04-11-2014, 12:33 PM | #1 |
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Gokukoku no Brynhildr
When he was a child, Murakami was infatuated with a girl he called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her, even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she decides to show him the aliens, but an accident occurs and Kuroneko dies while Murakami is left seriously wounded in the hospital. Years go by and Murakami obsesses on finding proof of the existence of aliens because of a promise he had made with Kuroneko. Then, one day, a new transfer student comes to his class, who not only looks a lot like Kuroneko, but is named Kuroha Neko! And even though she insists on never having met Murakami before, the girl has superhuman strength and seems to even be able to predict the future! How will Murakami's life change now that he has been saved by this mysterious girl that claims to be a magician? Perhaps you guys know this already, but the manga comes from Lynn Okamoto, of Elfen Lied fame. The animation is done by the exact same studio as the one that did the Elfen Lied anime. There's also girls equipped with superpowers and some very defining physical characteristics that separate them from your normal humans. Also Mad!Scientists and X-ray shots. The manga is still on-going, but the anime is only going to have 13 episodes as far as we know. Yeah, I'll admit, it's kinda like Elfen Lied all over again, isn't it? Or maybe it's not? Discuss! |
04-11-2014, 12:46 PM | #2 |
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Why's that girl only have one arm? o_O
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Episode 1 I'll start by admitting that I do follow the manga. I have read every chapter I could get my hands on except for raw material ('cause yours truly is bad at kanji). And the very beginning of the anime leaves out two pages of the manga that "happen" before anything else, the contents of the pages making kinda clear that it's not sure if the show will continue after this season or not. But now, to the episode! Spoiler: show Good lord I want to make a list of the things this show already has in common with Elfen Lied. If you think the first episode is a great offender at this, the manga has made the similarity list longer and longer and longer. I love Elfen Lied. Brynhildr is similar, but the cast is larger and there's less of the psychological stuff - the amount of gore is going to increase in future episodes, though. The first episode starts off a little slow; but if the studio really wants to push out as much of the story as the OP suggests, we might have some pretty fast-paced episodes coming up. Things are cut, as they always are with these one-cour-adaptions, but it's not actually too bad. I'll definitely watch this one to the end and just pray the ending won't be as improvised as it was for Elfen Lied. |
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She has two arms. Maybe the black sleeve-things make the other one hard to see, but she has all of her limbs intact. ^^;;
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04-12-2014, 05:24 PM | #5 |
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This really didn't strike me as similar to Elfen Lied, beyond the 'magical girlfriend' angle. Rather, it had a lot more in common with Another. The pool vortex and rainstorm avalanche were just ridiculously over-the-top.
I'm not impressed, although the MC "Murakami" tempted me. Being intelligent and perceptive is a plus, but he isn't homogenous, and combines those traits with being shrill and immature. You feel like, aside from his education, he's just a bigger version of his kid self, and not a true high school student. I was disappointed that there's going to be a harem. Another got by with only an OTP, we don't need no stickin' harem.
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The harem incidentally contains gothic Byakuren and schoolgirl Alice. Also an armpit fetish.
The kids are out looking for aliens, espers, and time travelers! And this literary guy is the only member of his club left since all the upperclassmen graduated. And there's a mysterious transfer student who is clearly not a student because she's an airhead who forgot everything. Also a Shoggoth.
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It's not a harem anime, you dolts.
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Watched the first episode.
The plot feels really contrived, but it's definitely interesting. I like the atmosphere, astronomy is cool. Morg already mentioned the startling resemblances to Haruhi. Spoiler: show
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Finished this series. Tbh, I thought it was pretty cute for the most part, if
The ending, uh, got really weird though. ^^; Confused on what happened during the credits as well. Felt very rushed. Kaisa said it was in the manga, and I'm curious what else wasn't covered since I saw a huge spoiler from the first few pages. Might check it out at some point.
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