When university student Zhang Chulan returns to his home village, he is devastated to learn that his grandfather Zhang Xilin's grave has been desecrated. As he investigates the cemetery in search for clues, he is attacked by a tomb raider using the false identity of Zhang Xilin's granddaughter. Left to die in a swarm of zombies summoned by the person who spirited his grandfather's body away, Zhang Chulan manages to escape thanks to qi, the power that his grandfather taught him.
When Zhang Chulan returns to his uneventful student life, he is shocked to again meet the tomb raider, Feng Baobao, who condemned him to a grim fate. Affiliated with a state organization tasked with handling outcasts known as qi wielders, Baobao forces him to join a delivery company that acts as a front for their true pursuits.
As various factions clash to seize the mysterious power Zhang Chulan is said to have inherited from his grandfather, the young man must learn how to choose his allies if he wants to survive in this dangerous world of outcasts.
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Comentários
AlreadyNight
Rumor has it that they use Hitori no Shita: The Outcast to torture prisoners. And from time to time masochists watch it on lonely nights too. Story 3/10 The creators either tried too hard to make something complex out of poor ideas or they came up with an idea that was so complex they failed to materialize it. Hitori no Shita is definitely not an anime you die waiting for a new episode every week, but you do die waiting for something interesting to happen while watching it. Art & Animation 2/10 Fine backgrounds, reason why it's 2/10 and not 1/10. The animation is so awkward even the movements of themouths and eyes are weird and off. It doesn't even look like a group of people put any effort into it, the lack of fluidity is so visible it hurts. Maybe it's the very first project of a brand new studio and I'm just being mean.
Sound
7/10
The OP and ED are probably the best parts of this show (even the animation); if you're not interested in watching the anime, watch the OP&ED separately and consider you've seen enough of Hitori no Shita.
The background music is also fine, but then again it's background music. What can go wrong..
Character
2/10
Given how many relatives of the two MCs are involved here, you can just divide them into XUs and ZHANGs. And that's pretty much about it.
Overall
4/10
--Thank you--
Navik1443
I just read some reviews and I'm disappointing, but is your free opinion of course... At first it seems an ordinary anime zombie, but IS NOT ... the story changes completely as they pass episodes (I say no more for spoilers avoid ) ... I say after seeing all the anime and hope you have a 2nd season because it has been in the best part of the plot. It is the anime that most surprised me this season: D I give it an 8 for this season, pending the second season that will rise this score ;) I'm writing this because if someone is thinking towatch this anime or not, you need to try because will change your opinion in each episode. I just will said the anime have accion, drama, magic and a dark history that you will put in front of your monitor until you finish this anime :D I hope a 2a season :D
Enjoy it, like I did ;)
darkkugan
People are giving this show much more credit than it deserves. The title of the anime is spot on tho, Hitori no shit. I don't usually get triggered by anime, but this is a new low. We follow in the footsteps of a "virgin" Chou Soran a heir to some powerful family. One sudden day the grave of his grandfather is pillaged and he has to find out why. On his way to his dear grandfathers grave, he finds goku, no wait i mean Fuu Houhou. Fuu just like Soran, are supernatural humans who can freely control their Ki and use Martial arts as their weapons,called outsiders. In a world filled with people like them Soran is extremely special and is headhunted by many evil organizations, but fret not, during the story you will find out why, but not really :)
This anime is trying to be something original and to follow the whole martial arts ki-superpower thing to an extent that it's just horrid. What could have been key-parts of this anime ended up as dull battles with zero progress(not even one good battle at the end of the anime), a main character that is your typical young "i want justice, i have this awesome superpower, i am stronger than you think" attitude with no character progression. The other characters except our Fuu "GOKU" Houhou are so miniscule you won't even bother thinking about them as none even leave a single trace of impression.
Oh did i mention that there is comedy in this anime and most of it is about Soran being a virgin? I also feel that the mix the anime is trying to do between comedy and action, just can't be taken seriously, the comedy is slapstick and dry humor about being a virgin. Now the worst part is, this anime tries so hard to reach a Shounen level that is just dosen't know how to deal with the story, because there literally is none.
