Gurren-Lagann - Episode 8 Discussion / Poll

[Nidema]

Originally Posted by Tsukou

...I think this episode deserves my first post...

I can only hope for epic-level drama to occur next episode.. too bad it's a freaking week away...

Spoiler:

I really respect gainax's ability to follow-through with a death we know which was coming, and not sugar-coat it at all(hopefully no faux-revivals).. how they'll manage to top this episode.. I have no idea, whatsoever, it would be unbelievable if they even come close, because damn..

R.I.P. Kamina, but damned if I must say your stories will be told for future generations, as the most epic/badass/justplainawesome character of the year..

Spoiler:

And a completely different spoiler-note.. Despite Kamina's death being, an extremely emotional moment, maybe it's because I'm sappy, but, the scene where Simon is running away, screaming "kankei nai" just really hit me hard. Despite the obvious YokoxKamina pairing, it was extremely hard to watch that scene, it just really hit me hard.

You have to wonder how Simon will lash out at Yoko, in the next episode.. Or at least, I just feel there's an inevitable, "You liked Kamina" shouting for Simon, that will probably also be painful to watch..

As unbelievably amazing as this episode was, I have high hopes as to how they will follow this up. Episode 9 will, in my opinion, a make-it or break-it as to how the rest of the story will play out..

i agree with u when simon yelled that... it made me feel sorry for the little guy but also made me wanna tell him to shape up... kamina`s death was inevitable since ( as some 2chan guy so adequately put it) it was interfering with YokoX Simon pairing LOL

[Tsukou]

I'm gonna hafta say that I foresee:

Spoiler:

Yoko trying to comfort Simon. Simon yelling. Simon running away. Simon running into Nia. But on the otherhand, I could be dead wrong about that. haha. I think SimonxYoko will only happen in fanart, and our dreams.. -sigh-

[outlaw97]

*looks at episode poll*

This might be one of the few times when a 1 doesn't necessarily mean it was a bad episode

*kicks connection to download faster*

[Nidema]

Originally Posted by Tsukou

I'm gonna hafta say that I foresee:

Spoiler:

Yoko trying to comfort Simon. Simon yelling. Simon running away. Simon running into Nia. But on the otherhand, I could be dead wrong about that. haha. I think SimonxYoko will only happen in fanart, and our dreams.. -sigh-

well i certainly wouldn`t bet against the pairing... this show has a knack for doing the unpredictable and the totally messed up. So much has happened already and its only been 8 episodes. There are 18 more to go. Shit happens. lol

[Vexx]

Yeek?! For some reason I thought this was a 12 episode wonder..... 26 eps?
Wow..... looks like a brilliant episode but I'll have to watch it first. At the moment, sorry but I'm thinking something similiar to Tsukuyomi Moon Phase's climactic pivotal episode and its aftermath.

[quina]

well, I can bet Shimon x Yoko is NOT happening.

Its NIA people!! Next episode Shimon destiny encounter with her (well.. according to her at least). Sleeping princess Nia, and a hero who just lost his way; can't get any more classic than that. Its Nia x Shimon!!
She just replace Kamina naming episodes and also doing the preview. Next main heroine is here!

[CrowKenobi]

I just had to give this episode a 10! If the mods put in an 11, I'd vote for that if I could!

Wow! An epic ride from start to finish! Drama, comedy, pathos and all the hot-blooded mecha action you can shake a stick at! I agree with what's been said: "How can Gainax top this?"

The word for the day is "EPIC!"

[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by quina

well, I can bet Shimon x Yoko is NOT happening.

Its NIA people!! Next episode Shimon destiny encounter with her (well.. according to her at least). Sleeping princess Nia, and a hero who just lost his way; can't get any more classic than that. Its Nia x Shimon!!
She just replace Kamina naming episodes and also doing the preview. Next main heroine is here!

But, isn't Nia...

Spoiler for Nia:

A beastman? Sounds like a recipe for another race-crossed pair.

[quina]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

But, isn't Nia...

