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Jul 15, 2010 11:15 PM

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I'm fine with a slower pace for the beginning of a horror (as long as things pick up), but I don't know if I can get past the ridiculous character designs.

The hair! That's a horrorshow all on its own.
Jul 15, 2010 11:32 PM
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good, ep, hopefully good show.
Jul 16, 2010 2:56 AM

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As many people mention it the episode was so slow and melancholic and the interesting and scary moments was in the middle of slow actions . Hope it will get really interesting and can't wait to the next week ... Maybe i will catch the manga no matter I like animes most . Natsuno looks so suspicious in this story ... hope if he is not connected to have some kind 'of justice ' to his patetic to Megumi's dead . In the first episode Megumi's life and sense was only of his existence .
Jul 16, 2010 3:49 AM

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The show does have a slow pace, but I don't think it is bothersome..After all we 're still in the 2nd episode..it's pretty impossible to have all the explanations so far...So, we should be a bit more patient..After all, the whole chain of deaths and the mysterious impregnable castle really build up the mystique of the village.I storngly believe that this anime will have a great development..
Jul 16, 2010 4:19 AM

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I'd say : "time to call House MD" :p
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Jul 16, 2010 4:45 AM

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i liked this EP even better then the first.realy enjoy teh slowe pace..reminds me on some asian horror flicks ive seen. that some crazy shit.. i got scared a little when that old woman turned her head and said" dont call the doctor". for me the show is in the top 3 summer animes already n i hope it keeps goin on like this. there are not many good real horror shows(not gore crap) with great atmosphere that can send a shiver down ur spine!

cant wait for ep3..lovin the show already
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Jul 16, 2010 4:56 AM

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This episode creep me out especially the scene where the old womens neck suddenly turned >__< and if I was Natsuno,I'd rather not open the window at night.

So this Anime is all about people getting infected by some sort of disease and turns into something later just like resident evil?

I'll keep watching this since it's really good .

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Jul 16, 2010 7:14 AM

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I actually like how it's slow! It fits the atmosphere, it's called building up tension. >.>
The doctor is cool and Natsuno continues to be a cool but heartless jerk. I still like him for some reason though. I got to say that some hairstyles are beginning to annoy me (Kaori wtf? O_o) but I'll bear with it. I really like this atmosphere! ^^
Jul 16, 2010 8:14 AM

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Bunny-kins said:
Sorry Megumi, but no one likes you.
It's the truth.

^ this

I simply loved how they showed the weirdness of the victims , especially the cracking sound of the old lady's neck xD , also the sounds they used to describe Natsuno's feeling of getting stalked were so damn creepy <3 ~
Can't wait to see ep 3 >_< !!!
Jul 16, 2010 8:45 AM

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I wonder what's happening to the village.
It's so freaky the way the old lady turned her head. >.<
Jul 16, 2010 9:39 AM

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darkerealm said:

It's so freaky the way the old lady turned her head. >.<


lol..i think thats something most of us find to be very disturbing ^.<
Jul 16, 2010 12:41 PM

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This anime made me lol at some parts.
'spcially the part where the purple hair dude was sitting in his room and all of a sudden some weird samba soundtrack starts playing. God, that was so random.

Guess it was another okay episode. Kept me entertained, but they should step up the pace a little.
4/5
Jul 16, 2010 1:34 PM

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Much better than the first episode. I'm beginning to really love the slow pace.
And the art style is just gorgeous.

One of my favourite opening sequences this season too.
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Jul 16, 2010 2:17 PM

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This continous very "good". Well made, awesome atmosphere and I wonder in which way the dead will come back, if they will. Myabe they wont (but Megumi is a Main-Character. Main-Characters don't die in the first Episode.).
Jul 16, 2010 3:02 PM
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I'm starting to get a bit excited, I love shows with creepy slow building tension, and this is near perfection in that regard. I can't wait to see what is going to happen next.
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Jul 16, 2010 3:07 PM

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Mamuru said:
I'd say : "time to call House MD" :p
and make him work with Bones XD
Jul 16, 2010 3:33 PM

