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| I liked the ending. The "I feel alive" after what she saw. Also it's kindda funny that, when camping, she burned camping books to keep the fire going. Girl is a machine, she didn't even need the warmth! The books were probably the ones that told her to keep that fire going through the night. |
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| What great vibes this episode had, so little words spoken, yet still captivating and chill. An interesting change of pace to build the world without being forceful. I keep forgetting about the leveling up quirk/system Yachiyo has   Waiting to see the "glow up" perk that was used in the earlier episodes |
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| That was such a good episode. Even robots need a break. |
| Levels of melancholy this episode was crazy! Couldn't stop staring at the screen while Yachiyo was walking around. Yeah, feeling alive after that really summed it up. |
| what a beautiful episode. Felt just like Girls Last Tour. And we unlocked another Yachio secret achievment, peak. I wonder if Ponko will send other robots on leave as well |
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| I have a very odd pastime. For entire afternoons, I would walk around my city with no particular destination in mind, just a direction to walk towards; I would pass by cats sleeping under the benches at bus stations and see the most brilliant sunsets ever against a backdrop of high-rise buildings; I would find an empty shopping center around which construction dust billows, an abandoned park enclosed by rusted wrought iron fences, entire streets and communities that I never knew existed. Most importantly, I would feel like it's just me and the world, nothing else: none of the people I pass by know who I am or where I'm going, nor are they likely to ever see me again. Maybe it's because of this, that I would feel completely at peace: knowing that nothing I do in the moment matters gives an unbelievable sense of comforting freedom. Suddenly, the world feels extraordinary, the sky looks beautiful, and I become alive. Fully myself, legs walking and mind pondering, just looking at things and listening at noises and feeling the breeze on my face. Goodness, it's really hard to describe this feeling with words; hopefully I did it justice. It really is a life-changing experience. Maybe that's why I connected so much with this episode for some inexplicable reason. I felt as if, although the places are different, I've been through this before. The puffy but not too puffy clouds I saw that one time. The lighting reflecting off of the glass buildings around 5:30 PM, when I would start walking home. The smiling for absolutely no reason, or perhaps because the world is such a nice place after all. This episode exactly captures what I would feel on these walks in a way I never thought was possible for any piece of media to do. I was in awe the entire episode, whispering to myself, "this is art... this is art! this is ART!!" There is no excuse for me not to give Apocalypse Hotel a 10/10 now. All right. My personal emotional reaction to this episode aside, it was also very great thematically speaking. It feels like the message of the opening, but made even better – here's my analysis of that if you want to have a read. Yachiyo starts off being reminded of her lonely and pointless existence after being derived of her work. She travels through many settings from previous episodes, with several scenes directly echoing past scenes, highlighting just how much has changed as time passes, as well as how much have happened to her. Here are just some examples from episode 4, but scenes from other episodes are mirrored as well. Throughout the episode, Yachiyo wonders about her place in this world, and gets so many answers. For example, here is one of my favorite answers, at the Gingarou spaceport: Yachiyo walks among other humans. I think this symbolizes how Yachiyo's alive and human status is given by the other characters in this the show: they care about and remember her, and so she is human. Similarly, later, when she reunites the horse with its horse buddies, she briefly wonders where she belongs. At the end of the episode Yachiyo looks at the Hotel Gingarou, a light in the dark, and affirms that this is where she belongs – with everybody and everything she cares about. Overall, this was an absolute masterpiece of an episode. It feels like a great send-off to this anime, and remains consistent with what the anime was trying convey all along. I'm sure that episode 12 will be an amazing resolution. So sorry for all the tricolons; they probably make me seem like a pretentious idiot. To that one person who gave this a 1 star, go take a walk outside. It's a great experience. |
| Wow... This episode flew by! That's a sign of a high-quality anime episode! I love it! |
| What a sublime episode. It seems that Yachiyo, always so focused and never taking a breath, didn't even realize that there were spare parts stores nearby... although, unfortunately, after centuries, the parts had already deteriorated. Had he ventured out earlier, he might have found the spare part in time. In the meantime, Ponko learned about labor rights from those old law books.... This episode really gave me the feeling that we might lose our beloved android. However, the whole atmosphere was so peaceful, almost meditative. With hardly any dialogue, it was a lovely episode, just following Yachiyo on her quiet walks with the animals and those occasional expressive faces she makes. In the end, finding the missing piece, and this whole journey brought her back to life... proving once again how deeply human she is. |
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Panda_Roll said:
I liked the ending. The "I feel alive" after what she saw.
Also it's kindda funny that, when camping, she burned camping books to keep the fire going. Girl is a machine, she didn't even need the warmth! The books were probably the ones that told her to keep that fire going through the night.
I liked the ending. The "I feel alive" after what she saw.
Also it's kindda funny that, when camping, she burned camping books to keep the fire going. Girl is a machine, she didn't even need the warmth! The books were probably the ones that told her to keep that fire going through the night.
