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| ugh tragic eps and omga the damnn ending!! |
| Hmm....I don't know what to make of this episode. Quite the shocker, but it felt...simple... Well at least now we know where the spies got their training. But was it voluntary? Also, Ange couldn't have gotten that good by herself (unless Anime...). There has to be a teacher or superior or someone who gave her special lessons on how to become a spy. Like who was the best spy before Ange? So out of all the students from Ange's class, Ange, Dorothy, and "Prefect" were the only ones left? Huh...what happened to the rest... Beatrice driving the car! Dorothy sure has gone through a lot and has to handle a lot. The abuse from her father, being the leader of the spy group and receiving the assignments, and now she witnesses a comrade die before her. I'm pretty impressed by her fortitude though despite witnessing such a brutal death right in front of her. Prefect described her as "light and free." I guess that's what makes Dorothy a good leader and why Prefect looked up to her... Assassinate the princess? Well the predictable route is that Ange fakes Charlotte's death and the two survive and escape somehow. Or maybe this can refer to the foreshadowing in the Opening animation where Ange saves Charlotte during the fall and aims her gun at the other spies...We got a few episodes left. Hopefully this gets wrapped up nicely or at least ends on a good note for a second cour. Surprise me, 3hz! |
TarotistOct 28, 2018 3:04 PM
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furukawa-sama said: Jesus. How the fuck 委員長 turned into "perfect" ?! I don't know if that's a typographical error, but it was "prefect". Kinda fit to the "Iinchou" as Dorothy refers her to, subs probably decided to go with more archaic word to fit the setting. |
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| Great to see the brief training days of Ange and Dorothy in the Farm, and meeting their classmate named Prefect? We never known her name or have I missed something? Betrayed on what, by the way? What did the Prefect do exactly? I'm lost. The way she shot herself was too much, and we thought she looks to up to Ange and turns out it's Dorothy. That scene was so sad. Jesus. It was a good episode. I really love Bea. Haha. <3 And, lastly, I wonder if they're going to carry out their mission to assassinate the princess. Fuck. |
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| Not sure what to think of this one. It's filler, but it's pretty looking filler. That flashback scene of them at the funfair was gorgeous, as was the upward panning shot of the city street as Dorothy and Ange drove away. Prefect wasn't a very interesting character and I don't think her looking up to Dorothy really added anything of value besides a kind of good death scene. The only slightly interesting thing in this one was the set up for the next one. Oh, and once again, Beatrice is the worst character in the show. I hope that car crash killed her. |
furukawa-sama said: Jesus. How the fuck 委員長 turned into "perfect" ?! They have to keep up the idea that they're high schoolers somehow. How else could we possibly enjoy a show about spies in steampunk Victorian London? Gotta have that moe |
| I think the theory that Ange will pass as the Princess and then be the one killed is very unlikely. Because then the surviving Princess will have to pass as Ange the genius spy, which may be doable with a wig but not skill wise, so her cover would be blow very quickly, and this time Ange won't be around to protect and help her. Ange killing the Princess and becoming her (so actually return to what she originally was) and trying to keep their plan to change the world ongoing can actually work but also do'nt think that is the way this going, specially after end of episode 8. My current guess is working with L, if he is still alive, to overthrow the new command of Control. |
| "There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force." The Jedi Code |
| Anyone seriously suggesting Ange take Charlottes place and become the, "Real." Ange while the, "Real." Charlotte survives, is very much missing the fact that the real Ange has no spy training whatsoever. and that plan would fail immedaitly. That literally isn't even an option. Charlotte has all the spy training. Ange has the Princess training. Neither of them could actually be the other for an extended period of time and have it work. Also Ange still needs a wig when she pretends to be Princess, and the spy training turned her hair silver. So unless someone in Victorian Steam Punk London has a very specific color of hair dye... chaosprophet said: I think the theory that Ange will pass as the Princess and then be the one killed is very unlikely. Because then the surviving Princess will have to pass as Ange the genius spy, which may be doable with a wig but not skill wise, so her cover would be blow very quickly, and this time Ange won't be around to protect and help her. Ange killing the Princess and becoming her (so actually return to what she originally was) and trying to keep their plan to change the world ongoing can actually work but also do'nt think that is the way this going, specially after end of episode 8. My current guess is working with L, if he is still alive, to overthrow the new command of Control. Oh my gosh, lol. I was not expecting someone to Ninja my post this late in the game. xD. That's hilarious. |
| Delving into the past tends to be enjoyable, a glimpse into the spy school slice of life was intriguing. Unfortunately, it all came to an abrupt end. At least Beatrice provided some lighter notes for the sombre episode. Well, their next mission seems controversial... |
FrozenSheep said: My prediction: Ange "becomes" (return to being) the princess and have those spies kill her instead. In the end, the real princess is killed while the formerly poor child becomes Ange. But the formerly poor child doesn't have the skills to be a good spy. |
Starboom said: Can we just talk about how cute beato is trying to drive Yeah, somehow he can't keep the car in a straight line xD |
| Well, damn, that sure was an interesting new mission at the end. One wonders how Ange will manage to avert that outcome. The obvious solution would be taking her original place and getting killed instead, of course, but somehow I doubt either of them would be fine with this - after all, the plan was to live together in the end. Even worse, though, we can't quite rule out this being a test of Ange's loyalty either. After all, she was the one to let Princess know of their identities as spies, and once you eliminate all other suspects, her own superiors would finally need to doubt even their best spy. |
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| We all know what REALLY happened to L |
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| Well, from this point this could be AOTS or a complete disaster. A finale arc is definitely not the best thing for this show. Also, RIP Beatrice 2017-2017. She will be missed, not by much, but still. |
