be as a pilot" by the cast at age 16 or whatever they are, are in reference to all those sappy scenes of him as a nine year old naming his peers because "he's just really nice for no reason, and also because he's just a special high powerlevel character." To me it really feels like an old as dirt jap MC archetype being justified with the thinnest of pretenses in the plot.

>>811898

>It was most likely an adult who was taking care of Oni who got 'removed' after trying to headpat loli-Oni and giving her the picture book.

For no other reason than to ramp the maudlin melodrama surrounding her forced, tragic victimization.

>>811893

This foreshadowing is also a little silly; if 002 was at some level at that point in the story, deliberately misleading MC and half expecting him to die.

>>811899

Hiro's thing isn't be nice for no reason, it's the fact he asks questions when nobody else does. That's his thing.

>>811903

>melodrama

>forced victimization

That's like, your opinion man. They've barely dwelt on her as a source of drama at all. She was mostly a happy girl up until episode 11 and 12 starting pulling that back a bit. As for it being forced, I dunno, I care about it. Oni loli must be protected.

>>811907

>Hiro's thing isn't be nice for no reason, it's the fact he asks questions when nobody else does. That's his thing.

This could have been developed in a way that was much more interesting. The (copious) flashback scenes lack a realism, and sense of disorientation, that they would need to fit the genre. And the moe artstyle also takes away from that tone. This last episode was probably the first time we had any flashback scenes that were remotely interesting.

>>811906

Zero Two wasn't sure that it was him, remember when she broke him out? SHe was testing if he remembered her there. And when he didn't, she couldn't be sure. She had the sneaking suspicion he was the same guy but could never confirm it, until he mentioned the picture book.

>>811910

>the flashback scenes lack a realism and a sense of disorientation

I don't follow, the flashbacks were fine both before and in this episode.

>>811907

>They've barely dwelt on her as a source of drama at all.

Yea, I guess that's true. I'm really just complaining about Dr. Franxx blowing a hole in her hand while she's fully conscious (DRAMA) to apparently test her regeneration abilities, when characters are shown multiple times being put under anesthesia.

>>811913

This anime is gay and shit, you shouldn't be too surprised that people might make posts saying that it's gay and shit

>>811915

That was more to show Hakase isn't that good a guy as we thought than it is about drama.

Again though, they've not shown her as a source of drama before.

>>811916

I'll take your answer to my question as a "yes".

>>811911

>remember when she broke him out? SHe was testing if he remembered her there. And when he didn't, she couldn't be sure.

I see. I never gathered that; that's something we can only infer after the line in episode 13, though, right?

>>811924

Yeah, it's only obvious after seeing how stuff went in this episode, but it's there. When Hiro was trying to give her a name back then, she said "Zero Two is fine." since he already gave her a name before. Also, I think because Hiro looked her wounds and ingested her blood early on, that's how he is so compatible with her and doesn't die as her co-pilot.

>>811912

They're so stupid and boring. Everything related to MC being a "super nice hero to everybody who all admire and worship him because he's so nice" just feels so cliche, so empty and insincere. Children are allowed to wander the facility freely with little supervision; the supervisors all act like minimum wage security guards instead of highly trained professionals tasked to rear and mentally condition multi-million dollar test subject children. Except this single development between Hiro and 002, there's just compelling connections between the Garden and the main cast's personalities and behavior. "Durr I have amnesia" and "I really love papa!" are all we've gotten. And aside from that, any of these characters could be cut and paste into any garbage teen drama.

>>811928

*just no compelling connections

>>811927

>looked

Guess I'm dyslexic, licked*

>>811927

>Yeah, it's only obvious after seeing how stuff went in this episode, but it's there.

Well, that's definitely more thought than I have been expecting DitF to have. I'll have to give it that. If only the entire setting and cast was developed with the same attention to detail.

>>811928

I already said, Hiro isn't unique because he's nice, he was unique because he asked questions. He wasn't any nicer than a child would be. He has the personality of a leader because he questions how things are. And so people follow him.

