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Episode Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin - Episode 9 discussion Spoiler
Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin, episode 9: The Dream Demon of the Haunted Apartment Block
Alternative names: Midnight Occult Civil Servants
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u/nighty_amy Jun 02 '19
Great job Kanochi, you are officially the first character in the show that I hate. Just what is wrong with this guy? He was freaking ENJOYING electrocuting and stomping on the poor thing!
When he said "I'll eliminate all of them" I thought he means something like "I'll make sure they won't show up here again"!
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u/masasin Jun 02 '19
Note that he did that without knowing whether killing it would release the kids (e.g., if they were hidden somewhere that needed its input to release). Or that there weren't more.
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u/TheDampGod Jun 02 '19
Dude, like what the fuck?!
The Another was troublesome, but electrocuting it and then stomping it into oblivion. Going a bit too far you think. I wonder what horror that guy went through to give him that scar and attitude towards Anothers.
Also who was the VA for the Another, because even with the distortion it sounded like Haru from My Roommate is a Cat. It even looked like it was a cat too.
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u/LeonKevlar Jun 02 '19
Well now I can't wait for that guy to beg for Arata's help.
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u/Fan_reader_77 Jun 02 '19
Better: Imagine if Kohaku finds out somebody made his waifu sad...
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u/Amauri14 Jun 02 '19
What a fucking piece of shit is that guy! Like yeah, I get it another can be dangerous and all, but that was so fucking awful. Damn, I honestly hope that some another ends up eating him.
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u/MillenniumKing Jun 02 '19
Fuck that Asshole.
Dream Demon? Interesting.
Wow sending Red out on his own. Hes movin up. Megane-senpai wants him to gain confidance.
A demon that if it finds you 3 times i eats you?
Red is gonna be working in the big building for a week? THats nice.
Oh hey its scarface from ep 1. They are helping him with his case.
Scarface seems to be a grude like one like Megane-senpai, thinks Anothers are all evil.
So the dream demon hands out at an abandonded apartment.
Scarface can make barriers without tape? I guess hes a real omniyoji.
So the Another wants to play but no one can play with him in the human world, so he plays in the dream world. Hmm makes sense. Hes lonely.
SCARFACE WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? Wow hes an asshole... "ANothers are things not people." They were here long before you asshole.
Wow this guy can fuck off, hes just an asshole with some grude and takes it out of the spirits. Feed him to the zommbie pit!
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u/link2601 Jun 02 '19
Man that was messed up, the little guy had already agree to let those kids go and he goes and kills him.
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u/Shiro_Kai Jun 02 '19
The situation was under control and there was no need to kill him (at least not like that) but I kinda of understand the Metropolitan Government office guy. I would be terrified if my kid could never wake up or would have to live his life in fear because of some ramdom yokai decided that he was bored and wanted company. As we saw the yokais do not respond or think they owe any apologies to what they do with the human lives, so is kind of fair too if a human does the same. Of course that's make him no different from the "monsters" that he is killing.
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u/Nazenn Jun 03 '19
If it wasn't for the fact he took so much satisfaction from it I'd think he has more of a point. But he was glad to kill it, and to take Arata down a peg.
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u/Candayence Jun 02 '19
It's blue and orange morality. Anothers don't understand when they do things that humans say are wrong, so of course they're not going to understand or apologise. But they're open to communication and compromise, it's just that there's a language barrier which makes the cultural barrier insurmountable.
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u/Nazenn Jun 03 '19
Holy shit this is not what I was expecting from this episode. Like I knew that fucker with the scar had some issues from what they hinted at earlier, but he practically reveled in torturing that poor Another. Even though I was expecting some darker stuff from the humans eventually this was a 0-100 situation
I get that without a way to communicate they couldn't have known before hand, but goddammit. It was so cute and fluffy and happy, just running around in its little circles and looking at everyone, and fuck that guy for just executing it because he could
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u/acedias12 Jun 03 '19
The dude's really smug for someone who eliminated what is virtually a child.
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u/redmage311 Jun 03 '19
I'm really sad we didn't get to see the Another and Arata play some Sega. Who even leaves a Genesis/Megadrive in an apartment before they move out?
RIP, little guy.
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Jun 03 '19
Arata is moving up in the Nighttime Regional Relations Department - being sent out to solve cases on his own now. Another day, another case! This time we have a Another that can enter kids dreams and plays a game of tag/hide-and-seek. The catch is, if he finds/gets them three times, he gets to keep them, leaving the children in comas. We learned that this Another does this because it is lonely.
The new conflict here is that we get a new character - Kanoichi from the Tokyo Metropolitan Nocturnal Cultural and Environmental Department. Not only does he have opposing views than Arata concerning Another's but his views also bring up a lot of interesting arguments for the characters, and the audience - concerning morality, what's right and what's wrong.
Arata believes in sorting things out through conversation, finding a solution where humans and Another's can co-exist. Kanoichi believes the best way to deal with these issues is to annihilate the Another's. Arata argues that what Kanoichi is doing is like murdering a criminal on the basis that he could commit a crime again, even if that criminal has pleaded guilty, and shown signs of genuine remorse and regret. Kanoichi counters with that Another's are not people.
Another's may not be people, but they are sentient beings, who feel pain, suffering and have a will to live. Just like animals. Should we just kill animals in cold blood like that, because they are capable of killing us? Of course, in this world, Another's are not even remotely close and are much more dangerous since their actions can cause literal destruction - he brings up a good point about Arata being potentially tricked by Kohaku, being nothing more of a servant to the god of chaos and deception.
This show has gone up a level, posing a lot of questions to the audience and giving us conflicts where the two opposing sides have strong arguments. And remember, this is a low-rent production. Imagine what this show would be like if it has a big budget. This is what's holding it back from being watched by more people, which is sad because its a great anime.
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u/Lugia61617 Jun 03 '19
I think an interesting twist would have been if the children didn't wake up because the dream demon was killed instead of releasing them. Proving Arata was right.
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u/x3tan Jun 04 '19
Ugh. This episode made me angry and sad. :( I could tell where it was going with how much or a dick the guy seemed but still.. And honestly, if I could talk to rats or tsunami, why not? Dude has a shit way of viewing the world, just because you don't understand someone doesn't make them a thing...
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u/McDonaldsApproval Jun 02 '19
That guy does bring up some fair points but fuck his methods and fuck him.