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Erased 6

Felt a bit slow even though we had quite the progress to the story. And we're now back to the past.

I'm still curious about the killer. All things point to the teacher but was he even a suspect? It seems Satoru was sure that the killer's name was on the pre-Hitomi list. Also, I'm not sure what triggers the Revival. This one happened without someone being in danger, well, other than Satoru going to the prison. I wonder if they'll decide to explain it..

Next episode should be really good, hopefully. And not so full of dramatic effects. :p
 
Erased - 06

This was good. But I also liked episode 5, which many seem to hate with fiery passion. And neither does the chocolate story bother me, I think it's believable.

I don't care if the Airi rescue scene was 'unrealistic'. The only thing that matters is that she's safe : P
Satoru is going back to the past again after getting arrested and locking gazes with who presumably is the real killer. This time also with the knowledge that everything is linked to those 3 murders in the past.
Good stuff.
 
A lot of details from the current timeline incidents to help put some pieces together in this episode. It also included a lot of backstory on the killings of the past to on how the police viewed the evidence as well as the independent reporter. It's obvious now, that the killer is a public official (city or police) as mentioned by Airi. Sataru now has an uphill battle.

Good episode overall.
 
Erased 6

I felt that this was a much better episode than the last one. A few things that bothered me. The red eyes hadn't mattered much to me up until this episode where we see them just randomly thrown on someone. Before I could justify it as Satoru's view of the people, but that doesn't fit when the viewpoint is somewhere Satoru couldn't see at all. The paper simply having a number on it was silly too. Satoru's mom was just like, "I know who the killer is.. let me write down my colleagues number so I don't forget!"

But I enjoyed the rest of the episode. It's became less of a defining piece and more of just an entertaining show for me.
 
Another good episode. A little bit fast, but that's what happens when you are trying to fit 7 volumes of a manga into a 12 episode series.

Thankfully, at this pace the show should be caught up with where I stopped in the Manga by the end of the next episode, so I'll be able to go back to enjoying it alot more than I have the past two episodes where I inevitably ended up contrasting differences.
 
Erased 6

Ohh. The past episode and now episode 6 has been a point of inflexion in this series. For me it has been officially lowered a good notch or two in quality.

First, these two episodes leave me disconnected with all the buildup of the previous episodes. They made a very good work in the setting of 18 years ago, his friends, his situation as adult in a child's body, his relationship with Kayo, his worries about what would happen in the day of her disappearance... and now the story and the MC seems to have forgotten that entire plotline. It's like that was another tv series and now we are seeing another second series of another genre, even.

Second, this episode has focused in the aspect of detective-policial investigation/mystery of who is the murderer in a direct way. And it failed.
The entire premise seems to be murderer is some kind of criminal mastermind. He is not your simple petty killer, he is super crafty, he plans ahead everyone else, he cover his steps and he is never trapped. But the series doesn't make me believe in it. It fails at "show, don't tell". It never shows a really good plan by the murderer so I can say "wow that was very well planned!, I can believe he can get away always with that mind".
1 Instead, it all started in ep 1 by somehow magically detecting the main character's mom suspected of him as a kidnapper because she looked at him for like 2 seconds in the middle of a public street where there was many other people. For him she was another pedestrian more, and he cleanly got away. And obviously he couldn't know she started thinking in the old murder case.
2 He later tries to kill the girl because she saw his face. But you know, there are many many more people who knows his face. In general terms the plot is going in a way that seems the murderer knows all the series is showing, all the thoughts of the girl and the protagonist, so he knows they are a danger.
3 Somehow people see a fire in a house and instead of thinking it has been an accident with a heater or a cigarette they think it's an attempted murder. And somehow they connect it with another murder case by some invented bullshit of she also being the killer's accomplice. It's falling in the type of fiction where the police is incredibly dumb.
4 His plan to incriminate the protagonist is successful not because he was a mastermind killer but because the writer made it so, with a random neighbor shouting "murderer!" and the protagonist running away. If he hadn't ran away this wouldn't happened, the normal thing would be for the protagonist to be believed as innocent, if the family/friends confirm they had a normal mother-son relationship and there wasn't any cause like past conflicts or money reasons or psychiatric problems or anything. And the bad guy couldn't control on his plan how the protagonist would act, so it was pretty crappy plan all around.
5 He magically knew the girl would escape of the hospital, somehow avoiding the policemen, and shen would meet with the protagonist. He isn't a genius, he is a fortune-teller with a magic crystal ball. That, or he is genre-savvy and he knows he is in a fiction series.
6 the police somehow supposed one of the killed boys (Hiromi Sugita) was killed because he looked a bit like a girl. Why? Just because. Totally a random guess! Actually it's said by the writer because that way the killer wouldn't be a suspect because he knew the kid. That's why.
7 and lol at the super complicated theoretical plan of moving the body of the girl and using an atomizer to super freeze her in less time.

So, the moment the series has tried to be a serious murder mystery following deductions and with the criminal and the police acting, it has turned into a dissapointment.

Ok, end of rant.
 