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Much better than the first episode. The pace felt perfect to me; neither too fast nor too slow and I was left wanting more at the end of the episode. It's not really creepy (yet), but I like the atmosphere nonetheless. I just hope the revelations won't turn out lame - for some reason I expect them to... My favourite show this season so far, anyway.
Jul 16, 2010 3:46 PM

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What confuses me is? An aneamic girl grows weak and dies during a hot summer, is that really a huge conspiracy?
I speak as somebody who is aneamic and has fainted a number of times in the summer.
Yet I must remember however, this is a tiny village.;)
Still, the other deaths seem shiftier?

Back to the point, I like the idea of; (possible) vampire through virus, as zombie is the cliche now-a-days.

Pheefa said:
Much better than the first episode. I'm beginning to really love the slow pace.
And the art style is just gorgeous.

One of my favourite opening sequences this season too.
judojon said:
I'm starting to get a bit excited, I love shows with creepy slow building tension, and this is near perfection in that regard. I can't wait to see what is going to happen next.


These two comments are perfect.;)

This anime reminds me of Natsume Yuujinchou; not story-wise, yet simply because...
- Both are very mellow
- The art style is pretty and eerie (dewey, autunm mist/haze is my description)
- They move at a slow/steady pace, yet still mangaes to get the story across to the viewer

Jul 16, 2010 3:54 PM

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better than the first one but seriously wtf is up with their eyes? so weird and that ugly creepy dog.
Jul 16, 2010 3:55 PM
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It's still interesting. I wonder what the cause of their death is.
Jul 16, 2010 4:02 PM

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I dont care that it is slow i think it i approprite for the show Want more soon im sure the it will pick up.
Jul 16, 2010 4:27 PM
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Jul 16, 2010 4:54 PM

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It remembered me of old school vampires.
Jul 16, 2010 6:59 PM

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Slow-burn show! I don't mind. What I do mind is that although we got rid of the annoying Megumi (for now), her annoying friend is still around. Sigh.

Lol @ Natsuno's father, I thought he was a woman at first.
Jul 16, 2010 7:37 PM

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Ozaki is so wonderful~
I love the animation it is far superior to the manga counter part xD;
That little old woman looked almost like a chibi in the manga glade they made her more like a person in the anime. Also the nurse was green was kinda. . . ehh
Good Episode it follows the manga quite nicely.
Love the OP and ED.
The eye part was a bit creepier in the manga.
Jul 16, 2010 7:44 PM

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Tarrasji said:
It's still interesting. I wonder what the cause of their death is.


Vampires, of course ;)
Jul 16, 2010 9:22 PM

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well composed, great episode.
I'm satisfied with this pace, because I guess Japanese horror works are those kind of things... and they need to make (maybe) 10 volumes of Manga into 22 episodes of Anime, so this is good pace in my opinion.

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Sorry Megumi, but no one likes you.
It's the truth.

not truth. I like her.
she is cute even though...kinda annoying. her Summer Greeting card scene was touching. like 1st episode, she tried to post the letter,maybe many times, but she couldn't do until August, even until she died.
though what she was doing, after all, may be stalking.
Jul 16, 2010 9:42 PM
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I want the OST asap
Jul 16, 2010 10:14 PM

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I'm hoping it won't be another vampire story, but more of supernatural ghost haunting demons or whatever shit.
Jul 16, 2010 10:16 PM

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Pacing reminds me of chaoshead.
Some shit better happen soon.
Nevertheless, has the potential to be surprisingly good.
Jul 16, 2010 10:20 PM
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Sprite_Coke said:
Pacing reminds me of chaoshead.
Some shit better happen soon.
Nevertheless, has the potential to be surprisingly good.


Let's just hope it doesn't end up like Ookami Kakushi
Jul 16, 2010 10:35 PM

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KuroDubZero said:
Sprite_Coke said:
Pacing reminds me of chaoshead.
Some shit better happen soon.
Nevertheless, has the potential to be surprisingly good.


