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Feb 19, 2008 4:41 AM
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Okay. It goes to the exciting parts now..
Mar 15, 2008 11:31 AM
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yup.. i cant wait!!!!


>.<
Apr 21, 2008 3:48 PM
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This is becoming mindf***ing anime...
Sep 19, 2008 3:19 PM
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it's about time! ><
Jun 13, 2009 8:18 PM
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Finally, the good parts..huh?

The more the story progresses, the more confusing it gets..



This leaves one question..

Jul 8, 2009 10:03 PM
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The truth is surfacing now that Shiki has pulled the thread. He killed his brother and his dad, he is indeed a murderous psycho, Akiha is a vampire about to lose control over her powers...

I would keep watching this if I wasn't collapsing asleep right now with 36 hours of being awake!
Sep 29, 2010 1:52 PM
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Hum... I now get that Shiki killed his brother and his father killed him... What I don't get is why is Shiki alive, what the hell happened in the forest when everyone was dead and all, and why did Shiki kill his brother when they were children.
Also, I still think the guy that tried to kill him last episode is, in fact, his brother, even more now with what Akiha said. But if that's correct, why/how is he alive? And who the hell was kept in that cage in the cave?

This is getting more and more confusing. And I still don't get why Shiki lost it and killed Arcueid in the first episode... Damn, why is it that everyone seems to have been killed once and yet is still alive? Shiki, Arcueid, Ciel, perhaps even Shiki's brother...
Oct 20, 2011 4:54 PM
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shiki killed his bro. his dad than killed him
finally this gets interesting, i was wondering if it was really worth it to just watch this for the carnival special.


Dec 6, 2011 7:28 PM
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Shiki has quite the checkered past.
Jan 12, 2012 5:58 AM
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Much better now that it's focusing on the core of the story.

So Shiki has split personality or what?
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Feb 2, 2012 5:31 PM

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I'm really confused now. If Shiki killed his brother, and his father killed him, how come he's still alive? What provoked him to kill his brother (and Arcueid) anyway?
Feb 8, 2012 4:26 AM

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This was a gruesome episode with a lot of gore and surprises.
Sep 20, 2013 4:53 PM
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Great to see some answers to all of the questions, really good build up and looking forward to the rest of the episodes.
Aug 6, 2014 11:51 PM

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What the fuck... ?

So that dude is Shiki's twin brother? Who he stabbed? And then his father stabbed him? And they lied to him about it?
Jan 2, 2015 11:59 PM

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A dual identity within Shiki is what I personally believe, and that one is the Tohno Shiki and the other is the 'killer' Shiki. The father did not want the 'killer' Shiki to emerge as the true one, and thus stabbed him as a way to seal him, I guess.
Dissent said:
I'm really confused now. If Shiki killed his brother, and his father killed him, how come he's still alive? What provoked him to kill his brother (and Arcueid) anyway?
I believe that is the 'killer' Shiki within him, the instinctive Shiki to murder non-humans. And for such a reason I believe that Shiki may not be part of the Tohno family member (a hint was given in episode 7 when Arihiko mentioned that they did not look like siblings at all, although dubious). And if you consider the father's actions, I doubt Shiki is really his son, and they even jailed him up for that, the 'killer' Shiki, while the 'normal' Shiki is in the hospital.

Great development here in this episode, finally we see answers. I am glad that my predictions were mostly right, and I guess it ain't such a confusing anime as I would expect. I anticipate some Arcueid involvement in the following episodes to come, and not just focus on Shiki and his vague past. 5/5
"If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria
Just kidding.

Jan 3, 2015 12:00 AM

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Marzan said:
Much better now that it's focusing on the core of the story.

So Shiki has split personality or what?


Instead of split personality (DID), I believe it is more like two separate persons entirely, which happened to be sealed into one entity. Now we have too se what they give as explanation to what happened to the 'killer' Shiki and why did they become into one person.
"If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria
Just kidding.

Apr 8, 2015 10:43 AM

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Everybody lies in this show, well at least it seems Arcueid is honest with everything.
Jul 4, 2015 7:42 AM

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Just wanted to say this is a very good adaptation of Arcuied's route.
All credit goes to Sacred.
Apr 20, 2016 12:01 AM
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thank you for bringing up the blood boob sucking. Is shiki dumb she had to spell it out look around the house to find clues dummy. so akiha does go to school. Looks like we got a big ol reveal and I wonder how that guy got out of prision.
Jul 18, 2023 9:35 AM

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I find Kohaku so attractive that if I were Shiki, I would have her prove her loyalty to the family by allowing me to do all sorts of sexy stuff with her!
Is that why Shiki and the other bro have the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception? Is that how the power was passed to Shiki?
Akiha with red hair is extra hot!
Intriguing revelations in this episode.
Feb 13, 10:18 PM
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Oooo Shiki’s backstory!!
- he killed his dad?
- He’s regaining his memory, interesting. Let’s hope this goes somewhere
- This anime is getting a bit better, but it’s still like meh
Mar 14, 2:55 PM
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Finally, Shiki's past is unclear and needs more clarification, but it seems that he is a murderer or that he is not as kind as we expect if he really killed his parents. The atmosphere of the episode is enjoyable, but the mysterious story is still not explained perfectly.

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