Eden of the East - Episode 4 Discussion / Poll

[Kaoru Chujo]

Higashi no Eden had a big jump up in TV ratings this week, going from 3% last week (ep3) to 4.1% this week (ep4), according to posts on 2channel.

By the way, for a discussion of the various unanswered questions, there is an interesting thread called "spoilers and speculation."

[Haak]

1.1%? Doesn't seem like much to me, but then again I don't know much about ratings. Could you put it into perspective for me?

[Kaoru Chujo]

Originally Posted by Lolcat3

1.1%? Doesn't seem like much to me, but then again I don't know much about ratings. Could you put it into perspective for me?

The top ten shows are all family shows that air during the daytime, like Doraemon, Naruto, or Chibi Maruko-chan. They get 5-20% of the audience. Late-night shows like this one -- shows that air around or after midnight, as many anime popular on AS do -- mainly get ratings from 1-3%.

Eden of the East, like other Noitamina shows, is the top-rated late-night show. Its first episode got a 4.5% or so share, then it dropped to around 3% for two eps, but is now back up to over 4%, which puts it just outside the top ten. This is excellent for a late-night anime.

You can see last week's more-or-less full ratings here. Late-night anime make their money from DVD sales and sales of goods like figures and CDs, etc., rather than from TV advertising, which is where the top-rated family shows make more money.

[Proudleaf]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

Higashi no Eden had a big jump up in TV ratings this week, going from 3% last week (ep3) to 4.1% this week (ep4), according to posts on 2channel.

By the way, for a discussion of the various unanswered questions, there is an interesting thread called "spoilers and speculation."

Excellent, and I'm hoping that the ratings continue to stay on such a high trend.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Lolcat3

1.1%? Doesn't seem like much to me, but then again I don't know much about ratings. Could you put it into perspective for me?

Trust me, for a show like Eden of The East and one that isn't called Dragon Ball Kai or Sazae-Chan that's good.

[Claies]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin Sama

Spoiler for Crazy late series plot twist theory:

Saki turns out to be the supporter.

Yep, I'm with you on that one.

Spoiler for Except...:

If this is true, she's doing a great job not showing her Selecao phone to anyone.

[slayer545-sama]

This episode was good since it gave off more info about Akira and the supporters.
What I liked:
-The introduction of Ryosuke as the fiancee of Asako's sister.
-The Cold Blue poster as the dolphin being Saki and the man Akira as being her even in the depths of the ocean despite them being different.
-The cell phone pile was interesting in that they seem to be remainders of the 20 000 NEETS that Akira killed.
-The weird hallucinations that Akira got when he went to one of the missile sites. Calling one of them Johny.
-Reference to a movie of the name Quadrophenia. It was interesting.
-The message Saki sent to Akira was cute. Shows she is concerned about him but yet does not want to bother him much judging that she erased a part of it.
-Introduction of #4 Selecado Hajime Hiura. His achievement was great! Making a hospital that would treat those who cannot be treated elsewhere. Akira meets him while investigating who bought a MRI machine.
-I knew from the beginning that the fundings came initially from the 10 billions he got from the supporter.
-The explanation of how the Messiahs have been selected and the machine that came to them with the phone.
-Loved the past of Akira about him being some delivery person until he got selected to be a Selecado and thus a Messiah.
-The rules seemed fair to me. 1.Abandoning your post. 2.Not using the phone for a long period of time. 3.Pursuing personal desires. 4.Balance reaching 0 and not having saved the nation.
-Hajime explaining to Akira about his ambitions.
-Akira willing to give half of his money to Hajime to save him.
-Juriz being talked to one last time by Hajime and being thanked as a good concierge.
What I did not like:
-THE SUPPORTER! DAMN HIM! Piece of shit! He actually kills Hajime! Not cool at all! nion31:
-The way people are being selected seemed totally random. This is not good. You are to select people who have qualifications for this not some random delivery boy.
-Akira being drugged because of Hajime fearing him to be the supporter was not cool. I would not want to have such treatment at all!

Sure liked the intro of Ryosuke, Saki's sister fiancee.


Oh man Saki's sister is so much like her, I though at first it was the mother. Saki's sister is sooooo cute! :shake: I love her!

Spoiler:

I could probably never get enough of Saki! She is cute! She is well done! She is so MOE! She is someone I would marry right away! She IS ALL OF EVERYTHING! Love her a lot as a female character. I have not seen one like her so well done with full of MOE! :weddingpeach18:


I love Saki's little sign board to her room! :weddingpeach18:


Of course I also like a lot her room! :weddingpeach18:


Certainly it was weird and at the same time mesmerizing about the whole cell phone pile! Is there really 20 000 cell phones there?


The hallucinations were suddenly weird and would like to know what triggered them. Especially about the fact that one of them (people in the hallucinations) was called Johny!



It was too see Saki's friend from University, Satoshi Oosugi.


Nice cute message that Saki sends to Hajime. Liked it!


I knew part of this had to be due to the 10 billions but always nice to have magazines talking about conspiracies.


I certainly did not appreciate Hajime drugging Akira out of fear but at least nothing happened to him.


The whole machine with the special phone charged with 10 billions was interesting with the special effects.


Akira's past as a delivery boy was interesting. Liked that a lot as it provided key answers.



Found it nice that Akira was willing to offer to Hajime half of his money to save him. Very considerate of him.


It was nice to know that Hajime indeed had also a family behind that he had to leave. SAD! SOOOOOOOOOO SAD! Damn you SUPPORTER! DAMN IT!


The supporter! NOOOOOOOOOO! RUN HAJIME! RUN! Thinking that it is too late! Noooooo!


In the end Hajime dies! Damn it! NOT FAIR! NOT COOL!