(L+CR) Phi Brain: God's Puzzle (all seasons)

[Lord of Fire]

Interesting how their best friend is now their worst enemy.

I'm starting to wonder if this was kinda foreshadowed in earlier seasons.

[Master_Yoma]

Spoiler for Oh my:

Jin turned evil and all from getting his memories back where some 200 proof alcohol when you need it

[orion]

Originally Posted by Lord of Fire

Interesting how their best friend is now their worst enemy.

I'm starting to wonder if this was kinda foreshadowed in earlier seasons.

It wasn't his fault.

So for my guess...the Puzzle of God was a way of selecting a host for whoever Orpheus really is. Wasn't this something that Yu-Gi-Oh did?

[kuromitsu]

Wow, this series has been so good recently, the two most recent eps especially. Finally we had both some Nonoha and some Elena (today's ep was a really fine Gammon & Elena episode, awww), and the actual plot is pretty good, too. They're really going all-out in this season... (probably since they know it's the last one)

One thing, though, we finally saw Nonoha with her hair down, when is it Kaito's turn? His hair is longer now, and he's turned into such an ikemen, it would be a crime not to make him let down his hair at least once!

[Miraluka]

I really need to catch up with the series...

[Lord of Fire]

More development here.

Spoiler:

Raetsel decided to be Orpheus' vessel, going in by his word that he'd release Jin.

I think the key to defeating Orpheus is by having Kaito, Rook and Raetsel work together. The past Jin showed them seems to indicate just that. But now that Raetsel is under the influence of an Orpheus Armlet, will she be able to break free like Gammon did in the previous episode, or will she need the help of Kaito and Rook to keep her act together?

And exactly what is Freecell's role in this? If Raetsel, Rook and Kaito are the main players, where does Freecell stand?

[Rima-Chan]

So......

Spoiler for spoiler obviously:

Do you guys think they seriously killed off Rook or he miraculously survived that? Or if he really did will they bring him back to life with the power of Orpheus? .....


I just can't believe Phi Brain would pull something like this now xDDD

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Rima-Chan

So......

Spoiler for spoiler obviously:

Do you guys think they seriously killed off Rook or he miraculously survived that? Or if he really did will they bring him back to life with the power of Orpheus? .....


I just can't believe Phi Brain would pull something like this now xDDD

Spoiler for ep 21:

There's no way he's dead. They've been fanboying over him in the past two seasons, I don't believe they killed him off. I bet he'll miraculously reappear at some point to get Kaito out of his (inevitable) funk, bah. Also to reveal that he did some secret detective work that was possible because everyone believed him dead, and save the day.

I wouldn't complain if they did kill him off, though, that way at least he provided something interesting even after he stopped being yandere...

At least with Rook out of the way Freecell can take over his place as the resident white-haired ex-psycho, and actually get stuff done.

[Uribatake]

Even though this is an NHK show, I was somewhat convinced that

Spoiler for eps 21-22:

Rook was dead, but now that they pulled the same thing with Gammon and Freecell, there's no way everyone won't magically turn up alive by the end.

And raise your hand if you also completely forgot about Gammon's little sister before that poignant "see you next week" card came up after the next episode preview.

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by Uribatake

Even though this is an NHK show, I was somewhat convinced that

Spoiler for eps 21-22:

Rook was dead, but now that they pulled the same thing with Gammon and Freecell, there's no way everyone won't magically turn up alive by the end.

Spoiler for episode 22 and speculation:

Even if they're dead (which I too find hard to swallow), I can see Kaito winning the Puzzle of God, become Orpheus' vessel, overrule whatever scheme he had planned future and change the future to one where everyone is alive and well and they all live happily ever after.

Spoiler:

And raise your hand if you also completely forgot about Gammon's little sister before that poignant "see you next week" card came up after the next episode preview.

Spoiler:

Guilty as charged. It's probably because we haven't seen her at all in this season. I doubt she'd take the death of her brother lightly, which all the more reasons why I think everything will be all right in the end. it just doesn't seem like the type of show where everyone dies and stay dead, though I will admit it has taken on a much darker tone than before.

[kuromitsu]

Sooo.... this is over, I guess? It was a nice episode, and I appreciated the use of the very first ending song, it was a nice touch. Also, hey, Nonoha exists! Unfortunately it was too little, too late.

The problem is, that the last third of S3 just... didn't work for me. :/ I mean, the quality was still there, but it focused way too much on Raetsel - I never warmed up to her, and frankly I grew annoyed with her after a while. My dislike for Rook didn't help, and I spent quite a bit of this episode rolling my eyes. I wanted to see more of my man Herbert (seriously, where's Herbert? he wasn't even in the POG bits), more of the original harem helping Kaito, and especially more Nonoha, who was, again, completely underutilized in this season, and to be honest the staff's jokes at her expense didn't help my overall experience.

Oh well - the first two thirds were very enjoyable, this last episode was sort of okay. I don't think we'll get more seasons, but if we DO I absolutely demand more Nonoha and Herbert, and definitely less Rook (unless he goes back to being yandere) and Raetsel.

ETA:
Okay, I'd be lying if I said that the ending song and the end card didn't make me go "aaaaaaaaaawwwwwww *sniffle*"

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It makes me want to rewatch S1...

[Lord of Fire]

So, exactly what is Raetsel lacking? It seemed that, no matter how many times she tried to rewrite her past, it always resulted in Jin saying she lacks something and couldn't take her with him. It's probably also connected to the fact that she doesn't really know what to do with her life.

And is there anything Kaito can't do? Just when Orpheus claims Raetsel can never be freed from her prison, Kaito proves him wrong and does just that.

I'm still unsure how this will end, but I guess I'll learn soon enough.

[mayumi]

I knew it would be disappointing from the start in terms of Nonoha's development
But the very few scenes she did get in the last episode were cute. Oh well, I will remember phi-brain being very enjoyable atleast in the first season. THey should have concentrated on the main 5 but they didn't this season. I liked Kaito returning to seaon 1 outfit. His best IMO.

[mayumi]

Having watched the final episode, I have to ask did Kaito in his make belief world make a promise to Nonoha to solve puzzles together? Is that why Nonoha was there as a POG solver? Does that mean Kaito perhaps always wanted Nonoha to have some puzzle solving abliy to solve puzzles with her?

[Master_Yoma]

Kaito seem to solve any puzzle even if it one through time


7/10 not enough Ana this time

[bastek66]

There is endcard showing that Nonoha found Kaito

Spoiler for pic: