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Oct 2, 2011 10:47 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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The main guy, who is good at puzzle, follows a guy in puzzle solving and that guy almost lost his life?

OP is so cool~~

Root Gakuen?? lol~

Nanpure? It's Sudoku!!

Class rep (voiced by Ishida-san) is also leader of puzzle club?!

And a machine that freely receiving puzzles?

Puzzle that risks life.

The main guy made promise with the guy voiced by Koyasu-san to solve and free puzzles?!

That masked guy sounds like Ishida-san's with sound effect.

The girl is good at memorizing.

Receiving of God's gift (or something?), and he somehow release the power to solve the complex puzzle...

ED is nice.

Next ep.... Fukuyama-san's character!!
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Oct 2, 2011 2:05 PM
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He is a genius of solving any puzzle an instant and that's become later his power.

In the previews: I guess this is about a puzzle fight or something like that, but it sure looks interesting.
That guy caugh his girl friend and if he don't solve it she died I guess.


I never been that so good in puzzle and usually take forever to solved lol.

I can't wait for the next episode, such a good beginning ^_^
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Oct 2, 2011 3:38 PM
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Oh, fuck yeah, a May'n OP <3
I don't care if the story turns out to be absolute bullshit, because May'n makes up for it <3
Actually, what was the episode about anyway?
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Oct 2, 2011 4:25 PM
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I'm all for puzzles and Millennium armbands, but these characters and just how we can already tell what's going to happen in the end are just so ARTGSDASDHJ.
Oct 2, 2011 4:29 PM
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"This reminds me of a puzzle!" Oh man, I'm gonna Professor Layton this show so damn much.

Anyway, nice show. I quite like the characters and I'm always game for a show that has characters that use their brains instead of their fists. Although I'm not very fond of the art.
Oct 2, 2011 4:30 PM
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"Kaito. Solve them. Make them free. Those poor unhappy puzzles."

Haha. Am I suppose to take this show seriously? The entire thing was just too ridiculous.
Oct 2, 2011 4:46 PM
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Never thought I would like it as much as I did. Can't wait for the rest
Oct 2, 2011 4:59 PM
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Young genius challenges the king of games and is awarded with a millennium artifact, must then use it to win a shadow game. Good shit.
Oct 2, 2011 5:15 PM
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Gangler said:
Young genius challenges the king of games and is awarded with a millennium artifact, must then use it to win a shadow game. Good shit.


:))) Yeah but it looks interesting.
Oct 2, 2011 5:43 PM
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Alot better than I expected. Never the less more interesting than other first episodes of animes this season.
Oct 2, 2011 5:44 PM

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Gangler said:
Young genius challenges the king of games and is awarded with a millennium artifact, must then use it to win a shadow game. Good shit.


LOL
Oct 2, 2011 5:49 PM

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Sky-kun said:
Never thought I would like it as much as I did. Can't wait for the rest
Oct 2, 2011 5:54 PM

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I'm no puzzle genius, but i can't understand the puzzle of what this show is about.

Is the main character just going to do a puzzle of the week each episode for no reason at all? The puzzles aren't even interesting in the first place so i don't think that would work.

If they wanted to make an anime about puzzles, they should have made an anime adaptation of Paradox Blue which is significantly better if the first episode of this is any indication. At least in Paradox Blue there is actually some point to solving the puzzles than "to set the poor puzzles free."
Oct 2, 2011 5:55 PM

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I like games. I like puzzles. I like this so far.
Oct 2, 2011 6:26 PM

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They need to get Prof Layton up in this shit. He'll solve them all at once.
Oct 2, 2011 7:02 PM
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Well, that was appalling. I expected something like hikaru no go and I got a mind game (NOT) anime in which a scrawny spiky-haired *foams* teenager with a physique suspiciously similar to Monkey D Luffy's solves analytical puzzles with the power of shounen stare and what appears to be the Indian mystic Orpheus (yummy, mythology champloo). Yang Wenli must be so vexed that he was not let in on this ultimate intellectual secret; poor guy, laying still staring down at the universe for hours on end or walking up and down juggling ideas, meticulously crafting elaborate plans... so much time wasted when he could just oryaaaa into supreme intellect and blast Reinhard away with a magical ball of genius energy :/

In due course, other people with similar physiques and 'enviable' powers will arrive grinning meaninglessly at the screen while striking (what some people construe as) cool macho poses attempting to explain the rules of various inane puzzles in ridiculously pitched voices.

