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| I should've known better then to start watching Another while I was eating... If someone gets stabbed like that would the blood seriously spray far enough to splatter the entire classroom like that? I'm no expert but it seems a little far fetched... Anyway, apart from that I enjoyed this episode. Jure said: This is exactly what I was thinking when they were talking about it. If the dead student "died" then that would solve the problem of the extra class member. It would also explain why it was never revealed who the dead student was.Could it be that the reason curse stopped half-way 15 years ago was because one of the students that died during school trip was already dead? That explains it pretty well, the fact that two people died on same day instead of one kid every month and the fact that they never figured out who was extra that year. How come nobody in anime even thought of that? |
| I'm beginning to think that when that man was saying how it wasn't his fault, he saved them, he was implying that he killed one of his classmates, "left 'it' there," and thus ended the curse by getting rid of the extra student. If so, I'm wondering how he was able to figure it out, though. Unless, of course, it didn't matter who was killed as long as it was by a fellow student? Unlikely, but I considered it. I don't know. femalegoblin said: For some reason I feel like that pig-tailed girl is the dead one. The foreshadowing in this episode became very apparent to me when she spoke about the hand holding. I feel as if she is Sakibara's reincarnated mother. I though that, as well. But the end with Mei... I wonder if it's her. After all, she does seem to feel pretty safe from the curse and like she knows things no one else does, but that could just be her personality where she naturally speaks solemnly and doesn't really give a shit. I just don't get any of this. It's a really intriguing mystery that keeps me guessing. I hope it stays that way until the end. I'll be so upset if it turns to shit after all this good stuff. And for everyone complaining about the teacher's blood bath in the classroom, I assume they just forgot this: Ya gotta know the basics before you watch anime, people. :P |
Forest-kunFeb 21, 2012 11:39 PM
| I don't know what are you all complaining about when it comes to blood... They overdid it a little, but there are real life cases where there was even more blood, and it was all over the place.... |
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akutasame94 said: Personally, I was mostly just curious as to whether it was really possible for the blood to have splattered that far. Well, I did a little research over on Wikipedia and...I don't know what are you all complaining about when it comes to blood... They overdid it a little, but there are real life cases where there was even more blood, and it was all over the place.... Wikipedia said: So I think it's fairly safe to assume that no, it probably isn't possible for the blood to have splattered over the whole classroom....a completely severed artery will spurt blood for about 30 seconds and the blood will not spurt much higher than the human head. If the artery is just nicked, on the other hand, the blood will spurt longer but will be coming out under pressure and spraying much further. In 1933, a murder trial prompted a testimony from Dr. Clement Harrisse Arnold about how far blood could spurt from the neck: six inches vertically and 18 inches laterally. Then again this is anime we're talking about. An anime with ghosts and death curses and whatnot. So if they want to have dramatic blood splatter for visual effect then I think that's fine. It wouldn't have looked as impressive if they toned it down to make it realistic. |
kokocho said: akutasame94 said: Personally, I was mostly just curious as to whether it was really possible for the blood to have splattered that far. Well, I did a little research over on Wikipedia and...I don't know what are you all complaining about when it comes to blood... They overdid it a little, but there are real life cases where there was even more blood, and it was all over the place.... Wikipedia said: So I think it's fairly safe to assume that no, it probably isn't possible for the blood to have splattered over the whole classroom....a completely severed artery will spurt blood for about 30 seconds and the blood will not spurt much higher than the human head. If the artery is just nicked, on the other hand, the blood will spurt longer but will be coming out under pressure and spraying much further. In 1933, a murder trial prompted a testimony from Dr. Clement Harrisse Arnold about how far blood could spurt from the neck: six inches vertically and 18 inches laterally. Then again this is anime we're talking about. An anime with ghosts and death curses and whatnot. So if they want to have dramatic blood splatter for visual effect then I think that's fine. It wouldn't have looked as impressive if they toned it down to make it realistic. The way the teacher cut him self no, it couldn't reach the other end of the classroom... I was referring to amount of blood :D I've seen some real pictures, where blood was all over the place.... Also If i remember correctly blood didn't splatter over the whole classroom, as only one drop reached Kouichi who is in the middle of the classroom... Mostly those kids in the first row got bloody :D |
