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Solastyre said: I'm not really helping, am I? Nah - you helped. I'm laughing 'cause you pointed out the Period joke to me, hahahaha. But honestly, he needs to look at what he's talking about. I raeged - then I lol'd. |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
goblinmitzu said: BRSxIgnition said: 1idd0kun said: All that considering, it's painfully obvious that she isn't Yuu, that she isn't even human, that she is STR. Nice and you just confirmed it yourself that he is correct. :) You always pointed out last week that his theory is wrong, and saying that Yuu in the real world is not STR. Just accept the fact that you got it wrong and he got it right. :) We know that you're a big fan of BRS, but sir we can always make mistakes. :) I stated that they can switch at any time. I said that he was stupid about the human statement, and I never said people were wrong about STR and Yuu switching places. Both me and him were right - now please, stop focusing so much on making me look like I was wrong, you're making yourself look like an idiot. |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
goblinmitzu said: You got some points there, and wrong for calling him idiot, got it? :) Got it, whatever you say 'sir'. I can't believe it matters so much to you that yo've kept this going this long. I know what I said, who I said it to, why I said it, and I can quote it - unlike you. Get off my back - again, you're making yourself look like an idiot. PS: I am no longer going to reply to your harassment. |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
| Idk if it's because I almost half-assed my way through this episode or if it's the way the story is being told, but now i'm just kind of confused about all the Yuu moments. I was not confused before. I understand that Yuu/STR changed places because fighting in the other world was easier than dealing with pain. What I don't understand is how Yuu was able to communicate with STR in the first place. Another part where they show (STR?) with regular eyes and then they turn orange. Also like someone else mentioned when Saya found Yuu/STR outside sitting by the river, did that happen the next day or was that a flashback? I thought they were all in the same room. All the little things in this show are making me feel really stupid. (Not even Guilty Crown has managed to make me feel this stupid this season. Hurr.) I'd like to rewatch it, but I don't really care enough anymore to sit through the episode again. |
parfaited said: Also like someone else mentioned when Saya found Yuu/STR outside sitting by the river, did that happen the next day or was that a flashback? I thought they were all in the same room. Yuu (or STR) left the room after Saya unsuccesfully contacted Mato through BGS. She decided she would try it herself but Saya tried to stop her. I think that's why she left. She didn't want anyone to interfere. Saya was probably worried when she was long gone, looked for her and brought her back. parfaited said: What I don't understand is how Yuu was able to communicate with STR in the first place. Another part where they show (STR?) with regular eyes and then they turn orange. Well, how she established that connection with STR is still unclear. It could be that it was because her pain was much greater than anyone else's what gave her much stronger link to STR than anyone else had to their other. Mato saw dreams of BRS fighting, it's likely that Yuu had the same experience but because of the connection, she figured out they were real and contacted STR during one of them. (just a theory) STR's eyes turned orange when Yuu switched wth her, so it's possible that Yuu's eyes turned orange when Yuu came back (to her own body in the real world). Which means that each time her eyes were orange, it was Yuu there and when STR took over once again her eyes became normal. Yuu= orange eyes regardless of the world she's in. Most of the stuff I wrote are just theories so they're not 100% correct but I based it on what the show stated and implied so they could be close. |
SuiNoByakkoMar 17, 2012 2:15 AM
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| One episode left, and I'm still not sure if I like this or not, but I don't quite get all the hate this show is getting. :/ |
| Well this anime now makes 100% sense to me. I am pleased. |
| BRS vs IBRS in the next episode. My body is ready. |
Taufiq91 said: So the entire world of BRS are created by periods? Sums up the whole series. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
