King's Game

One would think, if anyone is consistent, that if Another was highly received, with all its gore, that this would also be popular... but no, somehow.

Both have gore, that is undeniable, and that by itself doesn't make anime better or necessarily worse (although if it's there for no reason then it's worse rather than better, and this is what I thought happened with Another). Both really tried to up themselves several times throughout the series.... maybe Ou did more, considering the nature of the game, but... that is the point, at least the gore here made sense... happened due to a conscious decision, whether insane or not, whereas with Another it just happened due to some unspecified supernatural force. Not that the 'king' here totally isn't 'supernatural', but there is an attempt at an explanation, whereas in Another there is only history (both do have attempts at understanding these background forces, but only one is 'conscious' per se, and so feels like Ou makes more sense due to this).

So, do people prefer random accidents over deliberate games? I've no idea. But, I certainly prefer Ou, even if it could be slightly more gory in comparison to Another, because it makes sociological sense, and also... there were these sort of cathartic moments in some of the characters' lives... not all, but then Another practically had none of that from what I can remember...

While both can be observed from a sociological 'what if' perspective, conscious games make more frightening sense because this is more likely to happen in real life too. Absolute monarchies still exist, and while they don't normally send messages to people's phones the concept remains the same; people can turn on each other (as in Lord of the Flies too), even if survival depends on cooperation... and would even more likely to not help anyone if survival actually depended on hurting others, even if there might be a chance of collective survival if, in many cases, understanding the cause would resolve it.

It's fine, definitely not one of the worst animes i've seen. but as a big fan of the manga i can't help but be really disappointed. do yourself a favor and read them (there's an english translation on manga rock) before watching this (or just read them and don't watch the anime)

This anime is pretty gruesome and as my title says it's never ending. It's a very intense trip through many characters who either gain hope in the hopeless situations or loose it all and perish. People were constantly challenged and pushed towards their limits by fear of death of this unknown game master.

It's interesting how it seemed like there were 2 seasons of the anime put into one, because of two stories intertwining with the main character and there was a lot of details instead of just flashbacks to give the general idea of what happened. Also it kept me thrilled and interested to continue the episode after episode, yet I got triggered by the gore, I still wanted to watch it. It was repetitive of course and it just seemed that there was no hope for the characters in the anime, because of how the game master (king) was just beyond reasonable and over-pushing them.

I truly wanted some good outcome, but the good outcome was always there with the hope and inspiration from how people were dealing with the given tasks, it shows that even though humanity is a rare case in most humans, but it still exists and will never cease.

P.S I guess the rating is that low because people got triggered and disgusted with it. Ironic, as in the anime, people got killed because of the influence by their imbalanced emotions. Also it seems that most of the viewpoints were "if I were this then I'd do that", it's always easy to say that when you're not actually participating and also it's the plot of the anime instead of a game where you decide how things go, people cmon. Enjoy what this anime is instead of trying to make it into something that it isn't, or make a reboot of it so others would do the same to your anime xD.

I actually liked the plot, I thought the characters were cool. The shows pacing was eh especially with flashbacks being like half of the 6 episodes I feel like we really did not get enough time with the present and focused on the past too much and what was needed from the past was not really explained I mean I liked the past parts but it got annoying. I liked the show honestly until the end like wtf is that man. Also the to be continued had me intrigued but also mad for one we most likely will never get a continuation based on how people felt about season one and honestly I just don't see a point of continuing after all of that happening I mean I would watch a season 2 100% because I love darker shows like this ex (future Diary/Mirai Nikki) one of my favorite animes oat but this could of been executed way better tbh. I like the show but also don't its mixed feelings. I did like the voice actors though they were great. I would like a season 2 to possibly see if this can redeem itself. They had everything perfectly lined up. In terms for my basketball fans it's like having a 40 point game then you brick 3 game winning attempts in a row or fumbling a game winning touchdown multiple times. I can only compare how much of a fumble this is to the promised neverland ending. But maybe it was doomed to fail from the start when they adapted a sequel before the prequel. I will say the opening song is goated tho fr.

It's an average anime if not better! If we are comparing it to Another or D game then its not as good but it is definitely worth a watch! The gore is amazing.