Shiguang Dailiren Episode 6 Discussion

_r_y_u_k_o_ said:
I should've binged this show, the cliffhangers are too much for me (also, wdym by 7th ep released?)

PaninaManina said:
Hum... this episode is complicated.
This "power up" is the type of detail that may "ruin" a story with super natural powers. You don't put fanciful elements to your story to do anything you want with it, to allow the "impossible". You add it to create a game with clear rules and the rules must be respected. But you can "cheat", like they did here. That's why they only gave us that basic explanation at the beginning of episode one and nothing more. If you don't establish the rules, all the rules, clearly beforehand you can always write the rules as you go. This is what this episode did, we didn't knew everything that Lu could and couldn't do with his power so we can't say that this is a brake of the rules even if it feels a bit forced.

I want to point this clearly before commenting more because this is a series that we can easily forgive some faults, I believe people here agree, right?
Because this "cheat" wasn't used to resolve some dilemma or obstacle that the characters couldn't normally overcome. On the contrary, it was used to create a new dilemma and obstacle. The way the series keeps hammering about not changing the past, not only that but also that it's better to not change the past and instead work in the present for a better future, was making me expect that eventually they would try to change the past. The policeman didn't came asking for help with Emma's case, but he is on her cause and the possibility that she will be saved still remains, but the episode subverted expectations a bit using this "new power" to create that catastrophic encounter between Xiaoshi and Xiao.

So, again, I repeat.
What the series that in this episode was a huge risk but it survived upping the game.
As only as the core rules and commandments aren't betrayed everything goes.

Now, about the rest... wow!
THIS SERIES IS REALLY GOOD!
Man, they wanted to tell touching human dramas and they are really doing it. It's amazing how they are making me care about every single character in this. And with such elegance... The scenes with the mother in the present could be a very sad sight but only made me fell love for that couple. It also surprised me that they would involve Xiao as another person with a personal regret, and her case is scary. How many "crimes" did you see with your own eyes but never noticed? If Xiao were strolling with her friend in some other neighborhood and never had seem the news about the kidnapping she would had forgotten completely. Just think about that for a second... Maybe that's one reason why she is in the business with the other two, because she also had a regret about the past that she could change.
(special mention that the father regrets something GOOD that he did)


Technically the direction and cinematography was off the charts.
We can't have those past "sakugas" in every single scene, it's clear that half the time the animation isn't exceptional, but it works good enough and the background most than compensate for this. Not only we have a lot of backgrounds for each location a good number of them are from non-conventional angles (which makes the animators job more difficult). This makes the scenes feels more alive, specially with such exceptional transitions like in this episode chaining the emotions of the characters.

What a gem.

PokemonArk said:
Can I ask who are the elderly couple in the third flash scene?

First scene - the boss from the first case who was sent to jail
Second scene - the two friends who made up over the food business
Third scene - ?

jr_paperbag said:
My guess is perhaps from this missing boy case, the policeman might connect Emma's case to them, since Emma is being subtly brought up from time to time in the scenes.

PaninaManina said:


Could you elaborate?
What are those other scenes that "subtly" references her?

ChaosK9 said:


Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "subtly". I guess I was just trying to say that the show is very lightly telling us that it hasn't forgotten about Emma (police finding more clues about her case on the radio report that Qiao Ling listened to in Ep. 3, and the case file of Emma in this episode) and that the show will revisit her character later, and is doing this without being a significant part of the current arc.

ChaosK9 said:


Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "subtly". I guess I was just trying to say that the show is very lightly telling us that it hasn't forgotten about Emma (police finding more clues about her case on the radio report that Qiao Ling listened to in Ep. 3, and the case file of Emma in this episode) and that the show will revisit her character later, and is doing this without being a significant part of the current arc.

Sorvarin said:
that begging kid really gave me anxiety at the start of the episode. both parents are working, why the kid is not in the kindergarten? that's irresponsible of them. if for some reason the kindergarten is not as available in China as it is in my country, they could've hired some old lady to watch after the kid for a few hours when it's especially busy.
realistically speaking, mom can't go back to being sane even if they find the kid, mental illnesses don't work like that. I understand that not everyone is super strong, but I wish they've portrayed the parents as being strong for the sake of their kid at least. but no they both went mental/half mental and instead of caring for each other and themselves they gave up on themselves. it's depressing to see.