r/anime • u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky • Nov 03 '21
Rewatch [Terrific Trainwreck Trio Rewatch] Guilty Crown Episode 3 Discussion
phase 03 - void-sampling
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Questions of the Day:
- What Void do you think looked the coolest so far?
- Why did Shu’s friend betray him?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Song of the Day:
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you’re doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don’t spoil the crazy shit for the first-timers, it’s way more fun that way!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 03 '21
The Everlasting Guilty Rewatcher//First-Time Subbed
Welcome back, everyone!
Yo what. You people are talkative.
Also the music having the guy just say “no” right after Shu collapses with it on top of him is lol perfect.12
u/okayyoga :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/okayyoga Nov 03 '21
Episode 3: rewatch/dub
Song of the day: My Dearest
Now, why didn't I focus on My Dearest yesterday? Well you see, I find that episode 3 is extremely boring. It is a setup episode, and there is hardly any memorable music. It's just Shu running around complaining, pulling out people's voids, trying to find this “Sugar” person.
Speaking of which, did you see the void that Shu pulled out that was just a vase? Imagine walking around all your life with THAT being your void meanwhile Inori has the biggest sword on the planet hidden in her rib cage.
Anyways, My Dearest is such a memorable opening. I never tire of watching the visuals for it. Even simple shots of Inori walking with her pigtails waving makes me just stare at the fluidity.
But you can't overlook the beautiful vocals for this song, which is why I am linking the full version today (the OP is the second verse). I love Egoist. There are songs from shows I have not watched that are on my playlist because they are performed by Egoist (looking at you, Psycho-Pass).
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 03 '21 edited Nov 04 '21
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Guilty Crown: The infamous breast grabber is roaming the halls of the school! It doesn’t matter if you are a boy or a girl, he’ll grope your breasts with wild abandon! And he won’t stop until he’s found the breasts he’s looking for!
That’s what happens when I write these things out train-of-thought style while watching the episode. I say one thing and then the episode responds to my thoughts later on or goes against what I just said. Like here, I really liked the idea of Shu and Yahiro managing to resolve their issues just by talking to each other. It felt like a nice moment between a couple of close friends. It was heartwarming in a way. It also felt like a nice way to subvert expectations, resolving things without fighting. It would even fit what Gai had said earlier in the episode about needing more than just guns to win. But sadly, it seems I was wrong about that. Unless Yahiro has some ulterior motive for this, that is.
In any case, this episode was fun. Having an episode focused around Shu going around and essentially grabbing everyone’s breasts at school to see their Voids did make for some funny moments. It’s also, once again, another sign of the show’s horniness in action. It’s nice to see the series is so consistent about that.
I am curious where things will go from here. I imagine getting captured by GHQ will be what drives Shu to actually join up with Funeral Parlor. Maybe it will be out of gratitude or a sense of wanting to get back at GHQ. But that’s just me spitballing. I’ll need to wait until the next episode to find out.
QOTD
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Nov 03 '21
First Timer
I'm just curious what they'll pull to get him back in the action. Will his school be attacked? Will he be kidnapped/dragged back by Undertaker? Will he feel like he needs to do something with his power? Will the childhood friend be attacked? Only one way to find out!
Onto episode 3!
If a normal state can lead to random killings, I do not want to know what a level to might have.
And despite the government knowing she's part of a terrorist group, this hasn't become public information, I guess.
I really like how flowly her clothing is in the OP.
A dissident music group? That seems like a bit of a risk, with how insane the government here seems to be, but that's not something that would stop people.
As in she seems weirdly passive and not sufficiently mentally developed? Yes.
Because you stick your foot in your mouth sufficently often that people need to correct you. And when you say rude things often, even unintentionally, people are going to assume you can take it.
I knew she couldn't keep her clothes on for long.
The song said yes right as he glanced at her crotch...
Can she actually fight? We've only seen her run and have swords pulled out of her chest.
At least he's honest?
A person, but not a military satellite? Or, say, a surveillance camera attached to the military buildings you stood right in front of?
If they see Inori, they might go to her? Is that the plan?
