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* Hei uses his telescope to look for his sister. He knows her star is BK201, and knows she is still alive because it hasn't fallen. But he is never using his powers when looking through the telescope, so it always appears inactive. And when he is using his powers, he's fighting and is too busy to peek at the sky. To him, it must appear that she is having a quiet life somewhere.
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* I had a epiphany about Amber in ''DarkerThanBlack'' which made me realize how much of a MagnificentBastard she was. Amber pretty much knows the future, and thus the reason she had no problem having [[{{yandere}} Maki]] and [[PsychoForHire Wei]] in her group, is that she knew both of them would act against her wishes and die in the process. It's also interesting now that the Gaiden has shown Amagiri to have survived. In the first season, it looked like while Amber had tried to do something to save both Amagiri and Brita, it didn't work, and both were burned to death. Now that it's clear Amagiri survived (but ended up badly scarred), I tend to think that maybe Amber was only trying to save him- because he was loyal to her and the nicest of her main supporters- and she succeeded.- @/{{Jordan}}
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* I had a epiphany about Amber in ''DarkerThanBlack'' which made me realize how much is more of a MagnificentBastard than she was.initially appears. Amber pretty much knows the future, and thus the reason she had no problem having [[{{yandere}} Maki]] and [[PsychoForHire Wei]] in her group, is that she knew both of them would act against her wishes and die in the process. It's also interesting now that the Gaiden has shown Amagiri to have survived. In the first season, it looked like while Amber had tried to do something to save both Amagiri and Brita, it didn't work, and both were burned to death. Now that it's clear Amagiri survived (but ended up badly scarred), I tend to think that maybe Amber was only trying to save him- because him--because he was loyal to her and the nicest of her main supporters- and supporters--and she succeeded.- @/{{Jordan}}
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* Anything launched high enough into the atmosphere disappears without a trace. NASA and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies the space agencies of other countries]] would find themselves defunct, except for the fact that in the new sky every star is connected to a contractor. If a contractor uses their powers, their star shines brightly. When a contractor dies, their star falls from the sky.
** Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, (which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
* [[EldritchLocation Hell's Gate]] is MindScrew incarnate, to the point where the characters know and comment on it. But a bit of sideways WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic logic and remembering that its main rule is, "It'll give you back what you lost, [[EquivalentExchange but for a price]]" can make sense of some of the oddities that happen around it. Misaki's reappearing [[EngineeredPublicConfession tape recorder]], for example. She lost it, needed it, and wanted it back badly, so when everything went really weird, it showed up back in her pocket. If you want to get overanalytical, she finally got the opportunity to reveal the crimes of people who thought they were above the law, and in exchange [[spoiler:she lost her illusions about a person she liked and even loved.]]
** My assumption on the reappearing item was that [[spoiler: Amber]] had returned it, in order to ensure nothing like that could happen again. Which also explains why it had been working the whole time, rather than only since it was returned. If the Gate works like the similar areas in RoadsidePicnic then ascribing any motives to it is a bad idea. The entire place doesn't care about humanity or how we think the universe works.
** Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, (which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
* [[EldritchLocation Hell's Gate]] is MindScrew incarnate, to the point where the characters know and comment on it. But a bit of sideways WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic logic and remembering that its main rule is, "It'll give you back what you lost, [[EquivalentExchange but for a price]]" can make sense of some of the oddities that happen around it. Misaki's reappearing [[EngineeredPublicConfession tape recorder]], for example. She lost it, needed it, and wanted it back badly, so when everything went really weird, it showed up back in her pocket. If you want to get overanalytical, she finally got the opportunity to reveal the crimes of people who thought they were above the law, and in exchange [[spoiler:she lost her illusions about a person she liked and even loved.]]
** My assumption on the reappearing item was that [[spoiler: Amber]] had returned it, in order to ensure nothing like that could happen again. Which also explains why it had been working the whole time, rather than only since it was returned. If the Gate works like the similar areas in RoadsidePicnic then ascribing any motives to it is a bad idea. The entire place doesn't care about humanity or how we think the universe works.
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* Anything launched high enough into the atmosphere disappears without a trace. NASA and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies the space agencies of other countries]] would find themselves defunct, except for the fact that in the new sky every star is connected to a contractor. If a contractor uses their powers, their star shines brightly. When a contractor dies, their star falls from the sky.