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akutasame94 said: Yeah the amount of blood was another thing, haha. I just had another look at it (that took a bit of courage XD) and there actually were a few drops of blood that seem to have reached the students at the back of the classroom. kokocho said: akutasame94 said: Personally, I was mostly just curious as to whether it was really possible for the blood to have splattered that far. Well, I did a little research over on Wikipedia and...I don't know what are you all complaining about when it comes to blood... They overdid it a little, but there are real life cases where there was even more blood, and it was all over the place.... Wikipedia said: So I think it's fairly safe to assume that no, it probably isn't possible for the blood to have splattered over the whole classroom....a completely severed artery will spurt blood for about 30 seconds and the blood will not spurt much higher than the human head. If the artery is just nicked, on the other hand, the blood will spurt longer but will be coming out under pressure and spraying much further. In 1933, a murder trial prompted a testimony from Dr. Clement Harrisse Arnold about how far blood could spurt from the neck: six inches vertically and 18 inches laterally. Then again this is anime we're talking about. An anime with ghosts and death curses and whatnot. So if they want to have dramatic blood splatter for visual effect then I think that's fine. It wouldn't have looked as impressive if they toned it down to make it realistic. The way the teacher cut him self no, it couldn't reach the other end of the classroom... I was referring to amount of blood :D I've seen some real pictures, where blood was all over the place.... Also If i remember correctly blood didn't splatter over the whole classroom, as only one drop reached Kouichi who is in the middle of the classroom... Mostly those kids in the first row got bloody :D |
| Well It's quite possible for few drops to reach there... At least from what I know, but also like you said it's mostly on the kids in the front... :D Anyway they did what they wanted... They made us sick... Although if they put this into live action movie I can imagine the effect... Creep factor x infinite :D |
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| It certainly made me feel sick! Almost turned me off my nice coffee I'd just made lol. I bet the animators had fun with it, imagining our reactions. If they do end up making a live action I'm not sure whether I'd be game enough to watch it... I'm generally not very good with gore but at least it's not as bad if it's animated, I suppose. |
kokocho said: It certainly made me feel sick! Almost turned me off my nice coffee I'd just made lol. I bet the animators had fun with it, imagining our reactions. If they do end up making a live action I'm not sure whether I'd be game enough to watch it... I'm generally not very good with gore but at least it's not as bad if it's animated, I suppose. Oh movie will be made, I just don't know when it will be released.... |
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| once again, as always, truly amazing!!!!! as always, way too short..........this show always seems to end before it's hardly started - really great the way this is developing - this episode asks far more than it answers - truly shaping up to be a classic......... |
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| WMG that it's the asst. homeroom teacher that is "dead", with a candlestick at the library. |
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kokocho said: If they do end up making a live action I'm not sure whether I'd be game enough to watch it... I'm generally not very good with gore but at least it's not as bad if it's animated, I suppose. I can't see it being as bad as, say, Battle Royale. I don't know if a release date is set; I've just seen Summer 2012. |
