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Mar 29, 2011 12:41 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Rio didn't even used her roll ruler whatever it called again but in this episode she did and defeat Rina.
First time Rio even play for herself.

Casino Guild come to attack but

That Afro guy was a Police and was expert in swordmanships, that was kind of suprising. Haha
Rio wish happiness and miracle around the world.

Quite good ending!!

In the end it's smell like a 2nd season.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho

Mar 30, 2011 7:41 AM
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^ No, it's smell like the OVA in September.
Mar 30, 2011 7:53 AM
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^ No, it's smell like the OVA in September.


I think you mean the special, but still there is most likely a second season coming.

The ending was really good and the series was above average.

8/10


Mar 31, 2011 6:41 AM
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I could literally say fuck to all the content in this episode and glory to a melted heart with the following,

that was the sweetest and best moment owning in this whole series between Rio and Rina even though it was ideal with Rio's world roll ruler . The only thing that comes closest to this is Mint with Rio in the last episode. Well anyways my take on how the Rainbow Cards work out.

About the Rainbow Card system, quite simply astonishing at how much colours and light it produces in the following spoiler
It was very nice to see Rio touching the Gate card's domain with all that bright light and flowers flying around. It was kind of strange TBH to see Rio naked levitating with flowers surrounding her in front of a big Gate card but in general I find that they did a great job at slightly changing the art style of Rio in the spoiler
if you notice she does look a little different than usually portrayed. Now the way it was portrayed the holder of the Gate Cards gets as immediate benefits is really strange but resumed in one way omniscient amplification of that holder's roll ruler. Simply put those balls of light literally “Dragon Ball” as the first thing that it reminded me off. Now, amplification happens on a global scale filling the earth most likely with the roll ruler of the person so if you have someone who is evil then the world is in big shit!

Since Rio is a very kind and beautiful person filled with love it is no surprise things happen as follows, people win all over the world in casinos (damn I wish I was playing the lottery at that time, from the looks of the orbs Rio is in reality everywhere and to no surprise she puts out a forest fire, a delivery truck of what looks like chicken makes owners finding their cats (that's a little WTF but it goes back to kindness IMO) and could you believe it that she even makes Anna meet Michael only to get married right away to him apart from being reunited, looks like
New York city is filled with Rio kindness/flowers, Rio makes fishermen catch lots of fish, oh wow @ Rio even being able to bring world peace (now that's crazy and power when a roll ruler is amplified but I still think it depends on the person), Rio can make stock markets soar beyond insanity, people all over the world are finding money in places (now I would be happy too in finding money, I have no idea what was the point of the house wife getting with one egg two of them but it goes back that Rio can help housewives with her luck, she brings good luck draws to girls in school when they go get theirs at the shrine, she makes kids win at Popsicle draws, she can sure make people happy being the newspaper and those who sell it if you look at that guy's smile, and she can even make bald people's hair grow back. Now that is WTF miracle. Among all this joy and luck bringing I find it more interesting that Rio heals Rina's mother and where she stays at is rather very rich looking. So all in all I would not be surprised if many would want to harvest the powers or even duplicate them from those Gate cards.

About the Afro Samurai, this kick was kick ass in this episode! I was right in that he goofs around a lot but make no mistake in the spoiler
the guy's sword technique is so bad ass to have cut away so many guns it almost looked like Kenshin all over. He was really cool with all his men surrounding Cartia's little dog with his men. The Afro Samurai seriously impressed me in this episode and of course his badge is cool. This is the ICDG police, you're under arrest! Freeze! ROFL!

About the END, for one I liked the way Rina was portrayed in the spoiler
something about she shades working on her. Oh Cartia, butt hurt at Howard laughing his ass off at you? Well I am damn glad she is! :D A happy favourite moment of mines can't be denied when it involves Mint in the spoiler
I guess in the end there is a rainbow that does appear but they never show where it goes. So as the credit roll guy seems to be ogling Tiffany in the casino. Guess whenever Rosa loses, Misery possesses her. Anya still never changes of being clumsy in spilling drinks and chips on the floor. I do like that Mint is getting more acquainted with Chip. Oh, I am sure Rina would like to have that MVCD tag and it does look good on her. Nicely done with Rina and her mother reunion. It looks like Rio's healing did work after all. At first I was not too fond of Mint's farewell to Rio and of course even in a goodbye event Anya still trips in being clumsy.... wow even in a goodbye session but as Cartia tries to reach the Howard's casino the comedy gets so good with Linda ramming the sky resort into the bridge. Doh! >_< How the heck does she do that? Oh wait, she lost her head again most likely.

So I got back in being really happy that Mint was back and Rio's face was hilarious at that part too. BTW that means Mint will be in the OVA! Yay! OK this is like serious shit in the spoiler
WTF is the father of Rio doing on top of Howard's casino with of all things a little kid girl.
This what I concluded: the girl has the same hair colour as Rina but her eyes are like Cartia or it may be her father's eyes. If they are not then I am afraid Rio's father may be a playboy to have banged Cartia somehow. I hope to find out the eyes of the father but it certainly means that this little girl will be in the OVA special and that she may be the 3rd daughter of Tachibana family.

