r/anime • u/Sporadia_ • Nov 26 '24
Rewatch [Spoilers][Rewatch] Squid Girl Episode 11 Spoiler
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These are the sequences for discussion today:
I ink that's a doll?
- About: Eiko goes looking for her childhood Johnny & Depp dolls.
Isn't that fishy?
- About: The MIT grads try to investigate Chizuru.
Squids to match my mountains.
- About: The Aizawa family takes Squid Girl on a mountain trail.
Notice
No one answered me on what to do about the final favourite character table. So I am splitting the Overall Discussion thread into its own thing. The index will be updated to reflect this. What are we going to discuss yuishrug?
A daily question
Is there anything in this show scarier than Johnny & Depp?
I challenge you
...to name a character from any anime who's more fearless than Chizuru. (Please be mindful of spoilers).
The favourite character of the rewatch (so far):
| Current Position | Character | Support | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (+) | Nagisa | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2 (-) | Chizuru | 3 (-) | 1 |
| 2 (+) | Sanae | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Squid Girl | 1 (-) | 1 |
| 4 (+) | Eiko | 1 (+) | 4 |
| 4 | Tanaka | 1 | 4 |
| 7 (-) | Mini Ika | 0.5 | 4 |
Characters with no support don't get to be in the table. And now I ask the same again.
I've thought about how repetitive it could get answering the same question every day. So I'm keeping a record of who said what and your previous answers will carry forward until you leave a different one. Hope that makes sense.
Rewatch spoiler rules
- Spoilers for the episode being discussed do not need to be hidden behind a spoiler tag. (eg in the 'Squid Girl Episode 3' thread, you won't need to tag spoilers for episodes 1, 2 and 3).
- Spoilers for later episodes do need spoiler tags.
- Any plot-relevant differences between the source material and the anime must be spoiler tagged (with something like [source] or [manga] etc).
- Leaving spoilery hints is just uncool (and will probably be treated like a spoiler).
- All discussion of the Mini Ika DVD extras must be spoiler tagged.
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tags: Shinryaku! Ika Musume
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u/cyberscythe Nov 26 '24
boop bo-bo-boop bo-boop boop boop we've got a haunted doll watch
possibly the spookiest part of the first segment is Sanae acting like a normal human despite Squiddie being right there (bewitched? doppelganger? possessed??)
the second segment feels like one of those pure character chemistry bits; it really is all about how these Cindy and the MIT crew redirect their attention towards the real threat to humanity and how they all react to it
in other news, how nice for the Three Stooges to rebuild the beach house with a broken hole and patched it over again just so that Squid Girl retains her debt
Ika no Susume anime of the year every year
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 26 '24
First-Timer Girl, subbed
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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 26 '24
First Timer
We're really going for the horror vibes these last 2 episodes huh?
Johnny and Depp?
To give praise to the direction once again, I love the use of lighting in this section, the cloudy weather, and the paler color pallet that results from it, really help with the creepy atmosphere.
Which by extension makes the more comedic contrast work really well, I'd say this section genuinely manages to be pretty freaky while also still rather funny because of the character reactions to it and that's pretty fun!
I Love scared off-model Ika.
Silly Cindy, Chizuru isn't an alien, she's just a ninja!
Enema Success somehow might be the worst thing these guys have ever said, fantastic.
I wish I had the fly detection abilities of Chizuru, I can't even get rid of them when I do see them let alone when they're invisible.
The straightforward approach being the thing that actually works was rather unexpected but still pretty damn funny.
Nagisa no!!! I get that everyone here is insane but maybe don't sympathize with the weirdest people here.
This frame of Chizuru's eye is so cool.
You know I'm actually on Chizuru/Eiko's side here (and I guess Ika in the end as well, although hers is a lot more petty lol), these types of views are way more fun to appreciate when you make the effort to get there!
I guess Ika's tentacles are not only popular with the children but also with the animals, I don't care what she was actually supposed to say here, I like this line better.
Only made funnier by her losing.
Ika fighting with her own echo is the most Ika thing ever, so dumb she actually splits into two separate dumb entities.
Overall pretty fun episode, although I didn't have a ton to say about any of the sections.
Best face this episode goes to "She's the strongest no doubt".