>Children are allowed to wander the facility

Because they never ask questions because they're little more than empty husks usually. You really think anyone but Hiro would have done what he did?

>no compelling connections between the garden and the main casts personality

Literally Ichigo's entire thing was because of how Hiro treated her in the Garden, Goro as well, and Mitsuru as well, to say nothing of 02 and Hiro themselves

>characters aren't unique

So? They're engaging, who cares if the archtypes aren't unique.

It seems to me you're just upset because this show isn't challenging your intellect or some shit, maybe stop getting high off your own farts and you'll enjoy it more.

>>811928

>the supervisors all act like minimum wage security guards instead of highly trained professionals tasked to rear and mentally condition multi-million dollar test subject children

Do you honestly believe that they are living in a society that uses money to begin with? I'm pretty sure it's some kind of a dystopia where all humans are mere cogs in the great machine of platations. That's why they act the way they do: they don't know how "normal", non-indoctrinated people work, and so they just go around doing their job like if they were robots. They aren't unmotivated, they are soulless.

>>811932

>He wasn't any nicer than a child would be. He has the personality of a leader because he questions how things are. And so people follow him.

I just don't buy it. It feels very fake and shallow. There have to be better ways to convey this characterization. Children are shitty characters.

>Literally Ichigo's entire thing was because of how Hiro treated her in the Garden, Goro as well, and Mitsuru as well

I wish I could get adoring worshippers for life just by asking obvious questions that any child would ask, and doing literally nothing else except being super nice for no reason and by having a high powerlevel. Sign me up! Insert me into THAT life! See what I mean? I give you that it's not a bad concept, but how it's conveyed just feels stupid.

>It seems to me you're just upset because this show isn't challenging your intellect or some shit

It's a dystopian scifi! If I wanted trite, moe garbage for 13 year old chum gobblers I'd go watch that. I don't want to be challenged. Lain is shit and I didn't understand Ergo Proxy or Texh without reading stuff online (although those were not shit). I do want to be ENGAGED, though. I'm sick of having to parse between stupid, lazy, meaningless crap, and content that actually has thought, detail, and meaning behind it. It's very irritating.

>>811933

>Do you honestly believe that they are living in a society that uses money to begin with?

Jesus. I kind of knew this would be an issue. It's just an analogy.

>I'm pretty sure it's some kind of a dystopia where all humans are mere cogs in the great machine of platations.

Probably but we don't really know. Or whatever. There's just nothing there because it was too much work and I guess the writers figured nobody really cares.

>That's why they act the way they do: they don't know how "normal", non-indoctrinated people work, and so they just go around doing their job like if they were robots. They aren't unmotivated, they are soulless.

You're filling in the blanks for the writers to make up for the yawning gaps left by lazy writing. They had a fucking BEACH episode for god's sake. None of that shit you mentioned translates to the characters except when its convenient for the plot.

>whenever there's a shitty plothole

>"Oh well that's probably there because blah blah blah blah blah blah"

No it's not! It's there because the writers probably figured, correctly, that nobody really gives a fuck, and all they have to do is scrape together the most superficial, paper-thin, setting.

>>811927

>I think because Hiro looked her wounds and ingested her blood early on, that's how he is so compatible with her and doesn't die as her co-pilot.

It's been stated several times that he was a special test subject of some sort. I assumed that this was the reason.

>>811942

But in this episode, he stated that he was always a super special child, even before meeting 02.

>>811937

>I just don't buy it.

That's your opinion

>I wish I could get adoring worshippers for life just by asking obvious questions that any child would ask,

Depends, are you also willing to live in a dystopia future where mankind has become a robotic slave race? Because that's what makes Hiro unique you fucking idiot, he seems normal too us, but he isn't within the context of the show. But I'm sure you get this, you just want to be a snarky cunt

>I do want to be ENGAGED, though. I'm sick of having to parse between stupid, lazy, meaningless crap, and content that actually has thought, detail, and meaning behind it. It's very irritating.