This is the new generation of anime, thats so horrible i can't even imagine why this got produced at all. With each episode you keep expeting, "wow when is an amazing battle gonna start with our main character doing something really cool?". Well don't bother. If a fight starts, it's 30 seconds long and in the end goku comes, kicks everyone and it's over. No fights last longer than 3min.
There is just nothing, this anime lacks soul. Nothing to captivate it's audience and being so damn slow paced, it even ended in a way so that they can get a season 2, if they sell well... Let's be honest, that will never happen. Or you will have to read the manga for the rest, but at this point if' the anime is this dissapointing, the manga will be as well.
I Give it a solid 2! I would have given it a 1, but damn I just had to give it +1 for this crap to even leave the studio and reach the tv. Hurray, for Hitori no Shit. I honestly recommend this if you are on the verge of quitting anime, as this will definitevly seal the deal.
R_TF
Finally, china blessed us with another Zombie stuff. There's no secret to the success of animes like this,either you need to have tons of fan service like "high school of the dead" or such hype that will make it widely popular even before it start airing,like what happen to "Kabaneri of the iron fortress" and having a logical plot is irrelevant for such genre. But unfortunately "Hitori no Shita: The Outcast" got none of it but still there're few surprising element in it,at least I thought so at the beginning. PLOT- (BIT SPOILERS) It's a tale about chou the strongest of all outsider (People with supernatural power but aregood for nothing),a man who can defeat dozen of fierce warriors in expense of few scratches using some ancient style but he's long death and a corpse now so the plot focuses on his legacy,his only grandson chou soran who inherited the same power and can turn himself into "CHINESE SUPER SAIYAN" as well and now different evil organization are after him and sending zombies,psychopath,lolis to track him down, but as the anime equation goes,for every bunch of bad people there'll be same numbers of good people and here's no different,there's an express delivery organization which is keeping him safe and helping him to develop his skills.
Literally, there isn't anything to the plot but the anime tried hard to depict the matters in such manner as if it's one of those mystery thrillers but tbh, it made the stuff more confusing for the viewers.
Characters-
Each character is like creation of the saitan himself,you can never find them in any other " animu"
First of all lets hail 'Fu hoho" the ultimate reincarnation of the ghost from poltergeist, she's the main female lead as well,an invincible killer machine with little to no emotion and such gorgeous noodles like hairs.
WOW
Cho Soran is the main male lead and focus of the plot, the unluckiest virgin,I don't know what else to say.
There are other cringy characters as well but their names are so complicated,no reason remembering them.
ART-
Sometimes it's hard for me to figure out if a character is really thinking or talking as the mouth rarely moves and even if it does move,it make the face looks so awkward.
Basically,one of the poorest animation I've seen in recent times.
Overall-
Another below average show of this season to cover up the list.
s4dcl0wn
First off, if by reading the synopsis you thought this was a show about zombies (a la Highschool of the Dead)...it's not. It's about "Outsiders"--seemingly ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. One of those Outsiders is a girl who can control zombies, but she is NOT the main character. Secondly, if you haven't started watching, I must pre-warn you of this part in the 1st episode which caused a fair number of people to give up in disgust. It's the scene where Houhou is trying to bury the MC, Soran, and he just sits there like an idiot. Why doesn't he just get up and runaway? See, in the original webcomic (which I checked out), that pit is supposed to be much deeper than shown in the anime (it's over Soran's height even when he's standing up and he likely had to jump to get over its edge--at which point he was easily kicked backed down by Houhou.) For some reason, the anime depicts the pit as being really shallow, which makes this particular scene not credible...but I'd put this down to bad art, rather than bad writing.
***Ratings***
-- Plot/Pacing: B
At first, the mystery behind Soran's background and the Outsider world in general made me anticipate each new episode, as I found myself wanting to know more about the Outsiders and the different organisations and to see the development of the various characters and their relationships. However, after the whole Outsiders thing was explained (episode 5), I felt it wasn't that big of a deal/reveal at all. Worse, the pace slowed considerably (around episode 7 onwards)--and it was already quite slow before. The comedy bits are also a bit overdone and can be quite jarring, but you kind of get used to them after awhile.
