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| Still no development from the story. I wanted Rika to die. But that's plot armor for you. |
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| good episode as always, but I think it's silly for rika to be mad at her mother, at least she didn't leave her, maybe not the best mother in the world but life not fair she also suffered but stayed with her child well sometimes it's hard for kids to understand adults pain so it's understandable, but I hope she realizes that her mother not that bad at least |
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| Another fantastic episode damn, that was so good and painful to watch. As we all know Rika's genki personality is not her real self, I guess it's just her way of coping. Rika trying to cut herself was really shocking, it hit so hard, I didn't know that her life was that bad. Her mother really needs help, she doesn't even know herself who the father is, that's fucked. I also like the analogy between Rika as a mom to Mannen and then her mother, her mother is broken as well and needs to be protected. Don't worry Rika, you have friends now that'll be there for you, them hugging was great, kinda wished Neiru would have joined in but words of encouragement is great as well. Really looking forward to the next episode. Pink haired Rika is really cute though. |
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Desmondus said: oh yeah. definitely. I think the story lost it's plot. It's less about the original concept anymore. It would be interesting to see what happens when someone dies from this. To be honest in my comment I said the operators cared but it seems like they cared but not too much. They could definitely replace her. I recon this is true but the only way to confirm anything is for someone to die, which probably won't happen. I know right. There's just no way they could replace some other girl. It's already late to add some characters. And you know they're going back to the first eps, but in group. I'll lower my expectation from now on. |
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| Ah, i like this kind of direction. The suspensing of the disbelief for Ai's main plot for the later episode, and decided to expand Rika's character more, as how underdevelop her background before. Good shit. Even though, this episode kinda gave such a line that Ai suggested as the only way to prevent sensei entering her lives via her mother. But, well, let it slide it away first, together with her feeling, and lemme celebrate Rika's birthday. Yey! Happy birthday, tough girl! You can do that! Don't recycle the same route over again to you, and be done with it. Because you had such a good friends around you, helpful friendship relationships, and a good kid to be raisen up! So, yeah, Happy birthday, Kawaii girl! A little note about this episode, Neiru parents, tho. condolences for a while... Then, is that you, Hanakana? Obaa-chan again, eh? I see xd. |
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| yo, Rika's development is fleshed out here. At first she may seem dislikeable, but really it stems down to her family issues. |
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| By far the best episode so far. It didn't present any new elements compared to previous episodes, but the execution was much better. I finally was fully invested in the character narrative they presented. But I still hope the show improves even more, because there is a potential of achieving a big level of quality in here. |
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| For some reason, my initial thought on this episode was that it is not as good as the last 6 episodes (probably because of the fact that the last 6 episodes were so action packed and fun despite having self harm and committing suicide the main theme). It was too fast for me to get my thoughts in, so now that I've took a few minutes to take in what had happened, I think that this episode was very crucial. It is probably where the anime takes a huge turn and get into the serious stuff. Episode 7 showed the struggle that Rika faced, which showed that having a dead fan was not the only problem that she has. This makes me think that the story is not about a mysterious adventure about a girl being bullied and her 3 friends she met along the way, but instead about 4 young girls struggling through life and how they recover through the help of each other and the dead people's struggles in the wonder egg world. In other words, character development from the other characters instead of Ai makes this series more enjoyable (feels more realistic, having ups and downs, sth like that, not sire how to describe this feeling) I'm just writing my thoughts, so I might not be making any sense. Probably the best way to describe how I feel towards this anime right now is that it is at the same level, or even better, as the first half of Darling in the Franxx. Everything they are doing is just right, but I can see how there is a possibility that the ending will go wrong. |
  "私のせいだ、私が裏切っだから、初めて出来た友達なのに。" - 大戸 アイ " ‘何故死なないの？’が。私を死に誘惑したのね。" - 青沼 ねいる "ありと多いもんだね、君と同じ、愛してるなんて。" - 沢木 桃恵 "第一、デブは一緒にたら恥ずかしいから無理で。‘もこないで’っで。" - 川井 リカ art - namendart |
| Oh wow, blinded by your own self righteousness. At some point, time will of passed and before you know you won't have the excuse of youth. Its pretty pathetic to be honest. I read down the comments and several times your only response was about middle aged men. its a shame you didnt ever have anything intelligent to say. This show is a master piece in story telling, and visually is one of the best shows this series. And all you can do with your toxicity is talk about middle aged men. Its possible we were even arguing the same point at the beginning but since you decided to name call I feel its important to once more call out the immaturity or your statment. This show has nothing to do with gender, and if your feeling demasculated so much I would recommend you seek professional help. spaesu said: Roch2001 said: Just no. Live some extra years to help you understand both sides of the male and female spectrum experience the same range of emotions, and simply trolling one show because it has female leads is pathetic. Watch more, and come back and comment in 10 years. You have little experience in the real world. Call it a harmful stereotype but you reject that people are happy to manipulate others for wealth and power. You even do it yourself by rejecting it as a core principal of our capitalist world. RobertBobert said: In fact, this is a fairly common mentality among girls' parents, especially these days. Women are taught in advance that they are special and men are obliged to constantly please them. Or even among parents of boys. I don't understand why there is a myth among feminists that men are taught to treat women as a thing. So, when women are taught that they shouldn't try because they can easily manipulate men, is that also the fault of men? can i please just share my opinion on an anime forum without middle aged men getting triggered? |
