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majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#251: Feb 12th 2015 at 10:30:13 AM

I do like that aspect of her, but she's had the same character note for many, many episodes, and it's not an amazingly interesting one or anything. Like, contrast her "Shinichi, I don't know you anymore!" with "Where did we come from? Where are we going? Did you ever think of those things, like a human might?" from Best Lady.

edited 12th Feb '15 10:31:23 AM by majoraoftime

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#252: Feb 12th 2015 at 10:58:58 AM

Mhm. I was actually rooting for her to stumble upon something in the park, because that would've forced her to something other than mope about how Shinichi's changed.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#253: Feb 12th 2015 at 12:12:06 PM

"Where did we come from? Where are we going? Did you ever think of those things, like a human might?"

Any sapient being can succumb to existentialism. Most humans go through life without such thoughts ever entering their minds.

Especially poor ones. They're busy enough trying to stay alive to wonder what the point of being alive is.

edited 12th Feb '15 12:12:26 PM by TheHandle

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vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
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#254: Feb 12th 2015 at 12:23:02 PM

They'll rather settle for "Because God wills it"

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#255: Feb 12th 2015 at 12:52:11 PM

[up]And that's basically how the majority of parasytes are, "it is our nature." Despite the fine lady Tamura concluding that they can, in fact, sustain off of the same food a human would eat.

edited 12th Feb '15 12:52:48 PM by Ruise

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FatBastard from India Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#256: Feb 13th 2015 at 6:52:04 AM

Perfect music choice during the masturbation scene! 10/10 best soundtrack!

About Murano, the main problem pretty much is that she's really very bland and there doesn't seem to be any kind of development in sight. Her only role is to guide Shinchi to his...System Restore Point (for lack of a better metaphor) and, considering the other more interesting characters running about, some people might find the focus she's getting sort of annoying.

edited 13th Feb '15 6:52:20 AM by FatBastard

ShinyTsukkomi ( ! ) (Life not ruined yet)
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#257: Feb 13th 2015 at 6:28:24 PM

Was the prison guy in this episode the same creeper who killed that girl at the end of episode 1? They sort of look the same, but I'm not sure.

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Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#258: Feb 13th 2015 at 7:00:32 PM

Definitely the same guy. It would be a good thing if the anime didn't go more in depth about his crimes, probably. It'd be too hardcore.

edited 13th Feb '15 7:01:19 PM by Crinias

kiukiuclk from 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693 Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: My TiMER is ticking
#259: Feb 13th 2015 at 7:58:12 PM

[up] Given what we've seen of him...it's pretty easy to guess.

majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#260: Feb 18th 2015 at 12:06:48 PM

So, this week was pretty decent. Last week seems to have been kind of the emotional climax of the show, but it's cool to see all the larger-scale stuff that's been percolating in the background start to come to fruition.

ShinyTsukkomi ( ! ) (Life not ruined yet)
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#261: Feb 18th 2015 at 2:55:23 PM

It looks like a setup for a small scale war between the humans and the parasites in office.

I hope they packed enough heat to bring down Gotoh, because they're really gonna need it.

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Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#262: Feb 18th 2015 at 3:47:33 PM

[up]If that happens, I guess Shinichi would be forced to fight in public?

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ShinyTsukkomi ( ! ) (Life not ruined yet)
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#263: Feb 18th 2015 at 9:44:32 PM

Ooh, I never even considered the possibility of Shinichi blowing his cover by joining the fray.

It shouldn't be a problem for him if the riot squad brought enough flamethrowers or RPG missiles and whatnot. Of course, since this is essentially the final boss we're dealing with, I highly doubt he's gonna get taken down without Shinichi's help.

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AtomicKitKat Atomic Kit Kat from Radiotight bunker Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#264: Feb 20th 2015 at 9:52:02 AM

Well, they sort of went into Uragami's depravity this week. Also, we get proof that the head of infected humans is essentially pretty much just a fleshy tumour(no skull).

inu-kun Since: Feb, 2014
#265: Feb 25th 2015 at 1:38:32 PM

Okay, this episode really pissed me off with it's Hollywood Tactics, the soldiers are standing stupidly close to the parasytes even if there is no danger of hitting civilians, none of them take cover, it takes them forever to respond and in generally just aren't too bright. I mean, there's failing a spot check, but the parasytes are just acting completely ridiculous and nobody noticed it. A guy running in the hallway after several dozen gunshots isn't very normal or a group of people walking calmly in the same direction while there's mass panic. You don't have to be a genius.

