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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- The best, and creepiest, episode yet. It seems that Nagi may be the main, or one of the main, character. Since, she has been mentioned or featured in each episode so far and is shown in the OP. She had a big role here and seems to know of Boogiepop and, maybe, the serial killer. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Saotome died after "decision Echoes"....I never imagine that the affect can be so big. and lol at Nagi always appears after Boogiepop. boogiepop said: You are just pretending to love this world in order to protect yourselves from it and it was that love which gave that thing this stance.Your pitiful attempt to "evolve" help him materialize in this world. okay, this Anime really give me the Danshou no grimm vibe .The only difference is that they don't use bubble's nightmare or bubble parallel lol anyway, awesome episode. |
| Great episode, that was messed up at the end |
| In a word, creepy. |
| Working to piece together exactly what is going on with summaries of the other Boogiepop material. All told this was a really good episode, it had an excellent build-up to its conclusion. One of the most basic things taught in a writing class and it helps so much to execute it right. |
| A cool episode, though I want to learn more about Panaru. Also I hate it when they randomly kill characters at the end of the episode. |
| "Nothing is sweeter than your smile" |
| Holy crap she was what torn and ripped apart?! My god this was freaking creepy as hell. |
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| Panuru~ |
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| What a troublesome Ending. |
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| It might just be a conjecture of mine, but the end the policeman might have been Manticore in disguise? Considering the fact that he could exist as 'Saotome', and knowing that he/she had failed to convince her to continue 'saving' people as a way to feed on human 'souls', Manticore just ended her as means to an end, I presume. Great direction, this episode in particular. We are able to clearly see the various angles of the story as it progresses, with minimal digression from the intended outcome: Manticore's modus operandi. Now to see whether the story will continue upon individual cases, or move on to focusing on Boogiepop and Manticore? |
| "If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria Just kidding.  |
| I'm really enjoying this so far. It feels like I'm watching a David Lynch movie with an Aphex Twin soundtrack, very surreal and unnerving. Most of the anime shows that I like tend to start out really slow, but I'm hooked already on this one. c: Another interesting aspect is how while each episode (from what I've seen so far) is like separate vignettes, they all seem to coalesce together in some way. The narrative structure sort of reminds me of the book, Infinite Jest. |
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| What the fuck, that was good. The scene with Misuzu at her most vulnerable state before her death kinda hit home pretty hard.. since we all in some form or another struggle with accepting the world as it is. Another thing that perturbed me was Misuzu's profound ignorance that she was being used.. even when Yoko, the girl who cheated on her exams, died after being "helped" by the Manticore. The scene with the flashbacks and where Boogiepop knocked some sense into the poor girl were really good. M: "I took over Panuru's will. I accepted the world for what it is." B: "What you accepted was not the world. It was simply HER DEATH." Daaaang. |
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| So can anyone tell me what exactly happened at the end? Is there a serial killer on the loose or is Misuzu the victim of a random rape crime? Or is it the Manticore itself? If so, it would have recognized Misuzu. Anyway, i am not enjoying this as much as i did Serial Experiments Lain. I would like an overarching story instead of focusing on one character in one episode only to somehow finish them off at the end. SEL was solely focused on Lain and since she was central to the anime itself, that made it much more exciting. |
| Damn what an episode, that's pretty crazy development! I actually starting to like it! |
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| Cheater girl died. Panuru was killed by the serial killer. Fake Panuru was killed too, not by Boogiepop. Nagi one step too late (missed the body in the back of the cop car). Ok, I think I'm still following what's going on here. |
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| Living a lie, get confronted with it and then get killed, ouch. And the whole accepting the world thing is bs anyway, sure some things can't be changed, but applying it everywhere is just an excuse by weakminded people who don't like changes. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Ouch, that ending hurts. This episode had an excellent build-up to its conclusion. Honestly, she deserved it. |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| God the sound for this is beyond amazing, it's really effective at making its eerie and unnerving atmosphere hit that much harder. Probably my favorite one yet, the sheer tension and discomfort I felt during this one was unlike any other with the only anime I can think of capturing this feeling consistently is Lain |
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| Now I'm sure I am just a normie, not into this artsy stuff at all, this pacing hurts too much. Lain's presentantion of similar style is way better IMO + Lain's themes are more interesting. |
| I hate everyone equally |
| Fucking amazing. This show is too underrated. |
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| Well, that was horrific. It's interesting how Boogiepop Phantom incorporates modern technology into horror stories, such as the idea of a demonic spirit traveling through electrical lines. I can absolutely 100% see how Triangle Staff created both Boogiepop Phantom and Serial Experiments Lain now, their resemblance is uncanny. I'm constantly asking questions of who is who, why are things happening, and how any of this is even possible. It's a great feeling to be utterly confused, but for that feeling to be an intended effect. The world of Boogiepop Phantom seems broken and disturbed, where society has always been mad, but it's always maintained a façade to hide that madness. Now, between the serial killer, the urban legends of Boogiepop, and all the supernatural events going on, everyone's just succumbing to lunacy. I don't know what I expected going into Boogiepop Phantom, except it was apparently dark and psychological. Holy crap, this is incredible. |
| Wow. I literally have no idea what this episode was even about/trying to tell. This anime is literally a brain melter |
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| This episode was quite nice with it's brilliant soundtrack. Can't wait for another ep. |
| Hush! My dear, don't you cry Pino gonna sing you a lullaby Hush! My dear, don't be sad Pino gonna sing a song he heard. |
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