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Everybody expect a moment where all this heteronormative plot will be debunked. I think this guy (from the OP) could bring that plot twist.  |
dry? to match his personalty I bet. BOOM, got his ass. |
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| So obviously something happens to the parasites once they become adults. I hope it's something more interesting then just them dying or whatever Maybe their bodies violently integrate with the Franxx and they become Klaxosaurs?? That's a bit too insane though, but this is anime so you never know |
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Hibaena said: Did anybody else notice the spider qnd the butterfly, could that mean that zero two (the spider) has got hiro (the butterfly) into her trap and is waiting for the moment to feast on her prey? I am pretty sure it meant the place is actually unkept that allows spider webs to form. Jokes aside, the analogy didn't work alright. The butterfly didn't go to the web knowingly and just got trapped but 016 went to 002 by himself knowing what was in for him. If he starts thinking 002 as the spider, he is in dope. CodeKeima said: shanimebib said: I can't even guarantee that she is young, let alone being innocent, the way she doesn't give a damn about lives of other living things. She could be 200 years old and have different lifespan compared to normal human beings. The first scene where she walks next to a boy in episode 1, that might have been 016 even though the face wasn't shown, and it will most likely be the final scene of the anime where she will walk next to him and shown happy because she yearns to be human who cannot live without partners. Notice how she is also wearing the same dress as the other Children as well and the time is Spring instead of Summer (current time inside 13th). Of course there is a chance that that boy isn't 016 but her next victim and this finding her partner continues (a tragic ending). Just before your comment something came to me. Remember in ep 2 where some of Papa's guys said 015 showed no signs of aging despite using Strelizia? This one never made sense to me up till now. You could be right that Zero Two is a lot older than she looks because of being a hybrid. And speaking of Hiro getting some sort of power that could be one of it, perhaps Zero Two's kiss includes living with her chosen Darling for a very very long time. Yes it's highly some sort of ending scene there with the cherry trees but at the moment I don't want to think or speculate much about the ending, our theories will be proved wrong anyway like always xD There could be just two theories. A happy ending for 002: that the boy is 016 and she found her partner which she yearned for. A tragic ending for 002: that the boy is not 016 and merely her next victim enchanted by her demonic beauty. However, Tomatsu Haruka's interview revealed that 002 will go through a lot of character development. So, the irony will be her remaining a tragic heroine after all the development, if anything it will be more tragic after she goes through all the developments but cannot break out of her fate where she kept on looking for her partner. ProofByColor said: Zorome making a peculiar comment about adult pilots. I'm sure that will have some significance later on. Overall, the best episode in terms of writing and development. He just wants to grow up and get access to the outside world, basically he thinks becoming an adult will grant him more freedom. Notice how curious he is when he sees something new. Remember that they are living their lives essentially in a cage. I don't think it was peculiar but more a normal desire from a boy wanting to become a grown-up soon. That is one emotion developed in him which characterizes his personality (as specifically mentioned in his character description: He yearns to become an adult as soon as possible.) that differentiates him with all the other Children. There is a good reason why that description was left in his character information. |
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mat619 said: CodeKeima said: So to really be able to live and fly together the two persons must be of the same "kind" that's why it seems Zero Two wants to turn Hiro into a hydrid like her. Man that's frightening somehow but it makes sense after thinking about it (Hiro with horns confirmed). So in the end she chose him in episode 1 and decided to infect him with the kiss because Hiro was the first one she ever met who had nothing to loose in his life and was literally "empty". And man whatever Zero Two plans to do with him it will be one hell of a ride that shakes up the world. so, by your theory there is no benefit piloting with 02 at all if you're not compatible with her then you die after 3 times if you're compatible with her then you will mutated and growing some horns There are benefits getting horns. i.e becoming popular (example Kanna, maji yabaku ne!), an ace pilot, and become an immortal even? |
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| parasites are not human, human doesn't have yellow blood cell |
| I cant see them Killing Hiro.it would ruin the story for me anyway. I suspect alot of the supporting cast will die at some point. I suspect Hiro will evolve to get over his current condition |
