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Dec 14, 2008 10:06 PM
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Lol finally they opened up their eyes, Haruhi finally knows she was a f tease and that she's workin for a douche and Furuichi knows that he was a dumbass from the beginning and that... he can rip off his own head. Felt bad for Akiyuki comming home to that lol now he can't kiss his mom with that face.
Dec 30, 2008 3:41 PM

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Woah ... so at the beginning Furuichi is all like crazed jealous friend, then he goes "good" then he just ... kills himself? ... well anyway, interesting so Akiyuki has temporary memory loss? This turn of events seems like this will drag for awhile.
Jan 15, 2009 7:55 AM

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this show is getting more and more epic, very unexpected way that furuchi died
Jan 19, 2009 9:28 AM

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OMG! Epic anime is epic!
First when Nakiami saved Furuichi, I thought she killed the fun. But this way it was more fun. I feel a bit sorry for him though.
Jan 25, 2009 2:21 PM
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Furuichi looks really ugly when he changes form. This was the best ep so far. I wished Furuichi lived and became friends with Akiyuki.
Jan 27, 2009 3:11 PM

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Sad episode..T^T
I wonder what's going to happen to Akiyuki
Feb 8, 2009 12:36 AM

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lol that was really fast how he died. looks like they are seperated now, it will be interesting to see what happen when they meet again.


Mar 19, 2009 9:24 PM

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And finally, the plot gets moving! cool.
Mar 21, 2009 4:49 AM

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Sohei said:
Just i started to like Furuichi, he goes and pop his own head T_T


my thoughts exactly. lesson learned- don't pop your head if you're depressed.
Mar 26, 2009 3:03 AM

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Furuichi just suicided o_o


May 18, 2009 7:32 AM

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aero said:
Holy crap, Furuichi taking his life was so sudden O_O

Intense.


Intense indeed.

Haru is awesome at the moment.

I'm glad that Akiyuki got away from the army though.
Jun 16, 2009 12:29 AM

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Haru is actually a pretty tough cookie, I'm surprised how she's being developed but I like! She's not weak like most anime chicks tend to be.

This was definitely a sad episode though. I love how Furuichi escaped in order to get three Ramune drinks, and even referred to Akiyuki as his best friend. Although, since the last word wasn't finished, it could have been best enemy or rival. :]

The place where he took his own head off though, wow...now that shocked me enough for me to go back and re watched it after the episode ended. That was pretty awesome. Though I was surprised and I was a bit skeptical about whether or not he really died.

I'm also glad Akiyuki left the commander when he started to ask questions. I was afraid he was going to be naive and actually answer them.

Good episode overall.
Jun 29, 2009 9:58 AM

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And here I was thinking Furuichi was gonna join back up with them, and all be friends again. Wow. I was speechless.
Apr 9, 2010 2:54 PM

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The impact of Furuichi was multiplied by the circumstances under which I watched it.

I was rambling about the show over IM to my friend, and I had just said, "Oh, and Furuichi's a c**t, but you'll find that out soon enough." Not three seconds later, Furuichi popped his own head and I immediately added, "WHOA, that was good timing. Furuichi is no longer a c**t. Holy Christ that was awesome." Thereby thoroughly confusing my friend, who of course, I couldn't explain to lest I spoil the plot twist for him.

Anyway... Not terribly impressed with Akiyuki's amnesia, but who knows, maybe they'll do something original with it. VERY impressed by the Furuichi suicide. Bravo and encore for the angst-drama. And Haru is increasingly becoming a favorite character of mine.
May 2, 2010 6:47 AM
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Furuichi... holy shit :O

This is an awesome show.
Aug 5, 2010 1:59 AM

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took a while for the whole furuichi thing to sink but woah can't believe he did that and just when i thought there was a chance of all three of them getting back together :(
and Akiyuki got amnesia?
damm this show is awesome XD


Sep 16, 2010 5:13 PM

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Furuichi is one of those characters that go out with a bang. His last speech at the shop made it even more intense.

