Anime Analysis - Chaos;Head (Commentary)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Happy 50th anime analysis, guys! And man, what a journey it's been to get here. In the last month, I've gone to Japan, turned 20, had a birthday party, got sick, lost my voice, gotten it back, and now I find myself in Hawaii uploading this video. It's been pretty hectic.
Well, hope you enjoy.
Next review will be on a romance anime.
The Visual Novel for Chaos;Head that the anime is based off is amazing. The anime is an absolute trainwreck. They skipped so much, changed things, swapped the order and ruined Takumi's character to try and make him more likeable, yeah they failed but you see, he isn't supposed to be likeable anyway, that's the point! He hates himself, he truly does, so it would be kind of stupid for the reader or viewer to be like "hell yeah, Takumi is awesome!". The way Takumi is in the VN makes the ending SO much better, it's far more emotional and meaningful.
There is a reason the VN creators made him that way and the anime adaption ignored it, like with many others great thigns about Chaos;Head. And despite Takumi's character, which I admit can be annoying even in the VN, it's the other characters, the story as well as the whole mind fuck thing that keeps you interested. The anime doesn't even do the mind fucking very well. Seriously man, the Visual Novel is such a mind fuck, you have no idea. And I don't know why they thought a psychological thriller needed to suddenly become more action based later on in the anime. What the fuck was with those stupid bugs? Seriously... Sure, most of the main characters have swords but that is not where the focus is supposed to be.
But I do see what you're saying about the main protagonist not being likeable and how that pretty much sucks, I don't disagree with you there but for the story to work properly, he can't be too likeable. However, I could relate to his problems socializing, so that was a plus for me, although Takumi's social difficulties are much worse than mine. Oh and the whole existential crisis thing he goes threw... yeah, I think you can guess that it's done way better in the VN. There are so many feels in the VN that don't exist at all in the Anime...
Remember the fight between Takumi and Seira? No? That's because they skipped it in the anime. You only see the very beginning, then it cuts to something else, then back to Takumi after the fight's over. That fight was a HUGE moment for the character. He had to defeat his main "wife", who, with the exception of Rimi, was the only "girl" he loved. She may not have been real, but to him, she was. They completely destroyed Takumi's character and his development.
Norose, the main villain (that you actually see) is done soooo much better in the VN. He's actually an interesting one and another character they completely fucked up for the anime.
I think if they had 25 episodes instead of 12, it might not have been so bad. I guess that's why the next 2 in the series are longer, they probably learned their lesson.
One of the first things you say in this review is that "all 3 of these shows technically take place in the same universe but have next to nothing to do with each other story wise, so they're more or less entirely seperate"
... that is completely wrong.
I honestly don't understand how so many people keep missing the connections. The Committee of 300 are the main antagonists of all 3 stories. They get talked about more often in Chaos;Head than the other two but Okabe mentioned them a few times in Steins;Gate, or at least he does in the Visual Novel. Noah II is destroyed at the end of Chaos;Head, then in Robotics;Notes, you see a briefcase with Noah IV written on it. There is a group in Robotics;Notes called Hidden Hand, another name for the Committee of 300.
In one of the Steins;Gates worldlines SERN (who are controlled by the Committee of 300) was successful in controlling most of the worlds population, in the exact same way Nozomi, Norose and the Committee had planned on doing with Noah II in Chaos;Head. Suzuha talks about how there are no more wars but everyone walks around like a robot. Just like Norose had talked about: A forced peace, without freedom. I think it's safe to assume they used Noah IV for that purpose. So that is a major continuation. Takumi didn't stop them, he merely slowed them down a bit. Using time travel and Noah, the committee was taking over the world.
That song, I think it's called Let Me Pass, it's the one Takumi hears over his phone before an earthquake, something very closely resembling that song is heard in Robotics;Notes. It gave me chills and I expected an earthquake, or something bad to happen. KInda disappointed me when nothing like that happened. But still, a nice reference.
There was an earlier part in Robotics;Notes, I think it's one of the flags Kaito gets, talks about something that sounded to me a lot like Noah II, this was before the reveal of Noah IV.
Nae, from Steins;Gate, appears in Robotics;Notes.
There's more, some big things and minor things but that'll do. I've made my point.
