Audience reviews
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Kureiss
One of the best works of dystopian fiction I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Title has a neat dual meaning. The beginning is incredibly well-done. While many write off the ending as "convenient", the commitment to the final decision involving one of the main trope characters arguably denies that. Fumiyuki did an awesome job with the OST as well.
My only rationale for not rating this 10/10 is due to the ending being on the weaker side, as well as the characters beginning to make less-believable decisions that I feel were not objectively cohesive with their originally defined predispositions. Kurita's characters usually appeal to me in this way, but this time around I felt a lot of inconsistencies.
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Deca-Dence = Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress = Knights of Sidonia = Attack on Titan. Yes, there's a "twist" (if you can even call it that) that gets revealed very early on that makes this setup technically different from the aforementioned anime that this is clearly copying, but at the end of the day this anime is far more similar to its influences than it is in any way original and it simply never escapes that. It also doesn't help matters that the female lead here, Natsume, looks like several other characters from different anime as well. Throughout the entirety of my viewing experience of Deca-Dence I felt I'd seen what it was showing me multiple times before and the handful of things it did in an attempt to distinguish itself came up well short, leaving it feeling like an inferior knock…
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Deca-Dence is a 2020 original anime from Nut. That's right, the Youjo Senki studio. I've only reviewed the one anime from them and it was decent. So, let's jump in and hope they maintained at least that level of quality.
Story:
Our tale is set in a dystopian future where humanity is stuck in a mobile fortress called deca-dence and fending off attacks from monstrous abominations called Gadoll. We swiftly learn that the whole deca-dence scenario is a game for cyborgs in a world run by an amoral mega corporation and interacting with the endangered humans is one of the features, though they don't know the truth. And that's not really a spoiler since you learn all that in the second episode. We follow a cyborg, Kaburagi, who works as a recovery agent to deal with those the system deems bugs…
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*Spoilers Ahead*
Deca-Dence is best described as an ambitious amalgamation of Gurren Lagann, Attack on Titan, and The Matrix, that still falls quite short of the quality, impact, and timelessness those stories have. The story is, on the face of it, an adventurous and creative concept. Giant robots fighting giant monsters is a tried-and-true formula, and not just in the Mecha genre. The world that is constructed here is engaging and lore-filled, which often distracts from some of the drawbacks the show has on display. However, despite the dynamic nature of the story, I only found myself enjoying half the show, and that is this anime's major sin; Deca-Dence is split down the middle in every category. In the story, I found the parts focusing on the Humans, or 'Tankers', the most engaging. T…
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Deca-dence is a show that on one hand has many good ideas and on the other hand has a very lukewarm presentation. Many dropped it in the first episode because they weren’t interested in a post apocalyptic dieselpunk setting, and many more dropped it in the second episode because they didn’t like the sci-fi twist. It’s hard for the average viewer to get into what it’s about, in the same way shows like Brigadoon, and Shinsekai Yori are hard to get into. It’s also what makes them stand out and in case you manage to get used to their unorthodox presentation, you will get some of the most ambitious series of the years they came out. But that mostly means they are trying to be different far more than they are trying to be entertaining, thus they are not shows for the casuals and they don’t stand…
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Deca-dence was a surprise. It kind of came out of nowhere and I spotted it, thinking it was another AOT which studios tend to pull off quite well, and watched it out of effective boredom. I wasn't expecting what I got but I sure am grateful for it.
Story- 8/10
The EP2 twist tends to put a lot of people off the anime, from what I've seen online, but really in my opinion the plot twist is what makes this anime. It's been a while since I've seen a seasonal anime do something original and new with its story that it's a huge breath of fresh air from the sodden monotony of the industry as it is right now. It wraps up its story incredibly in the last episode and generally, the anime flows quite well. There are a few things I would change, such as maybe a more delayed twist, e.g. in episode 4 wi…
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This review will contain minor SPOILERS
From the Studio that created of Youjo Senki, Studio Nut, and the director of Mob Psycho 100, Tachikawa Yuzuru, we have Deca-Dence. An anime set in a post-apocalyptic world, wherein humanity is in the brink of extinction and living under the threat of a “Kaiju” like life form called Gadoll. The humans left in the world resides now in Deca-Dence, a mobile combat fortress used to fight Gadoll. To fight Gadolls humans are engaged in aerial combat against mini-Gadolls and use the blood-sucking harpoons to gather its blood. Since it can used as a power source, used to power their equipment used in aerial combat and Deca-Dence itself. The Deca-Dence then, once all powered up can launch a huge fist-like weapon to kill the Larger Gadoll.
