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May 9, 2010 12:12 PM
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Liked the way he used to cancel her contract :)
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May 11, 2012 10:25 PM
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gohdan said:
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Liked the way he used to cancel her contract :)

I was thinking the same thing, Gene is very clever.
Jul 12, 2012 1:05 AM
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Now this is a much more interesting girl than the cat-girl :) Btw, great character devolpment on Gene, not to mention the great fighting he gave us.
Jan 10, 2013 1:10 AM
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Nice going by Gene. I enjoyed the figh with the assassin.

Apr 16, 2013 1:29 AM
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Looks like Suzuka will make a great replacement for Hilda..
Aug 31, 2013 1:27 PM
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A more interesting lady than Clan Clan to be sure. Gene is showing more brains that I though in getting her to to submit to him too.
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Oct 30, 2013 9:24 PM
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Gene won by halfway stripping her. What a man.
May 17, 2014 3:23 PM
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I'm half excited and half disappointed. What I thought would be an epic fight ended quickly through Gene practically cheating by stripping Suzuka. Wtf? D:

Also, that moment when Suzuka split the truck in half - that was bloody awesome.



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Nov 12, 2014 11:19 AM
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Those Bruce Lee moves, rofl. Luo, what a character, episode 6, what an episode.
Jan 21, 2015 9:47 AM

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Fred was quite different from what I expected.

y'know for being a top notch assassin ripping off a piece of clothing seems like a pretty easy way to defeat Suzuka. while she was definitely powerful she didn't give off the vide of being the amazing killer they say she is.

regardless, i like how Gene resolved his problem (kind of) by convincing Suzuka that she had to kill him before she could kill Fred.
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THIS SHIT IS HILARIOUS LOL

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Oct 25, 2015 12:12 AM
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lol Fred sure doesint know when to let up and wow hes actually in love with gene. Oh man that gene sword swinging animation was bad.so taking off her cloths was her weak point.
Feb 20, 2017 4:08 PM

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So they don't ever find out who hired Suzuka?

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Aug 22, 2017 3:11 AM

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From Hilda to Susuka, the ladies in this show are great.
Dec 27, 2018 6:22 PM

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“nice to meet you, i am melfina”
“oh yeah, whatever nice to meet you”
lmao fred when greeting the gang.

i found the twist of this episode to be hilarious.
the overall tone of this show reminds me of samurai champloo, or cowboy bebop. it can get quite philosophical, yet at the same time it can be funny as hell.

it isn’t an outlaw’s style to kill.

Jan 12, 2020 10:28 AM

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It was okay. The show feels like something from the 1980s to be honest even though it was from the late 90s. There are certain views that also spoiled the fun of the movie "Clue" they are dated and uncomfortable and NOT funny.
Feb 10, 2020 7:30 AM

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Better than the last one, but it didn't live up to the first four episodes. I find Fred to be... kind of a homophobic parody almost? Also Gene's fight ended with some weird ecchi stuff basically. At least it was kind of clever.
Mar 9, 2020 12:32 AM

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I kinda knew Fred was Gay. Especially the way he looks at Gene and James XD

Not surprised how they were kinda "irked" him. This was the 90s, so of course gays were considered a bit of a taboo subject. Especially in Japan with the "I'm Not Gay"

That was a great fight! I actually wanted Gene to cancel that contract and force a new contract with Suzuka.

Hope to see more of her :)
Jul 23, 2021 9:12 PM

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How did Suzuka follow them or go ahead of them to the middle of nowhere where they ended their match? the scene before she was riding on top of someone else's vehicle and i don't believe they drove off all the way there...
Jan 17, 2022 12:51 AM

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Suzuka's intro was awesome before the OP!

The music during the chase scene.

Gene's a pretty great talker, convincing people of things. I like how he made the deal with Suzuka.
May 31, 2022 6:30 PM
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The Outlaw Star is armed to the teeth now, so from here onward I assume the "real" show is going to begin. What adventures await Gene?

So far this show seems just okay. There doesn't seem to be anything in particular amazing or bad about it. It seems like a product of its time, maybe it would've been more amusing had I watched it back when it first came out?
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Aug 11, 2022 8:17 PM
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A pretty meh introduction for Suzuka.
Mar 28, 2023 2:33 PM
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Yor Forger, I mean Twilight Suzuka appears.

Turns out undressing is a very effective against female assasings.
Apr 2, 2023 6:03 AM
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The art style was inconsistent and the fight chorography was off. Story wise it was a fun episode.
Aug 28, 2023 1:43 AM
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James is without a doubt the best character & best part of this entire anime. 

The face he makes while they are landing and the MC basically says to the control tower that he doesn't know how to pilot/land a starship is priceless! 😂

So Luo is both gay and a p€do, yeah last time I checked James was suppose to be 11 y/o.
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Oh ok, I got it. The joke was homophobia
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I did have a hunch that Fred was meant to be a camp character just the way he acted towards Melafina when she introduced herself, just so happy to see Gene and Jim but not so much for her. XD We are introduced to yet another character in the form of Suzuka, an assassin after Fred's life. Really liked the fight between her and Gene. I gotta say Gene just splitting Suzuka to end the fight was very clever on his part. Dishonour the warrior, hmm. The episode also establishes Suzuka as a badass fighter because come on you gotta admit her splitting a truck in half with just a wooden sword was pretty cool.

I get the feeling with Suzuka around she's going to take the role of what Hilda started with, a tough but firm mentor of sorts. Maybe? Who knows she's a pretty cool character so far. Definitely a bit better than last episode but to be fair with that one it was pretty much a transitional episode I will say that the show seems to be picking up steam here. Not bad, not bad.
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My goodness, Fred just has to be the most entertaining character we've encountered so far by a long shot. Even more than Aisha in the previous episode. He seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that Gene and Jim clearly are not interested in him in the way he'd like them to. No matter, it doesn't seem like he's got any intention of giving up. No wonder Gene and Jim hesitated so hard to resort to his help!

I loved the many little details featured in this episode. Like the bodyguards telling Gene the only reason they tolerated his behavior is because "their young master loves him". Or how Fred suggested Jim he'd pay him a visit when he'd become a little older. Or Fred's complete indifference toward Melfina while being absolutely enthusiastic about Gene and Jim.

And of course, Suzuka, the sexy lady assassin. She's quite the anachronistic character - being so rigidly bound by an honor code like she is can't be too helpful in a world like Outlaw Star's. Her skill at the sword is also beyond human - how could she possibly slice a truck in two with a swing of her sword? Then again, this show is no stranger to all kinds of wackiness. All her skill and strength doesn't seem to have worked out against Gene, though. It appears this is the first time she's been defeated by anyone.

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