I can understand people missing some of these connections, and some times they can be pretty easy to miss, especially if you don't pause Robotics;Notes to read things. But honestly, I'm sick of people saying there is no real connection when there clearly is. They all have their own plot that can be enjoyed individually but there is also this overarching plot that makes the science-adventure series amazing. It's just a total waste if you don't get that. You're really missing out.
And if you're going to review something and claim something about it as fact, then please, make sure it's an actual fact. And if you can't be bothered finding out, then just don't mention it at all.
But you did sum up the Chaos;Head anime adaption pretty well, "a giant waste of time".
But what I don't understand is that you know it's based off a Visual Novel but continue to bash the writers of the anime, as if they were the ones who came up with the plot "this feels like the creators wanted to have a romance in the show because 'hey, other anime have romances, don't they?'" Their relationship is developed a lot in the VN, they share a lot of time together and it makes sense. It's just the anime adaption that fucked it up, like they did with everything else.
They didn't come up with any of the plot, they just took the plot of the VN, threw it out the window and waited for a few trains to run over it before picking it up, throwing it into a fire, watering it down and trying to piece together it's remains.
So Takumi is kinda a deconstruction of a visual novel male protagonist.
The VN was better but it sucked ass. I'm a die hard steins gate fan and I couldn't care less about chaos head.
Redstar2613 C'mon bruh with the Robotic;Note spoiler.
By the way I wouldn't call the VN a masterpiece. The character route are so-so. At most it's nice extra information you didn't get in the main story.
Ultimately even when you understand the entire plot through the VN and like Takumi's inner-conflict. It doesn't hold a candle to S;G. I don't recommend anyone curious about the Sci;ADV to start with this one unless you really relate with the main character.
@@RyutaaKuzunoha Omg finally someone that speaks the truth!! A true right-sider!
@@jacobkreifels7690 what's your opinion on C;C compared to C;H?
When you talked good pink hair girls who are sportive my mind went immediately to yuno gassi from future diary. Even if she is also crazy mad insane nut job she only cares about yuki.
Oh...duh.
To be fair, though, she's not the kind of character I typically think of as a love interest.
Lol you just read my mind. I was like "what about Juno?" But then I though "Oh wait". Also nice video shadowacs. Good to see you back, or rather hear you back.
Machowesker17 I guess she is a love interest, but only one sided. Her side. And that's it.
lol i was just about to comment that XD
Some how, I think that I maybe know the reason why Chaos;Head got this way
It must be because of the technical difficulties of turning a visual novel game with mutiple routes and mutiple ways for the plot to develop and turn out into a one-way plot that this anime has.
The only part of this show I remotely enjoyed was the last 3 or so episodes where Takumi finally grew a small pair of balls.
By that time I was just praying for it to be over.
tried watching this anime, stopped after 3 minutes
Yuno Gasi had pink hair.
Euphemia had pink hair.
Your argument is invalid.
Yuno wasn't neccassarily a love interest, and Euphemia wasn't a love interest for the main character.
I could only make it through 4 episodes over the course of a year. I give you major props for completing this series in order to do this analysis.
In Takumi's city the zoning commission doesn't care if a minor is living in a shipping container on the roof of an apartment building while stealing the utilities of said building. It seems like this city has some fundamental problems it needs to address before dealing with New Gen.
Lol no offense but I could see your voice in an English dubbed anime. You would be a great voice actor
ElementGuns12 Thanks! Although, why would I take offense to that? That's a compliment.
+ElementGuns12
What? XD "no offense" ?
At least unlike Takumi you would help the girl who fell flat on her face.
I totally agree u should do some voice acting work u would be good at it
I always end up smiling during these reviews. So funny
Yeah the shut in otaku main character is really hard to do well. An example of this type of character being pulled off especially well is Sato from Welcome to the NHK (highly recommend). The show really makes you understand how his mental instability and laziness is stopping him from getting any better. But he is honestly the only compelling character that I can think of that falls under this archetype.
