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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- A guy fixing Hyui's violin. The woman's eyes are weird. lol @ Dalian's comment about her good violin play!! So she looks like the famous violinist. To the extend that there are some songs that only she can play. In the room with the woman (also robot) playing violin and another woman/robot playing piano... Certain people are using the woman to play the music and use the power the forbidden books and control audiences... The guy made her, the robot with emotion to stop the plan... At least the note by her before the piece telling people to run away. She's buried. That girl with young Hyui saying good bye. |
tsubasaloverSep 16, 2011 9:51 AM
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| I was not impressed with the episode. The music was not half bad, but I just wasn't interested I guess. |
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| Dalian is wittier and whinier than ever when it comes to Huey and other women. I love it. |
| This episode was probably odd to the point where the plan to brainwash everyone goes awry and instead destroys the building itself is unbelievable... Otherwise, it wasn't interesting enough? 7/10 |
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| Still very episodic but it was interesting at the end. |
| First glance already have the feeling that Christina is a doll because she's not blinking. arsonal said: Dalian is wittier and whinier than ever when it comes to Huey and other women. I love it. Yup but I don't like the part where she throws a plate to Huey she's getting a lil bit violent hehehe but she's still cute. |
| Wish I couldve heard some more of the violin piece, it was pretty good. |
| Christabel has a striking resemblance to the girl from uta no prince-sama concerning her eyes, they're so creepy >_< The music on the other hand was fantastic, does anyone know who composed it? Looks like Huey and Dalian will meet the other biblioprincess in the next episode... |
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| Woot musical episode :D reminds me of the other homunculus story earlier in the series, though this time around the ending's pretty bittersweet lol at Huey's fail violin playing I honestly never thought she was a doll though, maybe hypnotized but not a doll ._. Phantom score, that's actually pretty cool =o though the spotlight's definitely in the ending with chibi Huey and that lotus girl o_o looks like we get some more uhh significant development next episode |
| I wish there was more going on that just one episode stories. After credits showed a little more about Disward past and the librarian, hopefully they will elaborate more on that before the series ends |
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| I still say it makes more sense if that kid's Wes. |
| Dear Math, I'm not a therapist. Solve your own problems. Oh, and Algebra? Stop asking us to find your ex, she's NEVER coming back. |
| That girl's eyes reminded me of Aegis from Persona 3, and she was a robot so that's an added bonus. (owo)b And where is Flam?! I really want to see her again, she was so awesome. |
| Knew something was wrong with her when I finally noticed that line in her neck, just couldn't think of the word doll till it was said lol. And another good person dies in this anime. Oooh I wanna know more about that silver haired girl in the biblolibrary, Huey seems to really have meant a lot to her. |
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| Message through music...amazing writing. |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| Pretty good episode... but I want more HAL AND FLAM... nowwww <333 Oh yeah, and I kinda think Flamberge is... ... but we'll seeee. |
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| Not half bad with pretty good bgm there, better than few earlier episodes. Now that i think about it, that girl in the flashbacks(?) thingy looks like Flam (they even got the same eye color), doesn't she? But why would she be with Hal now is she can't leave that library then? : o Also, Rasiel next episode seems good. : D |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| Oh Dantalian; I expected so much from you... Like episode 9, the concept of this episode was great, but it required more than an episode to really flesh out. Unfortunately,like episode 9, the fault of this episode was not the story (or the music, which was really quite good)... Like the last episode, the animation in this episode was inexcusably cheap. The first severe indication of this was about 9 minutes in, with the literal "Dalian slide" from behind a wall. I would have let it go if it wasn't for the climax, where the action of the episode is supposed to be. Rather than show the main characters' escape from the crumbling concert hall with all the impressive detail they could have, Gainax chose to present a slideshow (there really isn't any other word for it) of mediocre drawings. I understand that Gainax is operating within a budget, but the past two episodes have been some of the most overt examples of poor animation that I can recall. No studio should be willing to put their stamp on this and claim it as their own. (A couple people have reminded me of episode 26 of Evangelion and the popsicle stick episode of Kare Kano, but really, I thought Gainax had moved beyond the late 90's). Overall, episode 10 does not bode well for this series which seemed to have so much potential. We have little to no character development for Hugh or Dalian (which is particularly egregious since, by their very natures, tsunderes require development). We have mysterious characters from earlier episodes (the villain from ep. 5, and the other pair from ep. 6) who have no explanation. To cap it all off, we have a character from the OP (the girl with the keyhole eyepatch) who hasn't even shown up. With two episodes remaining, this series may be salvageable, but I am really worried about the direction its headed. |
BdiahSep 17, 2011 10:02 PM
| Though it wasn't the best of episodes, it was still good. However, the thing that got me really excited was the title of the next episode!!! Finally we're gonna learn more about Rasiel and Professor! |
