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| they really delivered this episode! edit... an episode or two back, I got to thinking: it seems like everything is going to keep going downhill. everyone will lose their wishes and there will be a whole world of pain. then, I think Ru is going to figure out the loop-hole to bust the game and she'll make the "wish" or whatever to revert the infection and bring the girls together again; for everyone. |
Compl3teMay 8, 2014 2:49 PM
uran10 said: I'm sure she'll probably wish that all the selector stuff is reversed or something... who knows. If there is one thing this show is it is interesting. They said in an earlier episode that this wish wouldn't work. I really liked that the mother of Hitoe actually reacted to the strange behaviour of her daughter. To often the parents in Anime are just bystanders doing nothing in serious situations. Checking the supposed friends would be a move every caring parent would do in this situation. Now I am curious if Hitoe will commit suicide. It would fit the atmosphere of the show. The girl who lost against Akira off-screen already died indirectly so there shouldn't be a problem killing of a character. Really liking this show so far. |
| Akira was beaten fast seems she really underestimated Ruko, tho she got what she deserved. And it seems her last battle also took place right after that. To me it seems that the girls who have a wish are striving so hard for there wish that they are forgetting what matters and achieve the opposite from there wish. Akira was so obsessed with battles that she forgot to come in time for work. Yuzuki is completely avoiding her brother and even a bit hostile towards him, and there relationship seems to be off worse. Tho i have to say in her case that might be a healthy thing. This episode was pretty depressive every character seemed to be down and it looked like things got worse. Question is will things change. And i especially have this question towards Ruko till now it seems she has been doubting all this time even in her battle with Akira. And it only got worse over the corse of the anime. Will she find the resolve to fight? |
| This sucks, I wish the battle scenes didn't happen off-screen, especially the one with Ruko beating Akira. Did Iona and Akira battle? In that case Akira is probably out. |
| Im really glad that those battles were shorter than usual, cutting them off makes this show so much better |
| We'll be saying goodbye to Akira soon I guess. Ruko VS Akira was very enjoyable! Fun seeing Akira getting curbstomped. I want to see Iona beat Akira up, hahaha. Right now I'm just watching for the story and pretending that the game they're playing is Angelic Layer instead of yugioh. |
"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!" |
Compl3te said: they really delivered this episode! edit... an episode or two back, I got to thinking: it seems like everything is going to keep going downhill. everyone will lose their wishes and there will be a whole world of pain. then, I think Ru is going to figure out the loop-hole to bust the game and she'll make the "wish" or whatever to revert the infection and bring the girls together again; for everyone. So she's going to pull a Madoka out of her ass? J/K But I can see this happening also. Also, I hate it when B*tches are so damn cocky when they are winning, so much as to rub it in when they beat people. But when they lose, they call YOU the bad guy for kicking their ass. Hey pot! I'm kettle! You're black! |
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| The show gets darker as it airs.. I love it. Hopefully, at least one main character dies or add one more character that got their wish tainted to really raise the dark tone of this anime. You know, Madoka-deconstruction level I'm actually starting to dislike Kazuki as he continues to neglect his sister. |
Hikigaya Hachiman said: Hardwork betrays none, but dreams betray many. |
| If Akiras wish is to ruin the life of Iona, does that mean if Akira loses, Ionas life will become amazing? If that is the case, why not wish your life to become shit, willfully lose 3 times and enjoy best life? |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
Orsonius said: why not wish your life to become shit, willfully lose 3 times and enjoy best life? If they could change/make wishes that easily, Ruko wouldn't have a problem having a wish and Yuzuki wouldn't be in such of a crisis right now. Same goes for Akira. These wishes are the ones they really want, before even becoming a Selector, such as Hitoe wanting friends and Yuzuki longing for Kazuki. So I guess it's already set or something? Although they could just be densely retarded and actually didn't think of that, but we wouldn't want that kind of plot, would we? |
RedraftMay 8, 2014 4:38 PM
Hikigaya Hachiman said: Hardwork betrays none, but dreams betray many. |
