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| Can't wait for the next ep ~:3 |
| Poltergeists don't get dirty hands. When you offer food to non-corporeal beings, you don't expect it to be slurped up like Menma's noodles. Although pretty clearly Menma knows she's not alive (sometimes this knowledge is enough in itself to send a ghost on to the next plane), she certainly seems to be more than a simple ghost (or an hallucination). While it could be that the animators are simply modifying the characteristics to fit their plot, I suspect (and hope) that they have something more up their sleeves. A week is an awfully long time to wait..... |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| The fact that Menma didn't cry makes this episode automatically 5/5. I still find her the most annoying character in the show. I really like the growth the characters are getting as time goes on. |
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| I never expected Menma's mom to be an obstacle. Great episode. Anaru tsundere goodness all over. |
| Moar AnaruｘJintan ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ And suddenly, it turns out Menma didn't want Jintan to come to the base that day. So, what, they were going to pull a surprise -something- on Jintan and his mom then? chaelmi said: I personally don't find it so weird to be said with a face like that, but I guess it is more "normal" to see it (in anime) coming from an angry face.menma's mom talking at the end then suddenly she said fuzaketeru wa ne (with a straight face) and i was like O.O its kinda creepy, cause i always heard that line when someone is fighting, and saying this with a mad face is normal thing but with a straight face is uh-uh. scary-creepy In this case I guess it gives off a "Oh they're so dumb ◔ ◡ ◔"-kind of feeling. kiba1996 said: And I sure as hell hope that ain't just some random plothole. That'd be... disappointing.Wasabi said: I agree , there have been times when Menma hugged someone and they said they felt weight. Simply put he should have said oh Menma is hugging youThe biggest thing that irks me about this anime is Menma. She fucking cooks and plays video games but yet Jinta is too stupid to just have her do it in front of everybody. |
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| beef curry retreat ! Hilarious PO Po ! |
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rlime said: I think it would be wonderful should it happen and as such Jinta's mother sees him one last time as she guides to heavens Menma. Jinta's mom being already in heavens would have no problem in that task. Properly done with the right angel depiction can be a absolute beauty if done properly. My guess on what Menma's wish is about and why she gathered everyone that day: rodac said: Poltergeist are only ghosts who have a direct effect on the surroundings as the following mentions:Poltergeists don't get dirty hands. When you offer food to non-corporeal beings, you don't expect it to be slurped up like Menma's noodles. Although pretty clearly Menma knows she's not alive (sometimes this knowledge is enough in itself to send a ghost on to the next plane), she certainly seems to be more than a simple ghost (or an hallucination). While it could be that the animators are simply modifying the characteristics to fit their plot, I suspect (and hope) that they have something more up their sleeves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist indeed Menma fits exactly into that and the construction incident makes no exception in that. |
| I-I-IRASSHAIMASEeEeEeEEeN! |
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| Nice to see things trundling along as always, although Anaru finally calling Jintan by his old nickname was a wonderful moment :-D |
| "Ah yes, the demon drink...'Nature's Alzheimer's' they call it" |
| If only getting a job was that easy..... |
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| I like both Jintan x Anaru and Jintan x Menma, but well Menma's dead so there goes that pairing :P Great episode once again. Anaru was adorable <3 Ughh, Menma can clearly move things! At first I thought maybe she can only move things when no one's around / only Jintan is there, but that's obviously not the case now dammit. When will she show everyone she's there? Here I thought Menma's mom would have been happy about the fireworks. I guess she's totally off her rocker. I don't think the fireworks are Menma's wish though. It's probably what she called them there for that day. Yumekichi11 said: Eh, that's a little unfair. The poor guy lost his wife, and his son went out-of-control. I'm sure he tried a bit at first, but he was probably too grief-stricken so he gave up eventually. Life's been tough on him.HawthorneKitty said: Well we can't do anything, he's one of those care free fathers. Yeah, I'm with you that it's fathers like him that lead some kids in delinquency hence trouble maker kids.I kinda want to punch Jintan's dad now... it's always been out there that he does not care what his son does, but it pisses me off when it comes out of his mouth. |
amayadoriMay 27, 2011 5:08 AM