| Probably my favorite episode so far. We received a fair bit of both information and gore (more than enough to satisfy my gore fetish. unlikely for the blood to fly over to the other end of the classroom, but the reactions were more than nice). I was really hoping the teacher would kill some students, rather than himself, but oh well. To be honest I wasn't very intrigued by the mystery of the customer at the cafe, but I am looking forward to Misaki's explanation as to why Sakakibara isn't the dead one. Hoping we'll get a more logical explanation than "my eye told me". As someone has already mentioned, I wish they'd stuck with the us against the world model for longer. I mean, if someone had been ignoring me for so long I wouldn't go have a laugh with them on the roof. (after my teacher brutally murdered himself in front of me). The dream was probably my favorite part, loving the gore in this series. So my Sakakibara theory was pretty much shattered, so now I'm thinking it's pigtail girl. I have absolutely no reasoning to my theory, it's no more than a hunch. Since Sakakibara never visited the town before and there's certain evidence pointing towards the fact that they've met before, I'd assume she must've been someone he used to know, who died. Only reasonable explanation would be a reincarnation of his mother, but that would be fairly disappointing, so I'd rather let myself be surprised. As for the preview, well, boohoo. While I might be a fan of beach episodes (sue me), why would you put one into a dark anime such as this? Unless at least 5 people die from shark attacks, pirates, dangerous jellyfish and random creeps by the sea shore there is no acceptable excuse. |
merurinFeb 22, 2012 2:32 PM
| I think that Mei could have a have a twin, the one that was in the hospital. I didn't think I would see a beach episode in this anime, it can't be worst than the Guilty Crown one. |
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| That dream was awesome. The plot still seems kind of meandering and disjointed to me. The music is nice though. |
| I do not understand if finding out who the extra person is involves the class knowing or the person themselves . If its just themselves then why not have everybody presume themselves dead ? |
| I was so expecting that suicide but that teacher died so horribly. At least Mei and Kouichi aren't ignored anymore but because of that the calamity continues. I am really starting to wonder who the dead person is... |
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| 'Differences between Anime and Manga [FREE SPOILER FREE]: Death of Yukari: Death of Sanae: Kouchi's Nigthmare (mangá better than anime): Instead of Tatsuji, is Reiko who talk to Kouchi about the summer trip 15 years ago: Izumi... well... she is diferent person: In school, after death of Kubodera: In home: Something important cut of the anime: |
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| Wow, Kouichi has quite a bit more inner turmoil in the manga. I was wondering after EP7, when Akazawa told Mei and Kouichi that people would blame them for the deaths, that their classmates actually took the deaths quite well -- it looks like that's not the case in the manga. And Kouichi's grandfather...hm.... That image of the two suit-clad men has piqued my curiosity. |
| >_> damn teach.... |
| "I left everything I own in One Piece" ~ Gol D. Roger |
| Urg, those first two minutes were horribly painful to watch. Sympathy pain sucks sometimes. Also, the next episode preview was hilarious for me. The music just did not match happy people playing on the beach at all. |
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| High velocity blood splatter ftw. |
| That scene in the beginning... wow. That was just hard to watch, he just had to keep pushing the knife deeper and deeper. That skin peeling off and melting nightmare was just ughh eww. Ok Mei has convinced me Kouichi isn't the dead one, she just seems so sure lol. That scene at the end sure was suspicious. Oh yes Izumi is becoming much more like the girl I've envisioned her to be. So much more nicer and cool; I like it. Waffocopter said: This.Also, the next episode preview was hilarious for me. The music just did not match happy people playing on the beach at all. |
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| dat suicide. That was tough...not trying to be funny or anything but there are much easier ways. I wonder why the teacher chose to knife himself in the throat, in class. |
| man... the suicide scene is damn terrifying... so sakaki thought that he is the dead person this year. that dream also freak me out LOL looks like next episode is for fanservice? LOL |
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| Sheesh, I knew that ignoring Chihiro-chan was a horrible idea. A week without her must be excruciating though. |
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| I love how you keep calling her Chihiro...they really kind of look similar, don't they.... |
Valkyrie-Ryu said: akutasame94 said: .....because siblings tend to look a LOT like each other?Also if her sister didn't get a chance to live why is the doll inspired by her? How did mother know that dead sister was going to look so much like Mei? I really don't understand some stuff.... and idk if I'm remembering all the details but did Mei every specifically rule out that her stillborn sister was not her twin? if not that's still a possibility Yes, they tend to look like each other, but not that much unless they are twins... I have two brothers, one looks like me, but if a doll was inspired by him you would never mix him with me.... |
