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Perfect 10 | 32 | 22.54% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 42 | 29.58% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 29 | 20.42% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 10 | 7.04% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 9 | 6.34% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 6 | 4.23% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 4 | 2.82% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 4 | 2.82% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 3 | 2.11% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 3 | 2.11% | |
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2012-03-27, 09:49 | Link #121 | |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Overall, it's a pretty typical ending. In the end I didn't feel like I finished watching a clever horror mystery. It felt like I finished watching an exciting blood sport...
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2012-03-27, 09:55 | Link #122 |
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That was it I hoped for so much more from the ending
But otherwise it was a pretty good show with some awesome moments (creepy dolls and that mid-show nightmare ), but unfortunately again teenagers either catatonic or overreacting. They could have used the time to develop the cast, but that have given away more meta-clues about who was an-other They could also make the heads a tad bit smaller, the character designs looked too lolified |
2012-03-27, 10:54 | Link #127 |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Mandaluyong, Philippines
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I'll miss it too, and yes she does.
Mei: "I know who is the Another." Kouichi: "Really, how so?" Mei: "I have this magical doll's eye that makes me see the undead... Oh wait, I actually did saw her get stabbed by a psycho then fall and drowned in the river. Useless Magical eye." It is still quite a satisfying series. Love the atmosphere the characters. Very amusing to watch each episode, even though some go way over. Overall I still find it an entertaining show. |
2012-03-27, 11:07 | Link #129 | |
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In the novel she didn't witness the murder. I guess the Anime uses the moment to reveal how she really died, in a more definitive way for the audience. |
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2012-03-27, 13:33 | Link #130 | |
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Mikami really looked adult with makeup, you couldn't say that she's Reiko, or you could but still it could go both ways.
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2012-03-27, 14:17 | Link #131 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
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I think my biggest gripe is the big reveal. I think we should have seen Kou's shock face and then get all of the flashbacks to let us, the viewer, piece it all together before they finally showed Reiko's face. The dramatic effect just wasn't there for me. Maybe I was numb because of losing Izumi like that... I wanted to cry when she died but the anime didn't make it sad enough - and they really could have.
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2012-03-27, 14:22 | Link #132 |
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She is Arita Matsuko, who was room mates with Kakinuma Sayuri. I'm kind of surprised no one else mentioned her because of her apparently being immune to explosions!
Seriously she wanders in a daze into a room, the whole damn room promptly explodes and next time we see her she wake ups in front of the building and runs off like someone who was just not thrown though a wall via a giant fire ball. Apparently they wanted to make doubly sure you know it was the same student because out of the whole class, she is the only one not dressed in the school uniform, but a bright yellow top and shorts. They also wanted to make very sure that you knew Sayuri got even though she got trapped under the chandelier too. Either the librarian pulled her out when he went back in side, or she managed to get herself free. Both Matsuko and Sayuri were shown clearly surviving, which out much harm, the overly complicated death traps Another started throwing in. Either P.A. Works really took a liking to those two, or there is something bigger going on. Also to make it clear, I am really glad Sayuri and Matsuko survived! There were the only ones sadly out of a number of the background character I wanted to survive, that did.
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2012-03-27, 14:29 | Link #133 |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Montreal
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i was also desensitized to the deaths but the last 2 eps were just brutal, much more so ep12. ive enjoyed the series so far.i wouldnt rank it as high as Higurashi or Ookami Kakushi but its just 1 step lower as there were a few more mysteries in those 2 series. its was just sadistically funny to see the guy get out under the fallen chandelier only to get hit by a falling pillar. did Akazawa die from the glass debris?
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2012-03-27, 14:40 | Link #135 |
Strangely dependable...
Join Date: Nov 2006
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So one of my guesses were right! Although I never thought Reiko and Ms. Mikami were the same person - couldn't have known since the anime deliberately hid that info until the end. But I guess if that info was revealed, it would have been even easier to have guessed.
Although I was a bit suspicious of Reiko since Kouichi's father said in the first ep "say hi to your grandparents for me"...but he didn't mention saying "hi" to Reiko...which he would have if she was alive. But since there wasn't info connecting Reiko and Ms. Mikami, I dismissed Reiko. It was a bit sad that Kouichi had to kill Reiko. She was his aunt after all. It was rather convenient and interesting that the librarian decided to turn around and help the students. I didn't notice but did that asthma kid survive? From the look of it, I'm guessing Kazami also died? So I guess all this may start again when school starts next year for the next unfortunate class 3-3 students. I guess there really is no permanent solution to end this curse. Maybe Akazawa will come back as the Another next year. I wonder if Kouichi and Mei left a similar tape to help the future class? Or better yet, the school should hire Mei as the Another detector at the beginning of each school year!
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2012-03-27, 14:48 | Link #136 |
Megane girl fan
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
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A little late to the ending episode party.
I have to admit I was getting a bit desensitized to the deaths myself. Although, my heart did leap a bit when twin-braid+glasses girl (Kukinuma) was hit by the chandelier. Spoiler for I know it was revealed a couple pages ago, but just in case.:
As a father in real life, I can't help but feel some empathy for the parents of those kids in Class 3-3. One family lost both of their children. I'm glad it's over...for now. What will happen next year? I'm assuming that the curse has not been eliminated permanently. Endless "Not twin-braid+glasses girl!" Soul
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2012-03-27, 16:22 | Link #139 | |
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Truth be told, Another was at least as much classic-style Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street Slasher/Horror fare as it was a true Mystery show. You see this by how often butcher knives were used when these mysterious contraptions named "guns" would have been much more effective and less painful (for suicide victims). In fact, Jason or Freddy would have fit in better in Another than Sherlock Holmes or the character in haguruma's avatar. My viewing Another that way going into its finale is probably why I liked it more than a fair number of other people did. The finale certainly isn't without its weaknesses, but almost all the students collectively losing their marbles wasn't one of them, imo, with one exception. And that exception is Izumi. I was a bit disappointed that she didn't keep her wits about her. That being said, she had the best death scene by far, imo. 8/10 is what I give this episode, and that's probably what I'll give the anime overall as well.
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2012-03-27, 16:51 | Link #140 | |||
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Or in other words, the final couple of episodes turned what had up until then been a suspenseful and atmospheric slasher-film story into an over-the-top bloodfest that drew laughter and eyes-crossed "Whafuck?" comments as often as it did scares and tension, and I think that's part of the reason why the final revelation of the Another's identity (combined with there not quite being enough scenes to establish Sakakibara's close relationship with her in earlier episodes) didn't have the emotional impact on virtually everyone who's commented here that it was supposed to.
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