DARLING in the FRANXX - What the HFIL Happened?!

DARLING in the FRANXX was one of the most promising new anime of 2018. Shame it didn't know how to deliver on its promises.
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[@uberdueler2990]

A rebellion against Papa would have been infinitely times more interesting than going to space to fight aliens.

[@nightmare-qn6mo]

It’ll be interesting if Papa was still controlling a ton of APE soldiers after the Virm reveal so the Nines will still be a threat.

[@williamadiputra2850]

100% agree

[@Asubatsu]

I think that's what everyone wanted.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

Uber Dueler but it’s A GAINAX ENDING, it has to be shit and disappointing

[@justicedunn5502]

Yeah well instead you got both because Papa was an alien the whole time

[@enzogangi7711]

ah yes, my favorite 15-episode show

[@broscas5601]

b-but it has 24 episodes

[@Brainiac-gb7jq]

Broscas 😐 Dude

[@kinwa644]

@Broscas bruh

[@broscas5601]

@@kinwa644 what is happening that i dont understand

[@ezeola6348]

@@broscas5601 you didn't get the joke

[@cessuarez]

Goro: WHY ARE WE IN SPACE WITH A GIANT UNICORN WAIFU Everyone else: Because trigger

[@cloakx3640]

I love Gigguk so much. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Myth_or_Mystery76]

“That makes sense!” “No it doesn’t.” “No it doesn’t.”

[@stephanieeide1076]

Is this a Gigguk reference?

[@totallynoteverything1.]

Darling in the FranXX is just a battle of control between A1 and Trigger

[@PsychoDiesel48]

EXCEPT TRIGGER DOESN'T MAKE PACING MISTAKES LIKE THIS!!!! FOR PRIME FUCKING EXAMPLE JUST LOOK AT GURREN LAGANN!!! THEY KNOW HOW TO PACE A GODDAMN SHOW! Edit: I realize Gainax produced TTGL but people from there joined forces with other members to create Trigger Studios. So, There had to be some other forces at work here that made them rush out a hackneyed space opera at the "end" of their teen drama story.

[@Juan-zi3qs]

It was a mech anime until that one girl got pregnant, after that it became a PSA for the Japanese about the low birth rates

[@SuiLover]

Oh yeah. It's subtle but obvious. Like what Plunderer did. 🤦‍♀️

[@loliking2763]

I mean Europe America and even China are in birth rate crisis’s as well sooooooooooo

[@christophercao7027]

@@loliking2763 Not a problem if you have people flooding into your country in search of a better life. Cultural destabilization is really overblown, as most people don't keep practicing the majority of their culture after a few generations in a new country.

[@loliking2763]

@@christophercao7027 very true hence the reason the worlds falling apart and the death of nations is underway

[@christophercao7027]

@@loliking2763 what

[@eugenefindit]

So basically, Darling In The Franxx is a prime of example of what happens when you have too many cooks in the kitchen. ^_^

[@caesaranis4952]

Not at all, Studio Trigger left after Ep 15 I believe..

[@ceilingfan2007]

Eugenefindit pretty much

[@MaxIronsThird]

And they're all bad cooks.

[@bobbit_the_hobbit]

GuardianSoulBlade The plot didn’t have to go the exact way I wanted it to, but the ending arc was just unsatisfying and all over the place. Was a fun show to watch, but I’ll probably forget about it in a few months.

[@GoddoDoggo]

GuardianSoulBlade there's a difference between a plot "not going your way" and a plot not being dumb as fuck.

[@intencegamer4624]

Writers: Alright, we have four episodes left, how do we fill them? That one writer who’s been sitting in the corner drinking while everyone else has been storyboarding: Aliens Writers: That’s perfect, great idea

[@tatarsauce6314]

Plus pregnancy

[@mrboerger1620]

Aliens and pregnancy babies just fucking babies ok

[@koreaface]

The more I think about it, the only reason why I loved the last couple episodes was because I got to see progress in humanity. When I look back I actually got bored at the scenes in space.

[@echlipse.1738]

666 like

[@ruthsantos6845]

@@koreaface I skipped them all

[@panganibangani6630]

Ep 1 - 19: *takes away my depression* Ep 19 - 24: *gives it back*

[@yeahboyz9314]

Perfectly balanced as all things should be

[@nonplays3187]

@@yeahboyz9314 nice one

[@Klaxosapien_Minecraftian]

True, true. Although I still find it to be the best thing I have ever watched

[@cybrgames3537]

“You thought the we were the bad guys, but the real bad guys are: A L I E N S”

[@ianwatson6652]

If I go in to the bord of directors office and say what the fuck went wrong they will no exactly what I mean.

[@TheAniSi]

What? What? What? What? You fucking what mate? NANI?

[@bhjjgffgghhhjkkkjhggg4604]

Naruto be like:

[@plasmancer6104]

To quote Gigguk's Goro - "This show has so many plot holes I don't know if we're in Space or the writers room!"

[@deedelta9263]

**plot holes**

[@plasmancer6104]

how the hell it become plot points? bloody auto correct

[@arsenal4739]

"THESE ROBOTS RUN ON DOGGY STYLE!"

[@yokoyakamori6589]

Now spank me hard and I'll shout out "Daddy" to get the engine started.

[@hu3bman]

@@yokoyakamori6589 cheers for THAT original react line. Gigguk's Ichigo as well.

[@ghemis25]

Let's be honest here, we all loved it when Zero Two was mischievous and snarky towards everyone.

[@thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989]

The Virgin Klaxosaur vs Chad Matter.

[@JohnSmith-fc7mp]

Which is why making Zero Two not snarky, mischievous and rebellious because she got a boyfriend was such a terrible fucking idea.

[@PhoenixEnforcer101]

I honestly thought I missed an episode or something when she was all nice to everyone and everyone was all cool with her

[@dk57nde23]

And then the time-skipped completely changed her into becoming this “good girl that loves everyone” when she literally beat the shit out of the whole squad 2 episodes before

[@TheDragonSeer]

@@dk57nde23 I agree. Completely jarring mood whiplash for the viewer. It was not enjoyable at all, it made me completely lose interest in Zero Two leading up to the finale because she simply wasn't the same person anymore.

[@b6u6f6o]

this anime needs a movie called "the end of darling in the franxx"

[@Croco_G]

But darling in the Franxx died which is hiro so it has already ended

[@lian2kin]

@@Turtol420 bruh i love darling in the franxx but it has so many similarity to evangelion it can be evangelion

[@ethancollinsworth3927]

they didn’t die in the manga

[@TakiGosc427]

And later "rebuild of franxx"

[@bitsuke9889]

*No*

[@4O4-Error.]

Kokoro wanted to have a baby so badly that she stopped thinking. She didn't give a second thought about how the adults won't allow them to have a baby putting themself and the child life in DANGER and Not to mention that she was just 14🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ryleerose6598]

Kokoro: ooooo i want babi give me babi Also kokoro: consequences whats that still want babi doe (This was a joke but honestly she's one of my least favorite anime characters because later in series she gets really annoying)

[@atrayeepalit169]

Bruh. But she got one. This thing doesn't make sense. Bruh!

