Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]

This is a nice solid series. You won't laugh until your lungs hurt, but it's steady. What you get in the first few episodes is what you get for the entire series. The director doesn't force a dramatic finale and keeps it light and humorous. Overall, a good 7/10. Not stellar but worth watching. The episodes are episodic, but creative enough that you likely won't predict what will happen. The characters are decently fleshed out, though you can tell that this season did not plan to act on some of the more important reveals we see. The sound and art are a tad plain, but the humoris focused on the characters and their interactions, so this is not a significant issue. The voicing did not particularly stand out to me except Paca-san; it sounded like his voice actor had plenty of fun with his verbal tics and puns.

The Ones Within is about game streamers who are kidnapped and end up in another world in their world and under the surveillance of an alpacha, they have to make it through these levels and get lotta views or something. This may sound dangerous and intense, But no, they re still kinda entertaining though.The games usually fall into the genres of the games these people play, And these can range from simple to stupid, from horror Ouija, to hide and seek, to casino gambling, to raising eggs so they can hatch into female romance Highschool protagonists. What I'm trying to get at is this show isvery goofy and kooky, and the characters are not far off from that too. When the show tries to present that very goofy fun tone, it is very entertaining and surprisingly funny at times, where the show does fail though, is it's tone.There are a lot of vury Saad cry tears moments that come out of nowhere and take up too much time to be a joke and the very serious moments where the show tries to remind you that these characters still have their lives on the line are just so forced and come out of nowhere sometimes.its not bad for a show to have different tones, but there needs to be at least one major tone that represent the show on a whole and I had a hard time finding out what this show was going for.Also the character backstories, the plot twist, not really a twist but like a 45 degree turn, are just stupid, forgettable, and don't matter at all. Silver Link imo is a very underrated studio, as seen from Imouto,and Yurikuma Arashi,they make some really good things despite them looking very generic, but the animation on this show is okay,so okay that I'm done talking about it. The Art style of the show is all over the place at times, sometimes there are very dark scenes, other times there are bland scenes and other times there are just very interesting shots that are colored with intrigue.The character designs look like anime character templates made by vocaloid fans though, and the backgrounds are pretty bland sometimes.Well everything, except the opening. As for the soundtrack, For some reason there are a crap ton of insert songs that don't sound too bad on their own, Some of them are made by Fhana, who is consistently good with most of her songs in my opinion.But when these insert songs pop up, they are super loud and so abrupt that any feeling you are supposed to feel at that moment is forced by the song and not by anything on screen.The score itself can be good,and other times it can be forgettable.I have to give major props to the opening which is the only thing that convinced me to actually show. It sounds really nice, the visuals are really nice, and if you pay attention, the actual song incorporates in the main title jingle of the actual show which is pretty NEAT. The characters are…..something.I truly, honestly, whole heartedly, don't see these people as video game streamers.Unless gamers in japan yell all the time, have a plethora of flash bombs, and have severe narcolepsy.These characters are pretty much your anime cliches handed to you on a plate. For tonight’s course though, you have your nice guy, iride,the mean girl,karin, the quiet nice girl who hates when people fight,inaba, the person who yells,kudou,the other nice person who is not that nice but still nice, onigasaki,some other cool dude who has most of his personality covered with a mouth cover,oshigiri,the narcoleptic,aikawa and the weird girl,rorororororororororroroorororrororomori,. I mean they’re clique sure, but they do have chemistry with each other that is suitable for the games they play.But sometimes it feels like these people are like aliens.The way act to real life danger is way more subdued than usual that it still feels like they are playing a game on stream.And then you have the opposite side of the spectrum where the character development completely can turn a character into psychopaths, ;mainly thats the case with crazy alphaca man; but after those moments, the show tries to treat it like it never happened, there is even one time where the traitor of the group who helped put everyone in this game confesses to one person and the person is pretty much like “kay lol” and it’s never brought up EVER AGAIN. And that’s not all folks, this show actual attempts to have character development.EMPHASIS ON “ATTEMPT”.The problem is that the development itself is so sappy and weak,from things such as dead siblings,dead parents, missing parents, kidnap siblings,dead and or missing,or kidnapped parents and or missing siblings to other si- it’s just stupid. Now i know i ripped this show a new one, but i honestly really enjoyed it like a lot, sure the drama and characters were ugg but just watching this group of people get through these wacky games with Pacca as the dumb mascot of the show was very fun, i kinda am looking forward to season 2(because the show pretty much just stops), and this is probably one exception of a show that would benefit from laying off its overlying mystery and just become a “survival” game. Overall-6 did anyone watch this show tho?

