Anime Discussion Thread - Page 4737

Mamoru and maria were killed by the rats after maria had given birth and shun just died alone because he knew he was probably a fiend and as such didn't fit in and would be eliminated if he stuck around

That's what I assumed as well but neither was ever confirmed.

This was pretty confusing. Most of it kinda made sense in the end but they left a lot of things vague (what exactly happened to Shun, Mamoru and Maria for example). The characters have been really flat and felt scripted at times, especially when they randomly brought in generic conversations like "everything is gonna be alright, right? yeah! I'm so glad". On the other hand it tackled a lot of philosophical themes. "The human as its own greatest enemy", "How far does society go to protect them from themselves (including conditiong, manipulating etc.), "Where is the difference between animals and humans" and other smaller things like the relationship between higher up politicians and basic foot-soldiers (that scene where Saki watched the Giant Hornet colony at war was powerful).
Because of this, it's very hard to rate. I think it was great but had some very obvious flaws. Its also better than anything I rated with 8 so far but worse than anything I rated with 9 so far. I'm going to give it a 9 for now but I may revise that later.

Good show, watched it in 2 days and it kept me compelled the entire time. Definitely took priority over NGNL, which I was forced to watch (and probably going to finish next). The characters are ok'ish, not great. I don't get the hate for Shirou. He acts dumb sometimes and his mindset, while being admirable, has its weaknesses and is responsible for some bad outcomes. But in the end, pretty much every character has a weakness, one way or another.
The setting is interesting but not very well explained imho, as far as borders go. Action and art/animation was what really made this stick out. Those were truly great.
7/10 in the end, looking forward to the next season.

the only thing that happened was the cyborg landing. "Very interesting." Indeed Saitama, indeed. xD

It wasn't outright confirmed because Saki herself never finds out and we see things from her perspective most of the time, she didn't see shun die but when she left him she was sure he would die. She also don't know what the hell actually happened with Maria and Mamoru but she realizes that it really was their bones that were turned in, the show isn't completely in your face about it but i wouldn't call it vague

FWIW i also rated it 9/10

That's what I assumed as well but neither was ever confirmed.

The series was a weird one for me as well. Some things were strange, inconsistencies with the art (sometimes it's gorgeous other times it looks crude and rushed), several random leaps in time, and some interesting things not explained (as you said with the deaths of their friends). I also find episode 8 rather surprising because I thought Shun and Satoru were both in love with Saki and then they suddenly were dating each other. I agree that the characters were flat for the most part and Saki didn't really exhibit much "strength" throughout the entire series. The series was odd but it was entertaining throughout. Had some great world building and as you said interesting philosophical points. It could have been amazing if the production were a bit better but it was overall a great show still.

Personally I was terrified since I thought they basically enslaved Mamoru/Maria and like they did the queen so she was basically nothing more than a babymaking vessel. Almost stopped watching at that point until I read up and got semi confirmation that they just killed her after giving birth. Fucking Maria man, why couldn't she just find love with Saki

Good show, watched it in 2 days and it kept me compelled the entire time. Definitely took priority over NGNL, which I was forced to watch (and probably going to finish next). The characters are ok'ish, not great. I don't get the hate for Shirou. He acts dumb sometimes and his mindset, while being admirable, has its weaknesses and is responsible for some bad outcomes. But in the end, pretty much every character has a weakness, one way or another.
The setting is interesting but not very well explained imho, as far as borders go. Action and art/animation was what really made this stick out. Those were truly great.
7/10 in the end, looking forward to the next season.

Good show, watched it in 2 days and it kept me compelled the entire time. Definitely took priority over NGNL, which I was forced to watch (and probably going to finish next). The characters are ok'ish, not great. I don't get the hate for Shirou. He acts dumb sometimes and his mindset, while being admirable, has its weaknesses and is responsible for some bad outcomes. But in the end, pretty much every character has a weakness, one way or another.
The setting is interesting but not very well explained imho, as far as borders go. Action and art/animation was what really made this stick out. Those were truly great.
7/10 in the end, looking forward to the next season.

It wasn't outright confirmed because Saki herself never finds out and we see things from her perspective most of the time, she didn't see shun die but when she left him she was sure he would die. She also don't know what the hell actually happened with Maria and Mamoru but she realizes that it really was their bones that were turned in, the show isn't completely in your face about it but i wouldn't call it vague

FWIW i also rated it 9/10