I think his death was probably one of the most dramatic out of all deaths that I have seen in Anime (aside from a certain someone from TTGL and another certain someone from Cowboy Bebop)...
"Those of us who have the dreams and the passion to be able to overturn common sense are the strongest" Kuroyanagi Ryo, Yakitate Japan! Episode 24.

"Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you, all of you, to die!" -Lelouch Lamperouge


Oct 11, 2010 11:45 AM

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I was expecting Furuichi to kick their asses! Not tear off his own head! That made me jump quite a bit.

Awesome, intense episode! Great stuff.
Dec 16, 2010 2:36 AM

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Nayah said:
Just i started to like Furuichi, he goes and pop his own head T_T


Yeah... I was just about to forgive him when pop went his head >_>.

Haru <3.
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Dec 18, 2010 11:29 AM

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Zepwich said:
I was expecting Furuichi to kick their asses! Not tear off his own head! That made me jump quite a bit.

Awesome, intense episode! Great stuff.


I jumped too. So unexpected. i for some reason thought that Akiyuki and Haru would some how pop up and something good would happy. I guess i was expecting too much u___u
Feb 16, 2011 5:53 AM

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That was... creepy.
Mar 15, 2011 4:42 AM

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Zepwich said:
I was expecting Furuichi to kick their asses! Not tear off his own head! That made me jump quite a bit.

Awesome, intense episode! Great stuff.


Exactly my thougts lol, damn that was probably the most messed up suicide I've ever seen in anime XD
Apr 29, 2011 12:03 PM
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Holy....man. This freaking show. I love this freaking show.

Even after hating him for everything he'd done, I actually felt bad for Furuichi when he...you know. God, I almost jumped off my mattress when I saw that 0_0
"I... don't need anything else...if you don't need anything else."
Jul 10, 2011 1:32 PM

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Well his mind was already messed up to that degree where there's no turning back. When he bought ice before he popped his head was somehow way more creepy.
Sep 6, 2011 5:06 PM
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After watching Eureka 7 and liking it very much, I thought this would be a great show too, but I was wrong. This show is bad, and it's getting even worse. Eureka 7 is by far better than this.
Sep 12, 2011 7:11 PM

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Nayah said:
Just i started to like Furuichi, he goes and pop his own head T_T

This.
Nov 4, 2011 4:52 AM

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Probably the best episode so far in my opinion. I was kind of expecting Furuichi to die eventually but it was pretty sudden. I think a better (although, somewhat cliche) way for him to go would have been to sacrifice himself to save Akiyuki or Haru in an epic battle against the Far East Autonomy or something like that.
Dec 28, 2011 7:57 AM

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Zepwich said:
I was expecting Furuichi to kick their asses! Not tear off his own head! That made me jump quite a bit.

Awesome, intense episode! Great stuff.

Yeah, at last when I thought he would do something helpful, he killed himself.
Johnface11 said:
Probably the best episode so far in my opinion. I was kind of expecting Furuichi to die eventually but it was pretty sudden. I think a better (although, somewhat cliche) way for him to go would have been to sacrifice himself to save Akiyuki or Haru in an epic battle against the Far East Autonomy or something like that.

It would be nice if he did that.
Jun 10, 2012 2:12 PM

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Speechless... This show keeps getting better and better O_O
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Jun 22, 2012 3:35 PM

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Akiyuki should have killed that asshole commander. That guy is total scum.

Whoa when Furuichi seemed to be normal .... he killed himself?

