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| SURVIVAL STRATEGY!! How I missed it!!!! ;'D |
| lol that was pretty funny. xD |
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| Nice fan service. |
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| Haha, this episode was hilarious. Especially that random american dude screaming in engrish and Himari's Survival Strategy. |
Ston3_FreeN7Dec 5, 2012 8:52 PM
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
Raitei said: why didnt masako just throw away those blowfish dishes after getting rid of mario/grandpa... yeah, i wonder the same. the characters from this series can be really stupid sometimes... |
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| Great episode! I just loved the flashback part where she had her dreams of killing her grandfather xD Sure was a nice episode to get some more character development for her! A good episode in general! The ending was interesting for the story development I already wondered what was up with that! That ED was just lovely as hell :D |
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| “Someone smacked a golf ball at my temple” Hilarious! |
| I like Hentai, you like real life. Instead of complaining about my tastes, be grateful you now don't have to compete against me. |
| you have no idea how hard i laughed when young kanba started talking |
| 3.9/5 Mehh episode. Didn't laugh out loud. |
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| hehehe! this episode make me a lot laugh! .. I love it.. my favorite scene is when himari say survival strategy to natsume maid.. its so funny how she said it :3 love it! suprisingly the maid is so cute :3 love it too! natsume past make me laugh so much too.. in grandfather scene absolutely :D |
| Dafuq. This episode was pretty crazy. Nuts. In a funnier sense compared to the unfunny, dark and heavy stuff last episode. Also, Ringo is now Shouma's official stalker. Good luck, dude. Well, at least he doesn't seem to be the type to cheat... so he'd handle a yandere better than his brother can. Now we have a worldwide conspiracy coming to the fore?! |
DrHouse said: I have to admit, that made me laugh.the other highlight was Himari, demonstrating her resourcefulness: |
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| I loved this episode after some of the seriousness and tragic stories of episodes past. The Survival Strategy was awesome and the grandfather wit his ridiculous english speaking assistant was hilarious. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Most boring episode IMO =\ Long, we could some jokes 100 miles away and they were repetitive (the scene where the grandfather dies 3 times and then she wakes up and sees him training... uugh, almost fell asleep, as well as other scenes). But some scenes were kinda funny, and the ending was surprising. I wonder what exactly Kanba is doing... |
| I really missed seeing the Survival Strategy sequence. That was really fabulous. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| i was drinking water during that scene when kid Kanba was talking in deep voice and i spit it all over my desk |
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| Daddy issues are rampant in this series. And yet another character who's a little off her rocker lol. I don't find Natsume as interesting as the other characters but she's okay. I don't get why she ate the fish. Or both of them for that matter, when she knew one was poisoned. Like... why not just chuck the plates in the pond or throw them in the trash or something? It's not like her brother had any real power over her; I mean she pretty much dropkicked his ass in the pond so he was out of the commission already. I also don't' get how he got possessed... I was under the impression that Natsume was tripping balls or dreaming or something o_o. Anywho, imagine that, a kid with vivid dreams of murder. Nice. Not that a certain other character from Yuri Kuma Arashi wasn't any different =P The attempts reminded me of them. Things got really weird in that trip train; not sure if I totally understood that part but it'll probably be elaborated upon in time. owlpoop said: i was drinking water during that scene when kid Kanba was talking in deep voice and i spit it all over my desk DUDE I thought that was so weird too. It was pretty funny though haha. The voice actor for him doesn't even try to sound younger, so it's like [seven year old or whatever walks up] [deep manly voice] "babe i got this" I've also noticed it before in other flashbacks like the one with the storm and Himari's girlfriend squad and when their parents being terrorists, but it's especially notable here since he looks super young lol. |
King_KiashiMay 25, 2015 1:42 PM
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Primity said: Best part. None of that stock transformation scene last episode, unfortunately so they came back with a funnier one.i seriously lol'd. My god, who is voicing that English speaking dude? Man this studio is so cheap, I can almost tolerate the blank white background characters but why couldn't they animate the face of the redhead's grandfather? I thought his face was covered up in the painting because she didn't want to see his face following death. Not to mention they didn't even need to get another voice actor to do Kanba's kid voice (must have hit puberty pretty early). |