-- Seiyu/Sound: B+
I'm watching the Japanese dub (with sub-par English subs.) I think the voice actors did a fairly decent job, giving the characters enough of their own life and personality, such as the indifferent Houhou, the slutty Natsuka, the cunning Lo Ryu, etc. The soundtrack is pretty much standard J-rock, but the OP managed to get stuck inside my head after awhile.
-- Art/Animation: B
The character designs are nothing out of the ordinary, and the quality of the art is inconsistent (from "not bad" to "ugly/lazy.") I don't know if it's just me but I felt there was a noticeable drop in the quality from episode 7 onwards.
-- Bonus/Bias: +10%
I'm giving bonus points solely for the character of Fuu Houhou. Normally I detest those "stoic", emotionless-girl type of characters, but Houhou just seems different somehow...her messy hair, poor fashion sense, ignorance of societal norms and conventions, and her insane skill with kitchen knives and choppers all combine to give her a very unique appeal (read: "moe.") Her character significantly helped to sustain my interest in the series--and I know there are a number of people out there who feel the same way.
***Additional info***
The original source is a Chinese webcomic and the anime is a collaboration between Chinese and Japanese producers. I watched the Japanese dub and a bit of the Chinese dub (just to compare), and I think the Japanese dub was produced first, the reason being that the animation matches the Japanese voices better, while it is a bit out-of-sync for the Chinese voices.
In terms of differences in script, the Chinese one is more crude. For example, in one scene, a female character in the Japanese script says something like, "it would be better if we were on a date", while the Chinese script has her saying, "it would be better if we were in bed". The Chinese script also has more cussing.
As for English subtitles, unfortunately the fan-made one is very far from perfect. Some terms weren't translated at all. For example, the following terms:
(1) Kinkou - literally "golden light". It's a visible aura manifested from one's inner energy. Soran's kinkou is supposed to protect him from harm.
(2) Xiangxi ganshi - "Xiangxi" is the name of a place in China (where the practice of animating corpses to transport them was popular in the past), and "ganshi" literally means "corpse-driver". Ryu Kenken is referred to as a xiangxi ganshi--a person who knows how to manipulate corpses.
Never2die
Oh boy, lots of polarizing opinions here. Oh dang it, now I have to pick a side. OR NOT. Obviously everyone's entitled to their own opinions. There can be a lot of reasons why someone won't be able to enjoy this. Perhaps they don't understand the culture, perhaps they find the art style to be not of their liking, perhaps they thought the story was stagnant, etc. I could probably list 100 reasons here but since I'm not a mind reader and I'm a lazy bastard, I won't. Honestly it doesn't matter what everyone else's opinion is. This isn't a game on steam where youread tons of reviews to determine whether it's a good game or not. For anime, ONLY YOUR OPINIONS MATTER! And I really hope everyone remembers that. So go ahead and watch the show, and don't be afraid of going in face first into a potential pile of shit because that's just part of the experience.
And this is my OPINION. Oh and btw, the show was pretty bad but I enjoyed it.
It has become one of my guilty pleasures. Thanks for wasting your time reading.
FireEmblemIke24
It seems like everyone forgot that another anime about psychics existed that isn’t called Mob Psycho 100. This time it’s a Chinese-Japanese led project fulfilling our dreams of being able to called this anime a Chinese cartoon. OK all jokes aside this series does have something interesting to offer as it incorporates both martial arts and psychic powers to give us a predominantly action focused show. ***Note I’ll be using the translated names as I watched the Japanese dubbed version with English subtitles.*** The start of this show at one point led me to think that it was another zombie apocalypse show like High School of theDead but only to realise that certain people can manipulate the corpses freely. Our main protagonist Chou Soran in the dead of night, is making a visit to his grandfather’s grave only to find himself in a precarious situation with the moving corpses. Out of nowhere, he is saved in mesmerising fashion from a powerful women called Jo Houhou who is talented in every way possible. This is the first encounter between the main duo who later find themselves attending the same college, only to the dismay of Soran who was semi-traumatised from the earlier meeting.