[@ReKonstructor]

I hate her. She is an awful creature that deserves to be a subject of unit 731. I would that to her myself

[@updog9567]

SHE WAS 14?! Wait, so that means they made a fanservice with 14 old girls? Not even 16, not 17, but 14 and 15 yo girls? Wti this show is disgusting

[@witchdust8900]

@@updog9567 they dont even look 14 😭 the fact that you couldnt tell is exactly the point, plus theyre literal drawings so chill.

[@rodrigoa.m3566]

Tbh, "love's good, have babies" is a nice message... For Japan

[@joshlegacy1101]

It's a typical message for Japan.

[@rodrigoa.m3566]

@@joshlegacy1101 Its *necessary*

[@alexrowe7063]

@@rodrigoa.m3566 that's actually a bit sad

[@holo6883]

Meanwhile in over populated rest of the world We need lessen the amount humans Everyone, time to move to Japan

[@alexrowe7063]

@@holo6883 not really, over population is no longer a problem for most 1st world countries with people having less and less children. The same birth rate decline crisis is scheduled to hit America in the next 10 years. I blame all y'all niggas hunching over the keyboard talking about how impossible it is to get a gf when all you needed to do was get out of your man cave and go outside.

[@GiornoGiovanna-we3uq]

And so hiro never learned to keep a promise to literally anyone but 02

[@itsk3hiphop]

Which is good. because thats his partner? Fuck everyone else.

[@drizzo2099]

@@itsk3hiphop he grew up with them shouldn't they be his family /Bredrin

[@lilyhd9131]

In the manga they have him keep his promise to mitsuru. But the manga’s still pretty shit.

[@tabbender1232]

Technically he probably did see the Ichigo start with her when the whole squad went to Mars, too bad they don't mention that

[@matejanikolesku4200]

02 always keep her promise That means there is going to be season 2

[@omaralsaadi1751]

FOR GOD'S SAKE....... Why isn't anyone mentioning the Darling In The Franxx Manga? It had a better ending where there was no aliens, 01 killed the whole papa councils ,sacrificing herself in the process herself and guess what? HIRO AND ZERO TWO WERE ALIVE AND SHARED A VICTORY KISS as everyone gathered outside to witness the dawn of a new free civilization.

[@marisastoletheprecioussara118]

Sounds dumb

[@omaralsaadi1751]

@@marisastoletheprecioussara118 ok Doomer

[@kingslayer83]

@@omaralsaadi1751 lmao

[@qxrn.]

@@marisastoletheprecioussara118 so do u think the anime ending is better?

[@decuno1663]

For CHRIST sake please they should re do the entire series adapted to the Manga, or at least faithful, specially considering that this has happened before with other series

[@koiivene]

They had us on the first half, not gonna lie

[@mickeal4783]

Lol

[@Aryeed]

Lol

[@RGBY-tv4hg]

I genuinely loved this show. Up to episode 19. We don't talk about the rest.

[@cosmicmist2020]

Can’t think of a channel name Kinda a similar situation for me with Death Note. The pacing gets a little fucked after episode 25

[@wack4645]

What rest

[@jhouser12]

I think you might be confused, friend. The show was only 19 episodes. It ended on that cliffhanger and we're still waiting eagerly for Season 2. There is no "rest."

[@gilgeaschwithkerk2344]

@@cosmicmist2020 Yes, it was not an mix aof Evangelion and Gurren Lagann. It was a fusion of 3 Animes all along but they only take the bad from Death Note. That was the plottwist XD

[@mangekyo7536]

i love the show as a whole they could of really did more episodes to spread out the events of episodes 20-25 tbh

[@zakguard79]

apparently the writer meticulously planned out till episode 15, and thought "things would develop naturally". today's greatest crime.

[@Olivia_Knot]

That's why it's a good anime with a bad ending

[@raymondrennock534]

And so they should have given the thought of the last couple episodes. I hope they learned a lesson

[@worldsavior2543]

I heard that the manga will be taking a different route but does that still mean that Hiro a d Zero two will die? Will they give this series the Akame ga Kill treatment? I remember the anime receiving so much backlash and in the end the manga had a different ending.

[@jonathanreali1966]

@@worldsavior2543 hey not to have shows have the balls to kill main characters. Better dead than impossibly alive thanks to plot armor.

[@worldsavior2543]

Jonathan Reali hell nah we want a happy ending that’s all. We want something that doesn’t leave us vomiting on the floor.

[@ddplzz]

You forgot to mention that Tru Apus is her wedding dress. A moon sized dress that shoots millions of lazer beams from her gown lmao. Honestly though, when she did that final transformation I was blown away by the sheer insanity of the concept. Actually got an audible "What???" out of me.

[@vinyl8840]

I know right? I guess it plays into the whole "honeymoon in space" Thing the creators did last minute.

[@Ramsey276one]

Kill la Kill Kollection?! You know... That game with battleship waifus? XD

[@Spartan135]

@@Ramsey276one no anime or gacha game can be stupid and weird enough.

[@blanco0949]

It made me geniunley stop watching the show. It was so outlandish i literally sat there in shock for five minutes, clicked off the show and never watched it again. The epilogue looks sweet with all the characters being parents, but good god how can i still watch the show after mecha titties and that stupid ass battle?

[@anirawatxt]

I lost interest when Strilizia transformed into Arceus

[@thekingofutube9328]

Don't disrespect Arceus like that plz

[@kaos1728]

broooo I thought she looked like Arceus too xD if you look past a lot of stuff, it's super good. It's really good either way.

[@trungkiennguyen7690]

i always thought it looked like a bride

[@kaos1728]

@@trungkiennguyen7690 that was their objective

[@deltastar4147]

Leave Pokemon Jesus out of this

[@LaughAboutit3232]

The whole “Bad aliens thousand of years ago only to show up again to only to go to war against them” sounds like Mass Effect entire plot.

[@MrPF]

Even though the reapers are just "machine squid bad" they are at least threatening as a villain I still remember after ME1 when Shepard killed their first Reaper, it took a massive army and future knowledge from the race before to kill it and I had no idea how would they win the war against thousands

[@MadaraUchiha-hb4bc]

*IT IS*

[@viacrucishector1821]

At least the Reapers were terrifying and intimidating, the aliens here look like anime Tyrannids

[@lordkrauser]

Fuck I missed when the Reapers were shown as such an impossible threat. Even ME2 had you wondering how the hell we were going to stop them. Then we get to ME3 and the color pillars within the Citadel bullshit.

[@ivanivanovitchivanovsky7123]

@@lordkrauser to be fair, it took literal Deus ex machina to beat the reapers

[@MercWithMouth1234567]

Darling in the Franxx was just a work meant to solve the Japanese declining birth rate.

[@MizantropMan]

So they gave us best girl Zero Two who's sterile? Because let's be honest, a year have passed and she's the most remembered part of the show (that awful ending aside), still selling a lot of figures and getting a ton of fanarts.

[@burrito2526]

doesnt japan actually suffer from overpopulation?

