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NotNameless said: Wdym? They couldn't erase her memories of HiroWhy is everyone ignoring how 02 knew who Hiro was all along? Or maybe they are just blind and don't want to see. |
| It's like the guys animating noticed "oh shiet we screwed last episode and now the rating is going down, let's patch up all the mistakes and hope for the best" Bonus comment : the nines were pretty useless, I expected them to be somehow as strong as 02. Also rip suicide-squad you'll be forgotten pretty quickly. |
RobertBobert said: @tambi33 Well, to be honest, the girls in their squad are really enough androgynous. Although people who think that they are homosexual squad are still funny. No boobs + looks like a guy + has anime guy voice = guy until officially proven otherwise. Just seeing their positing isn't enough considering how Ikuno tried to ride which Ichigo using already available option which could possibly mean that male x male connection isn't something impossible. We can't even tell whatever any of them is really a boy or a girl in this age of traps. If only they wore different uniforms or differently colored suits like everyone else it would be easier to tell them apart. And why the hell they had horns? |
 I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| in the end it is just another version of Evangelion lmao |
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| This episode illustrates why and how ep. 14 was a horrible idea. Throughout this series we've seen a lot of back and forth in relationships. Ichigo disliked 02, accepted her, turned against her in one episode, then turned back again the next. Hiro was attracted to 02, was scared of her, accepted her, liked her, accused her of being a monster, then accepted her again. None of this is unnatural. Unnecessary twists and turns happen in real life. But we're talking about an anime in which maintaining emotional engagement of the audience is important. Ep. 13 marked a high point for the series. Ep. 15 could have easily been a continuation of 13 without ep. 14 which only served to take the audience out of the moment. Thinking back at eps. 13 to 15, I'm not sure 14 served any kind of purpose other than padding Ichigo screentime. Ep. 15 was so predictable after 14. Like no one was on the edge of the seat waiting for Hiro to accept 02 again. It was going to happen. You could tell the production team understood how good ep. 13 was (in part because it took people by surprise) and tried to play back parts of it to build the emotional climax in ep. 15, but by that point we weren't going to be impacted in any meaningful way. We knew their past already, and we knew they were going to come back together. The fact that they came back together so quickly only adds to the sense that ep. 14 was a colossal waste of time. Ep. 15 could've been amazing, but it ultimately was just fine because ep. 14 stood in the way. There was another issue with ep. 14. Ep. 15 is likely the start of the real plot for Franxx, but its entrance was so abrupt. Like we all of a sudden were told this is the biggest battle for humanity, people in the white squad reversed gender roles and some of them are just like 02, the higher-ups were talking about freeing people from their bodies, a mother of all klaxos appeared followed by an even bigger klaxo, and we're seeing probably actual human beings coming out of the core of the klaxos. That's a lot of (unexplained) information to throw into one episode. If they were pressed for time, what the hell was ep. 14 doing just wasting it? |
zannettApr 21, 2018 12:08 PM
| I'm so glad they did all thise in one episode would be so long to settle down all this child fights if they didtn do it that quick.... Thanks god , the real plot can begin now i'm so hyped right now. |
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Klad said: NotNameless said: Wdym? They couldn't erase her memories of HiroWhy is everyone ignoring how 02 knew who Hiro was all along? Or maybe they are just blind and don't want to see. Well she knew who Hiro was and still called him fodder and strangled him. Sure she apologized this episode for calling him fodder but damn... Knowing all along your darling was in front of you and still harming him is a pretty messed up thing to do. |
Hakaminah said: RobertBobert said: @tambi33 Well, to be honest, the girls in their squad are really enough androgynous. Although people who think that they are homosexual squad are still funny. No boobs + looks like a guy + has anime guy voice = guy until officially proven otherwise. Just seeing their positing isn't enough considering how Ikuno tried to ride which Ichigo using already available option which could possibly mean that male x male connection isn't something impossible. We can't even tell whatever any of them is really a boy or a girl in this age of traps. If only they wore different uniforms or differently colored suits like everyone else it would be easier to tell them apart. And why the hell they had horns? You forget that all the guys in their squad are in a passive position, but we have already been shown that there are at least two girls there + their leader flirting with Ichigo. Not to mention the female triplets.The only thing that confuses people is one-color suits and an overabundance of tomboy. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/darling-in-the-franxx/images/6/60/9s.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20180408183348 |
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NotNameless said: I don't remember well but I think when she strangled him, she was out of control or something. Klad said: Wdym? They couldn't erase her memories of Hiro Well she knew who Hiro was and still called him fodder and strangled him. Sure she apologized this episode for calling him fodder but damn... Knowing all along your darling was in front of you and still harming him is a pretty messed up thing to do. For the fodder thing... i dont know. Hiro didnt care about it and said that he called her a monster too so it balances out. |
