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REVIEW: Terror in Resonance BD+DVD

How much did Funimation pay for this review?

I liked the show a lot when it was just beginning but then Five appeared and the plot quality really took a nose dive. I don't think the anime as a whole is a great anime, but I don't think it's an absolutely terrible one either. It doesn't help that I found a lot of characters unrelatable or I just didn't like them at all.

Good show, but very boring. Half the time I was yawning with tears in my eyes. I also felt it tried too hard to be "epic" and felt silly at times.

Unfortunately, I'm having a harder time than Nick in looking past the really crappy crime thriller story that surrounds these characters. Also, Five is such a terrible character. Like seriously, she knocked the whole show down a point, just by herself.

but she seems like the usual damsel type character who's only reason for being there is to be rescued or protected by the male leads. That kind of character is frankly offensive to me.

ChibiKangaroo wrote:

but she seems like the usual damsel type character who's only reason for being there is to be rescued or protected by the male leads. That kind of character is frankly offensive to me.

While I agree with you about the characterization, I disagree about it being offensive. If you find her offensive, then you must find the majority of humanity offensive also, for the same reasons.

Very few people stand and deliver, those few that do either make society better or worse, depending on their nature of good and evil.

Most people, male or female, are just like her.

I can sympathize with everything Nick says about his feelings towards this show without arriving at the same grade. This is definitely an "ideas over plot execution" series, which works well for me if the ideas are compelling enough (Wolf's Rain, From the New World, Tokyo Ghoul...). But the plot execution part suffered from problems too big for me to arrive at an A rating in this case.

However, I found it interesting to see so many people having such severe problems with the show's ending, which wasn't the case for me. Five, Lisa, and the ridiculousness of zero casualties left me scratching my head much more than the ending, which made perfect sense within the context of the series, Greek references included.

Yeah, Terror in Resonance is definitely one of those concept shows like Eden of the East or C Control, where the themes and ideas take precedence over a tight plot or deep characterization.

This one along with Baby Blue are so far the only Watanabe anime I've seen. It's nice to see that a director who's mostly know for being an entertainer can also create something purely to make a statement, and be angry and controversial in the process.

Guess I'll have to go and watch Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy now.

Wow those titles. What's it going to be next? Knight Napoo, Ocean Ogee, Terrorist Tazza?

I strongly disagree. Most humans have some talents and are able to contribute to their environment, in big or small ways. This character type has virtually no talent at anything and is meant to symbolize an aberration - someone whose whole purpose for existing is to define the good or bad qualities if those around her. those who protect her = good. Those who hurt her = bad. Such a character aspires to nothing greater than that. Usually there is only one, or maybe two of her in a story. Her utter uselessness sets her apart from the rest of the cast.

Oof, I wouldn't mention Eden of the East in the same breath as TiR and ESPECIALLY not C - Control, that show was horrendous I find, but I guess I see what you mean, Eden's characters could've stood out a liiittle more I guess. I thought most of Eden of the East worked quite well from what I recall, haven't seen the movies though, but from what I heard on ANNCast, they kind of change the message the series was arguing and such.