That's a whole lot of opinions there. Considering the best show last season was Yuru Camp, and the biggest disappointment was VEG, it says something that a show doesn't need to be some deep shit to engage. But you're the kind of person that needs grimdark, plot twists and DEEP shit to be engaged. And hey that's your hustle, but it makes you seem very gay.

Also

>Lain is shit

Literally heresy. Kill yourself.

>>811943

Is this actual writing, or lazy MC plot armour?? Tune in next week to find out!

>>811945

>he seems normal too us, but he isn't within the context of the show.

We should understand, and feel ourselves, why the other children idolize MC so. It shouldn't be trivial and boring because "the plot demands it." That's bad writing. The setting should be developed in a way so that we, the viewer, feel that way ourselves. MC breaking out 002 should feel intense. We should feel the fear, and fully understand what a daring and courageous act it is for him, in his circumstances. We should also idolize and admire him for it. And that's just not there.

>Considering the best show last season was Yuru Camp, and the biggest disappointment was VEG, it says something that a show doesn't need to be some deep shit to engage.

That's the problem. VEG wasn't great but it was a fine anime that dared to risk a sincere character narrative with minimal pandering horsecrap, compared to most works and compared to DitF. There were some pretty big flubs in VEG, but nothing compared to DitF. And it does get overly sappy at times but now we're moving into nit picking. VEG just upsets people because it's beyond them. They like lazy trash and are insulted when a studio strives to accomplish more. There was plenty of skillful and thoughtful writing, there. VEG is work I can respect.

>But you're the kind of person that needs grimdark, plot twists and DEEP shit to be engaged. And hey that's your hustle, but it makes you seem very gay.

Big talk from someone using the phrase "and that's your hustle." I might be gay but at least I'm not a faggot! And Lain sucks. Now there's some pretentious deepshit that tries to be confusing for the sake of it. It doesn't deserve to be in the same paragraph as infinitely better hustles like Texh or Haibane Renmei. Overrated as fuark. People just like the loli because they're bottom feeding plebs.

I'm predicting that the new OP will premiere next week. Hopefully it isn't shit, I like the current OP.

>>811963

Please refrain from referencing youtube celebrities here.

>>811966

TRIGGER, SAVING ANIME ONE SERIES AT A TIME

>>811968

This is the last time you insult my favorite hack, understood?

>>811952

>And that's just not there.

That's your opinion. I am perfectly capable of understanding why Hiro is looked up to by the other kids, especially by Ichigo and Mitsuru. I am also more than capable of connecting with him when he bullrushed armed guards after he heard they were explicitly allowed to kill him, just to protect loli oni.

Maybe start paying attention

>And it does get overly sappy at times but now we're moving into nit picking. VEG just upsets people because it's beyond them. They like lazy trash and are insulted when a studio strives to accomplish more.,

>It upsets people because it's beyond them

No, it upsets people because VEG is melodramatic horsecrap, bloating with over direction on everything from cinematography (excessive cuts to force feed you the significance of every given action Violet takes) to music (unfitting swelling crescendos on simple shit that requires slow pace)

To not even speak of ruining the good animation with lens flare to hide the lack of shading that is prevalent in most modern Jap animations, which creates simplified art that is easy to animate (because the entire show was sold on quality animation).

VEG is mediocre and disappointing and Franxx might be more formulaic, but it has something VEG doesn't, which is good execution. It might have some quality here or there but it's good good cinematography, good sound directing, good voice acting, and it makes you care about the characters.

>And Lain sucks. Now there's some pretentious deepshit that tries to be confusing for the sake of it. It doesn't deserve to be in the same paragraph as infinitely better hustles like Texh or Haibane Renmei. Overrated as fuark. People just like the loli because they're bottom feeding plebs.

You're literally a fucking idiot. Lain isn't even a loli and if you seriously can't understand Lain, it isn't that it's pretentious deepshit, you're just an idiot.

