ChäoS;Child

A series of gruesome murders dubbed "New Generation Madness" once induced mass hysteria in Shibuya. At its peak during a frenzied riot, a sudden earthquake reduced the district into nothing but rubble, while leaving surrounding wards strangely intact.

Six years later, in a newly rebuilt Shibuya, mysterious deaths begin to crop up again. It is not long before third-year student Takuru Miyashiro realizes a connection: the dates of the recent murders match those of the New Generation Madness incidents. He, along with several members of his school's newspaper club, decide to delve deeper into the mystery, only to find themselves stranded in the middle of a new crime scene themselves...

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Miyashiro, Takuru Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Onoe, Serika Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Kurusu, Nono Main

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Minamisawa, Senri Main

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Arimura, Hinae Supporting

Mimori, Suzuko Japanese

Kunosato, Mio Supporting

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Kazuki, Hana Supporting

Nakaya, Sayaka Japanese

Yamazoe, Uki Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Tachibana, Yui Supporting

Hara, Yumi Japanese

Itou, Shinji Supporting

Fujiwara, Yuuki Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Kaneko, Hayato Producer

Fukuda, Jun Producer

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Apr 10, 2024

Legolaspt

Recommended

This anime does some things well, and some others rly bad. There are huge flaws and most of them are quite easy to spot; but if you can look past them and focus on its positives - which are amazing! - then here you have a must watch.

Also, if you are looking for self improvement in your stories (writting, rpgs, or other medias), you will learn a lot about what to do and what to avoid with Chaos Child.

Positives:
There isn't much or maybe any fanservice (This is not exactly a strong point, but fanservice would be a problem for the story this show is trying ... to tell);
Amazing main plot;
Top tier opening;
Some good characters;
Great character development of the main character;
Nice message at the ending;
Chaos Child is a suspense story in which you have the tools to realize what is going on before the ending - in a great way!
Really good at being gross and talking about human behavior - similar to what Evangelion does, but simpler, which I'd argue is better.

Negatives:
This anime is terrible at being a sequel;
Bad side plots, that lack screen time and proper conclusions;
This anime shows how to not make an adaptation. It doesn't cut nor rework material that definitely needed to be adjusted and trimmed;
There are many characters here just because they were in the source material, and they serve little to no purpose;
Bad/terrible character development for most of the secondary characters;
Many things doesn't make sense (like the lack of police);
Very difficult to understand what is happening during some scenes;
Terrible pacing: sometimes too slow and, even worse, too fast during some of the most important plot moments.

In the end, Chaos Child presents the viewer with an amazing plot, but that's basically it. I'd argue it is very worth watching for the plot alone - as it is truly great - even if almost everything else around it is, let's say, "suboptimal"

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 1, 2020

Okabekiyouma

Mixed Feelings

One of the most hated anime of winter 2017 is an anime that tries to be short yet phenomenal. Being in a shared universe of Steins;Gate (SciAdv series), the expectation for this anime were high as it should be. But there was always curse of having Chaos in the title. Its prequel anime, Chaos; Head is infamously known for adapting great VN into incoherent mess. Most of the people like to believe Chaos;Child is somewhat better than Chaos;Head adaptation and they are probably right. But Chaos;Head has its merits in the fact that it had good opening episodes which somewhat portrayed the unique environment of ... VN. This is where Chaos;Child fails miserably.

Story:
As a VN reader, I think Chaos;Child has unique story and is just as good(if not better) as Steins;Gate. The story has a major flaw that it can't be adapted into anime as coherent linear story, period. Chaos;Child's story warrants it to be not adapted into linear story. It just doesn't work. The story is phenomenal in VN, but the anime just skips out every single detail and at times changes the theme of the story. In an anime where fights are not even a major part of the story, it tries to detail fights in expense of story and fails miserably at that. Some of the character revelation is just not there or changed beyond acceptable. This hurts the story because as much as it seems, Chaos;Child is not a plot-driven show. The whole point of the story is about the character study of MC.

Art:
Its art is very disappointing. Characters CGs in VN are on different level and anime is not even half of that. They took one of the best character, Arimura and ruined her. Please check out VN art for Arimura. Animation is just mess, it feels choppy and weird and kills some of the best moments in VN. On another note, the direction and artistic choice for certain scenes are great. Its OP, albeit poorly animated has some great direction. Black and white choice for certain cuts work in favor of said scenes. But overall, it has weak art and animation.

Sound:
While the anime did story and characters bad, it excels in this department. Uncontrollable is one of the best Itou's songs. (On a side note, Fictional Youth, VN OP is great)

Character:
The characters of Chaos;Child are not bad, anime treats them badly. It cuts out their motivations, behaviors, reactions to certain events and make them bland. Takuru is not a bland MC, the entire point of this story is his character development. I'd like to detail things, but I don't want to spoil any aspects of the story.

Enjoyment:
It was mildly enjoyable and got me into VN.

Final Verdict:
Don't watch the anime. If you can, please read VN.
If you've watched anime and are wondering if you should read VN, you definitely should. There is a lot to look forward.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 15, 2022

SoggySlopster

Not Recommended

Another day, another butchered adaptation of a SciAdv masterpiece.

Much like ChaoS;HEAd's anime, ChaoS;Child was horribly rushed and suffers greatly as a result. The visual novel in its entirety took me over 70 hours to complete, so squeezing that into 5-6 hours of content was a herculean task from the start. Integral parts of the story are either reduced to minor events or flat out just not included at all, and the characters and relationships are criminally underdeveloped. Core parts of Takuru's character are just left out, and characters like Hana and Uki are almost nonexistent throughout the anime, as opposed to their fairly sizeable ... roles in the visual novel.

It's not quite the same as the slap in the face that was ChaoS;HEAd's anime, but there are times that I, as a big SciAdv fan, felt quite insulted by this show and some of the horrible choices that it made. It was especially painful to see that the Silent Sky portion of the adaptation was significantly more faithful than this botched combination of the common and character routes from the visual novel.

In summary, do not watch this anime. If you want to experience something truly beautiful, read the visual novel, because you won't find it in this trainwreck of an adaptation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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