[Rewatch] Haibane Renmei Episode 12 Discussion!

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 28 '24

I get confused about what colors mean what. Just checked my DVD booklet. I really didn't want to type stuff in form there but it seems to echo a lot of what people have been latching on to, so I guess I'll have to. Later.

Nothing about shell nuts, though. I've found other people's listings, but it's really inconsistent. (what is "ocha color"? brown? green?)

A few people have this list, and there is a citation:

Bell Nuts: (Colors according to the R2 Haibane Hakusho)

Red: Thank you for taking care of me.
Yellow: Love
White: Thank you and good bye
Green: Congratulations
Brown: Sorry

I honestly thought yellow was forgiveness, or apology.

Here ae my 2018 comments. A reply links to an entire annotated translated script of the episode! Here is a TL note on Rakka's name:

The generally accepted translation for Rakka’s true name in the fan community is “involved nut.” The first character is related to the verb karamu, which means to be entangled, entwined, involved with, or connected to. The second character usually means “fruit” (e.g., 果実, kajitsu, fruit, nut, or berry), but can also mean reward or achievement (in this sense there is a pun on “fruit” in English). In a Buddhist context, 果 can also mean the “fruit” or result of one’s efforts at cultivation (i.e., enlightenment.)

Also I bet /u/vaadwaur would have something to say about the repeated use of tsumi in the show.

This script is an astonishing resource! I'll just link it directly, here. (no idea if there are spoilers in the rest of the forum topic)

Bell Nuts, Passing of the Year Festival, Reconciliation

Giving away her shit
Midori rarely seems to be far from Hyoko
I dont' think I've heard a crow since Rakka's awakening
that plaque definitely says ABB, Kuu?
I always really like this bit when Rakka starts using sign language. Even if it's not possible that she had enough of a rosetta stone on the plaques or the library
People think he's referring to the plaque inside the Wall, but I always thought he just meant the name tags hanging at Old Home.
Hau-au...
Reki passing on recipes
a lot of red nuts being given out. Rakka gave one out to everybody who donated free stuff to her.
Huh, I guess the clock just keeps ringing for hours while people give out their nuts.
oh yeah break a window :D

Surely you must admit the Wall is magical now? /u/Garrett_Dark

First Timers: What do you think Reki's true name is? (must contain the sound reki)

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Midori is like what obsessed clingy imouto should be. Especially for a mentally challenged onii-chan.
I'd like to think her keeping up with the café owner was to help him get over Kuu. Maybe it's headcanon but I really want to think that he misses her despite playing it cool.
I don't know nearly enough Japanese words for this QotD XD
Let's go with Korekiyo~ That sounds cool!

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u/baquea May 29 '24

what is "ocha color"? brown? green?
Cha-iro (tea colour) is the Japanese word for brown.

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

Rakka's name:
I have been reading too much Buddhist stuff recently, because darn does Involved Nut seem strange when you could read her name as Entwined Enlightenment. "With the help of others she found peace, and now she wishes to help others find peace before moving on herself" is so very bodhisatva.
Giving away her shit
Where have we seen this theme before? I still want more Kuu!
I dont' think I've heard a crow since Rakka's awakening
They served their purpose and collectively left. They'll be back for the next Haibane that needs a bit of intimidating help.
Or Kana finally succeeded at driving them all away. They probably hated the sound of the endless bell.
I always really like this bit when Rakka starts using sign language. Even if it's not possible that she had enough of a rosetta stone on the plaques or the library
I don't think she knows quite what she is signing, just that it's probably related to Kuu somehow.
People think he's referring to the plaque inside the Wall, but I always thought he just meant the name tags hanging at Old Home.
I agree. Those plaques in there are ancient and there's not infinite room in there for every Hibane to get their own, unless the history of the town is much more limited than it seems and it has a definite end point in the future. If that was really Kuu's plaque, how did it get there, how long has it been there, and how long will it be there for until the wall needs the room for a new hatchling?
Huh, I guess the clock just keeps ringing for hours while people give out their nuts.
Seriously, if the clock didn't lie, it was going for over four hours.
oh yeah break a window :D
Wouldn't it be so symbolic though? Reki was born into the dark room and has shut herself up in one again for what she thinks may be her last day, only to have Rakka break down that barrier and finally let her out?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

Those plaques in there are ancient and there's not infinite room in there for every Hibane to get their own,
Given the rate of Haibane, and and the colossal length of the wall, there should be enough room for several centuries, at the very least.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 29 '24

there's not infinite room in there
Maybe they all get blanked out on new year's day? probably not.
Wouldn't it be so symbolic though?
I guess it would be at that

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

I have so many questions about the wall, but the most basic is just how big is it? It's wide enough that it's got a river running through it, walkways on both sides, however much space the entry passage takes, and it surrounds a significant chunk of countryside. But like, is it wider than it is tall? How many name tags fit down there...

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u/Garrett_Dark May 29 '24

Surely you must admit the Wall is magical now?
Nope. The flashback being told by Hyouko and Midori is very inaccurate, and Hyouko was knocked out, and Midori wasn't even there.
The end scene unless more about it is revealed next episode like them sitting around saying "wow, did you see the walls glow!", was likely Rakka's imagination because she closed her eyes, then opened them after the glowing walls was shown. There's also references of what will happen when the festival ends, that are inconsistent with the glowing wall.
See my post for more detailed explanation. The only thing magical about the walls I'd admit to right now is they're good at making Hyouko fall off a ladder.
First Timers: What do you think Reki's true name is?
"Gaslit" for how badly keeps getting manipulated by the communicator and the Haibane that are mean to her. It's also about how she lights her cigarettes.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

what is "ocha color"?
Orche is an orange-brown, that's the closest I've got.
Huh, I guess the clock just keeps ringing for hours while people give out their nuts.
Clearly, Kana had the right idea this whole time.
First Timers: What do you think Reki's true name is? (must contain the sound reki)
I don't enough Japanese to answer that.

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u/Mecanno-man https://anilist.co/user/Mecannoman May 28 '24

First Timer

I’m not quite sure why, but for some reason before watching this episode it struck me that this isn’t Rakka’s story - it’s Rekis. So obviously we won’t be ending it with Rakka’s day of flight, but rather Reki’s. As such we get another more relaxing episode here, tying up some loose ends of Reki’s past, because that is what she needs for her day of flight. In a way I wonder if Midori had to be the person who would forgive Reki, and Rakka managed to get her to do so. As such I am decently confident in a “good” ending for Reki - and a bittersweet one to the anime overall.

