Audience reviews
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Twistloon
For those who think this is a great mystery anime, it's not, it's just a sexual assaulting bullshit that is combined with 2 story that looks like they are going on same time but they are not, if you don't want to homework by knowing what happened and what not then please don't watch this anime because the final epsiode sucks, both sexually abusing a girl and trying to built a connection between 2 stories but fails hard who watches it for casual timepass.
Spoiler: robin is the one put haruki's brain into kiriko and now he has to live a life a different person than both and they somehow tried to connect the story by establishing that the children from the heaven escaped and now are the past self of usami and his dead lover but fails hardly, you have to nerd for that or read manga and for m…
Read at the sourceKaboomist04
Tengoku Daimakyou has many enjoyable moments. However, I’m sad to say that overall, it is a confused, tonally inconsistent mess.
Tengoku Daimakyou takes place in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by an unexplained disaster. The survivors of said disaster have to eke out a meager existence while constantly under threat from mysterious monsters known as man-eaters. The story has two overarching narratives: the story of Kiruko and Maru, two skilled scavengers who spend the show trekking the wasteland in search of the nebulous destination known as “Heaven,” and the tale of a group of teenagers living in a mysterious utopian facility where all of their needs are taken care of and they are kept sheltered from many of the troubles that have plagued humanity throughout history—including sexuality.…
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Y'all, so I never want to be a hater but here we go. This is a bad anime full of potentially great moments and I am so frustrated I stuck with it.
Any plot-lines I hoped to build into something meaningful ended with left-turn creeper slop. Shoutout anyone who enjoyed it, I sure as hell did not. There is so much here that could lead to something great, so much aura in the world-building, and at seemingly every moment it is about to peak it leads into the worst mess of garbage. Maybe that is the point of the show. The world is terrible and the apocalypse is already upon us and we're all gonna die and before we get there we will all turn into monsters. I haven't read ahead so if that is the meaning of the show, it is still a ridiculous waste of time.
Where is the enjoyment in all of this? I…
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Heavenly Delusion is like a donkey endlessly chasing a carrot suspended in front of their head. Except, we are the donkey, and the carrot is the Mystery.
No, you won't learn answers to any of the Big Questions. You'll get blueballed. And oh boy, there are a lot of Big Questions. The mystery is the driving force behind everything here, especially the "creepy orphanage" part. It's why I kept watching, despite mediocre characters and predictable plot that would normally cause me to drop the show. I kept watching, because I wanted to learn the answers, at least to some of the mysteries. I was the donkey - the answers were never delivered. Instead, we end at multiple cliffhangers raising even Bigger Questions in addition to those we were still waiting answers for.
Characters and plot are pass…
Read at the sourceBlackBusterMAL
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A series that in my opinion has more merit than it deserves, look at the series it is not completely bad but they showed it to me as the best series this year that will have an amazing story but when I saw it it seemed more like an ordinary series, yes it is a trip in a post-apocalyptic world but nothing more, it does not bring us a new proposal and if it does it seems more like a copy of different series that converged here, from my point of view for a series to work it must hook you from the beginning and maintain the standard for the first episodes so that you watch the full series later even if its episodes are not so interesting here it was not the case, it takes a while for something to happen and it takes a long time, in this season we saw absolutely nothing with the myster…
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Interestingly enough, the anime's title describes my feelings about the show. Heavenly Delusion...the biggest delusion is that it deserves the 8.2/10 rating
It's a shame. I had high hopes for this one because I usually like post-apocalyptic settings.
It's not a bad anime per se, but there are so much better works out that deserved to get animated. This anime tries to be deep and edgy with its small plot twists and art style and the characters' speech tics. It tries to pull at your heart strings at a few points, but with characters you really don't care much for.
The soundtrack was completely forgettable except for the opening by BiSH. What a waste of their talent, right before they disbanded...
I kept watching it, expecting things to build up to... something. In the end, barely anyth…
Read at the sourceSonwig
Trigger warning: sexual assault
It is a testament to how stale anime has become if Tengoku Daimakyou is considered great. It is not quite awful, with strong production values throughout and clear artistic effort put into it. The major issues with the pacing, coupled with the poor story and characters that we are shown, land it as a high 3 out of 10.
