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Aug 13, 2009 11:09 AM
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Nice episode.
Naoto fight was great. But I think the episodes before were better.
Aug 13, 2009 2:19 PM
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I also think the episodes were better.

Good fight. :)
Aug 13, 2009 3:19 PM
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Love this episode. Naoto's a great character~
Aug 13, 2009 3:43 PM
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I love this one - seeing the fight animated was great. It's been a long time since I read this chapter. Naoto is awesome. :)

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Aug 13, 2009 7:20 PM
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Good episode. I hope this ends up becoming a full series sometime soon...
Aug 13, 2009 9:06 PM
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Omegaoveride said:
Good episode. I hope this ends up becoming a full series sometime soon...

Yep I really hope they keep creating OVAS so they don't have to worry about editing out to much of the more violent parts.

Can't wait to see the subbed Haine OVA!!!

Aug 13, 2009 9:22 PM
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Now if only every other anime (that are based of a manga) was animated exactly like Dogs (The whole first manga was animated) than i would be..



Aug 13, 2009 11:22 PM
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Previous episodes were more exciting for some reason. Can't say I'm happy with Shizuka Itou voicing Naoto, too.
Aug 13, 2009 11:25 PM
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Saw the raws 1~2 weeks ago, saw it subbed again today...

I thought it was great. Naoto is awesome~ :D
Aug 14, 2009 12:30 AM

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It's a bit better than the previous one in my opinion.
Aug 14, 2009 1:23 AM

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Probably the best episode so far.

The only downside was the voice Naoto's master, whose voice wasn't as gruff and unaffected as I imagined in the manga. Still, this one actually managed to equal or surpass its original.

Unfortunately, the final episode covers Haine, the most generic and boring of the four leads.
Aug 14, 2009 3:10 AM

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Just so-so. Probably, I expected a lot more from it even though it was faithful to the manga. Ah yes, previous episodes were better. Hopefully Haine will be good 'cause I am so looking forward to it! It better be ;)
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Myu- said:
Can't say I'm happy with Shizuka Itou voicing Naoto, too.
yeah i wanted her to sound a bit more tough :|
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Unfortunately, the final episode covers Haine, the most generic and boring of the four leads.
are you serious? i think his background story and is the most interesting of the 4 and not in the least bit "generic." I'm looking very much forward to the next one honestly.
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Aug 14, 2009 4:05 AM

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Naruleach said:
YoungVagabond said:
Unfortunately, the final episode covers Haine, the most generic and boring of the four leads.
are you serious? i think his background story and is the most interesting of the 4 and not in the least bit "generic." I'm looking very much forward to the next one honestly.


Absolutely. He's a quiet, "tortured soul with a dark past", pretty boy with long white/blonde hair. Where have we seen that before?

Oh, that's right...Cloud from FF7 as well as the protagonists of roughly half the JRPGs ever made.

It's a shame, too. Mihei and Badou are original and exciting characters, and while she works as more of a set-up for the story, Naoto is alright. But the author was definitely packing it in when he thought up of Haine. My question is...you love Haine and have him as your favorite character and everything...but where's Cloud? Shouldn't the original get at least as much respect as his copy?
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YoungVagabond said:
Naruleach said:
YoungVagabond said:
Unfortunately, the final episode covers Haine, the most generic and boring of the four leads.
are you serious? i think his background story and is the most interesting of the 4 and not in the least bit "generic." I'm looking very much forward to the next one honestly.
Absolutely. He's a quiet, "tortured soul with a dark past", pretty boy with long white/blonde hair. Where have we seen that before?

Oh, that's right...Cloud from FF7 as well as the protagonists of roughly half the JRPGs ever made.

It's a shame, too. Mihei and Badou are original and exciting characters, and while she works as more of a set-up for the story, Naoto is alright. But the author was definitely packing it in when he thought up of Haine. My question is...you love Haine and have him as your favorite character and everything...but where's Cloud? Shouldn't the original get at least as much respect as his copy?
lol touché, but I still can't agree.
Unfortunately for you, I've never seen Final Fantasy or ever played a role playing game before so I wouldn't know. I think Haine's background is quite an interesting one for a character who was genetically experimented on as a child, has gynophobia, is an albino, and heals faster than a normal human. I don't know about you but that sounds pretty unique to me and not so much "generic."
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The fight was good but everything else quite lame. Killing the parents and asking the kid if she wants to live. Never questioning why they said Naoto #2.. getting this after episode 2, I'm disappointed.

