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Nov 14, 2016 9:20 AM
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I'm starting to get interested in Akechi's character in this series now..and I also have a feeling that Hanasaki's past will be explored in the future. However, it's interesting to see Akechi's past this episode even though it wasn't all that pleasant.

But for what's worth, Twenty Face is still someone to watch out for in the series. The fan service felt rather awkward this episode ;o
Akechi teasing Nao is also kinda amusing.
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Nov 14, 2016 10:45 AM
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Decent episode.

We get a lot of info regarding Akechi's past and the beginning of his relationship with twenty faces.
Poor Akechi though, He lived quite the harsh life.

Twenty Face's reasoning feels a bit weird to me, He's basically doing all this just to help give Akechi that thrill. Yet at the same time he considers Akechi evil because he indirectly let both of his fathers die. Though the entire thing with calling Akechi evil happened kinda out of nowhere, There was no prior build up at all, they should have shown something that lets us understand why Twenty Faces' thinking warped that way.

Hanasaki has issues with his Dad, Considering that his father said Hanasaki was the eldest son of the family, This means that Hanasaki's brother was disowned by the family.
A little interesting development at the end, I suppose the upcoming case will deal with Hanasaki's past.
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Nov 14, 2016 11:08 AM
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this anime is such the romance.
the double romance double protagonist/antagonist thing is great

so now that we got context on akechi and 20-face, they add Hanasaki's brother in what appears to be his own plot! damn this is great.

Nov 14, 2016 11:14 AM
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Interesting episode. We get to see Akechi's past with twenty faces. But seriously, twenty faces is just crazy. I don't get why he would do something like that for Akechi, just because he saved his life? For fun? I don't think that's it and if it is I'm gonna be really disappointed.

Curious what's gonna happen next week with Hanasaki's brother.
Nov 14, 2016 11:14 AM
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Love the ending song of this anime :o
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Nov 14, 2016 11:15 AM
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Lelouch0202 said:
Twenty Face's reasoning feels a bit weird to me, He's basically doing all this just to help give Akechi that thrill. Yet at the same time he considers Akechi evil because he indirectly let both of his fathers die. Though the entire thing with calling Akechi evil happened kinda out of nowhere, There was no prior build up at all, they should have shown something that lets us understand why Twenty Faces' thinking warped that way.


Yeah I agree it felt weird, but there's probably more to it. At the very least, we can assume Twenty Faces Kid(?) was crazy from the beginning, remember that kiss scene? Not something a normal person does right?
Nov 14, 2016 11:20 AM
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Psykofreac said:
Lelouch0202 said:
Twenty Face's reasoning feels a bit weird to me, He's basically doing all this just to help give Akechi that thrill. Yet at the same time he considers Akechi evil because he indirectly let both of his fathers die. Though the entire thing with calling Akechi evil happened kinda out of nowhere, There was no prior build up at all, they should have shown something that lets us understand why Twenty Faces' thinking warped that way.


Yeah I agree it felt weird, but there's probably more to it. At the very least, we can assume Twenty Faces Kid(?) was crazy from the beginning, remember that kiss scene? Not something a normal person does right?


Well I suppose you could consider him kind of deranged, but I still hope they flesh him out in a little more detail later on so we can understand his character better.
Nov 14, 2016 11:29 AM
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Indeed.

This episode was nice with Akechi's backstory and the beautiful dramatic effects. Though one complaint I have is the vagueness of certain scenes, such as the hostage situation(?) with Akechi and Akechi and how the non Akechi dad was dying.

It's been a bit slow lately, I mean, we just had a breather episode last week. Though the plot with Hanasaki's brother at the end may lead to another serious arc, I hope so. It would also be nice to learn about Akechi's mom at some point since he cared enough have a picture with her, I wonder why she'd marry an asshole like that dad.

Oh and anyone catch Stalker-chan this episode? It seems her appearance is like a once an episode thing now.
Nov 14, 2016 1:01 PM
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His brother? :0
But the Sensei's past is making things come together
Nov 14, 2016 1:11 PM

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Sousuke aka Akechi's backstory :'(
Hanasaki is also adopted and his step brother announces an independent nation :O
20 faces is probably the one behind akechi's sudden fame and the current situation.

20 faces kissing that bearded big dude was gross, ugghhh :(
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Nov 14, 2016 1:34 PM
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Good backstory episode.
Nov 14, 2016 1:35 PM

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Wow, why was he naked, random yaoi moment. Also I'm confused, is twenty faced a male or female...?
Nov 14, 2016 1:55 PM

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Nice backstory about Akechi and 20 Faces. Looks like Hanasaki's brother is going to get involved next time.
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Nov 14, 2016 2:00 PM

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Man Akechi had a pretty rough past with his abusive father. I'm glad he was left to die alone. So we now know who 20 faces looks like now?

Also, looks like Hanasakis brother and history will come into play soon. Very interesting episode with alot of backstory.

Also, yeah.......WTF was Kobayashi doing naked? Hanasaki and Kobayashi seem completely ok with it so that kinda threw me off.
Nov 14, 2016 2:17 PM

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A decent episode this time. Akechi's backstory made things really interesting. That ending as well.


