[Discussion] What are some anime with unpredictable twists?

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Endmaker@ani.social⁩ to ⁨anime@ani.social⁩

I enjoy plot twists in my stories.

Unfortunately - maybe it’s because I’ve consumed enough media - 99% of them are totally predictable. I would see the reveal coming a mile away.

So, are there any anime with an actually strong twist?

If I have to name one that impressed me, it is

spoiler for an anime with title starting with the letter 'O'

the reveal that the MC have an extreme form of visual agnosia in Oddtaxi.

That one caught me by complete surprise.

Are there are any more of such anime?

Thanks in advance.

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Currently watching the Monogatari series.

Man this thing is wild. The whole thing is unpredictable.

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Wireless_Dirk@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Boku no pico.

Admitingly I dropped it as soon as the plot twist reared its ugly purple little head.

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agent_nycto@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
One that doesn’t is Madoku Magica. It’s a normal magical girl anime. JUST KIDDING SOMEONE TOLD ME THE PLOT TWIST AND SAID IT WAS REVEALED IN THE SECOND EPISODE AND IT WASN’T TILL THE END AND I WAS PISSED OFF FOREVER.

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- pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  If it makes you feel better, they made a movie that expands upon the original story (preceded by two movies summarizing it). Another one will come in like a week, finally, after being delayed for ten years.
  
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Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Talentless Nana has quite the twist in the first episode.

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Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
One piece

I don’t know how to out the spoiler tag, sorry. But for hundreds of episodes nobody ever dies. Never ever ever ever. Then Ace dies graphically on screen sending Luffy into utter despair. It felt like such a guy punch! It’s supposed to be a feel good story! (Still mad about it)

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- Endmaker@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I don’t know how to out the spoiler tag, sorry.
  
  ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler hidden content :::
  
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  - Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Thanks! Edited
    
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devaly@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Angel beats, Shinsekai Yori, Summertime Render, Higurashi, Nier Automata, Sonny Boy, Kowloon

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- Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Sonny Boy is a work of art. I highly recommend it.
  
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- Endmaker@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Shinsekai Yori
  
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  Though my guess about their origins were incorrect, I was still able to predict that the Queerats are (were?) humans.
  
  This is actually a surprisingly uncommon trope. I can name multiple anime with the same twist:
  
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  - Attack on Titan - Sword Art Online: Alicization arc - Madoka - Gargantia
  
  Having seen all these anime beforehand made the twist kinda predictable.
  
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’d say Your Lie in April qualifies. Yes, they telegraph the ending from very early on. You know it’s gonna happen. They swerve a couple times. You think maybe it won’t. Then it does. “Ah, that sucks, but I called it from the very beginning,” you say. Then the story keeps going, and just when you think “oh yeah what’s with the title? It never made any sense,” they explain the title.

Angel Beats! is another good one. It’s about a purgatory school. They tell you the girl called “Angel” is trying to get people to move on. She kind of is, and eventually those opposing her realise that’s the right move, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Ask yourself why she’s trying to help others when everyone else is just out for themselves.

Then there’s Sword Art Online II (the second season). The first part, with the gun game, kind of has a twist — how a guy in a video game that should be harmless is killing people IRL by shooting them in a video game. It’s pretty lame, though. The second part, the last seven episodes, if it were a standalone anime, it would be my favourite anime. The adaptation of book 7, Mother’s Rosary. The secret behind the undefeated duelist.

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