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| Well, that was as creepy as I expected it to be. 'Let's all become mushrooms'. Thank heavens for Akira. I hope she doesn't have something awful growing out of her butt. |
| I had a feeling the mushroom people would act like a hive mind since mushrooms are not individuals they are the fruiting part of the larger mycelium. I kinda saw that coming that Akira has something she was hiding when she didn't want to undress in front of anyone. |
| What an episode to get frustrated with! Only Akira used his head in a situation where the world stopped making sense, and these three decide to trust people with mushrooms on their heads who serve meals made entirely of mushrooms and offer them free accommodation. Now, speaking of the ending. What appeared on Akira's backside? I don't think he's turning into an animal because I remember it was mentioned in the first episode that everyone starts turning into animals at the age of 23. However, the significance they gave to that scene at the end, and Akira's refusal to go to the sauna and undress, makes it seem much more serious. |
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| Based on the preview from last week's episode, I already knew something was off about the residents of Higashi-Agano, and given how we're only 3 episodes into the journey, things are only going to get more weird and hostile as the girls approach Ikebukuro. From adults turned into animals to the townsfolk growing fungi on the top of their heads, only what lies ahead will tell what other things the girls will encounter. To be honest, on Akira's midnight crawl on their first night, the dog's intensified shriek got a good shock out of me, though I'm not the best at tolerating jump scares and the like. And this may be a hunch, but it seems that whatever alterations the residents had as a result of the 7G incident two years ago, it's affected their character as well. This episode shows the people of Higashi-Agano are averse to sunlight and might suddenly drop dead as characteristics of mushrooms, so we might see something similar as we pass through the other stations of Saitama prefecture. It's not that hard of an observation, but an observation nonetheless. Love to see the classic example of Akira being the only one out of the girls noticing the dramatic irony of their situation, and I felt the sound design for this episode went to exemplify the eeriness of the setting. As for Zenjirou-san, good to see a sign that we'll probably be seeing him a little bit more over these episodes as a form of communication, albeit under a 5-min time limit at 5pm each day. Although we've seen the tracks ripped apart in the tsunami from last week's episode, we'll just have to gloss over that for the sake of the plot. I must say though, the juxtaposed contrast between his two selves is always fun to watch. 29 Stations, 53.8km left to Ikebukuro |
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| This anime is so unpredictable I love it. The dialogue flows really nicely too. |
| I agree with one of the above comments that it was frustrating to see Akira unable to communicate her worries with the others, who are acting completely dumb in an obviously dangerous world. I still mostly enjoyed the episode for what it was, a light horror where we feel Akira's sense of helplessness. What was kind of cool was the slight "twist" at the end, when Shizuru partly pulls the lady's mushroom and she turns into a b-word. I'm pretty sure that it's a mushroom growing out of Akira's back end which will be picked by Reimi |
| This episode was actually so good! Akira is now easily my favorite character and throughout the whole episode the OST did a really good job at building a creepy atmosphere. I wonder if Akira was growing a mushroom on her butt at the end there or maybe her animal transformation is starting early? |
Narizor said: What an episode to get frustrated with! Only Akira used his head in a situation where the world stopped making sense, and these three decide to trust people with mushrooms on their heads Well, they're from a town where most of its residents - all of the adults past a certain age, have turned into non-human animals. And the young train conductor has become an old man seemingly lobotomized or with dementia who can be turned back in age/time with a hat like the flip of a switch. But that hasn't changed who they were as people before the apocalypse in the sense of making them malevolent or intentionally malicious toward the girls. Given that and everything else of rumors they've heard from the delivery company workers and anyone else who ventured further afield before, the mushroom thing isn't really that strange in context as this has become the new world. Narizor said: Now, speaking of the ending. What appeared on Akira's backside? I don't think he's turning into an animal because I remember it was mentioned in the first episode that everyone starts turning into animals at the age of 23. It's 21 years and 3 months-old. But which yeah, should still be significantly older than any of them. Narizor said: However, the significance they gave to that scene at the end, and Akira's refusal to go to the sauna and undress, makes it seem much more serious. That just came off to me as if she was suspicious of the town and everyone and everything in it from the start and so didn't want to let her guard down and indulge whilst expecting they could be ambushed or otherwise betrayed. The same reason she seemed hesitant to eat the food. |
WatchTillTandavaApr 16, 4:31 AM
| How annoying it is to be mentally told that the kind of living you want for yourself is similar to that of a freakin 'mushroom'. Short, happy and easy huh? Doesn't sound so bad, but it I guess it really does kill a person and his dreams.. |
