Gatchaman Crowds

"These aren't the aliens you're looking for"

edited 10th Sep '13 11:20:35 AM by kiukiuclk

*you're

Will the series be 13 or 26 episodes long?

12

So the most recent episode explicitly shows why giving everyone the Crowds abilitiy was a bad idea. A bunch of people use it for petty reasons like theft and street harassment, and the users we see are more interested in kidnapping celebrities than starting revolution.

Episode 10. In which they power up.

The Neo Hundred are kind of lame. "I want superpowers that don't make me tired."

I like how Katze is invisible in GALAX too.

And how everyone is "Hajime-chan" with Hajime. Up too, but not including, the Prime Minister.

And Utsutsu's form is used.

And Jou is back.

"Bow down before my courageous wings!" Pai's not afraid anymore.

And the Jerkass is exposed. I know I shouldn't be cheering for Katze, but that dick had it coming....though not his family.

I feel like the fact that Hajime isn't able to see Katze at all is important, but I can't quite say how.

With Hajime at least, I don't think Katze is trying to hide. It seems surprised whenever she can't see it. Maybe Hajime is part alien too?

I think the Neo-Hundred were lame on purpose. It sort of feeds into Rui's delusions about how the Gatchaman were unnecessary because they're exceptional beings with superpowers, while he thinks people can and should be able to take care of themselves. And then Katze's experiment shows how incredibly wrong Rui's theory is, since I imagine the selfish, childish antics the Neo Hundred engage in are the exact sort of things most people would do if they suddenly got superpowers.

Well Hajime looks a lot like the daughter of the boss of neo hundred ... or maybe it's just my imagination, anyway Pai pai roar at the end with all the gatchaman was pretty epic.

edited 13th Sep '13 7:48:26 PM by asellus111

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

....hmmm.

She kinda does.

So what are you implying with that?

The similarity is fairly striking, but I've no idea how it could be worked into a plot twist

There's a girl that looks like Hajime in just about any group of children in this show. (The girl that talked about making a gravestone for her father also looked like Hajime, for example, and there's another Hajime in the kindergarden.) I think that's a deliberate stylistic choice, not a sign that her family is really, really big.

Well... Time travel shenanigans could explain why Hajime seems to be at the right moment and be acquainted with certain people to help defeat Bertz. Also the whole "I`m you" from Katze to Neo hundred boss, take this as a WMG.

edited 13th Sep '13 9:19:29 PM by asellus111

Honestly, I hope Hajime doesn't have a special connection and is just a girl with a very unique outlook.

She's unique, just like everyone else who looks like that.

That was a Crazy Awesome episode.

It was nice seeing the whole group in action finally. It certainly took a while for all of them to transform.

I'm not sure how I should feel about that Prime Minister dude though: are we supposed to dislike him, or sympathize with him?

edited 14th Sep '13 8:33:25 AM by HandsomeRob

I think we're supposed to understand his disillusionment, but not necessarily agree with it, and hope he gets over it. He's someone who wants the same as people like Hajime, but has grown cynical and lost his way to that ideal. So I'm not sure either sympathise or dislike are accurate.

Episode 11. In which there's shilling.

So O.D's that old.

The first part of the episode made me kind of think that the person most likely to die is Hajime. It also kind of feel like it just went on too long.

I find it strange with a Prime Minister who's that bad at public talking, and that easily affected by single comments. Then he finally gets to act properly, and is immediately hijacked by Katze.

Like Eva's final episodes, but less interesting and with more character shilling. Well, Utsutsu's portion was moderately interesting. And slightly gay

We've spend half an episode hearing things that anyone paying attention figured out already.

But I'm really interested in next episode. The climax!

Not gay enough.

To be fair, she had a huge effect on the team since joining.

Hell, up until she came along, it looks like only Joe and Sugane were active in the field, and Pai Pai was a joke as a leader.

To say nothing of how she solved the Mess problem....and why were those guys even important in the first place? They seem to have been completely forgotten.

Man, fuck you Katze. Talking about Yank the Dog's Chain, and right when they were making real progress too.

Well OD is too powerful to go on missions so it's natural that he can't help directly.

The MESS were capturing people inside themselves. When they realize what they did was wrong they spit them all out. I'm expecting them to appear in the last episode and capture all the Crowds.

edited 20th Sep '13 5:49:04 PM by OmegaRadiance

Nice job breaking it Rui.

edited 20th Sep '13 5:58:57 PM by Kiefen