Audience reviews
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Comet_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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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…
Read at the sourcePericles_M
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…
Read at the sourceMoodMojo
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…
Read at the sourceExaeta
*spoilers*
It seems incomplete. The character development leaves much to be desired and the story ends in a weird way. At the very least, it doesn't end in a common TV troupe. The premise is not as interesting as the first, the characters are kind of boring. It has a really wacky ending which is halfway between a bad end and inconclusive. I guess I will need to watch the sequel. Probably shouldn't have made the cutest character the arch villain though, that kind makes me dislike the show. It's kind of weird because it leaves you with an emptiness, the feeling that there was no conclusion and that the evil guys actually won even though they didn't. People don't un-die after all. The main character even gets fucked over at the end. Bit of an awkward story, very fucked up villain who ta…
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As per instructed by the guidelines, I will not give you a summary of the anime. I will not include any spoilers.
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So - my boyfriend and I are trying to increase our numbers of animes we've seen. We picked this anime in hopes that...it would provide entertainment, but honestly...I'm disappointed.
This anime feels incredible rushed. It starts out with the plot of murder mystery, and while it "technically" keeps that storyline...it's as if the writers/directors threw in a bunch of convenient excuses to make things stretch out to appease the ending. It had a lot of potential, giving me the type of feel that the anime "Another" did. The murders were gruesome as hell and immediately hooked you in. Then...it just kinda fell…
Read at the sourceTehKittyKat
Liked: This anime is extremely thought provoking and extremely underrated. It provides an emotional roller-coaster as well as laying out a constant action-feeling scene. The ending was just.. wow. You may have to research some stuff at the end on your own, as the anime doesn't give you much of a lift off point at the end. I'm sad it's ended and may not come back.
Disliked: I did not dislike much to be honest, the only thing i hope they had expanded upon more is his reasoning and thought processes at the end, or just the story at the end. They should've made an episode 13, explaining the situation afterwards. Perhaps how *she* felt or if *she* remembered any of the previous selves past, perhaps how they acted around each other, as-well as the events taking place immediately afterwards.…
Read at the sourceLaLeLuLiLo
Chaos;Child is the sequel to the anime to Chaos;Head that aired 8 years ago which is more or less the time gap between the two shows in series. after the events of chaos;Head, where at the end of that show a major earthquake had struck the town, by the time Chaos;child starts most of the city has already been rebuilt.
Story- the story follows Takaru and the all the members of the newspaper club as they start to notice and investigate strange deaths that have occurred in the city recently. after connecting some dots they realize that the murders happening right now are similar to the ones that occurred 6 years ago in Chaos;head. the show then follows the group investigating the deaths and where the next possible murder will take place. the show reveals that there's more to the murders than…
Read at the sourceKitsunehimeMilhi
Just like its predecessor, Chaos;Child was very interesting to watch despite all the weird random events. There just times when having random things occur actually makes the show more interesting and attention grabbing.
The story flows better than it did in Chaos;Head. There's still a set of New Generation Madness murders, which happen on the exact same dates as the old ones, just occurring 6 years later. Takaru is the new main character who tries to solve these new cases along with help from his and members of his school's newspaper club. A bunch of weird events occur as they try to solve these cases and there is pretty distinct ways that most of the characters fit into the case. Unlike Chaos;Head though, the events in Chaos;Child flow much better, especially since there is not a few ep…
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