Sorry for the weeks of not reviewing episodes of Deadman Wonderland due to my schedule, anyways we are back on track this two days while doing my weekly anime reviews which will now be scheduled for a Saturday and Sunday release for me to better concentrate with my classes. And back to Deadman Wonderland. Block G-6 was discovered and Ganta learns that he is not the only guy asides from the Red Man who uses blood as his weapon.
The episode introduces us to two new characters, namely Crow aka Senji and Hummingbird aka Minatsuki, Yoh’s younger sister. First impressions on those guys, I love Senji’s persona and his weapon of choice and as for Minatsuki, she really caught me of guard. I mean, she is cute, she is extremely moe and to my surprise, she turned out to be quite a sadist. Now to why I grouped these three episodes in one review, it is because these three episodes introduced three concepts. Namely, the Corpse Carnival, Branch of Sin and the Penalty Game once you lost in the Corpse Carnival.
First up, the Corpse Carnival, it is basically a bloodier version of your standard Gladiator match since its contenders are fighting in a cage while people are paying just to see you kill the other guy. To make things worst, if you were defeated, you must play a “penalty game” in which a slot machine will determine which organ will be castrated out of your body… without proper anesthesia. It is brutal and fits well with the “deadman walking” concept of the series. Oh, and by the way, how Ganta was oriented about the Corpse Carnival was also brutal along with how the female doctor castrated the one who played the Penalty Game, sure, it was censored but the brutality still has its impact.
The mystery about the Branch of Sin has been revealed. Turned out that those people who survived at the Red Hole incident can manifest those powers and in case they have it, Promoter Tamaki will do everything to put that guy in Deadman Wonderland and fight in the Carnival. For starters, I find it really creepy, I mean Tamaki will do everything just to put the guy in jail and that includes framing him or her in some crime like what happened to Ganta.
And to Ganta, I find his Branch of Sin indeed quite stupid for some reason because it waste a lot of blood and massive blood lost will kill you. And to the biggest surprise in these three episodes, Shiro’s abilities. Well, asides that she can kick a robot, turned out that she also has this Branch of Sin which she was able to use to fight off guards. This causes me to think that I think that I know the reason why she is in Deadman Wonderland at the first place. But since she is not on the 6th block, there must a much deeper reason on why she is in DW at the first place. Also, they revealed that Shiro and Ganta are childhood friends.
Overall, these three episodes are fun to watch. Sure, there are some censorships but you can let it pass since they might release an uncut DVD and BluRay version of this series. As for the animation, it is stunning especially how they did the fight scenes. One of the things that I notice is the sudden increase of ecchi scenes in the series, but since it is quite relevant to the plot, I can let it pass for now. The fact that they introduced more characters that has the same ability like Ganta makes the series more dynamic as each character has its own unique Branch of Sin.
The episode introduces us to two new characters, namely Crow aka Senji and Hummingbird aka Minatsuki, Yoh’s younger sister. First impressions on those guys, I love Senji’s persona and his weapon of choice and as for Minatsuki, she really caught me of guard. I mean, she is cute, she is extremely moe and to my surprise, she turned out to be quite a sadist. Now to why I grouped these three episodes in one review, it is because these three episodes introduced three concepts. Namely, the Corpse Carnival, Branch of Sin and the Penalty Game once you lost in the Corpse Carnival.
First up, the Corpse Carnival, it is basically a bloodier version of your standard Gladiator match since its contenders are fighting in a cage while people are paying just to see you kill the other guy. To make things worst, if you were defeated, you must play a “penalty game” in which a slot machine will determine which organ will be castrated out of your body… without proper anesthesia. It is brutal and fits well with the “deadman walking” concept of the series. Oh, and by the way, how Ganta was oriented about the Corpse Carnival was also brutal along with how the female doctor castrated the one who played the Penalty Game, sure, it was censored but the brutality still has its impact.
The mystery about the Branch of Sin has been revealed. Turned out that those people who survived at the Red Hole incident can manifest those powers and in case they have it, Promoter Tamaki will do everything to put that guy in Deadman Wonderland and fight in the Carnival. For starters, I find it really creepy, I mean Tamaki will do everything just to put the guy in jail and that includes framing him or her in some crime like what happened to Ganta.
And to Ganta, I find his Branch of Sin indeed quite stupid for some reason because it waste a lot of blood and massive blood lost will kill you. And to the biggest surprise in these three episodes, Shiro’s abilities. Well, asides that she can kick a robot, turned out that she also has this Branch of Sin which she was able to use to fight off guards. This causes me to think that I think that I know the reason why she is in Deadman Wonderland at the first place. But since she is not on the 6th block, there must a much deeper reason on why she is in DW at the first place. Also, they revealed that Shiro and Ganta are childhood friends.
Overall, these three episodes are fun to watch. Sure, there are some censorships but you can let it pass since they might release an uncut DVD and BluRay version of this series. As for the animation, it is stunning especially how they did the fight scenes. One of the things that I notice is the sudden increase of ecchi scenes in the series, but since it is quite relevant to the plot, I can let it pass for now. The fact that they introduced more characters that has the same ability like Ganta makes the series more dynamic as each character has its own unique Branch of Sin.