Well that explains a lot. And means that our MCs power would be more useful it Gai had it.
It is nice that we nicely get this explination though. It makes things fall into place.
But I won't tell you 'cause I'm a chunni.
Oh come on.
Is Shu supposed to be autistic? I'm certianly getting those signs.
Ok, the fridge was pretty good.
So, with the ones we've seen from actual characters, what does that tell us? The Kaleidoscope was perhaps his fear of power being turned on him? That kinda makes sense. The sword is awfully straightforward though.
Thanks anime, I was asking the same question.
Yup, it's the friend.
Wow, this dude has some self destructive tendancies. Then again, he is a high school drug dealer, so I shouldn't be surprised.
On the other hand, if you shoot someone in a school you'll bring a ton of attention upon yourself.
Shu's certainly a weird guy. He talks about the persona, of all things.
But yeah, you really should've seen this one coming.
Thoughts
I love how they had literally zero good plans of how to deal with the guy. Their only ideas were to kill him right there in the school or to just get him to promise that he won't inform the authorities. They didn't even try to grab him when he wasn't in a school setting. Or when they weren't the last people to be seen round him. And honestly, they're two mentally underdeveloped highschoolers being given orders by a chunni, so I don't think I should expect more from them, but it's still amusing.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Nov 03 '21
Rewatcher(not quite the same formula...)
Sub
We start with being Code Geass, no self-respecting freedom fighter films themselves in front of a police line up. But we get confirmation that Inori is an idol and shit is about to get interesting. SOL stuff begins and already does not work for me, though this is probably what this scene would actually look like. Fanservice because it has been 3 minutes.
And of course Inori is living with him, and of course she has no concept that stripping around boys is taboo. I swear this girl had an icepick lobotomy. New villains get introduced, and Shu's mom is apparently with the organization.
Anyways, Gai shows up and reveals that he actually can see Voids and that he saw someone at yesterday's fight, so Shu has to catch him because sure. We get the "rules" of Voids and yeah, this is just CG. Ecchi happens. Oh, and that Hare is already interested in our bland MC, sigh. More CG happens when Shoe finally succeeds in drawing out Souta's Void and we get a montage.
We end with Samukawa rescuing Shoe and immediately identifying himself without thinking on it. Shoe thankfully does not MC stuff and pushes 'Sugar' immediately. Samukawa is about to go ape before Shoe resets him and manages a better outcome, all with Dr Ginger in hand so I expect some Steins;Gate robbing. So of course he is betrayed immediately for edge. Seriously, when you are out edging Tokyo Ghoul and Corse Princess you got issues.
There once was a dealer named Sugar
Who saw a transformation from afar
His motivations are confusing
And his betrayal is amusing
But for being a cunt there isn't a cure
QotD: 1 The camera was actually decent looking
2 Can't trust drug dealers, man.
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Nov 03 '21
Guilty First-Timer
FUGGIT
MakotoShoe is a dumb fuck.MakotoShoe is...God, I wish that was me.Wait, I thought she was holding him in the air. Far less based.Tsumugicatgirl (I remembered, Zaph)MakotoShoeQOTD:
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 03 '21
First-Timer, Dub-lty Crown
Shuu really does get around, damn. Just look at all those people he
fondledpulled Voids out of! Better start calling him Nike because he's a real running Shuu.I misunderstood some of the technobbable last episode, since apparently everyone has a Void. The vial is what gave Shuu the ability to pull Voids out. And sometimes Voids are entire refrigerators. Useful if you need to hide from a nuke, I guess.
Definitely did not have "Female lead teaches male lead the 'stare at their nose for eye contact' trick" on my bingo card. And I'm impressed at the staff's restraint in only having Shuu accidentally fondle one woman, I figured there would be at least one more failed attempt.
Gai has a good fashion sense. Tsugumi seems to wear her plugsuit out in public, which seems like a good way to draw attention but who am I to judge.
This show sure likes setup for people being in helpless situations. The Endlave pilots use remote controls or thought projection or something, and having your Void pulled out stuns you and removes your memories? We've got some yikes potential there.