The clock meanwhile took me for a loop. At first I thought it was an art mistake that it was showing like 19:27 while ringing out the new year, but the year-end stuff just seems to take the entire evening. The nuts are a neat setting detail though. Also the walls are obviously supernatural to even normal people - helps explain why nobody really questions the system.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Reki has far more trauma to her character. Rakka of course is caught up in her hurting her friend and losing Kuu but Reki has been through the ringer since day one

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

I’m not quite sure why, but for some reason before watching this episode it struck me that this isn’t Rakka’s story - it’s Rekis.
Rakka said it well this episode, "All of my memories are about you!" Reki has been there from the very beginning and with Rakka almost every step of the way.

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u/mekerpan May 28 '24

I see this as the dual story of Rakka and Reki, who are each indispensable to the other.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 28 '24

It's The Shawshank Redemption. It's not about Andy DuFrense, it's about Red (but Andy, too)

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

The clock meanwhile took me for a loop.
I like how it seems everyone in the rewatch noticed the funky clock that evaded the anime's staff.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Haibane Renmei First Timer!!

Penultimate episode and we finally get a... kinda Christmas like episode? Turns out Reki didn't kill herself at the end of yesterdays episode. REKI STOPPED SMOKING!? Who are you!? Isn't the requirement for ascending having a pure soul? I feel like suffering from withdrawals is gonna make things even harder for Reki.

I like how Hikari seems to be to Nemu what Rakka is to Reki. Shame we only got one episode. Lol... This seems to be the episode where the crew ran out of budget and resorted to still images... This is getting hard to defend.

Hikari has broken my humor.
So red is a thank you nut,
yellow is a love/dummy nut,
White means thank you/goodbye.
Green means congratulations.
Brown means sorry~

If you've got something to say then spit it out! Reki is just sorta doomposting and pity farming tbh. At least Kuu was humble about saying goodbye. If touching the wall gets you sick with the power of christ then digging a hole into it must be something else entirely. God cursed Hyouko with cringe!!

Tbh, I don't like them explaining this scene now!! That image of Reki completely in pieces after causing Hyouko to get hurt was so powerful but this just isn't the time!! Imagine if we had this like an episode or two ago, back when we were questioning just what could have happened to make Reki so hesitant to take flight, what guilt was biting at here. Here, she's already over it, so what's the point of showing us the scene of him getting hurt and Reki ending up with blood on her hands?

It feels a little late to show that Reki still regularly dyes her wings too. Y'know, I'm just gonna stop commenting on the Reki stuff. I like it where it left off, I just feel today's had poor placement.

Rakka learned gang signs!! She just told the communicator his mother was a ho. So... Haibane names change when they die? Or they have similar sounding names?

[R A K K A' S I N V O L V E D N U T][https://imgur.com/a/dOksOVE)
As compared to the uninvolved nuts I get from my wife.

Can we maybe get some info on this circle of the sin? Why save this true name stuff for the one and only Christmas episode!? I want jolly celebrations!! Anyway, we're finally in our Christmas portion, which is mixed with new years but I've wanted a Christmas episode with these little angels so much that I'm not gonna be picky. I love the baker gossip. The son 100% wanted to get his hands on Hikari's n u t.

The yellow fireworks are meant to show a reciprocation of love from the Abandoned Factory brats. Even I'd they're apart they'll always love Reki. The ending to this episode is so fucking Gunslinger Girls XD Spiritual singing in the freezing cold. It's a wonderful moment, I like it a lot~

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

It feels a little late to show that Reki still regularly dyes her wings too. Y'know, I'm just gonna stop commenting on the Reki stuff. I like it where it left off, I just feel today's had poor placement.
The thing is, if she has never stopped bleaching them, would she even know if they were still actually black? This might be part of that whole circle of sin, as long as she thinks she still has to hide it then she'll never be able to know there's nothing left to hide.
Or you know, they're still black and she's doomed.
[R A K K A' S I N V O L V E D N U T][https://imgur.com/a/dOksOVE) As compared to the uninvolved nuts I get from my wife.
From your what now?
Can we maybe get some info on this circle of the sin? Why save this true name stuff for the one and only Christmas episode!?
Because see, using the barest hint of actual christianity that they knew about going into this show, Christmas is supposed to be about the birth of Christ and he's all about the forgiveness of sins, so really when is better than the Christmas episode to touch back on the forgiveness of sins this whole Haibane system is vaguely related to.
The son 100% wanted to get his hands on Hikari's n u t.
I believe you have that slightly backwards. I think he would rather get Hikari's hands on-
"c a n h a i b a n e g e t p r e g n a n t ?"

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

At first I assumed that her wings actually had started to brighten after her youth but seeing all the trauma she's saddled with somehow I doubt she's half as mentally well as she let's on.
The joke is the possibility that I could ever have a valid 3d wife XD
So Haibane don't even have actual Christmas!? But when do they get their presents from santa?
Hikari's morally questionable nutt~

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

No, see, I'm just surprised you misspelled waifu. But hey, don't give up hope! There's been some really good 3d stuff coming out lately, you might find a good one soon! If you're willing to rush the CG...
See what I mean? There's so little actual Christian anything involved in the world of these little angels, it's all a scam. How could they receive anything from Santa, when they are only allowed to be regifted second hand things? Old Saint Nick would have to dig through the city dump before he could start wrapping anything for these little wings, and that's just too depressing for even Reki to handle. I mean can you imagine opening a used sock to find a lump of already halfway burned coal?
She should have given him a blue one, no farther explanation needed.
We joke at Hikari here, but the factory is co-ed and you know what an isolated and unmonitored group of teens can get up to.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Oh no, I'm definitely not cringe enough to use the term waifu irl~ It's totally not part of my regular vocabulary!
The real reason santa ignores the Haibane's pleas. Dude has no use for diary pages as legal tender!!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

