Friday, 10 August 2018
This Review will be a debut post after being inactive for a long time, I'm sorry!!
DARLING IN THE FRANXX
(ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス)
Basic Information
Basic Information
Released Date : 13 January 2018
Episodes : 24
Status : Finished Airing (7 July)
Genres : Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi,
Drama, Romance
Studios : A-1 Pictures, Trigger,
Cloverworks
Opening Theme : Kiss Of Death -
Mika Nakashima
Ending Theme : (All by
XX:me)
- Torikago
- Manatsu no Setsuna
- Beautful World
- Hitori
- Escape
MAL rating : 7.75*
Synopsis
In the distant future, humanity has been
driven to near-extinction by giant beasts known as Klaxosaurs, forcing the
surviving humans to take refuge in massive fortress cities called Plantations.
Children raised here are trained to pilot giant mechas known as FranXX—the only
weapons known to be effective against the Klaxosaurs—in boy-girl pairs. Bred
for the sole purpose of piloting these machines, these children know nothing of
the outside world and are only able to prove their existence by defending their
race.
Hiro, an aspiring FranXX pilot, has lost his
motivation and self-confidence after failing an aptitude test. Skipping out on
his class' graduation ceremony, Hiro retreats to a forest lake, where he
encounters a mysterious girl with two horns growing out of her head. She
introduces herself by her codename Zero Two, which is known to belong to an
infamous FranXX pilot known as the "Partner Killer." Before Hiro can
digest the encounter, the Plantation is rocked by a sudden Klaxosaur attack.
Zero Two engages the creature in her FranXX, but it is heavily damaged in the
skirmish and crashes near Hiro. Finding her partner dead, Zero Two invites Hiro
to pilot the mecha with her, and the duo easily defeats the Klaxosaur in the
ensuing fight. With a new partner by his side, Hiro has been given a chance at
redemption for his past failures, but at what cost?
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Story Line(Plot)
In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity is
under constant threat from giant creatures known as klaxosaurs (叫竜 kyoryū), which are
sub-divided into at least four categories based on their size:
"Conrad", "Mohorovičić",["Gutenberg" and
"(Super) Lehmann".Pushed to the brink of annihilation, the mysterious
organization known as APE has led the remnants of humanity to abandon the
Earth's surface for the relative safety of mobile fortress-cities known as
Plantations. To defend the Plantations, children called Parasites are raised to
pilot giant mecha known as Franxx (フランキス Furankisu) in boy-girl
pairs. Hiro is a former pilot-candidate prodigy who can no longer synchronize
with his partner and they both fail to complete the training program. While
skipping his class's graduation ceremony, Hiro encounters Zero Two, an infamous
Franxx pilot with klaxosaur blood and red horns. After Zero Two's partner dies
during a klaxosaur attack, Hiro volunteers to become her new partner, or
"darling".
In the early 21st century, a
group of scientists with no known origins or nationalities formed
"APE" and operated with the Landmark Club. APE introduced
revolutionary mining technology to dig up magma energy from deep underground
creating a new low-cost and all-encompassing energy source. This advance gave
APE huge influence on the international economy and politics, and sped up the
development of human civilization.
In 2025, the scientist Werner
Frank was hired by APE to research human immortality. His research was
successful, initially enabling the wealthy to become immortals at the cost of
losing their reproductive functions. Eventually the option became universally
available. However, the heavy use of magma energy was at the cost of an
increasing desertification of the planet leading to the creation of the Plantations
containing their own ecosystems.
By the year 2037, Klaxosaurs
(screaming reptiles) appeared to attack the magma energy plants, leading Werner
Frank to develop the Franxx units which appeared five years later. There were
several failed attempts to complete development of the Franxx units which cost
many lives including that of Werner's wife, Karina Milsa. Werner Frank also
used a hair sample of the humanoid Princess of Klaxosaurs to extract DNA to
create Zero Two. Finally, a system of pairing young fertile male and female
partners called Parasites was established. The Garden called Mistilteinn was
built so that, in isolation, these children could develop the emotional
responses required to pilot a Franxx.
Review
First of all, the story is about Hiro (code 016) who can't pilot the Franxx although his brain works above average, and he first able to pilot the franx is with Zero Two (code 002). They said that she has a curse to drain her partner's life after 3 times piloting with her, but Hiro survived. But Hiro almost became half klaxosaur like Zero Two. (fyi if u don't know yet, Zero Two is half klaxosaur, her DNA is half the professor's and half the klaxosaur princess's)
Actually they had met when they were kids but the 'dads' knew and decided to delete their memory about their meeting.
But then they meet again when they're teen , and after they connect for some time, their memories become connected and they knew that they had met when they were little.
That's when they decided to stay together and get to each other no matter how hard the situation will be. Thus, at episode 20-ish when they knew that their actual enemy isn't klaxosaur, but the space creatures, they had to fight for the earth because only they can save the earth.
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Overall, I would give rating 7/10 for this anime.
Why only 7/10?
1. I think it's getting boring after some episodes , because the story is not concise. Basically, only fighting klaxosaur and the other squad member isn't as strong as Strelizia and Strelizia just eliminates the enemy out as always.
2. Too much drama for Mecha anime. I know the genre already said "Drama" but it just feels weird watching mecha anime with drama.
3. The story isn't something that amazes me when i finished through till the end. But I feel satisfied with the ending, so it isn't very bad at all.
Conclusion
This is not the anime I would highly recommend if you are the type that gets bored quickly.
But i think it is decent enough if you got nothing to do and are curious because this became trending :)
