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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Poor Suzuri >__< But I wonder why the GGP police didn"t take away her dead body or at least confirm who she was. |
| That's a good question. It is easy enough to know that she was not Rin. Looks like they may have awaken a bear, a big one at that. |
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| Oh the show needed such an amazing episode like a breath of fresh air. My heart skipped a few beats. If only they did this a few eps sooner. |
| Suzuri is dead. Aw man I had a feeling this was going to happen. I hope they gonna made GGP pay for all of this! |
| Wow. Wonderful episode. I hope this episode is the beginning of a great ending |
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| The annoying character died =p But on a serious note a good quality episode, plenty of plot build-up, possible revenge-motive to drive plot forward. Also quite a viscal display of red blood. |
| the GGP didn't really care really. the were out for blood to begin with. now everyone has a reason to take up arms. |
| Somehow I have started disliking and disliking rideback more and more in spite of the fact that I am even managing a blog (http://rideback.wordpress.com ) on rideback releases. This whole episode missed any piece of hapiness or something like that... ah well... |
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| It was strange how the GGP officer zoomed in on her and confirmed that it was Rin when obviously it wasn't. As soon as the chase started, it was pretty obvious that Suzuri was going to be killed. I wonder why she opted to flee given the past actions of that GGP unit in killing first and asking questions later. I imagine the reporter woman was somewhere filming this latest atrocity and it will be a nice impetus to further resistance by a larger portion of the populace. |
| poor suzuri chan..... my jaw kinda dropped when i saw the spray of blood.... i definitely wasnt expecting that rin chan is going to be livid |
| Well, Suzuri wins the Anime equivalent of a Darwin Award. But I suppose her death was necessary, and dramatically they really sold it. Even though Rin was whining at the end, at least we have her finally taking responsibility for her actions. Here's hoping the last few episodes are as great as the first few. |
| Damn... :-O Just... Damn. :-( I guess I'm dense, but I really didn't see that coming until the last minute. Poor Suzuri-chan. <sniff> |
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sdfxrpl said: Though what Rin said too Okakura that it was their fault and his for creating Fuego, I thought that she kinda blamed it on him. It was her choice to ride the rideback and do the crazy things... That's why she blame herself as well, and I guess she is putting way more blame on her back than on Okakura's. The episode was really good, I hope they don't screw up the end. |
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| I think this episode was done well. One thing I love about this anime is how realistic a lot of their emotions and feelings are. The not so great part is how they seem to keep making really stupid decisions. My jaw dropped when the whole Suzuri thing happened. The moment she started running you knew something bad would happen but that? It's pretty dumb of the GGP to not have realized that it wasnt the real "rideback girl" I mean, this one had glasses for one thing. I don't see this anime having a proper ending in two episodes though. We'll see how it goes. |
| So how did suzuri die? Was she bashed in the head or worse? All I saw was blood-spray, flying glasses and helmet. What a way to end the episode. |
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| From the very first second they showed Suzuri in this episode I had that feeling that they were going to kill her. :< Suzuri brought so much life into this anime... I'll miss her... |
| Most annoying and useless character died....this alone gives this ep 5/5 .Two more episodes. I wonder how will the director wrap the things up. |
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| I'm not gonna mis Suzuri, she was too obsessed with Rin. She should have just dismounted the RideBack when the whiteriders came, they probably wouldn't have killed her. I think her dead will be useful as the trigger for a revolution or something (and Rin going in action). |
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| Even though I hated Suzuri, it was kinda touching that she had to die by White RideBack. And it was beautiful scene when Suzuri said that she wanna shee Rin dancing balet again and then... :'< Awesome episoder, really liking ! |
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| I kind of liked Suzuri, but i guess her death was sort of necessary. Hopefully this will spark Rin into going after the GGP. |
tcalley said: So how did suzuri die? Was she bashed in the head or worse? All I saw was blood-spray, flying glasses and helmet. What a way to end the episode. According to manga, Suzuri's head was cut off >__< |
| This is the second rideback episode that makes me rage. raging because of the actions of certain characters, and when the repercussions of their actions get them , the rest of the cast goes " oh noes " + lot of unnecessary QQ . F*ck that ! They did stupid sh*t , they paid for it. I mean...was it so hard to just get off the damn machine ? no no , instead she had to do a sprint , wave around a stupid flag while being chased by murderers who think they are on Justice's side. End result ? she dies. That was almost as easy to foretell as 1+1 = 2 bah. only two episodes left. I don't even know what is it they plan on doing in two episode. |
