ChäoS;Child

One of the most hated anime of winter 2017 is an anime that tries to be short yet phenomenal. Being in a shared universe of Steins;Gate (SciAdv series), the expectation for this anime were high as it should be. But there was always curse of having Chaos in the title. Its prequel anime, Chaos; Head is infamously known for adapting great VN into incoherent mess. Most of the people like to believe Chaos;Child is somewhat better than Chaos;Head adaptation and they are probably right. But Chaos;Head has its merits in the fact that it had good opening episodes which somewhat portrayed the unique environment ofVN. This is where Chaos;Child fails miserably. Story: As a VN reader, I think Chaos;Child has unique story and is just as good(if not better) as Steins;Gate. The story has a major flaw that it can't be adapted into anime as coherent linear story, period. Chaos;Child's story warrants it to be not adapted into linear story. It just doesn't work. The story is phenomenal in VN, but the anime just skips out every single detail and at times changes the theme of the story. In an anime where fights are not even a major part of the story, it tries to detail fights in expense of story and fails miserably at that. Some of the character revelation is just not there or changed beyond acceptable. This hurts the story because as much as it seems, Chaos;Child is not a plot-driven show. The whole point of the story is about the character study of MC. Art: Its art is very disappointing. Characters CGs in VN are on different level and anime is not even half of that. They took one of the best character, Arimura and ruined her. Please check out VN art for Arimura. Animation is just mess, it feels choppy and weird and kills some of the best moments in VN. On another note, the direction and artistic choice for certain scenes are great. Its OP, albeit poorly animated has some great direction. Black and white choice for certain cuts work in favor of said scenes. But overall, it has weak art and animation. Sound: While the anime did story and characters bad, it excels in this department. Uncontrollable is one of the best Itou's songs. (On a side note, Fictional Youth, VN OP is great) Character: The characters of Chaos;Child are not bad, anime treats them badly. It cuts out their motivations, behaviors, reactions to certain events and make them bland. Takuru is not a bland MC, the entire point of this story is his character development. I'd like to detail things, but I don't want to spoil any aspects of the story. Enjoyment: It was mildly enjoyable and got me into VN. Final Verdict: Don't watch the anime. If you can, please read VN. If you've watched anime and are wondering if you should read VN, you definitely should. There is a lot to look forward.

Chaos;Child is the sequel to the anime to Chaos;Head that aired 8 years ago which is more or less the time gap between the two shows in series. after the events of chaos;Head, where at the end of that show a major earthquake had struck the town, by the time Chaos;child starts most of the city has already been rebuilt. Story- the story follows Takaru and the all the members of the newspaper club as they start to notice and investigate strange deaths that have occurred in the city recently. after connecting some dots they realize that the murders happening right now are similar to theones that occurred 6 years ago in Chaos;head. the show then follows the group investigating the deaths and where the next possible murder will take place. the show reveals that there's more to the murders than a simple copycat as human experimentation and psychic powers are thrown into the mix, which is all well until you remember that this is chaos;child. the show reverts back to gilgomaniac and di-swords while also puling of plot twists after plot twist to keep the viewer entertained, but in the end feel ridiculous and contrived. a lot of the mystery of the show is ruined as many of the clues are just handed to them or solved in to most convenient way that it just feels impossible. also the antagonist just reveals who they are by the end of the show through exposition and info-dumping, and their motivation for all this being plain ridiculous. only for that to be topped of by the ending that is a bit sour&sweet but is mostly lacking and inconclusive. 3/10 Characters- what the show does better than it's predecessor is with its characters. Takaru is more of a proactive character as he wants to investigate these murders even if they might be dangerous. you get an idea for his motivation, but the failure in that is that it is revealed by another person. most of the cast like the previous show mostly consist of women. what sets them apart is that several do extend a bit beyond the usual arc-type that they are placed in, although this is for a few which leads to other characters having limited screen time and dialogue(if they had any at all) then what they needed in order to become proper characters. since most of the show is riddled with plot twist so are the characters in the show as several characters have personality switches in order to appease the plot, because it was a ruse all along. in the end most if not all the characters are 2-dimensional at best. 4/10 art/animation- the art and animation are better than it's predecessor. the background setting and the character designs look a bit more polished. the animation looks more fluid even if there's not much happening in the show in terms of actions. yet than again this is pretty standard for modern anime which I've said enough times that it's not even worth repeating for each modern anime now 7/10 Sound- not much worth mentioning. the soundtracks are mostly plain and forgettable. the voice acting is decent and better than the annoying voice acting from chaos;head. 6/10 enjoyment- the show was rather interesting at first, but as soon as it hit the halfway mark it was very unsatisfactory. 4/10 overall it's better than Chaos;Head, but being better still doesn't make this show any good 4/10

Here is an example of how a prequel could ruin a new addition to a series. For all of those who watched Chaos;Head before this one you surely understand what i mean. The only mistake this anime made was being a sequel. However, that doesn't really matter since it's not related to Chaos;Head except in order of events. From my point of view, Chaos;Head was like the introduction or trial version before creating this anime. (No I'm serious and a proof of that is the recap at the beginning of Chaos;Child where the entire season of Chaos;Head was wrapped in 20 minutes. That was not asummary that was essentially the entire season in 20 minutes!). Okay now that it's clear how unrelated this season is to the last one let's me explain what this one has to offer. PLOT! (No not what you're thinking of) I mean real plot with twists at every single corner. Just as you think you got the idea of the anime you get hit with a plot twist that changes everything then another one afterwards and so on. Wait, but plot twists aren't enough to make an anime all that different,no? Yep, you're absolutely right. We've got better art style now. Although I guess that's to be expected since the last season was about 10 years ago. Okay so we got plot and art anything else? Yeah, character development as well. Chaos;Head MC character,Takumi, Was basically GAME-> HALLUCINATE -> SCREAM -> BLAME RIMI FOR IT. However our new refurbished MC, Takuru, Is an active detective-like person. He's not that much different than your typical protagonist but in comparison to Takumi he's much more suitable as a MC. You keep on criticizing Chaos;Head all the time why did you even get into the series, dude? Psychological that is! Away with your mainstream! True that Chaos;Head wasn't my cup of tea but all the Sci-Fi candy in it encouraged me to continue with it. However, after Chaos;Child being published and since it offers almost the same amount of Sci-Fi material I thought of letting whoever wanted to continue through with Chaos;Head just for the Sci-Fi or psychological as I did. DON'T! You've got a better option now that is Chaos;Child.

Please guys this is only my opinion. Trust me you don't want to watch this show. I think watching porn it's more interesting than this the story is shit it's starting from nowhere and I ended to nowhere but I kind of like the opening and ending song the characters oh my god they are the worst on the other hand the story was not understandable I think like the studio summary like fifth 10,000 books into 12 episodes also I didn't enjoy the anime I only finish it because I hate to start anything and stop in the middle now I'm going to shift-delete all mymemory from this show. And to conclude don't watch it

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