86--EIGHTY-SIX (light novel)
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UTMAN said: @jeehlr I think you posted in the wrong discussion topic. This is eipisode 5's topic, not 8. Thanks!!! Didn't realize. |
| This episode was disturbing and I like it. Until now I didn't register the nature of the Legion but now I can understand them more. |
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| So that's why their previous Handlers quit... Yeah, that can be pretty hard to handle, no pun intended. I guess this means his brother is one of the Shepherds. |
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| Interesting backstory for Lena and Shin's brother. The whole psychological part was really creepy though, that whole brains and dead's voices part is terrifying, I don't even understand how Shin can handle the pain of hearing the voices constantly |
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| Damn. That was a whole lot of information. I absolutely love the pacing of this show. Great episode. |
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| I can hear dead people... |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| I knew this was going to get progressively direr, but somehow I was not expecting the fucking GHOST LEGION. This show is so fucking excellent. Every episode has me utterly enthralled. Imagine thinking this series could be a top 10 contender after only 5 episodes; it's been so long since I've felt that way about a new series. Feels like it's 2014 and I have less than 20 days watched again. |
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| So if you really dumbed down the complexity of the explanation of the Legion, they are basically mechanized AI zombies...like holy shit. Copying a human brain to bypass their own limiters while remnants of the consciousness of said person lives on thus creating a sense of feeling a ghost? Like goddamn son. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Lena breaking down from hearing the Legion wails through Shin was very VERY disturbing |
| Sad to see her Papa die but atleast Shourei saved her. Pretty nice onii-chan that's for sure, although it's still unclear what happened to him. And yo what happened between him and Shin at the final scene, well that pretty much wraps up the secrets from the OP scenes. Back to the present, and wow did Anette just got arranged to a 5 year old (WTF). And once again, we have a cute Lena enjoying her food. And AYY she blushed AAHHHH (Lena x Shin duh). Also did those fools really hook up on the stairs like that, the military is pretty cracked at this point. And oh my god that infodump about the black sheeps scared the hell out of me. And the scene where Lena heard THE VOICES is fucking amazing, I love how A1 is killing it right now with this anime. And with the director being the same dude who worked on Erased's last episodes, this is such an improvement from the guy, nice one! |
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| Another episode to bear starting from the last episode we see Lena from her young age and the accident that happened to her and her father and her savior in the battlefield is non other than Shourei and he's the one that changed Lena's outlook on 86 The voices in her head were far too scarring and horrifying to listen and watch through it was immersive as hell I mean it's hell itself Shin can hear the voices of the "dead" or the Legion itself he's very aware of his surroundings good to keep him around and it ended like that just like that. |
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| Wow, what an episode. So that Legion forces not only won't stop after 2 more years, but will evolve, thanks to brains of fallen soldiers? San Magnolia's ignorance will backfire in the nearest future, when there will be no more 86s to fight for Albas. |
| so we can see why Lena want to see them as a humans as well. Ghost??? The Legion was taking human brain??? that Kaei voice is really traumatized. WTF bruhh don't tell me Shin brother also got captured by the Enemy? holy shit... |
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| So Shourei saved Lena.. so now we learned about the Black Sheep, the Shepherds. This is getting interesting! |
| We got some Lena's past, when she and her father going into battleground and got attacked by legion that unfortunately take her father's life. In the glimpse of almost dying she saved by none than other Shourei Nouzen, Shin's older bro. He saved her even knowing how Alba's treat 86.That's made her really want to justify a justice for them. Like usual morning another lil hangout with her bestfriend annette talking about her views. and while doin some chit-chit through para-raid with Shin in her way to the command center, She met 2 Alba's student were flirting and being affectionate toward each other. She getting some secondhand embarassment watching them while She actually also imagining the one who being intimate right there with Shin (ShinLena!!! dat foreseeing in the future in the LN :D).... damn Lena XD.. Back into another battle against Legion, we got introduced into new kind of legion called Black Sheep. Lena also asked Shin why he could predict incoming legion. Shin asked to disconnect the Para-Raid because of the Black Sheep, but She still insist on-line. She heard a lot of voice and scream and glimpse of Kaie voice in the end. As