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Mumumumu.... Mixed feelings for this episode.

I'll forgo highlights this time and go straight to the comments instead:

Spoiler:

To begin with, most of the episode itself actually came out really nicely, they did a very good job building up a very tense and frightening atmosphere, from the subtle hint that something happened to Rika just before Keiichi found her,

to Rika's "neko-san" metaphors used to describe all the people involved in the equipment chamber break-in,

to the phone conversations between Keiichi and Shion, (especially that final phone conversation),

there were plenty of "mystery thrill factors" in the episode to glue the viewers to their chairs.
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On top of that, Rena finally got a chance to be active in this episode again (yay), showing her gentleness and kindness towards Keiichi when he was down,

and also showing off her incredible sense of perception (important) from the clues that she was able to find in Rika and Satoko's house,

as well as coming up with a sharp hypothesis of what might have happened,

(that, and the shower scene

)

Also, notice how this is probably the first time where Keiichi and Rena was able to have a normal and calm conversation about something serious? ^^;

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Now, the problem... yes, that ladder scene...
It started off alright,

Mion's face was pretty scary, but that's where they should've stopped.

The game never mentioned anything about Mion's face becoming a freakin' human play-dough! It's freaky, yes, but not in a "holy shit that's scary!" way, but more like a "eww, what the hell is this?" kind of way.

The biggest sin is the fact that the lip-sync for the scene is totally off. The movement of Mion's mouth wasn't able to keep up with her speedy speech at all.

Also, the "wind effect" from the ladder shaking was completely unnecessary.
While I'm at it, same goes for the excessive higurashi (cicada) crys during Keiichi and Oishi's talk inside the car. The cries swell everytime something "big" was revealed, and after the second or third time, the effect really cheapens the atmosphere.

Really, it's a nice episode, but a few things just messed it up a little too much for me.
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Now, for next episode,

Since words like "blood of demon", "dark room", "hammer", "long nail" appeared, as well as phrases like "no movement in front of Sonozaki residence". I'm guessing that they're indeed going to finish Watanagashi off next week.

2006-05-16, 21:07	Link #5
Sushi-Y 湯音カワユス~ Scanlator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 38	Mumumumu.... Mixed feelings for this episode. I'll forgo highlights this time and go straight to the comments instead: Spoiler: To begin with, most of the episode itself actually came out really nicely, they did a very good job building up a very tense and frightening atmosphere, from the subtle hint that something happened to Rika just before Keiichi found her, to Rika's "neko-san" metaphors used to describe all the people involved in the equipment chamber break-in, to the phone conversations between Keiichi and Shion, (especially that final phone conversation), there were plenty of "mystery thrill factors" in the episode to glue the viewers to their chairs. ======================= On top of that, Rena finally got a chance to be active in this episode again (yay), showing her gentleness and kindness towards Keiichi when he was down, and also showing off her incredible sense of perception (important) from the clues that she was able to find in Rika and Satoko's house, as well as coming up with a sharp hypothesis of what might have happened, (that, and the shower scene ) Also, notice how this is probably the first time where Keiichi and Rena was able to have a normal and calm conversation about something serious? ^^; ======================= Now, the problem... yes, that ladder scene... It started off alright, Mion's face was pretty scary, but that's where they should've stopped. The game never mentioned anything about Mion's face becoming a freakin' human play-dough! It's freaky, yes, but not in a "holy shit that's scary!" way, but more like a "eww, what the hell is this?" kind of way. The biggest sin is the fact that the lip-sync for the scene is totally off. The movement of Mion's mouth wasn't able to keep up with her speedy speech at all. Also, the "wind effect" from the ladder shaking was completely unnecessary. While I'm at it, same goes for the excessive higurashi (cicada) crys during Keiichi and Oishi's talk inside the car. The cries swell everytime something "big" was revealed, and after the second or third time, the effect really cheapens the atmosphere. Really, it's a nice episode, but a few things just messed it up a little too much for me. ======================= Now, for next episode, Since words like "blood of demon", "dark room", "hammer", "long nail" appeared, as well as phrases like "no movement in front of Sonozaki residence". I'm guessing that they're indeed going to finish Watanagashi off next week. Last edited by Sushi-Y; 2006-05-16 at 22:11.