Okay, so this anime may only be twelve episodes, but it certainly contains a lot. However, I would certainly caution anyone who wanted to watch it. It contains a lot of "uneasy" subjects. Probably not a good idea for any extreme activist of any kind. On the other hand, if you are just against guns, you will be fine because there are absolutely no guns.
Like I said, this anime packs a lot into it. It deals with betrayal, rape, abuse, psychopathic killers, bombs, crazy people, gamers, love, hate, fear, death, murder, criminals, sexual assault, revenge, high stakes games, bulling, karma, PTSD, divorce, romance, etc. It's got blood and gore, big boobs, explosions, half naked women, insane dudes, popular dudes, bad ass fighting women, and I can't believe I just said some of those things, but I did. Watched it to. I'm not saying it's the best anime or even a really great one, but I do have to respect how much they put into twelve episodes.
I have to say though, I feel like this is the Japanese version of the hunger games. On an island, only given a few things to survive, have to kill off the others to win and leave, someone trying to get around the rules, someone else offering to die to save the other, crazy guy in control, people being picked to be dropped into some "battle field", someone not wanting to "play the game" and trying not to kill, it just sounds a little bit too familiar. The first episode when Sakamoto was on the beach reminded me of the arena in the second book.
I didn't expect the thing with the rape to be taken so far, though, it was pretty cliche. It was the overweight guy who seemed sweet and caring then turns out to be crazy and goes nuts and tries to rape someone. How many times have I heard that before?
I guess my biggest issue with the anime wasn't it's similarity to a book or the countless cliches, but the ending. Yes, here I go again obsessed with endings. It just didn't feel like an ending. We have no idea what happened to the people on the island or what was going on with the "technical difficulties", or at least I don't. If you know then please share. I don't know what that very last part was all about. The whole thing felt like there was supposed to be more, another season or at least another episode. It felt like it was supposed to have a sequel, only as far as I or wikipedia knows, it doesn't. It doesn't have anything after that. If it weren't for the fact that it's been like two years since the anime started, I would think there would be more coming out. It wasn't just the ending that felt sudden either. The beginning felt sudden too. The beginning also seemed unorganized. In my opinion, either the writer or the director doesn't have a good sense of the three major parts of a story called beginning, middle, end. It wasn't until towards the end that I thought it was actually getting rather interesting. I felt an interest in the characters and there were more emotional scenes. I'm not saying shows have to be weepy and angry, even comical counts as emotional, but for the most part, it felt rather devoid of much emotion. I did laugh at the beginning when Sakamoto took so long to figure out the bomb had a timer. Like what the hell did you think the numbers counting down were for!? Time to turn your brain on. I wish it hadn't ended when it was finally starting to get really interesting.
Over all, I would say a 3.5 out of 5. I respect it for how many subjects it addressed and how it addressed them, but the plot was to cliche, the I didn't feel very connected with the characters, and the ending was not an ending.
Like I said, this anime packs a lot into it. It deals with betrayal, rape, abuse, psychopathic killers, bombs, crazy people, gamers, love, hate, fear, death, murder, criminals, sexual assault, revenge, high stakes games, bulling, karma, PTSD, divorce, romance, etc. It's got blood and gore, big boobs, explosions, half naked women, insane dudes, popular dudes, bad ass fighting women, and I can't believe I just said some of those things, but I did. Watched it to. I'm not saying it's the best anime or even a really great one, but I do have to respect how much they put into twelve episodes.
I have to say though, I feel like this is the Japanese version of the hunger games. On an island, only given a few things to survive, have to kill off the others to win and leave, someone trying to get around the rules, someone else offering to die to save the other, crazy guy in control, people being picked to be dropped into some "battle field", someone not wanting to "play the game" and trying not to kill, it just sounds a little bit too familiar. The first episode when Sakamoto was on the beach reminded me of the arena in the second book.
I didn't expect the thing with the rape to be taken so far, though, it was pretty cliche. It was the overweight guy who seemed sweet and caring then turns out to be crazy and goes nuts and tries to rape someone. How many times have I heard that before?
I guess my biggest issue with the anime wasn't it's similarity to a book or the countless cliches, but the ending. Yes, here I go again obsessed with endings. It just didn't feel like an ending. We have no idea what happened to the people on the island or what was going on with the "technical difficulties", or at least I don't. If you know then please share. I don't know what that very last part was all about. The whole thing felt like there was supposed to be more, another season or at least another episode. It felt like it was supposed to have a sequel, only as far as I or wikipedia knows, it doesn't. It doesn't have anything after that. If it weren't for the fact that it's been like two years since the anime started, I would think there would be more coming out. It wasn't just the ending that felt sudden either. The beginning felt sudden too. The beginning also seemed unorganized. In my opinion, either the writer or the director doesn't have a good sense of the three major parts of a story called beginning, middle, end. It wasn't until towards the end that I thought it was actually getting rather interesting. I felt an interest in the characters and there were more emotional scenes. I'm not saying shows have to be weepy and angry, even comical counts as emotional, but for the most part, it felt rather devoid of much emotion. I did laugh at the beginning when Sakamoto took so long to figure out the bomb had a timer. Like what the hell did you think the numbers counting down were for!? Time to turn your brain on. I wish it hadn't ended when it was finally starting to get really interesting.
Over all, I would say a 3.5 out of 5. I respect it for how many subjects it addressed and how it addressed them, but the plot was to cliche, the I didn't feel very connected with the characters, and the ending was not an ending.
Here we have our child psychopath who just killed his father. He looks really upset about it doesn't he?
I'm sorry but what exactly is this characters purpose?
This would be the prince rescuing the princess...without the royalty.
Punching the guy who betrayed your confession of love and slept with your girlfriend cliche.
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