Audience reviews
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So despite my bad rating of it, I actually liked this series and would argue it's fairly good.
Why? I like edgy things, when I say edgy I mean 2012 deviant kind of edgy. Now to someone looking for something that is critically good, you wont find it here, the story isn't beautiful or meaningful, the animation is literal trash and the voice acting/soundtrack is non-existent. (I watched it without the sound on, and if you decide to watch this I'd recommend doing that too.)
If you are here for something a lot more dark, and gritty, to a point it is un-realistic and disgusting to an extent, this is where to find it! I rarely find anime's which are this dark that also have actually have happy endings or at least, give satisfying results.
Horribly stupid and depressing things happen, and the…
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OMG! Where to start with this anime?It has been a while since i rated an anime with a solid 10.
Before watching Evil or Live i didn't know internet addiction could be such a serious issue in some societies,i.e people's republic of china. Although not completely unheard of, "internet addiction" spawned some interesting reads about the subject from my behalf.I came to find out that such reform camps like in the series actually do actually exist in the PRC for better or worse, which took me by suprise.
Story is about an "internet addicted" teenager who gets send in an elite reeducation facility by his mother. The mc got into his addiction by falling under school and parental pressure which caused him to detach from the real world and emerge in the world of online gaming, basically neglectin…
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"In this world full of violence, only the strong can be righteous."-Hibiki
Evil or Live is actually Classroom of the Elite yet it is darker, and has the same pecking order. Evil of Live is basically the package, torture,rape/sex,incessant beatings. Of course, wisdom and power, is the dominant trait that secures power in this school. It may very well be a similar depiction of what is happening with 're-education' camps in China where muslim Uyghurs are forcefully relocated and have to undergo similar treatments. It is made by a Chinese company but still very well written in terms of atrocities that is happening in the real world, where human rights violation are occuring. Even though the art style is not nearly as sophisticated as Classroom of the Elite, the story is well written and portra…
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Evil or Live reminds me somehow of Prison School but thinking about that anime was a comedy I don't know what to say about this one.
Looks a little bit stupid for a ''psychological'' anime expecially on first episodes.
But I appreciate that the main character was weak without any power or anything else but he succeed to be ''the badass'' during episodes only with ambition and determination. Even tho he tried to change his attitude his heart remains pure protecting Shiori and the rest of the class. Except the main character I hated all of them with all my heart, they really pissed me off expecially Shin(I don't care about his past I still think that he is a piece of shit)
The ending was kind of bad to be honest.
Read at the sourceEnemyy650
Very underrated show.
Art 6/10
The art style could have been better. The animators were trying to go for a horror film-esque look by throwing in a film grain to make the show look more grim and dark but it was completely unnecessary and could have been easily avoided. The reason for the 6 is because the characters don't look that bad even though there isn't enough detail put into their design.
Story 10/10
The story is about kids put in a rehabilitation school who must come to terms with their addiction and try to change themselves if they want to be leave. The story tries to make you feel uncomfortable with psychological projections that leave you wanting more. It's a feeling that many of the top anime leave you with in the end. Beautiful throughout the season.
Sound 6/10
Lip syncing w…
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The story/concept was actually a rather original idea. While a lot of people are stating that the art was bad, I found that it was alright and was relatively unfazed by it.
It's rated 16+ for good reason, as it does have a ton(and I mean a ton) of inappropriate scenes. (Oops, I am under 16, and when I watched this I was hardly a teenager, but oh well...) I was watching this while it aired, and boy oh boy, every Tuesday, I was really, really excited to get home to watch the next episode. It wasn't that it was good, but rather that it had elements that continuously dragged me into the story with every new episode. That's why my rating on how much I enjoyed it was so high.
Sadly, from what I remember, the characters were all rather bland- although they all had different backgrounds/stories, t…
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Alright there is so many things they could have done with this anime. One thing they could have done was answer all the questions the viewers had while watching it, for example they could have talked more about what happened after the ending like what happened to Shin, and Hibiki, or talked about the plan in order to get everyone to rebel against the school, or what happened to Shin while Hibiki was trying to rule the school. There is just to many questions. Also the story was doing just fine before in my opinion it just came to the last 2 episodes. Im not saying the show was bad but they could have done some things to fix it you know.
