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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Good episode. I also thought Saho is pretty in this episode. It made its point of the way some characters suffer with their conditions. The moments presented were well done that matched the overall mood imo. All that suffering ;.; That ending....:( |
Stark700May 9, 2014 9:10 AM
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| That was a good episode abit dark but still very good. Poor Saho at the end there :( |
| A little darker than other episodes. It hit pretty hard that I got chills this time. Frighteningly stunning nonetheless. |
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| I loved the dark atmosphere of this episode. That gardener sure had a few screws loose. I'm glad Ginko made it in time to save that poor girl. |
| Six episodes in, and this is the first one I remember the whole story from what I read in the manga long ago. This episode felt incredibly short to me, maybe because I feel like the story would really be complete if they told us what happened with the crazy man. |
| I love this series, but hate the voice actors, dub was much better. |
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| This was a good episode. Loved the emotions that were happening. |
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| Wow, finally a dark and sad episode. Such a mysterious over tone. For some reason I have been craving a dark and sad Mushi-shi 2 episode. This episode delivers, I kept my mouth open the entire time :O |
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Prochy said: I love this series, but hate the voice actors, dub was much better. I loved the dub of the first season also. Although, both seasons have pretty forgettable side characters, dub or sub. By the end, you dont remember the characters, you remember what they did and the story |
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| Quite the messed up ep hehe. Killing women for 300 years to keep one blind, deaf woman alive O_O That family was certainly insane XD Gotta admit, Saho is probably the most beautiful girl I've seen in this whole series though. She's really pretty :3 Ginko put in some work in this ep. Burned the house down like that :O Nice going Dude ^^ |
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| Really stunning episode. I loved how they mixed the beautiful cherry trees view with the dark atmosphere in the episode. |
| Nice episode. Too bad the records got burned down with the house I'm sure there was way more they could have learned from all those papers. |
emeraldrosary said: Speaking of Saho, that gardener was nuts. He cut peoples head's off? That is like one of the most gruesome things I've seen yet in Mushishi. And surprise surprise it's actually a human that's the major problem in this episode rather than a mushi. This is why some people say humans can be more terrifying then the worst monster. Not that mushi's are monsters, but you get what I mean. Yes! Holy crap his family had been cutting people's heads off for generations! So messed up. But I guess the mushi was great at entrancing people. I was suspicious right when he asked if the girl was healthy...Anyways, I liked what you said about how the problem here in this episode was mainly the humans (although of course, influenced by a mushi). Sometimes when humans get incredibly attached to something, they may lose all reason. |
| Really creepy yet interteresting episode. Next episode will show more of Ginko story? I hope so. |
| man, that was some really weird ass uncanny shit. Great ep. First time in the second season the music did not move me though. And what did they mean by special episode next time, something out of the manga? |
| "...our faces marked by toil, by deceptions, by success, by love; our weary eyes looking still, looking always, looking anxiously for something out of life, that while it is expected is already gone – has passed unseen, in a sigh, in a flash – together with the youth, with the strength, with the romance of illusions.” - Joseph Conrad ('Youth') |
| God damn. Here's the darker episode that usually comes around every so often. What a crazy ass son of a bitch/creep. Him and his entire family are insane. "Floral Delusion" is an incredibly apt name for this episode. I hope that the guy got whatever punishment and suffering that he deserved. Ginko doin' work preachin' the truth. |
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| Mushi Trivia Liked how Ginko caught the doctor red-handed. Quite a fascinating story of Saho and the Cherry Blossom tree. Damn, what an insane bloodline; sacrificing lives for 300 years to keep one woman alive! Ginko's quick-thinking of burning down the house was awesome. The flare sparks coming in contact with the tree and becoming cherry blossoms before burning away was nice! Too bad, Saho disintegrates into cherry blossoms.. Nice episode! |
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| Wait a minute, since Saho was alive for over 3 centuries but aged really slowly and needed a new body every now and then. That means when she needed a new body as a little girl they decapitated other young girls. Dang, a bit too dark for mushishi. |
| that episode was awesome. i wonder how the first person figured out that they had to graft saho's head onto another body tho...creepy. |
| Dark and tragic. This is why I love this fucking show. And the art is truly breathtaking. Like when the cherry was set on fire, I was literally in awe. |
AwesomeDudex3 said: Prochy said: I love this series, but hate the voice actors, dub was much better. I loved the dub of the first season also. Although, both seasons have pretty forgettable side characters, dub or sub. By the end, you dont remember the characters, you remember what they did and the story Dubs are evil I say... EVIL!!!..."Cough" Sorry I mean I prefer subs any day. Anyhoo a great episode. |
| Well, that was one of the freakiest thing I've seen on Mushishi. emeraldrosary said: It's not often Ginko expresses such wonder at the world's beauty, it was nice.And as always the art of this anime is just out of this world. I'd say more, but Ginko took the words right out of my mouth The next episode title sounds most intriguing! |
