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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Another good episode. It started out solid with Mero and a nice intro to her friends. What they found out and their resolve in it. However it really did freak me out what they find out in the following,  HOLY SHIT! VAMPIRES! I was surprised by this. A good element adder. About the beginning, well it was nice to see Mero in full view and the shrine in plain view. Rea was so nice here to see. With her hair in the wind. I liked how Mero looked at Rea in the spoiler About Mero’s friends, I liked their intro in the spoiler However the best part was the whole alligator part in the spoiler Loved the club setup in the spoiler The other friend in the spoiler About the most MOE of Mero, let’s get the most MOE INDUCING HNNNNNNGHHHHHHH EVER! In the following,  One cannot looks away at this depiction of a caring mother caring for Mero when she is a kid and in pain. HNNNNNNNNNGHHHHHH *dies* *is back* Too much MOE! OMG! Just too much. About the mother being a zombie and failure. I assume with the following spoiler About Mero’s shopping and meeting Rea. Certainly it was nice to see Mero doing the shopping in the spoiler That is until she meets Rea in the spoiler About Mero falling, after all that Mero despite panicking and running falls down in the spoiler About the preview, to resume in the spoiler BTW in regards to the PUN looks no further than the spoiler |
Yumekichi11May 31, 2012 3:02 PM
| Sister's point of view. Seeing brother's trying his best for someone. Then her friends' in "Zombie Scoop Hunter" talk about zombies around them. 1 was for her pet, alligator. 2 was trash from making of ramen soup with the bones. Sister mentioned about zombie girl in her house, which got one of her friends curious and wanting to see her. Thinking about not having mother, but only memory of her with bandage trying to check her heat. Then hearing brother arguing with childhood girl. Zombie girl talking to sister. She's jealous of her for being able to do every house chore, and wanting to help out. Then that reminds her of her mother with not able to feel anything with her feel. They cook together and showed her friends to ease her curiosity. Zombie girl's family side? With their memory? |
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tsubasalover said: For next episode that's a little correct. It will be more about Step Mother's past, why she got chosen to be the bride, some fan service to show off her body and most of all her tying in to Chihiro and Rea. In other words ALL WILL BE REVEALED! All that you need to know of her that is basic to know. Zombie girl's family side? With their memory? Does that clear up preview? |
| Mero overload this episode and I loved it. Very touching when Mero saw her mother in Rea and then got all flustered and blushing. Looks like more drunk Aria next episode? |
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Sankarea starring Mero! That's right, Mero takes the stage in this latest episode. Mero is the younger sister of Chihiro and is an adorable girl I think once you get to know her.  From wikipedia: Pictures from this episode of Mero and her little story! Like her or hate her, you gotta admit, she's kinda cute. |
Stark700May 31, 2012 9:45 PM
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| Wow - things are getting way out of sequence here - both Mero's story this episode and Rea's mom's story in the preview for next episode. I'm not a big fan of things being rearranged like this, particularly since the episode was 90% wasted on Mero's classmates. Oh well, I guess that they needed fillers in order to end the anime at a certain spot in the story... |
| Did the anime need to dedicate an entire episode to Mero to explain that Mero sees similarities between her mother and Rea? Good story telling would have added subtle scenes about Mero during the previous few episodes to lend some Mero characterization. In addition, I think I liked Mero better before watching this episode. At least, before this episode, Mero had an air of mystery, but now, I know that she has a dull personality and her only purpose is to tell the audience that her grandfather had experimented on her mother. I really enjoy all the unique camera shots, but what a waste the story has become. |
| I have a strange feeling the next episode will be my fav XD. I was waiting for them to show more of Rea's step mom. The Mero episode was nice. It kinda slowed things down and I wasnt really feeling it at first, but the episode instantly got better when Mero and Rea met up. |
| I do like that Mero explains in the beginning that we'd like to know what happens next to Furuya, but to hold on as we listen to her story. Somewhat funny. XD I knew it. Her mom was a zombie also. At least that's what it seems like. "...since I'm dead." Seems like she is. Altogether, this episode was nice. The part where she called Rea "Mama", really nice part. I can't explain it in words. |
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| haha! that was an kawaii episode! i love you mero-chan! |
