Dimension W

Welp, they cut out basically a mini-arc that, while not related to the Numbers plot, reveals something about the setting, and why those kids REALLY shouldn't have been poking around Kyouma's yard.

And it looks like we're jumping straight to the Yasogami Lake arc. This is interesting, as the scanslated chapters STOP right in the middle of this arc. Should be fun.

…What, they're at Yasogami already?! ò.Ô Doesn't it start in volume 3?

Pretty much. The arc that should have followed this (the numbering system for the kids, Kyouma running after the ones who took advantage of the enlistment loophole) was entirely cut out.

I see… Can't say I was a big fan of that mini-arc myself, so I don't really mind, although the school record thing was interesting.

…Am I the only one who found Mira's voice a tad annoying in this ep? It feels like Ueda is forcing herself to sound cute, it's unpleasant…

I liked her voice and think it was meant to be somewhat too cutesy at first, mirroring her being a bit full of herself. Notice that it was a bit less cute when she was sitting in her trailer with her head in her hands, more depressed.

I approve the arc axing. Wasn't that much interesting in the manga tbh... except Kyoma's car chase. All in all ep 3 turned out pretty good.

I really wonder what the anime's gonna cover, though. At the pace it's going, they obviously want to get to the Easter Island arc, but as far as I know it's not over yet in the manga, and stopping in the middle would be weird...

Is it just me, or the whole end of this murder mystery / ghost story ended just plain weird? I mean,it all pretty much ended when the illusion cube around the coil was shattered, thus baring the reality.

Well, I get it that dimension W is a weird place for humans' perception, but this? Destroying an entire layer of reality? By exposing its fake-ness to someone not even in control of it? I don't really know how to feel about this all.

Still, cool episode.

My, they're really rushing through this, aren't they… ò.Ô

Compressing NINE VOLUMES into twelve episodes will do that. And yeah, lots of stuff were cut or changed in this one too, as a quick look through the raws will show.

…What, it's not 26 episodes? Oh my, I'm afraid this is gonna be Brynhildr all over again…

edit: Okay, episode 4 flows surprisingly well despite all the compression. Elizabeth's friend in Yasogami was admittedly dispensable. They also exploited all the fanservice potential of the shower scene, but that's another matter.

edit2: Ugh, episode 5 was really hard to follow, even having read the manga… There's just to much information at once. =[

edited 8th Feb '16 9:07:18 AM by Lyendith

So, Easter island next episode, huh?

And, was that a pepelats I saw out there?

edited 15th Feb '16 3:23:34 AM by NHunter

Meh African bishounen billionaire with schemes. Minimal interaction between Kyoma and Mira. I-love-Japan cyborg prince is fucking generic too. The show is going down the drain real fast.

edited 15th Feb '16 1:38:20 PM by ultra0099

I much prefer the Easter Island arc to the Yasogami arc, honestly. It's more interesting and less confusing. But the setup might seem a little generic I guess.

Such a lovely place the Easter island is...

Indeed it is, though I think the takeaway of this episode was we finally got insight into what makes Mabuchi tick. I'm feeling a sense of compression again here, though, like we breezed through five chapters in one sitting. Hmm.

And did we REALLY have to have Steve Jobs as the president of New Tesla? XD

Also, ouch. A coil accident and a botched operation. So the wafuku-lady tending the shop was Miyabi's sister then? Hmm... So, anyone find it odd that only Miyabi's head vanished during the coil malfunction? Sounds fishy to me.

edited 21st Feb '16 2:53:51 PM by MyssaRei

The head was all that they were operating on. Given the doctor's injuries, I think the entire operation room was victim to disaster. The rest of the body just wasn't there.

Wait, the Grendels were picked because they were superhuman? Not operated on?

Also, catgirl

Not quite a spoiler, but it does look like they're going to go through ALL of the material out so far. That's right, up to the current book 9 which sad to say, is STILL not the end to the Easter Island arc. The last chapter in the volume ends on a massive cliffhanger.

This one IS a spoiler though: looks like we're getting a Orochimaru-esque big bad after all, and he ties Loser together with the Easter Island raid that the Grendels participated in. :(

Oh, and for the curious, this week's episode was almost a straight adaptation of chapters 37 to 41. Stuff that was left out were:

* The assassination attempt on the prince before the group left. * Kyouma visiting Miyabi's grave.

edited 21st Feb '16 10:25:14 PM by MyssaRei

P.S. Of the nine books out, 6-9 essentially cover the arc that the anime is at right now. That's how long the arc is. And it gets finished in the 6 chapters that came after the compilations.

I understood only her head was "usable", the rest of the body was gonna be discarded either way because of the disease. That's why I don't get "we put the body from a neck down... for safekeeping", what safekeeping, you folks were building a complete artificial body to stick just the head on...

Not a bad episode but these new collector clowns are clowns.

So, that's, what, four characters motivated by their wives dying in coil-related bullshit now? Has anyone considered opening up some sort of support group?

Coils: they don't just power your fridge; they stuff it, too!

Actually, Miyabi's the only one so far whose death has been directly caused by a coil mishap. Dr. Yurizaki was murdered by a follower of what looks like an apocalyptic cult, while Loser/Julian's wife Sophia was held as a hostage by Orochimaru (I kid you not) when Kyouma put a stop to the latter's plan, which caused her to be dragged with the snakeman to a pocket dimension in Dimension W.

Has it been revealed in the manga if Mira is a complete robot or has a human brain after all? Curious.

edited 22nd Feb '16 1:30:59 PM by ultra0099