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| I'm going to laugh if this gives feelsgatsu a run for its money LOL. Now there's a fandom war I'd pay money to see... I wonder if the Retrieval Service does memory enemas; I'd like to purge this episode from my data banks. So far the only tolerable character is Flame Haze's veteran drinking buddy. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that House of Small Cubes has more genuine "feels" in 12min than this whole series combined. So far this has nothing on Angel Beats, let alone Eve no Jikan. Hoping this improves quick... |
DouluoApr 11, 2015 3:00 PM
| Damn. With that OP it reminds me of Key's nakiges even more. |
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Nachtwandler_21 said: Damn. With that OP it reminds me of Key's nakiges even more. Same here T_T |
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| No way 2k hours of life ='/ Looking forward for when the drama begins !! |
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| So she has about 83 days left to live, damn ;__; |
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| Poor Isla... I totally saw this coming... |
| Well that is yet another good episode. Finding out more about Isla. Damn it, Isla only have 2,000 hours left...this is going to be a feel anime. |
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| Not as much of an impact as the first episode. Its flaws are starting to show, but I'll keep watching. I hope it can still surprise me. |
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| 2000 hours? forget plastic memories, this anime should be called plastic goodbyes. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: How to make a guaranteed popular late night anime Prolonged season long dying cute girl->Popular Character Designer/Writer->Crying Anime->"Feels"->Praise -> Instant Classic/Masterpiece Sounds familiar. Anyway, good episode, I think I liked the 1st one better though. That OP dammit, I can't wait to hear the full song. Poor Isla, I kinda like her. |
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| It's great that they don't focus on the "feels" 100% of the time. this episode was really good. |
| Wow, no one saw that coming... In all seriousness, I'm guessing the rest of the anime will pan our exactly how we all expect it to. |
Fenix29 said: I saw that coming the moment I heard they had lifespans.So Isla expires in 2000 hours, saw that coming from a mile away. |
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| Terribly not my style. But still interesting enough to keep up. Meh. |
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| Hmm, I thought it had already been mentioned in the first episode that she hasn't much time left? Or I just read that before, but I went into the show fully prepared, the only "surprise" now was that it's only 83 days, but that didn't quite pack a punch^^ I'd wish there is an developed romance between him and Michiru in the future, but I guess he'll "fall" for his dying robot. |
zat-bust said: This system is very flawed, yes androids lose their memory after 9 years, but if the client does not want to give it up, wouldn't it be better if the company just followed what the client wants? Then get the client themselves to return the broken android? If the client then wishes to send their android away before the 9 years, then Terminal Service can go pick them up with little or no trouble. I wouldn't say it's flawed. It's a business. They make money by pushing out newer models. Financially it makes more sense to take away the androids away sooner rather than later. If owners kept the androids longer than the termination date they wouldn't able to sell as many. I wouldn't call it flawed. Good episode, but that revelation at the end... There's quite a bit of foreshadowing. Not sure if I'm going to be prepared for those feels... |
| This is one incredibly boring episode. First, I hate tsundere, especially overacting tsundere. And the whole episode is devoted to describing the relationship between Isla and Tsukasa, how Tsukasa tries to better himself and many other minor plot threads and character introduction. But do we really need to spend 70% of the screen time to see how they are bonding together by having they just talk and talk? They have a case on their hand, the best you can do is to spend half the episode showing how Tsukasa learn how to work with Isla and get to know her with the help of his colleagues (you can also shove some character introduction here or there), and spend the latter half devoted to showing how Tsukasa learn to be better at his job by utilizing the case. You don't have to tear-jerk your audience, just show how Isla and Tsukasa actually working together. And also how about a little bit of world building? I didn't expect this show to be the hard sci-fi since it wasn't going to be one from the first place. But I'm afraid it's turning into another Angel Beats!, a VN writer trying to write a script in TV anime format without being able to adapt to the new format. |
raveninthemuddleApr 11, 2015 4:38 PM
