Pumpkin Scissors Episode 14 Discussion / Poll

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Why is it called Pumpkin Scissors anyway?

[Lost]

It occurred to me from 13's preview that episode 14 will

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introduce a Flammenwerferapparate operator; it could be his helmet we see in the OP. If not, its certainly an introduction. I pray the time of fillers is over. After all, this is the start of the "second season" so to speak.

[Burner of Anime]

Also means we're about 2-3 episodes away from 'Darth' Alice and the appearance of Section1.

I can only pray they animate the mansion fight properly as befitting the level of hurt seen in the manga.

[Sonhex]

No episode this week. Ep 14 airs 8th Jan. In case anyone wonders where it is...

[Mgz]

hmmm, character dev and story processing has been slow so far :<

[Burner of Anime]

Originally Posted by Sonhex

No episode this week. Ep 14 airs 8th Jan. In case anyone wonders where it is...

The only answer for this is 'Arrrgh!"

No Darth Alice and the gatecrashing boatcar.

[Deathkillz]

nono! >.< i want to see alice hacking the heads off some random guys XD
~ but its quite inconvenient carring around such a weapon...think its retractable?

[aznhkpd]

Althought most fillers really get me mad i liked the last one. Kinda of like an easy start for this ep. This one looking at the preview seems to have more char dev and a developing storyline

[Sonhex]

Originally Posted by Burner of Anime

The only answer for this is 'Arrrgh!"

No Darth Alice and the gatecrashing boatcar.

Lol, Darth Alice.

I've been waiting a long time for her to see Mahne in action. I posted this image off the website a while back, shows the weapon in some detail:

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[Sonhex]

Ep 14 aired tonight, so the raw maybe out early too, anyway here's some caps from 2chan.

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The Flammenwerferapparate dude is badass and looks like the animation is back up to ep 1 standard \o/.

[Mentar]

It is time, my friends.

It is time.

I'm using any ratings above 8 very very sparingly, and I've only pulled two tens in my entire life on this board, but finally Pumpkin Scissors has hit paydirt.

I'll give it a 9 especially for the great animation and the fact that this episode finally managed to give me some goosebumps, even though I knew what was about to happen. Which is quite a feat.

We're finally on the main track. It seems that they have been saving budget for the main storyline in the second half. Things are finally going to get REALLY good.

Bravo!

[Dagger]

It makes one wonder... if they could fit all the awesome stuff in a single cour, why risk driving away fans by making (most of) the first thirteen episodes really unappealing?

[Cyz]

Episode 14 screenshots courtesy of Random Curiosity

[Sonhex]

As Mentar said, fantastic episode, perhaps the best yet by virtue of the skillful building of tension paired with slick animation which is certainly equal to if not better than episode one. All the characters are correctly drawn, smoothly animated and the pacing just right.

However it's the introduction of Hans which is the biggest revelation here; he's genuinely terrifying and an opponent unlike any Section III have dealt with before. The scene early one when he torches two soldiers is brutal and gruesome in the extreme - the most violent scene so far in this show. His chant of 'Cold, cold' is just ...well chilling.

9 from me also, and I hope the second half of the series is like this all the way.

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Sonhex

However it's the introduction of Hans which is the biggest revelation here; he's genuinely terrifying and an opponent unlike any Section III have dealt with before. The scene early one when he torches two soldiers is brutal and gruesome in the extreme - the most violent scene so far in this show. His chant of 'Cold, cold' is just ...well chilling.

well put O.o i just cringed at the sight of burning flesh >.<

well the show just got 10 times darker...i had chills running down my spine in this ep...it was well delivered ~

and its always the guy with the buck tooth thats evil

ps ~ anyone else saw the promotion for the alice's uniform after the preview?

[Sonhex]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

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ps ~ anyone else saw the promotion for the alice's uniform after the preview?

Lol, that girl in the blonde wig was doing her best to look the part wasn't she. It did look like it was filmed in the foyer of Gonzo HQ. And was that a swastika on her dagger?

