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| I'm not trying to diss the show i like it but if i was the guy "Zwiei" i would try to escape again i mean the girl gave him the gun and he beat her once i would run away he may not have his memories but u could tell he didnt want to be an assassian so why not try to leave instead of taking up a training regiemn i mean who would just go all with that a organization takes ur memories and after that u obediently do what they want fight back |
| Try hard. That's all I can say so far. That scope on the Remington was so wrong, and there's no way that shot hit the guy. Awkward animation, sigh. |
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| That lady's "inspirational" speech was awesome. Overall, great episode, I really enjoyed it. Didn't learn much but now we know Eien became an assassin the same way Zwei did, which was obvious. LOL |
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| A bit of a slow start, but i do hope it does progess in the next few episodes. |
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| This show is really interesting. Nice train. Im loving Ein. I hope a happy ending to her and Zwei. |
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| Awesome episode. Now I know why this series received so many good reviews. |
| i thought the change of pace was nice, the training was very interesting and we did get a little bit of background about the group, also the music was so haunting, very very nice.... Just hope it picks up the pace a little bit, but I didn't mind this one at all. |
Yanoflies said: Try hard. That's all I can say so far. That scope on the Remington was so wrong, and there's no way that shot hit the guy. Awkward animation, sigh. For someone sporting only 'monogatari anime/manga/characters as favorites in his profile and NONE anime rated, I find it hard to take all his repeated bashing seriously. It's not about realism, heck none of what happens in Bake/nise monogatari was realistic lmao. It's about enjoyment; As for me, I found this episode not so bad. A little bit of development. Will see how it unfolds in the next episodes. 3/5 |
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| It was actually pretty interesting. I kind of feel bad for them though and I think the are going to start going against Inferno later on maybe halfway through the anime. |
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Kayro said: Even though the story barely moved, I still liked this episode a lot. The training session along with the great music score, were simply great! Agreed :) I really liked this episode. It shows Zwei's change in attitude/personality as he is training almost nonstop. He wanted to live, so all he can do right now is to do what Ein says. He still has few questions, but he'll eventually stop questioning and become like Ein. |
| how does everyone get their picture up on the left i try and use bbcode but never work could someone share some light on what im doing wrong, i use |
| Better, yet still not perfect, somehow, I still can't get into it. Something... something enjoyable is missing. But if this rising quality is steady than future episodes would be better and better. |
| Isolating to break people mentally is a new practice. He seem to have a rough training. They focus a lot on gunfight, but they also need to train him about how to survive in difficulty. I wonder why that girl telled him that he could be free. Doesn't it goes completely at the opposite of the training goal? |
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| I'm looking forward to see Zwei grow into a very skilled and badass assassin |
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| Stable development, although I still don't know why they went with such an ED song as it doesn't fit the series at all and it's rather chaotic... |
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| The girl seemed like she was a former assassin or something. Telling Zwei he could be free. Loving the OST so far. Its dark and mysterious. |
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| good episode enjoying this pacing a lot |
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| Hmm I don't get why he didn't try to escape... But okay, episode was a little slow paced but it was still enjoyable =) |
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| Hell I'd stick with the training just to be able to shoot my way out of that hell hole lol. Not sure why that thought didn't go through his head rather than just submitting to the idea of being a puppet to survive. |
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| Perfect brainwashing episode,and also a good episode for gun advertisement. |
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| (rewatching) Intense training episode. Push-ups, shoot gun. Push-ups, shoot gun. ... Zwei's reflection became a shadow. |
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| Zwei looks so flimsy, hopefully he's gonna be gaining some muscle soon |
| Xtina is my mother! |
| Doing some pushup! |
| "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 am loving this show, so far. Getting those vibes that Zwei will start working against Inferno will still carrying out his duties. I love that kind of setup :D |
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| Much better than the first episode. |
| I'm digging the slow pace this episode. There was some nice characterization for Ein and for Zwei. The scenes with the higher ups really aren't that interesting tho. Hopefully they'll improve in the future. |
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| Even though all his memories are gone, apparently that Japanese male pussy side still exist because he was quick to turn around when she stripped down to her underwear. Jesus Christ. |
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| I think this episode did a great job showcasing the indoctrination process. Zwei already doesnt have any memories and with nothing around for him to interact with (outside of a water fountain and killing tools) along with constant exhausting training and conditioning its no wonder Ein has such cold, dead eyes if she had to go through a similar process. Its a deprivation of warmth and distractions, the only thing Zwei's mind has time to focus on is the training at hand. Even so there are snippets of humanity left in them, like how Ein felt compelled to stroke an unconscious Zwei's cheek last episode. I think Claudia appearing and talking to Zwei might have an effect on how indoctrinated he ends up being, as that seems to have reignited something within him. Claudia herself seems to have her own ambitions for the organization, so maybe that'll factor in later. Either way im glad that they are taking the time to show how Zwei became proficient with killing like he was in episode 1 instead of just going the route of "He's a prodigy, nuff said, skip to when he's killing more stuff". I reckon there's a deeper reason why the story is going this way, it'll be interesting to parse out that reason. |
| Did McCullen's gaslighting work on Zwei already? A slave with a chance to "ascend the ladder" or "earn their freedom" is still a slave for as long as neither of these results have yet happened, but it seems to have placed doubts in his head already. I wonder if he'll be truly loyal to Inferno soon. Ein herself seems to question them more than Zwei does. Nice episode with a consistent mysterious tone to it, and surprisingly engaging training sequences, which I usually zone out of in anime. |
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| Another pretty good episode. We get Zweis training and Ein going out on a mission. |
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