Let's just hope it doesn't end up like Ookami Kakushi


Agreed
Jul 16, 2010 10:57 PM

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liking the natsuno yuuki kid. he tells it like it is.
Jul 16, 2010 11:02 PM

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The incorporation of music in different scenarios was a bit hypnotizing, it made me want to concentrate on the show more. Oh well maybe I am just talking nonsense XD

I agree with this but there was one scene in Yuuki's room where they kept playing beatboxing music and I was like "Uhhhhh, what the hell are they playing right now?"

Yes, with crazy sounding voices on top.... it was as creepy as the Saika music.
Jul 16, 2010 11:42 PM

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Wasabi said:
I'm hoping it won't be another vampire story, but more of supernatural ghost haunting demons or whatever shit.

If they follow the manga, it will be more like the OLD kind of japanese/european vampires than the romanticism-filled gothic vampires.


garfield15 said:
Linalee-Stratos said:

The incorporation of music in different scenarios was a bit hypnotizing, it made me want to concentrate on the show more. Oh well maybe I am just talking nonsense XD

I agree with this but there was one scene in Yuuki's room where they kept playing beatboxing music and I was like "Uhhhhh, what the hell are they playing right now?"


Actually it kind of fit to the scene. something that completely WOULD NOT fit with the setting. Something that actually separated the world behind the window from the world outside the window.

Onegai said:
This far this show has been very much to slow paced for me. I dont want it to go all action like, but this far nothing has really happened.

I guess they are building up the story, so i'll stick with it for another EP or 2 and see how it goes.


Then drop it and go watch k-on or something else simple that people who have problems with holding their attention can watch.

As I said before. This show is like sitting by the bonfire in dark dark forest alone with animals sounding in the dark around you. Don't expect ANY action. Its all about atmosphere and characters.
Jul 17, 2010 1:11 AM

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Man that was scary..the woman's voice "la..la..la.." is giving me a creep, feels like Megumi is still alive..brrr
Jul 17, 2010 2:14 AM

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Hauntingly beautiful.Reminds me of Ghost Hound and Mouryou no hako.I think a lot of people will drop it because of the pacing.I'm not gonna be one of them.This is my kind of anime.I hope it will be more on the mystery side though.
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Jul 17, 2010 3:26 AM

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A very strange show so far. Natsuno sure is annoying, he didn't have to be so rude to Kaori. Yet it looks like he lives longer than most judging by the intro. I like the monk guy and the docter, I hope they live. I'm bad at remembering names.
I hope Megumi doesn't come back! Maybe she's just listed in the main cast because there will be flashbacks with her in them.
The nurse will probably be one of the next to die as they just introduced her a little bit this episode.
I wonder if this show is going to get more exciting or if it will be more of a mystery.


she isn't main in the manga,remember,anyone can edit MAL...i think she's just a supporting character,main will probably be the doctor,the spoiled kid, the guy with the glasses& of course the girl in the ED song

about this episode...i really get a higurashi feeling about this one ^_^,let's hope it'll get better and better!

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Jul 17, 2010 4:02 AM

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I get chills from this episode. Yes, there isnt any action, but i dont expect (nor want) action. Its fine the way it is - dark atmosphere and characters not knowing anything about threat. Its simply great - I think I will look into manga, too.
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Hauntingly beautiful.Reminds me of Ghost Hound and Mouryou no hako.I think a lot of people will drop it because of the pacing.I'm not gonna be one of them.This is my kind of anime.I hope it will be more on the mystery side though.

Yeah, it reminded me Mouryou no Hako in same way, too. Probably the atmosphere, but I think that this willbe much darker.

BTW, "la la la" sound is great, I love it.
Jul 17, 2010 10:13 AM

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Awesome. Really good atmosphere and no bullshit, this is how a horror should be.

I like how people complain about pacing. Some shows like to, you know, build the atmosphere and characters.
Jul 17, 2010 10:22 AM

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I simply adore the OST so far. I love those creepy songs at some points. Yes, I found the "beatboxing" very fitting. It showed the excitement.

