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5Loved it!
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4Liked it!
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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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1Hated it
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Average 4.5
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Really weird beginning and I feel sorry for that patient. He needs to be an awkward position for 180 days because of "that" place. He accidentally (?) came to the doctor's place. He was amazed at the nurse who gave him a vitamin shot. Weird... his wife left him and he cannot forget her, so "that" happens? He's been asking for impossibles with the position. Accident happens during the job at the pool. He will need to get over his wife, who wears short skirt and with another guy. He needs to tell her his feeling. lol @ his imagination. His wife thought he has a new wife, because she already has a baby. Though she said sorry to him. He gradually is back to normal. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| My god, just great. So ridiculously random. Plus, he span(spun?) a briefcase on his johnson as well. |
| Still so surreal, still so good. I laughed when his was daydreaming in the restaurant next to his ex-wife. |
| i liked this better than the first one. Through out the episode i was wondering why they focused so much in the coworkers, when he keeps assuming that the problem has to do with the ex-wife, so that's why... Loved the methaphor with stand up with your awkwardness/self opinion! |
| This episode just simply cracked me up. The first episode was flashy to me but then it became acclimated. also lol at Takahiro Sakurai making grimaces so that he looks bad whereas he is actually handsome. |
| somehow, even though this one is just as werid as the first one. I was able to enjoy it much more. maybe it's that I am getting used to the art or maybe this story is better than the first? not sure which but I actually think this will turn out to be a pretty good/great anime. |
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| Funny episode, getting my weekly dose of Kuuchuu Buranko.... It's going to be fun next week.... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Good stuff. I found the directing to be more clever on this episode. Looks like the symptom was invented on the novel, as a hardcore form of priapism. The dualism between his behaviour and his "penis behaviour" was quite funny haha. But more important than that, I found the metaphore about "standing up" on your decisions, and not letting others take advantage of you (the main core of his illness imo) to be very well executed. The show is also full of interesting details, like the animal symbolism (penguins and rhinos), and Irabu's three persona. Thinking about them as Id, Ego and Superego seems to work, but I'm having trouble discerning which persona is what. Kuchu Buranko is probably my favorite show this season. :) |
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| I too think this might be the best of the bunch this season. As for the rhino," The Rhinoceros Sutra" is a very early Buddhist text advocating the merit of solitary pursuit of enlightenment while refraining from worldly pleasures. For what it's worth this is the slightly abridged beginning of the 40 verse "The Rhinoceros Sutra" you can see how it applies to the episode. (the whole thing can be found at: http://www.hermitary.com/solitude/rhinoceros.html) Renouncing violence for all living beings, harming not even a one, you would not wish for offspring, so how a companion? Wander alone like a rhinoceros. One whose mind is enmeshed in sympathy for friends and companions, neglects the true goal. Seeing this danger in intimacy, wander alone like a rhinoceros. In the midst of companions -- when staying at home, when going out wandering -- you are prey to requests. Valuing freedom, wander alone like a rhinoceros. Without resistance in all four directions, content with whatever you get, enduring troubles with no dismay, wander alone like a rhinoceros. Btw, the bird in the first episode was a crane. The Japanese refer to the crane as “the bird of happiness;” the Chinese as “heavenly crane” believing they were symbols of wisdom. |
chinaboatOct 26, 2009 12:30 AM
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| lol that was just great. i guess it sucks being a guy sometimes eh? (i wouldn't know :P ) |
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| Only for the first 50 years or so. - In another forum somebody put forth the theory that the three personae represent the Ego (young man with glasses and long hair), Id (man in the clown suit) and Superego (young boy). This might be correct since the patient never acknowledges there's a different "person" talking to him. |
chinaboatOct 26, 2009 2:31 AM
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| Music and animation is awesome :) Otherwise... This episode was a bit sad D: And wtf. And fun. XD I loved the scene when Taguchi imagined as he yelled on his ex and everyone applaused XD Next ep there is a romance novelist with OCD. Interesting :) |
| Loved the episode! Poor guy but that scene where he shouts at his exwife was epic XD Romance Novelist with OCD, sounds interesting for next week XD |
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| wow wtf that was really funny i havent laughed that much in a while. |
