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| Well... this has taken quite an interesting turn of events... Lots of strange things happening, questions that need answers, and more reasons for me to love this anime. But we've only got one episode left, wonder how this is all going to end now, there isn't anything here to really give off that finale feel as of yet. |
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| Aaaaaaahhh I wish this was 2 cour!! After this episode, it's going to be tough to end this in a good place, and I'm not sure I can wait as long as it will probably take to get a season 2, if it even gets one :( The poll that @Zelev posted is encouraging though, and this absolutely deserves another season. |
| "EVERYBODY, CLAP YOUR HANDS!" "PLUS ULTRA!" |
The_viewer said: If you believe the slug, they're the soul after mankind split in three.what are the Lunarians exactly ? Humans ? |
Niello said: But if it gets a second season I don't see the point? And to your post above, Yuri on Ice is an anime original, they didn't even plan for a second season before the show blew up. Houseki no Kuni is an on going story. It doesn't make sense to force the thread to come together when it's not ready. What's even the point of trying to do that and risk the flow if the second season comes out? It's a needless limitation that doesn't dot he show any good. Even if you look at western series that's not necessarily a thing. No one's complaining that Game of Thrones left on a cliff hanger each season do they? It makes way more sense to view it as a part 1. I don't think so, how can you know that it will have second season? If you plan a story that leaves the plot pending and don't take another season, the viewer will be forced to go to the original material. If a studio/production/director decided adapt something unfinished, it should be able to give a closure even at the arc, so that if it isn't popular it doesn't feel like something incomplete. If a series remains unfinished, Does that make her bad? No, but it does not make it better About Yuri on Ice, was just one example in which even in the interviews the author denied that the series had romantic implications, even she said that the rings were an idea that that occurred to her because many skaters use matching objects with coachs. And that seemed funny to me XD HxHexa said: The problem with this manga is that it seems everything has been planned by the author in the beginning, and everything is happening continuously. At this point in the anime, there's literally no way to end it satisfyingly. On the other hand, if they plan to try to end everything satisfyingly from the start, it would do a disservice to the manga since as I said before, everything has been planned by the author. If the anime staffs want it to end satisfyingly, they would have to skip a lot of parts and foreshadows. As of now, nothing has been cut from the manga. I understand it and it's a reason because this show is soo good, but that doesn't change it be an incomplete product. It is one of the ills of anime and, although it is the usual, I can't agree whit it. For example, Gunslinger Girl has an open ending, but extremely poetic that allows you to say "that's what this series is about" and if it had a continuation it would not feel out of place, it would only strengthen what was already shown (although the continuation was terrible) . Zeando said: Agree the anime has to have a proper ending. While with other shounens it's easier to have a clear cut, since they are organized by story arcs, with this one it could be harder to have an as good ending, but we'll see. Hopefully, in reality it still has the option of has a nice ending, although not conclusive. |
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| Dia need more screentime! Sensei is... maybe robot? God? Vampire? I don't know, but maybe he is a Jesus-kun? 1 episde left, but i don't wanna read manga! I need more seasons, like my hero academia! |
| I'm gay. |
| The darkness I was promised turned out to be cute moon puppies. Also, not a shoujo, but merch is cute accessories. None the less, it’s a solid 7. 8 is too far for not having a conclusive plot or ending. |
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| @Niello Dead set? not at all, but it is normal to think that, most animes don't get second season. I remember 2 examples, 1. Kuragehime; excellent but reached the end ... really doesn't have one, never had second season, it feels like an unfinished story, because it is. Conclusion: forgettable series. 