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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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1Hated it
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- What?! Such an awesome episode, and it even hadn't his discussion here?! O_o Anyway, really an incredible episode. It has similar themes and situations from Perfect Blue, another masterpiece of Kon, like double personality and illusions. |
KinetaNov 23, 2012 9:23 AM
| I'd never thought that the teacher of the young boy from the previous episode was actually a prostitute with a double personnality disorder. And it's really a good thing that the episode focus on a secondary character from the previous to reveal her secret. Nice idea, and it really create surprises. She really looked like a normal person in the previous episode and now we have another perspective that shows she isn't really a normal person. Apparently the shounen bat has a good influence on his victims. Now I wonder more than ever, what are his real intents? Great episode. |
| Ai, i did not see it coming either but i like how the episode didnt really focus on just Shounen Bat but a different character im really liking this series. |
| Oh wow, what a scary disorder to have. |
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| zomg @the beginning of this episode with the fat guy who was talking to his figures after the intercourse a double personality seems to be very bitter but Shounen bat came to the rescue,I begin to like his short attacks ;) |
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| This was a really good episode... Of course when Kotono Mitsuishi can work her magic, then it's awesome :) |
| Man, I didn't expect the tutor to be a prostitute. |
| I am so intrigued by the fact that Shounen Bat sets them free in a way... mysterymystery |
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| The whole idea of the using the answering machine to communicate between the two personalities was a really neat idea. Highly enjoyed this episode, so glad I decided to pick this series back up. |
| I agree with BurntLettuce in that it was really great way of the two personalities to interact via answer machine, I thought that was a very great idea. It was definitely a creepy episode, and nice that they concentrated on a secondary character, but also that not everybody is as normal as they look ;) its begs the question thought, what are lil'sluggers real intentions, his attacks seem to be helping his victims. |
| This was great psychological horror right there. Shonen Bat's function seems to be reducing the pressure of these people even if his measures to achieve this are quite extreme. |
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aero said: Oh wow, what a scary disorder to have. I agree. I feel really sorry for Harumi. So... little slugger sets people free who have problems and he appears to be young even though I think he has a stubble... no clue... haha; it took me awhile to understand the phone call communication but yeah it was a great touch. |
| HEY! |
| Phenomenal episode, which felt like the second half of Perfect Blue in pacing and content. Mitsuishi Kotono knocked that role out of the park (whoops, bad expression to use for this show). |
HooHiraiBunny said: Apparently the shounen bat has a good influence on his victims. Now I wonder more than ever, what are his real intents? I don't think he had any good intentions when he hit the journalist and Tsukiko. =p I think its just a coincidence to be honest. Anyways, good episode, a huge step up from the first 2. :) |
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| So the teacher is a prostitute? that's odd.. pretty dull episode overall. |
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| What a scary disorder. :( I can't really see the shounen bat as a bad guy... and I also doubt he's been caught. |
burntlettuce said: The whole idea of the using the answering machine to communicate between the two personalities was a really neat idea. Highly enjoyed this episode, so glad I decided to pick this series back up. Yeah, this really made a good episode great. It's a brilliant idea on the story maker's part, which effectively creates a sense of mystery, conflict and the distinction of her personalities causing her to have a double life without her "main" personality knowing about the others' actions. |
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| Just like Perfect Blue... |
| Another good episode. But Little Slugger couldn't have been arrested yet. |
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Arashi89 said: awesome episode |
| I've watched this episode, and boy was it strange. I'm sorry, but though this may be a serious show, this episode cracked me up because she was a school teacher by day and a hooker by night, and at the end, she put too much make up. Really good episode. |
| I knew something was up with that Teacher the moment I saw her. She has Multiple Personality Disorder and on top of that she gets hit by lill slugger. Good episode. Onto the next! |