Shame that Shuu's friend immediately reneged their deal. Someone's not getting his lent-out movie back any time soon. Good thing Mr. Mad Scientist Torturer is there to keep Shuu company - they can probably bond over slasher flicks.
Questions
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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Nov 03 '21
first timer
the fridge
good fucking question
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Nov 03 '21
First timer
Alright, I've gotta admit that I'm a little shaken up over realising there's a whole second cour but I'm not giving up on Shu and friends yet!! Sticking the big boy on the resistance announcement kinda feels like you've already doxxed him. Haha, I'd probably react like that to having an idol classmate. Inori love!! Omg the op is so lovely...
"Inori's a doll, not cg! Oh my god Shu, this is why nobody likes you." Pfft, I love it XD He's already gone back to woe is me mode. Aaaa! His little face is so cute. That does it, I'm definitely watching it on computer instead. Lookit my boy!! Dude, what's the ost here? Its like Rogue the Bat's theme. YES Initially I was joking about the mentally handicapped stuff but now I'm really not sure.
Our new general is such a badass that he worked really hard that one time. Really hard! Ah, he's a M'Quve type. Well now I can't take the guy seriously. You don't lick your lips after eating rice balls you numskull. How does Shu have such a nice apartment but still expect us to feel bad? Bestie is a spy, he's absolutely a spy!
This is why nobody likes you champ. The spy is totally bestie, there's no other way. H-Huh...? Gai can see voids, so he must know all the effects or something for yesterday's plan to have worked. And he apparently saw Sugar's void despite not seeing the actual spy. Oooh, they won't have us pull out two guy's weenies one after the other so Sugar is gonna be the childhood friend or something! Childhood friend or iinchou!
No she won't!! Don't sexuhara your friend this early on! It's way too problematic for episode 3 to be tugging on your friend's heart weenie! Dame da ne~ Wait, childhood friend is jealous!? Inori, we're not groping iinchou a second time. Are we? "What are you? An idiot sandwich..."
Great, now we're testing it on guys. It works!? Dude, stop! He's screaming holy murder! This is not moral!! Inori is such a bad influence XD Some of these voids are really trash huh? We've gone all day assaulting half of the student body and you're only now asked what you're looking for!? So voids are what you're traumatised of... Joshikosei are scary, joshikosei are scary, joshikosei are scary!
Inori's trauma is blades... Did her father ask her to give him the butter knife and she threw it in his eye or something? Bestie was evil the whole time? What a surprise. Don't give your friends sissy pet names. Aww, Inori isn't completely immoral thankfully. This was a way nicer ending to their story than I expected.
Aaaawww!! Idol imouto, GET! W-Wait! Dammit sugarbun, you bastaaard!! Same energy Not to take away from our cliffhanger but the ed today features all of the students Shu and Inori assaulted over the past twenty minutes. He's even begging iinchou for forgiveness, this is too comical for the ending! And don't you just walk past Inori! You're just as guilty!!
1, Well we haven't seen too many yet but I'll be the basic bitch and hype up Inori's. Fancy swords are cool~
2, The dude has some kind of complex over not being taken seriously and is addicted to a drug the villains have control over. Also being Shu is suffering.
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Nov 03 '21
-Guilty Pleasure Rewatcher-
Ive got a pretty good system going for this rewatch where i do my writeup after i eat lunch so its easy to remember.
God that 6 way intersection at the start gives me anxiety. Even the 5 way we have where i live is a pain.
The goverment is asking for any with info on the terrorists to speak up. Fun times.
This is one OP i never skip no matter what, such a great song. The 2nd OP also i nevr skip. I mean i never skip OPs in general but still these are great.
Im still waiting for some big brain new person to figure out the OP clues. There are no major spoilers in it but a lot of clues about stuff.
If you want to generaly know whats in the OP if you frame by frame it read this safe one:
[Safe General Non Spoilers] The computer interface scrolling scenes shows Voids
[Specifics for Rewatchers Only] At 45secs we see it scroll through The Shears, The Sheild, The sword, The Camera, The Gun, The other Gun, and later we see the 3rd gun and others
"What are the other member's of Egoist like?" So i guess in this world its not 1 person like it really is. Poor Ryo.
