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May 10, 2014 11:52 AM

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I noticed that Shintaro's eye turns red when Konoha leaps towards him. o_o
May 10, 2014 11:53 AM

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For a hardcore SHAFT fan like me to give 1/5 on this episode, I wonder if that means something.
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May 10, 2014 11:57 AM
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The card battle was interesting and dat poem...
Pretty good episode,I would say that it was better than the previous one.
So far,my favourite character is definitely Kido.
May 10, 2014 11:58 AM

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Well, that was actually not that bad! I was worried that after previous episode (second part of it to be exact) everything is going to be on similiar level = really average.They are taking way different route than manga or novel did tho, i wonder if it's going to work out.Next episode (Headphone Actor) is going to be kinda important, hopefully they won't ruin it.Waiting.

Konoha :D
May 10, 2014 12:04 PM

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its now getting interesting
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May 10, 2014 12:11 PM

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lol I love how people have been saying this show is getting better and more interesting for like a month now and then it just slides back into chaotic attempts at symbolism over what amounts to a teen angst novella the very next episode and honestly never really moves beyond the awkward pacing of the first half and the sort of goings on of the second half with usually botched goofy looking attempts at symbolism over nothing of real importance even at the best of times.

Don't worry guys, it wasn't THAT terrible this week, see it's getting better....honest....
May 10, 2014 12:16 PM

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Still confused .-. Still many loose ends. Show doesn't feel like it has established any stable direction as of yet. Overall average episode.

Also i like Kido's hoodie.

May 10, 2014 12:26 PM

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Ene makes my day. So glad she's finally in the episodes! I can't wait to find out more about Ayano.
May 10, 2014 12:33 PM

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This is what I've been waiting for, since the first episode. Ene arcs are the best arcs. I haven't paid too much attention on the story, so Ayano was Shintaro's former classmate whose death made him go neet and from her death she sends Ene to Shintaro's PC. That's the image I've got about the story.

The last minutes of story telling, what a waste of time . . .
May 10, 2014 12:35 PM
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Its funny how air-headed Konoha can be while in a regular conversation, but when things get serious he doesn't dissapoint.
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May 10, 2014 12:38 PM

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The series is finally getting interesting. Although this episode focused way to much on it's Shaft-ish animation, with the weird yet awesome transitions.
The mekakushi dan is getting bigger, they are like modern day power rangers XD
With the colorful jackets and what not....
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May 10, 2014 12:41 PM

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Frankly I thought this episode was fantastic.

I love all the hints they dropped for later on in the series, like Konoha being 'a character from a game'. X)

And it really is best when the whole Dan are together. Makes it so much more fun!

Konoha action scene was awesome, and I'm really looking forward to Headphone Actor next week!!!!!! Though for some reason I imagined Takane's voice to be more like IA's and Haruka's to be more boyish, but as long as the episode's good, eh?
May 10, 2014 12:43 PM

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Next episode is Headphone Actor

Then the official anime site revealed that
after Headphone Actor, we get Konoha's State of the World
and then, Lost Time Memory

[breathing intensifies]

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Finally, we get another good-quality episode of MCA *u*
Ohh, ohh, hinted foreshadowing!

I lol-ed at Shintaro's "I made friends!" scene xD
Ene is definitely troublesome. And the contents of Shintaro's secret folder - revealed!

Best scene in the episode is definitely Konoha's rescue. Damn truck, why do you keep getting in the way.
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May 10, 2014 12:43 PM

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Although... Shintaro should be skinny, pale and flabby when topless, not the opposite. XD
May 10, 2014 12:58 PM

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AkuNoKawaiiUsagi said:
Next episode is Headphone Actor

Then the official anime site revealed that
after Headphone Actor, we get Konoha's State of the World
and then, Lost Time Memory

[breathing intensifies]
I can already see people wtf'ing all over place after they see Lost Time Memory.Well, Konoha's State of the World as well...looking forward to see comments lolol.
May 10, 2014 1:12 PM

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This episode was much better, made me laugh a lot. So much Ene.
They better not mess up Headphone Actor.
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May 10, 2014 1:14 PM

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Great episode, in my opinion. Much better artwork then the previous ones. Is Shaft doing this on purpose, or is Shaft just being Shaft?

