20+ (she/her)

Because the characters that were the most enjoyable in the game aren't the same characters that I liked throughout the show the most. I was wondering if others who played the game and watched the show felt similar about this. For reference my game top 3 are: Sha-Ming, Yuriko and SQ while my anime top 3 are: SQ, Raqio and Gina

Oh well 3 more episodes to go?

One major issue I keep coming back to while I'm discussing GNOSIA the game vs GNOSIA the anime is that I adore GNOSIA *because* it is a videogame.

The gameplay and the story work together and enhance each other, in a way I haven't seen done before. I would argue most of the characterization in the game happens throughout the rounds of werewolf we play together with these characters. And I think it would be dismissive to discuss the characters of GNOSIA without taking into account their Player Archetypes and ingame behavior and dialogue. Something the anime is crucially missing. Their bits of backstory give more context but the majority of time, within an average playthrough, is spent on the werewolf simulation and not on story events.

GNOSIA never had my favourite story, it's not even my favourite "timeloop-vn story". (It has a lot of issues with just vaguely gesturing at a lot of themes but never actually exploring most of them for example). But when I am immersing myself in the game, the magic happens. Once you accept the rules of the simulation these characters can surprise you, make you laugh or get mad at them through their AI behaviors.

Events work well because they break the mold or add tension and attachment to certain characters through win conditions (for example surviving with someone until the end).

With all of this said adapting this werewolf-simulation game into a linear story was always a tall order. But I really wish the anime would have been able to find its own identity. I personally think a more loose adaption would have been more favorable. It's not all bad of course but as it is now it just feels like "the game but worse" to me.

I also think constantly trying to justify and "oh hes just such a nice guy" his actions has bad implications

the anime keeps using werewolf images to symbolize the gnosia