she seems to break down Shin decided to forcefully cut the connection. Those voices kept haunting Lena until squad finished the battle and She got on-line again. After she told sorry about her breakdown before, Finally Shin explain the voices were voices from the dead, precisely spirit/ghost of fallen 86 processors. The shocking truth was aside of being shut in less 2 years, Legion used Human Brain as replacement to kept in active and reproduced as their main system was similiar to human brain. That what Black Sheep is and why it emits those "dead" voices aside of that because they adapted decayed human brain they got limited intelligence from the individual too, that's why they quite tough in battlefield. Other than that was another type call "Sheperds" the one who took fully intelligence from the individual and usually commanding the horde. Shin said because of that... there were no hope for Republic to prevail against that. Lena... Still with her Strong resolve believed that there still a way to destroy the Legion. That last scene tho.. maybe we can see what happen between Shin and Shourei in the past.. |
| Messed up to learn about the legion copying dead 86's brains. I now see what Shin meant with searching for his brother (one of those Shepherd) but not his actual dead body. |
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| oh no they added some supernatural shit |
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| I regret not watching this series when it first aired because I'm ABSOLUTELY loving it. The politics/world-building is actually easy to understand despite it's complexity because it's actually explained nicely. I also love how this anime has a female protagonist because I feel like so many mecha anime have male protagonists. I'll probably give this series an 8/10 if it stays this strong. |
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| aight looks like Legion is an actual threat after all, i was worried that they were just fighting mindless drones though i kinda want Lena to go to the battlefield herself |
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| do you think that commander is his brother's voice? anyways wow what a banger of an episode and a crazy turn of events. the hubris of the republic will be its undoing, just like any arrogant, hedonistic civilization at it's peak. |
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| Clear as day that his brother is a "shepherd", that's why he said he wants to find him and when she asked "his body?" he replied "no", because it's not a body But I'm not sure if I like the whole ghost explanation thing, I don't like it being a supernatural-ish explanation. Like it could've been just recordings of the victims to distract them and that's it, it could've been much more simple. and imo its too slow paced |
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| so they are including supernatural bs about undertaker being able to hear ghosts before they enter? no great explanation. just that he died once almost and now he is connected to the spirits of the underworld. so he is probably searching for his brother's voice among the shepherds and black sheeps. still it doesnt make much sense. but it was seriously fun to watch the albino commander lose her shit. |
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| The idea of robots being programmed to know how to preserve human brains - damaged or intact, and use them to command stronger forces is unsettling as hell. Can't imagine what clearly hearing the voice of someone who passed a few days ago would do to you psychologically. As if remembering all those fallen comrades wasn't heavy enough on Shin. |
| holy crap! this is what i had been hoping for since episode 1, that the mecha would be cognizant... although human brains was not the method i assumed. this might have to become a new favorite anime of mine. with only 5 episodes watched, that's crazy. |
| Oh wow the truth about the Legion is a dark one |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| those voices caught me off guard, especially when kaie appeared during lena's episode. poor girl |
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| So everything they learn about the war is "a lie" or just wrong. I wonder if the head of the place knows the situation or if they truly believe that they gonna ggez win in 2 years. Also damn so his brother was absorbed or smth as well? I haven't quite understood how this works though D: |
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| Those are some dire revelations about the Legion. Their numbers are one thing, but continually improving intelligence is something else. |
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| This anime is way better than I ever imagined! The mystery is crazy! |
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| Banger episode. I always love robot horror and now we have some real stakes, can't wait to see where it goes next. |
| Another good episode,Milize is not ready yet. |
| This was a real bombshell that just shattered the pristine premise that 86 are just cannon fodder until the war wins itself. I felt a shiver run down my spine the moment "shepherds" were mentioned. The way this story felt so narrow in scope until now is really serving it well for these major revelations. |
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