IdntHavWings said: Smudy said: 83 days and 8 hours until Isla's retrieval. You know where this is going :/ That's the first thing I figured out. She's gonna die. |
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| Well, it was kind of obvious Isla has a few hours left, I am guessing this anime will cover her final hours left until her dead. Hopefully, it is all a marketing scam and the time limit is just something made up to make the clients buy new androids, but I doubt this is that kind of anime, more likely isla will just end up dying at the end. On the other hand, Michiru with glasses was quite cute.....Megane moe..... |
jose21Apr 11, 2015 5:04 PM
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| Well, anyone who paid a lick of attention to the first episode could tell Isla didn't have much time left, the fact that her original partner had been in this job for almost 10 years clinched that fact. Just a few months left. |
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AaaaaaKun said: I didn't expect this show to be the hard sci-fi since it wasn't going to be one from the first place. But I'm afraid it's turning into another Angel Beats!, a VN writer trying to write a script in TV anime format without being able to adapt to the new format. In Angel Beats' defense, it at least made something new happen every episode. Yeah, Maeda couldn't really transition from the VN format at the end of the day, but at least there wasn't much of the padding that you see in Air and Clannad (and Kanon, but I know that was mostly written by someone else). |
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| 83 days left, that's harsh. I wonder if she starting to feel any real emotions due to her age. An okay episode this time. Feels during ED song and some background building. Still, it pretty bittersweet series when you think about it. Plastic memories... I bet last episode will end with main character reading her diary. |
Mich666Apr 11, 2015 6:02 PM
| damnit knew it was gonna happen but i didn't want it to then bam they drop that bomb right at the end |
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zat-bust said: This system is very flawed, yes androids lose their memory after 9 years, but if the client does not want to give it up, wouldn't it be better if the company just followed what the client wants? Then get the client themselves to return the broken android? If the client then wishes to send their android away before the 9 years, then Terminal Service can go pick them up with little or no trouble. This was covered in the first episode. Bad things happen. Letting mentally unstable robots kill your customers is bad for business. |
| Oh no she has less than 3 months left. Still a good episode, lets see if they can develop the characters enough to make the ending truly impactful, (like a certain anime last season). |
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| Time is never your ally... just a constant reminder of your inevitable demise. |
| We knew she was a veteran so we knew she had a short time left. This shouldn't have been a big reveal to anyone. However the door is open for a happy ending of some sort. We know she is special. She is having frequent errors that other units don't. Of course this could also be a door for a tragic ending and a shortened life span! The first episode was pretty amazing. What if Blade Runner wasn't set in a dystopian future = Plastic Memories. Unfortunately the second episode fell pretty flat. We get drunken co-workers, a robot that will solve everything by "trying harder" and lots of other cliche tropes. I still have hopes that this can be as strong as Blade Runner but in a more realistic setting, but this second episode is where the show is going then I'm going to be disappointed. |
| I actually love this anime so much it was kind of clear to me in episode one she was gonna die and that it would be a huge tragedy and romance in the second half or at least at the end. However I also thought it was going to be one where other girls fall for him and get jealous when he picks Isla so I don't know about listening to me but that's just what I thought |
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| I'm pretty sure everyone saw this coming. |
| 3 months huh? I guess we won't get a second season. |
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| Just hope this series doesn't end up like Shigatsu where the viewers are reminded every GOD DAMN episode that Isla is going to die. Let the viewers enjoy the happy times between the two, only to crush our joy by the last 2 episodes when Isla has to be terminated. It's sadder that way. |
| I knew Isla didn't have much time left to 'live'. She only has 2000 hours left which is about 83 days. Man, this is definitely going to be quite the emotional anime. Tsukasa will defnitely get closer with Isla too from the looks of things, oh boy... Isla is so cute though! ;~; |
