User Reviews

This episode has two halves, the first one sets up a neat detective story and the interesting world it's featured in while the second one is a more personal tale of 2 "people" who get affected by that world.

The first half was good, it's engaging, the lead detective is interesting enough to pull me in for the long haul and the mystery surrounding his past is intriguing.

It's the second half of the episode that elevated it to great heights. I did not expect to be so invested in North No. 2 and his time with Mr. Duncan. Their friendship and growth was so perfectly executed. Each interaction removing a layer of Mr. Duncan's emotional barrier to allow him to trust his "machine" more. I was so deeply invested that I had forgotten about the larger plot at hand so when the clouds came, my heart sank. Knowing what was about to happen.

"Come home, my boy. You'll be late for your Piano lesson"

I watched the first episode and I'm delighted so far. What a great adaptation! I've finally lived to see the day when I hear Duncan's composition. It was a powerful scene in the manga, but actually being able to listen the music that he created made it even better. That was the most important part of the first episode and I'm glad that they nailed it.

As for everything else - it's just as superb. Animation, coloring, soundtrack, story - everything is top notch. It's a shame that this series is not so well known right now. I hope that Pluto will receive the same treatment as Monster (another work by Naoki Urasawa) as the years pass by - not so popular on the initial release, but a cult classic in the future. This anime definitely deserves it.

Episode 1 of Pluto hits you like a train right away. It first introduces you to the world and the heavy death of Mont Blanc, a robot who impacted his people and community tremendously. A very interesting investigation arises as it's told that a human was the one who could've possibly caused the deaths, but at this moment it's unsure. But as intriguing as the first act was, the second half of this episode was heart crushing.

I don't want to get into it much because I feel that the episode and the moments speak for themselves, but watching Duncan grow an attachment to a robot after being so against them due to his own beliefs and a lack of acceptance towards them was beautiful to watch. It's heartbreaking that in the final moments, after North No. 2 goes to find out the meaning behind the humming and he finally grows a bond with his teacher, it's ripped away by the likely villian who potentially caused the death of Mont Blonc.

Right when Duncan finished his song, he couldn't play the full version for North No. 2. That moment was stripped away. And watching Duncan look up at the sky as the humming was heard from above was heartbreakingly beautiful. This episode reminds me of the No Game No Life 0 movie in similar ways that I won't explain, but to see this episode create such an impact in around the 20-30 minute timeframe was excellent. I was on the verge of tears in episode 1, so I'm very excited, yet nervous to see what's to come for the next 7 episodes.