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| Time to settle old business. Mike uses details provided by Emma to locate Jason Cardenas, a former AUZA staff member. Meanwhile, thwarted in his initial attempt to infiltrate AUZA City by Zai, Higan discovers an alternative pathway, thanks to the mysterious benefactor who has been helping him all along. As Jason starts to talk about his desire to shut down AUZA and take revenge because they fired him, Mike stands beside him without objection as he initiates the hack. They uncover information about a company named "Bound" and its involvement in identity manipulation. Emma's name on the list catches Mike's attention. But just as he notices her name, AUZA catches onto the hack and begins to raid Jason's arcade. The whole AUZA company is bad news. It's not surprising anymore. Jason went into hiding because working there was terrible. Last episode was slow, just setting up for this one. We knew there'd be a fight in the park with rock music. And AUZA buying identities? Not shocking at all. But seeing Emma's name on that list makes me wonder what AUZA's up to. Probably nothing good. Anyway, Higan fights the guards, and the animation is great. Mike should've listened to Higan's car advice; it might have helped. And of course, these AUZA dude's have mechs. AUZA could do anything like pull out a nuke, and I wouldn't be surprised. Just seeing Yamaji made Higan go crazy, but he couldn't do much. Zai standing by Higan's side isn't surprising. He's a good friend. But Higan still couldn't do much even with his help. Things are looking bad for Higan and Mike. How will they got out of this one? |
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| Damn, so Emma has ties to AUZA in some way, and the person helping Higan was a traitor to higher ups. Good thing they timed that betrayal right to save him with the robot or Higan's quest for revenge would've ended right there. |
| Good Episode, lots of questions now, this show is one I cannot decide about, some episodes I feel uninvested then next episode it's like okay this could be better than i thought...guess i need to keep watch lol. |
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| hell f*cking yeah dawg. |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
Reply to deg
the pink armored suit maybe emma
| @deg It would make a lot of sense if that was the case. Intriguing to say the least. Excellent action packed episode. That last scene had the perfect OST to it too. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| damn a proper higan vs zai didn't happen, guess it is more of a end of season kinda fight but they still popped off. cool car chase as well. pink armour certainly is a bit of a head scratcher. |
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| Did his secret technique weaken or something. Not a fan of the english rap esque background music but the rest of the episode was on point. |
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| emma is the spy ninja <3 |
| I'm just hoping Emma isn't really a traitor lol |
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I'm just hoping Emma isn't really a traitor lol
Szn08 said: I'm just hoping Emma isn't really a traitor lol IMO I could see her as a double agent. Working as the FBI agent while keeping contact with Auza (might have something to do with the VR and when the car crashes at the end of ep 3, her face was hidden too), and the one provides information to Joe as well as hacking the security system and saving him at the end Or this might just me overthinking stuffs so... |
| DILF characters need more appreciation Hot boys which are not Bishies also welcome |
| So there's more to Emma than meets the eye it seems. Her name being on that list was sus and she all of a sudden wasn't answering her phone when Moriss tried calling her. And on the subject of Moriss, he was looking rough at the end after that car chase. Great action yet again but Higan was getting tossed around and overpowered. Luckily whoever was controlling the pink robot (maybe Emma? ๐ค) got him out of there. The mysteries keep on coming. The OST during the final scene + the end credits was amazing. And while the background rap songs might not be everyone's cup of tea, today's insert song that played while Higan was infiltrating was fucking fire. |
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Szn08 said:
I'm just hoping Emma isn't really a traitor lol
I'm just hoping Emma isn't really a traitor lol
IMO I could see her as a double agent. Working as the FBI agent while keeping contact with Auza (might have something to do with the VR and when the car crashes at the end of ep 3, her face was hidden too), and the one provides information to Joe as well as hacking the security system and saving him at the end
Or this might just me overthinking stuffs so...