2. Nodame Cantabille had a beautiful first season with an end, but then it continues. The first season can be seen on its own, because it is well planned for its duration. Conclusion: Great first season, best series. HNK has a clear evolution of Phos (which I would call antidevelopment) and the last episode could give a close to that transition, because the title is suggestive. I just think that this episode (except for Phos doubt) isn't the best precursor of an end and if for any reason the anime doesn't continue and I would ask myself "why didn't they wait to adapt this series better?" I already said what I think about the duration of the animes forced by the market, even so it wouldn't be an excuse.I did not want to use them as an example, but even superhero movies manage limited times better than almost any anime. Why do I complain about something so insignificant? because I really love this series, it is one of my favorites of the year and probably of life, but those details down its excellence a little. We will see how it ends and, even if it doesn't have a good closing, I hope follow the trend of the last popular 3D anime that has had a second season as KOS, Ajin, BBK and Kemono Friends. |
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| Sensei knows about the doggo shiro and the lunarians and everyone knows but keeps to themselves. Looks like shiro died or something, makes sense since they're the soul part of humans. Padparadscha revived by rutile with pho's help for now, the rubies are used like batteries. |
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Areku2021 said: So, uh, dumb question: if Phos could patch herself up by "cutting her hair", what is Padparaditz' problem? Their hair, I've read, doesn't have many inclusions. So the more hair you use to patch the body, the more powerful the inclusions have to be in the rest of the body to fill the patches. Phos always had powerful inclusions, but a weak body. So she could patch all sorts of foreign substances and use her hair without too much issue. It also helped that she didn't have to use *much* hair to do her repairs. But Pad is missing a lot more, so she could use all that hair to repair the holes in her torso, but it wouldn't solve the issue of her inclusions being weak and not being able to adjust to the new, inclusion-less, substance. On top of that, the patching seems to work on her for a little while, but her inclusions always eventually reject it and she falls back asleep. Rutile has had to try numerous different substances over the years because Pad's inclusions seem to be less and less receptive to patches as time goes on. So patching in the hair would potentially work about as well as anything else, but probably only temporarily. So Phos won the evolutionary lottery and got highly adaptable inclusions while the much harder and stronger Pad lost the lottery and got really weak inclusions. |
| I really thought there would be some epic showdown with a angry rampaging Bort against that Lunarian! But what do we see next...such cure adorable fluffy puppy like creatures! LOLZ! If they are divided equally, it should be 128 not 108...right? Looks like everyone knew Sensei has some distinct relationship with the Lunarians but it seems like Phos is the only one who wants to know the truth...even Cinnabar knows... We have another gem here named Padparadscha...who won't wake-up and at least Phos didn't forget him. And 2nd strongest after Bort and same age as Yellow! Phos told Rutile that there's some Ruby fragments can be found on a shore and finally he woke-up just like that? 4/5. |
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Meryjein said: What chapters of the manga did they adapt in this episode? If you wanted to start reading the manga from this episode on, you would pick up about halfway through chapter 29 |
| Nice, knew sensei was keeping something a secret hope we'd atleast get it next episode. This show kinda reminds me of Qualidea Code but 1000x better. |
| Of course there were 108 puppies. |
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| I always had a bit of doubt since the earlier episodes but now I cannot seem to trust Sensei anymore. And I feel Phos will rebel against him or his commands at some point. Phos just had too much character development after the capture of Antarcticite. I also want to know about the Gem that just awoke. With just one episode to go this will be an incredible let down if this anime doesn't get a sequel. Every episode since episode 3 has been a 5/5 for me. That's quite incredible! |
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| I took a Religious Symbolism class last semester, I should be able to read a lot out of HnK...I can't really. I'm too stupid Strange cos this was a buildup but was great nonetheless |
| Well, as expected. Sensei is dubious, i had foreseen this long ago so no surprise there. What really surprise thou, was the fact that they all kinda knew but has somehow become some sort of tacit or unspoken agreement to complete avoid the subject. So now, i am just hoping for Phos and Cinna to rebel. |
 SEIZON SENRYAKU: Hungry 100% of the time.Vzla-IT |
| LOL puppies. Way to diffuse a tense situation (one of this anime's bad habits). The "master" is a lunarian? I've kind of wondered since the beginning as well but figured that would be answered eventually if it was of any importance. |
