2012-09-17, 21:14 | Link #721 |
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The last episode is surprisingly touching especially when Watashi starts crying in the end. Humanity has Decline is one of the most unique and interesting anime series I've seen this year. Not just the premiese but protagonist herself is more complicating of a person than I thought when I first watch this series. I like how she perceive the world and how she deals with all the weirdness stuffs happening around her especially from the fairies antics. We basically explore this bizarre world through her eyes. I'm actually more impressed how Asta manage to portray all this splendidly in anime. Over all, a well made series that make you think about lots of stuffs that may or may not make any sense. Hope it could get license, and also chance for a second season no matter how long it takes.
EDIT: Curly being yandere. Kinda see that coming but aside from that she's quite interesting. Hope we will get to see her in person next season. Last edited by teja208; 2012-09-17 at 21:31. |
2012-09-18, 12:29 | Link #725 |
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I didn't understand the actions of the green fairy in the last two episodes.
How exactly did erasing Watashi's memories and hiding into the ROBYO help Watashi make friends? Or did he go into the ROBYO because it was at the end of its life span?
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2012-09-19, 03:27 | Link #730 |
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My hypothesis is, all the fairy did was erase her memories of itself. Think about it, if it hadn't, Watashi probably would've devoted all her time to that fairy (Like when she started researching how to make cakes). By removing itself from her life, the fairy allowed Watashi to start actually making friends.
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2012-09-19, 09:06 | Link #731 |
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You seem to forget about watashi's dream. I believe that the tea party in the dream is the fairy's secret party (the title of this arc). I think what the fairy did were erasing her memory and having a tea party with her every night. Though she didn't remember after she woke up, it probably help her unconsciously feel less lonely.
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2012-09-19, 09:11 | Link #732 |
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You know what? That makes actual sense and fits in with her closing line too, about how she feels there's always a tea party going on in her mind and how when she wakes, everything will slip away from her memory just like dreams always do.
I quite like that interpretation
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2012-09-19, 11:09 | Link #733 | |
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By the way we really did not get "watashi"'s real name since watashi is a noun meaning I me or myself. |
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2012-09-19, 16:24 | Link #736 | ||
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Also, many machines and appliances definitely are not functioning. The school Watashi went to had to close down. The only large scale usage of electricity we saw was in the Pion/Oyage arc when they were celebrating the Human Monument project, and the generator for that was destroyed by her. In the first arc with the Factory, Watashi was ordered to cut down live chickens for food. Ignoring any fairy products, the setting has been mostly rural. None of that even begins to address the the satire of civilization that comes from the fairies' shenanigans. Quote:
As for crazy Curly and the Wild Rose Society, that was already resolved. Watashi took Y's advice and played along as Curly's friend so that Curly wouldn't suspect anything. They never had to make a confrontation. The goal was to graduate from school with as little problems as possible, and that's what Y and Watashi did. There's really no need to care about how crazy those girls are on the inside if you never have to see them again later. Last edited by Shadow5YA; 2012-09-19 at 17:08. |
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2012-09-19, 18:31 | Link #737 |
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I laughed at ep 12's "Homosexual Library"...
Now... if there was one in RL... what would happen? LOL I laughed even harder at the yandere part... that was awesome. As for "watashi" name... meh, there are other names that sounds similar... Yuu (Chinese for example), Ai (Japanese) They all sound similar to You, I. There are also lots of name that's from objects used for human names too. Sakura (it's a tree) Himeko (princess) Ichigo (strawberry) You rarely see people in other languages have names of tree, object, or such... I doubt you'll find anyone named "Princess"... LOL Last edited by chaos_animagic; 2012-09-19 at 18:53. |
2012-09-19, 20:38 | Link #738 | |
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2012-09-19, 21:25 | Link #739 | |
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I still stand by my prediction from the first episode -- the series is set in a post-Singularity world in which the majority of humanity uploaded themselves into computers, leaving behind only the technologically incompetent, and the Fairies are robots sent out to keep an eye on htem. |
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