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| Wtf is happening lol. I can't keep up with these episodes anymore XD. But aside from that, her dad rather resembles the pervy president from Prison School. |
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| I loved this episodes, the use of the Johann Strauss symphony was a good thing. Great Episode. |
| いかれちまったぜ ! |
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| Some backstory on Natsume, gramps didn't like his son basically and is funny crazy. Dat survival strategy meeting lol. |
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| this was really ikuhara. making a tragic story into a silly comedy and all the repetition and the jokes. it can get pretty boring if done too many times, but i think it came at the perfect point of the narrative. i still have no idea how this will end. |
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| The constant switching between drama and comedy, or drama highly tainted by comedy. I really enjoyed this episode, we finally were able to get a background on the Natsume family and Masako's story, also, now we know what was that thing between Kanba and Masako, he promised he'll be beside her, even when cursed. But the best thing about the episode...THE TRANSFORMATION IS BACK <3 and i love the maid scene hahahah so freaking hilarious. Still, this penguin group, the chosen ones, totally intriguing. |
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nextday said: All of this. It felt like Nanami's egg episode. ~~war flashbacks |
| Grandpa was the shit. |
| The ending of the episode with Mario being possessed by his grandfather made this episode the worst in the series so far, even though it was pretty fun at first with the dreams and the silent Seizon Senryaku. Why and how was Kanba there? "I don't get why she ate the fish. Or both of them for that matter, when she knew one was poisoned. Like... why not just chuck the plates in the pond or throw them in the trash or something? It's not like her brother had any real power over her; I mean she pretty much dropkicked his ass in the pond so he was out of the commission already. I also don't' get how he got possessed... I was under the impression that Natsume was tripping balls or dreaming or something o_o. " Yeah, this. |
SteelingMaxJan 26, 2019 6:54 PM
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| Finally some backstory for Masako. Everything Mario-related is still unclear though, he seems to not have aged at all since the time of the flashbacks. |
| "I MUST SAVE MARIO-SAN!" *yeets Mario into the pond* |
| “May those who accept their fate be granted Happiness, may those who defy their fate be granted Glory.” |
| This series is pure DISTRACTION, all the time, there is no plot line at all, just watch, empty your mind and relax. Resistance is futile. Anyway, i was missing the Triple H's ROCK OVER JAPAN intro to Crystal Princess gags. This is most iconic theme of M.Penguimdrum anime after all: https://vimeo.com/86173246 I really wanted to take something seriously, try to understand why Mario was possessed by his grandpa, what is the link between Natsume's father and Kanba, why she almost died but was saved by InSanetoshi and what he really wants after all. But it is useless. It is the typical japanese anime storytelling where the scenes are more important than the content, so nothing will make any sense and in the end the "explanations" will be thrown over the audience without any attention to details, leaving plot holes with the size of the moon. I hate that. My score for this series will be lowered by 1 entire point if that is the case, lets wait. |
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| The scenes where she dreamed about killing her grandfather were hilarious. One of the funniest episodes in this series. Also, Kanba was apparently born with his manly voice. |
| It's incredible that so much happened in the episode, including the survival tactic that was unexpected. A lot of mixed emotions, ranging from utterly hilarious, tragic-comical and downright tragic and confusing. magicalgirlpaige said: I wonder how the hell he survived for so long, in that position, so deep in the water, maybe the crazy grandpa's will kept him alive?"I MUST SAVE MARIO-SAN!" *yeets Mario into the pond* |
eblf2013May 6, 2022 9:51 PM
 MOKUSHI KUSHIMO SHIMOKU KUMOSHI MOSHIKU SHIKUMO. |
| We are so back to Rock 'n Roll Night. Man did I miss those uncut sequences. If only Natsume had her own random American attendant that yelled "Ms. President, watch out!" at every incoming threat too. |
| Hey watch out Mr. President! That was a funny as hell backstory for Natsume-chan. So Kanba is a childhood crush of hers. |
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