Lain is one of the best scifi anime ever done. There is a reason Lain has endured as a symbol on /a/. Because that entire show is great. A good exploration of the internet and of modern living due to that connectivity and keep in mind it came out long before the internet became as far reaching as it did. And it relied on brilliant animation and visual directing to do it.

>>811980

I think you missed the I, I said I like the current OP

>>811986

I certainly did miss the I.

>>811788

>some shadowy figure

Considering that 02 was chained, it looked like that person was a caretaker/plantation worker of some sort. Giving 02 the book got the caretaker in trouble.

>>811943

He was about as special as other -teen double digits, but was a novelty due to some of his personality quirks. His 01X status was also what obviously made adults lenient towards him. Hiro's other special trait was very high yellow blood cell count, which was is likely due to drinking oni blood.

And don't forget that despite Hiro's specialness, he was still expendable when it came to capturing 02. They also didn't care that erasing his memories will fuck up his personality and making Hiro into a husk of his former self.

I take back what I said about wanting lewds of loli oni, she's too pure for that.

Pretty good episode. When they aren't busy doing NTR shit it's a good anime, the only thing i didn't like was the wound licking scene, way too cringy.

>>811966

Wait, what ryhmes?

>>812006

So Hiro will*, jesus I'm shit today.

What are you hoping will happen more

>both saurify together

>Hiro sacrifices himself for 02 to become fully human

I'm hoping option two happens

>>812014

literally the coming of anime christ

>>811913

Wouldn't they love any pretense of ntr?

I can't wait for the rebellion arc. It's obvious that it's coming but if they pull it off we'll be entering god-tier territory. Godspeed Jesus Hiro

>>812019

So long as we see more Dr.Franxx, I'll be happy.

>>812023

What does all this have to do with getting in a fucking robot in a sexual position?? Or is this the next step in their master plan?

Holy shit, reading through this thread gave me cancer. These Darling in the Franxx threads keep attracting people from outside this site who don't know how to post properly and who act like faggots. My only hope is that when this show is over, they all leave.

>>812028

Then just fucking report them for rules 2 and 11. Stop using the thread to complain faggot.

>>812014

>Impying 0ni will let that happen to her true darling.

She's going to calm her tits down and stop the life drain on Hiro. He will then comfort her with headpats and tell her it's daijobu she's actually a red horny beast as he gains too a hatred for Papa and their cogwheel machine of a civilization with his memory restored.

>>812031

Yeah, I think next weeks episode will be mainly focused on them calming down and reminiscing now that Hiro remembers. The episode after will probably be the beginning of a revolution arc.

>>812034

How can they revolution at all when the mechs seem to run out of fuel, and quite often, sometimes mid combat?

>>812035

Plantations can move and carry fuel. They'll just take over the whole thing.

>>812035

They don't have to use the mechs, remember how easy it was for Zero Two to steal a guards gun and break Hiro out. From there it'd be up to the writing.

>>812025

That's a pretty good assessment. My take: DEATH TO PAPA & APE! LONG LIVE THE NEW DINO FLESH! Humanity is too detached to their intended purpose and too attached to their comfort to realize nobody is truly happy. When someone like Zero Two comes like along, the Garden scientists, sans Dr. Franxx Hakase and presumably whoever 001 is, don't know how to handle a girl who does not conform to the strict standards to protect the status quo. She's the God-factor or factor-X that will quickly topple this false utopia APE built. All parasites have the potential to Onify, or return to humanity's proper condition. When Hiro becomes more attached to Zero Two, he begins to completely reject the system that made him, since the support structure keeping him back will always be one step away from collapse. We can see this in the Zorome episode, where Zorome's mere presence is a threat to the Adult. Also, notice how the memory wipe machine has a similar headset to the pleasure machine. Those are self-made, ironically self-harming tools to keep those actively rebelling or passively ignorant. Oni represents everything that will force humanity to pause and reform itself to a better condition.

The I want answered question is, why does APE allow Dr. Franxx's shenanigans that encourages both Hiro's and Zero Two's behavior, besides the seemingly immediate benefit of increased tactical effectiveness?