Chou Soran is then made to be subservient to Houhou, after getting his ass handed to him while retaliating at the thought of being obedient to her. She then leads him to an organisation called the Express Delivery Company who are pretty much composed of psychics called ‘Outsiders’. The abilities between individuals vary from super strength, manipulating the elements to controlling the mental state of people through their emotions. The Express Delivery Company’s main objective is to act as the police for these outsiders who are a minority but nevertheless still need to be monitored to avoid engaging in criminal activity. This makes sense as the regular police would get battered by attempting to deal with the psychics, so it’s only natural that the Government made a subdivision to respond to these situations.
There are other groups who inhabit these individuals such as Zensei and Tengekai. The former is just a random collection of users with similar interests. They are the first group to provoke our main duo when it is revealed that they have possession of something close to Soran. The group are just bizarre and uncoordinated when they have a little kid in charge, a woman whose lust knows no bounds and some black guy (not race-wise) whose has no purpose despite having many cameos. Tengekai are more interesting as they at least have a proper hierarchy in place with its bureaucratic rules. The magnanimous leader of the organisation directly tries to recruit Soran, when it is known that he has acquired psychic abilities from a young age. His abilities obviously matured as he grew up around the presence of his grandfather who was a well-respected individual.
The characters in this show are not impressive by any standards when they don’t have any unique selling points. Chou Soran resembles another shounen protagonist who tries to get past every obstacle through sheer power, only to realise its futile when facing much stronger outsiders who have fully mastered their powers. He doesn’t really have any motivation whatsoever when all he thinks about is wanting a nice girlfriend, lamenting the fact that he is useless in that department. The girlfriend he desired for so long does happen only for events to change drastically.
Jo Houhou at first looks like another monotone girl and is a mirror for reflecting dreariness. The only time she shows any emotion is being violent towards Soran which is a feature found in most tsunderes but thankfully she does not follow that archetype. Her actions make me cringe at times when it feels like everything she does is robotic; to the point she is just a yes-man. The supporting cast of Jo San and Jo Yon don’t really offer much as they are insistent on abiding by the rules of the company. They do participate in battles alongside the main duo but do not get sufficient characterisation for me to talk about them adequately.
This art style/animation aspect is something I wanted to avoid because it is obvious that it will end up being me giving a scathing attack on it, hence sounding like a diatribe. The animation is not comparable to the anime produced in Japan when series from a decade ago have similar or in fact better production values. There were instances when the fights looked visually appealing, through good usage of special effects but it did look choppy at times with the in-between animation needing further improvements. The colour scheme used throughout the show is very basic but does it job when trying to complement the appropriate background such as the countryside in rural China. The only information on the staff of this show is that Komatsu Arisa was the colour designer. I really hope someone updates the key staff involved.
The sound here is quite lacklustre with nothing of the soundtrack being memorable or worth noting to the point it is just abysmal. Good thing, the sound staff are confidential which makes it difficult to expose them for their average work. The opening and ending have been dubbed over and were quite the delight to listen to if that means anything. The voice actors used in this show aren’t household names here in the anime community. The man who voiced Ayato from Asterix War is back to offer his voice for a complementary dull protagonist, truly befitting one must say. The wonderful voice of Hayami Saori is back, this time for Houhou which is a good match for her easy sounding speech patterns/mannerisms.
This series is not really a must watch in any category and is a very average show at best with mediocre production values. I would probably give it more attention if the production committee put more dedication into it.
Kreo20048
Story 9.5 Art 6.5 Sound 7 Character 8 Hitori no Shita: The Outcast has an amazing story that is sadly poorly written at most parts with bland art and decent sound. Most of the characters are cheesy yet well thought out at the same time. The biggest negative trait this anime has is a middle school immunity level and poor start. While this anime might be an acquired taste and take self-discipline the creators did not have; If you can handle the flaws it is an amazing Anime. While I was bored at moments others caught onto me fairly solidly. My favorite part being balancingslice of life, laughter and Action fairly well.
If you can not find anything good or even ok to watch; you should watch this.
