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| Ugh… I guessed wrong that Moral is the #1 graduate. While enjoying the actions, I still can't feel comfortable with the story. It's like... the writer is trying too hard to make a story that's like screaming out all the dissatisfied feeling of young teens in their rebelious age against the society. Be free, down with the elites, fuck the rules, etc. Not that story about those things are wrong, but the "trying too hard" part is. |
nseikaJan 21, 2014 7:39 PM
jayvon said: Wow so Nice is the #1 graduate. That speed of sound power is really cool. Yeah |
| I knew I would love this. All those usual themes I'm so amused by, and with a great MC just makes it better. |
| Professor MORAL (get it? :D) He does have his points, the weak ones (losers) disgusted by their weakness gang up on the strong ones (winners),they have won collectively but humans are selfish so they still feel inferior knowing they are nothing individually compared to the strong ones who have a guaranteed easy life and can get away with murder(the woman this episode ) so jealousy and hatred cause them to alienate and bully them losing sight that they're the same, human. Takamiya wanted to prove he was strong, he achieved it for a moment but then he failed because he took the losers path. At the end : The visible trap and invisible truth. Who is right and who is wrong? Change you perspective. It maybe something else they want to portray but who knows. |
ichii_1Jan 21, 2014 8:50 PM
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killer5264 said: Yeah, if you look back at episode two, you can see that he solved an entire question without showing his work, along with his compatibility of speed, the thing I'm interested with is his activation of powers, we can see every time he puts on his headphones his powers activate, sort of like the way in Darker than Black, while I see people like Murasaki doing it without requirements, but in episode two that brawn guy eating gum seemed to require it? That totally slipped my mind, come to think of it, he was also getting As on whatever parameters they were testing on the facility. The others have pretty straightforward requirements like Murasaki+glasses, Birthday+taser, Doctor guy+eyepatch. From what I saw of Nice, he has to be listening to music and he has to snap his fingers to.....initiate action? Control sound? Every time he snapped his fingers this episode, something happened like the windows getting broken, traveling at a fast speed, etc. |
minescopeJan 21, 2014 9:12 PM
minescope said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PREr2oZK24killer5264 said: Yeah, if you look back at episode two, you can see that he solved an entire question without showing his work, along with his compatibility of speed, the thing I'm interested with is his activation of powers, we can see every time he puts on his headphones his powers activate, sort of like the way in Darker than Black, while I see people like Murasaki doing it without requirements, but in episode two that brawn guy eating gum seemed to require it? That totally slipped my mind, come to think of it, he was also getting As on whatever parameters they were testing on the facility. The others have pretty straightforward requirements like Murasaki+glasses, Birthday+taser, Doctor guy+eyepatch. From what I saw of Nice, he has to be listening to music and he has to snap his fingers to.....initiate action? Control sound? Every time he snapped his fingers this episode, something happened like the windows getting broken, traveling at a fast speed, etc. |
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| Just realised Nice's fight scenes with the trippy colours remind me of Jet Set Radio. |
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| i sort of knew that nice would be the #1 graduate lol not sure what to think of this series... not really sure where it's going. but it's interesting that there already was a confrontation between moral and the police, didn't expect that so soon. and i couldn't help but think of f/sn berserker when watching that minimum holder guy lol |
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| Well I kinda knew that it was Nice who scored the highest in that Facultas.. seriously the only thing I don't like in this anime are the colors.. it changes when there's a fight scene and its irritating in my eye.. the rest is great.. every episode the story were interesting.. |
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VanishingKira said: Kept thinking about Psycho-Pass while watching this.That one white haired guy reminds me of Makishima and his interaction with Art reminds me of how Makishima and Kougami interacted too. Exactly my thoughts! |
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| Well, this series just keeps getting better. The story is really starting to lay itself out for us now, despite the fact that it has flaws and contains pieces of plots used elsewhere. No story is completely original anymore, not in this day and age. I sort of suspected Art was the classified top graduate of the Facultas, but it's really no surprise that it was Nice. He's a genius, and he has the strongest Minimum. Moral is a very special kind of twisted, not sure which side of the thin line between genius and insanity he lives on but he clearly visits both regularly. As for the comparison made a few posts back saying that this is just a poorly made rip-off of Darker than Black. I've watched Darker than Black, and I cannot agree with that opinion. I couldn't even bring myself to watch the season season of DTB because I barely made it through the first. The show was good in some episodes, mostly towards the middle of the season, but overall it was boring and just dragged itself out. I'm enjoying this show much more, so far. Second favorite anime of the season. Episode Rating: 7/10 |
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| Nice has some cool powers but other than that meh series so far |
Barion-Zara said: I'm liking the antagonist. He's pretty awesomely twisted ^^...He's like a different version of Makishima (Psycho Pass) yeah, I thought so, too... but I'm still not very sure of what Nice and Murasaki powers are. |
| I also noticed the Psycho-pass vibes (and some Index/Railgun ones too). But I don't like the antagonist. He's too deranged and crazy. I prefer the calm demeaner like Makishima Shougo has. Didn't think Art would lose his composure so quickly. And The Incredible Hulk appears! :P I guessed as much that Nice was the #1 graduate. How his power works is still a mystery. And the way he seems to know everything.... This episode felt rushed :/ |
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| wew Minimums hunter.. dat purlpe Hulk XD |