**sky. Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, (which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} [[AlienSky sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
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** [[EldritchLocation Hell's Gate]] is MindScrew incarnate, to the point where the characters know and comment on it. But a bit of sideways WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic logic and remembering that its main rule is, "It'll give you back what you lost, [[EquivalentExchange but for a price]]" can make sense of some of the oddities that happen around it. Misaki's reappearing [[EngineeredPublicConfession tape recorder]], for example. She lost it, needed it, and wanted it back badly, so when everything went really weird, it showed up back in her pocket. If you want to get overanalytical, she finally got the opportunity to reveal the crimes of people who thought they were above the law, and in exchange [[spoiler:she lost her illusions about a person she liked and even loved.]]
**My assumption on Quite a few bits of the reappearing item was that [[spoiler: Amber]] had returned it, in order to ensure nothing like that could happen again. Which also explains why it had been working the whole time, rather than only since it was returned. If the Gate works like the similar areas in RoadsidePicnic then ascribing any motives to it is (first) GainaxEnding actually make a bad idea. The entire place doesn't care surprising amount of sense if you think about humanity or how we think it way too much. For instance, special attention is drawn to the universe works.fact that Kirihara gets her tape recorder taken when she goes through Pandora security, but it appears in her pocket a little later, when she [[spoiler:challenges Director Horai]]. The reason? [[spoiler:Amber put the recorder back in her pocket while time was stopped. Why Amber? Because in ''Gemini of the Meteor,'' Amber's message concerning the Mitaka Document is on that very same recorder.]]
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** [[EldritchLocation Hell's Gate]] is MindScrew incarnate, to the point where the characters know and comment on it. But a bit of sideways WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic logic and remembering that its main rule is, "It'll give you back what you lost, [[EquivalentExchange but for a price]]" can make sense of some of the oddities that happen around it. Misaki's reappearing [[EngineeredPublicConfession tape recorder]], for example. She lost it, needed it, and wanted it back badly, so when everything went really weird, it showed up back in her pocket. If you want to get overanalytical, she finally got the opportunity to reveal the crimes of people who thought they were above the law, and in exchange [[spoiler:she lost her illusions about a person she liked and even loved.]]
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* November 11 is JamesBond's birthday, damn it. How could I miss that one?!
** [[spoiler: It's also Remembrance Day, which honors those who died in the first world war.]]
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* Quite a few bits of the (first) GainaxEnding actually make a surprising amount of sense if you think about it way too much. For instance, special attention is drawn to the fact that Kirihara gets her tape recorder taken when she goes through Pandora security, but it appears in her pocket a little later, when she [[spoiler:challenges Director Horai]]. The reason? [[spoiler:Amber put the recorder back in her pocket while time was stopped. Why Amber? Because in ''Gemini of the Meteor,'' Amber's message concerning the Mitaka Document is on that very same recorder.]]
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** [[spoiler:He also used memory and emotions extracted from her corpse with mind screwing technology. They were incomplete, but should have helped. ]]
* Yin's [[BlindSeer blindness]] actually [[ShownTheirWork makes a lot of sense]] for a ReiAyanamiExpy- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism#Visual_problems vision problems are very common in people with albinism]].
* Yin's [[BlindSeer blindness]] actually [[ShownTheirWork makes a lot of sense]] for a ReiAyanamiExpy- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism#Visual_problems vision problems are very common in people with albinism]].
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* Hei's contractor power was originally thought to be [[ShockAndAwe generating lethal electrical discharges]]. In the first episode, the Tokyo Police couldn't determine the Contractor Louis's cause of death. It turns out that his power was really Molecular Manipulation, allowing him to manipulate the electrons of matter.
** The human body itself generates electricity. Everything we do is controlled and enabled by electrical signals running through our bodies. All matter is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out of balance, an atom becomes either positively or negatively charged. The switch between one type of charge and the other allows electrons to flow from one atom to another. This flow of electrons, or a negative charge, is what we call electricity. Since our bodies are huge masses of atoms, we can generate electricity. The electricity produced by our bodies is what allows synapses, signals and even heartbeats to occur.
** Electricity is a key to our survival. Electrical signals are fast. They allow for a nearly instantaneous response to control messages. If our bodies relied entirely on, say, the movement of chemicals to tell our hearts to speed up when something is chasing us, we probably would've died out a long time ago.
** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather screwing up the electron flow in a person's body.
*** This would be awfully long and unnecessary complicated way to kill someone. The reason police couldn't find anything in the first episode is the fact that this death was so unnatural. Just imagine the report "We found a guy with recent massive bruises, severe internal bleeding and broken fingers. Cause of death: natural, his heart just stopped working." Hei's ShockAndAwe attacks are not necessarily powerful, but hold just enough power to kill someone without leaving much traces.
** The human body itself generates electricity. Everything we do is controlled and enabled by electrical signals running through our bodies. All matter is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out of balance, an atom becomes either positively or negatively charged. The switch between one type of charge and the other allows electrons to flow from one atom to another. This flow of electrons, or a negative charge, is what we call electricity. Since our bodies are huge masses of atoms, we can generate electricity. The electricity produced by our bodies is what allows synapses, signals and even heartbeats to occur.
** Electricity is a key to our survival. Electrical signals are fast. They allow for a nearly instantaneous response to control messages. If our bodies relied entirely on, say, the movement of chemicals to tell our hearts to speed up when something is chasing us, we probably would've died out a long time ago.
** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather screwing up the electron flow in a person's body.
*** This would be awfully long and unnecessary complicated way to kill someone. The reason police couldn't find anything in the first episode is the fact that this death was so unnatural. Just imagine the report "We found a guy with recent massive bruises, severe internal bleeding and broken fingers. Cause of death: natural, his heart just stopped working." Hei's ShockAndAwe attacks are not necessarily powerful, but hold just enough power to kill someone without leaving much traces.
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* FridgeLogic: Wei's power has some incredibly confusing implications/logical fallacies (all of which should be ignored for the sake of his story, fight scenes, and other important moments to the show, but they'll be mentioned all the same for the sake of the trope). For starters... If he can disintegrate things that his blood is touching/detonate his blood, why doesn't he just explode whenever he uses his power because of the blood in his body? Of course, there is a lot of FridgeBrilliance (which has counter-Fridge Logic) to go along with this...
** First off, he doesn't seem to have any control over what he detonates. Every time he snaps his fingers, everything his blood is on gets destroyed (often demolishing entire rooms during a few of his... messier fights).
*** The most believable explanation is probably that he ''does'' have control, he just doesn't exercise much-- Wei is crazy, so it would make sense that he likes to cause as much destruction during fights as possible, and often uses his missed shots to create obstructions and distractions for his opponents.
** It could be that he only destroys blood that is no longer in his body.
*** No, because that would mean he'd blow up his hand, covered in blood. It could be blood that is no longer even in contact with his body.
*** But that would mean he'd destroy the blade he uses to cut himself.
**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.
* The answer to any plot/story/DeusExMachina question: Amber did it.
** First off, he doesn't seem to have any control over what he detonates. Every time he snaps his fingers, everything his blood is on gets destroyed (often demolishing entire rooms during a few of his... messier fights).
*** The most believable explanation is probably that he ''does'' have control, he just doesn't exercise much-- Wei is crazy, so it would make sense that he likes to cause as much destruction during fights as possible, and often uses his missed shots to create obstructions and distractions for his opponents.
** It could be that he only destroys blood that is no longer in his body.
*** No, because that would mean he'd blow up his hand, covered in blood. It could be blood that is no longer even in contact with his body.
*** But that would mean he'd destroy the blade he uses to cut himself.
**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.
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** First off, he doesn't seem to have any control over what he detonates. Every time he snaps his fingers, everything his blood is on gets destroyed (often demolishing entire rooms during a few of his... messier fights).
*** The most believable explanation is probably that he ''does'' have control, he just doesn't exercise much-- Wei is crazy, so it would make sense that he likes to cause as much destruction during fights as possible, and often uses his missed shots to create obstructions and distractions for his opponents.
** It could be that he only destroys blood that is no longer in his body.
*** No, because that would mean he'd blow up his hand, covered in blood. It could be blood that is no longer even in contact with his body.
*** But that would mean he'd destroy the blade he uses to cut himself.
**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.
* The answer to any plot/story/DeusExMachina question: Amber did it.
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* Yin's [[BlindSeer blindness]] actually [[ShownTheirWork makes a lot of sense]] for a ReiAyanamiExpy- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism#Visual_problems vision problems are very common in people with albinism]].
