What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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Average 4.4
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I'm speechless. It was a fantastic episode. Graphics, animation, sounds, everything. 10/10 Only the plot is a bit unclear to me. |
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Morkand-san said: It was a fantastic episode. I second this. It seems it took this show 4 episodes to become really, really good. One of the best this season, I daresay. Yes, the storyline is a bit unclear, but I guess that what makes it so interesting. |
| That meat died. |
| Wow i wonder if Colio is really gone for good as he looked to be a pretty central figure in the show, what with the book girl falling in love with him through time and stuff. |
| I guess this is the end of the first arc? Poor Meatkid, but he found his love in the end <3 Sudden infodump at the end of the episode though, what's up with Griisan (my nickname for Volken) betraying everyone suddenly? |
| Wow..i must say i'm impressed, that was great..but wait did Colio just died there??? damn.. Love beyond time and space..the scene when Colio and Shiron sat together watching the sunset is great.. Yup i agree, with this probably the end of the first arcs..i hope next arc is more interesting and intense |
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| the story with colio and shiron seemed a little to much like a chicken and the egg type thing. How did colio get the books about the future, if he was part of her inspiration, without knowing it. As for what seems like the main story, wtf volken? |
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| So now he finally became a BOOK, I guess I am done with this anime. |
 "A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie." |
| This show had a 7 in my ratings. Now it has a 10. I loved the idea of Colio and the Laughing Witch, two people from different times, falling in love by finding out about one another. Quite original. Also, I am glad for what happened to Colio. He might have died, but in the end he turned into a human and both he and the witch died satisfied, knowing that they destroyed a great evil. Also, the battle between Meseta and Segal was tense and exciting. While animation was not best at times, the content of battle was exciting and you never were able to guess who and when will win. Probably the best show of this season, I dare say. |
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Siva said: So now he finally became a BOOK, I guess I am done with this anime. Yeah that was pretty much my thought. Overall I really enjoyed the episode. Plus you had the interesting mix of Shiron and Colio acting in the ways they knew were necessary. I suppose it's fitting that they both acted in the way that caused the other to fall in love with them right before their respective deaths. Of course the downside is that they are both dead. Not to mention Colio was about all that was keeping my attention to this series. Now that he's dead it's "meh who cares what happens now?" Maybe if it looks like Hamutz is about to bite it I might keep going since I really don't like her. |
| umm wait...Is Colio really dead. He & Shiron was the main reason I was watching the anime. If someone really knows for sure if he is dead or not perferable someone who read the manga let me know. Cause if he is dead..I'm done watching this series. D: so let me know. |
umm wait...Is Colio really dead. He & Shiron was the main reason I was watching the anime. If someone really knows for sure if he is dead or not perferable someone who read the manga let me know. 1. Not every anime is based on manga you know. Some, like this one, are based on novels 2. Yes, he is dead. There is no chance that eh survived and looking at the fact that their story is complete, there is no reason to let him live any more as that would just make it dragged out and ruin it. The Shiron&Colio arc is finished. |
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| That kind of sucks. The shiron & colio story was the main reason i enjoyed the show so far too. THe armed librarians, other than Hamutz, have mostly been uninteresting (although now the never kill an innocent do gooder found out someone he hates is alive so abandons everything to seemingly get revenge, what?). Will be interesting to see if the rest can keep it interesting. It just seems kind of crappy that they put so much focus on Shiron and her book and then just drop her immediately. While of course it is possible for things to change, Hamutz seems too one dimensional to be the sole main character. It would be like a black lagoon with only Revy (which is whom Hamutz reminds me of strongly). |
MurbellaOct 23, 2009 2:42 PM
Nayrael said: 2. Yes, he is dead. There is no chance that eh survived and looking at the fact that their story is complete, there is no reason to let him live any more as that would just make it dragged out and ruin it. The Shiron&Colio arc is finished. Well it should be ok like this,but still it's sad... In the beginning I was thinking about something like resurection of Shiron after collecting all pieces of her book and then she could live happily ever after with Colio,but i guess it's not happening. Anyway...it was realy great how Shiron and Colio fell in love with each other though they are from different times.And the scene with them sitting together was...sad,but nice to see that they found happiness. Now i'm realy curious about the old man with "the stone sword of spent time".I have an assumption that he might be the God of the past - Bantorra.He is realy suspicious...appearing here and there giving pieces of Shiron's book to Colio and then giving a whole book(probably of big importance) to Volken.He's gotta be some big fish :/ |
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Nayrael said: umm wait...Is Colio really dead. He & Shiron was the main reason I was watching the anime. If someone really knows for sure if he is dead or not perferable someone who read the manga let me know. Yes, he is dead. There is no chance that eh survived and looking at the fact that their story is complete, there is no reason to let him live any more as that would just make it dragged out and ruin it. The Shiron&Colio arc is finished. I'm watching this because of Colio's seiyuu. If he's not appearing anymore, then I'm going to drop this. |
tsubasaloverOct 23, 2009 11:56 PM
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| *sniffle* Colio got impaled...... I liked him......But, this was a great episode. Looks like this arc id over and I'm excited for the next one. |
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| so is he dead or what? so now the librarians are going to go after the church? this series still has me confused at times |