BRSxIgnition said: goblinmitzu said: BRSxIgnition said: 1idd0kun said: All that considering, it's painfully obvious that she isn't Yuu, that she isn't even human, that she is STR. Please stop spreading your idiot. It's contagious. WTF? 0_o BRSxIgnition said: It really isn't that hard to understand if you pay attention and piece things together slowly... If you jump to conclusions, you'll just get more confused - kinda like the people that were in here earlier blabbering about how somehow Yuu isn't human or something. I mean, really? Yeah really. In both cases, I was pointing out the fact that he was stupid for saying ANYONE was not human. Nobody was ever mentioned to be human or not human - neither in the real world or other world. THAT is what I called stupid, not the fact that they switched - even I included that in my theory. I don't think he meant that RW Yuu is not human. But it is obvious that the girls in the other world are not human, per what STR said in this latest episode: The girls living in your world are beset with sorrow and troubles. And so, this world and we who live in it were brought into being. These girls weren't carried in a womb; they don't have a mother or father. They were just brought into being to shoulder the sufferings of the girls in the RW. We were all born without emotions.We're just stimulated by the raw emotions of the girls and battle instinctively. I could hear Yuu's voice. In that instant, feelings were born within me. STR only gained emotions after Yuu connected with her. Humans are born with emotions. Other facts that support this is that human's don't have mechanical limbs; blue or purple flames erupting from their eyes; grow other entities like they were flowers; and survive after being crushed over and over and over again. :/ |
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Solastyre said: You pointed out a few good details about Yuu/Strength here. But adding on (I'm not sure if someone already pointed this out, so let me know if I'm repeating), but perhaps the real world and otherworld were always connected to begin with, explaining the similarity in appearance to real world counterparts. And as Ignition said, Yuu's pain was so great compared to others, she connected w/ Strength. How exactly that happened... I couldn't tell you right now. :/ All that was already stated/hinted at very clearly in the anime so you're right. :-D The others shoulder negative emotions of the girls and everyone seems to have alterego there so they are definitely connected. My point was that everyone seems to have a different level of connection to it (Yuu being able to talk to STR, Matou dreaming about BRS fighting, Yomi seems not to know it's there, etc.) so my point was that maybe Yuu talked to STR during one of the dreams like that since her connection is very strong, it was easy for her. Solastyre said: Going off of that note (srry, longass post), the reason why Saya cried uncontrollably while she was talking to Koha being the laughingstock, I think, was because it reminded her of Yuu. That, or she was just really good at making other people feel uncomfortable. To me that didn't really look like crying incontrollably. I think she was just playing on Kohata's weak point (not thinking about it). By crying for her, she made her think of it as something very very bad what made her emotionaly unstable. I don't think ANYONE (= not even Saya) would abuse someone who reminded them of their wannabe lesbian girlfriend. Saya is a psychlogist, which means, she can read people pretty good and she knows how to use someone's weak spot against them. That's what she's been doing from the very start, I don't think this was a different case. wakka9ca said: Taufiq91 said: So the entire world of BRS are created by periods? Sums up the whole series. lol'd And I third(?) this. |
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Solastyre said: I meant the whole provoking deal to raise Koha's other self. She did the same with Yomi--making her feel awful and awakening DM so her pain can be erased. Very effective, if you ask me, but a little risky. I should have worded my previous post more clearly, so thanks for pointing that out. Oh, sorry, I guess I misunderstood that. My bad. I just wanted to clear that out because it's possible for people to think that. Saya's hella good at acting, she should have been an actress instead if you ask me. Solastyre said: It would be interesting if the otherworld existed irl. My other self would be getting the daylights beaten out of her because I just got owned at a Forensics tournament. XD LOL Poor my other. I tend to be depressed over tiniest problems when I feel like it. She'd be used as an official punching/stabbing bag. XD |
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| Loved the BGM this episode. And Yuu beating the shit out of iBRS was hilarious. |
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| Someone mind making a gif of Strength slamming and throwing IBRS around? And the rail punch thing too? |