The anime seems to be replete with references to Einstein and a bunch of other people who had almost nothing to do with solving closed world, artificial puzzles and at least one person (Orpheus) who has little to do with analytical problem solving in general. In fact the only anime-like element in Orpheus's life I can think of is his murder by religious yandere. As for Einstein, yea he sure couldn't have fulfilled O~rpheus's co~ntract *wiggles fingers ominously* since he probably had more important things to do like revolutionizing physics and challenging centuries of preconceptions on the nature of space and time. Maze puzzle's my ass.

And then of course there is the matter of the shounen cliche underachieving female sidekick; if this anime was a US production I would sue for demeaning depictions of women and then settle out of court for
. Fortunately, hikaru no go set the bar for depicting women as intellectually inferior so high that there is little chance this anime will outdo it.

Oh well, at least it cannot be a more atrocious bastardization of an interesting theme than 'C' was. Now excuse me while I go increase my height in Mt Fuji.
Oct 2, 2011 7:05 PM

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Kira-vs-L said:
Gangler said:
Young genius challenges the king of games and is awarded with a millennium artifact, must then use it to win a shadow game. Good shit.


:))) Yeah but it looks interesting.

Wasn't being insincere. I'm into it^^
Oct 2, 2011 7:05 PM

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Oosran said:
Oh, fuck yeah, a May'n OP <3
I don't care if the story turns out to be absolute bullshit, because May'n makes up for it <3
Need I remind you of Hidan no Aria?

I thought it was good but not great. Maybe my expectations were too high. I'm hoping this will get more impressive as it goes along and eventually carry some momentum. Cliffhangers, yes please.

At least his girlfriend has a brilliant memory! No really, I thought she was going to end up being a useless female side character as I watched her run through that maze with no fear at all. Has she never played a video game before in her life? There's always traps! I mean, you can go watch Indiana Jones and know that much.
Oct 2, 2011 7:10 PM

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It was much better than I anticipated. However, I thought it progressed way too fast. There was little to no back-story.
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Oct 2, 2011 7:11 PM

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reminds me of Neuro >.> the artwork is similar....

oh yeah and all the stuff i disliked about Neuro is here too

weird unexplained powers blatently placed in it...

puzzles that are unsolveable without having knoweldge only the character contains (thus they dont have to bother putting effort into making real puzzles that the watcher can enjoy trying to solve too)

their just gonna spam having her remember everything needlessly and have him suddenly go solved.... there wont be much entertainment in that...

i dont think im going to care much for this show... the op was nice though... real nice...



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Oct 2, 2011 7:15 PM

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Not sure how I feel about this one....

The girls personality seems a bit cliched and I'm pretty much see later in the show she is going to be the cause of the heroin to go through some ridiculous stuff to save her.

I'll keep watching for now though...
Oct 2, 2011 7:19 PM

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Not sure how I feel about this one....

The girls personality seems a bit cliched and I'm pretty much see later in the show she is going to be the cause of the heroin to go through some ridiculous stuff to save her.

I'll keep watching for now though...

"I know you're the puzzle master and Imma let you finish, but I totally googled this shit. I got this unsolvable bitch covered"

Did anyone not facepalm here?
Oct 2, 2011 7:43 PM

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great...another kid with a glowing eye
Oct 2, 2011 8:54 PM

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it's an interesting concept .... it wasn't bad but the way it was done seemed cliche. oh super timer time or whatever. the OP was pretty cool, I'll keep watching for now.
Oct 2, 2011 8:56 PM

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I knew other people wouldn't like this one, but I do.

I like the main characters, I like the OP, I like the music, I like the puzzles. Whatever, I'll be that one person who DOES enjoy this show. We'll see how it goes.

My favourite so far out of the fall shows.
Oct 2, 2011 9:04 PM

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i like this show but the girl character design doesnt appeal to me and the series and puzzles will probably get old fairly quick
Oct 2, 2011 9:37 PM

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This is the silliest fucking anime I've watched this season so far, but I'm loving it!
This is definitely something not to take seriously, but it's so much fun to watch, a great popcorn show.

