Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
xdvr
Gah... short and sweet review.
PROS
Animation is better, pretty good in fact.
Character design although generic does give you something to hang on and you're not going "is that A or B?".
CONS
Although it's not got all the problems of Chaos;Head but still has a lot of them - go read that review and come back, cause this ain't much better.
The route cause is the Giglacrappery is just a rubbish tenet to build a story around, which is also poorly implemented.
The pace is slightly better than Chaos;Head, but it's still a problem.
Not sure there's any likeable characters in this, although the main kid is slightly more likeable.
Others obviously like it - you may be one.
Go make up your own mind.
Read at the sourceNotlol
Today was a rather normal day.
I had an urge to pick up a new anime, because I really want to make it to that 200 completed shows threshold someday. I looked through some old boxes in my bedroom and found a CD for this one anime named "Chaos;Child". At first I was like "Wow! I didn't know SILVER LINK made an anime adaptation of my favorite SciADV visual novel! I hope it lives up to its source matetial!".
So, I grabbed some snacks, like popcorn and some Mountain Dew(you know, to fully integrate myself into the full Chaos;Child experience), played the first DVD in and began to...huh? 12 episodes? That little episodes for a 60 hour long visual novwl? Meh, they probably found a workaround for that. And so then I pressed the play button only to be greeted by what might be the BEST visual nov…
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TL;DR it's a waste of time and you shouldn't bother, the VN is out there on steam for really cheap if you want to experience this masterpiece of a story
Hands down the worst anime adaptation of a visual novel of all time, compressing a 50-60 hour visual novel into 12 episodes is just madness. To put it into perspective, Steins;Gate's adaptation which is more than twice as short (side routes were cut, which are frankly not very relevant) had to cut some of the plot, most relevant being late game Nae, in order to fit into 24 episodes.
The story feels soulless, from start to finish, lacks any depth and character development, and so the reveals are lacking impact since you don't care for the characters
Read at the sourceComet_Official
So while I understand this is an ANIME Adaptation of a Visual Novel and it won't be the exact same I can't see why people hate on this anime so much. Was the ending a bit abrupt? Sure but OVERALL the story continuation of Chaos;Head to Chaos;Child with the Gigilomanics was AWESOME! It had a level of adventure, mystery and horror that I really wasn't expecting and as someone who didn't get into the VNs until after the anime, I must say I did not see a lot of the twists coming! Due to its overall story and intrigue I would say this anime is in my Top 10 when it comes to the supernatural mystery genre. Is it a perfect adaptation of its source material? No but in the 12 episodes we got plus the 2 extra that made up the Silent Sky Movie we got a good adaption of the general story from the VNs e…
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I didnt expect much from this anime and thought that i wouldnt watch it at all, but surprisingly its quite good average anime.
As always, i will be short.
ChäoS;Child is not a masterpiece, but you can watch it, it has its advantages:
- really interesting plot with a lot of plot twists
- many moments are unusual and not cliched
- main character is not a typical boring one with unrealistic ideals and not a cowardly one, but a completely decent character
- this is not a censored children's anime, there is cruelty and murder
- there are very cute girls of different archetypes and appearances
The visual quality is quite good, there is not much cheap animation.
The soundtrack is ordinary, but there is a cool opening.
What can i say in conclusion?
You shouldnt expect much from this anime, but…
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This anime does some things well, and some others rly bad. There are huge flaws and most of them are quite easy to spot; but if you can look past them and focus on its positives - which are amazing! - then here you have a must watch.
Also, if you are looking for self improvement in your stories (writting, rpgs, or other medias), you will learn a lot about what to do and what to avoid with Chaos Child.
Positives:
There isn't much or maybe any fanservice (This is not exactly a strong point, but fanservice would be a problem for the story this show is trying to tell);
Amazing main plot;
Top tier opening;
Some good characters;
Great character development of the main character;
Nice message at the ending;
Chaos Child is a suspense story in which you have the tools to realize what is going on…
Read at the sourceSoggySlopster
Another day, another butchered adaptation of a SciAdv masterpiece.
Much like ChaoS;HEAd's anime, ChaoS;Child was horribly rushed and suffers greatly as a result. The visual novel in its entirety took me over 70 hours to complete, so squeezing that into 5-6 hours of content was a herculean task from the start. Integral parts of the story are either reduced to minor events or flat out just not included at all, and the characters and relationships are criminally underdeveloped. Core parts of Takuru's character are just left out, and characters like Hana and Uki are almost nonexistent throughout the anime, as opposed to their fairly sizeable roles in the visual novel.