I'm also fearful the show will turn to "man is the real monster".

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#266: Feb 25th 2015 at 4:59:28 PM

Very dramatic episode...

[up]Agreed on the first part (though it didn't bother me too much). As for the "humans are the real monsters" thing, I think it'll be more along the lines of grey and grey and parasytes having as much of a right to live as humans, or Not So Different.

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Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#267: Feb 25th 2015 at 7:39:32 PM

Poor team. They never stood a chance. Seeing Uragami completely losing it was impressive, especially after he acted all smug during the first 15 minutes of the episode.

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#268: Feb 25th 2015 at 8:32:58 PM

I feel really bad for the guy who had a parasite corpse land right on top of him. Couldn't they be courteous and at least move it out of the way for him? Geez.

I'm rooting for that particular guy to make it out alive.

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FatBastard from India Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#269: Feb 26th 2015 at 12:33:21 AM

Ok, they recycled the same panning shot of the crowd done in (really obvious) CGI from last episode and I have no idea why. Are fidgeting crowds harder to do in digital?

And seconded on the policemen being dumb overall and especially when they encounter the five-parasyte dude. God, that sequence was dumb.

AtomicKitKat Atomic Kit Kat from Radiotight bunker Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#270: Feb 26th 2015 at 7:31:41 AM

[up] Yes it is. To some extent. You need to have each person doing a different thing, and even if they're doing the same stuff(say, tapping feet), they need to do them out of sync, at different beats. Then you have the other minor stuff, the twitching eyes/hands. It's all a load of processing power. Granted, you could have a team of people working one person to a digital model, but it's still a pain to bring them all together.

Also, what's the wild mass guess for Go-whatshisname-five-parasytes?

I'm thinking somehow they hid the heart(like Joe's), and/or armoured it with several layers of organic "metal"(the stuff their blades are made from). Crazy part was being able to store all those pellets before firing them back. Methinks they should really have brought a flamethrower/bazooka for this one.

edited 26th Feb '15 7:33:56 AM by AtomicKitKat

kiukiuclk from 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693 Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: My TiMER is ticking
#271: Feb 26th 2015 at 9:35:18 AM

I can sort of excuse the stupid fighting bc they are police, not army. Still, this seems to be the kind of situation you call the SDF for. Not sure why they did it the way they did.

Why not just make up something like quarentine stick everyone in separate rooms to take out the parasites? I mean, even if their plan had worked perfectly, you would think new evacue groups would be unhappy having to walk across giant bloodstains.

edited 26th Feb '15 9:38:11 AM by kiukiuclk

FatBastard from India Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#272: Feb 26th 2015 at 9:48:27 AM

[up] I believe the dude with the scar said after the first kill to switch the route. I'm guessing they make the people pass in front of the sensor and then take them on a winding route between the rows of buses.

vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
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#273: Feb 26th 2015 at 9:53:51 AM

It's pretty upsetting.

I have no experience with police work but some stuff seemed really bad like letting that group go amidst the pandemonium.

Goddamn did things go tits up. I'm certainly not advocating "fuck the police". But the most blatant thing that struck me was when that guy got pissed and stood up and Kiritsugu just smokes him.

Crinias from The Bleak Academy Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#274: Feb 26th 2015 at 10:04:51 AM

I thought I recognized that voice. Kiritsugu seems like a very appropriate casting choice for the scar guy, not minding killing a few people in order to uphold his goal.

And yeah, this is one of those areas that the series could have been better at.

FatBastard from India Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#275: Feb 26th 2015 at 10:05:20 AM

[up][up] Then again, the guy decided to be an idiot. There's a better time to demand your civil rights than 2 seconds after armed people are demanding your cooperation and threatening to shoot you if you don't comply.

[up] Yeah, I thought the same about casting Kiritsugu as scar dude.

edited 26th Feb '15 10:11:22 AM by FatBastard


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