Now my verdict is from 7/10 to 8/10. Simply because of the following points
    Anime environment not commons that of a Casino mixed with fan service in it.
    Colouring and girl designs excellent.
    Paranormal integration and 2 favourite lolis (Yang-Yang in episode 11 and Mint).

I will leave it that.
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Apr 1, 2011 11:12 AM
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Hoppy said:
SurferDude said:
^ No, it's smell like the OVA in September.


I think you mean the special


OVA, Special, whatever. MAL isn't very strict when it comes to classifying these things (and I know what I'm talking about as I have checked out the entire MAL database). Anyway, this was one of the more enjoyable anime of the season so a second series would be nice.

Also, where the shit are the subs ? Weren't they supposed to be out on Tuesday ? Or did CrunchyCrap forget to stream the last episode ?
Apr 1, 2011 4:01 PM
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I loved it (from what i've seen of the raw). I hope for another season =) Would be awesome. Does anyone know where to watch episode 13 subbed in english?
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Apr 1, 2011 8:35 PM
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Rated the show a 9 overall, I really liked it.

Not sure what the pair on top of the resort at the end means, all I know is I can't say no to a loli twintail! :D

Second season, or specials are definitely on the way with that cliff hanger ending.

It's obvious the casino guild isn't broken or done with their plans yet from what I can tell.
Apr 1, 2011 9:12 PM
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It's does got so much hated in Sankaku, I wonder why they hate this think anime.

I like this very much. :D

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Apr 1, 2011 9:41 PM
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This show is really silly but I love it. I would love to see another season.
Apr 1, 2011 10:33 PM

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Oh man I gotta say I really did love this show. It was so bad but I loved it.

And this final episode was so great and awesome and funny. I was actually laughing out loud during all of the luck around the world scenes.

Seriously for pure enjoyability this show was great, maybe one of the bests for this season.

Yeah afro-samurai dude!
Apr 1, 2011 11:51 PM

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3/10 Oh god this was so bad, this has to be one of the top 5 worst animes i've ever seen.

Apr 2, 2011 3:08 AM

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This show was okay. This whole season was just about the gate cards, but if they make a season season, I wonder what will that be about. Probably like the MVCD's of the past have to fight and see who the strongest it or something like that.

Apr 2, 2011 3:23 AM

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And then the entire world suffered a massive economic crisis. Good going, Rio.
Somehow, I knew Carlos was going to end up being important.
Oh boy, don't tell me it's getting a second season.
Apr 2, 2011 3:43 AM

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7/10 for mysterious loli in the end, otherwise it would have been 6
Apr 2, 2011 3:48 AM

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Almost beyond "waaat!!". Still one of the better episodes. 3/5
Apr 2, 2011 5:05 AM
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finale ep

rina take 14-0 lead while everyone wonder what rio doing & oh a plane with troops rifle flying in.
then after some asking why rio go 0-14 till she go start winning 14 straight till big flash in last match to rio's world between her, rina, & rio's mom give some explain & truth are shown like young rio-rina, rina see parents in younger times, etc all between.
after all of happen rio wins.
then cards combine to form a rainbow gate then rio touch & enter while in a flowery cover suit.
while ah a gun shot oh no it the casino guild then like oh no then out of no where black afro samurai attack.
then rio inside rainbow gate bring out jackpot for everyone, stop a fire, cats on chicken to their owners, driver guy chicken get a girl, flower in big city, lots of fish catch, peace in nation, stocks up, 10000 yen book, two yolks on egg, fortune luck, etc even bring out grow hair for baldy, & yet heal rina's mom.
down goes casion guild cause afro black samurai is a COP!!!
yet all goods while owner got last laugh & get big pay from afro cop
rio back & everyone ask what happen she said some "this & that" & rio ask what happen yep same thing "this & that".
everything ok now same old give ghost in hollywood lady, ania still ania, rina see her mom all ok, cartia with another paln but bye bye bridge by linda's head, etc yep all good.
but two mysterious people on the top building???

indeed overall this series is really to be another out of nowhere good hits.

yea there is ova on the way & would make more yes get this license & dub.
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Apr 2, 2011 9:38 AM

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average ep for me....totally predictable that Rio's ultimate ruler would be world happiness...blah, reminded me of the campanella horror

the only good thing for me about this ep was the final moments, where Rio's dad had that rape face, and the other loli over his cloak
Apr 2, 2011 10:50 AM

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Please no second season. I am a completionist so that would suck. This show was average overall, although i have to say this episode was good. The only thing that saved the boring gambling was somewhat good twists.
Apr 2, 2011 10:57 AM

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Please no second season. I am a completionist so that would suck. This show was average overall, although i have to say this episode was good. The only thing that saved the boring gambling was somewhat good twists.


A second season would be ok but in OVA format so the ecchi can increase and tits can have nipples showing when necessary.


Apr 2, 2011 11:13 AM
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-Ok, so Mr. Afro Samurai is a ICDG cop, that's surprising.

-Rio has won and has entered the so-called "Rainbow Gate" and started spreading good luck all over the world.

