Audience reviews
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Heavy-Crit
I’m honestly just burned out on how much low‑effort content gets pushed out lately. So many shows feel like recycled ideas dressed up with a gimmick, and Outcast unfortunately falls into that pattern for me.
You can usually tell when a series is produced by a Chinese studio — not because the art is bad (it’s often quite strong), but because everything around it struggles to keep up. The pacing, the narrative flow, and the overall structure tend to be the first things to slip, and Outcast is no exception.
The early episodes give the impression that the show is about to go somewhere bold, but the story loses cohesion as it goes on. Plot threads pile up without enough payoff, and the momentum that the opening promised just doesn’t hold.
I also don’t really understand the overwhelming prais…
Read at the sourceStarDust_01
The Outcast is an anime that stands out with its mix of supernatural elements, interesting story, and great character development. It is based on a Chinese webcomic and brings a fresh perspective to the genre.
The action scenes in this anime are high-quality but not very frequent. When they do happen, they are well-done and exciting. Each fight feels important and is carefully designed, making them enjoyable to watch.
The animation gets a 7 out of 10. It is good and fits the story well, but it isn't the best out there. The characters look unique, and the supernatural effects are creatively shown. Sometimes the animation quality drops a bit, but it stays good enough to keep viewers interested.
The story earns an 8 out of 10. It follows Zhang Chulan, a regular college student who gets inv…
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“Hitori no Shita - The Outcast” is what happens when You have too many ideas, don’t know how to prioritise them so You just throw everything at the wall to see what sticks.
Spoiler alert!
Nothing did.
There isn’t much to say about the plot itself. There hardly is any. We follow Chou Soran on his journey to… nothing to be honest. For all of the show he doesn’t have any kind of goal. He’s just there to react to what’s happening to him and around him. He’s the worst kind of protagonist - passive. For most of the time he talks big but rarely he is able to put his money where his mouth is, and the moments he is able to rise up to the occasion… he does so by pulling a new technique out of his ass. No build up, no prior training shown, nothing. He just has this skill that could have been useful…
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The first two seasons were great, with great fight scenes, decent story like, and all the
stuff I feel like you can expect from an anime
But There is a small problem in my opinion, the first few second of the 3rd season just ruin it for me, I don't know if it is because it is in Chinese, or the animating style, or even the coloring, but it just doesn't feel like the original show somehow.
If you are here to watch the first two seasons, 7/10, but if you wanna add the 3rd, I haven't watched it but I will be lenient and give it a 3/10
(This is a new account, first review I have done, I don't watch too much anime, I just thought I would make a review)
Read at the sourceNeiShiro
The story is really intereresting and it's different.
It's a mystery, but you do not have a feeling of a mystery story because it's made like a comedy.
All in all, this review is SPOILER FREE.
You should keep in mind this is a CHINESE STORY, DONGHUA NOT ANIME.
The main DIFFERENCE between most DONGHUAS and ANIMES is that anime shows a ''complete'' story (at least an arc per season) and adds something at the end so you know there will be another season, but DONGHUAS show parts of the story through every season and usually have multiple seasons, not always, but in a lot of cases (Fox spirit matchmaker has 10 seasons out, 11 is announced and it doesn't look like they will stop there; it's the best example of non-3D Chinese franchise (I personally prefer drawn, not 3D donghuas and animes); t…
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This is a good anime! The main characters are likeable and round, and the story is interesting and unique. Most characters have interesting back stories, and you felt affection for most of them as well.
I do have several tips for watching it: 1) watch it in Chinese, that's the original language, Japanese is an awkward dub. 2) watch through a couple episodes before making your judgement.
The animation quality is not so great at the start, but keeps getting better with each episode and gets a huge boost in the second season. Seems like they didn't have a lot of budget at the beginning.
Read at the sourceClavesxxx
I am very confused about the ratings. I've discovered Chinese Type of anime's or donhua in college. This one is another exceptional creation, quality of artwork, plot is very close to Japanese works.
If you look closely at the low reviews you can tell these individuals watched the previews or only a episode or two. Someone rated this a 2 and compared it to high school of the DEAD. STOP WITH INCREDIBLE REVIEWS, this anime is minimum a 7!!!. in all aspects.
