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Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#101: Jul 28th 2017 at 5:36:15 PM

There certainly doesn't seem to be anything in the way of a bona fide romance, considering Reg is fully equiped as a human being, as we are frequently reminded. tongue

edited 28th Jul '17 5:40:57 PM by Lyendith

Zehirut Since: Dec, 2015
#102: Jul 28th 2017 at 8:13:52 PM

[up] Well it's not like the kids have a lot of competition in that regard… for now

edited 28th Jul '17 8:32:13 PM by Zehirut

ChefFailure Rimy and Grimy from New Jersey Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Rimy and Grimy
#103: Jul 28th 2017 at 9:00:34 PM

Next episode title hints towards a lot of things. Should be quite exciting.

I wonder which episodes will nix the ED for more scenes? Last episode did it very effectively. Although, I love listening to the music...

"When I was alive, I was a tender soul. Now, I am tenderloin." -Nanako (Senryuu Shoujo)
Ikiniks nor there from neither here Since: Jan, 2012
nor there
#104: Jul 28th 2017 at 10:52:28 PM

[up] I'm excited too. However, based on where episode 4 stopped, the next episode should have...quite a bit of the things under the Values Dissonance entry. And iirc, those things are on-screen for a not-insignificant amount of time

...things that may or may not decide whether or not people keep tuning in. If that one moment ''that all here should know about" in the second episode didn't already scare them off.

It won't bother me, but there has and is a stink raised over similar things. I shouldn't care, but I really want to get as many people onboard this train as possible.

As for the second thing, maybe Ozen's flashback and Mitty? I also like the ED, misleading as people find it to be. "Hands" indeed oh lawdy.

edited 28th Jul '17 10:57:57 PM by Ikiniks

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ChefFailure Rimy and Grimy from New Jersey Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Rimy and Grimy
#105: Jul 29th 2017 at 2:42:40 AM

I think it's okay to warn about the Values Dissonance to the rest of you guys in advance. For those wondering, it's liberal about child nudity. Hopefully you have the stomach to continue the ride.

One detail I always found really cool about the Curse is that it lets sunlight in, making the Abyss a sunny place, and yet prevents it from leaving so no one can actually see what's inside from Orth. It's not a gimmick you see often.

edited 29th Jul '17 2:44:52 AM by ChefFailure

"When I was alive, I was a tender soul. Now, I am tenderloin." -Nanako (Senryuu Shoujo)
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Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#107: Jul 29th 2017 at 7:29:45 AM

Pretty tame so far. Well, this is stuff even amateurs are supposed to be able to handle, so that isn't too surprising. The deeper they go, the more messed up things get.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#108: Jul 29th 2017 at 10:18:46 AM

You know, nothing so far convinces me that Riko is in any way ready for this trip. Seriously she's acting more like they are going on a picnic to the par than braving the most dangerous place in the world all on their own. She really is a reckless child way out of her depth. The only thing she has going for her is that Reg is there.

ChefFailure Rimy and Grimy from New Jersey Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#109: Jul 29th 2017 at 1:10:46 PM

Yes, it is quite strange when you think about it, doesn't it? You have Leader and Habolg, both who looked after Riko from cradle to age twelve, and yet here they are letting her run off into the Abyss the moment she suspects her mother is calling for her? Why is that the case?

"When I was alive, I was a tender soul. Now, I am tenderloin." -Nanako (Senryuu Shoujo)
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#110: Jul 29th 2017 at 1:25:23 PM

Yeah, it's one thing that Riko herself is doing this - she's a kid with all the recklessness and overconfidence of one. But those two should really know better.

ChefFailure Rimy and Grimy from New Jersey Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#111: Jul 29th 2017 at 1:35:05 PM

Hm.

Here's the manga's version of the Second Layer entrance, for those interested.

"When I was alive, I was a tender soul. Now, I am tenderloin." -Nanako (Senryuu Shoujo)
Ikiniks nor there from neither here Since: Jan, 2012
nor there
#112: Jul 29th 2017 at 9:20:51 PM

[up][up] I think you may be underestimating just how much the abyss rules their lives. They live near it, they work in it, and many will die in it. The fact that they even have a standard scenario for red whistles rushing into the second layer ("treated as suicide") should say how not uncommon this is. She knows what she's doing is deadly and that she may not be ready for it. But that doesn't matter to her. It does matter to leader and Habo, and care about her, but they all share the same fixation as her, just maybe not at the same level.

