It was super strange getting into anime when darling in the franxx was airing. I didn't watch it and only heard about mostly zero two from outside. Hearing only bits and pieces about it made it seem like the wildest thing ever
The best way to explain Darling in the FranXX is to understand that Nishigori only wrote the first 15 episodes. He turned the writing duties over to his co-director for the second half of the show. That's why the direction changes so drastically from fucusing on the characters to focusing on the mecha battles. I will always believe that DarliFra should have ended with the revelation of VIRM's true identify and the end of Season 1, and the introduction of the Klaxosaur Princess. Season 2 could havr then picked up the story with a new focus, and started developing the secondary characters. With more time to work on the writing and build up to the ending, it wouldn't have been so overwhelming. I think it's also important to note that the relationship between Mitsuru and Kokoro is as important as the relationship between Hiro and Zero Two. While the first half of the story is sbout the metaphor of the Franxx being a stand-in for sex, the second half drops that metaphor, and has Kokoro wanting to start a family in a totally literal and physical sense. Zero Two even admits that she cannot have children, and so the Klaxosaur form of connection is the only one she can have with Hiro.
I actually found something out. Technically, Zero Two might not literally be unable to have children. It could either be A. She was fed a lie by APE so she wouldn't get distracted or B. because she is mistaken that since klaxo-sapiens can't reproduce, then she can't. However, canonically, the pair who controls the mecha have to have functioning fertile genitals, and therefore she would be incorrect in that sense. It could also just be that she associates having children with being human, like how she associated marriage with being human. Otherwise, another theory I've heard people talk about is that she might just not be able to reproduce with normal humans. Being half klaxosaur, it could mean that she just needs another half-klaxo hybrid person (Which is what hiro becomes since he ingested zero twos blood during childhood). However, these are just theories I've heard so take them with a HEAVY grain of salt
I don't think the shows 'revelations' could ever have been satisfying given how much of a rip off of Evangelion it is, without an original twist it was doomed from the start.
@@kennethferland5579 I think the "twist", if you can call it that, is that Evangelion strongly implies that all relationships are toxic, and will lead to disaster, while DarliFra takes the approach that communication can repair even a toxic relationship, if those involved are willing to take responsibility for their actions. Of course Evangelion is not telling the same story as DarliFra. It has a different point to make with its ending.
Darling, in the Franxx was my first ever anime, shit had me questioning why I never gave anime a try earlier than realized a few months later that apparently everyone hated it
it was amazing until they decided to introduce.. space triangles? then they just decided to go full "trigger pulls the trigger" on the show and well.. we all know what happened
The ending of the show with the tree broke me, I had a crisis it made me think even though the two main characters risked their lives to save everything they looked almost as if they were forgotten by the time the “reincarnations” of the characters met, that scene is what made me really think about the finite reality of life
I dont think they were forgotten. I think at one point in the final episode they talk about how that book that Zero Two made was shown to every kid in the future so they could know of Zero Two and Hiro's story.
Trigger also created Cyberpunk Edgerunners. I definitely think that the mistakes that they faced repercussions in DITF for, they made up for in CPE, which won anime of the year (top 10 all time btw)
Glad you got the video back up. In my experience, appeals don’t work very well and it’s generally best to just tweak the video and reupload it, as much as it may suck.
I saw a comment about game of thrones that said that the series was like the best tub of ice cream you ever had and then there's a dead rat in the end. That's what happened in this show as well.
i sewed a zero two body suit from scratch back then and it was the hardest thing ive ever done. cosplayers are on another level, ive never been to a real con but looking at the construction of some of these costumes is ridiculous.
I guess I'm not the only one who thinks the series should've ended at ep. 15. The finale of the wedding episode could've been a great way to continue the theme of humanity, from learning about it to being forced to fight for it - the cast rebelling, going full Johnny Silverhand mode in a suicide mission against their overlords to give themselves and the mankind a chance at freedom. However that would end is another thing, but it'd be a hell of a lot better than the silly ayyliens shit the creators actually went with. At the very least in the manga they were smart enough to simplify the ending, completely cut the space battle and all the goofy shit that came with it and sort of minimize the damage it did in the anime.
Futoshi: Hey Kokoro, do you remember that time when… Past Futoshi: Promise we’ll be partners forever? Past Kokoro: I promise we’ll be partners forever! Kokoro: Nope! Futoshi: But that was literally five minutes ago! Kokoro: Oh yeah… Of course we’ll be partners forever. Futoshi: Phew, For a second I was afraid that- Kokoro: Hey Mitsuru, wanna be my partner? Futoshi in the distance: Kokoro, what the fu
I literally stopped watching after the wedding episode. Something came up in my life at the time as the show was being released. After I remembered the show and went back to watch the rest of it, but I was involved in the community so I saw all the hate for it, and never bothered to finish it. Honestly it holds such a beautiful place in my heart. Watching this video was the first time I learned about KIRM and I was always curious about "papa" and the other things they didn't fully explain. But there's this uncanny valley for me with the show. The feeling of having a childhood friend who calls me "darling" but my memories were ereased so I can't remember her.... gives me chills.... it's so familiar yet I can't remember it. Breaks me sometimes. Especially the way 02 is like a glitch in the matrix of the "perfect" world. Almost like glitch in Wreck it Ralph which had a similar feeling. The "problem" that we are is our "humanity" but also our greatest power. fks me up real good.
Bro you have captured all my feelings about this anime perfectly in one video. I too watched it at a similar time in my life and this is very close to how I felt. Great video dude you will do big things
This video got me into Darling in the Franxx. I've always kind of known it, but never watched it. Now, thanks to you. I did. And man.. It's both beautiful. And a rollercoaster ride in the end. Thank you for an amazing experience. And giving me the thought of "Hey, I should actually look at this. And then continue on with this video once I'm done."
Watching it in 2024, it hit so much harder than it did back then: especially as a father of 3 kids when I had none at the time and wasn’t even married then.
@ I was probably 27 when I watched it the first time, now I’m 33. Not a great difference, but being male, I definitely feel like I have matured greatly between now and then, especially in values. But I like your question.
