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You don't really need to read anything; the anime should make everything clear enough (eventually). Even back in the songs, basically everything the background materials revealed was implied in the lyrics or the visuals. You miss out on random specifics (what are the names of the eye powers? when did Momo first use hers?), but none of it's essential. I'd actively advise against seeking out spoilers, even.

It's not confusing, Jin just likes having open questions. When something seems strange, acknowledge that you don't have all the information yet and go along with it. It'll make sense eventually.

It goes like this, from what is based on what...

Vocaloid > online music videos set to music > light novel > manga > this anime.

edited 15th Apr '14 1:41:44 PM by kyun

I actually just got into this. There's already a few episodes on crunchyroll?

1

but the source material is out.

So what, is the AI chick like literally Hatsune Miku?

edited 16th Apr '14 12:39:33 PM by Scherzo09

I've been seeing a WMG that this series is connected to Monogatari.

That would actually be pretty cool IMO.

Based off of her initially in character design, otherwise completely unrelated.

Well, I finally saw the first episode!

Well that was kinda anticlimactic

Same here.

I have not idea what happened from about 3/4ths onward.

I would recommend following along with the manga and vocaloids as episodes come out.

That how I understand the ending bit :P

That last part of episode was done wrong, while there are some things that aren't supposed make sense until explained, this didn't make sense AT ALL, so even if there will be some exposition later it will not make it better.

Episode 2. In which there's an attention magnet.

Blonde hair, disembodied eyes, and a background with a colour on the border of red and blue... That's a bit gappy. She was even called an old hag later on.

Why do anime characters always run in place to show they're in a hurry when they're stopped for some reason? It just looks stupid.

That's a lot of stairs. I like Shaft's architecture.

Somehow, the girl with the red scarf in the OP reminds me of Hime. Yes, same one who previously reminded me of Ajimu.

So, she's late, and then they spend a long time chatting?

Tumbleweed. Not inappropriate.

That's an epic battle scene.

And that was her entire school day.

Is this supposed to not make sense?

Gotta say, sleeping on the train is cute.

Wait...

If its 1 chapter an episode...

CODE IS NEXT :D

EDIT: Episode Reactions

THATS A SNAKE◊

The kid wasn't effected by her eyes? I bet thats a plot point.

NEW OP IMAGES?

And hoodie guy is back.

edited 19th Apr '14 2:37:23 PM by PageofSpace

Oh dear. They really should have gotten back to the department store in this episode... That's a major mistake in pacing, and it made this episode entirely too thin on material. I'm worried.

A Shout-Out to Doraemon in the beginning.

Where does the QR code leads to, btw? Can't scan when you are watching it with a phone.

And people are complaining on how the songs weren't sing by vocaloid.

x3 Hoodie girl, you mean. Kido is female.

Scanning off the screen doesn't work. I'll try printing it out. Gimme a sec.

EDIT: Got it. It leads to Aniplex's mobile website.

edited 20th Apr '14 5:44:21 AM by HanabiraKage

Started watching this anime, and now I've built not-Hatsune Miku.

Ep 3: It make sense. Kinda.

It's shorta like a Japanese/Shaft Pulp Fiction.

Episode 3. In which there's sibling power.

Stopping being noticed. Quite the opposite of her, that is. ...Eh, it's no fun commenting on stuff if they're just going to say it out loud.

Ball of fluff. Well, that's not a bad thing. Long hair = good.

Demure and adorable aren't the first words I'd use about hoodie-unmistakably-girl^note well, as far as guys not looking like girls goes, anyway. Though she is cute.

You know, the natural thing would be to be curious about what the others can do.

That's quite the spectacular fail. I believe she may accidentally use her powers on her own feet on occasion.

Oh, so that's when this is taking place.

"You guys sound more and more like a Super Hero team." Well, when you gather people with special powers like that, it's kind of inevitable. Unless they're villains.

Sister to the rescue. I didn't expect her to be that proactive and effective about it, but props to her.

And now we found out what happened when everything else went on.

edited 28th Apr '14 9:37:13 AM by AnotherDuck

Everything connects. Prologue's over.

So...yeah, Kido's a Kellam.

I don't care if I get petrified forever, but it is true that Marry's a ball of fluff. And that's pretty nice.

Huh. Didn't see the sibling connection coming. He wasn't even in Momo's backstory.

First episode I was like : Weird, the miku-like girl is nice and funny, I like her. Commercial center robbery? Dafuk I am watching, oh yeah, it's a shaft works. I don't expect to understand until a few more episodes are out.

Second episode I was like : ...New girl? Idol? Chased by fans? Meh, nothing is happening. Bah, it's shaft works, I don't expect something to happen until a few more episodes are out.

Third episode I was like : Werid guys and girl with eyes power? Super hero team? Back into the action? Ok, I didn't expect that, but it's really nice! Can't wait for the next episodes!

I believe you can see his silhouette when she has a flashback about her father. It's a pretty good hint I'd say

Anyway, I'm really liking the anime so far, except for Shintaro just fainting for no reason like that, while in the manga he gets shot, that was really silly.

Did you notice the screen behind him? It wasn't broken at first. Coincidence? I hardly think so :D

edited 29th Apr '14 6:47:24 AM by Navezof

He's just that much of a shut-in. Running like ten meters overworks his body and makes him faint.

Episodes 1 and 2 had me worried a bit, but episode 3 has better pacing (except for the ending) and nicely tied the events of the episodes together.

I'm glad the prologue's over with. Now we can get to the good stuff.