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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- whoa, a whole backstory episode. and it's not even done yet. Dorothy is a real hottie, so no wonder Laurent fell for her. so far so good, just a build-up to how Oz got in jail and most likely Dorothy died or some shit |
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| I love Dorothy, she's such a cutie and her personality's lovely too. So what I'm guessing is that their final con didn't go as planned. Dorothy died and Edamura's dad ended up in jail. |
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MegamiRem said: I love Dorothy, she's such a cutie and her personality's lovely too. So what I'm guessing is that their final con didn't go as planned. Dorothy died and Edamura's dad ended up in jail. yep my thoughts as well now Laurent is gonna try to scam again that Mafia |
| I honestly don't know what to add except that I agree with everyone else's thoughts given we already know what happens in the end with the father and that something clearly happens to Dorothy as she isn't seen again. |
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| Wow. Didn't expect it to turn out like this. But then again: Not unusual with all the other twists this show offered. Same guess as the others: Something back then went wrong that got Dorothy killed (or arrested) and Oz arrested. And I guess they actually planned the whole thing from the start from episode 1 ... getting Edamura into the group so they can later use him against the mafia company. Waiting for that reveal ha ha. :D Would not be unusual with all the other twists so far. |
| Dorothy is fucking great, Laurent has some massive charms to be able to tame someone like Dorothy. Now let's see what happens here that leads to the present. |
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| I don't know how to feel about Dorothy being black and having stereotypical thick Anime lips. It's not just the stereotypical black person trope we see in Anime but she just looks weird because her lips are not proportionate to her face. Dorothy is still beautiful but look at Abby in contrast, who is also a person of color. Anyway, one thing I dislike about the series, although it is VERY enjoyable is the lack of deaths. It is extremely unrealistic, people die all the time when it comes to Asian, South American, etc. syndicates and human trafficking. The fact that they can outsmart syndicates from the underworld and leave unscathed is pretty fucking stupid. So Ozaki was a confidence man this entire time. Was he also part of the Shanghai mafia before it or did he act as a spy for them? I will be fucking pissed if Makoto's mom was alive this entire time and they faked her death. |
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| A full Flashback episode, Naruto fans are shaking and crying in the corner. In all seriousness though it pretty good episode. Apparently Edamura's dad was to Laurent what Laurent is to Edamura. Nice seeing Laurent in a different lens for once. Seems it isn't t the first time the tried to pull the wool out from The mafias eyes. Seeing as Dorthey's no longer around and Edamura's Dad is stuck working for the shanghai guys something went very wrong, Wonder what? Solid episode again. |
| The midway point of the arc, and a full backstory episode dedicated to the black Dorothy, the historical "start" of the conmen "confidence man" business, with fatso Shi Onn and Edamura's "Wizard of Far East" dad Oz. Just as is with Cynthia and her ex-boyfriend, Laurent's push to shove for Dorothy is the subsequent short scene we saw in Episode 15 (the 1st episode of the final arc). Pulling off conmen stunts is easy, but going against the Shanghai Longhu-bang (to which Oz concedes to helping them thereafter, as shown in earlier episodes) is a rather lofty goal in and of itself that Laurent has face going head-on. All of this isn't quite over yet... |
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| Biting my fingers here, supposed to be doing homework, but wondering what's going to happen/how things will happen. Wuuuh. |
| AHHHHHHHHHHHH I can see whats going to happen Dorthy is prob gonna die Edamuras dad is going to get arrested GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG |
| We got a whole backstory episode here for Laurent and Makoto's dad, Ozaki and how they two, Dorothy and Shi-won back in the day were a part of Team Confidence, doing scams and making massive amounts of money from all over the world (even including them trying to have someone local, buy the Milan club during a Milan vs Juventus game). It was pretty straightforward including the whole business with Laurent liking Dorothy and them getting together once they saw the northern lights when hiking in Finland. Before Laurent and Dorothy get married and the team splits up and retires, with Ozaki wanting to return to his wife and his son, they decide to embark on one more big time heist to end it all by targeting a human trafficking organization run by Liu Xiao. Cliche again, but still solid nonetheless as this is the case where everything went wrong and that minimum led to Ozaki's arrest (and decision to join the Shanghai group clearly to get revenge) and Dorothy who most likely I assume would be dead or arrested? Still, while its definitely not that creative, still nice to get some context behind some characters and Dorothy's quite the personality herself. |
| So Edamura's father was a con man, and he was Laurent's partner |
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| Wow well this episode is shedding a lot of light on their past! Looks like Oz and Laurent have strong ties after all.. it's getting exciting! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| HAHAAA I love that Laurent was once in Makoto's shoes, yanked into this world of con men. He's doing to Makoto what Dorothy did to him :') I love Dorothy's energy, love her hairstyles. The way her mouth is drawn is kind of strange though. I know she's supposed to have full lips but this aint the way... The typical anime styles of having only a lower lip and no upper lip + the weird side profile thing really do not work for her design. I do appreciate that they actually coloured her palms lighter though. That's a detail that's frequently missed. Laurent is such a ladies man. It really hits different when his Mandarin VA speaks. |
| Second 5/5 for Great Pretender. Dorothy is really a good addition to the cast despite she showed up in a flashback. We know Edamura's dad is a con man like his son, an interesting twist i really didn't expect at the beginning of the anime. |
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| They should have just stayed friends tbh, and just skip this last gig. But I wonder if this still a ongoing operation even to the current events. |
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| Dorothy & Laurent......what a beautiful pair. I really enjoyed this episode even tho there’s impending doom, clearly their final job isn’t going to go well. Everything is coming full circle. Have I mentioned that Laurent is beautiful. |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| Damn it's all coming together. The con must really fall apart for Dorothy to get killed and Oz actually arrested for human trafficking. Makes sense that Laurent could get out of it if he was always just the translating who seemed to be unrelated. But really who will be the one to "screw up and get dumped" here? |
| I'm glad to see more of Laurent's past but it's a tragic one. I can already predict what's going to happen, sigh.. Guess like Makoto's dad wasn't that bad. Doronthy will most likely die. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Ah so Oz was part the original scammer group, this makes a lot more sense why they suddenly showed Laurent's past and why Edamame was probably scouted by Laurent. We know Oz ended up doing jail because of this scam so I'm gonna guess Dorothy died or something. |
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| I don't know why but Dorothy looks annoying for me >,< especially her lips T----T |
| Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
| Whoa! We finally got to the bottom of it. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| I always think it's a bit lazy to just copy&paste the same story from the protagonist to the mentor flashback. |
| Laurent is my favorite character in the show, so it's great to finally get his backstory. I really like Dorothy as well. She's so fun. Though her absence in the present makes me suspect something happened to her, which is sad. |
| Dorothy is so pretty, i love her design! also BRAZIL MENTIONED !!!!!!! |
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