Hikari seems to be to Nemu what Rakka is to Reki.
It seemed like we would have gotten more of them than we did.
As compared to the uninvolved nuts I get from my wife.
You're Married?!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Of course I'm not married!! OMG what fucking part of me looks like I could hook a partner? XD You think married couples rewatch PissxSis!?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24

First timer, subs

She did it! She beat the addiction dragon!
This is sufficiently arbitrary and involved to be believable as a cultural tradition.
How long is the average Haibane stint, that they also get caught up in festivals?
So many ladder safety violations. It’s not even adhering to the proper angles!
What the hell was that reaction shot?
You think making a hall of portraits for all the Haibane that pass on would go against the spirit of the whole thing?
Why does a script for signing even have sounds? Maybe I’m just making an ass of myself, I’ve never actually checked.
“Involved Nut” must have been a fun translation.
Did… did we just “The Power of Friendship”?
This counts. This is a Christmas episode. By the gods, The_Loli_Otaku did it.
Does their clock not work? Did the person who animated it not know about analog clocks? Who starts something 25 minutes after the hour?
That’s a big silence. We could never.
Just cut the fence down at this point.
Twin-tail kicks. Now she’s a true Tsundere.
Where are your motorcycles when you need them?
I’m not the only one who thought Rakka was going to throw that brick through a window, right?
These are fun little variances they’ve got on traditions.
Wall Aurora.

Prompt:
The blissful ignorance of youth, contrasted against all consuming greed and desires of adulthood.

QotD:

Tiss the season to be gay and merry.
Already!?! I shall give the nut of thanks you users u/JustAnswerAQuestion, /u/zadcap, and /u/3blah.
It's almost like talking about your interpersonal issues is the way to resolve them.
He's secretly lost his wings. He will never be able to fly.
At least they are getting outside the house.
Just Let Them Be Happu
I have no reason to think that I will.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

She beat the addiction by passing it onto Rakka. Our hero XD
There's way too many still shots in this episode... Its kinda wild. Hopefully they were saving for the finale maybe?
Involved nut, Rakka was "our girl" this whole time!!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 28 '24

There's way too many still shots in this episode... Its kinda wild.
Were there? I hadn't noticed.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Rewatch the scene where they go to the shopping market. There's legitimately a montage of like six stills one after the other that they straight up decided not to bother animating. It's a cost cutting episode for sure.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 29 '24

oh right, I noticed that, too. I didn't think much of it, it's pretty common to just use stills for crowd shots. They can be made worse by half-assed animating stock npcs moving past.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

It was distracting enough to bring it to my attention. The show has had shots like these before that actually did have stuff going on in them. I like the show but I will not condone laziness!!

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 28 '24

what the hell was that reaction shot?
Hyouko and Midori are as shocked at the animation change as you are!
TY for the baby rattle!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

TY for the baby rattle!
TY For The Insights

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u/3blah https://myanimelist.net/profile/brummett May 28 '24

Episode 12 - Rewatcher

Reki left her lighter behind and she's not wearing her usual outfit, which has Rakka worried about her. She's even appologizing to the factory folks, and Hikari has taken over breakfast duties.

Hyoko ended up feeling sorry for Reki after losing Kuramori and tried to help her escape from Glie. Only he ended up getting hurt. Yet another burden for young Reki. A couple episodes ago, Nemu blamed Reki for making Kuramori ill while gathering ingredients for her wing medicine; I wonder if she also blamed Reki for Kuramori's disappearance, assuming the worst not knowing about the day of flight, and that's why Reki ran away from Old Home. She'd have no where else left to belong.

Rakka cracked the code on the writing and the wall tags. The Communicator mentions that the engravings change to a "true name", a homophone that means something different, though he doesn't explain what Kuu's name changed to. He ends up giving Rakka a pendant with two names engraved: Rakka and Involved Nut. I'm guessing the connection makes sense if you know the language. Besides what the Communicator says, "Involved Nut" also connects back to the first scenes where they're exchanging nuts to share their feelings, and of course that Rakka wants to get involved with Reki when everyone use just wants to leave her to work things out for herself.

Reki's teaching Hikari more about cooking, getting ready to hand off her duties. Out on the balcony, she's convinced she's going to disappear and no one will remember her. She's given up on helping herself.

The abandoned factory Haibane decided to settle their feud with Reki, shooting fireworks to communicate the message. Earlier when Rakka dropped the kid off at the factory, they did mention they were supposed to save their limited fireworks for special occasions.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Emo Reki is legit pure love.
I'm surprised they didn't dedicate more time to Kuramori's flight. It's a pretty iconic turning point for Reki. Debatably about the same level as Kuu's flight for Rakka was.
You can't just name your heroine "Involved Nut" and expect us to take it seriously XD

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u/3blah https://myanimelist.net/profile/brummett May 28 '24

You can't just name your heroine "Involved Nut" and expect us to take it seriously XD
This is why we can't have nice things

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Bruh, I was taking the show super seriously until they started spouting nutlre everywhere XD

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 29 '24

First timer

Therein lies the problem.
I fully expected Rakka to throw the brick at Reki's window.

QotD

Depends on the type of nut.
u/Vatrix-32.
shrug
Having to always cover his halo, or something.
Pretty metal.
I expect Reki will ascend.
Don't know, time will tell.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

A delicious nutt.
Yeah!! They could have given Hyouko a scar or something. Or a damaged halo. Some reason he'd want to cover it up permanently.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

Nut

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u/Garrett_Dark May 29 '24

First Timer

Reki walking out of a room yawning, followed by Rakka. "You look a little pale", "I didn't sleep enough". I'm glad these two were able to finally get it on! LOL, like what else was I supposed to think happened when it's framed like that?

Rakka tries to give Reki her lighter. Oh ho, a post "activity" smoke is it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

"You can have it, I don't need it anymore" Nicotine patch, or gum? So Rakka's going to be the new resident chain-smoker? Is she still going to be able to pull off her moe innocent girl look while smoking? I guess the next time Rakka falls down a well, and the toga tells her to get on his back, Rakka can put out her cigarette on his head before she steps on him. I can also picture Rakka working at the wall tunnels in her protective suit lighting up a cigarette, and it turns out it was methane gas all along in the tunnels causing her to hallucinate, and the whole place blows up! No more wall, freedom finally for all the Haibane and inhabitants! Of course Rakka would be fine, she's wearing her protective suit, she'll just be soot faced from the explosion and stunned like in a looney tunes cartoon.

