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| Finn finding himself being saved by a mysterious woman accompanied by her dog, and knowing the Card, means that she's also a Player...but a fellow High Carder? The rest made it back except Finn and Chris @ Polostick, and while Chris is thoroughly tortured by Jasper looking for his Card and Alex keeping a lookout for Finn, the woman's history with High Card goes way back. Aya Tawawa, the former High Carder of the Jack of Clubs power along with the former colleagues, the organization back then was a ruthless one with Theodore at the forefront of Pinochle. While she definitely knew Chris as the son of her former colleague Tyler who's gravely injured from an accident, trying to deal an X-Hand of 4 cards to save his life, that's the only way to revive him, but a very dangerous approach that sacrifices the Player's life in return the more Cards are being played. Seeing all of the death flags within High Card, she chose to quit on her own voluntary decision and lived in recluse of regrets. Finn essentially sent to get more Cards back, meeting Aya was a total coincidence that she could rest her Card's future upon the new rookie, but the Klondke Family's Alex's unfriendly welcome forced her to activate her past endeavors, that, with Chris's magnanimous save...forced him to draw his hand upon Finn. What a low blow of a cliffhanger though... |
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| Man, Bianca Belair really let herself go |
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| Backstories and a brutal cliffhanger, and that decision to shoot Finn so he wouldn't know his past was certainly a baffling choice. I think with the next episode being centred around Chris, I'll pass my judgment on all this next week. A very dialogue-heavy episode with a new character, Aya, who has an interesting ability where she can pull objects in her direction. I'm not sure where we're going with this with two episodes remaining... |
| wow, what an emotional episode, and there are still lingering questions. |
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| so confused about that ending. what didn't chris want finn to know? just what exactly happened to chris in the past? surely finn didn't actually die from that, right? not sure how this is going to work itself out in the next two episodes, so assuming we'll be left on a cliffhanger till an inevitable second season, which kind of blows |
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| Great episode of high card. Finally got Chris full backstory. He had a sad one like Finn, no wonder they make a great team. But wtf was that ending, i was thinking maybe Chris didn’t want Finn to know so he could take the cards and use them to bring his dad back on some DBZ type shit but he didn’t even collect Finn card after shooting him.. Chris themed episode next week so hopefully some answers |
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FrabicatedEntity said: KennaIsANerd said: Yeah plus how the hell did he know Finn found out, is Aya's cabin wire tapped? so confused about that ending. what didn't chris want finn to know? just what exactly happened to chris in the past? surely finn didn't actually die from that, right? not sure how this is going to work itself out in the next two episodes, so assuming we'll be left on a cliffhanger till an inevitable second season, which kind of blows fr, and assuming he's talking about his past-because that's the only thing i can really see it being-what is so wrong with finn knowing? chris knows about finn's past, so you'd think finn would have a right to know his. i can only assume something terrible happened and chris assumes finn was told about it but he actually wasn't |
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| Chris going full Colonel Sheppard at the end was pretty dumb, I assume the cards are invincible and the bullet hit Finn's card in his jacket pocket, but that will beg the question of why didn't Chris go collect his card right after shooting him. Honestly the plot has been all over place, it's trying to juggle Finn looking for purpose and his past, Chris' past, the Klondikes causing chaos and High Card's leadership being corrupt; and it's doing none of them well. |
ForeverTraitor said: Good point about the bullet hitting Finn's card (I'm also assuming these cards are indestructible) so a thought I just had was maybe Chris is playing 4-D chess or something and wants Aya to think that Chris killed Finn? That would kind of explain why he didn't go and collect the cards. Otherwise I have no idea why Chris would shoot Finn but regardless it should be explained in the next episode.Chris going full Colonel Sheppard at the end was pretty dumb, I assume the cards are invincible and the bullet hit Finn's card in his jacket pocket, but that will beg the question of why didn't Chris go collect his card right after shooting him. Honestly the plot has been all over place, it's trying to juggle Finn looking for purpose and his past, Chris' past, the Klondikes causing chaos and High Card's leadership being corrupt; and it's doing none of them well. |
| i was thinking for some time that this series d be more interesting if the High Card group wasnt just the good guys so i welcome this development |
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| I think Chris has discovered a way to save his sister by doing the same thing that his father did to save him by using X-Hand. Chris already has three cards in his possession and now he will have four after taking Aya's card from Finn. Chris shot Finn just to knock him out of the picture because he knew that Finn was going to try and stop him. |
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| Finn got saved by Aya and her dog, what an gal. Chris got tortured by Jasper the whole time because Chris wouldn't tell where his card is apparently. The backstory from Aya was interesting as well, from how she joined High Card to when she left for good to live in the mountains, it was sad to see one of her colleagues getting shot to death tho. Alex still wanting to end Finn & Aya for their cards, which failed because Chris ended Jasper and then came to the rescue and ended Alex as well, also what the fuck happened? Chris thought let me turn an 180 and just shoot Finn out of nowhere because he didn't want Finn to know, are you even serious, I hope Finn lives still. To end like that on a cliffhanger, I have no words. |
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| Aya is yet another great side character in this show! She has a very interesting backstory with how she joined High Card for fun only to lose track of who she really is and questioning everything. I'm glad she managed to settle down with her dog. Her ability is super cool too. The whole history of High Card, Theodore and all was very nice to see as well. With Vijay and Wendy up to go rescue Finn and Chris, it's interesting to see what Leo's decision will be. Whether he will follow the order, like his father, or his feelings. Also, something tells me Theodore will not be a hero in this story. As for Chris... I'm not sure what to say. I'm suprised he managed to escape from his captor. I guess there was this head smack, but that doesn't untie him. Also, how was his card nowhere to be found? AND WHY WOULD HE SHOOT FINN? With the X-Play Healing backstory of his, I was expecting that he might have the ulterior motive of using that on his sister, but that doesn't explain this. This episode brings up many questions once again, but with next episode's title "CHRIS", I guess there will be awnsers next week. Oh, and there is no way this show will finish with Episode 12. As far as I know, it has no direct source material, so I'd expect an instant announcement for Season/Cour 2 at the end of the last episode, like in Birdie Wing. |
| loved that espionage style jazz track playing during the fight. very James Bond Bebop |
| Oh shit, that cliffhanger. What happened to Chris? Is this related to his father? I highly doubt Finn died from that though. The finale is gonna be interesting. |
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| If this anime was actually well written, I would enjoy these kinds of twists and cliffhangers, but since it's just the Finn and Chris show at this point, I'm forcing myself to keep watching. What a train wreck of a show. I think Finn spends more time on his ass then on his feet. |
| I will be very very confused if they don't do a second season/cour to this anime, because as of right now the plot has progressed little in comparison to the actual goals set. |
| Just when I thought it was getting fun again, Chris suddenly shot Finn. I'm not really a fan of this kind of development... There are only two episodes left before the finale, and the next episode will focus on Chris (again). Even with one episode left, there won't be an episode that focuses on Vijay... I'm really sad. |
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| Another twist near the end of the season. I think Chris gonna use the X-Play to save his sister like his father did in the flashback. |
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| Ooooooh man that was unexpected of Chris, him shooting Finn, now WTF was he thinking? |
| What? He shooted!!! why? Next episode!!! kekeke |
| Was not expecting that twist! Finn got shot in the card hopefully. |
| Wth Chris..? Thought we were all homies here :/ didn't expect this to happen |
| Noooo Chris I'm so conflicted |
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