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Old 2011-06-16, 19:02   Link #881
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What I'm wondering is what did you all expect Mikuni to do? If he had not delayed the inevitable, Japan would have been completed wiped out...and that would have been the end of the show. Therefore, he made a decision that he obviously did not like making and is paying a high price for it. I really would like to know Hanabi's role in all this; what is exactly going on with her?

Masakaki is nuts. Made my skin crawl.
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Old 2011-06-16, 19:07   Link #882
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Japan's long recession is linked to low birth rates (3 babies per week ), so the solution is clear...

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Old 2011-06-16, 21:00   Link #883
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I really would like to know Hanabi's role in all this; what is exactly going on with her?
eerr
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Old 2011-06-17, 01:32   Link #884
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What I'm wondering is what did you all expect Mikuni to do? If he had not delayed the inevitable, Japan would have been completed wiped out...and that would have been the end of the show. Therefore, he made a decision that he obviously did not like making and is paying a high price for it. I really would like to know Hanabi's role in all this; what is exactly going on with her?

Masakaki is nuts. Made my skin crawl.
The C from other country will damage Japan, but won't destroy it completely.
Complete erasure occurs when your own country's Financial District goes bankrupt.
What Mikuni is doing is depleting Japan's own future. The Financial District goes bankrupt when the country's future runs out. Thus, what Mikuni is doing is far worse.
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Old 2011-06-17, 04:26   Link #885
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I finally get it...sorta!

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The C from other country will damage Japan, but won't destroy it completely.
Complete erasure occurs when your own country's Financial District goes bankrupt.
What Mikuni is doing is depleting Japan's own future. The Financial District goes bankrupt when the country's future runs out. Thus, what Mikuni is doing is far worse.
Okay so at first I thought Mikuni did the right thing, but now that you explain how he is using up Japan's own future rather than just accepting the consequences of C reaction that won't affect Japan's future though it will impact people nonetheless, it all makes sense now.

But I'm still confused about two things:

1) Why does Mikuni want to deplete Japan's future? I get that saving the present is important but without a future what's the point?

2) Just because he's trying to get rid of the Midas realm doesn't he realize that what he's doing will erase Japan from the face of Earth and essentially erase him which means he'll be long gone before he can help destroy the other financial districts in the Midas world?

I mean can anyone clear up his actions for me? I'm really confused about what's going on, what is Mikuni doing and what does Yoga think he'll accomplish by reversing the rotary system?
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Old 2011-06-17, 04:51   Link #886
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That is the very problem of Mikuni's psychology: "I only care about present, who gives a damn about the future?" is internally flawed. He fails to understand that the future will eventually become present.

And it is pretty clear in this episode that he has lost his mind over that psychology
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Yoga is trying to reverse the rotary, and hopefully that can return the Midas Money back to people's future. Though, using Darkness cost you 20 years of your own, I wonder does that applies even you are just asking for refunds.
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Old 2011-06-17, 07:23   Link #887
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So, once again, it's Kimimaro's caring of his future that makes him win the day.

Wonder WHY he suddenly got a black card though. What's Mikuni's (or his superiors) scheme here...?

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Japan's long recession is linked to low birth rates (3 babies per week ), so the solution is clear...

MAKE MORE BABIES
People need to be ENCOURAGED to make'em though. Simply put, if you can't afford to have a baby, then you'll be much less inclined to have one <_<.

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That is the very problem of Mikuni's psychology: "I only care about present, who gives a damn about the future?" is internally flawed. He fails to understand that the future will eventually become present.
My thought exactly.

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And it is pretty clear in this episode that he has lost his mind over that psychology
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Mikuni has, ironically, become exactly like the father he hated. Rather than preserving that which is/ should be important to him, he is now only concerned about preserving his "company" - in his case Japan...

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Yoga is trying to reverse the rotary, and hopefully that can return the Midas Money back to people's future. Though, using Darkness cost you 20 years of your own, I wonder does that applies even you are just asking for refunds.
I guess that we'll see. That said, only 20 years may not be too bad, as such. It may rather be when you use it as much as Mikuni that it becomes a really bad thing.
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Old 2011-06-17, 07:57   Link #888
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Everyone here and /a/ looks panicking. Im still waiting patiently for gg sub to comeout.
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Old 2011-06-17, 08:28   Link #889
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what's SHAFT doing here?
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Old 2011-06-17, 08:38   Link #890
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I find it interesting how they showed some sort of various Atlantises vanishing from the face of the earth before the OP.
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Old 2011-06-17, 09:47   Link #891
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Spoiler for episode 10:
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Old 2011-06-17, 09:59   Link #892
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Ah, yes, the best part of this series, the fights, finally they're back and what a difference it make.