Redraft said: Orsonius said: why not wish your life to become shit, willfully lose 3 times and enjoy best life? If they could change/make wishes that easily, Ruko wouldn't have a problem having a wish and Yuzuki wouldn't be in such of a crisis right now. Same goes for Akira. These wishes are the ones they really want, before even becoming a Selector, such as Hitoe wanting friends and Yuzuki longing for Kazuki. So I guess it's already set or something? Although they could just be densely retarded and actually didn't think of that, but we wouldn't want that kind of plot, would we? Well there are 2 mysteries here. 1) How do negative wishes like Akiras work if they are tainted? 2) Are wishes fixed? For 1. We only have seen a postive wish become tainted. I want friends became to. I can never have friends. AkiLucky wishes I want Ionas life to be shit. And it could become to. Ionas life becomes awesome. Or Akiras life becomes shit instead. Now 2) I bet or well maybe just think Ruuko will end up having a wish at some point, so the state of your wish might change. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| Awesome work Ruuko. Curbstomping Akira :D Guess it's time Akira gets curbstomped again, this time by Iona. Bye Bye Akira. Man Hitoe, feel so bad for her. Lol the new Selector - Hiyori. Quite the energetic one. |
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| Wow the fight was short lived, I expect it bit more longer for Akari and Ruko. Well at least Ruko shut her up for a while. Iona and Urisu are really scary when they are taunting against Akari though. Damn, its getting really darker in here, I can sense Yuzuki's despair on her brothers lost, Ruko's wish is still unconfirmed, and Hitoe still struggling to find who she is. IDK why but its getting better if it keeps like this. Though still need more longer card battles. Chiyori on the other hand looks like a refreshing character, so I hope we get to see more of her. |
Orsonius said: Redraft said: Orsonius said: why not wish your life to become shit, willfully lose 3 times and enjoy best life? If they could change/make wishes that easily, Ruko wouldn't have a problem having a wish and Yuzuki wouldn't be in such of a crisis right now. Same goes for Akira. These wishes are the ones they really want, before even becoming a Selector, such as Hitoe wanting friends and Yuzuki longing for Kazuki. So I guess it's already set or something? Although they could just be densely retarded and actually didn't think of that, but we wouldn't want that kind of plot, would we? Hopefully, we will find out soon enough to what happens to wishes like Akira's when she gets beaten by Iona. Although, If I had to choose, I'd go with Akira's life becomes shitty instead of Iona's life becoming luxurious. She will eventually end up on making a wish because that's a given but hopefully it won't end up in a Madoka Magica's fashion kind of way. |
Hikigaya Hachiman said: Hardwork betrays none, but dreams betray many. |
Redraft said: hopefully it won't end up in a Madoka Magica's fashion kind of way. Oh I hope so too. No more fucking reset endings. I want all the bad things that happened actually have meaning and not just get reverted by some god power bullshit like in Meguka. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| kinda confused as to whether or not akira lost her 3rd match. if akira did lose all 3 matches, wouldn't that mean that her wish would backfire on her and iona's life would be really awesome (i guess you can't tell much of a difference since we don't know much about iona)? i really can't stand akira but that doesn't take away from the fact that her story's interesting. i'm looking forward to more with her and iona. the creators are really going all out on the angst. whoa. it was refreshing to see a parent actually care about her daughter the way hitoe's mom did |
orchidork said: kinda confused as to whether or not akira lost her 3rd match. if akira did lose all 3 matches, wouldn't that mean that her wish would backfire on her and iona's life would be really awesome (i guess you can't tell much of a difference since we don't know much about iona)? i really can't stand akira but that doesn't take away from the fact that her story's interesting. i'm looking forward to more with her and iona. the creators are really going all out on the angst. whoa. it was refreshing to see a parent actually care about her daughter the way hitoe's mom did She lost 2 so far, but now is facing off Iona. I guess this was it for AkiLucky. >Angst Well it is Mari Okada, if you have seen BRS you'd know what to expect. >Parents It is refreshing to see that the universe they live in does not only consist off teenagers but also actual adults such as parents. In Meguka we only saw Megukas parents, Homu for example never had parents apparelty. