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| Quite a nice episode actually, really like the story in this one! Especially the ending that was altered in his own brain! |
RafaelDeJonghDec 22, 2012 12:11 PM
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| The two personality thing was really interesting. Loved this case. Also that bomb was damn unexpected. |
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| Ye, it was a fake memory as the explosion didn't kill them. |
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| Two thing where totally unexpected in this episode. 1) The moment when you thought that he stabbed the minister then i turns out that Major stopped him. 2) That explosion was so sudden that it scared the shit out of me. With that said it was an enjoyable episode. |
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| 4/5 Episode with a plot that manages to impress and give the pathos in the final episode, narrative back on the tracks of cyberpunk, with a theory not so fanciful. Dialogues fine this time too. Design which leaves a little to be desired, too bad! |
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| GITS has once again impress us with the technology. Memory-mixing...woah. And really liked how effective Section 9 operates. Immediately implanting false memories into the assassin...just great. Somehow reminds me of GetBackers. Jagan (evil eye) by Midou Ban,"Just ippun! ii yume mita?" |
| "If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria Just kidding.  |
| That was a well planed assassination. The Major made a mistake by not totaly restraining him. It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the knife, I was pretty sure the gun was a lure. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| And another great episode, I really loved this one especially the ending where they were overriding the memories because of the scifi feel it gave off. minouneetzoe said: I'm not sure what you mean by 'making a mistake', there was no bomb, that was just a fake memory to make it seem like the assassination actually although in reality it failed.That was a well planed assassination. The Major made a mistake by not totaly restraining him. It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the knife, I was pretty sure the gun was a lure. |
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| An episode full of exciting twists. Really good plot, narrative that is unconnected with the theme principlae, but investigates another very interesting point of the human ego. Drawing a little down, but anmazioni and discrete scenarios. |
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| LOL, I got fucking punk'd |
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| Omg, I was actually startled by the explosion. Thank goodness it was fake. XD But 'dat flower bomb though |
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| Oh wow that was pretty cool. I love how he baited them out with the sniper rifle bullet to make them thing he was doing a long range assassination, I've seen a film which did that too I believe :D |
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| Yeah, I was mildly surprised that he reached the minister with the knife, but the explosion freaked me out. That it was part of the implanted memory is the only logical explanation I see, but won't he realize the minister is still alive later? I don't see how that will work. The addition of the father's memories to Yu's, affecting Yu's personality as a result, is an interesting plot point. Perhaps these various possibilities that we're being introduced to will come back into play with the future complex episodes? |
| Took me a while to notice that the explosion was the fake memory. I got that they implanted a successful assassination but they never outright claimed it was the blast. Was confused as to how everyone ninja'd themselves away. |
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| How did they not die within that explosion? xD |
| That fake memory really threw me for a second. Wondered how they had all survived until they mentioned that. |
 It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether! It's an entirely different kind of flying. |
| Fake memories eh? But can't they make it more clearer.. I thought the one in the hospital are Batou & Major because of the explosion Well that was a nice explosion though xD EXPLOSION!!! -Megumin |
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Ray_Light said: Fake memories eh? But can't they make it more clearer.. I thought the one in the hospital are Batou & Major because of the explosion Well that was a nice explosion though xD EXPLOSION!!! -Megumin Haha yeah, my thoughts exactly. I was kinda worried there for a bit that the explosion hit the Major and Batou. I was relieved to find out the truth. And yeah, EXPLOSION ^^ |
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| Another aramaki episode :) Interestingly, I can see that being an issue in the future; having different selfs confused up in one body. Sad to hear whats happened to the kid, hopefully he wakea up as the son. |
| Hmmm that was unexpected I never thought that he will have another weapon. |
| nice episode and nice fake memories there. What i find odd is that Section 9 lasted so long in figuring it out. It's not like them. Major as always, saving the day |
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| Mostly uninteresting, nice explotion tho. |
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| Explosion caught me off guard :O |
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| I feel like this stand-alone episode fell flat. It tried too much without sufficient explanation as to how the two minds combined. I know this show uses "sci-fi magic" as the reasoning for lots of stuff, but this time my suspension of disbelief was more strained than usual. |
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| Pretty damn great episode! Maybe the best "traditional crime-like" episode yet. |
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| The whole series is so painfully primitive. First of all Motoko said that they used Yu's old memory and added a successful assassination to it. So there are two logical contradictions (like that one which broke android brain in episode with tachikomas) will be eventually come to Yu's mind: how the hell he is still alive after such an explosion and why his target didn't die officially. What is the point of restoring murderous attitude especially when Yu (his father, yes) wanted also reveal information about war crime or something? So author could add some additional story to his soap opera? Second questionable thing is why the hell Yu used a knife with a such risk to be stopped when you need to actually run and so everyone see through your intentions? Even in Jojo Part 5 which was full of letdowns antagonist killed one of main characters by closing to him without any attention and suspicion. Also there should be some limits to invisibility of Makoto, it's not even funny, even magical invisibility restricted by clothes, traces on the floor or puddle, also rain itself with its drops should be on her body (drops in the air). Just awful. |
LawgunNov 28, 2020 12:36 PM
| Never underestimate Tsujisaki... my man wants revenge even if he 'dies' again wow |
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Gator said: How did they not die within that explosion? xD It was a fake memory implanted into his brain |
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| Took me a minute to realize that the explosion WAS the memory of Tsujisaki's "successful assassination" that they made. Thought the sniper-fake-out was a smart move indeed, but I don't know why he had to leave the sniper there in the first place, as well as leaving the student of the uniform he stole there as well which would be super risky in tipping everyone off. Just don't bring the sniper at all, and acquire the uniform beforehand. If you could have a super long range sniper disassembled and sent via multiple separate packages, I'm sure you'd find the resources to get a hold of a simple uniform. Maybe, despite his drive to assassinate, Tsujisaki (or rather, his father, or both) WANTED to be stopped. He was definitely close to succeeding though. If I'm not mistaken, this would be the first time in this show where section 9 would've been beat. Still honestly one of my favourite episodes yet; if not my most favourite. Would have to think on that one. Glad that these aren't just mindless thrillers, but also consist of a deeper look at our characters- particularly Aramaki, who gets another episode mainly focused on him. He does what has to be done; he doesn't let his feelings get in the way. They were both just "war buddies", after all. |
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