Just rewatched again after years. I wish i could see them reunite and slowly regain their memories. So far into the future too so they can witness what their old friends accomplished and find things their friends left for when they return as everyone will have read the book about them
Darling in the Franxx: „I am an emotional mecha anime, about what it means to be human. Whit deep characters, and dramatic development!” Neon Genesis Evangelion: “Am I a joke to you?”
Now, I know I'm reaching a bit far here, but if anybody here liked Darling in the FranXX's premise, but was disappointed by the anime, I highly suggest you read "Iron Widow" by Xiran Jay Zhao. The book is great, there's mechs aplenty, no beating about the bush whatsoever and she's even stated that she was inspired by this anime series.
Great video. Darling in The FranXX was one of the greatest things I ever saw until that ending, when it became everything I didn't want it to be. I will eternally cherish 4/5 of that series, and I will always be yearning to strike those ending episodes from my memory. If I could Homura tf outta time, I'd do all I could to have the final arc of Darling actually make fucking sense, and be relevant to the rest of the series.
+ Trigun's premise of humanity surviving on a scorched world only around magical reactors that burn alien lifeforce for fuel, and the aliens having a problem with that
@@mddavids8778yes, inspiration is paying homage. plagiarism is ripping some scenes, plotlines straight from the source and slapping some doggy style on top
first started watching this video with the mindset "eh, i'm not that into mecha, but i AM curious about how this one got so big, guess i'll watch the video", but now that ive teached the halfway point, i'm genuinely considering watching at least a bit of the show. so sadly, i am not finishing this video right now, but in a sense, getting a new pair of eyes on the show might be a better outcome in your eyes :) great video, korbro!
To be completely honest, I've got a lot to say about the show and my history with it. So the comment writing space we all got in this section isn't gonna be enough :D I suppose I'mma dedicate a video to it as well. P.s. I know I'm VERY late to the party, mainly cuz I got the video in my feed just now (we don't talk about it), but...I love the video, Kor. It's well written and focuses on some of the most important points of the show. Also, I feel the same pain as you on the fill footage. I used to be an AMV editor, so...yeah...Trigger/A1 didn't like the idea of some of the scenes being on TH-cam. Even if they fall under the ,,fair use,, section of article 13 for copyright. If you still read this comment, despite how long and shitty it is, I appreciate it
Darling in the franxx will always have a special place in my heart. Was my first conscious anime since i didn't know what anime was when i watched Inazuma Eleven. I was so shocked to find out it's hated. Also a cherry on top about the ending 4 that plays when Hiro gets his memories back is the fact that the voice actress of Zero Two is the one singing it
My guy... the twist is the exact same as Gurren Lagann. Bad guy was defending Earth from an even worse threat all along and when humans beat him passes the torch on to them.
Bro this video had me going crazy, I was mad, happy and sad. But you did an excellent job of describing Darling in the Franxx and what makes the anime just so amazing despite some of the conflicting plots and pacing which was 100% intentional.
Somewhere at 27:36 I realized that the main plot twist just flew by me when I've been watching the show... or my brain decided to forget it for some reason.
I never understood why people hate on it. I get that it might be wrongly paced, too fast, thus confusing because of a lack of backstory, but I don’t agree with what he says in the video, it still aligns with the character builds. The end is great, actually great, not happy just for the sake of having a good ending but still happy because of the last scene. And if you don’t like this, just read the manga and get the happy ending you wanted. This show is a masterpiece, and it’s not a mech anime, it’s a life anime. The whole build up, and for me, the most important part of the story, is the Jian. In China, JianJian is a name you’d use to say to a couple, meaning lovebirds. It’s originated from Chinese mythology and it has only one eye, and one wing and you know the rest… What I found that made DitF and the ending most beautiful was this : There is famous sentence in a famouse ancient poem "* 天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝"（"On high, we'd be two lovebirds flying wing to wing; On earth, two trees with branches twined from spring to spring." ) Two headed Bird and Sakura tree! This is what the whole thing was written about, and from the start. So I’m sorry, but despite a few incoherences, it’s done an INSANE job at coming to this conclusion. And that’s why it’s been my favorite anime, I’m not scared to say it!
I didn’t dislike the ending either, so I can agree with you a bit. I also think the ending ending scene wasn’t the problem. It was episode 18-24, not that part of episode 25. It’s great to see them together after all that time again, see the real conection they had led them there, the concept with the bird and tree and all, and I think if that scene hadn’t been added we really would have crashed at the anime. I would have hated it with all my guts at least, and given it a 5/10 instead of the 9/10 i consider it till this date. But I think for most of us The problem is the pacing. You make people uncomfortable and really confused when you throw so many problems and concepts at the same time at them, change completely the whole mood from mecha to an alien invasion all in 1 or 2 episodes without giving a hint before. The director cut off a lot of content that we could have seen from it too, so he literally made impossible for us to enjoy more content about it (like a season 2, ova, or whatever…) and it really seems like he didn’t know where to go. It’s simplicity that makes a story great, so even if you have 10 good ideas, as soon as you mix them and make the whole thing confusing, you are killing your story
Do you understand the concept that people don't like the 2nd half of the anime beyond the idea of having a "happy ending"? and that the anime isn't "Perfect"? Because it isn't. You like it great, stop acting like everyone else has to find it that way because YOU do, The story became insanely off-track on the 2nd half.
6:05 the Kokoro subplot is the humanity subplot that makes this all a dystopian anime. She wants a baby, but they’re not allowed to have babies because they are “evolved” away from procreating. The aliens (the VIRM) have propagandized and forced humanity into controlled population parameters to control and later absorb the earth. They erase Kokoro’s memories and allow her to keep the baby while she goes through pregnancy not knowing that she is pregnant or anything at all about pregnancy. The father doesn’t even know he’s the father, another ignorant/innocent teenager like her. All of humanity is in limbo because of the claxosaurs fighting the aliens. Kokoro represents the new “Eve” for the new world and 02 essentially represents the “Eve” of the world in transition.
Great video! You gained a new sub, I can't forgive this show for the emotional turmoil it just put me through! I only started watching anime last year so I just experienced this shit storm of a show and I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my grievances with its conclusion. I just read the manga and I wish I had stopped the anime at episode 15 and finished it with the manga because the manga is just infinitely better in its conclusion though I think the better villain should have been APE but meh Thank you for this video.