I actually didn’t like Welcome to the NHK. Sato is such an annoying character and whenever it seems like he might improve his life he just makes a stupid decision and screws things up. He is such an idiot. Honestly I hate Welcome to the NHK because Sato and also his next door neighbor and also that really nosy young girl are all such annoying characters. And the parts of Welcome to the NHK where there is stuff about suicide, that is just it for me, when it gets beyond stupid and the characters are too far gone for me to accept anymore. In Chaos;Head things are different, in Chaos;Head Takumi Nishijo is so crazy and over-the-top that I immediately reject him right from the beginning and laugh at his troubles, what the Germans call Schadenfreude, something I can’t do with Sato in Welcome to the NHK because Sato is too sympathetic. But when I watch Chaos;Head I LOVE it because no show gives me more Schadenfreude than Chaos;Head. Well except maybe Neon Genesis Evangelion, I get Schadenfreude from it too, laughing at Shinji Ikari who is likewise unsympathetic. Welcome to the NHK, though, hits too close to home and is too realistic, with its lack of supernatural elements and how it sticks to realism and how its main character as well as some other characters have many of the same troubles that I either have or can sympathize with, very hard for me to laugh at those sorts of troubles, Welcome to the NHK just makes me sad, a very depressing show.
i actually like this show. its crazy and wild. stein gate has same author. i think he learned alot writing this that greatly improved stein gate. i dont like saying authors work is better than another when the second work is better. because of course it should be better, because of the experience you gained
Congrats on turning 20 and having 50 Anime Analysis Videos! I look forward to your future videos. By the way, how was Japan? What island of Hawaii are you in?
I'm on the big island. And Japan was awesome. :D
Happy Birthday, Shadow, I'm glad you're doing better. Also, Yuno from Future Diary is the only character I can think of as a good pink-haired love interest, because while she is insane, you want her to be with Yuki, because her love for him is genuine enough at an emotional standpoint
Happy Birthday Shadow. Hope you had a lot of fun in Japan. Great review BTW. I currently don't have plans to watch this series but I'll probably watch it someday just to see what are my thoughts on it.
Yuno from Mirai Nikki. No mention of her. OK then.
If you don't mind answering them, I have a couple questions for you:
1. Are you watching the second season of SAO?
2. If you are, are you eventually going to make a video about it such as a review or first thoughts since it's still coming out?
Thank you in advance! -Darkomen
Well, I guess happy belated birthday and congrats on surviving the world for twenty years
I watched chaos head after seeing your review because I was kind of curious to see how bad it could be. Having watched it, I realize that your opinion of the main character is pretty much spot on. However I found that the story and the science fiction behind it was interesting and I'm enjoying it despite the main character.
Mc Parks I think you should give Chaos; Child a chance.
Fun fact: This anime was wrote by Toshiki Inoue the same guy that wrote Kamen Rider Agito and Jetman after Agito he's creative writing went down the pooper scooper and Agito came out at 2001. Trust me I can't blame the people that hated this anime but in my opinion I kinda liked it.
He didn't wrote the story. He just adapted it from the visual novel (and did a poor job on it)
Always excited to see a new video!
Happy first anniversary of your 50th anime analysis, which also happens to be right after your 20th birthday!
(I've always wanted to say that)
Happy Birthday! Yeah...I don't think I'll be watching Chaos; Head anytime soon....or at all..... I'm so happy you got to go to Japan. I bet you had an awesome time.
Hey man happy 50th anime analysis I love seeing your videos pop up in my subscription box so keep doing what u doing and dont stop any time soon
hey shadow isn't Yuno gansai from future diaries a main female love interest with pink hair?
Oh! and happy birth day.
Yeah, I completely forgot about her. *facepalm*
Still, one out of five is still in my favor.
***** LOL
To be fair, Yuno is psychotic. With a lot of the things she's done, I don't know if she qualifies as a "good love interest". Her relationship with Yukki is interesting enough, but as far as compatibility is concerned, she's still not the best match for him. :/
FanYay well you can say coco for Yuki. but the subject were talking about the MAIN female love interest also known as the only female that main protagonist will end up in romantic relationship forever. -_-
Happy birthday Shadow! I wanted to tell your that videos helped me get into anime as deeply as I have in the last year! Also, could you do a review on Highschool DxD, id like to see your thoughts on it. It's one of those so stupid it's funny shows.
