Guilty Crown - General Discussion

[Student no.0]

Originally Posted by MarineCorps

IIRC the relationship he has with the person has something to do with it and since he probaly is less then happy with Inori manipulating his feelings the sword might come out a bit different

I can only recall that Voids vary from each person's personality. Even so, I like this idea a lot and think that just might be it. That and/or he found out how to utilize another function to it such as flying in the OP. We can also see Shu and Gai having it out in the preview, likely due to Shu getting pissed off at the orders supposedly given to Inori by Gai.

[Sides]

Funny episode. Shu is pathetic, funny, smart and a pervert, fine ingredient for a main character.

Spoiler:

Looks like Gai is sick and need blood transfusions from Inori(?).

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by Sides

Spoiler:

Looks like Gai is sick and need blood transfusions from Inori(?).

For another theory, Gai seems to be superhuman in his ability to move. Since we have witnessed Inori do incredible things, it could be a case of taking her blood in order to keep those abilities.

[Ulrezaj]

Translated the keyword page for kicks

http://www.guilty-crown.jp/the_world/keyword/

[felix]

Finally the series is moving into it's own story. Not much to say, character development was good. I feel this episode should have come much much sooner then this. Let's hope it keeps this pace.

[blakstealth]

Spoiler:

Good ep to getting to know some people within Funeral Parlor. Can't wait to see more of this thing between Shu and Inori.

Goddamn, Tsugumi and Ayase..both so adorable~! x3

Hell, all the females in this show are adorable!

Spoiler for ep6 preview:

I wanna guess that Shu's gonna take down that satellite with that buster rifle/railgun-looking Void.

[miketyson]

Show's settling into a stable level of campiness. Could have less campiness but it's at a tolerable level. If you haven't dropped it yet this won't be the episode that makes you drop it.

Spoiler for ep5:

So it looks like: Inori confirmed for likely "clone+" of the girl from the flashbacks. Gai is sick and needs Inori's blood. Inori got her name from Gai, and given what it means and how Gai is apparently hung up on flashback girl I'm guessing: Gai broke out of a research lab along with Inori, and Gai's ability to see voids probably has something to do with that.

We now know Inori was told to say all those things she's said to Shu. This is great, b/c it means even when she tells Shu she likes him he won't believe her, and we'll get some more misunderstandings.

Speculation: especially given that Gai's apparently sick, it's possible he planned to bring Shu in to be void genome guy all along. If that's true, that'd imply there's something about Shu that Gai knows (or can see) but we the audience can't see or don't know yet. Given Shu's mom's line of work this isn't impossible.

[blakstealth]

Your spoiler got me thinking...

Can Shu draw upon his own Void? lol

[Fiemma]

Originally Posted by MarineCorps

IIRC the relationship he has with the person has something to do with it and since he probaly is less then happy with Inori manipulating his feelings the sword might come out a bit different

different void

[miketyson]

blakstealth:

Spoiler:

I actually suspect that the "lilypad" that shows up at Shu's feet is related to his own void or is some other latent power. Even if Shu pulled his own void though wouldn't he pass out and not remember it?

[Johnny]

Shu is still somewhat of a coward, naive, and acts like a normal teenage boy whose been jilted, but will do what he needs to when the time calls for it. I'm not a fan of a complete 180 character change in only an episode or two so this pace is fine...

I wonder if he would have clicked that pen if he had it right after he found out Inori lied to him and watched her go into Gai's room...

Seems like the new guy Kido knows that Shu is not 100 percent with them, or maybe he's referring to something else I suppose...

Ditch the emotionless chick who manipulated you and go for the more adorable Ayase. Well to be fair I don't think Inori was completely acting all the time when she was around Shu. The last episode proved that...

[felix]

He needs to look into his own eyes to do it. So unless he grows eyes on his hands it's probably impossible given how I suspect mirrors don't work.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by miketyson

blakstealth:

Spoiler:

I actually suspect that the "lilypad" that shows up at Shu's feet is related to his own void or is some other latent power. Even if Shu pulled his own void though wouldn't he pass out and not remember it?

