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| Turns out they were in Narihisago's well the entire time, I gotta say, I didn't see that coming. Anaido/Fukuda really is one conniving son of a gun and just kinda broke the system with the whole "I remember everything." bit. The montage of Narihisago's past got a few tears out of me, I knew it was gonna happen but that didn't make it any easier. Considering Sakaido/Narihisago is stuck, it looks like it's up to Hondomachi to help Kura from here. I'm really excited to see where the series goes from here and I'm hoping they can tie up the ending nicely. |
 โจโจ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐. โจ |
| fuck that was just epic and the flashback was so sad. |
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| Top tier episode. This show was already amazing, but this is the equivalent of that Demon Slayer episode from last season --- the one who pushed it to the top. Whenever happiness is destroyed, it is always a tragedy. |
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| i wanted to believe but i guess some dreams really are too good to become true seriously spent what 2 years in the span of 10mins what a tragedy to be robbed of that , Narihisago living the true bad ending for forever even if this show is really hard to watch glad i stuck with it it's really good |
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| Well - we just got our big Inception moment this episode. Also, while that wasn't quite at the same level of the First Few Minutes of Up with the flashback at the middle of the episode... it was pretty damn close. |
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phantomfandom said: I actually think about recent anime film that reveal everything was just a dream in the last ten seconds... yes, last ten seconds after credit, with no foreshadowing hint at all. . What is the name of the film ? |
| pretty intense moments going on there. |
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| I heard a similar news recently: Reunion with dead daughter through VR |
| I was right about the hole drilling guy keeping his memories. (I probably shouldn't be happy I figured it out episodes ago, because almost everyone can figure out at least that much.) Oh shit! Narihisago was in his own ID the whole time! That raises so may questions. The two detectives finally met. It's interesting how the passage of time was different for the both of them. Narihisago was in the second ID for over a year. Wow! A week is enough time to convince yourself the other place may be real, but a year is more than enough to believe and accept it. And shattering that reality suddenly should be quite devastating! The emotional scene wasn't that emotional. I've noticed with stories like this (which focus on logic) that they don't focus too much on emotions and feelings. So, when I have to compare stuff like this anime with stuff like Hoshiai no Sora, I just can't. They provide two very different types of entertainment, and I love both. Feels like this is for our logical "left brain", and stories like 'Hoshiai no Sora' is for our emotional "right brain". |
| No OP this week but this episode was very emotional. The plot twist in this episode is.......it was Narihisago's id well all along! I didn't expect that Hondoumachi appeared in that dream lol. 5/5 |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| Nice to see Hondoumachi and Narihisago meet up in the well! Man, got really emotional with that flashback - it's so precious, those memories. Wonderful episode. |
_shahriar_shiham said: Narishago's pain in leaving his family in the fake world within the well really hit me in the feels It was bloody well done. |
| can someone explain in simple way whats happening? |
“You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin” . |
| Man, I really wanted that world to be the "true" reality, but I guess it was just to good to be true. Man, Narihisago is top tier, he can literally kill serial killers (or to-be serial killers) just by talking to them. Didn't cry in this episode, but still felt kinda emotional. It's definitely heartbreaking for Narihisago to realize and remember that the reality he's in is fake, and that the people he thought that he was able to save are really dead. Also, when they showed how bad Muku was after The Challenger, I felt really sad and mad. MomoSinX said: I don't think Asukai is dead, she is needed for the machine as a core. Ok weird theory but you know how Asukai said that if she keeps continuing on living, she'll blend in and warp the world? So what if the ID wells are her? I don't know how to explain it, but I think that she really was able to "blend" and "warp" the world, but in the MIzuhanome. So it isn't that her conscious makes the ID wells, her entire being does. |
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| masterpiece anime !!! |
| Dreams end when the dreamer wakes up. Too much to handle in a single episode. |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| Here I was wondering how he could live that long in the well inside a well... seems like there's no proper explanation to answer the question "how 10 minutes made a year for him". But the revelation of Anaido being aware of his own identity and everything outside the well... wow that'll completely break it and I'm really curious to see how everything will react ! I get a feeling the final revelation about John Walker will be a blast |
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emraanash said: can someone explain in simple way whats happening? So, what we gathered from this episode: -Narihisago has been in Kiki's well for over a year, taking out serial killers, continuing working as a police detective, and spending as much time as he can with his family. -Kiki gets weaker by the month and feels like something will happen to her that will change her from her human state and will affect the world around her. She asks Narihisago to kill her instead and he refuses. Eventually, she disappears from the hospital, all the while causing several nurses to fall unconscious. -Narihisago and Handomachi meet and he has to give in to the realization that this world is not real and the world begins to be destroyed by the fact that the two detectives were never supposed to meet. Their time scales clash as Handomachi only feels she's been in the world for ten minutes, while for Narihisago, it has been more than a year. -At the moment they try to work together, Narihisago is pulled out since that is the end of the "10 minutes" according to the first level of the iD well, where Anaido is. -When Sakaido wakes up, he has no memories of his time in the well, but he realizes from his observations that in the desert id well, they had been bound to Kaeru using strips from her dress and that Anaido had removed them and hidden that fact. -Anaido acknowledges this and reveals that he has never forgotten his true identity outside the well as serial killer Fukada like he should have, because of his brain injury. He also found a picture of Narihisago and his family that was on the dead man in quicksand. Anaido reveals Sakaido's true identity to him as Akihito Narihisago, the ex-cop and murderer, which causes Sakaido's brain to go on the fritz. -This is because it is revealed that the well they've been in all this time, is not Momoki's, but Narihisago's at a different stage of development. Narihisago has been tricked into entering his own well while being made aware of his own identity. This is the worst-case scenario since his conscious is never supposed to be aware of his subconscious. This will cause him to "fall into dogma". -This tells us that the particles at Momoki's house were planted there, probably by John Walker, who is worked together with Fukada to trap Sakaido/Akihito. |