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| The crap? One of the 2 characters I liked is dead meat. Here waiting for some more intersting characters to show up next ep since I can't watch this simply for Meseta and gotta endure Mr.Want-to-grow-up-but-wind-up-sucking-his-mama-*beep* >_> *yawn* bored... Guess Imma go get some laughs with Seitokai no Ichizon now and forget about Mr.gayass-who-wanna-become-a-porn-book... PS: Is it THAT good the fight scene? Since the only good thing that I saw about it is the beginning when Meseta spinning around and throwing rocks at Mr.gayass-who-wanna-become-a-porn-book then most of the rest is all about Mr.gayass-who-wanna-become-a-porn-book goes babbling on and on and Meseta goes "Ahn, ahn, ahn...." as well as getting her clothes torn off... And why did her shirt didn't fall off from all those slashes? The heck? |
BitchMasterOct 23, 2009 4:52 PM
 If he's not with us, he's AGAINST us!!! |
| the only interesting character just died? /dropped. |
| wow.. just wow.. this episode is really great.. now that is what you call a love that transcends time and space.. now if colio is dead, they better have a new arc that is just as good if not better than this and with good characters as well.. they could put some better character development for the permanent characters as well since for now, they're really not doing well.. |
| Hamutz Meseta is sooo fucking badass! And her voice is so sexy + teasing as well :o |
GreatRumbler said: If the show can be good once it can be good again, no reason to drop it just because one character died. Well, thing is that one of the reasons that made this show good is outta the way now so of course that would raise suspicion from viewers. And not to mention that the "GREAT" Volken seems to have a very high chance for the show to focus on in the following arcs.... And you know what that means, rite? |
If he's not with us, he's AGAINST us!!! |
| I really didnt enjoy the 1st episode, but this anime just continues to get better. This last one was great, but as others have mentioned Colio seemed to keep the interest going. Im curious to see if the next one will live up to episode 4. |
| What the fuck did I just watch. If only Hamutz had actually died, sigh. |
yamakasiOct 23, 2009 7:59 PM
| Wow, so apparently I'm one of the few that is glad Colio died. I really didn't like him that much at all. I like this series better for killing him, although if characters I like die in anime, I tend to become more interested. Also, when the train was falling, I couldn't help but feel sorry for its conductor who had the misfortune of being collateral damage. |
TheKorolev said: Also, when the train was falling, I couldn't help but feel sorry for its conductor who had the misfortune of being collateral damage. Only the conductor and not the passengers? Wow, do you have a "conductor" fetish or what? 0-o |
If he's not with us, he's AGAINST us!!! |
| Yeah i don't feel sorry at all for some poor guy who probably got kidnapped by a cult, had a bomb implanted in his chest and then was brainwashed to believe he was a bomb whose only purpose was serve the church higher ups and suicide attack a very large breasted librarian. That conductor though, i feel sorry for him... |
BitchMaster said: It looked like a freight train, not a passenger train so I assumed there was no one else on board, although there just may have been.TheKorolev said: Also, when the train was falling, I couldn't help but feel sorry for its conductor who had the misfortune of being collateral damage. Only the conductor and not the passengers? Wow, do you have a "conductor" fetish or what? 0-o & @ Falatorx, I was just making a half joke about the people you don't see in fights like that. I felt bad for Colio yeah, I just didn't like him like other people did, it was more indifference. |
| -sniff- Meat is dead. Good episode, but I thought that Colio&Shiron story is going to be the main theme of the anime xP Guess not. Meh, Volken's cool too, so it's ok. |
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| Poor Colio... I really liked his character. But now I'm more curious about Volken and Mirepoc. |
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| So.. now the OP has further distincted itself from their earlier songs.. It's good : > And how did Colio get that cat's pattern to look like Shiron's hair? O.o And.. Colio's.. Colio's.... Colio! D: It was sad already that Shiron was beheaded in the past, but to kill Colio in such a manner too, that was cruel D: Although they apparantly got a sweet moment in the end, so it's fine I guess. And what the heck i Volken up to now?=.=' |
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| Aww. Colio and Shiron over? D: Hopefully next episode will be interesting... |
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Oosran said: And what the heck i Volken up to now?=.=' He's at his basement, fapping to Superman-iac wearing grandma panties, and learning from him on how to be Jesus? |
If he's not with us, he's AGAINST us!!! |
| This episode left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, if Colio is dead, then I'm happy because the most banal part of the story is over. That whole thing with Calico was just beyond dumb. On the other hand, if that really is it, they spent the whole of these four episodes only on this story and not really setting anything up. We have a very narrow view of how this world works, and I felt like the writers panicked a little trying to shoehorn all of this information in at the end. As it is, I don't trust the writing to give anything well-defined or interesting, and the production itself is just as inconsistent. If any other studio had done the fight on top of the train, I could have been excited, but this was just so underwhelming to me on so many levels. |
| Awww, the Shiron&Colio arc is what held me to the series in the first place. I'm still going to stick with it. I want to see how things turn out with the new arc. |
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| Interesting future-past communication between Calico and Corio. Interesting that Calico would fall in love with a man in the future who will read her book.... Corio looks dead to me :/ |
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| The fight scene was cool, but I'm getting bored with this series.. |
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| Heh, a "love transcends time and space" formula that actually worked. Really great episode, but it seems that it might not be worth watching the anime past this point.... |
| Excellent episode. This Colio & Shiron stuff was ok, but Meseta, Librarians and the Sect are so much more interesting to me that I'm glad Meatkid is finally gone for good. The train was indeed a freight one, poor conductor anyway. If it was not magically automated or something like this. Ah, Hamyuttsu was so Alucardi-sh during that fight =). Looking forward for the next episode. |
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| man they killed my homie Colio off..*Sheds tear* ahh well i'll still keep watching :p |
| Simply superb episode. Don't know if Colio will come back or not, but this was some fantastic battle and great developments. This show is clearly the best surprise of the season. |
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Jacut said: Simply superb episode. Don't know if Colio will come back or not, but this was some fantastic battle and great developments. This show is clearly the best surprise of the season. aye it's one of the best animes this fall i'd say |
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