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*** This would be awfully long and unnecessary complicated way to kill someone. The reason police couldn't find anything in the first episode is the fact that this death was so unnatural. Just imagine the report "We found a guy with recent massive bruises, severe internal bleeding and broken fingers. Cause of death: natural, his heart just stopped working." Hei's ShockAndAwe attacks are not necessarily powerful, but hold just enough power to kill someone without leaving much traces.
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** [[spoiler:He also used memory and emotions extracted from her corpse with mind screwing technology. They were incomplete, but should have helped. ]]
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* It's a common theory that contractors were humans who crossed the DespairEventHorizon around the time the gates appeared. What happened to Pai?
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* Remember Hei's [[BadassLongcoat coat]] and how it's supposed to be bulletproof only when he wears it? Maybe it's made of a fabric or something that becomes rigid when electricity is passed through.
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* Remember Hei's [[BadassLongcoat coat]] and how it's supposed to be bulletproof only when he wears it? Maybe it's made of a fabric or something that becomes rigid when electricity is passed through. (Hei's powers are not 'making electricity' it's quantum manipulation. This is stated in his fight with his morally ambiguous counterpart. It's easy to make electricity when you can manupulate atomic structures.)
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**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.
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**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.disintegrate.
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** My assumption on the reappearing item was that [[spoiler: Amber]] had returned it, in order to ensure nothing like that could happen again. Which also explains why it had been working the whole time, rather than only since it was returned. If the Gate works like the similar areas in RoadsidePicnic then ascribing any motives to it is a bad idea. The entire place doesn't care about humanity or how we think the universe works.
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** Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, ((which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing)) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
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** Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, ((which (which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing)) existing) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
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* Anything launched high enough into the atmosphere disappears without a trace. NASA and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies the space agencies of other countries]] would find themselves defunct, except for the fact that in the new sky every star is connected to a contractor. If a contractor uses their powers, their star shines brightly. When a contractor dies, their star falls from the sky.
** Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, ((which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing)) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
** Analyzing the sky is the main way to determine what is happening with Contractors, so NASA and other governmental space agencies, ((which should have fallen apart when the stars vanished and space essentially stopped existing)) have become intelligence agencies whose sole purpose is to analyze the [[{{AlienSky}} sky and the stars]] to tell what is going on with the Contractors.
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*** But that would mean he'd destroy the blade he uses to cut himself.himself.
**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.
**** He is able to control what he destroys as-long as his blood is on it, hence how he destroys the wall or how the blade he uses doesn't disintegrate.
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* [[spoiler:Hei derives his powers from his sister, a Contractor who lives inside his head (for a given value of 'lives'). ''What happened to her when he got de-powered?'']]
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* [[spoiler:Hei derives his powers from his sister, a Contractor who lives inside his head (for a given value of 'lives'). ''What happened to her when he got de-powered?'']]de-powered?'']]
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* FridgeLogic: Wei's power has some incredibly confusing implications/logical fallacies (all of which should be ignored for the sake of his story, fight scenes, and other important moments to the show, but they'll be mentioned all the same for the sake of the trope). For starters... If he can disintegrate things that his blood is touching/detonate his blood, why doesn't he just explode whenever he uses his power because of the blood in his body? Of course, there is a lot of FridgeBrilliance (which has counter-Fridge Logic) to go along with this...
** First off, he doesn't seem to have any control over what he detonates. Every time he snaps his fingers, everything his blood is on gets destroyed (often demolishing entire rooms during a few of his... messier fights).
*** The most believable explanation is probably that he ''does'' have control, he just doesn't exercise much-- Wei is crazy, so it would make sense that he likes to cause as much destruction during fights as possible, and often uses his missed shots to create obstructions and distractions for his opponents.
** It could be that he only destroys blood that is no longer in his body.
*** No, because that would mean he'd blow up his hand, covered in blood. It could be blood that is no longer even in contact with his body.
*** But that would mean he'd destroy the blade he uses to cut himself.
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* FridgeLogic: Wei's power has some incredibly confusing implications/logical fallacies (all of which should be ignored for the sake of his story, fight scenes, and other important moments to the show, but they'll be mentioned all the same for the sake of the trope). For starters... If he can disintegrate things that his blood is touching/detonate his blood, why doesn't he just explode whenever he uses his power because of the blood in his body? Of course, there is a lot of FridgeBrilliance (which has counter-Fridge Logic) to go along with this...
