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| Well, this anime is getting better and thats good. The final of the episode was really... well, I don't find the word to describe it. |
Digglett said: >People complaining about realism in an anime. >realism in an anime. >in an anime. >anime. SERIOUSLY GUYS, you're killing me here, I'm laughing at you trying to put together realism for anime. Stop trying, it's a futile act. totally agree. who want realism go watch Oprah |
| Man I actually woke up this morning with a sore throat. Think the end of this episode stuck with me lol. Not had an anime shock in a while =P |
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| I assume Yukari saw mei right before she died in a pretty gruesome way. That scene is hard for me to look at and sad for her.:( The rest of the class is officially on death watch.lol. I think this episode is the "go" episode i was looking for. |
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| Honestly I was starting to get disapointed in this anime thinking it wasnt dark themed at all... But damn....dat ending...loved it. |
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| Can that accident really happen? |
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| Christ, I actually felt some pain in my own throat watching that ending. I am not going to be able to use an umrella ever again for the rest of my life... I liked the show from the start already, and it just keeps getting better. Excellent ride so far, waiting impatiently for more! |
| Everyone is jumping too much into conclusion that because J.C. staff is doing it. It's gonna end up badly. It hasn't even started it. Give them a chance at least. And when the time comes and they actually ruin it. We can all go to Japan, go to J.C. staff and burn their offices. I'll pay for the trip lol - alpha69 about the Little Busters! anime. |
Yumekichi11 said: was not natural since her shoes were dry and there was nothing there. Therefore the thing did something around her. Bullshit. Shoes (or the floor for that matter) don't have to be wet in order for someone to slip and fall down a staircase. If you noticed, she was running and thus, she was careless, probably because she had other things on her mind as well. All it takes is one bad step to fall off a flight of stairs and end up in a lot of pain or worse. I should know, it happened to me a few times (though I managed to grab the railing before I tumbled any further. I still twisted my ankle really bad, though). |
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| It was obvious why the umbrella fell down like that, opened and stood pointed at her, but the thing that sucked was the physic in her fall. She clearly slipped and somehow tripped while slipping, because her fall was the result of tripping, not slipping. If she slipped then her butt would have a third hole, not her neck. I find that part ridiculous. The fact that she fell down and pierced her neck was the kind of screenplay I hoped this anime wouldn't have, but oh well, better this than kids killing each other like in Higurashi. I just hope that they'll fix the physics. Even physics in Gundam are more realistic. Also, I had a chance to slip just like she did, and all that happened was my ass bouncing downstairs :< |
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| There is a rule of no running in the hall way but there is no rule for the stair case lol ZetaZaku said: but you can't deny it won't happen.The chance of the tip is made balance in order to stab the neck is very low but its not zero .I find that part ridiculous. The fact that she fell down and pierced her neck was the kind of screenplay I hoped this anime wouldn't have, but oh well, better this than kids killing each other like in Higurashi. You need a good sturdy Stunt performer to try this many time =p |
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| Some people are so god damn annoying. "OMGZ SO UNREALISTIC!!! LULZ" It's like shut the fuck up, it's an anime, when have animes ever been known to be realistic? |
| Kinda expected more under Misaki's eyepatch after the troll cliffhanger from last week, but still pretty creepy... And talk about a f*cked up way to die. If she didn't break her neck from falling down the stairs, the umbrella through the throat was just horrible. Her body twitching afterwards made me cringe a little... :S |
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| hmm I found the first part still pretty boring, though de dolls really freak me out.. I was also guessing that Mei would just kill them all so the killer umbrella was pretty unsuspected :'] but I was pretty shocked seeing her die :x (didn't expect it either cause I was already guessing for 2 eps that the nurse would die :']) I think she saw Mei too, don't think she'd be that scared to see the main guy.. but she seemed in a hurry when she left the classroom.. I wonder why there was an exam sheet on Mei's desk if "she doesn't exist" I hope the order in the ED isn't the dying order, I don't want to see the brown haired guy die as third :( (but I'm guessing that if it's the dying order, the main guy is already died (cause you see him first) and everyone joins him x-x Still who's the girl that stands outside the window? Cause it looks like she made it out alive.. xD |
BrenJan 24, 2012 10:30 AM
| Shocking end. More blood there than in manga? because i only saw shorter version O_o |
| Can't remember the last time a death scene got this much of a reaction out of me. This is a kind of good cliffhanger. |
| Dammit why did i read the mnaga first the anime is wayyyy better.Luckily i stopeed reading it after first couple of chapters after finding bout the anime Last year |
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SaraM said: Shocking end. More blood there than in manga? because i only saw shorter version O_o Well, there's a lot of ink in the equivalent panel in the manga. LOL |
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| That ending O_O Gotta love the pacing in this anime.. Can't wait for next week! |
