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| Not sure if it was apart of the PR event or if this show has taken a really weird turn. |
| I haven't seen something this crazy since |
| LOL... wtf? I felt a combination of ALL of the following: Surprised Awestruck Confused Disappointed Annoyed Unfortunately most of those are negative =/ I really wanted this anime to stay within its own confines of "reality" and not go the "super hero/villain" way. I suppose there is still hope, the writing had been good so far. Time will tell. |
| "Seize the time, Meribor - live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard. |
| Am just hoping that the last 5 mins was all just a dream |
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| All I know is I'm going to watch it as soon as it comes out next week and not wait until 3 am to start watching it. It might be a dream, it's clearly not a movie, but I've got the feeling that we're not in Kansai anymore Toto... |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
OGHelios said: After the drug bust, the cops decided to celebrate with the drugs in the room, and the last 5 minutes happened. This is the only logical explanation. Hoping hard it's someone's dream or Goto really felt experimental when he took the package with him. |
| Well that took an.....unexpected turn. Not sure how I feel about it (if it is indeed real and not some dream, hallucination, drug trip or film) just have to wait and see I suppose. |
| Wow... the end of the episode left me completely speechless. At first I assumed everything was either being filmed or staged, but that didn't seem to be the case once officers started getting decapitated. It seemed like the series was already taking a dramatic shift in tone with the revelation of Masayoshi's parents, but that was nothing compared to what was in store at the end. I'm not sure how I feel yet about this development but I'm hopeful that the staff will be able to retain what made me fall in love with this series. |
| I... I just... Please let me grasp myself for a moment. |
Alone on a Friday night? Remember that DIO did nothing wrong! |
| wow i didnt expect this show would turn from the anime version of kickass to the anime version of batman! Brave move i hope it pays off! |
| ....... I wonder what the hell happened.. ......... Looking forward to the next episode! |
| My mind was raped by the last 5 minutes. The only show of the season that I expect a lot of wise quotes that I can use , that I can reflect to my life just ruined by the last 5 minutes. It better be a dream or a TV show , or shit shit shit shit shit shit. Anyway , great episode. 5/5 |
"Children of Japan. And those who were once children. Listen! This is not a dream. This is not fiction. In reality, your superheroes were always fighting. To teach viewers courage and the meaning of justice! No matter how many enemies there are. No matter how strong evil is. Just remember. Does any another country have so many heroes? Has any another country been protected by multiple superheroes? Stand with me, friends! Remember when you used to watch your superheroes! Once you may have given up this dream. But today, you can be a hero!" - Kaname Jouji , Red Axe |
| Guys wait a minute... What if the whole thing was a TV production? We just witnessed what the finished production looked like. It makes sense, didn't the guy behind "Ensemble" contact Hazama? At least he wanted to talk to him, but we didn't see or hear what that was even about. And the whole Police raid WAS a PR stunt. It wouldn't be a huge stretch to say the Police colluded with Hazama's company to produce something. Though, I'm not entirely convinced. But what happened was trippy as hell. I feel like there has to be an explanation. We'll find out next episode I guess. |
neontaster said: I could keep going but my point was that even if no such examples existed, there's always the first time something works well, up until which that idea had not been done well and it doesn't mean shit. In fact, you're right and I never said this kind of "twist" means shit. Only the time knows the anwer. (And the production too probably, or at least I hope that) |
AkanezoraNov 22, 2013 6:41 AM
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Akanezora said: neontaster said: I could keep going but my point was that even if no such examples existed, there's always the first time something works well, up until which that idea had not been done well and it doesn't mean shit. In fact, you're right and I never said this kind of "twist" means shit. Only the time knows the anwer. (And the production too probably, or at least I hope that) Yeah I'm definitely not saying that this is a sure shot of being awesome. It really all depends on how they handle it. We shall see! |
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| That was a surprising twist and might be one of the best trolling in recent years Wait and see for me |
| I'm not sure if its just a shoot, because the show that flamenco's shooting before is for general audience right = for kids. and if its a campaign for the police who would want to show it to the public w/ heads twisting and flying, too gory also for the kids show, never the less if its for a new production shoot then its plausible, but if its real sometimes drastic changes makes things more interesting and surprising for the better or the worst to come. |
| WTF!?! I wasn't expecting this I think they were just recording a show or something like that. But it's veryyy strange, there were too much blood and rolling heads for a normal show. Well, I don't know what was that, but it surely caught my attention. |
| O importante não é o que fazemos de nós, mas o que nós fazemos daquilo que fazem de nós |
| Wtf is going ? Was that a dream or what ??? |
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| Called it! Before getting on that, I must say that the first 20 minutes were pretty good. Combining the reveal about Masayoshi's parents with imaginary sequence resembling a regular superhero show was nice, as was the talk that about them with Goto and the conclusion they reached. Also, I get a sense that the manager is tsundere. Now, I see three options of how this is proceed: 1) The popular theory of the whole thing being fake, in some manner. This would be good, as I liked the show how it was. Slight disappointment shall happen, however, because that sort of stuff is slightly annoying. 2) The events were real and the series is going bonkers. Slight disappointment, but because I like weird shows, it'll redeem itself somewhat. 3) The events were real, but they are going to play these supernatural events the same way they've done with other stuff as well. Slight disappointment at first, but then some redeeming shall happen. It's win-win and lose-lose at the same. But I sincerely hope for the option 1) to happen. And now we'll wait... |