** First off, he doesn't seem to have any control over what he detonates. Every time he snaps his fingers, everything his blood is on gets destroyed (often demolishing entire rooms during a few of his... messier fights).
*** The most believable explanation is probably that he ''does'' have control, he just doesn't exercise much-- Wei is crazy, so it would make sense that he likes to cause as much destruction during fights as possible, and often uses his missed shots to create obstructions and distractions for his opponents.
** It could be that he only destroys blood that is no longer in his body.
*** No, because that would mean he'd blow up his hand, covered in blood. It could be blood that is no longer even in contact with his body.
*** But that would mean he'd destroy the blade he uses to cut himself.
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* [[Hei derives his powers from his sister, a Contractor who lives inside his head (for a given value of 'lives'). ''What happened to her when he got de-powered?'']]
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* In episode 9, Hei (undercover in a hotel) is talking to Saitou (much more clumsily undercover in the same hotel) about [[FairCop Kirihara]]. There's an exchange along the lines of: "She's beautiful." "Yeah, but once you get to know her, she's actually pretty scary." Now think about [[EstrogenBrigadeBait who one of the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity participants in]] [[{{Badass}} this conversation]] [[AntiHero is]].
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* In episode 9, Hei (undercover in a hotel) is talking to Saitou (much more clumsily undercover in the same hotel) about [[FairCop Kirihara]]. There's an exchange along the lines of: "She's beautiful." "Yeah, but once you get to know her, she's actually pretty scary." Now think about [[EstrogenBrigadeBait [[MrFanservice who one of the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity participants in]] [[{{Badass}} this conversation]] [[AntiHero is]].
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** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather fucking up the electron flow in a person's body.
* ''DarkerThanBlack'' likes to show pretty falling stars in its opening credits. Thing is, in that series, the stars are fake (being part of an AlienSky) and are tied to the lives of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Contractors]]. So, every falling star represents a death.
* ''DarkerThanBlack'' likes to show pretty falling stars in its opening credits. Thing is, in that series, the stars are fake (being part of an AlienSky) and are tied to the lives of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Contractors]]. So, every falling star represents a death.
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** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather fucking screwing up the electron flow in a person's body.
* ''DarkerThanBlack'' likes to show pretty falling stars in its opening credits. Thing is, in that series, the stars are fake (being part of an AlienSky) and are tied to the lives of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Contractors]]. So, every falling star represents a death.body.
* ''DarkerThanBlack'' likes to show pretty falling stars in its opening credits. Thing is, in that series, the stars are fake (being part of an AlienSky) and are tied to the lives of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Contractors]]. So, every falling star represents a death.
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** This show does not like to explain things, so a few things listed as fact on its page are the product of FridgeBrilliance. Namely, that MundaneUtility moment in the first episode: we just see that Li [[PercussiveMaintenance smacks a broken TV]], some sparks fly out of it and he jumps, and all of a sudden the picture clears up. Since it takes a while before they explain much about who and what he is, you may have to watch it again before you realize that he had his eyes closed when he laid his hand on it; Hei used his ShockAndAwe abilities to fix the TV, and the EyesAlwaysShut smile hid the [[GlamourFailure telltale]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glow]].
** The Stargazer's ramblings become a good deal more relevant once you think to connect them to the running [[AlienSky "stars"]] metaphor everywhere else. [[MindScrew There's still no explanation for what she has to do with everything else that's going on]], but at least you realize [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual who she's addressing]], and some of what she's trying to tell them.
** [[EldritchLocation Hell's Gate]] is MindScrew incarnate, to the point where the characters know and comment on it. But a bit of sideways WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic logic and remembering that its main rule is, "It'll give you back what you lost, [[EquivalentExchange but for a price]]" can make sense of some of the oddities that happen around it. Misaki's reappearing [[EngineeredPublicConfession tape recorder]], for example. She lost it, needed it, and wanted it back badly, so when everything went really weird, it showed up back in her pocket. If you want to get overanalytical, she finally got the opportunity to reveal the crimes of people who thought they were above the law, and in exchange [[spoiler:she lost her illusions about a person she liked and even loved.]]
** In episode 9, Hei (undercover in a hotel) is talking to Saitou (much more clumsily undercover in the same hotel) about [[FairCop Kirihara]]. There's an exchange along the lines of: "She's beautiful." "Yeah, but once you get to know her, she's actually pretty scary." Now think about [[EstrogenBrigadeBait who one of the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity participants in]] [[{{Badass}} this conversation]] [[AntiHero is]].
