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15poundfish said: I am calling it that the children are infected with a virus or DNA of the klaxosaurs which will either slowly kill them while piloting the mechs or possibly turn them to a klaxosaur once they reach a certain age. If you notice in previous episodes the main Mc's blood color is similar to a klaxosaur. The adults harness the magma energy to help them live extremely long lives in their no conflict utopia and use expendable children to fight klaxosaurs and gather magma energy to preserve that live style. I am guessing at the end of this show there is going to be a huge rebellion from the children to unsurp the authority of the adults. Maybe oxygen is toxic ... We never saw an adult go out. |
| Well, that was an unnerving episode. Zorome running off on his own was predicable. |
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| I've just noticed something in the opening. First of all, when every character appears alone, we can see "FXX" what, obviously, come from "FranXX" and as we know, that "XX" come from the chromosomes, so, that "FXX" make to to think that, maybe, it's their chromosomes (yea, boys can be XX too, with bad things, but can be possible) and, looking at that possibility, it means that in FranXX that "ran" could be the Ran proteine (yes it exists xD) so, maybe, that means something. And the other thing is, in that scenes, we can see too the names of their FranXX, all of them are names of plants, and, all of them, except Miku's and Zorome's FranXX, has a name of a perenne plant. So, that maybe it's because, they (or one of them two) will not be "perenne", so, will dead. And one thing more but kinda meh, it's when 002 appears in the op, we can see the "FXX" too, but a large secuence of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, maybe from her klax blood? Just that. Sorry, im not native englishxd |
| I like how this was a Zorome focused episode. The city itself is weird though. It's empty and looks dead seemingly. Not to mention the woman Zorome encounters is far from normal. How she tells Zorome how she doesnt speak to her partner and how they have machines that "feed them happiness" all show that Papa is doing some fishy things even to the adults. I'm sure if becoming an adult meant living a life like that woman and her partner, the kids will obviously be against it. Also I've seen alot of comments saying the woman could be Zorome's mother but I just dont see it. There's not enough info and to me she seems like the type of guardian that took care of multiple children and so that could be why he feels some connection. Also it seems Zero Two is growing. Her klax blood seems to have given her bigger fangs which look very nice on her. Am very much looking forward to the next episode. |
AntwanMantillaMar 17, 2018 12:48 PM
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| Eh that was okay. The time spent with Zorome and his mother/grandmother/blood relative was the clear highlight of this episode. Otherwise I don't really feel I gained much out of it. |
| If you only count this episodes. The show seems directly portrait some undertones against the Japanese society (and many western countries). Japan has big problems with getting new children and aging people. Young adults are not interested in sex/relationship. A survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70 percent of unmarried men and 60 percent of unmarried women are not in a relationship. Moreover, many of them have never got close and cuddly. Around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women admitted they were virgins. Even Denmark are sending out commercials on TV to get people to have sex to have more children. Probably one reason why this show have so heavy undertones with sex, relationships and peek interests between male and females. But I can be totally wrong tough. |
nightcrawlercyp said: Seems a bit like brave new world with old people. Everyone is old. They make children artificially, they eat artificially, they feel joy the same way. They are indeed dead. Yeah the episode kinda reminds me of brave new world like the soma pill etc.. |
KanameFujiwara said: ImmortalDao said: Is it me or was he dreaming about his birth or something similar? The light, the warmth and the final scream. Was that old woman releated to him somehow? She's not his mother but there should be a connection with him because as soon as she died (my assumption as she was sick) he stopped having these strange dreams. Let's wait and see. Perhaps they are sick children who doesn't have a long life expectancy and are given to military as weapons. Why spoiler? Everyone watched the episode here. However, I am not so sure. Perhaps it's a little bit more complicated because if she was his mother the natural treatment should work on him. It's strange. |
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| Well, That city doesn't look fun to me. Neither the people in it! I kinda feel bad for the kids, they are living for this moment and it will be a huge disappointment. I am also pretty curious of what Zero Two is up to! She definitely know's things.. Can't wait until the next episode! |
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| Zorome gets a dose of the city he dreamed of but reality sucks. The grandma is probably his mother but their way of life is distant and cold. 02 fangs ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
