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[ion]

Originally Posted by brightman

And people who said "WTF?" are obviously people who haven't seen .hack//SIGN or Avenger (or are people who fell asleep watching those shows).

Ive seenboth those avenger was great hack was an interesting concept that fail at execution. As stated though I'm reserving judgement

[suires]

In my point of view is:
"Any episode that makes people extremely like it or extremely dislike it will be considered very interesting."

I don't know if I will like it or not, but in a couple of hours I will.

[Elfir]

If there'd only been one episode out when I started watching, I probably wouldn't have bothered with the second. If I had more homework, I probably wouldn't have bothered with the second. But I watched the second, and now I'm gonna keep watching just for Margaret. She's cool.

The maid and neighbor were kinda creepy though.

[RobertM]

Originally Posted by brightman

Next ep will have both Madlax and Margaret, so I doubt it.

Anyway, I like Ep 2, the pure insanity and randomness of Margaret's mind is just too interesting to ignore...

And people who said "WTF?" are obviously people who haven't seen .hack//SIGN or Avenger (or are people who fell asleep watching those shows).

Well, you might be right. But Madlax was in the preview for the second episode as well, and she appeared for less than a minute at the very end, so Margaret might do the same thing in the third episode.

Spoiler:

Obviously, Madlax and Margaret are connected in some way. Margaret says it is going to rain, and it does, in the city Madlax is in. Here's a crazy theory. What if the two of them share one soul between them, so each is only a half a person without the other. They both have a not-quite-there feeling about their personalities. Margaret keeps a blood-spattered book. Madlax likes to dress in a gown to kill. Just speculation.

[dreamless]

well, from the OP Margaret is shown with that eerie girl while Madlax is shown with that eerie kid... so I think the link between them is more like

Spoiler:

Madlax is linked with that kid and Margaret is linked with that girl in the "holy city"

and even if an episode have both Margaret and Madlax, they don't necessarily meet

so far I like episode 2 much more than episode 1, the surreal feeling, the insanity... somehow reminds me of American McGee's Alice...

[schonberg]

Margaret staring at the red shoes reminds me the connection that Kirika in Noir whose voice actor is the same with Margaret's also wears red shoes. I admit this is a lame joke...

The director specially seems to be very excellent to deal with scenes of european style related citys or metropolis. Though at this time the storyline doesn't still make sense to me, the flowing of the emotions in the later part of ep. 2 makes it much better than ep.1...

[suires]

I like EP2 and it is really interesting. It's kind of confusing but I think that is the purpose of this episode anyway. I won't judge it for now. I will wait for later and see how good or bad this is. I really hope that they can at least incolude some action scene.

Spoiler:

I also believe that Madlax and Margaret are certainly connected. Sharing one soul is kind of eerie, sharing the past is more likely IMO. However, if they are sharing one soul, that might explain Madlax's action in EP1. She did not dodge the bullets because she will not be killed. She got no soul or just half that makes her immortal.
That's not really funny!

[SiL Eighty]

After watching ep2 im starting te get that feeling Ive seen this before. This is really turning out to be Noir copy. I dont like this T_T....... Dont get me wrong I liked Noir, but I dont feal like watching the same thing again just rewritten to look pretty -.-; Music is good though

[Fon]

Originally Posted by suires

I like EP2 and it is really interesting. It's kind of confusing but I think that is the purpose of this episode anyway. I won't judge it for now. I will wait for later and see how good or bad this is. I really hope that they can at least incolude some action scene.

Spoiler:

I also believe that Madlax and Margaret are certainly connected. Sharing one soul is kind of eerie, sharing the past is more likely IMO. However, if they are sharing one soul, that might explain Madlax's action in EP1. She did not dodge the bullets because she will not be killed. She got no soul or just half that makes her immortal.
That's not really funny!

BTW both Madlax and Margaret can see strange visions....when Margaret meet the little girl who carry a doll,Margaret heard and saw visions about war...(tank driving away)

this is curious...

[Fighter Volk]

Wow, the second episode was definitely a huge improvement. I loved it! Especially how Margaret was saying it would rain, and it rained where Madlax was -- and note that Madlax was saying she would eat pasta when she got home, and that's what Margaret, Eleanor, and Vanessa were eating...

Nice. Can't wait for the third one!

[dreamless]

Originally Posted by Fon

BTW both Madlax and Margaret can see strange visions....when Margaret meet the little girl who carry a doll,Margaret heard and saw visions about war...(tank driving away)

this is curious...

Spoiler for background setting from the official website:

both Madlax and Margaret lost their past memories, when Madlax lost her father and Margaret had a plane crash 12 years ago in that something-sonika place (the "holy capital" where that two eerie kids stay?) Madlax sometimes have visions of past memories of her father leaving to that something-sonika, while Margaret have that torn and blood-stained picture book from her father...