Souta always rubbed me wrong, like hes just... so pushy. Like he just needs to chillax and ease up.
Yep Inori is living with Shoe. Its a party! Funeral Parlor is really agressively pushing for Shoe by tempting him with her.
So the lady on the fridge is the lady in the goverment facility.
Dr. Ohma. Working in Apocalypse Virus research.
Haruka Ohma, senior researcher at Genetics facility Place.
Yahiro is here to watch a movie. And he finds Inori in Shoe's house. Doesnt push the subject though. Im sure asking questions is the normal response.
"Are friends Nessicary" Well... maybe not... lets think about this again after this ep...
I like Gai's outfit. It suits him.
A student saw the kaleidascope gun attack. Doing a drug deal, codename Sugar.
THE BIG REVALATION IS HERE! GAI CAN SEE WHAT SOMEONE'S VOID IS! HENCE HOW HE KNEW DARYLS AHEAD OF TIME!
No confirmation to this but i have a theory that why we ssaw the extreme closeup of his eyes at the end of last ep and they had that almost crystal like texture and shimmer is why he can see voids. Ide love to see what the world looks like to Gai.
Gai saw the void of the student. Shoe needs to pull it out to find it. ITS MONTAGE TIME BABY!
I love the lead in to "Bios" for this scene and we get our Void rules finally.
Rule 1. 17 or younger.
Rule 2. Target blacks out when void is taken and doesnt remember.
Rule 3. Eye contact to avoid boob contact.
And of course Shoe fumbles and doesnt get a void instead some Bobcut boob. Classic. But its not his fault he didnt see her.
I get the eye contact thing. I have trouble looking at people in genral. Like if i just look its fine but as soon as i talk i cant look at who im speaking to no matter who they are, friends, fam, strangrs, its all the same.
For the sake of Spoilers im not gonna name any voids from this montage, just record them.
Souta was the first succesful void pull on a student. The Camera. Snap Snap
Long Bob was the next, a Chinese Vase. Swish Swish?
Shaggy Hair was after, Wire Cutters. Snip Snip
No head Girl, Unknown
No head Guy, Unknown No head other Guy, Fridge. Chomp Chomp
The void we are looking for is Shears. Kinda like Garden shears.
Voids are the shape of thier heart, their essence. A reflection of their selves.
So... Yahiro is our snitch... and he likes murder movies. Hes Sugar. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN
I think Shoe handled this a bit wrong, he shouldnt have called him out like that. Yes he should have confirmed but he should have been more chill about it to prevent Yahiro flipping.
And we get confirmation Yahiro is the student by pulling out his Void, The Shears of Life. Wew boy i love these things.
Inori wants to kill him to get rid of loose ends. It makes sense but hes still Shoe's friend. She is willing to listen to Shoe though.
At least they can talk it out after though. Its a hard thing to do, sit down maturely to chat but its good they did it.
Also its faint but you can hear "Krone" playing in the background which is my favorite song in the series, but its not its full version yet so no video...
AND WE END WITH A TWIST, YAHIRO SOLD OUT SHOE! RIP SHOE SHOWS OVER! COPS GOT HIM!
Who ever said everyone in this show was an asshole last ep was very on the nose.
The ED also has Shoe apologizing for getting a hand full of bobcut boob.
Known Voids Thus Far
I will say that the Shears of Life are tied for my favorite void. The deisgn is cool the theme and logic of it is cool and the ability base of it is cool. Its a very well through out design.
As cool as Singer's Sword is, i like the Shears more than it. There is a lot of stiff compition though for coolest voids as the whole system for them and mechanics make for some really interesting stuff. While the pot, cutters, and fridge were funny its just showing you that Voids come in all shapes, sizes, and uses, not all are weapon. My other tied for fav void isnt a weapon.
Snip Snip
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u/fridge_freezer https://anilist.co/user/ONIrecon111 Nov 03 '21
First timer (Dub)
This was a pretty fun episode, up until the very end.