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Bdiah said: She was in the flashback in episode 6 with her keyholder. Also they're gonna appear next episode looking on preview.To cap it all off, we have a character from the OP (the girl with the keyhole eyepatch) who hasn't even shown up. |
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| Not sure what this show can accomplish in two more episodes. |
GarLogan78 said: Not sure what this show can accomplish in two more episodes. Agreed. What the main characters do all the time is to search for the books, but there isn't a real story behind it. It's not explained about Flamberg, Hal or even the eye-patch girl. So i don't know how it'll end. If the anime were good, i would hope for a second season. But this sucks. |
| the scene where Dallaglio is making Christabel reminded me of Rozen Maiden. BTW, are they going to make a 3rd season? they stopped the show at a cliffhanger >_< |
| I enjoyed this more than the last episode only because I have a weakness for violins..so I thought some of the music was beautiful. |
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| Oh, Nakahara Mai. What a pleasant surprise. <3 |
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| Well Disward could have saved the man by reading that book that brings people back to life while he was chatting with him lol. |
| meh when will we see more of Hal and Flamberge? or whatever their names were? this was also a not so great episode. it was obvious from the start she was a boring robot and nothing great would happen. |
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This was a very average episode that could have been much more if it had managed to draw any emotion from me, and if I hadn't seen everything coming after watching the first 5 minutes. We're coming up fast on the end of the season and I'm expecting more than this at this point. |
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| ok this is actually getting boring now, i want SOMTHING to happen. |
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| For me this episode is rather soothing. I like the song played by Christabel although it was only for a short moment. I'm kinda glad the bad guy died buried under the hall they own build~ |
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Lestrade said: Christabel has a striking resemblance to the girl from uta no prince-sama concerning her eyes, they're so creepy >_< OMG I thought I was the only one who finds Haruka's eyes in uta no prince-sama, creepy! Thank you! Sorry for this obvious OT reply. It was an OK episode for me, I only liked the music in this episode even though it was short for obvious reasons. |
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Bdiah said: Like the last episode, the animation in this episode was inexcusably cheap. The first severe indication of this was about 9 minutes in, with the literal "Dalian slide" from behind a wall. I would have let it go if it wasn't for the climax, where the action of the episode is supposed to be. Rather than show the main characters' escape from the crumbling concert hall with all the impressive detail they could have, Gainax chose to present a slideshow (there really isn't any other word for it) of mediocre drawings. I understand that Gainax is operating within a budget, but the past two episodes have been some of the most overt examples of poor animation that I can recall. No studio should be willing to put their stamp on this and claim it as their own. First off, what does "inexcusably cheap" even mean? Should a studio be ashamed to be not wealthy? Second off, you seem to be mistaking artistic decisions for animation quality. The Dalian slide was intended to be mildly amusing, and the "so-called slideshow" is a classic staple of anime that's been used for dramatic effect since the seventies. As for the previous episode, it was very intentional and would not have been able to create the same atmosphere with smoother or flashier animation. Whether you like these artistic decisions or not, it's insulting to the people who made them to just assume they're just shortcuts for saving money. |
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| I liked the story overall, they didn't settle on whether the doll had free will or not, everybody is free to believe what they wish. Still, I I think the explanation as to how she evolved was pretty good. Out of money again Gainax? That slideshow was jarring. 4/5. |
| Why is everyone dying?! |
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| Hmmm it was a decent episode. Again there are characters in the OP who weren't introduced. Either that or they're all Dalian. That'd be abit of a let down. Two more episodes to go yet no plot almost. |
| Best episode for now!! Harlequina said: Predictable, but beautiful. And I agree that it's a letdown that it's still being so episodic. I like the themes in the series, the environments, the atmosphere, the music... but, it lacks a good main plot. Something that really makes you want to watch the next episode. But Mushishi is plotless to (even more than this show) , and still is very good ;) |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Goddamned I hate dalian and her ugly personality. Who is she to insult someone and then call them rude? And she's like a kid who's afraid of strangers. About the episode. I think they're always a bit too obvious. You could easily see that girl wasn't a human. So there's no suspension. |
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| Now it's about music, that was pretty interesting, especially the usage of a robot to play a legendary hard/cursed song |
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| How many times is Huey going to be held captive before he learns to have his guard up? He and Dalian contribute absolutely nothing to these episodic plots most of the time, since they somehow manage to carelessly blunder their way into being unwilling spectators at the slightest sign of danger. |
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