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Jan 5, 2019 12:57 AM

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It's great that two episodes aired together. Otherwise I'd have lost my mind after watching the first episode lol.
So I had many questions and confusions after the first episode, but they answered those questions this time. This episode more or less managed to build up the world setting and what's actually going on.
Can't wait for the next episode.
Jan 5, 2019 12:59 AM

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shibainsu said:
wow the anime was too fast I'm so confused but I like it

I forgot all the names of the characters lol :(
Same here lol. It took me 2 episodes to get ahold of this show :3
Jan 5, 2019 2:16 AM
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shiro_kai said:
Is this rushed or am I just too dumb? I just can't follow.
I felt the same way lol. The story telling is out of order.

Ok I watched the eps one last time for my own understanding of the plot. I’ve confirmed that the animation is quite terrible.
Jan 5, 2019 3:03 AM
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Jan 5, 2019 3:30 AM

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I'm sure I'll catch flak for this opinion, and people will think that "I'm just too dumb to understand, or too impatient for a mystery!", but I really don't like this series so far.

What I love:
- The OST. Both the OP and ED are catchy and stylish, but the subtle music during the episode really fits the mood.
- Said mood. It's kinda melancholic, very serious, dark, but not overtly so. It's really hard to describe actually, but it really does have a unique atmosphere to it.

What is okay:
- The art style itself. It's a bit more realistic, and less "anime-esque", which is a welcome change.
- The voice acting. It's not great, but it's not bad either.
- The general premise. It could be an interesting story.

What I hate:
- The animation. It's lazy and sometimes even ugly. But most importantly, it's just not interesting at all! It's so boring to look at, even though I like the style they were going for. But it doesn't wow me at all.
- Non-linear story-telling. It CAN be great, and I suppose I have to wait whether it really pulls off the big reveals etc. later on. But so far it just seems to be non-linear for the sake of being unique, it doesn't really add anything. But of course pseudo-intellectual elitists eat this shit up and jerk off while they call others simply too stupid to understand, thinking they themselves are some kind of genius. Fun fact: I watched Haruhi in chronological order and still enjoyed it a lot. I guess I am just a freak.
- The characters. Being emotionless or not having any personality at all is NOT an interesting character trait. I don't remember any of their names, not because I am a stupid pleb, but because I couldn't care less. I was so thoroughly bored by these guys and girls, I simply couldn't be bothered. Going for a more "realistic" tone is fine and all, but you still need to make someone relatable or otherwise interesting. Right now it's like watching cardboard cutouts act on the screen.

I might check out future episodes if I have time or my curiosity is piqued for some reason, but I am not thrilled by this anime at all. Which is a shame, because I really like horror and mysteries and can enjoy some good dementia, too.

If you like this anime, I can recommend Paranoia Agent and Serial Experiments Lain, which I liked a lot. The latter really has a unique atmosphere, much like this series, while the former is a bit more interesting imho when it comes to the actual mystery. And if you're looking for some great psychological / dementia clusterfuck, you should of course check out Neon Genesis Evangelion. Which is a lot more mainstream and anime-like.

Just my two cents. Not hating or anything, I just personally am not hooked at all and thought I'd share my opinion. Maybe someone can convince me to give it another chance with some great arguments. I don't mind being spoiled btw, as long as you tag it properly so others don't get spoiled.
Jan 5, 2019 3:40 AM
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cptlee39 said:
I'm sure I'll catch flak for this opinion, but I really don't like this series so far.
- Non-linear story-telling. It CAN be great, and I suppose I have to wait whether it really pulls off the big reveals etc. later on. But of course pseudo-intellectual elitists eat this shit up and jerk off while they call others simply too stupid to understand, thinking they themselves are some kind of genius. I guess I am just a freak.
Going for a more "realistic" tone is fine and all,


I can recommend Paranoia, which I liked a lot.

Not hating or anything, I just personally am not hooked at all and thought I'd share my opinion.

I like men who can both create an argument and solve it themselves. Well done.
See you again when you have viewed other episodes.
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Jan 5, 2019 3:50 AM

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Pretty intriguing so far!
Jan 5, 2019 4:30 AM

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Wow.

