Kowloon Generic Romance
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| The pharmaceuticals president makes her appearance! Seriously, it's good to see Miyuki making their character appearance. They seem also be curious about Reiko and Kudo. Loved the character chemistry between all the cast this episode. With the generic terrasphere, it's no wonder some characters like Kudo would get more curious about it too. |
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| I was thinking they’d pretty easily skip over things around Yaomei, just because they can. Seeing that they finally actually didn’t, isn’t really assuring, but at least tells that they’ll maintain some reasoning. Now I’d have also wanted to see Reiko change her rooms, but things would not really work that way. Plus Kudou will not like that as well, despite him acting the way he doesn’t care. Anyway, finally some kinda hint to what is actually going down in Kowloon, you see the stuff with that old man in the end. They’d actually go a bit deep and explain them, but yeah, for now we’ve do with the usual of “there’s something wrong going on in Kowloon” in the voice of Kudou. Nasty cliffhanger I must say in the end btw, with Kudou confessing something nobody might have seen coming. |
| You know, it almost feels like that whole interaction between Reiko and Yaomei should've hit harder. In the manga, by this point, we’d spent a good handful of chapters with them together, watching their friendship actually grow. Here, none of that buildup is there, which makes the conversation feel pretty bland and drab—at least to me, that’s how it came off. And that ending too... just feels so disjointed from everything else. "I killed Kujiari Reiko".... ._. |
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| The real Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was completely demolished in 1994. Historically accurate. This is starting to get more and more interesting. Dopperganger is real. It seemed like two entities of the same person couldn't stay in Kowloon Walled City at the same time. The real mystery is the new Kowloon Walled City itself and that floating thingie. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| Nice seeing Reiko and Yaomei getting on so well together. That ending reveal just came out of nowhere really looking forward to the fallout next week. |
| Holy shit this show loves to leave off on a cliffhanger! Another awesome episode, but idk what to think about Kudo and Reiko rn! What really happened to the original Kujirai Reiko?! Who is Kudo really and what is the real purpose of Gene Terra? Every time we get answers, I get more questions lol. Having a lot of fun here. It’s great that Reiko is not trying to be another Reiko B and just wants to be herself, but it does speak a little to the persistence of the soul that she still wants to live in the same apartment, have the same friends, work in the same place.. it’s like a nostalgic longing for these spots that she should theoretically have no attachment to. Even though her personality is different, that core is still there. “Maybe I feel affinity to it because I myself am the product of plastic surgery” WOW. I ain’t think they’d touch on something like that in an anime, that’s real af. Yaomay is amazing and I’m feeling like there’s some underlying yuri craving going on there towards Reiko. She seemed really adamant about getting Reiko into a new apartment and I think it’s because she wants to be even “closer” if you catch my drift. She was just way too stuck on that for it to not be gay imo. Koga Aoi as usual knocking it out the park, love every scene with her. We already have one gay couple in Gwen and Miyuki, why not a 2nd 😂 Last few mins were WILD. I was feeling bad for Kudo and whole time you’re telling me he killed Reiko? But how and why? Maybe he’s an assassin and she was connected to Hebinuma? No way it’ll be as simple as him being a bad guy, right? I am just realizing that he never closed his eyes when he kissed her in the alley. He wasn’t into it the way you’d expect which is sus. But we saw him upset over her being gone in the first couple eps, so maybe he was hired to kill her and then fell for her? Speaking of Hebinuma, I’m starting to think this whole second Kowloon is just an experiment they’re running for human cloning. Maybe all these people are clones of people who once lived in the original and they wanted to recreate it and study how their clones lived? Wild cliffhanger I need answers!! |
Marinate1016Apr 26, 11:57 AM
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Such a sinister twist, made even worse with the thing that happened... |
| these new episodes going crazy no way he killed her |
KingShisuiApr 26, 10:54 AM
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| Good episode. Yaomei and Reiko have a really good relationship. I hope I get to see them more. That ending caught me so off guard. I wasn't expecting Kudo to say that and the two Gwen's also caught me off guard as well. And that Gene Terra thing, I still have so many questions about it and it's driving me crazy. 5/5 |
More like Chicken Lemon! That reveal recontextualizes all the moments we've seen with Kudo and both Reikos so viscerally. Damn. |
| oh my fuck, towards the end of the episode I literally thought that maybe Kudo killed Kujirai but then I was like that'd be too crazy, then it turns out it's literally what happened wow |
| I swear, I can't get enough of the OP. Replay it at least once during every episode. The line about fakes, something telling me Yaomei would get along well with Kaiki. And I can't be the only one who sees Illumi  |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| I noticed how the Japanese pronounce "Kowloon" in a way similar to "clone"... "kuuron" vs. "kuroon." So the title is weirdly close to "Clone Generic Romance". Might be something, might be nothing. That rooftop conversation under the moon was really strange. "It's because we have high hopes for it"? It was kind of like a corpo slogan. And Kudou seems to accept it..? |
| So... I was sorta right about clones. But somehow it is a multidimensional weird thing I can't understand. It hooks me a lot more into this story, though! Kudo goes and delivers a bomb at the end of the episode. Before that, the snake guy notices something I forgot about clones: Moles! Copilot?  Huh. Then the truth about this Kowloon. It was weird to have the walled city still around when phones are also available. And finally, there's old Krilin:  What a mindf*** this episode. There's a lot to consider, yet we're just on the fourth episode. There's way more to come. |
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Reply to perseii
I noticed how the Japanese pronounce "Kowloon" in a way similar to "clone"... "kuuron" vs. "kuroon." So the title is weirdly close to "Clone Generic Romance". Might be something, might be nothing.
