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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- This episode kinda dragged on, though, it was kinda painful to watch Ravalo treat Claes that way. Especially when Henrietta and her brother got clubbed with his walking stick. I'm glad he's out of the picture. x.x |
 Damnit! Don't die without my permission! |
| Am I interpreting it right - he was silenced for trying to leak the story to the media. |
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| ^ Yeah I thought Jean had had him killed, possibly by his own girl. And not much to say, can't knock the writing though. |
| eh, i didn't care as much for this girls story as i did the last one. bored me really, though i am interested in knowing for sure why her trainer was killed, the assumption is obvious but can't say for sure yet! |
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Piroko said: Eh? Besides being an effective teacher, I think he was actually the most compassionate among the handlers. He was the only one among them who cared enough to defect from the Social Welfare Agency.it was kinda painful to watch Ravalo treat Claes that way. |
| It was a little slow but it was interesting to know why Claes never goes out on the missions. But, that's all I'd have to say... |
| Ravalo seemed more like a father figure than a brother, especially the scene where he's giving Claes advice. As tough as nails as he was, his conscience finally got the better of him, and sadly he paid the inevitable price. |
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| I liked the ending when they started the vegetable garden. It was odd at parts but I liked this episode. Still I wonder if an episode will pull me in or not. Pretty close. |
| Such junk... |
| That was really sad and depressing episode. Too bad Ravalo was killed, I really don't like Jean. >:( |
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Jrittmayer said: I really don't like Jean. >:( |
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| Sucks that she has no master anymore. :( |
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| Better than the other episodes, this one was actually pretty interesting =D. Jean didn't have to kill him, but I guess that is how this works, you can't quit because you have too much info on them now. So if you leave, you will get in an "accident". |
 "I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika |
| interesting to see why she didn't go out on missions whilst Ravalo was kind of harsh, i felt he wasn't exactly mean, just being a good teacher, and its not like she was affected emotionally from it, this is why I think they can get away with giving them the tough love sorta treatment, whilst this back story wasn't as good as the last, still interesting to watch and I didn't miss not having any action |
| Sucks how it turned out but I feel like Ravalo should have seen that coming :/ |
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| Interesting to have some more focus on this girl as well, but yea the pace is still rather horrible! |
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| I feel sad for Claes. :/ |
| That was heavy. I feel so bad for Claes. Ravalo seemed like a nice guy but couldn't take the atrocity the agency was doing to the kids so they had him killed. Now Claes is some kind of guinea pig >__< When it comes to handlers, Ricky's really unlucky. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Ravalo was a good guy, poor Claes, in his way he cared about her, now she is used in tests =/ |
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| how can a loli wield and shoot a VP70 . |
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ClearPage said: wtf with timeline of events in this title, i dont get it, we already have Claes in glasses back in the title and either way this episode dont threat like this is flashback. same for episodes 1-2. this tilting me so hard It was going through all of the girls backstories so yes this was in a way a flashback. Also I thought this was the weakest episode by far but still very interesting, just a bit cheesy and over the top at times. |
blackfeather_58 said: Am I interpreting it right - he was silenced for trying to leak the story to the media. Yep, I think so as well. By raising Claes he realised he couldn't put up with this ethically and quit. Having the right morals cost him his life...and left Claes as a test subject for improvement of cyber bodys. Why is every story more depressing than the other? :[ |
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| I think Ravalo started out with a much harsher attitude towards the girls than the one he had when he left. Initially, he was only doing the job so he could get back into the MPs. He even told Claes that he didn't care about her at all (not a very "fatherly" thing to do). But, as he spent more an more time with her, he began to see her as a person and his heart basically melted. He realized that what he was doing was wrong and that caused him to leave and to try to leak the story to the media. Definitely a flawed hero character. He started out pretty much as rotten and uncaring as the rest, but redeemed himself in the end. |
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| Damn... A good man left the show too soon. And to think, his own student was responsible. Heartless bastard. Episode 5 and without fail, there are a few who think the episode is boring. Which is quite interesting given how few the comments are. I am in fact enthralled with each episode, never been bored. As far as character interactions go, I am digging the relationships between the handlers and their respective cyborgs. Especially the difference between Gisiupe's approach and Jean's. I guess we all have very different tastes. If I had to describe a disappointing series of boring episodes, hmmm, I'd probably say something like Arslan, Cross Ange, Assassination Classroom, Natsume Yuujinchou etc. |
| Nothing can happen until you swing the bat. |
Talon184 said: Definitely a flawed hero character. He [Ravalo] started out pretty much as rotten and uncaring as the rest, but redeemed himself in the end. Well, at least he tried, yeah. I guess if he had succeeded with the leak, we wouldn't really have a show to speak of, or it would be very different. I'm not gonna defend his abusive behavior, but he did have a point about Henrietta needing to learn gun safety. It's actually kind of amazing that she hasn't accidentally shot someone so far. AllenVonStein said: how can a loli wield and shoot a VP70 . They're cyborgs ya dunce |
| an alright backstory, wish that some things were more touched up on in detail but i can't expect explanations to be spoonfed with gunslinger girl. claes looked a little angry doing the body tests, not sure if she actually was but it's quite regrettable that she has been reduced to do this after ravalo got killed. i prefer her without her glasses. |
| Too bad for Raballo, think his relationship with Claes was the most moving one so far, even tho it wasn't perfect at least he tried to treat her like a human. Unfortunately it was his compassion which costed him his life in the end. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This episode made me sad, didn't expect that Claes is the only girl without handler. Nevertheless, although Ravalo might be alil harsh towards Henrietta and Guine/Jean he protected Henrietta form the jammed gun. I feel bad for Ravalo tho and Claes forgot her, maybe bcs of brainwashing? |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| I get a feeling that it's not an accident :P At least Claes is much more stronger girl right now |
"Signature removed"   |
| she got a hobby now, but at what cost... |
| “Life is a constant process of dying.” |
| Claes might have it worst of all the girls, sheesh. They just test the limits of her body every week. If she breaks, she breaks. They put her back together and have her do it again. I did like that she clapped back when Henrietta accused her of being lonely. It takes all kinds of people, let them do what they want and stop trying to have everyone live the same way. Everyone episode seems to get more and more interesting, I'm really liking this series. |
 "...Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?" |
| Rip Ravolo, certainly the most compassionate mentor out of the bunch but still sad for Claes there at the end. |
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| Man there's just something about older anime that hits different lol Pretty sure Ravalo was silenced by Jean right? Overall I think this episode was alright, though it did feel like it was starting to drag on just a little bit. Not sure how I feel about the OP yet though :/ The actual like first bit of it sounds just kinda bad imo. I'm curious does it sound awful to anyone else or is that a problem with where I'm watching it? I have to know lol the rest of the OP sounds fine though and I think it's pretty fitting |
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| This episode was pretty depressing with Claes being wiped of her memories with Raballo and ending up as a testing Guinea Pig. |
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