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Dec 25, 2009 7:33 AM

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Wow! Yuuko had to endure this in solitude, she hadn't anybody to confide in, she held the pain and suffering in herself.
this epsiode was good, very good <3
Mar 15, 2010 7:35 AM

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Oh great drank half a bottle of wine so fast that I got drunk.....oh great so drunk......well you can say I am broken in half after knowing all that happened to Yuuko's virginity add to that her beatings, broken bones and torture of various methods....gross.....feel sick and drenched in tears....totally O_O + T_T that's all....oh yeah Amamiya sensei should die fast. That's all.

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Mar 17, 2010 4:57 PM

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Oh my god...





francismeunier said:
oh yeah Amamiya sensei should die fastNOW. That's all.
Mar 17, 2010 5:35 PM

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k0k0 said:
Oh my god...





francismeunier said:
oh yeah Amamiya sensei should die fastNOW. That's all.
Yeah he should die not now but instantly without delay as I just see him.....were is Sadako from the Ring when you need her.....

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Mar 18, 2010 8:14 PM

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"This is the girl you threw away."

Fucking brutal episode. It's been haunting me all day.
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Mar 19, 2010 5:10 AM

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Oh my... Words can't even describe... Poor girl.. This makes me so sick;
But other than that the episode was good..
Mar 19, 2010 5:43 AM

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Destinyisours said:
Oh my... Words can't even describe... Poor girl.. This makes me so sick;
Yeah made so sick I had to drink.....words indeed cannot describe what the emotional shock it was this very first time.

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Mar 25, 2010 2:08 PM

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This reminded me of the Miyano voicemails when she keeps calling Hiro in season 1.
But, this is far more intense.
I feel extremly refulsed by the things some people do...
Apr 2, 2010 2:10 AM

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I've got one word for this episode. Kohaku... If you know what I mean.

Apr 19, 2010 2:11 PM

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My reaction :
O_O
Wafu~ !
Jun 20, 2010 2:49 PM

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Brutal episode, poor Yuuko...
Jul 4, 2010 10:33 AM

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omfg it just made me so angry. The last few minutes of this episode made me so angry and at the same time i wanted to cry so hard. Man i wish i could beat the crap out of amamiya-sensei!
Jul 6, 2010 9:25 PM
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DarknessEyes said:
omfg it just made me so angry. The last few minutes of this episode made me so angry and at the same time i wanted to cry so hard. Man i wish i could beat the crap out of amamiya-sensei!


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Jul 18, 2010 2:06 AM
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holy crap this episode at the end was painful to watch.

Episode 10 made me cry, while this episode pissed the hell outta me...
Jul 29, 2010 12:40 PM

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Wonderful, amazing, brilliant, amazing, disturbing!!! I really have no words to describe the magnificent direction of this episode. One of the best drama's chapter I have seen in my life.
Aug 26, 2010 11:09 AM

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game8910 said:
dude....I just got mindfucked....jesus christ

I havent been left in this state since well....ep 7 of season 1 O_O

That's exactly what I think.

Yuko... The most beautiful and tragic Ef's character. With broken life.
Aug 30, 2010 2:20 PM

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Incredible episode with a mind blowing end. Yuuko's explanation was astonishing, I think that SHAFT goes one step further in its visual style. Simply wonderful, although in a very sad way.

I'm enjoying melodies a lot. Six episodes per day, so I think that I will finish tomorrow. Will it be better than my beloved memories?
Sep 1, 2010 3:01 PM

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That was...intense to say the least. I don't know whether or not to feel bad for Yuuko or feel disturbed by the abstractions that SHAFT used to portray this moment. I'm still uncomfortable with the way the show is presented, though it worked for this episode. I'll see whether or not it will continue to, though.
Sep 3, 2010 7:38 AM
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windy said:
Sooo she blames Yuu for this? How could he have foreseen what would happen to her? He's not allowed to have his own feelings? Her decision is to show him, then say his single action caused it, after he confesses? What is she expecting him to do? What good did hiding it do? Is it REALLY a good idea to decide whether or not you're going to let yourself be adopted by what a 6 year old kid with mental trauma says to you? Okay, Yuuko, great job. Way to only value yourself by what others think of you.

*Perspective change*
All female leads go from "protagonist's love interest" to "selfish manipulative bitches". Show goes from heartbreaking to just plain sad in 8 seconds flat.
Sep 25, 2010 3:31 AM
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I knew it was coming and I even braced myself......

but fck the way the animated it brought me into tears. God damn I wish amamiya's head was blown off like in gantz.
Oct 25, 2010 11:20 AM
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this is a pretty climatic episode... very tragic

the last monologue with her was incredibly well done. nothing was shown, yet everything was given

5/5
Nov 14, 2010 1:31 PM

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so she was sexually abuse by who?
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Jan 16, 2011 4:18 PM

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so she was sexually abuse by who?


By the art teacher, her "brother".
Jan 26, 2011 12:09 PM

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My mind has been raped. Dam that art teacher.
Feb 14, 2011 2:18 PM

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Jesus Christ on a bike, that was an episode..

Pure innocent little Yuuko was actually subjected to such savagery. Honestly I thought it was that she had a prosthetic arm.. but I realised later in the episode before it got to the end that the line going up the side of her hand was just a glove.. xD

The end was kinda spooky.. though I kinda lol'ed when Yu screamed "NOOO" because it lasted a second and the vid just cut off during the scream :p
May 10, 2011 3:52 AM

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Holy fuck.

...That practically sums up my reaction after this episode.
Aug 11, 2011 9:58 AM

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Nyr said:
Holy fuck.