Nov 14, 2016 3:01 PM

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Things have been picking up lately, I think the show is improving. Lol at first I didn't realise that it was 20 Faces and wasn't sure of the gender because of the voice.
Nov 14, 2016 3:28 PM
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Great and unique idea excuted/approach to explore each character background! Who does not agree with this!
Nov 14, 2016 4:23 PM

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Nao LIKES Akechi! <3 I approve this shipping :)
Nov 14, 2016 4:44 PM

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Uhm it seems like they're going for a Kobayashi/Hanasaki Ship here. Hanasaki must be a pretty chill guy if he DOESNT mind Kobayashi lounging on his bed naked.

Took me a moment to click that 20faces wasn't some random chick he saved.

So the dad looks like a pretty rich person, his son has broke away from the family and declared an independent state in Japans own borders...I think the brother is going to be called Lelouch. Wild theory lol
Nov 14, 2016 6:20 PM
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blu3_puls3 said:
Man Akechi had a pretty rough past with his abusive father. I'm glad he was left to die alone.


Pretty nice touch too with the asshole dad emphasizing himself as Akechi's real father, it was clear that really pissed him off.
Nov 14, 2016 7:56 PM

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well , we got to see akechi and twenty faces past, that's interesting and hanasaki's family was a big shot huh , eventhough he's adpoted..
Nov 14, 2016 7:57 PM

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Akechi is my favorite character for this series. We got to see some backstory, which was nice. It seems him and Twenty Faces go way back. It looks like the guy that appeared at the end is Hanasaki's brother. Very interesting.
Nov 14, 2016 10:05 PM

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I had only said in the episode 5 post that I hope we see someone else's backstory and we see Akechi's! So, next one may be Hanasaki because of the little info we got during this episode about his family. The one I definitely want to see of his backstory is obviously Kobayshi. There's just so many mysteries surrounding him that we; the viewers, the characters and even he doesn't know about himself.

So, twenty faces had black hair in the past and now has white hair ... how'd it turn white? I don't know why, but I'm thinking Kobayashi may be related to twenty faces (some people thought he was Hanasaki's older brother, so I'm thinking he might be Kobayashi's brother only because of his memory loss he doesn't remember)
Nov 14, 2016 10:37 PM

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more backstory is always good
Nov 14, 2016 11:07 PM

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Akechi's nice character development... I hope that white hair actually ie in the end.....
Nov 15, 2016 12:15 AM

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Lelouch0202 said:
Decent episode.
Twenty Face's reasoning feels a bit weird to me, He's basically doing all this just to help give Akechi that thrill. Yet at the same time he considers Akechi evil because he indirectly let both of his fathers die. Though the entire thing with calling Akechi evil happened kinda out of nowhere, There was no prior build up at all, they should have shown something that lets us understand why Twenty Faces' thinking warped that way.

I don't think Twenty Faces really thinks he's evil on a fundamental level. I think everything they say and do is calculated for maximum "thrill" for Akechi. So they created a dividing line between them to better facilitate their new adversarial position. Rather I feel like Twenty Faces is legit in love with him. Even this new stuff with them seemingly willing to kill people despite their past MO is most certainly wrong -- They know Akechi will save them so they simply push the envelope.
Nov 15, 2016 2:29 AM

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That was interesting.. they managed to put each back stories randomly and followed by classical bgm. Did twenty faces kissed (or killed?) that beardy man? Did he put something onto her (his?) Mouth? Idk what's going on but definitely he is annoying. His obsession with sousuke just terribly wrong.

Also I confused with light setting in hanasaki's hall room scene.

Wait.. how did actually the water pump gun hit Kobayashi? Wasn't his shield work well before?
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Nov 15, 2016 6:27 AM
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20faces wants to give Akechi a thrill, although he is overdoing it. Got some backstory with Akechi and an upcoming backstory of Hansaki I guess so.
Nov 15, 2016 8:40 AM
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Guys, I think you should watch Ranpo Kitan:Game of Laplace which is another series based on Edogawa Ranpo stories. Main characters are the same, Akechi, Kobayashi, 20 Faces (his name was revealed there and his past is kinda toned down in Trickster), Hanasaki is the Hashiba of Ranpo Kitan, Kobayashi's best friend and heir to a wealthy family. It probably won't make much difference but the experience is good.

About this episode, though I like Akechi's back story...I'm completely annoyed by the 20 Faces here. I guess he is also annoying in Ranpo Kitan but he's more relatable there.

The fanservice moment with Kobayashi and Hanasaki lol
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This was a horribly gay episode.

:S


Still better than Izetta's abhorrently lesbian series.
Nov 16, 2016 5:07 AM

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Noro and her running exercise again...mhm cute.

That was some back story there, I'm more curious about Hanasaki and his family issues.
Nov 16, 2016 9:32 PM

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Of course, a backstory episode. It was alright, but even after all that, I still don't find Akechi all that likable. Best part of the episode was that random apartment building wanting to become its own nation.
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Noro is carrying this show :D
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Nao eyes are so cool !
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Nexu said:
Wow, why was he naked, random yaoi moment. Also I'm confused, is twenty faced a male or female...?

He was naked because he went into the pool with his clothes and probably didn't want to walk around with wet clothes for the st of the day.

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