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| Probably one of the better episode of the show. His monologues were pretty interesting. Struggled thru an entire day and arrived at his answer. Overall, there were plenty of problems I have for this series. The spoilers of the order of elimination in the OP and ED destroyed the gimmick of the show (no main character that the viewers follow -> unpredictable outcome in fights). The reasons for downfall of most heroes are repetitive (letting their guard down). The animation quality dropped immensely in latter half of the series. No backstory for Rabbit (the biggest threat of the series). The only decent thing I could think of is the Tiger & Ox relationships. Overall: 4/10 |
| Pretty interesting episode,seeing Rat struggle to came up with a wish and portraying it in that manner was not really what I was expecting as a final when I picked up this show,but it fulfilled it's purpose,even tho his wish was indeed a disappointment. Nice show overall, fresh concept,execution was lacking,tho. 6/10 |
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| Pfft I skipped to the end, what is this worthless character =/ |
| Be thankful for the wisdom granted to you. |
| I expected this type of ending, and i enjoyed it nonetheless. 7/10 |
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| I never really understood why anyone would wish to forget, it's like annihilating yourself. |
| Best episode, but still an underwhelming ending. I think Juuni Taisen's strongest points are the way it portrays its characters and their backstories, as well as the philosophical ideas that it touches upon. But ultimately it leaves you feeling empty and wondering "what the heck was point of all that?". There's just not enough in here to make this a worthwhile watch imo. It's a 6 or a 7 for me. |
Illyricus said: my amigo illy solid synopsis i agree as well but also a few points man so if the 2nd novel gets announced i wonder if a new studio would handle it, so did nisio like watch over this project and oversee everything say such as for example a george rr martin would with early seasons of GOT? or did they just sign a contract with him and went about adapting it how they see fit? when another adaptation comes from nisio best believe ill be watching , this hasn't become one of my fav works from nisio (potentially could have) but alas theres always the future to look ahead toI liked the ending. It may not been the most spectacular, happy (for the viewers) or even satisfactory (again, for us) ending, but it was in Rat's character, and that is fine. He is a normal individual without ambitions, and the burden of having to experience dying 99 times is something above him. Tbh, it was the best thing he could have wished for, instead in some superfluous wish. I loved how Rat's monologue started to analyze all the wishes he could wish for (including the thing of reviving the other participants of the Juuni Taisen), just to realize the most of them are worthless, impractical or just plain dumb, and wish the thing who would truly bring him his happiness. Liked too how we saw brief glimpses of the other 99 routes where Rat teamed up with the other warriors (thing who had made me like Dog more, considering he ended being more sympathethic of what he looked at first), including the one when he hanged out with Rabbit. I cannot help but feel a bit of pity for Boar, since her wish probably indicates she feels very lonely. And, lmao, the Tatsumi brothers were still rekted hard in their routes xD I'm going to miss this show a lot. Even if the execution and fights could have been better, and is the weakest work of Nisio so far, it was one of the series I enjoyed and liked the most this Fall, and following this anime (and the daily dose of salt and complaints) week by week was great. I hope the studio animates the second novel one day, I really want to see how Nisio's mind designed the Western Zodiac. |
| It nice that we got glimpses of the other routes. I feel bad for Rat for having to experience death 99 times and his wish to forget about the Juuni Taisen makes sense. I never cared about Dog but this episode made me like him. Overall, it was an enjoyable show. 7/10. |
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| Am I the only one who wasn't a big fan of Rat? Pretty much a useless Overpowered character from the start till the end. His wish was to forget ... okay so what was the point of this show? what was the point of the character development? if in the end the winner wishes to forget about every single thing that happened? makes a lot of sense Mediocre show 5/10, Would not recommend it to anyone because it was a waste of time. Decided to give it a 5 due to the fact that some characters like Monkey, Tiger, Ox were interesting, would have loved to see more of Tiger and Ox. |
