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May 28, 2009 7:39 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Well this episode didn’t have quite as many ups and downs as last week’s episode, though I did get a little excited when the enemy ship came alive beside Kyo and Shizuno. I thought they might “kill” one of them off, but alas that never happened. However, they certainly did surprise me when they said that the server was now on the moon. I guess Shizuno hadn’t really moved it last episode. Instead, it seems to me like what happened in the very beginning of the first episode, where the previous Kyo self-destructed on the moon, might have been when they moved the server. I still have no idea what Shima’s final strategy is going to be though and why it requires the Maihama server to be on the moon.

As the title of this episode (”Yehl, Shizuno”) implies, this episode is about Shizuno. They did reveal how Shizuno and Kyo first met and how the two came to be a couple, but we still don’t know about Shizuno’s pre-Oceanus days and what her connection with Shin is. Lu Sheng’s digging more or less just deepened the mystery. I’m also still curious how this love triangle is going to be resolved since Shizuno clearly hasn’t given up on Kyo, and Kyo even had thoughts about Shizuno’s lips.

It’s interesting that when Shizuno declared her feelings for Kyo to Ryoko, Ryoko couldn’t react because of her lack of emotions. But when Kyo hugged Ryoko, her eyes almost looked like they had surprise in them, and surprise is definitely an emotion. Add on to that the fact that Ryoko coincidentally suffered wet damage right after that, along with how happy Ryoko looks in the preview (while she’s wearing her school uniform), and things start to get a bit suspicious. Maybe she got her emotions back in the server world, or maybe she just decided to play dress-up for Kyo in the Altair (I don’t even know if that’s possible). We’ll find out next week, along with maybe what’s going on with Shima’s arm and why there is a Shima doppelganger in the preview.
May 18, 2016 2:22 PM
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So last episode they managed to somehow lure the only enemy mecha that has the data they want into their trap even though they could've sent a large number of them and this episode we find out that they somehow evaded their notice while traveling to the moon?
Jul 27, 2017 6:07 AM
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The reasons for hiding the information about the server weren't good enough. They didn't have to reveal anything, but should've not kept the mystery to that level, since there was bound to be doubt anyways. The setup for repeating that "No need to regret" line felt forced, though that's pretty minor.

Lorezhno said:
So last episode they managed to somehow lure the only enemy mecha that has the data they want into their trap even though they could've sent a large number of them and this episode we find out that they somehow evaded their notice while traveling to the moon?


They didn't travel to the moon, it was in the virtual world.
Aug 2, 2019 9:13 AM
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Good episode. We got a backstory for them and I feel sad for Kyo.
May 26, 2022 12:05 PM
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It really doesn't make sense the fact that they transfered to the moon. Like, why did they do it? Especially considering they did it with the old Kyo, that's so far back in the past that they would have no reason to do it IMO

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