I still can't quite understand why she would burn the books? I mean the obvious answer should be to brighten the fire so that it may last all night but I'm talking about the artistic interpretation of "burning guide books in a fire". Considering this anime, there might be a deeper meaning. Do let me know if you have any idea.
| @Peanuts_yatta Probably just irony. To tell the viewer that she is "camping" through the book titles rather than... be homeless I think. |
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| "You've been overworked lately, you must take some time off" = yup, this is a fantasy anime. A terrific episode. I'd been hoping for something like this but didn't think they'd actually do it. |
| time to rest it was beautiful E11:8/10 |
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| Incredibly well done episode. Very emotional and pensive with touches of humor in just the right spots. The lost art of "show don't tell" on full display. This anime has been right up there with Girls Last Tour and Planetarian for me and this episode cemented that. Also I would have been so sad if she couldn't find a spare part! |
| Yachiyo forced to have her day off from Ponko being in charge alongside Tamako after reading Japanese labour laws, she's downgraded to being a guest, but that's probably for the better being in the shoes of the guests for once. Still, while the acting manager can't help to focus on her work, being a guest, however, just leaves her restless and goes for a self-diagosis program to try and find her spare parts. And in doing so, Yachiyo exploring the whole of Ginza like a bona-fide human, just wandering around and taking in the feelings of how humanity used to be like, and doing the things that humans usually do, like go to the pachinko parlors and play slot machines to having her own campfire in the city woods. Yachiyo's reboot into another day, roaming outside alongside a foal in search of its family and continuing to find suitable replacement parts, it did not end well, though the group of seals are probably the best she's encountered so far, amidst a long walk seeing the apocapytic setting of emptiness of time frozen, eventually finding a similar robot that she can trade good parts for. But the horse, no sorry, the pegasus coming back, though this time with fairy wings and the like, sees the way back to Gingarou, and all she had to say about it was that "she (I) felt alive." What a profound moment. The near-dialogueness of the episode is something new and not experienced in anime before, and although it brings about a sense of eerieness, yet of comfort and reassurance that I never knew I needed until now. A masterclass episode as usual, borrowing the timeless adage of "a picture speaks a thousand words". |
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| Such a beautiful "show don't tell" episode. Yachiyo might leave us next week, but she will be remembered forever. |
| I was wondering where they'd go from the insane humor of episode 10. I did NOT expect this beautiful meditation on mortality and leaving your legacy behind. Nor did I expect that, uh.... horse. |
Kai200X said: I always wonder where on earth are they? I don't know if they ever mentioned it before. The Ginza district of the city of Tokyo, Japan. It gets mentioned a few times when they show advertising videos or brochures/pamphlets about the hotel and/or the general surrounding area of the district, in this episode, the first episode, and I think a few other times. |
| The PUREST of Vibes! |
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| Now it’s officially the best original anime of the season. I felt alive watching this beautiful episode. |
| My favorite episode. |
| “Are there some unseen roles that we have unknowingly set ourselves into, dictating the rules of engagement whenever we see each other, inevitably leading to us hurting each other?” |
| This is one of the most peaceful anime episodes I've ever seen. Does anyone have any anime/manga recs that are like this episode? |
| Why does every episode have to hit so hard? Adding no dialogue for most of the episode made it even more impactful. |
| Fuck this was a fantastic episode. Usually this series is pretty lighthearted and goofy, and this episode had some of those moments, but atmosphere and sound design were top notch as Yachiyo explored the remains of humanity. "I felt alive" what a great line to end on as well. |
| This show is so slept on it's crazy. Every episode is a treat. |
| Holy moly, that was wonderful. I can't believe it. Every episode is a gem. And my love for the show only grows deeper and deeper with every episode. This anime is now approaching 10/10 territory, and I wouldn't have dreamed of it in the beginning of the season. |
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i am afraid of what will happen in the last episode
| @Timonk This episode felt too mellow so I'm worried for next episode |
| ok, this is what MASTERPIECE looks like, top 3 anime ots, i love this anime sm man, i hope summer we can get something similar like this show... |
| Crazy "The Last of Us" vibes this episode. And cute seals :3 |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| It takes an incredible amount of skill and experience to make an episode with so little dialogue. Honestly a beautiful episode. |
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| This is my favorite episode yet; it was so relaxing. Almost no dialog at all and she finally got to go out and see the world outside her hotel after all this time. A small nitpick but the city looks like it has only been abandoned for 10 or 20 years though; after 1000 there would be almost nothing recognizable left, just forests. Also animals are naturally afraid of fire, they don't normally just stroll up and relax around it. I'm glad she was able to find a part to repair herself even though it was kind of sad where she found it. |
| Pegasus? More like a horse fly. And was that sparkles falling as it flew or was it pooping? You can never tell with this anime. |
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