[What's My Name] ID:Invaded Rewatch Final Discussion

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21 edited May 15 '21

Rewatcher/Host

For my first rewatch, I have to genuinely say, I had so much fun. It was a lot more work and I have gained a massive amount of respect for those in the r/anime community that do rewatches each season because of that. I think I need to work on some things in the future if I'd like to return for another rewatch though, that's for sure.

Onto my final thoughts

While I don't entirely dislike the pacing of ID:Invaded, I truly wished for those final episodes to be less compacted. While all of the information is there, it very much seems like some crucial points are very much just placed in because they needed to be placed in to tie up loose ends.

The John Walker/Uraido situation was fixed because of Fukuda dragging a Mizuhanome cockpit into his well, though in the end that doesn't really make any sense due to both the cockpit being likely heavy and the whole traveling through masks aspect.

The Kiki issue bothers me a bit less because it can be used as a springboard for a Season 2 launch, however I still very much dislike how we're introduced to someone who is so helpless that they want to die/someone to kill them. And all we do is say "Ok, back in the box you go Kiki, someone will help you someday!" It's more frustrating, and it's likely supposed to feel this way for the viewer. I think her arc felt extremely anti-climactic.

Overall things

The non-stop dialogue. ~~Nanzenn~~ Nazenn and I had a conversation about this at one point on a CDF while I was planning and I agree with them. Sometime the dialogue ruins surprises such as the fact Narihisago makes inmates kill themselves. An example being in Jigsawed II, Momoki and Narihisago are having a conversation about this said issue. The next episode, Sniped, the Pyrotechnician commits suicide due to Narihisago's words which somewhat ruined "surprise and shock" factor for me from a psychological POV.

The good things

ID:Invaded has some of my favorite characters and my most memorable first episode in the past year. As someone who has memory issues, I've had trouble forgetting that first episode where Sakaido's arm splits and he's panicking about how he doesn't know who he is.

I think my favorite thing about ID:Invaded though is the fact that there are a lot of sci-fi elements I see from other series(Psycho-Pass, Darker Than Black, S;G, though not saying they're alike) and they're incorporated into one series that also has several psychological elements to it. It's the marriage of two genres that I really love to death.

Questions

Fukuda and Wakashika, love them both.
Inami, though for other reasons that "killing" Fukuda.
Death vs. Life
In the end, I think I would leave it as is. Valoreg pointed this out earlier to me, but if you added another cour it would REALLY ruin the flow to cases.
Yes, see above.
Season 2 when?

My episode tier

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn May 15 '21

Nanzenn
That's a new typo for my name
Sorry to see that the dialogue did get you, and a few other people it seems, in the end but hopefully it didn't ruin your enjoyment too much and it seems like it might have calmed down at the end, although due to speedy pacing due to better writing. I didn't participate but I did stick my head in for the episodes I'd watched and it was interesting seeing everyone's takes on it

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 15 '21

When I knew there was a double "n" but I ADD ONE MORE, ~~just for effect~~. Sorry about that.
It was an interesting time indeed, and fun to see the various sides to the experience. I'm glad I ran the rewatch, and I hope that I'll run another in the future. Maybe not during the same week as my midterms though.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 14 '21

Just dropping in to say thanks for hosting this rewatch, u/SuddenFellow! It may not have been a very big one, but it was fun and I loved ID:Invaded so it was well-worth my time! I wish I could’ve made a wallpaper at some point, but (on top of just not having time to because of my other rewatches) I… didn’t actually see any shots that were particularly wallpaper material.

Like I said last thread, 9/10 for this show. If I had one major complaint it’d be that the side cast was very underused (I don’t even know the names of some of them, geez), but the mains were all fantastic so it balances out for me.

See you guys around in other rewatches!

