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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I think this episode had better music than some of the other episodes. In terms of setting, we see a place that's filled with snow and to me, it's like a frozen wasteland. Good world fiction. For Phos, it's like the show is trying to build more to her character. I have to admit, this episode did its job at making the world setting look unque. |
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| It's out? Damn, I can't wait. |
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| This was a snowy episode. It's good to see Amethyst are okay. Antarcticite and Phos are paired up to take care of everyone while they hibernate. Their outfits look pretty and cozy. Phos fell into the icy water and lost her arms, but Antarcticite saved her in time. |
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| Antarcticite is really cute, you know she's feeling alone and wants to be with other gems but she can't unfortunately so she only has Sensei xD Speaking of him, breaking walls while falling into sleep is something else xD So the ''sinners'' are talking to Phos, we get more and more worldbuilding bits, i hope it'll eventually all come together. |
| I went from laughing hard through the whole episode (epic training arc) to spooked af near the end, well, now Phos doesn't have arms neither. |
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| I agree with fashion gem, everybody is so beautiful in those dresses. Also cover them with blankets xD Phos loosing her arms this time. It's really not that impactful when it's happening so close to her loosing her legs. Probably will take some precious memories though this time. Looking forward to next episode as always. Who's gonna fix her up and what's up with the ghostly whispers? |
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| I think my favorite episode so far! Can't wait for next week. I hope Phos will end up growing stronger by the end. |
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| So now Phos has a long winter of pretty much loneliness (save for Antarcticite, Sensei, and possibly Cinnabar) so hopefully with this time she can grow stronger and more confident with her skills. Also I love the new snowy and icy landscape!!! But then she just goes and loses her arms! Gaahhhdamn!! |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Winter hibernation but phos stays and antarcticite is with her. Breaking off the icebergs that reflect you anxieties, phos gets through it but falls in anyways :( |
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| i cant wait for next ep |
| imho Phos is one of the best naive characters I've ever seen, definitely the gem of this season |
| I am glad those 2 are alright, would have taken quite a bit of work to put them back together. Diamond definitely looked the best in that dress. While Phos has good legs now the rest of her body isn't very good. Free hugs with Sensei. That surprised me when the ice was talking. Oh no Phos in trouble again, Antarcticite was really worried about the arms, hopefully they can be repaired, or maybe new material will go on them and make them better just like the legs. |
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| Two things did stand out to me, aside the main comedy and drama at the end: 1) they were moving into snow while wearing light clothes, they really have no sense of temperature 2) the sea froze, is their island close to one of the poles? Or did the earth's temperature change? |
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| I wonder what memories were in Phos's arms... |
| Another misery upon Phos. Yes, another piece of her memory lost. Antarcticite is okay being alone. Why isn't Cinnabar? It's sad to see Cinnabar hibernates by herself. |
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| Wow, that suddenly got creepy af O_O Love this show, I can't wait to see what happens next, and I kinda doubt we'll get it this season but I'm hyped to learn what the hidden truth of this world is :o (No spoilers though, gotta see for myself or it's no good) |
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| Now, this episode presents a great crossroad to Phos. Does she give up her arms to become stronger, or does she keep them and the memories that they contain? The talking ice was creepy AF, and it looks like the lunarians will appear next week. Can't wait. |
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| Creepy creepy creepy, yet I can't help but feel curious about the ice. This was a really good episode. I only wish more people were watching this show. |
 Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
Zeando said: Two things did stand out to me, aside the main comedy and drama at the end: 1) they were moving into snow while wearing light clothes, they really have no sense of temperature 2) the sea froze, is their island close to one of the poles? Or did the earth's temperature change? Well it's a fantasy. I guess anything goes in a fantasy lol |
Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
 - What beautiful hairs!  - The Gem that is sitting, is seeing the ass to the Gem Tsundere Seiyuu    - crawling haha  |
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| I need a Sleeping with Dia spinoff, thanks. |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| Nicely adapted. They totally captured the creepiness of the ice at the end. Looks like "that" happens next week. I can't wait! |
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| This show is the hidden gem of the season. In the beginning I wasn't so sure about that, but it soon it changed. This episode made me come here and leave some thoughts behind. The scenery, even though I love snow, the atmosphere it had was creepy to the bone. At first I didn't think much about those talking ice bergs, but towards the end, damn get them away from me. The hibernation part is quite funny, but them dressed up like some dolls gives crept me out a bit and Bort sleepwalking looks like it she is haunted. |
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| Amazing episode as always but I have one thing I'm confused about... Antarcticite, a mineral like everyone else, doesn't get sleepy like the rest does when there is little to no light, why is this? Am I missing something? Antarcticite said to Phos "it takes getting used to". So in other words she just needed to train to get used to waking up when there is no light. So if this applies to the rest of the minerals, why don't they just "train" and be able to be awake 24/7? And since the Lunarians only appears during the day, I guess they could use the night time to do something else? Like exploring or doing their daily errands/chores. Or am I mistaken? Also this thing:  What is it? A portable light source? |
| I begin to feel sorry for Phos. How much will it have change to help Cinnabar? Like a metamorphosis, it's losing to herself |
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| This show just gets better and better. I like the new gem. She's super cool, despite having to work alone during the whole winter. Poor Phos... hopefully losing her arms is the last of the... improvements that she'll receive (c'mon, we all can see that she's gonna get some kind of better arms). Or what would be next? Her... head?? O_O |
| To be or not to be... that is not the question. ;3 |
| They all looked like grade A waifu in their white dresses for hibernation. All kawaii as heck❤ I love the world building and introduction to a new intriguing character. I really hope Phos will get more positive surprises in her life soon. :'( |