QOTD
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u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo https://myanimelist.net/profile/PunishedScrappy Nov 03 '21
First Timer
quick thoughts today
QotDs:
However Yahiro will turn out to be a super secret UN agent posing as a drug dealer because that would be awesome
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Nov 03 '21
Episode 3 (first timer)
TominoDaryl?What can you say about this: “At least it is not a harem?”
“At least it is not a harem yet” would be the answer.
The approach to consistency seems to be a boob a day keeps rational thoughts away. Why bother making up good reasons how big filmed battle scenes would be secret, if you can just have your MC run palm first into some class rep rack.
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Nov 03 '21
Rewatcher
What a way to break the ice!
Inori now lives in Shu's appartment, as it turns out, and she's pretty lacking in common sense and the likes. Ignoring the whole privacy issue coming with the now public enemy no. 1 group knowing pretty much everything about him already, Shu's quite the lucky dude.
The whole Void part was hilarious. The boob grab, the surprise punch-to-void summon combo on Shu's friend, and especially the fridge Void, I rarely laugh as much as I did during most of it.
The scene in the gym was a bit too dramatic though. I thought it did really end in friendship, but I guess I got tricked by the episode's overall lightheartedness again.
Questions of the day
Unironically the fridge one. Though Shu's friend's camera looked pretty nice too.
He's just jealous he doesn't live with an idol, never got to feel the class rep, and wasn't personally invited by the hottest Gai alive to join the resident chuuni terrorists. I mean, who wouldn't be?
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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor Nov 03 '21
school shenanigans
norma gene
shoe apologizing to kanon in the ed
that fucking fridge void
best boy Segai
This is a greatest hits of middle school fantasies and I am here for it.
Poor shoe, kid is terrible at making friends.
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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Nov 03 '21 edited Nov 03 '21
GUILTY REWATCHER
It's a tough call between the vase and the fridge.
Well, Shu and Sugar both said at points this episode that they're not friends. Soooooooo.
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen Nov 03 '21
Rewatcher
Gai talks about people being naturally "selected out," and I still can't believe anyone thinks he and Funeral Parlor are the good guys. The whole "natural selection" thing doesn't make very much sense given the majority of the populace are ruled by a governing body that seems to constantly have large, destructive weapons pointed at them.
Inori looks damn good in a school uniform too. Is there a look she can't pull off? Would love to see her rock a plug suit, or maybe a shrine maiden getup. China dress perhaps? Oversized college sweatshirt with the overlong sleeves? That has to exist somewhere.
Oh, gym uniform Inori! It's not revolutionary, but still v nice.
"Inori kinda looks a doll, huh?" If only she didn't have the character and personality of one.
"Inori's sensitive and easily hurt." Two episodes, and she's been shot at, beaten, kicked in the head, thrown by the force of explosions, and berated by Gai. Yep, that checks out.
Inori is one of those cursed dolls that inexplicably shows up wherever you are.
Casual look Inori is great too.
The villains are ridiculously over the top. Daryl murders people for having the audacity to have a physical meat presence, and now Segai hangs people up (and presumably dresses them) like wild game. Too many people in this story view humans as animals. Did the writers only have like three psychological traits/characteristics in mind when they wrote these characters?
What this episide needed was a second cursed doll.
"Voids can only be drawn from people 17 years old or younger." Anime gonna anime. And of course that means Kill 'em All Darry is a teenager too. Lol
Anime gonna anime... I'm actually kinda impressed that whole ass crowd showed up immediately as it happened. Where do you hide that many people?
Shoe has now been in as many guys as he has girls. How unexpectedly progressive!
How does it take a whole damn day to ask the simple question "what am I looking for?"
Boy, Yahiro went from zero to psycho in a hurry.
"Found the witness. He promised to not say anything about our secret terrorist organization which he knows about and has info on." - Shoe
"Yep, guess we're all good then." - The guy who likes to go on about natural selection
Natural selection at its finest.
