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| Here's something to think about for those who believe Yuri is Momoka. Look closely at the picture of Momoka Notice anything interesting about it? Like a birth mark of some sort on her chest? Now if Yuri really was Momoka, she should have that mark too. Unfortunately, I don't have episode 7 (the episode where Yuri was dressed in the lowest-cut dress we see her in), and the TV news article in Episode 8 has a microphone in the way of the important part, But I think I would remember seeing such a mark if she had one, so I think that Momoka = Masako is more likely. Considering the circumstances, Mario could be somebody that Momoka found on the train with her and decided to look after, as there is a distinct possibility of Mario's parents dying in the attack to protect Mario. Or maybe Momoka protected Mario as his parents abandoned him to protect an older sister called Yuri? |
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diadora said: Jazzalyn said: A bit after the scene with the man on the phone, there were two men who got out of a van and nodded to each other. They both kind of look like older versions of Kanba and Shouma. So I'm guessing that those two are brothers maybe? I'm thinking one of those men was the one on the phone. So maybe - one of them died in the blast and adopted the others son? Which would make Kanba and Shouma cousins instead of brothers. These two looked EXACTLY the same, as identical twins. So probably Tabuki-dad had a twin or something?? No, that's not it. If you look at the scene again, it's actually only their father, first nodding to one side, then nodding to the other. |
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| Momoka (face not shown) = Himari (reincarnation)? About adopted brother, maybe its Shou, because he doesn't look anything like his mom or dad. Kanba has to be Himari sibling or else the motivation and emotions behind the incest love, will most its effect. |
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MapleRose said: Another thing I noticed, when the father got the call from the hospital about the birth, he said it's a boy, meaning, there's only one baby, not twins. Hmm... And in the preview, it looks like they got the diary back... That kept bothering me too. I was thinking that maybe it was a typo, but since they kept repeating it, most likely not. sexiji said: So sad... I loved that scene, so I had to pause it and get the screenshot!!! |
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| Hmm the penguin disappeared when Himari flat lined and died. So if Shou or Kanba dies then their respective penguin will die with them?? |
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Notice anything interesting about it? Like a birth mark of some sort on her chest? I think that's the design on her shirt? I thought she might be wearing a necklace at first, but the" skin" below that line on her neck is paler than above. It does look kind of like the tip of that peach symbol though. |
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spigot said: This has to be the best new show in ages; not just this season. |
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| Probably the best ep so far. The show is really getting good now. I feel bad for finding that scene at the end between the Penguin Queen and Kanba hot, but alas... |
nonlly said: spigot said: This has to be the best new show in ages; not just this season. It's getting really good to be in the top for this year right now. If it's as mind-blowing and possibly better than Steins;Gate, then damn, it has to be. We just have to see. xD |
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| wow some nice Kanba x Himari scenes, I guess the gas attack was replaced with huge scale explosions I wonder where that mark on Tabuki's fingers are holy freak I teared up so bad near the end O_O Shouma going all trance was pretty cool too since it never happened before lol THE PINK HAIRED DEVIL HAS REAPPEARED YET AGAIN O_O but seriously penguins and bunnies ._. way to integrate cute animals into a rather dramatic and complicated plot but hey who's complaining right ;) |
nonlly said: spigot said: This has to be the best new show in ages; not just this season. |
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FOEbulous-max said: Yeah, that's a shirt. But related to that, Episode 8 was when I first started to think that Yuri was Momoka because this is where Ringo lives:Here's something to think about for those who believe Yuri is Momoka. Look closely at the picture of Momoka Notice anything interesting about it? Like a birth mark of some sort on her chest? Now if Yuri really was Momoka, she should have that mark too. Unfortunately, I don't have episode 7 (the episode where Yuri was dressed in the lowest-cut dress we see her in), and the TV news article in Episode 8 has a microphone in the way of the important part, But I think I would remember seeing such a mark if she had one, so I think that Momoka = Masako is more likely. And this is where Yuri lives: Now, it's just suspicious on it's own that there's anything connecting Ringo and Yuri. Their only connection should be Tabuki. But the decoration on the door looks kind of like a peach to me. It might be a pretty big jump, but, from what little I can see of the illustration on Momoka's shirt, it looks like that also might be a peach... or an an upside-down heart. I'm not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but, like Ringo's name means apple, Momoka's name means peach. Another possible peach: Added irony if the Yuri = Momoka theory proves true: |