Tokoya said: His wish was underwhelming....Like really underwhelming but at least the kid is happy it seems, so more power to him However, I liked that we got to fully get glimpses into all the paths that he's experienced, as well as getting the chance to see what everyone else's wishes were as well as learning all 100 of the wishes that Nezumi himself would have wanted (It was pretty cool to see him analyze it all and talk about the pros and cons of them all) I died when I saw that Boar's wish was pretty much to get the D (I mean, I don't need some magical force to make me do that huehuehuehue) but I think Dog's wish was my favorite because I didn't expect that at all and it was sweet Overall, to me this was a pretty enjoyable series despite it's flaws and I wouldn't mind seeing the sequel to this getting animated either 7/10 Is the manga still running? I was wondering if the manga was worth it to read. Thanks! |
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| Started really fun but with times it became pretty underwhelming. Not sure if i should give it a 5 or a 6. |
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| lel to think i wasted 5-6 hours of my life on this trash oh well (it did have some cool characters though, both personality and design wise so it's not a 100% regret) |
| Meh finale. The show had a decent start, but it went downhill for me as it went on, unfortunately. Oh well. 6/10. |
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shogunwolfdyvine said: I heard Nisio supervised Monogatari's anime adaptation (not sure if that is true or not, but I heard he and Shinbo worked together for the project), but I don't have any information if he has done the same with Juuni Taisen (or with any of his other works that have been adapted to animation, for that matter).Illyricus said: my amigo illy solid synopsis i agree as well but also a few points man so if the 2nd novel gets announced i wonder if a new studio would handle it, so did nisio like watch over this project and oversee everything say such as for example a george rr martin would with early seasons of GOT? or did they just sign a contract with him and went about adapting it how they see fit? when another adaptation comes from nisio best believe ill be watching , this hasn't become one of my fav works from nisio (potentially could have) but alas theres always the future to look ahead toI liked the ending. It may not been the most spectacular, happy (for the viewers) or even satisfactory (again, for us) ending, but it was in Rat's character, and that is fine. He is a normal individual without ambitions, and the burden of having to experience dying 99 times is something above him. Tbh, it was the best thing he could have wished for, instead in some superfluous wish. I loved how Rat's monologue started to analyze all the wishes he could wish for (including the thing of reviving the other participants of the Juuni Taisen), just to realize the most of them are worthless, impractical or just plain dumb, and wish the thing who would truly bring him his happiness. Liked too how we saw brief glimpses of the other 99 routes where Rat teamed up with the other warriors (thing who had made me like Dog more, considering he ended being more sympathethic of what he looked at first), including the one when he hanged out with Rabbit. I cannot help but feel a bit of pity for Boar, since her wish probably indicates she feels very lonely. And, lmao, the Tatsumi brothers were still rekted hard in their routes xD I'm going to miss this show a lot. Even if the execution and fights could have been better, and is the weakest work of Nisio so far, it was one of the series I enjoyed and liked the most this Fall, and following this anime (and the daily dose of salt and complaints) week by week was great. I hope the studio animates the second novel one day, I really want to see how Nisio's mind designed the Western Zodiac. |
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| Was a bit of a cop out ending. |
| I think this show had a lot of potential in the beginning but went into a downward spiral after it's first few weeks. Sure Nezumi got his wish after doing some soul-searching but...for a finale this felt lackluster. What was like a high 7 to potentially an 8 for me dropped to a 5. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Wow. I honestly couldn't believe it was finished. I couldn't believe they ended it on such a poor note. I liked the general direction of the episode, seeing what everyone else wanted to wish for but then his wish was awful. It's not that I wanted him to wish for world peace or anything, it's just..... what? I feel like that ending stole 4 hours of my life by watching the entire series. His wish essentially meant that the previous 11 episodes never really happened. It was a selfish and pointless wish. Absolutely terrible ending to an otherwise ok series. Had to change my overall score from 7 to 2. Very very disappointed and I feel like I've been trolled. |
