Angel Beats! Episode 9 Discussion

tazillo said:


Ah right, I see. Thanks. That really is one big misunderstanding as Otonashi said.
Even so, Yuri and the SSS probably won't take too well to Otonashi's attempt to get them to accept their lives and move on (as that's why they're fighting in the first place). They may even see it as a betrayal, and it could turn into a battle in the end...

Shinrin said:
I'm no doctor by any means, but Otonashi must have had some serious internal bleeding (judging from him coughing up blood and the huge blood colored spot on his stomach), and probably damaged his intestines, because that dark spot was about the area your greater omentum is, which probably got tore open inside him and spread an infection.

Really, that sounds like he was one of the ones in the most pain, but he sacrificed everything he had for those people. Amazing how he made such a huge personality change from a selfish self-obsessed child to an all out caring guy that pretty much gave up his life for all those people by not asking for extra supplies or killing morale with their leader being in that kind of position.


(I do not blame those that say TLDNR)

garfield15 said:
GODDAMN SLOW-ASS RESCUE TEAMS! (even if the "rescue at the last minute while main hero dies" thing is kind of overplayed, it always gets to me)

-The entire train scene was almost like a completely different anime. I actually liked it because I figured "Otanashi dies in a train crash" just seemed kind of cheap for such a main character. It makes sense that it would be something that really suits him like taking on the role of Jack from LOST like saving people. I bet if that asshole hadn't stolen the water he would have lived. Where did that jerk think he was going anyway? Both sides were blocked.

-OtonashiXKaede moments are just so sweet.

-This sort of "let's maneuver around Yuri" thing is giving me Death Note vibes but in a good way not a "I'll be the new god" way.

-So how are they going to cover the pasts of all the SSS in 4 episodes? Looks like from the last sentence of the preview, Yui's up first. (Oh god, if TK disappears, it's gonna SUCK!)

I too have to admit, this show has gone in a completely different direction than I thought. Now the tagline of "The greatest story celebrating life" in the PV makes more sense.

DuskGolem said:
I think they tried to elude the ultimate clue here.

You know how we all assumed Otonashi died in the Train Wreck? I think this is another case of that. We, and Otonashi, assumed he died right then. But if he did, then how come he has a memory of the rescue team coming?

More so, they haven't showed how anyone else died. Hinata, Yuri, Iwasawa... Iwasawa we got close to seeing dead, but she was in a hospital and lost the will to live. We're told, "And then I died" but this shows her at the hospital, and it seems abrupt. She lost the will to live but you don't just die by loosing the will to live in a hospital.

I think all of them, the reason why it's specifically kids, they've somehow been selected for some kind of testing. The fact the whole place seems like a video game; I mean they can die without dying, there are soulless "NPCs" who all act like real students, the school setting, the ability to create things out of dirt into something else, the lack of anything spiritual in the world, even Angel's computer system style... This all seems like man made stuff, not the work of a god or something spiritual. They may be in some weird kind of experimental virtual world. I can't pinpoint this as the definite answer, but this all seems more like the work of some outside force than god or spiritual force.

Kurimu-chan said:
Hmmm...
If you watched Clannad you would know that Fuko, one of the main characters, was unconcious in a coma- like being brain dead- in the series. It was just her soul that was roaming the world.

So....

Does this mean the same for Angel Beats? It is possible. Otonashi might have not died, but was brain dead and in a coma. Iwasawa was last seen on her bed in the hospital. She might have had a coma or brain death like the others. Same for Hinata, maybe the drugs put his conscious to sleep, but he is actually still alive. Maybe the same for Yuri and all the other members of the SSS. Maybe this world is for people who are in a coma, or something like that.
And now: Maybe Kanade is Hatsune. Hatsune said when she was alive that she wanted to make friends and, basically, help others. So, maybe she was put into a coma or something and became Tenshi.
Maybe, I'm just guessing.... I can't wait till next week :'D

Kurimu-chan said:
And now: Maybe Kanade is Hatsune. Hatsune said when she was alive that she wanted to make friends and, basically, help others. So, maybe she was put into a coma or something and became Tenshi.

Gamer4life said:
but who the f is Hatsune? xD

Wolferion said:
But tsh... It'd be just so much better if there was 2nd season just like with many other recent animes >.< . I still wonder how he wants to make them all disappear? Yuri will be most probably the hardest to get and with that I think that Otonashi will be the very last to disappear, because you see, he won't feel satisfied until everybody including Kanade will disappear... Thinking about this makes me feel sad, darn it. Why does such a great anime have so few episodes? *slams his head*

Foton said:
My theory is that this purgatory is reserved only for those that died without accomplishing their goal or have regrets from their past life.

Remember that Iwasawa passed away after realizing her true dream. I'm assuming that Otonashi's sister does not get sent here because her dream of being with her big brother is fulfilled before she died. Also, from what Yuri said, nobody that dies because of suicide is here, so this may also mean that whomever died of their own volition or that died without any regrets will skip this phase of purgatory.

Recall that almost all people here have some grievances from their past life; Yuri, Iwasawa, Otonashi, Naoi, and Hinata all have dissatisfactions and they died before being able to rectify it. This world seems to be made for people to either accept their fate (that is, blending with the school is accepting fate) or to pursue their dreams/finishing what they wanted to do before moving on (again, Iwasawa and almost Hinata).

. But then again they might pull a fast one on us and have him wake up in a hospital only to find out his sister gave her kidney to him and died right after. This would give a bitter sweet ending to the show.

windy said:
Sad. Whatever happens now, I just want it to work out for Hinata.

Ukyo9 said:
1 out of 5

The worst cheap drama I've ever seen in all my life (in particular the scene were everyone is so concerned about donating their own organs was PAIN).

belatkuro said:
Typical for Otonashi to die right after they get rescued but it was a really sad moment.

viral_hun said:
It was a great episode. I hope the series wil bel finished with an happy and, just like Kanon and Clannad.

Also, I think Otonashi is the god of this world too. God made the world in 6 days, and rested in the seventh. Otonashi took care of the injured for 6 days, then rested on the 7th and died.

viral_hun said:
It was a great episode. I hope the series wil bel finished with an happy and, just like Kanon and Clannad.

Also, I think Otonashi is the god of this world too. God made the world in 6 days, and rested in the seventh. Otonashi took care of the injured for 6 days, then rested on the 7th and died.

SurferDude said:
"Daylight", with Sylvester Stallone, minus all the action.
Slow japanese rescue team is slow. Seriously, it took them A WHOLE WEEK to get to the survivors ? They could have just made a hole from ABOVE to get to them if there was so much debris at both ends of the tunnel.
Didn't care much for Otonashi's drama. I just want a good ending for Kanade. Damn, she's cute.