CATDOLL: The new animation of "God Eater" has received rave reviews. Is the heart-wrenching plot the king?

The follow-up animation of "God Eater" began airing in March. In the latest 10th episode, the protagonist Soragi Renka's flashbacks made the audience sigh, and also made this work jump from a criticized "bad work" to a work with a highly praised rate.

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The 10th episode of the anime "God Eater" mainly tells the story of the protagonist, Soragi Renka, before he became a "God Machine User". According to the setting, he was an abandoned orphan, and was later adopted by his adoptive parents and sister. During the days when he was hunted by the "Aragami", Renka and his family depended on each other for survival. Unfortunately, his adoptive parents and sister died one after another, and the great pain deepened his hatred for the "Aragami". Among them, the love of his sister Soragi Iroha for Renka and the final suicide plot formed a great contrast, which was unacceptable for a while. This plot became the biggest tear point in the 10th episode.

God Eater Episode 10

Although the 10th episode of "God Eater" brought many viewers to tears, it was still criticized as a "bad work" before that. The Japanese animation production company "ufotable" is famous for its exquisite paintings. The magnificent "Fate/stay night UBW" was produced by Ufotable. But since the production and broadcast of "God Eater" in July last year, this work has been receiving negative reviews. The reason is that there was a deviation in the production progress. In order to make up for the blank period, the production team forced the broadcast of "special programs", which delayed the plot again and again, and the audience was disgusted with it. This work was supposed to be broadcast before October, but the forced insertion of special programs caused it to be cut short, and the remaining 10 to 13 episodes had to be postponed to March this year.

Looking back at the results of the opinion poll on the first nine episodes of "God Eater" broadcast on Nico Nico Douga, it can be seen that its popularity is simply terrible.

1 means very good, 5 means very bad

From the statistics, we can see that the number of viewers who chose 1 (very good) rarely exceeded 60%. Even the most popular episode 3 had a favorable rate of less than 80%. On average, the overall good rating was only 56.07%.

After the recent broadcast of the 10th episode of "God Eater", the number of viewers who chose "very good" was as high as 92.8%! Since the 10th episode revealed the tragic past of the protagonist, Soragi Renka, after watching this episode, re-watching the previous stories will also give you different feelings.

God Eater Episode 10 has a 90% positive rating on NICONICO

Some viewers also pointed out that this is the so-called "Den-Yūden" phenomenon. The full name of "Den-Yūden" is "The Legend of the Legendary Heroes", and the TV animation started in 2010. Due to various reasons, the evaluation of this work was not high at the beginning, just like the "God Eater" mentioned above. Many dissatisfied viewers chose to abandon the show, and the audience group lost a lot. Just when the industry almost concluded that "Den-Yūden" was a "bad work", the evaluation of the next few episodes suddenly became high. The reason is that those who continue to follow the show are almost all fans who will give high evaluations, thus forming a gap in evaluation.

After adding the heart-wrenching drama, the praise rate jumped up. Is it true that tear-jerking is the best plot? After following the old path of "Legend of the Brave", can "God Eater" also make a comeback? Let's wait and see the update of the remaining three episodes.

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