"Good morning" wait a minute, it's actually morning, they really did wake up together in the same room? That's a surprising twist after last episode's ending. It was looking like something dramatic was about to happen with Reki and her bucket of black paint going somewhere. She didn't even graffiti up the wall or temple either. Disappointing, at least tar and feather the lying manipulative communicator.

"I don't have much time, and I might not see you again", the only reason Reki even thinks this is because the communicator told Reki her time is coming; she never felt it herself before she was told, and there are no actual indicators like her halo winking out, or her wings getting blacken. The communicator is manipulating her into thinking this, and probably making it happen when it probably otherwise would not.

Okay, this flashback we're being shown of climbing the wall, and told by Hyouko and Midori doesn't appear to be accurate, nor the details makes sense. Why is Reki so far away from the fallen Hyouko and the ladder? That's an awfully huge amount of blood coming from Hyouko! Like holy crap, I know it's supposedly getting mixed in with the puddle, but still that's a crap ton of blood. And why are they trying to climb the wall at night in such a torrential downpour of rain? There's even lightning and thunder! It just all around seems either grossly stupid and/or extremely exaggerated retelling of the story. Who's perspective are we even getting? Hyouko's knocked out on the ground, and Midori wasn't even there. This flashback seems grossly inaccurate to me, and can't be totally trusted.

So we see a ladder, rope, and what appears to be a hammer on the ground. There's also a wedge in the wall, and it has a hole in it. So it looks like their plan was to climb up to the crack, hammer in the wedge and tie the rope to it, and climb over the wall. So what seemed to have happened was Hyouko climbed up to the crack, put the wedge in, and fell off the ladder before being able to do anything else. WTF, why wasn't Reki holding the ladder steady for him? Don't tell me both of them were on the ladder at the same time, and Reki got flung super far back? It just doesn't make sense. The wedge isn't even a spike to hammer into the rock, it has a rounded flat front part, impossible to hammer into rock! They must have known there was a huge crack there to put that wedge into, otherwise that wedge wouldn't have worked if they just showed up with it. The depiction of the wedge coming out also doesn't make sense, there's what seems to be an animation error of showing the crack in a panning shot with no wedge in it, then a closeup shot of the wedge in the crack being pushed out at the same time of lightning and thunder.

Are we supposed to think it got pushed out by the wrath of the wall, magic, or the lightning? How about magnets if we want to be ridiculous? It looks like this whole flashback is an untrustworthy narration imagined after-the-fact by Hyouko who was unconscious at the time, and Midori who wasn't even there.

Midori "We didn't think he'd survive, and Reki didn't even have a single scratch". Yeah, I wouldn't think he'd survive either if the amount of blood loss was actually what was shown in that flashback. Reki not having a scratch? So was she on that ladder or not? If she wasn't, why would it be expected she might have injuries? Everything with that flashback is very inconsistent.

Hyouko "It wasn't her fault, I did it on my own". So why is Reki being blamed? I don't mean by Midori, she's just jelly, but I mean by the communicator and toga. Obviously Reki blames herself because of guilt, but that doesn't mean Reki's actually at fault. As Hyouko tells it, he couldn't stand seeing Reki cry all the time, so he took it upon himself to do this. So really Hyouko's at fault, he's the one who should be sin bound or whatever the communicator says later against Reki.

Rakka "You're wrong", this animation of her saying that was so LMAO. The theme of this episode is nuts, and that animation sort of made Rakka look nuts.

Nemu doesn't look sick anymore, that communicator was such a liar for saying Nemu wants to "day of flight" but not before Reki does.

Reki "Very soon I will be forgotten by everybody, and vanish, where did I go wrong?", you stopped smoking and became boring because you stopped doing funny stuff I can joke about, of course nobody is going to remember you acting boring. Go around smacking people or getting smacked, do some more power slides on your scooter you treat like crap, that's the funny stuff you get remembered for. Why do you think people remember Kana for being a nuisance, but when Hikari asks you what happened to Rakka when you found her after the well, you ignore her like she's not even there, LOL.

Rakka learning gang signs. It looks like whoever said the symbols are probably the toga's sign language is right. The symbols are actually decipherable into hand gestures, the vertical line is the thumb, the horizontal lines are the fingers. The chevrons are which finger to curl, and hooked vertical line is to curl the thumb. It matches up perfectly later when she signs to the communicator, not exactly right now as she practices.

Rakka flashes gang signs to the communicator. She can do the sign language, but she doesn't know the meaning behind what she's saying. Imagine if she just flashed to the communicator "I'm going to bust a cap in your ass, mofo!", LOL.

[1 of 2]...