Darling in the franxx is probably the only anime I will watch because it tells it's story without tons of filler unlike other shows I watched when I was like 11.
woah bro, this video is amazing. i even thought youd have like 1m subs. great job, and you were right about creating this channel being your best decision so far. congrats and i hope you have sucess.
darling in the franxx was the second anime i ever watched. I watched it back in june 2018 and it absolutely blew my mind. I totally fell in love with anime after that and even tho objectively its not the best anime i ever watched its my favourite anyway cause i f love it and 2018 was the best time of my life. I get so much nostalgie from it its painful. I wish i could discover it all over again. I think this anime got so much hate because people didnt undestand its true meaning. Its not about mechas its about humanity. Of course i could go even deeper into that but its a youtube comment lol
Good work dude! Great video essay. First time watching your vid and youre good. I remember watching this and being crushed how it turned into a whole new show in 2 episodes. The first arcs are great and it should've just ended there. This is a common theme in anime and shows. Didnt know when to stop while they were ahead. Glad this was your first anime! I could see the care you had in talking about this anime. One piece was my first when it was introduced on 4kids lol it's just special to me no matter any criticism it gets. It's unnecessarily long but I've cried so many times while watching the heart of the anime
I was riding the Franxx roller coaster live. Nothing has been or will ever be quite like it. What a wild time. Like a 3 course meal with good appetizers, amazing entrees but shit dessert.
02 was what got me into anime for the first time, and im ngl i was obsessed with 02 as a character, first time i ever was that interested into anything anime related, tho i found out it was disliked later, it still holds a special place in my heart
I was there tuning in when it aired. The ending was super confusing and a total rollercoaster yhe first time arround. Upon rewatching it, however, it becomes much clearer. Since the first time i watched it i grew up a lot; I was single back then freshly in college and really quite immature. rewatching it with my fiance after several years of adult life really gave me a different perspective on the show and jts deeper meanings. Having grown a lot in the years between watches i realized that dispite the fantastic setting and big fights and twists and turns the show was trying to tell an incredibly grounded story. Its about how messy relationships can be, all the pain and heartache and joy and frustration that comes with a real relationship. Its about the uncertainty of the future, being scared and vulnerable to the one special person that you chose and who chose you. It's about unrequited love, and the pain that goes with it. Maturing and falling down and getting up again and changing. At its core it's about how important that one human connection is, and how everyone has their own struggle to find it. It may feel like insanity when you're going through the worst of it, but remember the Jian. The one winged bird cannot fly on its own. Just because you haven't found your other half doesn't mean you won't ever. The ending is bittersweet. You are a team with your spouse fighting the world, trying to survive for each other and for the relationship. And sometimes the world fights back harder than you can and it's tragic and sad and messy and meaningless. But it's not always about the final victory. Even if you lose, you can still have won. Just like we love those who we have lost, the story you leave behind vindicates you in all of the time you spent with that one special person. The good, bad, and ugly all culminating into your cumulative affect on the world. The ending is sad and its bittersweet, but what happened after the ending redeems it. Even if it took hundreds of thousands of years, you still won. The show had a rather succinct ending, I thought. In it's final episode it went far beyond the characters we knew, showing us glipses of the people they became, and then farther beyond that. The love that was fated in 02 and Hiro finally had it's time in the sun. And it didn't show us anything more than the short exchange of words and eyes and meaning between the two of them because that's not what it was about. It was never ultimately about showing the minutia and detail of these two peoples messy lives, or the perfect iteration they attained after the world went on long after they died. We saw a glimpse, a snapshot of the beautiful moment that started everything, the single point in the children's lives from which everything else unfolds. But we as the viewers are not entitled to see that. That privilege is for them alone, as is my privilege to share my life with the woman I love and nobody else, as is everyone's privilege to do the same. The story of the two perfect children goes on, unseen to anyone but themselves. And that uncertainty we experience as viewers is beautiful.
I honestly had Darling in the Franxx in my watchlist for years but never got past the second episode in my previous starts of the series until this year and I must say. Even as a first binge watch recently it will forever be one of my favorite anime's of all time. I guess I just have a thing for darker themed anime's but it was also just a perfect blend of wholesomeness and had a philosophical theme about what it means to be human, what it means to experience emotions, and to find love, etc. Where we also get to see what the absence of embracing those key points of humanity and compassion can lead to in a sci-fi extreme way.
my first anime with the romance genre ngl. i loved it why.... this has to be my favourite anime thogh. and this also summed up why i loved it though. thanks man
Honestly i liked the alien invasion but by god it didnt make sense. It woulda been cool asf if it were set up like...at all. I feel like they needed another couple seasons to set it up. Also the zero 2 becoming a giant robot thing was beyond screwed up.
No other anime in my life time has had this much of a run on the internet. January 2018 came and for the next six months, the memes and the GIFs and the Discords were just covered in it. Even my good friend changed his main name to Darling. He has still kept that name to this day.
Honestly man, I love this show still. Even though the ending was a diversion I still love the entire show and though I don’t watch anime anymore this was my first and it had a massive impact on me, it’s the only title I can actually remember off the top of my head 😂. Great analysis tho well done mate.
Episode 15 of darling in the franxx was one of the greatest anime episodes I ever watched.This anime was so emotional I wish it didn’t end.I go back and watch the anime every year.
Long story short: 02 is the character that attracted me into anime Honestly tho, 02 was the first anime lookin character that i saw a lot on the internet without watching anime, back in 2020 when I finnaly decidet to look what is all this anime thing about I was searching specific for "anime with pink haired character" By accydent ended up wathing "kaguya-sama love is war" after this I found "Darling in the franxx" and now I am into anime culture. It's crazy how only one well marked character can involve people to discover something new
I wanted the anime to last longer, this anime has a whole place in my heart. Whenever i remember this anime makes me devastated, knowing its really done
Hey dude, Liked the video. This is the first anime I ever watched and the only anime i ever truly got into. I first watched it 4 years ago, and I was hooked to it. I cant even explain how deeply this show has effected me, and the funny part is I have no idea how! I guess it's nice to see other people havent moved on from this absolute masterpiece. It just leaves an emptiness inside you and you feel something insanely deep hit your heart Im not completely sure if it's just me though, but nevertheless I love this showwwe (I totally simp over zero two 😂)
Hey guys, my original upload which I posted this morning got claimed and blocked, and after much thought and struggle I just decided it would be better to reupload. Sorry to those of you who got the notification twice, but reuploading or getting blocked tends to hurt the video a lot, so I would really appreciate it if you could share, comment or engage with the video in any way 🙏 Besides all that, thanks for watching, this video was probably one of the hardest I ever made, but I also tried and experimented with a lot of new things and overall for a month of work on top of final exams for my college, I'm pretty proud of it! I hope you enjoyed it too.
