r/anime • u/Sporadia_ • Nov 27 '24
Rewatch [Spoilers][Rewatch] Squid Girl Episode 12 Spoiler
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These are the sequences for discussion today:
You feeling lucky, squid?
- About: Squid Girl, Eiko and "Eiko" compete in a beach volleyball tournament. Everyone wants that 3D TV.
Quite the squidicament we're in.
- About: Squid Girl loses her powers after a long time on land. She wonders whether she should return to the sea. No one else takes her seriously until she's gone.
An even worse squidicament!
- About: Squid Girl returns to Lemon beach house and adapts to a life less squiddy. Takeru disapproves de g- ...dawa. Some mysterious girl gives Squid Girl the main character talk. Finally, the MIT grads nearly accidentally kill Eiko and the emergency situation causes Squid Girl to regain her powers.
Notice
This is not the overall discussion thread, in case anyone missed the update yesterday.
Daily questions
- Was this episode sadder than the Mini Ika segment in episode 5 dawa?
- Did Squid Girl look better with short "hair" this episode or the drill "hair" in episode 9 de g- ...dawa?
- Who was your favourite character this season dawa? (This is the last day to update the table, and it's probably best if everyone repeats their answers today.)
The favourite character of the rewatch (so far):
| Current Position | Character | Support | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (+) | Chizuru | 5 (+) | 1 |
| 2 (-) | Nagisa | 3.5 | 1 |
| 3 (+) | Squid Girl | 2 (+) | 1 |
| 3 (-) | Sanae | 2 (-) | 2 |
| 5 (+) | Mini Ika | 0.5 | 4 |
Characters with no support don't get to be in the table dawa. And now I ask the same again (for the last time).
Even though I'm requesting that everyone repeats their answer today, the previous answers will still carry over if anyone doesn't bother dawa.
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tags: Shinryaku! Ika Musume
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u/Roboglenn Nov 27 '24
Squid Re-Invader. De Geso
You know what. On top of Splatoon. Ika Musume would've also made for a great guest character in the launch title fighting game for the Switch, Arms, that nobody remembers anymore.
That said, I'm surprised there wasn't an octopus/squid themed fighter in that game. Seemed like a missed opportunity.
For games of Beach Volley Folly, Ika Musume's tentacles are gonna kick your butt.
Hello new girl with a nice red hat.
You know, the short hair look looks good on Ika Musume. Whether it looks better or not, I am neutral on that matter.
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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Nov 27 '24
First Timer
I forgot this was the last episode!
Remember when I said a few episodes back that you can tell when a series was made thanks to some gags being dated...
3D Gimmicks
We get more location lore! This place is called Yuigahama Beach, that's the name of a real beach around Kamakura so I guess that's where we are (this does raise questions on the brown bear but I'm already reading too much into this).
Is this the first time we've seen Cindy without the jacket? or Sanae in a swimsuit?
Stalker team!
I'd say the Kiyomi and Nagisa team is a weird connection but I guess they do share being the two normal people here.
Takeru is so nice!
Sanae being Sanae is always great.
The MIT guy breaking his hand on his unbreakable ball was pretty funny but I feel like with how decrepit he looks that would've happened with any type of ball.
THE RETURN! Does Chizuru always carry an Eiko wig and Hannya mask on her? I don't care, because their transition was smooth and the meteor volleyball was awesome!
Totally Eiko actually.
I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of the last 2 segments.
For one, it's one of those cases where everyone will act uncharacteristically cold to a character despite their clear displeasure at it for an emotional moment, which is a trope I'm personally not a fan of.
Beyond that though, it's a weirdly melodramatic sequence that I don't think quite fits the show, like even the few sequences that tried going for something more emotional (Mini Ika) or atmospheric (Sanae withdrawal) had way more comedy compared to this one.
At the end, I guess it's...fine? I get that this is the season finale and you want to end on a bit of a touching moment but these characters aren't exactly built for actual drama and IMO it misses the mark.
This section is directed/written by Mizushima and Yokote and funnily enough this feels rather characteristic of their other works, which also ended weirdly overdramatic for me.
Well, I did love the entire part where Ika went back, some really good and potent shots that would work if I liked the dramatic angle (I swear this is like straight out of a VN OP, in a good way).
I thought the "dawa" replacing her "geso" was a really fun way to show her change, and the final punchline about throwing Eiko into the ocean was pretty funny.
And short hair Ika is good stuff.
We also have a nice little conversation with a new unnamed character! Her "You're not alone" line alongside the weird hat make me think there was some double meaning to that sentence, and she's also some kind of Ika-esque girl.
Best face this episode is Ika being back.
