The Eve no Jikan was a title that I approached with anticipation and trepidation, and possibly it didn't help. I suspended it weeks ago on 8 minute 45 seconds mark in ep.1, after learning the word "区別 / kubetsu" ("difference; discrimination"). Yesterdays Penny-Arcade pilot Automata reminded me about this sadly stuck show. I don't have the mastery to explain the difference, but the strip seems to take a far more agreeable take on a similar issue. Andrew Cunningham summed [early] Eve no Jikan as "tragedy porn, emotional voyeurism", which definitely was not my thing. Or perhaps I just don't like how the robots with whom the viewer is supposed to sympathize seem insolent or creepy.

There was a lot of peer pressure to watch EnJ. Hikago even said directly "hey Zait, if you're not going to watch Pale Cocoon, at least watch Eve no Jikan". There was a lot of coverage, by Nick Istre, by Martin (nee Badger), by now retired Totali, on Hunting the Elusive [First Win], and elsewhere. Because this ONA is the talk of town, I am loth to drop it officially, therefore the suspension. But honestly, perspectives are not very good.

It's not very important, but the gonzoistic 3D was sort of ok, not too offensive. I'm not hot on it, but if the story were interesting, I'd overlook it.