2012-05-20, 19:57 | Link #621 |
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Getting to see Ranko's back story is nice, but I found it's a bit late in the series, if it's supposed to be one season already... unless they're already planning a second season (which I also would appreciate).
I think this episode made me like Ranko a little more. Parents that don't know about it. The video shop keeper told him to keep it a secret from his parents. Since he has a TV and dvd player on his room, he can watch all by himself. His father probably never thought that he would be able to get zombie movies in the first place (which he wouldn't if the shopkeeper wasn't some zombie fan), so no reason to check back on it.
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2012-05-21, 04:28 | Link #623 |
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Episode 7
This was the first episode of the anime adaptation that really disappointed me.
It was mostly anime original material that should fit better as a DVD/BD extra IMHO. The first problem is that this episode disrupted the flow of the narration. We left episode 6 with that ominous shot of Rea licking Chihiro's blood but nothing came out of it. Not to mention that Rea's father has been absent from the show for 3 whole episodes now. My second criticism is that episode 7 was so full of cliche it was painful. How many times must I watch a little girl falling in love with a boy because he protected her from a rabid dog before it gets old? Children of age 5-6 aren't even interested in the opposite gender yet. And to think that she'll keep loving Chihiro in secret for 10 years is beyond ridiculous. The appearance of Chihiro's annoying pervert friend didn't help either. The only part of the episode I would salvage is the scene where Ranko tried to force a kiss on Chihiro and he looked distressed. It was that bad.
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2012-05-21, 08:53 | Link #624 | |
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2012-05-21, 13:36 | Link #626 | ||
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2012-05-21, 14:39 | Link #627 |
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What, when they argued about which movie to rent? Notice that Chihiro didn't ask for her opinion, period. He just took the zombie movie to the counter. Notice, also, that nowadays she borrows zombie movies from him. If anything, the contagion went the other way. And that's not even taking into account the propriety of having a little girl watch a zombie movie.
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2012-05-21, 20:45 | Link #629 |
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She ran downstairs to ask her parents and they told her, "Not until you're 18." But we were both army brats, so we both ended up moving away. Our families did visit each other a couple times and ... well, I find nothing unrealistic about childhood friend romances in anime.
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2012-05-21, 22:00 | Link #630 | |
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From the moment she entered his room without his permission, she made the wrong impression on me. I wasn't too fond of her from the moment she appeared on the screen. With this episode I was hoping we'd get some kind of explanation for Chihiro's obsession with zombies but well now I'm underwhelmed. All we got is what we already know. In a sense, this episode was the true filler that it served absolutely no purpose in advancing the plot even though I sort of enjoyed it. |
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2012-05-22, 02:51 | Link #632 | ||
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And it's probably highly unlikely that he'll eventually hook up with Ranko should he be unable to preserve Rea's body. I think a guilt trip like that would be an even worse reason to take her, as that would mean he doesn't truly love her, but uses her as a replacement for the girl he used to love. And I'm pretty sure she'd understand that over time.
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2012-05-22, 03:28 | Link #633 | |
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2012-05-22, 05:48 | Link #635 |
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you can't really question the placement of a flashback episode until you see the one following it. It's the flow on effect that's what's critical to the placements. Most of the times you are just too early to judge.
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2012-05-22, 06:15 | Link #636 |
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If anything, I agree that the whole osananajimi flashback looks really far-fetched. More that usual. I mean, this time the MC not only is the typical dumb MC, but he also never showed any feelings for her, never. So it seems a matter of bad writing more than her being bad. To the point that she would be good for him as gf, to cure his obsession I mean, but since the show is all about a zombie girl, for now her character looks disconnected and misplaced, out of place. And however apparently the one I can relate more with.
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2012-05-22, 13:37 | Link #637 | |
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2012-05-22, 20:23 | Link #640 |
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Good thing not ALL girls are that way, though, otherwise this'd be a pretty boring world...
The most interesting part of the episode for me believe or not was how distant and unresponsive Ranko's father is... Don't understand why/how someone that blah ended up with someone with so much personality like Ranko's mother. The first conclusion I want to jump to is arranged marriage, but that's cliched. I'm probably reading into it too much. *shrugs*
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