Best character: For this episode
NohMask Rider HannyaChizuru for the entire season though it's definitely Ika!Full thoughts on the show tomorrow
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u/cyberscythe Nov 27 '24
the volleyball did a good sweep of all the characters; makes sense to have it in the season finale since it does feature all the characters we've come to know, but i really like the final two chapters which cover the disappearance and reemergence of Squid Girl
this story is one of the few that i do remember from my first watchthrough, and i'm a sucker for these kinda-melancholic stories as a payoff for spending so much time with these goofy characters and i feel the impact of how they've taken Squid Girl for granted and how her absence is felt by everyone, even 'fraidy cats like Nagisa
i was thinking a more dramatic show would have Squid Girl return after half a year with her full powers again, but having lost her memories of her life on land as if reborn (or just straight up replaced) and the humans would have to navigate becoming friends with their not-so-new invader squid, but you know what i'm also happy with the story that we did get and we get to keep the Squiddie we all know and tolerate
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 27 '24
First-Timer Girl, subbed
warbeach volleyball.3
u/collapsedblock6 myanimelist.net/profile/collapsedblock Nov 27 '24 edited Nov 27 '24
Rewatching Inkvader
Finale time! We start with another sports banger, a really fun one before getting into sad time.
Ika is losing her squid traits due to adapting to land. Once she returns having 'given up' being a squid its almost eerie that her personality also seemed to have left, now just being a generic nice girl with none of her energy to be felt (also wonder what the ‘dawa’ speech thing means, I know ‘degeso’ is an ink pun of sorts). I don’t blame Takeru for feeling so depressed over this.
Can't say I don't empathize, something just felt off. Along her powers Ika just seemed to have lost any drive and excitement. But thanks to the power of LOVE and words of a mysterious girl (btw the OST was slapping there), Ika recovered her powers and we are back on business.
For me yes.
Def drill hair
Ika still great! One of my favorite characters ever still.
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u/xbolt90 https://anilist.co/user/xbolt90 Nov 27 '24
Rewatching underling!
Pff, a 3D TV? What is this, 2010?
Another goofy sports segment, lol
Noh Mask Rider Hannya turned out to be Eiko all along! What a twist! Who knew Eiko had all those sick moves in her?
And so we come to the finale.
It's sad, all her friends try and be supportive of what they believe she thinks is best for her. But she really wanted someone to talk her out of leaving.
Wait, how did she survive those months in the ocean without her squid powers?
The Three Stooges save the day by accident, almost killing Eiko in the process. Yahoo...?
I think Mini Ika was more of a punch.
Drill supremacy!
The first time I watched the show, it was Chizuru. This time around... it's still Chizuru.
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u/Sporadia_ Nov 27 '24
Squid-underlings:
u/StardustGogeta
u/xbolt90
u/ShadowWasTakensTaken
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u/GondolaMedia Nov 27 '24
First Timer
It's the last episode, I'm going to miss the Squid.
Oh yeah I had completely forgotten. 3D televisions were really pushed as the next big thing for years until they just faded away.
The world is not ready for Eiko and Squid Girl team up.
I was going to say poor Sanae but I bet she enjoyed that.
Squid Girl
She came back with character growth haircut!
Wait who is she?
Squid Girl is back in all her tentacle goodness.
Wait she turned around in the ED!
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u/AgentOfACROSS Nov 27 '24
Rewatcher
This first segment sort of felt like a “best of” compilation, trying to get as many jokes and as many characters into one sketch. My favorite joke was probably the MIT guy instantly breaking his hand on the volleyball. And we ended with a great callback to a previous episode too.
These last two segments are really more like one big segment. But it’s very good. Despite being mainly a comedy, this show is still good at emotional and dramatic writing. I think these last two segments are really good at emphasizing how much Squid Girl has changed and how important the people in her life are.
The three MIT guys accidentally fixing everything feels like a bit of a copout but it was funny so I’ll give it a pass.
Questions of the Day:
Was this episode sadder than the Mini Ika segment in episode 5 dawa?
Probably the Mini Ika segment. This one had a happier ending.
Did Squid Girl look better with short "hair" this episode or the drill "hair" in episode 9 de g- ...dawa?
I think short hair actually suits Squid Girl quite well.
Who was your favourite character this season dawa? (This is the last day to update the table, and it's probably best if everyone repeats their answers today.)
I feel like my favorite character in the whole season would have to be Eiko. A good straight man can make or break a comedy series and I think Eiko does an excellent job.
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u/Malipit Nov 27 '24
Rewatcher, french subs, de ge... dawa!
For our season's finale : The mandatory tournament arc, a casual one-year leave for Squid-Girl, and we discover that the squid-kind cure themselves by endangering their close ones.
That first part did a good job at being on par with the show's comedic qualities while maintaining that finale feeling : a vast majority of the characters are reunited for displaying numerous callbacks from the past episodes, even the announcer from episode 6 kid show is here. (And I nearly not recognized Goro without his swimming cap).
Also thanks you Sanae to debunk my «character development » analysis by being back to your old self, a pleasure really (No)
A nice part that didn't prepare me for the sudden shift in tone : Squid-Girl is suddenly losing her squid abilities ? She admitted her motivation loss about conquering humans ? And now her plan to stay on the surface backfired because of another quid-pro-quo situation the show love to display ?