My initial MAL rating will show a 6/10, however in reality it's a 5.5/10 to clarify and not waste people's time. The Ones Within when i first started to watch it showed me an interesting concept that i hadn't initially seen done before by making the main cast all streamers who played different genres of video games and if there's one thing that can improve a shows overall all rating it’s a unique concept of which did help this show slightly. Unfortunately this show gives 0 investment in the stakes in presents and tries to have serious build up that not ultimately lead nowhere but justplain lead nowhere entirely, in other words the show falls flat and it does so harder than a 40 foot belly flop. Now don't go getting upset that i just dissed your favorite anime or something cause there are positive aspects of this show to talk about, but my main issue overall is it has so much wasted potential and doesn't know how to keep tension despite acting like one of those shows where everyone is trapped in a job and suspicious of one another. The Good Aspects: The idea behind each character having to use their gaming genre of expertise to help complete tasks to reach the amount of views required to win and escape where they are at is quite an interesting concept sort of like Danganronpa without the killing aspect (of which MANY seem to blatantly compare it too…). The characters themselves are honestly interesting and when they TRY (keyword try) to make each character have something serious or mysterious going on with them it actually makes me want to figure out what’s up with them more (at least it did for a VERY short amount of time…). What they come up with for games for them to play and how they have to choose who plays them is also a good aspect, I find it quite interesting that some of the NPC type characters who are meant to be obstacles for them during the game seem to be doing so because they have no choice (it doesn’t add up to anything so it’s not a spoiler really, more like a ‘The Ones Within theory talking point if anything). The art was definitely not plain Jane bland which is nice but it’s just a bit above the cut so nothing spectacular. The character interactions I found enjoyable but I’m sure aren’t for everybody. The Bad Aspects: this show can’t decide whether it’s a slice of life game show with dramatic tension, or a undertone serious story with slice of life elements on top to keep everything seeming happy to later reveal a dark sinister truth down the line but mostly leans towards being a slice of life game show because none of the serious elements are relevant enough to make any difference if they haven’t already been debunked or disproven. They seem to just through characters backstory/trauma or and way the other players get to know them in willy-nilly if they aren’t the characters who take center stage for one reason or another like Aikawa. Towards the very end of the show they’re just like “oh, yeah. We know almost nothing about this guy so I guess let’s just give him a random ass reason why he’s usually alone and sleeping, that’ll work right?” I’m not saying the reason they gave him was bad per say but the resolution was completely bullshit considering NONE of the other characters really paid him all that much mind throughout the show and in the end one character just kinda “knows” the reason and he comes back because he seeing his fellow streamers are there for him or some shit? It felt forced as HELL. Many interesting elements and places they see along the way (that they can go back to ANYTIME) are just one shots that we never explore or visit again most likely due to the series only being 12 episodes and apparently a 13th none-aired episode long, but there’s so much nothing in those 12 episodes it’s sad and to see what it could have been and the its only 12 episodes point doesn’t apply to its lack of build up because other shows with less episodes had great build up like Problem Children are Coming From Another World Aren’t They? That only had 10 with an 11th bonus episode. Something that also bugged me is the quirks the streamers had like one who’s good at horror games being scare of anything remotely horror like… you were choice because you were good at playing that type of game and you can’t stand it IRL? Not just stupid and gimmicky. There’s also the nurture and farm game streamer who apparently carries around flashbang grenades? Their used for comic relief and to lower tension when people are fighting but it makes 0 sense and seems more hurtful than helpful (especially if you know what an ACTUAL flashbang can do to your ears and hearing, it’s not pretty). Also to simply note without spoilers the ending is trash. Maybe in the unaired episode the REAL ending is better but for now MAL deems that not a part of this complete breakfas--- I MEAN series and I don’t think and unaired episode is gonna be dubbed so it won’t effect this review and my opinion of the last episode stands. Overall I found it difficult to defend this series with good points but regardless it did give me SOME enjoyment, so let’s go over the MAL categories now and rank them shall we? Story: 4/10 (by 4 I mean bad cause MALs word for it “decent” is stupid when 5 is listed as mediocre) . The story encompasses the entire series and its progression so I can’t give it points for its concept if the show ultimately lead nowhere in the end. Art: Definitely above average but nothing to flashy so I’d give it a 6/10. Sound: I’m not a great judge of this category sense I usually don’t hear the background music unless it REALLY stands out and this show definitely didn’t have anything stand out. The opening and ending aren’t bad though not great either. 5.5/10 or 6/10 in MAL terms. Characters: Honestly this one is up to the viewers’ discretion as to whether enjoy the character archetypes but I did and I saw potential that the stories progression apparently didn’t so 7.5/10 or 7/10 in MAL terms. Enjoyment: Despite its short comings it was somewhat enjoyable so I give it a 6/10. Overall: I’ve already said in the beginning my score was 5.5/10 or 6/10 in MAL terms and its hugely because the show wanted to be two different things but in the end couldn’t do either correctly enough. If it had more episodes and better writing maybe it could have been better but it didn’t so it’s sad to see this show fade but I don’t think it’s gonna be a show I’ll remember in the future and it’s not one I’d buy unless it was an essentials or a HUGELY on sale.

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