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| Good episode,Mero special!! Mero episode,must say it was not a bad filler since i like Mero but to bad that the filler in the end was more about her friends then her at least until the end. The first part with the crocodile was not bad,kinda slow but good,Mero friend also a zombie lover in a different way XD Also...i want a crocodile as a pet!!! The second part was better and more about Mero,really loved how she remembers her mother that gives big hints that she was also a zombie. Mero conversation with Rea in the graveyard the best of the episode,Mero blushing because she remembering her mom in Rea was soooooooooooooooo CUTE!!!!!! Well at the end was a good episode,next back to the plot with some fillers it seems....cant wait!! |
| Good episode, but one of the weaker ones. Rea and Chihiro are just more interesting than Mero-chan and her friends (though Mero-chan is extremely cute). It was a nice change of pace, but I prefer the normal pace. Still a solid episode though. |
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| I like Mero a lot, and obviously this episode is displaying sort of important plot information, I just want to see what happened to Chihiro. |
| Not as good as the other episodes but still not bad; good to see more Mero, and the second half was better than the first. |
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| As much as I liked this ep, I would have rather the story continued from last weeks ep than a side-story. |
| Wasn't bad for a side story imo. Melo makes a great little sister. |
| Damn, this anime is directed really well. |
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Mero chan is so cute.. At the 1st part of this episode, I thought she does not like Rea. But good thing she is in good terms with her now.  |
s2012k1993 said: Did the anime need to dedicate an entire episode to Mero to explain that Mero sees similarities between her mother and Rea? Good story telling would have added subtle scenes about Mero during the previous few episodes to lend some Mero characterization. In addition, I think I liked Mero better before watching this episode. At least, before this episode, Mero had an air of mystery, but now, I know that she has a dull personality and her only purpose is to tell the audience that her grandfather had experimented on her mother. I really enjoy all the unique camera shots, but what a waste the story has become. I feel the same way. The tension that had been built up is being frittered away without gaining anything. As I watched this, I was thinking that maybe it was time to lower my rating for the show, which really irritates me since I was really impressed with the first few episodes. I also didn't like the way the creators pounded us over the head with it, actually overlaying Mero's mother's hands and face over Rea's. Did they change the writer and director or something? It feels like a completely different show. |
| I'm surprised at the lack of people saying stuff along the lines of "WTF happened to Chihiro?!" At the end of episode 8 I was excited to see what was gonna happen and then.... this episode happened and completely killed all hope for suspense for me. MAYBE it would have been a good episode if it wasn't after a fucking cliffhanger in which Rea's crazy ass father kidnapped Chihiro! So yeah, IMO, this episode blew big time |
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| Their mother is a zombie? :o.. Interesting. That was not in the Manga. |
| My impression about this episode. Mixed bag if you ask me. |
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coolguyvaters said: I'm surprised at the lack of people saying stuff along the lines of "WTF happened to Chihiro?!" At the end of episode 8 I was excited to see what was gonna happen and then.... this episode happened and completely killed all hope for suspense for me. MAYBE it would have been a good episode if it wasn't after a fucking cliffhanger in which Rea's crazy ass father kidnapped Chihiro! So yeah, IMO, this episode blew big time it's called a filler most shows have this. never heard of it? most fillers are also intentionally located after a cliffhanger it was an okay filler the latter half of the episode was good (the rea/mero scene) the 1st half not so much although anything with mero in it is pretty cute. anyways fillers usually have some nonsensical scenes that do nothing in terms of story progression. idk idc still found it some what enjoyable |
zzzeallyJun 1, 2012 2:13 AM
Zeally said: it's called a filler most shows have this. never heard of it? most fillers are also intentionally located after a cliffhanger Actually it's not filler, most of things from this episode was also in manga. |
| Another character exposition, but I'm long past the point of expecting much from the main story and would have been more satisfied by a slightly decent side story. For me, Chihiro's family has always been more interesting, as personalities, than the main cast. Too bad this one was not so interesting. The second half had some merits, but the rest not so much. What was interesting was Mero copying the Heart Sutra, usually done for good karma. Not that it was especially peculiar for someone living in a temple, but it wasn't something I expected to see in anime. |
