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| that's one really felt perfect blue vibes |
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| Great episode, even though it did confuse me quite a bit. |
| I like how there's a slight thread that connects all of Shounen Bat's victims so far. Hard to say how "real" that perpetrator is, but it makes me think that he's like a mind-virus that attaches to distressed people before somehow manifesting? |
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| Incredible. This episode was just incredible. "Paranoia Agent" is surprising me in every episode of it. Poor teacher. Her disorder made her life very problematic. It could be even more dramatic if in fact Hiromi was fake personality and Maria was the real, main one. |
| I might get some flak for this, but this, imo, is the worst episode of the series, and a black mark against the series as a whole, and this is coming from someone who loves this series deeply. Harumi's experiences are a grotesque misrepresentation of Disassociative Identity Disorder. The idea that she has an 'evil' personality and that her two personalities are trying to fight each other and take over is like something out of a schlocky B-movie, and is really a disappointing blunder in a series that overall, felt like it had pretty good grasp on psychology. There's also the fact that the only sex worker in the series is a villainous side of an otherwise pure and traditionally domestic woman... barf I'd honestly rec most watchers skip this one. It's not exactly plot rlevant other than setting up Harumi as a victim of Lil' Slugger. |
| "Bang." -Spike Spiegal "Everything... is connected." -Lain Iwakura "Life is too short to watch bad anime. Long Live the 1st Episode Drop." -InkSpider "Anime fans make me embarrassed to be an anime fan." -InkSpider |
| When the episode started, i thought "ok, is a hooker" but when she took off the wig my mind blew up and turned into pieces. |
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| This time we are dealing with a woman with a split personality. One personality (Maria) deals with prostitution at night and second (Harumi) is a teacher/tutor during the day. And yes she's the same tutor teaching the boy from the previous episode. Yuuichi Taira was also attacked so it was not a dream. Perhaps the only good thing about it is that they will stop bullying him. That random propose. She decided to end Maria's existence. However, it turns out that she cannot control her other side. Her second self is taking over more and more control. This clown make up was thought-provoking. And in the end, she was attacked too by a strange boy with a golden bat. More strange is that the victims feel much better after the attack than before. |
| Had a feeling that kid's teacher had a dirty secret other life, but I wasn't expecting this. Nothing like a strong blow to the head to make the voices stop |
| This definitely had the some hardcore Perfect Blue vibes and I think that I liked this more than the movie~ I definitely felt bad for Harumi when she was trying to leave her secret life behind only to be thwarted by her other self again and again. I'm starting to see a connection between the victims of Shonen Bat and I'm curious on who the next one will be like. The old guy's drawing this time was a butterfly, most likely relating to Harumi Chono's name since "chou" refers to such in Japanese. Her grasp on her identity slowly floating away is pretty reminiscent of a butterfly too. |
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| Okay correct me if I'm wrong, but every victim so far has some sort of mental disorder? Sagi has delusions that Maromi talks and acts as some sort of comfort because she is shunned at work. Ichi is a narcissist that will do anything to remain the best in everyone's eyes. Harumi has multiple personality disorder, so she struggles to understand her identity |
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| This might be one of my favorite anime episodes ever |
| Damn, I thought that attack with Yuichi is just part of his delusion. So it was real after all. And Harumi suffering from Dissociative identity disorder and some hallucinations and delusions make this episode really interesting. I’m still thinking if that character Maromi is connected with the victims as it constantly appears (or maybe just because of its popularity). |
SoraaaxiiAug 14, 2020 8:18 PM
| Loved it, definitely brought memories of Perfect Blue back to mind. Leaving phone messages to communicate between the two sides was a really clever too, both in practically but it also managed to make them act of having a message horrifying. And in terms of psychological horror, this is definitely the strongest episode thus far, they did a really good job of conveying Harumi's condition and the trauma along with Maria's constant rejection of Harumi's rejection. The VA was incredible too. The series all had a lot of great cuts and transitions that really elevated the material, and I'm interested though somewhat skeptical by the ending developments of Shonen Bat being caught. |
| Hands down a masterclass episode, I enjoy the direction this series is going very much. |
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| Love the new character perspective here in each episode thus far. I wasn't sure if Ichi was attacked in the last episode or if he was hallucinating/imagining it out of paranoia. That was exemplified brilliantly. The split in Harumi/Maria's personality really adds to the character and that psychological, eerie feeling of the show. It's pretty rare that someone has split personalities, mind, Kon really loves to play with this concept (like in Perfect Blue). The tension just keeps building and it really plays with OUR minds as viewers, it's so well done. There sure is a central theme of victimization of very emotionally and mentally vulnerable people. Not only that, the detective pointed out that people look relieved after their attacks. I wonder where that's headed. Again, I love the character designs. |
| ohhhhh MAN the part where she's repeating the answering machine's message until her other personality, maria's voice disappeared and then reappeared inside her head was so masterful. now that's a little bit of horror. something that should stay outside our psyche in the real world, doesn't leave. it's relocated itself to somewhere worse where we truly cannot escape from it: our mind. GODDAMN GOOD |
| Miserable situation with the disorder but amazing episode like the last one. Show has an incredible structure that's really pulled me into it, I'm loving this already, probably my favourite Satoshi Kon work if it keeps delivering. |
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| This was a tough episode 😰. Little sluger is a good guy fr. |
ZXEANJul 18, 2022 9:30 AM
| This was an amazing episode. Although the entire concept of someone having a dual personality that is against them has been used before, it was very well executed in this episode. The horror, tension, suspense, and most importantly, paranoia, was masterfully executed. It kind of reminded me of Perfect Blue. The framing, shot composition, and colours of the trash dump scene was beautiful. Overall great ep. |
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| Does the team in charge of the audio also worked on resident evil or what? LOL |
 lets all love lain. |
| Id hate being a total different person at night while trying to live an ordinary daytime. I'm glad the husband stayed with her even if she was acting a little paranoid when with him. I would have never guessed that she was doing sex work. |
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| That was a freaky episode. Sucks for her, she just wanted to live a normal life :( But also I need to see who they caught at the end |
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| Great Episode. Definitely gave off some Perfect Blue vibes. Felt bad for her, tough condition to live with. |
Monkey1510Aug 13, 12:13 AM
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