Happy birthday, and great review! Yeah, I tried watching this before, and felt extremely uncomfortable while watching it, due to its creepy subject matter. At the time, I didn't actually know that it was bad. Looking back...yeah, glad I skipped this one.
I really loved this show a whole lot. Still, I think your review of it is very good, although you don’t QUITE seem to understand the implications of Chaos;Head being based on a visual novel. Actually Redstar2613’s comment explains things better than I could, but I really enjoyed this anime. And no, the somewhat sexual hallucinations are not due to the director of the anime being a perv, they are because most visual novels are aimed at pervs as the target audience and this is based on one. I think mostly the constraints of it being limited to 12 episodes are what made this not as good as it could have been, I think if they had expanded it to 25 episodes it could have been almost as good as Steins;Gate. And yeah, there are a ton of things connecting Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, and Robotics;Notes, like Redstar2613 pointed out, the Committee of 300 is behind everything. Chaos;Head has the Noah II, Robotics;Notes has the Noah IV. Takumi Nishijo, the main character of Chaos;Head, is mentioned in both the other two shows by his alias “Knight Heart”. And all of these anime shows are really just adaptations of the visual novels, with the visual novels being the official canon material. Which explains why in all 3 shows the main guys have something sorta like harems but not really. Actually these shows and visual novels are called the Science Adventure Series by 5pb and Nitroplus, and the SAME people wrote ALL the visual novels, that is right, the visual novel this is based on was written by the exact same people who wrote the visual novel Steins;Gate is based on. Really the problem here was in the process of adapting it into an anime, but to me the flaws in the show do not stand out that much and I can enjoy it anyway, my main gripe is it is only 12 episodes, Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes both got more than twice as much, if Chaos;Head had been allowed twice as many episodes they could have done a much better job fitting the entire story in. Your video does make many good points though, like how idiotic the cops act (just letting a murder suspect who is crazily ranting to himself who they have video evidence of go), how stupid everyone in town is when there is a serial killer on the loose, etc. But I liked things like the crazy way that girl who is in that band and is into mythology talks. It is kind of refreshing how each character in the show has a totally different take on what is going on and none of them seem to match, and a lot of it is left unresolved what the correct explanation is, whether to go with science-sounding conspiracy theories or the mythology-sounding conspiracy theories. Also you have to understand, almost all the main characters are gigalomaniacs, which are basically paranoid schizophrenics with supernatural powers to change reality to match their delusions. And the series DOES explain the limits of the gigalomaniac ability a BIT, for instance, it does not work on humans, only objects, so you can’t use it to heal the sick, that is why The General is dying. Which is why Takumi Nishijo turning out to not be a real human but just a delusion who was turned into reality makes him able to transform himself into anything once he realizes this. As far as real-booting, that is making things appear from thin air, and yeah the Di Swords can also be used as weapons too, and there is a scientific basis for it in the Dirac Sea which actually exists, and the anime and visual novel have the Ir2 equation, a fictional equivalent to the real-life Dirac equation which is just as important and part of real quantum physics. For me there was just too much good stuff in this anime, so much of a great premise, so many great things from the visual novel, that I could not help but love it, yes the flaws you point out are obvious but so what, they do not bother me, I love it despite its flaws, I cannot help it, it is a guilty pleasure. By guilty what I mean is, honestly I actually enjoy it when Takumi Nishijo is suffering, I find it funny, he is rather hard to relate to. He is just a fictional character though, so me enjoying his fictional suffering does no real harm to any real people, in real life I am a nice person, but this really is a guilty pleasure of mine, his suffering is so amusing to me, I can’t help it. When he finally does get his act together near the end and realize what he is and awaken his true powers, though, I am rooting for him all the way, despite him being a severely mentally disturbed individual who any sensible society would lock away in an insane asylum, he still ends up being a hero in the end despite his flaws, kinda like how this show, at least for me, ends up being pretty awesome in the end despite its flaws.
Happy birthday Shadow (I also turned 20 this year). Great review. I never planned on seeing this and I still don't.
I know she isn't a love interest but takagi of high school of the dead as her relationship in the manga develops with khota P.S don't know if I spelt khota right
So your next review will be a romance anime, my personal favourite off the top of my head was probably Kaichou wa Maid-sama, i honestly think you would like it if you haven't already seen it.
