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Originally Posted by Sonhex

Ohmygosh... ohmygosh...Oh...where to begin...

Spoiler for ohmygosh:

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It had to be said though this is dark stuff. In anime I've never seen a more brutal portrayal of a city in utter chaos and moral decline - random murder, rape, drugs, gang warfare - it's all there in stark flickering detail; like channel hopping through the darkest corners of urban hell. It's no holds barred violence and in later scenes there's dismemberment in gruesome detail. Not for the faint hearted.

Spoiler for episode 1:

I whole heartedly agree about the rarity of this portrayal. The demonstration of the viciousness of the world resonated so much because it was done so casually and not without subtlety. Things happened here and there. In one scene, this woman is just sitting there dejected. Once one notices around her ankle, one gets it what has happened here. I was disturbed because I was asked to understand the scope of brutality that is going on.

Considering this kind of portrayal in a shounen series, I was also impressed by the fact how the episode was devoid of any angst from any of these characters. How long this trait will be maintained as the series progresses is another matter. Nontheless, fantastic start!