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| I'm tellin you guys, worrying about seeing the battles is hopeless. They're only showing what we need to see, which is the interaction and meshing of the Selector and LRIG. This battle confirmed why Akira actually isn't very good, it's because she has no dynamic with Piriluk. It seemed like they meshed before when things were going good, but as soon as Ruko started breaking her down Akira began showing her shitty attitude toward Piriluk. Adversely, we continue to see Tama and Ruko's dynamic evolve with Ruko telling her she can battoru to her hearts' content, and then of course enjoying the battle herself even though she tries to deny it. Speaking of denying her enjoyment, I really wanted Ruko to laugh in Akira's face and say "so the fuck what if I enjoyed it, you're a bitch anyway" but I think it's important that she doesn't completely accept it for now. If my theory is right and the growing dynamic between the Selectors and the LRIGs is what causes the LRIGs to evolve, then the moment she becomes a total sadist and wholeheartedly accepts her "scary" nature will be when Tama evolves into the beast we see in her dreams. Probably won't happen till season 2 though. Orsonius said: I would expect something more like what we're already seeing. Akira's so obsessed with her wish of bringing ruin to Iona's life that she's ruining her own. So I think if her wish becomes tainted she will somehow lose every ounce of her cruel manipulative abilities so that she could never hope to touch Iona's well being. I thing they're trying to tell us that focusing your life on hurting someone else's will only hurt your own. If Akiras wish is to ruin the life of Iona, does that mean if Akira loses, Ionas life will become amazing? Actually, if we're Aki-lucky, she will undergo a drastic and depressing downward spiral like Hitoe and get some legit development out of it. Though I'm guessing she'll just have her life ruined instead. Which I'm also okay with. |
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AlexTheRiot said: This battle confirmed why Akira actually isn't very good, it's because she has no dynamic with Piriluk. It seemed like they meshed before when things were going good, but as soon as Ruko started breaking her down Akira began showing her shitty attitude toward Piriluk. Speaking of which, don't you guys think Iora matches Piruluk's personality (cold, quiet, apathetic) more than her own LRIG's, while Akira matches Urisu's (sadistic, annoying, bitchy)? It seems to me like they're switched or something. |
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Tulicloure said: That could be a testament to how good Iona is, she was able to create a strong dynamic with an LRIG that seemingly would have suited Akira more. Though Urisu is a exponentially more tolerable than Akira, and I think that Akira would have earned Urisu's disrespect anyway since she'd get to see even more of her shitty attitude. Iona's just far more cut out for the title of eternal girl.AlexTheRiot said: This battle confirmed why Akira actually isn't very good, it's because she has no dynamic with Piriluk. It seemed like they meshed before when things were going good, but as soon as Ruko started breaking her down Akira began showing her shitty attitude toward Piriluk. Speaking of which, don't you guys think Iora matches Piruluk's personality (cold, quiet, apathetic) more than her own LRIG's, while Akira matches Urisu's (sadistic, annoying, bitchy)? It seems to me like they're switched or something. |
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| dat voice acting doe.. everyone seems to be breaking down,Iora and the new girl are pretty much the only stable ones right now. |
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| Yeah it's darker but R 17+ dark? no. Judging from Hitoe's moments it seems like she wants to kill herself since that would be better than living like that, now that would be 17+ and sad as f***. Akira lost, now to wait to see what happened to her, the reverse of her wish doesn't seem like it will harm her but it will in some weird way. Ruuko's mother has to be involved in Wixoss somehow. New girl, I feel bad for her already :( Seems the card game itself isn't important to show in all it's detail, it's the characters that matter, go play the game in real life is what they'e basically saying. And I do want a Madoka ending :( Hitoe with her friends again (if she doesn't kill herself) and Yuzuki's reverse wish (you know it's gonna happen) |
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| Every episode it gets darker and darker. In fact I've never seen an anime like that. |
| So apparently Aki wasn't as good of a Wixoss player as suggested earlier on, just that she took advantage of other people's weakness (that's my girl <3). Hopefully she managed to beat Iona but that doesn't seem likely. We see the development of Ru-ru turning into a psycho in this episode. She doesn't have a wish yet she is destroying everyone else's wish for her own enjoyment. She is directly ruining every other Selector's life when she battles & wins against them. Its no wonder why she is "scary". She seems to realize this once Aki says something but yet she still has the drive to play. I bet somewhere down the line Ru-ru ends up battling Yuzuki due to her mental breakdown and Ru-ru beats the crap out of her. |