| I am glad I was able to stop myself from reading manga after chapter 3..... This was a surprise. I am wondering what is the rest of the story... @Bren About your question "why there was an exam sheet on Mei's desk?" Well these are my thoughts about that... Maybe because of what happened 26 years ago (Misaki showing on the picture) they now that she is always around so they act like she is still there. Also I think what she said about Sakaki being only one able to see her is not true. When he ran towards the roof guy that was with him looked up and made a strange face, also scene with Yukari makes me think, what if she can see her too. What if everyone can see her, and they all simply ignore her because if her name... To many questions, my brain hurts, can't.....wait.... for.... ne.... xt.... episode...... @King of noodles "Mei is super cute... and her voice actress is doing a fantastic job. The quiet and emotionless voice. Sometimes gives me shivers just listening to her talk." Well I don't find it creepy. It is quite interesting, and I couldn't help but agree that voice actress is awesome... For other that think that thing with umbrella is not possible. You are mistaken... I have some experience with this crazy stuff and I did similar experiments about probability of some things that look almost impossible (don't ask me why). Although chances are very small, this is not impossible. Umbrella doesn't have to balance to much, since it can happen that you fall on it at the same time as it lands, so your own body weight will pin down umbrella, and since they clearly showed that top was very sharp, like a needle, force needed for this doesn't have to be that great, although she slipped strangely but this is anime... That's all I had to say. I might send this for umbrella to mythbusters, it would make a nice experiment... |
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| @Yumekichi11 can you put your spoilers in a spoiler tag please? |
| Great episode. I think everyone will see Misaki before they die. Eventually, only the main character lives on. Shocking ending, but great. I do think you guys overreact though, it wasn't that gore. |
| this was a great episode, they did really well with the last scene i actually felt a little sick, that is unusual. my expectations of this anime is rising sky high, and before watching this episode i thought it was going to be rubbish, wow |
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| That was kinda predictable xD But yeah "NO RUNNING WITH SHARP OBJECTS!! Best example for it!!" But that anime is creepy as hell o.o I luv it .. MOAR!! |
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Vaplao said: You know, some old umbrellas do have very sharp pointy ends and she fell on it with a very strong force. The ludicruous part is not that but the whole "umbrella falls before her while also opening up" thing. sharp oh please its an umbrella LOL fuck I am not running down stair with an umbrella anymore. **RE-EDIT nvm I just watch the scene once again, and the umbrella as this needle on the tip |
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AO968 said: Perhaps but I did not see it that way. It looked as something swooshed her suddenly. Like you mention she could have grabbed the rail less the fear impaired her to do so. If so then the thing being the curse ghost could have taken advantage of that. Paranormal forces can easily manipulate emotions.Yumekichi11 said: was not natural since her shoes were dry and there was nothing there. Therefore the thing did something around her. Bullshit. Shoes (or the floor for that matter) don't have to be wet in order for someone to slip and fall down a staircase. If you noticed, she was running and thus, she was careless, probably because she had other things on her mind as well. All it takes is one bad step to fall off a flight of stairs and end up in a lot of pain or worse. I should know, it happened to me a few times (though I managed to grab the railing before I tumbled any further. I still twisted my ankle really bad, though). walpurga said: What spoilers? I did not say any.@Yumekichi11 can you put your spoilers in a spoiler tag please? |
Leon-Gun said: Vaplao said: You know, some old umbrellas do have very sharp pointy ends and she fell on it with a very strong force. The ludicruous part is not that but the whole "umbrella falls before her while also opening up" thing. sharp oh please its an umbrella LOL fuck I am not running down stair with an umbrella anymore. **RE-EDIT nvm I just watch the scene once again, and the umbrella as this needle on the tip Everything is possible. Like I explained. Why is it so hard to believe that umbrella fell before she did? |
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akutasame94 said: Leon-Gun said: Vaplao said: You know, some old umbrellas do have very sharp pointy ends and she fell on it with a very strong force. The ludicruous part is not that but the whole "umbrella falls before her while also opening up" thing. sharp oh please its an umbrella LOL fuck I am not running down stair with an umbrella anymore. **RE-EDIT nvm I just watch the scene once again, and the umbrella as this needle on the tip Everything is possible. Like I explained. Why is it so hard to believe that umbrella fell before she did? Physics are a lie! Really liked this episode, but now I can't get it of my mind. Another week for the next episode, can't wait. |
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| I also don't understand people who tell us to put spoilers. This is a discussion about episode 3, which means, If you haven't watched it you shouldn't come to this topic :D As I said chances are slim, but it is possible. I even put this on mythbusters site :D Also they don't clearly show the trajectory of the umbrella. Also it looks like umbrella opened at the moment it hit the ground, probably from the force of impact... |
akutasame94Jan 24, 2012 12:10 PM
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| i wish tomorrow to be Monday already does anyone know where Misaki is in this photo? |
| Excuse me while I go throw up from that ending. |