[@ForcedHandleName]

@@burrito2526 Yes/no. It's not so much overpopulation, as it is trying to get the target audience (15-24 year old men) to have actual relationships with real women (or men, whatever). The digital relationship problem is probably the worst (if not in the top five) there in the whole world because of the technology, and lack of human interaction.

[@wendy2]

We want anime not birth declining solutions, and thatanime is proposed to everyone so why the fuck would I care about Japan sex life or whatever

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

So it’s basically Zardoz

[@that1guy947]

Be honest everyone was laughing when zero-two wipes honey on zoromes favorite shirt

[@user-nq6ln1wv8b]

Nope, that was just wrong

[@bitsuke9889]

*No just no*

[@drewgollihur4573]

MY SUNDAY BEST!!!

[@hmongpepper3340]

Just a little “hmph”, show didn’t make a laugh.

[@totallynotanerd9571]

(snorts cocaine)Trigger: oK guYS i THInk NoW iS WhEn tHE aLiEnS coME iN

[@javidproductions9353]

this killed me. Nice

[@posorion]

This got me a laugh, thanks 😂

[@BananaChicken21]

I audibly laughed, thanks

[@lapizgaming3263]

Kokaina

[@samboujaiteh3331]

Every time I examine this show, I feel like the first arc (1-15) was written as a full season and the rest of the series was made up on the spot after they found out that the series was going to be 24 episodes.

[@RFLCPTR]

Sambou Jaiteh yeah shorting it to 12 Episodes would've helped

[@D.A-Designs]

OMG, if only that had happened!! It would have given them more time to flesh out the second half and make the plot more solid and consistent, and hopefully would have avoided the shitfest that was the last 3 episodes

[@notoriousbig3k]

they werent given time by the big studios chiefs ...

[@ericwang3481]

Sambou Jaiteh I feel like initially it was pitched as 2 seasons of about 15-18 episodes. However some management stuff likely affected it right when it started or soon before. It just sucks since the show could have been way better with 19-24 as a full season of like 12 episodes

[@angelcalderon5680]

Sambou Jaiteh that's exactly what it felt like

[@floppytester8154]

The space battle thing came outta nowhere tbh. If they planned to do it they should’ve just showed it earlier on. It was just so random.

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

It reminds me of the final episode TV movie thing of K,n,D, It seemed promising but when we got to it... well it was bad It did everything wrong! Among which included the show not just going Of the rails but jumping 25000 sharks in to space at warp 9 into a universe Were there are no rails to speak of. 🚂🚀🦈 🌌. 👎🏻😡 they even did the whole aliens thing to and they did an even worse job of it! Except this seems more enjoyable... I think it’s because of the mecha/biotitan goddess thing that 02 terned in to😍 I’m just saying

[@Natendowii]

And a Blantant ripoff of Gunbuster. Again, a much BETTER show than this!

[@abyssmagistress]

I have too agree with you there, it was random but the randomness was oddly satisfying in a sense. It was different from what I first saw at the beginning versus what came at the end

[@Mikey-fi8bb]

I like space...

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

And I like stellaris true apex, I just wish she had classic o2’s personality

[@ericeddy02]

To me, the ending is tragic for Hiro and Zero Two because they don't get to explore or experience their love as they lived it. Their whole lives were suffering and people keeping them apart. The hope that they'd get AT LEAST 5 min of on-screen happier ever after was the only reason I stuck through the story all 24 episodes. But seeing them spend years in space together but physically apart just to die and be forced to start over just left a void for me.

[@LordDaret]

You know what, I agree with this. It never felt like they together on that trip, more like a bomber pilot talking to his wife over the radio on a suicide mission. Sure they are “together” but it never felt like it.

[@mohammaddanendrasetiawan9998]

Opinion 1: Honestly, they should’ve made 02’s personality the same after episode 15 but at the same time she learns how to be nice instead of 02 suddenly becomes a good person. Opinion 2: They should’ve made a simpler arc in the second half. Episode 19 should be split into a few episodes so to not wreck world building and left the VIRM arc for another season. Honestly I enjoyed the series but the ending destroys what the story’s message is about. Somewhere in the comments someone said about a rebellion against papa plot. I agree to that because the 9’s would’ve been proper antagonists and leaves a more likely possibility for season 2.

[@Trollestiatumblur]

02 still being mischievous could of went from “this bitch is obnoxious, we can’t trust her,” to “this is her way of showing affection, and it’s kinda endearing.” I’m sure we’ve all have mischievous friends. I mean, that’s why pranks exists. But just like pranks, there has to be a line. Before 02 made everyone uncomfortable or annoyed. But after 15 she could of did things and everyone could be laughing WITH each other instead of her laughing at them. Like when she took everyone’s clothes and her and Hiro was having fun together? That could of been everyone. So that really blows…..

[@Force-hiddenmasquerade]

I’m going to be honest with you, Shinzo Abe, 54th Prime Minister of Japan, This anime will not solve Japan’s declining birthrate

[@moredetonation3755]

To be honest it probably made it decline faster just by being an anime

[@nyxzee8212]

I HOPE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPEN IN 19-24 IS JUST A DREAM BECAUSE WTF JUST HAPPENED

[@tribunalcustodian3989]

Lei Villarama everything after 15 is non canon I have chosen to believe

[@gravity979]

Tribunal Custodian same

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

Without spoilers How mindfucking are we talking about here between 19-24?

[@charliekahn4205]

But then they'd have to scrape together a writing/editing team at a strict deadline to rewrite the ending, and it'd end up being practically the same thing, or it'd end up with sloppy dialogue, the characters' main traits being taken to the extreme, and a really short, "Quick, fill all these plot holes" ending that would feel unsatisfying.

[@skprog]

i like to explain the ending of ditf as everyone lost and they are actually in the virm simulation

[@mightdai7489]

Zero Two kept me watching this anime. Their bond couldn’t be broken and I was so happy when they reunited again in episode 15. The aliens part ruined the anime they could’ve symbolized the Sakura tree a lot better

[@sxcculent]

yeah i loved the relationship they had, too bad it ended in reincarnation and aliens

[@soy_boy69]

​@@sxcculent but she was abusive in the first episodes and they didnt adress that , hiro just forgabe her 🤧

[@bimlauyomashitobi421]

If they did an FMA style remake where they just... didn’t do season two, and wrote something actually good, they might have a decent shot at a successful anime.

[@asherking159]

I was thinking the same thing. Or like the evangelion movies. But this show came out, what, 2 years ago? If it ever even happens, I dont think we'll be seeing a remake for a long long time

[@kingcrab5135]

Darling in the franxx is like a phone charger, you find it pretty good and enjoyable, until that time when you have to untangle it in the dark, you don't know how it happened or what to even do in that moment

[@ghoulslayer4066]

Wait how do even get a phone charger tangled.

[@mrkhun7035]

@@ghoulslayer4066 good question

[@symbiote1982pk]

So what woukd turning a light on and stopping faffing about with wires in the dark equate to in that analogy?

[@rainyraider8304]

@@symbiote1982pk Reading the ending of the manga i guess

[@tbone11x]

Futoshi's mustache at the end made it a 10/10 for me. Such magnificent facial hair.