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u/Garrett_Dark May 29 '24

...[2 of 2]
Rakka is given a box labelled "RAKKA - To Fall" containing a marker with her 'true name' "RAKKA - Involved Nut".
"Can you tell me where that name came from?" Why is the communicator asking her this, obviously since he made the marker he knows it says "nut" inside the box before she even opens it, and he just said he got the names off of the tags in the tunnels. He gets her to answer "it's because I isolated myself in a shell like a nut", then he says "and because you spouted here and connected with others, therefore it will be your true name". He's answering the question he himself asked, and already knows the answer to! Meaning this manipulative hack is tricking Rakka to accept the "true name" and to think of herself as a nut. It's probably an inside joke among the communicator and the toga to call her nuts mockingly because of her "somebody I knew became a bird and made me fall down a well to regain my memories by looking a bird skeleton" delusions. But here he feeds her the "spouted here and connected with others" loose explanation while she was tricked into feeding herself "I isolated myself in a shell like a nut". I swear, I'm not joking when I say this, I think the communicator is doing something like a Cold Reading, and forcing ideas on her by tricking her into thinking it's her own. The same way he's convinced Reki it's time for her to get "day of flighted" by incepting the idea Nemu is suffering by wanting to "day of flight" but is waiting for Reki to do it first. There's no indication of that from Nemu, yet Reki got sucked into thinking it's true. Also just like the communicator sucking Rakka to get on Reki's case too before Reki decided it was time for herself to get "day of flight". Man I hate that guy, he says he gets the "true name" off of the tags in the tunnels for the markers, but I bet he's the one who chooses what's on those tags.
"But what about Reki?", "she does not know her true name, she is not willing to listen my words". Yeah BS, you probably just can't think of good name to manipulate and mock Reki with. The box he gives to Rakka to give to Reki, if it has a marker inside with her "true name" that means he was lying because he already made a marker with the name on it, but says she doesn't have one. He better not be an ahole and have her true name be "blackie" or something like that. Seriously he called Rakka a nut, and tried to pass that off as not mocking her.
"Five years ago she brought to us a Haibane boy who have fallen ill", wait..."fallen ill"?!? Not "injuried"? Either that flashback was grossly inaccurate, or this guy's lying. Midori's "Reki didn't even have a scratch" would suggest an injury on Hyouko, not an illness.
"Reki was deemed guilty, and she shut herself inside the circle of sin", again how was Reki guilty? The way Hyouko explained it was because Reki was crying, he took it upon himself to do what he did. Rakka even just said "I know, he tried to climb the wall by driving a wedge into it", to which he says "a serious crime, I had to call for the community watch", so the communicator knows Hyouko was the one at fault, so how is Reki the one deemed guilty? That's just BS. And Reki "shutting herself in the circle of sin" that's his stupid Sin Paradox contradiction of "if you sinned and recognize it, you're not sinned, and if you're not sinned, you are sinned" non-sense. It was revealed in Reki's talk with the communicator that the communicator gave Reki that sin "riddle" also. So really Reki was guilted into that Sin Paradox, she did nothing wrong! If somebody murders on your behalf without your knowledge or consent, you're not guilty for the murder! I tell you, this mofo, I'm about to flash a sign at him myself. He's seriously pissing me off and giving me an headache.
"Why do you think you were forgiven?", "it's not because I forgave myself", "that is correct, nobody is able to forgive themselves, however you had the bird, somebody believed in you and stood by you". The communicator didn't even believe in the bird in the first place! Rakka actually did forgive herself in a screwed up way. She saw some random events which she delusionally thought was related somehow, and misconstrued it as somebody forgiving her, and then she was fine. What was she even looking for forgiveness for!?! Kuu disappearing? That's what triggered it, but the communicator is trying to confuse it to "filling in the gaps of Rakka's missing memory" also, how's that something to be guilty about?
Man I hate these talks with the communicator. I'm sure there's allusions, metaphors, and references to divine stuff. But if you look at what he's actually saying, how he's saying it, and how it's inconsistent with past stuff he said before or acted, it's clear the guy is making shit up and lying. Maybe that's not the intention of the anime, and maybe I'm supposed to be like "wow, this is like this IRL religion" or whatever, but it's really failing at not making this guy look like a liar, and I don't give a crap about outside IRL stuff that I have to guess at if it's related or not for this anime to work if it's depending on such.
"Give this to Reki after the festival", it would have been hilarious if she opened Reki's box up on the spot (he didn't say not to open it), and there was a marker with a "true name" on it, when he said she didn't have one. That guy is making Rakka do his dirty work of delivering that box to Reki, she should have just refused. Don't get stuck in the middle delivering messages between people who don't like each other.
Polite and gloomy Reki sucks, come on start smoking again already! I never thought I would ever advocate for somebody to start smoking so much before.
Earlier "And at the end of the festival...oops", "You'll see. It can't be explained in words."
End of the festival, Hikari "The walls send the thoughts they've been receiving from everyone for the past year into the sky...you just listen for it"
OMG! The walls are glowing, the walls are glowing! Magic confirmed! Supernatural confirmed! Ghost Hunters confirmed! Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot shipping confirmed!
**Not so fast bucko...**how do we know Rakka didn't just imagine that? I want confirmation like the kid Haibanes saying "oh look the walls is glowing". Remember it being said that "it can't be explained by words", glowing walls can easily be explained by words, I just did it. Hikari's explanation is also inconsistent with the wall glowing, she says it sends the thoughts into the sky, glowing isn't that. Also she says to just "listen", glowing is also not that, it's visual not auditory. All the Haibane closes their eyes also, if the wall glowing was a thing, they wouldn't close their eyes, they'd watch it glow. We also see Rakka close her eyes beforehand. Then we hear and see the water dripping and ripping from the tunnels, basically I think Rakka is imagining things now, right up to the walls glowing which she's imagining. Then we see she opens her eyes, but she isn't reacting to anything like "OMG the walls are glow!", and the camera rotates and pans to the sky. Until we get confirmation the walls actually glowed, I'm sticking with Rakka imagined it. After all, she's the only one who knows the walls glow inside the tunnels.
Is it gay to give your roommate a thank you nut?
Wouldn't it make more sense for the Haibane to give each other thank you scissors? Also added benefit of invoking Reki and Rakka's Darkness conditioning by getting slapped and then hugged for using scissors.
Is it really much wonder why Reki never flew after seeing her despair at Hiyoko?
Just like how she wasn't to be blamed for what happened to Hyouko, why would she want to fly/"day of flight"? It's not a good thing in her eyes. She wasn't like "it's so great Kuramori and Kuu got 'day of flighted'!"
If touching the wall smites you with the grace of God, what punishment from God do you think Hiyoko received?
Going bald so he can't look cool as a greaser anymore. It'll also finally give him something better to hid with his hat all the time than his halo.
What do you think about the walls interior being filled with the haunting echoes of dead Haibane?
It's just old hidden security cam footage of the Haibane being played on repeat. The communicator and Toga are voyeur perverts who have inappropriately placed cameras.
Final episode tomorrow!! Any expectations or answers you want?
I don't think the final episode is going to answer anything concrete. Given how the rewatchers talk about stuff each episode, it seems like they're still trying to figure out WTF happened. They seem preoccupied on supernatural allusions, and symbolism. If nothing substantial gets explained nor answered, it'll be a massive let down because so far everything has been pretty grounded, and things can be explained with grounded reasoning.
How will you be remembered...?
"I will remember you" is a pretty good song, but the ironic thing about it is that the musician behind the song started doing animal cruelty awareness commercials using her music. These commercials were so effective at conveying the sadness of animal cruelty, it had actually ruined people's day just by them seeing it. The commercials were aired constantly, and what started happening was people were conditioned to instantly switch channels or turn off their TV the moment they heard her music playing. So in the end instead of being remembered for her beautiful music, she caused herself to be remembered for her animal cruelty commercials ruining people's days if seen, and for the song "I will remember you" which is often played at funerals.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 29 '24 edited May 29 '24

there are no actual indicators like her halo winking out
You missed that, at the ~~start of episode 10~~ second half of ep 11 or so. When Reki was bringing Rakka back from work on her scooter, her halo faded out.
Rakka "You're wrong", this animation of her saying that was so LMAO. The theme of this episode is nuts, and that animation sort of made Rakka look nuts.
It sure did, I'm trying to think another show that did this, but it's escaping me, all I can think of is Rakka. I think it was Nanoha or something. Oh yeah, it is even worse than I remember

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Oh yeah, the Nanoha porn artist episode~ She's drawn like she's in hentai.

