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Dec 15, 2009 1:30 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Sleep, Doctor, Sleep?


i don't get the title

oh wait

now I do

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Jul 12, 2010 9:03 AM
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It was a good episode, with some action and Yusuke almost killing a human being =O

Next ep looks like it will be based on Kuwabara
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Sep 23, 2010 12:53 PM
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i say he should have just killed the bastard

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Dec 18, 2011 5:51 AM
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Rasco said:
i say he should have just killed the bastard


Yeah. But anyway isn't stupid letting him live? Even if his in prison, for powerful people like them it won't be a problem escaping or getting him out.
Dec 29, 2011 4:20 PM
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It still amazes me how people on this site are so easy to say "kill"

Anyway, IU'm not sure about this arc, but I already love the villains. They look, sound and act like villains.
Jul 12, 2013 11:57 PM
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The "weird" animation is back again. And I really don't like it. It's like an FLCL animation done in a very bad way with more shadows, thin lines and different faces of the characters... But anyway, on to the next episode!! Hoping for more action (with hopefully zero weird animation like this ep)
Aug 22, 2014 5:10 PM
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That was so trippy. Doctor's speech at the end was a bit eerie. "I intended to kill. Not just somebody, but everybody."
Sep 20, 2014 11:00 AM
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If I was in Yusuke's shoes, I'd definitely kill the guy. It was a choice between the lives of the people in the hospital and a psychotic doctor. It's practically a no-brainer.
Jan 28, 2015 4:59 PM
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Veethorn said:
It still amazes me how people on this site are so easy to say "kill"


This is the life of a guy who relishes massacring innocent lives when he has the ability to save lives. There's utterly nothing precious about his life. Like mugihat said, saving innocent lives prioritizes not trying to kill a psychotic individual. Your naive type of thinking will only lead to aggravate the endangerment of the innocent.
Feb 10, 2015 3:50 AM
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Ermm, why the hell did he just not kill the Doctor? He's already killed a billion human looking demons and now he has a problem with killing a human that is doing things worse than any demon has so far..

All these innocent people are about to die and yet you're still trying to save the one causing it? OK..

Anyway, what's the stopping the doc from just walking out of the prison? Surely it would just be child's play for him based on his powers..
Mar 8, 2015 9:40 AM

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Yusuke is such a wuss, at this point he still hasn't matured enough to be a respectable MC.

That guy was worse than most of the demons shown till now, wth was the problem of him dying?

And with his powers, he can very well escape from a conventional prison.
Mar 15, 2015 8:21 AM

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Great animation this episode, that doctor fight is the one I saw on youtube which made me pick this up again.

Fights are still not intense at all though. Wish he had killed the doctor, because now it's getting ridiculous. Like One-Piece level ridiculous.
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Apr 9, 2015 9:13 AM
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Monad said:
Rasco said:
i say he should have just killed the bastard


Yeah. But anyway isn't stupid letting him live? Even if his in prison, for powerful people like them it won't be a problem escaping or getting him out.


I'm thinking the same, the decision was pretty illogical.
Apr 22, 2015 7:55 PM

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Yanagisawa made the situation more troublesome initially but managed to be of a little help later on, so I guess it somewhat balances out.

I still wish instead of the Doctor being healed by Genkai after a knockout perhaps he should have been zapped to ashes by Yusuke Spirit Gun, so that our protagonist would have to live with his decision. Also, speaking of healing, they are seriously just leaving Kido to recover through conventional means? His spinal cord was severed for goodness's sake.
Dec 31, 2015 8:13 PM

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Mind reader guy can be more heroic than he thinks.

lol, I can't believe that doctor seriously thought his opponents wouldn't kill him.

Yeah, reviving the insane psychopathic bio-terrorist with superpowers and just leaving him in the hands of the police sounds incredibly irresponsible. He could easily break out of jail and pull the same stunt tomorrow.

Aurali said:
Your naive type of thinking will only lead to aggravate the endangerment of the innocent.