This is NOT a zombie title Spoiler-this is about cultivation and martial arts. A zombie ability users shows up for a episode or two at start but kinda goes MIA because 'side character' lol. Then the story starts to actually develop like 4 episodes in around the main character. We don't have many multiple season anime's that are re-watch…
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Overall score : 7
This is a decent anime, albeit a pretty bland start because it looks like your generic shonen shit at first glance (assuming you're using 3 episode rule).
The story itself wasn't about zombie, nor shonen hero MC (retarded justice). It's about a successor of a hunted legendary martial artist. It starts with MC seemingly being a normal guy, and gets exposed to the world of outsiders/outcasts.. nah not really, MC actually has the knowledge and shits, just zero contacts with this world, which he was trying to avoid, thus him being clueless most of the time.
I shouldn't really comment on other review but seeing that some people trying to paint this series as something which it isn't, maybe i should. The 1st season starts slow, but it gives the groundwork for the exciting 2n…
Read at the sourceJianlong72
For those of you who don't know, this anime is co-produced by Chinese and Japanese studios, as an adaptation of a Chinese manhua. There are two dubs for this anime. A Japanese dub and a Chinese dub.
I highly recommend the Chinese dub because the Japanese dub censors/cuts off some pretty important scenes that lessens the impact of the story.
Even if you chose to watch the show in Japanese, at least watch the last two episodes in Chinese. The animation quality is also better with the Chinese dub.
The budget for this series is not that high, but they made it work with that they had. I personally feel that the fight scenes are really smooth and enjoyable.
The story is a slow burner because it does a lot of worldbuilding that is fleshed out throughout the series. This whole first season is like…
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HUMOR - it has some funny slapstick moments, but they're added in awkwardly, totally disrupting the build-up of tension sometimes. I don't think this series is as bad as some people think, because I don't think it takes itself too seriously. I mean, Dumbledore and Snape show up in the second season randomly with no explanation.
PLOT - the only interesting thing about the plot is wanting to find out about Houhou's past. They keep inventing random reasons to push back the reveal, ie that Soran has to be the next Tenshi. It's predictable though.
CHARACTER - I did like the MC a bit in the beginning, but it quickly devolved into him somehow being way trickier than everyone else and powering up suddenly, and everyone around him either despising him or remarking on how amazing he is. The same…
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Story (4): All over the place, way too many characters and techniques etc. introduced for a 12 episode season. Honestly had no real idea where any of this was going and knew very little of the world.
Art (9): Character art was amazing, worthy of a shounen
Sound (6): Nothing amazing but nothing terrible.
Character (4): Again, all over the place, characters were introduced and then never seen again.
Enjoyment (7): It was watchable. Overall (6); Watched it myself, would not recommend to others.
The biggest appeal of this anime to me was the humour, I found it to be pretty funny at times. I did enjoy the concepts of their powers and them being outsiders to the regular society but the same powers were not explained properly, if the show explained them better I would have likely been more d…
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Ok. The first you must know is that the original Chinese version is a lot better. The main reason is its uncut and uncensored. There is also the small aspects like accent that comes into play that help people understand the region they are in. But most importantly there are keys scenes that the Japanese miss out.
The story starts and develops in an abrupt manner, with a grave robbing which introduces us to our two main characters Zhang Chouran and Fang Baobao who have a weird chemistry and relationship.
Both of each work quite well as individual characters. The story is convoluted in the sense the plot and the story slowly unravels itself from grave robbing to the world of Chinese martial arts and secret societies and its many secrets and unexplained mysteries.
Both dubs do a good job i…
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When I watched the first episode of this anime I got triggered too just like all the people who did not like this anime. But the truth is sometimes some stories take time to gain traction and I am glad my friend made me keep watching it. The MC angered me to no end because of his complete lack of guts too. The 7th episode onwards the season becomes good and the story is so engaging that I did not stop watching till I finished the season and wanted to begin the 2nd season immediately. The first season's purpose I believe was to set the premise for all the following seasons. I hated this show like many others because Zhang Chulan is not the typical badass MC but I assure you, you will like him more if you keep watching and you will begin liking the other characters too. The few fight scenes…
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This anime was very refreshing to watch. It provided enough action to keep me tuned in while also providing enough comedic relief to bring out a few laughs. Personally I don't like the amount of fan service in todays anime. In my opinion, this anime would've been just fine without it.
