I am actually going through the manga "Angel Beats - Heavens Door" which is a prequel to Angel Beats and fleshes out a lot of the side characters. I am really starting to get into it.
Producing a sequel to Angel Beats would be dumb but if they adapted the manga into a show I think it would definitely help those who wanted the show to be longer or who wanted to see the back stories of other characters.
That's some Casshern Sins level of finely tuned depression, yessir. I mean I saw it coming from the moment the dude said "You could say that." In response to
"Do you sell food?"
but still. On the one hand, one could say that there is a message about what it truly means to help going on in this episode. Kino states that
she couldn't help the men when she returns the ring. After all, she'd slain them, but beyond them, as cannibals in the business of selling people to be eaten by other cannibals, they were always beyond her help.
Likewise, there is that last, wistful glance at the three rabbit skins, reminding us of her obligation to the rabbit
should she fail.
And of course, the lingering final question:
"What will you do if you find situations like this again?"
I think what I like most about this show so far is that every episode asks a question that isn't easy to answer. On the surface it is, but beneath that the episode always endeavors to show you that the issue is less simple than at first glance. "Is it better to be isolated or with people who cause you pain?" "What is help, really?" "Is it okay to run away from things that hurt you?"
That's some Casshern Sins level of finely tuned depression, yessir. I mean I saw it coming from the moment the dude said "You could say that." In response to
"Do you sell food?"
but still. On the one hand, one could say that there is a message about what it truly means to help going on in this episode. Kino states that
she couldn't help the men when she returns the ring. After all, she'd slain them, but beyond them, as cannibals in the business of selling people to be eaten by other cannibals, they were always beyond her help.
Likewise, there is that last, wistful glance at the three rabbit skins, reminding us of her obligation to the rabbit
should she fail.
And of course, the lingering final question:
"What will you do if you find situations like this again?"
I think what I like most about this show so far is that every episode asks a question that isn't easy to answer. On the surface it is, but beneath that the episode always endeavors to show you that the issue is less simple than at first glance. "Is it better to be isolated or with people who cause you pain?" "What is help, really?" "Is it okay to run away from things that hurt you?"
That's some Casshern Sins level of finely tuned depression, yessir. I mean I saw it coming from the moment the dude said "You could say that." In response to
"Do you sell food?"
but still. On the one hand, one could say that there is a message about what it truly means to help going on in this episode. Kino states that
she couldn't help the men when she returns the ring. After all, she'd slain them, but beyond them, as cannibals in the business of selling people to be eaten by other cannibals, they were always beyond her help.
Likewise, there is that last, wistful glance at the three rabbit skins, reminding us of her obligation to the rabbit
should she fail.
And of course, the lingering final question:
"What will you do if you find situations like this again?"
I think what I like most about this show so far is that every episode asks a question that isn't easy to answer. On the surface it is, but beneath that the episode always endeavors to show you that the issue is less simple than at first glance. "Is it better to be isolated or with people who cause you pain?" "What is help, really?" "Is it okay to run away from things that hurt you?"
Not bad. I enjoyed the way most of this confrontation played out. The only real complaint I have with the episode is
Teddie saying "I have to go to Heaven" instead of "When you get to Heaven, Sensei." The former isn't that bad, but the latter works far better because it conveys that Teddie thinks that, since he was born a Shadow he has no right to go to Heaven and see Nanako himself. It makes him sound far more desperate than the former.
Kill la Kill 19
It was pretty cool atmosphere. it was a very interesting turnaround after Ragyu turned that fight around. liking that its isn't being so vague with Gamagori and Mako
Anyway... Started out like another funny episode and then
things got really dark. Naoi is beating other students up on the roof? And then he's hypnotizing NPCs to help kill the other people and stuff. Of course, he also got a really sad backstory, but he's acted like such an ass I can't feel that sorry for him.
That's some Casshern Sins level of finely tuned depression, yessir. I mean I saw it coming from the moment the dude said "You could say that." In response to
"Do you sell food?"
but still. On the one hand, one could say that there is a message about what it truly means to help going on in this episode. Kino states that
she couldn't help the men when she returns the ring. After all, she'd slain them, but beyond them, as cannibals in the business of selling people to be eaten by other cannibals, they were always beyond her help.