Most likely a jellyfish like the ones they used when searching the sea. |
Smudy said: So the ''sinners'' are talking to Phos, we get more and more worldbuilding bits, i hope it'll eventually all come together. I am pretty sure worldbuilding is my issue with this series as a whole, it feels empty, afaik even in the current manga this world building hasnt really developed much further. It just feels like apart from literally one or two cool ideas theres not enough world to hold the series up. Under pressure from some utube comments, lol, I forced myself to watch this series and I hated it at the start. I am only able to watch it now as I looked up spoilers for the series, tried to read the manga but I am not a huge manga fan (mangas feel like a tease to me - id much rather have a big fat novel lol). So understanding the kind of tone and knowing what to expect in future ep's I kept watching, I loved last weeks episode and smiled at this weeks. While I will watch to the end this is in no way an AOTS for me, I feel it just lacks atmostphere and the richness seen in other animes, like made in abyss for example |
Raipaz said: Amazing episode as always but I have one thing I'm confused about... Antarcticite, a mineral like everyone else, doesn't get sleepy like the rest does when there is little to no light, why is this? Am I missing something? Antarcticite said to Phos "it takes getting used to". So in other words she just needed to train to get used to waking up when there is no light. So if this applies to the rest of the minerals, why don't they just "train" and be able to be awake 24/7? And since the Lunarians only appears during the day, I guess they could use the night time to do something else? Like exploring or doing their daily errands/chores. Or am I mistaken? Also this thing: What is it? A portable light source? The gems get their energy to live from sunlight. It's possible Antarcticite can move during winter because they spent the whole year resting and absorbing light, so they have a bigger reserve of accumulated energy to use. While the other gems are active during all the year, so they don't have any stored energy. The image should be a basin with a glowing jellyfish inside. The same jellyfishes they used while looking for Phos in the ocean. |
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| Just thought of something. Wouldn't it be cool if they changed Phos' legs in the OP? The OST was great in this episode Also... |
| Oh my god, this episode was just perfect... The music and the background are amazing, i'm seriously impressed... |
| Pho's weakness almost resulted in the loss of Amethyst to the luna's. Good thing Sensei and Bort arrived in time though. So the gems do need to hibernate for periods of time then that's surprising. So in Winter the majority of the gems will be in hibernation then. They sure have some elaborate outfits they wear during that period though. So the yearly tradition for Antarticite is a hug then. I guess Pho's has been asleep enough already though. Well i guess the cold of winter will offer here plenty of training opportunities though. The landscape sure is different when its frozen and covered with snow. The sound that the ice flows make sure was eerie though. Being with Antarticite really is a experience for Phos though. If Phos's arms were as durable as her legs then she be more effective. These ice flows though sure are mysterious. But losing her arms as a result was unexpected. Im curious to see what happens next. |
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| I did not expect to see what I saw in this episode. Not a lot of Phos, it will become Phos composite. After that twist in the final, I can not help thinking of who is hiding in the sea. Next episode please! |
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terrablu2003 said: I did not expect to see what I saw in this epic. Not a lot of Phos, it will become Phos composite. After that twist in the final, I can not help thinking of who is hiding in the sea. Next episode please! Nobody. As they explained in the episode, it's the ice, a crystallized form of water. In this show crystals are alive and ice is not an exception. |
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| damn good episode ,not sure what to expect of phos once everyone wakes up though D: |
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mruize85 said: terrablu2003 said: I did not expect to see what I saw in this epic. Not a lot of Phos, it will become Phos composite. After that twist in the final, I can not help thinking of who is hiding in the sea. Next episode please! Nobody. As they explained in the episode, it's the ice, a crystallized form of water. In this show crystals are alive and ice is not an exception. Thank you for taking away any doubt. |
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Zeando said: 2) the sea froze, is their island close to one of the poles? Or did the earth's temperature change? No there's plant and all in summer, so I think not. I think the harsh winter is caused because the Earth in HnK timeline is tilted more than it is now, a consequence from 6th meteroid collision. Raipaz said: Amazing episode as always but I have one thing I'm confused about... Antarcticite, a mineral like everyone else, doesn't get sleepy like the rest does when there is little to no light, why is this? Am I missing something? Antarcticite said to Phos "it takes getting used to". So in other words she just needed to train to get used to waking up when there is no light. So if this applies to the rest of the minerals, why don't they just "train" and be able to be awake 24/7? And since the Lunarians only appears during the day, I guess they could use the night time to do something else? Like exploring or doing their daily errands/chores. Or am I mistaken? They needs to rest, working in the day exhausts them. And moreover, I think they don't need to anyway. No matter what, they don't die (being taken to the Moon is the closest thing they have as dying). They have all the time in the world, literally. So no purpose, no aim, nothing. The Lunarians don't appear everyday, they can't do their daily work on those days that the enemies don't show up (just like in ep6) |
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terrablu2003 said: mruize85 said: Nobody. As they explained in the episode, it's the ice, a crystallized form of water. In this show crystals are alive and ice is not an exception. Thank you for taking away any doubt. Just mention that I didn't spoiled any information. As they have said, ice is not intelligent, but only echoes the wishes and feelings of the listener. As has been shown, Phos had the temptation to cut his arms in hopes of getting better ones, so ice "offered its help". |
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janadestiny said: Zeando said: 2) the sea froze, is their island close to one of the poles? Or did the earth's temperature change? No there's plant and all in summer, so I think not. I think the harsh winter is caused because the Earth in HnK timeline is tilted more than it is now, a consequence from 6th meteroid collision. That's a good explanation. It was looking strange since if the whole surface is covered by water it should have meant the planet temperature is higher(=the poles are melted). But if the rotation axis has moved too it could make more sense. |
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