** The Stargazer's ramblings become a good deal more relevant once you think to connect them to the running [[AlienSky "stars"]] metaphor everywhere else. [[MindScrew There's still no explanation for what she has to do with everything else that's going on]], but at least you realize [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual who she's addressing]], and some of what she's trying to tell them.
** [[EldritchLocation Hell's Gate]] is MindScrew incarnate, to the point where the characters know and comment on it. But a bit of sideways WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic logic and remembering that its main rule is, "It'll give you back what you lost, [[EquivalentExchange but for a price]]" can make sense of some of the oddities that happen around it. Misaki's reappearing [[EngineeredPublicConfession tape recorder]], for example. She lost it, needed it, and wanted it back badly, so when everything went really weird, it showed up back in her pocket. If you want to get overanalytical, she finally got the opportunity to reveal the crimes of people who thought they were above the law, and in exchange [[spoiler:she lost her illusions about a person she liked and even loved.]]
** In episode 9, Hei (undercover in a hotel) is talking to Saitou (much more clumsily undercover in the same hotel) about [[FairCop Kirihara]]. There's an exchange along the lines of: "She's beautiful." "Yeah, but once you get to know her, she's actually pretty scary." Now think about [[EstrogenBrigadeBait who one of the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity participants in]] [[{{Badass}} this conversation]] [[AntiHero is]].
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* In the second season, [[spoiler:The original Suou died early on and the copy was born two years before the start of the second series. Since, by his own admittance, Shion has no normal human emotions, he did a lot of guess work in creating her. What results is what Shion envisions his sister would be like had she survived, i.e. a Mary Sue. It's not great for her [[TropesAreNotBad but it works for the series.]]]]
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* Remember Hei's [[BadassLongcoat]] and how it's supposed to be bulletproof only when he wears it? Maybe it's made of a fabric or something that becomes rigid when electricity is passed through.
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* Remember Hei's [[BadassLongcoat]] [[BadassLongcoat coat]] and how it's supposed to be bulletproof only when he wears it? Maybe it's made of a fabric or something that becomes rigid when electricity is passed through.
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* Remember Hei's [[BadassLongcoat]] and how it's supposed to be bulletproof only when he wears it? Maybe it's made of a fabric or something that becomes rigid when electricity is passed through.
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* FridgeHorror: See all those pretty shooting stars in the openings? Remember [[AlienSky what that means]]?
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** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather fucking up the electron flow in a person's body.
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** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather fucking up the electron flow in a person's body.body.
* ''DarkerThanBlack'' likes to show pretty falling stars in its opening credits. Thing is, in that series, the stars are fake (being part of an AlienSky) and are tied to the lives of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Contractors]]. So, every falling star represents a death.
* ''DarkerThanBlack'' likes to show pretty falling stars in its opening credits. Thing is, in that series, the stars are fake (being part of an AlienSky) and are tied to the lives of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Contractors]]. So, every falling star represents a death.
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* FridgeHorror: See all those pretty shooting stars in the openings? Remember [[AlienSky what that means]]?
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* FridgeHorror: See all those pretty shooting stars in the openings? Remember [[AlienSky what that means]]?means]]?
* Hei's contractor power was originally thought to be [[ShockAndAwe generating lethal electrical discharges]]. In the first episode, the Tokyo Police couldn't determine the Contractor Louis's cause of death. It turns out that his power was really Molecular Manipulation, allowing him to manipulate the electrons of matter.
** The human body itself generates electricity. Everything we do is controlled and enabled by electrical signals running through our bodies. All matter is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out of balance, an atom becomes either positively or negatively charged. The switch between one type of charge and the other allows electrons to flow from one atom to another. This flow of electrons, or a negative charge, is what we call electricity. Since our bodies are huge masses of atoms, we can generate electricity. The electricity produced by our bodies is what allows synapses, signals and even heartbeats to occur.
** Electricity is a key to our survival. Electrical signals are fast. They allow for a nearly instantaneous response to control messages. If our bodies relied entirely on, say, the movement of chemicals to tell our hearts to speed up when something is chasing us, we probably would've died out a long time ago.
** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather fucking up the electron flow in a person's body.
* Hei's contractor power was originally thought to be [[ShockAndAwe generating lethal electrical discharges]]. In the first episode, the Tokyo Police couldn't determine the Contractor Louis's cause of death. It turns out that his power was really Molecular Manipulation, allowing him to manipulate the electrons of matter.
** The human body itself generates electricity. Everything we do is controlled and enabled by electrical signals running through our bodies. All matter is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. When these charges are out of balance, an atom becomes either positively or negatively charged. The switch between one type of charge and the other allows electrons to flow from one atom to another. This flow of electrons, or a negative charge, is what we call electricity. Since our bodies are huge masses of atoms, we can generate electricity. The electricity produced by our bodies is what allows synapses, signals and even heartbeats to occur.
** Electricity is a key to our survival. Electrical signals are fast. They allow for a nearly instantaneous response to control messages. If our bodies relied entirely on, say, the movement of chemicals to tell our hearts to speed up when something is chasing us, we probably would've died out a long time ago.
** In other words, Hei's power doesn't stem from zapping people to death by arrhythmias of the heart, meaning that the heart would not contract in synchrony between the different chambers, essentially causing elimination of blood flow. But rather fucking up the electron flow in a person's body.
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** Until Evening Primrose shows up, November 11 is the only Contractor badass enough to survive more than a two-parter fighting Hei, making him essentially the main villain for a while. Based on that, his white suit and light-colored hair and eyes could be a deliberate contrast with our hero, the Black Reaper. [[spoiler: The same thing goes for Hei's [[EvilCounterpart Morally Ambiguous Counterpart]] Nick.]]
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** [[spoiler: It's also Remembrance Day, which honors those who died in the first world war.]]
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* At one point during Heaven's war, Hei [[spoiler:was apparently about to strangle Pai as she paid her price]] when Amber walked up and started taking about [[SleepCute how cute/romantic they looked]]. Later, when Amber and Hei were alone in Hell's Gate, she said that she must have fought Heaven's War a hundred times trying to get it right. That means in several timelines [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pai]] wasn't alive to seal the area and win the war.
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* November 11 is James Bond's birthday, damn it. How could I miss that one?!
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* November 11 is James Bond's JamesBond's birthday, damn it. How could I miss that one?!one?!
* Quite a few bits of the (first) GainaxEnding actually make a surprising amount of sense if you think about it way too much. For instance, special attention is drawn to the fact that Kirihara gets her tape recorder taken when she goes through Pandora security, but it appears in her pocket a little later, when she [[spoiler:challenges Director Horai]]. The reason? [[spoiler:Amber put the recorder back in her pocket while time was stopped. Why Amber? Because in ''Gemini of the Meteor,'' Amber's message concerning the Mitaka Document is on that very same recorder.]]
* FridgeHorror: See all those pretty shooting stars in the openings? Remember [[AlienSky what that means]]?
* Quite a few bits of the (first) GainaxEnding actually make a surprising amount of sense if you think about it way too much. For instance, special attention is drawn to the fact that Kirihara gets her tape recorder taken when she goes through Pandora security, but it appears in her pocket a little later, when she [[spoiler:challenges Director Horai]]. The reason? [[spoiler:Amber put the recorder back in her pocket while time was stopped. Why Amber? Because in ''Gemini of the Meteor,'' Amber's message concerning the Mitaka Document is on that very same recorder.]]
* FridgeHorror: See all those pretty shooting stars in the openings? Remember [[AlienSky what that means]]?
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** In episode 9, Hei (undercover in a hotel) is talking to Saitou (much more clumsily undercover in the same hotel) about [[FairCop Kirihara]]. There's an exchange along the lines of: "She's beautiful." "Yeah, but once you get to know her, she's actually pretty scary." Now think about [[EstrogenBrigadeBait who one of the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity participants in]] [[{{Badass}} this conversation]] [[AntiHero is]].
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** In episode 9, Hei (undercover in a hotel) is talking to Saitou (much more clumsily undercover in the same hotel) about [[FairCop Kirihara]]. There's an exchange along the lines of: "She's beautiful." "Yeah, but once you get to know her, she's actually pretty scary." Now think about [[EstrogenBrigadeBait who one of the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity participants in]] [[{{Badass}} this conversation]] [[AntiHero is]].is]].
* November 11 is James Bond's birthday, damn it. How could I miss that one?!
* November 11 is James Bond's birthday, damn it. How could I miss that one?!