Overall 7.85
KatieThairu33
I really don't get why people are hating on this anime so much! Maybe they don't get the wuxia theme jokes. Yes, quite a few jokes are about him being a virgin. But it's more than that. He has a goddamned seal on his d*** to make sure that he remains pure and has good cultivation. And the way it's discussed is funny. I, for one, enjoyed every second of the comedy aspect of this show. I have to say season 2 is remarkably better than season 1. The fights are AWESOME! I love them. Especially in season 2. I was really impressed with howvaried the character design was and how even the characters in supporting roles get so much attention and even their own ending credit songs sometimes.
In my opinion, people are not judging the anime as a standalone but comparing it to other great animes in a completely different genre and whining about how it's not like them. I mean, keep watching those anime. Why you gotta complain about how OP the lead is? I mean, aren't the leads supposed to have golden fingers that make them all-powerful? Gah!
Anywho, I loved the art, music, fight choreo, story, characters, everything! It was a welcome surprise to me after Mo Zo Dao Shi. It's definitely not as good as MZDS. But I enjoyed binge-watching 2 seasons in 2 days.
Somnolibraria
Before writing down anything here, I’d first like to say that all audiences should go to watch the unedited completed version of this anime which has a half-hour-long 11th episode and 43-min-long 12th episode AS WELL AS THE ORIGENAL MANGA that has already been updated to nearly 200 episodes. Plus if you can speak fluent Chinese I highly recommend you to watch the Chinese cover and you can discover more unique sides of this anime. To begin with, I have to state that the anime is INDEED disappointing. The enjoyment and the overall score highly depend on my view to the original comic instead of theanimation. A few points of this anime were about to make me to drop the series. What came out first was the absence of so many frames that turned continuous scenes into some PowerPoint or ‘moving manga’ stuff. Apart from that, the sound effect was not adjusted just right and sometimes was not even simultaneous with the scene. What was more unforgivable, neither the storyboard nor the composition satisfied a sophisticated creation of animation. Despite all of these, I still feel thankful to all reviewers on MyAnimeList because you guys scored The Outcast much higher than Japan and China locally on average (6.64). When I checked the scores on Accessify.com (Japan) and Bangumi.tv (China), I was surprised that those who could watch the completed version and the most fabulous part of the animation scored it an average of mere 6. How low it is! What a pity!
I was not trying to make you feel bad about this animation in the last paragraph, but I rather aimed to put the problems of this animation forward and then to suggest you not focusing so much on those defects. This animation is actually one of those ‘big steps’ of current Chinese anime production, and it marked a lot of brave attempts of Chinese artists even though the attempts might not have been so successful. Chinese creators were really trying their best to make an art piece as well as a commercial product that belongs to their culture, and they have showed us how fascinating an anime could possibly be if it was adapted to a different society (what I’m referring to is the completed Chinese cover). Plenty problems of the animation were results of low investment, arrogance of Japan-side anime makers and discords between Chinese and Japanese directors.
The animation would only have pleased and enchanted a watcher if one had been able to settle down and be enthusiastic to learn about the background, because it had involved so many Chinese cultural as well as historical elements that had been alien to Japanese, let alone us Westerners. In the original unedited Chinese cover, the animators even used a Chinese folk song as an opening and for every single character they let them speak unique dialects like Mandarin (Zhang Chulan), Sichuan Mandarin (Feng Baobao), Chaozhou Mandarin, Cantonese etc. The 12-episode series also revealed us some history of China, for instance, the World War II, the period when the communist government was suppressing bandits, the golden age of Chinese pop songs and the return of Hong Kong. Chinese religions (Daoism and Chinese side Buddism), traditional weapons, philosophy, pop culture, literature and humours are also all merged organically in The Outcast, especially in the story after the end of episode 12 in manga. The Outcast banged us with decisiveness of Chinese and a story line that is so disjoint from what we normally call Anime: something that has gradually filled up with Moe, fan service, cliché, ‘harem’ of male characters and unrealistically kind people who doesn't kill to leave the enemies coming back with stronger powers.