And that card battle. Nothing can be said at its epic randomness. I shall never look at sunfishes the same way again.

So if they do Headphone Actor, Konoha's State of the World, then Lost Time Memory...that still leaves 4 episodes. I don't know what all of them will be, but hopefully we'll get Outer Science and Summertime Record.
Everything's gonna be daijoubu.
May 10, 2014 1:18 PM

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Shintaro became a NEET 2 years ago. Ayano, exleader of Mekakushi-Dan, died 2 years ago. Ene knows Ayano.

A lot of evidences.
GelatinaMay 10, 2014 1:36 PM
May 10, 2014 1:37 PM

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This was somewhat better; I didn't like seeing Shintaro getting beat up because of Ene but that's forgivable since the rest was kind of cool. Ene vs Kano: a battle decided by who's the bigger asshole XD Sucks that it was interrupted, I would've wanted to know the winner of such a battle.

Beyond that, the backgrounds still piss me off; the cemetery that they went to looks almost nothing like a cemetery. If anything, only the graves make it look like one but they look more like tablets than anything else.

Welp, the architecture of Edgia is too futuristic for me to appreaciate its beauty I guess.

Putting that aside, Konoha might be the best thing in the entire anime. The most interesting parts of this episode were all of Konoha's parts that I wanted to see instead of the Mekakushi Dan going to see Ayano's grave. Because of that, I'll stick around only for Konoha since I'm not that hyped for Headphone Actor but that's not really because of the anime so yeah...

At least this episode was better than the others which was quite surprising since I thought that this was going to be shitty filler like with Kyoukai no Kanata. I guess I won't give this a 3 for now...
May 10, 2014 1:42 PM

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best episode so far, so many hilarious moments, card fight, poem and Ene in general :D this show needs more Ene... just saying
May 10, 2014 2:02 PM

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What the hell, that guy is so strong.
May 10, 2014 2:03 PM

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This episode was so hilarious and emotional my heart hurts a little...
"Ayano-chan?"

Finally, things are connecting~ IS2G when Konoha activated his powers I thought
Oh god I was so scared...
May 10, 2014 2:19 PM

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At last, a rather interesting episode.

It's great to see that Hibiya is alright, but him and Asahina were being abducted and Konoha had to save them.

So the founder of Mekakushi-dan is someone Ene knew before.
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May 10, 2014 2:46 PM
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Headphone Actor \o/
Excited for next episode, thought I thought they would do Yuukei Yesterday first.

This was a great episode, laughed a lot.
MARY GOT SCREEN TIME, YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
SetoMary moments
Ayano's Theory Of Happiness looks to be promising now because of this episode.
A bit confused with Konoha's part, the power of hebi and what not.
May 10, 2014 2:56 PM

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After last week left me slightly disappointed this week brought me right back on board. Ene and Shintaro really are great and made this episode so much funnier, of course with help from Mary and the others too.

The card fight was hilarious, I hope though next week is good too because I've felt a trend where episode 1,3,5 have been quite good but 2 and 4 were a little lacking (so every second episode). Either way I'm looking forward to it!
May 10, 2014 3:10 PM
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It was a pretty good episode.

Lol at Marry just went in and saw Shintaro in his boxer.

That's Marry's Secret Poem Stash part was so funny.

Lol at how Shintaro's fantasy of how he ran like a girl in the flower bed.
May 10, 2014 4:27 PM

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Shintaro really likes dem thighs. I wonder why Ayano killed herself and how Shintaro knows her. Charaters aren't really growing on me and the show seems kinda dull so far. My favorite episode is still the third one.
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May 10, 2014 4:42 PM
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So, if I had to make a timeline from episode 1 - 5, it'll be like:

Episode 2: Momo is a super-popular idol who is troubled with her "Captivating" abilities. After she made her escape along with Hibiya, who is separated from her later on, she is found by Kido, Mekakushi Dan's leader, and then is brought to the Dan.

