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Ikuhara's Yuri Kuma Arashi |OT| Lesbian Bear Storm
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Yuri Kuma Arashi - 02
This episode was a lot more structured in the use of symbolism than the first episode, but that's to be expected given the introductions are out of the way. To just throw a couple musings out there...
I look forward to re-watching the episode a few more times throughout the week to see what else I find! Really good stuff to draw on so far, and everything is only going to become more formed and cohesive the further we get into the series.
I honestly think these episodes have been paced pretty well, and I can't really agree with the fast pacing comments, especially if you look beyond just the surface level of what's happening with each episode. It's all tied together really nicely and is built upon in a steady manner.
Now I go to bed because I am dead tired. I apologize ahead of time for the probable abundance of spelling errors and poor grammar lol
This episode was a lot more structured in the use of symbolism than the first episode, but that's to be expected given the introductions are out of the way. To just throw a couple musings out there...
From the start we're given a brief look into what happened last episode. As the eulogy takes place, a few details can be discerned. First off is the use of the bird filter and it's placement. Notice that when the spotlight pans around the crowd the light shines on the two bears, but the rest of the audience is behind the bird filter. Using the birdcage staircase (with bird trim) as something to connect it to thematically, you could view this as the caged humans are the status quo regarding their sexuality, or the what can be considered the norm. Clearly the two bears are isolated quite obviously from the pack.
So far in each instance of the main cast showing their sexuality, they were always isolated from the crowds, in private. In episode 1 it was Sumika and Kureha; once at the garden and once at the rooftop. If we take the imagery from episode 1 to be significant here, you could see their isolation from the pack as being outliers much like the bears are. The flower garden was Kureha's public declaration of love for Sumika, yet after the crime scene was created, not only were the flowers all cut, but the scene itself was cordoned off. Significant moreso now because, since this is a show about yuri and all, it's starting to show that the viewpoint of lesbianism in this show is something that's not normal and is to be repressed. The invisible storm may be the voice of the many enforcing societal norms within the grounds, and the suppression of the flowerbed coupled with the fact that they are all caged in this opening scene only further goes along with these ideas. Their literal budding romance and it’s conclusion go with this.
Even in this opening scene, the only people not obstructed in some way by the bird filter are all people with yuri in their names; those who we all surmise to be bears. Yurizono, Yurikawa, Ginko, Lulu, and Yuriika are unobstructed by the filter, implying that they've flown the coop and are free of their cage.
The drawers are the other significant piece of symbolism. Reminiscent of the Black Rose arc from Utena, my initial impression was rather foreboding when this showed up. Only the face of Sumika is all we saw, yet, with this information it’s likely that all victims of bear attacks end up in there somehow. As to how this relates to the actual people and the memories of them is yet to be seen. Of note on this is the fact that the drawer was once again opened by the end of the episode when Yurizono was out feeding. What significance will this end up having?
I love the symbolism of the birdcage staircase. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but the inclusion of it is just great. The fact that Kureha is only seen ascending the staircase and the bears have been descending it is very deliberate.
The triangles everywhere too are representative of LBGT social movements and even ways homosexuals were identified and separated from the others in nazi concentration camps.
It’s great that when Kureha falters in facing her fears to go give herself to the bears, court starts. She misses all of her shots because she doesn’t have conviction and is judged accordingly.
Of note with the court scenes, it’s rather particular that the only men in the show are those who pass judgement on women. I believe it can be viewed as multiple factets of man passing down judgement on women and sexuality through the three virtues presented; Sexy, Beauty, and Cool. None of them seem to be concerned that the girls are eating, rather Cool is concerned with over-eating while Beauty is concerned with the judgement being solely in favor of the bears. Maybe beauty sees the bears and their sexuality as something worthy of well… Beauty. Love is beautiful, something meant to be expressed. If Cool is his counter and over-eating is the problem, it may be that to hide repress those feelings in public we be the way they counter the public affirmation of sexuality. If you take eat or become invisible to be applied to these standards you can view these scenes in a few different ways. Kureha going to confirm if her love is true is her facing her own beliefs. Giving herself over to the bears to be approved would mean acknowledging her sexuality and following through on it, being with those that desire her. Since Ginko and Lulu have already acknowledged what they are, and the rules of humans don’t apply to bears, their sexuality and purpose is known.
Bears follow bear instincts is rather straightforward too. You will always be what you are. You can’t ignore your true self and deny your feelings because otherwise you become one of the pack, invisible, feelings repressed. Are they forcibly taking Kureha’s love when they feast? Can they only take it if she wishes to prove her love be going to the location to give it to the bears? Yurizono seems to want it without having to withstand judgement as the other girls do. Their relationship will be interesting in the upcoming episodes.
Of course, the ending is fantastic too. Yurizono is a bear in sheep’s clothing, and has been fostering the growth of Kureha into a delicious meal. The isolation, the murder of Sumika, the defloration of the lily garden; all of these things are to cut off her love to others to allow Yurizono control of the situation and to grow Kureha into an even more desirable specimen; the tears of loneliness are the tastiest of all of course. It’s a testament to her character that she still tries to prove her love even after all she’s gone through in just these two short episodes. Everything Yurizono did was to foster Kureha’s feelings yet at the same time ensure that she be separated from the pack. Her lines at the end are great. “It’s only the meat of girls who won’t back down on love that tastes like pomegranates and honey--that satisfies my hunger!”
The deliberate framing of the shots, the use of contrast between crowd and main characters, the use of filters, and music all stand to emphasize these points in some manner, and are expertly done.
So far in each instance of the main cast showing their sexuality, they were always isolated from the crowds, in private. In episode 1 it was Sumika and Kureha; once at the garden and once at the rooftop. If we take the imagery from episode 1 to be significant here, you could see their isolation from the pack as being outliers much like the bears are. The flower garden was Kureha's public declaration of love for Sumika, yet after the crime scene was created, not only were the flowers all cut, but the scene itself was cordoned off. Significant moreso now because, since this is a show about yuri and all, it's starting to show that the viewpoint of lesbianism in this show is something that's not normal and is to be repressed. The invisible storm may be the voice of the many enforcing societal norms within the grounds, and the suppression of the flowerbed coupled with the fact that they are all caged in this opening scene only further goes along with these ideas. Their literal budding romance and it’s conclusion go with this.
Even in this opening scene, the only people not obstructed in some way by the bird filter are all people with yuri in their names; those who we all surmise to be bears. Yurizono, Yurikawa, Ginko, Lulu, and Yuriika are unobstructed by the filter, implying that they've flown the coop and are free of their cage.
The drawers are the other significant piece of symbolism. Reminiscent of the Black Rose arc from Utena, my initial impression was rather foreboding when this showed up. Only the face of Sumika is all we saw, yet, with this information it’s likely that all victims of bear attacks end up in there somehow. As to how this relates to the actual people and the memories of them is yet to be seen. Of note on this is the fact that the drawer was once again opened by the end of the episode when Yurizono was out feeding. What significance will this end up having?
I love the symbolism of the birdcage staircase. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but the inclusion of it is just great. The fact that Kureha is only seen ascending the staircase and the bears have been descending it is very deliberate.
The triangles everywhere too are representative of LBGT social movements and even ways homosexuals were identified and separated from the others in nazi concentration camps.
It’s great that when Kureha falters in facing her fears to go give herself to the bears, court starts. She misses all of her shots because she doesn’t have conviction and is judged accordingly.
Of note with the court scenes, it’s rather particular that the only men in the show are those who pass judgement on women. I believe it can be viewed as multiple factets of man passing down judgement on women and sexuality through the three virtues presented; Sexy, Beauty, and Cool. None of them seem to be concerned that the girls are eating, rather Cool is concerned with over-eating while Beauty is concerned with the judgement being solely in favor of the bears. Maybe beauty sees the bears and their sexuality as something worthy of well… Beauty. Love is beautiful, something meant to be expressed. If Cool is his counter and over-eating is the problem, it may be that to hide repress those feelings in public we be the way they counter the public affirmation of sexuality. If you take eat or become invisible to be applied to these standards you can view these scenes in a few different ways. Kureha going to confirm if her love is true is her facing her own beliefs. Giving herself over to the bears to be approved would mean acknowledging her sexuality and following through on it, being with those that desire her. Since Ginko and Lulu have already acknowledged what they are, and the rules of humans don’t apply to bears, their sexuality and purpose is known.
Bears follow bear instincts is rather straightforward too. You will always be what you are. You can’t ignore your true self and deny your feelings because otherwise you become one of the pack, invisible, feelings repressed. Are they forcibly taking Kureha’s love when they feast? Can they only take it if she wishes to prove her love be going to the location to give it to the bears? Yurizono seems to want it without having to withstand judgement as the other girls do. Their relationship will be interesting in the upcoming episodes.
Of course, the ending is fantastic too. Yurizono is a bear in sheep’s clothing, and has been fostering the growth of Kureha into a delicious meal. The isolation, the murder of Sumika, the defloration of the lily garden; all of these things are to cut off her love to others to allow Yurizono control of the situation and to grow Kureha into an even more desirable specimen; the tears of loneliness are the tastiest of all of course. It’s a testament to her character that she still tries to prove her love even after all she’s gone through in just these two short episodes. Everything Yurizono did was to foster Kureha’s feelings yet at the same time ensure that she be separated from the pack. Her lines at the end are great. “It’s only the meat of girls who won’t back down on love that tastes like pomegranates and honey--that satisfies my hunger!”
The deliberate framing of the shots, the use of contrast between crowd and main characters, the use of filters, and music all stand to emphasize these points in some manner, and are expertly done.
I look forward to re-watching the episode a few more times throughout the week to see what else I find! Really good stuff to draw on so far, and everything is only going to become more formed and cohesive the further we get into the series.
I honestly think these episodes have been paced pretty well, and I can't really agree with the fast pacing comments, especially if you look beyond just the surface level of what's happening with each episode. It's all tied together really nicely and is built upon in a steady manner.
Now I go to bed because I am dead tired. I apologize ahead of time for the probable abundance of spelling errors and poor grammar lol
Amazing so far. Whaaaat the hell. I don't think I'll be ever drunk enough to properly watch this. Plot is too easy to follow though. I want more overly indulgent crap like the Utena movie or the end of Penguin drum in the sort of "this is too complicated to bother to understand I'll just shut up and stay for the visual/symbolism porn."
Yuri Bear Storm 2
I can't say I'm fond of the direction this show is going. The show needs to do something to make us care about the characters, but right now everything is getting overwhelmed by Ikuhara-isms and plot twists. His weirdness only works if it's applied to interesting characters that we're invested in, and right now Kureha is failing that test. And I think the pacing is just too frenetic- there's not enough time spent on establishing mood and atmosphere.
I want Kureha's house.
I can't say I'm fond of the direction this show is going. The show needs to do something to make us care about the characters, but right now everything is getting overwhelmed by Ikuhara-isms and plot twists. His weirdness only works if it's applied to interesting characters that we're invested in, and right now Kureha is failing that test. And I think the pacing is just too frenetic- there's not enough time spent on establishing mood and atmosphere.
DrForester
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MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
THESE TRIALS ARE RIGGED IN THE BEARS FAVOR
IMPEACH LIFE SHEXXY
IMPEACH LIFE SHEXXY
SliceSabre
Banned
Ep. 3
At one point I was thinking Ginko and Lulu were 'good' bears because of their actions in this episode but apparently not because they're still running around the school eating girls at will. I felt like there was some kind of symbolism with MC still having her rifle during the flower scene but I couldn't figure out what it may have been.
Also Cool Bear should just give up he'll never win anyway. kira kira~
At one point I was thinking Ginko and Lulu were 'good' bears because of their actions in this episode but apparently not because they're still running around the school eating girls at will. I felt like there was some kind of symbolism with MC still having her rifle during the flower scene but I couldn't figure out what it may have been.
Also Cool Bear should just give up he'll never win anyway. kira kira~
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At least there weren't two or three big reveals packed into this one. It's not that it slowed down any, it just didn't speed up. We did get rid of someone that seemed like a major series long villain though, so I'm interested to know who will antagonize our delicious smell (I still say it's "meal") next... probably the teacher right?
So the "invisible storm" is when "normal" members of society take to social media (basically) to decide which one of their classmates is next for exclusion on the basis of not being "invisible" (normal, boring, etc). I guess that mystery is solved for now.
They granted her the power to not back down on love, obbbbviousllyyy.
At least there weren't two or three big reveals packed into this one. It's not that it slowed down any, it just didn't speed up. We did get rid of someone that seemed like a major series long villain though, so I'm interested to know who will antagonize our delicious smell (I still say it's "meal") next... probably the teacher right?
So the "invisible storm" is when "normal" members of society take to social media (basically) to decide which one of their classmates is next for exclusion on the basis of not being "invisible" (normal, boring, etc). I guess that mystery is solved for now.
They granted her the power to not back down on love, obbbbviousllyyy.
Oookay. I'm kinda lost now. Closed off world? Found my "suki"?
The main theme seems to be love in general. Ikuhara just made the world a female only one.
I get the feeling that to become invisible is to give up on love. Since this is a female only world, love is represented by the lily (yuri). So the discrimination is because they dared to love. "Friends" are what they seem to prefer. Whether or not love is forbidden because there are only females in this world, I don't know yet...
Meanwhile, Ginko and Lulu seem to be eating the ones leading the Exclusion Ceremony to protect love so I seem to be on the right track... I think. *confusion*
Ep 3 did confirm my suspicions that the two aggressive bears on the roof in episode 1 were not
, but rather
.
's jealousy led to her acting behind
's back, disobeying her, so she was then discarded by
.
Now that my yandere sadistic seductress (Oniyama stood no chance)
, I turn my attention to Lulu, who is seriously growing on me real quick. I particularly liked the way she looked at Ginko before the yuri trial. She stands by Ginko, no matter how unresponsive Ginko seems to be. Ginko's seiyuu, Arakawa Miho, says that she thinks although Ginko seems to be ignoring Lulu, she does hear what Lulu is saying. She hardly says a word to her, but the two of them still move together. I want to know how the two of them met, what Lulu meant when she said that Ginko found and returned her "suki" to her (or rather what happened there).
The yuri shounin scene though... I'm not sure what to make of the gun between Kureha's legs...
The main theme seems to be love in general. Ikuhara just made the world a female only one.
I get the feeling that to become invisible is to give up on love. Since this is a female only world, love is represented by the lily (yuri). So the discrimination is because they dared to love. "Friends" are what they seem to prefer. Whether or not love is forbidden because there are only females in this world, I don't know yet...
Meanwhile, Ginko and Lulu seem to be eating the ones leading the Exclusion Ceremony to protect love so I seem to be on the right track... I think. *confusion*
Ep 3 did confirm my suspicions that the two aggressive bears on the roof in episode 1 were not
Ginko and Lulu
Mitsuko and Konomi
Konomi
Mitsuko
Mitsuko
Now that my yandere sadistic seductress (Oniyama stood no chance)
Mitsuko is gone
The yuri shounin scene though... I'm not sure what to make of the gun between Kureha's legs...
machinecaliber
Member
Just noticed this episode,
that Ginko is wearing Kureha's Mom's necklace."Shock!""Bear Shock!"
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Lesbians you say
FlyingSaucer
Banned
I enjoyed episode 3 far more than the previous two ones. Less crass fanservice, and the themes of altruistic, 'pure' love versus selfish lust, evil social pressure/conformism, and how love can turn anyone into somebody special (ie the contrary of invisible) begin at last to remind me of previous Ikuni shows. I would really like if the show could turn down the fanservice, though.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Can we talk about the visual design and aesthetics of this show for a minute? It's so freaking striking! The backgrounds are gorgeous, all the buildings look like something outta some house of design or something.
Also, I'm noticing lots of "V" shapes on the show. The school is pointing at an edge, same with the house that the two girls visited in the 2nd episode, and it's also on some of the pillows, etc.
Also, I'm noticing lots of "V" shapes on the show. The school is pointing at an edge, same with the house that the two girls visited in the 2nd episode, and it's also on some of the pillows, etc.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
I've seen people on twitter having a lot of fun with Psycho and Suspiria :3
And of course we all know they will end up being relevant to the plot. Suspiria at least is already almost a given.
Kinda getting boring. The character archetypes are boring; innocent, bitch, etc. with too many mysterious maybe evil, maybe good bear-persons. When will the pink haired villain arrive, episode 6? The premise is getting boring. It feels like Ikuhara is just doing anything he wants, why do I keep watc
Oh yeah. I think the Judge is secretly God. I hope there is an entire episode that takes place in the court but with zero transformation sequences and it's nothing but stock footage of the courtroom with nothing but bear puns for twenty even minutes.
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D'awwwwww he brought his
some delicious
I guess this episode filled in a little bit of the back story but I'm hopeful that there was some connection between them greater than
Right now that's pretty thin.
Shaba da doo.
D'awwwwww he brought his
onee-sama
honey because he thought it was a shooting star/promised kiss.
I guess this episode filled in a little bit of the back story but I'm hopeful that there was some connection between them greater than
"Hey, I found your brothers honey and I knew it was yours for some reason. Let's go over the wall.
Shaba da doo.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
So they actually are on the human side? Then what the hell does that stupid wall even do? Is getting past it as simple as getting a human form from the court? What purpose does the court do?
I have SO MANY QUESTIONS
I have SO MANY QUESTIONS
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Penguindrum == honey.
I like the love/kiss dichotomy. You can either love someone, or be loved ?
I like the love/kiss dichotomy. You can either love someone, or be loved ?
Did you all preorder your Ginko & Lulu BE@RBRICKs?
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Loved it. I really don't quite get yet where this show is headed, the symbolism is very unclear as of now, even though I might have some crazy theories which I will keep to myself for now until I have some more evidence that I'm not completely crazy.
Loved the backstory with Sexy as the narrator. Shaba-da-doo. I also can't quite put my finger on the honey thing. The
.
Regarding the love/kiss dichotomy: I find it quite peculiar that they call love suki in Japanese, not koi or ai as you'd expect. And suki is (given that Japanese is a syllabic language) kisu (kiss) backwards ... not sure if that means anything, but it caught my attention.
Loved it. I really don't quite get yet where this show is headed, the symbolism is very unclear as of now, even though I might have some crazy theories which I will keep to myself for now until I have some more evidence that I'm not completely crazy.
Loved the backstory with Sexy as the narrator. Shaba-da-doo. I also can't quite put my finger on the honey thing. The
bee seemed to symbolize Ruru's comfort zone and stung whoever got to close to her, but then her brother brings her honey, which is clearly somehow related to the bee, but she doesn't want it at first
Regarding the love/kiss dichotomy: I find it quite peculiar that they call love suki in Japanese, not koi or ai as you'd expect. And suki is (given that Japanese is a syllabic language) kisu (kiss) backwards ... not sure if that means anything, but it caught my attention.
I like the idea that the promised kiss is something a bit different depending on the person. For Lulu it's something she can no longer obtain for instance. When Kureha receives the promised kiss it gives her the power to not back down on love/become invisible. We're not sure what the promised kiss is to Ginko yet (unless I've forgotten) but maybe it's a kiss from Kureha?
I'm not sure what the courts actual power is yet but maybe it has the power to prevent others from becoming invisible. Lulu and Ginko can maintain human form as long as they please, but if they want the power to bestow the promised kiss upon Kureha and to give her the power to keep from becoming invisible, they have to ask the court for permission.
Most of my Penguindrum theories were wrong so I completely expect to be wrong this time.
SliceSabre
Banned
He's so fucking adorable.
Lulu for worst onee-chan in all of history.
Loved this episode as we got a lot of backstory on Lulu and Ginko to a less extent. Also finally got to see Sexy, Cool and Beauty's bear forms animated. Life Sexy narrating everything and adding his own flare like the singing was gold. I was glad and relieved to see Lulu isn't a total monster and actually feels remorse for trying to murder her little brother so many times and failing only for him to die in a simple(for a bear) accident though again that accident involved him trying his hardest to please her. Curious about what this promise kiss thing is about and how Kureha's mother plays into this. I had figured out on the first episode due to the necklace that the mother was involved with the bears but I wondered to what extent.
Nikodemos
Member
Seriously.
I felt pretty sad for the little guy.
DrForester
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Wow, that was a good episode.
How many episodes is this, 24 or 12?
How many episodes is this, 24 or 12?
Nikodemos
Member
It has something to do with Kureha's mother's pendant.
If MAL is to be believed, it's only 12 unfortunately.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Probably, or at least it's how I interpreted the events of this episode too. I guess Lulu hope that by helping Ginko get her promised kiss she will catch another glimpse of her little brother. She is quite explicitely chasing a ghost, which make her story all the more sad and beautiful.
The promised kiss itself seems to be a symbol of love - maybe in some cases unrequited, but certainly characterized by a form of total, unconditional devotion ?
Not sure what the courts actually ARE, even after seeing the princes in this episode. Some form of projection of the girls' consciousness which has taken the form of a bunch of fools for convenience ? The courts allow them to unlock some sort of inner strenght when their cause is just.
But this is why it's so fun
Loved Sexy's flat "OOHHHHHhhhhhhhh" when he was kicked off the cliff. lol
Oh Lulu...
Lulu's "bee" has never kept Mirun out, no matter how much she claimed to dislike him.
The symbolism behind putting "愛 - Ai" (love) on the box that Lulu makes Mirun get into. So Lulu misplaced her love when her brother died?
Oh Lulu...
Lulu's "bee" has never kept Mirun out, no matter how much she claimed to dislike him.
The symbolism behind putting "愛 - Ai" (love) on the box that Lulu makes Mirun get into. So Lulu misplaced her love when her brother died?
FlyingSaucer
Banned
♪ Shabadadooooo, shabada bada bada doo ♪
That was hilarious
This episode confirmed two things for me:
1. Ikuhara should never forget to include the comedy! This is so much better than the last three for letting his taste for surreal humour take centre stage. Even the sombre stuff works better when he doesn't get bogged down in attempts at seriousness.
2. Kureha and Sumika are boring as hell. The show dramatically improves when the focus is elsewhere.
She threw it away multiple times before losing it forever.
rip little prince. ;_;7
probably the best episode so far, less screen time for Kureha is always good, and less lewd scenes too. also they made pretty clear now the connection between Ginko and Kureha's mother, I feel like it was pretty obvious already since they showed it more than enough times.
or is he?
probably the best episode so far, less screen time for Kureha is always good, and less lewd scenes too. also they made pretty clear now the connection between Ginko and Kureha's mother, I feel like it was pretty obvious already since they showed it more than enough times.
DrForester
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SliceSabre
Banned
Yuri Kuma 05
Well now this was an interesting episode. We get to see inside Ginko's head and well, its a whole lot more perverse and fantasy filled than I was expecting that's for sure.
The face of victory.
Well now this was an interesting episode. We get to see inside Ginko's head and well, its a whole lot more perverse and fantasy filled than I was expecting that's for sure.
Course the biggest reveals came at the end with the girls revealing they knew Ginko and Lulu were bears the whole time and caught Ginko in a bear trap. Also the trial was much different too with Cool Bear getting the one up on Beauty Bear and Ginko revealing she committed some kind of crime in the past.
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When Ginko sees Kureha, she mistakes her for
It'd be a nice twist on past shows if the
I guess Life Sexy didn't give them free reign. If they
Hopefully we'll find out how Ginko got the pendant next episode, among other things.
When Ginko sees Kureha, she mistakes her for
Kumalia-sama, so maybe her mother is some sort of royalty from Kumalia? That'd make Kureha a bear or a half bear I guess, depending on what the father was.
It'd be a nice twist on past shows if the
director saves Ginko and Lulu instead of being the mastermind behind the invisible storm. It's implausible that she doesn't know bears can turn into humans, especially if Kureha's mother was a bear in human form. She gave Kureha's mother the pendant (probably a promise kiss) and then Kureha's mother went and...well...had a kid with a man so....yeah. If she is the/a villain, I could see how she became salty.
I guess Life Sexy didn't give them free reign. If they
tell her they're bears, they lose human form. If they eat a visible girl, they're finished. All they can do is eat invisible girls and bide their time until Kureha remembers.
Hopefully we'll find out how Ginko got the pendant next episode, among other things.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Ginko is thirsty as hell. But I guess it would be hungry in this instance.
Nikodemos
Member
Man, this show is all sorts of complicated.
So the
Also, what's
And did anyone notice
So the
picture of Kureha and her mother is actually incomplete. The full photo has Kureha and her mother holding Ginko between them.
Also, what's
with the battlefield? It seems all the bodies on it were bears. I didn't see humans there.
And did anyone notice
the headmistress wearing a bird brooch? What could it symbolise?
I don't know what the
battlefield was supposed to symbolize. If it was an actual battlefield, that'd make Ginko a former child soldier I guess. Since it's all bear corpses, I don't know if there was some kind of civil war or...if it's completely symbolic or...what
The headmistress seems to have
cropped Ginko out of the photo. Whether she knows who Ginko is currently or not is yet to be seen.
I noticed the bird motif surrounding her but I'm not sure what it means yet, if anything.
DrForester
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I still would like the fanservice turned down a bit, but I can't say these last two episodes haven't gotten me really into the story.
Nikodemos
Member
It bears (guhehe) reminding that
Ginko wears a crown, meaning she is nobility. It was socially expected of nobility to involve themselves in warfare, even at relatively young ages. So she might have even been a commander.
If she's a
princess, and Lulu is a princess, I guess it could have been some kind of bear civil war or..Kumalia vs Earth bears or...
The director lady gave
Kureha's mother that pendant on her 17th birthday, and Kureha is about to turn 17. She must have noticed the pendant on Ginko by now.
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