Hence I highly recommend The Outcast, it should not be the edited animation but the complete version and manga though. It will open for you a new world and tell you a story of heroes and heroines that have new charms. COME AND WATCH OR READ! It is undoubtedly an unmissable great work for those who truly love ACGN and those who are interested in an exotic story!
EppJeyy
This anime was very refreshing to watch. It provided enough action to keep me tuned in while also providing enough comedic relief to bring out a few laughs. Personally I don't like the amount of fan service in todays anime. In my opinion, this anime would've been just fine without it. At first glance, the plot seemed odd and different, but then by the second episode, things fell into place. It cleared up a lot of the, why is this like this or how come those things are doing this, etc., etc.. The groundwork has been laid with great action sequences, which have implied thatthey are only going to get a lot more action packed and suspenseful. The plot is starting to come together and can makes you start to guess what might happen next. Lastly the characters are not perfectly defined yet, but they are definitely starting to be and growth is starting to already take place at its own rate. You can start to feel yourself finding a point in liking the characters, which a lot of anime struggle with. Hitorinoshita - the outcast goes off its own drum beat and is definitely unique in more ways than its supernatural plots. I look forward to how it turns out.
StarDust_01
The Outcast is an anime that stands out with its mix of supernatural elements, interesting story, and great character development. It is based on a Chinese webcomic and brings a fresh perspective to the genre. The action scenes in this anime are high-quality but not very frequent. When they do happen, they are well-done and exciting. Each fight feels important and is carefully designed, making them enjoyable to watch. The animation gets a 7 out of 10. It is good and fits the story well, but it isn't the best out there. The characters look unique, and the supernatural effects are creatively shown. Sometimes the animation qualitydrops a bit, but it stays good enough to keep viewers interested.
The story earns an 8 out of 10. It follows Zhang Chulan, a regular college student who gets involved in a world of martial arts and supernatural events. After meeting a mysterious girl, he discovers more about his own abilities and the hidden world around him. The plot is intriguing, mixing mystery and action in a way that keeps you wanting to know more.
Character development is the strongest part of the anime, deserving a perfect 10. Zhang Chulan's growth from a clueless student to a determined fighter is shown in a believable way. Other characters are also well-developed, with their own stories and motivations, making the overall story richer and more engaging.
The Outcast is a great anime with excellent character development and an interesting story. The animation is good enough to support the plot and action scenes. Fans of supernatural and martial arts stories will especially enjoy this series. It’s a worthwhile watch for anyone who appreciates a good balance of action and character growth.
Ant1989
I don't understand why so many people give it a bad review, this anime is good. My only problem with it is that it only have 12 episodes and no manga to continue. I saw someone saying "Chinese Zombie Stuff", but only one character uses zombies as weapons, all the rest have different superpowers, and the story is about them, or more precisely about the grandfather of Chou Soran. I think the plot was cool, and the development was just right. I even like the characters, usually the emotionless steriotype still have some level of emotion, this one is really a psycopath. That doesn't meanshe is evil, she just don't understand what are feelings. She could be called a Tsundere, since she beats the main character, but different of all the Tsunderes out there, Soran, the beaten main character, gets to the point that he says, NO! And even knowing he could die, he still go away. This is taking matters more seriously outside the masoquist main character cliche, and I really like that.
I also liked the tone the anime makes. It gets things serious but backs the humor just after and never gets the viewer in a despairate situation. I know this doesn't create tension, but it isn't bad by itself, and can still render some good fights. Damn, One Punch Man follow the same principle, and it is good. This of course, builds more tension to when the fights gets serious, but unfortunately it doesn't show, or it have a climax.
The big point for me is really the characters, even without much background, they are flashed out by their actions, not just steriotipicals characters copy and paste. And they do that without backing for when they were children, Suck that, Naruto!
Whatever. I really liked it, and really would like a second season or manga to follow, I hope it eventually happens, but with this average score, I doubt. It is pity.
Darkargel13
For me ,every second of their scene was really great. I really appreciate how they're do the scene more unique and in reality (in short AWESOME). They handle how to make the fighting scene more clearly in every movements. And i liked how the graphics gets great base on thier abilitys in the movie. Those funny pick up line i love it too. And i loved how the story goes.And I realy hate book that i need to read it's to boring for me so i better watch it that's give me more excited.
