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Dec 28, 2008 5:22 AM

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Back to episode 2..

So, that was why Yomi went on a rampage and killed all her ex-collegues and comrades. When the ace sides with the evil spirits, tragedies certainly follow.

Dec 30, 2008 3:32 PM

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kuroshiroi said:
Excellent episode, as usual. Yomi is truly a great character and this show is the surprise hit of the season for me. I'm hoping for a pure yuri spin-off called Ga-rei ero, that would be almost as much win as this.

Defiance said:
Damn this series is good at cliffhangers.
Yeah, finally a show with actual cliffhangers and not just bullshit cliffhangers that are never resolved or turn out to be extremely lame.


lol, qft. i'd watch that. =D

recycled scenes usually annoy me, but it was great to watch this again knowing the full back story. and it was also good to see what went on between Yomi and Noriyuki, it was something I've been wondering about since watching ep2, the first time.

I think the key point to the Noriyuki and Yomi scene is knowing that this is happening just hours after she disappeared from the hospital. When I first watched this, for whatever reason, I assumed that Yomi had been gone for a while and showed up out of the blue as the enemy. In that case, I'd expect that Noriyuki would've been able to process things in advance. But knowing that this is so soon after Yomi was just regular Yomi, I don't think Noriyuki believed that she would kill Sakuraba. I think he really believed that if he couldn't save her, that she would save herself. It was a costly gamble, obviously.
Jan 14, 2009 10:40 PM

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What did Yomi ever do to you? >_<



Jan 18, 2009 2:42 PM

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Yomi = Best character in this series ever since the beginning, going Sephiroth just made her more awesome.
Apr 19, 2009 5:09 AM

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oh yes i really love yomi ><, she has a too awesome character. i can imagine that both of them will have awesome fight in the end.


Jul 4, 2009 4:44 PM

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Poor Kazuki, damn his death sucked but is sure was gory.

Jul 15, 2009 6:22 PM

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Hmmm so we're back to square one... sweet... that damned Butterfly BoY still is doing whatever he pleases!!! I can't believe that Evil Yomi is delicious and still cool as ever.... I really hate the fact that Butterfly BoY was able to turn her hatred mode on... that friggin guy even brushed off Tsuchimiya-dono easily and told him that he was a nosy old geezer... Shit!!! He doesn't fear Byakuei... that means the boy is super powerful and he just wanna fill the world with hatred and death... such dark and lousy objectives he has... I hope Kagura kills him one of this days... So the things go wild and the Category B's pop out from nowhere and suddenly Yomi is classified as Category A.... So Nari bumps into her and she makes him go all woe... and make him pee his pants and by the way slash to bits the poor Sakuraba Kazuki... damn people... I liked the guy... I can't believe Yomi killed his partner so easily... She kinda resisted... but let's face it... She did it 'cause she wanted... and now she's up to kill the poor Kagura.... Please someone save Yomi! YOOOOMIII!!!

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Aug 2, 2009 8:18 AM
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Red_Comet said:
Yomi = Best character in this series ever since the beginning, going Sephiroth just made her more awesome.

I thought the same thing. Yomi is the best antagonist ever :D
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Aah, what the fuck's happening... D:

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Aug 2, 2009 1:31 PM

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damn, the situation becoming more and more fucked up.
Jan 13, 2010 7:09 PM

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Noriyuki = Coward . .. who lets there bestfriend die in the hands of a corrupted girlfriend . .. Noriyuki u are a wussssssssss
Feb 4, 2010 8:11 PM

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Tbh im all for yomi to kill everyone, and become even stronger and unbeatable with epic music playing in the background, that'd be awesome lol
Feb 9, 2010 11:32 AM

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Thank God for this episode, now everything is clear - I'm hoping next episode is dominated by a badass fight.





Feb 16, 2010 5:12 PM
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They never explained the story behind the main guy in episode one. Maybe next episode? :|

Anyway, I loved this episode. Explained many things.

