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| Well, i'm starting to think that Mato's best friend is Strength, since in the OP DM is shown pointing her weapon to her, which could be explained by Yomi feelings of jealously towards her. |
Atikal said: the more i watch of BRS, the more i want to play the orignal game. Wish it was on the english market. ;.; NISA is releasing it in America. Another good episode, Saya/BGS is crazy! I thought the BRS world was just a metaphor, but it's looking more and more like the worlds are connected. Urahara Out!! |
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| That counselor is so sketchy... >.> |
| Scary counselor lady !! >.< |
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| oh well this anime is complicated, but, you know, real life is as well; just saying |
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| Oh, God, now the counselor has problems, too?!? Between the manipulative, mentally-abusive Kagari, some of the imagery in the Other World, and Saya, this is shaping up to be one of the most disturbing anime I've ever seen. That might sound wimpy to some of you, but I'm starting to find this show legitimately unnerving. And yet I'm going to continue watching it anyway because the story is getting very interesting. The connections between the real world and BRS' world are becoming stronger with each confrontation. I hope this culminates into something big, otherwise I'll be underwhelmed by the series as a whole. |
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| And the award for crazy-counselor-who-should-never-come-into-contact-with-anyone-ever-again-especially-children goes to *drumrolll* SAYA-SAN!!!! Oh yeah, the kids who teased Kotoha are awful too, seriously...who does that. It's like your life is so boring, you're just waiting for someone to do something you can make fun of smh. |
Lucena said: Oh, God, now the counselor has problems, too?!? Between the manipulative, mentally-abusive Kagari, some of the imagery in the Other World, and Saya, this is shaping up to be one of the most disturbing anime I've ever seen. That might sound wimpy to some of you, but I'm starting to find this show legitimately unnerving. And yet I'm going to continue watching it anyway because the story is getting very interesting. The connections between the real world and BRS' world are becoming stronger with each confrontation. I hope this culminates into something big, otherwise I'll be underwhelmed by the series as a whole. "Another" and "Mirai Nikki" are plenty disturbing too if ur interested. |
| Koha ad a really lovely attitude - good on her; not letting a spineless individual and his horrid friends humilliate her. I hope nothing changes for her. The girl with the glasses (who's name has left my head) is getting more and more dodgy, I'm looking forward to learning more about her. |
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| Okay, now i have no clue what's happening here anymore. Guess one good thing is Noto Mamiko being Black Gold Saw. |
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| I love the opening and the ending :3 This episode was fucking ridiculous. The crying from Yuu and Mato after Koha had been humiliated was stupid as fuck :| Like seriously... WTF? The last scene was awesome though. I miss last weeks awesomeness. 2/5. |
Sir_Lexa said: I love the opening and the ending :3 This episode was fucking ridiculous. The crying from Yuu and Mato after Koha had been humiliated was stupid as fuck :| Like seriously... WTF? The last scene was awesome though. I miss last weeks awesomeness. 2/5. People like you are ridiculous.. They're in their first year of middle school.. They're only 12. Understand the characters, setting, and IP before you trash the anime. |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
BRSxIgnition said: Sir_Lexa said: I love the opening and the ending :3 This episode was fucking ridiculous. The crying from Yuu and Mato after Koha had been humiliated was stupid as fuck :| Like seriously... WTF? The last scene was awesome though. I miss last weeks awesomeness. 2/5. People like you are ridiculous.. They're in their first year of middle school.. They're only 12. Understand the characters, setting, and IP before you trash the anime. Dear Mr. Fanboy I didn't trash this anime. I trashed this episode. As I already said, last week was awesome, so I don't hate this anime. So in consensus: My opinion: The crying scene was unrealistic and laughably awkward. Your opinion: BRS is the best thing ever, so everyone who dislikes ANY scene in this show is a retard. |
Sir_LexaFeb 19, 2012 11:54 AM
| I guess it was an ok episode, it was worse than the last two IMO. Oh well atleast the relations between the real world and the other world are starting to be obvious. |
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| I truly commend Koha for putting up with the gang of retards with a smile, that's pretty rare in her age imo. I also was a bit surprised when Koha was having headaches before fainting in the end, but then I realized that it's probably the drugs kicking in from Saya's coffee. Once when Koha was talking with Saya, and then it weakened her when she woke up(example would be when she tripped, but I'm not sure), and again headaches before fainting again. But that's just me. |
