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| I knew this kid was a hallucination once no one seemed to believe Hazama and no one ever paid attention to him. (not to mention he was at all places at once). I guess no one thought to try and trace the private calls with the cops some how? This whole episode seemed like a waste to me. Very shameful what Goto has turned into and of course how the Flamenco Girls were no where in sight. |
| "Or can I goo-goo?" LOL So this kid's goal is to fuck over Mayoshi's life >.> Oh an impostor? Cutting hair like a pro, he should be a barber lol. "But not a kid in middle school..." I feel the exact same way. A fall-out with Goto :( Lol at the guy jogging in place :3 So if Haiji is an illusion how would you explain what happened to the others and his apartment? After all this I can't wait for the next episode :D "Teaching Love" Now I have no clue what to expect in the next episode. |
| I am going to make a prediction: Haiji really is spawned from Masayoshi's imagination (like from beyond and king torture, but he is more like a concept ) and Masayoshi died after fighting him. And the world goes back to its original state (crimes and stuff) since the hero has died. Though there is only 0.00002% chance that I will get it right |
dragonshadeMar 13, 2014 5:27 PM
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| Okay first it a was realistic slice of life about a wannabe hero, then a power-ranger show that's actually trying to sound serious with it's extreme clichésim, and now the final phase is... a physiological anime that will leave us doubting our very existence. Don't be surprised if I give this anime a 10/10 by the end of it, and I am not being sarcastic or anything here. |
"Hateful feelings. Hurtful feelings. Unforgivable feelings. To face one's own feelings is akin to throwing oneself into a bottomless pit, or setting sail on an endless sea. You must not look there. You must not think about it. Though you search your soul on the dark, heaving waves, you must never look in that place." - Kusuriuri |
| Wait, now that I think back on it, Masayoshi's evil twin played such a small part... Aw, a falling out with Goto. Masayoshi is really all alone now. :( I like the theory of Masayoshi being dead and all this is his imagination. 2 more episodes!! How many more twists can they fit?? |
| Oddly enough, out of all of the weird shit that SamFlam has pulled, I really disliked this episode. |
| Repeated "Flamenco", huh... |
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| Anyone else find it weird that after the explosion of his apartment filled with toys, the only people who were attacked were those who were not the closest to him before his big Samurai Flamenco reveal - his manager, Goto and Mineral Miracle Muse? Also, the Flamengers attacks ranged from silly hair cuts to pushing Blacks's grandfather on the ground yet Kaname and Harazaka were this close to death - Kaname getting the biggest brunt. |
| The thing I like about this anime, you have absolutely no idea where the next episode is going to go but by the end of it you will be at least somewhat entertained wanting to see what's going to happen next. |
| You know what, at this point I'm not even going to try and think about what happened. I just want it to end XD! |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| I don't think this anime has an actual plot. What, this kid wants to be a superhero, he does, then power rangers, then aliens or whatever, then government conspiracy, now philosophical/psychological... hmmm and I don't even like Hazama, yeah he's like our guy, but we don't know much about him except he's a pansy. There's no romance, there's no goal, the craziest shit just passed through like nothing, what is this thing? It's weird, that's all I know. |
| Summary of the episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3Uk8Y5km8 Marow said: Repeated "Flamenco", huh... Yeah, that probably made some kind of miracle. |
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| I can't say I really care for any of the characters anymore but these last two eps have definitely been more interesting to me than the previous.. If only it were like this since the beginning.. It would be also interesting if this anime ends with the main characters death/suicide since the whole he real enemy is me thing i can see it happening. |
| Interesting as always. I couldn't help but laugh when Kaname got hit by the truck even though I know it wasn't supposed to be funny. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| Too good. Hard to imagine how this is all going to play out. |
Beatslars said: I think it would be interesting if all the characters were hallucinations BUT Haiji. Perhaps it was haiji who has been there all along, and Masayoshi, Goto, MMM, etc. doesn't even exist. That would be quite the twist. It would perfectly explain all the aliens, King Torture, the Will, and surrealism of the series. He was obsessed with Samurai Flamenco as explained in this episode, perhaps HE created Hazama's character, the validity of Samurai Flamenco being created by Hazama was all made up in Haiji's mind, because HIS parents were the ones who died. It really could be anything with the series at this point. Quoted for pure win. I can think of numerous endings that would be a lot less interesting than this one. Marow said: Repeated "Flamenco", huh... |
fireteam_torchMar 13, 2014 11:21 PM
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| The show went all psychological thriller on us! I still have no idea how this is going to play out. Guess I'll just prepare myself for some WTFs in the last 2 episodes. |
