As with any episode of Guilty Crown, the single spectacular trait is the endcard made by an artist unrelated to the series’ production in any way – as for the actual anime, it remains purely equivalent of garbage.
With every passing episode of Guilty Crown, it becomes far more difficult to speak of it as one must further continue to formulate insulting language at a stronger and stronger degree – till eventually reaching the point where no words can cover the expanse of awful Guilty Crown unpacks with every episode.
The series went many an episode failing to develop anything – all actions driven by nothing more than nonsense, yet now Production IG has decided at this split second before the series’ finale to have flashbacks explain everything as if it were all sensible and a logical course of action which led to the odorous vomit of attempted story. Guilty Crown reveals to us that apparently the old man who has been exalting every resource at his disposal to kill everyone was formerly a friend of Shu’s father until a rivalry separated them.
What’s not so apparent in all this is how that is relevant at all to the current situation now facing the characters – and frankly, it’s not. Sure, it’s an interesting bit of history – and we’re certain it could have had meaning if it were played out in a manner which at least put effort into an elementary schooler caliber plot, yet it wasn’t. Guilty Crown’s attempt at plot is like a puzzle where the pieces won’t go together because they’re not even from the same puzzle – we don’t even understand what the ultimate goal is in this series is any more.
Shu wants to “save Inori”, because this stranger became seemingly worth expending his life over – we’ll accept that. Yet why did Gai transform into the feminine rip-off of a Final Fantasy antagonist he is now? Why does Mana still have no meaningful or semi-coherent role in any of this? Why does it still not make an ounce of sense as to why she was a lunatic, or how Inori was created?
Guilty Crown is turning upon an invisible axle – and with each episode to arrive, it’s akin to walking into a room and feeling as if you’ve missed something. The series is progressing based off of nonexistent story points – and it’s merely pulling more out of thin air as it goes along. Nearing the end of the episode, the series unveils that Shu’s pseudo-mother is the old demented antagonist’s imouto – and for whatever unspecified reason, she was hanging out with Shu’s father, and ultimately somehow took Shu in her possession.
How that contributed or lead to the current issue is anyone’s guess – though we’re not even going to bother doing so. This series is like a disgusting insect that somehow keeps managing to make it inside your home each week – as per some sort of sinfully misfortunate miracle, Guilty Crown still has several episodes to go, even though its already came and gone nowhere.
Mar 8, 2012 @ 17:26 CDT
I think this series was mainly for visual and music appeal. You could say that this series was merely an experiment with something. It was not an anime to be taken so seriously like so many people did when Guilty Crown started. Production IG just slapped a story together to have something there and not so much to wow an audience. I could be wrong.
Guilty Crown is not great, but I think it was not meant to be great. Sounds like this series was treated with too much expectation to be honest.
Mar 8, 2012 @ 17:37 CDT
Production IG just doesn’t know how to pull off a proper anime anymore. The music and visuals aren’t in-house, they’re from Huke and Supercell who were enlisted to work on this failure of a series.
Production IG hyped it and is planning a visual novel, albeit unrelated in story, for Guilty Crown – it’s clearly their unsuccessful attempt at an AAA title, especially considering how well received it is with the audience of never-ending shounen series like Naruto. I came across a comment from some poor soul not even deserving of pity when I went to stream this garbage today who said “There is no word that has enough grace, awesomeness, and holiness to describe Guilty Crown!!!” – and yes, that’s an exact quote. And on another note, I happen know the word which can describe Guilty Crown – it starts with “S” and ends in “T”, spanning four letters total.
Mar 8, 2012 @ 17:53 CDT
“There is no word that has enough grace, awesomeness, and holiness to describe Guilty Crown!!!”
I would chalk this up to obvious troll is obvious. One cannot dismiss it lightly, however much one wants to. This person needs help. If not trolling then they are making us painfully aware of their complete lack of sapience. Have eggplants achieve the capacity to watch anime and type. If so, are they lolicons? That would help.
