Jormungand: Perfect Order

Still in pursuit of her ambitious goal, ingenious arms dealer Koko Hekmatyar, inexpressive child soldier Jonathan “Jonah” Mar, and the rest of their squad continue their mercenary activities. From professional assassins to private militaries, the group's work constantly puts them in the face of danger.

But internal conflicts soon arise after Renato "R" Socci, one of Koko's bodyguards, is revealed to be an undercover agent for "Operation Undershaft"—a plan devised by the CIA to infiltrate HCLI and exploit Koko as a tool. Shocked by his betrayal, Koko's leadership is needed now more than ever to rally her squad and rebuild their foundation of trust before they are torn apart.

Jormungand: Perfect Order follows Koko and the rest of her crew as they take on persistent adversaries, overcome internal struggles, and make Koko's vision of world peace a reality—where everything is in perfect order.

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Hekmatyar, Koko Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Mar, Jonathan Main

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Valmer, Sofia Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Chiquita Supporting

Touma, Yumi Japanese

Brick, Lehm Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Schokolade Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Hekmatyar, Kasper Supporting

Matsukaze, Masaya Japanese

Lutz Supporting

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Nelson, William Supporting

Nomura, Kenji Japanese

Mildo Supporting

Tsunematsu, Ayumi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Iwasa, Gaku Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

Yoshikawa, Tsunaki Producer

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Sep 16, 2024

Caeruleus_CCXVI

Recommended

7.0/10 ~ Fun ride.

For starters this really felt like a spiritual successor to Black Lagoon, which is certainly a guilty pleasure of mine, and Koko Hekmatyar is probably now one of my top favorite charecters of all time and that... that just feels weird considering this show isnt all that amazing.

I randomly picked this up for no particular reason, and before I knew it I finished both seasons in about 2 days after not expecting to finish season 1. This is the rare show that I think I enjoyed it more then the actual quality of the show, the actual quality sitting at ... probably a 5.0 to maybe a 6.0/10. Most of the charecters are bland, motivations are almost stereotypical, and the Jonna the technical main character is such a bad character, but the only reason I kept watching was for Koko the true main character of the show. If you dont care for Koko I would just say this show is just a hard pass, but something about her made my brain get the happy chemicals and man do I want to live in the world she creates.

Over all the show left me wanting more, I dont feel like I wasted my time like so many modern anime, it will leave a last impression on me as it was just philosophical enough, and well I enjoyed it which is the important part.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 18, 2021

RESALEN

Mixed Feelings

I don't really think much of it overall, the dumb action scenes are roughly enough to keep my attention for 12 episodes. I'm just here to vent about some factors of my frustrations.

I don't care much about the unrealistic aspect, you never really know what's possible out there. I really liked Jonah's character because of his present mindset and instincts. With that said those and many more of his traits become useless because of the shift in focus. I also don't like that it basically became Koko's development when there are frustrating plotholes in her plans.

The shift removed much of the stakes since by now ... they're basically unstoppable. Jonah's last decision just proves that narratively. I didn't like that Jonah just came back to where he started, what was the point of his last decision? To be blunt, they should have just focused on Koko in the first place and added Jonah as a likable, active opposition with thematic layering.

He wasn't really active since there are roughly 7 more people who can do as much as him, so that also makes him average in terms of competence. By his last decision, that kinda makes him unlikable. I liked the last season, I even like the first half of this season. The second half just makes things unclear on what it's trying to do.

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Now, let's get to the venting...

This show was about the destruction and deaths caused by weapons in the first place. What kind of human would think that killing 700 000 people in the present would be a necessary sacrifice to save more people in the future? In this situation specifically, if you want to protect the people in the future then make a time machine and go there! If you're living in the present, not even your actions would be definitive to do something in the future.

What does she even think will happen to people whose families they lost. First up, people will want to take something as powerful as a quantum computer that can control the skies. When they do, 3x more people will die. Another thing is when you make something restricted from people, they don't always group together and break through. Some people will just make something that's easier to make and a lot more powerful and efficient.