I think this is totally underrated video, but really only 22K views on a masterpiece like this? Even though I'm 6 months after upload I still hope that this video will make it to atleast 100K and your content overall is a lot underrated. You definitely gained a new subscriber - me >:)
Man I remember when I watched this anime 2 years ago . I got depressed for 4 days . This was the first anime I watched so deeply and tried to understand everything. And the fact that this anime represents the humans so well is just crazy because you never know there could be a future where we would live like that . This anime wasn't just About the pink girl and our main character. This anime was about us about emotions about what it means to be a human . I was quite sad to know that so many People just hate this anime because of the first few episodes and the ending. The ending in my opinion was alright. But the hate is forced
Just finished it a few days ago, thinking it would help with the heartbreak Akame ga kill left aaaand it left a very different heartbreak, still I pretty much love this anime even its ending.
Darling in the franxx was one of the first animes I watched, one of my friend told me to watch it when I was 15 cause he had just watched it the last weekend so I gave it a tried and I also finished it in 2 days, this show litteraly gave me trauma, I didn't think I could feel so many emotions after watching it, it's probably because it was one of the first animes I watch, but still.
When zero two and Hiro remembered their past as children then they looked at each other crying at the end of episode 15 that moment kept me crying and I am 26 years old , that shows u how this anime despises his floughs it's still very emotional, man I wish they feature zero two in another anime or if they can renew the series from the manga because the anime's ending can't allow for continuation, also this anime is now stuck in my head for weeks I can't stop thinking about zero two and her love to Hiro after episode 15 ofcorese and her saying darling to him , I literally cry when I remember some scenes , I just wanted to share my feeling man maybe that will make me feel better because after finishing it something in me is touched for ever ❤
Watching the episodes as they came out on Crunchyroll and drawing fanarts with my friend was indeed an experience back in my anime days. Still glad people remember It in a good light, despite the flaws following the finale. Great video 🫶🏻💖
It was super strange getting into anime when darling in the franxx was airing. I didn't watch it and only heard about mostly zero two from outside. Hearing only bits and pieces about it made it seem like the wildest thing ever
Same same. It's a wild introduction for sure 😂
It was my first anime....
The story is basically Elfen Lied in the future. lol
Darling in the franxx isnt as bad as elfen lied@@saesang352
I found my long lost brothers! It's also my first anime ever!
(Tbh it was weird but at least the end made me drop 1 tear)
The best way to explain Darling in the FranXX is to understand that Nishigori only wrote the first 15 episodes. He turned the writing duties over to his co-director for the second half of the show. That's why the direction changes so drastically from fucusing on the characters to focusing on the mecha battles.
I will always believe that DarliFra should have ended with the revelation of VIRM's true identify and the end of Season 1, and the introduction of the Klaxosaur Princess. Season 2 could havr then picked up the story with a new focus, and started developing the secondary characters. With more time to work on the writing and build up to the ending, it wouldn't have been so overwhelming.
I think it's also important to note that the relationship between Mitsuru and Kokoro is as important as the relationship between Hiro and Zero Two. While the first half of the story is sbout the metaphor of the Franxx being a stand-in for sex, the second half drops that metaphor, and has Kokoro wanting to start a family in a totally literal and physical sense. Zero Two even admits that she cannot have children, and so the Klaxosaur form of connection is the only one she can have with Hiro.
I actually found something out. Technically, Zero Two might not literally be unable to have children. It could either be A. She was fed a lie by APE so she wouldn't get distracted or B. because she is mistaken that since klaxo-sapiens can't reproduce, then she can't. However, canonically, the pair who controls the mecha have to have functioning fertile genitals, and therefore she would be incorrect in that sense. It could also just be that she associates having children with being human, like how she associated marriage with being human. Otherwise, another theory I've heard people talk about is that she might just not be able to reproduce with normal humans. Being half klaxosaur, it could mean that she just needs another half-klaxo hybrid person (Which is what hiro becomes since he ingested zero twos blood during childhood). However, these are just theories I've heard so take them with a HEAVY grain of salt
in short, they really should have broken down the story in more episodes
I don't think the shows 'revelations' could ever have been satisfying given how much of a rip off of Evangelion it is, without an original twist it was doomed from the start.
@@kennethferland5579 I think the "twist", if you can call it that, is that Evangelion strongly implies that all relationships are toxic, and will lead to disaster, while DarliFra takes the approach that communication can repair even a toxic relationship, if those involved are willing to take responsibility for their actions.
Of course Evangelion is not telling the same story as DarliFra. It has a different point to make with its ending.
@@richardryley3660 How the hell did you get that message from eva bro ToT
"You no longer have the need for human contact. You simlpy EXIST." Why did bro violate me like that
darling in the franxx - 2018, existencialism - 1800's. start reading to avoid further violations...
Darling, in the Franxx was my first ever anime, shit had me questioning why I never gave anime a try earlier than realized a few months later that apparently everyone hated it
it is basicly a bad copy of one of the best anime of all time: Neon Genesis Evangelion.
It was great until the ending.
The robot part is great, the non-robot part was the most atrocious thing to ever come out of anime.