Got a point there. And I just realized that there has to be some form of eye contact as well. durr

[felix]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

I'm surprised he didn't click the pen as soon as he saw Inori go into that room, lol.

He didn't have the pen at that point.

[hyl]

I am starting to like Ayase more after this episode. It probably also helps that she is voiced by Hanazawa Kana

[konart]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

Episode 5 was quite a roller coaster, in terms of emotional effect.

Spoiler for Episode 5:

Quite a bit of story happened this episode, with a more thorugh introduction to the members of Funeral Parlor (a.k.a. Undertakers [Sounds so much better]).

It seems that certain people were right with Gai planning everything, including using Inori to suddenly fall in love with Shu. Also, Gai is giving deception to his own people, making people think that Inori and he are having a "special" 2 to 3 times a month relationship, but in reality, he is getting some sort of blood transfusion. It seems like his time is running short.

Inori falling in love with Shu was fake, afterall. Also, the fact that she originally did not have a name or purpose indicates, once again, that she is probably not entirely human. Her shooting ability is beyond insanely good.

Finally, is this for real? Did Gai really just die? If he really was at the location that they shot that orbital laser, then I see no way how anyone would survive that. That would then move Shu into more of the position that he wanted, which is to be the "Man" instead of Gai, especially when your competition is dead.

Another solid episode that moves the story along and continues to add depth and characterization to the cast of the story.

Spoiler for Gai:

We see him in preview. I'm pretty sure the girl is dead though.

[Haak]

What I find weird about this show is that Shuu has to actually join them first in order to understand. Neither Ayase nor Arga bothered to explain just why they follow Gai and what makes him special. Why? It's really frustrating how they're not giving the answers that should be given from start.

Kinda winced at Shu saying such a stupid patronising thing to Aayse but I also winced at Ayase responding violently. Shuu going through all the training incompetantly was kinda expected I guess . The writers obviously did it to showcase just how hardcore Funeral Parlor is, but seriously does army training really involve wearing the guy down psychologically by making them look incompetant in everything? I would've just given up...

It's revealed Inori has a rather interesting relationship with Gai but we all knew it was never anything even remotely sexual and it turns out it ain't. Shame. They could've gone somewhere with that but now it just seems like "pointless misunderstanding" drama just tacked on for the sake of it.

I was kinda hoping that Shuu would have the plan of using Arga's void from the beginning but it just looks like he winged it and was insanely lucky to get the perfect void for the job. In any case, just how was he meant to pass the test without using the void, anyway?

I did however like the poetic irony of Shuu getting the pen back. That was a good touch.

Then the murderer waltzes in and it looks like no one actually likes him. I wonder why they put up with him then. I'm guessing he must have some very important use, so it'll be interesting to see if the writers will make use of this and have the guy do some seriously bad things that has genuine plot affecting consequences. Kinda reminds me off the rather questionable things some of the Libyan rebels have done recently in their revolution.

And what's this? A cliffhanger? Not unlike a certain other mecha anime. I don't think Gai is dead. He'll likely die much later on in a Heroic Sacrifice. Kinda annoyed that the one guy in GHQ that could've been a decent guy turns out to fall into the classic Ends Justify the Means - Nuke Hax villian that the anime/manga medium loves so much. Hopefully it won't be that shallow though. Hopefully...

[EDIT]

Oh and I forgot to mention: Child soldiers - NOT COOL.

[hyl]

Originally Posted by Haak

In any case, just how was he meant to pass the test without using the void, anyway?

I doubt anyone would have passed that kind of test normally, it was very likely that he had to use a void from someone in order to pass.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by konart

Spoiler for Gai:

We see him in preview. I'm pretty sure the girl is dead though.

Spoiler:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Dx

[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by felix

He needs to look into his own eyes to do it. So unless he grows eyes on his hands it's probably impossible given how I suspect mirrors don't work.

Just need a miror.

Shu should go for the girl with cat ears and Inori should learn more words than "Shu" "Shu" "Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu", "Shu ?" "Shu ! ".