Dantalian no Shoka

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

and, damn it, that "No" was quite cute

Could I get a timestamp on that? Other people mentioned it, but I somehow missed it and haven't been able to find it.

[DezoPenguin]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Could I get a timestamp on that? Other people mentioned it, but I somehow missed it and haven't been able to find it.

Sorry, I'd have to stream the whole episode again to find it. I know it's somewhere in the second half, that's all.

EDIT: Okay, I felt industrious. It's at 12:15.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

Sorry, I'd have to stream the whole episode again to find it. I know it's somewhere in the second half, that's all.

EDIT: Okay, I felt industrious. It's at 12:15.

Ah, thank you.

[Guido]

Gone away the previous two weeks due to a business trip but returned.

On-Topic

It was unexpected that we got two stories in one episode, nevertheless, it was a pleasurable surprise.

Now, I won't start comparisons in this episode regarding GOSICK, because of Camilla's character getting introduced in the story between Huey and Dalian.

As far as I am observing Dalian, she's more of demanding attention and hating being ignored, hence, the motives for all the tantrums she mischievously played on Huey and Camilla, later.

Spoiler for Book of Wisdom:

After obtaining the absolute wisdom, I believe for the children not to anything to the world was due that their feeling of boredom wouldn't stave off, even if they seriously attempted to play a machination to have fun with the world.

If I recall correctly, Camilla said that people who have left their mark in history were able to do so at being more persistent than brilliant.

Spoiler for Queen of the Night:

Dalian got an unpleasurable experience due to those thugs from the Gladstone Company, and I bet my two cents that this won't be the last time that we hear from the Gladstone Company.

If anything that Dalian feels sorry for or regretting is that she'll have to wait another thirteen years to read from the memories of the Queen of the Night, engraved on its petals, because I can understand from reading Dalian's expression that the cactus-flower got stained after procuring live-nourishment from swallowing a whole those two bastards.

Stained in the sense that the flower got engraved with live memories of unworthy beings, being the thieves themselves.

[Jarmel]

The way that magician looked at the key implies who the next target will be. My guess is that this was setup in that it introduces real magicians and magic other than the books and sets up the series villain as well.

[Izayoi]

I looked at the OP/Website for the two other

Spoiler for LN comparison:

Himes, and they don't look as I expected. I expected Flamberge to have more locks and Hal to look more like a old grumpy pedophile.

Camilla's cowboy suit and straight hair is missed.

[Guido]

Misery

That's what I thought for the plot of the fourth episode. The difference is that Paula Dickinson is a beauty in contrast to Annie Wilkes, but on the inside both women are wacko, looney, and dangerous.

Torture with death and resurrection day in and day out.

Spoiler:

Too bad for Paula at not having read between lines when using that book.

Leticia and Lenny evolved through continuous death & resurrection cyles into a fused Angel, disintegrating Paula from flesh to bone in such a grotesque manner.

At the end, Dalian ended up losing, because the last volume of her favorite book did not deliver her the ending she was looking forward to read.

[dark998]

Poor guys, friendzoned at the very last second.

And first Dantalian episode with a such a strong antagonist figure. Given the episodic nature I thought he was going to get killed off by the Phantom Book combo, but he managed to get away.

[Midonin]

That was an interesting change of pace. We knew there were other Biblioprincesses out there, and both of them appeared this week. One of the pair was only via flashback, but it still counts. Hal and Flam are... somewhat different from Huey and Dalian. A lot snarkier with each other. Flam's method of book summoning is freaky. Way freaky. On the other hand, Hal's got a literary version of Raising Heart, so it's a wash.

I was impressed how many voices I recognized this week without looking at the credits - Ami Koshimizu as Flam, Sayuri Yahagi as Ras in the flashback, and Rina Hidaka as Patty. Aya Endo was also there as Mable. As for the episode itself, a town right in the middle of the Uncanny Valley. It's a dollhouse you do not want to play with.

In every story, there are hundreds of smaller ones, occurring simultaneously. This "Extra Episode" was a shift in camera focus towards that. Will we meet them again? I don't know. I'm sure their stories will intersect with Dalian's at some point. It always does.

[ars89]

So Hal and Flam are like Huey and Dalian, but just have been doing this longer. There's also a third group, but they seem evil. I wonder why they're looking for Duey and Dalian.

[Flower]

Hmm ... I only just caught up with ep 5 last night, so all I can comment on is that (sorry to be late to the party).

I was kinda disappointed with ep 5 because I thought they tried to pack too many things in too quickly - the result felt like one big mess story wise. A pity - as I thought it could have worked very nicely as a 2 ep mini arc.

So, ep 5 gets a 6/10 vote from me. *sigh*

I hope the rest of the eps are not like this one. I wonder if ep 5 had a diff director or some such?

[EusthEnoptEron]

I actually liked this episode the most so far, partly because I'm a sucker for this duo.

Anyway, again they managed to surprise me with voices that couldn't sound more different from how I imagined them to be. Well, but I don't mind them this time, since Hal's voice might actually suit his personality better than a rough one (what I imagined it to be like). The female voice announcing "Cartridge Load" was uncalled-for, though. I wanted to hear Hal say that. :o

Didn't expect to see Rasiel in the flashback (was thinking of Huey&Dalian while reading/translating the chapter), but come to think of it, that role fits those two quite well. But now I quickly want to get つながりの章 animated to see more of them. :D

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for episode 6, in other words, 7:

Arya... This duo > Main duo.
The protagonist is cooler (although he reminds me of that guy from ItsunoUsagi) and the girl doesn't have an annoying speech pattern.
The protagonist uses some Nanoha-like (as much as I hate to mention that show) stick that doesn't even give the opponent time to stare (NOOOOOO!!!!)! It was so funny when the girl said "I won't give you time to chant".
You hear that, Mr. Golem? Mr. Dragon?

A whole bunch of new characters though... The bondage and staff duo, and other set with the eyepatch girl in the OP too.

[orion]

Dalian has the best method of book summoning so far. Flam's method is just gross. The poor girl was in pain. I'm wondering why is she in a straight jacket.

[Marcus H.]

Are Yomihime supposed to serve under a certain demon or is Dalian a special-case Yomihime? I discovered that Rasiel (or Ratziel or Raziel) pertains to a powerful angel, while Flamberge is a sword. Raziel, however, pertains to the angel of the Sephirot which has the attribute of knowledge and hidden things.

[Flower]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

... Flamberge is a sword.

Yes indeed ... it is a wavy bladed sword.

Anime reference wise, Saiji Tatemiya (the temp leader of the Amakasu church in Japan) from the To Aru Majutsu no Index uses one (albeit a large one).

[Essa Maneira]

That Sutr staff used by Hal to make a phantom book as a magic fuel for the flame, it has less recoil than Huey which is need to read a long message in the book before it activates the magic. Flam's book summoning was really a gross, the opening is on her tummy and she got even hurts when Hal pulling the book out on her.

I missed Dalian in that episode..

[Marcus H.]

Hal probably held on to her stomach for a bit.

[D-Gold]

am I the only one who felt bad for the book he destroyed with his staff?

[Nvis]

OMG, who is this new chick in this episode?

She just got me started to watch this series.