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Sep 18, 2009 10:26 PM
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Well.. that was strange. It seems that Yuri's Borg died and turned into highly lethal hair. Got to admit it creeped me out. Remember, "Aliens sucking your head is the best!"
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Aug 27, 2010 3:48 AM
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insan3soldiern said:
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It was due to overdevelopment of Bogu but I wonder what the teacher wanted Yuri to do instead of her usual fearing and crying. A hairy situation it was...
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Jul 2, 2011 3:38 PM
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She is not fit for this kind of work! And what is up with the teacher allowing her students hair to turn white....
May 2, 2012 9:36 PM
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Weird shit. What's up with the killer hair? Is the teacher an alien? This whole show is downright strange.

3/5 for the decent animation and goriness at the end.
Dec 21, 2012 8:55 PM
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This is obviously a very flawed system of selecting students for the Alien Party.
Jun 3, 2013 9:25 AM
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The last 10 minutes were the best. Nice gore and induced reactions from the rest, them eyes, them eyes.

That reminded me of Higurashi. : )
Jul 24, 2014 8:33 AM
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This sure was pretty interesting, quite impressive ending I quite liked the intense fucked up way that hair killed everything around it! Let's see what happens next!
Oct 10, 2014 2:05 PM
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Starting to remind me more of Evangelion. There was a scene in this episode that was basically the "I won't run away" scene with Shinji.

Really cool stuff.
Dec 9, 2014 4:24 PM
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I really thought the main girl was going to die. Onwards to episode 3!
Dec 9, 2014 8:27 PM

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that was mildly disturbing, and I liked it
May 30, 2015 5:43 AM

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Never seen a girl cry so much in one episode.
Aug 2, 2015 12:55 AM

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The gore scene was coool.
Sep 15, 2015 7:32 PM
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Otani is always crying. Poor girl, she was pushed to do this job, she never wanted in the first place. :)
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Jan 3, 2016 2:00 PM

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I thought this was going to be a cute show from the picture XD this is kinda messed up lol. I don't understand how the alien head thing turned into hair?? And why it killed the other girls aliens. I'm confused but hopefully I will understand more with the nect episodes.
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May 31, 2016 4:50 AM

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jesus christ does all the crying towards the end get annoying. Besides that this show is feeling way too disjointed.
Jun 18, 2017 2:09 AM

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Damn, I feel so freaking bad for Otani. Being forced in a situation like this can mess you up :<

I'm also bummed out the borgs are supposedly dead. I guess the next episode will clear that bit up, since I'm sure the girls need them to keep fighting.

Oct 11, 2017 10:31 AM

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Ootani cries so much for so many different reasons that she sounds silly most of the time now lol I'm surprised that she was the oldest. That part where Kasumi was trying to convince Kumi to go to Ootani's party with ceaseless nyanning was adorable as fuck especially that victory nya ♥ Megumi likes playing with her feet oh my~

Those boys were weirdos introducing themselves and putting that squid on their heads while speaking at the same time but them ganging up on her just because they were bored crossed the line big time. They're so unlikable '^'

I have a feeling that Megumi was the one who removed the aliens from the ship because of the email and gave it to the boys beforehand so they can target Ootani and let her reach her full potential but it backfired badly with months of alien raising reduced to a bloody mess. Her Borg turned white as a self-sacrifice protocol and died. It even killed the other Borgs ;-; The last preview was a lie because I didn't see two hamburgers in this (or is it the alien bulls lol)








Sep 12, 2018 11:11 AM

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I'm at second episode and this main character already seems unbearable.
Nov 11, 2018 12:46 AM

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This anime feels so surreal. I wasn't expecting it to get that brutal towards the end. Those poor borgs.

Also the animation is quite good.
Dec 22, 2018 6:45 PM

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That was kinda fucked. Pushing a twelve-year-old to her breaking point and creating an alien carnage scene.

I may take back what I said about this being a good fit for Toonami back in the day (it'd still be manageable, but I think they would've gotten complaints...this is more Adult Swim material).
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Jun 3, 2019 1:34 PM

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This isn't bad as a psychological horror, there's so much suspense in the air and the scene where Yuri went berserk was exactly what I was waiting for.

