Introduction
In the distant future, because of an interplanetary war that had continued on for centuries, civilizations were ruined. Human beings have lost everything, and only 1/5th of the population survived. A strange breed of humans, ''The Third'' is said to have appeared just after the war. They possess a third eye, as their name suggests, that appear as oval-shaped red pupils called "space eyes'' over their conventional two eyes. Using them, they can control computer systems and so on, and as such, rule the world by their superior power over technology.
In this world, there is a young woman named Honoka; she is a "jack-of-all-trades" sellsword, and she accepts any job except murder. One day, she happens to find and rescue a young man named Ikus in the desert. Entering his world, and accepting a job from him, the adventure begins for Honoka and Ikus.
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Audience reviews
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RyanSpring
Inconsistent in its quality, its best moments are true 10/10s and its lesser moments feel very average, leading to an overall very good and very underrated anime that just barely missed its mark and left this viewer, though satisfied, wondering what could have been...
Art-
I thought the art, mostly, was gorgeous. I say mostly because, inexplicably, there is one episode and one episode only that has a completely different art style, was clearly drawn by different people and just flat out looks terrible. That difference, which was extremely and immediately noticeable for me, was perhaps my single least favorite part of the entire show. I assume there was some unplanned problem at the studio and they had to really scramble and rush to meet a deadline or make a change or whatever, but this i…
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A solid philosophically-driven action-drama, The Third: Girl With The Blue Eye explores developments with Honoka's character as she engages a number of jobs she takes part in with her "jack-of-all-trades" profession in a number of plot arcs. Each arc explores the young heroine either coming to grips with tasks that challenge the moral resolve of her character or encountering foes with their own tragic developments that Honoka comes to empathize with via her third eye's ability to sense the emotions of others. The series does present enough details on many of its prominent characters for you to connect with their problems from female lead Honoka's tragic past as an outcast to her young friend Millie dealing with the death of her grandfather. In addition, the series explores Honoka's interac…
Read at the sourceBenatron
When first viewing The Third, I believe I was going into the anime with the wrong attitude. I was thinking that this anime was going to mediocre and bland. I was wrong; what we have here is a anime with great development of characters and a story that ties together throughout the series.
The synopsis is given at the top of the page for this anime but I'll give a version for you.
Earth; years after a war that nearly destroyed all of the humans is now a barren desert. In this desert, Honoka can be found reciting poems by her favorite Poet, "Dana Myfree." Honoka is the "jack-of-all-trades" known throughout the land as "Sword Dancer." She does jobs for people of cities. Whether it's moving stock around town or taking out Stigma Ants in the desert. During one of those jobs, she finds a man in…
Read at the sourceBishounen_Hunter
The Third, for me, is a very philosophical and poetic anime. And while I really don't want to say anything as corny as “It is a visual testament to the trials and endurance of the human spirit” It kinda really is just that. On the surface this may look like a regular shounen anime with swords, guns, and mecha granted the gift of speech by means of A.I., but really this show deals with some heavy hitting topics like: depression, rejection, abandonment and loneliness. That's what makes this anime so great, because it has layers like an onion, where you can enjoy the action, comedy, the art and mecha or you can look for some deeper meanings like the shows underlying theme of overcoming negativity, sadness and times of self-doubt.
~ Art Style ~
The art for this show is phenomenal [for the mos…
Read at the sourceEmilio_Rodo
Well, that's the first anime that motivated me to write a fairly negative review.I may be a bit biased, because I was really expecting it to be more interesting, mainly because one of my favorite books is about a guy who drives around the desert in a tank...In any case, here's my $ 0.02
Story:
Girl drives around in the desert in a tank...That pretty much sums it up.The anime is divided in several substories, each lasting 2-3 episodes.Unfortunately, none of them managed to grab my attention.What annoyed me the most was the one before the last: girl goes in the middle of nowhere, accompanied by her worst enemy, to rescue a guy who does not need rescuing and fight a woman that doesn't want to fight her... Plausibility was thrown right out the window ( example, last episode's 'battle scene')…
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- - [ The Third - Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo :: Eps: 24 ] - -
The Third - Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo, or The Third - The Girl With The Blue Eye, revolves around Honoka who is a jack-of-all-trades. She will accept any job except human murder. The Third is a race of humans, with a third eye on their forehead, allowing them to interact with machines and turn into semi-computers with huge data-processing abilities. Honoka is accompanied by Bogie, a tank with a bio-brain, or an artificial personality if you want. This is the gist of the plot of The Third (Refered henceforth as T3rd.).
I started watching it, after seeing its cover which seems quite interesting. A katana-wielding girl, followed by a super-armed tank. Quite nice. However, it was quite a deception for me. Maybe I set my standards too high, b…
Read at the sourceFaust721
Story: In a world where a being known as The Third rule the land, we have our heroine, Hanoka. Hanoka, as a Jack-of-all-Trades travels the desert land with her tank doing various jobs. Somewhere along the way, she meets a mysterious man named Ikus. We then get to see their travels together and the interaction with the people they meet along with The Third. During the travels we start to learn more about Hanoka and many of the other people they meet and the mystery behind Ikus starts to unravel.
Fairly simple concept, but the story telling is well done. It is as if you were reading a book. What I like about the story is the interaction between the characters. You get to learn much more about the world through the interaction between the characters. Furthermore, while some people might not…
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