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Average 4.3
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Jan 28, 2013 5:57 PM
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Intense episode; Quon X Ayato all the way
Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone
Mar 19, 2013 11:07 PM
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The best anime episode that I have watched in the last month.
"When life gives you lemons, make orange juice, then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it."
Jul 29, 2013 6:56 PM
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The most confusing aspect of the show is the pairings. I think we can all safely say that we saw Kim and the Major coming as well as it breaking Meg's heart. Now what happens? Wouldn't this mean that Ayato is a cousin to...
Let this be our little secret, no needs to know we're feeling HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER!
Nov 1, 2013 5:14 PM
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So it's back to Tokyo . . . I wonder if they will be able to leave after entering again, I feel like they will trap them in there.
Mar 26, 2014 4:25 AM
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Another outstanding episode. Well, that's like a normality to Rahxephon tbh.
So many unrequited emotions.
5/5
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Mar 19, 2015 6:41 AM
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MastaJ said:
The best anime episode that I have watched in the last month.


This is so true. This episode shined in its directing especially - the pacing was perfection and the scene with Ayato walking with Quon was ingenious. I had lost interest during the recent episodes for some reason, but now I feel pretty hype again. But it probably wasn't the show's fault, I just wasn't in the mood earlier.
Feb 6, 2017 7:11 PM
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Great episode, loved the angst.
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May 26, 2017 8:42 PM
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This was a nice episode. Some of the confusion is starting to clear up or at least we can see that we're moving towards some resolutions.
Dec 20, 2019 7:51 PM
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A pretty good episode. I like the interactions between Ayota And Quon.
Jan 25, 2021 2:37 PM

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Itsuki's real home...the house where he, Isshiki and Helena were raised in.

Yup, so the uncle compares finding Maya Kamina to the Kaguyahime from the Japanese folktale so I'm certain that means she's adopted and that Haruka and Ayato aren't biological cousins.

SLAP

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Nov 28, 2021 9:07 PM

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Amazing episode!

Alot of things were revealed in this episode!

Watari is most likely Ayato's father. If only Ayato had listened to him. He was already hinting it to Ayato, but he's too emotional to pick up the signal.

Even Watari's hair and looks does remind me of Ayato, if he becomes an old man!

Poor Megumi. Had to learn that her best friend (Kim) is going out with the one she likes (Souichi).

Still, she took it like a champ. Though it kinda felt like she just went to Ayato for comfort.

Now Sayoko and Isshiki are off now? So many relationships falling apart!

Haruka is really showing strong feelings towards to Ayato. Even hearing "My Dear" from Ayato is already making Haruka break.







Quon learned Shogi so quickly!

So Ayato and Quon plans on going to "Tokyo Jupiter" where they originally came from. Which is Mulian people. They will decide to stay there and come back to the human world.

So the one with Haruka and everyone is the real human world. Though why is Ayato's Blood red? Was he transferred from Human to Mu?

Also, Quon and Ayato going to "Tokyo Jupiter" really reflects the story a little bit of "The Tale of Princess Kaguya"



Jul 31, 10:16 PM

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Finally we see some heartbreak and now Ayato is off to Tokyo Jupiter
"Perfection is perception. For me, humanity's imperfections is what makes it perfect"

Sep 19, 6:40 AM
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I guess this is the point where people that don't like the show have all dropped off or stopped commenting on episodes before the final one. Its really funny watching an episode and thinking "man that was some boring unnecessarily vague crap" and then seeing these threads where everyone is tripping over themselves to say how the "pacing was perfection" and they "love the angst". Of all possible things to say about this show, praising its pacing is just a sign that I will never be able to take that person's praise or criticism of any media seriously. Whatever, in a year or two when the next person slogs their way through this show I'll probably look like the weirdo asshole wasting my time ranting about each episode. However, this show is booty buttcheeks and unless it does things very differently in the last ten episodes I will not be convinced by whatever weirdos tag me and tell me I'm wrong (already got one in the episode 12 thread).

It is also incredibly funny that this show uses the term "absolute barrier" in place of "absolute territory" in the most "you can copy my homework but change the answers a bit so we don't get caught" move. As I've said a few times, 1) this show is obviously inspired by Evangelion and 2) I think most of the things it copies (including this) are pretty insubstantial. However, to steal something as iconic as "absolute territory", a phrase that has entered common usage in Japanese and that everyone knows the origin of, and put such a half-assed twist on it is just really really funny. For all the other ridiculous terminology the show has they couldn't have made up some nonsense like "Non-Linear Chronos Wave Distortion" or some shit?
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