The short TV anime squanders so much of its limited runtime on boring and pointless scenes. Not the side stories; such diversions are welcome in this kind of show. However, the scenes showing the children in 'heaven' were excessively long and dull. None of it mattered whatsoever until the final few episodes, and still it didn't tie back to the main characters. These parts took up a large portion of the show and were unecessary.
This might o…
Read at the sourceEvanNater
For ~95% of this show's runtime it is a very solid, 7/10 sci-fi mystery series that I would genuinely recommend.
The problem is the other 5%; so bad that it makes me a) wish I hadn't watched the show and b) feel forced to write this review in order to warn others as I wish I had been warned myself.
Anytime the show has to deal with gender, sex and sexuality, all the subtly and decent writing goes straight out the window and the scenes with such included get increasingly uncomfortable to watch. That is not taking into account the last episode and a bit which - though I will not spoil - was disgusting, completely unnecessary, gratuitous and left me genuinely upset.
In a moment I will discuss around the ending and while I'll try to minimise spoilers, if you're the sort who (like me) likes…
Read at the sourceAckermann968575
Well, this show is good but the narrative is just terrible so just read the manga as it's way more direct and less confusing. The anime doesn't really go in a straight forward direction and it will confuse you at some point so just give the manga a shot cuz it's quite way better.
Story is unique but the show keeps confusing viewers whether this is the past, the present or the future so just really go for the manga if you are interested.
The art style was good too quite accurate in terms of the manga art.
Characters are good and do make sense but there are parts cut out that you would not see in the anime but the manga and it would make way more sense than the anime.
I did enjoy the series but when I started reading the manga, it really was way better and direct cuz it shows the anime j…
Read at the sourceDeepfry_Water
The anime starts great, but then it opens up so many plot lines that it's hard to keep track of everything if you're not taking notes, which makes it less enjoyable. The answers to mysteries are minimal while the questions just keep growing.
This wouldn't be such a problem in the long run, but what killed the show was the last 2 episodes where the protagonists break character, they don't act like normal humans and the story is forced to make the viewer feel bad multiple times. The relationship between characters and the way they act is just bad, it won't give you any satisfaction. But if you can go past that, I guess the plot lines getting explained in the manga would be cool.
I personally won't read the manga, as it feels like the author just wanted to disgust people for the sake of i…
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I believe that this anime and what is being attempted to be presented in terms of the story is actually an attempt to subtly portray disturbing perversions to the audience.
A story that doesn't explain anything and doesn't convey any message, except being pervert. I don't know why I kept watching. I think it's because of my desire to learn the story and because of the beautiful illustrations.
At first, it seemed like a good post-apocalyptic science fiction anime, but as I watched it, I started to feel disgusted. I don't recommend it and I don't understand why it has such a high rating.
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Captivating beginning, disappointing ending.
I am the last person advocating for less mystery or less predictability (at least with the plot in the case of this anime, as the result of encounters with the monsters of this world were clear). However, I felt as though there was a bit too much "new" mystery and not enough building on the "old", or the mysterious reveals already in place. This leaves the viewer with a lot of questions and the worry that the majority may never be answered.
The show really does well in creating a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, and it was very fun to watch our two main characters journey in such an environment. Had it been just that, this might've been an enjoyable, lighthearted at times, heartfelt in others, ecchi-at-times show. However, the last two episodes…
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Okay, so Heavenly Delusion. What a deceptive show indeed.
You see, one thing that gets quite noticeable as the show goes on is a constant effort to subvert viewer's expectations. It happens everytime. Characters that seem like ducks become pigeons for a brief moment only to reveal themselves as some kind of turkey. A side-story might become so deep and twisted you forget where it started.
The world of show itself seems like delusion. It starts as a pretty doomed place to live in, atleast it presented this way in the first couple of episodes. There're berserk-like creatures huntin for human brains, the society and progress got rolled back for a few centuries. But then you see a womens dominant fetishist community, a tomato paradise, a nympho-host and stuff. People do some crazy bs in this…
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You might think that this looks like a good survival post-apocalyptic thriller. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that I’ve some bad news for you.
Although it seems as an interesting sci-fi adventure, it isn’t more than a perverted obscene, smutty, vulgar-obsessions all together.
Which makes “Don’t judge a book by its cover” relevant to this entry.