Yomi... I'll miss you. T_T
Mar 31, 2010 12:48 AM

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R.I.P. - Kazuki. ;______;

But wow, Kagura's father to save the day.. And I think Yomi did hesitate there for the moment.
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Aug 9, 2010 6:45 PM

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That child annoys me
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Aug 10, 2010 4:49 AM

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God, this was a awesome episode.
Even though it was partly a flashback ep, it was executed amazingly - we got more info regarding what happened with Noriyuki, how Yomi escaped from the gas-explosion and the whole thing ended with leaving us on a different cliffhanger than episode 2.
Now THIS is how it's supposed to be executed. I love the pace of this Anime..

Oh, and rip Kazuki. But I somehow understand why Noriyuki didn't do anything. He couldn't. That was just Yomi's way of telling him to stop her...
Sep 19, 2010 9:26 PM

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Angry Yomi is love <3.
I can't really hate Noriyuki for what he did ... he was in a tight spot after all..
Dec 13, 2010 9:41 AM

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Uh, great episode great episode.. but how/when/why did this happen? (Yomi was in this scene as well..)

Feb 9, 2011 4:22 PM

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Casperkid said:
Uh, great episode great episode.. but how/when/why did this happen? (Yomi was in this scene as well..)


They didn't boder explaining that as it was just to set up Yomi (or Demon Yomi if u wanna take it that way) as that evil person/thing capable of killing someone she once fought along with i guess.
hmmm I thought Yomi was gone for longer before the events from that night. She most had a terrible group of friends, expect for Kagura. And nori needed more balls to stand by her side during this whole thing,
huh?
Apr 20, 2011 8:20 AM

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Poor Kazuki lol... Ahh Yomi reminds me of Senjougahara.
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Jun 23, 2011 3:16 AM
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This was amazingly executed. I never expected to like an episode with recycled footage this much. They managed to tie things quite nicely, and a lot of details to which I didn't pay any attention in episode 2 (since I didn't know the background story) just made a whole lot more sense. Also, it's fun that they ended with a cliffhanger again, but a different one from episode 2. And just as exciting. Knowing what happened to Yomi makes it a lot more difficult to hate her for doing what she did. But yeah... poor Kazuki. But I don't think she really wanted to kill him - she was crying. It felt like she really wanted Noriyuki to stop her, like she really wanted to be killed. But the guy didn't do a thing. What a bad time to decide to have faith in her. Seriously, had you done that sooner, things wouldn't have turned out this way. And the butterfly guy... he's the one I really HATE. I don't think I'll ever see him dead though... Unfortunately.
Jul 19, 2011 1:13 AM

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Yomi, such a tragic character ;_;
Sep 18, 2011 4:12 PM
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Seems like Yomi was fighting the Stone while she lifted her sword to kill Kazuki, the stone appeared on her forehead and for a moment it seemed like the sword resonated like it did with Mei.
Very good episode, the recycled scenes didn't even bother me.
Nov 10, 2011 6:13 PM

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choyos said:
hmmm I thought Yomi was gone for longer before the events from that night.


Same here. That's why I thought this episode was rushed. They should have given a few days of gap between Yomi's submission to the stone and her rampage afterwards.
Feb 21, 2012 5:30 PM

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Lost all respect for Noriyuki. Next episode gunna be awesome!
Apr 1, 2012 3:15 PM

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They used waaaay too much footage from episode 2. But the rest was pretty darn intense.

I'll still give this episode a 5/5.


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Apr 15, 2012 7:17 AM

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Sickly_Grin said:
choyos said:
hmmm I thought Yomi was gone for longer before the events from that night.


Same here. That's why I thought this episode was rushed. They should have given a few days of gap between Yomi's submission to the stone and her rampage afterwards.


Well, she was missing for 3 days, but 3 days is kind of short don't you think?

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Jun 11, 2012 10:28 PM

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kinda stopped feeling bad for Yomi after she killed Kazuki. her uncle had it coming though.

it seemed Noriyuki, and Kagura's father believed in her, but can she be saved now?

still Noriyuki did NOTHING while his friend died. the guy should have visited her at least. Wish this was longer.
Jun 13, 2012 7:14 PM

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Insane episode. Yomi is one badass chick to never EVER mess with.
Sep 19, 2012 1:32 PM

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And we're back at the beginning of the anime :D Well let's see how it continues in the last 2 episodes!
Oct 25, 2012 11:16 PM

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Come on, Noriyuki. Bros before hoes.
Feb 28, 2013 2:18 PM