GogettersMar 17, 2012 4:25 PM
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| Ah, episode 7. We're almost to the finale, the end of the train ride. And it was pleasant too, we get to see a bit of action conveyed through squabbles with people's emotions in the Real World. First off, we get the whole story of the Rainbow bird getting killed by taking in so many colors, no need to buy the book now(if it even existed). <3 We get some questions answered in the episode, including the confirmation of the theory of STR and Yuu having switched places in the two worlds. They also reveal that BRS's power does not come from Mato's love for positive emotions, but rather, her hatred of negative emotions, and BRS comes to destroy these sorrows and woes for the people in the real world to forget the pain. Lolwut. What if that sorrow came from something like debt or something? Forgetting it certainly won't make it go away. XD But luckily, these depressive emotions are not about something so deep. We also get some awesome action from STR and iBRS. Nice steampunk arms, STR, But I hate you for having the "easy" way out. Switching with your other self to have the most easiest job in the world, simply to fight and survive. I'd rather be in a world like that too, where there's no work but violence, but somehow I do not sympathize with her. Probably because she was laughing in a retarded manner. Back in the Real World, Yuu(who is actually STR), seems to have merged with STR(who is actually the depressed Yuu from last episode) to stop iBRS from destroying the world, leaving her unconscious body at the shore. Mmm, we also get to see those delicious legs~ <3 After a while, Saya finds her body and takes it back home. I don't know if Yuu's body is now immortal thanks to STR, but it's still a bit of questioning involved for that. Saya also realizes her uselessness in the situation, as she is not totally connected with BGS. At school, Yomi comes with her red string stuff in her hair when she is informed of Mato having disappeared yesterday. Everyone was murmuring about it, while Yomi seems to have become surprised, and ran out the door. She starts having painful thoughts that she could not explain, and kept walking around. When she got to the roof, she finally realizes that Mato is her friend. And back in the real world, the dead Dead Master under the canyon of dead sorrows, starts to twitch, meaning she may stil bel alive. In the preview, we get to see BRS returning- and getting her ass raped by iBRS. Wat. I guess Mato finally realizes that she is not iBRS, but BRS, the awesome blue flame girl O-o With Dead Master seemingly alive, wouldn't it be awesome if she came and gave a hand with BRS to fight her purple self? And with Kagari seemingly to start remembering the painful feelings, Chariot may come back as well. Although, I wodner how she will operate with her head separated. On a side note: I HOPE IN THE END, THE POLICE FIND SAYA WITH MATO AND ARREST HER, PUT HER TO JAIL FOR BEING A TOTAL DICK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS AND KIDNAPPING. :D I know she didn't really kidnap Mato, but it's a wishful thought. <3 ...No not really, I came to not care about Saya anymore. |
DallySkyeMar 17, 2012 4:48 PM
| I found this episode to be quite a lot to take in, but very enjoyable all the same. Interesting how Yuu and STR switched, also I hope to see all the otherworld characters active again if DM is coming back. Reunion time! Love STR's weapons. The mechanical fashion in which she transforms and empties bullet shells is marvelous to watch. Can't wait for the final ep (already!). After seeing the preview on the first page, I need to change my pants. |
| Wow, this anime could've been a gem. But though rushed, it turned out pretty well. I look forward to the finale. |
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zahodnik_miensk said: Rozziu said: I still don't get one thing: Does Yuu is the same Yuu? I mean, this girl, who Saya met few years ago. Because I had the impression, that she isn't... (err, something like that...) So why aren't they in this same age? When Saya met Yuu, Yuu was in the middle school (fifth or sixth form) and Saya, maybe, was a graduate. That is why several years afyer Yuu is still a schoolgirl and Saya is a professional psychologist. Actually, why people who commented before me didn't say about the tragedy of Saya? She is trying to protect all this girls and not to be punished by goverment and police, but she can do nothing wirh it... For person who really like kids it's so hurt, even more that all fights in the Black Rock Shooter world... Then why in Saya's story wasn't Mato? After all, she was very close friend to Yuu in childhood and Yuu was a cheerful girl. In Saya's story she hasn't got any friends and she was a bit depressed. And now Yuu hasn't got shadow. Does this mean that Yuu and STR interchange their worlds? |