I so jealous of you! I've always wanted to go to Japan. You lucky devil. Great to have u back.
It's absolutely true that there are not any pink haired girl that could possibly be a good companion to the main character.
My guess? Lala from To-Love-Ru... yeah...
I really wish I would've seen this Analysis before I watched the Anime, but that's one year too late. Even though I felt that the Anime was boring or confusing in regard to explanations, I for some reason watched the whole thing in a semi marathon. The end was just the worst thing ever and a bad guy like that is not even worth being called "bad guy". I think that this was a fitting review! (: Don't watch Chaos;Head guys!
Oh and, happy belated birthday :D
Serial Experiment Lain is an example of this premise done right... but it makes Ergo Proxy look simple by comparison. Not to mention the show is just freaky and surreal. I loved it!
SEL was the shit. Sadly it's looked down upon for it being 2deep4them.
Congrats on this being your 50th anime review. ^ ^
i would probably say the anime that plays the idea of the accused murderer would be Monster and the anime gets you to really think i don't want to say any more to prevent spoiling it but for such a good anime you hear very little about it
masterpiece... strong word.
Hey, ehm, do you have a schedgule or...however it's spelled of any sort?..i can't wait on the romance anime analysis! :D
Answering your question about Pink-haired girls - Yuno is a great companion :grin:
I was planning to watch chaos; head for some time in the future. Now I think I have to watch it XD
Btw happy (late) birthday!
Welcome back, how is Hawaii?
By the way, what is your opinion on No Game No Life if you mind me asking? I thought it was great c:
Sorry that you had lost your voice though :c
9:34 Pink-haired female characters being shitty love interests...hmmm...honestly, I agree with that. Because, soon as you said that, my mind went straight to Lala from To-Love Ru. I mean, sure she does like Rito and wanted Haruna to be his love interest, but my God her innocence gets in the way so many times to the point it pissed me off (KISS YA FOOL!). Also, the villain in this show...Bowser can set him ablaze of all I care about that scumbag.
with how takumi saw rimi in the beginning, with her committing that murder, i think it wouldve been a LOT more compelling for HER to be the actual murderer instead of that random nurse cuz i feel like there could be a more compelling arch with how she ends up being the love interest of takumi
but this, ofc, is the only adaptation of chaos head, and it really is a pretty big nothing burger, and was not a well handled plot, so even if that plotline was followed, it prob wouldnt be well portrayed in the anime
I was wondering if you had seen this yet. I started watching this show & had a hard time getting into it. This explains why. I'm glad you clarified it. Have you seen Robotics; Notes? I wonder if its just as bad or better or as good as Steins. Just curious. One more show to take off my list of Must see Anime.
The fact is you say you can't relate to him and find him interesting yet I relate to him almost all the time.
Review Log Horizon?
i find it funny you bring up index, because the powers they have work pretty similarly to an espers. essentially, it works on the premise of "personal reality" and enforcing said reality on the real world. the only reason i can think up that this wouldn't be use-able to kill another "Power-user" ,as i'll call the chaos;head guys, just by using it is because that would cause 2 personal realities to clash. in this scenario, having prior knowledge of this, and knowing about experiments like Schrodinger's cat help considerably. however, that really can't save the rest of the anime. the plot and characters (or their interactions) are still very bad.
You were talking so casually and then you said "and it totally sucked" and I literally fell over
As someone who tried and failed several times to go past episode 3 I appreciate your dedication
i won't post the evidence oh why i liked their relationship cause it would spoil the show, but the major reason is that it's a parallel to the whole concept the anime plays on illusion and reality within the characters main relationship, which is the that of his fantasy anime girl and the real one along with other ideas and concepts. I guess what i liked about this anime wasn't so much the character themselves, but the way the story sets itself up with the characters that makes you think a lot.
Your opinion, but the only thing it made me think was "when is it going to end."
***** fair enough. i didn't like the romance either but the relationship was interesting to me at least because it does compliment the anime's themes and concept pretty well. BTW another great review Shadow can't wait for the next one. = )
Eh, I just dropped it at episode 3 and forgot all about it. (Also happy belated birthday).
Congrats on 20k subs and 50 anime analysis's!
Although Ive heard shit about this show I have heard pretty good things about Robotic;Notes, I havent seen it yet but even though everyone says its no steins;Gate its still pretty good.
