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| Someone needs to do a montage video of Akane doing her embarrassed laugh "eh he he." So perfectly done. I love little Seiyuu creative choices like that. |
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| Lmao what the hell did I just watch? |
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| Got to admit, I hadn't considered the corrupt middle management angle. Somewhat fitting for recent rw events. On the evil troll scale.. I think that beats kyuubee, for not only deceiving the trustee but the masters too. (though how the alone take it remains to be seen) However, the rat will remain the iconic troll, though eating Rei does score the crow big points. Onyxthegreat said: So we need water, air, light and friendship to survive eh? Water, obvious. Air, obvious. Light.. just about everything is eventually dependant on the sun. Friendship... humans are a social species, reliant on interaction for spreading of ideas and development. And it has been shown that isolation does affects us negatively. So in a round about way we do need it to be human. You can biologically be human without it, but you'll lack some of the behaviours that have been suggested over the years as making us different to animals. |
| Oh god that ending... I don't even |
| Out of everything I thought was going to happen in this episode. Rei getting ate whole by the crow, was not one of them. |
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ElfinMint said: bastek66 said: Wait, what? fixed` this is the day when Rei was born. LOLOLOLOL xD ... but seriously @@ that crow just ate rei... REI!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| I was really looking forward to an execution. Every time Akane or one of the other girls says something like "I want to know more about you!", I can't help but replace the subs text with "I wanna be inside you." Oh, and the part where the bird swallows up Rei, somebody REALLY needs to make that into a .gif |
AkamitsuMar 22, 2013 9:40 PM
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| What in the actual fuck just happened at the end there? I think I'm going to have nightmares. |
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| I was really like wtf when that bird swallowed Rei. Anyway, good episode. |
bastek66 said: Wait, what? WTF that bird is creepy and crazy !!! |
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bloggbigg said: I know anime has it's own style- but seriously, when something says "I am the villain, the harbinger of doom, the thumb on the scale to decide your fate and I will insure your destruction." (or some such- I'm paraphrasing) Why doesn't everyone just look at each other, shrug their shoulders, and blast it away? I mean- even the execution happy general should say 'I can shoot a bird- Hell yeah- I got this...' It's against the rules to attack during a villainous (or heroic, for that matter) speech. Also, attacking before the opponent has transformed into a suitable form never works, either. |
| I want Rambo in a mecha-suit with a laser-chainsaw gun that fires nuclear warheads, fighting the love-child of Predator, Alien, a group of Bangladeshi terrorists, and Satan. (Actually that would be a pretty sick show) - StopDropAndBowl |
ElfinMint said: You mean by crow throwing up? LOLwailofthebanshee said: And start a second season. Boy it is such a guilty pleasure to watch. Ha ha !!MAKE IT END OH LORD ALMIGHTY |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
neontaster said: Actually the translation is more or less correct, because the actual Japanese word for the engine is 示現エンジン and the best translation for the word 示現 is manifestation (of a miracle, or a deity on present world). The trick is 示現 has the same pronunciation as 次元 so it is clear that the name carries certain connotation to the "dimension" 次元 idea. 1. I think that "Manifestor Engine" is a misleading translation. If I am correct (symbv? You out there), they say 次元エンジン (Jigen Enjin), which is more like "Dimensional Engine." Makes the point about Rei being from a "different world" (or maybe a different dimension) make more sense, I think. At least a little. neontaster said: Wakaba means green leaves, hence green. Himawari means sunflower, hence yellow.2. A question for Japanese speakers - so Akane - Aka (red). Aoi - Aoi (blue), Kuroki Rei - Kuro (black), and Momo - Momoiro (Pink). What about Wakaba and Himawari? I know green is Midori and Yellow is Kiiroi, but is there some kind of pun or something that I just don't know about? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