Haru is stuck there. Nakiyami on her own, and Akiyuki captured. That was crazy stuff.
Nov 19, 2012 11:54 AM

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That's the way to die Furuichi. By the way, Akiyuki seemed to not remember his own name. It's not good.
Apr 4, 2013 8:51 PM

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What the hell did he seriously just killed himself? I almost didn't believe what i saw.
Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone
Apr 9, 2013 10:41 AM

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Furuichi beheaded himself O_O DAMN! Sick episode really nice action and well a rather sad one with loss of Furuichi! But what's up with that ending, does he has amnesia or something by that blast?
Jul 12, 2013 1:53 PM
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It was a bit stupid in how long it took him to go into Xam mode. Furuchi's transformation looked pretty ridiculous. Seemed out of place consdiering the previous monsters' designs. The suicide thing was a bit unexpected. I don't know what Akuyuki was doing afterwards. Show seems kind of haphazard the more it goes on.
Oct 14, 2013 10:46 PM

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Haru is such a slut, why is constantly leading Furuichi on? God I literally hate all the characters in this show. Well at least the NTR ends with Furuichis death.
Dec 24, 2013 5:11 AM

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All I can say is WOW. I did not see him killing himself so suddenly like that.
Feb 23, 2014 7:13 AM

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I'm annoyed at Haru. Too late? She could have chosen not to be inducted in the military after she found out Akiyuki was alive. I shipped Akiyuki with her back then but at this point I seriously hope Akiyuki ends up with Nakiami and Haru ends up alone.

Furuichi is dead. Ha.

What is up with this amnesia stuff? FFS when a show pulls the amnesia card it's either the writer doesn't know what to do with the story anymore or it's just to pull some contrived drama.
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Jun 30, 2014 4:36 PM

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Decapitation caught me off guard, to say the least. Took me nearly 30 seconds to process that "WAIT WHAT, HE'S DEAD?!"
Powerful eyebrows.
Aug 20, 2014 7:14 PM

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Well, didn't see that coming...
Mar 6, 2015 6:28 PM

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I'm annoyed at Haru. Too late? She could have chosen not to be inducted in the military after she found out Akiyuki was alive. I shipped Akiyuki with her back then but at this point I seriously hope Akiyuki ends up with Nakiami and Haru ends up alone.


That's what I was thinking when Haru said that. I used to like her, but now she's just really irksome. I hope that she doesn't become a puppet of the commander.
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Aug 4, 2015 10:07 AM

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whys every1 gotta be so fuckin bipolar

and so he ended up "killing" himself

man what the fuck is this shit

WHAT'S THE POINT IF HE ISN'T KILLED BY SOMEONE ELSE
or ANYTHING
Jul 9, 2016 9:16 PM

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He took of his head damn that was so cool!
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Apr 23, 2018 1:37 PM

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Meh..I don't think Furuichi ever thought as Aki as his best friend, which is why the scene gets cut off with the arrival of the soldiers. Even when they were together he was jealous of him as seen in the flashback. Glad that he is now gone. He was as garbage friend and pathetic character. I feel no sympathy.

Moving along, now Aki gets separated further from Haru and Nakiami and even forgot his memories..holy shit
Jan 13, 2022 9:28 PM

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Did Furuichi just kill himself? I didn't see that coming. Looks like Akiyuki has forgotten himself and stuck as Xam'd. Those guys that rescued Akiyuki seem more surprised that he can't talk than at his appearance.
Jul 9, 2023 6:13 PM
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Well, looks like Furiuchi died just like I predicted. The way he died was pretty surprising tho. I had to rewind to watch him go a second time. I thought he was gonna go out in a blaze of glory but death came to him just like that. And now the quadrangle becomes a triangle.

The animation for the A part of this episode was nuts. And the increased skimping on animation these past few episodes proves to me Bones is burning through this animes budget. I hope the finale can keep the animation up to the end.

With the all the pieces temporarily knocked off the chessboard, the show has a chance to reset and doing something new. It's time to see how the writers answer all the questions they've been presenting this whole time. Or not answer questions and have the anime end with gaping plot points.

BTW, I watched this anime because I needed a new mecha show and the ASP mechs are pretty great.
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