-Stray said: As expected people are praising the show just because of Zero Two and Hiro had a romantic scene, you people would accept anything when it comes to ship, hell this ep coulda been just Hiro and 02 kissing for 24mints and you'll all still say *ITS THE BEST EP, 02 X Hiro OMG SHUSHU ME SO HAPPY FOR THEM* *gag* That being said I knew the massive staff list would not disappoint, this was a really heavy fight ep, the effects and choreography were great, and I knew those yellow like tubes inside the cores were humans! these adults really did a number on their world, now the final boss A.K.A those adults are gonna get it. Personally, I loved this episode because the narrative is finally advancing. I'll admit, I was bored when the episodes were just character development and monster of the week stuff. Seeing big events actually happen and now that it looks like people might FINALLY question Papa has me ultra-hyped. |
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| After episodes with heavy lines and wonderful voice acting like this I'm more and more sure that most of dublovers are seriously retarded (I'm not using this word as an insult here) when they are using arguments like 'people are not able to feel and understand the tone of dialogue and emotions from language that they don't understand' - I feel sorry for them actually. I mean, even if I wouldn't understand Japanese in slightest, I'm 100% sure that I would be able to distinguish quality of VA and all emotions. It's one of the most basic abilities. Additionally, great episode again. |
haves_ said: NotNameless said: Why is everyone ignoring how 02 knew who Hiro was all along? Or maybe they are just blind and don't want to see. re watch the episode, its clearly she's been memory-erased a couple times and only remembered a fraction of it where she only knew there was someone (not particularly Hiro) whom is her Darling Thank you. She remember 3 words, a boy and from that boy she received some of her quirks but that's all. All these people who think that she or Hiro knew it all along should either rewatch or drop this show. |
I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| hmmm I know it they will back together but it's faster than expected they killed last ep drama so fast |
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| Ep 14 was needed for this episode to be amazing. All the tension and conflict and sadness made the characters more mature. That's why Ichigo realized the mistake of not letting Hiro see 02 (even though she had all the motives) and 02 apologized to Hiro for being awful to him. Predictable episode. Seen many anime situations like this one. But very satisfying and cool. |
| meh don't really care for the romance in this anime |
Also, this scene was priceless: |
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haves_ said: Chocoowl said: Ep 14 was needed for this episode to be amazing. All the tension and conflict and sadness made the characters more mature. That's why Ichigo realized the mistake of not letting Hiro see 02 (even though she had all the motives) and 02 apologized to Hiro for being awful to him. Predictable episode. Seen many anime situations like this one. But very satisfying and cool. Its fine for a drama, but to raise a worldwar and probability of assasination, its something else That's people's problem. The anime is very good. |
zannett said: Ep. 15 could have easily been a continuation of 13 without ep. 14 which only served to take the audience out of the moment. Strongly agree with this point, the first thing that came to my mind after I finished this episode was what was the point of ep 14 exactly? I guess they just meant to make Ichigo look worse. |
 I bet people from last week that were throwing tantrums, bitching, and insulting the staff feel like fucking idiots now. Like seriously, last week wasn't the last episode, it serves people right for jumping to conclusions so soon. It's fine to be disappointed or not like an episode, I was disappointed myself, but going ballistic after one episode and demonizing the staff is just ludicrous. Just be patient and see how it plays out. Hell, even if it did play out bad it still does not give you an excuse to personally attack he staff, criticism of the work and their direction is fine, but the personal insults are crossing the line. Anyways, this episode was fantastic. Hiro and Zero Two resolved their problems in probably the best possible way and got together, Goro is the one true bro, Ichigo actually helped resolve Hiro and Zero Two's relationship problem (haters, where art thou?), the Klauxasaurs seem to be connected to humans, the 9s have reverse piloting (wasn't expecting that), Papa and the Apes seem to want everyone to die and be free of their bodies (turning everyone into a super organism? I don't even know), and Strezilia's new form is cool, I like the red. The animation was stellar and the Monogatari-like text on the screen was a nice touch. Also Zero Two held on to her memories and tried not to forget them for so long, she really suffered a lot. I'm happy they resolved the "monster" and "fodder" moments quickly and didn't dwell on that for too long. Hiro was just like "fuck it, we're even, none of that shit matters!" Overall, great episode. I cannot wait to see the rebellion start to happen. Time to take on Papa! |
LoomyTheBrewApr 21, 2018 12:19 PM
| I had to turn the volume down towards the end it almost sounded like zero two and hiro was having sex..... |
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LoomyTheBrew said: I bet people from last week that were throwing tantrums, bitching, and insulting the staff feel like fucking idiots now. Like seriously, last week wasn't the last episode, it serves people right for jumping to conclusions so soon. It's fine to be disappointed or not like an episode, I was disappointed myself, but going ballistic after one episode and demonizing the staff is just ludicrous. Just be patient and see how it plays out. Hell, even if it did play out bad it still does not give you an excuse to personally attack he staff, criticism of the work and their direction is fine, but the personal insults are crossing the line. Dude, people insulted it from episode 6 XD We got to such shitty point, people make opinions on a 24 episode anime's plot from 1 episode. |
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| FINALLY BRO, FUCK ICHIGO, GO ON ZERO TWO |
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| So, do I understand correctly that everyone liked this episode? Or at least to the majority? |
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| Best Episode till now.I am so happy. |
