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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Seems this episode takes place around Winter time near the Christmas holidays. They really gave Muse a big role this episode though to be a lead part of the ceremony and the singing part. Not bad. I can kinda feel their spirit this episode. Pretty intense second half of this episode as I'm kinda impressed the potentials of their world's technology. |
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| Maybe the real Jimi was the friends we made along the way... |
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| Good and enjoyable episode but the writing is really poor... i'm afraid for the next episodes |
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| Aaah, so they kinda explained what last week's episode was. Also reminds me to never trust anyone at first glance in shows like these. |
| Another week and one more episode of Listeners (good episode like the previous one by the way) and all I have in mind is What is happening now? Jimmy is dead or alive? I had a lot of unsolved points before and now after this I got even more. This is a very inconsistent series and that has been the biggest problem since episode # 1 until today. |
| Well ... at lest a great voice actor for that older marshal guy. Doesn't make the anime better though. I had expected more of this episode with the way the previous episode ended. That guy calling Mu princess ... did not seem to be interesting - so far. |
| That villain look is very cliche |
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| Great episode as far as references go! Sally Simpson - Sadly that girl's gonna end with her face beaten and bloodied as her name suggests, but I am still interested in finding out whether she will aid the good guys in the end. Mr. James Marshall - For once surrounded by his own inventions. Bonus fact: One Johnny Allen Hendrix would eventually have his name changed by his parents to James Marshall Hendrix. There was no connection between the rock legend and "the lord of loud" other than their names in real life, but if Jimi was to return on the show, I would imagine he'd greet old Mr. Marshall with a wink and a smile. A pletora of references to The Who! - Though I didn't quite expect the show to name an episode after them only to have Mu question just who she is, but that callback to our boi straight out saying "Who are you?", really hammering home the theme of Mu taking Jimi's place landed oh, so perfectly! All Along the watchtower - I am partial on this one, either they went straight up literal with the lyrics just because it is the one song everyone will likely associate with Jimi Hendrix, or they have been playing the long-con here and are about to reveal that Jimi's shadow-self is no other than Bob Dylan. A man can dream. Freedom! - Hendrix's freedom would have been a great rendition for the show's Jimi's realization of his allies' betrayal, but I would actually pay good money to see them use George Michael's 1990's Freedom! Both because of the lyrics mirroring Mu and Echo pretty well, and because of the video's visuals of a depressed platinum blonde singing of liberation and love with the voice of a man, which is how I imagine next episode will play out for the most part. It's a long-shot, but guess we'll see. Overall, a solid episode, and finally some progress on our main protagonists' budding relationship. (Also, seeing Teen Spirit return as a plot device once again made me giggle almost as much as when Nir decided to return back to relevance last episode.) Can't wait for next weeks' performance! |
jimfaindelMay 23, 2020 12:58 AM
| If I could be an expert in just one arcane, and madness inducing field of study, it would be you. |
| The trace of Jimi leads Echo and Mu to mecha-London a.k.a Londinium, and an unexpected ride leads them faster than "the speed of sound". Well, this episode got what we wanted out of the cliffhanger last episode: Mu being the "younger sister" of Jimi Stonefree (and no wonder she's heralded the "Princess") the last who fought the Earless, undead across "parallel dimensions". But all that, whether is it true or not, depends up to her to decide the fate in their week-long stay during the Christmas period. The interpretation of Uncle Marshall though, obviously true and implied that he's the founder of the Marshall brand of musical electronics based in London (though to audiophiles this is standard knowledge). The play though, it's eerily predictable of the after-effects that will transpire: a cash-grab to resummon the events of past, and explains how Nir had met the "resurgence" of Jimi. Seems like the Shakespeare quote of "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely Players" draws true to this resolution. Now I'm very interested to know what's the thought process post-episode. |
KANLen09May 23, 2020 1:59 AM
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Ashhk said: Good and enjoyable episode but the writing is really poor... i'm afraid for the next episodes It just seems to be going nowhere... |
Vindicater said: Yeah and the villain is really bad, also that thing with µ's eyes turning red was ridiculous lolAshhk said: Good and enjoyable episode but the writing is really poor... i'm afraid for the next episodes It just seems to be going nowhere... |
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| I was hoping echo would have more progression with mu but it seems he still only looks at his journey in one aspect. I honestly just want to see how tf this will end. Everything just seems awkward. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Man they sure tried to jam a seasons worth in character development in 5 minutes. All this talk about Mu feeling alone and out of place. I'm sorry is that going to be featured in a directors cut or something cause I don't remember that ever being explored. |
ProofByColor said: Man they sure tried to jam a seasons worth in character development in 5 minutes. All this talk about Mu feeling alone and out of place. I'm sorry is that going to be featured in a directors cut or something cause I don't remember that ever being explored. I don't know about a director's cut, but it is much easier to make that read when watching the endings to each episode back to back. Mu has a grand total of three emotions in those: Really happy, really mad, or really, really lonely and sad. |
| If I could be an expert in just one arcane, and madness inducing field of study, it would be you. |
| Oh so That Tommy walker guy has no plans to get Jimi back and instead uses Mus as Jimi's replacement |
| Myu and Jimi seriously look so much alike, there's no going around them being siblings like everyone says :0 |
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| And how am i supposed to live after this episode? :S I already felt devastated after the last episode, the life was just about to get better for those two, AND Nir finally found some friends, I couldn't be happier for them and for them to just die :v am i also gonna die right before getting happy? ;-; I thought i couldn't be feeling any worse, but then i saw this episode. Fucking asshole Tommy, manipulating Miu into the one actually doing it, like what the hell is wrong with you man... I guess i was wrong in last episode, saying it was Jimi, i just couldn't believe Miu would be the one behind the deed, just didn't expect it at all... So Tommy tricked her into performing as her brother on the stage, and she trusted him, can't blame her, i would also believe that they actually wanted to do a theater play, given how popular her brother is. Pretty good episode with all these revelations, slowly we get our story, piece by piece, I really like it. Also finally got to see the old man kissing the wall in the opening, haha i was always curious, who could be so passionate about the wall, he turned out to be quite a nice character, even opposing Tommy there at the end, maybe he will join up with Echo in the next episode when he will try to save Miu. Also hooray we finally broke the episodic loop, the past 2 episodes (and the next one) is all the main plot with the same setting and characters. Hoorayyy |
| So now they are controlling Mu huh, time for Echo to save her. |
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| The preview section might be a disease when it can spoiled everything. Yeah, like these example. Its bring no good. The whole Project and the comandeer obsession might be a bit exaggeration. It never met the clearance, even its not matched at all with the previous episode. Like, Roz said Jimi might be in the Londominium. But, the leader said no. Denka shit said the same thing as Roz, so the liar here was ofc that shitty leader. The problem here was Mu really trusted everyone that might lead her into somekind of cheating. This episode proves it right, and the story kinda messed so much. I thought the transition over the place was pretty messy, rather i said it a quirky one. Hell, even the whole question about how could they found out them in the Gnome island was never answered. So, yeah, uninterested because its too predictable thank to the preview section. Its even lead to no surprised when Echo taked the real action to saved her out and let all the responsibility to him instead of Mu. And the impact was ofc he became an Earless like Roz said in the beginning. A happy ending because they two were an Earless and lived long after. Thats it. |
badabassJun 23, 2020 7:26 AM
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| Well, it's been 6 weeks since I last watched this, so naturally I felt a bit lost. Although given how the previous episodes have been, I'm pretty sure I would've been lost regardless. Hopefully this plot, as cliche as it feels, will at least continue past one week, unlike everything else. |
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