It's not quite the same as the slap in the face that was ChaoS;HEAd's anime, but there are times that I, as a big SciAdv fa…
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Before you even start reading this, I have one thing to say. If you are even remotely interested in the story that is Chaos;Child, keep as far away as possible from this adaptation. The visual novel that this pile of trash is based on is one of the best VNs you could possibly read, so forget that this anime even exists, and do yourself a favor by playing the source material. You will not regret it.
This anime is an absolute travesty.
It might be the worst adaptation I have ever seen in my life. Trust me when I say that you would be better off watching paint dry than sitting down and suffering through this amalgamation of an anime. I simply can not understand how anyone thought that adapting a ~50-hour long visual novel into a 14 (12 + 2) episode series was a good idea. As a result, nearl…
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The thing that i don't understand is why the low rating ?? You're saying that it's based on a visual novel and that they removed many important things compared to the novel ? Well, who cares ! i didn't read the visual novel so i don't care !
If you didn't read the novel like me, just watch this anime, everything is great about it !
the story is really interesting and thrilling, it makes you want to binge watch it till the end, the characters are great, and the plot is really cool, same as its predecessor Chaos;head, and yes, Chaos;head wasn't really good because of the many flaws it had, but if you don't focus on the details and watch it for its global idea, it was actually really original, and then Chaos;child is like Chaos;head, but without those flaws.
So, i advice you to ignore thes…
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Please guys this is only my opinion.
Trust me you don't want to watch this show.
I think watching porn it's more interesting than this the story is shit it's starting from nowhere and I ended to nowhere but I kind of like the opening and ending song
the characters oh my god they are the worst on the other hand the story was not understandable I think like the studio summary like fifth 10,000 books into 12 episodes also I didn't enjoy the anime I only finish it because I hate to start anything and stop in the middle now I'm going to shift-delete all my memory from this show.
And to conclude don't watch it
Read at the sourceOkabekiyouma
One of the most hated anime of winter 2017 is an anime that tries to be short yet phenomenal. Being in a shared universe of Steins;Gate (SciAdv series), the expectation for this anime were high as it should be. But there was always curse of having Chaos in the title. Its prequel anime, Chaos; Head is infamously known for adapting great VN into incoherent mess. Most of the people like to believe Chaos;Child is somewhat better than Chaos;Head adaptation and they are probably right. But Chaos;Head has its merits in the fact that it had good opening episodes which somewhat portrayed the unique environment of VN. This is where Chaos;Child fails miserably.
Story:
As a VN reader, I think Chaos;Child has unique story and is just as good(if not better) as Steins;Gate. The story has a major flaw th…
Read at the sourceMikenshi
Way better than it's prequel, this series has better characters and a more developed story. Yet it fails on beign a good adaptation of its source material, it succed on beign a decent series that wont bore you, specially if you don't know the source material.
I only watched the prequel because My Anime List says it has some relation with Steins Gate (I don't know where) and it was really dissapointing, a total waste of time, and only finished it just because I don't like left things unfinished. Anyway, I really enjoyed this sequel. Sure it didn't sparks joy in my eyes but at least made me want to watch episode after episode.
You wont miss much if you don't see it, but if you do you'll enjoy it as the decent series it is, specially a couple good cliffhangers it has. Basically it wont bore y…
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The anime adaptation of Chaos;Child, as for has been for his previous one Chaos;Head, is not something that has been done perfectly. It's not easy to sum up an entire and long visual novel in so few episodes.
Story: 10
The story is very fascinating, there are so many hidden things and mysteries that involves and trasmit great curiosity, it manages to hit the point of the entire opera.
Art: 8
Its graphic style is a little different from the original opera in my opinion, but still I think that is pretty enjoyable. Some scenes are really impressive. Sound: 8
The music is good, but it's very hard to listen during the anime. It's very atmospheric and dark but it can guarantee good moments in the situations. The opening and ending are pretty good, and some vocals work are made by Kanako I…
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ChäoS;Child is guro porn for the sick freaks who froth at the mouth at little sisters being dismembered and pee fetishes. If you’re a normal person, who doesn’t like edgelord/shock value shlock, then stay far away from this series. This is the worst representation of visual novels ever, for those who think that visual novels are all over-the-top gross-out fiestas with porn, i.e. Saya no Uta, then this series just reaffirms that bias.