At first glance, the plot seemed odd and different, but then by the second episode, things fell into place. It cleared up a lot of the, why is this like this or how come those things are doing this, etc., etc.. The groundwork has been laid with great action sequences, which have implied that they are only going to get a lot more action packed and suspenseful. The plot is starting to come together and can makes you start to guess what might happen next. Lastly the characters are not perfectly defined yet, bu…
Read at the sourceKatieThairu33
I really don't get why people are hating on this anime so much! Maybe they don't get the wuxia theme jokes. Yes, quite a few jokes are about him being a virgin. But it's more than that. He has a goddamned seal on his d*** to make sure that he remains pure and has good cultivation. And the way it's discussed is funny. I, for one, enjoyed every second of the comedy aspect of this show. I have to say season 2 is remarkably better than season 1.
The fights are AWESOME! I love them. Especially in season 2. I was really impressed with how varied the character design was and how even the characters in supporting roles get so much attention and even their own ending credit songs sometimes.
In my opinion, people are not judging the anime as a standalone but comparing it to other great animes in…
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Story - 8
I liked the concept, a little overused but they put their own little spin on it (ki wielding kung-fu masters). Many reviews I have read complain about the slow pace of this show. Make no mistake this is not kung-fu action. This is in essence a drama with SOME action weaved into the plot. This is why I do not dislike the generic magic kung-fu concept, it's merely a small aspect to help drive the plot.
Art - 7
The modern art style worked well with the concept of the show.
Character - 3
The main characters are a little over the top. A hopeless virgin with a complete inability to make decisions and constantly jumps to conclusions. It also seemed like they didn't know what direction they wanted to go with the main character and so they pulled him in every direction... The writers in…
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Don’t listen to the other reviews. It’s one of those anime you need to watch after a few episodes to judge for yourself. As I a picky anime fan, I had to binge watch this. The characters are interesting and leaving you wanting more especially Fou Houhou. There are some bits that are funny (not sure if that’s my dark humour) give it a good watch before really playing any attention to the reviews.
I live in the UK and have only been to Japan once. So at the time of visit, it wasn’t included in Shouen Jump. But after watching the second series it is and that alone, left me wanting to re-subscribing to more English translated Shouen Jump.
Read at the sourceDarkargel13
For me ,every second of their scene was really great. I really appreciate how they're do the scene more unique and in reality (in short AWESOME). They handle how to make the fighting scene more clearly in every movements.
And i liked how the graphics gets great base on thier abilitys in the movie.
Those funny pick up line i love it too.
And i loved how the story goes. And I realy hate book that i need to read it's to boring for me so i better watch it that's give me more excited.
That is why i can't wait for the next episode i really want to know who really is Fuu?. Why she doesn't age?. And what is her relation to soran's grandfather?.
Good Luck,
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I don't understand why so many people give it a bad review, this anime is good. My only problem with it is that it only have 12 episodes and no manga to continue.
I saw someone saying "Chinese Zombie Stuff", but only one character uses zombies as weapons, all the rest have different superpowers, and the story is about them, or more precisely about the grandfather of Chou Soran.
I think the plot was cool, and the development was just right. I even like the characters, usually the emotionless steriotype still have some level of emotion, this one is really a psycopath. That doesn't mean she is evil, she just don't understand what are feelings. She could be called a Tsundere, since she beats the main character, but different of all the Tsunderes out there, Soran, the beaten main character,…
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Oh boy, lots of polarizing opinions here. Oh dang it, now I have to pick a side. OR NOT.
Obviously everyone's entitled to their own opinions. There can be a lot of reasons why someone won't be able to enjoy this. Perhaps they don't understand the culture, perhaps they find the art style to be not of their liking, perhaps they thought the story was stagnant, etc. I could probably list 100 reasons here but since I'm not a mind reader and I'm a lazy bastard, I won't.
Honestly it doesn't matter what everyone else's opinion is. This isn't a game on steam where you read tons of reviews to determine whether it's a good game or not. For anime, ONLY YOUR OPINIONS MATTER! And I really hope everyone remembers that. So go ahead and watch the show, and don't be afraid of going in face first into a…
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