ChäoS;Child

A series of gruesome murders dubbed "New Generation Madness" once induced mass hysteria in Shibuya. At its peak during a frenzied riot, a sudden earthquake reduced the district into nothing but rubble, while leaving surrounding wards strangely intact.

Six years later, in a newly rebuilt Shibuya, mysterious deaths begin to crop up again. It is not long before third-year student Takuru Miyashiro realizes a connection: the dates of the recent murders match those of the New Generation Madness incidents. He, along with several members of his school's newspaper club, decide to delve deeper into the mystery, only to find themselves stranded in the middle of a new crime scene themselves...

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Miyashiro, Takuru Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Onoe, Serika Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Kurusu, Nono Main

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Minamisawa, Senri Main

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Arimura, Hinae Supporting

Mimori, Suzuko Japanese

Kunosato, Mio Supporting

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Kazuki, Hana Supporting

Nakaya, Sayaka Japanese

Yamazoe, Uki Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Tachibana, Yui Supporting

Hara, Yumi Japanese

Itou, Shinji Supporting

Fujiwara, Yuuki Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Kaneko, Hayato Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

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Mar 29, 2017

KitsunehimeMilhi

Recommended

Just like its predecessor, Chaos;Child was very interesting to watch despite all the weird random events. There just times when having random things occur actually makes the show more interesting and attention grabbing.

The story flows better than it did in Chaos;Head. There's still a set of New Generation Madness murders, which happen on the exact same dates as the old ones, just occurring 6 years later. Takaru is the new main character who tries to solve these new cases along with help from his and members of his school's newspaper club. A bunch of weird events occur as ... they try to solve these cases and there is pretty distinct ways that most of the characters fit into the case. Unlike Chaos;Head though, the events in Chaos;Child flow much better, especially since there is not a few episodes around the start and middle that are centered around specific girls. Since the episodes flowed better, it allowed the psychological aspect to flourish much better.

The art is very well done. I noticed how well every background fit the scene along the way, but I really noticed how well done the art is during the last episode. The animation is very good as well and it's pretty consistent.

The sound is great. Every piece of music enhanced the mysterious tone of the anime and or helped to calm you down during more friendly scenes. I love the opening theme and the ending theme is really good.

The character aspect is another area where Chaos;Child beats out chaos;Head. Takaru was a bit more believable in terms of his actions and development. He was still somewhat easily frightened, at the beginning, but didn't isolate himself as much or deny everything that happened around him. Both Chaos;head and Chaos;child have protagonists that fit their roles very well, but Takaru is just a bit better. Serika was probably the second most developed. Her personality almost completely changes towards the end from how she was at the start, but it improved her character and added a lot more detail that helped the anime progress smoothly. Besides those two, I didn't find many faults in other characters, but I'd rather not write about a third or half page just describing the characters.

Overall, I looked forward to watching the new episodes every week and I never felt like an episode was just a huge disappointment. I love Chaos;head too, but Chaos;child just has higher quality stuff in every category; my scores only differ by 1 point though so no offense if you like Chaos;head better. I definitely recommend watching this if you like psychological anime, since it's not filled with tons of worthless information that seems to only have the purpose of making fake drama/suspense; I'm talking about a so called, "classic" anime here, that will remain nameless in this review. So check it out if you like the genre and don't worry, the harem part is pretty much non-existent; I don't even know why the show has the tag.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 1, 2020

Okabekiyouma

Mixed Feelings

One of the most hated anime of winter 2017 is an anime that tries to be short yet phenomenal. Being in a shared universe of Steins;Gate (SciAdv series), the expectation for this anime were high as it should be. But there was always curse of having Chaos in the title. Its prequel anime, Chaos; Head is infamously known for adapting great VN into incoherent mess. Most of the people like to believe Chaos;Child is somewhat better than Chaos;Head adaptation and they are probably right. But Chaos;Head has its merits in the fact that it had good opening episodes which somewhat portrayed the unique environment of ... VN. This is where Chaos;Child fails miserably.