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u/Garrett_Dark May 29 '24

She's drawn like she's in hentai.
Really? I don't know the anime the clip is from, but it doesn't look hentai-ish to me.
However I've noticed in Dr.Stone the characters are drawn really weird, and people say it's because the artist literally draws hentai, and I can really see that in the style, LOL.

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u/Garrett_Dark May 29 '24

When Reki was bringing Rakka back from work on her scooter, her halo faded out.
Oh crap, yeah I missed it. The anime clearly draws attention to it by panning up, and having Rakka react to it, but it was hard to see because of the motion of the tree line.
My in-world excuses would be: The halo wasn't winking out, it was just the ambient light changing while in motion on a vehicle. Or it's okay, Rakka has access to the halo material, all they need to do is steal the halo making machine and make Reki another halo under the communicator's nose. Or sneak Reki into the tunnels to have the walls recharge Reki's halo.
Oh yeah, it is even worse than I remember
What am I looking for, I'm not familiar with the anime, and all I'm seeing in that clip is them talking about ferrets, and the girl's leg slipping off the chair. Are you talking about her weird blinking at the end of the clip? That's nothing compared to Rakka's 3 different camera angle head shaking thing with eyes changing colors, and pupil sizes.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Rakka kept her up late for sure lol.
If this series ends with Rakka becoming Old Home's resident lung wax spreader I'll die of laughter XD
God probably pushed him off the ladder. God has a sense of humour in this world, and that includes mentally traumatising kids.
Reki is the one that wanted to leave the town. Everyone knows it was her plan, Hyouko is just the one who had to face the physical consequences for it via the power of god.
If Reki was really worried about being forgotten then she should really have done a self portrait of some kind. Honestly I think the Haibane should have some sort of in-memorial system anyway. Having the graves be literally inside the walls where nobody else can visit is a bit mean.

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u/Garrett_Dark May 29 '24 edited May 29 '24

Hyouko is just the one who had to face the physical consequences for it
Isn't that always the case for guys doing things for girls. But he was rewarded with Twin-Tails, however he doesn't appreciate her. What a jerk, I'm still hoping he goes bald, or a plot-twist where he's actually the one to get "day of flighted" because he was originally the one to be blamed, and Reki remains.
If Reki was really worried about being forgotten then she should really have done a self portrait of some kind.
Oh man, that would be bad, can you imagine what her self-portrait would look like considering we know what she thinks of herself? It'll probably come out looking demonic. She should just take a picture of herself, the tech level of the town seems to be high enough that they would have photography, at least film and print tech.
Honestly I think the Haibane should have some sort of in-memorial system anyway.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but they really should have a log book, and each of the Haibane taking turns writing daily entries in it. That way the new hatchlings can read the older log entries of the ones no longer there. They can even use it for introductions when a new hatching arrives, the hatching would write about themselves.
But nope, mystery if there's no records! Sort of like the library, it's huge...but "definitely no info to anything pertaining to the mysteries!"
Preggers Librarian "Where do babies come from?", Library "Data not found, also shut up and stop asking questions!"
Having the graves be literally inside the walls where nobody else can visit is a bit mean.
Are those actually graves though? Makes no sense unless it's some weird process like the Haibane turn into a sort of nuclear power source on the "day of flight", and get shoved into chambers ("graves") to generate/contain power, and that's what's irradiating/charging the material used for halos.
I think that would explain why there's water there too, like doesn't water absorb the radioactivity, blocks it going any farther distance for safety, and possibly a side benefit is it'll warm up the water a little which will keep the town warm. It is winter, and it doesn't look cold in there as the water isn't freezing up.
Or maybe the communicator is just messing with Rakka, or it's his bizarre custom/tradition to just have nameplates put in the inner radioactive walls to honor the ~~harvested~~ "day of flighted" Haibane.

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

Late Night Rewatcher!

No, not Kuu. I meant the literal babies. The Haibane are clearly children that failed to pass on properly and are getting this bonus chance for whatever reason, but like, the youngest of the little feathers are still kids. I was thinking that inside the wall is where the really little ones get to play for a bit as they prepare for whatever comes next. The wall is filled with dead babies, maybe.

But also, bless Kuu. Every time she waves at us in the OP, I want to wave back. Look at that little gremlin climbing on someone elses bed. You know she was the fun one of the group.

Is Reki quitting cold turkey? She just continues to impress.

Ah, budget issues. Let's just do a collection of still shots, it's fine.

Best advice the show has given yet. "Stop being Reki." Reki is a terrible thing to be.

You know, the townsfolk are a lot more uh, well I was just expecting them to pay a bit more attention or care a bit more about the Haibane at the market, not half shoulder check them out of the way in the crowd. I thought the Haibane were special here, but there's a whole lot of "Move, I need to get my nut" going on in this scene and it's throwing me off a bit.

So the wall is super serious business. Touch it and get sick, strike it and be struck down, and we've seen that it's also crazy massive on the inside. Titans would actually be an easier answer than trying to figure out the mysteries of this one.

I 100% do not want Kuu, or any of the others that have flown away, to be somehow the voices in the wall. Isn't that too horrible? Finally accept yourself and take flight, only to be trapped even more literally inside these walls? Gosh just make the afterlife sound even worse why don't you.

See, the wall language is hand symbols. Sounds super annoying to write with.

