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AnimeExplorer21
Darwin’s Game blew me away—it’s the kind of anime where you sit down to watch one episode, and before you know it, you’re binging the whole series in one night. The story pulls you in immediately and doesn’t let go, throwing you into a world where every move counts, and survival is the ultimate goal.
The plot revolves around Kaname, our main protagonist, who unwittingly gets dragged into this deadly survival game. At first, you think, “Okay, just another death game anime,” but trust me, it’s so much more than that. The stakes are high, the twists keep coming, and every episode leaves you craving the next.
One thing that stood out to me is the balance between action, strategy, and even a bit of romance. Kaname’s dynamic with Shuka, the “Undefeated Queen,” is such a refreshing touch. She’s…
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During early 2020, everyone found themselves indoors and it’s fair to say that the anime that came out was of the quantity weren’t used to for quite some time. This meant that you were more invested in the shows that were coming out. This was a show I watched with intense.
The story is something we are all too familiar with therefore, I won’t bore you with the details. It’s what sets itself apart from what it doesn’t, that is the interesting bits. What it did do differently I think it did quite well. While the setting was something I was already used to, the way it was executed was enough to set itself apart. I enjoyed the pacing of the episodes quite a bit. While the introduction was something familiar, it was the centre part of the anime that I found to be quite enjoyable. I enjoyed th…
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Logic, reason, reality… these are things I simply do not care about. But because of an anime called Darwin’s Game, we need to talk about them. And by we, I do mean me, so take a seat and let me tell you why this anime is crap.
Darwin’s Game tries to pass itself off as a battle royale, one of my favorite sub-genres, but it really isn’t. I expected it to be dumb, shlocky, and nonsensical, which has never stopped me from enjoying an anime before. So I prepared to suspend my disbelief, but nothing could prepare me for what I have witnessed.
The titular death game everyone plays, shortened to D-Game, is a fight to the death downloadable right on your phone. Players enlist to earn cash money and to get away with murder. It’s also a dueling arena, a power struggle between clans, a citywide scav…
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Darwin's Game is another take on the "death game" concept that has gained popularity in recent years in various mediums. Everything about the setup itself reeks of reuse, though. There are certainly novelties about some aspects of the anime's system and premise, but a lack of real individuality causes me some inhibition in liking it that much. Additionally, character motives and the reality of interpersonal relationships also become somewhat muddled towards the end of the run. Deeply sci-fi rooted concepts like Laplace's demon and spontaneous materialization are explored, but almost feel like individual add-ons to boost the story, rather than well-integrated pawns of the plot.
Setting these flaws aside though, the music slaps and it was easy to binge in one sitting, so I must at least pra…
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I've just enden the anime and i've noticed that many people consider this anime similar to others like "battle royal" or "death game".
maybe he has certain traits and habits similar to them but it is a unique anime that gave me a feeling of well-being watching it
I consider it to be in the top among the best anime watched in the last 2-3 months.
If u are someone who is about to watch this series i recomand it with confidence.
With that ending i am sure a I'm sure a lot will happen, that 's why i am going to start reading tha manga.
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When you first look at Darwin's Game, you may think that it's another edgy cheep survival anime made to cash in on the edgy teen market. Well, you would be wrong because Darwin's game is much worse!
Darwin's game, or as I like to call it "Mom look, I can write a survival anime with a shitty allegory!" is a boring, boring, boring experience. One that drained what little enjoyment I got from the beginning of the series and the idea that the paper-thin "evolution" theme would be taken any further than a way to justify the main character being op.
The story of darwins game opens interestingly enough for an edgy survival anime. A teenage boy with the power to shoot box cutter blades is murdered by a man dressed as a panda who can turn invisible. Before he dies though, he sends a text to hi…
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Note: I have read the manga.
Firstly, knowing that this studio had done Rakudishi no Chivalry, I was coming in expecting to be disappointing. Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised.