So there is a will/entity in the universe, and they sent Echoes to test humanity (we are done for lol), but he was caught by some government, and they even made a copy of him. This copy got to that school, and was seen as he was trying to become that girl to blend into society. He decided to become the guy who saw it instead because it would be "better", so he is a male if they even have this distinction, but the boy made a deal with this Manticore, and now the man-eater monster is pretty much in love with him, and doing whatever he says.

There was even more than this, but this was good. Now that the monster has an explanation for its existence and stuff, Boogiepop is the biggest mystery here, though there are still some stuff I'm not so sure about, this really caught my attention, I hope this continues like this.
Jan 5, 2019 5:19 AM

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cptlee39 said:

What I hate:
- The animation. It's lazy and sometimes even ugly. But most importantly, it's just not interesting at all! It's so boring to look at, even though I like the style they were going for. But it doesn't wow me at all.
- Non-linear story-telling. It CAN be great, and I suppose I have to wait whether it really pulls off the big reveals etc. later on. But so far it just seems to be non-linear for the sake of being unique, it doesn't really add anything. But of course pseudo-intellectual elitists eat this shit up and jerk off while they call others simply too stupid to understand, thinking they themselves are some kind of genius. Fun fact: I watched Haruhi in chronological order and still enjoyed it a lot. I guess I am just a freak.
- The characters. Being emotionless or not having any personality at all is NOT an interesting character trait. I don't remember any of their names, not because I am a stupid pleb, but because I couldn't care less. I was so thoroughly bored by these guys and girls, I simply couldn't be bothered. Going for a more "realistic" tone is fine and all, but you still need to make someone relatable or otherwise interesting. Right now it's like watching cardboard cutouts act on the screen.

Agree with all of this.
I didn't find it confusing, but it really felt like the linearity was messed up in some places just to look cool and that took away most of the tension this episode could've had.

My biggest problem with this series so far is that there were a bunch of freaky elements thrown in but no real attention was given to any of them. Aliens? Sure, just give their backstory to me in an info dump by a bland nobody. Boogiepop itself? Have it show up only in the first episode and literally do nothing but give an info dump. Psychopath kid that somehow thinks he can rule the world just because his new buddy can eat people? Yeeeah, some kids are just weird, make no effort to even hint at his reasons.

Also, the fact that Echoes can just repeat what other people say seems dumb. The reason given is that he can find out whether or not people are kind without talking to them, but was that really necessary? Why did his alien buddies do that to him? Couldn't they have figured out that would just make his life harder and not actually help his mission in any way?
Jan 5, 2019 5:40 AM
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Lul-oppa said:
cptlee39 said:
- Non-linear story-telling. It CAN be great, and I suppose I have to wait whether it really pulls off the big reveals etc. later on. But so far it just seems to be non-linear for the sake of being unique, it doesn't really add anything. But of course pseudo-intellectual elitists eat this shit up and jerk off while they call others simply too stupid to understand, thinking they themselves are some kind of genius. Fun fact: I watched Haruhi in chronological order and still enjoyed it a lot. I guess I am just a freak.
- The characters. Being emotionless or not having any personality at all is NOT an interesting character trait. I don't remember any of their names, not because I am a stupid pleb, but because I couldn't care less. I was so thoroughly bored by these guys and girls, I simply couldn't be bothered. Going for a more "realistic" tone is fine and all, but you still need to make someone relatable or otherwise interesting. Right now it's like watching cardboard cutouts act on the screen.

If you like this anime, I can recommend Paranoia Agent and Serial Experiments Lain, which I liked a lot. The latter really has a unique atmosphere, much like this series, while the former is a bit more interesting imho when it comes to the actual mystery. And if you're looking for some great psychological / dementia clusterfuck, you should of course check out Neon Genesis Evangelion. Which is a lot more mainstream and anime-like.
I have seen both Paranoia Agent and Lain. As well as Evangelion. And a bunch of other psychological or lesser mainstream anime (Utena, Tatami Galaxy, Perfect Blue, etc). Even Haruhi (which btw I prefer to watch in its original broadcast order, ie out of order). I find it odd for you to suggest Paranoia or Lain or Evangelion when you don't know what the new Boogiepop anime is about... I'd say Boogiepop offers something that those series do not.