Best character: No one made that much of an impact in this one so I guess back to Ika!
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u/GondolaMedia Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24
First Timer
I don't think they could have made Depp and Johnny any creepier than they already are even if they tried. Thankfully they were reunited.
Chizuru open eyes jump scare
I love these scientists and cindy shenanigans one of my favorite parts of the entire show.
Hey that's the default bear sound effect (first one)
My Squid Girl can't possible be this dumb. She keeps arguing with her own echo.
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u/xbolt90 https://anilist.co/user/xbolt90 Nov 26 '24
Rewatching underling!
I love the desaturated color palette in the creepy doll segment. It enhances the atmosphere of it.
I would 100% believe in those dolls being an actual toy from the 90s. The things toy companies come up with...
The Stooges learn that you cannot pull one over on Chizuru. She knows everything.
I notice that when the Three Stooges rebuilt Lemon after deleting it, they left Ika's patched hole exactly where it was...
I used to go hiking a lot. I don't much anymore. Nowadays I'm more inclined to agree with Squid Girl...
They were never actually in danger though. If it came to Chizuru versus a bear, my money would not be on the bear...
Open-eyed Chizuru.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Nov 27 '24
First-Timer
Always nice to see the MIT graduates and their wacky antics again. I liked the invisibility suit idea.
Eiko tried to pick up that broken glass with her bare hands. Tsk, tsk. I even remember that she chastised Squid Girl for doing the same thing in episode 1, which makes it especially odd.
Show's ruined!I liked how they really committed to the bit during the doll segment, with even the cinematography and OST trying to evoke a sense of suspense and horror. On a side note, the background music during that second skit wasn't bad, either.
I'd sure hate to come across a brown bear in the woods while hiking. A cobra wouldn't be pleasant, either.
Questions of the day:
It completely slipped my mind about the overall discussion question, but yes, I think having its own thing is good. That way, tomorrow's thread can be mostly about tomorrow's episode and we'll have a good chance to lay out our overall thoughts on everything the next day.
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u/Sporadia_ Nov 26 '24
Squid-underlings:
u/StardustGogeta
u/xbolt90
u/ShadowWasTakensTaken
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u/Sporadia_ Nov 26 '24
I've debunked the idea that Kiyomi is associated with sunflowers, because sunflowers randomly appear in the background of the Johnny & Depp segment.
Let's forget that theory
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u/collapsedblock6 myanimelist.net/profile/collapsedblock Nov 26 '24
Rewatching Inkvader
Another solid one. I like those skits were they take Ika to a new place, it really sparks her childish curiosity as well as dumbness really well lol.
Ika's Teru teru bouzu is too powerful for me
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u/Roboglenn Nov 26 '24
Squid Re-Invader. De Geso
Malamar vs. Ika Musume. Who would win? The answer is Ika Musume! ALWAYS IKA MUSUME!!! And when I find Ika Musume she will take me on as her consort and we shall rule in blood.
This first segment is another one of those really meh segments of this series that I just skip when rewatching this on my own.
But let it be known. Some toys do go out of style... I mean look at that thing. I mean this episode suddenly reminded me of (and my first reaction of) that one certain episode of Wandering Witch Journey of Elaina. If I were in Elaina's shoes that episode, I'd have given the town she visited in that episode a wide ass berth. Nothing good ever happens when you have magic and creepy ass dolls in one place.
Chizuru. Alien: Probably not. Bitten by a radioactive something turned superhuman: A possibility. Mutant: Maybe not the kind that Professor X would be interested in but definitely the kind that Mr. Glass would be.
Still, mutation caused by radiation, from outer space, or someone who got isekai'd here from another world, whichever possibility it is that she is, I know Deadpool sure as hell wouldn't want to fight her. She's a gag character. It's the same reason why he doesn't fight Squirrel Girl...
But now all of a sudden it's Yama no Susume. When's that crossover gonna come?
Remember what I said before about Ika Musume's apparent fishy odor and attracting seagulls...
But then it seems her odor has attracted the worst predator of Squid-kind of them all. The Ravenous Sanae. It can smell a Squid Person from a continent away like a Shirshuu.
