Chaos;Child

[MFauli]

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ChäoS;Child takes place in October 2015, six years after the events of ChäoS;HEAd. Abnormal events begin to occur in Shibuya district, including mysterious deaths.

episode 1 is out
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So, apparently everybody hates Chaos;Head and I don´t know why. So that´s that lol. I´m actually inmidst of a rewatch of Chaos;Head, up to episode 6, and I´m really enjoying it. I like it back then, but I mostly forgot about it, so I wanted to see if I still like it. Yes, I do. Although I remember that it´s weaker towards the end, so maybe I´ll experience that, too. Anyway.

First of all: The "recap" episode before the real episode 1 of Chaos;Child is useless. If you haven´t seen Chaos;Head, do NOT rely on this recap to catch up with things. I strongly recommend watching Chaos;Head, not only because it´s a good anime in itself, but because it establishes lots of terms and concepts that are casually used in Chaos;Child. Also, Chaos;Child is a most direct sequel to Chaos;Child, it really makes no sense not to watch Chaos;Head. Imagine watching only the last volume of Lord of the Rings. Makes no sense.

On to episode 1: It´s completely different in terms of setup. Chaos;Head was about one poor, broken guy, who kept clinging to his delusions. For anybody who didn´t like Nishijou Takumi, this was a hard show to follow, because he´s middle and center of all things.
Not so in Chaos;Child: Here we have whole group of "heroes", akin to Steins;Gate. It´s instantly intriguing because all the events of the first anime are used as a backdrop for the events unfolding in front of the heroes eyes in Chaos;Child. Just that this time we have a "sane" group of people, so it´s probably more relatable for most of the audience.
Can´t say much about the plot from ep 1, but it was certainly interesting and production values appear to be quite high, too. Also, it´s instantly 100 times better than Occultic;Nine already, so let´s just forget about that disappointment of last season.

Definitely my favorite "high concept"-anime of the season so far.

[MFauli]

episode 2 is out
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Wow, so it looks like everybody but me really hated Chaos;Head and isn´t watching this, eh? :D

All I can say is that Chaos;Child is a very different show than its predecessor. It´s group-focused instead of centering around a single, crazy otaku. And it has a really nice pace, unlike Occultic;Nine, which kept throwing stuff at your without ever pausing. The hero, who is voiced by Kirito, is a bit too quiet as of now, but there´s potential.

Only downside is the generic artstyle. It´s modern in terms of animation and music, unlike Chaos;Head, which is a bit hard to watch in that regard. But it has this very, very typical "anime-style", you know, whe normies complain about something "looking anime", that´s the style they refer to. I´d wish this had Steins;Gate´s expressive, unique art. Oh well.

The anime does a good job at building on the introduced mystery, heavily relying on the events of Chaos;Head. I wonder if Takumi Shouji will make an entrance eventually.

The ending of this episode really got me surprise. It´s not even that gruesome, compared to lots of other anime. But the way it happens out of nowhere and is presented so realistically, ... yeah, well done.

[NeoCybercoin]

I did like Chaos;Head. It's been a long time since I've last seen that though. I usually pick up other shows after a few episodes come out so I can watch a few in a row to see if I really like it or not. But I take it this one is good?

[MFauli]

But I take it this one is good?

If you liked Chaos;Head and liked Steins;Gate, you absolutely should like this one. Especially if your were gravely disappointed about Occultic;Nine, too.

[NeoCybercoin]

Never watched the last two to be honest. I know, it's a sin to not have watched Steins;Gate according to some. So I should do that some times.

[shinta|hikari]

Episode 7.








WTF.

[MFauli]

Box-sister was nice.

This anime is much better than Occultic;Nine, but it´s too generic in ... just about everything. Its biggest fault is that the main characters had no agenda on their own (until this latest episode). Takuru could have just stopped investigating that story for his shitty school newspaper and their lifes would have went on without any drama.