The non-linear narrative here is not solely for style. It's there as a way to keep viewers in the dark and have them slowly unravel the mystery of what is going on. If you have seen Baccano before, it is similar in style. I strongly urge you to remember character names/faces/who they are or you won't be able to follow the plot when it cuts to a new scene or when a time skip happens. Right now your brain is probably not engaged at all (you didn't try to keep track of the characters... which is the key thing you should do atm). That is why you find most of the show bland. There are subtle hints that suggest something about the characters: Suema (girl in glasses) for some reason is reading criminal psychology books. Saotome (the guy working with manticore) is happy to die. Takeda from episode one is a student that isn't studying for college exams (whereas most other students are). Kamikishiro (girl who meets Echoes on the street) was kind enough to help him when most people would not. Etc

In their defense, the character design is quite overlapping. I had hard time remembering what is that psycho kid until they have shown his girlfriend, and I remembered they were walking past the good guy together. If anything, 20 years later they could have done some adjustments or details to make the characters differentiable from each other.
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Jan 5, 2019 5:53 AM

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I hope this doesn't end up like RErideD, that anime started really good but ended up turning into a dumpster fire.
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Jan 5, 2019 6:07 AM

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Another interesting episode.

Jan 5, 2019 6:10 AM

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Man, I hate it when cute girls are getting slaughtered. :/

Jan 5, 2019 6:25 AM

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I don't understand the hate. I loved those two episodes

Jan 5, 2019 6:27 AM

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Good thing they posted these episodes back to back. The first episode made no sense on it's own but the second helps make things less confusing.

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Jan 5, 2019 6:43 AM
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Lul-oppa said:
Daniel_Naumov said:
In their defense, the character design is quite overlapping. I had hard time remembering what is that psycho kid until they have shown his girlfriend, and I remembered they were walking past the good guy together. If anything, 20 years later they could have done some adjustments or details to make the characters differentiable from each other.
Maybe you were expecting the male chara in the first ep to be the main character so when you saw another brown haired chara in the second ep you assumed it was the same person. Their designs look quite different to me. Saotome especially has sorta larger, whack eyes. Also, if you kept track of their names... you would not mix them up.
Except the names are brought up rarely, twice per episode. I do now remember them, that it was established those were two different male characters.
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Jan 5, 2019 6:48 AM
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Tokoya said:
Just because a lot of people are confused as hell, that doesn't mean that all of us weren't able to figure things out

All this shows is that a lot of us are simply not used to watching/reading stories that are portrayed in a non-linear fashion, and so unless its all spoofed to us, we won't get it unless we actually take the time out to pay attention and put the pieces together ourselves

Its quite easy to follow once you actually look back at things and a post on the second page did just that too...The pacing is fine
I'm sure you'll be able to put the pieces together in the end. But what I mean by clusterfuck here is that because they skip a lot of details, some things just make less sense compared to the novel. I'm pretty sure you'll get what I mean if you read the first 2 chapters of the novel.
I didn't mean to say "haha bet you guys don't get what this anime trying to say bcs y'all idiots", but I'm just trying to say that this anime could have been better if they put the details here. I know for some reason they couldn't do that, maybe cost, or time, or something. But you know, I'm just a disappointed fan.
I dont know what was skipped since I'm anime only this time around, but even then, it hardly seems like whatever it was that they left out mattered all that much since I'm pretty certain that the main idea of this arc is still in tact, hence why it's not really THAT confusing plot wise or character motive wise

It's okay for viewers to have to think and analyze situations like this in an anime.....Just make an effort to do it lol, I'm sure most of us aren't children
Jan 5, 2019 6:55 AM
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Daniel_Naumov said:
Lul-oppa said:
I have seen both Paranoia Agent and Lain. As well as Evangelion. And a bunch of other psychological or lesser mainstream anime (Utena, Tatami Galaxy, Perfect Blue, etc). Even Haruhi (which btw I prefer to watch in its original broadcast order, ie out of order). I find it odd for you to suggest Paranoia or Lain or Evangelion when you don't know what the new Boogiepop anime is about... I'd say Boogiepop offers something that those series do not.