The first three three episodes establish some clear things regarding who Riko is: she's reckless, impulsive, and overall really hard to restrain. Repeated humiliation doesn't stop her from keeping some of her findings. She was already raring to go deeper than she was allowed to at the beginning, so that message just gave her that push to go, "that's it, I'm going in!" And so she goes in. Nothing short of debilitating, near-fatal injury or maybe death is going to stop her. They know it, she knows it, we should know it. They cannot stop her. All they can do is ask Reg to keep her safe.

Everything that comes from the abyss will eventually come back to it. Also there are certain revelations later on that are heavily implied to be things that both Jiruo and Habolg already knew about. I mean, Habolg did say that Riko would find some upsetting things at the seeker camp.

edited 29th Jul '17 9:26:43 PM by Ikiniks

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ChefFailure Rimy and Grimy from New Jersey Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#113: Jul 29th 2017 at 11:18:15 PM

Shlugo ain't wrong though. Hopefully we're just not seeing a reason for this madness.

Orth's belief in the Abyss certainly is damn strong though. I bet it'd be really fun to dissect the society like an anthropology.

"When I was alive, I was a tender soul. Now, I am tenderloin." -Nanako (Senryuu Shoujo)
Ikiniks nor there from neither here Since: Jan, 2012
nor there
#114: Jul 30th 2017 at 12:10:01 AM

I guess the shortest explanation that can be given right now is, "Orth has very different standards for what they'll let kids do." But I will say that they do know better, especially in regards to her. And it actually might be just her that they're being this... "lenient" with, so to speak. Especially when they may know about her possible life expectancy.

On the topic of the episode: Geez they dropped us off exactly at the moment when... yeah, next ep's gonna be nuts. Just kind of reminded of how gradual the ramping up of the scary factor was. Less like a slope, a smooth upward plane. More like stairs, with calms and storms in succession.

edited 30th Jul '17 12:18:30 AM by Ikiniks

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#115: Jul 30th 2017 at 8:40:27 AM

Episode 4: On one hand it warms my heart that Habo got to say goodbye. On the other hand... goodbyes.

Really digging the adventure RPG vibes. I got disproportionately giddy at Reg and Riko preparing breakfast. And those windmill things are rad! The visuals and music are still incredible; the shift from vertical to horizontal shots as the duo enters the Second Layer really added to that slight tinge of Abyss-brand oddity.

Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#116: Jul 30th 2017 at 8:45:39 AM

Speaking of breakfast, I'm really curious to know what "Riko bombs" are.evil grin

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#117: Jul 30th 2017 at 8:47:44 AM

I can only assume they're like the Russian Roulette Choux a la Creme in Jitsu wa Watashi wa.

Ikiniks nor there from neither here Since: Jan, 2012
nor there
#118: Jul 30th 2017 at 9:23:20 AM

[up][up], [up] They're those massive spherical riceballs she eats in ep. 1 and makes in ep. 2. According to the translations of the theme cafe's menu, they're filled with other savory foods.

And I'm also glad they're leaving in the cooling scenes.

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supermerlin100 Since: Sep, 2011
#119: Jul 31st 2017 at 7:32:06 AM

Okay anime discussion is starting to move back to the season thread, because of all of the hinting in this thread.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#120: Jul 31st 2017 at 7:55:36 AM

Yeah, it seems like some people just can't help themselves.

damage3245 Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Ikiniks nor there from neither here Since: Jan, 2012
nor there
#122: Jul 31st 2017 at 5:18:53 PM

Right. Sorry about that. I'll just avoid saying anything I have to put into spoiler tags. Or anything that could surround a spoiler tag.

It's just ended up being something a lot better what many manga readers could have hoped for.

edited 31st Jul '17 5:21:49 PM by Ikiniks

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ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#123: Aug 4th 2017 at 9:23:59 AM

That new episode was great. Seems like they're fighting Ozen next episode and we got to learn more about the Incinerator. Honestly the Values Dissonance wasn't even that bad. The pacing was back to 3 chapters this episode.

ChefFailure Rimy and Grimy from New Jersey Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Rimy and Grimy
#124: Aug 4th 2017 at 1:15:17 PM

Ozen's voice was thicker than I was expecting.

That Corpse-Weeper was a straight-up SCP, and the scene where they flocked around Reg was uncomfortably reminiscent of that one part in End of Evangelion.

"When I was alive, I was a tender soul. Now, I am tenderloin." -Nanako (Senryuu Shoujo)
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#125: Aug 4th 2017 at 1:43:21 PM

Tasteful censorship of the original manga.

And yeah, Corpse weeper be creepy.

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