[@ferbintegabriel4714]

and makes donuts :/ veeerryyy special

[@zakuzaku3406]

Not mention the 4 kids his has as well 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@spinalcordz]

An absolute unit

[@thesesillkids7911]

I loved when darling said, "let me be FRANXX with you" the best moment in all of cinema.

[@Mr_Lifolof]

I see Darling in the Franxx as a friend you grew to know deeply and together you cared for each other until one random they broke the law and were sent to jail for a decade. But hey maybe one day they can redeem themselves? Second season?

[@otohithekitsunesamurai991]

The reason this ending worked for Gurran was because Gurran was an insane anime. It was so weird and bizarre that by the end, the fact that a galaxy sized (and eventually universe sized) mech piloted by practically an entire government was fighting the collective conscience of an entire alien race in a similarly sized mech was completely normal. Darling in the Franxx provided insightful commentary on Studio Trigger(and its past as Gainax). It wasn't the same mood, so them recreating the ending to Gurran (on a smaller scale but still pretty big( True Aegis is about the size of Super Galaxy Gurran Lagann)) Was completely out of place and complety ruined the show's identity. If this show was the same tone as other Studio Trigger shows then they could have gotten away with it, but in the end the ending felt like a completely different show

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

Wow that’s almost exactly like my problem with Kids next door’s ending 😯

[@NXTangl]

Hell, Gunbuster managed to blend fanservice, combining Mecha, and drama, with all three culminating in the protagonist ripping her shirt off to pull the upper quantum reactor out of Gunbuster's chest and finish the job. Even the bad guys are literally completely without known motivation.

[@tayojones9460]

You know this show is a mess when An overlook anime most modern fans don't know has a better handle of different elements and a better ending.

[@mohammadmehmood3092]

Actually True Aegis is about the same size as super galaxy Gurren Lagann

[@alexanderbrady5486]

Gurran Lagan's ending goes beyond the simple explanation that the anime was insane. The whole narrative is about overcoming obstacles, with the repeating theme that each obstacle was put in place because of some higher authority. The local overseers are assholes? They were put in place by the local warlord. The local warlord is cruel? They get their legitimacy from a planet-wide government. The planet-wide government is intentionally trying to hold people down? They are only doing it under threat from a galactic scale shadow-government. And finally that galactic-scale shadow government is only running their racket out of fear of spiral energy destroying the universe. The whole series is focused on the revolutionary spirit (aka, "Ra ra fight the power"). Local problems are caused by systemic problems, but the answer is not to back down but to destroy the entire system, up to and including reworking the entire universe. In short, the escalation at the end may look crazy but it does build on the show that came before in a thematically logical way.

[@JustinY.]

This is what happens when you try and mesh together Evangelion and Gurren Lagann

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Justin Y. I know right? Evangelion is terrible! Of course it wouldn't blend well with Gurren Lagann///SHOT

[@apexdemond554]

And you strike again

[@chocolate-sn1js]

LMAOOO

[@bigwheel3029]

They tried to mesh together evangelion, gurren lagann, Fox news, Hayao Miyazaki, cartoon Network, mcu, and last but not certainly least sex lots and lots of sex

[@jd7507]

Eva + Gurren Lagann with a bit of that weird and dangerous spice that is A-1

[@supramusic9667]

It's kinda funny how the anime is like an exam, the first parts of the exam are pretty nice but you realized that you only have 10 minutes left to answer the remaining questions, so it's time to throw random bullshit like aliens invading Earth, making a giant zero two and killing off hiro and zero two.

[@AdvancedGamingYT]

I'm just impressed with how hard they managed to fuck it up, i genuinely liked it until that weird twist

[@mellokhai]

I was crying at the end, but not for the reasons the anime wanted....

[@chikifco]

but because of how bad it was lmao

[@bitsuke9889]

@@chikifco indeed

[@luminocuratoria1335]

So... Would people laugh if I actually unironically cried at the end?

[@vinyl8840]

@@luminocuratoria1335 No I cried too, But it wasn't until I recently watched it again that I was disappointed with the last four episodes. It could have been loads better, but hey, What can we do.

[@luminocuratoria1335]

@@vinyl8840 Oh. Ok. I only watched the anime once, so I don't have a reason to dissapoint... Yet.

[@deaconblues9178]

I cried when Mitsurue (probably spelled wrong) forgot that he got laid.

[@koreaface]

@Deacon Blues when I first started the show, I wanted answers to the questions I have been asking. „Will they finally go back to the old ways of humanity?, will they know the information that has been banned for years now?“ so at the end of the show I was completely satisfied (expect with the whole zerotwo and Hiro not coming back to earth. I was so infuriated about that to the point where I tried to persuade myself that it was not true) I am so damn angry that the show just makes characters so good and then just destroys all that character design in a single blow.

[@goran5844]

@@koreaface I agree

[@uberschall3556]

So when a girl was laid but nobody experienced it. Did she still lose her virginity?

[@datcate9116]

my dude got laid 3 more times after so

[@warsh1p234]

KoreaFace so you haven’t watched gundam iron blooded orphans then??

[@nabanshugogoi3515]

Trigger and A-1: Hey, can I copy your homework? Anno: *Looks at Eva* sure, but don't make an exact replica The homework turned in:

[@kaelem2132]

Ep 1-19, greatest anime ever Ep 20-22, okay, this better settle down soon Ep 23-24, COME AGAIN??!?!?!?!?!?

[@vlone7165]

'I'll show you what comes after kissing' god i wish that were me

[@reyzephlyn105]

OMH Plays I'll get you two a room

[@oustedtryhard1087]

Me 3

[@leavy]

it’s usually panic, screaming, and a restraining order

[@kle7083]

But she didn't show him what comes after kissing

[@dylansalus9159]

She calls him fodder like 10 seconds later tho, so...

[@Zulfburht]

Darling in the franxx needs to have a Redo, fixing the last few episodes.

[@chikifco]

fixing the last 10 xd

[@infinity_5157]

chikifco nah just the last 5

[@Xanegoh]

Fixing every episode. The whole story is a mess.

[@jacobfredman9442]

you can (not) have a redo

[@mememasterjames2070]

They should fix the fight scenes. Those were boring

[@XxReptilesGalorexX]

I'd love to see Darling remade and have a couple seasons. I wanna see it follow them from where the original left off, I wanna see 002 and hiro grow up together, watch them go through things typical kids/teens go through. I wanna see them grow up together, get into fights and have emotional moments. I wanna see DARLING in the franxx not "rubber ball in the rubber room". Imo if someone ever decided to "make a season 2" or reboot it, they need to do it as a romance, like I said, pick up where 002 and hiro are kids and end the final season with them laying in each others arms as they pass. I wanna see 002 get the romance she deserves, not this "look, tits" bullcrap.

[@anya3765]

I AGREE 1000000% WITH THIS!!! HEY GOD, ITS ME AGAIN 😭

[@lqtor5950]

Idk if u have but u should read the manga adaptation. It have most of the same plot points before episode 19 except shuffles them around and basically make them better. For example kokoro isn’t a wh*re and ichigo isn’t a b*tch. Also aliens isn’t there so it’s quite a bit better

[@Trollestiatumblur]

@@lqtor5950 How is Kokoro a whore? You’re weird.