| Maybe a suicide attempt in the future for Hitoe. I'm guessing Akira is going to lose to Iona and have her wish tainted. Does that mean more success for Iona in her future? So Ruuko's mother is afraid of her. Maybe something is wrong with Ruuko's personality. Hopefully she turns psychotic and destroys everyone and taints their wishes. |
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| Man I love this show. It doesn't try to please the audience with moe and fan service like Madoka. Sorry, Madoka fan boys, Mado magi just sucks : ) . |
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| So Akira just dug her own grave. LOL |
| pew pew pew |
| Tama so OP lol. I actually felt a little bad for Akira this episode. I mean she totally deserved what happened to her but still. |
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| this anime really knows how to annoy the hell out of you, but i mean it in a way that lets you want to watch more...loving the dark vibes this gives and it keeps getting darker... :) |
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Tulicloure said: AlexTheRiot said: This battle confirmed why Akira actually isn't very good, it's because she has no dynamic with Piriluk. It seemed like they meshed before when things were going good, but as soon as Ruko started breaking her down Akira began showing her shitty attitude toward Piriluk. Speaking of which, don't you guys think Iora matches Piruluk's personality (cold, quiet, apathetic) more than her own LRIG's, while Akira matches Urisu's (sadistic, annoying, bitchy)? It seems to me like they're switched or something. not to mention that Iona can also see other people's wishes (proof: when she told Ruuko that she had no wishes just after looking at her) ... you might be on to somthing here |
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ichii_1 said: Yeah it's darker but R 17+ dark? no. Judging from Hitoe's moments it seems like she wants to kill herself since that would be better than living like that, now that would be 17+ and sad as f***. And also edgy as fuck. So please no need for that. I don't want this show to become a teenager show. ichii_1 said: And I do want a Madoka ending :( Hitoe with her friends again (if she doesn't kill herself) and Yuzuki's reverse wish (you know it's gonna happen) Why the fuck would you want one? Then everything that happened in the show was meaningless! If all the suffering "never happened" then why was it ever tragic. The whole idea about tragedy is that it will last forever but people get over it. Hitoe will maybe kill herself and that is horrible, but reversing her death would mean that the show tricked us in believing it is bad. If you know "everything is gonna get reverted" then nothing matters, nothing is sad or tragic. Also reverse endings make mature anime into shitty baby anime, because in real life you cant revert anything, thus have to deal with the consequences. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| It gets more darker than I expect. Well, I was about to celebrate when Akira got lose to Ruko but her line was a buthurting one. The new Selector was cute tho. Wish that Iona will lose next week. |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
Orsonius said: ichii_1 said: Yeah it's darker but R 17+ dark? no. Judging from Hitoe's moments it seems like she wants to kill herself since that would be better than living like that, now that would be 17+ and sad as f***. And also edgy as fuck. So please no need for that. I don't want this show to become a teenager show. Since when both depression and suicide are "a teenager shows"? (the fact all of them are teenagers aside i guess) There's a LOT of people who struggle everyday with misery, but, well, it can get better. Hitoe's life kinda cannot, so I wouldn't be surprised, be it now or sometime in the future. |
fanshii said: Orsonius said: ichii_1 said: Yeah it's darker but R 17+ dark? no. Judging from Hitoe's moments it seems like she wants to kill herself since that would be better than living like that, now that would be 17+ and sad as f***. And also edgy as fuck. So please no need for that. I don't want this show to become a teenager show. Since when both depression and suicide are "a teenager shows"? (the fact all of them are teenagers aside i guess) There's a LOT of people who struggle everyday with misery, but, well, it can get better. Hitoe's life kinda cannot, so I wouldn't be surprised, be it now or sometime in the future. It always depends on the way they execute it. Teenager shows = shows that manly appeal to 14-19 year olds. I'm 25 I don't need "suicide and depression" in my show for it to be mature. It is the same logic people apply when they play video games with gore in it and think they are adults now. Fact is maturity =/= violence, death and sex. Maturity is to deal with problems which kids and teenagers don't deal, like real life problems. Love, relationships, fulfilling your life etc. Maturing as a person. Suicide isn't mature, it is at best tragic. And if they add suicide it will not really enhance the show. I think her fate is bad as it is. To wish for more edgy things isn't really a way to make the show better, just focus on more melodrama. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