| @MinxNight The double agent does fit I hope that is really the case |
| I knew it wasn't going easy to take down Auza after Joe left a bunch of corpses he comes face to face with Auza's main henchman group in ninja mech suits. Joe was obviously no match them as he was blinded by rage in only going after Yamaji instead of focusing one the enemies in front of him. Just when Zai was about to execute Joe, the pink ninja mech saves him at the last minute and escaping from Auza city. I do agree with everyone's theory as the person in the pink ninja mech suit might be Emma as her name was revealed to be on a list of sleeper agents in Auza's "Bound" program. It will also explain why Mike couldn't get a hold of Emma while he was being chased down by Auza mercenaries. Speaking of Mike, he's in bad shape after tracking down a former Azua employee named Jason Cardenas and discovering Emma's name on a list of personal profiles tied(Bound) to Auza so he doesn't know if Emma is friend or foe. |
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| Constantly high level of animation and direction. While story might not be deep, it doesn't pretend to be and is plenty serviceable. By far my favorite show this season. |
| the quiet lake gleams in the morning sun PUNISHED HIGAN simmers in night's cold rain |
| it's all trash, not watchable at all. leaving that aside, this specific episode had some nice brightness and shading that I've never seen before... yeah, I think they nailed it ๐ but after seeing this I much rather the Netflix shows heh. hell, if I must say, ninja kamui makes b: the beginning look good ๐ฑ 2/5. |
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| Damn the last few moments were amazing! I need that soundtrack right now! |
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| Great episode. Packed full of action, determination, emotions, possible betrayal and possible cooperation, wheels turning and stopping at the same time. Amazing! |
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| A lot to uncover here with supposed ties of characters with their enemies, who's a traitor to whom, upcoming eps would clear things up ig |
| This was easily the best episode yet. All of the action scenes were fantastic, as usual, but the suspense was on a different level. Mike discovering that Emma is involved with AUZA and one of AUZA's own elite security force helping Higan? I definitely didn't suspect either of those things. The flashbacks to Higan's family during his bloodthirsty rampage toward Yamaji was also a shot to the feels. I started watching this anime for the action, but this episode elevated it beyond that. |
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Reply to deg
the pink armored suit maybe emma
| @deg It would make a lot of sense if that was the case. Intriguing to say the least. Excellent action packed episode. That last scene had the perfect OST to it too. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| I thought Zai was the inside man who was helping Higan but it turned it was that pink mecha dude(?) Could it be a 'she', due to the pink, and she was synth-changing her voice to male? Could it even be Mari, assuming she somehow survived, perhaps via her secret art? Or is it Emma? The coward Yamaji was watching from a safe distance without participating. What a despicable old man.. Last but not least are all those hundreds of masked mecha-suit ninjas they have unleashed on Higan and the other "exiles" supposed to be... undead ninjas? Higan removed the mask of one and his face had, er, misplaced its flesh. Wtf? Are they mass produced undead ninja clones (assuming that makes any sense...)? However, even if somehow they are undead ninjas and thus are all-skeleton inside why on Earth would they bleed so much or at all? Undeads do not bleed, yet Higan has spilled tens of gallons of blood from them.. |
SharpedonMar 11, 2024 6:09 PM
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| Miles cannot even protect himself. He ends up in the hospital every time, funny he says he would protect the guy. Rough episodes for the characters and bad decisions.wonder what health issues he will deal with next episode. |
| The ending scene following by the credits with the song gave me chills |
| Big fight time and hacking into AUZA leads to raid lmao Higan vs robots wish Higan killed that one dude who yaps so so much Higan vs Zai final fight? its so over |
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| This anime gives me gungrave vibes. It is basicly mafia version of this anime. Check it out asap if you like this anime. |
| ending song reminded me this beautiful ost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1frgt0D_f4 |
| He was rescue in the last second!!! kekeke |
| it started strong in the first 2 episodes but now i feel it got downgraded a lot in the action and gore sections idk they need to pick themselves together before i start rating this from 8 to 7 to even 5 maybe |
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| Ninjas doing ninja stuff! |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| I wrote about how Solo Leveling looks like it was written by a 12-year-old and it's basically the same here, but the action is better animated and there's more of it, the pace is better and it's generally more enjoyable to watch๐ |
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