Yeah the police seem to be way too competent (linking a fire to a murder instantly for little reason) and way too incompetent (do they really think Satoru did it? I mean really?) Satoru would be cleared of all charges in like, two days but I guess since Jun got charged they would end up going on the "POLICE ARE CORRUPT, CANT TRUST EM" route despite them having zero reason to indict Satoru
 
Hopefully by going back to the past the show can start calming itself down, because these last two episodes were just them trying to cram every single dramatic event they could.

The fire rescue was a bit less realistic than I'd have expected from the show, but given how the rest of the present segment unfolded I'm not surprised.

I like Airi :(
 
Whoa, good thing Airi made it! That detective dude had red eyes but seems like a good lad, I don't know how to feel about his motives... That ending was intense, that psycho is laughing at Satoru's face! New time travel next week, can't wait!!!
 
duckroll said:
A show about a protagonist with the superhuman power to travel back in time to change the past. Truly the bastion of realism.
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True, but I would argue that at first everything was treated in a relatively grounded manner, despite the Revival power, only to steadily get more and more over the top and implausible as the series progressed.
 
Jarmel said:
That's such a weak counterargument and you know it.
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Is it though? I mean we're talking about an adaptation of a manga which prides itself as "A THRILLING ESPER MYSTERY STORY" on the first page from the very first chapter.

I understand the backlash, because I too when starting the anime thought it was going to be more of a character study with the mystery/time travel aspects as a background excuse. But as I looked more into it, it's clearly not the case. It's a pulp mystery whodunit filled with overdramatic flourishes.
 
duckroll said:
Is it though? I mean we're talking about an adaptation of a manga which prides itself as "A THRILLING ESPER MYSTERY STORY" on the first page from the very first chapter.

I understand the backlash, because I too when starting the anime thought it was going to be more of a character study with the mystery/time travel aspects as a background excuse. But as I looked more into it, it's clearly not the case. It's a pulp mystery whodunit filled with overdramatic flourishes.
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You play by the rules of the universe. In this case besides Satoru's ability he's a normal person. He got seriously fucked up when that car hit him and is by all standards a regular guy. It's not a super realistic show but so far the show has gone to lengths to have realistic explanations such as explaining what happened to Kayo.

The overdramatic flourishes were always there to an extent. The problem is that the show has increasingly broke with the semi-realistic standards it held itself to in the past. Elements like the fire rescue tie into the police being both competent and incompetent at the same time. Both of which seem to stem from the writer not being that knowledgeable on either subject and sort of winging it.
 
A friend recommended me this show and so far it's pretty amazing. My only issue with it is whenever they show a character with ill-intent, they color or highlight their eyes as red. While this helps viewers identify a 'bad' character, it takes me out of the experience when it happens and seems 'fantasy anime' esque, like putting horns on a character. It lowers the list of potential people you see as suspects because they are already painting an image for you. I'd rather just see these people as your average looking guy or girl, just knowing that sometimes one of them could do something really messed up to someone else. That's how life is.
 
That cleared some stuff up, and I it put the teacher back into focus for me. I mean Satoru recognized him from after the murder, but maybe there's more to it?

I enjoy it for what it is and I like a whodunit. Not really sure how it's overused the fact that he has a power or how it's really the focus of the show. Who the murderer is has been the focus with some life realizations for Satoru.
 
RangerBAD said:
That cleared some stuff up, and I it put the teacher back into focus for me. I mean Satoru recognized him from after the murder, but maybe there's more to it?

I enjoy it for what it is and I like a whodunit. Not really sure how it's overused the fact that he has a power or how it's really the focus of the show. Who the murderer is has been the focus with some life realizations for Satoru.
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Exactly how I saw it. Not sure what others really were expecting going in. The only thing I hope is that Satoru get's another shot at saving people in the past (and succeeding, but that also causing other issues to arise with other people)
 
Episode 6

Well I was going to move past the whole chocolate thing but then they opened the episode right with it. I still think it’s a bit ridiculous and more so after seeing Anri’s mother lament over the situation for a brief moment. Of course it connects to Anri’s trust in Satoru but it’s just a shame they didn’t have a stronger backstory there or at least gave it a bit more depth but that’s that lol.

As for the bulk of the episode, I think it was alright, better than the last. Good and all that the manager helped Satoru get Anri out but the dude is still creepy and he must have still been hanging around the area which makes him even weirder. It’s been brought up constantly how bothersome the red eyes can be, if the point is to paint people in a malicious light there are other ways they could of did it, unless the culprit can see through their eyes or some shit like that but I doubt that. On that note, not sure how I feel about the journalist so far but I have a bit of doubt for most characters so far tbh.

During the first episodes I was wondering when we would jump back to the present and was a bit eager just to see how they would do it. Strangely enough, I feel like just a bit of tension has been lost, which of course shouldn’t be the case considering the predicament Satoru’s still in. I suppose with the past it had a tighter grip on the time Satoru had left and had a prevalent feeling about it. Nonetheless, it’s good that he got a second to gain more info and process it, plus a fleeting calm personal moment. Though he seems to be a bit too much in the open, doesn’t he?

