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Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#1: Oct 15th 2020 at 7:51:57 AM

Over-the-top, neon-lit action from the creator of Danganronpa

Mostly dumb fun so far, but there's some interesting implication in the latest episode

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#2: Oct 15th 2020 at 9:51:23 AM

I haven't seen it, but I'm sure Kodaka is gonna mind fuck people and have it connected to Danganronpa all along. I can feel it.

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#3: Oct 15th 2020 at 10:05:59 AM

Really digging the dirty neon look their version of Kansai has. The direction is stylish as heck, and the lore they’ve dropped is interesting.

Poor Swindler caught the eyes of Cutthroat. Whew boy.

So rather than a death game, they formed... some kind of a suicide squad. And they’re planning a legendary heist.

Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#4: Oct 15th 2020 at 10:27:55 AM

That fight between the Akudama and the Executioner Squad in Episode 2 was really good. Also, those little backstory bits tell me that this world is quite dystopian indeed.

Edited by Wispy on Oct 15th 2020 at 10:28:17 AM

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#5: Oct 15th 2020 at 11:18:30 AM

The WW 2 parallels were as overt as they were intriguing. But considering the real life parallels, makes me curious on how they'll colour Kansai by the end of things as well. I'd say this is episode wasn't as well paced as episode 1 for me but it was still enjoyable. Also Cutthroat deciding he liked swindler was abrupt. I'm not sure it was because she had pink eyes since he attempted to take out the executioner chick's own and those were red (then again, she was an enemy), but he also doesn't seem to recognize her from something else so it makes me curious.

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Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#6: Oct 15th 2020 at 1:42:44 PM

[up] I think that moment is just suppose to show how creepy and off he is mostly. He does seem to be a serial killer that targeted women after all.

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#7: Oct 15th 2020 at 2:00:09 PM

[up] I didn't get the impression he discriminates. Men, women, none of that matters as long as he gets that sweet red

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Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#8: Oct 18th 2020 at 3:24:59 PM

Cutthroat sure has a favorite color.

Though I agree him choosing The Citizen/Swindler is weird considering The Doctor is pinker and The Brawler is straight up red.

And this is the level of subtlety we're dealing with here.

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#9: Oct 19th 2020 at 6:35:15 AM

LOL, I didn't even notice that!

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#10: Oct 22nd 2020 at 10:02:38 PM

Episode 3:

“Only you would think this plan is easy.” Swindler truly is the most fearsome of the lot.

Love Cutthroat’s crestfallen face when boss cat tells them killing is not allowed. Brawler and Hoodlum’s dynamic is stupid in all the right ways.

So that bit where they explain how some Executioners specialize in infiltration and covert ops... foreshadowing, perhaps?

Man, the visual design of the environments in this show is dope.

Boarding successful. But what’s in store next? It involves at least two cranky officers.

Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#11: Oct 22nd 2020 at 11:12:06 PM

I noticed how one of the executioners in the opening hasn't been seen yet.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#12: Oct 23rd 2020 at 2:14:31 PM

I am half expecting Hoodlum to turn out to be the actual Swindler.

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#13: Oct 23rd 2020 at 3:19:54 PM

I really like the moment where the citizen volunteers to enter the box. It felt like her real transition from citizen to swindler. She's actively contributing to the crime now.

That was helped by the clever scene at the start of the episode with the boss' Akudama list listing her as the citizen, transitioning into the black cat's list listing her as the swindler.

Also, I haven't noticed until this episode that the text on Rabbit and Shark's T-shirts is changing with each line of dialogue to address the topic they're currently expositing about.

<insert Danganronpa joke here>

Edited by Comun on Oct 23rd 2020 at 6:20:06 AM

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#14: Oct 29th 2020 at 3:57:17 PM

I could have sworn that the black cat's sister was voiced by Kana Hanazawa, but it's actually Kana Ichinose. Only got the first name right.

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#15: Oct 30th 2020 at 7:59:25 AM

Episode 4: The black cat mastermind admits that careful planning does not always lead to success. And their little has gone wonderfully off the rails.

Black cat and his sister are obviously someone from Kanto. They’re probably runaways of some sort. Interested to see what Kanto actually is.