hiabara said: Too many anime? You don't know shit what the old man read..."the next scene started with him saying "human require water, air, light and friendship in order to survive." i guess someone has seen too many anime. goddamnit, old man! Onyxthegreat said: You may want to ridicule this old man but what he said actually came from none other than the great Goethe !!!So we need water, air, light and friendship to survive eh? Nur Luft und Licht und Freundeslieb! Ermüde nicht, Wem dies noch blieb. Only air, light and friends' love! Weary not, if these should remain which he wrote on a wooden panel when he visited a forestry near the village of Waldeck. Of course he exaggerated the case to explicitly link it to survival, but his words stick close to the original words by Goethe: That friendship can be as critical and important as air and light. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Epic Episode!!! I was wondering how the crow that size would get the bow back from Rei but didn't expect that to appear!!! She just ate her like that!? Very interesting and I am looking forward to the next final episode with the Crow Alone as the final boss, wonder if we will see like a four way dock where the ultimate fusion is born!? 5/5 |
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symbv said: hiabara said: Too many anime? You don't know shit what the old man read..."the next scene started with him saying "human require water, air, light and friendship in order to survive." i guess someone has seen too many anime. goddamnit, old man! Onyxthegreat said: You may want to ridicule this old man but what he said actually came from none other than the great Goethe !!!So we need water, air, light and friendship to survive eh? Nur Luft und Licht und Freundeslieb! Ermüde nicht, Wem dies noch blieb. Only air, light and friends' love! Weary not, if these should remain which he wrote on a wooden panel when he visited a forestry near the village of Waldeck. Of course he exaggerated the case to explicitly link it to survival, but his words stick close to the original words by Goethe: That friendship can be as critical and important as air and light. I am highly doubting that he wanted to quote Goethe... a coincidence isn't unliklier. |
| All hail the Nutcracker Queen! |
Kyube said: You think it is a coincidence that Air, Light and Friendship can all come together in the old man's words purely by random?? Vividred may be a show that does not demand erudition or depth, but that does not mean its writer would never have read Goethe. symbv said: hiabara said: Too many anime? You don't know shit what the old man read..."the next scene started with him saying "human require water, air, light and friendship in order to survive." i guess someone has seen too many anime. goddamnit, old man! Onyxthegreat said: You may want to ridicule this old man but what he said actually came from none other than the great Goethe !!!So we need water, air, light and friendship to survive eh? Nur Luft und Licht und Freundeslieb! Ermüde nicht, Wem dies noch blieb. Only air, light and friends' love! Weary not, if these should remain which he wrote on a wooden panel when he visited a forestry near the village of Waldeck. Of course he exaggerated the case to explicitly link it to survival, but his words stick close to the original words by Goethe: That friendship can be as critical and important as air and light. I am highly doubting that he wanted to quote Goethe... a coincidence isn't unliklier. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Kyube said: You think it is a coincidence that Air, Light and Friendship can all come together in the old man's words purely by random?? Vividred may be a show that does not demand erudition or depth, but that does not mean its writer would never have read Goethe. symbv said: hiabara said: Too many anime? You don't know shit what the old man read..."the next scene started with him saying "human require water, air, light and friendship in order to survive." i guess someone has seen too many anime. goddamnit, old man! Onyxthegreat said: You may want to ridicule this old man but what he said actually came from none other than the great Goethe !!!So we need water, air, light and friendship to survive eh? Nur Luft und Licht und Freundeslieb! Ermüde nicht, Wem dies noch blieb. Only air, light and friends' love! Weary not, if these should remain which he wrote on a wooden panel when he visited a forestry near the village of Waldeck. Of course he exaggerated the case to explicitly link it to survival, but his words stick close to the original words by Goethe: That friendship can be as critical and important as air and light. I am highly doubting that he wanted to quote Goethe... a coincidence isn't unliklier. I think it is standard generic phrase to appeal to the strength of friendship. You want to say that friendship is important, so you say humans need friendship and in order to make it clear and easier to understand for children, you use a comparsion, light, water and air are easy to understand for little children, so you use it and finish it with the complex and warm sounding word friendship and leaving a strong impact. I wanted to make clear, that I am not impressed by that phrase and that is not that difficult to could come up with it. Even if the phrase was used by geniuse, it doesn't make the phrase better. I am highly distrusting people, so maybe I am doubting too much his hard knowledge of books or I am just biased because I am disliking most of Goethe's work I read. I think both of our points are argueable. |