Likewise, there is that last, wistful glance at the three rabbit skins, reminding us of her obligation to the rabbit
should she fail.
And of course, the lingering final question:
"What will you do if you find situations like this again?"
I think what I like most about this show so far is that every episode asks a question that isn't easy to answer. On the surface it is, but beneath that the episode always endeavors to show you that the issue is less simple than at first glance. "Is it better to be isolated or with people who cause you pain?" "What is help, really?" "Is it okay to run away from things that hurt you?"
This episode was one of my favorites of Kino's. As you said, it really brings up these tough questions.
Is it worth a sacrifice to help bad people? Does them being bad invalidate that you helped them? Would it have been better if Kino hadn't tried to help them so the rabbits hadn't died in vein?
Good stuff. Also Kino proves that she is a badass.
Koko is absolutely fucking adorable in this episode.
Ah yeah up that drama, baby. I really love how every character is effects by and responds so intimately to nearly every turn; it's some really well-done characterization.
Kill la Kill 19
this episode was so damn fucking cool. I can't wait to see what Trigger has up their sleeves.
That's some Casshern Sins level of finely tuned depression, yessir. I mean I saw it coming from the moment the dude said "You could say that." In response to
"Do you sell food?"
but still. On the one hand, one could say that there is a message about what it truly means to help going on in this episode. Kino states that
she couldn't help the men when she returns the ring. After all, she'd slain them, but beyond them, as cannibals in the business of selling people to be eaten by other cannibals, they were always beyond her help.
Likewise, there is that last, wistful glance at the three rabbit skins, reminding us of her obligation to the rabbit
should she fail.
And of course, the lingering final question:
"What will you do if you find situations like this again?"
I think what I like most about this show so far is that every episode asks a question that isn't easy to answer. On the surface it is, but beneath that the episode always endeavors to show you that the issue is less simple than at first glance. "Is it better to be isolated or with people who cause you pain?" "What is help, really?" "Is it okay to run away from things that hurt you?"
Tsukuyo was jealous over that fake Gin marriage card. Because it couldn't be more obvious.
Actually, this wasn't a boring V-Day/New Years episode! Katsura feels so left out that he's practically psychotic when it comes to Kyuubey. Katsura weeps!
Although, guess it's a good thing Tsukuyo appeared again, just to remind us that she exists.
Other than that an okay episode. Sort of funny in the beginning with them being fat and sort of the drama with the crops in the later half. They also finally get around to those letters from the OP but with
I think you've been watching too many List shows. I don't remember that being some sort of twist but I haven't seen this show in forever so I might not be remembering something. Fuck, now I'm starting to wonder if that's true or not.
So, Jarmel, after seeing this I can definitely get how and why one would compare Ilana to Kaname. Like I said, I think she combines elements of both. Her capacity to blend in with American society or adapt to it, as well as her berating of Lance and Newton over their wacky fish-out-of-water behavior definitely comes from Kaname (especially the sort of belligerent beginnings of a romance with Lance), though her position of authority, competence in combat, and sweet daddy's girl are more elements of Tessa (Kaname hated her dad, and while Tessa's relationship with her mom is never really explored, it's pretty clear she was a daddy's girl.)
I like the design of the Titan itself, but I'm not super keen on the sub-armors that Lance and Ilana are sporting. Newton is possibly my favorite character, though, because I think that, as the guy who is neither the hero nor heroine, the Tartakovsky was a lot freer on what to do with him. As a result, Newton gets to be in all the funniest situations. Half the episode is spent on him and Barb, and it's just hilarious to watch. At one point he's like "So I have to booby trap the yard." and she's like "Oh well I'm great at that! I planted tomatoes last year and they came out fine!" And when Barb walks in on all his wacky space machines she's just like "Is this one of those Japanese thingies? I think I saw this on the news!"
Lance jumping onto the bus chasing after Ilana reminded me a lot of Sousuke jumping off the train after Kaname.
