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But if they're trying very hard to make Chisato's talent as a killer come out, it makes me wonder if the institute has also forced other children into talents that they don't particularly want to pursue, but the institute determined it is what they're "best" at. |
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2022-07-31, 16:14 | Link #164 | |
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What if Chisato isn't the only one who got a gift and then did not want to become what the Alan Institute expected of them? For example, maybe a "genius" pianist wanted to be an illustrator. Could they have been bullied into being a concert pianist? Or quietly discouraged from doing anything else. This was a very sociopathic and extreme attempt to get Chisato to kill, but what if that isn't out of their norm? |
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2022-07-31, 17:55 | Link #166 |
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I doubt Chisato's "problem" pops up too often. Most of the time people pursue what they're good at. Because being good at something feels great. But in the event it happens, it's obvious to me they employ any method necessary to "correct" the path the children have taken.
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2022-07-31, 21:14 | Link #168 |
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I think when you need to assassinate someone, breathing down their back but pretending to not be there is not the smartest thing to do.
No? Also, yeah, Akasaka and Ooishi, except Ooishi is named Abe. I see where we are going.
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2022-08-01, 02:38 | Link #169 |
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I'm trying to put some pieces together...
It seems pretty clear that the person controlling the comatose man Chisato and Takina were guarding is Shinji, the Alan Institute guy. His assistant is the one who bombed Walnut, the one who paid Silent Jin for the mission, the one who stole the drug addict from the hospital. Same earrings in all three instances. (I'm a bit unclear if we were being show her stealing him from the hospital in the past... or her killing him at the hospital in the present.) If that's true, if it was Shinji talking to Chisato all along, then: 1. Was what he said about promising his daughter they'd look up at the old radio tower until their necks hurt a true story? And, if it was, what happened to Shinji's daughter? I'd guess she was lost to him somehow and was taken in and trained as a Lycoris. Then, either she was killed in the attack on the old radio tower. Or... she was the one who ended the attack on the old radio tower. AKA: Shinji's daughter may be Chisato. We've now seen Shinji lovingly run his hand over Chisato's image in episode 1. He keeps breaking Alan Institute rules to come see Chisato at the cafe. He has some kind of promise Mika is keeping for him regarding Chisato. The only thing waving me off from Chisato being Shinji's daughter is that Mika says Chisato doesn't remember Shinji because she only saw him "that one time" which is implied to be when he gave her the Alan Institute owl pendant. (And artificial heart, I suppose.) 2. Again, if Shinji was the one talking to Chisato all along... then what's this about him being involved in the new (red) radio tower's construction? "He's leaving something splendid behind for the future" Chisato is told. Meaning Shinji / the Alan Institute is involved in its construction? The new tower has been a part of the show all along and had its name mentioned in the very first news cast as Chisato gets ready in the morning. Both towers are also a big part of the show's main logo title card. I've got an increasingly bad feeling about the "Enkuboku". The red radio tower. I'm just not sure what role it will play. Did Shinji build it as a memorial for his daughter? Or could it be in revenge for her in some way? Will it be attacked? Will it blow up as a giant bomb? I'd jump to even wilder theories like mind control, but I just don't think we've seen any evidence of something as far out as that, yet. (Heck, I'm super suspicious of those owl pendants, too... but again, no evidence that they are anything but simple pendants... for now...)
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is this so?
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from what I saw... they said the director of the anime likes yuri -- so there's a chance for an actual yuri ship, not just baiting. Another thing I saw someone else say is that... in an interview with the VA's.. the va's hinted that there would be more "gayness" to come. same here, hoping for a happy ending for the two of them.
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2022-08-06, 12:26 | Link #174 |
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Great episode on the whole, but no one should survive an RPG blast at that distance, much less unharmed like Majima. They've backed up a lot of the otherwise fantasy stuff with Chisato dodging bullets, but come on.
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2022-08-06, 12:51 | Link #175 | |
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八咫烏 Yatagarasu "Three-Legged Crow" - 君影草 (Lily of the Valley) = LilyBell - 彼岸花 (Spider Lily) = Lycoris - 花葵 (Hollyhock) = ??? Quote:
Also, anime rules#652 if someone got blasted and fell into the water. That person is still alive.
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2022-08-06, 12:57 | Link #176 |
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episode 6:
Takina coming over to Chisato home for safety purposes. ^^ Robota always in danger of being shot in the head working for the madman. lol more exciting gun fights. This show always entertains me. looking forward to the next episode.
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2022-08-06, 14:12 | Link #177 | |
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Unharmed? No way. Chisato had more wounds from being punched around by Majima. Takina has been shot across the leg. |
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2022-08-06, 14:18 | Link #178 |
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Majima survives RPG up close and Chisato only has minor scratches after getting beaten around.... yeah, not digging the direction they're going, to be honest. He punched her in the face a few times even and she didn't have a single scratch afterwards. What the hell?
It's not like I want 100% serious business. That stopped being an option when they revealed Chisato could dodge bullets. But I don't want 100% nonsense and stupidity either. It's funny Majima was talking about balance because this episode felt really unbalanced to me.
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