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| She was pretty annoying...and didn't refute the fact when people thought she was Ogata... |
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azureblayze said: seriously... SERIOUSLY? how can people actually feel sorry for suzuri? she tried to run away from the white, MILITARY, ridebacks with ginormous swords and shields, for heaven's sake. what would you really expect to happen in that situation. also, i got the feeling that she wasn't paying attention to what was in front of her at all while she was (pointlessly) yelling towards rin, so she most certainly would have run over anything small that got in her way... like a small child or a baby. you wouldnt feel sorry for her if she ran over a baby, would you? suzuri wins a darwin award for succumbing to survival of the fittest. though, now rin has an excuse to start clubbing white riders to death with their own beatsticks, so this episode was +2 for getting to see natural selection at work AND jumpstarting the main character (hopefully) If you see a blind old lady crossing a main downtown road during peak hour, and she got run over by a bus because she, well didn't see it coming, would you write it off as "survival of the fittest" and give the whole incident a +2 as well? Granted, what Suzuri did was definitely not well thought out, and she should probably have kept her eyes on the road and her surroundings rather than wave at Rin, but in what way did she deserve to get her head casually lopped off by some bloodthirsty overreacting cop? And if she had indeed run over a little kid because she wasn't watching where she was going, then it would be fair to yell at her and have her up for negligience or something, but feeling smug and making silly little jokes about her death is downright inappropriate. On an unrelated note, how could the GGP have mistaken Suzuri for the mysterious rideback girl? Wasn't a video of Rin released in the media, and I'm quite sure the GGP has the technical ability to restore the image to allow them a clear idea of how Rin actually looks like.. |
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| Whoa. So, well, Suzuri was stupid and didn't exactly deserve to die but you could kind of see it coming (and come on, SOMEBODY had to die). "This is my lucky charm!" = upcoming death pretty much. Same with tropes like "I'm so happy with my partner (we're expecting a kid)", etc. |
noteDhero said: Well, Suzuri wins the Anime equivalent of a Darwin Award. But I suppose her death was necessary, and dramatically they really sold it. Even though Rin was whining at the end, at least we have her finally taking responsibility for her actions. Here's hoping the last few episodes are as great as the first few. That about sums this up. This has been really stupid in regards to character actions. @tanjx It's more like someone running from the police on those cop shows when they actually aren't in trouble and instead of the police you have the military. And you know the military will use lethal force to bring you in(because she's Rin's friend and saw how they treated her). |
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| Suzuri-chan, poor girl.. It is sad and unfortunate but nothing could have been done.. |
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| It was quite sad but she should of seen this coming after pretending to be Rin :/ Should of kept a low profile in the first place. |
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| 1. going to a demonstration and riding an illegal rideback against a military that has proven it will use force in the past is questionable 2. allowing people to confuse you with the rideback girl who is a wanted fugitive and letting it get to your head is questionable as well 3. throwing rocks at military who have the weapons to kill is just asking for trouble 4. running away instead of surrendering is foolish 5. trying to showoff with a jump while you are being chased by people with weapons is even more foolish 6. saying this is the fault of anyone other than Suzuri first and GGP second is completely illogical and unreasonable given the previous 5 preceding acts. Forget just getting off the rideback. If she avoided doing any of those five previous things then this wouldn't have happened. How the heck is this Ogata and the creator of Fuego's fault. Heck, it's more the protestors' fault than theirs. The protestors pissed off the GGP and gave them a target by saying it was the Ride Back girl. They might be even more to blame than the GGP. Excessive force practically always happens during a demonstration that turns into a riot. Heck, how can she not blame the people who killed Suzuri, that's just stupid. I'm sorry for being a jack ass but you just can't feel sorry for her since this situation could have easily been avoided. She was careless and her death was self-inflicted. The worst part is, if she participated in this demonstration and was serious about opposing the GGP and everything but was unwilling to die for her beliefs then she is truly a fool. She should have realized at so many points that she was putting her life on the line. |
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| T_T the cutest character of the show died. How saddening.. |
| YES! Annoying characters should be smashed into pieces! I AM LOVING THIS SHOW BECAUSE THEY KILLED HER! YES! |
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| I do admit that of the protagonists in the show, Suzuri's the one I least mind dying. I didn't hate her, but she didn't particularly appeal to me either. At the same time, especially after that montage they showed, I really got a strong sense of a young person's daily life and dreams cut short. Considering the amount of blood that sprayed, at first I thought she got decapitated or slice in half or something. If that was the case, I think it would have been even more dramatic to show her disattached head in the helmet or something. But yeah, she probably just got shot through an artery or something. So yeah, I TOTALLY didn't expect that. Dunno why. |
| SUZURi!!!!!!!!!!! /cry |
| No sig :( |
| This anime got 10x better. What was the last time you saw an annoying character die? Never. I never expected her to die, this anime just got a whole lot better. |