SupremeEdgelord said: CodeKeima said: Other interesting things: It seems that all Parasites will reach a point at their age where they are not able to pilot a Franxx anymore and are disposed of, pretty sure about that part. I don't remember that part, when was it said exactly? When the members of the group talking witch each other and Zorome asks if there are any adult Parasites on their side. They are silent then until one whispers something the other guy with the other one replying no. mat619 said: CodeKeima said: So to really be able to live and fly together the two persons must be of the same "kind" that's why it seems Zero Two wants to turn Hiro into a hydrid like her. Man that's frightening somehow but it makes sense after thinking about it (Hiro with horns confirmed). So in the end she chose him in episode 1 and decided to infect him with the kiss because Hiro was the first one she ever met who had nothing to loose in his life and was literally "empty". And man whatever Zero Two plans to do with him it will be one hell of a ride that shakes up the world. so, by your theory there is no benefit piloting with 02 at all if you're not compatible with her then you die after 3 times if you're compatible with her then you will mutated and growing some horns It's not about for Zero Two to decide who will be her partner, remember last episode where the higher ups said that there are enough Stamen who want to get in the Franxx with her. She is forced to fight and Papa knows it too that all Stamen will die after 3 rides but that doesn't matter for him as long as they have a strong weapon against the klaxosaurs, it's war you know? If someone is compatible with her (in her case compatible is the wrong word since everyone is practically compatible when she shares her blood through the kiss) that's for her to decide since she first must infect him to ensure that not the same happens with the Stamens she doesn't (want to) kiss. What happens with someone who rides 3 times with the infection? we will see it next episode. |
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Sos_Help said: Kuinshi said: If you remember episode 1 at the start, it show's Hiro and Zero Two together with Ichigo monologuing over the two. It seemed like that was more into the future, then where it's at now considering how it looks and ichigo's tone over the matter. So Hiro dying is extremely unlikely. Had to go back and re-watch ep 1 and good catch... if the beginning monologue is any hints for us into the future, it means ichigo Is going to learn that she is jealous of 02 and Hiro's relationship...and most likely survive until the end :) best girl wins the right to stay alive I am 120% certain that was Tomatsu Haruka (002's seiyuu) talking at the start of episode 1. That was her Mizutani Shizuku voice. |
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shanimebib said: Sos_Help said: Had to go back and re-watch ep 1 and good catch... if the beginning monologue is any hints for us into the future, it means ichigo Is going to learn that she is jealous of 02 and Hiro's relationship...and most likely survive until the end :) best girl wins the right to stay alive I am 120% certain that was Tomatsu Haruka (002's seiyuu) talking at the start of episode 1. That was her Mizutani Shizuku voice. You could be right I'd have to go back and really listen, but by how it was going it seemed more like someone else was talking about them and not herself. |
Kuinshi said: shanimebib said: I am 120% certain that was Tomatsu Haruka (002's seiyuu) talking at the start of episode 1. That was her Mizutani Shizuku voice. You could be right I'd have to go back and really listen, but by how it was going it seemed more like someone else was talking about them and not herself. Like I said, I am absolutely certain for the amount of roles I have heard from Tomatsu Haruka. Also, she was talking about how she yearned for the concept of having a partner, even though she found it pathetic, it was beautiful. That was 002 talking about herself. |
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| Goro is the GOAT tomodachi of this show. |
| DID HIRO JUST GOT A STD FROM ZERO TWO? O-O Well, that is why you have to use protection kids, even when piloting giant mechas. So, will Hiro die? I think he is going to be able to pilot more than three times but will die eventually. Let's see. |
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shanimebib said: Kuinshi said: You could be right I'd have to go back and really listen, but by how it was going it seemed more like someone else was talking about them and not herself. Like I said, I am absolutely certain for the amount of roles I have heard from Tomatsu Haruka. Also, she was talking about how she yearned for the concept of having a partner, even though she found it pathetic, it was beautiful. That was 002 talking about herself. Yes yes you're are right that is her speaking. Although she does say they're imperfect and incomplete as well a viewing they're way of life pro-foundly beautiful she does not make any such concept as yearning or pathetic, it could be implied but that's it. Either way I was just mentioning the scene as it seemed to be of the future, I could be wrong but none the less. |
| Didnt expect that virus to affect hiro body so quickly. So hiro is just a normal human with high compatibility with 02 . This next mission is gonna screwed up for sure. |
