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| Very interesting turn in events and I quite liked this other world he hallucinated or whatever it was but it sure was interesting and well I do wonder what's next! |
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| Strange, isn't it? 5/5 |
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| u wot m8 |
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| SEASON 2, START!!! 5/5 |
"It chooses one who uses the power of God created by man, one who is able to arrive at one truth!"  |
| So this supposedly begins the second half of Big O that was divisive for whatever the reason? That fake out alternate universe was certainly strange at least. I liked the stage play, but it was still weird to see. The long shot didn't really show anything, and it was mostly Roger and Norman talking through barely moving character models before a still background. There was apparently a three year gap between episode 13 and 14, which may explain the need for some manner of recap. Still, the alternate universe bit was really confusing and misleading, so I'm not sure what it was supposed to do. Was it to express some uncertain vagueness associated with memories, as well as propose a possible interpretation of the series in terms of unreliable narration? Dunno. |
| Some kind of crazy episode. Wonder what will be next. |
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| Lots of flashbacks. We get to see a Paradigm city without Roger. Seems they are indeed making the resolution even deeper as the director has said at the end of S1. It does remind me of NYC. Especially the subway system and the top buildings. Roger has his resolve. Let's goo!!! |
| Could the production gap between episode 13 and 14 perhaps be part of some sort of metanarrative? You know, the show is about memories, and for the average viewer at the time, their memories about episodes 1 to 13 would have to be invoked and trusted, even if not 100% accurate, to appreciate episode 14. Could it be that I'm reading too much into something that is just a crazy recap? |
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| I definitely see how Chiaki J. Konaka became more involved in season 2 haha. Great "start"! Tomatoes are important! Also not sure but Angel's name in Japanese sounds similar to "play"/"act"? Nice detail if true. P.S. I wonder if the newspaper with manga panels showcased the actual Big O manga |
| So Roger has time for all that agonising introspection and doubt in the middle of battle with three megadeuses? They're quite patient for killer mechas. I know it's not the android Dorothy, and takes place in some past/alternate universe dream sequence, but it's still annoying to see "her" entering that night club with some blonde douche. What a messed up existential crisis. I like the animation and artstyle update. It balances the visuals to be more in-line with other early 2000s anime. Not to say it doesn't still have a distinctive style on its own, of course. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ╔⏤═⏤╝   ╚⏤═⏤╗☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
| They got me in the first half dammit, extremely well done existential crisis and self reflection to face his deepest fears. |
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| An entire episode dedicated to Roger's insecurities, and one that tackles an aspects about memories and identity I find very interesting. "Identity" could be something very flimsy, no? We could all stop in our tracks and start acting completely different and be completely different persons to what we were - the only thing really stopping us from that is that it would enter into conflict with our own Memories, and the Memories of others. For all that we know, if we all suddenly lost our memories, the thugs of today are the philantropists of tomorrow, the high rise capitalists of today are the goons of tomorrow. And thus we go back to the typical memory- without them, who are we? I really like the conclusion the episode brought - sure, "Roger Smith" is nothing more than a stage character, a fake, but it is the one from which the person acting as "Roger" has found his identity in, and its also the one people around him have got to love him and know him by. Believe it or not, without love it cannot be seen! To Dorothy et al, Roger Smith is very much the real person! Pretty weird time for Roger to have a big daydream about the insecurities of his past though - I didn't quite get that, did Seebach do something to cause his mental breakdown or...? |
 "A name... Toru Rikiishi" |
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