| Mero-chan So M.O.E, enjoy this ep, was wondering when she would got some face was worth the wait. |
| Another Mero's side story. Damn, that crocodile kinda freak me out somehow |
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| wow, Mero is cute . That crocodile is cute as well, I thought at first it was Babu when they show its eye only lol The teacher eating raw meat freak me out somehow. |
| So she can make does expressions :) so cute When she said mama :)) |
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| Love mero chan so was really happy throughout this episode. |
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| Mero was really cute. |
dbaranyi said: EXACTLY! Bet anyone 100$ for fun that they will end it with the intro of Daryl in the ED credits and they are going to end it with the resolve of Chihiro and Rea's father. Bet anything that it's the plan.Oh well, I guess that they needed fillers in order to end the anime at a certain spot in the story... |
No follow up to the previous episode in any way. All the tension about Chihiro being kidnapped is gone now. The hell you need filler in a show which lasts 9 episodes? It's not Naruto you know.  |
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| This isn't really filler if its from the manga, but i sort of saw this coming with the limited amount of chapters they have to work with |
| GAWD this episode was boring, i havent skipped parts of a episode since.... naruto years back.. wtf happen to chihiro??? thats all i care about, only thing dat was somewhat decent about this episode was the ending. but even that, hated it. |
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| this episode was VERY GOOD love the focus towards mero-chan the teacher misunderstanding was hilarious, who carries around a pet alligator? xDDD miko-chan's ramen story had me LOLing and furuya mother was a zombie??? i love how well mero's memories of her mother intertwined so perfectly with rea's interactions with her |
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| Utterly worthless episode. Bah. |
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| (grin) really interesting to see the very wide range of opinions and reactions to this episode. For me, yes, I found it annoying even last week when we all realized the show would leave Chihiro hanging, but putting that aside I took a lot away from watching this episode, and not just the apparent confirmation that Mero's mother was a zombie. I've decided at this point I like Mero's character much more than any of the others - I just see a lot more depth and expression in her personality. A lot of the episode seemed to spend time on her friends, but you can also learn a lot about somebody by learning something about their friends and the story tied things back to Mero. She feels isolated and alone (maybe even fighting depression?), but unlike her obsessed brother she tries to reach out to other people and has real friends - just not any real relationships within her own family. That she would make a connection between Rea and her mother because of their shared zombie characteristics is sad, however - she really can't move forward because she's looking back. Rea did win a few points with me this episode when she made her self scarce to avoid getting involved between Chihiro and Ranko. Though I think such efforts are lost on those two it did seem to make an impression on Mero. |
CratexJun 1, 2012 9:00 AM
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| So its was a filler/side ep? At first I panicked and thought I missed an episode or 2 somewhere or [hadena] was trolling me lol. |
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GSG_Angelica said: At first I panicked and thought I missed an episode or 2 somewhere or [hadena] was trolling me lol. Me too XD |
| Lol I thought that girl was a boy till I saw the skirt. That poster, thought Mero was flat. |
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| Didn't even finish it tbh, fuck filler episodes |
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| This anime keeps mixing up it's episodes. I watched the first two out of order and am REALLY glad I did and this one should have been last weeks and last weeks cliffhanger should have been this weeks! Pisses me off that they did a freaking filler right after a cliffhanger! And for that, the anime just lost a point on my list! And for those of you saying that this wasn't a filer cause it was in the manga, Manga have fillers too! Hell, I've dropped manga cause it turned into nothing BUT filler! |
sisgoodJun 1, 2012 10:33 AM
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| The first two stories are fillers... but they were good too! Mero's friends are cute too. Finally, a Mero-chan episode!!! This completely tells us that her mother is a zombie. Cannot wait for the next episode to go back to the plot. |
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| I'm glad that Mero got some face time she deserves it. And she is supa kawaii. |
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| They took the manga part, then made it into a whole episodes. And it wasn't too bad. |
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