Mar 8, 2012 @ 17:58 CDT
I’m not sure of their lolicon status – yet they were legit in their shameful beliefs.
Mar 8, 2012 @ 19:36 CDT
I just watched the latest episode. It was both edible and palatable, yet in no way nourishing, and I believe it might not be digestible in the most complete of senses. But like most of the past 19 courses, it’s far to late to complain one the liver has had it’s say.
Mar 8, 2012 @ 20:42 CDT
…Really, Crown’s attempts at glorifying itself through these dramatizing scenarios are hardly even worth commenting on anymore, but I’ll give it one more go.
Let me be perfectly frank here, and you’ll have to excuse my language. I don’t give a shit one way or the other about this whole Adam and Eve nonsense, unlocking the secrets of natural selection, nor the disgusting manner in which Crown has forced the title of a King upon Shu.
They’re all nice ideas in theory, but here’s the crucial junction which you Production IG people have taken for granted. All of this nonsense, ALL of it, has all but taken away from the viewers the chance to get to know and fall in love with the characters as themselves.
Mana would’ve been better off going after her brother… just to go after her brother, end of story. It would’ve given me SOMETHING to go on to understand her character. But no, you people have reduced what could have otherwise been a tragic heroine or the ultimate antagonist of this story as nothing more or less than a plot element to move the story along.
And. That’s. Just. Sick.
She was perhaps the last shred of hope you people had to make something memorable out of Crown, yet you mercilessly stomped on that hope until there was nothing left.
Moving on however, this recent introduction of unlocking the secrets of natural selection and human potential…
…I give even the slightest bit of a care about this because…?
Ah, another last minute plot element to move the so-called story along. I see… -Teeth grinding-
And last but nothing even resembling least, Shu and this whole King business…
…You know what? I can’t. I’m sorry, but I just can’t. I’m done. Serve me up a nice glass of wine and light the fireplace, because I’m getting a headache just thinking about it.
For whatever shred of mercy you people might have left, please just end it already.
Mar 9, 2012 @ 23:34 CDT
You know, I actually didn’t mind this episode very much. Yeah, sure, the entire flashback was basically useless at this point and didn’t really answer anything, and the way they try to cram in this Daath stuff that I’m convinced the writers just made up as the went along (there are no mentions of it whatsoever early on) but I thought this was actually one of the better eps.
You know why? Because Shoe and his merry band of annoying idiots weren’t in it for the most part, that’s why! Ugh, man, I hope Shoe dies at the end, I’m having a party then.
Mar 9, 2012 @ 23:57 CDT
I hope Shoe and everyone else dies – all save for Ayase and nekogirl.
Apr 6, 2012 @ 7:33 CDT
I acctually like most animes people dont like i can see what the potential for it could be and i like see potential better than a anime which will tell me everything about wat its going to be in the first episode which everyone ussually likes if you dont understand you most likely wont understand the meaning of lifeand the point of death.
Apr 6, 2012 @ 11:11 CDT
You’ve also said a similar thing about singing and dancing – when something is horribly done, and a party describes why so with depth and evidence, a reply of “you don’t understand X” is not a valid one.
First of all, what does life and death have to do with Guilty Crown? Do elaborate as much as you’d like. From what I understood of your sentence, you are saying if someone doesn’t like this anime, they most likely don’t understand the meaning of life and death. That however clearly means that it is in fact you who does not understand the meaning of life and death as death is not topic so frivolous that one can say its meaning lies within a poorly done anime. If you want a fine example of an anime touching upon the subject of death, then I recommend to you the latest episode of Aquarion EVOL:
http://seventhstyle.com/2012/04/02/aquarion-evol-when-a-loli-is-in-love/
“i can see what the potential for it could be”
It doesn’t matter what it could be, the fact of the matter is it is not. Everyone has the potential to be a billionaire, yet if you go to a bank, they’re not going to deposit your potential funds – you’ve either got something to your name or you don’t. And Guilty Crown has naught but sound and sights which we’ve supercell and Huke to thank – the story is atrocious.