Ajin: Demi-Human

Pretty good. Season 2 isn't as good as the first since there's less shock value and they removed most of the most gruesome stuff from the manga.

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>>155958928
I can't wait to see what kind of bullshit hatman will pull off next.

PLAY BALL

I feel there's no real tension, because no one has managed to permanently kill an Ajin

I mean, at this point I just want Sato or whoever to prove it can be done

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It's very much fun.

It ran its course by the end of season 2. You could tell the author was just ending it to end it already.

Still I didn't see the twist that defeated Satou coming. That was good.

>>155959295
Holy shit.

>>155959295
God damn, Sato is SO god tier

>>155959316
>twist that defeated Satou
What do you mean? Did the anime changed some stuffs?

I wish they'd just stuck with the original premise of immortality and how humans want to hunt/experiment/control them -- without introducing the IBMs. They're basically used like stands from Jojo or Shaman King or lots of other shonen manga. It feels pretty derivative in that regard. Other than that, the art is great and hatman is a badass.

>>155959546
Flood phenomena. I remembered it from S1, but only as it was already happening.

>>155959576
My only problem is their too OP. They should have some timer, and/or the idea of moisture ruining them should apply to the general atmosphere as well. I.e. they should only be able to manifest in very dry places. I do like their idea though since they're psychic beings and there's some precedence for water affecting psychics (Cayce says people tend to gravitate to bodies of water because they amplify psychic power), and Japan is surrounded by water so it makes sense that they have the most Ajin.

>>155959221
It has happened, you dumb nigger. Nakamura Shinya incident. Even Nakamura acknowledges that it happened, and that his original self is dead.

>>155959576
>I wish they'd just stuck with the original premise of immortality and how humans want to hunt/experiment/control them -- without introducing the IBMs
IBM were in chapter one.

>>155959748

yet for all purposes he still is alive...

>>155959221
There are worse fates than death, especially for Ajins.

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>>155958928

>>155961902

I'd like that to be shown

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>>155961834
What? If you're asking why they haven't permanently killed an Ajin *body* - that is because that's not a thing. It's never been said to be a thing. Even the surgeons/vivisectors only understood Ajin death in terms of conventional permanent biological death: age, and decapitation.

>>155958928
Has the 3rd OVA upped yet?

>>155962051
They talked about decapitating Ajins and placing the head far enough that you see your body grow a new one. Also there's those guys that Sato trapped in barrels and sealed in concrete or whatever, presumably they're stuck in the cramped barrels forever.

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A friendly reminder that this is an Ajin, not a human. Do not fap to Ajins.

>>155962109
>decapitating Ajins and placing the head far enough that you see your body grow a new one
That's nothing desu, if you got the right philosophical approach to what "you" are
>those guys that Sato trapped in barrels and sealed in concrete or whatever, presumably they're stuck in the cramped barrels forever
Now that's bad.

>>155962109
>Also there's those guys that Sato trapped in barrels and sealed in concrete or whatever, presumably they're stuck in the cramped barrels forever.
I imagine that bit was especially horrific for Japan, since this happened

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Junko_Furuta

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>>155961902
I wanna see what happens when they get old enough. Do they just continually die of old age? Just a cycle of dying and reviving? Cause that's fucking horrifying

>>155962109
>>155962169
There was also the no-air hole that Kei found in the middle of nowhere, which would kill you forever. Come to think of it - how the fuck did he figure out that you would pass out and die in there? It's not like he had someone to test that on, and he couldn't just go in himself.

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>>155962209
According to chapter 49, they die normally of old age. Then again, the proposal is by Ogura, so we have no idea if he's fucking around or not. There is no known Ajin old enough to have died of "age".

The anime implied Sato's new head still retained his memories. Was that different from the manga? Did the anime fuck up?

>>155962302
No, it's not a change. First of all, read the manga. But I'll answer you, anyway.

The unnatural 'death' which is possible for Ajin is likened to the Swampman thought experiment. The basic idea of the comparison is that you wouldn't be okay with it if you died, and an exact clone of yourself as you are now was born and took your place. It may be "you", but it is not you. The true you; the you which thinks and reads this, is dead in that circumstance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swampman

>>155962109
>They talked about decapitating Ajins and placing the head far enough that you see your body grow a new one. Also there's those guys that Sato trapped in barrels and sealed in concrete or whatever, presumably they're stuck in the cramped barrels forever.

yes but was their suffering ever shown

I want a scene like in Baccano where Dallas is given cement shoes and thrown into the river so he can drown for years

>>155962424
We don't even know if they really are in barrels. They've literally never been seen or really mentioned again, outside of one unexplained instance.

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>>155958928
Manga is good
Anime was complete shit thanks to netflix making it go original and removing the 911 plane crash.

Real fuckin' shame.

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>>155959000
From where you dl this anyhow? I used to use bakabt but I never made account there and never really bothered finding alternative, now I'm floating with horriblesubs and needless to say ajin is not there.

yeah... yeah...
https://a.pomf.cat/uyhhkh.webm

It's terrible.

Characters are dull archetypes, story is soap opera tier, show handles no good ideas and direction is uninspired. Pacing is erratic, music bad and cgi to hang yourself. Gore porn is unneccesary, or would be, if it wasn't the exact thing used to entertain plebs.

>>155959546
Where to even begin...

They added a bunch of random filler people to Satou's hitlist and removed Tosaki from it for some reason.
There's no 9/11 style attack, instead Satou demolishes a nearby building to collapse on top of it. You still get the airport IBM scene though for one of the other
They added a subplot with an American parallel of Tosaki and Izumi.
I think they skipped Satou's backstory.
The added a load of extra Ajins on Satou's side, and lots of drones.
They completely changed the battle against Satou and co.
Kei experiences the flood phenomenon.

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>>155958928
No idea if it changed, but anime was rendered in shitty frame-rate. Can get used to it, but it's still rather bad.

As for manga - LIT AS HELL

>>155962422
Not him and havent watched anime, only read some of the manga a long time ago.

Wasn't it implied decapitation = memory loss. Of course, it wasn't from a completely reliable source but what's that about? Does it lead to memory loss in specific circumstances or not at all?

>>155965367
>I think they skipped Satou's backstory.


It's in the OVA. it was also changed from the original.

>>155958928
Rooted more for the villain than the MC. But the MC was also quite enjoyable, much like most of the main cast. Also I would totally an Izumi.

>>155965756
>Wasn't it implied decapitation = memory loss ... does it lead to memory loss in specific circumstances?
No, I don't believe there is anything of the sort. Perhaps you're thinking of the fact that the IBM smashing heads causes some kind of transmission of memories? The only person of whom I'm aware to have "lost memories" in the manga was Nakamura Shinya, and that was more-or-less simply that he forgot that he was wearing a helmet when he crashed. The *anime* makes a vague implication about memories being changed or lost (at the very end), but the manga does not.

>>155965894
>changed from the original
Oh, Lord. How so?

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Polygon did a pretty alright job, could have been much worse.
Honestly the source material carries it quite a bit, but Polygon did get some great scenes off, and even if it did cop out with an anime original ending since the manga doesn't have a good stopping point.
>>155966192
Izumi is pure sex, although I think the anime made it a bit more apparent.

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>>155966209
>Oh, Lord. How so?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijELQHS_xiI

>>155966296
>framerate lower than ever before
>they even changed his codename from "Pokerface" to "Fox"
why

At least Ootsuka Houchuu is still good as his voice; I might be able to enjoy it if he continues to pull off Satou so convincingly.

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>>155966262
Izumi is nice.