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| The parent reveal tho — no wonder Kikoru is so badass, her dad is basically a hulk. :o Iharu called Kafka both old and fat wow. XD The animation when Kafka transformed and is going for the kill was awesome. The original kaiju being present with him in his mind def gave me Parasyte vibes, it'll be interesting to see how the anime explores this going forward. |
| This show might change it's name to Cliffhanger No. 8. Great episode btw. |
| very cool episode |
| This time, we immediately saw how Kafka's misfortune happened after he found out he was a kaiju. However, their friendship is something to be proud of, they still accept Kafka's condition. Then we also see how the division where Kafka served and his friends wanted Kafka to return, then there, where Kafka faced Captain Shinomiya Isao, how Kafka faced the captain and also controlled the Kaiju desire in him. A pretty good fight, then the last episode we will see how this ends and the central body's decision regarding Kafka's situation. So can't wait to see how they respond to Kafka's earnestness, then Kikoru-chan, thank you for your support.  |
| At last Kafka vs Kikoru papa hell yeah. The animation was satisfyingly good. Now that Kafka has fully trasformed shit's gonna go overboard. It was heart-warming when they clarified that none of Kafka's peers thought of him as an enemy sasuga 3rd division. And Mina's last words were also very pleasant. Lookin' forward to the last ep |
Nabisuke said: When the last ep drops next week, I'm planning to read the manga. Hyped! Here me who started manga right after ep 1 and caught up to the latest chap in one night |
| Crazy good soundtrack and animation. |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Fantastic episode. Honestly I spoiled myself early by reading the manga, but this episode was absolutely fire. 9/10 |
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| just insane, it's been a long time since i was too excited, waiting for the last episode. |
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| I like the part where Levi Taichou started beating the shit out of Eren to prove he is either safe enough to handle even in his Kyojin form or won't be much against the Taichou himself. |
| Even after transforming into a Kaiju, Kafka's fellow officers still believe in him. Goes to show he's made an impact on everyone, despite being one of the weakest officers. Incredible fight at the end, loved the directing and artistic choices that were made to make it feel completely different than any other fight so far. The inky looking power seeping from Kafka was terrific. |
| Fuck I could feel that blondes gal raw emotion. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| ya it was cliche but the last seconds were super cool . loved it |
Stawberry Milk Supremacy  |
| this episode was phenomenal, im hoping the ending of the season is a crazy episode |
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| this adaptation is really good. |
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Reply to ghier
amf85 said:
@ghier
I actually think they did a pretty good job setting the plot support for their stance. One of the directors even brings up that there could be value in keeping Kafka as a "living weapon" rather than killing him. However, the episode also presents us with believable support for their more rigid stance in two forms: 1) when they discuss the panic that might occur if the public ever found out that humans could turn into kaijous (as opposed to the other way around), and 2) the director's personal bias because of the loss of his wife.
@ghier
I actually think they did a pretty good job setting the plot support for their stance. One of the directors even brings up that there could be value in keeping Kafka as a "living weapon" rather than killing him. However, the episode also presents us with believable support for their more rigid stance in two forms: 1) when they discuss the panic that might occur if the public ever found out that humans could turn into kaijous (as opposed to the other way around), and 2) the director's personal bias because of the loss of his wife.
You don’t see it as overly cliche’d though? I’ve seen this exact setup before. And I can tell in the direction that they wanted this specific story beat of “is he human?” “Is he kaiju?” to be really emphasized.
Not that I don’t like it. I do enjoy the show. But there are ways to make this more interesting with more subtlety in character decision making and reasoning I think. Having a leadership group be more open to reporting from their officers is a common sense thing. Having them question Kafka would also be a common sense thing, maybe see what information he’s willing to provide about himself and other kaiju. You can even still have the fight as a test of whether he is truly in control of his body or something. It’d feel real, and give it so much more impact.
I apologize if this is overly critical btw. I want the perfect show to blow me away.
| @ghier Him being a human able to transform into a kaiju or a kaiju being able to transform into a human is the most important issue, way before his usefulness in combat. They know about 9 which appeared as a human and 10 which found enjoyment in a fight, so the first thing they need to find out is whether 8 protecting humans isn't just a ruse to infiltrate the forces even deeper. After all, new kaiju appear to make use of deception and imitate human emotions. This series has a rather mediocre writing but this is one of few cases where it actually works fine. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| That impact frame when Kafka lost control at the end was sick asf and the fluid animation was clean very suspenseful ending |
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| The pacing for this whole show was great, I imagine episode 12 will be the conclusion of the battle and Kafka's fate. It will be a great end to Season 1. |
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| Damn, Kafka lost control. But this had to happen at some point. Till now he basically had OP powers at no cost. I mean the Kaiju-thing that got inside him in episode 1 hasn't said or done anything till now and that seemed odd. Hopefully we'll know what the kaiju meant with "found you" and why he chose Kafka to begin with. I also find it funny how Shinomiya dad is like "u no human" and the very next second does things no regular human can do. |
| This end of episode and this cliffhanger! |
| I see, so most of the previous "numbered Kaijus" are pretty much all turned into special weapons. And the usual classic "higher ups" wants to just kill him regardless of who Kafka is or if he saved the entire defense section... And yea... they're "torturing" Kafka like I thought, but that's what military do, Sadge "oh, you saved everyone, DIE DIE DIE, we don't give a fuck if you saved people, you're not humans, so you must DIE" bastard: "You finally show who you are, Kaijuu" Yea... after literally almost kill the guy, so his life force goes all the way down, so the Parasite had no choice but to step in to save Kafka and fight the "Kaijuu no.2" (in a sense, this Parasite is like Ichikawa, that steps in to try and save Kafka) stupid girl: "stop, you're human aren't you" Yea... so if Kafka actually gets killed, he gets to be human right? LOOOOL "oh, he's dead, yup, he's a human, ok, back to work guys, shows over" (kicks dead body) or "oh, he's still fighting and not dying, he must be evil, we need to kill him" (STAB STAB STAB) . TBH tho... it feels like even if Kafka does get to go back... He'll be turned into what that higher up wants... "Turn him into a living weapon" Meaning, they might force Kafka to constantly transform and kill Kaijuus or send him into extremely dangerous missions without a care of Kafka's free-will or safety... (even if Kafka does want to kill Kaijuus) like "oh, you're tired, continue fighting, who said you get to rest" (not to mention... everyone's being split apart, the "team" is no more) Mina: "we been thinking about this before the incident" Yea... nice timing to split everyone up huh, all into a different place while at it so no one can communicate with each other anymore, RIGHHHTTT... . Poor Kaijuman, dude just wanted to protect everyone but gets betrayed by humanity. Hmm... where have I seen this "plot" before... I think there's 3 other anime Reincarnate series with this... lol |
amlgJun 22, 3:34 PM
| Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing* |
| Love how Hoshina was only mad because Kafka didn’t fight him at full power lol |
| I'm so happy to see that everyone from the third division still respects and cares for Kafka. I'm worried about the higher-ups tho, they’ll never leave Kafka alone now that they’ve learned his secret. |
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| Damn it is getting so good, but only 1 episode left. |
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| Fire episode. ngl that animation sequence at the end was lovely. I loved it when I read the manga, and I think they pulled it off perfectly. |
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