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| Anyone know the bg music during Rika's fight? It was dope |
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| lots of tw needed content but wow this ep almost made me cry. rika character growth. didn't really like her at first but I love her now. a lot of people didn't expect her self-harm though it's been explicitly mentioned in past eps?(+ her weapon) anyway thank you cute life-saving pets for some emotional relief |
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| Oh my, someone else just told me about OP. Were you OP in this thread or the person to post after. I'm sorry, I dont sit and read all comments, I simply come post after watching something and sometimes I scroll above. Firstly I didnt get triggered. You got triggered because you were unhappy at my criticism which you bundled together with someones response. I figured already you were female, but that does not excuse the criticism you feel demasculated. Using the word defiminise would simply trigger even more people ;) spaesu said: Roch2001 said: Oh wow, blinded by your own self righteousness. At some point, time will of passed and before you know you won't have the excuse of youth. Its pretty pathetic to be honest. I read down the comments and several times your only response was about middle aged men. its a shame you didnt ever have anything intelligent to say. This show is a master piece in story telling, and visually is one of the best shows this series. And all you can do with your toxicity is talk about middle aged men. Its possible we were even arguing the same point at the beginning but since you decided to name call I feel its important to once more call out the immaturity or your statment. This show has nothing to do with gender, and if your feeling demasculated so much I would recommend you seek professional help. not sure if you missed it (not sure how you would since its the first post on this thread) but i was discussing a lot about the episode and stuff before you guys got triggered. if you don't like what you see then no need to cry about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ dont even know what you're talking about anymore and i dont really think its related to what i was saying lol. also when you said "and if your feeling demasculated so much" i was dying lmfao |
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fishplums said: you think lecturing someone is a good way to have a conversation? sounds like middle-aged man brain Do you call it a lecture? Are you even trying to make me feel guilty with this? Lol, are you 10 years old? @Roch2001 To be honest, I absolutely do not understand what is in their heads. I succinctly asked "what does my gender and age have to do with this" and was immediately accused of allegedly giving lectures and another weird attack on my age and gender. Modern children think that if you say "ahaha, you are a man and an adult" then it automatically makes you wrong? |
RobertBobertFeb 24, 2021 10:00 AM
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| This series has a great subtextual message management. I like that point of view of "be how you want to be" and "everyone gives their best". Still, I noticed an attempt of defending Rika´s mother off her fault, which is the wrong pole. That´s the only mistake I found, nice series up to now. Also another great chapter, with more backstories and wondering what´s going to happen with that Sensei and Ohto´s mother. This is going to roll fast |
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spaesu said: dont get what you mean by "demasculated"/"defiminised" since those aren't even real words but its hard to take you seriously in the first place when you're literally bri*ish Touche. I like you and I hate you. Although both are words depending on how current you are and how little you care about reality. For me, this show represents story which dives into seriously dark topics and is not afraid to bring them to the forefront. Its so deep sometimes I even question myself and wonder why I feel like Im drowning and yet when I see these characters fighting so hard against the current. I feel a sense of strength, and anyone who tries to take that away with banal bullshit I will fight against. |
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I guess wonder eggs brought us to this point.. |
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| Rika sure has a lot of family matters to deal with and she hides it all by laughing it away, until she is coerced by the Wonder Killer. That scene when she was cutting herself actually hurt me so much, very well done. I love Rika's character. I also love when a character that is depicted to always say what's on their mind encourages someone, it makes it more genuine. "Don't die" |
| it perfectly shows how people either become their shitty parents or they choose to become the better person and learn from the experience |
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| Some people say that the overseers (Acca) are like Kyubey, but they do seem like they care for the girls. I have high hopes for them. Plus, the girls can stop doing what they're doing at any time so it isn't as dark as Madoka. This deal seems to be better - work, get rewarded in the end. Instead of getting rewarded immediately and then suffer till you die (rather soon)! |
lemongarden said: it perfectly shows how people either become their shitty parents or they choose to become the better person and learn from the experience Lol what a false dilemma? You don't have to face the "lone wolf versus your parents' copy" dilemma, it's absurd. The Chinese say, "fools learn from their mistakes, and smart ones learn from other people's mistakes," lol. |