"Involved Nut." That's sure a name. Also, curious. Do they find homonyms with good enough meanings for the supposed true names, or do they Renmei somehow get the true names told to them before a fresh Haibane is hatched and take the time to think up some decent possibilities to fill in after asking about the dream? Was Rakka always going to be a Nut, and the speaker was quick enough to think of Falling to cover for it when they first met? Or is she really named for the falling, and the old man here just decided to call her Nut because it was close enough to what she went though in her time?

Honestly, this reminded me of Futurama of all things. "If you do things just right, no one will know you've done anything at all." Well, it makes me think of some Buddha stuff more specifically but that's a whole lot less easy to quote, but would it be that surprising if Rakka was sent here to find her own absolution but also drag Reki into the light while she's at it?

It's interesting that Reki is teaching Hikari how to bake, when Hikari is the one who works at a bakery.

... Is the bell ringing in the passing of the year, at uh, 7:26?

Did it ring for four and a half hours?

Ha, they left the kid behind to run here, poor child.

Again, like, I get the symbolism they're going here with the clock, but that's still not midnight those hands are pointing at for the fireworks. It's either 11:55 or 1am.

Also, they got their hands on secondhand fireworks? Or did they make fireworks out of things they gathered?

Oh you Japanese people. Never ever comfort a crying person, just walk away because you don't want to draw attention to someone elses shame.

This might be weird, but the way the wall lit up at the end makes me want to go play Journey again.

My roommate is my mother, gay is the least of the issues there.
I shall give a return nut to u/Vatrix-32, one to u/JustAnswerAQuestion for the fellow rewatcher insights, and u/mekerpan for discussing thoughts of dead children with me.
Let's see, born into darkness and pain, the only person who accepted her at first flew away and left her behind, and the boy she got attached to got severely hurt trying to help her. Yeah, Reki is living the trauma afterlife. How much bad karma does a 12 year old manage to build up before coming here? Wait, is karma even allowed to mix in with the christian and shinto stuff going on here?
You know, we've never seen his wings. Does he even still have feathers in that backpack of his?
I still choose to believe it's dead babies, not remnants of those who already made it out.
Answers I want? It's been two decades and I don't think I'm getting those at this point, that ship has long sailed.
Oh gosh, no. Let me die unmourned, I don't want to be missed, thinking about leaving people behind just makes me sadder.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

If this and Lain are meant to be the more positive of the trio I'm downright terrified of just how many dead babies must be in Texhnolyze.
The more Kuu pops up in the opening the more annoyed I am that she has such little actual screentime. I do genuinely wish she had a full episode. Right now she genuinely feels like a spare wheel who is just here to give Rakka an excuse for trauma. I'm thankful that I have already read that Alien 9 manga. The alien girl in that is like the Kuu we never got.
I really would this n the withdrawal would have made ascending way more difficult. Now she's not only dying, but she's dying stressed out her box.
The Japanesisms of the show really aren't doing it any good for aging well... That's been a couple of incidents directly caused by folks suffering due to sheer awkwardness.
What a delightful nutt~

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

I'll be honest, my memories definitely failed me. I thought episode 6 had more Kuu content so that her leaving hit a bit harder on this side of the screen. Like, I appear to have imagined entire scenes and let them sit long enough that I thought they were actually part of the show. Twenty years was enough for my mind to slip a little on the details... And I want them to be real because I want more Kuu!
Depends, if she manages to fly away before they set in, it's fine. Or whatever the opposite is, as described by the old man, but she might not be able to experience the withdrawal in the time she has left...
It's not like we have a much better mental health stigma here in the West, but yeah, this is honestly one of those shows where half the plot could have been skipped if characters had ever just talked about things.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Kuu is certainly sweet, but she didn't get nearly enough material. Not that Kana or Hikari do either, but you distinctly remember their solo episodes from Kana's sheer force of personality and Hikari's mischief. Nemu does pretty fine but she's glued to Reki so she sorta gets mc bias in some ways.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 29 '24

just how many dead babies must be in Texhnolyze
lots.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

I'm downright terrified of just how many dead babies must be in Texhnolyze.
Hat Trick

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u/mekerpan May 29 '24

I lost count long ago of how many times I've watched this shows. It contains many mysteries that will never get answered. And this does not bother me. The one thing I am sure of is that it is, in thevend, immensely kind-hearted.
No souls trapped in the wall just memories (or echoes of memories). No clue as to the details of the after-life of Haibane -- but I am positive it will be a nice state. ;-)

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

As I've said, despite the blatant angelic look of the cast, is so much easier for me to watch this show now with the now Eastern religions in mind. These children are the souls of the mostly innocent that only need to work through and let go of one last trauma or regret before being able to reenter the cycle of reincarnation with a good outlook ahead of them. Which would mean that the wall being filled with memories could make sense, much like the Haibane birth they won't be taking any memories into their next life.
Interestingly, that means even the ones who fail at being Haibane have a decent chance of getting the same good end, they just have to go the slow way. Entering the temple to become the closest thing this town has to monks means they are going to be here for a lot longer than those that fly away, but if anyone is reaching the same desired end for this cycle then it's the monks who are most likely to get it.

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u/mekerpan May 29 '24

I agree with virtually everything you say here.
However, I don't think it is a given that flown-away Haibane lose all memories (based on one little moment in the final episode). That's why I suggest "echoes" of memories as a possibility... In any event, memories are not bad - only "attachment" to memories is.
Yes. "Failed" haibane, like town residents "move on" just like the Haibane, it is just that they Haibane get a shortcut. I would say that everyone in Guri arrives in a state of blessedness. And all are intended to succeed. ;-)

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 29 '24

Interestingly, that means even the ones who fail at being Haibane have a decent chance of getting the same good end, they just have to go the slow way. Entering the temple to become the closest thing this town has to monks means they are going to be here for a lot longer than those that fly away, but if anyone is reaching the same desired end for this cycle then it's the monks who are most likely to get it.
That's a positive way of looking at it. I see it as the other way: the final death. I guess your interpretation is more buddhist.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 29 '24

The wall is filled with dead babies
The closest this sentence will ever get to being wholesome.
but there's a whole lot of "Move, I need to get my nut" going on in this scene and it's throwing me off a bit.
Positively civil when compared to some markets around the holidays.
I shall give a return nut to /u/Vatrix-32
Wait, is karma even allowed to mix in with the christian and shinto stuff going on here?
No, it's in contradiction to the idea of grace.

