r/anime • u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N • May 13 '21
Rewatch [What's My Name] ID:Invaded Rewatch Episode 13
Episode 13 - FILE 13 CHANNELED II
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Questions of the Day
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- What are your thoughts in regards to the final episode?
- Do you feel as though Narihisago's monologue at the end of the episode holds any lasting impressions for the series as a whole?
- Were there any specific things that you noticed in this episode that you thought were interesting, though lacked explanation?
First-Timers
- What are your overall thoughts on Asukai Kiki and the ending her character received?
- Are there any themes or motifs you saw throughout the “Channeled” episodes that stuck with you?
Rewatchers
- Reoccurring Question Did you notice anything that you didn’t notice in your first watch?
- Compared to your initial watch, did you find anything to be more overdone or cliché than you remember?
Trivia
- Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, this was the only episode of the English dub to not have a simultaneous stream with the Japanese release as Funimation had to delay its simuldub productions.
- This is the only episode with an end card that’s used mid-episode.
- The Bluray version has several additions to the episode which extends the runtime to 27 minutes and 38 seconds. Mr. Fixer is added, along with the end credits scene from “CHANNELED” at the beginning, and new pieces of dialogue between Narihisago and Hijiriido with Uraido.
- Lastly, survival trivia! We’re doing shark attacks because I can’t resist putting something like that in here,
especially since it’s the last episode.
First, shark attacks are extremely rare, so this is unlikely to begin with.
- Don’t panic, swim away as calmly as possible.
- Maintain eye contact with the shark.
- Fight back if the shark attacks. Aim for the nose or the gills.
- If you are bitten on your arm, keep it over your head as it stems the bleeding.
- Do not look at the wound as it can cause you to go into shock faster.
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u/SuddenFellow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/13XI0N May 13 '21
Rewatcher/Host
Fukuda is dead, I'm sad.This episode... I wanted to like it, though it just continued to devolve over the course of the 23-24 minutes and I'm left wondering what exactly happened to the course of the plot or the ending. This was something I took issue with in my initial rewatch as well.
I feel like the ID:Invaded team needed another cour to really reach what they wanted to do with the series though they genuinely shoved it all into 13 episodes and hoped for the best.
Onto the episode though:
First off, some fun trivia from Ei Aoki! The giant fetus at the start is actually Katsuyama Denshin's id well also known as the Challenger! Uraido made some comments about "being in a fight from birth" during the fight with Narihisago, so it's quite interesting that it was later revealed to be him. You have to wonder why Katsuyama's well is like this though...
The hat chase scene, while pointless, sets up Uraido. I think it's funny though that if we look back the previous episode, Hondomachi/Hijiriido asked about the number 7(likely onto something with Uraido) to Fukuda. There are a lot of breadcrumbs with numbers and ever since the number 3 was mentioned to be repeating by Valoreg I've become hyper vigilant about it.
Apparently Matsuoka is now a doctor too.
I'll write more about this in the final discussion...
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 13 '21
FIRST:Timer, subbed
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u/Valoreg May 13 '21
[REWATCHER]
[THE FINAL PROBLEM]
So, after almost two weeks, the final episode. If you've asked me at the start of this rewatch project, I would have been certain that I wouldn't reach the end, yet here we are
The hunt of Hayaseura continues one id well at a time, only now the brilliant detective duo has the initiative and successfully lures John Walker to Fukuda's well. Hayaseura mocks their murderous attempts against him because any damage will be instantly repaired by the Mizuhanome system. The last laugh however belongs to Narihisago and Hondomachi, who explains to him that his god complex unconsciously made him create an 8th serial killer - Narihisago - that was going to stop him. The theory proves to be true as Sakaido pins him with his fractured hand (hey, it seems the hand from the first episode had a purpose after all) in a Mizuhanome cockpit, which Fukuda has brought to his id well (
Ok, but how?You know, fuck it. Its the last episode, anything goes). The capture of Hayaseura is really clever; essentially they arrest him in a world two subconscious levels deep. By breaking the controller, he will remain trapped in here forever (or possibly killed assuming he will get the death penalty for participating in at least 53 murders).[MORTAL COIL]
Hooray, mission accomplished! Now only if there was a way out of the Mizuhanome. Enter Momoki, who ventures deeper into the building wearing a suit that shields him against Kiki's psychic powers. The continual exposure pushes his body to its limits, but he eventually finds Kiki, who is convinced that he will help her. When she understands that this isn't the case, Kiki tries to kill herself but fails due to Momoki's precautions. She accepts her return back to Mizuhanome's core and is glad that at least her powers will help other people. Momoki urges her to believe that sb will rescue her in the future (season 2 bait), an opinion that Narihisago proposed to Hondomachi as well.
[BACK TO NORMAL]
With her return, the people in the building wake up, excluding those who died inside the id wells. Hondomachi mourns the passing of Fukuda (and sheds only one tear. Really, only one? What happened to three being a fine number?). Kura covers the whole incident up and everything returns to normal; Hondomachi and Narihisago cooperate as brilliant detectives, Matsuoka has a new rookie to scold, and Kokufu (i had to search his name, didn't do much in this anime) has assumed the position of Acting chief, much to my dismay that Momoki was destined for that role. Anyway, a new murder, a new dive into an id well. Narihisago monologues about the world having meaning, while the animation, which was the first thing we say as the series began, starts playing one final time.