That rooftop conversation under the moon was really strange. "It's because we have high hopes for it"? It was kind of like a corpo slogan. And Kudou seems to accept it..?
That rooftop conversation under the moon was really strange. "It's because we have high hopes for it"? It was kind of like a corpo slogan. And Kudou seems to accept it..?
perseii said: So the title is weirdly close to "Clone Generic Romance". Might be something, might be nothing Whoa! You're right! |
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| inb4 the usual he didn't kill but she died because of him , protecting him or something like |
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| That ending. I know it's probably not what it sounds like, but damn, that was ominous. |
| "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 |
| Well that was a wild episode. Not only did we get the confirmation that there are multiple versions of some people in Kowloon probably related to Generic Terra, if what happened to Mr Chan is anything to go by it happens randomly? Or at least under certain specific circumstances like living alone. Also, Kudo killed the previous version of Kujirai? But according to the medic maybe she really isn't a new version just someone with amnesia? The plot thickens. |
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| Once again THE PLOT THICKENS!!!! |
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| this is the most random anime I've ever watched |
| What??? What happened with the old guy?? He dissappeared when his clone (or original version) entered Kowloon? How does that work?? I'm so confused, I need answers What do you mean Kudou killed Kujirai?? Man, I'm so curious, waiting for next week will be rough |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| What an episode. It left me with more questions than answers, and the ending blew me away. Things are finally starting to fall into place and are getting more and more interesting. First of all, my question from the previous episode is finally answered: the Gwen working as a bartender is not the same Gwen in the mask. The waiter is a clone, so this happens when someone leaves Kowloon. It happened with Gwen (who was a citizen of Kowloon) and Chan (the old man). I guess if the original person returns to Kowloon, the clone disappears, kind of like overwriting a file on a computer, as was hinted at when Kudou was on his computer. That might explain why no one has seen the waiter Gwen again: the original Gwen must have returned to Kowloon. There's also that phrase someone said - though I don't remember exactly when - that went something like, “Although Kowloon is an ancient city, its population has never diminished.” That makes a lot more sense now, if every person who leaves (or dies) is cloned. Later, Gwen says, “This isn't the Kowloon I remember.” Maybe she left before it was demolished in 1994? I'm thinking that when they rebuilt Kowloon, they used Gene Terra's new technology. In episode one, they said Gene Terra was able to back up human memories and achieve immortality. That fits perfectly with the idea that Gwen's clone remembered everything that happened with Kujirai, and that Chan continued to live on as if he were the original. But then, why doesn't Kujirai remember anything? If he is a clone, he should also have all the memories, right? Instead, he only has some habits of the original. And there's also the thing about clones not copying moles, so what exactly is Kujirai? And, more generally: what is Kowloon itself? Is it just a fabricated city, or is it a full-blown simulation? I would agree with what Kudou said in the first episode, “They've built a cheap copy of Earth.” As for that ending—while it was super intense, I don’t actually think Kudou killed Kujirai. It’s more likely he feels guilty about her death somehow. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have kissed her so tenderly when she woke up, thinking she was his Kujirai B. I don't usually write much, but honestly, it's been ages since an anime has made me speculate so much! |
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| ... did I miss something? I feel like I might've skipped an episode lol So it turns out yeah, this Kowloon is a fake Kowloon made after the original was demolished, and for some reason Kudo didn't know that? And what's this about a second Gwen running around? And Reiko is revealed to be a clone so nonchalantly... I swear I feel like I missed something lmao anyone else feel that way? Like that whole scene just felt weird to me Also what did Reiko mean by "high hopes for Gene Terra"? We still don't really know what that is. Is Gwen supposed to be a close of Kudo...? And apparently there can't be two of the same people in Kowloon or something? It looks like the real Mr.Chan entered Kowloon for just a second, but then the Mr.Chan in Kowloon disappeared. What is happening? I swear I must be like really tired or something because this episode felt a bit all over the place for me. |
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| i would be enjoying this so much more if it was a faithful adaptation man. |
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| Wow, more mystery!!! Now, spoke about clones, but the old man enter in the zone, the copy dissapeared, how a computer program? I don´t know, but all it strange!!! kekeke |
| GREAT great i want to know more he did what??? 2 exes, what happened etc E4:8/10) |
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| Look at cute little Gwen, blushing out of jealousy of his boyfriend hypothetically cheating. But lets not talk about that. WHAT DO YOU MEAN KILLED!!!! |
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| I get the jist, but still too many questions that need answering. |
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Reply to Ranchpig
Not sure exactly what's going on as the writers are only dropping small hints here and there, but it feels as if this is some kind of alternate simulation that's enabled by that Gene Terra thing. It's made copies of the city and the people. Would seem that Kudo has some kind of control if you see where he's able to delete a building copy or at least with the same name. Maybe that's what he meant by "I killed her". Maybe he deleted one of the Kuraji's. Or possibly he invited the real one to occupy the same city and the Kuraji B was deleted by the original who now can't remember anything. Weird reference to clones with the whole mole thing, so who knows. Either way, love the tone and the feel of everything and of course the mystery is compelling. Can't wait for 5.
Ranchpig said: Or possibly he invited the real one to occupy the same city and the Kuraji B was deleted by the original who now can't remember anything. I also think this is what happened. He probably didn't kill her "with his bare hands," even though he was the direct cause. I don't think Kudou meant for Kujirai B to disappear, though. I think he just didn't know that was going to happen. He looked upset and maybe even guilty in certain moments. That's probably why he can at least pretend that everything's fine when he's hanging out with Kujirai A. On most days he can delude himself into thinking she hasn't really disappeared and he didn't really "kill" her. But he knows deep down that that's not true. |
| WTF is that ending, ok this is very unexpected.. so it's Kudo who originally killed Kujirai??? why?? |
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