(L) Wonder Egg Priority

[BWTraveller]

Certainly a possibility. I'm honestly pretty sure that most of these girls, if they ended up in their own person's world, would find themselves facing a warped representation of themselves. With Rika it's pretty obvious; the girl dedicated herself to her, broke the law just to please her, and she responded by insulting her and pushing her away, at which point she starved herself to death. Hard to imagine her trauma being anything but Rika. Little less certain with Momoe but certainly possible that her friend killed herself on account of being rejected. This's especially true since Momoe described it as such an extremely uncomfortable experience that sent shivers down her spine. Having your love reject you can be hard, having your love reject you with any indication of visceral revulsion can easily drive one over the edge.

With Ai we have a lot of factors. There's the way she got bullied for defending her for instance, the fact that Ai watched without taking any pictures as she promised, and naturally

Spoiler:

the possibility that the sensei she crushed on may have a thing for Ai

At the least, every trauma Ai knows Koito went through was directly connected to Ai.

Of course, this could just be why they're able to go there and get the eggs: it could be that arriving there requires a fundamental belief that one is responsible for the other's death.

On a different note, I didn't expect to see an actual Fat Ugly Bastard.

One thing I wonder though is just what really will lead to the dead girls being freed and what that freeing will mean. Seems kind of far-fetched that they'll just suddenly come back to life; if any suicides had come back up to this point you know there'd be no end of news about it. I could see it being a bit like Angel Beats, with them having to truly come to grips with their trauma and then they reincarnate rather than actually coming back.

[serenade_beta]

Are you sure your sister stabbed you?
Are you sure your sister isn't Wolverine? Or maybe she pulled out a chainsaw?

[Endscape]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Are you sure your sister stabbed you?
Are you sure your sister isn't Wolverine? Or maybe she pulled out a chainsaw?

Neiru's weapon is a compass, so I'm going to assume her sister stabbed her with one, opened it up in her back(?) and dragged it down, multiple times by the look of it. No wonder she ended up in the ICU.

[stray]

Yeah that definitely looks like some bone claws or something.

I feel like this series is kind of losing me... not sure.

[Sides]

( '_' ) Neiru made the best comments in episode 6. If they are true or not, we will see. I'm pretty sure deep inside she likes to torture people just for fun.
Overall, Ep6 felt like the end of Ai's chapter. Btw i think a lot of viewers noticed it before, it seems that only Ai can aquire (temporary) weapons/items from egg girls, unlike the other heroes.
In the next episode we will see Rika's mom for the first time. She is voiced by actress Nao, formally known as Nao Honda/Honda Nao (i think they are both stage names), if anyone is interested.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep6:

While I'm fairly sure there will be an explanation soon, the whole sequence at the end was just so... "What?"

As for the monster of the day, Ai just happens to touch the spiritual beads which allows her to see the monster, which allows her to believe in the dead girl. And this is enough for her to move on.
I mean, sure...? She only really believed the girl after seeing it herself, which anyone would do the same in that situation, and only was able to see the monster due to a coincidence, so... okay?

[HandofFate]

Very interesting developments.
The new creatures are pretty cute

[BBOvenGuy]

Originally Posted by Sides

Overall, Ep6 felt like the end of Ai's chapter.

Oh, I don't think so. I'm not entirely sure what was going on in her head during that least sequence, but I don't think we can take it at face value. We still don't know what happened to Koito and whether he had anything to do with it. The prayer beads and the girl Ai was protecting are tied to the idea of seeing dangers that no one else can see. That seems to have triggered something with Ai.

That said, I don't think the teacher is the Big Bad of the story. There are too many people invested in him, for too many different reasons. He's not just Ai's teacher, but he's also her mom's boyfriend and Momoe's uncle. Plus they keep suggesting he's evil, which usually means he's not.

[HandofFate]

Hope so, for once, it be nice to have a male teacher be close with female students and actually do so because they actually care and not because they're a perv in these stories.

[Sides]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

Hope so, for once, it be nice to have a male teacher be close with female students and actually do so because they actually care and not because they're a perv in these stories.