Story: 9/10
I liked…
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I just finished watching the last episode and oh boy, this anime will be in my top 5 of all time. I really loved the story and I cried a few times ngl. In love with the characters, I love the OP and ED, not my favorites but up there somewhere. The change of art styles probably would give other people mixed feelings but I absolutely adore it. It gives it a little twist to the overall show.
This anime is amazing, people should really just give it a go and just try something different for a change.
Edit: I recently just watched it with my father and it still holds dear to my heart. It's as great as I remember it.
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Never have a watched a greater anime original.
I just finished deca-dence and let me just say I was blown away.
First off, the art is stunning. They did a really good job of showing both aspects of the deca-dence world in a way that was similar but had their own solid differentiation's.
The characters are all so wonderful. Obviously there are some generic ones, but other than that they are all pretty unique.
The story is quite complex, so if you don't wanna use your brain to try and understand what's happening then I don't recommend. I'm probably in the middle. I understand the gist of what's going on and a little more. Some things don't make sense whether plot wise or I just couldn't grasp what was going on.... but yk that's the fun part about it ^^
The plot is very unique. I'm no…
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Some light spoilers ahead! What to say about this one man, after that 2nd episode I thought it was going to be another gibiate but glad i stayed. Ended loving almost everything about this anime except how it doesn't Natsume that character growth that she really needed and instead foccused on Kaburagi the last half of it. On the other side we have the amazing artstyle, desing, and colors, man I was looking in awe every time when I saw all those flashy avatars with weird skin and hair color. Also the ost, amazing and even more on that last episode, it was so fitting. It's really really really worth to watch. 9/10.
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No idea why people are saying this anime is good. The plot is mediocre and the execution made it extremely boring, they would have been better off making this an attack of titan ripoff. I feel like they needed to go more in depth when talking about the gear's world but that didnt happen all they talked about were bugs.
The characters are bland. The MC is just your stereotypical child MC. Kaburagi is a decent character, but his development is predictable and almost all of the side characters are easily forgettable.
The animation is fine nothing to be proud of. The sound is decent, the ending would probably be the best track in the show imo.
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Alright this is my favourite anime of all time, obviously a big statement to start a review with. I obviously don't expect anyone else to think so highly of the series, but I genuinely do think it is a masterpiece. I also don't like breaking anime down by how MAL does reviews numerically, but eh I'll give it a go.
Story: 10
This is a fast-paced anime, it's a 12 episode original. Keep that in mind, personally I think the pacing is well done. Every episode has its own direction in terms of what it wants to do if that makes sense, but it's still under one story. The story itself looks simple during the first episode, but all I'll say is that there's A LOT more to it. Many philosophical concepts explored in the story, which I won't get into but if you go into the story with a philosophical le…
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As soon as I saw the trailer for Deca-Dence I knew I was going to watch it; However, I did not expect it to be one of the most unique anime I have experienced recently. Over all this show was extremely enjoyable. While I don't think it is quite worthy of a perfect score, it was a one of a kind experience to watch. The interaction between the lead characters, the way the story is told, the art, and the world are some of the best I have seen in anime.
Deca-Dence transports the viewer into a new world, the likes of which have not been seen before. The way it handles the world building and translates that information to the viewer is masterful. The viewer accompanies the lead character Natsume as she learns more about the world she was born into, never truly understanding reality until late i…
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Deca dence as an anime, is quite different especially when it comes to the aspect of art . Sometimes while watching this I wondered if it’s anime anymore. Now now don’t think of me as someone who hates an anime if it’s art style or animation is not good,I’m not like that and to my own surprise I liked this new change, But that depend on the individual watcher. btw deca dence is not like AOT, sorry to let you down:(
Story-9
Great story, amazing and original, you will most probably enjoy it and the end was good too, sometime it’s predictable what’s gonna happen next, but otherwise it’s good. You feel happy and sad and when you feel it you feel it hard.
