Darker Than Black [1st season] generic discussion

[Jellyfish Marine]

Just finished the latest episode...

Spoiler for Random HeixYin silly-ness:

"Nakama?...Sou da..."
Hei Hei Hei! That's your equivalent of "Suki na hito?...Sou da...", right!!?? right!!?? My goodness! Now I'm waiting to see the reaction of JP fandom =w=...HeiYin no Jidai ga Kita!!!!
On side note, "Nakama", I just studied this kanji two days ago and it becomes useful this early!

[-KarumA-]

i just loved the piano play in this episode, but i ant shake the feeling that someone else composed it meaning, like long ago.. ( like End of EVA used Bach songs), am i wrong about this or not? because im sure i heard it before once (i tune in on Mezzo quite a lot during cleaning etc.)

not sure if people anounced this yet but OST release date:
July 25, which is a lot sooner for me than expected.. and even before the Geass seasonf inally *yay* something to keep me occupied in those days

source: http://kacpy.blogsome.com/2007/06/04...han-black-ost/

[kauldron26]

lord have mercy.... i just finished episode 12, and the greatness of the episode... the greatness of this show is simply overwhelming. its saddening that some folks dont seem to "get it". and by that i mean to immerse one's self into this show. the last few minutes of Hei and Nick searching for each other for confrontation and when they do the fucking sky opens up to engulf Nick in his own dreams and desires... wow... this show is incredible. If i could name the one thing i love most about this show is the mood. the mood. every frame, every scene, u can sense that something is really wrong with the people that inhabit this world. something is innately wrong with the world itself. And the very mystery alone is truly phenomenal. ~sigh~ i have just experienced one of those moments... u know those moments when ur watching an anime, and u realize u are watching something special... and u know that u have fallen inlove with the show, and u know it will become a favorite, and u know u will watch it over and over again to decipher the numerous layers and characters, and u know u suddenly have to start worrying about ur top 10 because u do everything to convince urself that u wont shuffle ur top 10 anymore. lol. ive just experienced that moment. And it is why i watch anime. not for the moe/loli/otaku nonsense. but for the little moments of greatness that fall into a mosaic, daring to be shattering. To find great anime like this i have to watch and filter thru sooo much shit. but when u find a great one u remember why u love the medium.

[Deathkillz]

ep 14 ~

Spoiler:

omg omg!!! best ep so far imo and yes it is because i am a huge yin fanboy
so her past is finally revealed and the drama that came with it was just tragic...first losing her father then feeling responsible for her mother's death no wonder why she became a doll (okey not the reason but i like to make that connection of her losing her soul) ~ i have to say that i was pretty moved by her telling Hei that she thought by going back her heart will start to beat again...dont you just want to embrace her and tell her what a baka she is to think this way ;_; she is alive and theres noquestion about that...the title of a doll means nothing when you have the ability to cry which stopped her assassination >.< huang showing some concern...wow O.O

i really loved the song played by Yin ^.^ which brought about loneliness and suffering but also a silver lining of hope...yep Yin choose her friends than her teacher which has to say something...though the plot with her probably wont advance any further than this i am still here waving the Yin x Hei flag :3

those 2 contractors that died...i still dont get what their objective was

[tresor]

Spoiler for "ep 14 ~":

"those 2 contractors that died...i still dont get what their objective was" I think they were Russian CIA similar to MI British objectives to capture and gather intelligence rather than to kill.

"this show is the mood. the mood. every frame, every scene"
"shuffle ur top 10"
"New Type" scans remind me of the "New" Style that was pushed in Cowboy Bebop.
Yin's journey to her past like Faye Valentine's journey to her past. That Hei mask, I spent about a month in Venice, but I took a subsequent trip to Venice with a Greek man who thought the Venetian occupation of Greece was the cruelest. Black Death of Venice?

A great sub thread or topic would be to list all of the questions by episode that are still unanswered.