Its a shame this show turned out to be so shit considering the premise was really good imo.
An anime I hugely recommend is Welcome to the NHK, its a dark comedy about a shut in hikikamori guy trying to stop being a shut in, its reallly good and most of the comedy isnt goofy anime comedy. I would highly recommend it.
Aw man I missed this! Great work man
DUUDE congrats on japan im going next year for my 21st, and yeah i think its steins;gate,robotics;notes, and last and definitely least chaos;head
missed you so much shadow!!! congrats on turning 20 and since youre back can i ask you if maybe in the near future you and the blackcriticguy would do a collab one day? 2 of my favorite anime reviewers in one video would be awesome :)
well, happy birth day!!! the last month for you sounds awesome!! (with the exception of the loss of voice). time to get really off topic!!! im writing a manga story and i would like your help on something. in my story, im planning on making one of the main protagonist actually the main antagonist. who would i go about making it subtle yet placing clues about who he really is? you and i like and love about the same anime, so i would like your input
Great review, but I will disagree with your statement about pink-haired girls making bad love interests. Okay, I really can't argue with Inori because while I do like her, I prefered Hare as a love interest and even that would have been pushing it. Two shows I'll bring up are Future Diary and Elfen Lied. Yuki and Yuno, and Kouta and Lucy are both in my top 10 favorite anime couples, the latter of which is my #2 behind Tomoya and Nagisa (big shocker there), but both Yuno and Lucy have pink hair.
Yuno's a good character, but she's also a total psychopath. Now that I think about it, a lot of pink haired girls are also psychopaths.
ShadowACS, could you consider reviewing Anime movies? If you do, how about Spirited Away for a start? I just got through watching it & I thought it was amazing. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it as well.
Happy Birthday ^.^
Huh, I might try this anime....
Doubt it though XD
Well for pink-haired girls I guess there's Himeji. While grant it she wasn't all that interesting her and Yoshi did kinda make a good match. Though I guess that's just my opinion
Best pink-haired girl is the one in Elfen Lied, that show is totally nuts with all the violence and nudity, and the main pink-haired girl in it, Lucy, has a split personality and goes back and forth between being lovable and cute, and being a vicious inhuman killing machine. So epic, I love Elfen Lied. And she does make a great love interest, what with her constant nudity and her ability to do both offense and defense to protect a lover (assuming she does not kill her lover, which IS a real danger with a yandere like her).
My counter to the pink hair thing besides the obvious one (Yuno) is Kurimo from Seitokai no Ichizon, which by the way I recomend if you are ever in the mood for a good comedy with actually good romance not just misunderstandings portayed as romance and in my opinion one of the best male leads I have ever seen at least for this kind of show.
You said it.
The Only Pink-Haired Girls in Anime that I know of are:
Yuna Miyama(Maburaho)
Miharu Sena Kanaka(Girls Bravo!)
Louise(Familiar of Zero)
Lacus Clyne(Gundam SEED/Gundam SEED Destiny)
Rimi(Chaos;HEAd)
Yuno(Future Diary)
Sakura Haruno(Naruto/Naruto Shippuden)
Lala Satalin Deviluke(To Love Ru)
Nana and Momo(To Love Ru)
Moka Akashiya(Rosario+Vampire)
Yui(Angel Beats)
Arche Klein(Tales of Phantasia)
Rika Shinozaki(Sword Art Online)
Lunar(My Bride is a Mermaid)
and IMO, some of them aren't Shitty Love interests.
I don't think it's as bad as you picture it. Of course you can't compare it to steins gate, but it's still so much better than 50 % of the new anime coming out. If tomorrow a show like this came out ut would probably be a 7/10.
I'm not saying it's good, it's definitely bad, but not thaaaaaaat bad, and also the art is really good and there are a lot of cool scenes.
Well if you're looking for anime where there confusion between illusion and reality and done well, there is Perfect Blue (masterpiece), Paprika and Millenium Actress.