ChepriMar 23, 2013 7:03 AM
| All hail the Nutcracker Queen! |
Kyube said: What is the chance that only Water and Light and nothing else are placed along with Friendship if you ask someone to come up with a "generic" phrase to describe friendship????I think it is standard generic phrase to appeal to the strength of friendship. Kyube said: Maybe it is not better, but at least you know there is an origin of the phrase instead of something dreamed up by some brainless writer. At least I am sure the writer probably reads some other stuff by Goethe or other great writer as well. I wanted to make clear, that I am not impressed by that phrase, that anyone could come up with it. Even if the phrase was used by geniuse, it doesn't make the phrase better. Kyube said: You disliking Goethe's work is one thing, whether this phrase is just a random concoction that so coincidentally matches with a phrase by Goethe almost exactly in its contents is another. I am highly distrusting people, so maybe I am doubting too much his hard knowledge of books or I am just biased because I am disliking most of Goethe's work I read. Kyube said: I do not see how my point is arguable, but surely yours is very problematic.I think both of our points are argueable. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Actually the translation is more or less correct, because the actual Japanese word for the engine is 示現エンジン and the best translation for the word 示現 is manifestation (of a miracle, or a deity on present world). The trick is 示現 has the same pronunciation as 次元 so it is clear that the name carries certain connotation to the "dimension" 次元 idea. Oh wow. Interesting. A lot of puns and wordplay in Japanese. I like it. symbv said: Wakaba means green leaves, hence green. Himawari means sunflower, hence yellow. Yeah I did some digging and found that out but thanks again for the info. And congrats on your MAL promotion hahaha. |
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symbv said: Kyube said: 1. What is the chance that only Water and Light and nothing else are placed along with Friendship if you ask someone to come up with a "generic" phrase to describe friendship????I think it is standard generic phrase to appeal to the strength of friendship. Kyube said: 2. Maybe it is not better, but at least you know there is an origin of the phrase instead of something dreamed up by some brainless writer. At least I am sure the writer probably reads some other stuff by Goethe or other great writer as well. I wanted to make clear, that I am not impressed by that phrase, that anyone could come up with it. Even if the phrase was used by geniuse, it doesn't make the phrase better. Kyube said: 3. You disliking Goethe's work is one thing, whether this phrase is just a random concoction that so coincidentally matches with a phrase by Goethe almost exactly in its contents is another. I am highly distrusting people, so maybe I am doubting too much his hard knowledge of books or I am just biased because I am disliking most of Goethe's work I read. Kyube said: 4. I do not see how my point is arguable, but surely yours is very problematic.I think both of our points are argueable. 1. I don't know the chance of only placing water and air along with friendship. I think the pool of words, that describe everything humans need isn't that big. And a comparsion using just one element out of that pool is also unlikely, because using several elements let the comparsion be stronger, so I think the chance becomes higher, that you use water, air and light along with friendship. 2. Did really Goethe inspire that phrase and not some greek philosoph? I think this is also possible. But of course it is nice to know, that something has an origin. The room is more coloured then. 3. - 4. Yeah, your point isn't argueable, because you simply stated a fact and said it is possible the writer was inspired by Goethe or whatever. But I am not sure, why my point is problematic. Is the thought process leading how this phrase was created so intransparent, that it isn't possble? |
| All hail the Nutcracker Queen! |
| When Akane was trying to break the glass.. i nearly cried while she was screaming and that she wants to know more about Rei. That was great! ^^ Damn at the end.. what will happen to Rei now? |
| What the heck!? What's the point if making a test if you can't even pass it? Wouldn't be faster and easier to just destroy them if that's the whole point? I was actually a little scared. I was thinking, "OMG what's that bird gonna do to Rei!?" I was thinking something like capture her, torture till she falls unconscious, make her dissapear with his weird bird powers or something like that... And then it eats her.... *facepalm* XD Idk think there will be a vivid black or anything, I think everyone's goin to dock seperately so you get a vivid red, blue, green, and yellow at the same time |