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Sweanime said: If you only count this episodes. The show seems directly portrait some undertones against the Japanese society (and many western countries). Japan has big problems with getting new children and aging people. Young adults are not interested in sex/relationship. A survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70 percent of unmarried men and 60 percent of unmarried women are not in a relationship. Moreover, many of them have never got close and cuddly. Around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women admitted they were virgins. Even Denmark are sending out commercials on TV to get people to have sex to have more children. Probably one reason why this show have so heavy undertones with sex, relationships and peek interests between male and females. But I can be totally wrong tough. Now that you mention it perhaps this is the reason behind the recent increase in sex-theme oriented manga and anime. There is a lot of mature themes and explicit scenes like never before. Some years ago it was like a holy grail speaking about sex in mangas but now... |
| I really hope that 002 kinda shows them how the adults think they are expendable, especially after this episode. I think that after his interaction in the city, Zorome might be having his own doubts about what they mean to the adults, especially after how he was by far the one who admired them the most. |
| Apart from being mildly creeped out, I didn't like this episode. At one point I felt like it was turning out well, but I was wrong. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| So I have to get this out now, Im a little disappointed. Every single episode since idk ep5 or so feels like they are teasing us. It should be obvious by now that this is not a happy story, this episode confirmed it (again..). If they dont plan to give this a second season, this story is halfway done. GIVE US THAT TWIST ALREADY Im a bad person for saying this but JUST KILL SOMEONE Everything feels like there is a twist coming, some tragic event, some death, its not all just lovey dovey SoL. Even the beach episode confirmed it again. In every single episode there is like 10% serious plot. A piece of a puzzle. I just feel like they gave us enough hints and should finally start the real show. In this episode they teased us so much again. They showed us that the adult probably told zorome what they are designed for since they cant become adults I guess they are not supposed to live that long. Or that they would not fit in the "society", like a bug in the matrix. Then the guys who picked him up again teased us by saying he is a victim since he is infected. Oh yes, I have seen enough anime to realize this is the reason kids pilot the gundam or rather the FRANXX. We could create thousands of theories by now, but I genuinely feel that they should not continue the show the way they are right now. Its halfway over. It feels like an outstanding anime, it probably will be an outstanding anime. Considering Trigger is involved and this is original, we will get a proper story. But I just dont want the "good part" to be 5 out of 24 episodes. I surely enjoy my SOL and moe anime, but if I want that I would watch a dedicated sol anime. I dont go and watch Evangelion if I want something lighthearted after all. I was expecting Zorome to be a bit shocked or traumatized, but the way he was happily cleaning the bathroom made me worry about how long they will take with the plot to get serious. TL;DR Im sitting during the entire episode thinking "kill somebody, give us tragedy, give us drama". It feels ike they are just scraping over the plot, but they have done that enough. PS: Aside from that I still wonder why these kids are supposed to be super special even among other kids, as I understand it none of the kids are going to become adults, which means they will fight till they die or they will get killed by the adults when they arent usefull anymore. But this applies to all the squads, not just this one. So why exactly are they supposed to be an experiment. If next episode is just teasing again I will probably drop this and binge it when its over, but I dont really want to miss out on the weekly format. Im torn. |
Comander-07Mar 17, 2018 2:25 PM
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Wait was the old woman his mother...? If so, then it's good she didn't tell Zorome, the poor guy would be devastated after she told him they were pitiful with a smile on her face... Although we saw her partner they didn't give us an actual answer as to why he was on that thing and gave a pretty creepy smile but a theory i have is that the man is also 'infected' like the children, ence needing to be disabled of getting out of that machine. That smile could be because he sensed another infected near (Zorome) and though to himself 'you're gonna end up like me' or something, because i think that's what infected males become after turning into adult, they turn insane or some shit. Maybe infected females do too, and the ones who look after them are normal mans. Now, the old woman getting weaker, maybe it's because she staying too long near Zorome (?) idk what to say about her to be honest, but that's possible. |
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AntwanMantilla said: Also I've seen alot of comments saying the woman could be Zorome's mother but I just dont see it. There's not enough info and to me she seems like the type of guardian that took care of multiple children and so that could be why he feels some connection. ye, i don't see it either. they have a similar eye color, but nothing other than that Sweanime said: If you only count this episodes. The show seems directly portrait some undertones against the Japanese society (and many western countries). Japan has big problems with getting new children and aging people. Young adults are not interested in sex/relationship. A survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70 percent of unmarried men and 60 percent of unmarried women are not in a relationship. Moreover, many of them have never got close and cuddly. Around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women admitted they were virgins. lul, i really wouldn't go that far with the train of thoughts. from my perspective what they're trying to show here is just a basic idea of utopia without the concept of love or basically any emotion (there are a lot of books that show the same concept like Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, etc. the idea is not new). but i can certainly feel where you got that from, especially when granny was saying "they were dependent on each other, isn't that annoying?" |
