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2011-11-11, 01:26 | Link #1922 |
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Nothing too much happening story wise and the character development between Inori and Shu was awkward, although the character interaction between Ayase and Shu was handled much better. Having Shu not overreact to Inori's rejection also made him slightly more appealing to me, usually those kinds of situations wind up having the protagonist go into angst driven depression and do something real stupid. Instead, Shu actually is quite mature in handling his emotions and recognizes that he himself is just a teenager who does not understand how the world really works. Despite being hurt he has not activated the pen just yet, so he's still carrying some doubts in his mind.
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The word I'd probably use for your average anime male lead is "clumsy", both in word and action. At least that's how your average anime male lead starts, imo. Quote:
She may have been a clone trained to be a terrorist her entire life, which could help to explain her excellent marksmanship and athletic ability. Or she may be an artificial being of some sort, such as an android. Or she could be a cyborg. Again, the one thing I don't think she is, is a normal human being. Just too many hints surrounding her that goes totally against that, imo. Good point. I think that's definitely a factor. Shu didn't want to be an inconvenience to Ayase, and was searching for a pretext to get out of being one to her. Unfortunately, he settled on a clumsy pretext without giving enough thought to how disrespectful it would come across.
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2011-11-11, 01:49 | Link #1925 |
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I had pointed out earlier that a transmitter doesn't have to be transmitting at all times. If it only sent out a signal every day or so, then it would be just as undetected as it is now. Besides, it's not as if the terrorists took any precautions to find possible tracking devices.
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2011-11-11, 01:51 | Link #1927 |
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Can't say a lot at the moment. As far as development for some of the characters, this was a pretty good episode. Ayase fan base grew by the thousands in one episode.lol. Yeah she was definitely the highlight of the episode for me. Gai's sickness, Shu gets rejected(tho you can tell she has some feeling for Shu) and dat ending. Seriously tho, death ray in my Guilty Crown?lol
Overall: I actually liked this episode a lot. 8.5/10
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2011-11-11, 02:03 | Link #1928 |
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The deathray weapon was played to early. I bet in the next episode they are planning to take it down but if it's already down then what other massive weapon will the GHQ bring forth? and why do they even need a satellite weapon if they are there to cure the citizens of apocalypse virus.
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2011-11-11, 02:07 | Link #1929 | |
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That being said, I doubt that GHQ is there simply to cure the Japanese citizens of the apocalypse virus. There are almost certainly ulterior motives at play, imo.
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2011-11-11, 02:10 | Link #1930 | |
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As for a tracking device that sends a signal once a day, that would not be reliable, since the location can differ at any given moment. Also, as soon as the tracking device transmit, it will probably be detected and discovered. A more useful tracking device sends a signal every 15 minutes, but even 1 hour is fine. A once a day tracking device is too unreliable to use. As some have pointed out earlier, the pen is most likely the target trigger for the Leucocyte (love these biological terms they use) to blow them up. Segai did mention that it will exact the "appropriate punishment punishment on them." If it was a targeting device, the Undertakers will not have enough time to evacuate, and hence, would be destroyed immediately and effectively. Which brings up another interesting point. Why did the Leucocyte target Gai's position at the end of the episode? What could have caused them to target there? Is it possible that they discovered the trigger in the pen, took it out of the pen, and had it detonate at that location?
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2011-11-11, 02:17 | Link #1931 |
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The flashback/flashforward kind of give away the plot... if I'm right.
I think were looking at Inori and Shu having a Shiro/Ganta relationship (Deadman Wonderland) BIG CLUES: - the flashback in the first episode... why did all those things appear in Shu's mind? - Shu's mother is a scientist who never visits! - Inori's Void gives Shu too many powers compared to the Void of others. She gives him the sword, super strength, super speed, super reflexes, invulnerability. - Inori seems to go straight to Shu's hideout and waits. . . waits for him. She's not really hiding. She seems to be waiting. The people who arrest her just let Shu go even through she is wanted for stealing something she didn't have on her. The troops are real hardasses who shoot civilians when they are in places they shouldn't be. Shu was in a condemned building with a fugitive. Theories: - Inori is a clone/reincarnation. - The clone of the entity that killed Gai's wife! - Shu has amnesia. He's not really who he thinks he is. His mother is not his mother. - Gai stole Inori clone to use as a weapon - Gai is terminally ill. Inori treats him 3 times a month with a blood transfusion. Cancer? Virus? Who knows? He's dying. That's why he's always in a rush. Inori probably gives him some of her super blood and that's why he can see Voids. - He doesn't want the rest to see him weak or to know that he's dying. Some think Inori and Gai sleep together but they lock themselves in a room for his blood filtering/transfusion. - Inori lied about Gai telling her to seduce Shu because she wants to fight for the cause. She feels guilty about what her original self did to Japan and Gai. - Gai hates Inori, hates looking at her. Seeing her, he sees nothing but Armageddon and DEATH! As for the space laser, Gai survived that. Like he's gonna die offscreen, please. He was long gone when that hit. Last edited by mechalord; 2011-11-11 at 02:31. |
2011-11-11, 02:33 | Link #1932 |
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Another point about the death ray weapon. It is called the Leukocyte, which is the white blood cells in our bodies. The purpose of the white blood cells is to get rid of foreign invaders in the body, usually infections. Hence, the purpose of the Leukocyte is to get rid of the "infections", much the same way as the Antibodies do.
Quite twisted and fun in how they come up with these names. At least they are consistent.
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Even by today's standard, in any spy movie, they always scan for tracking devices. Hence, it would not be too effective an object to use in the future, when technology is more advanced. The series made very good logical sense when it came to not using a tracking device. As for the choice of using a targeting device pen, well, that could be up to debate for more advance technology gizmo they could have used.
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2011-11-11, 03:57 | Link #1937 | |
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Shu and Gai were friends as children. Gai looks older than he actually is due to some condition. Inori is a clone of a dead girl Shu and Gai once knew, or is just a stray modified to look like her. Alternatively they are all three of them are clones of dead people, whereas Gai and Inori are a defective one, and Shu is success. |
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2011-11-11, 04:44 | Link #1938 |
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These Antibodies and Leukocyte terminologies are quite hilarious because in real life biology antibodies are produced by a certain type of leukocytes, namely B cells. So actually Antibodies should be subordinate to Leukocyte, or at the same level of order at most.
Writer of GC should've made up a more general/upper term for Antibodies, like for example a clever backronym for I.M.M.U.N.E
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