 Znips: When Shay is born she just crawls back in the womb to shitpost for another year |
| Ahh, it always hits my heart at the end af each episode with that ED, I'm always so weak for AnoHana. T-T |
| I'm losing interest. Please make this only 12 episodes long so that they'll just cram everything in the remaining 5 eps. |
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entropy13 said: There's not that much that they'd need to cram it into 5 eps though, is there?Please make this only 12 episodes long so that they'll just cram everything in the remaining 5 eps. I'd even go as far as to say that a skilled director could probably wrap this up in another 2 episodes, without it feeling rushed. But alas, we're not blessed with a director of that skill level, huh? |
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| I just love Jintan x Anjou :P and Menma changing those lights..! so she should be able to communticate with ppl somehow!! Yumekichi11 said: The mother at the end does seem suspicious. Is it possible she wants Menma to stay forever around her till she dies? She seems to be hiding something as a means to thee end of not having Menma cross over IMO. Could it be that she believes that Menma is still around spiritually from the home incident she cause and does not want her to leave? I wonder about that. i don't think it's like that. I guess she thinks it is dumb to do those things for Menma, who is already dead. Like they should move on with their lives. But menma's mom doesn't know that her daughter's spirit is around them so mom is making things even worse. Maybe someone already said that. Oosran said: entropy13 said: There's not that much that they'd need to cram it into 5 eps though, is there?Please make this only 12 episodes long so that they'll just cram everything in the remaining 5 eps. I'd even go as far as to say that a skilled director could probably wrap this up in another 2 episodes, without it feeling rushed. But alas, we're not blessed with a director of that skill level, huh? Noooo!! if they can make the story good it should be even longer! :( |
LylaazMay 27, 2011 6:31 AM
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| Jintan's father reminds me of Tomoya's dad from Clannad, he doesn't care about his son, he's always somewhere that u never know, but Jintan doesn't seem to care |
jdizzle123ify said: Jintan's father reminds me of Tomoya's dad from Clannad, he doesn't care about his son, he's always somewhere that u never know, but Jintan doesn't seem to care but we all know how tomoya's dad isn't that bad in the end =P |
| When Jintan says that skipping school once can lead to you doing it more and more until you hardly ever go, it's so true. I've been doing that for more than 3 years, and, well it sucks. OTL Go to school every day, please! Great episode, I'm starting to like Jintan. |
| It was a great episode like always. Although I didn't really like that last part with Menma's mom. Almost seems like a villain figure (which doesn't really suit this anime imo). |
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| I so want to put this thing in my favorites, but i won't until it's finished. So it better stay as awesome till the end. Great episode, loved it. |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| Damn. Some serious JintanXAnjou moments there. Loved the episode and I hope it cotinues to be this good until the very end. Also, Menma helping out in her own little way was adorable, and pretending like she does't know about it just so it doesn't ruin all of Jintan's hardwork... Menma... you're just too nice. Man, is it ever going to suck for me when this series ends. On a final note, what's wrong with Menmom here? I sincerely thought that she would happily help the gang make Menma's wish a reality... Fear of Menma moving on? But that would mean she's aware of Menma being unable to achieve Nirvana... *Edit*Can someone make the scene where Menma spazzes out "Unfine"? XD I'm going to need it for E3, I would make it myself, but I'm not very good at these kind of things. */Edit* |
EchoesOfManaMay 27, 2011 1:25 PM
| Waw, next week'll be exciting. |
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| Damn, they're all working so hard to grant Menma her wish and now her mother is trying to stop it? Why?! T_T Good to know Menma herself knows about it now though. She even found out about Jintan not going to school, but she won't tell him! =P The scenes between Jintan and Anaru were great! Don't expect her feelings to be answered, but who knows. Can't wait for next week! |
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| Wow Great Episode! I love how the end of each episode transitions to the ending! Keeps me wanting more after each episode. |
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| It makes me wonder if her wish is really about the fireworks thing. It makes sense when you consider how she wanted a meeting without Jinta to maybe come up with it as a surprise for him but then again that'd be such a let down. To think that her wish was so simple. Buuut I guess it's all in the execution, maybe it'll work out well in the end. What does her mom know though I wonder. :U |