uninstallthegameMar 17, 2018 2:39 PM
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| Interesting episode giving us an insight into the world. Got a real EVA fucked up adult world from this. Any chance that the parasites are clones too and the old woman was the genetic donor of his partner (forgot her name)? |
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Nichalishis said: I really hope that 002 kinda shows them how the adults think they are expendable, especially after this episode. I think that after his interaction in the city, Zorome might be having his own doubts about what they mean to the adults, especially after how he was by far the one who admired them the most. you know, i was really hoping him to show this in some kind of way. like being all gloomy while cleaning the bathroom, but shit, they didn't show anything, sadly |
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| When Zero Two said that city was lifeless she was absolutely spot on. Why am I not surprised that Zorome got lost & found himself in that situation. That woman was about to say something really important to him. Sort of figured this out from hints in the last few episodes but it seems like none of them will become adults, nor did any of the past teams. If they don't die in battle then the infection they carry will eventually kill them? Oh wow look at those teeth, Zero Two is turning into a real monster by the looks of it, no wonder she had no energy at all throughout this episode. |
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| what really annoys me in show is music. it's just completely unsuitable, when i feel like it's just about to give me a depressing vibe - they turn on some cheery shit which turns me off fuck me, i wanna feel some sadness, some depression from these scenes, some confusion, some conflict. maybe some weird shit, like re:zero had. but damn it, they had so many good opportunities and they fucked up most of them, good fucking job i was hoping this to be a part of TRIGGER's job, but apparently A1 took over it |
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zoderos said: jeah like somebody else here already stated I dont feel like I get anything from this episodes so far. Comander-07 said: So I have to get this out now, Im a little disappointed. Every single episode since idk ep5 or so feels like they are teasing us. It should be obvious by now that this is not a happy story, this episode confirmed it (again..). If they dont plan to give this a second season, this story is halfway done. GIVE US THAT TWIST ALREADY Im a bad person for saying this but JUST KILL SOMEONE Everything feels like there is a twist coming, some tragic event, some death, its not all just lovey dovey SoL. Even the beach episode confirmed it again. In every single episode there is like 10% serious plot. A piece of a puzzle. I just feel like they gave us enough hints and should finally start the real show. In this episode they teased us so much again. They showed us that the adult probably told zorome what they are designed for since they cant become adults I guess they are not supposed to live that long. Or that they would not fit in the "society", like a bug in the matrix. Then the guys who picked him up again teased us by saying he is a victim since he is infected. Oh yes, I have seen enough anime to realize this is the reason kids pilot the gundam or rather the FRANXX. We could create thousands of theories by now, but I genuinely feel that they should not continue the show the way they are right now. Its halfway over. It feels like an outstanding anime, it probably will be an outstanding anime. Considering Trigger is involved and this is original, we will get a proper story. But I just dont want the "good part" to be 5 out of 24 episodes. I surely enjoy my SOL and moe anime, but if I want that I would watch a dedicated sol anime. I dont go and watch Evangelion if I want something lighthearted after all. I was expecting Zorome to be a bit shocked or traumatized, but the way he was happily cleaning the bathroom made me worry about how long they will take with the plot to get serious. TL;DR Im sitting during the entire episode thinking "kill somebody, give us tragedy, give us drama". It feels ike they are just scraping over the plot, but they have done that enough. PS: Aside from that I still wonder why these kids are supposed to be super special even among other kids, as I understand it none of the kids are going to become adults, which means they will fight till they die or they will get killed by the adults when they arent usefull anymore. But this applies to all the squads, not just this one. So why exactly are they supposed to be an experiment. If next episode is just teasing again I will probably drop this and binge it when its over, but I dont really want to miss out on the weekly format. Im torn. My thoughts exactly. They should start answering some questions and fast. Then we can move on with the actual plot, instead of wondering which is which and what is what and speculating for like half the anime. Maybe I have simply watched too much movies/anime to find satisfaction with the concept alone, but honestly 11 episodes of nothing are just way too much. It seems kinda stupid to discuss anything about the plot, because everything is so obvious and everything else is just not covered so far. Like is it important if the