@@MMK-MIKA Well considering Franxx and evangelion both had the worst endings imaginable id say it was a perfect copy.
it was amazing until they decided to introduce.. space triangles? then they just decided to go full "trigger pulls the trigger" on the show and well.. we all know what happened
The ending of the show with the tree broke me, I had a crisis it made me think even though the two main characters risked their lives to save everything they looked almost as if they were forgotten by the time the “reincarnations” of the characters met, that scene is what made me really think about the finite reality of life
I haven't rewatched the show because I went through some real suffering towards the middle and ending there. God that tree is burned into my retinas
@@captainforrix956 yeah it’s wild how something that simple was so insane
then AOT copied it hahaha
true dat
I dont think they were forgotten. I think at one point in the final episode they talk about how that book that Zero Two made was shown to every kid in the future so they could know of Zero Two and Hiro's story.
Trigger also created Cyberpunk Edgerunners. I definitely think that the mistakes that they faced repercussions in DITF for, they made up for in CPE, which won anime of the year (top 10 all time btw)
No wonder why I love the anime so much! Amazing!
top 10 is SUPER stretch
Top 10 is a stretch but I really enjoyed it!
The soundtrack is legit one of, if not the best I have heard. The piano and violin, the intense tracks, and of course, vanquish.
Wow the man behind the korbro channel turns out to be an absolute baddie
😳
Girl, why have you waited a year to shoot your shot?
this video is criminally underrated, keep up the good work man 🤞
Glad you got the video back up. In my experience, appeals don’t work very well and it’s generally best to just tweak the video and reupload it, as much as it may suck.
Thanks man. Yeah it sucks but luckily it happened before the big wave of views came in 👍
Saw this when I was in the fifth grade and I’m pretty sure it’s why I’m like this now
LOL real
fatal
nah, more like u r like that bc ur parent's upbringin in ur first years of life. u're welcome
@@LucianoD.OcampoPelli Weirdo
I saw a comment about game of thrones that said that the series was like the best tub of ice cream you ever had and then there's a dead rat in the end. That's what happened in this show as well.
the manga ending is much better
@@FutureDragon what?
@spectorjz4447 if I remember correctly it ends before the giant hand breaks there house dome they blow up the klaxasaur "base" and that's it
Weirdly this is the show that brought me back into anime and made me into an animator myself. Pretty strange to think about
i sewed a zero two body suit from scratch back then and it was the hardest thing ive ever done. cosplayers are on another level, ive never been to a real con but looking at the construction of some of these costumes is ridiculous.
I guess I'm not the only one who thinks the series should've ended at ep. 15.
The finale of the wedding episode could've been a great way to continue the theme of humanity, from learning about it to being forced to fight for it - the cast rebelling, going full Johnny Silverhand mode in a suicide mission against their overlords to give themselves and the mankind a chance at freedom. However that would end is another thing, but it'd be a hell of a lot better than the silly ayyliens shit the creators actually went with.
At the very least in the manga they were smart enough to simplify the ending, completely cut the space battle and all the goofy shit that came with it and sort of minimize the damage it did in the anime.
Futoshi: Hey Kokoro, do you remember that time when…
Past Futoshi: Promise we’ll be partners forever?
Past Kokoro: I promise we’ll be partners forever!
Kokoro: Nope!
Futoshi: But that was literally five minutes ago!
Kokoro: Oh yeah… Of course we’ll be partners forever.
Futoshi: Phew, For a second I was afraid that-
Kokoro: Hey Mitsuru, wanna be my partner?
Futoshi in the distance: Kokoro, what the fu
I literally stopped watching after the wedding episode.
Something came up in my life at the time as the show was being released.
After I remembered the show and went back to watch the rest of it, but I was involved in the community so I saw all the hate for it, and never bothered to finish it. Honestly it holds such a beautiful place in my heart. Watching this video was the first time I learned about KIRM and I was always curious about "papa" and the other things they didn't fully explain.
But there's this uncanny valley for me with the show. The feeling of having a childhood friend who calls me "darling" but my memories were ereased so I can't remember her.... gives me chills.... it's so familiar yet I can't remember it. Breaks me sometimes.
Especially the way 02 is like a glitch in the matrix of the "perfect" world. Almost like glitch in Wreck it Ralph which had a similar feeling. The "problem" that we are is our "humanity" but also our greatest power. fks me up real good.
Same here, I really felt that their story was complete at that point and thats why later episodes felt a bit weird.
It shouldn't have ended at episode 15, it just deserved better episodes after.
Its clear you put a lot of work into this. It’s a great video bro, congrats
Bro you have captured all my feelings about this anime perfectly in one video. I too watched it at a similar time in my life and this is very close to how I felt. Great video dude you will do big things
This video got me into Darling in the Franxx.
I've always kind of known it, but never watched it. Now, thanks to you. I did.
And man.. It's both beautiful. And a rollercoaster ride in the end.
Thank you for an amazing experience. And giving me the thought of "Hey, I should actually look at this. And then continue on with this video once I'm done."
Watching it in 2024, it hit so much harder than it did back then: especially as a father of 3 kids when I had none at the time and wasn’t even married then.
Time flies, but if you allow me, how old were you when you watched it and how old are you today?
@ I was probably 27 when I watched it the first time, now I’m 33.
Not a great difference, but being male, I definitely feel like I have matured greatly between now and then, especially in values. But I like your question.
and yet here i am 6 years later still hoping a season 2 would release some day even though deep down i know it wont ever happen
Just rewatched again after years. I wish i could see them reunite and slowly regain their memories. So far into the future too so they can witness what their old friends accomplished and find things their friends left for when they return as everyone will have read the book about them
@@lolkurt123it will became more hated,story is basically end so there is low chance for s2😢
Darling in the Franxx: „I am an emotional mecha anime, about what it means to be human. Whit deep characters, and dramatic development!”
Neon Genesis Evangelion: “Am I a joke to you?”
Now, I know I'm reaching a bit far here, but if anybody here liked Darling in the FranXX's premise, but was disappointed by the anime, I highly suggest you read "Iron Widow" by Xiran Jay Zhao. The book is great, there's mechs aplenty, no beating about the bush whatsoever and she's even stated that she was inspired by this anime series.
Sounds interesting!
Screenshot this to check it out later
Commenting so I remember to check this out, thanks for the recommendation!
First hundred chapters was good but it later got bad, atleast imo.
This show either you love/ like it or you hate it. For me it was one of the best I've seen. The mix of emotions is perfect.
Great video.