| wow so much imagery!!!!!!!!!! this episode was amazing. i dont really even know what to predict cuz i know its gonna ef up my mind in the end. i am really interested in shouma right now. whats his deal? i feel so bad for all of them...their lives are so tragic. |
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VioLink said: I came. Win pic of the day. |
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| in before my longer comment about this episode. DrHouse said: is it really a peach? I mean.. have I up till now been eating wrong peaches? I've never seen a peach with such a sharp tip.. so could anybody point me to it? what I did notice in that "peach" symbol is in fact a "moon" symbol, e.g., compare it to this pic: |
soulelle said: Eh, I think that they're usually drawn with a bit of a tapered end. These are some examples I get from a quick Google image search:in before my longer comment about this episode. DrHouse said: is it really a peach? I mean.. have I up till now been eating wrong peaches? I've never seen a peach with such a sharp tip.. so could anybody point me to it? what I did notice in that "peach" symbol is in fact a "moon" symbol, e.g., compare it to this pic: http://www.teareviewblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/peach_tea_sign.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QM-BpxfqrTY/TVA8HvkiYCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/s1DzCU22A2o/s748/peach.jpg Granted, it's not usually that extreme, but I'm going to just use the excuse that it's obviously a very stylized representation of whatever it's supposed to be. I honestly can't think of what else it could be. The "moon" is just a very small part of it, and it doesn't explain what the green things/"leaves" or the pink thing/"peach" are. |
| I think that the peach looks like a stylized anime peach. I knew what it was right away. Momoka means "peach tree flower" so there's some connection there. |
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| imo it's a peach, very stylized and simplyfied, still the shape and proportions are correct. i'm liking this theory a lot ♥ this would also explain why yuri was never upset with ringo trying to obviously steal tabuki from her |
| IMO, that peach in the anime really just looks like an upside down heart symbol. That crescent moon is a good point out though, I don't know what it means. |
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Maddo_scientisto said: ephemeralM said: Orulyon said: you mistook Masako for Yuri? Mario is Masako's brother and there's no connection between him and Yuri yet.- Momoka might be Yuri? (so who is Mario and why is she with him?). Yes he mixed some things up. I would be more tempted to say that Momoka might be Yuri. Momoka's diary is fate and everything that happened in the book happened to Yuri. S***, i meant Masako (Natsume) lol. thanks for reminding me. But well...we could have a possibility of Momoka being related to Yuri somehow. Yuri is just too "innocent" till now, and in Ikuhara, everyone always is connected to something. But then, again, we dunno who is Mario, we just know that they´re probably siblings since they share the same surname. btw, im a girl XP Anyway, the hair color of Masako kinda looks like a bit of Momoka´s hair color... And Damn, Shouma is probably adopted, so, we still have the incest pairing XP FTW. and also,...did anyone noticed in the YayPepsi said: Momoka means "peach tree flower" so there's some connection there. well, all i know is that the peaches in Japanese folklore and culture, symbolize "longevity" or "immortality". So i think its something so weird to give a name with that meaning to a girl who died so soon. It could be a coincidence, but i dont think it is, since we all see a lots of apples in the show, and Ringo means apple.and everyone and everything is connected somehow. Other thing i noticed is that on the opening we can see Ringo disappearing into flames, who actually look like the flames "ashes" that "mary" stole from the goddess to put on the Apple Tree... |
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| That was intense. I got kinda bored when Shouma started talking about Mary and lambs though. |
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SoFarGone said: That was intense. I got kinda bored when Shouma started talking about Mary and lambs though. If you say so, then the last 11 eps must be boring too. He basically did a retelling of what happened between the siblings in fairy tale format. |
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Jacut said: This time, it really feels like Himari is dead, or more specifically, there would be no point in making her die a second time if it wasn't definitive. Fantastic episode. I kinda agree there, why make her die if it's not definitive. Yet at the same time, the Princess (was her name ever mentioned? I keep on seeing ppl refer to her as the Princess of Crystal but don't remember seeing her referred to as such in the series) seems like a very important part of the plot, so I don't see them taking her out. As for the story with Mary and the Lambs, I think it was something that happened before the series started. Mary is the father, and the Goddess is probably Sanetoshi, and they struck a deal or something in order to save the Apple Tree, which possibly represents Takakura mother. But the price for the deal was Himari's life |