...That practically sums up my reaction after this episode.


this. plus the fact that i want to tourture that teach to a slow and very very very painful death.
Aug 13, 2011 4:45 AM

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I really rushed into this season expecting it to be at least as good as the previous one. Hysteria related to emotions, as displayed in Season 1, is intense, interesting, and understandable.
THIS, however, was terrible. Call child services please, ffs. Nobody was obliged to protect her other than herself, which she obviously didn't even attempt to do. Typical, manipulative female foul play, playing the victim.

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Clarification: if it's going to be realistic, then at least make it a realistic episode in all possible aspects, instead of relying on shock value.
Nov 13, 2011 6:05 PM

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the Ef series sure does love their BSODs. or Red, so to speak.
props to Yuuko's seiyuu for keeping up with the monologue.


Dec 13, 2011 5:21 AM

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Nyr said:
Holy fuck.

Exactly my thoughts.
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Feb 3, 2012 9:59 PM

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Well, finally something's happening!

I was expecting this, although I thought she was cutting herself, not being constantly sliced up by her adoptive brother. I think I would prefer that, actually. It would get across that her problems are internally rooted. As is it, why doesn't whitehair just call the police? Cutting up your adoptive sister every night is a crime.

So it's a bit of a drama bomb, but I liked the execution. I especially like that whitehair has already come out with the romantic, idealistic response and had it totally dismissed. So there won't be an easy solution, like the ending of the amnesia story from the first series.

Also a somewhat mixed bag was the scene with big-boobs artist. I like that she seems to have processed her feelings without it being another drama bomb like what littered the end of the first series, but she's had so little screentime I also can't really buy that she's supposed to be very sad about the whole thing.
Feb 14, 2012 12:23 AM

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Oh man...to hear someone so calm and cool like Yuu project a scream of such pure horror. 5/5

I like how they used the same trick as the first season where the girl pours her heart out and tells the guy what kind of person she really is. Hiro was able to comfort Miyako while Yu's attempt only fuels Yuuko's fire
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Nov 5, 2012 5:34 AM

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Damn what an intense episode this really makes it more epic, really great episode but such a sad truth! Was quite interesting though to know what was really going on and know more about Yuuko!

Really good episode but ow so sad!
Nov 12, 2012 12:55 AM

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I didn't really care about Nagi that much, but this ending really touched me.
What a sad story and the way this was animated made it even worse.
I wonder if Yuu will comfort her or if he'll do something else. His scream in the end made me wonder.
Next episode will probably be about Mizuki, I'm looking forward to it.
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Nov 14, 2012 5:31 AM
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My mind just got fucked up after watching this. Seriously these series deal in a lofty theme, theme which is unbearable for me. I hope it turns out okay later on.
Nov 14, 2012 5:35 AM

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Coloneltreavy said:
My mind just got fucked up after watching this. Seriously these series deal in a lofty theme, theme which is unbearable for me. I hope it turns out okay later on.


Watched this so long ago.. but I often come back to this thread to remind myself of one of the most awesome mind-fucking episodes in the history of Anime, need more stuff like this.
Nov 16, 2012 3:06 PM

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The shock of this episode had me delay my post for a while. Actually marathon-ed the whole series afterwards.

To really some it up,

The mind-f*k was flawless, in a sense. Had me quite stunned and baffled for a moment.

Perfect Episode in my opinion. Made me really appreciative knowing I started watching Ef.
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Jan 17, 2013 5:26 PM

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What an amazing episode! Yuuko's monologue in the end.. absolutely astonishing! I was speechless..
Jan 30, 2013 2:28 PM

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More like ef'd up, AMIRITE
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Feb 12, 2013 9:55 AM

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This show is getting really trippy. I know both this and A Tale of Memories have the genre psychological, but there was hardly any of that in the first season. If A Tale of Memories is psychological, than this is psychological x6.
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Mar 25, 2013 12:44 PM
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I watched this episode again and I shall say, mind fuck AGAIN!
Apr 18, 2013 2:40 PM
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Just WHAT the fuck was that?
Jun 14, 2013 3:31 PM

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i can't fully describe the feeling but i known something similar i think i know answer it's refraction of her inner world how she understands world in whole (i have seen dark side of it pain,abuse,suffering,loneliness and other far most worst things able to experience and feel)
episode gives me a small heart beat speed up remind my own story i understand it all i can say it is art to show darkness inside your soul and present it light.
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Sep 7, 2013 7:05 AM

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HOLY SHIT!
whats wrong with the HIDAJSODJ AIOW HDIASJD .. so in the beginning the story of yuuko has end? thats it?
God.. that scream of yuu in the end :/
Nov 5, 2013 9:40 PM

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WTF :(
Jan 5, 2014 1:56 AM

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I won't be satisfied until I see Yuko's brother die in the most painful way possible. Fucking scumbag.

This show is so much darker than Melodies.
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Apr 27, 2014 9:42 AM

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Pretty creepy this one
Jun 29, 2014 2:17 PM

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Holy shit... Sweet Jesus...
I mean I had suspected that something was up, like Amamiya and the girls bullying Yuuko together (as in he lets them bully his sister and makes sure they don't get in trouble), but this... this is terrible. I hope the reason future Yuu is depressed is because he killed that bastard.
Aug 29, 2014 7:08 AM

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Similar episode to that when Hiro stood Miyako up in Tale of Memories.
Oct 7, 2014 12:38 PM

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jesus christ;

Yuuko's VA did a extraordinary job during the ending scenes.

just beautiful execution overall.

to think Himura went through such a thing, it's really does explain his personality/words during season 1 (tale of memories)

no way, the kuzo/mizuki storyline is gonna come close to this in terms of impact.
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