The non-linear narrative here is not solely for style. It's there as a way to keep viewers in the dark and have them slowly unravel the mystery of what is going on. If you have seen Baccano before, it is similar in style. I strongly urge you to remember character names/faces/who they are or you won't be able to follow the plot when it cuts to a new scene or when a time skip happens. Right now your brain is probably not engaged at all (you didn't try to keep track of the characters... which is the key thing you should do atm). That is why you find most of the show bland. There are subtle hints that suggest something about the characters: Suema (girl in glasses) for some reason is reading criminal psychology books. Saotome (the guy working with manticore) is happy to die. Takeda from episode one is a student that isn't studying for college exams (whereas most other students are). Kamikishiro (girl who meets Echoes on the street) was kind enough to help him when most people would not. Etc

In their defense, the character design is quite overlapping. I had hard time remembering what is that psycho kid until they have shown his girlfriend, and I remembered they were walking past the good guy together. If anything, 20 years later they could have done some adjustments or details to make the characters differentiable from each other.
I found the character designs for the ones that mattered to be unique enough from each other, the problem I had was remembering people's names (Although, that's a problem that I have a lot these days IRL so that also adds to my problem lol).

I think apart from Nagi, Boogiepop, Touka and Echoes, everyone's else's name was only said like twice maximum lol
Jan 5, 2019 6:56 AM

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hmm did not expect two episodes like this..now there are even aliens now...what is really happening hmm
Jan 5, 2019 7:00 AM
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Tokoya said:
Daniel_Naumov said:

In their defense, the character design is quite overlapping. I had hard time remembering what is that psycho kid until they have shown his girlfriend, and I remembered they were walking past the good guy together. If anything, 20 years later they could have done some adjustments or details to make the characters differentiable from each other.
I found the character designs for the ones that mattered to be unique enough from each other, the problem I had was remembering people's names (Although, that's a problem that I have a lot these days IRL so that also adds to my problem lol).

I think apart from Nagi, Boogiepop, Touka and Echoes, everyone's else's name was only said like twice maximum lol

That is actually true, the boys names were mentioned twice both. I guess they are not really main characters, which is why the other names get mentioned quite more.
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Jan 5, 2019 7:16 AM

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as someone who read the original LN, i don't think it's too bad so far, although i feel like it could also be better, for people who go into this series blind i think it could be confusing. i'm also not a big fan of the character designs and the animation :(
Jan 5, 2019 7:20 AM

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This episode was better than the first, which was in my opinion kinda dumb specially at the end. Like , the guy didnt even talk that much to the mysterious entity and was already all sad while calling her a friend, uhm.. okay..?
As i said, episode two adds much more to the mystery and it made me a bit interested to learn more but even so im still not really into it, we'll see how the story goes.
Opening and ending are amazing though!
Jan 5, 2019 9:01 AM
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So... are manticore and Echoes the same entity playing with people around it? Because... at the end we see Echoes in the same place where manticore's eating its victims... or is it a different storage?

I don't know, it's good, but I hope it'll get better.
Jan 5, 2019 9:21 AM
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So... are manticore and Echoes the same entity playing with people around it? Because... at the end we see Echoes in the same place where manticore's eating its victims... or is it a different storage?

I don't know, it's good, but I hope it'll get better.

It is a different storage. Manticore is the name given by the psycho kid (Saotome) to the copy of Echoes. Manticore is already dead, but that's about it about what we know from these 2 episodes.
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Jan 5, 2019 10:08 AM

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That kind girl made this episode much better
Jan 5, 2019 10:39 AM
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Daniel_Naumov said:
marzus said:
So... are manticore and Echoes the same entity playing with people around it? Because... at the end we see Echoes in the same place where manticore's eating its victims... or is it a different storage?

I don't know, it's good, but I hope it'll get better.

