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| the series is getting better and better x) |
smokes said: the series is getting better and better x) For sure! The end was great. <3  lol @this  |
| HAHA ... Yin very cute at the last part when she put a smile on her face xD |
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| I liked this two-parter. It's nice to have this sort of character development. The whole moon symbolism was neat, with the guy's poem at the end kind of tying everything together. I felt really bad for the poor piano teache.r ;_; Poor guy has been searching for Yin all this time, and in the end he gets the memory of finding her erased. Detective duo was good for laughs. I liked them better this time around than in the first 2-parter they were in. |
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| Maybe Huang isn't such an arsehole after all. |
| "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." Douglas Adams |
| Wow, what a beautiful episode. If only anime was more like this. ;_; |
Zepwich said: agreeThat was probably the best episode for me so far. It was beautiful in every way!! |
| The C.C.ish girl showed up again! Looking forward next episode. |
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| Much love for this ep, Kirsi/Yin is fantastic character. |
| Yin is so innocent ^^ |
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| I really liked this arc. Yin trying to smile was great. I hope she can one day return to normal. |
| yin is so kawaii, hei thanks for saving her and stay with her always!! TT it's awesome to see her more like an important character and not there like before n.nU |
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| She is just another Primula from Shuffle |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
Beautiful arc  |
| Last scene where she put her fingers on her face and formed a smile, made me cry! It was soooo sweet!! This episode had so many emotions! i really felt for everyone in there! Amazing, just amazing! 5/5 |
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”Akira Kurosawa  |
LeaT said: She chose to stay with Hei hence chosing to be Yin. It had nothing to do with being a clone. That said, for all intents and purposes Yin is a Doll born after the gate affected the world and quite likely kidnapped by the Syndicate and reset into the Yin personality. The fact they wanted to reset her means they were afraid she regained the memories of her past, as she did. I mean, if she was artificially created, why the hell would they insert some random girl's memories on her.thatguy said: LeaT said: saxophone15 said: I really liked this arc. Yin trying to smile was great. I hope she can one day return to normal. What do you mean by normal? Yin is not Kirsi, she is a clone of Kirsi who just happened to possess Kirsi's memories. Exactly how Yin was created I don't know, but season 2 hints that some contractors possess abilities to clone people. It also seems that dolls can be manufactored, as hinted in later episodes. I never understood that. What dolls were I mean. If they were made or they were people who developed into Dolls like Contractors were people who got powers. One thing I learned was that Yin/Kirsi is from Finland from the production notes on the DVD. I thought the RUssian agents were interesting. It is mentioned several times that contractors are humans who failed to become dolls. This seems to suggest that it is part evolutionary. However, the introductory episodes also tells us that dolls can be created to look like other humans and then inserted their memories using the ME tool. It also seems to be that some dolls do not possess ghosts (like in the introductory episodes), and it could be that this is the major difference between manufactored dolls and humans who evolved into dolls. However, if this was the case with Kirsi/Yin, then Yin would also recognize herself as Kirsi which she doesn't, as shown at the end of this episode when Yin choses to be with Hei. This seems to suggest that Yin is a seperate entity of Kirsi who was simply mistaken for being her. |
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| Nice episode, nice arc. We finally were introduced with Yin's past. That last scene when Yin tried to smile almost made me shed into tears, literally. :o |
| i loved this entire arc, probably my favourite in the anime so far |
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| Yin is so cute. It's gotta suck to having to chew on cigs though. |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| I am still wondering who is that green-haired-girl. Maybe she was in this episode for only few seconds but i'm thinking what will be her role. Yin is so cute when she's trying to smile. She is also so innocent. And wow, Hei <3 |
