Good review, and I wonder when the first totally positive review will show up here.
This is like my review, except better.
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Personally, I thought the Anachronic Order was a major plus to the series. It turned it into a rather unorthodox Jigsaw Puzzle Plot, and in my opinion did a lot to fix the massive problems in pacing that come from watching it in chronological order.
Admittedly, I skipped the Non Indicative First Episode, and only watched that later when I introduced my sister to the series, and watched it with her. I think it probably works better that way, watching it as a bonus episode after you've already seen the rest, because it makes no sense at the beginning, and doesn't really fit anywhere pacing-wise.
It also helped that I knew almost nothing about the series when I first watched it, and absolutely nothing about the fandom, and once I found out, did my best to ignore them.
...eventually, we will reach a maximum entropy state where nobody has their own socks or underwear, or knows who to ask to get them back.
Finally, someone else who thinks that the "first" episode should never be watched first.
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I think that the Anachronic Order is a Your Mileage May Vary thing. I do think that the pacing is less than perfect if you watch them chronologically, but it also allows some of the later chronological episodes to actually make sense, especially in regard to the first broadcast episode. At the very least, it should not have been first, anachronistic order or no. It makes no sense to show it before any form of character introduction and it isn't really a good intro to the series. Which is sad, because it's really entertaining if you know what's going on.
BTW, thanks for the compliments.
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I think it's more Love It Or Hate It. I didn't find anything wrong with the pacing of the only proper order.
High five.
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Personally, I think that the best way to do it is to watch the "first" episode first and then watch the series in order, including said first episode where it would chronologically appear. Generally I like doing it this way for the sheer, "What the fuckery" that episode brings, and then rewatching it so that you can catch all of the fridge brilliance (although "brilliance" is not exactly the word I would use) of that episode.
But you guys are definitely right about Love It Or Hate It.
I don't. Episode 00 would have worked as supplementary material, like an Easter Egg or a bonus episode, not as a first impression. It's not even a Pilot Episode for goodness sake.
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We forget that since it was based on a series of light novels, there's a good chance that someone watching it in Japan would already know enough about the characters that they could actually get something out of watching the episodes out of order. Westerners wouldn't.
At any rate I find that the episodes are much better when watched in pure chronological order (and that includes both seasons, watching episode 00 after the Sigh storyline which shows them making the movie).
I suspect that the reason the pacing is off in chronological order is that they had originally just planned to have it end at six episodes.
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Over rated, but still not bad.
This is easily one of the most polarizing shows out there, and for good reason. Numerous people have declared it "the best show ever!", and numerous other people say it sucks when it doesn't live up to the hype. I can kind of see where both groups are coming from.