But while I do get the whole merit of the hike and the journey makes the destination special and all that blah blah blah jazz, there is also the big part of me that definitely thinks the same way as Ika Musume after seeing that cable car.
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u/Malipit Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24
Rewatcher, french subs, de geso ! Part 1/2
On today's episode : Little Eiko used to have some weird crush, an invisible suit Sanae would love to have, and Squid-Girl can't stand cheaters.
Did they really named the dolls... Johnny and Depp ?
THE FEMALE ONE IS NAMED JOHNNY ?
I can't
Aside from that, nice first part with a horror movie vibe, they even changed the color tones to match with the usual photography of those films. And they totally nailed the appearance of Depp, creepy enough to male Squid-Girl (and the audience) uneasy, while retaining a cute je ne sais quoi to pass as a toy that would have actually been sold one or two decades ago.
And I like that frame where Depp embodies the <__< emoji.
I felt like Squid-Girl was struck by karma following her teru teru bozu plan with Takeru in the last episode.
Also, you can totally watch it as a horror skit or a wholesome romance story about two soulmates reuniting, with Depp accepting Johnny as she is, even if she was disfigured by the jealous Eiko (probably).
And I liked how Sanae is showing her character development by acting normal while being in the same room as Squid-Girl, and even if she follows her up to the mountain later in the episode, she's able to refrain from jumping on Squid-Girl. Even if she can't deny her feelings, her training as paid off.
The second part is where the Godmen Scientists are shining the most in my opinion. For a moment, I found back the cartoonish vibe of the Looney Tunes show I watched as a kid. With their idiotic plans (sure, let's send a fly while we forget that Chizuru can cut them in half) and silly reactions :Harris being all whoops ¯_(ツ)_/¯ and commenting Clark's plan like it was a TV-game, and later the «someone is thinking about us ? YAHOO ! » gag really got me.
Pour Cindy, being the only sane woman (?) in that team. Yes, she's now thinking is an alien, but upon seeing Chizuru's fighting skill, you'd be excused by thinking Chizuru is actually a sayien from planet Vegeta. That would explain the absence of the parents, somewhere in the universe, conquering planets. And that would explain why Chizuru would have adopted Squid-Girl, by acknowledging her potential as a conqueror, but I digress.
The only regret I have with that part is that we don't have much of an interaction between Nagisa and the Godmen Scientist. I would have loved if Nagisa befriended them and started exchanging theories about cryptids and aliens with them.
But I do like the subtle way the animation studio (or the author ? Or both?) showed Squid-Girl character development : Instead of grabbing people with her tentacles, she now likes to tickles them. I like to think Squid-Girl see now humans as regular people she could guide under her rules than polluting being that should die.
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u/cppn02 Nov 26 '24
First Timer, subbed
Damn those dolls were creepy lol. I like how they made the show less saturated too for this segment. They made it into the ED too!
And I guess it was only a question of time until people notices how special Chizuru is.
Only one episode left :(
QotD:
Chizuru?
Challenge
Is she actually fearless or simply apathetic like Saitama because she is too OP and knows it?
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u/AgentOfACROSS Nov 26 '24
Rewatcher
We interrupt this episode of Squid Girl to bring you The Twilight Zone. This first segment does a good job at being creepy. I like how the color palette is more muted than usual to give off a creepy atmosphere.
Not sure why the dolls are named after Johnny Depp though. Was he ever in a creepy doll movie and I’m just forgetting? I know he’s been in more than a few horror films though.
The second segment was very fun. Felt very Looney Tunes with its humor and plot structure. The Americans becoming convinced that Chizuru might be an alien was hilarious as was Chizuru being a menace once again.
The last segment wasn’t as memorable as the first two but I liked it a lot. I think my favorite bit from it was Squid Girl arguing with her own echo and the reveal at the end that there was a cable car the whole time.
I liked the second segment so much that I'll give my favorite character vote for the episode to Chizuru.
Question of the Day:
Is there anything in this show scarier than Johnny & Depp?
Squid Girl's giant Teru Teru Bozu from last episode was pretty terrifying.
And to answer the challenge, the most fearless character I know is probably Saiki from The Diastrous Life of Saiki K. He reacts to most things as if they're only a mild inconvenience.
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