[Guido]

Now you see the good rewards that are reaped once waiting patiently after being exposed to a great deal of fillers.

I have never read the manga, but I give thanks that the show has returned to the main storyline.

Ok. There's a lot of corruption running into and out from the military. Their clients, such as Mione's Waterworks Company, pumps their lustrous money to keep happy the higher-ups that run the militia in order for certain types of priviledged favors.

Of course, Alice and the rest of Section III are proving that neither run out of energy every time that kept on prosecuting the criminals right on the spot for everyday nor that they'll be bought.

Also, I finally learned a bit more about Section I's function, and it is codenamed 'Himmel'.

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Rat-face Mione pulled out some nasty toys to their subordinates, so as just as Machs reminded those rifles came from the embargo of weapons Section III discovered in episode four, plus the ammo that was in one of the tanks that the conspirators successfully bombed to junk.

I believe the Waterworks company is also involved as well at least with the Kaupland Institute, but I do not think that the owner goes deep down to have some kind of connections with Lionel and the other masterminds.

The best thing about the episode was how the introduction was established. It was insanity and crazy stuff with the Hans guy.

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Alice's neck goosebumps are back since were last seen in episode four.

It means that guy with the flamethrower is highly dangerous or a complete killing machine.

And judging by his plate that reads 908 HTT, and the fact that Machs also explained that the Empire halted the experiment of those guys involving flamethrowers because of their inhumane killing methods, Hans must have had been subjected to a sort of inhumane experiments on him.

And judging by Oland's shocked reactions that could may mean that Hans might be somewhat similar to Oland, though not identical. I mean that Hans stays in psycho mode all the time with everything involving fire whereas Oland switches to psycho mode once he turns on his lantern.

The code 908 HTT might also mean that Hans belonged to a batch of other experiments just like Oland did, thus it's a possibility that just like Oland he's also a lost or failed jewel of the "Invisible 9".

The introduction to this episode most likely took place during the time of the war.

Oland's former designation code name reads as 901- Anti Tank Trooper.

My guess for Hans is 908- Human Termination Trooper or 908- Himmel Termination Trooper...

A best return back to the manga material in this episode.

However, how an irony that Oreld saves the girl from those three pimps, who were trying to take advantage over her, by doing... ahem* putting his hands first on the spot which would be considered also sexual harrasement.

I mean it confuses me that Alice did not rectify or gave Oreld a good whack for his indecent action, though he fulfilled two purposes: first, to protect that girl; and second, accomplishing his ecchi habits.

[Cyz]

Seen episode 14.

--> Well that was really interesting. Another soldier of Invisible 9 shows up: 908 HTT Dunno what the HTT stands for but I'm sure we'll know on the next one. I guess this type of soldier just burn everyone to death no? I guess what Machs said makes sense because dying while burning is not really humane...unless you're going to be cremated dead Are all Invisible 9 soldiers creepy looking? I mean Oland is creepy and that flamethrower guy kepy saying "Cold" is also creepy Anyway, what a good way to save that girl from being molested....by molesting her too. Oreld knows his stuff....sort of. You know, I'm guessing Hunks wants them to arrest that guy over and over again so they'll get the money from the mouse-like rich guy....or maybe not. Things really started to get interesting and I hope it continues. That makes 3 Invisible 9 units that showed up from the series. So that leaves 6 more?

[Skane]

Wow, even with the lack of popularity in Pumpkin Scissors, somebody still went ahead to troll-vote it. Kinda like kicking a dog while it's down. What's the point?

Anyway, it gets a 9 from me. It helps that the flamethrower is one of my favourite weapons. Inhumane methods of killing be damned.

Cheers.

[Mentar]

The funny thing is that by download numbers, Pumpkin Scissors isn't unpopular at all. In fact, it's getting more downloads than the SS-Eclipse and a.f.k versions of Kanon combined (!)

It's just that fewer people are talking about it here ^_^