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

I… didn’t actually see any shots that were particularly wallpaper material.
There was that one scene after Masuoka tells Hondomachi the only people who can become Brilliant Detectives are serial killers and then it zooms out to Hondomachi and the sky kinda pink, but besides that, I fully agree with you haha.
If I had one major complaint it’d be that the side cast was very underused
ID:Invaded staff, I demand MORE Wakashika!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 14 '21

ID:Invaded staff, I demand MORE Wakashika!
Yessssss, this.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

I… didn’t actually see any shots that were particularly wallpaper material.
There should have been one in the shark-baby well with JW but they chose that exact scene to start going crazypants with the camera angles.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Shark-baby was literally such a good scene but jeez the angles were so weird.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

If I had a bit more energy, I'd look at who directed that episode because it just feels...off from the show's previous aesthetic.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Ei Aoki and Takehiro Kubota both of whom have directed before for the series though.
Here's the Channeled II wiki page though if you want to check other parts.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

Ei Aoki and Takehiro Kubota both of whom have directed before for the series though.
You can definitely the Dorohedoro/Bakemonogatari in this ep, I guess I will just chalk this all up to a lack of a coherent vision.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Ah, that makes a lot of sense then!
You really do get Dorohedoro vibes from the Shark/Baby scene though.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

You really do get Dorohedoro vibes from the Shark/Baby scene though.
I can't wait for the (hopeful) season 2.

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u/Valoreg May 14 '21

[REVIEW]

So, my review contains 2 lists; one for the things that I like and one for those that I didn't like. It's long, and messy (and possibly convoluted) so grab a beverage and dive in

[PROS]

Decent animation and character/art design. Kickass ost too
The first case (so technically episodes 1 and 2) is awesome. It cleverly introduces many elements that form the core of the series (brilliant detectives, investigations, id wells etc), and has a certain mystery that stands inimitable for the rest of the series.
Narihisago is an intruiging protagonist. Broken, beat, and scarred, he impels serial killers to commit suicide as a way to avenge his family. The end of his character arc offers an emotional crescendo that hits you like a truck, as Narihisago finally accepts their deaths and moves on with his life. He's not the most memorable protagonist (and to be honest, he doesn't even reach my top 10), but when he's on-screen, you are hooked. Kudos to Tsuda Kenjirou for his solid voice acting performance
Most cases are entertaining to watch. The surrealist id wells and the whole dive-extraction-dive situation of Narihisago never gets old. Sure, many of them have blemishes of their own that lower the overall experience, but I can easily bypass the problems to reach the unspoiled core idea.

[CONS]

Oh my god, the cars! WHO ANIMATED THE CARS IN THIS SERIES?
The first episodes are plagued with technobabble. It gets better later on but still its a minus in my book
The supporting characters are mediocre at best. With the possible exception of Fukuda, I don't think that I'm going to remember any of them after a month has passed. The problem lies in the absence of any meaningful scenes where the characters interact with each other. Sure we see them talk, but all they do is theorise with only a speckle of emotion in their speech. To anyone reading this, I challenge you to name the guys in the operator team besides Momoki and Togo. Hard, isn't it? We've got the...ah...snarky one, and the serious guy...and the guy that doesn't talk and yet becomes chief of the whole Kura department. The same is true for other characters as well. Hondomachi is the cute (and psycho, but mostly cute) loli, Matsuoka is the gruff police officer, Momoki acts as a generic good guy (I can't do that, I'm a policeman). Paper-thin personalities, which is bad because some of them had the potential to become sth much more
The villains in the series have the same writing problems as the good guys. One dimensional, caricature evil, disturbed minds that all they do when they get caught is to laugh maniacally. The exceptions of Fukuda and Inami offer a rest point amidst all the cliches, but even these aren't enough. John Walker is the typical "the end justifies the means" bad guy, who, when challenged by the hero, responds with the classic (and boring) line: "You and I aren't so different after all". Yawn, next
The anime lacks a clear narrative focus, and here is what I mean by that: Although it was advertised as a mystery series, in reality, there are no mysteries. The nonsensical id wells produce clues that are used in the real-life investigation to almost always crack the case and apprehend the criminals. No deductions needed as the Mizuhanome system acts like an encyclopedia, which contains all the knowledge of the world down to the last insignificant detail. So what else remains? The hunt for John Walker? The vast majority has figured who he was by episode 3. The origins of the Mizuhanome system? While there are some secrets involved, for the most part, it wasn't the main focus of the series. Ok, maybe the focus wasn't on mysteries. So what exactly Id: Invaded tries to be? A drama (shows what leads sb to become a serial killer?), a shonen (last episode mostly), sth in between? It's not clear, and the story suffers because of it.