Episode 1 and 3: They go to a supermarket, but it was hijacked. They helped Shintaro, who is "coincidentally" inside the market too.

Episode 4.1: Branching from episode 2 starts Hibiya's story. Currently he is in the big city with Hiyori who stays in Kenjirou's place.

Episode 5.1: Hibiya and Hiyori go out during a summer day. Since they are not coming back, Konoha becomes worried and then go out to search for them. With Shintaro's help, who is running away from the Dan, they found him but the kids were about to be kidnapped. Konoha jumps in and saved the two, but a van drifted off and hit the three. Thus they were brought into Kagerou Days.

Episode 4.2: Hibiya and Hiyori were trapped in the loop while Konoha tried to save them (Probably will be explained in episode 7: Konoha's State of World)

Episode 5.2: Meanwhile, the rest of the Dan went to previous Dan's leader's grave. When Kido showed a photo, Ene was shocked.

I think this should do so far...
May 10, 2014 4:52 PM

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CAN'T WAIT FOR HEADPHONE ACTOR


May 10, 2014 4:53 PM
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gilayans said:
Shaft is doing the anime as a whole instead of going arc per arc I guess, that's what I get from the pacing of the anime.


Haven't seen or read the original, but that was the feeling I got from the first episode, that is why I haven't been complaining about this being weird or not making sense. What you have, I believe are a bunch of lines that seem separate but are starting to converge as they approach the horizon, thus things are starting to come into focus.

Isn't the creator of the work involved with the project? If so people should have more faith in such things. It shows that the rest of the production crew is in it for the long haul.

If this proves to be the case, then I hope all the complainers will come here to apologize to Shaft for having the guts to do this as a series instead of a bunch of fan pleasing crap. I am curious to see where this is going, and of course Shaft animation makes it fun to watch while waiting through all the exposition.
May 10, 2014 5:06 PM

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"Ayano.. Chan"

ahhh that part x)
May 10, 2014 5:21 PM

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Finally a good episode.
Now I'm really hoping they will do Ayano's Theory of Happiness
May 10, 2014 5:23 PM

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Cool!!!

I'm now seeing a story forming, I'm excited to not be so confused lol.
May 10, 2014 5:24 PM

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reversereality said:
I noticed that Shintaro's eye turns red when Konoha leaps towards him. o_o


Major spoilers


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>showtime loudspeaker pole

Why even try to translate Kaien Panzermast
May 10, 2014 5:26 PM

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at first I thought this was gonna go a similar route to the manga
but it's actually different. I like it.

Ayano is once again in the episode <3
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May 10, 2014 5:57 PM

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So that's how the three of them entered. o_O
May 10, 2014 6:10 PM
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Tiny-Peaches said:
The creator, Jin, is the one who writes the dialogue and overall plot, along with the entire soundtrack.


Thanks for the confirmation. Kudos to Shaft for giving the creator free reign over such things. Considering the success that Shaft has had over the years, it is to their infinite credit that they are willing to trust the writer in a production. Most people don't realize how rare this actually is, Hollywood would be a billion times better if they were willing to do this.

They did this with Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and also with Monogatari (also Patlabor if I recall correctly), I know there are plenty of Shaft haters out there, but they really are an amazing studio for doing this.
May 10, 2014 6:19 PM

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lol the card battle

omg konoha \ *▽* / so BA! <3 <3 <3
ugh truck-san why must u get in the way??

ayano~

headphone actor next week~ haruka & takane~~
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May 10, 2014 6:23 PM

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THIS EPISODE HOLY.