All the talking and shipping slows the episodes down, but the action is what makes this interesting to watch so far.

Now, let's guess the attack names in the final episode perhaps? How about "The Great Depression"?
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Old 2011-06-17, 09:59   Link #893
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Heh, looks like this anime is going all-out with the economic/commercial/financial references now

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Old 2011-06-17, 10:01   Link #894
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"Jennifer's death was predictable"

In that sense, did she truly die? I thought they only go bankrupt but are still alive in the real world? So Kimimaro can actually still see Jennifer in the real world?
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Old 2011-06-17, 10:08   Link #895
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Now, let's guess the attack names in the final episode perhaps? How about "The Great Depression"?
If we try to keep it within economic context, how about:

Micro Mezzo Macro-Flation Long Futures

And if Kimimaro was risk adverse, he might want to consider trading call/put options as well
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Old 2011-06-17, 11:20   Link #896
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Old 2011-06-17, 11:22   Link #897
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C - Episode 10

Hmm, this was a thoroughly entertaining episode. Rather than distract from the dialogue, the reintroduction of the action was a logical and exciting follow-up to the build-up from previous episodes.

However, I think I've found a glaring plot hole. Kimimaro wants to reverse the rotary press, which would supposedly undo all the major changes Mikuni has been making up to now. This would logically return Japan to the state which it would have been in if Mikuni didn't use the rotary press to stop 「C]. But would this mean that Japan would vanish? I thought Mikuni's actions since episode 9 were a necessary evil to protect Japan even if it meant sacrificing its future. Hopefully, I was wrong and Japan can still be saved from 「C] by other means. I know nothing about economics, but this plot detail keeps bugging me.
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Old 2011-06-17, 11:31   Link #898
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The tarot symbols are once again at full force this episode. There's also a Hindu god, benzene, and the Ouroboros, alongside all the action. This episode was great.

For more about the symbolism, check it out here.
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Old 2011-06-17, 11:39   Link #899
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"Jennifer's death was predictable"

In that sense, did she truly die? I thought they only go bankrupt but are still alive in the real world? So Kimimaro can actually still see Jennifer in the real world?
It seems like she truly died. Both Kimimaro's father and the teacher survived because that had something to lose: their children/wife/basically anybody close to them. However, Jennifer appeared to be all alone. My guess is that there was nothing the financial district could take away from her at the moment, other than her own life; that's why she died after going bankrupt.

Or maybe it was simply because she got injured too badly. Entres lose money when they get injured, so what happens if someone attacks them after they went bankrupt? Maybe Q kept eating her even after she went bankrupt... a disturbing thought.

Oh, forgot to mention I enjoyed hearing green Masakaki speaking in english
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Old 2011-06-17, 12:11   Link #900
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Hmm, this was a thoroughly entertaining episode. Rather than distract from the dialogue, the reintroduction of the action was a logical and exciting follow-up to the build-up from previous episodes.

However, I think I've found a glaring plot hole. Kimimaro wants to reverse the rotary press, which would supposedly undo all the major changes Mikuni has been making up to now. This would logically return Japan to the state which it would have been in if Mikuni didn't use the rotary press to stop 「C]. But would this mean that Japan would vanish? I thought Mikuni's actions since episode 9 were a necessary evil to protect Japan even if it meant sacrificing its future. Hopefully, I was wrong and Japan can still be saved from 「C] by other means. I know nothing about economics, but this plot detail keeps bugging me.
It's best to leave economics out of this since this series follows no logical thoughts when it comes to economic matters. For some reason, "C" can be reversed if Yen becomes worthless. Why? Who knows? But it provides an alternative so that Kimmiro's fight has a purpose (otherwise fighting Mikuni would be silly). Whatever. I have stopped trying to make sense of this series long ago.

BTW, why are all the players start dying now when they lose the "open deal?" Are we at a point where creator just start making things up as the series comes to a conclusion?

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