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| This episode was way better than the first one. It was funny and random but also more interesting. Even though I'm a girl, I'm empathized with his embarrassment and awkwardness and helplessness in all those situations. I thought it was well done even though I'm still on the fence about wacky animation. =) Looking forward to more! |
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| This was better than the first episode imo. Really liked it. |
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chinaboat said: In another forum somebody put forth the theory that the three personae represent the Ego (young man with glasses and long hair), Id (man in the clown suit) and Superego (young boy). This might be correct since the patient never acknowledges there's a different "person" talking to him. aah..that might be true..stupid me for not thinkin that earlier. |
     I didn't want to hurt you but you're pretty when you cry. I didn't really love you but I'm pretty when I lie. |
| definitely better than the first epd, lots of funny scenes. Guess I'll stick around some more :D |
| Well, that turned my opinion of this series around. This episode was great. Not as random, imo. Definitely easier on the eyes. I felt sorry for the guy, so I'm glad he stood up for himself at the end. Can't wait for the next episode. Oh, btw, the ED is pretty much awesome. |
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| another awesome episode, i think im really gonna enjoy the rest of the series :D 5/5 |
| I love this show. This episode was hilarious. This series has so much originality (something that lacks in anime these days) and it is just so out there as well. Love the imagery, and also the music is great too :) Easily one of the best this season for me. |
| Amazing series. So next episode is a novelist with OCD? Sounds just like me. XD |
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| That was terrific. I liked this case much more than the first as the theme was much more straight forward to me. As others have mentioned the standing up for himself for himself to stop standing up was presented very well. |
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| At first I was a little scared, but gradually had to smile at parts :) Especially when he had that fantasy when he was with his ex amd he spun a suitcase on his...well, I think you know where XD |
| waaaaaa i'm so happy with this show its so fuckin twisted :9 ñam ñam |
 "I want to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life" |
| Better than the first episode, that's for sure. I'm really loving this, feels like a manga come to life, probably the best thing this season for me, easily. |
| I really liked this episode. Though the vitamin shot felt like canned "animation," and the animation itself felt less dynamic than the first episode, I settled down and enjoyed this more since I knew what to expect. Very good stuff. |
| I agree that this episode was better than the first one and I really enjoyed the symbolism. I started watching this anime with high expectations and I hope it would become an amazing anime like other works of this director (i.e: Mononoke) |
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| this was a totally awesome episode!!I laughed till the end!=) |
| Show's got style and humor and ep 2 is proof of that. Good episode; Tetsuya's fidgeting around trying to hide his condition in front of everyone was hilarious and the conclusion of him standing up for himself was well needed. |
| Great episode. More understandable and funnier than previous one. |
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| I liked it. Wouldn't necessarily say it was better than the first, though. +Random PTSD reference is random. Looking forward to next week! OCD is a favourite disorder of mine. :3 |
yamakasiOct 29, 2009 9:08 PM
| Great episode! Sakurai's expressions were priceless! He did a great job x) That Fukuichi dude still cracks me up with the Angela Anaconda style. It's so stupid xD Next ep is Miki-san's turn! Yooshh! |
| Superb, everything was handled so well. |
| I lol'd, oh, so much. Meat Briefcase spin ftw. |
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| Shit, this one is even better than first one. I loved it a lot. I almost died at briefcase spin scene, oh god. This is just amazing. I like how they described 'standing up' and in fact his penis at that time was actually shrinking... xD... Lots of symbolism, lots of thoughts. This is the best anime this autumn, seriously. |
| It was funny, it was sad, it was awesome I remember seeing that guy on the last ep walking all weird lol |
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| Nice episode, feel bad for the guy though. |
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| Well actually the story isn't that bad but the way telling it is over the top lol! I feel sorry for the poor guy. Couldn't they just drain him or something |
Goo4 said: QFTThis is the best anime this autumn, seriously. This ep was really funny. |
| Not sure why I got to watching second ep after soo long.. Oh goodness sake. This episode was so weird. And I loved it. I have to say all the terrific expressions and Sakurai... BUT HE WAS STILL SO GODDAMN HANDSOME <333333333333333333333333333333333333 Oh that spider sounds scary. Yuck. |
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| That was really funny. |
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| lmao "They'd see you as a guy with a boner pointing a camera at high school girls." |
| really funny ep XDD loool XD |
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