| I won't miss this character. She really annoyed me, and Shouko is much more lovable. Her decision to run was just completely stupid and signed her own death warrant. She should've stopped the smoke before it turned into fire with the rallying crowd by dismissing any preconceptions that she was Rideback Girl instead of playing it up. She only drew more attention to herself. And with only two episodes to go for me, I'm not sure if this will solidify anything for Rin except short-term revenge. It was a necessary sacrifice, I'm glad it wasn't Shouko. A fine episode, nonetheless. |
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| Suzuri getting into trouble was something predictable from the moment the masses mistook her for "the Mysterious RideBack Girl", but initially I didn't expect her to die. But yep, as soon as the chase started, I thought that it was going to be the end of her... The GGP is, after all, a group of heartless [insert plural of bad word of choice]. I thought it was a great episode, but I didn't like Rin's whining at the end. Okay, this is really no time to be blaming Okakura. She, herself, and Okakura weren't directly (as in, PHYSICALLY) involved in Suzuri's death - the GGP, however, is. The WhiteRide rider was the one who killed her - and the head in command is the one who ordered it. It's THEIR fault. I thought that she should have been blaming them immediately. But I suppose, in a way, it's good that she's taking responsibility? As others have said... |
| I didn't expect that to happen to Suzuri. |
| The pacing of this show is crap! The tension level remained high in the previous 3 episodes, nothing happened. Now we go back to the club group parallel plot and blam! I can see how it will be effective in motivating Rin to fight the GGP, but they did a terrible job of executing it. Kinda raging about it but ~: | it could have been a great show. |
| Suzuri was really more of a overentustiatic groupie but for her age that's normal. I did not expect her to be killed off like that. So does this mean that Rin will be turned off the Ridebacks completely and leave the group? I don't think so. Maybe the GGP will do something to her brother and however reluctantly she'll get on Fuego again and rescue himl. Just a guess. Two more episodes to go... |
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| No fucking way that's way to dramatic! Fuck is Suzuri really dead? No way, damn I can't believe it! Damn that's tragic... sad development is sad but well it really brings a strong point to it! Either way lets see what's next! |
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| Shocking death, but alright. |
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| Wow, never saw that coming. I didn’t really care for her character before, but just her last few lines and death definitely changed my opinion on her. That death scene was executed perfectly with the brutality of the GGP and reaction from all the other characters. Honestly though. What of her appearance even faintly looked like Rin? She’s wearing a yellow suit, riding on an ORANGE rideback, and has glasses on. And with all their advanced technology, the GGP wasn’t able to figure out that she wasn’t the Rideback girl? Other than that, great episode. |
| I'm surprised at how screwed the terrorist-for-a-government is. Like, without concrete evidence, you can just kill a civilian like that without disarming it first? I mean, like seriously? Even a police cannot kill a robber unless he is threatening your life. |
| "If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria Just kidding.  |
| Didn't think they'd kill off one of Rin's friends. Brilliantly executed (no pun intended) but to be honest, I didn't really care :\ |
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| I've never felt such an odd combination of sadness and utter annoyance before. It was sad Suzuri was killed like that. She certainly didn't "deserve" it, but during the entire lead up to it all I could think was "stop being so stupid." I do think her death was important for whatever impact it will have on Rin's actions, but honestly, I'm not sure how this will wrap up properly in the last two eps. It's not over yet, though, so maybe it will surprise me. |
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| ... so sad... Come on Rin, get it together and go bet up the evil GGP. I knew that ggp sub-commander chick had something going on... |
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| Just when i thought thinks couldnt get worse & piss me off after they tortured & framed Rins bro... cant believe Suzuri got decapitated like that SPLAT.... DAMN GGP reminds you a group thats in the world today right? smh |
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| She was kind of a airhead anyways. Them poor girls. |
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| These GGP guys are psychos. This is beyond idiocy. |
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| The smell of death was strong on Suzuri in this episode! I must admit that I was happy when the Grim Reaper took her hand and lead her off the series. She was the most annoying Rin fanatic imaginable and so her death was a welcome plot development for me. Now the GGP feels powerful, Rin is catatonic again, and the public can be outraged/motivated. It will take half of the next episode to get Rin to blink and make complete sentences again and then she will take off on Fuego and wreak havoc for justice. I need to make some popcorn for the next episode..... |
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| Suzuri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| That's what happen when you oppose the GGP. She could have just stopped and remove her helmet. |
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| Can't believe Suzuri is dead, I definitely wasn't expecting that. |
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| F*ck that end was sure really tense and tragic, RIP Suruzi :/ |
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| There goes her. Though for some reason, I find it hard to care. Demonstrates how endearing the characters are. |
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