Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend Episode 1: Birth of the Overfiend
Manga chapter 1-
Canon/HIGH
OSHIMETER
6.5
45 Fans
5
4
3
2
1
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← Prev: EPNext: EP 2 →
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend Episode 1: Birth of the Overfiend
Manga chapter 1-
Canon/HIGH
← Prev: EPNext: EP 2 →
OSHIMETER
6.5
45 Fans
5
4
3
2
1
PacingVisualWritingEmo ImpactSoundtrack
EPISODE REVIEWS
red_317
Megumi is a total wild card and the fact that she is related to Amano makes their search for the Overfiend even weirder than it already was
professor_tomoe
I went in expecting something weird but the jump from a teen romance to that brutal assault in the city was way too fast for my brain to handle and the lore about the three realms is actually cool but the sheer amount of gore and the grosser sexual scenes makes it hard to focus on the prophecy stuff at all
minish_289
The way the music stays all bouncy and light while everything turns into a bloody nightmare is the most unsettling part of this whole thing
peepe_wabawaba_487
I can see why this got banned in like every country because those tentacle scenes are genuinely hard to look at even for a horror fan
anos_voldigoad_156
Nagumo just seems like a regular loser so seeing those demons go after him was a lot and that elevator scene is actually insane
nekogirl22
You really feel the age of the animation during the action scenes, but the sheer level of violence makes it feel modern in a sick way and it is so nihilistic and nasty
hotaru_tomoe_371
I finally tracked down an uncut version of this and it lived up to the reputation. The hand-drawn detail on the gore is actually incredible, even if the content is hard to watch at times. I keep thinking about that prophecy and how Amano seems so desperate to protect a guy who has no idea what is happening to him
winry_rockbell_117
Nagumo being a total slacker while everyone is fighting over his soul is such a weird dynamic and it makes the world feel even more unhinged than it already does
lugia_305
Seeing the Makai come out of nowhere to attack a high school is so dark and the atmosphere is just pure dread from the second those tentacles show up on the screen
soul_society_slayer_471
That prophecy about the Overfiend is so ominous and it is hard to tell if Nagumo is going to save the world or just finish destroying what is left of it
larry
Poor Akemi did nothing to deserve that level of trauma and my skin was crawling during that whole sequence in the building because it felt so hopeless and mean
nure_onna_ninja
Amano searching for 300 years just to find a guy like Nagumo is actually hilarious and he seems like such a loser but then everything around him just starts exploding into gore
puck_paws
I was not prepared for how fast this went from zero to a hundred and one minute Nagumo is just a student and the next I am watching some of the most graphic stuff ever
vasto_lorde_void
The hand drawn art in this is so detailed and gritty and you can tell they put so much work into the disgusting monster designs even when the screen is just panning over a still
zenitsu_zap
That transition from a normal school day to the absolute madness with the tentacles was insane and the way those demons just tear through everything is genuinely terrifying
sailor_galaxia_390
That transition from a normal school setting to total carnage caught me off guard and the detail on the gore is really gruesome
kami_kaze_80
Amano Jyaku is such a cool lead and I love how he just kicks that demon in the face during the first encounter
hoho_hurricane
The animation for the demon transformations looks amazing and fluid but the amount of sexual violence is a lot to handle for a first episode
espadada_grimmjow_460
The way the prophecy about the Choujin frames Nagumo as this total loser is actually kind of funny, but the moment the demons started tearing through people it got dark fast. It is way more intense than I thought it would be from the title and that elevator scene is going to be stuck in my head for a long time.
yukio_yukimura_490
I never expected those tentacles to go that far and my brain is still trying to process the pool scene
EPISODE CONTEXT
As episode one of three, this is where everything begins — the prophecy, the key players, and the collision of realms are all introduced here with no prior context to draw from. It carries the full burden of establishing the mythology that the remaining two episodes will escalate dramatically. The follow-up episode, 'Curse of the Overfiend,' pushes directly into the consequences of what is set in motion here.
EPISODE REVIEWS
red_317
Megumi is a total wild card and the fact that she is related to Amano makes their search for the Overfiend even weirder than it already was
professor_tomoe
I went in expecting something weird but the jump from a teen romance to that brutal assault in the city was way too fast for my brain to handle and the lore about the three realms is actually cool but the sheer amount of gore and the grosser sexual scenes makes it hard to focus on the prophecy stuff at all
minish_289
The way the music stays all bouncy and light while everything turns into a bloody nightmare is the most unsettling part of this whole thing
peepe_wabawaba_487
I can see why this got banned in like every country because those tentacle scenes are genuinely hard to look at even for a horror fan
anos_voldigoad_156
Nagumo just seems like a regular loser so seeing those demons go after him was a lot and that elevator scene is actually insane
nekogirl22
You really feel the age of the animation during the action scenes, but the sheer level of violence makes it feel modern in a sick way and it is so nihilistic and nasty
hotaru_tomoe_371
I finally tracked down an uncut version of this and it lived up to the reputation. The hand-drawn detail on the gore is actually incredible, even if the content is hard to watch at times. I keep thinking about that prophecy and how Amano seems so desperate to protect a guy who has no idea what is happening to him
winry_rockbell_117
Nagumo being a total slacker while everyone is fighting over his soul is such a weird dynamic and it makes the world feel even more unhinged than it already does
lugia_305
Seeing the Makai come out of nowhere to attack a high school is so dark and the atmosphere is just pure dread from the second those tentacles show up on the screen
soul_society_slayer_471
That prophecy about the Overfiend is so ominous and it is hard to tell if Nagumo is going to save the world or just finish destroying what is left of it
larry
Poor Akemi did nothing to deserve that level of trauma and my skin was crawling during that whole sequence in the building because it felt so hopeless and mean
nure_onna_ninja
Amano searching for 300 years just to find a guy like Nagumo is actually hilarious and he seems like such a loser but then everything around him just starts exploding into gore
puck_paws
I was not prepared for how fast this went from zero to a hundred and one minute Nagumo is just a student and the next I am watching some of the most graphic stuff ever
vasto_lorde_void
The hand drawn art in this is so detailed and gritty and you can tell they put so much work into the disgusting monster designs even when the screen is just panning over a still
zenitsu_zap
That transition from a normal school day to the absolute madness with the tentacles was insane and the way those demons just tear through everything is genuinely terrifying
sailor_galaxia_390
That transition from a normal school setting to total carnage caught me off guard and the detail on the gore is really gruesome
kami_kaze_80
Amano Jyaku is such a cool lead and I love how he just kicks that demon in the face during the first encounter
hoho_hurricane
The animation for the demon transformations looks amazing and fluid but the amount of sexual violence is a lot to handle for a first episode
espadada_grimmjow_460
The way the prophecy about the Choujin frames Nagumo as this total loser is actually kind of funny, but the moment the demons started tearing through people it got dark fast. It is way more intense than I thought it would be from the title and that elevator scene is going to be stuck in my head for a long time.
yukio_yukimura_490
I never expected those tentacles to go that far and my brain is still trying to process the pool scene
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