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| okay..the way they do this is non-linear..that's why it's confusing... |
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| Hm okay so this was mostly events happening before the last episode and also from a different perspective. A decent amount of things are coming together. One thing I'm slightly confused about is when Satome and one of the echoes had the first encounter. Was that the original echo that then took on the form of Satome? If so then doesn't that mean that the manicore (fake echo) has been working with the real echo disguised as Satome. That would be interesting since manticore seems very afraid of real echo. I'm pretty sure that it was actually manicore that encounter Satome that time tho, and that's why they are working together today. I mean real echos wouldn't have been able to speak to Satome as he was chocking him, and also hasn't been portrayed as violent or anything. |
| I was a bit scared at first but the story turned out to be pretty easy to follow, it's intriguing as hell so I'll continue the show. However I'm not reassured by the fact that people think this adaptation is rushing things, I hope they're not skipping to much stuff |
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| Well after re-watching the 2 episodes everything seems clear now, it's really confusing to start a new anime without knowing how it really goes i mean non-chronological events ,people who didn't the idea just re-watch don't drop it's good. |
| Wow that was confusing but more interesting than first episode. I don't understand the score at all. |
| the story is confusing but it's intriguing . i dont get the low score as of right now like many others, i think it might get better. |
milkclub said: TehManiac said: Man i watched baccano which is supposed to be one of the hardest out there to follow and i got it the first time but now im confused... So our protagonist after his girlfriend became normal again sided with the man eating clone? Why? Can someone explain it to me? The protagonist from the first episode isn't the same guy that sided with Manicore (the clone), they just look alike because good character design. As to why he sided with the Manicore it's not really clear yet, but he seems to want to use her to "conquer the world" or something along those lines. I think the guy has the hots for the man-eating girl and the cannibalism is a bonus for him. Kek. Also, the manticore/man-eater is a clone of the white haired bum who both escaped from a government lab? That answers some questions, but adds so much more. |
| Kyoko asks Suema to go back from school together, but Kyoko seems stressed by the feeling that she is gonna be attacked; suddenly Kirima (kind of a warrior or hunter) appeared and submitted her. There is a humanoid monster called Manticore eating a girl in the school, helped by a guy named Saotome. Later Kyoko and Suema are talking, so Kyoko told her about the incident where a few girls disappeared, which all started by a friend of her called Akiko starting to offer drugs to her friends, that eventually escaped/disappeared, including Akiko; and she thinks that Kirima killed them all. Suema went to visit Kirima, where she discovers that the author of the books she read is Suema’s dead father. One day, Saotome found the manticore eating a girl, so the manticore attacked him, he managed to persuade it and convince it to let him help. Saotome went out with a girl named Akiko (Kyoko’s friend) and drugged her, offering her to the manticore, who turned her into a slave with the only purpose to offer a self-generated drug (in manticore orders). Saotome was discussing with the manticore about what they are gonna do about Kirima hot on his heels, and suddenly a girl appeared (looking for Echoes); manticore reacted too stressed and violent and killed her (that girl is Kamikishiro). Kimikishiro was the girl that found a man in very bad conditions and helped him, he revealed that his name is Echoes, he’s from outer space and is an alien race that came to judge humans; she helped him and asked Kirima for help to take him to school (somewhen before this, Echoes got captured by humans and a clone of him was created, that clone is the manticore). Kirima went with Echoes to ask him about Kamikishiro, she is disappeared. Very very confusing episode, it took too much time to realize what was going on. The scenes are like scene, cut, another not related scene, cut. Also, a bunch of characters were introduced this episode, which made it harder to remember each one, cause everyone has an importance for the story development. Lot of things happened in this episode, too hard to connect everything at once. Why to do everything in a school? |
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Golden_Rectangle said: Considering that everything is a bit confusing for me, should I watch Boogiepop Phantom before I continue watching this one? Thanks Not necessary, I think you'll have a better grasp of what's going on if you keep watching. |
| Another unimpressive episode. This one was rather confusing, especially since it was doing random time skips without explaining when is what happening, so it was quite difficult to make out things. Due to bland character designs it was also quite difficult to differentiate who is who in some of those scenes. I don't know if it's intentional or not, but it's a rather bad way to execute this kind of thing. Story telling of this show is rather mediocre so far. It seems like it might have potential, but I don't think that it's going to live up to it. I will watch few more episodes, but this seems like a drop to me so far. |
| This series is really weird. Weird in a good way, and it just feels like everything is out of place in their world. The only character that looked normal to me was Nagi Kirima. |
| Interesting concept with good atmosphere, but some of the expositional dialogue felt really heavy handed. I wonder if it's partially the translator's fault? At least there was no Keiji in this episode, he is by far the flattest character the show has shown us this far. |
| So this is following the Durarara model of storytelling. Good to know so I'll have to pay more attention than usual to this. |
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| Ok, 2nd episode explained a lot, now I know what's going on more or less |
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emilscherbe said: There are two types of people in this world: those who like Boogiepop's non-linear storytelling and those who do not. So far I'm one of the former Same here. Keeping me intrigued for now at least. |
| Very literal adaptation, some could argue too literal. I'm intrigued though, it radiates waves of Serial Experiments Lain. Is the studio going to go too serious on adapting? Is that a bad thing? We will find out, huh? Intrigued by the depth though. |
| Much better than the first episode. So, the crying guy from the first episode is an alien and Manticore is a clone of he/she/it. |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
Nurguburu said: I think you'll enjoy the second arc more as well.Much better than the first episode. So, the crying guy from the first episode is an alien and Manticore is a clone of he/she/it. |
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| people keep talking about horrible animation and i don't know if it's the release they're watching or my eyes, but i don't have much of a problem with it. of course there are ugly scenes, but it's mostly good in my opinion. on the other hand,the character design kinda irks me. the characters are good looking enough but they all look the same...? and i'm not talking about hair colour, but their face features... the girls have all the same face with different hair. about the storyline, i bet we'll soon have a plot twist that'll make everyone who thinks this is too spoonfed feel mindfucked. i really hope so. |
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| OK, so nearly as confusing out of the gate as the first series. I really wish they would have learned a lesson and tried to define the characters more. Somehow make them easier to tell apart. On the other hand it's sorta what some people seem to like about the franchise... deep confusion followed by incremental bits of clarity. |
| Really like it so far, i don't know why the first eps are rated quiet low. Ost is really good and i like how they explain things. |
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