| I LOVE YIN!! She's so adorable and pretty. Looks like she does have a heart afterall. It's so sad she lost both her parents too. I'm glad she chose to stay with Hei. Huang actually took the blame for not shooting Yin which was a nice thing to do considering he looks down on contractors and dolls as if they were mere killing machines/dolls when she cried..i wanted to cry too. it was so beautiful I might just have to screen capture that and put it as my avatar 10/10 |
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| TERRIFIC episode! So much raw emotion, I'm completely sold. The next arc also looks like it's going to be the thriller of the lot. |
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| Wow, I let out a lot of tears at the end. I didn't know I had it in me. Either way, great arc, second favorite so far. Hoping the rest will be around the same level of awesomeness. |
| Wow, I let out a lot of tears at the end. I didn't know I had it in me. Either way, great arc, second favorite so far. Hoping the rest will be around the same level of awesomeness. |
| Nice ep :) that Yin is ridiculously cute ;) lol |
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| Kind of another bore. This whole episode is about Yin/Kirsi's past, but the climax is her choosing to stay with Hei...but why? It was because he assented that they were partners, but that was a reciprocation of exiting affection. Why does she like him to begin with? Just seems like yet another case of a female character being attached to that asshole for no reason. Also, wasn't it supposed to be central to this setting that Contractors are sociopathic (with the apparent, as yet unexplained exception of Hei)? Yet the two Contractors in this episode (and the one in the previous story as well) seemed to have plenty of feelings, albeit hidden behind a hard-boiled social facade. What gives? |
FronzelOct 2, 2011 9:04 PM
Aishiteruze said: Shurtugal said: Hope the annonymous guy subs and releases both 15 and 16 this wk... Yeah me too... Loved this episode.. Yin is kawaii, held her face to smile Aww. |
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| A little bit strange arc for me, it was neither too bitter or too sweet, and in the end I'm not even sure what happened with Yin. Neither I didn't understand what was Hei going to do if he had to kill Yin by himself. He's still shrouded in mystery even though we're at 14th episode now. But I guess this show is about to get really interesting(some plot maybe?) any moment soon. |
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| I really liked this arc. I'm a little confused as to what exactly a doll is. Still good arc. |
| Such junk... |
| Great episode about Yin regaining what she once lost. It was nice to see some other contractors and hear about their pasts and stuff. I'm looking forward to the next episode. |
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Confucius said: She is just another Primula from Shuffle Wahahaha But yes this was a great arc indeed! |
| My feelings can be summarized in 4 words: I love this anime. 5/5 |
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| Yin smile :) |
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| Yin is so cute. I can't believe she is actually a doll. Anyway, the episode was great. Glad Yin didn't get killed by the syndicate. |
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| Yin's mothers death. Feels. |
| That was an amazing episode! Great backstory on Yin or actually Kirsi! It sure was a nice episode! |
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| Just love the way Yin tried to smiled at the end. Great arc. |
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| Episode 13 & 14 were great. Concept and art looked absolutely marvelous! |
| nice episode loved more background on yin and I start to respect Huang a little more again. |
| "When a flat-chested loli hugs you, she holds you closer to her heart" "--I am a single bullet. It has no heart. Therefore, it does not think. It just flies straight towards its target."  |
S4rin3 said: Just love the way Yin tried to smiled at the end. Yup that was adorable :) I like it how Hei let's her decide, and she was surprised that she could be the one to decide. I wonder why she wanted to stay, because of Hei maybe? Because they are friends? And yeah after this episode, I dislike Huang less. I'm glad he made the decision not to dispose of Yin. |
| Dat smile!! And it was nice to see Huang show some sort of affection for Yin. :) |
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| I love Yin's cute attempt at smiling. :) This was a great arc. It was nice that Huang understood that contractors/dolls have emotions after all. |
 "And if, there were so many people in the world, there had to be someone living an interesting life that wasn't ordinary. I was sure of it. Why wasn't that person me?" - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part V [/center] |
| I liked the guy's ability to absorb observer apparitions, it was beautiful. And now I want to know more about Huang... |
| Cute ending with her smile :) |
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