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| Love seeing how the girls help each other develop through and grow from their trauma. Really glad we got another Rika episode. I love seeing her in particular develop. No mention of Mr. Sawaki or hint to what he's doing this episode like I had hoped, but still a fun episode regardless. The texting group chat bits between the girls are always my favorite parts lol. |
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Swamanam said: There's something I really didn't get and it's bothering me. I know the show doesn't mean this and there's something else to take out of this dialogue but when Rika said that even if it meant hurting herself, she would keep living, did that mean she will keep cutting herself? Fairly certain that's exactly what the show meant, tbh. The show has delved before in some fairly realistic theses on suicide et al, and I think this might be what they were going for here. Going cold turkey on any coping mechanism - whether it be addiction or self harm or anything else - not only very rarely works, but can in fact be potentially harmful instead and is therefore not actually advisable. It's not something most media would come out and say outright, because there's a high risk of worsening the situation instead of helping anybody, but technically that conclusion isn't wrong. At least with Rika I think we have a good example of somebody who's trying to break the habit and is open to talking about her self harming, both of which are something to strive for. (but as somebody else has pointed out before, if they want to go down the "bad coping mechanisms are still better than suicide" route, then it'd be good to see her using some healthier alternatives like rubber bands or ice) |
| Definitely my favourite anime original in a while, and is my favourite non-sequel of the season. The series isn't exploding into life but the story is bubbling up nicely into it's final episodes. Could be onto a winner here. |
| I see this thread fell apart fast, huh? lol Great episode. Nice to see them all getting so close. Was kinda sad that Neiru was assumed to have a great relationship with her parents, but in reality has none. I am curious to learn more about her, as she still seems to have the most hidden about her, and we just keep getting trickles of information about her. |
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Wow! A Rika-centered episode. You'll never really know if someone is suffering, so be kind. Rika's pretending to shine but she's actually really sad in the inside, mainly because of her alcoholic mom and the father she's longing to meet. |
| They're doing a significantly better job developing Rika's character than the rest, although I have some issues with the ending of the episode, particularly the "I need to cut myself to keep myself sane." You would think that would be the starting point and a character learns to NOT cut themself, but instead, it's presented as her triumph. In a show all about depressed and suicidal girls, I don't think glorifying self-harm is the way to go. The suicldal-girl-of-the-week is also another one that I don't know really deserved to be saved. She was taken in by a cult and spent the entire thing trying to get Rika killed too. Even after being 'saved,' all she did was insult and disparage her. Yes, nobody deserves to be preyed upon, but I feel like at least at some point understanding that they were in the process of becoming a similar monster should be a requisite. But the dramatic and character development sides of the episode were still very well handled, with a mix of exposition from Rika and just showing that her mother is a struggling woman who isn't a complete monster, but also that Rika is really desperately feeling abandoned and starved for affection. Cognizent enough to realize what she hates about her mother, but also aware that she's turning into her. |
Desmondus said: Rakabat said: oh yeah. definitely. I think the story lost it's plot. It's less about the original concept anymore. It would be interesting to see what happens when someone dies from this. To be honest in my comment I said the operators cared but it seems like they cared but not too much. They could definitely replace her. I recon this is true but the only way to confirm anything is for someone to die, which probably won't happen. Still no development from the story. I wanted Rika to die. But that's plot armor for you. what a weird thing to say.. aren't they fighting for people that killed themselves? why would one of the girls kill themselves/let themselves be killed.. i don't think that's plot armor i think it's literally against the entire plot of the anime. are we watching the same thing? |
Desmondus said: crybabymae said: jeez why'd you quote me? I didn't say anything about plot armor. what a weird thing to say.. aren't they fighting for people that killed themselves? why would one of the girls kill themselves/let themselves be killed.. i don't think that's plot armor i think it's literally against the entire plot of the anime. are we watching the same thing? i can respond to two messages with one, lol. i’m responding to both of you. you’re saying how they lost the plot, & the other person saying plot armor..? do you know how a forum works? i think the anime isn’t going to take deep subjects about people self harming & killing themselves, then just replace a character because she was okay with dying for a moment. |
| So, those injuries was actually self-harm and we thought the mom used to beat Rika. I too had messed up childhood but can't really relate since I'm not into self-harm but I do understand that some kids her age would feel like this if they have family issues. But the mom doesn't seem that bad of a person, I'm sure she has something that makes her depressed, like the father might be dead or something. I hope Rika sorts out everything with her mother. I hope the next episode focuses on Neiru. At this point she's still the most mysterious. And I would like to know more about Momo's family. |
Rickydory123Feb 25, 2021 3:47 PM
| I'm just glad this anime is finally getting more recognize in the community as when it first aired it wasn't too big. Now it's growing in it's popularity and getting even more better! |
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