Ohh and art and sound 10/10 because I think everyone has there own way of art style and sound i know was not the greatest but still 10/10 because the studio…
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This is my first review ever, and I will keep this short, because this... thing isn't worth anything more.
I decided to watch it because it was the "psychological" genre, synopsis sounded interesting. Ratings weren't good, but it all comes down to personal preferences and feelings, right?
Since the first moments I was accompanied by a "what the frick is this?!" thought. But I'd had already these kinds of feelings with other series, so I wanted to give it a try. It was a mistake.
Somewhere in the middle of the story I had some kind of enlightment. "Maybe this is a parody? Maybe it was supposed to be a comedy?", but further development proved me wrong.
It could have been a good, dark, heavy story. What we got is an awful, dark, painful to watch story, with shallow characters, with annoying…
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===Talkin about why people hate this anime===
After looking at my 10/10 rating for this anime, you probably think I'm an easy to impress type of person when It comes to anime. Now I know I probably don't look that reliable for a real review, I don't really make that many reviews unless people hate on an anime that actually was pretty good, or that I'm just lazy. Anyways this anime was apparently based on a real thing in China which kinda surprised me in a way, i guess, not really, but I think people only hate on this anime because In a sense, it kinda hates on gamers or social media addicts. Not really effecting me because I'm not a supper obsessive about phones and gaming. Now I am a gamer and I do use my phone a lot but this anime shows the reality for some people and I guess it kinda ma…
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On one hand there are people that just hate this anime and rate it below 3, on the other there people that love it and rate it over 7. The first group hates it because it has bad art, sound and supposedly characters. The second group just thinks that art and sound are secondary and they focus on pretty good story and message hidden in it. I personally to the second group.
First characters. Some say they dumb, annoying, easy to manipulate, but guess what? People are dumb, annoying and easy to manipulate. Characters are realistic, they aren't plain and have some backstory and some of them even evolve. Overall i think they are pretty good.
Story is a good one too. It makes sense, there's always some action and there no boring bits. It kept me entertained and made thinking about what just h…
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So, the first episode of this kind of threw me. In fact, I was fully prepared to drop this anime. However, I checked out some of the reviews on MAL, and apparently, this anime is meant to take the piss out of millennials. Somehow, that made it more watchable for me. I think the premise of Internet Addiction seemed like nonsense and a very thin idea to make an anime out of, but as soon as I found out that Evil or Live was a satirical take on my generation, it completely changed.
Also, I'd like the record to show that this isn't a comedy as some have said. It's quite a serious, intense anime, but the overall plot of Internet Addiction is meant as a bit of a joke. Although, I don't think it's the creators trying to imply that my generation is addicted to the internet, but rather, I think th…
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This series is a masterpece by Chinese standards and proof China is catching up in the anime-industry.
It being a low-budget anime, it should be judged accordingly as it would be unfair to pit it up against high-budget anime to make a comparison.
Which lead me to give it a score of 10, as judging fairly, they have done an excellent job with the ressources they had.
Story - 10
To understand this anime, and appreciate it, you have to understand that it is based on real events that happent in China. Where facilities were opened to rehabilitate internet-addicted students, that led in some cases to abuse and suicide, creating a scandal and leading to the shut down of this rehabilitation system.
This anime illustrates these events throughout a fictional story, with a dose of reality that appare…
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This is my very first review and the reason I am writing this is because of the low score this anime has, even though it's actually very enjoyable.
While this anime has a very low budget, which can be seen by the real life images used for props and such, I find the anime itself very enjoyable. Character's movement can be awkward at times and effects aren't all that great, but it is very watchable and excusable since the anime is a great one in my opinion.
The story is quite good and it makes you want to know more, although the ending felt a little rushed and I wanted to know a little bit more before it ended. But that doesn't mean it's not worth watching.
I'd say give this anime a try, despite the low score it has on MAL, I found it very entertaining and that is what it is all about a…
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Good idea, bad execution. You could call this a modern teenage "Shawshank Redemption". The story is interesting and the characters had a good start.
The build up falls flat around the later middle though and the ending leaves loose ends in sideplots it had specially put emphasis just an episode before. The animation quality has to be overlooked for enjoyment; it's enough to make the point, but is at the edge of what I would call professional.