>>812031

I know Trigger and A1 have only 11 episodes left and they need to get the plot moving, but can we have just 2 minutes of cute healing like this?

>Well Zero Two, I guess we both were Darling in the Franxx

>>811952

You've just watched too much anime and over time you've become jaded because all the plots seem the same now. I just watch anime to be entertained, not to be spiritually enlightened. When you return to just enjoying anime and not critiquing it every time you watch it then it becomes a lot more enjoyable.

>>812022

It was pretty bad what he did, and hurting oni loli is just unforgivable.

This show gives me a bad case of the feels. I haven't been this attached to an animu couple in a very long time.

The cliffhangers are killing me.

>>812081

The best part is 02 and Hiro aren't even the only good couple

Ichigo and Goro as well as Zorome and Miku are also both top.

>>812082

Zorome and Miku are very cute together, to be sure. But Hiro and Zero Two both have that "broken bird" feel about them, and they're learning to rely on each other. The payoff of Hiro getting through her defenses and then them realizing who each other is and was has excellent emotional tension behind it.

Some anons are right - the show is a little bit paint by the numbers. If you're a weeb. We've seen Eva, we've seen Vandread, we know how these sorts of plotlines go and it makes certain developments a little predictable. But as a stand alone work? If I were watching this show at 15 years old without two decades of anime under my belt, I would be absolutely frothing-at-the-mouth nuts over it from what it has done so far. Its fantastic.

>>812096

See you again next week.

>>812086

>If I were watching this show at 15 years old without two decades of anime under my belt, I would be absolutely frothing-at-the-mouth nuts over it from what it has done so far.

As a guy albeit as a 26 year-old who has only seen a few Miyazaki films and one or two shows seriously, you perfectly captured my reaction.

>>812099

>People here use crunchyroll

What is your problem?

>>812099

I'd like you to point out where you see either of those things.

>>811979

>I am perfectly capable of understanding why Hiro is looked up to by the other kids, especially by Ichigo and Mitsuru. I am also more than capable of connecting with him when he bullrushed armed guards after he heard they were explicitly allowed to kill him, just to protect loli oni.

"Understand" is the wrong word to use here, and maybe that betrays your stubborn hypocrisy. "Understand" means that the idea was able to be conveyed, not that it was conveyed compellingly.

>Especially by Ichigo and Mitsuru.

Why? All he did was act nice because he's a tropey MC, ask simple questions because apparently everyone else is retarded for reasons we don't really see or care about, and then give them names because he's a tropey MC who's really nice and has a high powerlevel. It's dumb. Why do we give a fuck what those nothing characters think or feel about this bland and stale MC?

VEG looks much better than Franxx, much, much better. It's such an obvious difference I didn't even bother to cite it as an argument. Stop being a hipster.

>I didn't like the cinematography

Hipster nit pickery. VEG is not as interesting a story, but it is the better written story by far. You'll notice it never insults you with beach episode shit or teen drama filler garbage. I'll take sappy but sincere melodrama over cynical and meaningless, cut-and-paste teen drama feces any day.

>DitF makes you care about the characters.

002 only. There is not a single other character who has any characterization that is remotely interesting. The romance is the only redeeming quality of this story; everything else just sucks. The poorly developed setting, the hollow and dull, but constant, childhood flashbacks, the crappy and cliche side cast, the gay mech designs, the tropes, the filler, it's all crap.

Texh, EP, and HR are all better deepshit than Lain. Lain is boring, and in contrast to my obvious shitbaiting earlier, I can recognize and respect the effort that was made. It is still extremely unimpressive after watching the above listed, and after all the hype surrounding it. Lain is overrated. Nostalgia.

>>812082

>Ichigo and Goro as well as Zorome and Miku are also both top.

Only if you've watched about 3 or 4 anime in your lifetime.

>>812086

Yes if I'd seen none of these carbon copy tropes before they would all be amazing. If I was 12 years old this would be mindblowing. Unfortunately I've seen these tropes 10,000 times, and so understand how little effort was put into them in this anime. Unfortunately I am a haggard old man and am not as easily impressed or entertained as a twelve year old.