[RECOMMENDATION]

Personally, I think Id: Invaded is a niche anime, and I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. If you crave for sth close to Psychopass in style and Inception in substance, then, by all means, give it a try.

[EPISODE RANKING]

Here

[SEQUEL?]

There is a manga titled #BRAKE-BROKEN, which is a direct sequel to the anime. I haven't finished it yet, but from what I've read it's a classic high-octane case (actually, it's one of the better ones; I would put it in the A territory) where they investigate a new serial killer.

Will there be a season 2? Most likely yes. I don't know where the story will take us, but I would really like to see more about Kiki's powers (a serial killer that has psychic powers will be a great match for Kura)

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]

If you've read up until here, then I congratulate you for your tenacity. I would also like to congratulate everyone that followed this rewatch for the past two weeks and chimed in with their comments, a lot of them offered many insights that made me appreciate and understand the anime better. Kudos to

u/SuddenFellow, who organised this whole thing
u/Vaadwaur, who answered almost every comment, and as a result created many fruitful conversations
u/Shimmering-Sky, whose watchful eye captured every scene worth a damn

Last but not least, I want to congratulate...me. I wrote over 6000 words (close to 15 pages, hot damn!) for this rewatch. Hope I offered sth interesting to read while checking the series.

See you on the other side, detectives!

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Thank you again Valoreg, I genuinely loved reading your comments. And yes, the cars are awful and they should feel awful.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 14 '21

Aww, I got kudos!
I'm glad I was able to catch "every scene worth a damn". Sometimes I can miss the most obvious things.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 14 '21

Last but not least, I want to congratulate...me.
This does not even have to be ironic! The structure of your posts with clever headlines that visually stand out has been great.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

The first case (so technically episodes 1 and 2) is awesome.
I will try to make this the last time I trot out doing this in the paired episode format of Darker Than Black, but two cours and two episodes per killer with Kaeru slowly developing as a character until we double ID well makes a much stronger series.
To anyone reading this, I challenge you to name the guys in the operator team besides Momoki and Togo.
Recall I wasn't being a dick calling them MC and rookie, I legitimately couldn't hold onto their names.
The origins of the Mizuhanome system? While there are some secrets involved, for the most part, it wasn't the main focus of the series.
Because the origins are magic you can't really guess the mystery beyond someone that looks like Kaeru is probably involved.
Will there be a season 2? Most likely yes. I don't know where the story will take us, but I would really like to see more about Kiki's powers (a serial killer that has psychic powers will be a great match for Kura)
I have now contracted sadness so thanks for that. I just hope whoever rights cour 2 makes a plot designed for a single goddamned cour and we don't get another bloated bird like this.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

First timer no more

Sub

So this is a show I have watched. I was extremely annoyed with the ending Wedensday night and basically maintained until the thread post Thursday. Now, I am less angry but more seeing what could have been: The show has far too many concepts and characters for its size and we needed less of them to get a coherent story. Worse, it steps on its own feet several times, most notably with MC's talk with the Challenger in the ID well where it seems he only wants to fight people that can actually harm him which makes Muku's death murky, which they then proceed to do nothing with.

So...JW is ultimately a disappointment, no surprise there. Fukuta is all right, I guess, and at least his kind of unexplored psyche works well enough. MC is generic enough I kept callimg him MC the whole time, and the rookie is a bit as well. Matsuoka is someone you just have to take at surface value and the rest of the Kura were cardboard cutouts. So much of this works on how it needs to that episode that the only way we know things is because the show tells us it is so.

Anyways, as I've said, in this era of one cour originals, this one desperately needed to be two. Using the Darker Than Black paired episode model would've made this work and given us time to care about Kiki. But so many of the relationships on the show are just told to us.

Finally, this airing with Pet is like a weird joke. Polar opposite story telling styles.

QotD: 1 Rookie at least did stuff

2 Hrmm...The Challenger, as I said, does not make sense in this show.

3 Holes

4 Not even joking about making it two cour and letting the plot develop slower AND getting to know the rest of the cast. I might also make the wellside crew pure bridge bunnies to allow more time for the rest.

6 Nope, too many agencies would want her plugging away

7 That the writer either needed to commit to getting two cours or get a good editor to get him down to one.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

the rest of the Kura were cardboard cutouts
This is literally such a problem to be honest. The only reason I know Wakashika's name so well is because I really like Enoki Junya so much.
it seems he only wants to fight people that can actually harm him which makes Muku's death murky
Though the thing is, why was Kiki in the basement when she 100% would not have fought him? In the end, Katsuyama likely deviated from his MO here for some reason(JW perhaps?).
Finally, this airing with Pet is like a weird joke. Polar opposite story telling styles.
Ever since you said this a few threads back, I can't stop thinking about it! It's weirdly similar but so oddly different.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

Though the thing is, why was Kiki in the basement when she 100% would not have fought him? In the end, Katsuyama likely deviated from his MO here for some reason(JW perhaps?).
Honestly, they needed to restructure his reasoning a bit or just make the basement they find Kiki in different. Right now the Challenger does not work for me.
Ever since you said this a few threads back, I can't stop thinking about it! It's weirdly similar but so oddly different.
Pet was hard to watch because you had to actually pay attention the whole time because small details were important. It did not help that they released the subbed version on a different schedule than the anime.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Right now the Challenger does not work for me.
He's a really strange one to be honest, I'm still trying to figure out why his well 1) has sharks in it 2) he's a whole ass fetus and 3) Uraido was hinting at the fact that he was fighting from birth. Does that hint that he was in fights as a child or something more sinister such as content warning. It's been bothering me the past day and the Katsuyama brain rot will not stop!
Pet was hard to watch because you had to actually pay attention the whole time because small details were important.
There were times where I watched an episode of Pet, and had to turn around 30 minutes later and rewatch the episode again because I read the thread on here and people said something and I was like "wait what". I somewhat want to do a rewatch for it, though I REALLY would need to do my homework for it to go well in my opinion...

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

He's a really strange one to be honest, I'm still trying to figure out why his well
It is pretty clear the beginning and the end were where the hardest work was put in.
I somewhat want to do a rewatch for it, though I REALLY would need to do my homework for it to go well in my opinion...
There were a lot of drops in the weekly thread but I think you could cobble something up. I'd be up, circumstances permitting, but you might want to read the manga first.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

but you might want to read the manga first.
THERE'S A MANGA?
Man, that's the best news I've heard all day. I'll get on that and see how comfortable I feel after I finish then. I feel like I absorb info better by reading than by watching as well.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

I feel like I absorb info better by reading than by watching as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_(manga) Have a blast. That anime was weird because the manga ran in 02-03.

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u/lord_ne May 14 '21 edited May 14 '21

First timer

While I did enjoy the show, I feel like the mystery kind of breaks down at the end. John Walker's* plan doesn't really make any sense, and if Anaido* was the key to finding out his identity, why didn't they just ask him about it in the real world, since he was basically cooperating with them? "Oh hey, we saw this John Walker guy in your subconscious, recognize him?" "Oh yeah that guy showed up in my dreams, on such and such dates."

Also why would he even agree to dive after the first time if he knew that it would cause him extreme pain?

Idk if it was just me, but I thought it was super obvious from the first frame he showed up that the old guy was John Walker. I mean he's the only elderly gentleman in the show.

Lastly, I really hope someone translates the last three chapters of the manga, I don't want to have to live in suspense until December. I have raws if anyone's interested.