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Orobou said: It's like the guys animating noticed "oh shiet we screwed last episode and now the rating is going down, let's patch up all the mistakes and hope for the best" Bonus comment : the nines were pretty useless, I expected them to be somehow as strong as 02. Also rip suicide-squad you'll be forgotten pretty quickly. A episode can't be corrected in just one week. It's impossible. Episodes are produced like 3 months before. |
haves_ said: LoomyTheBrew said: ...Goro is the one true bro... We need to at least put this on the Hall of Fame Now Gobro completely deserves on his pairing with Ichigo. At least, it does not seem that Ikuno continues to hopes on yuri. |
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| Aside from obvious awesome reunion of 02 and Hiro etc those scenes where last pieces of memories they had before they were sepparated as kids, bias aside those scenes along with follow up culminations of their moments was done in touching af way. I am glad that ichigo let off last amount of grudge she had against 02, they exchanged few attacks and 02 even took few parts of Ichigo XD how symbolic. Goro was mvp of Episode and he is Second best character as far i am concerned since that decision he made in the middle of fight is such sane move dangerous one but it paid off big time best bro indeed. Seems that that random squad that was in middle, between squad 13 and 9-nines were way more noobs then squad 13 was in early too middle episodes, i mean their coordination was sub optimal and seems that they biten way more then they can chew, they were even amazed by some of 13-s standard moves huh. That giant ass Klaxosaur was some major shit, it wrecked everyone and yet it seems that strelitzia wrecked it easy, even easier then those bosses from few eps ago, maybe it was damaged enough before they attacked, or strelizia was in new form i dont remember it having those collors on its neck it just seemed like more armored version or something . That combined with daisuki powah seems too be broken and even old farts aknowleged that it means something major is about too happen. I wonder when i saw that egg that they commented was human, what if all this time they were fighting actual kids or even grown ups in Klaxosaur form or even whole squads in case of those bosses like in this episode? Seems to me that old farts control the arrival of enemies similiar too NGE case. Loved this episode cant wait for next week. |
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haves_ said: i agree its a good entertainment, but please consider people's feelings. The development from Eps13-15 seems a bit rushed out I watched so much damn anime since I was little that I don't really care anymore. Nothing that happens bothers me now. It might feel bad for others though and it's understandable. |
They just have the cheesiest names there. Except for that Hringhgsgvgd, that was probably just someones cat on the keyboard. However after seeing this episode in it's entirety, it's clearly better than the preivious. Not just in the pacing, but also it's tone and momentum. But I couldn't help the rich cheesy stuffing in all those over-hyped fight-scenes. One strike after another was getting bigger blurry lines and explosions by the main coupling, which made it a bit too much for my taste. Like surely you need something to make them look like the prodigies and the SOLE SALVATION FOR MANKIND, but having this ultimate power is always cheap in my eyes. At least they got some new lore out and finally advanced the overall plot which was about goddamn time. Even though they have to do some explaining why and how the things so huge. Plus the whole evil takes human form sounds a bit like Evangelion and maybe Mass Effect 2. Yet, I can't decide if they ripped of blade wolf or Eva... |
| Faith in humanity restored after this episode |
RobertBobert said: @tambi33 Well, to be honest, the girls in their squad are really enough androgynous. Although people who think that they are homosexual squad are still funny. I see that your signature explains your quality of English, I was initially gonna say I couldn't understand what you were trying to say but after reading it twice/thrice. I don't know if the NINE's girls are all that androgynous, but yeah, it's stupid to call them homosexual since their franXX's design could be different. I mean, they even had horns... So they probably took a leaf out of Zero Two's franXX's design. I don't know |
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caio_ken said: People calling Ichigo a bitch or Bitchigo and still hating her are complete retards. It's like those people don't watch the episode when it obvious showed that she finally overcome her flaws both as a person, lover and leader in the end. It was clear that she was worried about Zero Two situation and Goro even points out. Then she see Hiro's memories and she accepts, just like Goro did in the last episode, that she wants them to be happy with each other which she says in the end. It's a fucking resolution for her character that showed during the entire series and people are still in that stupid thing. Ridiculous. Completely agreed. Ichigo is a flawed character like everyone else in the series and this episode really shows how far she has come as a character and showed that she was able to let go of her own selfish wishes in order for Hiro and Zero Two to be happy. I thought it was great development. Some people just have a lot of blind hate towards her and I think that's a shame. I admire her character and how she's been developed, even if I like Zero Two more. |
| So, at last, the love triangle ended with that kiss? let's hope it's like that, hopefully this will start to escalate. |
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tambi33 said: RobertBobert said: @tambi33 Well, to be honest, the girls in their squad are really enough androgynous. Although people who think that they are homosexual squad are still funny. I see that your signature explains your quality of English, I was initially gonna say I couldn't understand what you were trying to say but after reading it twice/thrice. I don't know if the NINE's girls are all that androgynous, but yeah, it's stupid to call them homosexual since their franXX's design could be different. I mean, they even had horns... So they probably took a leaf out of Zero Two's franXX's design. I don't know Yeah, I know :). I mean, that people forget that their team consists of 4 bishonens and four girls, three of whom are poorly noticeable triplets. |
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