It’s time to once again to talk about the paranormal.
It’s time to get…
Spoopy.
I want to care about this show.
I want to like this show.
This is a series that on the surface looks great, I loving the times and the moments
where the show takes itself seriously and tries to deliver this potentially fascinating
supernatural tale and you know, maybe at some point this show will pivot and give me a reason
to give a damn, but so far it’s giving me flashbacks, major flashbacks, to a show called
Chaos;Head.
Now you might know Chaos;Head, either by watching it or playing the visual novel that it’s
baised off of, but I’ll be polite about it by just stating that I wasn’t a fan.
It did many things that I did not enjoy as a watcher and for the most part it was not
an exciting experience.
And I should have known.
I should have known that Occultic;Nine had the potential to be the same.
But I was blinded, because of my love of Steins;Gate, another series biased of a Nitroplus game
that shares the same universe.
I thought, well, despite being published by the same company, and taking place in the
same universe, Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head had different writers.
But since Occultic;Nine was written by the same person as Steins, then MAYBE IT HAD A
CHANCE TO BE AMAZING.
And adamantly, it still might.
This is only a first reaction, the show still has a lot to go, but right now, AT THIS MOMENT,
I don’t see it.
I would love, love love love, to take this clip of me here, and play it at the beginning
of a future review for this series and then have be say oh how wrong I was.
But I don’t know if that’ll happen.
Argh.
I suppose I should talk quickly about what this show is about though eh?
You’re probably tainted by my thoughts and opinion anyways but hey you might disagree,
so let’s have at it.
Occultic;Nine is, well in a very obvious way, about nine people thrown together in a plot
concerning the occult.
Murders happen, mystical predictions occur, ghosts watch over them, and voices communicate
through a void of mystery.
Our lead character Yuuta runs a paranormal digest blog on the internet, currently not
because he’s the biggest fan of the occult but because running these kinds of blogs are
a good way of making advertising money.
Gotta post dat click bait SON!
Through the people he already knows, and the people he meets for his blog, he becomes entangled
in an investigation of a murder, a murder with many suspects, and many paranormal consequences.
And you know I’m sure all of this is very interesting, and ooohhh spoopy and all but
really every other scene I can’t pay too much attention too because I am too udderly
distracted by Ryouka’s tits!
Look at them!
I keep expecting her to just go TADA!
And reveal she’s been hiding soccer balls under her shirt cause DAMN.
Like social niceties dictate it is rude to stare, but there are limits to everything
and these kahunas break all sorts of laws!
Starting with physics.
Like big titted women in anime is nothing new, I understand the appeal of breasts, and
busty fanservice has become common place now a days, but when you are trying to have a
serious discussion on the supernatural and the occult, to have this giant ass elephant
in the room is a distraction, especially when no one seems to acknowledge that this is at
all strange.
That should be an entire episode right there, what the hell is possessing her chest because
there is no way that is normal.
When a character in your semi-serious story has bigger and more outrageous tits then the
women in Keijo!!!!!!!
You know you have a problem.
Ok! *sigh* I needed that rant, I just needed too…get that out of my system.
But really it’s kind of a symptom of a greater problem.
I talked about fan service in my Keijo video about how some fan service exists because
the creators are not confident in their product.
Because they are not confident we get these seemingly purposeless fan service elements
because without them they believe no one would watch their show.
This is the kind of fan service I hate, because every single scene this character is in I’m
not paying attention.
And it’s not just because dem titties, it’ more so because a part of my brain is trying
to rationalize why the hell they are there, what is their purpose.
There has to be some kind of logical reason I would hope as to why this is in the show.
To have something so obviously out of the ordinary occurring like what’s the rationale!
It’s driving me mental because I doubt a satisfying answer exists.
Does this show have a chance to eb good?
Yes, can it change my mind, yes.
Is it doing a good job right now?
I don’t think so.
But it has enormous… potential, which is why I’m frustrated.
So in a couple of months from now, when this show ends I see myself in one of two camps.
Either I’m relieved that the show actually started to get interesting, because it’s
supernatural plot has a lot to like in there and I want to love it, or…I’m going to
be in the camp of not really caring because the next number of episodes continues to frustrate
and turn me off of the show.
So, is Occultic;Nine worth watching?
Not yet but I still really want to hope it will be.
Alright so, at the time of this video Occultic;Nine has been licensed by Aniplex of America, and
I assume at some point in the future we will be getting a home video release from them.
Until that time the series is available to watch in sub over on Crunchyroll, premium
free trial link in the description as per usual.
SO!
What did you guys think, let me know down in the comments.
I suppose no spoilers too though if you just want to tell me if it gets better or worse
feel free just don’t give me details.
Or you know tell me months after this video goes up.
That won’t really help none.
Thank you for joining me on this First Reaction.
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And until next time, ladies, gentlemen, and others, Stay Frosty.