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| Mugen is a BOSS |
KyonSmithFeb 6, 2012 7:42 PM
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| Up to this point, I thought the series was at most decent and entertaining. This episode for me though, it this shows version of ballad of fallen angels from Cowboy Bebop, so now has definatly hooked me. That last scene was pure manliness! |
| I don't understood end of this episode. So..she deceived them..but what about did she deceived?? |
PrometheusZero said: Plans within plans within plans! Oh, so many twists and turns! Bogglemind goodness! Plots on plots on plots! And that last scene very nearly gave me goosebumps. You reap what you sow, Koza! |
| Koza got fucking PWND!!! Mugen FTW!! |
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| That glorious ending, Mugen is such a boss. |
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| Disabled Mugen slashes up Shiren XD But god Koza freaking pissed me off. I hate it when anime girls play the *I love you* part and turn out to be total whores >_> |
| This has always been one of the most memorable episodes in the series for me. The last scene is just as powerful the second time around too. Simply amazing. |
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| That last scene was just brilliantly directed. Koza just ain't worth killing for. The way Mugen spared her life was just badass. Even though, he said nothing when he walked passed her, it's like he's really saying: "Go on and continue your life, bitch. I don't want to see your ugly ass again". xD |
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| The music made this episode pretty brilliant. |
| Awesome Mugen being awesome. Don't die even if he's killed. I liked this episode, though it's not the same rank, as 11 ep. Still - jolly good. |
| Damn nice, though now no one knows where the hidden gold is, and he left the girl all alone she doesn't even know how to live her life from now on... I wonder what's next! |
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| Oh man, this episode was art. The whole "death scene"/Flashbacks while Mugen was drowning and the reactions of his friends. The finding of his body, the "revenge" by Jin on Mukuru (THAT animation), the revelation of the "betrayal", and finally, the ultimate payback by a cripple Mugen... he Slashed that guy into 3 in the blink of an eye and hand in hand, took away everything from the girl who doesn't know how to live on her own, and left her on that island to rot. That was too deep. 10/10, this anime has seriously grown. I seriously want to put a character on my favourites list, but the main cast is so strong and has such high compatibility I just want to put them all! |
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| There goes my TMJ Amazing Episode. This episode kinda explains why Mugen is accompanying fuu-chan on her journey. Cause he knows Fuu won't betray him. |
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Saorin said: The music made this episode pretty brilliant. This. The drum roll at the end made me very amused as to what Mugen would do next. |
| that final scene...holy shit. the music.. |
| I absolutely love Mugen's character and everything else about him really. This episode just made me like his character even more and remind me why he's my favorite out of the three of them. I can easily rewatch this episode multiple times. |
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| Rewatching this series for the millionth time, and I gotta say Mugen dying and crossing over might be the single best piece of anime I've ever seen. It's still as impactful today as it was the first time I saw it many years ago. |
| Payback is truly a bitch. I liked how Mugen left that little bitch to suffer slowly in that island. |
 "And if, there were so many people in the world, there had to be someone living an interesting life that wasn't ordinary. I was sure of it. Why wasn't that person me?" - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part V [/center] |
| I agree with Ikuinen, she didn't deserve to have such an ending. |
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| The music playing at the end really made me think that Mugen was gonna kill that whore |
| Mugen had no reason to kill the girl. The guy had to go though and it was nothing personal towards her. She wasn't a whore. But now she is most likely going to be one, as there is not much else she can do and she lacks the strength to end her sad meaningless life. Touka said: Mugen's drowning/back-story sequence was completely mesmerizing and very powerful I loved it. Especially the moment with the bird. |
| Koza what a bitch. She got what she deserved too! The music built it up really nicely Perfect ep 5/5 |
| "I'm going to have to work harder to open your eyes, aren't I?" ~Erudito "You're here because you want to feel like something you're not, a hero." "Do you feel like a hero yet?" ~Konrad |
| Koza was a dependent, clingy bitch. Good for Mugen to bring her back to reality. His past is still muddy though, despite having some vague flashbacks. Exactly what horrible things did Mugen do? |
| Powerful eyebrows. |
| This episode was just great, and the last scene purely epic, everything was perfect, the music, the tension and the final. |
| Holy shit. Mugen fucked up that dude like he was swiss cheese. |
Akral said: I really disliked the fact, that Mugen just ruined Kozas perfect life. I mean, yea, he was deceived, but what for kill the only guy, who knew, where the gold is hidden? Ge. The guy ran at him with a sword, Mugen wasnt gonna just stand there and be killed lmao he probably wouldve left them alone if the guy didnt attack them |