That freaking cliffhanger. Ayano is my favorite character.
May 10, 2014 6:27 PM
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well, well, well, something new has been added. This is interesting. So this time, the Mekakushi Dan didn't attend the amusement park. Shintaro encountered Konoha and pretty much witnessed the incident between Hibiya and Hiyori while the rest of the dan except Seto went to the cemetery to visit Ayano. Wow! makes me look forward to the next episode even more.
May 10, 2014 6:29 PM

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This show still has hope.
Keep this up SHAFT. Don't fuck this up.
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May 10, 2014 6:31 PM
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Emnay said:
Keep this up SHAFT. Don't fuck this up.


Shaft doesn't "fuck" things up. If it gets fucked up, blame the writer. That said, I predict you will not have to worry, based on the posts here from the fans, this episode was a huge "oh shit, now I get it" episode.
May 10, 2014 6:53 PM
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I noticed that Shintaro's eyes became red as Konoha came (I checked after someone mentioned it). Well, it's either something inconsistent came or...... I have two theories about this,

You guys keep saying that Outer science might happen since black snakes appeared. I thought of the same for the moment until I remembered the novel
May 10, 2014 6:55 PM

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Takuan_Soho said:
Emnay said:
Keep this up SHAFT. Don't fuck this up.


Shaft doesn't "fuck" things up. If it gets fucked up, blame the writer. That said, I predict you will not have to worry, based on the posts here from the fans, this episode was a huge "oh shit, now I get it" episode.


Shaft is the most perfectly perfect studio that ever perfected and if they aren't just blame someone else and sweep it under the rug. So Kyoani fandom circa 2000's lol.

It always amuses me when people try SO hard to love this company and everything they put out. The budget is still crap, there's tons of QUALITY in this episode, the comedy is lame as any typical LN adaptations comedy with that annoying Shaft twist too it and maybe now it's marginally functional as a narrative so I guess if you can find one positive it means everything is now fine lol.
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So what happened to Konoha and those kids.

Great episode!!!
May 10, 2014 7:00 PM
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Kaioshin_Sama said:
Shaft is the most perfectly perfect studio that ever perfected and if they aren't just blame someone else and sweep it under the rug.


Hahahaaha I thought that would draw you out. And I didn't even have to say your name thrice.

No Shaft isn't "perfect", but if a studio respects the writer, then I do believe the studio will be more successful.

In other words, you missed who I was really praising. It wasn't Shaft, but rather that Shaft trusts the writers.

So, think about what I say before responding. I know you too well DB chan.
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Takuan_Soho said:
Kaioshin_Sama said:
Shaft is the most perfectly perfect studio that ever perfected and if they aren't just blame someone else and sweep it under the rug.


Hahahaaha I thought that would draw you out. And I didn't even have to say your name thrice.

No Shaft isn't "perfect", but if a studio respects the writer, then I do believe the studio will be more successful.

In other words, you missed who I was really praising. It wasn't Shaft, but rather that Shaft trusts the writers.

So, think about what I say before responding. I know you too well DB chan.


Except they don't really. Shinbo and by extension Shaft since he pretty much has absolute creative control over the studio now is one of the worst meddlers there is in the industry that is always trying to overshadow the contributions of everyone else he works with. He couldn't even trust Gen Urobuchi of all people to do the ending he wanted to do for the Madoka film as an example, he and the producer more or less had to get him to agree to roll with the mess of "cool edginess" that we got. If it weren't for his need to make everything into a bizarre Tim Burton meets Japanese otaku culture horror show things in this show would have probably been clearer to people long before now since it's really not all that complicated or even weird a story, he just always seems to make it that way. I can't think of a single person in this industry that gives off the "me, me, me look at me, not them" vibe more than this clown and the studio he runs.

That said yes I do absolutely believe if the studio respects the writer then shows will be more successful, but that studio is not Shaft or Shinbo by a long shot and I haven't really seen happening here, but in fact quite the opposite.
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May 10, 2014 7:42 PM

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Yup! This series is starting to get good
May 10, 2014 8:02 PM

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OOH OOH OOH I have a theory on why Shintaro's eyes turned red on THIS particular episode.

Major spoilers
May 10, 2014 8:10 PM

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this anime still seems okay to me.
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