• I don’t like negative representations of visual novels, most are bad, but sometimes they can be accurate representations of what it’s like to be stuck inside of your own head. If you like this series, you may enjoy the visual novel Sweet Pool. Wait, no, don’t play that! ChäoS;Child feels smashed together and hard to follow, probably because they took the g…
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Chaos;Child is the spinoff/sequel to the psychological thriller, Chaos;Head. I watched these two series after learning they are in the Steins;Gate universe, and I watched them fully expecting them to be terrible. Ultimately, I was blown away by Chaos;Child.
Chaos;Child is one of the smarter psychological thrillers out there. It has a likable cast of characters, a disturbing mystery, and a well-conceived resolution. It fundamentally improves on the anime Chaos;Head in almost every way (except maybe being a little more narratively straightforward). If I had to compare the tone to anything, I would probably compare it to Persona 3. While Chaos;Head was a little bit of a slog to push through, Chaos;Child often ended in cliffhangers or twists that kept making me want to watch 'just one more ep…
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TL;DR - Watch the entirety of Science Adventure if you want to watch this.
This anime alone, in theory, is pretty awful, but, saying this anime is awful because it doesn't lead anywhere, make any sense, or have any purpose is like taking a random chapter out of a book, calling it it's own story, and then saying it's awful because it doesn't lead anywhere, make any sense, or have any purpose.
For those who don't know, this anime is basically the 4th season in a series of anime called Science Adventure, which is based off of the visual novels of the same name. The series is still being released, but so far we have (in order): Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Child, and Steins;Gate 0 (still being aired). Ultimately, a huge theme in this anime series is mystery. We have really…
Read at the sourceKagariShiinauwu
This is my first review but i'll try to make things short. Having experienced the visual novel this is pretty much a fair review of this series, taking it into account both as a standalone series and as an adaptation.
You might be familiar with the phrase "There is no Tsukihime anime" which is pretty much used to describe the anime adaptation of Tsukihime and to make fun of how bad it was. It is pretty much a prime example of an adaptation gone wrong.
Taking this into account the phrase "There is no Chaos;Child anime" should also exist (Same applies for Chaos;Head)
STORY: 5
Just like with Chaos;Head this anime butchers the storyline of its visual novel and even as a standalone anime it still isn't all that good. The plotline was just way too long for a 12 episodes anime and it pretty m…
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Here is an example of how a prequel could ruin a new addition to a series. For all of those who watched Chaos;Head before this one you surely understand what i mean.
The only mistake this anime made was being a sequel. However, that doesn't really matter since it's not related to Chaos;Head except in order of events. From my point of view, Chaos;Head was like the introduction or trial version before creating this anime. (No I'm serious and a proof of that is the recap at the beginning of Chaos;Child where the entire season of Chaos;Head was wrapped in 20 minutes. That was not a summary that was essentially the entire season in 20 minutes!).
Okay now that it's clear how unrelated this season is to the last one let's me explain what this one has to offer.
PLOT! (No not what you're thinkin…
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The show needed two seasons. I'm not even judging it based on its source material.
It's like they had a bullet-point list of what needed to be adapted, and checked each item off as they went. It's like a summary, a Wikipedia page put into TV. The story is told, but that's about it. None of the characters are well developed or developed at all, and the plot just moves along.
About halfway through I forgot everyone's names, which I felt awful about because in several touching scenes, I would be wiping away a tear while in my head I'm like "B-but who was this person?" But can you blame me? Everyone seemingly existed as plot devices save for the main character, Takuru and another one, can't mention due to spoilers. Even then, they're very clearly only there so the plot moves, there's no att…
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This review has spoilers, HUGE SPOILERS!
English Version:
once Upon a time, an anime called ChaoS: HEAd came out, everyone hated and I wanted to know why, the result of it was one of the worst anime I've ever seen, when ChaoS; Child, the sequel, came out, I tried to avoid it, but now that I saw, I can finally tell you all about this abomination called ChaoS; Child:
Story (3):
The premise was interesting, but the execution was terrible, the mysteries of the "next gen" are back, murders are happening and no one knows who is committing the crimes, Takuru, MC and his high school friends try to solve it, plot starts very well, the first 7 episodes were very well done, with plot twists, plot points and the mystery getting more and more interesting, but in the end, it all went to shit. As if y…
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