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| Btw, I'd like to notify people about what happened here... |
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MelonSama said: How can this show be so perfect? If only the MAL ratings were much higher... :\ |
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SoFarGone said: That was intense. I got kinda bored when Shouma started talking about Mary and lambs though. I was wondering what kind of crack he was smoking his sister is dying and he talking about nursery rhymes and shit. |
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GigaSPX said: Btw, I'd like to notify people about what happened here... What happened there? |
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soulelle said: I believe it's a kind of stylised peach, like other people have said. The peach in momotaro for example is also drawn this way. It's quite common in Japanese art.in before my longer comment about this episode. DrHouse said: is it really a peach? I mean.. have I up till now been eating wrong peaches? I've never seen a peach with such a sharp tip.. so could anybody point me to it? what I did notice in that "peach" symbol is in fact a "moon" symbol, e.g., compare it to this pic: |
Amaya-no-Hime said: diadora said: Yeah I did! My first guess was that their uncle who's in charge of their house is the father's twin, but that seems a bit too simple...And why there were 2 fathers at one instance? Anybody noticed that ?? Anyway, yet another amazing episode. So many little hints that give rise to tons of theories. I guess it's not really the sarin gas attacks... probably inspired by them though. I noticed the "it's a boy" too. I like the theory that Shouma/Kanba is actually the dad's dead twin brother's kid. I said this in a different topic, but it's the same person, just two different screenshots. He was actually nodding to the two NPCs standing next to the van as he got out. He was nodding them to proceed with the plan. Why they said it's a boy beats me, but it's possible the doctors didn't detect another child when they got the first one out. VioLink said: GigaSPX said: Btw, I'd like to notify people about what happened here... What happened there? Ha, my bad. I wanted to ask people around here that question. |
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| I'll say, it's a neat theory everyone was having about twin fathers, but I rewatched it just once to confirm it. I really do want to know what happened with kid Tabuki's hand at the funeral... |
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| That was a strange incestuous scene between Kanda and Himari. So in the end, fate has rejected Kanda's insistence that he take this sister's place. |
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| I never got the impression that Kanda wasn't "strong" enough to save Himari, but perhaps Himari fighting the Princess to not take away his life force. I mean, if it was Himari's decision, there is no way she would let him go through with something like that for her, right? That was one emotional rollercoaster of an episode. Penguindrum, you are definitely sitting in a smug spot of a 10 right now! |
| too much foreshadow this show it is..... |
| So much win......crammed into a 23 minute show.....how is that possible?! Love the show, want to learn more about Shouma's Father and the organization he worked for. |
| I strongly believe that Shoma's story about Mary and the Little Lambs refers to his own family. Most likely the father did something that he wasn't supposed to do and now poor Himari is facing the consequences. This series is very confusing but awesome at the same time. I can't wait to see how everything plays out. |
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| Whatever those scars were, it seems Tabuki has shed them in his adulthood. |
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MapleRose said: Jacut said: I kinda agree there, why make her die if it's not definitive. Yet at the same time, the Princess (was her name ever mentioned? I keep on seeing ppl refer to her as the Princess of Crystal but don't remember seeing her referred to as such in the series) seems like a very important part of the plot, so I don't see them taking her out.This time, it really feels like Himari is dead, or more specifically, there would be no point in making her die a second time if it wasn't definitive. Fantastic episode. As for the story with Mary and the Lambs, I think it was something that happened before the series started. Mary is the father, and the Goddess is probably Sanetoshi, and they struck a deal or something in order to save the Apple Tree, which possibly represents Takakura mother. But the price for the deal was Himari's life Nuffsaid. This show is aiming for my favorites, every episode makes me more curious and sometimes give me a mindfuck, but I like that. In my opinion Himari is dead for sure, it won't make any sense if she dies 3 times. At least not from the current perspective. GigaSPX said: Btw, I'd like to notify people about what happened here... Same for me. |
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