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| They should be more with manga... |
Valkyrie-Ryu said: And you have to realize that there aren't really any anime that are actually dead-on scary. It's all relative. I watch several shows with my 11 year old son (Another is definitely not one of them). I watched Scrapped Princess last year and figured it would be something he might like, so last weekend we started watching it. He enjoyed the first three episodes. Last night we watched episode four, and the part where the church had started a purge of the town and the blob monster started mind controlling the people freaked him out - he ran up to his room and shut the door. (sigh) I know for sure he'd never make it through the opener for Another, never mind actually watching any of the show itself... |
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| THIS ANIME IS FRIGGIN' AWESOME! My inner sadist loves the death scenes, too. But the mystery... WHOA. Just... WHOA! AND MAN, DO I WANT SAKAKIBARA AND MISAKI TO GET MARRIED AND MOVE TO TOKYO! AND HAVE LOTS OF BABIES LOTS AND LOTS OF PRETTY BABIES ...but I have a suspicion that one of them's going to die at the end! :( THAT WOULD MAKE ME SAD If anyone that knows of the novel could tell me what happens at the end, I would appreciate that! (With a spoiler alert for the rest of the people on here, of course! :3) |
| I honestly don't know why I put myself through shows like these...I really can't handle blood and gore very well. xD But this was actually a really good episode. Also I keep getting the feeling that there's something strange about Kouichi's dad, especially since he's never been shown once so far. |
| Wow, that was one hell of a way to commit suicide |
| at least they aren't ignored anymore. the dream sequence was way more creepy/disturbing than any of the deaths so far. eh I still don't like Misaki. I also had the idea while watching that he could have been dead, with the mother pregnancy theory but yeah it's not him. predictions: that guy's sister is the next to die. another random prediction Akazawa isthe dead one. just have a feeling for some reason. |
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| What I really like about this show is that eerie feel that corpse party has. Like some huge plot twist is going to happen, characters that are cared for will die, and then that twist is going to be twisted again and become cliched. The whole thing about Mei not being a ghost or some kind of spectral form kinda killed it for me. Although I think I'm being biased because I'm a supposed spectrophiliac. Personally, I think it's going to be a whole suzamiya haruhi thing where the main dude is going to think the main chick is the some kind of something but it's actually him who's really the dead one(dude in haruhi made haruhi to be the creator, masochistic existentialism). All that stuff about him not being a ghost is some kind of red herring. The instructor's suicide was a little over the top, considering he could have done it at the comfort of his home, downing a lot of sake, and committing seppuku instead. |
| The chip in my mind, it summons me. I gave my life to your machines. |
| that stupid moment, when you know who's the dead one because of the novel. :< Damn, at least they could change it in the anime! No fun at guessing! |
| I wish my teacher would do like that since I don't like her subject. But nah.. I'm not a student anymore. Great episode by the way. |
mayazansuFeb 26, 2012 6:28 PM
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| Called it. |
| At this point I'm leaning towards Mei being the dead one. The fact how the naming of the episodes tie in with the whole doll business, there is just too much connection here. It could also enhance the romance aspect. Kouichi and Mei falling in love, but Mei has to move on and we get a bittersweet ending, could work I think. Wouldn't be surprised if Sakakibara-kun was the dead one of course, lots of hints on that one. Now that I think about it, what if there are two dead people this time around? I'm not sure the possibility is excluded. I have a feeling they left the body at the excursion that year when the phenomena stopped. Next up, the obligatory beach episode, I wonder how they will handle it. The dream sequence was a nice touch to this episode. 4/5. |
the_trainman said: I still don't get it: why is the beach episode a must, at least here?! Ask me again in three hours. It'll probably have a macabre ending, at least. |
| Beach episode. WHY Anyway, I'll be fine with it if it's not just some stupid fan service. Wow, good episode. I love seeing Mei's eye, it's so pretty. |
| That death scene was BRUTAL!! lol things are getting real, but a beach episode?!? FFS let's hope it's a real ep and no fan service. |
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| That suicide scene omg. Brutally awesome. I'd probably cry if that happened in front of me in real life, though. And that dream. How... fascinating. |
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