Its visuals are pretty, but this also just makes me feel even more triggered that they had the nerve to animate this twisted story which shouldn’t even have been published in the first place.
I feel that 2023 brought some of the most disturbing and disgusting premises I’ve ever seen. Which Im sure can cause great harm in the anime industry in long terms. There should be a line which sorts out filty minded crap like these.
There were not a singl…
Read at the sourceMhaaad
I am writing this review after watching all the episodes (13 episodes) and have come to warn people from wasting their time watching this series.
There is such a thing as "Too much mystery", this anime proves it. You start the series and get all these questions about the world and how it came to be and brings a lot of curiosity (which is a good thing), but then you start to advance the plot and more questions get added and no answers are revealed!
There are different plotlines and we don't know where each takes place, is it the distant past? is it the distant future? is it the current timeline? what year is it when this\that happens?? Too many questions and too many mysteries that ruin the narrative.
Great VA, Great art, Great animation.
Decent character designs.
Terrible narrative.
04/…
Read at the sourceAPolygons2
If a works' value was in it's detail, this show would be a mountain of diamond.
There is so much that can be said about this show's production value alone, but most of you have eyes and ears, and when something is this god damn polished, you don't really need someone else to tell you it looks and sounds really fucking good.
no, the thing that I'm going to talk about, is a thing that for some Haruhi forsaken reason, I am one of the 12 people who cares about, and that's the mystery writing!
mystery is my favourite genre for a lot of different reasons, the biggest one is, I love the feeling of not knowing. To me something that I don't know is a lot more intriguing, than something that I do know.
but here's the fucked up part about mystery, it's pretty hard to write it well.
you NEED t…
Read at the sourceGsarthotegga
Heavenly Delusion is compelling for its atmosphere and setting, and the world building is delivered in a slow, mysterious fashion, with two contrasting storylines eventually converging. Kiruko and Maru roam a devastated Japan, both searching for clues about their past and looking for the elusive "Heaven." Along the way, they have to scrounge for resources, like canned food, clean water, items to sell, etc. The world is filled with roaming bandits and a grotesque array of maneaters, sporting fish-like designs that Junji Ito would appreciate. But they still manage to find time to bond during their downtime, giving the work a kind of grounded slice of life appeal. At first, it's hard to decipher whether this is a world influenced primarily by sci-fi or if there's a fantasy overlap, and the en…
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*Heavenly Delusion* is a world that is more lived in rather than explained, a story in which its earliest images of urban decay and the clean pristineness of the nursery contrast like night and day, telling us everything we need to know within seconds. The former is subjected to the ravages of catastrophe and left humankind to their own devices, buildings left to rot in the overgrow of greenery and decrepit highways. The latter is so clean and saccharine with children running and playing that it feels mystifyingly sheltered, if not outright false. As far as these two places’ geography and ideology is concerned, they could not be further apart. But even so, the stories of these two locations weave together to make a fine science-fiction tapestry, visually and acoustically beautiful while de…
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As the brainchild of this franchise, Masakazu Ishiguro created this piece of work that I can easily say is a creative story. Rather than following the recent endless trend of fantasy isekai or romantic comedies, he had a vision for Heavenly Delusions. That vision is to create a postapocalyptic world where we see a dystopia-like environment and how mankind adapts to survive. With two colorful story plot within one setting, Heavenly Delusion is one of the most ambitious shows I've seen in 2023, and that's not an unerstatement.
Unlike his previous work And Yet The Town Moves, this show adapts a much darker tone in storytelling and setting. To me, this was an experimental type of anime that focuses on the 'what ifs' and how people can survive in a world without laws and being in ruins. The po…
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The theme of finding hope in a seemingly hopeless or dark world has been done before, in a slice of life way in Girls’ Last Tour, in a lovecraftian horror form in Made in Abyss, or in many other ways of which I haven’t seen before. Tengoku Daimakyo takes this theme, but has a sci-fi mystery backdrop to it, making it quite a unique experience, and one I haven’t really experienced personally.
What do we want from a sci-fi mystery show? Do we want twists and turns, dark reveals, or unpredictability? Tengoku Daimakyo has all of that, but it also has the one narrative technique I appreciate the most in media, which is “show, don’t tell”. This anime masterfully handles that by giving us virtually no real direction on the surface, but encourages the viewer to ponder on the events of each episode…
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