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Taufiq91 said: So the entire world of BRS are created by periods? Lol. I guess that explains why boys have no little avatar fighting boy dudes. They are too stable. :p Anyway nice fighting and all, don't have much to add, now lets see the conclusion. |
| Can't tell if I really like the anime or really hate it... |
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| Okay, I really want to know what happens next. Yomi might just manage to save this... 4/5. |
Solastyre said: Funny how people said this very same thing the last episode, I think, yet some fans kept fervently shooting down the idea. Well, for all who didn't believe it the show explicitly told us now: Yuu is a basket case full of crazy and Strength is the nice one. Also, Yuu is Saya's friend while STR is Matou's friend, which might explain some of the inconsistencies. It also explains why "Yuu" helped Matou link with Black Rock Shooter even though this would have been counterproductive to the real Yuu's and Saya's plans.rezasyahputra said: i don't really understand about this . the one that fight with Insane black rock shooter is yuu and the yuu outside is Strenght ? they were trade places , am i true ? Yup :) Strange twist but it works. |
Leon-GunMar 20, 2012 12:26 AM
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| not sure if this was mentioned before, but the title of the episode is actually the quote written on the box of the 1/8 scale figure made by Good Smile Company :P this one: http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2362/BLACK+ROCK+SHOOTER.html |
| I thought this sh*t is gonna end at it's 9th episode, but what the f*** did they do??? Screw them as*****! I'm not being rude^^ |
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| This show has taken a strange turn, still very good though lol |
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| Awesome fights, and the emotions, truthfully brings one to tears. I already feel it being too rushed, but seeing as it is, I'll wait and see to the last ep/conclusion. This series is too epic !! |
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| And so this confirms the Yuu-Strength identity switch theory. It was Strength all along who was Mato's friend. The real Yuu was only acquainted with Saya. Now that Yomi's memories are returning, we see Dead Master get revived. Most likely as BRS's ally this time. Will that happen to Kagari and Chariot as well? We'll see with the finale at episode 8. |
| And so this confirms the Yuu-Strength identity switch theory. It was Strength all along who was Mato's friend. The real Yuu was only acquainted with Saya. Now that Yomi's memories are returning, we see Dead Master get revived. Most likely as BRS's ally this time. Will that happen to Kagari and Chariot as well? We'll see with the finale at episode 8. |
| So we get confirmation about Strength and Yuu. Nice twist and glad to see Yomi remembered Mato. Although I would have liked this to develop over a longer time, with only two episodes left, I guess it had to be put in this one. Great fights and after being apprehensive about the animation at first, I like it now. Although I probably would have preferred something similar to the ova. |
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| Pretty good episode, wish it was a bit longer though for more development. xD |
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| ah, kids finally learning what friends really means... I finally get it so its pretty much would you rather go through emotional pain of the real world or the physical pain of the fantasy world. I still don't get why the fantasy world matters since the real world characters can still feel physical pain anyway. what kind of pain do they really shoulders? and what does the line "... someone else is shouldering your pain" means? at first i thought that it was your friend/receiver/the other one but seems like i'm wrong. cool concept but bad story line. |
| My Guitar Covers: Playlist I CAN ALWAYS SHOW MY EVERYTHING TO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU |
| 4/5, too much in one episode, lol. |
| あらあら。。。 |
| This series could have been longer than it should. So Yuu had a different way to escape her problems by actually switching with Strength and fighting in the alternate world. And with what seems like Yomi's memories returning, Dead Master is going to be revived. Can't wait to see how the final episode plays out. |
| I have absolutely no idea what's going on. |
| Just an epic episode nothing more to say than it was great! Up to the final episode of this Anime! Hopefully it will be a good ending! |
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