I think the point he was trying to make is that taking a human life is a lot more difficult and a bigger burden than some people make it sound. I agree though.
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Jul 18, 2016 4:16 PM

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Im lovin this arc! A mixture of suspense, mystery and comedy! All that I like! Yusuke's the man!
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Mar 30, 2017 2:09 PM

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Dam thought the nurse was a brave woman for having the guts to do that to the Doc and it turns out to be the guy with the Copy ability.
Apr 21, 2017 5:18 AM

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The human psychics were cool in this episode.

Loved that final punch.
Jun 27, 2017 3:02 AM
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There are some seconds of the angry form of Yuusuke (cannot make out his face), against the back long hallway, and the row of glowing white windows on the right, while the camera angle is very low, slanted, that are very very beautiful
Jun 27, 2017 3:07 AM
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Oh, now that Kaito is on our side, I would love love if he works with Kurama to concoct some other mind games later. I'd love love if it gets intellectual again.
Jun 27, 2017 3:15 AM
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Oh, first, the doctor teases Yuusuke, saying he cannot kill a human. Then a nurse comes out and he takes her hostage.
But then he congratulates Yuusuke for having found an excuse for not killing.

Good writing. Don't think Yuusuke will kill the doctor, but this business of putting off and off and off killing humans will haunt Yuusuke to the final fight I guess. It would well be the theme of this arc, killing human by fellow human for whatever crimes (we all know, some pp are super deserving death, but then the debate ab capital punishment is never-ending really).
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Jun 27, 2017 3:24 AM
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Hell, the minor characters are very able in this arc!! Bravo the copy guy and the mind-reader.
Aug 4, 2017 10:20 AM

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Reviving Kamiya is ridiculous, he won't change his views and he can still deal a massive amount of damage on even more innocents starting with the cops who have him in the interview room before hunting Yusuke down again.

It's also pretty weak forcing Yusuke to decide taking a life to save many, making the commitment and then having Kamiya be revived. Takes away all the weight yet again in a tense situation. I thought this was going to be about taking the lesser evil sometimes even though you don't want to if you want to save the day. And that would be great. Yusuke would mature, have to live with his decision and the show would explore new grounds.

Also, Yanagisawa and Murota's powers being used to support in this fight are exactly what I like about the fights in this arc. They rely on teamwork and wits, and for the most part the other fights didn't really do that.

And Steven's right, what in the world, let's have Kido be healed through conventional means when he's been bleeding out for half an hour.

Yeah I complained a lot about the aftermath of this episode, but it was perfectly fine until the conclusion, I really enjoyed it up until then. No hard feelings, this arc is still doing great, the low stakes have just been a problem I've had with the show since the start.
Feb 6, 2018 8:37 AM

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That was eh
You can cut the whole episode and show the end of it and it still make sense

Also did they realize that Doctor can break loose hell in prison with his ability.. right?
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Apr 20, 2019 8:58 PM

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This episode really made me think of Dragon Ball Z, kind of drawn out. It even had Koenma looking out over land from a white lookout area. The art was really weird with heavy contrast, weird angles, loss of detail at farther distances, and some choppiness. I felt like, with certain things, they were trying to make it look more cinematic but maybe didn't have the budget or didn't know how. The next one looks better.
Jun 1, 2019 5:46 PM
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Seems like when push comes to shell, Yuusuke would kill another human in order to do what needs to be done. The Doctor got defeated eventually. The artstyle and animation were really amazing this episode, aesthetically it was goddamn pleasing.
Aug 17, 2019 1:08 PM

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Kamiya lives and gets sent to prison? What's going to stop him from using his ability anytime he wants and start killing people again?

If Koenma had intervened and sent him to some demon prison for his crimes, somewhere that his powers are sealed, that would have made sense. So many plot holes in this show sometimes. Nobody even blinked at this.
Sep 18, 2019 5:37 PM

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I don't know if you guys were watching the dub or what. But Yusuke stated he DID kill him, but it was shortly reanimated by Genkai.
Apr 2, 2020 7:15 AM

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So much hypocrisy.