| omg this is one epic episode. the drama is lovely and the feelings are so pure. love it. just love it! this is the song played during Mugen's dream scene. it ended up in my playlist hehe Obokuri-Ee Umi by japanese folk singer Ikue Asazaki |
| constantly looking for the golden corn in the huge pile of turd |
| Vengeance and karma by death... so much dying x.x /shot Still I can appreciate the amount of artistry and beauty I saw in this specific episode. Glad Mugen didn't die. And Jin slayed Mukuro so impeccably. Never bring a gun to a knife-fight ;P I refuse to call Koza a bitch or whore or anything of the sort. She's a victim of the world she lives in, but she also made some pretty bad decisions along the way. You reap what you sow. |
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| This episode was the best so far. The last scene was so powerful. |
Ikuinen said: personally i think its horrible of people here to be caling her a whore and saying she deserves what she got. Your lack of empathy and understanding about people who've lived such lives is terrible. you remind me of the scene in M.M. Yuusha "you've never experienced starvation, have you" All her life she's been controlled and under the thumb of her brother. WHAT choice does she have when she helpless and the only people around her are horrible people or people who she cant depend upon. She tries to reach out to mugen but he just pushes her away. She didnt betray him, that was her brother, and i dont think you guys give enough credit to someone from her time who's entire life has consisted of being controlled by a domineering monster like her brother was or Shiren. The only life she's known is being pulled around by others. You think a girl growing up in hell like that is easy? that she was abused and raped all over the place till nothing was left of her? That theres no justification for her being broken like she was? People like her are UNABLE to betray those who dominate them because its the only life they've known, filled with fear and pain. How did she know that Mugen would be any different from 100% of all the other horrible men she's only ever known? when your life has been hell and everyone has been terrible there is no WAY you would ever imagine theres someone you can trust or that such a thing exists, because you have 0 experience to fall back on but 100% experience on everyone being scum. Despite her circumstances, she TRIED to get away from Mugen and he shot her down. That in itself in her circumstances and life was amazing. she took the only path mugen left her then. She was a victim and tool, unable to escape her life but just switch from one master to another, all other paths just being even worse pain and death. How in a life thats hell was she ever supposed to have the character development where she would be strong enough to escape or tell mugen or not be dependant on others? The msot she ever did was follow shirens plan to get her brother killed. which was just great, Jin would have done that ANYWAY. but hey, we never had any Illusions what Mugen is. What other choices did she have?! what could she have done?! tell mugen who doesnt give a shit so he'd kill all those men and leave her anyway? a woman is a whore for moving on after men reject them or trying to escape a LIFE TIME of abuse and domination? Him crawling his way straight to them somehow was bull by the way. Just as much as the plot convenience of not telling her anything till they got killed, like the captain in red vs blue who talked really slow till he got shot. this is the difference between Jin. Mugen rejects you and then comes back to fuck up your life...just cause. infact its rather intersting the huge constrast between them. Personalities, life events, colors, manner, looks. Jin meets a wholesome mature older woman and falls in love with her the first time and saves her from a terrible life to something better. Mugen has a young childhood friend who's broken and had a terrible life, mixed with betrayal and death, ending in him making her life even worse somehow. Yo I have nothing to add to this but I wholly agree. Thanks for typing this up. |
| Well I'm not sure how Koza became one of the three survivors, I guess she always just stood by on the side. |
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| God damn, the use of sound was amazing this episode. This and episode 11 are my favourite so far. I really love the episodes that have a serious tone. |
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| Holy shit you people are fucking children for thinking that Koza is a villain or a whore or whatever. Ikuinen's post sums it up very nicely - she IS NOT an antagonist. She's a victim of circumstance, like pretty much everyone else in this show. She lived a shit life and she tried to escape it when she found an opportunity. Don't even fucking pretend that any of you would've done any differently (actually, most of us would've just killed ourselves by then). Mugen's actions are understandable as well, but I hate how people become so easily blinded by the protagonist's POV. There are no bad guys (or girls) here, outside of Mukuro. This was a great episode; I wish I hadn't read this thread, though, because the first few pages were pure and unadulterated cancer. Little kids calling a three-dimensional character with genuine motivations an evil whore because she tried to escape her shitty living situation...well, it is an anime site, after all. |
| I'm curious, how did Mugen live that jump? He jumped into the ocean hands bounds, into shark waters, with the executors shooting from above. |
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| The song played when Mugen was sinking was amazing. Wow, this episode. |
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