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Sep 19, 2008 6:44 AM
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Great episode. It looks like one them escaped :O
Sep 25, 2008 6:46 PM
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I loved the pacing of this episode. I liked the way the story built up, the tension was rising in the last 5 minutes of the episode. It was unpredictable and the "scene" above the Ch 33's roof deck was simply brilliantly made. The animators gave the effect that you were really witnessing a live news feed taken above from a moving helicopter.
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Nov 19, 2008 9:36 AM
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What is this! They decapitated themselves!
Dec 20, 2008 3:29 AM
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Loved every single minute of this episode. So that was the Particularist Eleven... Need to watch the next episode...now!
Dec 21, 2008 4:32 PM
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DaBigD said:
Loved every single minute of this episode. So that was the Particularist Eleven... Need to watch the next episode...now!


Yup, you are gonna love the second season. More to come. This series is worthy of much praises and accolades, comparable to top-notch detective or crime fighting stories with an epic story to boot.

Cyber punk at its best!
"We practice selective annihilation of mayors and government officials, for example, to create a vacuum, then we fill that vacuum. As popular war advances, peace is closer"
Jun 1, 2009 6:15 AM
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holy shit amazing episode. so much happened
Feb 12, 2010 11:30 PM
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HOLY SHIT! I've never seen this show and now I'm following OZC's current bluray encodes. My GOD I can't wait until the next episode.
Mar 21, 2010 11:06 PM
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WTF? Was that Habitat 67 in the background?!? The building shaped with boxes?
Since when had it been shipped to Tokyo?
Apr 16, 2010 3:42 AM
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Woah O_O quite some development at the end there @_@, but really interesting!
Dec 3, 2010 1:45 AM

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Holy SHIT WTF just happened??!
Amazing animation on the TV broadcast, just brilliant direction and use of music!
Dec 27, 2010 12:10 PM

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That was a messed up episode....

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?
Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone
Jan 13, 2011 1:21 PM

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Confucius said:

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?


Yep! I was hoping for a short cameo =(
Apr 20, 2011 12:24 PM

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Zepwich said:
Confucius said:

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?


Yep! I was hoping for a short cameo =(


Same, it would of been great to see him. As for the episode, the roof top scene sure was interesting :o
Apr 30, 2011 2:07 PM

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Zepwich said:
Confucius said:

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?


Yep! I was hoping for a short cameo =(


Me too!
May 31, 2011 2:01 PM

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I liked this episode a lot. The last part of this episode was intense.
...I wanted a Laughing Man cameo too D:
Dec 2, 2011 3:45 PM

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Holy Crap! I missed this tension in my GitS, and this episode delivered! So all those samurai and ninjas went mass suicidal on the roof? That was crazy, so many interesting characters all at once going headless. Need to watch the next episodes as soon as I can.
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Jan 16, 2012 8:04 PM

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Kingwel said:
Zepwich said:
Confucius said:

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?


Yep! I was hoping for a short cameo =(


Me too!


yup2 i was actually hoping Aoi would show up!!!!!!!!!

Aoi actually has the best library in the world. i think he has pretty much every book known to mankind!!!!!!

love the animation and music, not to mention the suspense it makes.

damn they cut their heads in live television O________O

also Borma had a virus??? hope he's okay.

who was the guy that killed himself saying he has the individual eleven???

amazing show keep it up :)
Mar 12, 2012 8:59 PM

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Great episode. That twist at the end.
May 18, 2012 3:47 PM

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The tension! Awesome episode.
Oct 14, 2012 7:56 PM

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Probably the best episode of the whole series so far!

"I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika
Oct 29, 2012 10:26 AM

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Awesome episode! Having goosebumps now....
Dec 25, 2012 9:37 AM

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So much tention for one episode. The mass suicide was messed up though.

Jan 2, 2013 4:29 PM

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Wow, that roof scene was fucking intense.
Feb 16, 2013 2:47 PM

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Meh episode, some nice story development but the interest doesn't hold for the viewer! As for that white haired dude, I'm sure we'll see him again!
Mar 17, 2013 6:51 PM
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I think I missed/forgot something; which character is Kawashima? (The one whose "external memory" they kept referencing in this episode?)
Mar 29, 2013 8:59 AM
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What is with this Channel 33?

Also, I love Major's new clothing, one with deep leg cleavage.
Apr 16, 2013 1:24 PM

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Didn't expect that at the end, things are definitely getting tensed.
Jun 6, 2013 12:01 AM

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Hm, who was Kawashima?

