Darling in the FranXX Episode 14 Discussion

MonkeyDJasper said:
Be honest with yourselves . The episode wasn’t bad , we are all just mad that hiro and 02 got broken up and Ichigo is being a controlling possessive bitch . The episode structure and pacing along with the music and emotions were great . You guys just didn’t get the happy ending you wanted and I knew this was coming after Ichigo had that convo with 9a , i knew she would go overboard . Now can people stop acting like she’s a good character when she’s not ? Mitsuru is a way better character than her he’s actually redeeming himself .

haydnwright said:
Hopefully next week we get back to business, Hiro crying at the end really got to me though.

Just_Chicken said:


The more important thing is that Ichigo threw Goro's feeling into the trash can and close the lid. Poor guy...

-Stray said:
Eh, despite a lot of you disliking the ep I actually liked it.
From their PoV it all made sense.
Ichigo was protecting the one she loves the most from a bitch who literally consumes people's life force or whatever the fck she takes, that was not manipulation, its a fact that she does that, just because she had shit to deal with doesnt give her a free pass to the inhumane things she did for selfish reasons, well granted she isn't really human but you get the point, and what Hiro said was the harsh truth, she's a monster, and I don't mean that in a biological way.
I feel bad for Goro tho.. boi was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
That being said, the only characters that I actually like here anyways are Goro and kid Hiro, Miku's kinda ok too.
I don't really care who Hiro ends up with, both Ichigo and Zero Two are fine for him, tho I do kinda want Hiro to become a monster, current Hiro is boring.

zevenate said:
I really don't get why people were expecting a happy episode or for 02 and Hiro to be able to get together and have a harmonious relationship immediately. The drama is necessary, there is/was unresolved conflict.

While having 02 and Hiro each go to see each other leading to the fight between 02 and the rest of Squad 13 was a bit contrived, it was pretty clear that 02 was gonna have some sort of confrontation with the rest of the squad because of her behavior.

Yeah the story/relationships aren't where everyone wants them to be, but have some patience. It's not like they're going to be separated forever.

Nyron said:
Absolutely nothing happened. There was maybe three to five minutes of actual content in this entire episode, and everything between the hallway confrontation and then actually letting them see each other was wasted time.

It was padding. Manufactured, poorly disguised padding. It felt like my fingernails were being pulled out while I waited for the plot to move forward.

miguitronik said:
My thoughts exactly. Why does everyone think that this is about lovey-dovey highschoolers riding mechas? This episodes' (and to an extent this series') point is clear: to show all the bad things anime-like love can bring and how toxic it actually is. 02 is obsessive, Ichigo is selfish and manipulative, and Goro, Mitsuru and Futoshi all got heartbroken. All out of love. Fuck off with your "I want a happy ending for those two", because that shit don't allways happen in the real world. And in the real world, love like that can bring all this negative shit and more.

MonkeyDJasper said:
Be honest with yourselves . The episode wasn’t bad , we are all just mad that hiro and 02 got broken up and Ichigo is being a controlling possessive bitch . The episode structure and pacing along with the music and emotions were great . You guys just didn’t get the happy ending you wanted and I knew this was coming after Ichigo had that convo with 9a , i knew she would go overboard . Now can people stop acting like she’s a good character when she’s not ? Mitsuru is a way better character than her he’s actually redeeming himself .

Admiral_Akbar said:
We can still get mad at Ichigo for being a terrible awful selfish B I T C H

notbad69 said:


Bye Zero Two, hello Ichigo

NAZMUS_SHADAT said:
Can someone tell summary of the episode and what happend at last?

cupc said:


Was it padding? I don't think so, depends on what you're looking for in this show. If you want an action adventure anime, the plot certainly does not deliver that. If you're looking for a love triangle / romcom / drama, it does.




Pretty much what I saw in this episode

NamelessWaltz said:
Why does everyone hate on Ichigo when Zero Two tried to decieve Hiro and suck the life out of him? She also decieved the whole squad into believing that shes friends with them while at the same time she only thought of them as fodder? I will never understand the logic of some people

NamelessWaltz said:

Any friend would be mad over something like that, especially after u get used to a person and start believing that they are a part of your team, and u get to like them as well. You have to realize that the kids only had each other from childhood, what if u loved somebody and that person was about to die because somebody were to be a threat to their life? The hate is unjustified. In fact I dislike Zero Two more and more cause she obviously used and killed a lot of people just to maintain her "humanity", in fact shes very selfish.

AlexJ256 said:
Probably the worst episode I've seen so far in this series... I agree with some people - forced, cringey drama (especially Ichigo's idiotic behavior, which supposedly should be excused by her being "blinded by love") makes it feel like I was watching a low-budget soap opera. I guess next few episodes would be wasted on 02 and Hiro slowly getting together again while continuing to occasionally argue with teammates, going through more flashbacks and killing random klaxosaurus until there will be another BIG DRAMATIC MOMENT in the last episode which will re-unite them again and finally end the series...

Nyron said:
Nothing happened in any of those scenes. It was just padding while we waited for the obvious conclusion of them going to see each other.

02 could have started a fight in the hallway only for the main character to open the door and see it, and the exact same events would have happened 20 minutes sooner.

It has nothing to do with action and adventure happening, it has everything to do with the characters and dialogue not going anywhere or doing anything.

YukiJudai_100 said:


bruh the worst episode is the one about zorome talking to grandma without a doubt since it was practically filler. you're just mad and being emotional since hiro and zero two are being broken up.

and the drama isn't forced. it only makes sense that ichigo wouldn't let her childhood love be taken away by someone that's practically a stranger without doing something. conflict is what makes a story good and these characters have clear and understandable motivations for what their doing.

if you think ichigo is being idiotic then you're probably jus being simple minded. not only has she loved hiro since childhood but her fears off losing hiro are also higher because of her conversation with nine alpha. and nine alpha caused because possibly he wants to be with 02. there are so many intertwining storylines taking place. it's not some as random as some opera.

i'm sure you'll be much happier with the series when hiro and zero two are finally together and it isn't made so easy for it happen like some disney fairytale. it's better that their relationship goes through trials and tribulations because when they finally are together their relationship feels earned because it had to go through a storm to get to where it will be. if they simply got together now it would just be pandering to the lowest common denominator and the series would be a lot worse

Bountymaster32 said:
Also the squad were being selfish along with ichigo. The Man wants to see someone stop being those people and let him become a monster so they can be together.

cupc said:


She started the fight because she thought the others were trolling her. She's not gonna start a fight out of nothing

By this logic we should write every story as efficient as possible by introducing every plot point one after another

Nyron said:
Also anyone who says this episode had good pacing is an idiot.

Absolutely nothing happened. There was maybe three to five minutes of actual content in this entire episode, and everything between the hallway confrontation and then actually letting them see each other was wasted time.

It was padding. Manufactured, poorly disguised padding. It felt like my fingernails were being pulled out while I waited for the plot to move forward.

How can anyone following this crap at be bamboozled by such garbage directing? This is the same show that spent 6 episodes making up excuses why the main character couldn't get into a robot, and then it keeps pulling this crap over and over again and you don't recognize it? What the hell is wrong with you?

This entire 24 episode run will probably be able to be condensed into 6 episodes without losing anything.