Killing evil demon is okay but killing a psychopathic man whos also planning to destroy the world made you guilty?

This episode is painful to watch and Keiko and Shizuru (stupidness) entering the hospital made this worse.
Apr 24, 2020 3:14 AM

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was kinda hoping Keiko dies so we don't have to see her useless ass again
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Sep 1, 2020 5:21 AM

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Puu-chan, where's your barrier to protect Keiko and Shizuru? D:
Nov 15, 2020 6:02 PM

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keiko is so useless
Jan 7, 2021 2:52 AM

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i'm so glad for yusuke self-awareness for not kill human, even the evil one, though this one really deserves to die.

and shizueu and keiko coming to "help" yusuke was really unnecessary and stupid ><
Aug 1, 2021 11:05 PM

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Killing evil humans is not a bad thing. Especially when they are about to kill hundreds of people.

Oct 20, 2023 9:49 PM

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Why the hell this specific episode had such a great animation?
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Dec 31, 2023 4:26 AM
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The "weird" animation is back again. And I really don't like it. It's like an FLCL animation done in a very bad way with more shadows, thin lines and different faces of the characters... But anyway, on to the next episode!! Hoping for more action (with hopefully zero weird animation like this ep)
@rebelakuma i absolutely adore this ep's animation, so dynamic and extremely dramatic. the angles are so fun and the strong shadows leave an impact, it's cinema.
Jan 7, 7:06 AM

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I generally didn't expect that nurse to be Yanagisawa at the end he just up and splashed acid in the Doctor's face! Like holy shit that was good. I don't think Yusuke would've killed the Doctor if he was given the choice but at the same time I feel like Kamiya was let off lightly I mean the guy was literally a psychopath, he was insane but at the same I disagree with a lot of the other comments that say that Yusuke should killed him because come on there's no other way he could've done it otherwise. Anyways this was a good episode for me and the Doc did provide a lot of intense and dark scenes to the proceedings at the very least.
Mar 5, 8:08 PM

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Good fight!

I can only imagine keeping Kamiya alive will lead to some sort of dubious thing happening later on, leaving Yusuke with further guilt due to his inaction. I actually sort of like that it's Genkai that resuscitates the guy after receiving that major wallop. Don't know if it was intentional, but the moment works considering what we've seen her do thus far. She's bargaining and working toward the betterment or outright protection of others in a way that other characters are not.

The animation has only been improving as this show goes along, and I personally cannot wait to see what this arc presents in that department as things ramp up. Even if we're going more off-model like we saw with certain sequences rendered during the Dark Tournament.
Mar 15, 9:06 AM

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I'm guessing this arc ends with Yusuke eventually realizing that some humans deserve to die. Like, seriously. This guy is cruel and killing hundreds of humans, and he wants to eradicate the entire planet. Why keep someone like that alive?
Jul 17, 10:06 PM
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OMG the visuals on this episode were just incredible. The use of black and white, and the coreography of the Yūsuke fight is amazing. 10/10 just pure perfect Shonen
Sep 29, 8:52 PM

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Amazing! The animation and visuals were remarkable. I immediately noticed it, something I don't remember seeing in the previous arc.

I wouldn't mind if Yusuke kills the doctor. He would deserve it anyway. Being a human doesn't exempt Kamiya from being eliminated.

She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did!
Nov 11, 8:05 PM

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A bad attempt of trying to portray a moral dilemma for Yuusuke that doens't work, they kept showing the doctor was irredeemable and dragging the episode to the point that Yuusuke killing him sounded like the most joyful choice but then he's not killed for real because I guess the cops will be able to deal with him and his powers lol what was Genkai thinking xD
But I don't know what is worse, Keiko going all the way to get in danger for no reason, Pu being annoying, Kuwabara being annoying or the fact the doctor got shocked that Yuusuke knew about his 7-man crew lol.

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