adult was his mother or just some guardian who looked over him as a baby? No, I dont think it is. Its just important to know they had some sort of connection. Or like "I dont know they are maybe a bit infected" for fucks sake that has literally been confirmed here. The society reminds me a bit of Equilibrium (the movie). But all of this does not matter, I want to see 02 going berserk. This is like Code Geass but the story never left the school. Every episode is just a normal school event episode in an anime about world domination. Or like Death Note but without a death note and Light just learns for his exams. Or Cross Ange but the story never goes part episdoe one. Oh now that I think about it - Madoka Magica but without the twist in EP3 and everything past it. Like Gurren Lagann but they never leave the underground. Like Evangelion but Shinji just drives home at the beginning and we see him playing violin or some stuff. Like Kill La Kill but ... without everything. Just idk watching them eat and sleep in class. Sure, I enjoy that to a degree. But not 11 episodes long. Not when it feels like at the same time at the other end of the world somebody just invented a mircowave which can time travel. uninstallthegame said: what really annoys me in show is music. it's just completely unsuitable, when i feel like it's just about to give me a depressing vibe - they turn on some cheery shit which turns me off fuck me, i wanna feel some sadness, some depression from these scenes, some confusion, some conflict. maybe some weird shit, like re:zero had. but damn it, they had so many good opportunities and they fucked up most of them, good fucking job i was hoping this to be a part of TRIGGER's job, but apparently A1 took over it welcome to the club. You are not alone with that feeling. |
Comander-07Mar 17, 2018 2:48 PM
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I think they might need to be infected to actually be able to pilot the Franxx. And in the end they'll turn into Klaxosaurs. Sexual activity might speed up that process. (That's why they need compatibility between the couples but can't tell them about love/sex/kissing or they might go too far.) Old woman could be mother or a person whose DNA had been used to clone the kids from. I certainly don't think she guessed his number just from his nickname. Maybe her partner was the original 666 (and the 1st ones were adults and ended up like that and couldn't fight long in a Franxx without a virus and then they infected kids that could fight better but died completely in the end). Are all the adults very old people? Or are some younger adults? We still don't know that. The soldier/police guys seemed younger. And one seemed to understand the situation of the kids. (But makes it sound like they know it is bad to use them ... but there is no other thing they could do to survive.) APE guys at the top leadership seemed "evil" again. |
| I'm glad they focused on world building this episode! It provided us with some info, while also raising many important questions. 02 was clearly acting weird this episode & man it seems like she's starting to have fangs now!! I think the reason why she needs to go through the tests is to probably keep her Klax side under control. I recall back in the previous episodes, APE said something about how her blood shouldn't get mixed with Hiro or something like that. I wonder if she'll start to look like the shadow in the picture soon  About the world the adults live in, I agree with 02 that it looks lifeless. It felt empty & the way they lived didn't look normal to me. At this point the children may never reach adulthood with them dropping hints of them being infected, so they would either die before turning into adults, or maybe they would turn into Klaxasours. I wonder who that Lady was? Was she Zorome's mother or perhaps someone who used to take care of him as a kid. Also the heck is that heart device hanging on her chest + Her talk about this so called dose of happiness her partner is receiving. Also the dream Zorome had at the beginning could be a memory of him when he was born. Looking forward to the next ep! |
-ArisaMar 17, 2018 4:33 PM
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| That was dark. Wonder what Zero Two is up to. If her Klax part is really suppressed it would make sense she would want to unleash it since she has Hiro now and can execute whatever escape she is planning. |
| @Comander-07 you're not alone. Since Ep6, this series is behaving like an episodic anime. A good drama anime needs a good plot to move character interactions forward. Short stories/episodic are cheap drama. The last thought of Zorome that he says "I stopped thinking about and even forgot about her" destroys any plot progression. I WILL concede that we got SOME world building. But the information given for a series that is already on Ep10 is not enough. When Trigger/A-1 are going to start to connect the dots so we can see the big picture? I hope this doesn't turn into another Re:Creators that left the whole plot conclusion in the last 3 episodes. |
AdrianRubinskyMar 17, 2018 3:11 PM
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AdrianRubinsky said: Atleast Re:Creators had dedicated plot episodes and deciated "you could just as well skip them" episodes. If I recall correctly Mamika progressed the plot a lot at the beginning, atleast she made it interesting. Here we do have a tiny bit of plot and world building each episode. Ironically I binged the first 5 episodes and was hooked, and after that as you said the show started to get episodic. While this was one of the more plot relevant episodes lately, it just was not enough. I really really want this to be a good anime, but I fear it might become another Zankyou no Terror case (very very promising at the beginning, then just meh, then they finish the plot as good as they can)@Comander-07 you're not alone. Since Ep6, this series is behaving like an episodic anime. A good drama anime needs a good plot to move character interactions forward. Short stories/episodic are cheap drama. The last thought of Zorome that he says "I stopped thinking about and even forgot about her" destroys any plot progression. I WILL concede that we got SOME world building. But the information given for a series that is already on Ep10 is not enough. When Trigger/A-1 are going to start to connect the dots so we can see the big picture? I hope this doesn't turn another Re:Creators that left the whole plot conclusion in the last 3 episodes. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
