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| "You don’t need a knife to sever the carotid artery. Fingernails are enough." I will try that when someone picks a fight with me :) Germans with their fancy encryption got btfo by the British XD  |
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| Pomorze, huh? Nice :) |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| "Logically speaking, any form of man-made encryption can be broken" Well, yea, you can "break" any form of encryption by just popping some kneecaps, but that's not the same as a cryptographic break. Like, if you intercept a decoded message, that's not breaking encryption, that's bypassing it. Ironically a decoded message isn't by itself enough to break the enigma machine since it's not a simple substitution cipher. Anyway, on the off chance that anybody was curious: |
| I thought this episode was pretty stupid. The English agent first talked with a stranger who he just met (Utsumi) about his field of work even though he's supposed to be on a top secret mission. Then he went on to suspect Utsumi to be Cerberus and actually decided for no reason to drink a drink that was next to him. What the hell? The lady found out that the death of her husband was English guy's fault by, of course, overhearing a conversation that shouldn't have even taken place there if these people had any shred of intelligence. Overused. Apparently the lady is a skilled assassin since he managed to poison that drink and be 100% sure he was going to be so stupid to drink it. Also, judging by the funeral scene, the English agent and the lady are acquaintances. So why the hell did she think it was a good idea to scream at the dog while being in his vicinity? She didn't get any plastic surgery, she had the same look as always. Why is even the picture under the dog's collar? What the hell? Meh. I had bigger expectations for this after first few episodes. But lately, it's been going an average route. |
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| I won't lie, I hated this episode, hated the story, a mother wouldn't do that... |
| Amari's got mad skills of calling those dolphins and that dog, did he learn these things on spy training too? And it would be so cute if he brought Emma back with him to the Agency and the other spies would fawn over her like overprotective mothers (which is not gonna happen of course) ^0^ The enigma machine got me intrigued too~ |
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| This was the worst episode so far......just too unbelievable to be covered by the Anime Leap of Faith rule. 1. A mother would let a complete stranger pick up her child and carry her to the railing of an ocean ship? 2. The careful plastic surgery spy couldn't notice the woman whose husband he caused the death of even though he knew her? 3. The above Wonder Mother Spy would just turn her kid over to some other spy at the end (let alone turn the dog over to him also....and we all love our dogs) and turn herself over to the Authorities? 4. Mr Japanese Super Spy is going to encumber himself and agency with the welfare of a kid and dog? What happened to becoming a shadow in the dark/undetectable spy like you learn in First Grade Spy School? 6/10 and that is because the animation and coloring was nicely done. |
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| Poor child living with no father or mother. |
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| OH yeah ! Next episode is an arc ! This was a pretty good episode. The crossword puzzle used as bait was smart |
| I want to learn to summon dolphins too ;_; |
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ibraheem234 said: This episode was kinda sad for me though... He could've let her go but maybe that wasn't an option Still I don't think he will adopt the child though It was heavily implied that he will. He said something like this at the end: "Me, a kid and a dog? Well, I guess things will work out" |
| Great episode, probably my favorite along with episode 5. Amari's goodheartedness really caught me off-guard. |
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ibraheem234 said: This episode was kinda sad for me though... He could've let her go but maybe that wasn't an option I was thinking about that, too, but considering how he got into that situation there wasn't really any other way. He promised the English people to explain the death of that guy. If he just came back without an explanation it would have been pretty awkward. As much as I had liked it there was no other way to resolve this without risking his own life/cover. |
| Damn I wish I could summon dolphins with a whistle that was so cool :D |
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| By i kept thinking that maybe Amari was actually Emma's father? Have you guys think about that possibility? Becuz.. from when i saw emma's mother expression when she handed emma over to amari she was like.. well ya know like she just know that her husband was not actually die |
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| One of my favorite episodes in this anime until now, this episode and the two first episodes were great and had the highest tension overall |
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IMTLD said: So why the women turned herself in???????? I recommend you (and anyone in general who doesn't understand the ep) to read this: http://sekinosemimaru.tumblr.com/post/144670884793/chief-researcher-shirato-seiichis-column-ep-7 |
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| The spy looks so much like the dead husband it's not even funny :v Overall another entertaining episode. |
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| "I know this guys my enemy sent to kill me, so lemme drink this glass conveniently right next to where he was sitting just to show off". seriously? This was the most ridiculous thing to happen in this show, no real person would be that stupid. |
AmuroGrayMay 26, 2016 6:09 PM
| "My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where the villas are, and i am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and i get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but i occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get 8 hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last checkup." |
| So in the end he will keep the kid and the dog? I felt sorry of the woman, they will kill her for sure... |
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| Another great episode. I can't believe that this woman was a spy, it's truth that the spy is the one that you would never expect to be a spy, like this woman with her kid. I'm very impressed with this anime, i've never seen any spy related anime but i am loving this anime even thought that every new episode is a new plot. It's still very impressive. |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
| In this episode, I have not seen a "similarity" with the fictional story, but mostly with the real story, then who knows! The time flew by in a flash, I wanted it to last more, seen as going well storytelling. They went immediately in tune with the atmosphere that reigned during the story, really sad the ending. Excellent work of the IG. |