Second that. The pervert male teacher/mentor option is just too easy and done so many times, and it would be funny to see how viewers react towards it.

Originally Posted by BBOvenGuy

Oh, I don't think so. I'm not entirely sure what was going on in her head during that least sequence, but I don't think we can take it at face value. We still don't know what happened to Koito and whether he had anything to do with it. The prayer beads and the girl Ai was protecting are tied to the idea of seeing dangers that no one else can see. That seems to have triggered something with Ai.

I get what you are saying. I just prefer to judge things as they are currently presented, mainly because I don't know how many episodes this show has.
I mean they show might just threw me off guard with the last scence, but I like surprises ^_^


edit: so it is just a 12 episode show. 3 Blurays/DVD with 4 episode each. Source: https://wonder-egg-priority.com/bddvd/

[Dop]

Wow, well that episode was pretty intense.

Spoiler for Ep 7:

I genuinely had no idea whether Rika would survive. I really thought for a moment she'd give in to monster of the week. It seemed it was only her friends and her familiar who brought her out of it.

That which does not kill you makes you stronger, as they say.

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

Hope so, for once, it be nice to have a male teacher be close with female students and actually do so because they actually care and not because they're a perv in these stories.

True, very true

[gecd]

I'll be laughing if it turned out that Sensei is Rika's father

[HandofFate]

Episode 7 had a lot of things. The episode did a good job of presenting things pretty neutral.
Like Rika's grievances were valid but I totally understand her mom too, and I feel pretty bad for her.
The way Rika describes her mom, fits herself to a T.

[Last Sinner]

Easily the best show of the season. Good luck to anything else for the rest of the year trying to top this. Don't like their chances.

[Sides]

'o'

Spoiler:

it is a narrated recap episode this week ;_;

[serenade_beta]

Boooo, when a recap is counted as an actual episode, so the anime is actually 1-episode shorter than you thought it'd be.

[BBOvenGuy]

That was one of the better recap episodes I've seen. How you choose and organize the clips can say a lot, and I feel like they were able to build on the story even though there was no new video. Some added depth, perhaps.

[Ragashingo]

Originally Posted by BBOvenGuy

That was one of the better recap episodes I've seen. How you choose and organize the clips can say a lot, and I feel like they were able to build on the story even though there was no new video. Some added depth, perhaps.

Agreed. It flowed pretty well for what it was. There were no surprises, but I liked that it confirmed that you can heal quickly in the dream and come out of it fine.

I'm wondering where we go next. Neiru still needs her backstory explained. And after that? One of the most interesting things is how hard this show is to predict. I think Ai is going to use those prayer beads to find out what really happened to Koito, but beyond that, so many options are fair game.

Is the teacher the final boss? I can't tell! Even that head turn when he was holding / comforting Koito was animated in such a way that it could have genuinely been a good teacher comforting a bullied girl.

Can the statue girls even be brought back to life? Or will they just forgive their friends and then go poof?

Could one of our four main girls die or commit suicide herself and be brought back by the others? What if Ai or one of the others is saved after a suicide and the bittersweet ending is they poof?

Next week, though, it sounds like we might learn more about Acca, Ura-Acca, and the Wonder Egg system. Maybe that'll be sort of a flashback episode leaving 10, 11, and 12 for a strong finish. That's my hope anyway.

[Ragashingo]

Whoa! That was quite the episode! Maybe not quite pivotal, but close!

Spoiler:

So... are Wonder Eggs connected to technological research? And for what end? Seeing beyond death, perhaps? Or crossing into parallel worlds... for some purpose?

It doesn’t seem like all the Wonders are geniuses. Are they all exceptional in other ways? A girl obsessed with youth or one simply molested by an executive don’t seem to fit that theory...

And what of the Accas? They are tricking our girls to fight for them. That’s gonna cause conflict as now Rika and Momoe have to tell Ai and Neiru!

I loved the tension and ethical dilemmas.

I’m intrigued. Hopefully the show has enough story to back up this twist!

Beyond all that, this was just a good episode. Three left!