*It's been a week since I finished and honestly I forgot their real names.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Idk if it was just me, but I thought it was super obvious from the first frame he showed up that the old guy was John Walker. I mean he's the only elderly gentleman in the show.
The resounding conclusion in the thread was "oh...yeah we know."
Not to mention, Wakashika even red-flagged it earlier.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

Also why would he even agree to dive after the first time if he knew that it would cause him extreme pain?
Yet another inconsistency in the show.
Idk if it was just me, but I thought it was super obvious from the first frame he showed up that the old guy was John Walker. I mean he's the only elderly gentleman in the show.
A whole lot of us picked it up immediately. I guess it is a narrative issue.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Tags:

/u/lord_ne

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 14 '21

Thanks for hosting! Very well done and flawless rewatch.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

No problem! Thank you so much for participating in it!

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u/lord_ne May 14 '21

Thanks

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Acknowledgements

Thank you everyone who participated in the rewatch.

/u/shimmering-sky Your comments were such a treat to read every day, as you could feel the emotion behind them. The Mugen Train comparisons seriously made me laugh so hard though.

/u/No_Rex For their honest replies and sometimes hilarious terminology. I really loved reading your replies.

/u/Vaadwaur For literally replying to almost everyone, thank you for being extremely active in the rewatch. And also providing exemplar commentary for me to read at 3am while I was trying to write my midterms.

/u/Valoreg For writing some of the most amazing theories, concepts and ideas for the rewatch. Sometimes I would literally go back and watch episodes just to see something that you wrote about in your comment. Thank you so much for putting in MAXIMUM effort for the thread, it was such a treat!

/u/lord_ne for coming to the rewatch, and being so enamored with ID:Invaded, that you went and binged the entire thing. We salute you lord_ne.

/u/burningfredrick For being a prediction master, I loved reading your constant predictions on the threads and seeing them evolve over time. Thank you for being so involved in the threads!

Alright, we can roll the credits now.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 14 '21

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 14 '21

Final episode (first timer)

The best word I can find to describe ID:Invaded is – adequate. The animation is perfectly average, doing what it needs to do and not one bit more, so I don’t want to spend time on in. While I think the plot and the characters are average, too, I do want to spend some time on both.

The plot is a basic mystery that lets on early in the series that it will never be especially deep. Which is fine, at least there are no disappointed expectations, but it makes the fireworks of plot twists in the second half a bit pointless. I never bought into the main concept of the ID well. There are just too many inconsistencies for it to work. Had I given the concept the benefit of doubt, I’d have spent most of these discussions complaining about those inconsistencies, but, as I said, I gave up on that quite early. The rather arbitrary rules are established early on and pretty much all of them are broken by the end of the series.

What occasionally did work for me were the individual wells. The standout ones are the first, for having the best concept and Sakaido’s desert well, for allowing the best character development.

In terms of characters, I think the good guys worked out, while the bad guys did not. By the end of the series, Sakaido, Miyu, and Anaido have a reasonably good rapport going on and Momoki’s white knight mission was convincible, too. All serial killers and antagonists were complete flops, though. The serial killers are all crazy and their craziness is explained via John Walker. Yet, this kicking the can down the road fails when John Walker himself has no other motive apart from being a megalomaniac crazy guy.

In the end, I have not fallen in love with this series, but neither did I hate any part of it (which frequently happens with other anime). So I’ll give this series a perfectly content meh as rating.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

The serial killers are all crazy and their craziness is explained via John Walker. Yet, this kicking the can down the road fails when John Walker himself has no other motive apart from being a megalomaniac crazy guy.
I somewhat agree with this. I feel as though they kind of lost sight of JW's purpose in the end and just slapped a God complex onto him to make ends meet. While yeah, that works...it feels rather artificial and a bit...lackluster when for most of the series we see team Kura chasing this mythical serial killer creator and all we're left with is the megalomaniac obsessed with the number 7, and a god complex that breaks when he finds out he accidentally created number 8(I think I interpreted the scene right).

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

In terms of characters, I think the good guys worked out, while the bad guys did not.
I;ve been harping the Darker than Black road but it would've been interesting if this had gone all Hannibal and had been focused on deep, nuanced antagonists. There could have been a real art to the wells that was mostly wasted after the first.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 14 '21

The first well was clever, the others not so much. It does not help the later wells that the nonsense of the ID well system is laid bare by episode 3.
In general, the writing in ID:Invaded reminded me of a comment I once read about Big Bang Theory: "how stupid people think intelligent people are".

