ChäoS;Child Episode 0

I understand why this recap had to be 23 minutes, the point was to understand the artificial earthquake and how chaos children were created, establish the idea of delusions being able to physically affect reality, and New Gen, but I do wish it was a 40 something minute recap that covered the final chapter too. I don’t really think there would be anything wrong with showing it, those who were going to read Chaos;Child likely came from Chaos;Head, and those who left the recap without having read or watched Chaos;Head are going to be confused, they’ll want to know more about Shogun and the New GenKillers, Norose isn’t even present. And showing Momose and Ban would have been nice considering she’s in Chaos;Child. Thankfully, the atmosphere is great, and it makes me believe a new Chaos;Head anime really could work, the animation and seeing all the Chaos;Head characters in a new anime style is amazing, they all look amazing! Takumi’s voice actor was great since the script allowed him to replicate his social anxiety that Takumi has in the game. I enjoyed this recap, I have not even read or watched Chaos;Child yet, I just wanted to watch this after playing the Chaos;Head visual novel.

Honestly this was a pretty good episode for what it's meant to be, a short recap of Chaos;head so that some of the important events from it are in your mind before seeing Chaos;child, which revolves heavily around the events from Chaos;head. Obviously this recap leaves out a lot, including many characters, di-swords and more. That said, it's a one episode recap. It's not presenting itself as anything else, and it's not meant to retell the entire story of Chaos;head. Because of that, I really don't have that many big problems with it. We all wish it was longer and didn't leave out as manydetails, but no one should really expect that much of it. It's a solid recap that gives most of the information that you really "need" before seeing Chaos;child. For that reason I don't hate this episode at all and I recommend watching it if you want to watch the Chaos;child anime, there's really no downside to it. Obviously if you want the full story for both Chaos;child and Chaos;head just read the VNs though.

Forty hour visual novel? Hold my beer. Chaos;Child Episode 0 is the attempt to squeeze the story of a visual novel into not only an anime, but one animated special lasting a total of 23 minutes. Visual novels are a special medium due to the amount of information you have about the protagonist, seeing as you can literally read their thoughts. Chaos;Head is a visual novel about the protagonist and his thoughts. When you take out the thoughts, you're left with a (literally) nonsensical story with an unreliable narrator for a protagonist. While it doesn't amount to anything special, those who have already consumed the visual novelmay find enjoyment in this like I did. It's fun to see characters you've spent so much time with as 2d sprites in a fully animated world, even if the story is worse. Not the ideal way to expose yourself to Science Adventure, however surprisingly fun to watch if you've seen most of what the series has to offer.