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| This Kazuki character is a giant scumbag. She knows Isla is going to die, put her to work with a young person and if it's not enough she asks him to create a bound with her! When Tsukasa answered "I do want to get closer to Isla" would be a good opportunity to tell him to not get emotionally attached to dying robots as it could easily mentally scar him for life, but no, the lolicon joke is much more important. The characters are also really bland and uninspired (that tsundere, Jesus, so bad). I really like melodramas but this is just bad. |
nowa_ said: This Kazuki character is a giant scumbag. She knows Isla is going to die, put her to work with a young person and if it's not enough she asks him to create a bound with her! When Tsukasa answered "I do want to get closer to Isla" would be a good opportunity to tell him to not get emotionally attached to dying robots as it could easily mentally scar him for life, but no, the lolicon joke is much more important. The characters are also really bland and uninspired (that tsundere, Jesus, so bad). I really like melodramas but this is just bad. She was actually against it on episode 1. The manager guy was the one to recommedn it. |
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| One of the most enjoyable series I've watched this season. I love Isla and I reckon this anime is gonna hit me hard in the feels when her time is due. |
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babymimi said: Kaioshin_Sama said: How to make a guaranteed popular late night anime Prolonged season long dying cute girl->Popular Character Designer/Writer->Crying Anime->"Feels"->Praise -> Instant Classic/Masterpiece Sounds familiar. Anyway, good episode, I think I liked the 1st one better though. That OP dammit, I can't wait to hear the full song. Poor Isla, I kinda like her. Oh I bet it does lol |
| I really love the OP Another great episode, so far this is AOTS if the episodes continue to be as good as this! :) |
| Ok episode. 2000 hours until goodbye Isla :( |
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nowa_ said: She knows Isla is going to die, put her to work with a young person and if it's not enough she asks him to create a bound with her! When Tsukasa answered "I do want to get closer to Isla" would be a good opportunity to tell him to not get emotionally attached to dying robots as it could easily mentally scar him for life, but no, the lolicon joke is much more important. What you're saying is the equivalent of expecting a pet store owner to warn adults that the gold fish they're buying will eventually die because they wouldn't be aware of that fact. He was told she was a veteran, he knows exactly how many hours they have to live, it is literally his job, so not being able to put 2 and 2 together would make him the stupidest person on the planet. |
| Both redheads > Lolly. Anyway, not a bad anime. Obviously she was going to die and stuff. Will keep watching as long as it doesn't make me mad. So far it didn't. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: How to make a guaranteed popular late night anime Prolonged season long dying cute girl->Popular Character Designer/Writer->Crying Anime->"Feels"->Praise -> Instant Classic/Masterpiece Ho hum. ....we can do it all next season with Charlotte too. The formula practically writes itself same as any other. Lol! I couldn't agree more. I was definitely more bored by this episode than the first one. I thought it was very predictable that Ila was going to die soon. |
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| Tbh I don't care how cliche this is, but I really hope that at the end of the season either they make better technology or Isla somehow keeps control of her memories, otherwise there will be to much feels T_T Also if they can terminate their memories couldn't they store it as well, this could work cause at the end of ep 1, Tsukasa says that they can give the Grandma a new one that looks exactly like her just without the memories or anything. All they would have to do is get the stored memories and place them in the new Giftia |
| Pretty cool episode! This series has been really enjoyable so far. The characters and how they interact with one another is one of the strongest points of this show and I can't see that getting worse. The whole thing about Isla not lasting much longer was obvious from the very first episode - and I mean, c'mon, this is only the second one anyway -, so I don't know why some people think that's a problem now that it's even more blatant. If anything, I believe the quality of this show will come down to execution, comedy, and character interaction. I really appreciate the fact that they're not treating us as dense viewers who couldn't possibly realize that Isla will be gone by the end of the show - it would be more logical if they somehow twisted things around based on our belief that she'll actually die. Making her death a plot twist would have been way too obvious. Although it's pretty common for characters to come back from the dead (lol) in nakige, so that wouldn't be that unexpected either. But that's beyond the point. Looking forward to the next episode! |
| 83 days huh....i'm not ready for this. Love the atmosphere and setting so far |
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