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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

Their mother is a zombie? :o.. Interesting. That was not in the Manga.

My impression about this episode.



Mixed bag if you ask me.

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

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

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 :))

Love mero chan so was really happy throughout this episode.

Mero was really cute.

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.

well i guess take a detour for now for mero ep (all this happen before cat-nap of cat hair boy)

mero doing usual sweep notice her brother more active & duty to rea.
mero & her pals wonder strange stuff like if teacher is "something" with bag & meat.
but it just a pet gator for the teacher to feed with meat.
smelly stuff but smell for ramen making.
mero mention a "zombie" give can't let them see it due temple rules.
one of them oops mention mero's mom (cause she "gone") & only memory of her mom was bandage hand & cold touch.
mero went home hear cat hair boy & wanko blah then go mom's grave.
mero put foods here rea give rea amaze at mero.
during which it's remind mero of her mom within rea then slip feel & rea fix it for mero.
show pic of rea that all folks.

yet another detour ep next is the step-mom.

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.

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.

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

Utterly worthless episode. Bah.

(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.