2009-04-17, 12:04 | Link #321 | |
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The show really has a lot going on but I never really felt lost yet just genuinely intrigued. So far they've developed a cute little romance story right alongside a variety of mysteries...Who exactly is this organization that comes off as some "Genie in the lamp" that I'll do anything for a price...Does the fact that it does come at a price mean that the ones that can command this power aren't necessarily part of the same organization that carries the orders out? Or is it set like that to limit the impact on society... And then theres the question of the state of the world...How could noone have died in these missile attacks up until now seeing how big the craters are...Did the ones in the plane only die because they accidentally flew in one of their flight paths or was it planned? Why would a plane even be flying if these attacks only happen on Monday...why do they only happen on Monday? How could the Japanese government not know their origin? Its not like Joe-schmo guerrilla terrorist can launch ballistic rockets ya know it does take a certain degree of setup...Or they do know and are they just keeping it a secret from the public? And ofcourse how does this all come back around to involve are mystery man... Honestly so far I think it's all come together nicely in a very intriguing package with some fun characters. Especially interested to see what pans out with the Detective...I love seemingly amoral characters like him.
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2009-04-17, 12:08 | Link #322 |
Tsukkomi power!
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They mention that two children survive the plane getting shot down, what instantly came to my mind was that the survivors of these accidents may become the Selected.
How could no one have died in the first Careless Monday? The craters shown look to be the better part of a kilometer across... |
2009-04-17, 12:18 | Link #323 | |
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2009-04-17, 12:24 | Link #324 |
Human
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Somehow I get the feeling that Akira's behind the missile attacks. Part of some bizarre plan that's not supposed to kill anyone (presumably that involves bribing people to leave the area beforehand). The one that hit the plane would be a copycat missile by another one of these guys in order to assassinate someone, or something like that. Just random speculation.
Based on "Noblesse Oblige" and the corrupt cop's mention of "not helping the country," it seems like the people who have this money are given tons of money and absolute freedom on how to use it, but are supposed to be using it to help people or the country (world?) in general. Noblesse Oblige indeed. "Get around the red tape and do what must be done," or something like that. However, some of them abuse it, because clearly having that much money and the ability to efficiently use it on anything legal or otherwise is easily abused. As to who's giving them the money... well I don't think we have any clues yet. I like the pacing so far. Both the mystery and the more lighthearted interactions between Saki and Akira seem fairly well balanced, to me anyway. |
2009-04-17, 12:24 | Link #325 |
At the end of this world
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Hungary, Europe
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Well ep3 was certainly interesting, animation was top-notch, the characters are lovely (I still find the redhead's design a bit weird, but she is nice), and the story looks very promising so far.
Spoiler for ep3:
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2009-04-17, 12:29 | Link #327 | |||
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Rich people get a really bad rap in Christianity (in my opinion, for good reason). So do Kings. We all remember King David, I'm sure, but what I'd never known until this year was that God was fundamentally against monarchy. So these people consider themselves saviors acting for the good of the people (or at least, that's what they should be doing), but really, they're doing things that are against the faith that they seem to represent... And not only that, but their miracles are false. It looks miraculous at first that these things happen, like people just suddenly getting shot and cars driving up when you need them in airports, but then you realize it's just money making it happen. Hell, I did some quick math, and I found out the value of life in this show is 499,782 yen, or roughly about twenty bucks over $5000. If we take this in conjunction with the idea of Japanese nationalism vs. foreign subservience, this could be a mockery of Christian values not coinciding with capitalism, as well as a mockery of how the Christian faith has been distorted. Also, for those of us out there wondering why Portuguese is used in this show... from wikipedia: Quote:
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2009-04-17, 12:39 | Link #328 |
At the end of this world
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I'm sorry, but where is that's shown that 236 people is missing? Also if they are really missing why does Saki forgets them? I mean the scene in the metro she says: "Yeah, so afterward when we learned that no one was harmed...". Is she deliberately ignoring all these missing people by being oblivious about them? If they are missing for more than a month, I would hardly call them "not harmed". Or is that also from GITS? (It's not familiar to me from anywhere).
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2009-04-17, 12:43 | Link #329 | |
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2009-04-17, 12:47 | Link #330 |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Reading the official site and the trailer gives me some clues about what actually happened.
These are my pieces of the puzzle. Spoiler for spoilers and wild speculation:
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2009-04-17, 13:12 | Link #331 |
At the end of this world
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Thank you. I see, so the 236 missing is from the just crashed airplane if I understand it correctly. But I still don't grasp where is that number popped up from. I also checked another fansubgroup's version if that might have been the cause of the discrepency, but neither gets into detail exactly how many people is missing from the crashed airplane. Is that written inside the tv-broadcast? (I can't read moonspeak unfortunately) I refer on the scene by the tv in the japanese airport, that's where it's supposed to be seen right? Or it's from the end of ep1?
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2009-04-17, 13:28 | Link #332 |
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No, it's not in the ep 2 TV broadcast (I can read some kanji, having learned Chinese).
Ah, it's in the ep 1 broadcast in Dulles (I presume) airport, in English. Right before the credits roll, the ticker at the bottom of the screen displays the number of missing people. |
2009-04-17, 17:07 | Link #340 | |
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Akira is a bit fruity in the head, isn’t he? Though it is wired for the last activity on his expenses to be a year apart.
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