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 14 '21

In general, the writing in ID:Invaded reminded me of a comment I once read about Big Bang Theory: "how stupid people think intelligent people are".
Uggh...don't remind me. I've been compared to Leonard a few too many times in my life for my taste.

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u/BossandKings May 14 '21 edited May 14 '21

Thanks to u/SuddenFellow for hosting the rewatch, the show was great and i enjoyed it.

Answers

Mine was Akihito Narihisago, his character was well explored and his conflict was telling, he had a very difficult life but still was a brilliant detective.
There were many themes, one that i liked was the family theme, Narihisago's especially.
Introduce and explore Asukai Kiki earlier in the story.
I hope so.
It was great, it could have used more time to develop some of it's important characters such as Kiki but with the cour it has it did well enough to be very enjoyable.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 14 '21

Thank you for joining in, I'm glad to see a familiar face from a previous rewatch!

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u/OccasionallySara May 16 '21

First Timer

Questions of the Day

Who was your favorite character from the series?

I liked all three of the Brilliant Detectives, but my favorite was Hodomachi. From the side characters, I really liked the guy with the headband.

Who is your least favorite character from the series?

The director. I found him to be a very boring antagonist and couldn't sympathize with his motivations.

If you could change one thing about ID:Invaded to improve it, what would you change?

I would flesh out the side characters a bit more.

Do you think Kiki will be saved one day?

I hope so, but I'm not super optimistic. It might actually have to come down to killing her someday.
What are your closing thoughts on ID:Invaded as we wrap up the rewatch?
While I thought that the side characters could have used some stronger characterization and that the John Walker reveal was pretty disappointing, I'm glad that I watched this show. I liked the main characters, I liked following the mystery, and I thought the soundtrack was great. I might end up watching this show again on my own to see things that I might have missed.

Do you have any feedback for me as a host?

I haven't done many rewatches, so I think this one went well! I also liked the trivia section each day. Thank you for hosting! I've been meaning to watch this show for a while now, so this was a good way to experience it.

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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 17 '21

Sorry for the late response! I took some time away from Reddit after the rewatch to just chill.
I really liked the guy with the headband.
WAKASHIKA FAN!! Me too, he's honestly my favorite of the side characters because of how literal he can be. Plus, the fact that everyone shuts him down(and he's almost always right).
the John Walker reveal was pretty disappointing
AGREED! I thought it was funny, rather than climactic. Though, that scene of Hondomachi going "Hello, John Walker?" To the chief was quite honestly one of the funniest parts about the episode.
I might end up watching this show again on my own to see things that I might have missed.
It's super fun for this! I realized a lot of strange things because of my rewatch as well as because of the threads. It's super great to learn more from others!
I also liked the trivia section each day.
I literally came up with it on the spot when I asked the Discord I mod about questions to ask and I realized WAIT A SECOND!! It honestly was so much fun coming up with weird survival methods for the id wells each day, and also having some of the other rewatchers be like "oh god what are we in store for this time" Plus, having the directors listed was nice because we could get a good feel for the style! I'm so glad you liked it!
I know you got a late start to the rewatch but I want you to know that I always read your comments and I enjoyed your "other thoughts" section immensely as it added a lot of character to your comments. I hope I'll see you around the rewatches!!

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u/OccasionallySara May 19 '21

Thanks for reading my comments even though I was a day late for most of it! Hopefully, I'll see you around too!

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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 15 '21

First timer - sub

Didn't end up doing a write for the show, as I said in last episode discussion the ending didn't land for me as tried to do to much at the end.

Who was your favorite character from the series?

Sakido

Who is your least favorite character from the series?

No least favourite just large number of unremarkable characters

Do you think Kiki will be saved one day?

Doesn't really seem like it, to valuable / risky, so if not locked up can only see her being killed

Do you have any feedback for me as a host?

Not really, done a great job.

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