Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite Episode 3 Discussion

@Mackyreels Why am I seeing you crying about the animation everywhere? The animation looks amazing just see the manga and anime difference and how Madhouse adapted it and made it so much better than the manga itself in this anime. I'm seeing you on YouTube, Mal and idk I feel like I've seen your name in X aswell why do you keep crying about the animation?

The score would be 8.50+ rn if the animation was better, but theres nothing we could do anymore. These anime is very unique and amazing i can't wait for the next episode l, if demon slayer was carried by animation, orb was carried by the story which is a good thing.

5/5 episode

Wow, this episode left me speechless.
They really killed the main character in episode 3. Wow. So this means the guys we saw at the end will be the "new" protagonists of the anime. Either that, or Rafal is alive, but I seriously doubt that, because now it makes sense why the opening, while clearly showing there was going to be a time skip, they didn't show Rafal grown up, but always as a child. Also, since we still have a least 9 more episodes with this ending, it's going be a bit sad to end the episodes with the 2 characters that we were so invested in, and died in first few episodes.
But what Rafal said, was right, inspiration is something that doesn't disappear when the person dies, so his death will be an inspiration for others that believe in the heliocentrism model, which is much more important than for him to continue his studies, alone, without all of the notes that he had from Humbert and his own notes.
Rafal was really mature for his age (he was only 12), and I'm pretty sure that his father must have regreted horribly on his decision. His father is also a really interesting character, because it shows what would have been Rafal's life if he chose to accept the conditions and burn every research that he had, and go to the university and study theology: it would be a depressing life, where he would always live afraid of getting caught of doing something that the church didn't agree on, and keeping a facade that he "enjoyed" his life, when in reality he didn't, because his love was for astronomy, not theology, and in time, he would just forget about his research about the heliocentrism model.
Really curious to see how the anime will progress after this twist, but I just don't know how to react to this, it was so unexpected, I thought that Rafal would eventually die, but I thought it would be at the end of the anime, when he was older, not now.

Also, the scene of Rafal's death was so well done, Madhouse is cooking with this anime, the direction of the scenes have been really good. The transition from him watching the stars for his final moments, to him being crucified, and being burnt, to then just having a pile of ashes by morning was CHILLING.
I feel like this anime is certainly going to be the dark horse of the season, and we can already see by the score that has already went up from a 7.8 to a 8.0 with this episode.
Can't wait to see the next episode and what they'll be doing with the story now.

The scene between Nowak and Rafal made me cry t.t I wonder if we'll see the former again? Even he seemed to feel really guilty about the prospect of having to torture a child. Great character. Badass child.

Potocki must feel SUPER guilty for turning Raphal in now.

@PokefanPT

It is 25 episodes. The manga is already over with 8 vol, so it will be a complete adaptation.

I think we are certainly seeing him, since he appears in the opening, with a older look than what he had in these 3 episodes. Also, the fact they started the anime with him, is probably pointing it out, that maybe he will be the one seeing the inspiration that Rafal was talking about surviving in each generation, and the ideas being passed on from main cast to main cast.

@PokefanPT you're right! I came to the same conclusion after looping the OP for hours on end lol. I really want to see his character development. Maybe he might eventually help those who were inspired, after seeing that you can't torture curiosity out of someone

(This is a crazy theory, but maybe the girl in the OP is the daughter he talked about and he can't bring himself to turn her in. That'd be insane)

I'm assuming they are changing the ending by episode 13/14, like they usually do! And the 2nd ending will probably be about the characters that are about to come?

@PokefanPT I hope they change it every time MC changes, it would be really awkward to have this OP/ED next episode when everything from it doesn't reflect the new arc

Novak popping out of nowhere to harass Rafal feels so forced and out of place. At least the Simpsons made it a comical satire, in here the author couldn't give a proper reasoning for Novak to hound him after several days or even weeks had passed since their last encounter. If Novak felt he was corrupted by Hubert's teachings in episode 2, why did he wait until now to continue his hounding?

Also, do they hand out poppy seeds to heretic prisoners? I feel that they would want to avoid these priosoners to kill themselves before being tortured and burnt alive. I see no other way why would Rafal had poppy seeds in the first place. And if they plan to make it a huge ruse with a fake death later on, that's a stinkier diaper full of poo worse than the historical innacuracies.

Rafal tearing down the deal given him by the church was only lacking upbeat J-rock music to cement the shonen tropes of younguns defying the unfair status quo established by big bad mean adults. Thank god this is a seinen, am I right guys? /s



Like where?

It's not bad, but it's very average. Any knowledgeable guy that knows about animation wouldn't call it amazing. Just because they are being faithful to adapting the panels of the manga that does not equal to amazing animation.

Wait, so he fucking died? Like, really? He just died? What the actual fuck?

@ImNotAnOtaku1 gone reduced to atoms

"Whoa this series is actually getting really interesting, I guess Rafal will just lie about his beliefs and live like a hiding heretic while going to university an- WAIT HE IS GOING TO DIE NOW??"

Novak popping out of nowhere to harass Rafal feels so forced and out of place. At least the Simpsons made it a comical satire, in here the author couldn't give a proper reasoning for Novak to hound him after several days or even weeks had passed since their last encounter. If Novak felt he was corrupted by Hubert's teachings in episode 2, why did he wait until now to continue his hounding?

Also, do they hand out poppy seeds to heretic prisoners? I feel that they would want to avoid these priosoners to kill themselves before being tortured and burnt alive. I see no other way why would Rafal had poppy seeds in the first place. And if they plan to make it a huge ruse with a fake death later on, that's a stinkier diaper full of poo worse than the historical innacuracies.

Rafal tearing down the deal given him by the church was only lacking upbeat J-rock music to cement the shonen tropes of younguns defying the unfair status quo established by big bad mean adults. Thank god this is a seinen, am I right guys? /s



Like where?

It's not bad, but it's very average. Any knowledgeable guy that knows about animation wouldn't call it amazing. Just because they are being faithful to adapting the panels of the manga that does not equal to amazing animation.

I got spoil MC death and I even didn't start to watch the show.
I hate when a character give you the MC vibe and is replaced by "the real" MC.

Don't know if I should watch or skip :(

@PokefanPT I hope they change it every time MC changes, it would be really awkward to have this OP/ED next episode when everything from it doesn't reflect the new arc