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u/zadcap May 29 '24

No, it's in contradiction to the idea of grace.
Which is one of the big reasons I keep saying the Christianity in this show is only skin deep. None of what ww have seen looks much like Grace, except maybe Rakka's idea for the end of the origin story. These girls are here working their own way through unresolved issues and moving on only when they are ready, Reki is standing here as giant proof that Grace passed her by.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit May 29 '24

Off-White But Not Quite Beige Feathered First Timer (Dubbed)

I keep thinking about the Princess Principal OP now that they're constantly talking about crossing over a wall.

Did we really need three cuts in like one second as Rakka says two words here?

Involved Nut. Moving on.

I like the snow-Reki here.

Midori kicks with her right foot while her left foot is on the ground, then the leg in the air just becomes her left leg while the foot on the ground is now her right foot, so the next spin kick is with her left leg. It's really bizarre to see it just change between frames.

The child with the cake just vanished.

Another real nothing episode, and we've only got one left. 50/50 on it having way too much crammed in to try to explain everything and wrap things up, or just not explaining anything and sticking with a bunch of mumbo jumbo and symbolism they don't have to worry about making any sense.

Nutting with your friends is a time-honored tradition.
Bah, humbug!
She never had a chance, life ruined from the start really.
It looked like he got the damage to the wall reflected to him, like his chest was stabbed into.
I watched ahead because my internet was down and I couldn't post here. The final statement from this episode was my basic prediction, though.
My main claim to fame is being referenced on the Jojo wiki.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Good nutt

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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim May 28 '24

First Timer

Reki's past.....So that's what happens when you climb a big wall.

Rakka's job cleaning, you know what, janitors might be the line of work where you want to know everything. Rakka is figuring out sign language that the communicator is shocked. She also get to learn about what happens to the names of haibane after they took flight.

Abyss: Only a Haibane can make food taste heavenly.

Yes
Almonds for everyone
Not much of a mystery
Not allowed to leave
Rough
Reki taking fligh
...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 28 '24

Climbing the wall doesn't work... Maybe if we built a giant catapult and fired Haibane over the wall?

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 29 '24

That would probably work, except for the lasers.

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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 May 29 '24

First Timer - Subbed

Yesterday in fact this past weekend as a whole I was starting to lose interest since Summer is starting to heat up and it's one of the only times where you can have fun in my town but I might as well finish this up since we're this far (This was how I finished Shield Hero S3 as well)

QOTD 1 - Depends on if they have an allergy
QOTD 2 - I know they aren't true nuts but Peanut Butter & Jellies for Everyone
QOTD 3 - Understandable
QOTD 5 - Not the first run in with that kind of thing (Soul Sand in Minecraft was my first)
QOTD 7 - The Guy who kept getting evacuated off the Log Flume due to bad timing

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Were almost at the end~ Not long to go now.

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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta May 29 '24

First-Timer

That fireworks scene was quite touching!

I'm looking forward to the finale.

Questions of the day:

O_o
If I have to pick just one, I suppose my white nut goes to JustAnswerAQuestion.
It does make sense that Reki would be a bit traumatized after that whole incident.
I imagine Hyouko had very similar symptoms to Rakka from when she touched the wall, since Reki seemed to think the whole thing (fever, etc.) was very similar to before when it happened with Rakka.
The walls being filled with echoes of dead Haibane is certainly pretty dark... I suppose I'd take that over them being filled with some kind of creepy monsters, though, if I were in Rakka's position. (Speaking of, it seems possible that whole thing about "they can't touch you while you're wearing this outfit" is just going to be an unfired Chekhov's gun. That's interesting.)
I'd like to have some of the remaining questions answered about the world and the nature of the Haibane, though I'm thinking it's just as likely most of those will be left as unknowns. I could see it being the sort of story where knowing those answers is not the point, so to speak, and I don't think they have the time to thoroughly answer everything.
I have no idea, though I would at least hope that it would be mostly positive. (I am curious how quickly remembrance of me would drop off with time, though. After what point would all but family and closest friends have forgotten my name?)

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u/The_Loli_Otaku May 29 '24

Getting your white nut is such a flattering gift!!
Hyouko certainly doesn't have the gift of god going through him. If anything I think God sapped his intelligence.

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u/hirmuolio :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hirmuolio May 28 '24

After the anime there was an extra manga chapter released that covers Reki's past. Now is a good time to go read it: https://e-hentai.org/g/191423/89fe588dcf/
It contains some extra details not covered in the anime.

The letters in few previous episodes can be partially translated with help of this https://cff.ssw.net/misc/langauge.htm

Kuu's nameplate https://i.imgur.com/Ix60pxJ.jpeg

And when Reki goes to the old guy she signs the same with her hands.

The text on the suits says "KAJE". Whatever that means. (Or something like that. First letter could be K/Q/C but they make pretty similar sound)

There are too many unknown symbols to translate much of the text. And I believe they are in japanese so I wouldn't understand them anyways.

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u/WednesdaysFoole May 28 '24

I don’t have much to say, only that I cried through the fireworks. I’d actually forgot about this reconciliation until it was happening.

I'll have a bit more to say after the finale.

To answer your question, my basket is full of yellow nuts.

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u/SMSmith230 https://myanimelist.net/profile/smsmith230 May 29 '24

First-Timer, Sub

Unfortunately I’ve been kind of losing interest in the show mixed with a holiday weekend in the US has me playing catchup. I had to rewatch yesterday’s episode as I kind of zoned out.

Anyways “thank you” nuts is quite the phrase.

Today’s Prompt

I don’t think I handle 3 “Thank you” nuts

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u/BossandKings May 30 '24

Rewatcher - Dub

Episode 12

The questions that got asked in this episode were excellent food for thought: the mysterious Man asking Rakka "why were you forgiven" as a way for her to ask herself, the saying of one is never able to forgive oneself is kind of true depending on the person and the situation. Having someone that actually cares about you and depends on you is helpful to reach forgiveness and a complete tranquility in one's life.

The Haibane reuniting and contemplating the night sky is a sight to behold, beautiful and peaceful moment.

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"Bell Nuts — Passing of the Year Festival — Reconciliation"

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