firemagnet said: taynis said: DID HIRO JUST GOT A STD FROM ZERO TWO? O-O Well, that is why you have to use protection kids, even when piloting giant mechas. So, will Hiro die? I think he is going to be able to pilot more than three times but will die eventually. Let's see. The trajectory of the story, as evinced by the end of episode 5 and the start of episode 1 suggests heavily that Hiro will not die. The changes his body is undergoing will take him out of action, however, which will have horrific consequences for the children of plantations 13 and 26. Highly like that some of the characters will die next episode, particularly Mitsuru and Ikuno. Ichigo's increasing focus on Hiro will create a lot of trouble, too. TBH, I think that next episode will be the catalyst that gets Zero-Two and Hiro away from plantation 13 and builds the world that much more. There's also going to be a pretty significant rivalry between Ichigo and Zero-Two, both of whom will survive the upcoming battle. If the show's trajectory develops the way it looks to be developing, at least to me, then Hiro and Zero-Two will eventually end up as outcasts fighting against the system, while Ichigo ends up defending it. That's a nice theory for the ending. I like it! About Hiro, yeah, I don't think he is going to die so soon, maybe he and zero two will go down in a blaze of glory by the end, but I don't think his AIDS is going to kill him right now. Probably gonna make him stronger, as the saying goes xD Totally agree that things will get grim, this episode hints at it. I don't wanna sound mean but I hope that Hiro's team suffers a loss too, not just the new characters. Maybe Mitsuru, he is already with one foot on the grave. And Ichigo's feelings could get in the way too :S Looking forward to next episode, I hope they don't cheese it down with all the weird out of place innuendos tho lol |
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| I am mostly interested in the world building of this show. Who is Papa? Why are these kids and their franx's special/unique? WHy do they live in special cities? |
| 02's lack of concern for human life could be easily explained by a history of being forcibly paired up with officially disposable partners and both the emotional/psychological burden their deaths had on her as well as a defense mechanism to deal with being labeled "partner killer". She could very well be hoping that Hiro is "the one" for her and is merely trying to prepare herself in case he fails. Between the scene with Ichigo and yellow blood cell count, it's implied that the children are not exactly "human", which their excessively controlled environment and limited access to knowledge could support. Why would you want your disposable made-to-order soldiers gaining pesky things like genuine self-awareness, a non-easily controlled psyche, or the ability to question authority? Ever since the sendoff of Hiro's first partner, I've assumed that "parasites" who can't function get "put out to pasture" so to speak. The new team's interactions with this team seems to support that. (It's also verrrrry interesting how the new team appeared to have a considerable amount of knowledge that Hiro's team does not have access to, along with the judgment to conceal it from them.) Traditionally in sci-fi, clones don't tend to have normal life expectancies either, so the pilots may also have a short shelf-life if they are indeed manufactured organisms. BTW.. WTF "Yellow Blood Cells"? I went digging trying to find info on them since I figured it might be a mistrans on the production's end, and found nothing but yellow bone marrow (yellow due to fat cell content,) and theoretical musings about how it could be possible to give an organism yellow blood via genetic engineering.. Really hope it's something actually important and explained now, or it's going to distract me from the story and I'm going to be unable to be immersed. >_< |
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| i liked the episode (i mean anything with 02 is gonna be good for me anyway lol) only complain i have is, i wanted to see more of that scene after the slap, when 02 had her red eyes and stuff, that was so awesome =o  |
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| Yo, shit's just got real from here 11/10 would like to see Hiro tame 02 next battle |
| Talk about a stark contrast from last week. We went from Hiro and Zero Two's perspective, which ended with excitement and positivity. Now this week we focus on the bleak perspective of Goro and Ichigo. It even showed in the color palette this week, which seemed much darker than usual. People keep saying we got "so much world building". My question is, where? Sure we got to see another plantation along with its own Parasites. But that was it. Real world building would include explaining what Klaxosaurs are, how the Franxx are built and function, why they choose children over possible military trained pilots, why is humanity limited to plantations in the first place, and so on. Hardly anything has been answered so far. Hiro has been infected with... something. But he says he feels alive. Is this the excitement of having a purpose? Has Zero Two purposely infected him with something? Is this the beginning of Hiro going down a path of destruction? Or will it only strengthen him into something greater? Either way, it's starting to feel like Zero Two is the real antagonist here; and Hiro is her next victim. Or at least he's the key to whatever her end goal is. She was painted in a very negative light this week. I can't help but reconsider my feelings about the characters now, I feel like I can't trust anyone. |
| Slowly becoming anime of the season and my favorite mecha anime. |
| Great episode, zero 2 is really not a human. I like ichigo more than her in term of a character. SERIES IS GETTING REALLY GOOD |
| I don't know why people say NTR, Ichigo is neither Hiro's partner nor girlfriend, he does not owe her anything. This is starting to remind me how people reacted in Re:Zero, whenever a male likes a female people seem to accept when the female does not return it because they are free to do so, but all of a sudden when a female likes a guy all of a sudden it is a different story. I have a feeling this whole other team is going to die, since they weren't the other team in the opening. |
