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;^__^; I don't think the series will change its genre that drastically. But that hint on Yukiatsu is indeed scary.

edited 29th Apr '11 12:46:47 PM by Musicalcroc

^Yeah, I know, I was (half) Kidding. I really do hope for slasher ending now, though XD Also, who shows up immediately after Poppo's "Maybe Menma will get nostalgic and come back?" Yukiatsu. It's like they're not even trying to hide it.

EDIT: Ok, so if Yukiatsu was being honest when he said he saw Menma, then it's him whose Menma is the hallucination, and Jintan's the real deal. How's that for irony? Sorry for the constant edits, I'm kind of posting as I watch.

edited 29th Apr '11 12:55:28 PM by rbx5

I feel kind of sorry for the guy. It's like Menma doesn't notice him, at all.

It's possible that he dresses up, falls into a trance and thinks he channels Menma. I'm interested in seeing how he pulls that ghostly glowing light off.

^See, what I don't get is how they don't notice Menma physically shoving Jintan around right in front of them; Anaru saw him get tackled and fall over, after all.

Anjou noticed him acting oddly before he fell over. When you see someone making weird motions your first thought generally isn't "he's being pushed by an invisible person!" so much as just thinking someone's being weird.

^Oh I knew she didn't think anything of that, I just mean at the cookout; seeing him jerk around like that you'd think he was having a seizure or something :P

I'm really liking the randomness of Jintan's graphic tees.

^That's always seemed so universal in anime to me that I barely even notice it anymore. It's like twenty-somethings who get Asian characters tatooed on their arms cuz they think it looks cool without actually knowing what they mean.

Aaaaand Yukiatsu crossdresses. I Knew It!.

^I frickin' knew it, man. Telling you, he's gonna go all Norma(n) Bates at some point.

I don't think so. From the screenshots I've seen he doesn't look psycho material. I'll have to watch to be sure.

^I know, I know, I'm (mostly) joking. I'm just totally enamored of that idea XD

Just finished the episode. Honestly, where are they gonna go from here? What are they going to do?

Also, Tsuruko seems a lot nicer than I had anticipated. She's almost a subversion of a Kuudere.

edited 5th May '11 8:00:06 PM by Augustine

Subversion?

Cool on the outside, sweet once you get past her defenses... seems to be a Kuudere played straight to me.

To me Tsuruko wants Yukiatsu to move on so she has a chance with him. And I dunno why I'm suddenly shipping them. Maybe because they're so Beta Couple material.

And wow I can't for the next episode. I wanna see what happens~

It just seemed like she was never that cold at all.

Holy crap, Tsuroko knew about Yukiatsu this whole time? Jeez. And I hope this has some actual repercussions during the rest of the series and isn't just a "solve it all in one episode" deal, 'cuz you don't get over something like that so quickly.

Well they only just revealed that Yukiatsu had those... weird obsessions, and judging from the clips from next week's episode, it doesn't seem that it's gonna be solved soon.

Tsuruko went way up in my opinion this episode.

Yukiatsu...not so much.

I loled at Menmario and Menluigi

You really gotta wonder how many more things that they are going to refer to. Seriously, Nokemon Pokémon, Nindendo DZ Nintendo DS, Dojimon Digimon, etc.

I somehow get the feeling that Yukiatsu is going to soften and become a better liked character, just like Anaru and Tsuruko did. It'll just take a little longer I think. I'm rooting for your characterization, Yuki! Don't let me down!

Oh my God! I like Yukiatsu! This show is... I don't even know. This is looking like my third ever show I'd rate a 10/10, behind Katanagatari and Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Man, this show maintains a real emotional bite to it, I approve :) Though I wonder what that last bit about "Into the pit! Into the pit!" from Menma was about.

edited 13th May '11 11:02:39 AM by rbx5

Got to give props to Yuki this episode. Non-violence solution impresses me.

That last scene was so sad :(

edited 13th May '11 12:12:52 PM by Musicalcroc

Oh, so that bit wasn't just in the video that I saw. That did feel out of place considering how she was feeling before the credits.