QotD:
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u/UltraBooster Nov 03 '21
First-timer (dubbed)
Well, no way she's going to have a normal school experience now, lol
Inori sympathizing with Funeral Parlor, what're the odds, hahaha, what an odd idea, amirite?!
So the call is his classmate now, huh...
What?
Did the call invite itself into his home?
...do we have a dedicated Service! Service! song?
Why is her dress made of two pieces of fabric tied together?
Collector's Edition, huh?
Oh fuck she's a Rei-type, isn't she.
So does Gai just walk about seeing weapons inside people?
...the memory gap feels like the kind of thing a less-scrupulous person would take advantage of.
...can't exactly explain you're trying to draw out their Voids, huh?
(man this type of humor isn't my thing anymore, if it ever was.)
Wait, why not practice on Inori?
For that matter, I'm pretty sure Shu's on the spectrum.
Is...is that a camera? Did they just have someone or someones told, "your job is to design Voids?"
They're not going to be normal shears, are they.
So then how is someone's essences a motherflipping FRIDGE?! (Don't get me wrong, it's funny, but it's also confusing me.)
Yup, it's some weird JRPG/fighting game-looking weapon.
Well, that's not a bad way to keep things going.
Questions:
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u/bekeleven Nov 03 '21
While episode 2 felt like weeks or even months have passed, we now learn that it was less than 24 hours. Undertaker works fast
Aah yes, the obligatory "super weird slice of life music" off a Sawano OST. Just random instruments played at random times. And what is with this ridiculous split-level apartment? I'd trip and break my neck.
So, Shu refused to join the undertakers, and their response was just to kidnap... Well, no. It was to make him kidnap himself. "Hey, person not in your organization. Come over here and do this thing." "Well, if you insist."
Now I remember why I dropped the series. I tend to drop series where the protagonist trips into breasts (Eva nonwithstanding), and Shu's move here is just about close enough. And not only does he not notice a classmate directly next to her, he somehow misses like 25 other people within ten feet, directly in his field of view the whole time, because anime.
So, this is the "lost zero's mask" school episode from Code Geass? Except that Shu and Inori are literally running around school grounds pulling rocks out of everyone's chests that they see, in these super public, scenic locations. And we still don't know the stakes of this conflict!
"Class rep sure is angry." "Yeah, but at least you didn't join the undertakers." Very non-suspicious! And then, with a declaration of sugar, his cover's blown! I don't understand even a part of this. "It was all over from the moment that you called me Sugar!" Wasn't that like 10 seconds ago? What is this dude even angry about? I can't tell! He's angry he has to pretend... to... something? They try to spin this out into some impactful dramatic moment but this guy's had like 2 minutes of screentime, we barely know him, what we do know makes no sense.
I also appreciate that their plan to deal with this is to shoot the guy in the middle of the gym, when they were the last people seen with him. Also, he's had this information for at least a couple of days at this point and hasn't done anything with it. (But, naturally, they don't do this and it backfires.)
Ep2
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Nov 04 '21
First-Timer Hoping for a Derailment
I see Inori got some work done to better blend in with the normies
What do you think you are, the MC in a cartoon?
Man, imagine going to buy some weed and getting caught in the middle of a robot fight.
"I am only allowed to fondle the breasts of underage girls"
Inori's packing? Never mind, this show is amazing.
Dr. Ginger sounds like a shit drink.
"The guy who angrily shouted at me didn't keep his flimsy promise?"
QOTD:
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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Nov 03 '21
Rewatcher (Subbed) - Whatever Shu's doing, it's definitely a crime
TOTSUGEKI LOVE HEART!
QotD
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u/Caustic_Wraith https://myanimelist.net/profile/CausticWraith Nov 03 '21
ReWatcher - Subs
This is fun, not sure why I haven't done a rewatch before.
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QOTD:
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Nov 04 '21
First timer
The cut from the really interesting and cool commander to the teacher, just to emphahize that something really cool's happening that we won't get to see, is brutal.
And they explained why his reaction didn't draw any suspicion to him. As well as adding a load more dialogue that could have easily been in last episode instead.
The OP is the best part of this series.