| What the hell was that! I was crying one minute then I was up on my seat thinking WTF happened! Awesome episode, and yet it still left me more confused... |
Row-anMar 2, 2020 10:16 PM
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jd2001z said: Ok weird theory but you know how Asukai said that if she keeps continuing on living, she'll blend in and warp the world? So what if the ID wells are her? I don't know how to explain it, but I think that she really was able to "blend" and "warp" the world, but in the MIzuhanome. So it isn't that her conscious makes the ID wells, her entire being does. So the Id wells might be (for lack of a better term) powered by a forsaken child? |
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| Okay, the pictures of Narihisago with his wife and daughter are really touching, but... who took the photos? That really bugged while watching the episode (which nevertheless was awesone). |
Eleris18 said: I gotta be perfectly honest. This episode was not the best. It was still fantastic, but not great. I know that a lot of people loved the insert song and the montage of Narihisago and his family, (yes it was very good) however, I don't think it matched the mood of the show. It kind of just popped up out of no where. There was nothing that led into a slow soft song with a sweet montage. It was a little choppy. The episode of which I decided I was really drawn into this series is episode 6, aka the loop train. Such simplicity instantly reminded me of Inception (movie) and its train quotes, and a particular episode of Mushishi where there's a "looping" involved as well. A tinge of varied feelings - indifference, shyness, joy, calm, uneasiness, and some smiles here and there, all lead into a sobbing Sakaido - who knew that moment could really etch in my mind even though it's not something like a plot twist or an epic revelation of some sort. Below are three examples I "personally" think would've improved the montage for this episode. Kiseijuu A bit of a spoiler, though what's noteworthy in here was a flashback/flashes happening right around a girl's death's corner, and another brief flashes upon Shinichi realizing who just knocked or came through the door. Kanata no Astra Spoiler as well, so let' just say there's this particular flashback about a character's identity, and in the heat of the moment of explaining, the flashback has to be shown in-between, deciphering and revealing what the mystery of this show is all about. Kill la Kill A fictitious weaving of the past of Ryuuko has two instances of montage shown accompanied by a harrowing Eng song. Combine these three. A mixture of montages and flashbacks, paced just after the OP song with a bit of interlude before that. Some grayscale moments, and a bit of talking like an intermission before the background song resumes again, as shown in Kill la Kill. Proximity between death episode and montage scene, like in Kiseijuu. And before all that, a heated or even passionate altercation between characters, a clash of wills leading to a meaningful and decisive montage/flashbacks like in Kanata no Astra. Honestly, I don't think there's a great disconnect for Sakaido/Nahirisago's montage though. The montage happened briefly before the crumbling of the world, and the realization that his whole world was all fake. Also, between a conversation with her deceased wife. The one I think which lessened the impact was the trigger - that is, Hondoumachi's presence. There's no buildup for her, or something interesting going on for Hondoumachi before she suddenly pointed a gun at him. Like, literally nothing at all. Meanwhile, Sakaido's buildup was fine, more like excessive as these last 2 eps was meant to show his futile attempt to live in a new world and get caught by it in the process. For suspense-inclined people though, it's not a surprise this tops everything so far, and I wouldn't dare to question why as well, because this episode really was a great suspense/mystery buildup. |
| This episode is as good as the previous one. The last two episodes are on another level compared to the other episodes of the series. I don’t think it’s going to maintain this level but who knows. |
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| Loved this episode quite a bit but must say the insert song kinda took me out of it. I think even the same song but sung in Japanese would have worked for me. The OST rendition just seemed kinda cheesy. |
| OK, as I was expecting, they weren't in Momoki's Well after all. But Fukuda... you tricky bastard! I really wonder what his intentions are now. Incredible episode. Again, the balance between Narihisago's internal drama and real plot progression was perfectly handled. As for the montage of his life with his family and their fateful conclusion, I have to say it was indeed quite emotional and the new insert song did a good job at setting the sad atmosphere. In fact, the whole sequence from meeting Hondoumachi to being expelled from the Well was great in terms of execution but my only "complain" with it is that I would have wished the time progression in Narihisago's "reality" inside Kiki's ID Well would have been portrayed in a more clear way because if it weren't for Hondoumachi pointing that out, I would never have thought 2 years had passed. But anyways, other than that, I highly enjoyed this episode and I'm more than eager to see how things will develop from now on. |
| Great episode. I can't say I really expecting that ending, it was just...wow. |
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| Wooow, I cried so much this episode. I fell into the same sense of hope that Narihisago did and thought that maybe all the bad stuff wasn't real. When Hondomachi told him it was an Id Well and he thought about his real-life.... my heart just shattered. That ending though... How did the team not realize that Anaido & Sakaido were in Narihisago's Id Well the whole time, but Anaido did? I usually keep up with this anime pretty well but this week's ep has scrambled my brain a bit haha |
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| WOW! This episode is so cool and intense! oh god! give me more! 5/5. |
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| I was not ready for this :( .. damn flashbacks ... great episode. |
| Damn Id and what not... this becames more and more interesting |
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| The script in this show is so well put together, I'm sad I was sleeping on it. Well, hoping for a grand finale. |
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