>>812025

>Hiro is the only one that seems to have some sort of agency, to value his own questions/desires

Only in the flashback scenes. Everywhere else, as convenient, they are completely ordinary young people who would fit into any highschool setting anywhere. I understand there's an explanation for this in the plot, but even their allegedly completely and entirely brainwashed, counterpart parasites don't provide much of a contrast, and mostly act like ordinary highschool students as well, if more disciplined ones (sometimes).

>two weeks ago

"God this show sucks"

>A couple good romance scenes

"ANIME OF THE DECADE"

I don't know if I should be angry or sad

>>812112

WHo's saying that? The general response has just been it was a good episode and that it's starting to pick up. No need to make a strawman.

>>811997

That could've been fine if the characterization had been done properly.

>Hiro loves to read books, and learn. In contrast to his peers he is interested and curious in many things he is not required to be interested in. To the chagrin or admiration of his peers, and the uncertain scorn and dissatisfaction of his handlers, he often speaks about his interests, or about what he's learning or wants to learn. His curiosity leads him to uncover certain aspects of his world and environment which hint that something about his world is not what it seems...

>Relatedly, Hiro often finds himself in circumstances where he is tempted to assert himself against the norm, against the popular beliefs and conceptions of his peers and handlers. And while he usually submits to avoid conflict, we slowly learn that Hiro is a deeply compassionate and sympathetic individual, and that this is one of his fundamental convictions as an individual, and would be the primary motivating factor which would cause him to get into trouble with the rules and laws of his world...

>memory erasure

Shame, I thought that he would be a clone and the original died a long time ago. Because, where else do babies come from?

How long until Oni'd version of her in Franxx suit?

What's the deal with adults treating the kids like cancer? was it explained already?

>>812197

I think it's to do with immune systems?

When that one kid met the woman without a nose she was either tested or injected with something after the authorities came. So either the yellow blood cells/parasite injections are actually highly infectious or the "people" living in the cities have little to no immune system as they are a genetic dead end. That would explain why all the lab workers were wearing hazmat suits.

The loss of their nose could be seen as a way to show that they have a genetic deficiency or defect, whether that be due to cloning or being kept alive way past their time we don't know.

>>812197

>>812199

It's probably to do with the kids being parasites. I believe the name implies that they might have some sort of infection that lets them pilot Franxx, a correlation likely to do with, as the other anon said, their yellow blood cell count.

>>812199

I thought she had no nose because it was stelicied.

>>812200

So, they are basically mutants?

>>812042

But they don't seem to age? How would this rebellion go down? Could they even have kids?

>>812159

I hope Franxx has a better ending then

>>812270

>>812271

Sorry to whoever made those but they sound so far fetched holy shit.

Stories about impossible love like these are pretty usual and Charlemagne is probably the one with less resemblance at all.

The Little Mermaid is even closer to this more than anything else

>>812106

>not that it was conveyed compellingly.

It was conveyed compellingly. At least for me.

>Tropey MC

Already told you you're wrong about all this, your obsession with tropes shows a need to nitpick everything along meta lines. Stop being so autistic and stop reading tvtropes

>VEG looks much better than Franxx

No it doesn't. VEG's visuals suffer from excessive cuts and a lot of goddamn flare to hide the simplicity of the design which is a characteristic of Kyoani. Which is fine, it helps with animation fluidity, but the flare is ridiculous.

>Hipster nit pickery.

You're watching a visual medium. Literally how is it nit picky?

>Insults you with beach episode or shit teen drama filler garbage

No, instead it insults you by telling you how you should feel rather than presenting a sincere drama. And Franxx isn't even a drama. It's got dramatic bits, but it's not a drama. Calling it a teen drama is an unfair criticism just because it focuses on relationships.