Sir_Lexa said: BRSxIgnition said: Sir_Lexa said: I love the opening and the ending :3 This episode was fucking ridiculous. The crying from Yuu and Mato after Koha had been humiliated was stupid as fuck :| Like seriously... WTF? The last scene was awesome though. I miss last weeks awesomeness. 2/5. People like you are ridiculous.. They're in their first year of middle school.. They're only 12. Understand the characters, setting, and IP before you trash the anime. Dear Mr. Fanboy I didn't trash this anime. I trashed this episode. As I already said, last week was awesome, so I don't hate this anime. So in consensus: My opinion: The crying scene was unrealistic and laughably awkward. Your opinion: BRS is the best thing ever, so everyone who dislikes ANY scene in this show is a retard. No, I never said that. I even stated on the first episode that I ated the new style, and overall, I think there's plenty of things that could have been done better. I'm anything BUT a fanboy. I just want others to realize small things that they may not have realized at first when they were watching. I do have to agree, the last episode was better than this one, dat action, hahah |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
Annestecia said: LadyOrihime said: ^ Nope, she did drink her tea. I don't know if she drank enough to pass out, though... I'm guessing it's because she wouldn't go with her; kinda "if you're not with me, you're against me", making her an enemy she had to destroy. I read this theory in the comments of the episode in another page... remember when BRS killed the wheelchair girl? after that, in the real world, that girl got better according to yomi, and now she seems to live in peace. MAYBE killing someone in the other world can save them in the real world. not really convinced about this but it coooould be. I've some of those theories too, but, you have to wonder: if that was the case, why did BRS hold out her hand? Was it because BRS wanted to let the girl decided whether she'd allow herself to be "killed", or would BRS be forced to kill her whether she wanted to "die" or not? Is BRS judge, jury, and executioner? I have to admit, I would have gone with BGS...she at least sincerely looked like she cared...BRS just looked hella pissed, and lost her patience XD And why didn't BRS try to lop off DM's head? In episode 2, they were standing together against Chariot; this goes back to the "if you're not with me, you're against me". ^ I can't wait until episode 4's face-off between these two. Kagari looks a little crazed in episode 4's preview, so I'm on the fence about whether she's fine or not XD |
LadyOrihimeFeb 19, 2012 11:05 PM
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| I liked this episode the most so far, I hope the rest of them will be at least as good as this one. 4/5. |
| So the Counselor is probably the red girl. Mind games and friendships are strong here. |
| Saya is crazy, yeah. Was it just me or was she talking to no one in her happy fun room, then goes over and opens a book with Yomi and Mato's pix marked with red circles... hmmmmmmmmm. ALSO a lot of shit in the dream world seems to be showing in the real. (Mato dreaming there is a heart carved on Yomi's chest) And don't forget, when BRS cut off Chariot's head, Kagari got better in the real. Maybe the same for Yuu? Although.. she did collapse, and Mato could just "feel" something was wrong, running back to where she left her. More hmmmm.... more then just a "dream" me thinks. |
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| Welp, it certainly seems like the Otherworld is more than just symbolic. And I am totally okay with BGS being the final boss. Even though I never would've thought she'd be a villain, judging by her original design. Which I actually prefer over the OVA and anime ones, but I digress. I actually enjoyed this episode more than the other two, even though it significantly lacked action. -- Well, besides all of the crying that I thought was really out of place. Perhaps it's because I couldn't get into all of that Kagari doramaaaa. /shrug. And I'd like to see how they handle jealous!Yomi now. (BGS is farming Otherselves. Literally! hahaha I'm so funny.) |
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Meepy said: (BGS is farming Otherselves. Literally! hahaha I'm so funny.) I don't know why, but i can't stop laughing when i read this ;) Also, i like the anime, and i liked this episode. It was awkward, but it was on purpose, and not out of place. Kohata laughing instead of crying, Yuu and Mato crying together like soul mates in Kohatas place, with Yomi watching and probably thinking "it should be me, not Yuu", and then Saya crying for most likely all the wrong reasons... Awkward, but it made sense. |
NwAurion said: Kohata laughing instead of crying, Yuu and Mato crying together like soul mates in Kohatas place. Those two seem to take Saya's ridiculous philosophy from episode 1 seriously. |
