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As a survival strategy, finding a constantly renewable source of energy is a good strategy and Kan is a teenage boy. With a less than pure focus on his little sister. And if you carry the emotions as energy/power to the next logical step, it makes sense that Ringo's diary would be an object of power. That's some pretty intense emotion accumulated over ages of stalking. I wonder if it's the emotion itself or the shade of taboo attached to it. That might be why she can get energy from Kan and not Sho. It's too early to tell what it all means but that scene is super suggestive.
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2011-07-16, 01:37 | Link #466 |
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On ep 2....
Hmmm..... I want the PENGUINS, I want the penguins,i want the penguins. No,buy me the penguins,i only want the penguins. Nooooooooo ;_; *throw tantrum* Ep 2 is more fun than i expects,and the stalking incidents were hilarious with Mr. Number 1 and Number 2 (did #2 eat ice-cream in the end before swallow the whole box?). The stalking girl is totally unexpected. My favourite characters in order are still: the Penguin princess,#2, Himari, #1&3, the stalking girl, Sho, Kanba
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2011-07-16, 02:42 | Link #467 |
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I recall that Ringo means Apple, and there's also an apple in both OP and ED. But one has to notice closely the laptop the brothers were using while directing their penguin proxies to just about anywhere.
It's a Macbook running OSX.
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2011-07-16, 03:03 | Link #469 | |
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And we don't even know what it means to follow her orders.
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2011-07-16, 03:07 | Link #470 | |
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As for why Kanba kissed Himari, I think he's in love with her and always has been, plain and simple.
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2011-07-16, 03:21 | Link #471 | |
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I wouldn't be surprised, though the princess stealing his heart might have something to do with Kanba kissing her. I just think there's a bigger purpose and don't think it has anything to do with stealing his life energy.
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If the brothers are supposed to be WH, then that means that they'd be tossing themselves in the trash. That doesn't seem like a very elegant interpretation to me. If the brothers are fine with breaking less important laws, are they then also willing to break more serious ones? It's possible the the whole excursion is a lie and that the Penguin hat is only using it to gain greater power over the brothers. Quote:
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The only thing that I'm fairly certain of in Penguindrum right now is that the overall plot is going to be relatively unimportant. Instead, the show is going to mostly be about the themes and the character stories. Outside of that, I really have no clue what's going to happen next. Heck, I'm not sure what genre the show is in: Mystery? Fantasy? Comedy? Science Fiction? Anybody have any ideas?
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2011-07-16, 03:55 | Link #474 |
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It seems the big overarching theme of this anime is going to be fate. Basically how each character deals with the cards they're dealt with in life, how they perceive their fortunes, and what they try to do. Do they accept fate? Fight against it? Try to change it?
Of course there are many other interesting things going on as well. I find it extremely impressive how packed these two episodes were with themes ranging from more light hearted to heavy, and all the while making it an extremely entertaining and fun ride. Penguindrum is yet another example to me of just how important the director of an anime is. Good writers are necessary too, but the director is what makes the series shine. Ikuhara is just absolutely brilliant here.
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2011-07-16, 04:22 | Link #475 | |
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No, seriously, the "Penguin Genre" is in the process of becoming a minor meme.
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2011-07-16, 09:20 | Link #479 |
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LOLz to the penguin genre idea.
Loved the second episode as much as the first one~ I'm most interested in knowing more about the brothers, hehe. I wonder how similar their penguins are to their sibling partners, teehee @Ravenblitz Thanks for the image xD
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