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Linalee-Stratos said: Osran said: Anyways episode needed more Yin More Yin , they should have showed Atleast a little of Yin maybe her hand or hair , but they didnt show anything...:( JonathanDC said: now she's starting to act a bit more humanlike, although she's still pretty ruthless. She would've killed that chick if Mao didn't cut in. you know this is one of the best features of DTB , just because Hei told suou "shooting doenst suit you" , they didnt make her later character flowery , in reference to : while suou was shooting the glass pieces at her , for a split second she lost virtually all connections to the environment and herself and only had the killing instinct.. francismeunier said: JonathanDC said: ALSO! "You should thank July." Says Hei. Does that mean that July sent an observation ghost to Hei, and Hei saw it allowing him to find them? Yes he did and he did the same thing to Suou to find him. The question is how did he do it because I did not see him with any glass next to him.... I dont think Heis power came back , even though this is what we want..Hei told that to suou i guess because July's observational ghost on the front glass of the car blocked the wierd contrators view , leading to the car to crash..,hence leading hei to kill the due..and blah blah It is just me or does Hei look good in all disguises..:) So sokoloff dude was a serial women killer before he was a contractor, creepy man, he was sktching the places on the body he would cut through..*eeh shivers*.So 5 more eps to go..why?? *depressed* It's possible that he meant "You can thank July" in regards to have obscuring Sokoloff's vision so that Hei could get the kill, but he did say this right after Mao asked how he was able to figure out where they were. He ignored Mao outright and said that line to Suou. Maybe it's just my mislead hope, but it'd only make sense due to that context that somehow July used his observation specter to lead Hei to them. I mean, how else would he have managed? Sokoloff was an outside party from the informant who gave Hei the tip on how to smuggle the doll through the roadblock, so the informant couldn't have given Hei the info. If that line of thinking is correct, it seems strong that he's starting to see specters again. Meaning (hopefully) his powers might just be starting to return. Slowly, at least. He may have to learn how to crawl before he can walk, walk before he can run again, etc. As for how July was able to send out a specter without us seeing what he was using to send it, it's very possible that he had a small shard of glass in his hand the entire time. A shard would be small enough to not be shown or found, so that may be an explanation... although next episode will have to answer those questions. I can only hopefully speculate. :P |
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| suou went a little evil there with the glass, and it seems july does care about her a little, he did bring hei to the rescue |
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| Hei twisted the guy's neck real good. |
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| Not bad, but felt like a bit of a filler. Got a little story development, but next to nothing from the characters and the blonde hair guy wasn't nearly scary enough. Also lacking Kirihara. Needs more! |
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Ariana said: IDD, laughed so hard when I noticed that xDBut I loved the scene with Mao plastered to the window: XD Any way, Hei looked way mature and wicked in that beard, he seriously should consider growing a real one to go with his new looks :P Nice to see that Suou aint a complete failure and actually posses some logic and have will to kill, she definitely moved up a few places in my book :) |
Izanagi.. Izanami.. Oh lol they just had to use names that sound similar didn't they? Izanagi and Izanami are figures from a Japanese myth. It's got nothing to do with "sounding similar." |
| That ended surprisingly fast, felt like a ten minute episode. Suou throwing the glass at that woman looked painful. I liked Hei's fight scene, he showed some nice moves. Well, he always does I guess. Not that much plot development this episode, except for the fact that Suou's dad seems to be alive somehow ;? |
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| Good action in the episode. I think I should watch a series without murders right now... (I just read too much Eden and MPD Psycho) |
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| Alright! So just to clarify a few things at this point... please correct me if I'm wrong, though, because I don't want to go confusing myself either lol. In Episode 2, Hei was talking to some Russian dude and said that the professor was dead when he already got there. So that means he knows that he didn't kill him. And in this episode, revealing Papa Pavlichenko to actually be alive, the one that was dead was perhaps a doll? (I don't know if they mentioned that in the episode, but I kind of feel that they did...) As we saw from Chiaki from Season 1, dolls can be programmed to behave exactly like an individual, even holding their memories, until the time is right. Perhaps Papa Pavlichenko foresaw these events and took this precaution. |
