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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Lol, Holmes taking in a lot of booze this episode. Well, it's better than having him pointing a gun I suppose. |
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| Pfft. Hudson is 100 years too early to raise hit feet as elegantly as Holmes. Just look at that Yoga pose. Such agility is rare even in sports anime. Also, you can't overlook how Holmes got drunk from water and deluded himself a little. That was priceless. 5/5 is only deserving for such quality contents. |
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| Holmes-san and Hudson share a common dynamic; Holmes-san shares his insights and adventures with Hudson, and Hudson provides back-up and the needed audience for his genius The appeal of Vampire Holmes, specifically, is that it delves into the underlying emotional connection that holds the two together. It doesn’t take a genius to see that the relationship between Hudson and Holmes-san is what holds the attention of many of its most attentive fans. Of course the mysteries are clever and exhilarating, but whether you feel it’s romantic or bromantic, the connection and tension between the two heroes is an absolute thrill to witness.Hudson becomes Holmes-san’s connection to humanity. He replaces his isolation with acceptance, and fills his previously scorn-filled world with encouragement and friendship and, in turn,Holmes-san gives Hudson’s life meaning again. He fills his days with excitement and gives him the chance to be extraordinary, to make a difference. But this is not at all what we get with Episode 5. In fact, the most interesting thing about this episode is how markedly different it is from all the other episodes in the series. Compare ep5 to ep3, or even ep2, and it’s almost a different program. It has a different tone emotionally, and the pacing of it is…well, frankly, it’s kindof tedious and plodding by ratio to the others. All the intensity and passion that was present in the first episode, the magnetism of Hudson and Holmes-san’s chemistry as well as the case itself, has almost disappeared entirely. I had honestly dismissed this episode as, “just not a very good episode.” at first.Even my roommate, a casual viewer who enjoys Vampire Holmes as a show but does not care about HudsonxHolmes-san in any way, had trouble sitting through this episode, saying it was boring and tedious. But since the creator was quoted explaining Vampire Holmes as, “not a detective show,but a show about a detective,” I changed my mind. Viewed in that light, this episode’s atmosphere suddenly makes perfect sense. In other words, if you look at the series not as a seasonal detective show, but a planned sequence of events that tell the story of the detective’s life, this out-of-pace episode suddenly takes on a very significant meaning. This episode shows us what the lives of these two men were like before they met each other because, even though they’ve technically moved in together, they’re still living separate lives. If episode 1 captured the excitement and emotional high of meeting someone you click with and starting a new relationship,episode 5 is the morning after when you wake up next to an almost-stranger who you don’t really trust and has a ton of annoying personal habits. But more importantly, this episode sets the emotional pacing for the remainder of the series, in that it shows how slow change is for these two, even after an event so fantastically significant as episode 1. At the start of this episode the two of them aren’t even consciously aware of how much they make each other step up their games and, most importantly, it shows what Holmes-san and Hudson look like without the always unstated, but absolutely vital, emotional connection. Following the advertisment, this episode opens with the two men engaged in two very different battles. Sherlock is fighting a criminal alone in his living room,himself, and Hudson is fighting against petty, everyday tedium in his life. This parallel is very important because it tells us right off the bat where the two men are emotionally and what they’re having trouble with. Hudson is frustratingly defeated by the ordinary world and Holmes-san is successful but isolated, taking care of a pretty significant problem,himself and his inner demon, all by himself—and not even out in the world, but in his own tiny apartment. This is not Hero Holmes-san and Back-up Hudson, but Hulmes-san-the-island and Hudson-the-island, dealing with problems that their counterparts are totally unaware of. This episode marks Holmes-san’s recognition that if he wants them to function as a unit, he’s going to have to let Hudson in. And that’s significant because it’s something that he was clearly hoping to avoid doing. But because it happens, it sets the precedent for all the future episodes and, clearly, it serves as the baseline for the remainder of the series. One with a long term relationship as its focal point. |
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| ^ ep review = ∞/10 |
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Remv_quevav said: ^ ep review = ∞/10 |
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| ^^^ We need to all start Vampire Holmes blogs now. |
| I would give this shit an Oscar if I could |
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| HeroKenzan's review makes me want to watch Vampire Holmes now. |
Remv_quevav said: ^ ep review = ∞/10 Holmes-senpai x Hudson-san = OTP. Rouzhan said: HeroKenzan's review makes me want to watch Vampire Holmes now. What. You're not already watching this? What the actual hell is wrong with you?! This show has like, the best plot and characters a show ever had. Best thing. Evuur. |
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| EVAALAAASTING LAAV ! |
| HeroKenzan20's review is what keeps me alive. tbh i actually laughed at this episode. This series is my guilty pleasure ha...haha...ha. |
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| what a time to be alive |
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| Why is the fact that he is a vampire even matter? It plays no part in this series whatsoever. |
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| Holmes way of putting his legs up was elegant. |
| Pretending water is wine and a hand is food lol. Doing that with his legs lol. He looked like he was break dancing lol. I also wonder how the fact he is a vampire even matters when he's not shown doing anything vampiric. |
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| ... I actually forgot Holmes is a vampire. |
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| What is there even to comment on after Vindstot and especially _HeroKenzan_'s posts? They've said it all. I actually laugh pretty hard at the way Hudson tried to raise his legs up. It was indeed offensive to the eyes. I was thinking more of the lines of just sitting down and lifting your legs up, sort of like an ab work-out. But you that break-dancing pose was brilliant. About Holmes being a vampire, we do get to see him with grey hair and all at the end of the opening, I'm hoping we can see that happening in the series. |
| Fake gun and Holmes does not want to work :O |
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| Man, I think it took about 5 minutes to write the script for the entire show. And that was with coffee breaks. Still better humor than Bakemonogatari though. |
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