I'm 2 episodes in and way into this show. Cartoon Network really did produce some ace mechanical shows back in the day, huh? Megas and now this. Not bad.
I'm not a huge fan of the 'sub-armors' either. They don't really use them much after the early episodes so I kinda let it go.
Newton was actually supposed to be the main character, or at least was planned as being the sole protagonist. That however got exanded into Lance and Ilana. He's my favorite of the trio because he's sorta emotionless in these situations were everybody around him is tense or whatever.
The show isn't that old, it came out three years ago.
This episode was one of my favorites of Kino's. As you said, it really brings up these tough questions.
Is it worth a sacrifice to help bad people? Does them being bad invalidate that you helped them? Would it have been better if Kino hadn't tried to help them so the rabbits hadn't died in vein?
Good stuff. Also Kino proves that she is a badass.
in one episode. This show doesn't exactly pull its punches, huh. I was vaguely hoping the episode title wouldn't turn out to be that literal, but of course it was, because that's the kind of show this is.
All that musing about the value of life, as well.
With Kino weighing up the rabbits' lives against the humans' lives and wondering whether she has the right to prioritise one over another, and then those very so-called humans complicating the issue by almost renouncing their humanity altogether and referring to themselves as "wolves"... And of course, the obvious issue of how the slave traders clearly showed little respect for the lives of the "cargo" they consumed...though even that's not clear-cut, since they would certainly have died themselves otherwise, and as Kino points out herself, killing for one's own survival is the easiest kind to justify.
Hm, I didn't get the impression that was the business they were in at all. Unless I missed something,
they were just your common-or-garden slave traders, capturing people and selling them for labour or whatever other purposes. Cannibalism presumably wasn't on the agenda until they wound up stranded starving in the snow with nothing to eat but their own "cargo". Though whether the cannibalism was a result of their nature as slave traders or whether honest men would have ended up resorting to the same thing in such an extreme situation is certainly a matter for debate...
The "We need to save money" episode. Though that doesn't mean it was a bad episode. A lot of fun character dynamics occurred, a lot of hilarious subtle moments, which works well for low-budget episodes, and the plot quickly moved along. Trigger, save that money for hopefully epic final episodes. I need another 'Gurren Lagann' OMFG moment.
I think you've been watching too many List shows. I don't remember that being some sort of twist but I haven't seen this show in forever so I might not be remembering something. Fuck, now I'm starting to wonder if that's true or not.
I'm not a huge fan of the 'sub-armors' either. They don't really use them much after the early episodes so I kinda let it go.
Newton was actually supposed to be the main character, or at least was planned as being the sole protagonist. That however got exanded into Lance and Ilana. He's my favorite of the trio because he's sorta emotionless in these situations were everybody around him is tense or whatever.
The show isn't that old, it came out three years ago.
Hm, I didn't get the impression that was the business they were in at all. Unless I missed something,
they were just your common-or-garden slave traders, capturing people and selling them for labour or whatever other purposes. Cannibalism presumably wasn't on the agenda until they wound up stranded starving in the snow with nothing to eat but their own "cargo". Though whether the cannibalism was a result of their nature as slave traders or whether honest men would have ended up resorting to the same thing in such an extreme situation is certainly a matter for debate...
So see, I can see why that would be, however the guy saying
"You could say that"
when asked about whether or not they traded in
food
is then mirrored when Kino calls them
slave traders, and the guy again says "you could say that." In the which case, you could say that they were slavers or merchants selling food, because both would be true. Of course, if I'm wrong, then the comment should be taken to mean "you could say that" because they had eaten the slave they were going to sell, in the which case it would be a more specific case of "you could say that" than I took it to mean.
I never thought this series was bad, even in the beginning. But ever since the mid-series premiere, this shit keeps getting better every week.
Golden Time 19
I was so bored with the first few eps of this show, but I'm really glad I stuck with it. It's been especially good with the last few episodes. Things are happening!
Was a little disappointed in the animation in this fight. The toning and shading reminded me of some Imaishi stuff but the animation itself was a little lacking. The fight also was short as fuck. She got bodied in the first move.
Also everybody on this island wants either Takuto or Sugata's D. They all so #thirsty.