| Weird episode. I kind of liked it, but it was over before it really began, and a lot of the more forward moving moments in the plot were in the beginning, and felt very separate from the real meat of the episode. As for everyone's complaints about Mao...if I remember correctly, wasn't it intimated that Mao often has to fight a lot of the urges of the vessel he's in? On that level, I think that this is just a different side of his character. We already knew that he was very "serious business," but he also had a very dry type of humor. My feelings is that because he's in this goofy squirrel's body, he can't really take himself as seriously as he used too, and with the squirrel being more erratic than the cat, he just comes off funnier. Like I said before, I don't mind it, and it's this kind of comedy that the show does best with. |
| Suou was such a pwnage at throwing thoose glass shards. poor woman though. That other contractor had really good skills. but got owned by Hei=] GO SUOU<# |
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| Flying squirrel to the rescue! ... err, maybe not. Hei might've lost his powers, but he's still got his skills |
| So reading this has made me wonder how July led Hei to the car when Hei still shouldn't be able to see the observation spirit thing. When Suou finds her dad alive, she's going to have her main reason for hating Hei gone... |
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| Need more Yin! The scene where Suou was pinching July's cheek really reminded me of Yin being taught (by...?) to smile in the first season... |
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Waffocopter said: So reading this has made me wonder how July led Hei to the car when Hei still shouldn't be able to see the observation spirit thing. . Well as Mao indicates Hei has contacted their previous boss (that woman with twin dolls) and July has lead those dolls to their place therefore Hei could find them. |
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EternalDreamer said: Any way, Hei looked way mature and wicked in that beard, he seriously should consider growing a real one to go with his new looks :P Err... I don't think it's a good idea, especially for a fangirl like me T_T He should shave his beard instead... Anyway, great episode :D Although Hei has lost his abilities as a Contractor, he can still have some great actions. |
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| I love how Hei killed that guy so easily. I love July. :) I miss Hei's abilities, but he is still badass. |
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| Okay, I am not usually one for the "bad guys", but DAMN. Did they have to kill him off so quickly? He was fucking awesome! Would've liked to see more of him.;3; (plus, he was sexy as hell, omg) Speaking of sexy things: Hei's disguise. Dayum. And July looked like a little angel all dolled up in that casket. *3* Yay for Suou kicking ass! Did I mention how much I love July? Cause I freaking love that kid. <3 I will be interested to see the story behind what happened with her dad... If he's still alive, who/what was the person that died in the lab? |
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| Wow... the most disturbing episode of DTB so far. I know in the first season, there were many scenes that were "violent", but this episode was borderline torture porn. I thought I was watching Saw or some other bad horror movie. Anyways, Hei still has super human powers, I think. He doesn't have electricity, but he fell off that car and didn't suffer any major injuries; that's impossible for a normal human on the freeway. I was kinda upset that the enemy died so easily though, especially since he was another one of those contractors that seemed so badass at first. Also, wtf was that guy's renumeration? I must have missed that because I didn't see any. Suou and July moments were good. "Itai", lol! |
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Ariana said: I hate how they keep introducing new characters and kill them off so fast. What's the point in having so many deaths in the show when nobody even cares about the characters who die? But I loved the scene with Mao plastered to the window:  XD haha, probably my most fav. scene this ep and suou finnally looks interesting now, not bitching about contractors or anything like that |
1jzSC said: lol...love these 2 scenes. Isnt July the most adorable kid....i want to hug him like crazy...the cutie litttle wolly-wolly (child talk seems awful when told by an elder like me XD)..but still julys a really pretty boy... |
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| I wonder if anyone's as bored as I am with this. It just doesn't seem to be progressing much at all. |
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  so is it me or does he look a bit like vash? lol and btw it would be cool to see mao as a tiger or other dangerous animal :D |
| Solid episode..Plot progression is a bit slow for a 12 ep series, but I really do like the July, Hei, Souo, Mou combo. Souo and hei were awesome in this ep and July was funny. I don't really get why there are so many complaints. |
| Wow, this episode was definitely an interesting one with plenty of plot development, glad that July is warming to Suou but Hei still hasn't got his powers back =/ although now they're on the trains with the Russians =O interesting development once again. |
| Good episode.Lots of developement and new character killing(yay?) Linalee-Stratos said: 1jzSC said: lol...love these 2 scenes. Isnt July the most adorable kid....i want to hug him like crazy...the cutie litttle wolly-wolly (child talk seems awful when told by an elder like me XD)..but still julys a really pretty boy... THIS xD Lookin' forward to the next ep(Tanya vs Suou FKCYEH) |