Story:
As a VN reader, I think Chaos;Child has unique story and is just as good(if not better) as Steins;Gate. The story has a major flaw that it can't be adapted into anime as coherent linear story, period. Chaos;Child's story warrants it to be not adapted into linear story. It just doesn't work. The story is phenomenal in VN, but the anime just skips out every single detail and at times changes the theme of the story. In an anime where fights are not even a major part of the story, it tries to detail fights in expense of story and fails miserably at that. Some of the character revelation is just not there or changed beyond acceptable. This hurts the story because as much as it seems, Chaos;Child is not a plot-driven show. The whole point of the story is about the character study of MC.

Art:
Its art is very disappointing. Characters CGs in VN are on different level and anime is not even half of that. They took one of the best character, Arimura and ruined her. Please check out VN art for Arimura. Animation is just mess, it feels choppy and weird and kills some of the best moments in VN. On another note, the direction and artistic choice for certain scenes are great. Its OP, albeit poorly animated has some great direction. Black and white choice for certain cuts work in favor of said scenes. But overall, it has weak art and animation.

Sound:
While the anime did story and characters bad, it excels in this department. Uncontrollable is one of the best Itou's songs. (On a side note, Fictional Youth, VN OP is great)

Character:
The characters of Chaos;Child are not bad, anime treats them badly. It cuts out their motivations, behaviors, reactions to certain events and make them bland. Takuru is not a bland MC, the entire point of this story is his character development. I'd like to detail things, but I don't want to spoil any aspects of the story.

Enjoyment:
It was mildly enjoyable and got me into VN.

Final Verdict:
Don't watch the anime. If you can, please read VN.
If you've watched anime and are wondering if you should read VN, you definitely should. There is a lot to look forward.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 31, 2017

LaLeLuLiLo

Not Recommended

Chaos;Child is the sequel to the anime to Chaos;Head that aired 8 years ago which is more or less the time gap between the two shows in series. after the events of chaos;Head, where at the end of that show a major earthquake had struck the town, by the time Chaos;child starts most of the city has already been rebuilt.

Story- the story follows Takaru and the all the members of the newspaper club as they start to notice and investigate strange deaths that have occurred in the city recently. after connecting some dots they realize that the murders happening right now are similar to the ... ones that occurred 6 years ago in Chaos;head. the show then follows the group investigating the deaths and where the next possible murder will take place. the show reveals that there's more to the murders than a simple copycat as human experimentation and psychic powers are thrown into the mix, which is all well until you remember that this is chaos;child. the show reverts back to gilgomaniac and di-swords while also puling of plot twists after plot twist to keep the viewer entertained, but in the end feel ridiculous and contrived. a lot of the mystery of the show is ruined as many of the clues are just handed to them or solved in to most convenient way that it just feels impossible. also the antagonist just reveals who they are by the end of the show through exposition and info-dumping, and their motivation for all this being plain ridiculous. only for that to be topped of by the ending that is a bit sour&sweet but is mostly lacking and inconclusive.
3/10

Characters- what the show does better than it's predecessor is with its characters. Takaru is more of a proactive character as he wants to investigate these murders even if they might be dangerous. you get an idea for his motivation, but the failure in that is that it is revealed by another person. most of the cast like the previous show mostly consist of women. what sets them apart is that several do extend a bit beyond the usual arc-type that they are placed in, although this is for a few which leads to other characters having limited screen time and dialogue(if they had any at all) then what they needed in order to become proper characters. since most of the show is riddled with plot twist so are the characters in the show as several characters have personality switches in order to appease the plot, because it was a ruse all along. in the end most if not all the characters are 2-dimensional at best.
4/10

art/animation- the art and animation are better than it's predecessor. the background setting and the character designs look a bit more polished. the animation looks more fluid even if there's not much happening in the show in terms of actions. yet than again this is pretty standard for modern anime which I've said enough times that it's not even worth repeating for each modern anime now
7/10

Sound- not much worth mentioning. the soundtracks are mostly plain and forgettable. the voice acting is decent and better than the annoying voice acting from chaos;head.
6/10

enjoyment- the show was rather interesting at first, but as soon as it hit the halfway mark it was very unsatisfactory.
4/10

overall it's better than Chaos;Head, but being better still doesn't make this show any good
4/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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