Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Velisatra
World Trigger starts pretty strong if you can get past the first couple episodes. It has good world building and all the invasion stuff is very entertaining. It does... have issues, however. And they become very apparent in seasons 2 and 3. Season 1 also has a large pointless filler arc that didn't even get dubbed that you can just skip completely: episodes 49-63.
The biggest issues are pacing and one dimensional characters. Characters also get very little progression and often end up repeating the same progression arcs over and over ad nauseam. Even when they finally seem to get over it and you're like "oh thank god, finally!" they're soon just thrust right back into it all over again for no apparent reason.
Once you get to the mock rank battles with completely forgettable characters I…
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World Trigger does what most other anime/manga cannot do, build a proper world setting and story pacing. IF you don't mind the horrible animation quality that it unfortunately has in the first season, then this anime will be enjoyable to watch. Logic and reasoning is prevalent in this anime. Motivations and characterizations are done well. There is no such thing as power of friendship or random power ups. It's all reasonably paced and builds up properly. However, the pacing can seem too slow as it does take the time to properly build up tensions, conflicts, or characters arcs.
Overall, this anime is a great watch for first time viewers who would appreciate more logical progressions, although that may not be the point of most anime. As for long time anime viewers? Watch this and I hope you…
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First of all I hate animes that does a freaking long review of the entire series, instead of just the most reason development, I mean if you haven't watch the series from the beginning then it doesn't matter either way cause this is a freaking long anime. That said can't believe why so many positive reviews of 8s and 9s seriously.
This anime has such terrible main cast, 2/3 were useless from the beginning. The main guy tries to improve himself throughout the series and we're force to follow his boring non-progressive development for almost the entire time. The worse part is the MC received help from many of the top rank guys but still remained as useless as if he never had any training. Can't rant anymore without spoiling too much regarding the plot.
Bottom line is only watch this crap i…
Read at the sourceKelric6
I don't understand the really positive reviews. This was NOT a good anime. The premise was a great premise, but the show have a few major flaws throughout.
1) World logic was not consistent. The show would introduce world logic for some component, and they would then forget about it or even contradict it in later episodes. They were usually minor things, but this was frequent enough to really question the story flow. Stuff like how an entire faction despises all neighbors and wants to kill them to the writers forgetting about what motivates this faction by the end and it just being overlooked. Things like how "points" are relevant for a few episodes...and then they aren't. The fact that the head of Border effectively starts a coo, and everyone is okay with it. One guy can see the short f…
Read at the sourceTactician
Every so often I'll take a look at an Anime compilation video. It just so happened I found out about World Trigger that way. I think it was one of those "Best fights of the 2010s" type things. I'd be lying if I said I remembered which fight from the show was featured but the important thing is that I found this Anime.
I was expecting a more usual 24ish episodes so it was to my surprise when I saw it was 73. This like some of the other longer Shounen out there start off kinda slow with the introductions of people and plot and whatnot but am I glad I sat through it. I was definitely surprised at the overall result and I'm super glad I stumbled upon this show.
I'm pretty sure this isnt the first Shounen that had aliens as the antagonists but I really enjoyed how everything was presented to…
Read at the sourceF2XPhoenix
People judge this series way too quickly. I've seen comments of people hating after watching 2 or 3 episodes just because of artwork. It's not that bad and the actual anime is great. This is a great anime, people who judge an anime by its looks that harshly when it's not even that bad seriously need to reconsider what they think is good and also whether they can be a real 'fan' of any series. Just go watch the entire thing, it's a great series 100% worth watching. The fights are great, development not too fast, overall the anime is well-thought out and a joy to watch.
Read at the sourceTakaCode
The 2010s era of anime was a great time for shounen jump anime adaptations because, for the most part, all the shounen jump adaptations were not only great in terms of quality but they managed to be near perfect adaptations. Sure some of them had filler episodes in it but compared to other shounen jump anime adaptations from the past decade or two they were pretty good for what they are despite being non-canon. Haikyuu, Assassination Classroom, Bakuman, Hunter x Hunter 2011 and My Hero Academia are the some of the best examples of this of how to adapt the source maternal correctly as well having its own charm in the mix.