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| It would be better to have said this after ep 1 but watching this now in 2014, wayy after all the new advancements in technology have been set, is really something. In ep 1 they showed how everyone was glued to their phones and using them for different purposes, many times for shady purposes. It's kind of like the beginning of Serial Experiments Lain and I think I made a similar comment there. This was an incredible episode. Kon's style really shows and Perfect Blue easily comes to mind. The way he shows the characters is so realistic and he tells the story in a masterful way without throwing in tropes or pandering to his audience. He is very much missed. RIP |
| -Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place? -Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. |
| Personality disorder he? Well that sure was very interesting quite realistic put in picture! |
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| I can see perfect blue here. |
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| It's just getting better and better. |
| I loved this episode. I love double personalities. I wish Satoshi was alive. RIP |
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| Satoshi Kon didn't dissapoint again. His way of showing these kinds of disorder is awesome. Now i'm curious about what will happen next. |
| so shounen bat is actually a 'good guy' even though he's technically doing evil...? (this show reminds me of death note kindaaa in this way) |
| No...oh gosh no...that sex scene in the beginning with the otaku...please no... "My figurines, you all did very well!" O_o Total wtf when the prostitute turns out to be Ichi's tutor. This show is pretty weird but I'm liking it so far (the OP is pretty good imo!) |
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| Great episode..the psychological pain is really strong in this ep |
| lol the grandpa drawing. |
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| Unexpected development and every expression speech even just a word was on their places and the whole picture is accomplished! I like this crazy atmosphere even more with every new episode |
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| That was a really intense episode. Honestly, it was extremely selfish of Harumi to get engaged without telling her partner that she had D.I.D. I wonder how she got it, anyway. People with D.I.D. have usually gone through some traumatic experience in the past. It seems like only two of the victims didn't "need" to be hit. Ushiyama and the reporter guy. They were the only ones who didn't benefit from it. Anyway, I'm worried that Maria isn't really gone, though I suppose an incident like that could get rid of her. |
| "It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!" — Richard Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) |
| Ok so it seems Shonen Bat is attacking people with mental illnesses. The mangaka has psychosis brought on by schizoprhenia (paranoid sub-type), the elementary kid seems to have either dependent personality disorder or delusions of grandeur/delusional disorder (thinking more so these ones over D.P.D.), and this women now has Dissociative Identity Disorder (a.k.a. Multiple Personality Disorder). As a mental health counselor this show is very interesting to me. Those 3 seemed to be the main victims they are focusing on; however then that leaves the reporter (possible financial/legal ties to a psychological distress) from the first episode and the fat kid who was being bullied (which this can cause mental distress as well). These are the only two I'm unsure of even though they do have things in their lives that can effect their mental well being. Those things are just not psychological disorders per-say, but more so factors that tie into psychological maladjustment. |
CejaraJan 30, 2016 12:15 PM
| Ah- !! This explains the opening now with everyone laughing even with their backgrounds showing death and disaster (Hospital Rooftop without shoes on, Falling, Poverty, Drowning). Shounen Bat is hurting them to free them of their delusions? And another thing I liked was the early on foreshadowing of crows picking at the trash bags that showed up later on in a big scene showing Chono wanting to free herself after putting Maria's clothing in the bags. I've already said it but I'll say it again- this show is cool as shit. EDIT: Anyone have an idea of how to interpret the old man's drawing of a butterfly this time? Last 2 episodes were easy guesses with Tsukiko's hospital room number and Yuichi's name being shortened to Ichi but I'm pretty confused here now since a butterfly is vague. |
Fresh_MintSep 2, 2016 7:52 PM
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| The otaku talking to his anime figures about having sex with Maria is probably the most humorous scene I've seen in this series so far. Very good episode. |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| Really good episode. I like that it broke from the ongoing plot to give some background on another character. I wonder what the series has in store for her... |
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| So if Shounen Bat sets people free of their problems, why was Shogo Ushiyama a victim? |
| Such a good episode, it gave me a Perfect Blue "vibe", which is pretty neat. |
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