It is a different storage. Manticore is the name given by the psycho kid (Saotome) to the copy of Echoes. Manticore is already dead, but that's about it about what we know from these 2 episodes.


Right, I get it now, thanks. Holy shit that's complex :d
Jan 5, 2019 11:55 AM

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Way more interesting than first episode although I got confused near the end
Jan 5, 2019 12:10 PM
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Daniel_Naumov said:
Lul-oppa said:
Maybe you were expecting the male chara in the first ep to be the main character so when you saw another brown haired chara in the second ep you assumed it was the same person. Their designs look quite different to me. Saotome especially has sorta larger, whack eyes. Also, if you kept track of their names... you would not mix them up.
Except the names are brought up rarely, twice per episode. I do now remember them, that it was established those were two different male characters.

No those dudes look different...now you're just stretching it or I have special eyes or something..I can understand people who have issues keeping up with the girls especially Manticore and miss Batgirl but you...aiiii...lol
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This episode was better than the first, which was in my opinion kinda dumb specially at the end. Like , the guy didnt even talk that much to the mysterious entity and was already all sad while calling her a friend, uhm.. okay..?
As i said, episode two adds much more to the mystery and it made me a bit interested to learn more but even so im still not really into it, we'll see how the story goes.
Opening and ending are amazing though!

(please don't make me defend this...it's hurting me)
I know right!! It's almost there was clearly a time jump or something

OK but seriously your issue is understandable... Ion the source material they talk to each other over a lengthy period of time and develop a sense of kinship which doesn't really adapt well into the anime with its lack of a sense of time. Since it only shows all certain characters see (In this case it's this dude only being aware of his girlfriend being possessed by Boogiepop) after other bits of the story have played out Boogiepop just tells this guy one day that he's done and it's goodbye
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Jan 5, 2019 12:13 PM
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It jump from one character to another and from one day to another, that is an abstruse and confusing timeline ... i already understand more, but still little more than nothing. For the moment, I'm not convinced.
Jan 5, 2019 12:20 PM

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So this manticore is a copy of an alien? it looked like a man! is it gender fluid? cuz she/he is in love with that psycho boy for some reason and acts very girly now!
and one more question is she/he dead? i mean the scene that boogiepop say good bye to that boy TAkada(or whatever his name was i don remember) is it from far future and it is dead? or its from past and boogiepop just let the humans solve this problem?
Jan 5, 2019 12:27 PM

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am i the only one that had to re watch both the episodes to get a better understanding :p
Jan 5, 2019 12:36 PM
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This show is interesting so far, hope they release another 2 episode next week.
that is unfortunate that we can't get that
Jan 5, 2019 12:38 PM
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Elcru said:


Boogiepop would simply not work if they told it in a linear fashion. Reasons for this is because each chapter or episode shows different characters with different POV which sometimes their actions causes a chain reaction in the story


What about the scene where Kirima Nagi atacked the girl in the street, they could have just continued the scene but instead they cut to a girl being killed in a alley. There was no need for that.
There was, because the girl being killed is happening in the past. They later on finished that scene too. I don't know why it is a problem smh.
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JudoJD said:
Daniel_Naumov said:
Except the names are brought up rarely, twice per episode. I do now remember them, that it was established those were two different male characters.

No those dudes look different...now you're just stretching it or I have special eyes or something..I can understand people who have issues keeping up with the girls especially Manticore and miss Batgirl but you...aiiii...lol

..I-I will take it as a confirmation I am special and feel scared.
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Suspense didn't quite work for me.It feels kinda slow, I'll be watching a couple more episodes and hope that it get's better.
So they decided to focus on the "good guys" episode 1 and now the "bad guys" at episode 2 which lead me thinking that episode 3 may be the two groups collide episode .
I don't typically read manga so if I get anything right please don't tell me.
Jan 5, 2019 1:20 PM
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I don’t know how I feel about the series so far, everything just feels really emotionless maybe it’s just the animation or intentional idk.
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So this manticore is a copy of an alien? it looked like a man! is it gender fluid? cuz she/he is in love with that psycho boy for some reason and acts very girly now!
and one more question is she/he dead? i mean the scene that boogiepop say good bye to that boy TAkada(or whatever his name was i don remember) is it from far future and it is dead? or its from past and boogiepop just let the humans solve this problem?