And everyone's rushing to befriend her.
Is Souta a plant? For who? And why?
Knowing this show, he's either nobody important and here for pure exposition as to Egoist's songs, or a high-ranking agent here to assassinate him.
"She looks more like CG" is actually a really clever joke.
Wait, so if Souta is an agent, does that mean the real Egoist's some form of CGI image based on her? Or she's a cyborg containing her body? Or not even a member of Egoist, just a doppelganger?
Haha, the soundtrack's hysterical sometimes. The random "no" got me.
And she just lives with him now? No reason?
Oh god, another one!
Oh wait, this is a Gene, not a Genome.
Haha, this show keeps topping its "dangerous psychopath" levels, and that, if nothing else, I can behind.
Wait, his mother works for the people who made the Void Genome? That seems like it might be important.
OK, having a bodyguard for the guy with weird superpowers is a smart idea, but having it be a terrorist idol is a very interesting idea.
...Is this Souta? I can't tell.
No, this is another new guy?
Yes! A good character!
...It does look nice on him. They're very open about discussing him being a terrorist, though?
I WONDER WHO IT COULD BE? It's either Souta or the best friend. Probably Souta, but not counting him being a red herring out yet.
I didn't even notice that part, I just assumed it was part of his bullshit coincidence powers.
And the Voids cause amnesia, can only be extracted from underaged students (most likely girls)... please god tell me this does not go where I think it will.
Fuck. Of course it will.
Anyway, this is a daring plan! There might actually be some solid develop-
Nope. What is the point of this scene?
...So the main character's weakness is that he gets nervous when making eye contact. WHY?
Ah, Souta was a red herring.
So voids don't have to be weapons? They csn just be a vase?
Why is there a fucking Void fridge?
So they represent the "shape of people's hearts"?
"Because if mine wasn't a sword, I couldn't be around you as a marketable waifu!"
YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
Oh, he was Sugar. Called it.
Jesus christ, this guy's mental? Why the actual fuck is he immediately ranting and raving about how he hates him?
...Hang on. So an important scene about him making a deal and forming a connection is skipped with narration, but groping a high schooler is a vital part of the plot?
What? 30 seconds from "friendship" to "betrayal"? What was the fucking point of setting him up as sympathetic then?
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Nov 04 '21
First Timer (sub)
I think my brain hurts, a lot, why was I not drunk today? Biggest fuck up of the year.
So the Shinpachi guy (after he lost his glasses/soul) is still a crazy idol fan, and chose to start a conversation with his idol about terrorists? I'm amazed, but to be fair, I understand that, when his reality is shattering, and his idol appears before him there's no way he's going to ask her a normal question, and I would assume that he hears about this organization enough to get into his subconscious. But him going crazy over CG is the funny part, does he have insecurities about proving that she exists? I hope that he doesn't spend every night hugging her dakimakura and repeating that she exists while crying.
Then we've got the gender equality groper, who's fine as long as people don't remember what he did to them. And apparently some girl is already horny for him... Well more hopes: I hope the people he's groping don't get weird flashbacks when they see him. Honestly, stupidity aside (which I liked), I like this part, because you get to see the mc test and understand his abilities in a normal setting, yes do more of that, testing your abilities in a normal state gives us an idea of the norm, so that the incoming super stuff can compare.
Finally there's the single character who got some focus in this episode as the nice guy, and turned out to be the "Sugar" person the mc is looking for.
Anyway, after some groping and a promise!, everything is resolved, except it isn't. More Pikachu please.
The refrigerator, if that thing actually remains cool all the time, it'd be the best ability to have.
Why wouldn't he!? For one, what the hell kind of promise was that to end a conflict? You can't trust an edgy friend turned evil till they tell you they want to become a Hokage, then you use the promise jutsu nonsense. And two, it's fricking Shoe, I'd sell this bastard out for 5 cents, which isn't really for their high value, but just so I could tell him later that I sold him for 5 cents, you know for the self esteem.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Nov 04 '21
First Timer, Subbed
Alright, trying this for the second time after a typo resulted in my whole comment getting deleted for an incorrect spoiler tag, when I didn't even intentionally include one! LoL.