I enjoyed the show. I wish that the fights could have been animated better and the soundtrack wasn't some shitty dubstep at some points, but not everyone can be ufotable. Even in spite of this, there were plenty of hype moments - I particularly liked the ending scene where the OP starts playing. The pacing of the story was acceptable and the fights weren't slideshows. Even if you slightly liked season one, I highly encourage you to watch the following seasons. The events will be anything but generic. The simple phone game will grow into a much larger plot point. Kaname becomes even more of a bad ass. I've see…
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Another anime with the game type genre had just finish to be watch. The name was Darwin's game. I dont have detail about the meaning, since i can not reach any resource material referring to this anime. So, maybe my judgement get to some bias, i dont have the right to stop it at the right time. Darwin's game, what is that?
Again, another typical shounen type show, with MC had all kind of imbalance power with no good explanations from the start. Well, im not surprised at all, just, smirk long-long anough like a crazy people. What is this? Generally, i must say this show was average. Sometimes can make my adrenaline got high, sometime feels flat. I can't help myself since this kind of anime not be my favourite type to watch. However, again, another hint help me to brave. And yeah, it is no…
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I just needed to write a review for this amazing anime! This anime really blew me away and I have to share my thoughts on this tras- I mean this Masterpiece! First off, Darwin's Game (also known as D-game) is an amazing battle royale experience for every single player! Your entire family can play!
I mean, nobody knows how everybody just gets cleared out of buildings and streets. People do end up realizing, but how long does it take the public to realize something fishy is going on? Apparently, nobody knows how the game works at all. There are rules being added left and right, buildings are destroyed, countless people are being slaughtered, and everything is fucking destroyed!
Kaname is shot at many times, but nobody cares. Kaname is getting chased by a man in a panda suit with a knife a…
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As far as I am concerned, they changed some stuff from the Manga. This adaptation isn't perfect. but it will do. I'm glad they didn't cut out any of Kaname's development considering they removed two important characters. They also skipped some details, but I guess it's because they are not making a 2nd season. Truthfully, the animation was decent. Well some fights were underwhelming. The animation for most part are great, buttery-smooth I might say. I'm quite disturbed by some SFX in this anime. Other than the SFX, the Opening song and sequence was a banger (love ASCA). The Ending was great too. Considering they skipped some parts of the Manga, the character development was decent this time. Kaname's development was great. Shuka's backstory was kept the same, so it's all good. Rein is grea…
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Darwin's Game tells Kaname Sudou a normal student who is forced to become a killer. Earlier, Kaname involved in a game app Darwin's Game. This app contains the battle between the individual, players are required to kill individual each although sometimes contains battle royal.
My impression of the anime is very good and interesting. In the first episode delivering a message very good, the point of the game darwin conveyed clearly. The regulations are also very interesting and quite clear although it is thought to once again. Tell a story about survival game of course the lust to kill and murder everywhere it reasonable. I give this a ten for the way the story because the theme of survival games like this very step I think and also of the many anime that aired this season this might be one…
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Darwin's Game is just a mediocre action/ super-power disguised as a survival game anime, it doesn't really belong to the genre, nothing about it feels like a game, only people trying to kill each other with no rules except a convenient one where players can surrender so the protagonist doesn't have to kill in order to win.
I like the survival game genre because it has tension, with creative rules that result in interesting situations (one example is Life is Money, a manga about a survival game that has the players kill each other by yelling and cursing, the setting is hilarious but creative), unfortunately Darwin's Game has neither of those, it feels like the writers are afraid of adding any rules because it'd make writing the show more difficult, they did add a few mechanics like getting…
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Well, as I finish the last episode, it kinda looks like that there isn't much love for this anime and probably I won't be getting a high score for this review of mine, well who gives a fuck anywayz, since this is my opinion anywayz, so here my take for this 11 episodes anime.
Story- Mediocre 5: Ok, so it maybe a Mira Nikki knock off or any cyberpunk themed anime for crying out loud, but given that studio " Nexus" limited it to just 11 episode, shows that they're very much pragmatic about their decision to make an anime adaptation of this series.
Art- Decent 4: Ok when it comes to something erotic it was limited to only Shuka Karino, the rest, well don't be expecting any panty flash from here nor any of the girls around here.
Sound-Very Good 8: This was because of the emotions and the ha…
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Darwin's Game is no King's Game: The Animation, but clearly surpasses Mirai Nikki.
Ok LA might be putting Darwin's Game to a pedestal but what Darwin's Game has going for it, LA can at least bring it to a moderate degree.