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Kyube said: Still how big is the chance of those three exact words are used (and not more) in exactly the same order? Even the "Basic English Vocabulary", which is the pool of words some propose that should describe everything humans need, has close to a thousand words. What are the chance of picking 3 words out of it (not 1 not 2 not 4 not 5) and in exact order? 1. I don't know the chance of only placing water and air along with friendship. I think the pool of words, that describe everything humans need isn't that big. And a comparsion using just one element out of that pool is also unlikely, because using several elements let the comparsion be stronger, so I think the chance becomes higher, that you use water, air and light along with friendship. Kyube said: You are very distrustful of people, aren't you? I already quoted the exact German used by Goethe. If you can find other sources that dispute my finding, you are welcome to share it with us. 2. Did really Goethe inspire that phrase and not some greek philosoph? I think this is also possible. But of course it is nice to know, that something has an origin. The room is more coloured then. Kyube said: The way you keep saying it is more likely to be chance that has the old man saying the words in almost exact form as what Goethe said despite its chance is vastly slimmer than the writer knowing the Goethe quote and using it here.But I am not sure, why my point is problematic. Is the thought process leading how this phrase was created so intransparent, that it isn't possble? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| WTH was that!! That crow ate Kuroki in 1 bite. Next time, there better be a 4-way docking and show me what vividred looks like. |
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| So... what the hell was that glass made of? Aklane can slice an unpowered Alone with that weapon... but that glass is too much? |
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| We will finally see Vivid Red (i hope) Man, this episode was so good! Finally, I knew the crow was gonna be final boss or something. I hope its gonna be a four way dock, otherwise I'll be pretty disapointed. I wonder what will happen to Kuroki. This anime has entertained so much! |
| OMG IT ATED HER... |
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| Lost it when the crow ate Rei. What the hell, man. |
Miteshu said: Aludile said: bastek66 said: Wait, what? >mfw  It deserves to be quoted. Exactly what i was thinking watching this scene Double quoted for being so fitting ^^ Maybe they shouldn't have done that scene when I was already detesting her since last week. I was actually starting to be happy about her being killed in such a pathetic way, when I realized she'll almost certainly be miraculously saved next week to be hugged and loved by the entire cast all over again. The writers can't possibly let her be dead after desperately trying to make me feel sorry for her during this entire episode. Seriously, why am I supposed to care for her and cheer for the other girls fighting to meet her? She tried to destroy this world, infiltrated her "friends" to improve her chances by being closer to Kenjirou and stopped any self-reflection last episode. She spent most of her screen time this week making an angry face and was never even about to at least say "sorry". What a nice friend she is... Why can't writers like these just do a very simple and solid story that won't make them embarrass themselves? Why do they try to do more than they can handle? It's not witchcraft to write a simple plot that makes sense :-( Then again, I'm a hypocrite too for being annoyed -now-. I knew this show wasn't trying to make sense ever since Akane suddenly docked with a girl she barely knew, yet I stayed for the fanservice and now I'm making a fool of myself by complaining. I guess I got what I deserved. |
Mikenzb said: I better see a 4-way docking on the last episode. I doubt it. They should keep that last resort power-up against the ultimate villain, not some kind of "general"-level enemy. I doubt there'll be a season 2 someday (but hey who knows, symphogear is getting one after all) but there's no reason to blow up possible future power-up, especially when it isn't necessary. I bet they'll fight and be on the loosing end until they somehow manage to free Kuroki from the crow with the power of love. Kuroki will receive her own key and she will "dock" with Akane and they will defeat the crow. |
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| I don't think this anime could be any more cheesy, cliche and predictable, but its fun all the same. I like how Rei made them the bad guys. If they had lied, and had know her identity all along they would have just had her arrested from the start, so that whole issue was a bit stupid... But it did show that friendship is what matters most, even if said friend is trying to 'destroy' the world and you don't know why. So next episode they will defeat the big bad boss, probably by doing a fusion of all of the girls, save Rei (or rei will be freed and she will dock) and live happily ever after with no consequences, until the alone appear again for season 2. Reminds me of Nanoha, but I think this anime is to cheesy to even punish the one for trying to destroy the world's energy xD. Best part was the crow eating Rei xD. |
