(L) Shigofumi ~Stories of Last Letter~

[monir]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Tch! I despair in the society that is too careful!

Guess what happened to episode 3?

Spoiler for what happened:

According to the website, they took a look at the present society (worst reason I've heard since School Days and Higurashi...) and decided to take out the dad bringing a shotgun to school...
So they took out the shotgun and now he's empty-handed...

I wonder if they will have the original version in the DVDs...

Considering how strict the gun-rule is in Japan,

Spoiler for episode 3 preview-related:

I was kind of surprised that he was able to acquire a shotgun to begin with. I'm sure they are not vying for realism here, but the show did touch upon on realism on the human factor in episode 1 and 2 from social standpoint. The question remains that if the show is drawing the human aspect from the Japanese culture, or just trying to put forward a picture of human beings in general. If it's the former, then the shotgun looks a bit convenient... but if it's the latter, then there have been so many incident through out the world where tragedy occurred in school... and the choice of weapon has been a shotgun.

[TigerII]

WTF at the first episode! No explanation, nothing. Just stab, then swing, then credits.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by TigerII

WTF at the first episode! No explanation, nothing. Just stab, then swing, then credits.

At a guess, what Fumika "saw" when she found that bed in the abandoned building involved some manner of sexual abuse from Asuna's father, which is why Asuna killed him. Got nothing on the killing Shouta bit, but she's probably a bit unhinged these days, so it may not have a logical reason.

Conclusion after one episode: Interesting. Hopefully though it won't turn into a Jigoku Shoujo type series. A couple of times is ok, but surely not every shigofumi will result in murder and people going nuts.

[mandarb916]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Got nothing on the killing Shouta bit, but she's probably a bit unhinged these days, so it may not have a logical reason.

She probably inferred from Shota's comment that he knew about her father's death...
"yaru" in its hiragana form = to do
"yaru" in its unofficial/slang use kanji form = to kill

My guess is she heard it as the latter and opted to try to remove someone with knowledge of her murder.

[bbduece]

WTF at the first episode! No explanation, nothing. Just stab, then swing, then credits.

i dont think psychos need a reason to kill......but since it is a story we are entitle to some meaning behind it

[MarcusG]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

At a guess, what Fumika "saw" when she found that bed in the abandoned building involved some manner of sexual abuse from Asuna's father, which is why Asuna killed him. Got nothing on the killing Shouta bit, but she's probably a bit unhinged these days, so it may not have a logical reason.

Conclusion after one episode: Interesting. Hopefully though it won't turn into a Jigoku Shoujo type series. A couple of times is ok, but surely not every shigofumi will result in murder and people going nuts.

I came to the same conclusion after thinking about the first episode. I wish there was at least a small explanation to confirm it. I knew something like this was going to happen just by listening to the music in this episode, it felt like I was watching school days.

[dahl_moon]

Originally Posted by MarcusG

I came to the same conclusion after thinking about the first episode. I wish there was at least a small explanation to confirm it. I knew something like this was going to happen just by listening to the music in this episode, it felt like I was watching school days.

Whatever you feel like at the moment, please defer your judgement until after episode two. Episode two is where things turn highly "enjoyable." At least you won't be left feeling WTF.

[JediNight]

V2 of the H264 version will be coming in the morning when its done encoding. I did a TL check and we had a final edit on the script plus ED karaoke added, so the awkward sentences are cleaned up. Xvid avi tomorrow night some time, and I'll run a direct download for H264 ep1 from my Dreamhost account for awhile as well -- just would appreciate if people helped seed the torrent after that

[Falkor]

I was waiting for somebody to sub this show before checking the raw and it seemed worthwhile.
My reaction towards the end was holy s**t. It was really unexpected and it threw me off guard completely. It was built slowly and carefully trying to deceive me into the wrong direction just before the little twist came in and everything became clear—especially the purpose of the letter. I like the mystery surrounding this show and I hope this is kept up for the rest of its run. I’m hooked now and I cannot wait to see how this turns out to be the next episode.

[Ashlotte]

Well if I can't get my hearts wish of more Shinigami no Ballad I guess this looks to be a fine replacement after watching the first episode...

Great build-up throughout and one heck of a twist ending. Soooo glad I decided to check this out on a whim.

[fict_ticious]

Wow, what the heck did I just watch?

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by MarcusG

I came to the same conclusion after thinking about the first episode. I wish there was at least a small explanation to confirm it. I knew something like this was going to happen just by listening to the music in this episode, it felt like I was watching school days.

Seriously you can't compare this serious to SD now matter what I bet the thought of it wouldn't even have come to mind if it was the other way round.

Anyway, this isn't a single ep arc so the explination comes in ep 2 - just bite your fingernails until the next ep is subbed

[SuperKnuckles]

Well, the similarities is that the school girl almost totally unexpectedly killed a prospective boyfriend. Actually, the circumstance by that alone is exactly the same as School Days (let's not get touchy about it here, heh)

I thought the first ep was good, especially how they balanced the light hearted stuff with the dark. I think the sexual abuse thing was a bit too overblown to the point of silliness though. Seemed more exploitive than anything. I hope the next episodes aren't all like that, though it definitely could be (especially reading speculation for future eps..).

Also a wild change of pace for JC Staff/Genco after doing Sky Girls. And I see some Xebec and Shaft involvement so the budget must have been huge after the Sky Girls effort.

So yes. AMAZING quality leap from earlier projects, exploitive death scenarios. Pretty nifty, though I'm seeing murder every other day in anime nowadays. It's almost a cliche. heh

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by SuperKnuckles

Well, the similarities is that the school girl almost totally unexpectedly killed a prospective boyfriend. Actually, the circumstance by that alone is exactly the same as School Days (let's not get touchy about it here, heh)

One could argue that there was nothing unexpected in the School Days scenario... we had an entire season to build up to it, after all. So they are nothing alike.

[TougeSil80]

Just watched ep.1-2, it seems like a great series.

[JediNight]

Burned the midnight oil:

Torrent for Ep1v2 --
http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=torrentinfo&tid=9172

DDL --
http://shinon.dreamhosters.com/

Did a full TL check cleaning up the awkward lines and another full editting pass, plus we added ED karaoke.

Sleep...zzz....

[White Manju Bun]

Oh wow, totally didnt know what to expect with this and after the first epi Im sticking with this. Not often do I get a great wtf moment in the very first epi. Reminded me of Higurashi.

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant

One could argue that there was nothing unexpected in the School Days scenario... we had an entire season to build up to it, after all. So they are nothing alike.

I agree...whoever says that they didn't see it coming to makoto is 1) blind 2) makoto fanboy/girl (weird people do exist O.o) 3) In denial.

This is shocking, but a good "in ya face!" shock

[Echoes]

I just watched the first episode. I was pleasantly surprised by it, shows plenty of promise, one of the better shows this season. The stab was unexpected, just when I had grown oh-so fond of Ayase. I'll be anxiously anticipating the next episode. *Gets his hopes up*

Now, a flying girl with white hair who goes around telling people about death-related matters? She even has the same sassy assistant, I definitely felt some Shinigami no Ballad vibes from this one. Not that it's a bad thing, since I did enjoy that series.

[Random Wanderer]

Weeks with no subs, and suddenly three groups release on the same day.

Waiting now for episode two. Fumika certainly isn't in any danger from Asuna, but I still want to see how things turn out.