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Epicenter said: I have a feeling this whole other team is going to die, since they weren't the other team in the opening. That's a given. Also, NINES, who appear in the opening are elites. I think their piloting ability is as good as 002. Remember they are meant for something else even though they are now fighting on the front lines because of lack of manpower or something as mentioned by those Papa people at the start of episode 4. |
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| Great build-up episode. I always like Goro, so I'm glad he's getting development. It seems Zorome isn't so hard on Hiro anymore, which is good. Also I love Zero Two (If you couldn't tell) but this episode I was leaning more towards Ichigo. I don't know, Zero Two kinda aggravated me with her attitude this time around. |
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| Woah that was quite the packed episode, I agree with the majority, since Hiro has the opposite reaction to Zero Two it seems he really is evolving, if he gets horns too that's gonna be dope lol. |
Kaiser_Senpai said: Am I the only who really thinks that the blue hair girl (not Ichigo, the other) likes girls? It´s like the 3rd hint that we have that leads towards that, when they were talking about riding with the boys of the 26th group and she said that doesn't really cares about that. No, that's just seeing something you want to see regardless that it's not there. She's obviously interested in Mitsuru if you watched the previous episode. |
| You can't tell if she's sane or insane and her yangire/yandere personality makes it ever better, plus she cute and sexy at the same time... I cant get enough she making me go crazy. I want one, plss help me. Best new girl of the year confirmed |
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superman89 said: Kaiser_Senpai said: Am I the only who really thinks that the blue hair girl (not Ichigo, the other) likes girls? It´s like the 3rd hint that we have that leads towards that, when they were talking about riding with the boys of the 26th group and she said that doesn't really cares about that. No, that's just seeing something you want to see regardless that it's not there. She's obviously interested in Mitsuru if you watched the previous episode. Nope. She likes 015. I am almost certain about that. Here is your blush, and here is more. |
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| Best episode so far. 10/5. Animation, directing are very good. And characters are full open; not holding the words back. Ichigo's love emotion is awakening; expect her messing up things on next battle. An experiment is experimenting its creator kind; Zero Two knows what she is doing; she has agenda. If Hiro survives, she will wrap the experiment and move on next stage. My only bothersome is a love triangle. Don't like love triangles. Ichigo loves Hiro and tries to save him. Zero Two 'loves' Hiro and tries to destroy him. And Hiro, like a ball between two rivals. |
deadman80 said: Between the scene with Ichigo and yellow blood cell count, it's implied that the children are not exactly "human", which their excessively controlled environment and limited access to knowledge could support. Why would you want your disposable made-to-order soldiers gaining pesky things like genuine self-awareness, a non-easily controlled psyche, or the ability to question authority? Ever since the sendoff of Hiro's first partner, I've assumed that "parasites" who can't function get "put out to pasture" so to speak. The new team's interactions with this team seems to support that. (It's also verrrrry interesting how the new team appeared to have a considerable amount of knowledge that Hiro's team does not have access to, along with the judgment to conceal it from them.) Traditionally in sci-fi, clones don't tend to have normal life expectancies either, so the pilots may also have a short shelf-life if they are indeed manufactured organisms. BTW.. WTF "Yellow Blood Cells"? I went digging trying to find info on them since I figured it might be a mistrans on the production's end, and found nothing but yellow bone marrow (yellow due to fat cell content,) and theoretical musings about how it could be possible to give an organism yellow blood via genetic engineering.. Really hope it's something actually important and explained now, or it's going to distract me from the story and I'm going to be unable to be immersed. >_< That 'adult' question and what you said; is our team a disposable class of humans only for 'fight and die'? If so, what is happening to Hiro might be their final chance to survive. They should search on what happened to other back generation of pilots. Perhaps they can be 'adult' but the trigger is inhibited unless they show extraordinary success and quality on battles as a 'human'. That's why Zero Two questioned humanness of others to Ichigo. She knows more than our team, but not telling yet. That yellow cell bugs me, too; but there is no definition on real science. It is sci-fi. |
| favorite episode so far Hiro can't do anything wrong continue along this dark path my man Goro is good as well while hes trying to do all the right things it just won't work .side note curious to who did the animation of him dressing it was neat. Papa seems like a real piece of shit though so many things kept secret |
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| Goro continues to solidify himself as my far and away favorite character of this series, I hope he doesn't stress himself out too much. |
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