Or just watch everything written/directed by Satoshi Kon ;)
i agree all of points but disagree with two: SPOILER ALERT "those eyes who's are those" was mentioned in public in FES song when she saw the main character *(BIG FAT SPOILER - there was group of people wanting to frame that girl and used her last words on scene (maybe she singed further idk) to get her under suspision for cops)*. she whispered these meaningful words to him and only then next episode or past next was this phrase shown in murder scene. other point. i agree that he is boring but (SPOILER) in the end you found out that he is newborn (delusive) soul learning life with other implemented thoughts to his heads and have no base on learning emotions before (maybe thats why he was loner from beggining which would explain the plot why he was rejecting everyone like a kid) .
Hello~ I know this might be out of the blue and all that but you should do a review on either Danganronpa: The Animation, or Monogatari(First season)~! :D
We need the... "unique" animes reviewed. cx
When I first watched this anime on netfilx and finished it my thoughts: WTF just happened. Why do I feel like I just watched a guy on drugs freak out. And. What were they thinking when they made this piece of shit.
Since this is a couple of years old and the sequel Chaos;Child has started - does someone have any opinions to this? I know it's still in episode 10 right now, but damn i'm confused.
I can't deny that ;Child appeals much more to me than ;Head, but i often had parts where i had to go back and rewatch an entire scene, just to understand it.
Would be interesting if im just the only one, or if ;Child really has some Problem with it's Storytelling / Plot?
I full on agree with you shadow, like you said I liked the supernatural elements this show had and I really thought it had some interesting suspenseful moments, but every minute with Takumi(who I like to call captain fuckface) really pissed me off, in fact I even bought the show a year ago and looking back the hell was I thinking.
Well, i will rage with this anime, but to appreciate good shows i have to watch a bad or a very bad ones.
Thanks for the review Shadow.
Imo, there actually IS one pink-haired anime girl I can think of that makes a good companion for the main character, and that's Moka Akishiya from Rosario Vampire.
Oh and also, probably the only good thing about Takumi is that he's voiced by Todd Haberkorn.
Hey shadow, happy birthday(even though it already passed). I was wondering if you could review Romeo no Aoi Sora. It is a master piece, and who watched it really liked it... I´m not sure if it your style... Keep up the good work!
It kinda sucks that the chaos;head anime flopped so bad, because the chances of getting an official English release of the original Visual Novel (which is sooo much better) are slim to none.
Actually this exactly how people would react to a serial killer these days. Full of memes
man i wanted to go to japan well hope you have fun
Does the pink haired love interest have to be JUST a love interest or can she be a lead character, if so then amu from shugo chara is a pretty decent love interest and main character as long as you disregard the magical girl-esq feeling of the show.
The draw to me was the mind loosing setting. and the first scene in the rain was great. but after that, meeep
Hey shadow, have you ever seen Hajime no ippo? It's an old boxing anime that recently got another season
Yuno Gasai was a pink haired love interest.
Hello shadowacs
I just found out that ddr deleted his account and i want to ask you something
Do you think that he will come back?
Your Videos are awesome. I have watched every video of your when ddr recommended your channel.
I doubt he will. He deleted it for personal reasons I won't go into.
I'm glad you like my videos. DDR was a fan of them before he started making his. I'm glad he recommended them. :)
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Aww! Too bad! Cause DDR Had some really AWESOME Videos! Same goes for your Videos as well! ;)
Hey, do you mind watching subbed anime? Because there's an anime that's becoming quite popular called No Game No Life. The first season's done, with a second to come, so it's not done yet. But, on a hunch, I think you might like it. Of course, I could be completely wrong. I know I really enjoyed it.
Wow, i didn't know this anime was that bad. I saw lots of peoples comments saying that this anime sucks. Guess i don't blame them since this anime's story sucks, confusing and has lot of plot holes in it. But hey, i just watch this anime for the heck of it, just for something to watch instead paying attention to the story of this anime, that's all.
Hey Shadow what's your thought about the new season of sword art online. I think it is very good right now and I don't see really anything at all wrong about it. I would also like to hear your thoughts
I'm really loving it so far, though not quite as awesome as the first half of season 1.
***** I feel kind of bored by the 2nd season. The gun world wasn't very colorful, and the girl Sinon, is somewhat interesting, but I kind of feel she's your everyday tsundere character, also Asuna and Kirito's romance doesn't get any focus. That was what made the first half so great. Though the gun thing may be a nitpick on my part. I tried to like it, but I feel the new season lost some of the charm that made the first half a masterpiece. But at least we don't have to put up with you-know-who from the 2nd half
David Timmer
It's no problem, I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone started bitching about it just based on the fact that Sword Art was in the title.