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| Hey guys, SF and Police were in house full of drugs. Maybe Masayoshi sniff a bit and everything is just his vision? o_O |
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Teyo said: It'll be funny if this turns to be a dream/ final episode of that show/etc. We'll see next week. I WILL BE SO ANGRY IF IT WAS ALL A DREAM VioLink said: At this part of the OP http://i.imgur.com/A8mOgF0.png Lyrics: "Mie nai teki wa dare?" "Who’s the invisible enemy?" i noticed that too. isn't it strange that all the vital characters have more or less debuted in the OP but the ratio of "bad guys" to "good guys" is 1:7 (including masayoshi) and by "bad guy" i'm labelling the director who wants to out samurai flamenco. ballisticktw said: Incase no-one had said it already: Gorrilatine whispers the fandom on tumblr needs more ppl like u |
| This show has gone from "Cool; nice, light-hearted vigilante shenanigans" to "HOLY FUCK GORILLA GUILLOTINE!!!". I don't even care if it's all a ruse to dupe the audience, that ending was brilliant. I've gone from looking forward to each new episode to now anxiously anticipating. |
| next ep is called "Attack of the Evil Army" I'm betting this is legit |
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| WTH was that??? |
| Know that awkward feeling when someone is saying something totally ridiculous that just has to be a joke and you're just waiting for the punchline, but it just doesn't come and you increasingly suspect that it will never come and that the person is 100% serious? That's how I felt throughout those last 5 or so minutes. Even if we do find out that there is a perfectly realistic explanation for everything that's happened, the damage has already been done - you do not end an episode of a superhero parody/deconstructive comedy with A FREAKIN' MURDEROUS DRUG FUELLED GUILLOTINE GORILLA and then say "haha, gotcha!" in the next one. And if the genre has shifted permanently, then all I can say is "If I want genre shifting plot twists, I'll stick with real genre shifting anime, like Madoka Magica, thank you very much!" ;) Black_wind said: You probably won't read this, but whatever. I don't find this all that likely. The words aren't pronounced identically - "robber"/"robbery" is "gōtō" (two long o's), while Hidenori's family name is "Gotō" (one short and one long o).anyway,today i learned "robber" in Japanese is "goto"...foreshadowing?maybeee |
| Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????? What happened in the end???? O.O OMG |
| All I can say now is WTF. I really hope this was just some filming or whatever, otherwise this show seriously goes to the dumpster. Just what the hell man, I'm still in shock -_- |
| I've been mulling this over overnight and I've just had a thought. You know how the convention is in a super-hero show that the first episode usually features the introduction of the main character in full hero mode and you're plopped right into the middle of a fight with a low or mid-level boss. You get to see the hero unleash some of their abilities, a lot of scenery is destroyed, and only once the intro villain is defeated are you shown the hero transforming back into the anonymous salaryman, or newspaper reporter, or grade 12 student, or whatever his mundane alternate identity is. Then over the next few episodes we're given his backstory in dribs and drabs, or through an extended flashback that takes most of an episode. What if we were given a show where the backstory was played straight? Where we were shown the hero for 6 and a half episodes as the nebbish he actually was before the shit hit the fan and he received the call? What if everything we've seen so far is just giving us the total back story, 90% of the motivations of the major and minor characters, and is removing the need for any flashback, fill in the gaps sequences in the next two thirds of the series? What if Samurai Flamenco is a real superhero? What if he's not just an actor/model with dreams and delusions? What if everything we knew was wrong and we've just discovered what this world is really like? Waiting for next week to find out... |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| It's already confirmed that it's not a dream. |
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rodac said: I've been mulling this over overnight and I've just had a thought. You know how the convention is in a super-hero show that the first episode usually features the introduction of the main character in full hero mode and you're plopped right into the middle of a fight with a low or mid-level boss. You get to see the hero unleash some of their abilities, a lot of scenery is destroyed, and only once the intro villain is defeated are you shown the hero transforming back into the anonymous salaryman, or newspaper reporter, or grade 12 student, or whatever his mundane alternate identity is. Then over the next few episodes we're given his backstory in dribs and drabs, or through an extended flashback that takes most of an episode. What if we were given a show where the backstory was played straight? Where we were shown the hero for 6 and a half episodes as the nebbish he actually was before the shit hit the fan and he received the call? What if everything we've seen so far is just giving us the total back story, 90% of the motivations of the major and minor characters, and is removing the need for any flashback, fill in the gaps sequences in the next two thirds of the series? What if Samurai Flamenco is a real superhero? What if he's not just an actor/model with dreams and delusions? What if everything we knew was wrong and we've just discovered what this world is really like? Waiting for next week to find out... I like that idea a lot. Instead of something like Spiderman, where the fact that he got powers (and also Uncle Ben's murder) are the things that drove him to fight evil, in this case it seems that the motivation to fight evil is established first in a more low level real world setting, and then when actual evil comes around and threatens the entire world, our small time hero has to move to the big leagues. If this is really how the show will progress it'll be really cool to see Hazama evolve into a hero that legitimately saves the world, instead of talking about saving the world but actually just fighting petty street crime and making sure people don't put out their trash at night. |
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Candor said: i second that, i need a source or backing behind thatbastek66 said: source?It's already confirmed that it's not a dream. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| After watching the last five minutes again, I'm suspecting that it's a hallucination (collective or individual) caused by the narcotics that are present at the drug bust. That would explain how things suddenly went so...crazy...If not... |
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