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| Pretty good episode showcasing some backstory for Hiro and Zero Two and how they met each other. She looks so cute. It's a good thing he finally remembered. |
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| Not an episode I should have watched at work...god damn was that full of feels. Fantastic episode, it was everything I've been waiting for. Though that cliff hanger is so brutal waiting a week is going to feel like an eternity. |
| That episode was something else. I agree with a lot of people here that this episode was the best so far in the series. We needed something like this and they delivered magnificently. |
| Can we please get an uncensored scene of Strelizia ripping apart a few of those scientists that were stabbing her to check regeneration abilities? |
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I think her memories was erased too but given she is not a human to begin with, she might be able to remembered part of it later somehow by herself. Now, I am curious on how 02 able to become more human (red blood, a more human skin, less horn, etc), and why suddenly she started to turn back to her previous form. |
| They finally reunited properly! Poor Zero Two and all the other children. What adults are doing is really cruel. Wonder what made them do those things to kids. Definitely the best episode of the series so far. |
| so it was Dr. FranXX and the adults that erased Hiro's memories eh now i wonder why Zero Two did not recognize the face of Hiro though |
| This was so GOOD! I shed mountains haha. |
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| This episode was breath taking. Backstory was executed flawlessly. |
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| Favorite episode of the series right here. Simple, yet emotionally resonant and effective at delivering its message with a tinge of nostalgia, this series of flashbacks boasts incredible imagery, tone balance, and execution that is more cohesively done than anything I have seen from this series thus far. The future is bright for Darling in the FranXX. Let's hope it doesn't fuck up in its 2nd cour. |
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| 02 MUST BE PROTECTED If you still think Ichigo is better than 02 after this episode, then you deserve to be smacked upside the head with a sledge hammer EASILY best episode |
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| Soo after 12 episodes we got a deep view of the story told so far. It's interesting how even now the only one questioning himself is Hiro while the other children care only for themselves. Hiro was the one to give them hope, coming with the names thing, when they were children but was the first to be abandoned as we saw in the early show with them caring more about the papa thing than their meaning to exist. After this episode it's clear as that the first part of the show was to give us a inner view of the few children that will probably survive while others will die in the attempt to rebel. So all the people that complained about the show for the first part should just wait the end of an anime to judge... Even Naruto was good till some point and then ended like... that. >_> |
| I know this one will be a nice episode since saw that preview but damn that's totally exceed my expectation !!!! |
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| I like her red more, really nice ep though, hopefully with this, the series will pick up now. |
| Somehow I feel like those klaxo monsters were either humans themselves or are being controlled by them. Maybe those discarded children? Either way, it's finally picking up :] |
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| Ngl this episode was cute as fuck. That look by Zero Two at the end had me squealing pretty hard in my head |
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| I NEED MORE I CANT WAIT ANOTHER FUCKING WEEK >.< |
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| This show is starting to turn from fine to great. They foreshadowed everything very well, and I'm looking forward to next week. Definitely the best episode thus far, imo. |
| IT WAS AMAZINNNNNNNNNNNNNNG !!!!!!!! Cant wait to watch 14 episode!!!! At end of the book the princess beast has to kill the prince to become human and so she leaves him...the drama is big...I HOPE THAT WONT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE EPISODES..DAMN JUST SPREAD LOVE EVERYWHERE..NO MORE DRAMA ! |
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| Best episode so far without a doubt. |
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cupc said: Ngl this episode was cute as fuck. That look by Zero Two at the end had me squealing pretty hard in my head Yea...same here....that look.. |
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| Ahh my heart when She said Ewww Tooooo T-T This was definitely the best episode so far the feels ;-;   |
rsc-pl said: I expected a boring recap, but... Wow. It was epic. Also, video editing and composition was even greater than before. This episode was storyboarded by one of most brilliant mind in the series, Noriko Takao. She also directed and storyboarded episode 5, which is technically more amazing. But damn, even with just storyboard, you can instantly feel her touch all over the episode and it really fits the narrative too. |
 dat ending, fuck my life |
| The looks on Hiro and Zero Two's faces realizing the truth of each other really hit home for me. |
| Well, it was a rather unusual episode. Yes, it well reveals the true nature of their relationship and personality, but did I understand correctly - Zero is not a human and she is actually childhood friends with Hiro? |
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| AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Man how can an episode be this cute and tragic at the same time, i can't- Zero Two as a child is so freaking adorable, same for Hiro ;; the last scene when they were crying hit me hard.. my poor children D: I hope they can have a different ending than the ones in that picture book, they deserve to be happy together. |
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| OMG! What an episode! Definitely one of the best episodes so far, or even the best one! It's so goooooooood omggggggggggg I'm glad that at least in the end they have shown us that Hiro said to her that she is the girl with the book! Because they could have ended the episode without it...like a total cliffhanger, at least it was partial xD But OMG! OMG! OMG! That ending!!! Why you make us wait another week? I want to see the next episode plsssss I've been waiting for this episode for so long, now we know so much!!!! It explains everything! I can't wait for next episode to see 02's complete reaction, and not like 1sec like in this episode! Now we know why she loves the word "Darling" so much, it's the only word that she remembers from Hiro. The soundtrack, the story, the "book reading", everything made this episode so good! I think i've never seen her with such a happy face (not counting that episode where she had that amazing smile). Don't show us their faces crying like this if we have to wait another week!!!! omggggggggggg :( <3 can't wait for next week!!!  @geotraceur |
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| This was such a damn strong episode, moving the dark edgy stuff that was happening to them and how fcked up their world is and most of all how much of a fucking dicks those adults are for literally experimenting on kids and injecting whatever the fuck those are and torture experimenting the little demon loli who couldnt even defend herself aside which pissed me off in more ways than one that all they give the kids are candies for fucking with them!!! I feel for 02, bitch had it rough, I am happy that both of them now knows they were the ones that were together back then, his and her face after the realization that he/she was the kid back then had all the feels overflow in me... No, stop, dont fuck with my feels |
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| Them feels man. Things be gettin' real now. But if that story is a metaphor of what is to come in this story, I feel like one of the two of them will wind up getting the axe in the end. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
Fire13rin said: She is turning into more of a monster because she is riding with Hiro who is speeding up the Saurlization process. Though, correct me if I am wrong. It shows up near the end when Zero Two goes into maniac mode and Hachi and Nana are discussing the Saurlization. The image shown in that scene is a rough outline of two human's and 'veins' and spreading throughout is the color blue are Zero Two's blood. I see... is it because Hiro was able to repel 02's curse in episode 6? I am guessing in the past, 02 would absorb her partner's humanity so she would become closer to human, but now Hiro is the one who absorb 02's or 02 simply unable to absorb hiro's anymore for some reason, huh? |
Am I the only one who noticed the hair color change?  like did spending time with hiro affect her physically? |
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| Young Zero Two has to be the most adorable thing I've ever seen this year! |
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RobertBobert said: Well, it was a rather unusual episode. Yes, it well reveals the true nature of their relationship and personality, but did I understand correctly - Zero is not a human and she is actually childhood friends with Hiro? Yes, 02 is not human, probably a klaxosaur evolved to be closer to human. Hiro and 02 met when they were child, so yes they are childhood friend I guess. Only their memories erased, so they couldn't remember. |
| I sure do hope the rest of the episodes can be as good as this one to wrap up the 2nd cour in a good note |
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