| This episode was best so far. I found the behaviour more realistic and tbh I CAN see little girls crying for their friend. I mean, seriously, they're little girls!! Although I still dislike the dream/metaphor world idea, I think it was well done this episode. I didn't have to focus on how dumb the "drama" is and instead I focused on what it could mean. Fortunatelly, it's getting more mysterious than in the first 2 episodes (Kagari offers bad cookies to Mato, Chariot throws the same cookies at BRS... way too similar for a metaphor) so I had to think for a few seconds to come up with about gazillion explanations for what was going on in the other world. I think it's even safe to say that this is overall a slightly below average episode but interesting. (Which is a good thing for this anime.) ^_^ Yeah, I am lowering my expectations GREATLY just because this has BRS in it. Hopefully the rest will be at least this good if not better. [pointless raging] But I'm still slightly upset at Yomi for being jealous. I get all the reasons that were said here and agree with them but still... Mato waited for HER several hours just sitting on stairs!! Not to mention that she tried her best to be friends with her. How much MORE does she want her to do? To talk about her (Yomi) all the time in front of her? That's a little stupid. Of course she talks about her other friend. And friendship takes a while to get stronger. Don't tell me she's 12. When I was 12 I was happy that I had the friends I had and I'm 100% certain, that they wouldn't wait even 1 hour for me. Certainly not several hours. My problem with it is that she makes Mato worry about her for no real reason. When was she when Mato was waiting for her? With her insane, sadistic and abusive friend. Yomi is way too selfish IMO. Not to mention that Mato is alone with her other friend only when Yomi can't be there (the camp, basketball matches, etc.) otherwise she's always with Yomi. What more does she want from her? Mato did a lot for Yomi but Yomi seems to want more and more from her. I'm done, I just wanted to get it out. [/pointless raging] Overall, this was an interesting episode but I still can't get over the fact that both Yomi and Mato act more as if they were in love than friends. XD In that case everything they both do is very well understandable. |
SuiNoByakkoFeb 21, 2012 10:26 AM
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| Better than the past two. I hope for less melodrama, anyway. |
| AW SHIT IT'S GETTING AWESOME |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
| There's something that's not easy for me to comprehend on episode 3. Why did Black Rock Shooter start attacking the defenceless looking people? |
Liddo-kun said: There's something that's not easy for me to comprehend on episode 3. Why did Black Rock Shooter start attacking the defenceless looking people? One theory suggests that Black Gold Saw is Saya, and that those freshly grown Other halves are the children Saya manipulated to become depressed, which seems to be some kind of sick pleasure for Saya. BRS seems to take note of this and starts killing them, which is apparently an attempt of forcing them free of the depression Saya caused. |
| Okay Saya was infinitely creepy. I don't really get her intentions but what the heck. More BGS please. |
| Not sure if I hate or like it yet |
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| What the heck happened in this episode??? Why did Black Rock Shooter killed those cloaked children? And that last one was probably Kohata. I still like BRS as the main character even after this episode. And i'm starting to like Black Gold Saw too. |
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| Alright... BRS just went batshit on the defenseless... Reach out her hand pretending to be a good person, then cut off her head when she ran out of patients... Nah j/k. BRS is probably helping them by killing them. Question is... Why is Kuroi Mato's otherselve(BRS) possess the power to free others? Hmmm... |
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| Okay, Saya's up to something. They almost made it look like that she's Black Gold Saw. I don't think so, but it would make sense. |
| haha the best part of this episode was the butt slapping tease. |
| The connective realism between real life and dreams are quite interesting in the way they portray it. I like how the dreams reflect the emotions and reactions of the real word, but at the same time don't necessarily force it. I'm quite interested still. Looking forward to the next! |
Shih said: I don't understand why Yomi would be jealous... She thinks of Mato as her best friend and therefore wants Mato to feel the same. It's pretty easy to understand. |
deadoptimist said: Though I think shit-flinging should also have standards - no personal, no behind the scenes. |
| I like the part where Mato got spanked. |
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| Dat Mamiko Noto, luring girls into her lair of counseling with her coffee. <3 |
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| This is getting darker than I thought it would. I like how whether the other world is a metaphor or real is open to personal interpretation, although from this episode it does seem to be leaning to it being real. Great series so far though. :D |
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| I thought the other world was just a metaphor or something, seems like its not. Wonder what will happen to Kohata since it seems like she got killed in that other world. Though that wheelchair girl is said to be getting better now. Saya is a crazy devious counselor. |
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