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| One nasty aspect to this episode is that I'm sure the police Chief would have been perfectly happy if the kid had confessed to committing all the crimes. Would have wrapped things up and he would have kept his job. And maybe after a few more aggressive interrogations, the kid would have cracked and that would have been the final result, a "happy ending" for everyone except the scapegoat. So it's actually rather important that the kid died before he was able to take the blame for all of the attacks. |
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| Detective Maniwa seems to be losing his sanity as well. I'm curious who is this old guy. He seems to be significant. I knew that kid wasn't the real Lil' Slugger. The question now is: who is the real one? Chief really is bad at his job and kisses his patience so easily. |
| I doubt the criminal is human, is this series going to a supernatural development? I don’t know where the series’ going, there are different options. |
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| Maniwa might be slowly losing his marbles over Shounen Bat but at least he's a step closer to the truth compared to the Chief who's gained a very short temper out of all this. I actually felt pretty bad for the kid since he got killed after being treated so poorly by his interrogators. Hirukawa and Taeko just smiling together was pretty disturbing. This was easily the creepiest episode yet and it's starting to look like Shounen Bat's a malicious supernatural entity that poses itself as an escape mechanism. That has a bit of a Paprika vibe and that's cool. |
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| I love how people are drawn in Satoshi Kon works. they're drawn in such a creepy way that you can tell they're human, but look like empty shells so they end up looking "humanoid" or "doll-ish". Also I think Maniwa is in the same boat as Kozuka where they both have a difficult time distinguishing reality from delusion which is why Maniwa was able to go along with Kozkuka's RPG delusion in that earlier episode compared to the other detective. |
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| Satoshi Kon was the best mindfucker in the entire anime industry :( I doubt Shounen Bat is a person as well. |
| I hate everyone equally |
| This was solid entry, probably my least favourite episode that I still liked though. Mostly commenting just to keep up my sweet streak of commenting on every episode, I find myself with little to say about this. I did find a lot of this episode kind of predictable, with Kozuka being Shonen Bat's next victim or Maniwa being the man behind those weird transmissions, and it also wasn't until the latter half of the episode that I actually found myself enjoying the experience. Maniwa getting closer and closer to the truth was interesting, and Ikari handing him a vacation slip was funny. It was also pretty heartwarming that Ikari did trust Maniwa enough to go through with his last minute rescue attempt. It's nice that Maniwa has picked up on what many viewers have already suspected of Shonen Bat. At this point, I'm guessing Shonen Bat is a Tulpa. A being that is a physical manifestation of thought. Which would mean that Maniwa's current method is only likely to aid Shonen Bat if I'm correct, though clearly he needs something like that to be able to catch him so that might be intentional. But it just makes the most sense, Tsukiko being a renowned character creator in a way with he doll designs at least, and how Shonen Bat managed to grow through walls after Maniwa's own associating that ability with him in his mind with the whole magician act. |
| Now the paranoia is on full throttle as it wraps around Mitsuhiro. The editing between slow and fast pacing just really amps up the creepiness to all of this. Whoa. |
| Holee shit, nice mystery psychological thriller. This episode was so Texhnolyze. The narrative, audiovisuals and tone pretty much feel almost exactly like a Texhnolyze episode. |
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| That was one of the best anime episodes I have ever watched in my life. This show really fucking stepped up huh. I swear it felt like I was watching Texhnolyze for a bit, the stylistic choices were similar. Man this episode is a fucking full on full all round masterpiece. |
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| Dammmn can't wait to see how all of this unravels in the end. I'm almost sure the actual Shonen Bat doesn't exist and desperate people hurt themselves while putting the blame on their figment of imagination. I mean, it all checks out except how come all of them see the same-looking imaginary person? I honestly can't predict anything at this point, fuck, I love this show |
| No! i don't want Maniwa to go mad!!! ahhh he was so cute as well. RIP fake shounen bat kid, though he was a copy cat, he didn't deserve to die. |
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| Oh I see, it's that wonderful Japanese media trope that anyone with an "unusual" hobby is a disgusting disgrace or a lunatic or both. Also, I don't think I like the direction this show is going, I'm giving it one more episode before I drop it though. |
KristiwazhereAug 21, 2023 3:57 PM
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| So there is another Shonen bat out there, and they can go through walls? How? And what happened at the end? Did Maniwa completely lose it? What's with all that equipment? |
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| so possibly supernatural phenomena? |
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