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| Still relatively nice, but the story suffers from being treated in 20minutes (wonder what is the actual length of each short storyl in the book). I would like the episodes to be 40min long, even if I don't think it would have save this one from some bizarre things it had. @Galaxy__ @Lelouch0202 @Shaheen- This series is only adapting the first of four books. And the first two volumes are known to be anthologies. The episodic format of the anime will stay because of this. They can't create a red line between all the short stories if there is none in the original. http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/239-joker-game |
Rei_IIIJun 1, 2016 1:31 PM
Rei366 said: @Galaxy__ - This series is only adapting the first of four books. And the first two volumes are known to be anthologies. The episodic format of the anime will stay because of this. They can't create a red line between all the short stories if there is none in the original. so it will stay like this for the entire series and the sequel which might come ? |
Chimera-Ant Arc sucks A1-Pictures is great Lelouch is alive  |
| @Galaxy__ Well, you drew the conclusion yourself. ^^ The last short story might contain a kind of overall conclusion (to wrap up the book) but I can't assure it since I didn't find any western language translation of the novel. As for the possible sequel, that depends of course of what they decide to adapt. If they take the second book, it is indeed another anthology (who serves as a sequel to Joker Game, as wrote on the synopsis website). If they animate the third or fourth novel, I can't say: I found nothing except their titles on the Internet. I tend to repeat those informations to prevent false expectations. |
Rei366 said: Still relatively nice, but the story suffers from being treated in 20minutes (wonder what is the actual length of each short storyl in the book). I would like the episodes to be 40min long, even if I don't think it would have save this one from some bizarre things it had. @Galaxy__ @Lelouch0202 @Shaheen- This series is only adapting the first of four books. And the first two volumes are known to be anthologies. The episodic format of the anime will stay because of this. They can't create a red line between all the short stories if there is none in the original. http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/239-joker-game Great. I love anthologies and so the episodic format. I think they're taking the anime in the right direction. I'm in no hurries to see the conclusion; if they can give us an episodic anime which is consistently of high quality, then that eliminates the need for a hasty conclusion. I'd rather see a grand conclusion coalescing at the end of season 5 than see a hasty one at the end of the 2nd season. |
OMG, this. At first I thought he was calling the dog. Then... dolphins. These episodic episodes kind of remind me of a more mature Detective Conan. Fairly forgettable but interesting as you watch them :) |
| I feel bad for the girl :( |
| The girl is probably gonna die lol. |
| At first I was thinking: how did this woman track down a spy for her revenge? But ahh, she became a spy for Germany who wanted the guy dead. That explained it. |
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| Yeah I appreciated this episode for showing the 'human' side of these spies; you'd think that with all the training they've been through they've steeled themselves against the world but it's nice to see they still genuine heart for the weak and innocent. |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| So he adopts the kid + dog? :o |
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| Another quite solid episode! Let's find out what happens next! |
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| I'm not particularly enjoying the episodic format of this show. If it was at least a cast of recurring characters I could grow fond of over time it wouldn't be so bad. But this way I basically end each episode with the thought "Yeah okay, I don't really care". |
grandy_UiDAug 7, 2016 11:22 AM
| That was sad, she avenged her husband but she was taken away. |
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| Dolphin whisperer. Oh snap! The Prof got moves. LMAO Got'em. So she is Cerberus. Dog whisperer. Taking care of a kid and dog now, eh? |
| If you see that my post is exactly 1 month old (or more) from when it was posted... Don't waste your time, especially when you want to reply with something petty & insignificant. Assume that I've moved on (because I have). |
viruse said: I won't lie, I hated this episode, hated the story, a mother wouldn't do that... and then he just adopts her and the dog? what the fuckl? |
| Yet another episode with basically the same structure and the same flaws : 1. The D-agency spy who looks almost exactly the same as all the other spies and we need to infer who he is by his voice actor. 2. The Japanese spy, as always, is almost omniscient and omnipotent. He is way, way ahead of his enemies, he can see through even heavy plastic surgery as if it is transparent glass, he is lucky enough to have another assassin murder a British spy (coincidentally the only one who knew that he was a Japanese spy) right when the British Navy showed up, he can sever carotid arteries with just his fingernails and ... to cut a long story short, he is basically an invincible superhuman, just like all the other D-agency spies. 3. Just like all the other episodes so far (except the very first one) the D-agency spy of the episode is so implausibly OP (on every level, from mental to intellectual to physical) that there is no tension, no suspense, no thrill, no chance at all of wondering whether he might not succeed in the end. In other words exactly how espionage stories should not be written.. 4. The show simultaneously takes itself too seriously and is riddled with ridiculous (in the sense of utterly implausible) plot bits. It needs to decide what it wants to be, but I doubt it ever will. Which is quite frankly a shame. What a wasted potential.. 5. Last but not least : in this episode we learnt that plastic surgery can reconstruct the entire face of someone but cannot be used to change his ears. At that point I frankly laughed, since I know all too well that plastic surgery is employed on the ears more than any part of someone's face (maybe competing with nose jobs). And yet a major part of the plot of the episode hanged on that false fact, which can be verified that it's bollocks with a mere web search.. 6. I could go on just about this episode.. Why on Earth did that mother trust our spy (twice) with her kid? That made no sense at all. Why did the British spy not notice the mother when she was screaming her lungs out calling her dog a few feet away from him? Why did she place that photo inside the freaking collar of the dog? How did the mother assassin know that the British spy was going to take that poisoned drink? Even the poison choice made no sense to take out a seasoned British spy; cyanide smells, strongly, of bitter almonds. No spy worth his salt would be fooled by it, since they are trained to detect and avoid it. In short this was the weakest episode yet. |
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