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| Good episode as always. I think it would be weird if at the end of this anime Yukiatsu and Chiriko got together......they don't seem to match very well. |
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| is menma's mom Yandere O.o |
| wtf is up w/ Menma's parents?!! And we now learn that Menma didn't want Jintan there at the meeting in the clubhouse on that fateful day... great show |
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| Evil Menmom? Da eff? Heck, that surprised me more than anything MadoMagi threw at me. Jintan x Anaru is too friggin' cute. I can't stand it (in a good way). If they don't hook up by the end I'll be pretty upset. I also love YukiaTsuruko (and that portmanteau); I wonder if Yukiatsu knows that Tsuruko likes him but doesn't act on it due to his own insecurities/lingering neuroses regarding Menma. And for the posters in the game shop, I noticed Working!!, Kuroshitsuji, and Hourou Musuko. I'm sure there were others but I didn't recognize them. |
| Ha-cha! |
| I can't believe her mom said that...I mean I know she has no idea about Menma been there, but still. Anyways, what Jin-tan is trying to do for Menma is praise worthy...and he's really working hard, which Menma got to see and appreciate. |
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| Great episode, Jintan is cool. And I'm liking Anaru more and more. Not to mention Menma... When the show started, I thought she was gonna be just as annoying as Index, but she really isn't, even if she sometimes acts a bit like her, it's never too much. TeaAnyOne said: If only getting a job was that easy..... Well, that depends on which kinda job are you ready to do. Hint: nobody wants to clean toilets. |
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| I'm kinda jealous of Jintan, being able to get a part-time job in a split second despite his social anxieties and all that. A good episode by the way. |
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| wha-?! y stop at cliffhanger.... again!!! TTATTi wana know what menmom knows!! |
Balakirev said: A few more things: I'm surprised no one brought up the fact that even though yukiatsu claimed that Jinta wasn't invited, Jinta was still there on that day. I think you've mistaken. I don't think jinta was invited. you probably referring to the scene where anaru asked jinta about if he likes menma or not. I don't think that scene was the secret gathering. anaru's twin tail is a turn off >.>. I like her hair down like menma's. Like the scene where anaru called jinta by jinta and where jinta calls her anaru. guava said: Why is everybody assuming that Menma's mom is the one stopping them from the fireworks thing? The ending only seemed to imply that she knew about it (as she would because her family is involved with the festival), not that she was doing anything to stop the group. Unless I missed something, the ending seemed open-ended in its implications, but everybody here is jumping to conclusions. menmom said Is time to stop playing around at the end. so thats why everyone assumes she is the one. |
xhxMay 27, 2011 9:41 PM
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| Jin-Tan's dad is a real F*** up. Is a miracle that Jin-tan is not on drugs or joining gangs. If my kid skips school like that, I would ship his ass to the military boot camps. |
RiceyFighterMay 27, 2011 9:53 PM
| Onee-chan? What? |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
Balakirev said: My guess: Haha I like that. Really ties in with the title, and I could definitely see that coming. And it's probably because I'm slightly sexist, but I assumed that the director was Menma's father, not Menma's mother. I suppose, yes, it could lead you to believe that Menma's mom had a hand in this though since she does know about it. Onee-chan part had me confused though, so we'll see how broken her character is hopefully soon. |
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LightningRamiel said: What I am WTF at is why is Tsuruko still thinking Yukiatsu is annoying to be with? I mean hell, he invited her out! Hello? She should have accepted as a sign of something. Right?I also love YukiaTsuruko (and that portmanteau); I wonder if Yukiatsu knows that Tsuruko likes him but doesn't act on it due to his own insecurities/lingering neuroses regarding Menma. Anders39 said: I am always jealous of people getting better jobs because they have the connections and I don't. Life is sure unfair in that way.I'm kinda jealous of Jintan, being able to get a part-time job in a split second despite his social anxieties and all that. A good episode by the way. |
Yumekichi11May 27, 2011 11:06 PM
| Really confused by what Menma's mom said at the end of this episode... and why is she messing with their plans? inb4 she killed menma ;o |
ShadowBlindx said: Awesome detective work here. |
| Good episode. |
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| Now I have no idea what's going on in Menmom's head. Maybe she's a psychotic mother similar to psychotic Yukiatsu. Jinta has it tough dealing with weirdos. |
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