And I don't get the thing about "slow pacing". I don't see it being "slow" in any case. They found out that all the deaths are connected within one episode. In other Anime it might have taken 3-4 episodes. Seriously.

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Yeah, it reminded me Mouryou no Hako in same way, too. Probably the atmosphere, but I think that this willbe much darker.
I agree completely.
Jul 17, 2010 10:36 AM

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Better than the first episode.I'm starting to like the art, though the eyes are still weird. I'm kinda confused with the characters though, the flashing of the names isn't enough to make me remember them, who they're related to and what their roles are. Also, what is the meaning of the last part when the date and day shows up? Example is "Wednesday, August 17, Taian" "Monday, August 22, Butsumetsu"

Still, the pace and the atmosphere makes me interested in how will things happen next. Thanks for spoiling that this is about vampires, though. I was expecting some weird black magic, epidemic or some other things. Hope this doesn't make me lose my interest.
Jul 17, 2010 10:50 AM

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Also, what is the meaning of the last part when the date and day shows up? Example is "Wednesday, August 17, Taian" "Monday, August 22, Butsumetsu"

It seems to be a type of fortune-tellng, called Rokuyō, that tells how lucky the day will be.
Jul 17, 2010 12:07 PM

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ilikeyouevenmore said:
belatkuro said:
Also, what is the meaning of the last part when the date and day shows up? Example is "Wednesday, August 17, Taian" "Monday, August 22, Butsumetsu"

It seems to be a type of fortune-tellng, called Rokuyō, that tells how lucky the day will be.


yeah right, it's a kind of fortune-telling or stuff like that... but I guess they don't have such big importance.
all they(Japanese) pay mind to is... Tomobiki(take along friends) and Butsumetsu are ominous to hold a funeral, or something. so they maybe held their funeral on other days...
but, that's just about it, I think.
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Fai said:
If they follow the manga, it will be more like the OLD kind of japanese/european vampires than the romanticism-filled gothic vampires.
I was already really interested in this, but now I'm more. If it's really something you say then I'll definitelly stick with it till the end~ I'm loving this so far.
Jul 17, 2010 2:15 PM

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Definitely not as bad as the first episode, but not a good episode either. I was really bothered by some of the placement of music/music itself, as it tended to be a little hokey. Some of the voice acting was weak/bizarre, and they were supposed to be normal people. The whole first scene with the doctor was ridiculously over-dramatized and, as a result, made the doctor totally inappropriate. And Natsuno just needs to die and not come back...but I know it's not going to happen.
Jul 17, 2010 3:29 PM

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This peisode was too slow. Whats happening?? Why did peple die with a lot of mysteripus?' and bla bla bla... I will wait for more episodes
Jul 17, 2010 5:59 PM

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Oooooohhhh, and the plot thickens! I bet whatever is happening in this village has got something to do with the new family that just moved in... Yes I had to state the obvious. Now, about all the "It's about Vampires" remarks: might just be. Right now, it's as good of a guess as any. But I hope that it isn't your typical vampire anime. After all the vibe seems diferent.

They seem to be hinting at Megumi's return, somehow... Maybe as a spirit or something? Also, with all these deaths, I don't think vampires are the cause. Maybe, maybe not.

Good show so far.

Edit: Seems like those that read the manga know what this is about. Please bear in mind that I based my opinion solely on the anime. I have not read the manga, or in any way hear about this show before.
Jul 17, 2010 9:51 PM

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This show is starting to creep me out just slightly.
The way they keep nonchalantly showing the creepy European house in passing scenes, scares me...
& When Natsuno closed his shades, it gave me chills...
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All the deaths help contribute to the freakishness but i hope we get to see the 'reason' for all of them soon. Even just a glimpse!

This too, I agree...
Jul 17, 2010 11:06 PM

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BulletRain said:
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Pacing reminds me of chaoshead.
Some shit better happen soon.
Nevertheless, has the potential to be surprisingly good.


Let's just hope it doesn't end up like Ookami Kakushi


Agreed
+1..that show killed my faith.
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