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Uncensored version is great
Mar 8, 2013 2:29 PM
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Father just appeared... stuff just got REAL!!!
May 18, 2013 5:11 AM
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I'll give this a 7 out of 10 if this continues like this, which means "meh" in my rating system.
Jun 28, 2013 5:07 PM

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Wonder how it will turn out in the end.
Jul 5, 2013 5:50 PM

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Poor Kazuki, tortured to death. It was so sad seeing him screaming for Nori to kill Yomi. And Nori was just a pure coward. Now it reminds me to this series motto: "Will you kill someone you love, because of love?".
Jul 7, 2013 5:03 PM
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Okay episode.
Recap flashbacks with some explanations. I now get why Yomi thinks Nori is a coward. I love when she turn evil.
3.5/5
Mar 21, 2014 6:16 AM
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The circle is now complete.

Yomi looks more beautiful now that she's evil than she ever did before. Or is it the power of the ponytail?
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Jun 1, 2014 4:31 PM
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And that's how the flashback arc comes to an end.

Well looks like there's a big battle next episode.

Jul 20, 2014 2:23 AM

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well that was quite stupid...stupid characters..the only sensible character here is the bitch killing her comrades...this like watching an NTR hentai the only difference is watching your friends and comrades getting killed instead of being stolen by the antagonist...
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Aug 19, 2014 12:19 PM

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awesome episode in an awesome show

and yes, i am still rooting for yomi
Oct 19, 2014 3:06 PM

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I lost most of my respect for Noriyuki. I would understand getting shock because his loved one is now a monster, but if all he could do was say, "Leave Kazuki out of this!" but then not doing anything about it, then why say that in the first place? Kazuki and Yomi both wanted him to end this misery; he had a chance, but all he did was stand there like an idiot. What a hero he is. Noriyuki was a dead man at that point, and he did nothing in the end.
Nov 21, 2014 9:57 AM
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Yes, we're finally catching up! So this answers the stuff back in episode 2 or 3... and I'm glad to know that Kagura isn't actually dead, lol.

As for Kazuki... poor guy, tortured to death :<
Noriyuki was such a wuss that I wanted to punch him. Honestly, he's suppose to have skills? All he did was stood there like a wimp, he didn't even try to stop Yomi. I mean, you can blather all you want about not wanting to hurt someone you love, but not even trying to stop them from doing all those things? What a pathetic loser. Noriyuki is now officially the person I hate most from this series.


I never liked norayuki.. I never liked how he treated her in the beginning of the series. I really ship Kagura and Yomi Norayuki sucks.
Nov 21, 2014 9:58 AM
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I never liked norayuki. I still ship Kagura and Yomi. Even though it's too late for shipping. lol
Dec 8, 2014 12:43 AM

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Wow, Noriyuki, really? Yomi should have just killed him right there.
Dec 31, 2014 6:46 PM

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Well this episode pretty much ruined the series for me. I didn't spoil myself and look at the fact that the sequel manga's main character is actually Kagura. I though Yomi would come out as the survivor at the end. Finally a dark character as the protagonist. But of course not, even after all she went through she's going to get killed and the annoying Kagura gets a whole manga for herself. Fucking shit writers.
Feb 4, 2015 4:51 PM

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I am so glad that she is alive I thought she's dead
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Sep 28, 2015 4:46 PM

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Yomi's descent to the dark side is senseless and unconvincing. So episodes 3-9 were all just one long flashback to show how Yomi went from good to bad, and yet the transformation was wholly unconvincing. What a shame.
Jul 18, 2016 3:16 AM

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There you go. finally it went back to the present. i like the flashback overall. they executed it very well imo.
and tbh, i really feel bad for yomi. she got completely reck mentally and phisically in the previous episode and i can't blame her if she became something like that. no normal human could stand that kind of strees too so, it make sense too.

and i'm very glad that Kagura didn't die. in the last scene in episode 2 i thought yomi really killed her but i'm very glad that she didn't. but lol, actually kagura's father was there and will be fighting yomi. now that is something that i look foward too.

and i'm hoping to see more characterization on the other team who got reck phisically in the very first episode of this series.

looking foward to the next episode xD
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