Penguin Drum - Episode 22 Discussion / Poll
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This show is bad for my health. I get so worked up over it. XD I'm going to wait until the sub to say anything else because I have no idea what the hell is going on anymore.
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Wow, this episode felt like 5 minutes long.
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Let's tie some knots here:
Back in 1995 Momoka saved Tokyo from Sanetoshi. In episode 9 Himari was looking for a book called Super-Frog Saves Tokyo. This is a reference to Murakami, but San-chan does find the book in the library. I think that in the context of the story this book is about Momoka. She is/was the super frog that saved Tokyo. Not surprisingly, there's a lot of frog imagery related to Ringo. I didn't think too much of it at the time, but now things seem to be coming together. Spoiler for episode 22:
So, is Ringo the new super frog? On this note I read a comment on myanimelist that I liked quite a bit: Quote:
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Damn, Masako was so badass there at the end.
She's become my second favorite character after Ringo. Himari and Shouma are useless, and Kanba is a nutjob. Ringo and Masako FTW!!! |
Maybe it's my wishful thinking, but I have a feeling that Kanba is going to somehow be able to be redeemed from this after all. He's still being shown in a somewhat sympathetic light, especially with saving Masako and the flashback of how he wanted them to live a normal life. I could be wrong, of course. I'm very biased in my love for Kanba after all. :P
It was a good episode. I've come to realize how much I like Masako. She was my absolute least favorite character in the beginning and she grew on me a lot. I'd say now that she's my third favorite, after Himari. Speaking of Himari, that scene with her and Kanba was great and so sad. I really felt for Kan in that scene - he knew she was forcing herself to say those things. And Himari, giving back his life to him. I really thought that maybe her wish would come true and she would die back in the aquarium. It would be interesting if her wish in the present is what caused her to die in the aquarium in the past, and then cause the penguin hat to save her, causing a fate loop of sorts. |
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Anyway, another awesome episode. I don't see how Kanba could possibly be redeemed from blowing up a number of security personnel short of some magic. Ringo does have half her diary but ;_; I still want something that doesn't feel like deus ex machina to end the anime. From that interview of Ikuhara, I get the feeling that Kanba is going to be convicted as a criminal and yet still loved by his family, including Shouma. Himari should still die. It'll be very interesting to see how that's played out. This show already overdid my expectations for it (probably because I didn't have crazy high expectations like a lot of people did) but a well done ending would make it that much better. |
I'm no longer rooting for Kanba to be redeemed. He doesn't deserve redemption. No amount of manic obsession with a theoretically worthy cause can justify the actions he's taken. Kanba simply uses people and throws them away for what he sees as a noble goal.
If he lives, Ikuhara has created a pretty nihilistic universe here. |
Quite sad Kanba turned out to be like this after being GAR for most of the series. What way could it be that Sanetoshi mention to save Himari? Whatever it is most likely involves a big number of people to die. Maybe he really is just the ghost of a terrorist. This had to be the most confusing episode so far. Did Masako die at the end? Seriously hope not, she doesn't deserve it. I'm still hoping somehow Ringo, Shouma and Himari live at the end.
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Screw everyone else, all I got from this episode is that Yuri and Tabuki are together again. <3
Which is kinda odd, as I feel detached to the main story even when you factor in that the Shoma-Himari-Kanba triangle are all childhood friends. I dunno, Shoma is too much of a wuss right now, while Kanba is pursuing an ideal where he thinks Himari would be happy rather than what she is trying to say. In any case, both are NOT taking into consideration what Himari really wants. Heck, I felt way more during the cliffhanger in where Himari just dropped dead and had to be rushed to the hospital. Now that Himari has indeed faded from existence, I was just kinda meh. |
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As for Yuri and Tabuki, I got a sort of benediction vibe from their story. I think Yuri gave Ringo her half of the diary and effectively withdrew herself and Tabuki from the game. Will Tabuki live? Who knows - but in any case those two, at least, seem to have found peace. |
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Heck Sanetoshi is pretty well beyond redemption in my opinion. Actually in the end what the hell is he trying to gain? I still think his existence is a metaphor to all bad deals of the past that are still haunting people. Still 2 more episodes. Could it really end well? I really doubt it. It's a good show, but I hope it would have the perfect ending that brings it close to Utena level. Because it's too good a story to be wasted. And really, I don't want to see Himari back from the death once more time. Three times is stretching it. |
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I agree about Himari. If she's dead, I hope she'll stay that way for good this time around. |
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