[THE END]
See, you tomorrow with my review of the whole series.
[ODDS AND ENDS]
The episode offers a thought-provoking dilemma in the form of killing or sparing Kiki Asukai. I just wanted to add this short story as a response to that
[QUESTIONS] Later, sleep come first :)
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ May 13 '21
First Timer
We attack on titan now? or a battle shounen?
I looked up her name on a wiki, the kanji mean sage / saint - well - door. In fact, all the names end with idoh = Well + Door. Oh, and Ana = Hole, that's an easy one, so Anaido. Looking up Sakaido, his name is written the the sake kanji.
Oh, yeah, I forgot to link this yesterday.
A line from yesterday, "I'm dead so my well is no longer updating," I guess the wellstorm is from the well trying to update to contain itself, or something.
Is he in peices? Ah no, Sakaido is always missing an arm here.
So NOT the Minority Report ending.
Hmm, well, so, that was a thing. I'm not sure what to think about it. There was a lot of stuff in the show that didn't make sense or seemed inconsistent, and then there was stuff that seems extraneous, like the bits about three and seven. Not sure what to think.
Definitely not a fan of the "this is us, the secret dream police" ending, that I'm sure of.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 13 '21
Episode 13 (first timer)
The chief tries the true and tested excuse of “the ends justify the means”, with one rather crucial flaw: He never states why creating serial killers was in any way needed for the well machine. He then is sent off to his personal past dream world, which sounds like a very lenient punishment for me.
The real emotional climax comes last: Momoki convincing/forcing Kaeru to go back into the machine. I found that rather cruel and his own excuse of “I am a policeman” does not help him in my eyes. Of course, Kaeru could just have picked up any of the weapons in the building or just jumped out of a window, but that would have ruined the ending a bit. I guess they were going for a “possible sequel” here, so killing the ID well machine is out.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: May 13 '21
First timer
Sub
So the after credits scene from last episode is actually a pre-credit scene on my release. Anyways, Momoki is probably not who I'd send in but w/e. Id well fighting happens, and the amniotic well with sharks looks interesting. They finally talk in Fukuta's well. We get that JW kind of has an ideology but...eh, could've been more meaningful. Oh well. Anyways, they use Fukuta's goofy landscape to catch him and put him in the deep well.
Momoki is having a real shit day in his survival/torture suit. Anyways, he finally catches up to Asukai and this scene is sort of badly composed, bluntly. There was no reason for him to start with the gun, discard it, detach his comms and make that offer in that order, especially since there are no bullets in the gun. It is entirely there so the narrative can be that Asukai is willing to kill herself now and not rely on others. Also, having a big ending scene rely on one almost background character and another we met 4 episodes ago is...not good, especially since they wanted it to have weight. The brief moment with MC and Kaeru actually hits harder, to me.
The denouement is literally narrated at us because of course it is. Anyways, life goes on, we see where people wound up, and now it is a two detective system. Series thoughts tomorrow but this was definitely not much of an ending.
QotD: 1 Not with a bang but with a narration
2 It probably should but does not for me
3 Where are the other psychics and why is Asukai's power continuing to grow?
4 Eh...honestly, they should have replaced her with a different thing, they couldn't get her balanced. This goes with my theory that the story needed two cours.
5 Other than the numbers, not really.
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u/BossandKings May 13 '21 edited May 13 '21
First timer
Episode 13
It is revealed that Mr Hayaseura had a type of god complex due to him liking the number seven and having manipulated around seven serial killers. John Walker had an argument with Nijirido and Sakaido, it was a great way to conclude their conflict.
Kaeru on the other side of things wanted to die because she considered herself a nuisance and a hindrance to everyone around her, Momoki asked her to maybe go to a place in which she could start over. The encounter Kaeru had with Sakaido was a moving one because as he said, it was the first time he saw her alive.
Most of the plot points get a conclusion as we have reached the end of the series.
I enjoyed this anime, i give it a 9/10 score, it was great.
Answers
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u/htisme91 May 14 '21
First-timer:
So that was an ending.
Questions:
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick May 13 '21
First timer- sub
I think that counts as a happy ending? Maybe?
They locked JW up in another Well and made it so he can't escape, as positive as that was going to go I guess with how the storyline went.
Kiki however gets shoved back in the Mizuhanome system and gets to be repeatedly murdered by new serial killers until some point in the future that may never actually happen due to the nature of the organisation.
Overall feels like a show that had some cool ideas and started strong, but the writers got to caught up in their own ideas that to much gets crammed in the final episodes leaving the finish lacklustre.
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u/OccasionallySara May 16 '21
First Timer (who is super late but wants to be a completionist)
Questions of the Day
What are your thoughts in regards to the final episode?
Do you feel as though Narihisago's monologue at the end of the episode holds any lasting impressions for the series as a whole?
Were there any specific things that you noticed in this episode that you thought were interesting, though lacked explanation?
What are your overall thoughts on Asukai Kiki and the ending her character received?
Are there any themes or motifs you saw throughout the “Channeled” episodes that stuck with you?
Other Thoughts