Talk:Darker than Black season 1

Episode Names

The names of the episodes in the fansubbed version differ slightly to names given here. Should the names here be changed? eZio 07:01, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I think these are slightly more literal translations. --erachima formerly tjstrf 11:21, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Episode 26 - DVD OVA

Source for this anyone? If not it should be removed. Serton 23:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Source is the Darker than Black Fan Book. I had a scan of the page but deleted it since, but it is official. -Atashi 00:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I hope what you say is true, as I can't find anything on it. Except that there was/is something about it on 4chan and that this OVA will come out in 2008. I think the viewers would appreciate a link to the scan. Ge4ce 15:59, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Episode 22

The episode synopsis claims that Hei uses his powers on Amber while Amber activates the Meteor Shard, which results in the Synchroton light encompassing the building. This is incorrect. In that scene, there's no red light in Hei's pupils, which is the indication of activating contractual powers. Also, there's no motive for Amber to activate the shard at that moment, and no evidence to support it either. Rather, it is the Meteor Shard itself reacting to Hei's presence, like twice before (in episodes 12 & 16). Rexas (talk) 14:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

You're right, and that part should be removed. Possible change to "The Meteor Shard reacts to Hei's presence, bathing the top of the building in a blue light." ? Atebo88 (talk) 20:32, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

No one has looked into this further? 10:43, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Post-apocalyptic Tokyo?

The first paragraph says that this anime takes place "in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo", but there's nothing post-apocalyptic about it. Sure, there's a huge wall to keep stuff on the other side out, but life outside the wall is pretty much normal. I think "a modern Tokyo" would be more accurate (since the world governments act similarly to real ones, and technology doesn't seem particularly advanced).--Korin43 (talk) 19:59, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

You have an unusually limited definition of post-apocalyptic. Broadly stated, post-apocalyptic fiction is a genre of speculative fiction in which the break of the premise from reality is a catastrophic event which alters the world, and Darker Than Black certainly satisfies that definition, what with the apparent abduction of the entire planet into some sort of alternate dimension. --erachima talk 20:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

In fairness, I would say that most view post-apocalyptic as a world where things are on the brink of survival as an aftermath and/or recovering form something that has decimated humanity. Darker than Black, with all its sutle influence from Evangelion aiding it(the main female scientist similar to Akagi Ritsuko, Yin being yet another Rei inspired character, and some ambigous alien force(not to mention their episode 25's similarity to 25,26, and the ending movie),etc.... but even so, Eva had half die in the Second Impact experiment, and then thousands more due to war and disease with "old" Tokyo being self nuked. Darker than Black only had a few hundred million die out of a world presumebly with over 6 billion like ours...and it was in Brazil(they mispelled it as Brasil...unless there is an alternate attempt there as welll....) plus a few other nations in the back water known as South America...Machida Karate good...BJJ bad :D Now if most of Europe was whipped out or at least if it took place mainly in South America then maybe. Also, yeah the sky is being blocked, but its basically a long term alien invasion to a minor degree with apparent side effects. Post-apocalyptic...not yet, maybe in the next full season :D Good anime though, I just finished watching epsiode 26 and the extras...I think perhaps Laura Bailey is the sexist seiyu...Wiggalama (talk) 02:07, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Erachima, did you even read the article you linked to? Based on it, I would have to agree with Korin43. However, I don't think "modern" is good either because it doesn't convey that the world has changed significantly. The main Article on Darker Than Black doesn't mention "post-apocalyptic" at all. I recommend simply removing the word from the sentence. I'll do it myself in 31 days if no one objects. 10:43, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Gaiden???

[to the creator of this article]

you seem to have forgotten the series: Darker Than Black: Gaiden It happens in between the first (don't know the name) and the second season (fall of the meteor) there's four episodes of it. It's about Yin and Hei fleeing from the syndicate and yin becoming izanagi (or izanami, I'm not sure) Then a lot of stuff happens, and Yin chooses to stop the "awakening" of izanagi and then she get's sealed up, and Hei think she's dead. so the starts to drink (alot!) then someone tells him that Yin isn't dead and offers him a job (in mi-6 or cia, don't remember) and then season 2 is the next :)