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Oh man, this is twisted! Can't really say anything, the way all this is set up is creepy.

I was only a little surprised that it was Kanji's mother leaking all that information. Also I came to hate Dung Beetle even more in this episode.

Next ep should be very interesting again, can't wait to see it.

Twisted indeed. That was one nutty backstory. Only 4 episodes left, looking forward to them.

How can anyone hate Dung Beetle. It's simply beyond understanding.

I wonder if in finding about his mother he will no longer partake in the research, and if bad things are going to happen as a result.

I am really curious about how the anime ends now O:

So it seems Dung Beetle is indeed Youka's brother. It was an interesting back story.. and seems this fights have been going on for ages, but I was expecting some info about the actual creators of the game. Well there's gotta be some soon since there's only 4 episodes left. Looking forward to it.

Dung Beetle is easy to hate because he's an incredible coward and a sadist. His actions when he was still human reminds me a bit of Jun early on. While Jun didn't go so far as chasing down people and beating them up, he would often make negative comments and provoke the others to keep fighting even if they didn't want to. Something or someone better kill off Dung Beetle in the next 4 episodes or I won't be happy.

I take it now that this special job Dung Beetle has lined up for Kana is to recruit new pilots on the next world. That's just too cruel for that poor little girl =\

I was hoping to learn what the purpose to all the fighting is but it looks like even Youko isn't privy to the true intentions. I wonder if Dung Beetle would know and just won't tell? Otherwise they'll need to somehow find out from the creators themselves.

I thought Yoshikawa was being saved for last because he had some extra significance when he saw the creators some odd episodes back. It looks like Dung Beetle has decided otherwise for the next episode. And as for his mother, I always suspected she wasn't being up front with the kids so I wasn't shocked when it was revealed she was leaking information. She looked concerned when her son got contracted but it's too little too late to shed tears for her after all those other children had to die.

Dung beatle must die... *on to next ep*

Great episode with some interesting backstory that helps finally wrap up some questions about Dung Beetle; also looks like Kanji finally pissed him off enough to have himself picked next, since IIRC Dung Beetle planned to have Ushiro next, then Kanji was going to be the last.

Dung Beetle sure is a polarizing character though, can't wait to see him bite it at the end of it all.

Nice. Hehe

Was a pretty good episode, explains the position that Machi has been forced into and a lot more of the "game".

So this is an endless game, and the universe they're from isn't the 'leader' one; where is all of this really starting from, then?
Lots of questions answered, lots of new ones appear.

Dung Beetle was a wimp as a human, but that's not too surprising; when death is in front of you, you never know how you'll really act.

"Yoshikawa... You really must have a death wish, huh?"

Agreed, we'll really see if he's next or not though. Basically, he wanted him to follow them, so he had a liking to him more than of Jun, although his character is closer to the latter one. I don't think the little sister is traumatized by being taken around; she chose it for herself, and since it happened so often, she's been getting used to it especially.

And Dung Beetle hearing the entire conversation was pretty obvious, that's just like him, no?