And what episode prior to this did they mention anything about a virus? How do they know about it? I almost felt like I skipped an episode :/

E - I think he was the GSDA guy in the FAKE FOOD episode who died. Still doesn't explain how they know about the virus.
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Powerful eyebrows.
Jun 6, 2013 4:31 PM

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wow nice episode
the swordsman remainded me characters from gintama
Jun 14, 2013 4:40 AM

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The end of this episode was intense. Everyone was killed but the white haired dude has escaped. They combined all the essay's and the virus activated. I hope that Borma is ok. Can't wait to see the next episode.
Dec 15, 2013 7:43 AM

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WOAH! The suspense and tension let off during the last minute of the show! I would want to learn of their true motives behind killing themselves off.
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Jan 19, 2014 5:58 PM

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Holy hell, what the fuck happened? That collective suicide was shocking, I guess it's what they were aiming for. I don't know where this is going, but I guess it will have a big impact.

So there is a virus that is activated by the text of Eleven Individual? The cyborg white guy seemed to really need their ''bible''.
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Jun 15, 2014 1:56 AM

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5/5

I have not quite understood the significance of this episode, the story of the texts to trigger the virus was very guessed.
Plot very smoky, but intriguing. Narration anxiety-provoking and well-managed.
Drawings and animations good, very good OST.
Jan 13, 2015 8:36 PM

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Oh snap. It seems that their heads came undone!
Feb 17, 2015 9:30 AM

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That ending, WOAHHH. Also borma ;__;
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Apr 21, 2015 12:06 AM
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Great episode, poor borma.
May 11, 2015 5:12 PM

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Yeesh what a crazy ending for an episode that was mostly focused on talking about an essay. Also lol at that terrorist dick-waving contest
Aug 9, 2015 8:13 AM
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"I found a suspicious looking file"

"What's the file name?"

"Individual eleven"

...Oh jeez lol

So I guess TV channels of the future have no qualms about live broadcasting people chopping each other's heads off.
Aug 27, 2015 10:54 AM

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ZeMoose said:
I think I missed/forgot something; which character is Kawashima? (The one whose "external memory" they kept referencing in this episode?)

He was the cook at the vegetarian restaurant. Section 9 suspected he was connected to the bombings, and sought to take him into custody. However, the misinformed Section 1 killed him.

Zepwich said:
Confucius said:

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?

Yep! I was hoping for a short cameo =(

Same here. I really wanted Aoi to appear, but as I thought, he didn't. According to his entry on MAL, he never shows up again after the closure of the Laughing Man case.
Feb 19, 2016 6:11 PM

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I didn't like the end of the episode, other than that everything is great.
Good Episode.
May 13, 2016 11:44 AM
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What the hell?? Why'd they cut off their heads? XD Well I'm intrigued
Jul 3, 2016 9:30 AM
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Bouma infected and this group suicide at the end? Wow, stuff just got serious...
Sep 21, 2016 10:02 AM

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I'm majorly confused, so their plan is to kill themselves?
Oct 6, 2016 10:07 AM

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But.. But why?
Didn't make any sense, I certainly didn't understand the purpose
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Nov 3, 2016 1:57 AM

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Didn't something go wrong with their plan? Or they legit though their deaths that would change society lol...

Anyway, Hideo bailed! What he up to now? :O
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Aoi is probably there, somewhere, hacking Togusa and reading an original edition of Individual Eleven.
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Jan 13, 2018 9:07 AM

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That was creepy wtf is that ideology by killing each other though it was pretty interesting.
May 24, 2018 9:34 AM

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Damnn great episode really tense.

I really liked the van scene where everybody was stating what they have done. They seemed really nice characters, hoped for some development around some but they are all dead…oh well Kinda guessed that the white one would survive

Rooftop scene was badass
Sep 9, 2018 1:19 PM
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Damn that shock factor was too intense and messed up section 9's mind and thankfully the show censored the violent factor :), so good episode. The question is if did they really plan to kill themselves (at the beginning) since white-haired swordsman was alive toward the end and also this makes more strange thing about him that why he also asked them about indiv 11 book at first!? This is suspense at its finest! at least hoping Borma is alive!
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Confucius said:
That was a messed up episode....

Also, did anyone notice that Togusa paid a visit to the Laughing Man?


Before he went out, the first place I thought he would visit was Laughing Man himself lol

And this episode is great! I thought those Individual Eleven dudes were going to attack somewhere (government building, refugee settlement, etc.) but this is even cooler (yet messed up). And I like when they discussing their achievement with pride.

Ishikawa just simply punched Borma's head lol
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