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| People going crazy left and right. I wonder what the next twist is. Anyone who does that to Pink's perfect Yamato Nadeshiko hai deserves to be pulverized! |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| My fucking god... I completely remember that kid now. I really thought he was familiar and I should know him, but I couldn't remember him for the life of me. But the minute it flashed back I was like "OH! That kid!" damn I can't believe I forgot him because way back in that fight in episode one, it made a point that he was someone important. It just never went back to that so 19 episodes later I kind of forgot. Still, that's pretty cool that they'd do that. I had a feeling that argument was coming though, since the big reveal that Goto's crazy last episode and the fact that no on else could find any trace of him. I didn't think he'd actually only be in his head though... I kind of don't think it's true. Otherwise that would mean Masayoshi's the one doing all this shit. Of course, there's also the possibility of it all being coincidence. Maybe someone just tapped the scientist on the shoulder and he overreacted, and maybe Red Axe just didn't see the red light, and maybe Flamenger Pink is just going bald, and maybe Green got drunk one night and in a drunken fit decided he didn't like books anymore, and Black's grandfather had a stroke, and Blue has a girlfriend who hates how much time he spends with Red Axe. Either way, I got a laugh out of the stupidity of cutting Pink's hair lol. I will say though, even if the above theories are true, we did see a gray haired person pass by with a shiny knife-like object before her hair got cut... maybe it was just a pervert. Anyway... it was a decent episode, better than the last couple of episodes. |
| After everything, NOW that he has gone insane. A normal person would go insane after King torture |
| O importante não é o que fazemos de nós, mas o que nós fazemos daquilo que fazem de nós |
Arw said: I think we can assume it cannot be Masayoshi who did all this stuff to others - it's still impossible to harm so many people almost at the same time, no matter middle schooler or adult. not to mention, it's impossible to push someone front of a moving vehicle while you're talking to him at home |
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| My goodness. His enemy is his mind? Himself now? Whoa. And they just have to fight, damn, that is the taboo, Masayoshi commenting on Goto's missing GF. |
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| Forgot to mention it, but it was actually pretty interesting hearing Masayoshi say "If you kill him, I'll kill you!". I completely agree with it, but I just didn't think he was someone who would let his emotions get the better of him. It's kind of good to see he's not completely deranged in that sense. I guess, if this kid really is all in his head then it's just signs that the stress has finally gotten to him. |
| I still find it weird how Hazama acts in all of these situations. He either acts immature or completely misses opportunities whether he is dealing with the will of the universe, aliens, his friends or even this new enemy (a ghost, his mind or his evil alter ego, etc.) I can understand why some believe he is either in a dream or insane. Other than that speech in the first episode, I find his actions more in line with what we sometimes experience in dreams - when we do or say something and while we see ourselves or even wake up we say to ourselves: "why was I even saying that or even acting like that." |
| Those pesky middle-schoolers and their shenanigans. |
| Gotou will save Hazama in the end. Most likely die in order to help him T___T. Or Saji will use Gotou girlfriend as an illusion and make him fight Hazama in a battle. One will survive and not the other T__T. |
| Maybe Sawada is somekind of a vision he has to see bad things happen in the future :o |
| What a strange and creepy episode; felt pretty tense throughout. Even if Haiji is supposedly in Hazama's mind, it can't really explain all the bad things that happened to the Flamrangers and everyone else simultaneously. I'm gonna guess Haiji is an aura of misfortune that only Hazama can see at the moment. |
MrSideliner said: So now it's turned into AnoHana Flamenco ^.^ Samumenco: The Boy I Saw That Day |
mayukachan said: MrSideliner said: So now it's turned into AnoHana Flamenco ^.^ Samumenco: The Boy I Saw That Day Fuck. that's good. It makes sense too! Haiji died, but his promise of becoming somehow extremely close to Samurai Flamenco was never fulfilled thus he's a ghost (that only Hazama can see). |
| Wow.. I like the antagonist.. |
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| Things are getting crazy. if Hazama imagined the boy the whole time then who is causing all the accidents? maybe they boy faked his death or something, next episode is gonna be crazy. |
| I just have a bad feeling that the reason we didn't see triple M in this episode is because they are saving them for the big bad to use next episode. We know that foreshadowing is something they like to throw at us in this show. I think we're in for a reprise of the torture scene with Mari and Moe, only it won't end quite as well... |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| I'm liking the psychological feel of this arc quite a bit! I hope it gets a good conclusion! |
| Anyone got the creeps when the the next week episode title came out, the anime ends with the empty river bank, and the creepy styled words "Can you see me?" I do think that kid may have repeated the word "Flamenco" too many times, and make the 0.02% chance of it becoming a miracle happen, and now he is an invisible guy, who has gone from the thoughts of everyone. |
| Interesting final villain. I think it's quite fitting. For some reason this reminds me of evangelion. |
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| So now we've come to the greatest villain. It's not the super-being that transcends time and space, but the one who is the reflection; evil born in the wake of the hero. When the Hero is the catalyst for evil, what's the solution? Much as the Joker is Batman's opposite, so the personal villain is the opposite of the Toku battle-hero. spikesagitta said: This sounds about right.I do think that kid may have repeated the word "Flamenco" too many times, and make the 0.02% chance of it becoming a miracle happen, and now he is an invisible guy, who has gone from the thoughts of everyone. |
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