Build Divide: Code Black

Neo Kyoto is a place where everything is decided through the card game "Build Divide." From resolving personal conflicts to determining social status, success in Build Divide means success in life. The biggest ambition of every player is to become the King, whose peerless skills grant them near-total rule over the city.

One day, a young man wakes up in Neo Kyoto—with the knowledge of just his name, Teruto Kurabe, and carrying only a deck for a card game he no longer knows. Teruto soon encounters another player, Sakura Banka, who helps him remember both how to play Build Divide and his original mission: that no matter what, he must meet the King. Teaming up together, Teruto and Sakura find that their best chance for a royal audience is with the Rebuild tournament, where the one who collects twenty-one tokens from other competitors can challenge the King for their throne. However, as Teruto continues to play, he begins to regain his lost memories that call into question the very nature of Neo Kyoto.

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Banka, Sakura Main

Watabe, Sayumi Japanese

Kurabe, Teruto Main

Uemura, Yuuto Japanese

Kurabe, Kikka Supporting

Serizawa, Yuu Japanese

Munenashi, Hiyori Supporting

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Enjou, Naomitsu Supporting

Tamaru, Atsushi Japanese

Higuma, Mario Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Ishinome, Tatsumi Supporting

Matsukaze, Masaya Japanese

Nakayama, Nobuhiro Producer

Yamamoto, Kou Producer

Komada, Yuki Director, Storyboard, Original Character Design

Handa, Daiki Episode Director, Storyboard

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Mar 13, 2022

unik90

Recommended

might contain (spoilers) probably one of my fav animes
Wow when I started watching this anime I was expecting some low quality, yugioh card game anime rip off but what I got is one of the best animes in this season,
Story is really good its follows of our Mc who lost his memories but only remember one things to defend the king no matter, he meets some friends along the way but the world around them is very believable and the story is very interesting every episode you discover something new and it's never gets old

Art
Is a banger I love the art and fan ... services done right, the animation is pretty smooth considering the budget of this anime and they done some amazing job with it so good job on the animation studio

Sounds is outstanding
Is shorts words it's amazing I really wish I could download the ost of this anime it's really a great, and it's fitting to the anime style and when the battle starts fighting up and ost is also destroying it, I really like it

The characters
Its hit or miss but I guess They never miss huh, (I'm sorry I will stop)
They are pretty good, it's what you expect from every anime the younger student who follows up his Senpai, the girls who pretend to not like the Mc but she do, the sister who very close to her brother, some dude who will show up for one episode, and of course the one and only the edge Mc protagonist, but I really like them they don't feel forced at all and every character make sense and got their own story and motivation

Enjoyment
I really enjoy it, to the point where I watched episode 4 5 times in roll, and each time I got chiils on the battle and the sound tracks, the voice acting was excellent,
Over all i give this anime an 9/10 I would recommend it to anyone who likes anime or who is a fan of cards game, there are story in there but the ost, voice acting, the style of the anime make it worth a watch
Anyway thanks for reading my reviews as always stay safe and keep watching anime bye bye

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 30, 2023

meowmurder

Mixed Feelings

Wow, what a bizarre show. There is a pretty decent story in this show but unfortunately the show was also tasked with trying to sell you a card game and you are forced to watch it. I can't honestly say that this anime is objectively good but it still surprised me. Most people will drop this show while watching it but I'm glad I at least watched it to the end for the good parts.

Another thing about this show I can say for certain, at the end of this show you will either feel like your time was completely wasted or like feel like the ... plot slammed you from the tightropes or came out from the side and hit you with a chair. My preconceptions of it blindsighted me a bit which is why I was pleasantly surprised the show had some substances to it.

Its just a show about card games, right?

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 25, 2021

YeeYeeAss

Not Recommended

Fun concept but fails to deliver

It has been ages since I have seen an anime with card games as the main concept. Last was Yu-Gi-Oh which was great. Where this show fails to capture the fun that card games really are. I think it is mainly because the mess this show is.

Let's see. When I was watching the first episode it certainly seemed like a fun idea and it was good for the first episode because we got to see how the world works and how the game itself works. It had many unique ideas but the games kinda just over used them. Like with ... Shot Triggers and burst triggers which can alter the games quite heavily. But after the first few fights, all the fights were just identical. The same shit happened in every fight which made it boring.

Story could be better. We just followed our MC Teruto who was gathering these chips, and when you have enough chips you are allowed to challenge this King who is just the best player or something. Over the journey we see Teruto fight identical fights which made everything just not intense

The Opening honestly slaps but it is EGOIST so of course it is bound to be good

So, I wouldn't recommend this show really to anyone. The concept is cool but it is at the end boring

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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