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| A pretty average ending for a sadly pretty average show |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Everybody who made it through this show, CLAP YOUR HANDS. Probably should have dropped it somewhere in the middle, but I wanted to like it and kept giving it a chance to turn around. In the end I feel like it didn't really achieve anything. |
| Meh, despite i dislike the wish, the character at least was decent for most of the show. I was thinking that Rat will wish for the Juni Taisen itself to be abolished -.-. Finally, we know more about the other paths and past of some characters that feels incomplete in their episodes. LOL Boar's wish. The show could be much better if they have 24 episodes. 2/5 for the episode. 4/10 for the anime. |
NurguburuDec 19, 2017 3:38 PM
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| thought this was a perfect show to have one of those train-wreck last episodes, but not for me! i've really appreciated every ep including this one. the conversation between Rat and Horse before Horse goes up in flames is one of my favorite parts of the entire series. from that moment i really liked Rat and always liked when his character appeared. i figured his wish would be to purge his own ability, but certainly understand the memory choice. no one could understand his life and the incredible pressure he felt. i thought his guilt could have been better explored, he seems to have a conscience - but he didn't seem too concerned about the potential selfishness of choosing 1/100 scenarios that only allowed him to live. But, they were all killers after all. One of the things i really admired about this anime, Juuni Taisen didn't seem to pander to anyone. it did it's own thing from beginning to end. Certainly not a classic, but very enjoyable none the less. |
drtalosDec 21, 2017 5:42 AM
| I had expected a better execution of acseries finale, nevertheless it made sense for him to not want to remember; his "hundred paths of pain" would've driven him over the edge. I had half expected nezumi to say his wish is to die It's overall aesthetics has made me come to the decision that it will be a 10 (partly because it had the hunger games vibes to it) I consider some anime to be masterpieces, where if others have seen my 10's they'd probably wanna know what's going through my mind |
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Rodric7202847 said: AnimeAdamOP said: I dont think its bad the characters are really interesting and the fights are decentGiving this a 4/10. This show was pretty bad. Decent fights- Rabbit vs Boar and Rabbit vs Monkey. The rest were awful. Most of the characters were awful. Tiger basically put this show on her back. |
| normally i don't think i've wasted time watching most shows even bad ones but this everything leading up this ending lol damn it everything felt so pointless in the end but once i realized oh yeah this is what rat's character is honestly next to rabbit he might've been the worse one to win but his ending was fitting for him |
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| I understand when you have lots of options with no restrictions things can get tough. Like seriously when when we have too many options we ummm and ahhh and just stress ourselves out for no reason (like seriously I have so much clothes but claim I have nothing. As me watch we should get to eat and I'll be stressed. Should I buy the plain black, striped, poka dot or kitty cat socks???) But this kid's wish was dumb. I suppose his wish was truly just not to be stressed out anymore. But he could have literally asked for ANYTHING. Like he found a reason why all his other wishes would be bad but all he needed to do was just say one and stop over thinking. Like damn he could've wished something like "I wish myself and no one I love/care about every die because of disease/accident/murder or something" Then he could live his life not knowing he'd meet a gruesome end or something. I don't know he could have asked for ANYTHING. Oh well. I think the last 3 episodes of this series was the best...but the first 9 were terrible. |
| I'd have wished to be on Boar's harem 6/10 |
| Someone with OP skills who basically cheated to the end wishes to forget the lives of everyone else who actually tried? This is like the story of the one student who waited until the very last minute to turn in a paper yet gets the highest score lol so frustrating and makes you think that only the people who don't give a shit about anything deserve to win. dog had his daughter sheep had his grandson tiger had her love for ox chicken had her desire of freedom and sense of self usagi wanted friends (creepy friends, but still friends) hell, even boar had her desire for never ending love and attention with a harem....and all we get is stupid nezumi who wants to live a crummy life being hated by everyone and not caring?!. stupid ending. |