My minor complaints aside, I’m still enjoying this a lot. What a cliffhanger that was.
 
Cornbread78 said:
Wait, the final chapters of the manga do not release in Japan until March. ..
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For killer reveal (not the killers identity or anything)

Killer is revealed 9 chapters before the ending.

Also with that pacing the anime will fuck up big time. They don't have time for anything and will cut about half the manga. :-/
 
Episode 6 felt like it going a 100 miles per second - not really a negative but it was hard to grasp all the details for me.

I do hope the chocolate bar is a chekov's gun - seems pretty important to the plot :p (but really, I would be fine if there is more to it).
 
Glad they were finally able to mention one of his close friends being one of the victims.
But he was a boy so who cares?
Did I completely misunderstand that scene or is this something that gets addressed later.
 
RecRoulette said:
Glad they were finally able to mention one of his close friends being one of the victims.
But he was a boy so who cares?
Did I completely misunderstand that scene or is this something that gets addressed later.
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It was all in that scene. EP6 >
Satoru's theory is that the killer targeted Hiromi because he knew he was a boy, so the police wouldn't suspect someone that knew him because they were looking for a murdered that would target girls. In short, Hiromi wasn't a target, just a distraction.
 
Cornbread78 said:
However, I really want to know, but I want it all to happen organically. like what happened when I got to that turd of an ending for Evangelion.
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The grudge is still real...

Just watch End of Evangelion already my friend, you'll like it a lot more. I can guarantee it.

bwahhahahaahhaha
 
The episode was nice, but not as good as the previous ones for me. To see how the killer frames other people was interesting but him getting arrested and that last part where he sees the killer right away, really? Maybe I forgot this, but has Satoru seen the killer before? Because he sure recognizes him there. Either way this arrest can't last long, what at all links him to the murder of his own mother? Same goes for the fire.

And those two mothers talking that gibberish when he was simply helping those kids. Smh at them.
 
Mendrox said:
Also with that pacing the anime will fuck up big time. They don't have time for anything and will cut about half the manga. :-/
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Yeah, it feels like this series will end up being a poster child for something that if not for it being only 12 episodes instead of 24, could have ended up being perfect in all regards. The pace for the first 4 episodes was amazing, and I would love if we went back to that; but given how much material has to be covered I don't know how they would do that without cutting out and rearranging a lot of it
 
killer rin said:
Yeah, it feels like this series will end up being a poster child for something that if not for it being only 12 episodes instead of 24, could have ended up being perfect in all regards. The pace for the first 4 episodes was amazing, and I would love if we went back to that; but given how much material has to be covered I don't know how they would do that without cutting out and rearranging a lot of it
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Extending the anime to 24 episodes wouldn't solve the problems with the 2006 storyline, unless that was completely rewritten.
 
WeaponKnight said:
It was all in that scene. EP6 >
Satoru's theory is that the killer targeted Hiromi because he knew he was a boy, so the police wouldn't suspect someone that knew him because they were looking for a murdered that would target girls. In short, Hiromi wasn't a target, just a distraction.
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Was speaking more to why Satoru didn't seem to give a shit.
 
killer rin said:
Yeah, it feels like this series will end up being a poster child for something that if not for it being only 12 episodes instead of 24, could have ended up being perfect in all regards. The pace for the first 4 episodes was amazing, and I would love if we went back to that; but given how much material has to be covered I don't know how they would do that without cutting out and rearranging a lot of it
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The pacing hasn't really changed in terms of adaptation. It's still going at about 3 chapters per episode more or less. Since they'll have to adapt about 45 chapters in total, at some point something will have to change, but it hasn't changed yet. The last two episodes are not representative of them "rushing" anything in comparison with the manga.
 
duckroll said:
The pacing hasn't really changed in terms of adaptation. It's still going at about 3 chapters per episode more or less. Since they'll have to adapt about 45 chapters in total, at some point something will have to change, but it hasn't changed yet. The last two episodes are not representative of them "rushing" anything in comparison with the manga.
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45 chapters with 3 per episode so far and there being 12 episodes in total? Oh man I got a bad feeling about this.
 
ibyea said:
45 chapters with 3 per episode so far and there being 12 episodes in total? Oh man I got a bad feeling about this.
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Not necessarily, Kokoro Connect ended on a short note but came out with 3 OVA episodes. I remember mentioning it to CornBread. It would be an injustice to not include the entire manga in the anime cause then the suspense will be gone ;_;

Real talk though, I've seen those red eyes so many freaking times. I think it involves the protagonist's power in linking "suspects" or informants so to say together. The guy with the hat in the first episode had it. That dude living with Hinazuki's mom had those same red eyes when she was
shoving Hinazuki's face into a sink filled with water.
Another part was when the Mom was returning from what seemed to be her job. She was wearing makeup so it might be a hostess job. We see it on her again when he goes to Hinazuki's house and her mom opens the door. Lastly, we saw it on the guy he just, the old colleague, called this episode. Its weird, the eyes have only appeared when the protag is somehow in contact with someone but it doesn't always appear...
 
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