[@willnelson9906]

just, read mastermind in the franxx. it has the same characters, the same like, setting, and it explores the same themes, but in a much better way

[@zorohibiki]

i was kinda lucky with this one i bingewatched the whole thing after it finished my brain didnt have enough time to process how nani the fck was the third act, i was just enjoying the explotions and the romantic stuff by the time i finished watching the last episode i was like "aww that was cute" then next day when i was remembering the whole thing i began to realize some stuff and think "wait what the heck was that?"

[@Firedrake-SP]

Maybe Darling in the Franxx should be remade.

[@aminaboumendil1154]

Yes yes it should

[@gcole6]

firedrake burst a retcon would be better

[@Sigma-xb6kn]

Darling in the Franxx: Brotherhood

[@samtepal3892]

Darling in the franxx 1.0 - You can (not) bang zero two.

[@smu48]

Yeah just throw ouf everything after Episode 15 and redo it

[@AceOfROMs]

To be fair, Japan probably needs the message of "Have babies."

[@PlutopianSociety]

The message of DitF isn't "have babies". If anything its "you don't need children to have a meaningful relationship."

[@tomcruise7481]

Someone said the most similar thing ever he said that this show was like a wake up call or propaganda to have children for japans declining birth rate😂😂like holy fuck i didn't think of that

[@NykowPalalum]

Instead of making propaganda through anime, maybe they should fix the problem from the core?

[@PhilipPetrunak]

Not really, no.

[@tomcruise7481]

NykowPalalum you make a point there. No one's gonna listen to a show if it doesn't exactly make its message clear enough to atleast hint and if it isnt even their message for making a show. You gotta tackle it head on not this brainwash garbage👌

[@GoodwillWright]

They need a Darling in the Franxx recap film series that retcons the ending or something. Honestly, my biggest disappointment is how much they wasted the Klaxxosaur Princess. Enigmatic, lots of potential, but nope - here she is, oh, she is not really the enemy, here is the enemy and oops, they killed her.

[@MisterPuck]

Personally, having finally watched the show, I was never able to take it seriously from the start. Hell, the original reason I skipped it was because of the doggy-style piloting of the mechs. That combined with the design of the main mechs really took away from the action-drama the show was trying to be. So I wasn’t as thrown off or upset by the ending as you were. Not to say that it wasn’t still a disappointing answer to my question of “how are these kids going to separate themselves from “Papa” and the adults to live as true humans?” It also would have been nice if at least one of the kids or pairs (Mitsuru and Kokoro would have been a good choice) had challenged the lifestyle and ideals of the VIRM and confronted them about how they’d stripped away all humanity from humans and only brought those elements back to use as weapons. But also I keep coming back to the doggy-style piloting and with how ridiculous and silly that is, I can’t be too upset about the ending.

[@Whynotmini]

I watched the anime and it basically went like this Up until ep 19 damn this is pretty good Ep 20-24 *brain has left the chat* When I was done: wait what just happened

[@aperture0]

Holy Fuck!! Absolutely right!!

[@flambelk4489]

From episode 17 onwards the series made little sense tbh.

[@Tunkkis]

@Siddhu Lamperouge Eh, I didn't mind the more SoL-y episodes, but the flashback episode is where the downhill began. Parts of it were interesting, but it could've been better. And then the space shit and the prayer circle happened.

[@robgoco8502]

Episode 20-25 somehow became more dissapointing than I am

[@aperture0]

@@robgoco8502 It was absolutely disappointing. DiTF and DN are real anime betrayals. I hate the ending of both the anime.

[@erikscottdebie7665]

Pretty sure “love’s good, have babies” is exactly the intended message. Also “sex is powerful.” All three of these are of pivotal importance in Japan, as I understand it.

[@Gopnikawa]

-“So, what are your thoughts on Darling in The FRANXX? Have you finished watching every episode?” -“Yes, all 15 of them.” -“B…but, there are 24 epi-“ -“DID I STUTTER?!”

[@raimondibro]

literally all that needed to happen was for the apus while it was still mechanical, push the bomb through the warp gate, then hiro and zero two come home, and show us the rebuilding. wouldve been a fucking amazing show, especially if hiro had become almost entirely klaxosaur

[@dylansokol7472]

I agree thats the ending we all wanted

[@ZweihanderSteve]

We're not going to point out that Apus' True Form is just 02 wearing a wedding gown? Heaven forbid people somehow didn't catch how blatant it was.

[@cartoondimensions]

Zweihander Steve and how the bomb is a metaphor for bukke

[@pepi7404]

It wasn't even that it looked stupid. I thought it was a really cool idea. It's just not worth pointing out or talking about it, because it didn't amount to anything.

[@cartoondimensions]

Pe pi interesting how it goes the opposite for me lol. It looks fucking ridiculously for me but it did served some interesting symbolism

[@T3HR3PP4]

I've been wondering if anyone would mention that and I've watched several reviews now. For me, It's quite hilarious and symbolic at the same time while working in a little Magical Girl aesthetic in the show. They really needed another 26 episodes.

[@Dave102693]

T3HR3PP4 this show has way more praise than I thought

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

It's like they thought: "Hey, Gurren Lagann did that space thing." "Kill la Kill also did the space thing." *"How about we do the space thing with Darling in the FranXX?"* Edit: DitF had so much potential. Soooooo much potential. But they broke everything, piece by piece. And then they made a space thing that just didn't work.

[@nightmare-qn6mo]

They had 001 and Papa and their backst- the picture book. However, they downplayed all three things and turn the characters into plot devices so the main cast can get the happy ending this anime doesn’t deserve.

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

night mare The whole cast could have died and I would have still liked it. Well, maybe that's a stretch....

[@nightmare-qn6mo]

Theirrelevant Hiro and 02 need to live and some squad members like Zorome need to discover their own weird unexplained mystery.

[@Captain_Chair]

TheIrrelevant It had no potential, you just don't know the genre.

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

Captain Chair Screw off, I didn't mean *masterpiece* potential, but that the story could work well and could be a great story. But they failed. And this happened.

[@derekghost9543]

I'm calling it now, 10 years from now people are going to be calling this series an underrated classic.

[@Apostle_47]

Reason? I kinda don't see that happening

[@unwashedtowel]

We shall see…

[@Apostle_47]

@@unwashedtowel don't worry, that's not gonna happen. The series has such a bad reputation at this point... But still this series deserves 8/10 on MAL despite the ending

[@wooshbait6023]

@@Apostle_47 because it happens with every older bad anime

[@suisui5930]

@@wooshbait6023 can't wait for master of ragnarok be considered as the peak literature in human history in the future

[@Scorpion-gj1sc]

Just the name “verm” is funny to me Personally.

[@congratulationsmerry6386]

trigger be like: hmmm eva got already Nerv so if we use the word m instead of n then the result would be merv and if you reverse that we get verm

[@lalaliet]

Reminds me of the verminator from Over the Hedge

[@cyann6445]

You know, there's the saying, "be inspired, but don't copy". Seriously, this whole series feels like a bootleg evangelion.