randomaniac said: Good episode.Lots of developement and new character killing(yay?) Linalee-Stratos said: 1jzSC said: lol...love these 2 scenes. Isnt July the most adorable kid....i want to hug him like crazy...the cutie litttle wolly-wolly (child talk seems awful when told by an elder like me XD)..but still julys a really pretty boy... THIS xD Lookin' forward to the next ep(Tanya vs Suou FKCYEH) Why did everyone forget this third scene that was like the 2 other ones and also cute with Suou/July |
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| The moment I saw Hei with that beard and glasses, I thought: '...Dad? o.o' Oh my God. He seriously looks just like him D: DO NOT WANT Creepy drawings are creepy. July and Suou are so cute x3 'Neko da!' xD Yeaaah right Mao. Haha, I lol'd when they showed him taped to the glass xP YUSSS Hei shows his epeek ninja skills again! I loved how they showed that contractor's fingers being cut off by Hei's wire. Suou throwing the glass shards at that chick was pretty badass o.o TANYA HAS TO PAY FOR NIKA'S AWFUL DEATH. |
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| Nice episode. Suou obviously feels a lot and actually made July show a little feeling. The part where he said ouch in the end showed that Suou reached him. I also liked the way she said sorry after she pinched him in the coffin. That transformation of Hei was really good. Hard to recognize. And Suou's contractor self almost kicked in and make her kill that woman. By the way, she is really good at throwing glass. Psycho Russian guy seemed really dangerous but i had a strong laugh on how Hei strangle the life out of him. He had such a stupid dead face. The moment with those two girls running scared with the drawing was funny. It remind me when i was a kid and drew things like that some times, how everyone reacted. |
| That creepy guy got killed so easily! I am so disappointed. Even though I liked the way Hei killed him, it was a stupid kill after all. I wanted some action between them since he seemed he could kick some ass. :( ...Hei, it's time to get your powers back. |
| I'm starting to believe Hei has a loli S&M fetish, he's had Suou in a tied up situation twice now, once naked. Other than that overall it was a okay episode, I enjoy the filler bringing back season 1 memories, but with only 5 episodes left it makes me wonder how well they can handle a ending. |
RognaNov 21, 2009 8:25 AM
| Best episode so far for sure. Tough I wish we had more of that serial killer glasses guy and the informant girl, but we already got used to that killing staff from the first season, haven't we. Hei was unbelievably badass in the fight with Glasses Guy, I'm proud of him. And I loved the snowball scene and the one whit Suou abusing July. Also Shion, you bad little contractor. Don't you do anything rude with the trio coming to Japan.>:( |
| there is only 5 eps left with so much unanswered hymn.... who thinks there will be a season 3 |
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Shifty_08 said: who thinks there will be a season 3 Sure hope so anyway : > |
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| Wow, that glass throwing at that lady was gruesome. o_O But still very awesome, +1 for Suou. It just keeps on getting better. However, I'm wondering how they'll wrap it up in 5 episodes... |
ScarletApplesNov 21, 2009 6:19 PM
| Slow episode overall. But seeing Suou throwing glass shards ninja-style is awesome.  I did like this image though at the end of the episode. Can any one translate what it says? |
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| I like the action in this episode and all, but I wish the plot actually would move forward. I mean, 7 episodes into the season and still so many questions that have not been answered since ep 1... On another note, I loved July in this episode. Think they are trying to show that that he has human feelings too (through interations between him and souh) despite being "just" a doll. I like this way more than using souh as a mean of showing the human side of a contractor. But then again, this only works if she is a real contractor, haven't really grasped the function of her necklace yet. |
| Oh look, Suou almost got the job done. Too bad she's only good at making Hei save the day, again and again. |
| good development in july, so cute >O< that contractor was really scary TT |
| So, who didn't see brain-melter dying before the episode ended? That's what I thought. Suou seemed disproportionately accurate throwing the glass, and we know accuracy isn't part of her power, as she mentioned in-episode that she needs July to help her aim. I've never tried, but I found it odd that she never missed. And this episode sets SuouXJuly as an OTP for me. Because it's cute. |
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| I think Hei is one of the few characters in the anime world which is not helpless or becomes emo when he loses his powers. It shows only how badass he is with his training and talent. Frankly I don't care if he get his powers back or not, I just want him to have a happy life with his new family or something. And damn Suou, I know you miss your gun but give that woman a break. No one deserves that many glass pieces in their body! |
| July x Suou FTW!!! ^^. |
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Wonton said: Slow episode overall. But seeing Suou throwing glass shards ninja-style is awesome. I did like this image though at the end of the episode. Can any one translate what it says? All I can say about that image is that it is trying to confirm twins are dolls? |
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