There are millions of people out there that will be affected. Even kids who lose their parents, forced to fend for themselves, experience trauma, and also don't get to see and experience some of the beauty of the world. She might hate the world, but those kids are innocent and couldn't even do anything now that their parents are dead. They will definitely hate her. I'm surprised Jonah hadn't thought of that.

As an arms dealer, she should know that there's nothing that can stop people from fighting each other. Kasper, her brother definitely knows that. That's the reason, in some circumstances it's best not to think of the future. Honestly, world peace, really? She's not making a utopia, that's a dystopia. People can still think for themselves after all, if she takes even that...well we've seen enough of those situations to know how that will end.

This started as a great show, but I hate the fact that they all just agreed to kill 700 000 people or more for no other reason. A lot more people will definitely die in the "future" she's referring to.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 25, 2021

SafeguardSanakan

Not Recommended

Well-written

+ + + SPOILERS + + +

You see that note above? That's a spoiler warning.

For over a year I've been mulling about Jormungand, and whenever it came up in discussions with my friends, we all had one agreement:

Holy shit, the ending was atrocious.

Don't worry, we'll get to this part. But first, I need to build up to the point I'm trying to get across here.

Jormungand is not a thinking man's anime. While the attention to detail for the guns is spectacular, their usage is ... not so much. In season 1 there's a shoot out with hundreds of rounds exchanged near point blank - and ... nobody gets hit. Valmet, who primarily wields a KNIFE in an anime where about everyone is armed with GUNS is able to cut down foes left and right. "Alright, we get it," you say, "just don't think about it." You're right, Jormungand is an anime where you shut your brain off, and you just follow along for the ride.

That changes in this season.

In the final arc, what the series has been building to the entire time, Koko is successful and launches Jormungand. A super-satellite that uses quantum computation to hack into any piece of technology with a connection and get it to behave how she wants it to.

Koko spews out a line about how "nobody will fly or sail again." Apparently, Jormungand will be able to hack the planet into peace.

Allow me to finally break the ice.

+ + + RANT + + +

... DOES THE WRITER REALIZE AIRPLANES FLEW AND SHIPS SAILED BEFORE THE INTERNET EXISTED?!

... DOES THE WRITER KNOW THAT TWO WORLD WARS WERE FOUGHT BEFORE THE INTERNET EXISTED?!

... DOES THE WRITER KNOW THAT NEWS & INTELLIGENCE REPORTS WERE ABLE TO CIRCULATE WITHOUT THE INTERNET?!

This concept that Jormungand can just hack the planet to peace is the BIGGEST plothole I have ever seen in an anime. Sure, you can disable critical military infrastructure. Internet. GPS. Datalink. Even radio communication. But at the end of the day, that only hinders war. It does NOT stop it. The notion that Jormungand can just "disable" humanity's ability to wage war by hacking it is ABSURD. A faction could, without internet connectivity, program an anti-satellite missile to target the Jormungand satellite and launch it at said Jormungand satellite. If that ASAT missile can not receive data, Jormungand CAN NOT hack into it. This technology has been around since 1950.

The simple fact of life is that MOST military technology is NOT connected or hackable ... you can't hack a gun anymore than you can hack a nuclear missile. Do you know why? Because militaries around the world realize that having their weapons be vulnerable to getting hacked & disabled is a really, REALLY bad idea!

Jormungand is insanely stupid. It's a series where you can shut your brain off and follow along for almost the entire show, but then the show makes the critical error of asking the audience to think about the ramifications of the Jormungand satellite and what it means for warfare, and the future of humanity. And it doesn't take a second of fully fledged thought to start poking massive holes into the idea that a quantum-computer-powered satellite COULD NOT stop war, hell, they can't even turn off the nukes!

The entire series was ruined by the embarrassingly bad and poorly thought out conclusion. It's just so nonsensical, so obtuse, and so poorly thought out. It's like skateboarding down a street just to hit a rock at the end and become a meat crayon on the asphalt. That's what this ending felt like to my friends and I.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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	Poll: Jormungand: Perfect Order Episode 10 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) Stark700 - Dec 11, 2012	176 replies	by SpiritGT »» 4 hours ago
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	I have another reason why Koko may do what she does. Inudrew - Jan 8	0 replies	by Inudrew »» Jan 8, 11:30 PM