Spoiler for Nia:

A beastman? Sounds like a recipe for another race-crossed pair.

well.. we still don't know what she is.. but even if she is not a human, the non-human princess pairing is popular in anime recently, well since long ago.. Lodos, with an elf. Tsukihime, with a vampire. Fate, with spirit being, Code geass: with unknown immortal. Eureka 7, hmm with something I didn't watch. Moon phase, with loli vampire. and many more. Don't think its strange anymore :\... (even the logo girl of anime suki forum up there isn't a human either)

oh yeah, Nia's VA also did Nono's voice from Gun buster.

[Nightengale]

I know exactly what you mean, but my point was that Simon x Nia may not end up happily.

I'm fine anyway for any pairing so long as it's well-developed on solid accounts, but I'm just not dismissing Yoko and Simon either.

[Vexx]

I don't totally dismiss a YokoXSimon... just that it'll take a lot of development to be believable and something tells me that 18 episodes of deep character-driven romance drama is not what the show's focus is.

crap... I need to see the episode before I can really babble intelligently <shutting up for now>

[Omniscient]

I think Simon's final line reflects how I feel perfectly:
"On that day, we lost someone irreplaceable."

[Takeo]

I wish I'd waited til morning to watch the raw...but man, the loss of an hour or two of sleep was worth it. I'm still in awe...

Originally Posted by Vexx

I don't totally dismiss a YokoXSimon... just that it'll take a lot of development to be believable and something tells me that 18 episodes of deep character-driven romance drama is not what the show's focus is.

crap... I need to see the episode before I can really babble intelligently <shutting up for now>

It took only 8 episodes for (one of) the only Kamina X Yoko moment(s)....I'm not saying Simon X Yoko will happen (I don't think it will), but "a lot of development" in this kind of show could mean a five minute chat between characters. Heck, Simon at the beginning of this episode

Spoiler:

trying to confess to Yoko was a surprise - I didn't think those fanservice moments with the two of them would actually count for anything

[Vexx]

well.. there *was* a lot of subtext in every YokoxSimon interaction -- so allowing for that action focus (and the fact she specifically left her village to follow Kamina), we got a fairly acceptable level of believability. The tragedy is that they spent all that energy getting through the "wrassling" courting part and hardly any "coo" reward.

<shrug> we'll just have to hang on the edge of our seats to see what happens next. I'm still kind of agog that I'm hooked on the show (not really a mecha fan but this has so many other elements going for it).

[negativeone]

Spoiler:

so now that Kamina is dead(i knew he was going to die but not this soon)

whats going to happen with the show now??? i just cant see simon all kamina-like and yoko all emo-like

[outlaw97]

Just finished the episode, and I'm speechless. I mean, the raw emotion and spirit in this episode negates the need for subtitles.

Spoiler:

Simon, I can't believe you murdered Kamina. Sad part is, Kamina never knew.

Ok, so that's a loaded statement, but it's definitely one way of looking at it. Either way, Gainax has made Kamina the perfect man now. He's immortalized, untouchable.

Now comes the hard part - getting Simon out of Kamina's shadow. I'm suddenly reminded of a bumper sticker I saw that read, "What would Jesus do?"

No no no, it's - "What would Kamina do?"

Man, this is not something I should've watched right before sleeping, even though I feel drained now

But let's not forget one of Kamina's laws:

Spoiler:

"Real men never lose, even in death!"

[Maids! Maids! Maids!]

Originally Posted by outlaw97

Now comes the hard part - getting Simon out of Kamina's shadow.

There you go.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I read somwhere that:

Spoiler:

Nia may be intented to replace Kamina as the brigade leader. Pfft, as if anyone can ever replace the manliest man of the decade let alone a cutesy girl in a box

[serventarcher]

Spoiler:

If anyone was going to replace Kamina it would be Shimon. Nia will probably be the one to support him and finally make him manly. I bet Yoko will want revenge or something.

[quina]

Spoiler:

I wouldn't mind having Yoko leading the Brigade for now.
Yoko in the EPIC cloak using both gun and katana would looks freaking awesome! :3

but from the promotional poster, that's not happening I guess... wonder who would lead the team now given that its way too early for shimon. Diagka? aww

well Rosuio is piloting Gurren next I guess... he done it before. However I doubt we will be seeing a gattai next episode reading from the episode 's preview on offical web.