| uhhhh okay... Quite underwhelming, He should have granted Monkeys wish or something... but I guess he just couldn’t handle the stress of all of it :/ The show entertained me 6/10 |
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Meanwhile I'm just super amused that it was Boar that suggested a harem as a wish. C'mon Nezumi, you're a teenage boy! On a side note, Nezumi's hair looks weird af. Thank god he had that... whatever... covering it for the entire Juuni Taisen. |
BurningSpiritDec 19, 2017 8:39 PM
| I'm not a lolicon, you're just projecting your tendency to lewd 2D characters. If your favourite character is Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, you are my soul mate. Been a long time since I've been here, I'll continue expressing myself freely and believe everyone should too. My MAL Interview |
| Quick shoutout to the fansubs who had to go through the hell of typesetting all 100 of the wishes. |
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| My biggest gripe with this show is my favorite character, Dragon, never got to fire off his ice-thrower. Alive or as a dead puppet. And in their flashbacks he only fired it off once I think. For a guy with the ability to fly and freeze things they really did not do him justice. His brother was infinitely more useful than him as Rabbit's first puppet. All he did was fly around in the sky, get killed before doing anything, fight hand-to-hand as a corpse for a short time, and got frozen by his own ice-thrower that he never fired off during the battle. Second gripe is we never get to see Rabbit's backstory. Yes, the guy that had the weirdest character design, strongest power, and the one who killed half the cast. Wtf Third is we never saw those bettors again. Would have been more interesting to see their reactions on that background guy defeating the two favorites to win in one blow. |
| I'm a little dissatisfied by the finale, mainly because of the lack of a payoff at the end. In my eyes, all that has came from the Juni Taisen is 11 deaths and the 12th person forgetting what he has experienced. A disappointing end to a considerably decent series. |
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| A lot of people saying Rat's wish was dumb and to an extent yes it was pretty underwhelming and anti-climatic but if you understand his character it's really fitting. Rat doesn't really want anything in life, like at all. Fame, Money, Power, Wisdom, Eternal life none of that (I mean if he wanted money he could've used his 100 paths to win the lottery or something but he didn't). He doesn't care for world peace or other people's happiness (although he did consider it) and whenever he tries to come up with a self serving wish he sees the downside to it (most of the time it's because he didn't earn it or it wouldn't be real like if he wished for a girlfriend it's not because she loved him but because of the wish) and that's the biggest thing he doesn't care. At first I thought he was gonna wish for the Juuni Taisen to end or something against the whole system (with the people betting countries and all that) but by the end I thought he was gonna wish he was just an ordinary boy (with no powers or anything) but instead his wish in the end also makes sense and is fitting for his character. |
| I'm surprised that no one here mentioned Rat's best possible wish, to have a smartphone that never runs out of battery. lol What made this episode enjoyable to me was the fact that we got to see at least some of the other pathways that Rat could have taken. I think there is potential for there to be another season where a different pathway is taken (that doesn't lead to the same order of deaths), because honestly I connected to a lot of character on this show. I really felt for Tiger and her feelings of admiration for Ox. I was a complete sucker for Dog's backstory and want to see more about him and his daughter (OVA maybe??). Despite all of the ups and downs of this anime, I really enjoyed the ride. I feel like I got to know the characters and had a sense of connection with them. I think it would be neat to have a prequel too that shows either Boar's father's Taisen or Goat's Taisen. Excuse me now while I cry over Tiger actually getting her wish despite everything that happened to her. |
| Pretty good episode. Nezumi was the only one struggling, when the others have had their wish set on their mind. He chose Shuryuu's route, out of 11 routes (of characters) that he could choose. He also thought back some routes that he has abandoned, which was interesting. The ending felt incomplete though. Need a sequel/epilogue to explain the after-game situation. Quite enjoyed the show, even though the quality went down sometimes.. 6/10 |
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