The fight scenes are incredible still. The Executioners are no joke. And that sick piledriver at the end!

Doctor is practically Chemist too, how convenient.

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#16: Nov 5th 2020 at 6:11:10 AM

Episode 5:
I'll miss Hacker...
Also, we got an interesting food scene, Master and Pupil suspended, search-and-destroy commencing, a new location to go to, and an ambush by Master... Next episode will be a big one for sure, especially with some lives on the line in an epic fight.

Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#17: Nov 5th 2020 at 6:41:23 AM

Huh I wonder if Hacker made it.

Did anyone catch how fucked it is how Kanto is threatening to kill the Executioner Director for just 2 failed missions? I got a bad feeling those kids were experiments especially considering how they don't even seem to understand eating.

Looks like the Surgeon lady is pissed at Swindler even though she really didn't do much other than call her a bully. Kind of amusing.

Last thing, the Director called all executioners to come after the Akumada. Their is too many to count albeit I don't see one that looks like the mysterious missing Executioner that we see a bit in the opening.

Edited by Wispy on Nov 5th 2020 at 6:41:49 AM

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#18: Nov 5th 2020 at 9:59:57 PM

The episode already starts great, with the brawler and the hacker expressing what they live for, right before the opening. The courier and the doctor got their moments later this episode, but it still feels they are the one haven't fully shown what they live for yet.

I'm getting the impression that the siblings are robots.

Halfway through the episode I was expecting the pupil to become an Akudama on her own as "the vigilante", but it looks like her master beat her to the punch.

Fun Freeze-Frame Bonus of the week is the fact the cutthroat sleeps in the filled bathtub.

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#19: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:41:05 AM

Doctor is mad at Swindler because she, like everyone else, thinks she's a particularly dangerous Akudama. That rules out any positive interpretation of her actions, and makes her nice, naive behaviour incredibly suspicious. Good people don't become Akudama by definition, so an Akudama acting like a good person is both extremely obnoxious and a gigantic warning sign. Of course, this is by the Danganronpa writer, so there's a non-zero chance that she's right to be suspicious.

Edited by Iaculus on Nov 6th 2020 at 3:42:48 PM

What's precedent ever done for us?
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#20: Nov 6th 2020 at 7:46:00 AM

I'm kinda expecting Swindler to turn out to be a government official orchestrating the whole for her own benefit

KnightofLsama Since: Sep, 2010
#21: Nov 6th 2020 at 3:21:18 PM

[up] Personally I'm at 50/50 with Swindler being an actual high class Akudama who managed to fly under the radar by keeping deep cover or an actual ordinary person who is going to grow into filling the role she created as a cover by the end of the story

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#22: Nov 6th 2020 at 8:29:15 PM

I think we’re overthinking it and Swindler really is just an ordinary girl who got caught up in this mess. Her being regular is what makes her an irregularity among irregularities.

The kids were definitely made in a lab. Robots or genetically altered human or nonhuman humanoid, take your pick.

Also, damn, where can I get one of those lunchboxes?

Also interesting choice to have Hacker leave at this juncture. It makes sense for his character, and it also means less options for our gang.

Edited by fillerdude on Nov 6th 2020 at 8:31:16 AM

thuse from see timezone Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
#23: Nov 6th 2020 at 11:05:31 PM

Some Thoughts: Swindler and the children from the Shinkansen sort of resemble each other... I feel as though there may be a connection between them...

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#24: Nov 13th 2020 at 8:17:00 AM

Episode 6: Look who’s got an animation budget. Seriously, that eye candy, especially that spar in the rain! So much emotion in that fight.

Dang, is Brawler really dead? I feel bad for Hoodlum. He’s downright dejected. But I’m curious to see how his character will develop.

And yep, the kids probably grew up in a mad scientist’s laboratory. Underground place here we go.

Doctor is the most ridiculous person in this show. She’s amazing.

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#25: Nov 13th 2020 at 3:57:19 PM

God, this episode left me speechless. I wasn't expecting the show to go this hard.

On a slightly related note, Kodaka was tweeting about Akudama Drive yesterday.

Edited by Comun on Nov 13th 2020 at 8:38:10 AM


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