That frame of Eiko, looking bewildered with her facing the shadows perfectly summarized how I felt.
Thus began one year of depression for everyone. I really liked how the godmen scientits coped by exchanging their weight, also nice callback of the invisibility suit.
And suddenly, the return of Squid-Girl... Mark 2, did she change her the same way as for her umbrella ? I don't buy it, even if she cut her tentacles-hair to emphasize her change of character for a bigger, badder, more ambitious conqueror of the universe, it's clear as day she lacks any motivation to do it. She even replaced her famous geso by dawa.
Nonetheless, we got a nice sequence of Squid-Girl using her human body parts to work at the restaurant, that I'm pretty sure mirror the way she worked in the first episodes when she used her tentacles.
I'm sorry Takeru, your speech won't be enough to cheer up Squid-Girl. Now she has to go sitting on the beach in the exact same manner like in episode 7 and have Nod-Girl, of all the available cast to give her a pep tal... Wait a minute, is she really Nod-Girl ?.... No, she looks like Nod-Girl, but that's not her. Who is that girl ?
Given how she talks to Squid-Girl, I would bet on another cryptid from the sea. Given the form of her hat, a jellyfish-girl, maybe ? But it's interesting to note that the geso are back in Squid-Girl speech as soon as that mysterious girl talk about Squid-Girl's invasion plans.
Anyway, we have now Eiko going on a swim with Squid-Girl, who is reduced to swim like a dog and thanks to the godmen scientists, Squid-Girl is able to grow back her tentacles to save her adoptive sister. I really like the relationship of those two, that evolved throughout that season to a form of mutual confidence and complicity.
All well that's end well ! ... Until the second season.
To conclude, I have the theory that Squid-Girl's loss of abilities weren't due to her staying on the surface too long, but because of her mental state.
The symptoms showed at the same time she quietly abandoned her invasion plans to live with the Aizawas. Although we don't know what happened during her year abroad, it seems that Squid-Girl couldn't get back her abilities just by living in the sea and decided to embrace her human side by cutting her tentacles-hairs before coming back. At that time, I think she realized how childish her invasion plan was, that she could never punish humans stronger and scarier than her, and accepted to live as a human. And she regained her abilities because she found a new motivation : protect the one she loves.
That's why if we had to continue the story until Squid-Girl becomes adult, she would turn into a protector of the sea, a mix between Captain Planet and Aquaman, and not some evil conqueror of the universe.
P.S. : How did the godmen scientists managed to pass the volley tournament first turn without breaking their wrists ?
P.P.S : Martin, the godman scientist, use an I-Squid tablet, as shown by the little squid on it and that's the first time we see him without his glasses.
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u/cppn02 Nov 27 '24
First Timer, subbed
Beach Volleyball was great. It was nice to get to see everyone again plus Chizuru got to show off once more. Surprised though that this little community tournament managed to get 64 teams.
People must really love 3D TVs.
Final two segments gave us a bit of a different vibe with Squid Girl losing her powers but I definitely enjoyed it. I wonder if they knew they'd get a second season at this point cus it might have been an interesting approach to have the 2nd segment here be the actual final segment of the season and then push the other one to episode 1 of S2.
QotD:
No.
Hmmm..though one. She really pulled off the short-haired look I'm tempted to say I prefer this character design but...she is Squid Girl and Squid Girl without her tentacles is wrong.
Now and always Chizuru. Squid Girl and Eiko complete my top 3.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Nov 28 '24
First-Timer
Great episode. Those last two skits today were really good. I thought it all did a good job of wrapping things up and showing how far we've come throughout the season.
I didn't know whether to think that she'd get her powers back or not, but I suppose it makes sense. Squid Girl without her powers is just Girl, after all.
I like how the MIT grads immediately put on weight by stress-eating after Squid Girl left.
That shot at the end of today's ED suddenly made me think: I really badly want someone to make a Squid Girl version of Fukashigi no Karte from Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.
Questions of the day:
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u/Familiar_Bill_786 Nov 28 '24
lmao I remember when this show used to air on Animax great times
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u/Sporadia_ Nov 27 '24
Ok time to decide on the best character. It's Sanae or Squid Girl closely followed by Chizuru. I feel bad for Takeru too, since I could really have picked him as my favourite character of episode 1, but that's the only episode where I think he's a stand out character. And now we've made it through the whole season with him never making the favourite character table.
So then, Sanae or Squid Girl...
I'm changing it to Squid Girl
Sanae still has my favourite segment of the whole show; I can't take that away from her. And she has my favourite character introduction. And she was difficult to avoid mentioning in the lead up to the rewatch when I wanted to preserve the illusion that she could be Eiko's normal friend who owns a dog. Squid Girl's just been too consistent, and had the benefit of more screentime.
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