Darwin's Game is about Sudou Kaname voiced by Yuusuke Kobayashi who gets unwittingly roped into a mysterious mobile game app, but the game has literally his life on the line, but to counterbalance that, he's given a superpower in order for him to survive. Darwin's Game works in alot of ways like most mobile game "events and news" but again with the entire survival real life game aspect to it, everything is on the line and with how not only charismatic Sudou is but his entire drive of just wanting to survive without killing, brings a sorta unique take on these survival d…
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Darwin's game is my entry into the world of battle royale death game anime and as such, was one of the freshest and most fun experiences I've had watching anime in a very long time.
The show was one of the few I've ever seen to be able to hold my interest for 23 minutes every single episode and is packed full of amazing fights, cool characters and interesting concepts.
"Darwin's game" is a mobile game with seemingly no escape that pits users against each other for supremacy. You die in the game, you die in real life. Simple concept right? Well, there's much more to the game than anyone could have ever imagined and each episode more and more is revealed about the true purpose of D-game.
Good plot is one thing, but to really hold my attention a show has to have good characters, consistent…
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I enjoy trash.
If you are familiar with Mirai Nikki then you should know where this is going. Again as in Mirai Nikki phones play a very big part. You are screwed if you lose it and stuff. But at least the main character isn't as pathetic as Yukki which is always a huge plus in my book. And this is more like the new era since everyone has smart phones instead of the older types, now you aren't immortal if you own a nokia 3310. By winning games you get points. You can buy shields that removes you from the matchmaking for a week, supply drops and fucking gacha games. Now you can waste all your points while hoping that you'll get the legendary moms sandal as a weapon. You get points by winning games. I don't know how much points you get by winning but Sadao had like 500 or 600 points after b…
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Darwin’s game is the most recent addition to the survival game genre, and it follows the standard death game blueprint to a tee. The majority of this anime can basically be summed up as generic strong valued anime dude is given Emiya Shirou’s “TRACE ON!” ability from Fate Stay Night and is thrown into a Fortnite styled battle royale that basically uses Future Diary’s phone mechanic. Oh, and he gets all the hot anime waifus who immediately want to bear his children roughly 5 minutes after meeting him.
Yeah, it sounds a little ridiculous (and borderline plagiarized in some aspects), but you know what? I actually ended up really liking it. And that’s not because it has a thought provoking narrative or satisfying character development or anything like that, because the show honestly doesn’t.…
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Winter 2020. One thing that is not lacking this season is the mystery element, which has been embodied in quite an amount of anime. Darwin’s Game is no exception. Its first few minutes in the first episode has nicely captured the essence of mystery and awesomeness that attracted many to the series.
But, to what extent?
Darwin’s Game has done a great job in laying out what to expect from the life-or-death survival game with the intro of ‘skills’. They reveal just enough information about the game to hook you and then take you to the male protagonist that is just as clueless as you. Then, the possibilities are expanded once the ground rules are cleared. The potential with its premise are explored with the idea of clan-creating, currency-exchanging, events-joining and a lot more features i…
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We’re only 3 months into the new decade and already, there’s an anime about survival games. For context, Darwin’s Game is a shounen manga adaptation directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto. I remember reading about this manga some years ago and tried to be less critical about it. But years later, I find myself looking back at the series and knowing that it has no redeemable traits. Of course, that’s the manga I’m talking about. The anime isn’t any miles better either.
First, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Looking at the episode count, you’re probably asking yourself how on Earth this show could cover the manga in just 11 episodes? The simple answer is impossible because the manga contains well over ongoing 80+ chapters. Even with an hour special, Darwin’s Game falters on its strange pacing.…
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If there’s one anime that I enjoyed the hell out of despite its major flaws, it’s Future Diary. Despite its over-the-top, plot hole ridden story, its weak protagonist and its hit or miss cast, it was a show that never got boring and was entertaining from start to finish. It’s a testament to how a show can be entertaining despite its flaws. It’s funny because I found myself in the same situation while watching this show. A show that had some very similar vibes to Future Diary and was a show that kept me entertained despite its flaws.
Sit back, relax and either pay £2.99 or watch this 30 second ad on Arknights to continue reading this review as I present to you the anime review for Darwin’s game. Lets begin shall we?
Story: 5.5/10
Our story begins with a random guy getting murdered by…
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