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cyruz said:
The fight was good but everything else quite lame. Killing the parents and asking the kid if she wants to live. Never questioning why they said Naoto #2.. getting this after episode 2, I'm disappointed.


lol yeah... Dogs has never made too much sense to me either. I guess the draw of the series is the characters and not the plot.
Aug 14, 2009 2:49 PM

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bwahahachick said:
lol yeah... Dogs has never made too much sense to me either. I guess the draw of the series is the characters and not the plot.
I agree. How else can someone deal with ten page chapters the cover around five seconds of real time? :|

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Aug 14, 2009 9:53 PM

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Aug 16, 2009 9:37 PM
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when is the 4th one coming out
like the haine story!!!
Aug 17, 2009 8:15 AM

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It was okay, but not really good. Kind of cruel for Naoto, luckily she killed that bastard of an Magoto. Previous episode was better.
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Aug 17, 2009 8:13 PM

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It was great. Love the action. Magato doesn't look that insane and twisted as he does in the manga.
Aug 18, 2009 5:27 AM
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adamantine said:
bwahahachick said:
lol yeah... Dogs has never made too much sense to me either. I guess the draw of the series is the characters and not the plot.
I agree. How else can someone deal with ten page chapters the cover around five seconds of real time? :|


This, this so much. I can't take the way the chapters come out anymore. It was totally enthralling when I was reading this for the first time, reading chapter after chapter. You wouldn't realize how slow everything is until you start reading along as it's released monthly. It should be a weekly series, really. I could handle it more. But it's awkward now, as the manga is forever stuck on an action scene, and the scenes begin to blur together. I feel like nothing has progressed at all for another month with, yeah, like you mentioned, ten page chapters which is the equivalent of about five seconds or so.
Aug 19, 2009 3:44 AM

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wow it's better thanks the prev. one, naoto has some interesting personalities :D
Aug 24, 2009 12:35 AM

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Pretty cool episode, the fight was well animated, I didn't actually thought someone with a knight could beat a swordsman, but she did it pretty well and it was quite believable. Except when she took that small stone and trew it to her knife. I feel kinda sad for Naoto, she actually grew some emotions against the assasin who killed her parents; nevertheless she had some killing intents against him even untill the end.

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Aug 31, 2009 6:23 PM
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Dame great reason y i voted for Naoto for the title bad ass
Sep 5, 2009 6:36 AM
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Liked this a lot compared to the previous eps. Naoto's badass... though her voice doesn't fit her badass-ness :/ Still prefer the manga over the anime.
Sep 5, 2009 9:14 AM

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Great episode, good fight scenes. Naoto is awesome!
Sep 8, 2009 4:55 PM

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Naoto is great that fight was sick
Sep 25, 2009 2:52 PM

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Kinda funny how so many people don't like this episode. Only decent one of the bunch for me lol
Sep 28, 2009 8:30 PM

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This episode probably is better than previous episodes. Naoto is awesome, and her fight scenes are good.
Oct 23, 2009 12:47 AM

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She's pretty good.
Dec 20, 2009 3:56 PM

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Hehe, nice sword fight there. I'm definitely gonna check out the manga when I have time.
Mar 20, 2010 3:20 PM

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Great episode. Gonna wrap it up and watch the last one now.
Jun 20, 2010 2:24 PM

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I liked this ep the most up until now. Naoto is such an amazing character, I hope they'll make this to a bigger series.
Jul 2, 2010 2:27 PM

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Cliche' and had way too much fanservice.
Aug 18, 2010 8:25 PM

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Oh, I get it. She's Batman!
Oct 30, 2010 3:53 AM

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the story was good :))
May 1, 2011 9:26 AM

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Good episode for me. The sword fight was nice.

Naoto seems to be my favorite character thus far, even if counting on the cliché plot of her wanting to revenge.
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This is my favorite episode this far. I like this anime's style. Although I want to see how these characters' life ends(cause' I don't think they end up like normal people do) the way it's done... we see just bits of their life - it's so unsatisfying that I really can't object that I like it.
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The other episodes were OK, interesting enough, but this one deserves a 9 by itself. It developed quite nicely with great characters (for the little screentime they hav anywae). And the animation was simply spectacular!
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Uhmm somebody named Naoto really killed her parents then? Maybe she'll hunt him/her/it later but Magato said something about living life on revenge, perhaps that was Fuyumine's intention as well? Maybe the first Naoto was also Fuyumine's student? Ah all these questions! I didn't feel any closure or something. X(
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Boobies and sword fights? I approve ;)
Jun 15, 2014 12:46 PM

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Least favourite one :/
Nov 7, 2014 12:38 PM

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NAOTO MY BABY. She was always one of my favorites in the manga so it was cool to see her animated, but I really wish that her episode was longer cause I feel like they left out so much information.
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Oh, I get it. She's Batman!

lol what.

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this was the first episode i didn't like.
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Love this episode!!
I love Naoto
Jun 26, 2022 7:46 AM

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Naoto is such a badass. Would love to see whole series just about this blade maiden.

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