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sdfsdf said: I don't get why he freaks out all the time. I can understand at the end when she dies, but before that it should honestly just be confusion (when Misaki said she didn't exist, why not act confused instead of all OH NO or at least think about maybe he's crazy. He's just way too believing of everyone, especially since he's from Tokyo), considering they've never said anything bad happened. Creepy at most, but he freaks out way too much for someone who should be pretty clueless. Frustration, that's fine. But aside from the music and other cues that he really can't catch on in the story, he acts way too stupidly. At least he has a reason to freak out now. He's not "freaking" out, he's just scared because everything leads to Mei being dead, and it is scary to think that he can be the only one who actually sees her. Class doesn't seem to notice her and she's always alone. I personally would be scared. And the manga said her eye was blue, oh.. It would be much prettier, red + green reminds me of Rozen Maiden. |
cleo said: piperz said: Oh i have another theory to add... Before Yukari died, she must have seen the ghost of the Misaki who died in Mei' place that’s why she began to tremble and death came after. So basically, they were actually ignoring the current Misaki to break this so-called curse by trying to undo the events that happened 26 yrs ago. Remember, Mai mentioned to Kouichi about 26 yrs ago on how their class acted as if Misaki was still with them but, in reality, she was already dead. And after the graduation, Misaki seems to have appeared on the photo looking pale and was probably saddened about pretending as if she is still alive. That probably triggered this curse, or i should say Misaki haunting down the students in class 3. Reiko said that Kouichi's mom was indeed in class 3 at 9th grade. So if her mom is dead (not sure if she's dead in the anime) then there has to connection between that and the curse in class 3. So to say, this event has been going on for 26 years. And now in the present time, Kouichi's class is trying to mimic the class 26 yrs ago but instead of pretending that Misaki is alive(i think this is the mistake class 3 did 26 yrs ago).... they are ignoring Mei to make it look like she never existed or put Mei in Misaki's place who had died to end the cycle and to finally let Misaki rest in peace. I like your theory, though I'm not that sure Yukari saw Misaki's ghost. I'm pretty sure everyone can see Mei, but they're deliberately ignoring her up to the date of Misaki's death 26 years earlier. Hence the 'I'll tell you in a month' and those countermeasures. So she's a scapegoat, and probably there have been others in the years before as well. Now if there really is a curse, and Misaki's ghost is involved, than she might have died during that schooltrip. Cause I think the change in dates for the schooltrip must have it's reason, and the circumstances about her death are very unclear. I don't think Misaki died during a schooltrip since her classmates were alive. Probably in the later years, whenever Class 3 go to a school trip they all end up dead cause of an accident, then maybe the same event happened 2 or 3 times more after the first school trip incident so they had to move the school trip in 8th grade. Also, here's a question If you were a top student with high academic grades and excellent athletic skills, and suddenly your life was taken away before even graduating. Then your classmates acted as if you were still alive and didn't wanna accept the cruel reality that happened to you. And they insisted on keeping up the act up until graduation. What would you feel? |
| I believe her death was a murder or something like that, since this is very similar to real life case that happened in Japan... Just google Sakakibara Seito... |
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| I THING I know who is going to die next. By just looking closely to the Ending Song, it shows the friends one by one, and since that girl came up first she died first ... But thast really my guess (x |
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Valencia said: I THING I know who is going to die next. By just looking closely to the Ending Song, it shows the friends one by one, and since that girl came up first she died first ... But thast really my guess (x Thats what i thought at first, but some j*rkface spoiled the manga |
| lol @piperz well i'm glad i didn't read through all the comments. And well that's what I was thinking, about the ending, but it would be too obvious now. But i'm really sad now, I really liked that girl, she was nice. I also don't like the main character, he's too slow to realize what's going on. anywaysi also think the megane girl saw mei before she ran to the stairs. But then the megane boy saw her too, i think. So why would mei mention that what if sakakibara was the only one who could see her. ?? Well this is a big time mystery anime so I will definitely keep watching, mostly because I want to find out what's going on. Would have been better if the lead was a female :D. Anyways well can't wait for next episode and the one after that...and so on. And about the whole thing with the twin tails girl, recognizing him but now know from where that also took out my curiosity even more. |
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| Sweet episode :D. Though I accidently looked it up before I saw the ep so I knew it was gonna happen.Luckily I haven't seen past this. I like the pacing of this anime. Those dolls are really pretty although they're kinda creepy lol. |
| omg the ending... I so didn't expect that to happen. That scared the heck outta me when her neck was >w< ah omg ... |
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MoonxArtemis said: Well there 2, Mei is the female one and Kouichi is the male one. Notice Mei is most often shown than the other students. That's why I think she is to be a MC also. Some series have those. Well this is a big time mystery anime so I will definitely keep watching, mostly because I want to find out what's going on. Would have been better if the lead was a female :D. Anyways well can't wait for next episode and the one after that...and so on. @piperz Your speculation over the class thing is explained much later on. Your question also will form a meaning with other revealings. Perhaps reformulating it then would be wise I will be looking forward to your theories as I like them even though I have my own. Manga reader HEADS UP! |
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