Galilei Donna Episode 9 Discussion

symbv said:
When you think that the story cannot get messier, it does. What is this time travel thing?!?

Barion-Zara said:
Hozuki is such a strong little girl. Didn't expect she gave Roberto a fake O_o?Liked the parts with Galleileo :D He seems like a nice guy. I'm guessing Hozuki is the one who made him make the gold fish his sign XD

Lil-Bird said:
What.

Just what. I don't really have a clue what's going on anymore. I don't think time travel was ever alluded to even with the goldfish hourglass. I could be wrong, though, and I just forgot about something some episodes back. The show's just been bouncing here and there for a while it's hard to pin-point where exactly it went off-course.

Oh well. Two more episodes to go, score may or may not change from this point. It's been pretty to look at, and the characters are all right, but story-wise... ehh...

pakoko said:
Wow such a sudden change of pace that it almost pissed me off... This better lead to a good explanation.

I hope they don't do something cliche like... The tesoro's power relies on love. Galileo Galilei discovered such a force in the past through Hozuki (hence why there's pictures of goldfish on the sketches).

Lol then they would have to explain what happens to the future Hozuki after hundreds of years from Galilei's time. Would history repeat itself and Hozuki go back to another Galilei? My head hurts just thinking about it. They already had more than enough to explain, might as well throw in time travel, right?. I agree with everyone else in this discussion that the "time travel" was really unexpected, and very much unnecessary

Takuan_Soho said:


The tesoro seems to respond to energy, again this time and the two times (at the hospital and when Houzaki's friend was killed) it activated before it absorbed energy from the explosions occurring nearby.
Not that this show makes it easy for people to notice this.

In thinking about this episode I can guarantee you that the ending won't be cliched, but this show is too damn subtle and so far they haven't cared to connect the dots for people. Another instance, Houzaki knew that Anna was a spy, she has known it from the 3rd episode when her security camera caught Anna snooping. I think she kept her around because 1) Houzaki was hoping that Anna could provide a bit more information to Houzaki, 2) she was hoping that Anna wouldn't ultimately betray them, and 3) while she thought that Anna was a spy, she didn't think that Anna was spying for Roberto. That Houzaki knew was confirmed this episode when her sister's didn't know how Roberto found them, Houzaki stared down Anna knowing full well. That this wasn't an on the spot deduction was shown before when Anna said she didn't know anything else, Houzaki gave her a harsh stare and was just about to ask her a question before they were interrupted.

The implications of Houzaki meeting Galileo are huge. The writer has just created the ultimate time paradox. Given the technology of Galileo's world, there is no way he could have invented the stuff he did. So Houzaki going back in time is what ultimately causes Galileo to create the stuff that allowed Houzaki to go back in time to inspire Galileo to create the stuff. It's an endless loop. Gallileo will give Houzaki the key (most likely the seventh sketch) to activate the secret behind the telescope, which I believe is going to show something very interesting about their world. I have speculated on this elsewhere, but have you noticed that they have never shown a real night time sky, even when they used the telescope five episodes ago. This explains why people believe the world is geocentric.

Knowing the Japanese SF market, I cannot believe that the writer is bad enough to ignore the fact that such a paradox has been created, and resolving this paradox will keep this show from being a cliched answer and will allow a resolution to most of the questions. I just hope that they are a more clear about explanations than they have been. As I said above it is really relying on the viewer too much.

pakoko said:
Thank you for the thought-out explanations/speculations. This is actually my first time commenting on this series because I was enjoying it up until this episode, and I just had to ask the forum why exactly the writers are going in this direction.

So I understand that the tesoro responds to energy, but does the anime explain why the tesoro acted differently this time and stopped time, instead of absorbing the missiles? I just don't get why random objects like the shoe, the phone, and the syringe ended up in the other world, when Hozuki could have very well ended up in the other world from the start. And all three times, I'm sure Hozuki had the tesoro around her neck too, it's not like the tesoro was anywhere near the shoe, phone, or the syringe. Any thoughts?

pakoko said:
(especially since it's mostly cloudy). But where exactly did they say the current world still believed in geocentrism? or are you referring to Galileo's world in the past?

Takuan_Soho said:
Oh crap, I think I figured it out. There is no time paradox, or at least it is different than I thought.

Since this speculates on the ending I will spoil it.

Akanezora said:
INCEST IS SAVED

Marzan said:
Time travel now? I'm expecting a huge twist soon due to this.

Roberto must die. I really wish Mari from Samurai Flamenco would do a crossover and give him her "crushed balls" treatment for hours on end.

symbv said:
When you think that the story cannot get messier, it does. What is this time travel thing?!?

Kaiburr said:
Why are judging the anime when you clearly made it to episode 9 -.-

FrozenRemains said:
Is Galileo voice acted by Erens and Harus voice actor? :O

phoenixalia said:
Interesting theories you have there Takuan_Soho. You've looked deeply into this show haven't you