Darling in The FranXX was one of the greatest things I ever saw until that ending, when it became everything I didn't want it to be. I will eternally cherish 4/5 of that series, and I will always be yearning to strike those ending episodes from my memory. If I could Homura tf outta time, I'd do all I could to have the final arc of Darling actually make fucking sense, and be relevant to the rest of the series.
Darling in the Franxx is basically a group project. An Evangelion, Gurren Lagann, Pacific Rim, Gubuster/Diebuster and maybe more combined.
+ Trigun's premise of humanity surviving on a scorched world only around magical reactors that burn alien lifeforce for fuel, and the aliens having a problem with that
thats a funny way of saying its plagiarized.
@@Ivel1oss do you know the difference of inspiration and plagiarism
@@mddavids8778yes, inspiration is paying homage. plagiarism is ripping some scenes, plotlines straight from the source and slapping some doggy style on top
still my favourite anime
first started watching this video with the mindset "eh, i'm not that into mecha, but i AM curious about how this one got so big, guess i'll watch the video", but now that ive teached the halfway point, i'm genuinely considering watching at least a bit of the show.
so sadly, i am not finishing this video right now, but in a sense, getting a new pair of eyes on the show might be a better outcome in your eyes :) great video, korbro!
made me cry like a lil b last ep
Same
Oh shit thanks for the super chat
To be completely honest, I've got a lot to say about the show and my history with it.
So the comment writing space we all got in this section isn't gonna be enough :D
I suppose I'mma dedicate a video to it as well.
P.s. I know I'm VERY late to the party, mainly cuz I got the video in my feed just now (we don't talk about it), but...I love the video, Kor.
It's well written and focuses on some of the most important points of the show.
Also, I feel the same pain as you on the fill footage. I used to be an AMV editor, so...yeah...Trigger/A1 didn't like the idea of some of the scenes being on TH-cam.
Even if they fall under the ,,fair use,, section of article 13 for copyright.
If you still read this comment, despite how long and shitty it is, I appreciate it
Never watched the anime but I enjoyed this video a lot, well made, great producing, inciteful and all around an amazing video about the topic
the last few episodes got slightly confusing but the end was still so good
It’s alright and then the aliens showed up
Yup
I like how pale the color pallet is when we are around the humans, but near the mechas it seems more vibrant and alive.
You explained this so perfectly! This video is so interesting I love it! I love Darling In The Franxx too! ♥️
Darling in the franxx was my First Anime and i will never Forget it
20:53 hiro is hospitalized trigger could have remake the comatose german girl scene with reverse gender, but no😂😂 Ichigo is on the way
Darling in the franxx will always have a special place in my heart. Was my first conscious anime since i didn't know what anime was when i watched Inazuma Eleven. I was so shocked to find out it's hated. Also a cherry on top about the ending 4 that plays when Hiro gets his memories back is the fact that the voice actress of Zero Two is the one singing it
My guy... the twist is the exact same as Gurren Lagann. Bad guy was defending Earth from an even worse threat all along and when humans beat him passes the torch on to them.
Gurren lagann did it 1000x times better
@@KorbroYT yes, and i dont hate it for it.
Except in GL it wasn't a twist and it happened midway through. Remember the very first scene in the show depicts them fighting aboard cathedral terra.
Bro this video had me going crazy, I was mad, happy and sad. But you did an excellent job of describing Darling in the Franxx and what makes the anime just so amazing despite some of the conflicting plots and pacing which was 100% intentional.
He is real once again
I am in fact not Jigglypuff irl 😔
When we watched darling in the franxx, we learnt we liked romance. We just didn’t know it yet
Somewhere at 27:36 I realized that the main plot twist just flew by me when I've been watching the show... or my brain decided to forget it for some reason.
I needed this video, thank you
Np 😃
I never understood why people hate on it. I get that it might be wrongly paced, too fast, thus confusing because of a lack of backstory, but I don’t agree with what he says in the video, it still aligns with the character builds.
The end is great, actually great, not happy just for the sake of having a good ending but still happy because of the last scene. And if you don’t like this, just read the manga and get the happy ending you wanted.
This show is a masterpiece, and it’s not a mech anime, it’s a life anime.
The whole build up, and for me, the most important part of the story, is the Jian. In China, JianJian is a name you’d use to say to a couple, meaning lovebirds. It’s originated from Chinese mythology and it has only one eye, and one wing and you know the rest…
What I found that made DitF and the ending most beautiful was this :
There is famous sentence in a famouse ancient poem "*
天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝"（"On high, we'd be two
lovebirds flying wing to wing; On earth, two trees with branches twined from spring to spring." )
Two headed Bird and Sakura tree!
This is what the whole thing was written about, and from the start. So I’m sorry, but despite a few incoherences, it’s done an INSANE job at coming to this conclusion. And that’s why it’s been my favorite anime, I’m not scared to say it!
It's evangelion
I didn’t dislike the ending either, so I can agree with you a bit. I also think the ending ending scene wasn’t the problem. It was episode 18-24, not that part of episode 25. It’s great to see them together after all that time again, see the real conection they had led them there, the concept with the bird and tree and all, and I think if that scene hadn’t been added we really would have crashed at the anime. I would have hated it with all my guts at least, and given it a 5/10 instead of the 9/10 i consider it till this date.
But I think for most of us The problem is the pacing. You make people uncomfortable and really confused when you throw so many problems and concepts at the same time at them, change completely the whole mood from mecha to an alien invasion all in 1 or 2 episodes without giving a hint before. The director cut off a lot of content that we could have seen from it too, so he literally made impossible for us to enjoy more content about it (like a season 2, ova, or whatever…) and it really seems like he didn’t know where to go. It’s simplicity that makes a story great, so even if you have 10 good ideas, as soon as you mix them and make the whole thing confusing, you are killing your story
Do you understand the concept that people don't like the 2nd half of the anime beyond the idea of having a "happy ending"? and that the anime isn't "Perfect"? Because it isn't. You like it great, stop acting like everyone else has to find it that way because YOU do, The story became insanely off-track on the 2nd half.