>The poorly developed setting, the hollow and dull, but constant, childhood flashbacks, the crappy and cliche side cast

Setting is developed enough and you see to be the type that needs things spelled out. Childhood flashbacks are necessary, the side cast is good except for Futoshi and Ikuno. Mech designs aren't necessarily to my taste either but they're to some people's taste

>the tropes

Stop reading tvtropes. It''s rotting your brain and making you autistically obsessed with the components of a piece of fiction instead of the fiction itself. You can't judge shit based on tropes you faggot

>Lain is overrated. Nostalgia.

I went into Lain with the expectation of watching one of the best anime of all time with no nostalgia involved as I watched it in my 20s. The show was that good. Stop insulting Lain you goddamn heretic.

>>812273

Good lord that is so fucking cute

>>812277

>far fetched

They are, they're also really fun. And they stroke my /his/ boner.

>>812112

>>812117

4/a/'s response has been mostly directed by Discord faggots trying to shit on everyone's fun

The NTR shitposting and the hate on 02 after "muh 100 stamens" thing is all mostly them stoking the flames. With that said, why do you even care what they say? If you have to crossboard, do it for the cute pictures and that's that.

>>812202

Perhaps not mutants, but they seem to have the ability to saurify. Perhaps it's their naturally high yellow blood cell count that allows them to do this. Their codes are basically their parasite score, with the lower numbers being closer to being akin to a klaxosaur. Obviously, we see this very much on display in 02.

>>812341

I don't watch anime terribly often, I'm more of a vidya guy myself. I'd say a few things in this anime are contrived so far, especially in terms of world building, but I'm willing to forgive it because the anime wants to focus on its characters. I'm assuming we're going to go the Pacific Rim route, focusing on characters for the first half before really kicking things in gear by the mid point, which is fine with me. I want to see a fully developed 02 and her darling take on an entire world that's seemed to fuck them from the very beginning.

>>812341

>4/a/'s response has been mostly directed by Discord faggots trying to shit on everyone's fun

That's pretty fucking pathetic if true.

>>812429

I wasn't expecting this when they showed the young oni.

>>812453

>no sound

I wonder if 02 = 0 ni = oni was intentional or just a cute coincidence

>>812423

Me too, I have been watching it over and over myself. I have also been checking out pixiv for any new fanart and elsewhere to see what else I can find. I am really enjoying and getting obsessed with this.

>>812604

It's intentional. The first name he gave her was Oni but he didn't like it for obvious reasons.

>>812305

>It was conveyed compellingly.

It could have been significantly better. Birdhouse scenes and Garden flashbacks especially. Side cast could have been done much more thoughtfully and interestingly. They don't feel, act, or seem like brainwashed drones (except when it's convenient for the plot)

>Tropey MC

>>Already told you you're wrong about all this, your obsession with tropes shows a need to nitpick everything along meta lines

I just can't see why you're so forgiving about this. There was absolutely no need to put the pantsu tripe in the first scene. The "super nice and supportive idol of his peers" shtick also feels cliche, and hollow. It's really only thinly explained in the plot; it feels very fake and forced.

>No, instead it insults you by telling you how you should feel rather than presenting a sincere drama.

This is an incorrect use of the word sincere. Ambiguity is not necessary for a meaningful story; in Franxx's case, the ambiguity is consistent only at the most superficial level, and in my opinion just detracts from the story, forcing you, the viewer, to parse between alternating bouts of utterly lazy and thoughtful writing. VEG is not suspenseful, but it's consistent. Like I've said, there's a few mistakes, a few lurches in the writing, a couple places where you can't help but feel "that's kind of stupid," but it's nothing compared to Franxx, and to most anime.

>Setting is developed enough and you see to be the type that needs things spelled out.

It's developed enough to convey information, but not to entertain or develop interest, companionship, investment, etc with the characters. It all feels extremely sappy and fake. From Hiro's silly "niceness," to the flimsiness of the setting, to the constant narration instead of exposition, to the maudlin and ridiculous torture scene of 002, to the silly and largely tensionless breakout scene. The writing is there; the concept is there. I have to give it that. But as far as how it was actually conveyed on screen, there's just case, after case, after case, of events and circumstances that could have been developed in a much more thrilling, engaging, interesting, and meaningful way.

