Forum: Older Series
2011-07-28, 04:02
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Just want to point out one of your assumptions...
Just want to point out one of your assumptions here: that none of the shiki except those we were shown opposed the systemic slaughter. That's a pretty dangerous assumption. Unfortunately, the anime...
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Forum: Older Series
2011-07-26, 07:40
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Actually...given the time between Seishin's...
Actually...given the time between Seishin's supposed 'death' and rising, he can't be anything but a werewolf.
hm...I don't think Natsuno ever confirmed it, though yes, heavily implied. In the...
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Forum: Older Series
2011-06-22, 03:14
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Ah, you're right. I completely forgot.
I do...
Ah, you're right. I completely forgot.
I do remember that too. And I definitely don't like what the Kirishikis do.
But perhaps it's time for some viewers (the ones who were always asking why...
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Forum: Older Series
2011-06-20, 05:53
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-07, 05:54
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-06, 19:57
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-03, 10:55
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I have to disagree with the bolded statements....
I have to disagree with the bolded statements. I'd argue that Ono-sensei succeeded in posing the moral dilemma, because there are so many of us who realise that yes, humans and Shiki COULD HAVE...
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-02, 21:40
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-02, 09:31
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-01, 23:43
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Forum: Older Series
2011-01-01, 07:20
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-31, 19:45
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I think Natsuno's aim was actually to bury them...
I think Natsuno's aim was actually to bury them both in that hole...and the way the explosion looked from the view we got above suggests that he succeeded. He's "inconvenient, isn't it?" may be more...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-31, 19:23
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Do remember that one of the reasons Sotoba was...
Do remember that one of the reasons Sotoba was chosen is that they still BURY their dead. If people are cremated after their funerals (usually about 3 days after they die), then of course they're not...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-31, 06:01
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-31, 01:08
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-30, 21:57
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Don't we still need spoiler tags?
He was...
Don't we still need spoiler tags?
He was merely being true to what he felt about the situation. In a sense, it is also retribution for him, because he wasn't exactly kind and compassionate...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-30, 19:04
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I knew that quite a few people were going to be...
I knew that quite a few people were going to be upset with this ending. I'm completely satisfied, and Shiki is, to me, the best story I've encountered this year, though I hesitate to say it was the...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-28, 21:52
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I don't know...the moderators here seem to be...
I don't know...the moderators here seem to be very strict. At any rate, I'll save this somewhere else too just in case.
I've checked the anime (ep 11), and there were a few changes - lines left...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-28, 09:55
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Trust me, it's not, especially not in Japanese...
Trust me, it's not, especially not in Japanese society. And he definitely wouldn't have been able to do it after the deaths started taking place.
The most plausible way, probably the only way,...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-27, 18:34
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You mean leave? I would argue that he couldn't,...
You mean leave? I would argue that he couldn't, because of his position and his responsibilities, both to the village and to his parents. Also, looking back at the timeline (using manga dates here,...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-26, 20:35
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And I have to agree.
What Tatsumi said...
And I have to agree.
What Tatsumi said about Sunako this episode was interesting:
"Things eventually collapse. Everything will disappear. But Sunako confronts it and struggles against it."
If...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-26, 19:14
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^
That would have been difficult, considering...
^
That would have been difficult, considering that one of the main features of the original story was the contrast between Toshio and Seishin, two childhood friends who both succeeded their family...
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-26, 02:15
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-25, 23:28
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Forum: Older Series
2010-12-25, 09:17
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Re: Seishin, Ookawa and the killings at the...
Re: Seishin, Ookawa and the killings at the temple
You really don't think he doesn't hate himself for causing the deaths of the people at the temple?
To me, it's one thing to say,
"Well, it's...
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