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Mugen_Time said: I guessed as much that Nice was the #1 graduate. I thought it would be Art at first, since he was the only one whose power we didn't know. Turns out he doesn't even *have* a power... or hasn't "awakened" yet at least. |
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| The whole Art and Prof. Moral scene left an unsettling feeling. I hope Art doesn't do anything that he might regret (like decide to get a non-innate minimum power). I thought Art was a very level-headed character, but from his reaction to what Moral said, I think he might actually have some pent up jealousy... On a different note, I love Nice's powers and yeah just like what almost everyone said, I saw the fact that he was the the top graduate/ #1 student of the Academy coming from a mile away. |
DreambellsJan 22, 2014 6:54 AM
| The scene between Art and the other dude was super weird (somehow reminded me of Bakemonogatari...) but other than that I really liked the episode :D Love the fight scene xD |
| Hmm this episode wasn't very interesting. |
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| Pretty good episode! Nice to see the villain getting a bit more development. I wonder why he seems to care about Nice so much. |
| Omg Moral has Rin's shark teeth lolol NICE episode as usual (haha get it?? No? ok.) |
| sad that the fight scenes were reeeeally short but wow plot development!! i guess it was predictable that nice was super special, since he's the main character and all lol that mom was cray cray |
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| This episode was seriously good. Not only it was very plot-deep but it also was emotionaly deep regarding its content, the issue with equality, and the vision of this psycho which is really twisted as all hell. Nice is nice (pun intended) as a character, he acts carefree but apparently knows a lot about hardships and how to deal with them, being the top rank he is, he likely went through a living hell regarding his own ascension and the filter between him and his partners. I can't seem to figure his power well though, it is as if he travels at sound speed and gains immense power at that? I'm not sure, but is OP'd. |
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mayukachan said: Omg Moral has Rin's shark teeth lolol NICE episode as usual (haha get it?? No? ok.) The episode itself was beautiful Art. |
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| shark teeth mmm yeah.. *^* great episode, enjoyed it a lot. |
Lyrisia said: The scene between Art and the other dude was super weird (somehow reminded me of Bakemonogatari...) yeah i had the feeling for that scene they were going for a SHAFT-esque style |
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| NICE ART Now I'm curious about the relationship between Moral and Nice. |
RazorRamona200 said: So Nice is a top of the class, btw the cop guy doesn't he also came from the same school where Nice and the others came from, if so wasn't he suppose to be minimum like them? It was explained during the sit down between Art and Moral, Art graduated from Facultas Academy with the Hamatora crew but does not possess a Minimum. Or, at least, as of yet his Minimum has not "awakened". Though, my guess is that it will develop as the story continues. Moral mentioned that even with a Minimum, Art was able to graduate from the Academy with top scores. Or something to that effect, at least. aidoru said: Pretty good episode! Nice to see the villain getting a bit more development. I wonder why he seems to care about Nice so much. I'm not so sure that Moral really cares about Nice, I think he has a more sinister and twisted notion of "saving" him. I think what Moral means by "save" is to kill him and take his brain, to save his Minimum and create more like Nice. There have been plenty of crazies like that, even in real life, that thought they were "saving" someone when they killed them. Moral strikes me as that kind of crazy, it's very interesting really. If I'm right, or if I'm wrong, I want to see how it plays out and I hope I'm not disappointed in the end. |
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| "Takahiro , you're a cool guy." Nice is a good guy. |
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| Nice philosophy from the villain this episode. |
| This was a really good episode, the quality is really going up with the episode count. I wonder if Art really does have such a darkness in him, as Moral suggested. Paul said: Strange, this doesn't make much sense.Feels like I'm just rewatching the Level Upper Arc from To Aru Railgun over. But I never saw Naisu being #1 coming, really. Now that was a good twist. |
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| I can't say that Professor was wrong. His ideals/philosophies were quite twisted but they were definitely true. |
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| Love this series, altough i want hajime action. And i think Nice being top one was to obvious, was hoping for someone less predictable |
| "he that chooses his own path needs no map" - queen kristina of Sweden |
| Nice was the top graduate? Wow! I would've never guessed that. I was thinking it was going to be discovered that it was Hajime since I felt she was the most unlikely candidate. Not enough Ratio in this episode. What exactly does Nice need to be saved from? |
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| Zero points trying to cheat through life Poor Takahiro the sewer Hulk just wanted to be cool for once Her mom Mrs Itou was such an hypocrite |
nseika said: Ugh… I guessed wrong that Moral is the #1 graduate. While enjoying the actions, I still can't feel comfortable with the story. It's like... the writer is trying too hard to make a story that's like screaming out all the dissatisfied feeling of young teens in their rebelious age against the society. Be free, down with the elites, fuck the rules, etc. Not that story about those things are wrong, but the "trying too hard" part is. I was trying to figure out why this series still isn't quite sitting right with me, and I think you hit the mark. Plus, I can't get past the Psycho-Pass parallels. However, Mr. Main Antagonist there is effectively creepy. |
| now it started to getting down.. not as awesome as previously.. a bit bored... but glad I can see the true villain :3 |
| does anyone think hajime is useless she eat all the time i dont know who pays for it and nice and murasaki does all the work and she even have attitude problems shouldn't they just get rid of her. |
| I don't like Nice all that much, he annoys me with how he goes for cheap jobs only. I mean, it is alright to be humble and all, but at least pay your rents... |
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