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kurotsuki said: This is the second rideback episode that makes me rage. raging because of the actions of certain characters, and when the repercussions of their actions get them , the rest of the cast goes " oh noes " + lot of unnecessary QQ . F*ck that ! They did stupid sh*t , they paid for it. I mean...was it so hard to just get off the damn machine ? no no , instead she had to do a sprint , wave around a stupid flag while being chased by murderers who think they are on Justice's side. End result ? she dies. That was almost as easy to foretell as 1+1 = 2 bah. only two episodes left. I don't even know what is it they plan on doing in two episode. yeah, couldn't she get off the f**** rideback? You are NOT Rin so you can't compete with the white ridebacks...*sigh* I wonder how Japanese media will cover this event..... And we see internal strife from GGP..... |
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| This episode was great (horray annoying girl is dead, ding dong...) lots of plot movement. But it also made me really dislike Ogata. Where does she get off blaming Okakura for that Suzuri chicks death? He created Fuego, yes, but did he ASK her to ride it? Each time she rode Fuego it was her own choice and had nothing to do with Okakura. This just made her look pathetic and lame. I would have loved her character if the death of a friend made her determined to stop GGP and the careless killings they conduct. Instead she decided to play the blame-game. I'll wait another episode before I kill her off in my mind. |
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| No pity for Suzuri at all. It's no surprise the most useless and annoying character remains useless and annoying even in the moments prior to their death. Of course, they're no longer useless after death as they generally act as a catalyst. May your life have meaning in death, you stupid, stupid character. |
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| I seriously didn't expect that the CGP would kill Suzuri. I thought that they gonna capture her or something. My jaw literally dropped when she was killed. |
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| It was better than the last few episodes. Finally something major happened, though the episode was ok during the first part of it, too. But it was really obvious that something would happen. I didn't think she would die, but going to a demonstration with Ridebacks being forbidden and the GGP not being the most humanistic origination, it was kind of obvious something along those lines would happen. Well, I thought Suzuri was a very annoying character, therefore her death didn't really get to me. Seems she was introduced that way to only fulfil this role. The scene itself felt a bit forced though with all that crying going on. Hell, Rin even cried while watching a video message from her friends on the phone... The scene with Rin and the blonde girl hugging each other on the train was more fitting. But anyway, it's pretty stupid to blame herself and that guy or the whole Rideback thing for Suzuri's death. I mean she totally asked for it. Why wouldn't she stop when it's a misunderstanding and she is not even wanted. I mean a normal person would stop, get down from the bike and put his hands up. They only killed her because she was running away (though the senseless & meaningless violence from the GGP side is of course pretty stupid too). Why didn't she try harder to explain to the people that she isn't Rin? Well, I can't really get warm for all the unrealistic & unbelievable stuff the story introduced after episode 3. Hope it will get really good again for the small rest of the show. |
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| Finally things start to get back to the level of intensity of some of the earlier episodes. The last couple of episodes had some ok back-story, but it took several episodes to get through it. It seemed they could have dispatched with this information in one episode instead of dragging it out. I really like the character animation in this show. The entire sequence where Suzuri was killed was well done. The expressions on the characters faces and reactions to watching their friend being brutally killed was realistic and shocking. The horror and shock of the moment was pretty realistic. And Suzuri was killed by having her skull crushed by that javelin-like sword the police rideback was using. The sequence was so compelling I had to go back and take some snapshots of those scenes (specifically, the expressions and reactions of Rin, Shouko and especially Tamayo - who has turned out to be a much more well-rounded character than the tough-girl racer archetype she originally appeared to be). Yes, Suzuri was an annoying character (and yes it is gratifying that the annoying character gets whacked...) , but in the context of the show, she had begun to be accepted by the group as kind of the sidekick. I also think Douta had a thing for her. The sensible thing would have been to lie on the road and surrender, but cut her some slack. Things got out of hand in a hurry and if you feel your life is being threatened, your first instinct is to GET THE HELL OUT. I think Suzuri was totally caught up in the moment and had been jonesing to show off her skills. Her idolization of Rin proved that she wasn't really grounded in reality. She was mistaken for Rin, (and the police may have intentionally made that call since they had been under a lot of pressure to find the rideback girl - I could see them sending out a press