Now out of all the anime series from shounen jump that came out in the last 8 years, I feel like World Trigger is the most underrated of the bunch.
Why is that you may ask…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
I have a personal tradition for Christmas.
Every time the holidays roll around, and I am out and about getting gifts for my parents, I always make sure to pick them up a couple of ornaments. A new Santa one for my father, and a new snowman one for my mother. Fancy. Cute. Interesting. Whatever the make, I make sure that whichever I choose is a fun one to unwrap.
If World Trigger were a gift, I would never give it to my parents. I would never give it to any of my friends or strangers on the street. I wouldn’t even give it to my sworn nemesis.
It’s that deplorable.
STORY
In a world where evil Neighbors invade and Triggers are used, Osamu, a teenage boy yearning to become a member of the protective Border Agency,…
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73 episodes of getting almost nowhere. Forget about the mediocre art for a moment, the real problem is that behind it is a story stretched so thin it makes a slice of cheese feel like a brick wall in comparison. Everything about World Trigger screams "cheap filler".
Do you have even the slightest capacity to reach logical conclusions? I've got bad news for you, this entire show will tick you off by tripping itself up every few minutes. The best example would be how they somehow pretend that the most basic of combat training that you can learn in 60 seconds by even having a brain and changes you from being instantly defeated to having a fighting chance... wouldn't be taught to ANY student for the first YEAR of their combat training, because that's the "advanced" stuff for year two. Had thi…
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(Sorry guys, had to re-upload this! Rating is still 10/10!)
I'm going to have to disagree with the opinion a lot of people seem to get from first impressions of this anime. I love it, especially the universe, plot, and characters. Worth giving a chance and continuing to watch. I'm addicted! I love the universe they created, and I'd watch a second series in a heartbeat.
Art:
The first thing people complain about is the art, but I think that has more to do with how almost every anime these days has very cookie-cutter animation, so when one comes out that has a different style people drop it for that sole reason-- preconceived notions abound. JoJo has extremely silly animation, but since it is rather famous already people get passed that, and start to actually enjoy it FOR the animation ins…
Read at the sourceErykon
You will find that this is a very underrated anime series if you read any other review of it and it's damn true.I will keep it real short and convenient(a little long actually).
This is really one of those well crafted shounen anime that is not cliche...well......not that it is completely new(not that you get any fully original series nowadays)....but it really goes in a direction something more realistic and more believable. Completely different from middle-school kids levelling up and saving god knows how many worlds.
For me the story and the concept of the power(trion) was better than that of chakra, nen, or magic. I personally loved it a lot. The characters were amazing.....they were fucking badass......you will find no annoying characters and almost love every one of the cast. I could…
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People are too quick to call a series a “underrated”. This is because it’s not easy to gauge the popularity of a series in relation to the following you think it "should" have. If I were to make a list of underrated series, that list would be incredibly short. It would also include World Trigger which isn't a label typically attached to a Weekly Shonen Jump series. An up and comer in WSJ that drew interest in the when it began to air from the mere fact the it ran in that magazine, that interest almost immediately dissipated in the first couple of episodes. Suddenly, everyone remembered that it's Toei animating the series, and being surprised that a bad animation studio badly animates TV shows, they dropped the series. This is a reminder of how heavily influential the actual animation of an…
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So found out that world trigger was completed then i started to watch it and frankly for someone who likes these types of anime this anime both triggered and dissapointed me big time. Why almost everyone think this is great praising it like the next coming well no its not.
The story is the same as most anime there you have scifi combined with superlike human weapons or abilities. Good guys fight back while bad guys keep invading. This is fine i kinda expected it and its not something i would rate an anime bad for. The only problem is that type of story makes it easy to guess different plots in it. When i see something happening and think to myself ah so it was going to happen like that, then i know something just normal will be with this anime. The triggers is what make this anime what i…
Read at the sourceCarbonBlank
This anime is more than I've ever expected. From the mediocre reviews this anime got, i only picked it up because i was bored. But it turned out to be the best decision of my life.