That is why i can't wait for the next episode i really want to know who really is Fuu?. Why she doesn't age?. And what is her relation to soran's grandfather?.
Good Luck,
Justin_Dail
I'd recommend giving it a chance, with only 12 episodes for this season, what do you have to lose besides a few hours you would have spent being unproductive anyway? Personally I liked it obviously because I gave it an 8 overall and see a lot of potential if they continue beyond season 1. I also liked the art and animation styles. The story follows Chou who is an "Outsider" (someone with supernatural abilities). He catches a lot of flack about being a virgin but is actually a straight up bada**. Like most anime the whole thing revolves around random bad guys popping upcomplicating the mc's life and pushing him to reveal more and more of just how far his potential goes. While it is a bit slower paced at points that is to try developing the back story and characters alongside the current events in the story. The humor does tend to revolve a lot around the fact Chou is a virgin and how to manipulate him because of that. But hey we all know what it was or is like to be a horny teen virgin desperately trying to solve that problem with anything that would sit still long enough to let us, and that's one of the things I enjoyed about the comedic moments. Also, there are SOME zombies and lets face it everyone loves zombies whether they admit it or not, but be warned its not just about zombies.
sharjess82
Don’t listen to the other reviews. It’s one of those anime you need to watch after a few episodes to judge for yourself. As I a picky anime fan, I had to binge watch this. The characters are interesting and leaving you wanting more especially Fou Houhou. There are some bits that are funny (not sure if that’s my dark humour) give it a good watch before really playing any attention to the reviews. I live in the UK and have only been to Japan once. So at the time of visit, it wasn’t included in Shouen Jump. But after watching the second series itis and that alone, left me wanting to re-subscribing to more English translated Shouen Jump.
AeroGunz
“Hitori no Shita - The Outcast” is what happens when You have too many ideas, don’t know how to prioritise them so You just throw everything at the wall to see what sticks. Spoiler alert! Nothing did. There isn’t much to say about the plot itself. There hardly is any. We follow Chou Soran on his journey to… nothing to be honest. For all of the show he doesn’t have any kind of goal. He’s just there to react to what’s happening to him and around him. He’s the worst kind of protagonist - passive. For most of the time he talks big but rarely he is ableto put his money where his mouth is, and the moments he is able to rise up to the occasion… he does so by pulling a new technique out of his ass. No build up, no prior training shown, nothing. He just has this skill that could have been useful a few episodes prior but he only just now remembered about it.
His companion Fuu Houhou isn’t much better. Granted she doesn’t pull new techniques all the time but she suffers from Superman syndrome. There are no stakes in her fights. In a fight there is no one who can hurt her without a really pathetic excuse. Even then she just walks it off. Now don’t get me wrong, those types of characters can work. The aforementioned Superman has some really good runs when he struggles, suffers and You just can’t get enough of the high stake non-combat conflict You witness. The writer knew about this. Towards the end we get some info about Fuu’s past that’s there to make her a more tragic heroine and show her suffering. Too bad the writer lacks the skill to write something like this and what we get is lazy and pathetic.
As this is categorised as a martial arts anime I was hoping for some gorgeous fight choreography and long fights that challenge fighters to their limits. Yeah… I was dumb for expecting that. There is only one fight that’s not a pathetic copout and it’s pretty much in episode 4, on top of that it doesn’t even last 3 minutes. If You are a fan of martial arts animes You’ll gonna have blue balls during this show. There are no good fights in it.
The whole show is just Soran getting pulled towards different organisations that have a massive boner to get him to join them. They use a wide array of methods from temptation, threats and even some more… carnal methods.
There is no way to sugar coat it. This show is bad.
Writing - bad.
Fight choreography - bad.
Art style - bad (for most of the time, there are some moments that it’s pretty nice. Nice, not good).