6:05 the Kokoro subplot is the humanity subplot that makes this all a dystopian anime. She wants a baby, but they’re not allowed to have babies because they are “evolved” away from procreating. The aliens (the VIRM) have propagandized and forced humanity into controlled population parameters to control and later absorb the earth. They erase Kokoro’s memories and allow her to keep the baby while she goes through pregnancy not knowing that she is pregnant or anything at all about pregnancy. The father doesn’t even know he’s the father, another ignorant/innocent teenager like her.
All of humanity is in limbo because of the claxosaurs fighting the aliens. Kokoro represents the new “Eve” for the new world and 02 essentially represents the “Eve” of the world in transition.
thanks for the vid korbro ily
Great video! You gained a new sub, I can't forgive this show for the emotional turmoil it just put me through!
I only started watching anime last year so I just experienced this shit storm of a show and I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my grievances with its conclusion. I just read the manga and I wish I had stopped the anime at episode 15 and finished it with the manga because the manga is just infinitely better in its conclusion though I think the better villain should have been APE but meh
Thank you for this video.
Darling in the franxx is probably the only anime I will watch because it tells it's story without tons of filler unlike other shows I watched when I was like 11.
There are tons of other better anime that tell a story without filler 😭😭
@@KorbroYT tell me an anime that isn't naruto or one piece and I'll watch it
@@Friggity_Frank Gurren Lagann if you liked darling fra
@@KorbroYT k
@@Friggity_Frank evangelion, death note and cowboy bebop ezzzzz
Epic Anime loved every minute of it flaws and all! great break down dude! good luck in all your ventures!
woah bro, this video is amazing. i even thought youd have like 1m subs. great job, and you were right about creating this channel being your best decision so far. congrats and i hope you have sucess.
Sorry about the copyright and having to reload : P
+1 sub keep up the quality content
great video dude, i need this video fr
19:19 this still makes my body chill every time i see or hear it
God that Sewerslvt track hit so damn hard. Edit: nvm, you used multiple from Jvne. You're the goat.
darling in the franxx was the second anime i ever watched. I watched it back in june 2018 and it absolutely blew my mind. I totally fell in love with anime after that and even tho objectively its not the best anime i ever watched its my favourite anyway cause i f love it and 2018 was the best time of my life. I get so much nostalgie from it its painful. I wish i could discover it all over again.
I think this anime got so much hate because people didnt undestand its true meaning. Its not about mechas its about humanity. Of course i could go even deeper into that but its a youtube comment lol
nice vid man, enjoyed it all the way.
darling in the franxx was my first ever anime, its still my favorite.
This anime made me cry
Seeing people talk about getting into anime through DITF made me check my face for wrinkles
The star rail music in the background makes this so much better
this changed my whole persona for like 2 months
Sewerslvt 14 min in was a GREAT pic for music, good taste
Good work dude! Great video essay. First time watching your vid and youre good. I remember watching this and being crushed how it turned into a whole new show in 2 episodes. The first arcs are great and it should've just ended there. This is a common theme in anime and shows. Didnt know when to stop while they were ahead. Glad this was your first anime! I could see the care you had in talking about this anime. One piece was my first when it was introduced on 4kids lol it's just special to me no matter any criticism it gets. It's unnecessarily long but I've cried so many times while watching the heart of the anime
I think this video is beauitiful, the 2021/22 nostalgia hit
I was riding the Franxx roller coaster live. Nothing has been or will ever be quite like it. What a wild time. Like a 3 course meal with good appetizers, amazing entrees but shit dessert.
This is one of the realest videos ive watched
The plot hole was so Massive i don't know if we were in the writers room or in space
Time to rewatch DitF again...
Bad anime, shit taste
I watched it again 😢 and cried
Same bro😢@@deathstricker8624
02 was what got me into anime for the first time, and im ngl i was obsessed with 02 as a character, first time i ever was that interested into anything anime related, tho i found out it was disliked later, it still holds a special place in my heart
Darling in the franxx was one of my first anime, it has had me in its grasps ever since
I was there tuning in when it aired. The ending was super confusing and a total rollercoaster yhe first time arround. Upon rewatching it, however, it becomes much clearer. Since the first time i watched it i grew up a lot; I was single back then freshly in college and really quite immature.
rewatching it with my fiance after several years of adult life really gave me a different perspective on the show and jts deeper meanings. Having grown a lot in the years between watches i realized that dispite the fantastic setting and big fights and twists and turns the show was trying to tell an incredibly grounded story. Its about how messy relationships can be, all the pain and heartache and joy and frustration that comes with a real relationship. Its about the uncertainty of the future, being scared and vulnerable to the one special person that you chose and who chose you. It's about unrequited love, and the pain that goes with it. Maturing and falling down and getting up again and changing.
At its core it's about how important that one human connection is, and how everyone has their own struggle to find it. It may feel like insanity when you're going through the worst of it, but remember the Jian. The one winged bird cannot fly on its own. Just because you haven't found your other half doesn't mean you won't ever.
The ending is bittersweet. You are a team with your spouse fighting the world, trying to survive for each other and for the relationship. And sometimes the world fights back harder than you can and it's tragic and sad and messy and meaningless. But it's not always about the final victory.
Even if you lose, you can still have won. Just like we love those who we have lost, the story you leave behind vindicates you in all of the time you spent with that one special person. The good, bad, and ugly all culminating into your cumulative affect on the world. The ending is sad and its bittersweet, but what happened after the ending redeems it. Even if it took hundreds of thousands of years, you still won.
The show had a rather succinct ending, I thought. In it's final episode it went far beyond the characters we knew, showing us glipses of the people they became, and then farther beyond that. The love that was fated in 02 and Hiro finally had it's time in the sun. And it didn't show us anything more than the short exchange of words and eyes and meaning between the two of them because that's not what it was about.
It was never ultimately about showing the minutia and detail of these two peoples messy lives, or the perfect iteration they attained after the world went on long after they died. We saw a glimpse, a snapshot of the beautiful moment that started everything, the single point in the children's lives from which everything else unfolds. But we as the viewers are not entitled to see that. That privilege is for them alone, as is my privilege to share my life with the woman I love and nobody else, as is everyone's privilege to do the same. The story of the two perfect children goes on, unseen to anyone but themselves.