From the mind-blowing action packed fight sequences to the exciting tactical team play. i was left astounded.
However, the fight scenes are just the icing on the cake. What lies within is a wholesome story that justifies the purpose of each character's actions adding more depth and layer making this a delicious adventure for anyone to dig in.
The only set back for this is the Fugitive arc( Anime only) which really took the momentum off the anime.
All in All, i throughly enjoyed this anime is left craving for more.
Read at the sourceDOWA
The STORY of World Trigger don't go anywhere and ends incomplete like nothing really happen in 73 slow episodes , talking about the setting this is explore superficially is pseudo-science that most of the time its told by powerful teenagers that apparently are more smart than adults of there superiors creatures in this world. Talking about the CHARACTERS the principal cast most are super smart and powerful teenagers , as i said the teenagers are super smart but in other times are only fools that only fight then start to cry and make determination dialogues to win then are super smart again , the enemies are the same but are evil adults that apparently are more mature but inferior to teenagers there personalities and development are very unbalanced also there is more characters that stereot…
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Truly an amazing anime really balanced out as in everything is explained you can't question anything about any scene or something i loved how they done that..
Sadly it is underrated alot of people dropped it at the start? the art is kinda okay but what's more important are the fights and scenes very cool, there's no overpowered character like most animes or the true main guy owns all no everyone is accounted for everyone in it has a job to do not totally focused on main character
I heard that they didn't continue the anime cause people aren't talking about it? which is a lame reason.. I look forward to see the rest of the story it's amazing jumped to be one of my top 10 animes..
people need to give it a try atleast 10 episodes or something to see the story and the battles
Edit: Turns…
Read at the sourceGuesswhoxx
This is it boys and girls, I'm bringing you another anime review that you all been waiting for (No one did).
What is it with this anime, at some points it impresses me and makes me think that I found something good, but then you turn around the corner and you get punched in the face.
How creators were able to balance garbage and awesome in a same anime amazes me. Even if I gave this one 5, I know easy fix how to make it to at least 7. I leave it somewhere at the end of review.
Not because I want you to read all review or anything B-Ba-Baka! This review may contain some minor spoilers, so please consult with your doctor before reading this, everything is done by professionals with supervision, please do not try this at home.
So this anime has a plot, and it's not bad really. Building fant…
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Unlike most people, I personally loved this anime. I understand the first few episode wasn’t so great but we need to look at a bigger picture right. Most people say the art is terrible but I think it’s alright. As for the story, I find it very interesting. you will a little confused in the beginning but as you continue, you’ll fully understand it and enjoy it. The character development is a bit slow, however, I think are great for a shounen anime. I agree that sound aren’t really impressive but view as a whole, I think it was really worth it to watch it! Sometimes, people have a negative point of view of an anime when they start watching it because of bad reviews but I think everyone should really try to have a good mindset and determine a anime by yourself. Just because other don’t enjoy…
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Although many disagree, I persoanlly liked World Trigger. I read the manga first, so watching the anime was completely painful. Don't know how Toei managed to pull in Yuki Kaji for Osamu, but this was one of the things that made me stick with it. The lack-luster animation, random, long, pauses, and dragged out episodes with ridiculously long recaps was a bit dissapointing and turned away a lot of viewers.
I really liked Kuga's character, his design and backstory, but many others like Osamu and Chika were half baked as charaters. I totally see where the author was going with this story having a character like Osamu as one of the main characters and although it will probably be better in the end, people didn't want their time wasted. The seiyuus weren't bad, and honestly, although Osamu isn…
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First things first, this anime is very underrated and gets picked on way to much. The animation style gets the most backlash however once I got used to it I actually really enjoyed the style used. The characters were lovable and interesting and I got sucked into the story really fast.
The only downfall I can think of this the ending as it felt unsatisfying and was a let down, we just have to hope that there will be a 3rd season.
Over all I really enjoyed this World Trigger, with it's characters and pleasant art style it has really stolen my heart. I really recommend watching the anime.
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