| Felt like i'm watching one of Higurashi episode. my goodness this is so creepy. Everytime she communicate back with Zenjirou via the railroad with morse code even though they are so far away, i just love how silly it was LMAO I'm all in for the wild ride. |
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| More horror than before. I like where the series is going. When is the zombie episode? I read in some conspiracy that not all of them will survive to Ikebukuro. They correlate it with the ending where they are not together. Reimi, Nadeko, Akira, then Shizuru in order. |
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| Shizuru turning into a bitter melon samurai gave me a good chuckle. Can't wait for next monday! |
| Another good episode. Well let's see what happens to Akira nxt. |
| Hush! My dear, don't you cry Pino gonna sing you a lullaby Hush! My dear, don't be sad Pino gonna sing a song he heard. |
| Again I'm impressed with how much care and quality work is put into this silly show. Am I the only one? The art looks really nice and polished, the music really added to the eerie atmosphere, the characters are pretty expressive, and the voice acting is a lot of fun. Akira losing her mind and squealing in terror was very funny and colorful. The mushroom lady snapping between her kind customer-service voice and extremely irritated countryside (?) accent was also entertaining. The animation is also pretty detailed and has lots of movement. Especially when Akira is being chased by the (noodle-armed) mushroom people at night, and the split-second when Akira trips up slightly as she storms away from Shizuru harvesting goya. Even when the mushroom lady lays out their dinner on the table and hands the tray over to Akira. The shots and conversations always cut slightly quicker than I expect, keeping me on my toes and moving the scene along. I'm liking this show more and more. |
Reply to ThreeTrap
Aletheia_xxx said:
something awful growing out of her butt
something awful growing out of her butt
Probably some tail.. early "puberty" or something. They never said in the story when or how fast you turn into an animal, just that it takes until you're 21 to be an animal. I also wonder whether she may just be from another village originally, so their time-to-animal may be different.
| @ThreeTrap Yes, that does make sense. What with the mini-tsunami and mushrooms and other weirdness, I'd completely forgotten about their future transformation into animals. Maybe she'll turn into a cat. |
| What the hell, lmao great episode. Really great expressions and animations on the characters here |
It's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. |
| A bit on the nose (or the head hehe), but a fun episode nevertheless. |
| mushroom people were quite odd |
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| This is so weird and random, I love it. That ending with Akira was so fkng funny lmao I love all the girls, Nadeko and Reimi are my favorites, Shizuru is really cool in a weird way, Akira is ok but she did save the day and besides Shizuru it is very helpful she is here because she can do the morse code madness XD WE NEED to see more of Zenjirou lol |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it. |
Reply to Rakabat
More horror than before. I like where the series is going. When is the zombie episode?
I read in some conspiracy that not all of them will survive to Ikebukuro. They correlate it with the ending where they are not together. Reimi, Nadeko, Akira, then Shizuru in order.
I read in some conspiracy that not all of them will survive to Ikebukuro. They correlate it with the ending where they are not together. Reimi, Nadeko, Akira, then Shizuru in order.
| @Rakabat my best bet is 7th episode Or because reasons they can't reach Ikebukuro and keep wandering with the train infinitely. |
 Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here. I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges  |
| 29 more stations to get to Ikebukuro. Their journey continued, until they stopped at a very strange village. A village filled with moldy people. And this time it really hindered them. The girls were also affected by it, but thanks to Akira now the problem can be resolved. Another great episode. Can't wait for the next one.  |
RafaBryanApr 17, 7:35 AM
| I can say one thing, probably the strangest Mushroom Kingdom I have ever seen. |
| I was so mad nobody trusted Hina, like come on... This is such a cliche horror trope. Anyway, is this her tail or is she just happy to see me? >.>  |
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| Kind of weak episode. The MC is really stupid and OOC in this one, I guess she and Youka isn't really that close at all. I bet the senile Zenjiro can do better than her. |
| Those people are sus af. I don't trust them. I feel bad for Akira that her friends does not believe her, kinda surprising Nadeshiko didn't say anyting as to this point she was the rational one. Oh no, this morse code bs again, I was hoping they would stop this after the tracks got destroyed last ep... This really breaks the flow of the episode for me. I don't buy this resolution. They wanted 'new blood' and then they just said 'we wanted to do you a favor' and stopped attacking them. What the hell did she have between her legs?! |
Reply to _Gaidenn
@Serafos into an animal? my interpretation was that a mushroom started growing on her ass lmaoo
| @_Gaidenn Well, this is the right place for a tail, and we know they will transform into animals past 21. We dont know if the process is instant or progressive though, with the age 21 being the last stage. And why would she have a mushroom there while everyone else's was/were on their head? |
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