[@subspacesausage5918]

Mochi eh, I would say nah. Mecha genre today now kinda like Shonen. There are only some many fresh action mecha tropes at their disposal.

[@cyann6445]

Yeah, but even used tropes can make a good series, take My Hero Academia for example, it brings nothing new to the table, but the characters are compelling and the world feels alive. Franxx attempts to touch on identity and sexuality but it fails completely because the characters feel flat and unoriginal compared to something like EVA which is one of the animes it attempts to copy :d

[@subspacesausage5918]

Mochi Imho MHA is refreshing because it does away with the general shounen logic that trying hard is all that matters. Not to my taste, but hey, thats somehing new. More importantly it has consistent execution. And as you said DaiF tries to adress sexuality and teen romance by placing mecha as a metaphor for, uh, sex? Maybe? The fresh idea is there, but the script is poorly executed so we cannot even be sure of what the idea was in the first place. I guess its more about execution. Fail, and suddenly everyone can see the stuff you took from.

[@cyann6445]

Subspace Sausage about MHA, yeah, I'm more into seinen nowadays but you gotta give credit where it's due. And I completely agree with you and ParaChomp about execution, in the end I think everyone copies something, the only thing that matters is how you can integrate your own toughts into these ideas so they still stand out as something unique.

[@zedoctor3724]

Anytime someone insults the Rebuild series by calling it dumb and shallow, I'm gonna show them this series from now on. Seriously, I had such high hopes for this series in the first episodes. But then the show turned out to be an representation of everything I hate in modern anime nowadays(in my opinion).

[@endo9243]

DARLING IS LITERALLY IN THE FRANKXX

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

OOOH YES metaton neo theme intensifies 🎼🎶🎵

[@ferbintegabriel4714]

YEAH AND A CLONE OF A ALIEN IS IN THERE TOO HOW MIND BLOWING :OOOOO

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

I’m pretty sure that means that she is the Franxx! At least that’s what war hammer 40k would have me believe,

[@kensin3152]

That’s the title of the show brother

[@Steiveplays]

Imagine if the final fight would've been Squad 13 vs The Nines, with Strelitzia XX making another appearance (very underrated mode btw), and then the show cliff-hangs on teasing VIRM. We could've gotten a batshit season 2 that's full Gurren AND a good ending.

[@thirdplanet4471]

I would have loved it if squad 13 was taught certain fighting styles and methods by 02 then when they fight against the 9's they would have an advantage

[@tjmurphy9909]

When you get finished with episode 15 and you realize there is still 9 episodes left 😰

[@ApexGale]

They lost direction. You know what would have been more fitting for this show? If after APE left the planet, the remainder of it was about the kids figuring out how to adapt to life. That was supposed to be the theme of the show - kids becoming adults, learning to fly on their own or with a partner to lean on. Everything past that was just unsalvageable. The children learning to deal with being abandoned and forced to learn everything they were kept from learning would have been, in my opinion, the best possible ending.

[@nightmare-qn6mo]

It’ll be interesting if Papa decides to abandon them willlingly just to have them develop that way and no longer depend on him because he is slowly convince it’s a better direction for humanity to take.

[@CaptinSpyke]

Good point. The mechas were the window dressing to frame the drama, yet any attempt at producing dramatic writing failed laughably once the show started careening downhill embracing the shell rather than the core of its being.

[@nightmare-qn6mo]

CaptinSpice Also known as, 001, Papa, and the Vicehead should’ve been actual characters.

[@lordlinkthegreat]

Honestly, they should have kept the scope at a micro level instead of turning it into a space battle for the defense of a planet that was basically going to die anyways. Perhaps focus on the planet dying instead of throwing in new elements for viewers to forget. Papa was supposed to be this totalitarian leader that decided everything for everyone not allowing them to think for themselves and having individual perspective of how the world should work. My interpretation up to that point was that these kids, being the odd group, would eventually figure out that perhaps following the governments every order doesn't really help as they are stripped of their freedom, which would lead to a clash of philosophies. That's what I thought at least when the girls learn about how to make a baby, etc. Just a game of who's right and who's wrong, while having the sub plots of drama within the group with Goro being in love with Ichigo, while she still has lingering feelings for Hiro. BUT NOPE. They didn't take advantage of that for some odd reason.

[@Asubatsu]

lordlinkthegreat They didn't have to, because conveniently, weird sudden aliens happened.

[@luxurious0346]

Yea, I was enjoying the anime And when I saw the giant franxx I was like H O L Y S H I T But when 002's face appeared I laughed like hell because it looks so bad and the fact they the ending was incomplete because I thought they would get back getting praised like gods, instead they die turning into ghosts spinning in a circle to oblivion

[@vanilla_milkshake]

I thought that ending was very satisfying

[@randispoling]

Team Hiro Two blasting off again?

[@crazysifter996]

I was also really sad that they didnt get to go back to earth and see all there friends and end if like that , I feel like the creators need to go back and redo this because it can be so much better

[@Mngalahad]

The ending was a eureka seven rip off

[@worldsavior2543]

crazy sifter99 i hope the manga does just that.

[@reychester1610]

This video literally cures my depression, and makes me agree that this anime only has 15 episodes lmao but the 2nd op and the last 2 ed songs are still fire 🔥

[@fadlidriss8438]

I would’ve died inside if 02 and Hiro come back decades after they leave and the only person who sees them is Mitsuru and Kokoro’s kid. When they ask about the old squad the child (now turned adult) takes them to the graves of squad 13, fulfilling their promise (which was to revisit squad 13 again).

[@anajsahid]

"love IS good. Have a baby" huahuahuahuahuahuahiahuahuahuahauahau

[@sakuramathic]

"Use renewable energy".

[@kingsaul754]

Pocky Styx those are good messages

[@AmbarGriss]

King Saul No, they are not.

[@14hourz82]

yes,they are

[@anajsahid]

Egor Lobaskin Oh My Gosh!!!! Perfect!!!!

[@cashbag]

I took a break from DARLING in the FRANXX after ep 19, but then came back to finish it to watch this vid. If you had never mentioned it, I would have completely forgot about Zero Two's quirky personalty and the sexual innuendos at the start of this show. DARLING in the FRANXX feels like 24 different people directed 24 different episodes.

[@mokay1337]

I did the same, and I have to say this show was a big disappointment lol. I hope they reboot it or create an alternate ending.

[@johnbash-on-ger]

Maybe that was the case. Each person getting more the reigns over one episode and switching roles.

[@averroesthecommentator2989]

Her personality definitely changed after ep 15. She lost her quirkiness. They shouldn't of done that, it completely took away from her character and the show

[@drifter402]

"feels like 24 different people directed 24 different episodes."Doesn't that basically happen in quite a lot of anime

[@plasmancer6104]

Loved this anime enough to binge it, had to leave for a while after 17 but really wanted to get back to it, finished the series and one of my only thoughts was "what a waste of a day" Haven't been kicked this hard since Magi's manga finished with its own shit fest

[@lonelymf8407]

Since people think the corona virus was deleted outta nowhere, I want a season 2 of Darling in the Franxx with a proper anime arc.