Characters - Bad
I saw very few shows that are worse than this and the fact that I have seen something worse allows me go give this show a high 4 as a score.
yontouryuu
HUMOR - it has some funny slapstick moments, but they're added in awkwardly, totally disrupting the build-up of tension sometimes. I don't think this series is as bad as some people think, because I don't think it takes itself too seriously. I mean, Dumbledore and Snape show up in the second season randomly with no explanation. PLOT - the only interesting thing about the plot is wanting to find out about Houhou's past. They keep inventing random reasons to push back the reveal, ie that Soran has to be the next Tenshi. It's predictable though. CHARACTER - I did like the MC a bit inthe beginning, but it quickly devolved into him somehow being way trickier than everyone else and powering up suddenly, and everyone around him either despising him or remarking on how amazing he is. The same thing that happens in a lot of shows with good premises, like Darwin's Game and cough cough SAO. As for the other characters, what of them. Houhou is cool of course. It's pretty neat to see people underestimate her and then she's way stronger than the MC.
FIGHTS - They do have a tournament at one point (season 2) and throw some brand new randos together to fight without giving any of them a motive, other than to be wowed by the powers of the ones with a backstory.
ANIMATION - uhm ok this doesn't really have any redeeming qualities. The 3D animation was sometimes just so bad.
OVERALL - not bad as an anime to watch while I'm doing something else. I did keep watching to find out about Houhou, so it's at the very least compelling.
shintai88
Ok. The first you must know is that the original Chinese version is a lot better. The main reason is its uncut and uncensored. There is also the small aspects like accent that comes into play that help people understand the region they are in. But most importantly there are keys scenes that the Japanese miss out. The story starts and develops in an abrupt manner, with a grave robbing which introduces us to our two main characters Zhang Chouran and Fang Baobao who have a weird chemistry and relationship. Both of each work quite well as individual characters. The story is convoluted in the sense theplot and the story slowly unravels itself from grave robbing to the world of Chinese martial arts and secret societies and its many secrets and unexplained mysteries.
Both dubs do a good job in bringing the characters alive, but as I mentioned there are nuances that the Japanese could not translate or adapt to. The story also is lacking in the Japanese version, I assume because they had to air it they had to remove the blood and gore, there are also some key fight scenes that are noticeably missing from the Japanese version that are relevant to the last few episodes of this season, but also some other key scenes in the final episode.
Art is anime but with distinct Chinese art style that you won't find in anime or manga, noticeably its the facial animations and features that appear. The fights are also well done, not great, but to par. The cut scenes I mentioned are worth seeing mainly cause they show as side of Baobao that you would never see otherwise, and it will bring you to understand her character more.
Sound, now this is were there is a noticeable difference, one is that the Chinese voices sometimes can be drowned out by the background sound or music. Where as the Japanese dub comes out clear at every turn.
The background noises you will notice in the Chinese dub are lacking consistency and quality. for example the sound for pouring a drink or a syringe falling to the floor don't match expectations.
The one noticeable difference is that the final episode in the Chinese version is based in Guangzhou, where the dialect is predominantly Cantonese. Which is different from the Mandarin that is present in every episode. The Cantonese dub was well done and gave the characters present their uniqueness. For those who grew up in Hong Kong, there are probably a few familiar voices in the dub, and also there are some local culture references like a canto pop singers name and song, giving us a timeline.
To be honest just this alone is worth a watch but the fact its a Baobao key scene makes it a must watch if you love Baobao's character.
The opening music and ending music for both is different. Chinese is more folk song before rock enters. and Japanese is usual Japanese opening style.
I personally have held back from watching this, due to the fact no one bothered to sub the Chinese version. I eventually gave in, and just watched the Chinese version one episode at a time and than watched the Japanese episode after to see if I understood the context of it. This is one of the reasons I noticed the differences right away. But I reckon this is a way to enjoy both versions. The new and unfamiliar Chinese voice acting. And than the familiar voices of Japanese voice actors.
I also appreciate the fact the Japanese dubbed one of the folk songs that appears in the anime. I would recommend you to give it a try.
Chinese animation still has its rawness to it, but its interesting to see it improve over time.
Also at the end of the last episode for the original Chinese dub was an advert for a new Chinese anime similar to dead man wonderland but different. Now if only someone can tell me what it is.