It feels like there was a good idea and spirit behind this series, but the team behind it was to little or unexperienced and started to fall apart towards the end. I still enjoyed watching it for the former reason, though with little motivation reaching the end.
Read at the sourceAsteroh
For this low budget anime, I will use a different rating system.
A. Story - Character:
"Net Addiction" is so popular, it even appears on literature exam. But do we discuss it? No. Did any anime has done with this core idea before? No. So it's a very fresh and original. Something we might think but never too deep. Pretty predictable it has psychological which mean sure good content with mindbreak, fighting, control, smash or pass,... Very looking forward to.
So the more you watch, the more you know about what's happening (it likes playing "The Nonary Game" and you got all the bad ends first before the true end). I think they were in a rush so 3 last eps really hard to track what's going on. I don't want to take a re-watch so please watch these 3 carefully.
The characters are well drawn, we…
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Story: A great story, something different from the usual anime you see...shame there's zero plot involved and what is there is confusing and muddled up. In the end, we get more questions then answers. No idea if they mean to give this another season or not but as it stands right now, that's not a great way to end an anime.
Art: Decent and pretty at times. Some of the characters looked very nice while others looked just...weird (Ban and Hyo stand out as looking really weird). The school looks dull but that's to be expected as it's setting. Nature outside the school is pretty. The only parts I have issues with are the 3Dish models like in the last episode the elevator (jarring to have a 3D model in a flat anime) and the fire effects (looked horrible).
Sound: Decent, nothing to say here.
C…
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"You can not judge a book by its front"
Maybe the art of this anime is not the best, I have dropped a lot of animes because of that, some time later I decided to watch them just because of people's recommendations and hey! now i think they are incredible and wonderful anime series!
The first episode of "Evil or Live" will leave you without a word, strange and badass characters, really original plot ... until the end you do not know what is going to happen next. Every chara has a past and it is not difficult to have one of more fav charas, i really wish there would be one more episode so we could see how everything was resolved.
Oh my god, and what can i say about that wonderful ending? In the middle on chaos and cruelty the sweet music and the dreams of two teens to be happy and scape f…
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I came into this anime with open eyes; but honestly, it's not that good. (It's horrible)
Story 4:
Overall, the story is a little better than the common hero saves someone. The plot is unique, but you'll likely be unable to immerse yourself into the story due to the horrible execution.
Art 3:
Art is just a joke. Obvious frame shifts, poor movement, etc. all make the anime a cringe-fest to watch. The animators seemed to not care at all when trying to find shortcuts and just taped a bunch of pictures together for the animation instead.
Sound 2:
The characters laughs, grunts, voices, their everything just sucks. It sounds like they were still practicing on what each sound had to be; but, ran out of time.
Character 3:
Just a bunch of poorly developed characters you'll form no attachment…
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Evil or Live has ended this season. I do not hesitate to say this is THE worst show of this fall season. Its strange to think I somewhat enjoyed this show. This show is about a shitty kid with internet addiction who gets sent off to a school in the middle of no where. In this school, the kids are treated harshly with multiple public beatings every day. There is a lot of corruption and schemes everywhere. From drug trafficking to sexual abuse, its all very edgy. Now, this show has no positive characteristics. Absolutely nothing about this show was good. The animation is choppy, the music is almost non-existent and when it is its garbage and doesn't fit, characters are dumb and bland, ass pulls everywhere the eye can see, and even the most basic sound effects aren't done correctly. I enjoyed…
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"Oh dear, this'll be a long one"
That's was my exact reaction after watching the first episode of Evil or Live. A show that was misunderstood at first, as the tag of horror confused a lot of people, me included. But in reality, it doesn't really matter. Evil or Live is a shitshow no matter from which angle you look.
Suprisingly enough, the overall story isn't really that bad, atleast in comparison to other aspects of the show. We are introduced into a world, where internet addiction became a common disease for the young population. Hence, a new "treatment" school is founded, and nerds with the mentioned addiction are sent there. Sadly enough, the school doesn't turn out the way people imagined. Excersicing under tough circumstances several hours a day, receiving food that tastes like shi…
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