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Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#26: Nov 13th 2020 at 8:19:22 PM

Hoodlum sure seems like he should be dead, but he's in the preview... I wonder if this is where we'll be seeing an infiltration-type executioner

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#27: Nov 13th 2020 at 8:31:08 PM

[up] Possible given what was stated in one of those infomercial skits. Either way I’m excited where they go with his role in the story.

AbrahamOmosun Since: Jan, 2019
#28: Nov 13th 2020 at 10:10:24 PM

Someone needed to slap some sense into Cutthroat sooner or later and I have to say, Swindler doing it was very satisfying. Also, I thought the fight in the hotel was cool but rain fights with cool lighting > hotel fights with cool lightingtonguetongue

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#29: Nov 13th 2020 at 11:25:39 PM

At least Brawler got to go out in precisely the way he wanted.

What's precedent ever done for us?
thuse from see timezone Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
#30: Nov 13th 2020 at 11:54:41 PM

[up] aye... I'll miss the interactions between Hoodlum and Brawler...

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#31: Nov 14th 2020 at 8:15:29 AM

I am highly amused at cutthroat teaching people the appeal of make yandere

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Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#32: Nov 14th 2020 at 8:46:14 AM

[up]x6 He could be dead, Pupil has both of the lightsaber weapons covered in blood. At the very least if Hoodlum is dead and the one we see in the preview is the Imposter he did try to fight Pupil and took her eye out before he died.

This whole episode was really fun, loved that fight. Mentor and Brawler went out spectacularly.

Edited by Wispy on Nov 14th 2020 at 8:47:29 AM

JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#33: Nov 17th 2020 at 12:19:22 PM

I think Swindler took too much risk with that slap

Cutthroat may be eccentric, but he's still a dangerous killer.

—-

I imagine that The Execution officers will be victims of Conservation of Ninjutsu.

Two execution officers = A Deadly threath

A lot of Execution officers = Mooks.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Nov 17th 2020 at 12:30:46 PM

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#34: Nov 17th 2020 at 1:44:56 PM

Swindler never really took cutthroat seriously from day one. It doesn't really help that he's clingy to her in a puppy way and hasn't done anything to her since he decided he liked her

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#35: Nov 17th 2020 at 5:41:46 PM

She's been repeatedly mouthing off to some of the most notoriously terrifying people in Japan after seeing ample evidence of what they're all willing and able to do. She knows who and what Cutthroat is, especially after how he introduced himself in Episode 1 - I just think she genuinely doesn't care.

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JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#36: Nov 18th 2020 at 5:39:29 PM

One thing I imagine is that the Courier will be upset with Cutthroath too, but for a totally different reason.

He'll think Cutthroath almost ruined the mission, out of a "stupid sentimentality", prioritizing the life of his "girlfriend" over the mission

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Nov 18th 2020 at 5:41:20 AM

thuse from see timezone Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
#37: Nov 19th 2020 at 6:23:24 AM

Episode 7:
God was this a shocker...

  1. Brother reveals who he and Sister are: experiments made from thousands of other children in an effort to produce a human being that can live forever. It felt like something out of horror...
  2. Just when I thought there would be a happy ending, the Doctor turned out to be the Mole... And now, in exchange for ratting out the Akudama, Doctor will be taken off the Akudama list. To anyone who guessed the Doctor to be the Mole or to anyone who knew that there would be a Mole, Good Job!!
  3. Turns out the war between Kanto and Kansai wasn't contained within Japan. It went so far that the Moon was destroyed... Makes you wonder what happened to the rest to the world...

Edited by thuse on Nov 19th 2020 at 10:24:09 PM

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#38: Nov 19th 2020 at 6:34:02 AM

Okay, the kids' backstory wasn't terribly surprising, and it was clear that the show wasn't going to end here, but I sure wasn't expecting the rest of that

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#39: Nov 19th 2020 at 6:39:41 AM

Yeah, I have a feeling that this is Danganronpa related, taking place after the Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History.

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#40: Nov 19th 2020 at 8:06:34 AM

[up][up] Basically had the same impression. The backstory of the kids is predictable but I certainly did not expect the party to get split up, with Swindler and the little girl en route to the moon. Well, maybe they won’t end up at the moon, but they will be faaar away. I am itching to see what’s next.

JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#41: Nov 19th 2020 at 11:20:34 AM

This is a minor complaint, but I wish they had kept the Rule of Two with the Executioners.

The problem is that when so many appear together, they end up being victims of Conservation of Ninjutsu, and those that were once powerful enemies are demoted to simple Mooks.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Nov 19th 2020 at 11:21:16 AM

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#42: Nov 19th 2020 at 5:56:13 PM

To anyone who guessed the Doctor to be the Mole or to anyone who knew that there would be a Mole, Good Job!!

It was not a hard guess since she and Courier were the only ones who didn't make their intentions clear by episode 5, and Courier is the deuteragonist. But I was expecting her to be stealth expert Executioner mentioned before, not an actual Akudama trying to be pardoned.

Swindler and the little girl en route to the moon.

No, the rocket was visibly flying on the opposite direction.

AbrahamOmosun Since: Jan, 2019
#43: Nov 19th 2020 at 9:53:44 PM

[up][up] Was just thinking of that. Master and student kept the Akudama on the ropes (with Master even going solo) when they met and now Cutthroat killed 3(4?) executioners in seconds despite having his ass handed to him previously.

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Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#44: Nov 19th 2020 at 10:06:23 PM

Master and Student were probably higher ranking Executioners considering how the Director specifically sent them after a group of high ranking Akumada which atleast from my understanding so far is quite unusual.

I don't think the Executioners really won here though. Courier and Cutthroat can still fight and Hoodlum as shown before is a complete wildcard and seems to inherit some of Brawler's fighting spirit. They only got one of the kids out of this which is gonna make Kanto unhappy.

Also can I just say it? Fuck Kanto, from what little we know they are god awful.

JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#45: Nov 19th 2020 at 10:33:39 PM

I suppose it makes sense to some extent that they are so weak, the death rate would not be as high, if on average each team were as strong as the Master and the Student.

Also, even as "Mooks", they are still much tougher than the average cop.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Nov 19th 2020 at 10:38:10 AM

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#46: Nov 20th 2020 at 2:33:31 AM

I assume that the rocket will take Swindler and Sister to Kanto, where they'll meet up with Hacker. It's the obvious development here.

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#47: Nov 20th 2020 at 2:38:10 AM

[up][up] Yeah, they did manage to cut Cutthroat’s leg. The police did jack.

[up] I hadn’t actually considered that, but now that you mention it, that seems like the obvious route!

thuse from see timezone Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
#48: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:42:46 AM

[up] Plus, it would give us a chance to see what Kanto looks like after the war...

JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#49: Nov 20th 2020 at 7:45:46 PM

I wonder if the fact that Courier and Cutthroat are the same age, and the same stats on their bodies will matter in the plot or is it just a coincidence?

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Nov 20th 2020 at 7:47:47 AM

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#50: Nov 20th 2020 at 9:18:46 PM

I had been expecting the traitor to be Hoodlum, because he just kind of casually insinuated himself into the group rather than being hand-picked by Brother, he somewhat resembles the fourth Executioner in the OP, and there was that one time when Student was hesitating to attack Swindler because she didn't appear to be an Akudama and he helpfully filled her in.

Just the line about there being Infiltrator-type Executors really had me expecting there would be an imposter, and he seems like the the only real option on that front. Really I'm still kind of excepting that, because that's a gun on the mantlepiece that still hasn't been fired.


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