[@HerpyDerpy510]

They need to animate the manga ending where virm doesnt exist

[@CH-wd6qs]

I loved this show. I was super invested. After VERN showed up I was so sad. I've never felt so empty after finishing an anime I enjoyed.

[@phsca2083]

I was extremely disappointed in this series. I can confidently say that some of episodes in this series were astounding; and I was extremely fond of Zero Two, Hiro, and their dynamic. I found _Strelizia Apus_ assuming Zero Two's form to be cringe-worthy-and extremely plot damaging-, I was also annoyed at the lack of side character development. I do hope for a season two, which shall explore reincarnated Hiro and Zero Two's lives. A second season beginning from an alternate ending may also be possible. Nonetheless, _Darling in the Franxx_ shall always bear a special place in my heart.

[@sheriffaboubakar9720]

Phısıca What rating would you give it overall? I'd give it a 7.5/10, it is just good not great or a masterpiece imo.

[@phsca2083]

@@sheriffaboubakar9720 8.5/10 for the overall show,

[@mohammedsarker5756]

FreshBeats it’s my latest guilty pleasure “7/10 anime” from 2018. (Just finished watching it today tho)

[@flugel3692]

I only give it a 10/10 Because Child ZeroTwo is cute AF

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

I wish they'd just rewrite the ending in utter defeat.

[@yourethatmantis5178]

the first 15 or 16 episodes were amazing but it pulled a complete 180 out of nowhere. Darling in the Franxx you were an excellent student with a 100 in the class and then you skipped the last 2-3 weeks of class and bombed the final exam. you still passed with like a C+ or a B-, but why did you do that?

[@catsouplover7745]

Nice analogy, imo the first 1-15 ep are good enough to forgive all the shit that went down in the later half, for my is a 7.9

[@Pipehiguita]

It was bad form episode 1

[@yourethatmantis5178]

@Pipehiguita Well your opinion is different from mine, so by the laws of the internet outlined in the ancient codes of Windows 95, we are now mortal enemies... I think

[@celestialfoxx3059]

You'reThatMantis lmao

[@unipgg1714]

agreed. I thought anime was finished 15-16. LOL, I was so surprised there was more episode n not like 3-month hiatus.

[@maryus786]

DITF: Hey eva can i copy your artwork. EVA: sure but dont make it obvious.

[@lalakitty_xo]

I finally got around to watching Franxx this week, and I really feel like this series was crushed under its own hype. I had no serious expectations of it thanks to its reputation, and I ended up really enjoying the show and wondered if I was missing something. It wasn't the most amazing show I've ever seen, but I was actually shocked that some people felt so passionately about plot points and characters that just made sense to me. Even the ending theme of "love conquers all" was kind of expected, seeing as from episode one the show hinted at love and personal relationships being the driving force of the plot. I guess if I did have one real complaint, it would be the lack of build-up to Papa's reveal. I don't mind the twist itself, but it didn't feel super intentional with the way it was portrayed and I would have loved to see some more dystopian clues and some more distrust towards Papa before everything went to hell. I would want more episodes like when Zorome was accidentally separated from the group and met one of the lonely, sedated citizens of the city. It would have tipped more people off that the paradise they wanted so badly to be part of wasn't what it seemed. I remember having a raw feeling in my gut after that episode, and it really clued me into smaller details that kind of lead to the big twist, but there wasn't anything solid that felt like an actual clue. I gave it an 8/10, I think it's really good if you don't give it too much pressure to change your life.

[@higurashikai09]

Legit thought the season ended on like episode 13 when Hero and Zero 2 reunite. Didn’t actually continue watching because I thought that was it and that we were going to have to wait for a new season. Now that it’s done and everyone is talking about the ending, I’m just sitting here like: “did I dodge a bullet? Because that episode was a good way to end a season, imo”

[@kalamity4141]

FluteGeek You basically did, episode 14 and 15 were the last good episodes.

[@Reinfekkne-Stuck]

FluteGeek You are lucky dude. Like the other two already said: Episode 15 is the last really good one. Me and others have to live with a broken heart now, because they ruined the whole outcome and plot of the show with the rushed rewriting of the script

[@Ice-yp8dz]

They rushed it, it would have been nice if they did a second season

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

The final arc of this show reminds me of Deus ex project snow blind ❄️ It was rushed poorly executed and it had forced tear jerkers in it that only Brought laughter

[@wendy2]

The direction they were taking was different so I think a second season would be the same thing with the same stupid reasons but more detailed but still fucked up

[@ravianperez6512]

@@wendy2 I think they rushed season 1 to get to season 2 or to get to the movie i wouldn't gives my hopes up for season 2

[@wendy2]

@@ravianperez6512 darling in the franxx is dead to me :v

[@scramhoe8929]

Cryogen honestly it didn’t need a second season it prolly needed half a season and I would have been more satisfied that’s that god awful of an ending but I still love this anime

[@alexzanderblough6264]

Not gona lie, the second I saw your channels name was mother's basement I had to subscribe

[@artur7830]

I loved this show so musch I'm trying my damb hardest to forget it and rewatch it and hope to experience the emotional rollercoser

[@MGengarDude]

What happened? *People got pregnant,People got their character development shafted and the ending triggered me.*

[@MrSharpShooterMan77]

TheBmans bunker Ah... Triggered. I see what you did there.

[@dirtybrotherkiller6000]

TheBmans bunker super pregnant very pregnant.

[@alamoemperor3845]

Srsly the ending. Everyone is just pumping out children.... also i want a second season with the more Adult ones but at the same time dont cuz 02 and hiro are dead...

[@grapeshott]

The pregnancy had no use in the plot

[@vex452]

Yeah "character development" lmao literally none of this "character development" did anything to the characters. They didn't change in the slightest and everything was forgotten in 3 seconds.

[@byteofbacon]

Darling in the Franxx was what happens when you take three animes and smash them together until they become something barely cohesive.

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

🎼“Findaloo Findaloo Findaloo Findaloo NA NA”🎶

[@ferbintegabriel4714]

like pineaple aplle pen

[@Mngalahad]

Kill la kill, darling and gurren lagann are all a copy of getter robo.

[@Legomaster-nj4oo]

It’s also a lot like Zardoz!

[@alexhagane3543]

add a little of Saikano: My girlfriend is a gigant weapon

[@StreyX]

I watched 18 episodes of this and I still couldn't get over the early situation when most of the team was sent underground for a mission and when they were literally going to lose most of them, the instructor was still saying: "We can't send Hiro and 00, it's too dangerous".

[@lorenzogutierrez5959]

I feel that the message was that the adults on their world lived just because of surviving, and they live because of love and passion, things that zero two teach to hiro and then to everyone else.

[@zel7396]

Gurren Lagann literally starts in space so its a near given than it would appear again, this was just a shock not an expectation

[@Yal_Rathol]

i mean, even without that episode 1 moment, gurren lagann is an exercise in explosive escalation, i wouldn't have been shocked if it ended in space regardless of that moment appearing.

[@MrRobot-0]

Guren lagan is a exercise in embracing of the superobo genera (like wath mha do with shounen) so when in the fianl battle the flingng galxys li shirikens of course it maked sence it wass a super robo anime.