[aohige]

Originally Posted by tresor

Spoiler for "ep 14 ~":

"those 2 contractors that died...i still dont get what their objective was" I think they were Russian CIA similar to MI British objectives to capture and gather intelligence rather than to kill.

Spoiler:

That would be correct.
Bertha and Itzhak were members of the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency (Federal Security Service in English) that formed after the disbanding of KGB.

Just like MI6 and CIA, it's another real-life international intelligence organization to be mentioned in this anime.

[TigerII]

I thought the DST(Direction de la surveillance du territoire) was mentioned as well? My mistake I guess.

[Kaoru Chujo]

For me, 14 may be the most enjoyable ep so far. The emotional content seemed somehow deeper, or at least affected me more.

Spoiler for ep14:

Yin, Hei, Hoan, the professor, the pursuers -- all had very affecting feelings, about themselves, about their lives and their tragedies, about each other.

And I hadn't really fixed in my mind that Hei is played by Kiuchi Hidenobu, who was Ren in NANA. Good job by lots of the actors, including Fukuen Misato as Yin.

[cors8]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

For me, 14 may be the most enjoyable ep so far. The emotional content seemed somehow deeper, or at least affected me more.

Spoiler for ep14:

Yin, Hei, Hoan, the professor, the pursuers -- all had very affecting feelings, about themselves, about their lives and their tragedies, about each other.

And I hadn't really fixed in my mind that Hei is played by Kiuchi Hidenobu, who was Ren in NANA. Good job by lots of the actors, including Fukuen Misato as Yin.

Loved all the scenes with piano music. Fits Yin.

[ItachiGT]

What a beautiful episode!

Just wonderful...........my heart is still crying after having watched this!

[Li Jianliang]

So who else watched the Live Earth concerts, where abingdon boys school performed HOWLING (and INNOCENT SORROW from D.Gray-man) in Tokyo? It made my day, that's for sure.

[kauldron26]

as if i couldnt give enough praise to this show.... ep 14 was just.... just... ~sigh~ loss for words... maybe im the only one thats fallen hard for darker.

[Kanon]

I agree episode 14 is the best so far. But I've got a feeling ep 15 and 16 will surpass it.

Spoiler for Ep 14:

So Huang isn't that much of a bastard after all, I hope we'll get some backstory about him too. And I still wonder how Yin became a doll, it's not all that important but still...

[gunpla]

Originally Posted by Li Jianliang

So who else watched the Live Earth concerts, where abingdon boys school performed HOWLING (and INNOCENT SORROW from D.Gray-man) in Tokyo? It made my day, that's for sure.

yep saw it, they played Howling first then something from their new single.

about the next episode, its gonna be awesome seeing amber! does anyone know who her seiyu is gonna be? it better not be yukana ( C.C from code geass) cause that would be wierd

[Kaka]

Originally Posted by Geta Boshi

This one looks very surreal and yes its come out so good it can be confused as a Screen Capture than cosplay . Hei kind of looks like Mustang from FMA

Roy Mustang (FMA)

that's what I always think, ever since seeing the first episode

[Airi]

do you think we will see the new opening in episode 15???

[hipeach]

So Huang is actually a nice guy with a bad-guy appearance! He even prevented the Organization from resetting Yin. However I think his kindness will most likely cost him his life in the future...

[LKK]

I have a question about episodes 13 & 14.

Spoiler:

Why did the syndicate order the team to kill Yin instead of retrieving her?

[grey_moon]

Spoiler for for epi 13:

failed retrieval once, and yin has a good memory so easier to get rid of her. It's far easier to shoot someone from afar then rescue them

[Vanehei]

Yeah, it was easier to kill her, but the big question is.. Who is behind Hei`s group? The M6 group? (i think that Amber is with them) Why Bertha and the other guy just have de mission of know them and their powers instead of kill them?
They havent answered a lot of questions, and they have done even more...