Art-6
Now when it comes to art I personally Think it Could be presented way better if the art style was different, tbh I think the art sty…
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Anime original shows are a gamble to undertake. Unlike adaptations, you only have a few trailers and some sentences to derive your expectations from and I feel the key to any good anime original show is to make use of that unknown factor and surprise the audience every now and then with new twists to the series keeping the experience fresh. Deca-dence doesn't quite manage that, but the transition from the first episode to the second had me hooked like no other as what started out as a Shingeki-no-Kyojin-meets-Monster-Hunter show undergoes a complete 180 change into an MMO-esque show with cutesy robots.
This total dichotomy is the core gimmick to the show and to its credit the vast disparity in artstyles do make for many fun moments as the show alternates back and forth between the two en…
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You know what I need these days? An original sci-fi adventure. I honestly can’t remember the last original sci-fi anime that gave me a lasting impression. But luckily in the Summer Season of 2020, we have this show called Deca-Dence, an original science fiction animated by studio NUT. But did it leave a solid impression?
Judging by the synopsis alone tells me exactly what to expect initially. We have the post-apocalyptic setting with humanity on the brink of distinction. Humanity fights to survive in this dark age and we follow the journey of two characters – Natsume and Kaburagi, with very distinctive backgrounds. Coming into this show, I had one main goal in mind and that’s to embrace the creative story in a sci-fi world.
Let’s get business out of the way first. Prior to even watching…
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It's rare to get a good original anime these days. Most of what gets made are Light Novel and manga adaptations. Yet, Deca-Dence managed to arrive out of nowhere and give us 12 weeks of greatness. Unfortunately, it was always going to be difficult to compete with Re:Zero airing at the same time and on the same day, but for those of us who did get a chance to view the show, we saw something special.
From the same studio that brought us Youjo Senki, Deca-Dence is unlike anything I've personally ever seen, and the closest I could compare it to plot-wise would be Guren Lagann mixed with Mortal Engines, Shingeki no Kyojin and MMORPG elements. It's a world where humanity must overcome impossible odds to survive and is an enjoyable watch that blends unique characters with a rich and lively sci-…
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"The world must be rid of bugs." Sorry, let me rephrase that: "The world NEEDS bugs." With all that: Login/Logout of the Deca-Dence. "It is for me to decide which WORLD to live in!"
Never have I been THIS pumped-up and excited for original anime, because unique shows are a dime a dozen of few hits and many misses. But in the case of Deca-Dence, I can confidently say that it was a constant harbinger of expectations running wild and subverting them all at the same time of questioning me: "What comes next? What should I (not) anticipate?" And I was blown away each and every time with what Deca-Dence has offered in its more-than-enough perfect 12-episode storyline about a decayed world that is then occupied by cyborg-like avatars from an in-game perspective.
First off, I have to just commend…
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Attack on Titan meets Gurren Lagann with a side of Nausicaä-styled monster-bugs in an MMORPG format to produce a… mediocre-to-bad anime. Actually, it’s more awful than anything else.
The post-apocalyptic motif is the flavor of the year, given all the calamitous events of 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic; crap anime; raging, uncontrollable fires; more crap anime; locust swarms in Africa and India; and then there’s Gibiate, which is too horrifying to put words to). But in the universe of Deca-Dence, the dystopian society in which the characters find themselves in is not frightful or nightmarish; rather, it’s just bland and sweepingly devoid of any essence of ‘life.’ The problem derives from the characters’ cliched personalities that serve as superficial representations of how humans respond to these…
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SPOILERS AHEAD FOR EPISODE 2 OF DECA-DENCE
Deca-Dence is like a house of cards.
There are fascinating ideas at play and a strong core storyline, but blink for a second and the whole piece falls on its face. It took me an unusually long time to firmly ground my takes on Deca-Dence (DD.) Even as recently as a couple of weeks ago, I was constantly flip-flapping between my thoughts on the series and whether or not it was meeting its objectives. Was this a muddled mess of a plot? Or the best-written show of Summer? After (much) deliberation I’d now answer with: “a little bit of both.” As promising as this premise is, there are key details that one could easily miss, ruining the entire experience. And even when interpreted as intended, DD fails to see through its fullest potential. I hope you’…
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