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| So many mysteries left. Turning into a dog seems hard to explain. |
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RediceRyan said: So many mysteries left. Turning into a dog seems hard to explain. The lunarians also warped the slug people into derpy forms, so it's not out of the realm of possibility they have some way to alter other lifeforms. |
| "This is what happens when Alex sees Lunarians." Well, they're not useful in battle... And then the Lunarians turned into little dogs. They can do some crazy shit. Okay, so Sensei is weirdly buddy-buddy with this Lunarian...dog...thing. Though who can blame him? It looks nice and fluffy. :3 "I wanted to see the little fluffy ones and floof them up!" Oh, Dia. Even after one of them tried to kill/capture you... |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| that Buddhist Sensei really have relationship with the Lunarians and everything is a secret about it they all know he is holding secrets but Phos is different she wants to find out the truth |
Sean_Nessman said: It will not. The manga is ongoing. I doubt the finale will be as good as ep 10. If anything ep 12 will be some cliffhanger into S2, showing Phos going somewhere new, maybe to the moon. I know, once the series was over I read the whole manga and now I'm waiting for the next episode. Anyway, the end was not bad but it wasn't great either. They skipped several episodes, omitting a lot of content to reach a point that connects to the start (cinnabar). |
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| I really want to meet more of the gems, they're all so interesting And the bit when the Lunarian dog evaporated was so touching :( |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| Another really interesting episode, really do wonder what the last episode will offer! |
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| Those puppies were so unexpected, and so cute too! |
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| Eh, it's a giant dog... Well alright :'D As expected, Sensei is hiding things. I wonder if he is even a gem at all... though their (his?) name implies it somewhat. I guess the final episode will be about Phos going to the moon willingly or something along that. |
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| Alex? Red Alex? They have a pest problem now. 107 dalmations. Now they joined as one. Sensei is awake. WTF! Shiro? Dat awakening. |
| If you see that my post is exactly 1 month old (or more) from when it was posted... Don't waste your time, especially when you want to reply with something petty & insignificant. Assume that I've moved on (because I have). |
| LOL @ Aoi Alex's reaction to the stuffed pup Lunarians hahhaha xD Akai Alex was BAD.ASS.AF. I love crazy characters that love to slice and dice lololol Yeyeyeyyyyy~ New character *O* I wanna see her personality. She looks STUNNING. And pls give her a nickname like how Antarcticite is called Antarc lol. I might just call her Ruby if she doesn't have a shortened name Phos wanting to talk to the Lunarians directly was just-- hnnnggghhhhh, YES, GURL. YOU GO TELL EM DIRECTLY. GO FIND OUT THAT TRUTH. Looking at how hard Rutile worked to awaken Ruby makes me reminds me of how amazing Phos' body is to be able to adapt to all these different materials. I've thought it before when she got her legs and then again when she had new arms, but man. It's something not all the gems can do. The microorganisms in her must be very easygoing lol |
| Man, too many mysteries. And this manga is still ongoing. I shouldn't have started this series. Kongo looked suspicious from the start but now it seems there is more behind him. |
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| I wonder if Sensei is some kind of Lunarian too. I really hope he doesn't end up betraying them or turn to evil, though I guess i'd be up to some kind of moral ambiguity and shadiness here. There is only 1 ep left, i wonder how they will end this one especially when manga is still ongoing(?). Hopefully they will end the season strong nevertheless, maybe add another season eventually. |
| Talk about getting even more confusing... pretty touching scene at the end, but more than ever are the Lunarians really the villains here? |
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| "Everyone have to cooperate with Bort at least" Stop ntring Diamond even more than this! |
| There is like 2 weeks delay in my recent reading list I randomly bought discount/second hand manga with cute/mysterious cover.  Use Personal Blacklist extension in Chrome if you just want to Google for a series synopsis, without google slapping MAL score in it. 3/1 |
| can't believe the series is coming to an end next episode |
| beautiful episode, I love it |
| Sensei's dog? That was an unexpected twist. He's clearly hiding something. |
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