Orsonius said: Redraft said: Orsonius said: why not wish your life to become shit, willfully lose 3 times and enjoy best life? If they could change/make wishes that easily, Ruko wouldn't have a problem having a wish and Yuzuki wouldn't be in such of a crisis right now. Same goes for Akira. These wishes are the ones they really want, before even becoming a Selector, such as Hitoe wanting friends and Yuzuki longing for Kazuki. So I guess it's already set or something? Although they could just be densely retarded and actually didn't think of that, but we wouldn't want that kind of plot, would we? Well there are 2 mysteries here. 1) How do negative wishes like Akiras work if they are tainted? 2) Are wishes fixed? For 1. We only have seen a postive wish become tainted. I want friends became to. I can never have friends. AkiLucky wishes I want Ionas life to be shit. And it could become to. Ionas life becomes awesome. Or Akiras life becomes shit instead. Now 2) I bet or well maybe just think Ruuko will end up having a wish at some point, so the state of your wish might change. I think making Iona's life amazing is enough to make Akira's life shit, hahaha. |
"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!" |
Orsonius said: fanshii said: Orsonius said: ichii_1 said: Yeah it's darker but R 17+ dark? no. Judging from Hitoe's moments it seems like she wants to kill herself since that would be better than living like that, now that would be 17+ and sad as f***. And also edgy as fuck. So please no need for that. I don't want this show to become a teenager show. Since when both depression and suicide are "a teenager shows"? (the fact all of them are teenagers aside i guess) There's a LOT of people who struggle everyday with misery, but, well, it can get better. Hitoe's life kinda cannot, so I wouldn't be surprised, be it now or sometime in the future. It always depends on the way they execute it. Teenager shows = shows that manly appeal to 14-19 year olds. I'm 25 I don't need "suicide and depression" in my show for it to be mature. It is the same logic people apply when they play video games with gore in it and think they are adults now. Fact is maturity =/= violence, death and sex. Maturity is to deal with problems which kids and teenagers don't deal, like real life problems. Love, relationships, fulfilling your life etc. Maturing as a person. Suicide isn't mature, it is at best tragic. And if they add suicide it will not really enhance the show. I think her fate is bad as it is. To wish for more edgy things isn't really a way to make the show better, just focus on more melodrama. Of course maturity =/= all that stuff(it's indeed hard to find a game that really is mature), but, again, I simply wouldn't be surprised. If her fate is so bad, it would only seem logical to her to want not to suffer it for so long, especially since she's a teenager. I personally don't think adding suicide would really do anything bad nor good to the show. I'm not sure, but it doesn't really seem like it's as edgy subject like it is in Europe(America too maybe?). I don't specifically wish for it, but if it happened, it would only be understandable. I suppose it's just we have different views on it |
fanshiiMay 9, 2014 5:02 AM
| I just hope they progress the plot and don't focus too much on the whole depression thing. I like depressive anime, but this one here has enough plot and mysteries that I rather want those to be solved than to see how an already melodramatic character also kills herself. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| Hmmm it indeed would be used as a trigger, for Ruko the most especially. How she's been scaring her mother and all that, she would probably snap with Hitoe's suicide. Oh, and, yes, I do hope they won't focus too much on Hitoe's situation also, but they still could do it without focusing too much maybe |
| i voted 3/5. but i have a different rating on MAL instead. because the 3/5 rating with words describe better. yeah, because it's only fine to me. i can't say i really love it a lot or feeling attached to it. i expected this anime to be a little bit more gore.. :P. |
| Hitoe's Mom goes straightly for Mom of the Year Award. Go, Hitoe's Mom! Akira's wish is so stupid but it shows her issues with herself which are pretty... typical for that kind of show. And by "that kind" I mean show with high school girls that shows more or less drama. Why can't they just live their lifes, but be filled with envy like there is no tomorrow? Meh. I think Yuzuki might be the second one in the queue to suicide, the first being Hitoe of course. Chiyori is probably a mastermind behind all of this or she's even crazier than Akira, one or another. |
| Sigh. When will they stop with this drama. And why is everyone a bitch e.e Literally dislike every character besides the grandma. |
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