[jakkz]

Damn had no time to watch ep 2 so i skipped through it. Thought Margaret was the same person as Madlax with hair tied back

[abubo]

Originally Posted by Fon

lyrics : "梶浦由紀"
music : "梶浦由紀"
Sung by : "FictionJunction Yuuka"

The OST of Noir, .Hack//SIGN (not DUSK) and Madlax are all created by the great Kajiura Yuki-sama. She's the creative half of SeeSaw, and old pop group which just released an album containing mostly anime songs written by Kajiura. I have all her soundtracks from Noir and .Hack (in addition to her solo album and "Dream Field"), and I must say that she's right up there with Kanno Yoko-sama in terms of anime music greatness.

As for Madlax, I won't press judgement on it just yet... there's more than meets the eye with the main character it seemed. It has great potential and I'll be following it. If it does end up like crap, well, at least I have another great OST to buy.

[SimplyEd]

Originally Posted by abubo

The OST of Noir, .Hack//SIGN (not DUSK) and Madlax are all created by the great Kajiura Yuki-sama. She's the creative half of SeeSaw, and old pop group which just released an album containing mostly anime songs written by Kajiura. I have all her soundtracks from Noir and .Hack (in addition to her solo album and "Dream Field"), and I must say that she's right up there with Kanno Yoko-sama in terms of anime music greatness.

As for Madlax, I won't press judgement on it just yet... there's more than meets the eye with the main character it seemed. It has great potential and I'll be following it. If it does end up like crap, well, at least I have another great OST to buy.

I know EXACTLY what you mean, i simply loooove everything Kajiura Yuki...and the best part of it: in a few month i'll have the opportunity to meet her live in person at our local convention..the JOY!!!!^^ Now i have to go and buy TONS of recording material for my digi-cam, camcorder..whatever^^

Oh, yeah, i just recently saw episode 2 and i must say, great psycho dive..by now i'm really hooked to this show..did i say that i LOOOOVE the music score on this one?^^

[Kaoru27Umi]

i love the music sooo much from .Hack, Noir, and Madlax, it's just sooo damn good! It's got sucha dreamy sense to it, it's amazing! I like get up and dance everytime i play one of the songs! i'm a loser!

~~~>Kaoru

[SimplyEd]

Originally Posted by Kaoru27Umi

i love the music sooo much from .Hack, Noir, and Madlax, it's just sooo damn good! It's got sucha dreamy sense to it, it's amazing! I like get up and dance everytime i play one of the songs! i'm a loser!

~~~>Kaoru

Hey, you're definately no loser to me if you happen to like the music made by Kajiura Yuki. IN FACT, i hold a damn lot of RESPECT for people with such a fine taste for music.
So, feel proud of yourself and start to dance, you have my blessings^^

[Kaoru27Umi]

Originally Posted by SimplyEd

Hey, you're definately no loser to me if you happen to like the music made by Kajiura Yuki. IN FACT, i hold a damn lot of RESPECT for people with such a fine taste for music.
So, feel proud of yourself and start to dance, you have my blessings^^

Aww thanks so much! that makes me feel better haha! I do feel pride when i get up and dance around my room! it's so much fun!

~~~>Kaoru

[dreamless]

Kajiura Yuki's music rocks, that's for sure. the only problem about her music is that sometimes they are too good... too good for the anime that they are in that is, that I seem to enjoy .hack//SIGN's OST more than the anime

[SimplyEd]

Originally Posted by Kaoru27Umi

Aww thanks so much! that makes me feel better haha! I do feel pride when i get up and dance around my room! it's so much fun!

You're welcome^^ Actually i think that more people should dance around their rooms more often. It would put them into a much better mood, that's for sure

Originally Posted by dreamless

Kajiura Yuki's music rocks, that's for sure. the only problem about her music is that sometimes they are too good... too good for the anime that they are in that is, that I seem to enjoy .hack//SIGN's OST more than the anime

You are SO right about that. An anime with the potential to even come close to be worthy of carrying a Kajiura music score has yet to be invented.

[7thMethuselah]

Just watched episode 2 and

Spoiler:

/me got hit by a sledgehammer

I actually checked episode one to see if I downloaded the right series

Anyway, what looked to be a girls with guns anime certainly is going the psychological way. Or should I say psychopathical way, Margaret was so off this world in this episode. Lotsa stuff going on that just seems so outta place.

Spoiler:

Obviously madlax and margaret are connected in some way but the first thing that popped into my mind is that they are both the same person, and that Madlax is what Margaret was before she became Margaret. Because it seems to me she remembers the events happening to Madlax. Also Vanessa mentioned Margaret having an "accident" . And her father gave her a blood stained book, that must have some importance as well.

other questions : who is the guy Margaret meets in the hall when she says "dare" is he the same as that priest like dude with 2 different eyes that seemed to be performing some ceremony at the end. And what has this Ganthz -sonika company...

Oh well alot of questions, I can't wait for the next epi. This show seemed like a pure action no nonsense amusement at first but is turning out to be alot more interesting. I love mystery crap !!!!