[@awso1000]

Darling in the Franxx is trying to kickstart Japan's baby making again

[@freshlymemed5680]

Lmao the suicide rates are higher than the birth rates i believe.

[@vinculaomega5283]

Maybe you should fix the problem, and not the symptom. It's quite obvious to me that the Japanese are way too bound to their work. If they want their society to have more babies, you need to give them a chance to actually raise them.

[@freshlymemed5680]

Vincula Omega True enough, sure the poverty rate is low but alot of japanese people tend to overwork themselves to death or suicide.

[@RoyalFusilier]

Exactly. It's absurd to have such a hate-on for gay people 'because no kids' but then just ignore the horrible culture of over-work that is legitimately the reason for a lot of the issues. Or maybe it's just easier to hate some minority group than come to grips with larger social problems. That's, uh, not unheard of in history anywhere.

[@sarno97]

Hey.. that's

[@DallinBackstrom]

I'm glad I went into this anime, already knowing it was going to pull "aliens" at the end. I was able to enjoy the good bits without getting my hopes up for a climax that would deliver a message with real emotional weight.

[@ShadowService]

Possibly better places to put this than on a 2 year old video, but: Ever watched Vandread? Watching your breakdown, I was thinking this show could have cut out a lot of pointed out issues if they'd taken a bit of inspiration from it to fix some frayed wires in the build.

[@Selphius]

There was just lots of shit going on that didn't really go anywhere in the end. Kinda feels like Guilty Crown tbh.

[@salty898]

Selphius I actually prefer Guilty Crown to Franxx in that the music and animation is so much better. And despite the way it told it's story I loved it for what is was.

[@angelicacasiascantero937]

Selphius yes i felt that way to gotta admit we got guilty crowned a bit in the end instead of the dude taking the girl in him the girl takes the girl inside her instead

[@TakaCode]

Least Guilty Crown is a solid 4/10 compare to Franxx low 2/10 to a strong 1/10

[@core2zero]

guilty crown is one of my favorite series, but i cannot disagree with you

[@angelicacasiascantero937]

Yeah guys guilty crown was a unique show wasnt cliched at all but it was horrible due to shuu suffering hella bad after inoris death

[@neutronium9542]

The greatest part of DitF was that it finally forced me to watch Evangelion. For that one reason, I am glad I watched it.

[@PRuDislav]

did the same to me .... but kind made me appreatate DitF even more . Found out that i am not a fan of EVA

[@RoyalFusilier]

I've never been big on Eva, still not, still not going to watch, it's really not my thing, but even I, from just what I'd absorbed from popular culture and the bits I gleaned over time, knew Franxxxxxxx was an Eva clone, and an inferior, offensive Eva clone, for that matter.

[@quiky9065]

why do u say its a eva clone if u didnt watch eva in the first place, LEMAO

[@mr.beagle1438]

Fusilier people who judge a show they've never watched smh

[@spencerokeefe438]

I don't like Evangelion but it's a masterpiece compared to DitF. Then again, many would consider it to be a masterpiece anyway.

[@conradswan8711]

The Dark Souls soundtrack in the background really captures the essence of Darling in the Franxx

[@brainstorm006]

Everything was great upto episode 15. Maybe some till episode 19. But honestly, everything just went off. Should have ended with ep 15 with: *DARLING* *ZERO TWO*

[@ImmaLittlePip]

I don't know about you but I can't wait for season 2 Of Legends of the galactic heroes

[@LeBigsou]

Too bad it's not happening as far as I know, we're getting ovas in a year or so but not a full second season

[@lordfaust023]

Carlo Bissolotti what? No second season? Noooooooo!

[@StarlightAmvs]

Lol to bad its not as popular as Darling in the franxx. All you haters hate. If you don't like it stop watching reviews on it. If it's so baddd, then why don't you watch something else.

[@jinxedsphinx3600]

ImmaLittlePip and you don't know about me But I bet you want to

[@DrMecha]

If there's going to be a season 2. Or a movie at least.

[@thunderflare59]

You should do "How to Fix Darling in the FranXX". Do it, you wimp!

[@jonathonashkani1484]

This

[@bubbasgotback431]

It's pretty easy too. Just don't go to space

[@pepi7404]

Please do that!

[@CappyMorgan]

I further bump this idea

[@KhaosAdmiral]

I would have excised Virm from the show entirely and instead have them fight against Papa and the rest of APE

[@-fl5cg]

Thanks for making this video… helped me get over my post anime depression

[@MaudeDslnrs]

that was comforting the hear someone else saying what I was thinking

[@sanfransiscon]

I think when you make a story, you have to really figure out the "surface identity" (what it appears to be about) and the "secret identity" (what it actually is about). The secret identity doesn't actually have to be a late plot twist, it can happen in the first episode (as was done in an anime this season) or just be themes that the audience might not expect at first. Darling's surface identity is fanservice mecha action, while its secret identity is the drama and romance behind it. It was reaching a point where that secret identity had been built up to become the focal point of the plot. But instead, they refused to let go of the surface identity, and so the most engaging aspect of the series had to play second fiddle during the climax. In my opinion, Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill manage their identities a lot better. In both cases, their secret identities stay in second place. In that spot, they can become a favorite aspect of the series to someone, but (in theory) not to the extent where it's the only reason someone is watching.

[@nightmare-qn6mo]

The weird part is that Papa and 001 were suppose to have this romance (which is why it’s so damn easy to connect the two with the couple in the picture book 02 was given). However, some dumbass thought it’ll be better to abandon that and make the Virm shit purely action based and completely ignore Papa’s fucking character when even the 4koma is showcasing what he is actually like.

[@elzearcontelly2651]

Anime where the secret identity is told ep 2 and it still works : plastic memories

[@raidellcorps]

well say it

[@JazitJ]

I thought of Zero Two's sudden personality shift as her reverting back to the little girl she was when she and Hiro first met

[@ZAWFS]

I think it was more about hiro getting horns and 02 turning 100% human.

[@starboypluto]

JazitJ i feel like they shouldn't have gone completely back to it i like her character the way it was thry could've just made her a little less mean but i liked her mischeviousness

[@technoidiot2095]

FareShott yeh hiro grows horns and 02 becomes human but she still has horns. Also i fucking laughed at the end when 02 became the franxx it looked so dumb

[@ZAWFS]

TechnoIdiot if you look at the franxx just right it looks like a wedding dress so in a way she got to marry her prince.

[@pride2184]

it was more like she was rebelling against the system as she thought they ripped her reason to live away from her and when she found the one she been looking for she had no reason to fight anymore nor rebel she was truely happy. its like a father looking for his child and having to hunt down his kidnappers and once he won does he still fight after that no. he reverts to what he would truely be.

[@jadeorbigoso5212]

Episode 1-15 was a masterpiece, Episode 16-24 was a fanfiction

[@absolutemadlad5662]

They should have ended season 1 on episode 15 then have the story arc in season 2 be about 001 revealing herself and trying to turn zero two over to her side, ending with squad 13, Dr franxx, nana and hachi joining 001 in a revolt against ape and the nines