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| I still don't get why she betrayed them... Wasn't expecting to see her doing that, i thought that it would be censored. Well...so their last mission is to kill Princess, so that confirms that she is a double agent? I don't know how this will end but i hope they don't kill her :( |
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FrozenSheep said: My prediction: Ange "becomes" (return to being) the princess and have those spies kill her instead. In the end, the real princess is killed while the formerly poor child becomes Ange. You are probably right, at least it makes sense. But i hope they all survive. |
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| Ange probably won't do it. The OP clearly shows her with the Princess fighting. |
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| I'm surprised that only like one other user has mentioned the fact that Prefect injected something into her arm. She seemed to be an addict who was dealing with her own demons, which also explains why she chose to go out the way she did. Great episode. |
| Another tragic 'no-choice-but-to-do-suicide' episode we have here...and too bad Perfect could be a valuable spy ally on their team... 4/5. |
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| The ending of this episode made me realize that this was not a filler episode. Dorothy is now set up in a position that she will go against the Agency, which will support Ange in the coming crisis with the General and her orders to kill the Princess. If they had received this mission prior to the one they just did Dorothy may still have backed Ange but it would be by no means as certain as it is now. While the Agency is aware of Ange's ability to imitate the Princess I don't think anyone knows that she actually IS the Princess. This episode showed that Ange was picked up as an orphan and sent to "The Farm". I have a feeling that the General might come to an abrupt and grisly end. ;) In any case I am very much looking forward to the next episodes. |
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| This was rather confusing with the chronological order up to this point... I just hope they'll continue normally from now on and maybe run a second season to fill the missing cases. |
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| Wow, I thought they would cut away for the headshot... but they didn't. Gruesome. I'm sure Ange will find a way out of killing "herself". |
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| Damn, that was a sad ending! I am intrigued by that cliffhanger though. |
| I'm sure most of us thought of this scenario before from episode 1. There was bound to be an event where the princess would end up being a target for control. And as expected it happens near the end of the 12 episode season. I hope no one dies but they are spies after all and people have "disappeared" behind the scenes before. |
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| There has to be some connection with Prefect, L, and the Princess. Why would the show the Prefect inject herself with some bullshit, she dies and then L is gone and they want the Princess dead. Some shit is about to happen. |
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| "I betray you, the world and myself", or something like this was on some episodes back. Time to use wild card! |
GaichiSep 18, 2017 3:17 AM
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| What a sad episode...so the one who the class rep. always admired was Dorothy. |
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| She shouldn't have killed herself, I was starting to like the vibe between her Dorothy and she was a good character. What's up with that new stupid general for barking orders of assassinating the princess, I hate him already. |
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| -maybe i shouldn't have waited like a month to finish this show off -10 bucks says the old classmate is a double agent for the kingdom -also i think that's the first time any of the principal spies have showed up at control -merry christmas -i can't believe beatrice is fuckin dead -i can't believe the entire rest of their class is fuckin dead -seems like this episode is gonna be just pure spy stuff which is pretty great -aw that was pretty cute after beatrice sounded the dog whistle -chise's also cute -looks like i won't have to hand over 10 bucks -beatrice is never trusted -krusty krab fun fair -the princess of albion is a natural-born spy -that footprint carpet is actually pretty cool -oh man it's a spy battle - B R I B E R Y -was that car going faster than a train -oh so those drugs were for the classmate, not for tranquilizing ange or whatever -poor beatrice -bro -rip L -bro A refreshing return to conventional spy stuff happened in this episode, which is always welcome. Having some more unified backstory for Ange and Dorothy is also a nice bonus. The entire spy vs. spy section was pretty nice, and they did the thing where events that happen in the middle/beginning of the episode are explained at the end. That was a pretty memorable end too, with their only surviving classmate fucking blowing her brains out on-screen. I think this is the first anime I've ever seen that has actually done that, and it really added to the emotional impact of their classmate denying the kill from both Ange and Dorothy. Also, judging from Dorothy saying something about a group of people "getting" their classmate, it seems the classmate was made a Kingdom spy against her will, which only adds to the tragedy on the train. I think it's pretty neat how the show doesn't feel the need to overtly explain everything, and it's part of the reason why I've rated the episodes of this show pretty highly. |
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| oh... impressive... our lolis and teens here are so cold blood... hehe |
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| Ah! Why did the girl with the glasses get out of the scene right away? The final twist, has had its effect, I was amazed. |
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| Good episode, though I couldn't really feel anything for a character that we only met just know and who we didn't know anything about. I guess Ange will somehow change places with Princess, though I'm not sure if we will be seeing her sacrificing herself :S I hope not. I wonder if the opening scene has anything to do with this, the scene where Ange turns back (holding Princess) and aims the pistol at her teammates. |
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| As if the tragic end of Ange's friend ain't enough, the old man in charge was replaced and ordered them to assassinate the princess. I'm curious on what happened to the girls that failed. Now, how will Ange and co do this. |
| This was brutal... for one episode they did really well for character developement. Of course, as usual they didn't act like spies at all but it was still good. So revenge against the system this is? This is still cute girls doing cute things type of show at its core so I doubt the next two episodes would result into killing one of them but one never knows. Wonder how this goes. |
| Wow that ending! Heavy stuff. |
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