-There were such people who wants to get their hands on whoever wins the 13 gate cards.

And the rest are ust too crappy, pls don't tell me that there gonna be an OVA of this anime.
Apr 2, 2011 2:09 PM

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LOL SHE STOPPED WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
Apr 2, 2011 5:01 PM

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This anime itself.. sucks.. just a bunch of skanks defying physics with....cards.

However the ending was actually kinda cute. However the random cliffhanger with the stereotypical pigtailed loli was pretty stupid.. made the ending not so cute anymore.
Apr 2, 2011 7:18 PM

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3/10
Apr 2, 2011 7:45 PM

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I thoroughly enjoyed rio rainbow gate! Its nice to see a humble series that never pretended to be something that it wasnt...not so much an anime that was driven by plot but more of a "eye candy" which i think is great. You dont go see the action film expendables looking for a mind blowing story...and the same applies for rio rainbow gate.

I shall now proudly add it to MAL.

Cross fingers for a 2nd season
Apr 2, 2011 8:34 PM

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*last 3 seconds*

oh god they're planning a season 2 :P

6/10
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Apr 2, 2011 8:46 PM

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That was one way to end a anime, i would have never guessed something like that would happen..
5/10 for me
By the looks of the ending perhaps an OVA oh..great
Apr 3, 2011 12:04 AM

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3/10 bullshit series.

The ending hints a second season but please nooooo.
Apr 3, 2011 12:50 PM

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The ending made me lol so hard. Rio spreading luck all over the world made no sense at all. I hope theyre not going to do another fucking season for this anime.
4/10 overall
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Apr 3, 2011 7:15 PM

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Really predictable show overall. 2/10
Apr 3, 2011 7:45 PM

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Terrible end to a mediocre anime. 5/10
Apr 4, 2011 2:08 AM
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hmm ill give this show a 6/10 overall...
this show may kinda suck but it still watchable. animes worse than this are animes that i never even finished.. so i would like to actually see a 2nd season of this anime since even though it may be crap it is better than other shitty ass anime.
Apr 4, 2011 11:10 PM

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That was a fun ride^^

More Mint? Sure why not!

Apr 5, 2011 3:50 PM

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10/10 can has 2nd season now^^
Apr 5, 2011 3:58 PM

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Michel, is that you?
Anna, marry me.
Darling. <3

Also, Afro Samurai was the best character in this show, right after Rio's boobs.
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Apr 8, 2011 6:03 PM
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They didn't show the flip side to all this "good" fortune. Some unintended consequences:

The casinos and businesses forced to shut down due to ridiculous payouts.
The people fired to make room for all the new promotions.
The investors who lost millions because they predicted the stocks will go down instead of up (the people short-selling stocks really got hosed here).

But seriously, the show was interesting enough to watch through once. Sometimes it's nice to watch something lighthearted and fully of eye-candy like this one.
Jun 4, 2012 10:31 PM

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Rio is the Goddess of luck ^_^

Anyways, this series was "meh" for me, didn't pay too much attention to it. But the ending...wonder who those two are.

Dec 4, 2012 4:29 AM
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good ending i like it. overall this anime is good, lots of eye candy, comedy and good story line. i love the casino setting.
Jan 5, 2013 11:46 PM

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I didn't expect the Afro Samurai to be a cop!
What kind of ending was that?
Feb 9, 2013 8:50 AM
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Pretty stupid ending with the predictable "Luck overcomes Skill" setting.

I was kinda hoping Cartia would've made it back to the casino in the ending. If they had actually gone to the second season, it would've worked to have kept her around as a pest intent on hindering anything Rio does.
May 17, 2013 10:47 PM

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really predictable show that made no sense most of the time. but was still entertaining overall. love happy endings, this has got to be one of the happiest ending probably in any anime I've seen. 5/10
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Jan 16, 2014 8:23 PM

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Awesome Rio won and well that ending was rather beautiful to be honest! Everyone happy and everything ends good and lovely!

I must say I do wonder why this anime scored so low as it's actually quite a lovely anime and it had decent development a somewhat proper concept and just a nice pace in general with this lovely ending!

So yea why exactly this scored so low I've got no idea but well I sure enjoyed watching this and I do wonder what the extra special episode has to offer to this story (I'm guessing fan service) but well this sure makes up a nice ending! 7/10
Nov 2, 2015 6:46 AM

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Rio won in the end and the Rainbow Gate was weird. It could grant everyones wishes.

That samurai dude was really police and defeated the casino guild, wow!

Rio's dad at the end with some blond girl. Oh there is an OVA where I take it that story is told and I will have to watch it but it isn't on Crunchyroll like the rest.

I loved this show, it was so fun! I'd like to see more like it! I give it an 8! <3
Feb 23, 2016 1:53 PM

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Weak fanservice, weak story, weak characters... yeah pretty unimpressive to be honest. 2/10
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Happy ending, very predictable haha but I guess it fits the show, well overall the main story and drama was kinda poor but the first half with the gate battles without drama was actually enjoyable, so I think this anime is average.
5/10
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Lets gooo Carlos.
Loved that decisive ending btw

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