***** And that bitching starts now. I'll admit this, I'm only watching GGO mostly for the sake of criticizing it so I can have have a solid opinion about it to confront the fanboys of it as underhanded as it sounds. however, I do have legit problems I can nitpick out of unlike the haters that hate it because it's just cool to do so. GGO has some slow pacing, but I'll admit it's two steps better then it's rushed 1st season. The game itself just seems off in terms of mechanics and pricing. That part about how Shinon doesn't show any reaction to guns in GGO was flawed in a psychological standpoint unless it's some kind of foreshadow. It's still just as painfully as over dramatic as the first season and above all Kiriito is still OP as fuck.
Now i will say I love this anime. But I will say that most of your points if not all are legitimate. I loved the build up way more than the actual ending. It just felt mediocre and not completely satisfying.really this anime is a psychological anime for beginners that and the ending theme is freaking amazing.
Are you sure that the villan is worse than a sword art villan. The first one literally forgot why he was evil.
To be more specific, I was referring specifically to Sugou from the second half. I thought Kayaba was a great villain.
And I don't know if you watched one of the online reviews that bashed Kayaba for that, but if you watch the actual scene where he explained his actions, his reasons were much deeper.
I watched the show while it came out in japan so i'm not entirely fresh on what he said but I do remember him saying that he couldn't remember why he locked everyone in sao. Sugou was a creepy asshole that licked girls in comas who were half or a third his age.
Also i'm suprized that you relpied so fast on a video that wasn't the most recent. I, as well as all of your subscibers, appreciate that you care so much about us.
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I get notifications via youtube whenever I get a comment on my videos. And you're welcome, I'm glad you're a fan. :)
Regardless, this comes off clearer in the dub version, but Kayaba's deal wasn't that he forgot why he was a bad guy. It was that he had spent his entire life obsessing over his dream of bringing his childhood fantasy world to life to the point where it consumed him, and he forgot why he grew to love that world in the first place.
***** Wow, thanks for explaining that Shadow.
and about the pink hair thing? umm... Toa from Dragonaut, Ayano from Kaze no Stigma, Miharu from Girls Bravo, and Moka from Rosario+Vampire, just to name a few since you say there is none.
+Anthony Hopkins he doesnt like Ayano that much, if at all
What about Lucy from Elfen Lied and Kota
He's not interested in Elfen Lied, remember his" top 10 anime I won't watch" video?
Will you eventually do Robotics;Notes?
Chihiro from ef a tale of memories has pink hair, but it also looks a bit purple
Main character IS interesting, why did u think he isn't? This show is so underrated..
I love when people ask questions whose answers I clearly explained in the video.
+Jewell TH
he's still insecure and stuck in his own world.
Jewell TH
Yeah, i won't argue since i haven't played the game. I believe you though, i've heard great things about the VN.
But i can't be sure of anything.
Jewell TH
Also i think there's a difference between a bad character and an intentionally unlikable one.
A bad characetr sounds more like it's a poorly written character.
To me it sounds like he's a bad character in the anime, but an intentionally unlikable one in the VN:)
"Great Premise, horrible execution." I felt the same way about Burst Angel. Have you seen it?
Hey shadow do you think you can review these anime Kenichi the Mightiest diciple and Case Closed if you could that would be really great
Hey Shadow, did you know that this anime got a sequel?
I have some ideas for reviews heroic age, g gundam, kaze no stigma, and aquarion. I think these would all be good reviews.
Can you do a review of log horizon? It's a really good anime about a group of people getting trapped in an mmorpg.
Texhnolized..serial experimental Lain....I want to hear your opinion. Okay keep enyoing life.
10:28 Ideal black knight XD GO WORK FOR LELOUCH! XD
ShadowACS can you make a Vivid Red analysis. I would like one.
Hey Shadow, great review again! I had pretty much the same thoughts about the anime after I saw it.
But do watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure? I recommend it highly. I don't think it's something of your tastes, but I would definitely give it a try.