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Oct 17, 2021 1:57 PM

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I have no idea what I watched. There was breathing more than there was a dialogue. I will continue with it. Maybe it will be more solid later on.
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Nov 18, 2021 12:21 PM

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I guess the lizard at the end means the guy will replace his hand somehow. The whole scene with Ran "leading" the mustache man reminded me of a sequence from Shuji Terayama's "Grass Labyrinth". Specifically the gesture.
Nov 28, 2021 9:05 AM

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Jun 2020
1628
Lol, wtf. This is definitely a bizarre show. I didn't really get SEL, but I hope I can wrap my brain around this one.
Dec 20, 2021 11:55 AM

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Talking about an bizarre beginning for a steam-punk kinda story (or at least that's what I got from here).
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Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End
nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites.
Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!

Dec 28, 2021 4:30 PM

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Feb 2021
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That was quite the opening episode. I really like how prevalent this show's arthouse aspect is so far, though hopefully I'll actually understand things this time unlike lain
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Feb 2, 2022 3:53 AM

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Dec 2018
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really wish the places i watched it in aren't the only ones because to add to the confusion it was garbled and pixelated as all hell, really hard to see what's going on
i hope this doesn't turn out to be some tryhard toodeep4me pretentious crap like so much other artsy fartsy nonsense out there (looking at you death stranding, what a disaster) so i'll stick with it
Mar 24, 2022 12:32 AM

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Dec 2021
582
does a really good job at setting up the atmosphere, looking forward to more and also the nihilism that people mention
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Sep 13, 2022 4:24 PM
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Jan 2018
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It's some pretentious stuff. Maybe I'm a brainless adhd junkie that just wants to watch the immediate gratification of action that is shounen but if the story isn't captivating in the first couple of minutes than the viewer loses interest relatively easily. In addition, providing no context while showing disturbing imagery is no means an effective plot device but rather shock value that loses its novelty quickly. Maybe I'll revisit this and be proven wrong but for now it's in a backlog of if I have time.
Sep 16, 2022 12:19 PM
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Aug 2018
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нихуя не понятно
Sep 30, 2022 2:35 AM

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Jul 2020
1648
Well, this sucked.
Guess I'll give it several more episodes only cuz there's so many positive reviews about this show out there...
Oct 27, 2022 12:35 AM
scientia exitus

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Mar 2020
5995
Now this is you open up and introduce a fcking anime


NYANPASU
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Nov 1, 2022 5:44 PM
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Nov 2020
3
Cool introduction
Nov 9, 2022 2:07 PM
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Apr 2020
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Ngl, probs the weirdest start to an anime, barely any dialogue and some creepy ass scenes but I guess that's the way the creator intended it to be
Nov 30, 2022 4:37 PM

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I'm rewatching this after some long-ass time, and I remembered this episode as completely silent, but I was actually wrong. Interestingly enough, it's mostly the main character that's got no voice, and I'm thinking that it's a way to liken him to a wild beast - as he is living like one at the moment.

The exception is Ran, who seems to be an oracle-like figure, which might explain her lack of speech in a different way.
Dec 5, 2022 9:50 PM

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Sep 2017
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very bad pilot. The animation sucked even worse and couldnt make head or tails of who was doing what. dropped.

Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate.


I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death.


Dec 23, 2022 9:20 AM

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Sep 2020
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Boring ass episode.
Dec 23, 2022 9:19 PM

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Jun 2020
297
Rewatched this quite a while back and I'm now completely serious when I say that this is the best pilot episode of any anime I've ever watched. Absolutely fucking incredible. People who don't understand or appreciate this do not understand the incredible complexities and foreshadowing of meditative nihilism. The animation is brilliant and the cinematography is very cinematic. Great use of sound and shot composition. Brilliant. It all felt so short yet so long, I loved this. Really proves itself to be the best anime I've ever watched after the mammoth of anime, Monster.


Mar 6, 2023 2:27 PM

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Dec 2022
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The first half this episode was by far the most uncomfortable sequence of scenes I've seen in anime. Maybe that was due to all the breathing. The latter half of the episode seems to be taking on a more cohesive narrative, even if it's still incredibly vague. Hopefully it follows from there.

Obviously the backgrounds and atmosphere are top-notch as well. The grungy, ruined urban environment is the perfect framework for engaging media.
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Shaded Horizon


Apr 21, 2023 6:48 PM

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Feb 2016
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and here we go again
May 3, 2023 7:25 PM

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May 2020
73
You have to be on serious drugs to enjoy this hot trash, smh madhouse smfh...
Aug 18, 2023 6:25 PM
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Aug 2023
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Extremely slow introduction and hasn't necessarily grabbed my attention quite yet but the themes and art style is one of a kind
Sep 23, 2023 6:18 AM
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Jan 2018
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I was warned this anime is a slow burn, but I actively disliked the whole episode. I don't find slavery and retaliation interesting when it's told this way. None of the characters are compelling or interesting and I don't know enough about the world to care about it either.

Actually this anime reminds me of a mecha anime I dropped, M3. Bones has plenty of anime for fans that prefer not to have any idea what's going on in the story. But at least Bones gives its characters personality. I rarely drop anime so I will watch a couple more episodes before I make a decision.
Feb 23, 4:48 PM
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Jan 2007
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Okay. Time to watch another one of those animes I'm sure I'll hate. God created me so I can suffer on this earth.
Mar 29, 3:57 PM

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Nov 2020
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The first half of the first episode had absolutely no dialogue, I felt such relief when I finally heard the first word.
Apr 10, 2:36 PM
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Jun 2023
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I can tell this one is gonna be kino.
Jun 27, 4:49 PM

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Jul 2021
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Though a very confusing start it was still quite interesting with everything that happened. Also i dont think i have seen many shows with so little dialogue in there opening episode.

With so little talking throughout it was nice to get immersed in the atmosphere of everything, and trying to figure out what's going on. With everything that happened I really liked the setting of were we are, though we may not know the name the location is quite cool.

The main character who I'm gonna assume is that guy we see throughout, is interesting to say the least. Though he doesn't talk throughout the way he's acting and portrayed says a lot about who he is.


Jul 21, 1:37 PM

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Aug 18, 1:20 PM
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Dec 2017
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I understood very little, but I am going to keep watching.
Oct 4, 3:07 PM
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Sep 2024
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too obscure? does not make any sense.
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