5/5 for this episode, set those poor little puzzles free, LMFAO
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Oct 2, 2011 9:43 PM

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Some of the dialogue was extremely silly, but it was still really great.

I loved it and I'm looking forward to more.
Oct 2, 2011 9:59 PM

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This was the best of three first episodes I watched tonight, so I'm going to stick with it for a while. At least the female sidekick has some talents (it was her insight and memory that solved the maze puzzle).

And who wouldn't want to see the poor little puzzles solved and set free.....
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Oct 2, 2011 10:03 PM

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Did anyone realize the main character looks just like Duke Devlin from YuGiOh
Oct 2, 2011 10:03 PM

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This anime has great potential and it's quite interesting, can't wait for next episode.
Oct 2, 2011 10:29 PM
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Its a interesting anime I have not watch a anime about puzzles yet so why not give it a try :P
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Oct 2, 2011 11:48 PM

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omfg...what was that...hes such a "genius" for solving a sudoku that simple. i could to that blindfolded o_O the artwork sucks big time. characters are ugly...this´ll be my number one facepalm-anime this season lol
Oct 3, 2011 12:58 AM

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Psyris said:
"Kaito. Solve them. Make them free. Those poor unhappy puzzles."

Haha. Am I suppose to take this show seriously? The entire thing was just too ridiculous.


That line made me laugh so damn hard, especially as Kaito actually promised to do so and now it's his life goal, lol.

I will still watch this though, it could get interesting.
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Oct 10, 2011 10:47 AM

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Psyris said:
"Kaito. Solve them. Make them free. Those poor unhappy puzzles."

Haha. Am I suppose to take this show seriously? The entire thing was just too ridiculous.


Could not have said it better, mate, this show is more amusing than anything...
Oct 11, 2011 6:29 AM
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Too bad it is kind of obvious that the Minotaur is voiced by Akira Ishida.
Oct 12, 2011 8:20 PM

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Self-proclaimed pretentious puzzle genius who cheat with his "sharingan eye". And here I thought the show was about intelligence and deduction. How sad...
Oct 14, 2011 8:39 PM

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What a strange show.
I suppose this, as a manga, might be somewhat fun to read, but I'm not keen on watching if this what I should expect of it.
Not sure if this adaptation will work out.




Oct 15, 2011 9:28 AM

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this anime seems cheap and cliche and cheesy

i wont torture myself by watching more episodes.. oh.. sunrise..
Nov 16, 2011 9:34 AM

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Not the best anime, but whatever.
Didn't like the OP.
Apr 1, 2012 5:10 PM

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Dat epic opening. I think I'll watch this through :>
Apr 20, 2012 2:40 PM

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Not bad at all. It was entretaining and had loads of foreshadowing.
Biggest problem is the puzzles, which we don't get to see most of the times.
Jul 19, 2012 7:17 AM

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hmmm. not sure what to think of this... will keep watching as I am partial to the odd puzzle and stuff but if there needs to be some back story.... Can't see this getting too exciting atm
Dec 30, 2013 12:09 PM

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Interesting...A bit over the top and it oozes Shounen, but not too bad.
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I must say that I rather liked it, the pacing was pretty lovely and the current characters shown have a decent feel to them, the story buildup was a bit linear but well it was still pretty interesting! Let's see what the rest of the series has to offer us!
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So... the only reason he's solving puzzles is to free them. Man I hope there's more to this show then that.
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he yelled damnit and his powerup was instantly activated
i wish i could do the same as him and be able to use my brain to the fullest, would help so much
whoever that blonde kid is, i'm determined to try and watch until the show reveals him. that's what i'm here for anyways.
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I find it hilarious how the main guy attends some school where everyone is forced to wear uniform, but he gets special treatment and wear what he wants.

If this was a bit more realistic, everyone in the school would hate them to the point where they try to get him expelled or killed.
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that guy took a day to finish the sudoku he made himself? i finished it in five minutes
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not as good as garfield a tale of two kitties . that guy doesnt know how to work his DS.....

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