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Jul 3, 2019 4:46 PM

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I liked the first episode but this was just far too weird for me and I like weird stuff so that's saying a lot.
Mar 12, 2020 3:52 AM

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Jesus, this really is unsettling.
Aug 18, 2020 7:50 PM

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weeeird... i like it tho, but this is very very strange, i see why some people might not like it. still, direction here is top notch
Apr 30, 2021 4:00 PM

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I have a feeling she will start to attack humans also and not only the aliens.


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Jul 18, 2021 12:22 AM

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Really confusing episode, especially that ending...I hope we learn the details behind what's going on. Stuff's just happening but I wanna know why

The borgs are so much cuter than the giant hair of death :(
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Oct 24, 2021 4:13 AM
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So Haru's Borg has turned into hair just like Megumi. I'm pretty sure Yuri would replace Megumi then. I wonder what's the purpose for putting her through this and making the Borg die like that. Oh and RIP Borgs:'(

What the fuck was with those guys. What caused them to wear those aliens and get possessed?

Looks like the next episode will be even darker. Starting to feel bad for Yuri.
Dec 16, 2021 12:56 PM

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A stronger episode over the first one. Teacher's plan backfired so hard, now she has absolutely zero aliens. I guess her plan was to recycle those on the head of those boys to make Yuri get used to the aliens.Now, they don't even have a borg, unless.....
Mar 3, 2022 1:21 AM

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definitely seemed darker than the last ep.
the combat reminds me of parasyte with the screws/bladethings flying around when they have the alien on/in them.
music/sound design was strong this ep too!
Also I feel like I find Yuri's Bolgthing cute lmao, in fact they all are on closer inspection, guess we just see the most of Yuri's.
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Nov 3, 2022 6:43 PM

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My opinion of this show has kind of 180’d in recent memory, but if there’s one thing that I still hold in high regard, it’s got to be the dub of Yuri’s breakdown at the end of this episode. The scene itself is pointless and the performance is somewhat downtrodden by the cringe voice overs and the ringing in the background, but I’m still floored by just how raw and believable the acting is. My favourite dub moment. It sucks that her voice actress hasn’t really gone on to do much else in anime because I can tell she had a good thing going here
Jan 5, 2023 10:23 AM
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that was crazy!!!
Mar 29, 2023 6:47 PM

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HOLY SHIT.

I had some good time without a horror anime actually scaring me. It was so sudden, yet I knew it was going to happen eventually. That reminded me of Houseki no Kuni.
I like it when the armor plot is minimal, yet... it feels like the author has some kind of fetish with girls suffering. Man, even I was tense all the time, first with Yuri's crying and then with ALL of them crying and feeling genuinely. It seems like the borgs can transmit the feelings of each other.
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Jul 7, 2023 8:41 AM

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What an odd anime. So many scenes consist of the girls just pacing around aimlessly while crying, and there's still very little context or explanation for anything that's happening. I dare say the crying is approaching a level of obnoxiousness, with how frequent and unprompted it is.

Yuri's killer alien hair is choosing the wrong targets. The aliens locked up in the cages aren't behind her troubles, the boys and the teacher (who appears to be the mastermind behind the aliens on the campus in the first place) are who should've been impaled there.

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Jul 20, 2023 10:57 PM

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ok so i think this story can't get dar-
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Oct 21, 2023 9:29 AM
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This really is like Azumanga mixed with FLCL and Evangelion. I love it.
Nov 21, 2023 5:42 PM
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reading manga instead
Jan 1, 6:46 PM

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Episode 2 really makes the viewer feel for Yuri. None of the adults or people around her listened when she said she could not handle the job. She has no way out. She is being pushed far beyond her limits in an attempt to get her over her fear, but it is done so carelessly that it naturally ends in disaster.
Feb 17, 5:25 PM
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I blame the school stuff for literally everything bad that happened
Mar 6, 9:36 PM
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AHH, adults putting pressure on kids to the breaking point, a story as old as anime maybe. What's the deal with those kids? I would understand it more if they at least made it seem like they were being controlled, but they only enjoy being sucked on their heads by aliens. I really feel bad for Yuri and the rest of the girls.

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