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| It was a harsh and sad story. |
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| Meh episode. Honestly, I heavily disliked Amo the moment she was introduced so her sob backstory did little-to-nothing to change my perception of her. Also, let's not forget she tried to kill the entire main cast just one episode ago, and for no solid reason at that. Seriously, smh at these shounen stories using sob backstories to justify the actions of psychopaths. That said, I gotta admit the way the whole grooming stuff was depicted via children's drawings was genius. Definitely more impactful than going full edgy and show the ugly bastard howling atop Amo like in other shows. But come on, man. This chick has one of those Watchman Series instruments and they just leave without her? Fully knowing those Raider guys are after those objects?? Like for real, how dumb can you all be??? |
| Her backstory's completely fucked. But for all we know she could have killed and graped these characters herself by mentally forcing them. I find her insanely fast self-recognition recovery to be incredibly implausible, that kind of growth after getting so completely fucked in the head that you start hypnotizing people into killing their own loved ones because you suspect they "want to use her for information" which... was exactly what she offered them in the first place. Like. She was way beyond "far gone", how many innocents did she kill before? And how did she twist their minds? It felt very, very weird to have her try and kill literally all of them, fierecely so, only to get beat up and instantly go "I understand now." I don't blame her character, she deserves an opportunity to recover now that she recognizes what she was doing, but the way it was handled just fell very flat for me. This is not what recovery looks like. It felt like recovery being romanticized. That being said, they did well with the overall portrayal of her background. But it felt cheap to first introduce her as a hyponitizing murderuous maniac and then this episode. "Look! She's crazy for a reason." No hate on her, but the writing I do not respect. |
Prox1matelyOct 12, 6:38 PM
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| didnt expect this show to take a really dark route-- and honestly given how everything else has been iffy to me-- i was left decently surprised how well a serious topic got handled, wasn't bad at all |
All I can say is... I've had to pause this ep so many times. That was dark. |
SaltySuicune01Oct 17, 3:38 PM
| I feel like I said this just a few weeks ago regarding episode 11 or 12, but this is the new best episode. Amo's backstory is predictably harrowing, but the cerebal presentation was something else. And that fucking ending man. fuck. It's so cheap to make us feel for the character with a edgy dark backstory then make us question whether she's killed off at the end of it just to increase our malice for a pre-existing villain -- and it's also really damn effective. just a great episode. |
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Reply to MegamiRem
No amount of mental preparation was gonna be enough to make me prepared to watch this animated and yeah. They also went artistic with in case the impact wasn't gonna be enough. A glimpse in how dark the world of gachiakuta can be. Amo deserves all the love.
| @MegamiRem you said it perfectly. |
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Reply to Sveinn1
@Prox1mately I felt partly the same way as you, which is partly why, even though I enjoy watching this anime, I can't really take it seriously.
I'm used to inconsistencies in this kind of anime, but it's really hard not to get disconnected.
I also think people change their minds too quickly. I felt compassion for Amo, but that doesn't erase all the harm she did. Now it's like everything is forgotten, let's move on :)
I'm used to inconsistencies in this kind of anime, but it's really hard not to get disconnected.
I also think people change their minds too quickly. I felt compassion for Amo, but that doesn't erase all the harm she did. Now it's like everything is forgotten, let's move on :)
| @Sveinn1 Yeah. It is what it is. I don't know what they're going to do with her going forward, since she appears to be in actual recovery based on how the story's presenting it, I hope they haven't thrown her to the dogs or brainwashed her or whatever. Fuck that. As you point to the inconsistences, I think it's like you have to kinda accept that the author didn't want to dive too deeply into it and keep the focus on the overall story instead. |
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| what the actual fuck lol rip amo i guess... |
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