Quite simple questions.
The Manticore is a government clone of Echoes, who is an alien lifeform that presumably came to Earth to test the humanity (humanity failed). There is no merit in assuming other lifeforms outside Earth follow the same principle - gender dualism. Echoes simply took a form of a human, and government cloned him as such. In the mind of his clone, even more so, there is no innate difference between a male and female existence, as Manticore is a copy of something undefined to begin with. The "love" comes from a different place - Manticore feels needed by Saotome, who is just a psycho manipulating Manticore to do his bidding. However, a clone which must have been greatly abused in the government facility, is only affected by Saotome as Psycho kid has shown Manticore something like compassion and given it meaning to existence. Lastly, Manticore can change genders through eating its victims, which does not make it gender fluid but rather makes the concept of gender irrelevant (only 2 (TWO) genders).
Manticore is already dealt with, as you can see it hanging from the power lines(?) during some scene transitions. Someone else outside Boogiepop has dealt with Manticore, and in episode 3 we are supposed to receive a whole picture of what has actually transpired. Boogiepop is claimed to be a natural phenomenon manifesting in people in places where something is too amiss, so after the whole man-eater business is done there is no need for him to occupy the girl-friend of that nice guy Kazama? His name was said exactly twice.
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JudoJD said:
AyumiVk said:
This episode was better than the first, which was in my opinion kinda dumb specially at the end. Like , the guy didnt even talk that much to the mysterious entity and was already all sad while calling her a friend, uhm.. okay..?
As i said, episode two adds much more to the mystery and it made me a bit interested to learn more but even so im still not really into it, we'll see how the story goes.
Opening and ending are amazing though!

(please don't make me defend this...it's hurting me)
I know right!! It's almost there was clearly a time jump or something


Its not like it was mentioned in the episode and even if it were, they didnt show it at all. I dont know if in the light novel or whatever they portrayed it better but at least in the anime it didnt make sense. And.. well i doubt it was that much time to make the guy be super sad like someone he knew for a long time had just died.
And no one is forcing you to defend it, you could have easily just not write that so why are you even complaining?
Jan 5, 2019 1:37 PM

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JiangHaoyi1979 said:
If that manticor killed Naoko, then who is that girl Nagi takling to?????

Have you perhaps considered that the scenes are not in chronological order?
You all need to watch Nami.

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i'm so confused i can't tell the characters apart

who's the couple on the 2nd episode and were they on the 1st episode?
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i'm so confused i can't tell the characters apart

who's the couple on the 2nd episode and were they on the 1st episode?
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If people would also learn to read instead of typing the same question each new page...
The couple on the second episode you are referring to is either Saotome and Akiko(?) or Saotome and Manticore. Saotome and Akiko can be seen "dating" when the good guy is waiting for his girlfriend-turned-Boogiepop. Right after that, Saotome feeds her to Manticore and makes a walking drug producer out of her. Later, Manticore eats her because she outlives her usefulness. What we see in the first episode is the beginning and ending of the whole alien man-eater story. Second episode covers its first half.
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JiangHaoyi1979 said:
If that manticor killed Naoko, then who is that girl Nagi takling to?????

Have you perhaps considered that the scenes are not in chronological order?

MINDBLOWN AMARITE??
Some people are just several development stages below going for such series. Literally lacking brain procession power.
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why are you even complaining?

I don't know... You??
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What about the scene where Kirima Nagi atacked the girl in the street, they could have just continued the scene but instead they cut to a girl being killed in a alley. There was no need for that.
There was, because the girl being killed is happening in the past. They later on finished that scene too. I don't know why it is a problem smh.