release that they had positively confirmed she was the one...) I think it went to Suzuri's head and she actually thought she could escape from the police just like Rin had done. ...or maybe I'm giving her too much credit. Anyway, although you could see it coming, it was still sad to watch. The shock and horror of all who witnessed the slaying was well done. These aren't normal police either. It's not like they were going to pull her over and give her a traffic ticket... I agree with others that at this point in the show Rin needs to stop her waffling about how she feels about everything that has happened and Fuego. She should accept she's a fugitive already, remember how her brother was tortured and her friend was brutally killed, go find Kiefer, become a terrorist, and kick some GGP ass. she could do classical ballet performances for her comrades during down-time. all in all, good episode. I've enjoyed this show a lot more than I expected... |
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Hinata020 said: But it also made me really dislike Ogata. Where does she get off blaming Okakura for that Suzuri chicks death? He created Fuego, yes, but did he ASK her to ride it? Each time she rode Fuego it was her own choice and had nothing to do with Okakura. This just made her look pathetic and lame. I would have loved her character if the death of a friend made her determined to stop GGP and the careless killings they conduct. Instead she decided to play the blame-game. second it. I hope she'll stop to blame circumstances and start to use her brain before saddle up Fuego and gad about trying to save everyone. but if course it's much more enjoyable to use Okakura like a scapegoat. WaterLily said: tcalley said: So how did suzuri die? Was she bashed in the head or worse? All I saw was blood-spray, flying glasses and helmet. What a way to end the episode. According to manga, Suzuri's head was cut off >__< I wish they did the same in anime, instead of showing crying and frustrated faces. |
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Hinata020 said: This episode was great (horray annoying girl is dead, ding dong...) lots of plot movement. But it also made me really dislike Ogata. Where does she get off blaming Okakura for that Suzuri chicks death? He created Fuego, yes, but did he ASK her to ride it? Each time she rode Fuego it was her own choice and had nothing to do with Okakura. This just made her look pathetic and lame. I would have loved her character if the death of a friend made her determined to stop GGP and the careless killings they conduct. Instead she decided to play the blame-game. I'll wait another episode before I kill her off in my mind. Did you even watch the episode? She didn't say it was all Okakura's fault, she clearly said it was both of their faults, which it is. This episode was dramatic and the whole time I was thinking "Oh shit Suzuri's gonna get killed" lol. I agree with the people that think Suzuri will be the key to sparking stronger opposition on GGP. Rin needs to get her head out of her ass and stop pushing blame on herself and other people. |
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| rin has been pathetic and still is pathetic. cmon i love how she is so non-chalant, her brother was charged for a murder he didn't commit and she still doesn't feel the need to show the world how wrong the GGP is. honestly as a person, i would consider rin a piece of shit. |
| SUZURI!!!!!!!!!! : ( This anime is aewsoem, really aewsoem. |
| too bad there is no jokes from preview. I was looking forward to it every time. |
| Finally, this show is back on track once again. It's about time those "stagnant" episodes back then will give out results that I wanted. |
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| I face palmed when Suzuri was busy yelling at the train. Seriously? Did she really expect Rin to hear her? And why was she even saying those things when she should be concentrating on getting the hell away from the GGP. I guess it was a poor attempt at making us pity her. I laughed when the groupie girl got baton'd in the face by the GGP rideback. |
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| ... why Suzuri? T_T |
| Wow, so Goblin isn't only a good mechanic, he's also a hacker. :D Anyway, from the start of this episode I knew something bad was gonna happen. GGP + illegal demonstration + the main character needing a reason to fight again = someone must die. Though I couldn't care less since Suzuri was the sacrificial lamp. It's not that she's too annoying, but I don't feel her character is all that important to the show, and her death was far too predictable from the moment she ran away from the white riders. Anyone else's death (except for fatty maybe) would have had a much more emotional impact, imo. Two more episodes left, I hope we'll see some ass kicking. :D |
ChinesePanda said: im sorry guys....but i laughed and smiled when suzuri died my face just light up like christmas lights when i saw that cop appear LOL awesome, same This episode was like amazingly overdramatic. I think this show takes itself too seriously. I'm just hoping for some kickass action in the next two eps. |
| I didn't laughed at all ; ( Ok it was stupid to participate in this demonstration but... Fu** that was so hard this show is violent,it looked like the Rideback chopped off her head : ( put a railgun on Fuego and then lets rock XD |
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| While I personally don't care about Suzuri, I pity her that she dies under GGP's hand in order to get Rin's attention as I guess. |
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