2003-12-03, 22:11 | Link #25 |
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Gah.....13 was awesome and I wondered how anita gets to go to school japan again...but they didn't have take out the whole city. a couple of million people diedthat shouldn't have, I don't know whats worse, them dying or my being happy that anita can go to school in japan again.
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2003-12-05, 09:21 | Link #26 | |
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After watching 14 the recap appears to leave the only likely candidates for the position of "good guys" being The Paper, the three paper sisters, the author, and maybe Junior depending on how things turn out. Wish the episode provided additional background info on Junior though...like whether he was created artificially from Nancy's cells since he seems to share her ability to shift part or all of his body out of phase at will so objects pass harmlessly through him. |
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2003-12-05, 15:23 | Link #27 |
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Guys. Someone has to explain to me what when down in episode 13, please. Why did the building self destruct? Why did it take China with it? What was the "committee" that abandoned the institution? I don't know if I missed something in a past episode or what, but I was just totally confused.
Also, I was under the impression that water was the bane of the paper users. How did Anita's paper bubble and Maggies gondola not get soaked after the flood? Was that paper laminated? |
2003-12-05, 15:55 | Link #28 | |
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As for water and paper issue...it's really an open thing...recall in the OVA Yumiko used a soaked paper to pick a lock, and in the Manga Yumiko battled a fire user with paper... |
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2003-12-05, 16:34 | Link #29 | ||
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2003-12-06, 02:58 | Link #32 | |
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As for the explanation for why they sank Hong Kong, it still sounds kind of ludicrous to me. There was no real reason behind it that I can tell. I've rewatched the scene at the beginning of the evac, and the only thing I can tell, they just stuck the book in the machine and the "no" light popped up. Does anyone know what that was referring to? And who the hell is Joker talking to in that scene? From about 10:00, to 10:20? The only other person in the room is Wendy, and he's not on the phone. Is he talking to the commitee? If so, anyone know how? Am I being needlessly confused by stuff that doesn't have answers, yet will probably be answered soon? I'm really loving this show, but these last few episodes have just given me a huge headache, regardless of all the great action in them. |
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2003-12-06, 03:56 | Link #33 | ||
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2003-12-06, 05:40 | Link #34 |
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Heh, I feel bad for reccomending this seris to a friend of mine now - I'll have to let him now to stop watching until he gets the OVA or Episode 14 will utterly ruin it.
14 answers a few nagging questions (ESPECIALLY the ones hanging around from the OAVs - who the Ijin were and why they existed was bothering me forever!), but opens up even more - in particular, just who was responsible for sinking Hong Kong? I had gotten the impression Joker had something to with it...and he is REALLY creeping me out the more I see him. Since I know he turned out to be a bad guy in the manga, I've had so many suspicions of him. Oh, and I think Episode 14 easily removes the whole ROD series from normal continuity, because I sure don't remember Great Britain being throw out of the UN in 2000 Though I had my suspicions the world was meant to be separate when Episode 2 showed the George W. Bush parody to be named "al Gore." Oh, and now I can't get David Bowie out of my head...Jiggy Stardust indeed... |
2003-12-06, 05:47 | Link #35 |
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Well I was once a HK resident so I was kinda mad that they'd sunk my native home.
Anyways, here is a bit of geography lesson. Hong Kong is made up of 2 large islands and a peninsula (ignore the remaining small islands) From what I can tell, it was only the Hong Kong Island that went submerge, while the Kowloon Peninsula and the Lantau Island remain surfaced ... Episode 14 really solve a lot of mysteries. Spoiler:
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2003-12-06, 11:19 | Link #36 |
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As for the water vs. paper issue, in episode 9, there was two instances of water "winning" against paper, but first time is when the paper is still paper [not imbued with power yet] while the second time in the cavern, one can see that Michele's bow turn to soggy paper after hit by water, so it seems like water can have effect on both situation.
While the idea about stronger paper power could overcome water could be true and definitely sounds plausible to me, I have made one observation from the TV series (don't remember the OVA so well now). That is both times the water that were "thrown" at those paper users is warm water. First time was hot tea and second time, warm water from the "lake". Remember there was some sort of light inside the dome that makes the water warm. Guess that would be one possible way to explain the boat and bubble from Episode 13 for now. |
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2003-12-08, 06:30 | Link #40 | |
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