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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I believe it was kind of a slow episode, since a lot of the beginning was a recap, except it was offered at different angles/views. Otherwise, it has a pretty good ending. :) |
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| Meh, a bit pointless, but we got to see deeper into how fucked up this whole process is. And maybe just the download I had, but that telescope scene was so blurry. |
| So basically this episode shows that Henrietta is protective of Jose |
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Metroid_Ex said: So basically this episode shows that Henrietta is protective of Jose Watching Henrietta Kick Ass. It's funny. |
| Dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I just wanna hug Henrietta.<3 |
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ukonkivi said: Dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I just wanna hug Henrietta.<3 Be careful, a Loli with a gun can be deadly. (Said like the Crocodile Hunter) "BE CAREFUL. 1 Hug of an Armed Loli COULD BE DEADLY!!!" ^_^ |
| I wish they hadn't used quite so much footage from the first episode in this episode too, especially since it's a short series, but it had it's moments. |
| I thought i was either having deja voo or was watching the same episode twice for awhile there, too much of a recap but the ending was nice =] |
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| I agree, I had to check and see that I didn't restart episode 1 again. I'm hoping every episode isn't 25% recap. Henrietta needs to learn that Jose isn't being attacked until Jose is being attacked. |
| Such junk... |
| Such a slow paced episode, yet went by so fast. I'm not even sure what happened (-.-) Hopefully it picks up next episode. Looking forward to the next! |
| Kinda boring this episode was. Let's see if it picks it up in the next. |
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Luthimal said: Jose is a super nice guy, even by non-assassin standards. Yeah,lol. He sure deserves Henrietta's devotion.Henrietta on the other hand is ubah cute,awwww i wanna take her home. |
 "Only the dead have seen the end of war". ~Plato~ |
| This show is pretty melancholy so far. I like it, though. Well-made, beautiful art, great music. |
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MasterJ633 said: ukonkivi said: Dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I just wanna hug Henrietta.<3 Be careful, a Loli with a gun can be deadly. (Said like the Crocodile Hunter) "BE CAREFUL. 1 Hug of an Armed Loli COULD BE DEADLY!!!" ^_^ ROFL good one :D |
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| Henrietta is such a beast and Jose is such a nice guy! :D |
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| The first 5 minutes of the episode being from the previous episode kind of bugs me, but besides that, this episode barely had any development haha. |
 "I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika |
| Having scenes from episode 1 sucks..But all in all was a bit good to watch this episode |
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| yeah aside from me thinking i was watching the first episode again for the first 5 minutes, the second half wasn't that bad even though it was quite slow and nothing much happened, except delving deeper into the whole process and showing some training between Henrietta and Jose..... the ending was quite cute although her snapping every time she thinks Jose is getting attacked is like D: overprotective much xD |
| lol I kept checking if it wasnt the same as episode one this due to the recap ^^'' lol i just skipped the recap part.. rest was nice |
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| Pace is still horrible but well the characters are currently being focused on so it seems so let's see what's next! |
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| I don't mind that this anime is moving slowly, but I can't understand why you had to show almost half of the first episode in the second. They could have at least changed the perspective to make if feel fresh and flesh out the characters more. |
| Why too much recap?! It's only the second episode! |
| The waiter was only a couple of inches away from death. Death by steak knife >.< I feel so sorry for these kids. I have a nagging feeling Henrietta will be disposed of soon and Giuse will not take it lying down. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Slow paced episode, many parts of it was in the 1st one. |
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| So much exposition and flashbacks... kinda mind-numbing. Actually... painfully mind-numbing. Easy decision dropping this. Only 13 eps but that seems like a slog. |
| This show continues to be great. Hope it stays that way. |
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| What a depressing little girls,nice ending scene, wth is orion stars . |
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| Easiest 500€ ever? :D |
| SURE GREAT WAY TO START THE EPISODE LET'S SHOW ENTIRE 30 MINUTES OF THE FIRST EPISODE BEFORE WE SHOW THE REAL CONTENT OF EPISODE 2 WHICH IS LESS THAN 1 MINUTE did they use way too much money on the shooting scene?? this show is GOOD though when it comes to creating the mood, and it has GOOD music to accompany it the music in the restaurant was CLASS |
| Such a depressing anime. I want Henrietta to go berserk and kill all the bastards running this soulless assassin's guild. |
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| I really like this episode, despite the excessive recap. I actually appreciate the slow pacing. This episode was so simple, yet so heartfelt. I know a lot of people think that there wasn't much character development during this episode. It is true that it has no massively dramatic moments of character realizations and relationship movement. I note, however, that many of the most meaningful moments of life pass almost unnoticed; they involve the simple things. Many other action/drama anime seem to focus more on the emotional outcome (that is presented in some emotion-wrought verbiage, or wild screams while in combat) and leave out the simple events that drove the emotion. Gunslinger Girl (so far) shows the simple events and skips the angsty outpourings. It is a completely different approach, one that I find refreshing and effective. In this case, the audience is not led by the displayed emotion of the character ("Oh, they seem sad now. So I should feel sad too. Why are we sad now?"). The audience feels the emotional drive in real-time with the character, so the character does not have to show it in unrealistic ways for the audience to understand. I also very much appreciate that the show has remained neutral on the morality of the girls' assassin training/use. It does not seem to portray the stereotypical evil organization drunk on power that the little "girl" must fight and overcome. I think that this provides some needed grounding for the series, which otherwise might suffer from too unbelievable a premise (they have such advanced brainwashing techniques and biophysical modifications... but they are still driving in normal looking cars and shooting normal looking guns). Reality is rarely black and white. Real people doing real jobs are complicated. |
Thorn_WallMay 6, 2017 10:48 PM
| I don't like recaps, especially when I'm binge watching. The moment where Henrietta jumped the waiter was pretty cool, though. |
LeeTailorJul 5, 2017 8:37 AM
| Wow. To be fair, I'm stunned; this episode was nowhere near as bad as the first one. There was actually some solid direction and visual language that kept the episode interesting. There was also almost none of the pointless, excessive exposition nobody cares about. Thorn_Wall said: I know a lot of people think that there wasn't much character development during this episode. It is true that it has no massively dramatic moments of character realizations and relationship movement. I note, however, that many of the most meaningful moments of life pass almost unnoticed; they involve the simple things. Finally someone gets it! |
| It's been awhile since I've watched episode 1,but I can recall some parts which were shown already there. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Is this always gonna be this sad? |
| It's nice seeing Giuse try to make her feel a bit more human. |
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| I thought I was watching the first episode but it was actually more on a reacap with added scenes. Henrietta almost killed that waiter and the last scene is good |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| I like how the storytelling is not straightforward, maybe they'll add a twist on later episodes Awww he's just like a dad want to make his daughter happy I mean she doesn't have anyone anymore, which probably make him like that :( He just want to see Henrietta happy after what she went through |
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| WOW that's a lot of recap. Skip to 6:50, marathoners! |
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| I wasn't expecting a recap at only episode two. Plus, it made a good use of empty space, it felt like it was just as much not talking as it was talking. Hopefully this is just a one time stunt. It'll be rather disappointing if a third of each episode is recap. This guy, trying to snipe aliens. For being rather dark, and dry, there are some surprising bits of humor in this. After finishing the episode, a lot of the recap seems to have been structure that way as to help build Henrietta's character. For the most part we are just seeing her perspective of the events that just happened. So, it wasn't all that bad. |
 "...Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?" |
| Interesting premise so far especially with the government making the questionnable decision on turning kids with trauma into child soldiers. |
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