-Arisa said: 02 was clearly acting weird this episode & man it seems like she's starting to have fangs now!! I think the reason why she needs to go through the tests is to probably keep her Klax side under control. I recall back in the previous episodes, APE said something about how her blood shouldn't get mixed with Hiro or something like that. I wonder if she'll start to look like the shadow in the picture soon i really hope they will show her like that, like at a certain moment she breaks down and goes completely berserk, not just that shitty screaming they showed last time |
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| Very good episode. I liked the focus on Zorome. And his interactions with that lady were certainly interesting. Having to live with a partner you never talk to though... and she even said that she's not used to talking so much. They only get pleasure artificially too. This is all very sad and chilling to think about. I wonder if Zero Two will be all okay. Anyway this ep had both focus on characters and some world building so I am very satisfied. |
bitchassdarius said: Zethus_Thorne96 said: What will the last two episodes of the first half (1-12) bring to the table in terms of plot progression? there will be two more beach episodes and that will be "character development" you can’t deny the beach episode actually brought some plot to the table for once |
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| I like that we got to see more of the adults and I think I have a theory: the "adults" make babys then the papa or whatever they're called take the new born babys and raise them in a special inviorment then it happens again which explains why 666 felt like he knew the old lady she is his mother but hay this is just a theory I created and I'm more than happy to hear your opinions on it :3 |
| Very good episode with some development in chara and ambientation... So far Zorome and Miku team is that I like more. 5/5 CondemneDio said: A1 same face syndrome strikes again. The granny looks exatcly like the dead kid in that one show. This episode was animated by TRIGGER. |
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| The main plot is a slow burner, but it's been consistent and revealing things piece by piece is fine with me. I would rather be kept guessing and intrigued as opposed to having the second half of the season being all about finding a solution to a problem already revealed. At this stage they really don't know how much shit they're in, and although the audience has a better idea, it's far from complete "What is human" still seems to be the most prominent question, currently it seems like the kids are in some way, the adults are in some way, and 002 is in some way, but none of them are the same - not even on a basic biological level, and those differences are eventually going to clash. |
| not so bad actually, in the beginning of the episode i thought it was going to be focused on miku/zorome romance shit like last episode was goro/ichigo, that would be worse |
| Well Zorome don't die when the whole episode was a huge death flag for him. Clearly the kid was the most "human" we have so far we have from this shpw. They are being raised by "adult" who clearly not "human" the kid still have the freedom to learnd how to be a "human" without any "adult" guide them. I i wish they use this form more  How they even walk without ram into something when those thing don't even have a hole for eye. |
| Into the Internet! |
| Parasites visit city: I sleep Zorome finds his mom: I sleep Zero two has big boy fangs: Real shit?! |
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ZBlastHistory said: How they even walk without ram into something when those thing don't even have a hole for eye. Simple answer: Technology Complex answer: Its anime what do u expect |
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| Zorome is just such a brat when he's the one acting like an idiot then talking trash about Miku behind her back by blaming everything on her. But interesting episode. So that woman is clearly part cyborg, which is probably true for all adults. - The appearance of her heart. Notably, her heart appears to run on lava energy. - The fact that she had to turn the medical device's setting to "pets" to help Zorome. Whether adults were previously human is kind of up in the air. But what's clear is that the kids are incompatible with adults. To be "disinfected" they may have to be modified before being welcomed into the city. Interesting thing to consider: the relationship between the kids, the adults, and the rulers. Previously I thought this was a colonizing scenario: the rulers came in and created this hierarchy and dynamic, pressing the kids into service to protect them and adults. But it's entirely possible, judging from that woman's attitude, that humanity at one point just decided to "evolve" into this state and the created the rulers to manage and oversee them. I'm operating under the assumption that the rulers are not human here, as they seem to discuss humanity as a separate species. |
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