The mech designs look straight out of astroboy. Completely clashes with the tone. Some people have terrible taste. I've never read or heard of "tvtropes" in my life. Everything I know about anime I've gathered from the chans. Lain was just boring and shitty. I can't even argue about why it's so bad; I remember so little of it from lack of attention. I could barely even finish it. "Qt loli gets on the computer and a bunch of pointlessly abstracted, oh so deep, awful and utterly boring shit happens to her. There's no other characters. The internet is bad. The end."

>>812717

>They don't feel, act, or seem like brainwashed drones (except when it's convenient for the plot)

Not the guy you're whining at but this makes perfect sense. The side characters have all been influenced by Hiro, and thus aren't quite drones. Remember when they met the other team and were confused by their differences?

>>812629

>Been an Onifag since the first episode, never lost faith in Zerotsu, have probably watched the episode 10 or more times since yesterday, had no intention of watching it again today but have started spiraling again... This episode was really pure cathartic suffering & healing fanservice.

>>812423

Guys, snap out of it. This isn't good. This anime just isn't worth that. This is the kind of behavior you see in literal autists, and people on discord or deviantart, or other such mindrot shitholes. It's a okay romance, but, again, it's just not that good. It's just not worth that level of focus. This kind of unintelligent fixation is just a festering cesspool for the promulgation of bad taste and further mediocrity from the industry. You need to be a bitter, grizzled, jaded, picky asshole like me. There's nothing wrong with enjoying these stories, but you're letting that rob you of your intelligence, and of your ability to discern good from bad.

>>812755

Seconded. I'm enjoying the show so far but its like cotton candy at the carnival. Its fun but not really all that substantial, and you're really only eating it because you're at the carnival. If there were stronger offerings last season I probably would have dropped this. 13 episodes in and finally getting a good one just wouldn't cut it otherwise.

Thread is bumplocked seems like

>>812809

I wonder if 0ni would take that as an insult if he did that now.

>>811849

>Will they run away now that Hiro knows what the adults have done to them?

No, they're done running, now we have 11 episodes of R E B E L L I O N. This is what the other single digits are for, to get ripped apart by a very determined Strelizia.

>>813159

Sounds like another month of villains of the week

>>812933

They don't seem safe to use as handlebars though, they look sharp as knives.

I think most likely Zero Two spent years working so hard for APE because they agreed to make her human if she killed enough Klaxosaurs, hence her fixation with doing so. She hadn't killed enough lately, hence they took away some of her humanity.

>>813298

Possibly. There must be a better way to construct those two sentences

>>813409

Take that dumb spamposting to another website please

PV is out. More drama and no catharsis yet.

If they do this and it isn't a misleading preview I'm dropping this until it ends. I can't stand the pacing of this show on a weekly basis.

>>813438

I'm going to charge you anon, post some lewds.

>ダーリンはこの足に蹴られたり踏まれたりしたい?

Darling, do you want to be kicked or stepped by my feet?

>えつ、いや。。いたいし

Eh,no..painful.

>それじゃあ。。

Well..

>ダーリンはえっちな変態さんだから

Because Darling is a lewd pervert..

>えんたい。。。?

Pervert?

>ボクの足、舐めたり、咥えてしゃぶったりしたいとか?

My feet, do you want to lick them,taste them (咥えて means holding in your mouth if you want to go with that),suck them, and other things?

>なーんて。。

W-what.

>それ

So...

>しても、いいの。。?

i can do that ( i wouldn't mind do that)?

>あれっ　ゼロツー?

Oh, Zero Two?

>も。。ダーリンのすきにして。。

Jeez..do what you like Darling..(bit unsure about this one).

Also for anyone interested there is darling franxx booru now. http://dino.booru.org/ and whilst it could use more activity, it is also used by some drawfriends to upload their stuff.

Anyone got that picture of Ichigo with cool whip on her nips?