“Shibuya's rebuilt after quake, but copycat murders echo past "New Generation Madness"; student Takuru investigates and gets trapped.”
ChäoS;Child
CHAOS;CHILD
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Synopsis
Shibuya's rebuilt after quake, but copycat murders echo past "New Generation Madness"; student Takuru investigates and gets trapped.
A series of gruesome murders dubbed "New Generation Madness" once induced mass hysteria in Shibuya. At its peak during a frenzied riot, a sudden earthquake reduced the district into nothing but rubble, while leaving surrounding wards strangely intact. Six years later, in a newly rebuilt Shibuya, mysterious deaths begin to crop up again. It is not long before third-year student Takuru Miyashiro realizes a connection: the dates of the recent murders match those of the New Generation Madness incidents. He, along with several members of his school's newspaper club, decide to delve deeper into the mystery, only to find themselves stranded in the middle of a new crime scene themselves...
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 24 sampled reviews
What 24 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.93 · split reception
5.9 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.1
↓ 3.54
Running avg · Mar 2017 → Sep 2025
- 7 “While I appreciate that it at least avoids ending in a common TV trope, the story feels incomplete with poor character development and a premise less interesting than the first installment. The...”
- 9 “Everything about this anime is great—the story is interesting and thrilling, the characters are well-written, and the plot is cool enough to make you binge-watch until the end. I don't care about...”
- 10 “This anime is an extremely thought-provoking and underrated emotional roller-coaster that maintains constant action and delivers a stunning conclusion. While the ending was impactful, it...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2017 – Mar 2017 Winter 2017
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-10517 catalog
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- Funimation Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor