Hiraku wrote:

cscratch wrote:

Officially my new favorite anime.  So, so, so...  we have to wait how long for the next season? 

The next episode will be up this coming Thursday, so just 4 more days. (So close, yet so far...)

NOT FAST ENOUGH! (/chews nails)

O.o Oh...good idea.

Why am I so anticiapting seeing how Ringo reacts? I'm all at once kinda terrified and kinda excited. >.>;

I think calling him "the scorpion" has more to do with this little story here, from Night on the Galactic Railroad:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXAsh4z2RuU. It seems that when they call him a scorpion, they're referring to his self-sacrifice for Himari.

But I wouldn't be surprised if calling him a scorpion turns out to have more than one meaning.

Last edited by HonorableShadow (10-19-2011 12:42:17 PM)

Ok, since Night on the Galactic Railroad came up, (even though I know next to nothing about it...)

Does anyone remember this conversation in the first episode, between two unnamed children?

Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 1 wrote:

Boy1: Like I said, the apple is the universe itself!
Boy1: A universe in the palm of your hand.
Boy1: It's what connects this world and the other world.
Boy2: "The other world?"
Boy1: The world Campanella and other passengers are heading to!
Boy2: What does that have anything to do with an apple?
Boy1: The apple is also a reward for those who have chosen love over everything else!
Boy2: But everything's over when you're dead.
Boy1: It's not over!
Boy1: What I'm trying to say is that's actually where everything begins!
Boy2: I'm not following you, at all.
Boy1: I'm talking about love!
Boy1: Why don't you get it?

Super bummed that the subs are going to be late for this episode. Does any other group sub this show?

They actually walk by the house before the trip to the aquarium.

There could be tons of references, of which I'd catch none; I only knew this to be a reference because it uses a character's name.

I can't believe I'm feeling sorry for Yuri after this newest episode.

It also looks like Momoka is all but confirmed to be an expy of Utena. Appearance-wise.

My understanding is that -kun is a suffix you're likely to use for a friend or a social inferior, particularly but not exclusively when they're male.  Touga's "Tenjou-kun" is completely predictable; he's not going to address her as an equal with -san, but tomboyish Utena is certainly no -chan!  If anything, "Tokikago-kun" makes even more sense, as the bigwig outranks Tokikago; -kun is always an acceptable suffix for your subordinate.

Just watched the 15th episode, and I absolutely love this one. Ikuhara does not disappoint!

Granted, it was a raw episode, but I think I got the gist of what's going on... [spoiler]Yuri does not seem to directly say anything along the line of her being a hermaphrodite, but constantly calling herself "ugly" (minikui). The flashback also titled it as "The Ugly Duckling".

I have a feeling it was implied that she's hermaphrodite, though.......

There's also the scene of Momoka and Yuri chatting while there were swans, definitely a reference to Yuri's transformation from ugly duckling to a swan. In the real world... a transformation that dramatic can presumably be done. Not by magic, but by surgery. Which is why there're so many chisels... and the next day Yuri would come to school with more bandages.

Yuri's determination to protect Momoka's diary is downright wonderful. She already has it all planned out to have thought of coming up with a decoy for Natsume to take, while the real copy is in the locker.

The last part with the ED song... It's so touching It also makes me wonder what sort of power Momoka's diary ACTUALLY holds. Whatever Momoka did, the statue of David got turned into Tokyo Tower. Did she really physically change the statue to a tower by changing fate? Or was the statue a mirage, and Momoka broke that mirage in exchange for her body?

Sanetoshi also seems to be very good to Himari... Maybe she IS Momoka's reincarnation after all? And Sanetoshi her destined groom?

[/spoiler]

That was a tl;dr rant about episode 15 on my part... But that episode... even though it was largely a flashback... it brings out so many feelings. For me anyway.

Last edited by Hiraku (10-21-2011 10:35:38 PM)

Saw the sub! SQUUEE!! *ahem* It was good and now many important things are brought to light. Also, for a second, I didn't think that [spoiler]Shoma would get to Ringo before Yuri took her, the suspense almost killed me. I just wanted to yell, hurry it up![/spoiler] Worth the wait.

Last edited by Rose Rust (10-21-2011 10:47:23 PM)

Sweet mother of God. I just jumped around to check the video quality and saw nothing but disturbing things.

Never change, Ikuhara.

My God. Things are starting to cohere.  Love the Momoka paper-angel after the ED.

Yuri's childhood was genuinely terrifying, though. I now have to wonder if I can in good conscience show this episode to the traumatized and easily triggered.