I think its a problem because there was no point on cutting that scene just to flashback it 2 minutes later.
Jan 5, 2019 1:52 PM
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If people would also learn to read instead of typing the same question each new page...

well after reading subs for 45 minutes i kinda get tired of it lol,thanks

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First of all i would like to say i looked at boogiepop on 2 different players. The first player lacked a few frames and the animation didn't look smooth at all at that time i thought that this was anime and madhouse didn't do a very good job. Then I looked at boogiepop on another player and everything ran smoothly on this player so I would say that these rather not so good animations are on the player on which it looks like many boogiepop have looked... But I'm not sure about it



Everything fits very well to the atmosphere that boogiepop wants to build. Everything should be very realistic, simple, dreary and partly dark and you don't need any fancy character designs. In the real world not everyone looks completely different. That's why you confuse the characters, which was also the case with boogiepop the Phantom.

To the details loose faces in the background... everyone who knows durarara or similar animes of this kind probably knows what I mean. It's supposed to be a city feeling that's going to be built up...meaning you're one of many people you don't need to animate every face properly because it's just not necessary. So you can also save your budget better and save it for the action-heavy scenes.

When it comes to dialogue scenes you have to say that this anime is a very diaglogous heavy anime who expects pure action here is wrong here. For this reason there won't be much animation in the anime but if there is one I expect it to be very good from the trailers of the opening and the studio madhouse (which you've seen before) and that the action scenes are choreographed interestingly. If not then I would say eh madhouse what happened?

The current dialogue scene we've seen so far takes a lot of getting used to and I can absolutely understand that it takes some getting used to. Nevertheless, this design also fits to the atmosphere boogiepop wants to create...

You could still make these scenes a little more towering

If I were to compare boogiepop and the other with boogiepop phantom from animation designs etc.. I'd say it's all the same as boogiepop Phantom, just that everything has been more modernized. What I find a bit unfortunate is that the dark factor has been taken away and boogiepop doesn't seem so mysterious anymore, but that's just my opinion.



All in all who landed on action animes ala one punch one hopes with little content and dialogues is definitely wrong here

The anime will go towards durarara baccano shinsekai yori serial experiment lain. Means different story lines that at the end lead together and result in a great whole and it will be very dialogue intense with space of many interpretations.



This is what I can say from the first 2 episodes I have read the first arc in the manga that was adapted from the light novel and boogiepop Phantom watched

I'm curious who reads through it all xd
Jan 5, 2019 2:39 PM

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AyumiVk said:

why are you even complaining?

I don't know... You??


Well, at least i complained about an episode aspect in an episode discussion, and i even explained why. The other person just complained about my opinion like i didnt have the right to have my own lol, i dont care if you like the series, what i said is how i felt and its not like i just threw blind hate.
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AyumiVk said:
Daniel_Naumov said:


I don't know... You??


Well, at least i complained about an episode aspect in an episode discussion, and i even explained why. The other person just complained about my opinion like i didnt have the right to have my own lol, i dont care if you like the series, what i said is how i felt and its not like i just threw blind hate.

Well, fair enough.
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well that escalated quickly....i know it's from a different POV but i'm still so confused. i did enjoy it though!
Jan 5, 2019 4:17 PM

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FMmatron said:
Oh well, rip Naoko.

One thing that I prefer in this new adaptation is that it is less confusing compared to the 2000 series. Admittedly, it wasn't necessary to spoonfeed us so many infos right from the beginning, but it's better than being lost almost all the time.

The atmosphere on the other hand was way better in the older series. The tone here isn't bad, even kinda good, but nothing compared to how extremely intense the other one felt.

I'm still satisfied overall, let's see how it goes.


This is the actual first adaptation, the other anime was a original anime sequel to the first arc of the novel.
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FMmatron said:
Oh well, rip Naoko.

One thing that I prefer in this new adaptation is that it is less confusing compared to the 2000 series. Admittedly, it wasn't necessary to spoonfeed us so many infos right from the beginning, but it's better than being lost almost all the time.

The atmosphere on the other hand was way better in the older series. The tone here isn't bad, even kinda good, but nothing compared to how extremely intense the other one felt.

I'm still satisfied overall, let's see how it goes.


This is the actual first adaptation, the other anime was a original anime sequel to the first arc of the novel.



I actually know that, should've worded it properly.

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