TehWhiteTigerMar 24, 2013 7:33 AM
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| Oh god that ending.. I can't stop laughing Make it stop pfft |
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Scheherazade1007 said: Mikenzb said: I better see a 4-way docking on the last episode. I doubt it. They should keep that last resort power-up against the ultimate villain, not some kind of "general"-level enemy. I doubt there'll be a season 2 someday (but hey who knows, symphogear is getting one after all) but there's no reason to blow up possible future power-up, especially when it isn't necessary. I bet they'll fight and be on the loosing end until they somehow manage to free Kuroki from the crow with the power of love. Kuroki will receive her own key and she will "dock" with Akane and they will defeat the crow. According to both the anime and the manga, only two way docking between Akane and one other girl is listed. Doesn't say other combinations are impossible but implies that only one girl with Akane can dock... Now just a guess on my part that Vividred Operation is Akane x Rei... we'll see! Can't wait for the last one, and all the BDs to arrive! |
hpulleyMar 24, 2013 8:24 AM
| Haha, the crow ate Rei XD |
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hpulley said: Scheherazade1007 said: Mikenzb said: I better see a 4-way docking on the last episode. I doubt it. They should keep that last resort power-up against the ultimate villain, not some kind of "general"-level enemy. I doubt there'll be a season 2 someday (but hey who knows, symphogear is getting one after all) but there's no reason to blow up possible future power-up, especially when it isn't necessary. I bet they'll fight and be on the loosing end until they somehow manage to free Kuroki from the crow with the power of love. Kuroki will receive her own key and she will "dock" with Akane and they will defeat the crow. According to both the anime and the manga, only two way docking between Akane and one other girl is listed. Doesn't say other combinations are impossible but implies that only one girl with Akane can dock... Now just a guess on my part that Vividred Operation is Akane x Rei... we'll see! Can't wait for the last one, and all the BDs to arrive! Yes but that own system is also said to evolve on it's own so it wouldn't be surprising if they manage to multi-docking because of the power of love and friendship. It'd be bad, but it wouldn't be surprising. |
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| It isn't exactly a logical show. I love it but it is a "check your brain at the door" kind of SF show so they can of course make it possible for all four of them to dock now for whatever reason they decide to make up; I don't think it would even be bad, this show just does that sort of thing, makes it up as it goes along. Will be fun to see what "Vividred Operation" turns out to be after looking at this title for all this time since the show was announced. Not sure it has entirely lived up to its promise, what it showed in the first show especially and the first four shows. Feels like the middle was a bit more hit and miss but I hope an awesome finale makes up for that, otherwise I may feel silly about importing the show. The first volume should ship on the 26/27th, cleverly before the finale airs? Or not cleverly, we will see... |
| I was thinking that Akane's going to end up docking with all of them, one after the other, and that will somehow create a new form: Vividred. But, we'll see next week. Man, I love this show~ Always a fun episode ~ Few shows can do that. |
GuiltyKing said: Once the crow swallowed Rei, the episode lost all its credibility (not like this show strives for something like credibility anyway). It's nice to see something so unexpected every once in a awhile |
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RediceRyan said: GuiltyKing said: Once the crow swallowed Rei, the episode lost all its credibility (not like this show strives for something like credibility anyway). It's nice to see something so unexpected every once in a awhile Agreed, I was shocked for a moment. With this show I wasn't sad as I just know she is OK but the crow changing from mere speaking animal to special final series boss was exciting. |
| if rei was doing one of those cheesy speeches and suddenly got eaten by the crow before she ends it could be more hilarious LOL i feel guilty for laughting at this... |
Feer19Mar 25, 2013 1:34 PM
bastek66 said: Wait, what? Omg. That was so weird and unexpected XD wth |
| Ep.12 preview: http://www.vividred.net/next/12.html |
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| Well, that was unexpected and disturbing for Rei. Anyway, I'm expecting they will be able to get her back probably from that core of the winged beast. |
| "Everyone wears their own panties inside their heart" - Kousaku Hata |
| This sound too familiar... did anyone remember that Evangelion scene.. when Rei (Ayanami) |
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