And that uncertainty we experience as viewers is beautiful.
it is almost 2025 and there are STILL people just now finding this absolute fucking masterpiece
Now it 2024 and this video of your make my soul happy
I think there’s a couple things that were missing in between certain parts but overall this is a really good video.
I honestly had Darling in the Franxx in my watchlist for years but never got past the second episode in my previous starts of the series until this year and I must say. Even as a first binge watch recently it will forever be one of my favorite anime's of all time. I guess I just have a thing for darker themed anime's but it was also just a perfect blend of wholesomeness and had a philosophical theme about what it means to be human, what it means to experience emotions, and to find love, etc. Where we also get to see what the absence of embracing those key points of humanity and compassion can lead to in a sci-fi extreme way.
Found an error the first 2 seconds
Darling in the franxx *IS STILL* a big deal
my first anime with the romance genre ngl. i loved it why....
this has to be my favourite anime thogh. and this also summed up why i loved it though.
thanks man
Honestly i liked the alien invasion but by god it didnt make sense. It woulda been cool asf if it were set up like...at all. I feel like they needed another couple seasons to set it up.
Also the zero 2 becoming a giant robot thing was beyond screwed up.
No other anime in my life time has had this much of a run on the internet. January 2018 came and for the next six months, the memes and the GIFs and the Discords were just covered in it. Even my good friend changed his main name to Darling. He has still kept that name to this day.
Bro I love that anime. Still one of my favorite anime’s of all time.
i miss 2018
wow amazing video!!
Honestly man, I love this show still. Even though the ending was a diversion I still love the entire show and though I don’t watch anime anymore this was my first and it had a massive impact on me, it’s the only title I can actually remember off the top of my head 😂. Great analysis tho well done mate.
y'know, my first time watching the show had me not notice the sex implications until the later episodes. my second watch though, oh god.
Episode 15 of darling in the franxx was one of the greatest anime episodes I ever watched.This anime was so emotional I wish it didn’t end.I go back and watch the anime every year.
Hold up, did I slip into an alternate dimension at some point??? NO ONE was talking about this show lol. I didn't even finish it
Long story short:
02 is the character that attracted me into anime
Honestly tho, 02 was the first anime lookin character that i saw a lot on the internet without watching anime, back in 2020 when I finnaly decidet to look what is all this anime thing about I was searching specific for "anime with pink haired character" By accydent ended up wathing "kaguya-sama love is war" after this I found "Darling in the franxx" and now I am into anime culture. It's crazy how only one well marked character can involve people to discover something new
Us bro 😂
pretty sure 90% of the people who finished watching darling in the franxx did it for 02 LOL
I wanted the anime to last longer, this anime has a whole place in my heart. Whenever i remember this anime makes me devastated, knowing its really done
3:04 his name is john darling in the franxx
Hey dude, Liked the video. This is the first anime I ever watched and the only anime i ever truly got into. I first watched it 4 years ago, and I was hooked to it. I cant even explain how deeply this show has effected me, and the funny part is I have no idea how! I guess it's nice to see other people havent moved on from this absolute masterpiece. It just leaves an emptiness inside you and you feel something insanely deep hit your heart
Im not completely sure if it's just me though, but nevertheless I love this showwwe (I totally simp over zero two 😂)
The music's also freaking GOATED
Hey guys, my original upload which I posted this morning got claimed and blocked, and after much thought and struggle I just decided it would be better to reupload.
Sorry to those of you who got the notification twice, but reuploading or getting blocked tends to hurt the video a lot, so I would really appreciate it if you could share, comment or engage with the video in any way 🙏
Besides all that, thanks for watching, this video was probably one of the hardest I ever made, but I also tried and experimented with a lot of new things and overall for a month of work on top of final exams for my college, I'm pretty proud of it! I hope you enjoyed it too.
very nice video, did you see 86: Eighty-Six? i think you will like it
@@iguanaATTACK I regret to inform you that I think that show sucks 😞
I think this is totally underrated video, but really only 22K views on a masterpiece like this? Even though I'm 6 months after upload I still hope that this video will make it to atleast 100K and your content overall is a lot underrated. You definitely gained a new subscriber - me >:)
Man I remember when I watched this anime 2 years ago . I got depressed for 4 days . This was the first anime I watched so deeply and tried to understand everything. And the fact that this anime represents the humans so well is just crazy because you never know there could be a future where we would live like that . This anime wasn't just About the pink girl and our main character. This anime was about us about emotions about what it means to be a human . I was quite sad to know that so many People just hate this anime because of the first few episodes and the ending. The ending in my opinion was alright. But the hate is forced
Just finished it a few days ago, thinking it would help with the heartbreak Akame ga kill left aaaand it left a very different heartbreak, still I pretty much love this anime even its ending.
in 2024 i can confirm that nobody remember zero 2 (exept the discord mod with weird shirt)
THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A GOOD ENDING IDGAF IT WAS MY FIRST ANIME AND NOW I CANT LIVE WITHOUT IT HAVING A GOOD ENDING
Darling in the franxx was one of the first animes I watched, one of my friend told me to watch it when I was 15 cause he had just watched it the last weekend so I gave it a tried and I also finished it in 2 days, this show litteraly gave me trauma, I didn't think I could feel so many emotions after watching it, it's probably because it was one of the first animes I watch, but still.
amazing how low the bar is for "braking the internet"
watch plenty of anime, and never once even heard of this
When zero two and Hiro remembered their past as children then they looked at each other crying at the end of episode 15 that moment kept me crying and I am 26 years old , that shows u how this anime despises his floughs it's still very emotional, man I wish they feature zero two in another anime or if they can renew the series from the manga because the anime's ending can't allow for continuation, also this anime is now stuck in my head for weeks I can't stop thinking about zero two and her love to Hiro after episode 15 ofcorese and her saying darling to him , I literally cry when I remember some scenes , I just wanted to share my feeling man maybe that will make me feel better because after finishing it something in me is touched for ever ❤
Ending was unsatisfactory. Zero Two was Awesome 😍
This anime completely broke me demolished me.
Watching the episodes as they came out on Crunchyroll and drawing fanarts with my friend was indeed an experience back in my anime days.
Still glad people remember It in a good light, despite the flaws following the finale.
Great video 🫶🏻💖