2018-03-10, 04:14 | Link #381 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Outside the Asylum
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The only way I can think of so far to have Gilbert stay alive is for him to get rescued by either the enemy forces, or by the anti-peace faction. The latter feels more likely, and would tie in with their mention in the episode. However, it still feels like a pointless plot twist - I'm stretching for ways to let Gilbert live for the sake of having him live, because seemingly many people here are convinced he is without articulating why, while not seeing much value in it.
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2018-03-10, 12:57 | Link #383 | |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
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Whether or not there's any value to it is a separate issue.
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2018-03-10, 15:49 | Link #384 | |
Waiting for more taiyuki!
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Happy endings allow for replaying of a series over and over...... Romantic endings are really good for replay imo. They can even milk it in a special after the series ends. Movie compilation after series ends...events from Gilbert's perspective, etc.
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2018-03-11, 17:09 | Link #387 | |
大佐
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Volume 1 / 3 will include three episodes each and volumes 2 / 4 will include four.
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2018-03-12, 14:58 | Link #389 |
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Join Date: Apr 2016
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Nice to see that Violet is starting to steady recover. With how attached she was to Gilbert it's gonna probably (and should) take years to fully come to terms with everything. Unless goes the typical anime route have her emotional burdens all cured with just letter sequence in the last third of the episode.
On Gilbert, frankly I find extremely hard to believe he's alive with the levl of the wounds he sustained. Even Violet surviving was miracle and Gil was even worse shape then she was. Cluadia's comment about her made suggests she gone through a similar, though perhaps not necessarily in the military. So I'm really interested in her past too. |
2018-03-12, 22:05 | Link #390 |
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: By that dark and bloody river called Ohio.
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I did notice that. Definitely interested in her back story. Also, she seems to be at least partly a gypsy (or this world's equivalent), does anyone else get that impression?
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2018-03-14, 19:46 | Link #392 |
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Join Date: May 2011
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No actual spoilers but I'll keep in the box just in case since it's partly about the novel. Just some after thought and no details.
Spoiler for Ep 10:
Made me tear up really bad while I was watching this. Even though the animation wasn't as beautiful as the PV, the scene and the execution was still stellar. The lines Violet said to Anne as she was consoling her pushed me over the edge and it started to break me up.
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2018-03-14, 19:56 | Link #393 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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alright, you got me there. but I'm guessing that's stuff from the LN. The anime differs a lot on the plot and origin of auto memory dolls...so who knows! Episode 10 was crushing. I should've known the mother was writing to her daughter...not to mention 50 years worth of letters. Man, these kinds of stories ALWAYS get me; but when Violet said at the end how she was fighting back tears that entire week....shit, that must've been tough. I loved this episode ;_; Last edited by blakstealth; 2018-03-14 at 20:23. |
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2018-03-14, 20:28 | Link #394 |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Age: 35
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one of my two favorite chapters, and one of the best episodes of emotionally charged anime i've ever watched. you basically have to be heartless to not feel something from this. i'm a huge fan of how they used all the run time in the episode to get the most out of the story. the animation was amazing, the use of music at certain points was great. i love how they showed Violet's emotional development from how she started until this episode with the epilogue. 10/10
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2018-03-15, 07:41 | Link #398 | |
Princess or Plunderer?
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
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Will we be able to face mortality with such defiance? Seeing the mother spend the next seven days preparing fifty years' worth of her love immortalized in yearly letters is a different level of love... that which transcends time and even death itself.
This episode destroyed me, as do episodes involving sons and daughters separated by the mortality of humans, but this made me wonder about the powers of familial love as well. I feel empty now, and I feel like crying again as my mind wanders off thinking about my departed grandmother and the things she was unable to say as dementia ate into her consciousness. Quote:
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2018-03-15, 10:35 | Link #400 |
Confused Shark
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Atlantis
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Great episode. Great anime. But I've been curious about several things like : 1. How much does the doll get paid? The job took days and the travel expenses must be a lot, must be very expensive 2. Young women travel great distance alone. Who will take responsibility if bad things happened to them?
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