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| I found it odd that this guy decided to chop some girl up while Ginko was in his book closet. I know he couldn't wait, but still. |
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| I wonder how Manaku found out that head chopping would work for Saho... Using Kodama to make medicine. Good episode, a different air how it was more darker and a sadder ending. |
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| Some quick thinking from Ginko. But damn, did it ever get dark. I'm glad it didn't end in another tragedy. emeraldrosary said: After thinking about this episode for a while I got a question. You know what I want to know? What kinds of people were sacrificed? Since Saho is a girl does that mean they required female sacrifices? What freaks me out even more is that the generations of gardeners might have actually sacrificed their own mothers/wives to prolong Saho's life. A terrifying thought. Holy shit, that just put a gruesome image in my head. Sisters, and daughters too I bet. That must be why it was always just the men who were obsessed with her, yet after the first couple of generations, no other women in their family were mentioned, so that makes me think it was actually plausible. |
Estoy_GordoMay 9, 2014 6:04 PM
| Wow! The first real example from this season of the level of quality that the franchise is capable of. For the most part, Mushishi is a pretty decent show. However, every now and then, it is capable of such incredible high quality that it defies my ability to intellectually evaluate it. This is one of those episodes. |
| I'm guessing that the next episode will be dedicated to the Mushi and won't have Ginko in it. |
| I loved how beautiful the flowers were in this episode. Not that it's surprising since Mushishi is known for beautiful breathtaking sceneries. Also, I was suspicious of that gardener from the start, everything he says gives a really unsettling and untrustworthy feel. And then when it was revealed he and his entire family for 300 years were some psycho head chopping killers, yeah.......... All I could think about was how crazy growing up in that family must have been... |
| WOOOOOW Just Wow Don't tell me that Sakura tree is a zombie!!!! it's back!!!! |
| https://49.media.tumblr.com/5299dd90b5f4246f2275efd0ef740823/tumblr_nyag3qnY5M1qd6bkuo2_r1_500.gif Aqua--! There's a loli molesting me--! by Satou Kazuma |
| Saho = ZOMBIE!!! that scene with the old withered tree coming alive and the burning was beautiful! |
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| Brilliant episode,my only complain(which is my own fault) is that I already read this manga chapter so I probably don't enjoy it fully. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| That was a really strong episode. I knew at one point we'd have somewhat of a dark episode, but jeez... The family has been sedating girls and chopping off their heads for bodies for 300 years... That's just insane. I feel like poor Saho has just been suffering this whole time. When she reached for the sky and said, "Don't" I really felt sad for the poor girl and the gardener's mind was just so twisted he couldn't see how she really felt. Good thing Ginko came to save the day. That end scene was really touching though, you think, "not that long ago this whole terrible ordeal took place here..", but travelers only see the beauty of the cherry blossoms. Also, was that supposed to show that the tree in a sense was 'reborn'? With Saho's passing this time, instead of the tree blossoming with Mushi it actually appeared to be gorgeous flowers. |
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Ragix said: I feel like poor Saho has just been suffering this whole time. When she reached for the sky and said, "Don't" I really felt sad for the poor girl and the gardener's mind was just so twisted he couldn't see how she really felt. Yeah, that part made me think something of the same as well. Aside from her inability to connect to the rest of the world she gets to feel this guilt? Especially when the name she called was Mansaku, the very first man who found her. |
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| Saho getting older fast reminds me of Mother Gothel. Damn though those gardeners, they're just exploiting Saho. For all the disturbing thoughts that crossed my mind, the one that bothered me the most is whether the generations of gardeners were having sex with Saho regularly. That's probably why they're so obsessed. |
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| Insane gardener! Glad Ginko made it in time to save the other girl (sacrifice). My question is, why was the cherry blossom tree blooming though Saho is dead? |
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| It's been awhile since I saw Cotton Changeling but I don't really have any qualms about saying this was probably the most disturbing/creepy episode of Mushishi for me. I mean, just . . . wow. And yet, it was still unmistakably beautiful. Next week's episode interests me. I don't know whether to be anxious or ecstatic since I don't know whether or not this was something included in the manga. |
| This episode was pretty fucked up. He's got to be tired of this shit, all he wanted was to see the tree in bloom. |
| So is there episode next week? Because it was written in the preview "Mushishi Special" not the next episode name. |
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| Never expected Ginko to deal with an ax murderer. |
| Well this episode had a surprising twist to it. Great episode!!! |
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| Ginko, Mushishi and Arsonist... |
| I walk a lonely road because everyone else fell off |
| Yeah, never trust the gardener. I almost started thinking that Mushishi was getting a bit lighthearted this season, glad to be proved wrong with this episode. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| Well this was one disturbing and creepy episode to watch. I feel sorry about Saho withering away and that guy really didn't have all of his marbles. Good thing Ginko managed to save that poor girl before she became Saho's new pot to be put in. |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
| It's really amazing how Mushishi tends to change the pace from each episode, dark episodes to happy endings. And there's always a moral to each episode. |
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