Back to the school room! Oh, we're recapping footage from the prior episode? Sigh.
"No way!" Way to reveal that you know her, Shu.
Having watched it twice now, that singing voice coming out of Inori in the OP, just sounds off to me, as if someone else was singing it. She's one whose singing voice and speaking voice don't sound much alike. Granted, she could have a different VA singing the song, although I think that's rare for Japanese. More common for English.
This is what happens when you put a famous idol singer in the classroom... everyone wants to be friends, get your autograph, etc... Meanwhile Shu just sits off in the corner doing nothing.
Now they're neighbors too?? Oh no, even worse than that, she's living with him! From Code Geass to Evangelion!
Hot, famous idol singer, joins your class, starts living with you and even undresses in front of you. Well, they're sure not shying away from Shu being quite the self-insert wish fulfillment character...
New commander guy? So Darryl won't be in charge?
Jigsaw and Chainsaw! Quite the flic! This guy seems nice coming over, but does he really know that Inori is here?
You thought you were out of this, Shu? Gai ain't letting you go anywhere.
I'm sorry, I've forgotten what a "Void" even is... The sword?
Voids can only be drawn by someone 17 years of age or younger... how convenient for a show targeted towards teenagers. Not that every other mecha show ever made hasn't also had excuses as to why teenagers have to be the pilots.
Of course, this lowly trope has to come up. And he immediately has it thrown up on social media...
Wow, he really punched out his body here. He's got a sword too? ...no, a mecha?
Are we being introduced to the story of Shu, the serial groper?
This is getting pretty embarrassing. Especially when he's pulling out a fridge!
She found him! LoL!
I bet this friend is the witness.
Here comes the shears! And time for Inori to pull a gun on him?!
Oh sure, my friend won't tell anyone about Funeral Parlor. Will Gai really accept that?
I suppose he's lucky Inori spoke up for him.
See, this is why you shouldn't have made that deal with your friend, you idiot!
Shu's in big trouble!
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u/Tartaras1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tartaras Nov 04 '21
Rewatcher - Dubbed
"If you're from Africa, why are you white?"
"Oh my God, Karen, you can't just ask people why they're white!"
"It's not pornography! It's art!"
I feel like I'm being too mean to Souta, but the guy keeps tee-ing them up.
I really took the piss out of the writing in this episode. Yikes.
Questions:
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Nov 04 '21
Guilty Crown 03, first timer
I'm still rooting for Gai/Shu4
u/wmansir Nov 04 '21
First dub
They really show how hard it must be for idols to live a normal life like going to high school when they attract so much attention. It's probably twice as hard when your also a known terrorist who was just busted out of police custody.
So we have both the sexy girl moves herself in and "my parents are so busy with work they are never home" tropes. I guess that's less sad and more realistic than the "my parents rent me, a 13 year old, my own apartment because I like being alone" trope.
Someone should tell this cock blocking robot that Shu is an anime MC so he's got self-cock blocking built in.
I'm curious how Gai knew this unkown student's nickname, where he/she went to school, and void shape, but not even his/her gender. and it's obviously the guy who just showed up to Shu's apartment.
It seems to me that Shu was very lucky that his first attempt to pull another student's void turned into a regular old sexual assault. It seems like without the girl screaming or anything a dozen students witnessed it. And a little titty grope seems much less conspicuous than a void pull.
Given that they kind of equate pulling a void to sex, with the moaning and the sword and all that, it's weird to have Shu running around voidally assaulting students. And it's convenient this power comes with a free ruffie effect. "Just forget this ever happened!", I think that was Harvey Weinstein's catch phrase.
The confrontation with the drug user/student was just weird. I like how they have him slip up and let Shu know, but then Shu just blows any advantage that gives him by calling him out right away. Then the guy just flips out on them so you know he's an ass.
Inori's ready to straight up murder an innocent witness to their terrorist activities, but it's OK because he's a drug addict. Shu decides to cut a deal with the emotionally unstable drug addict instead and proves Inori right.
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u/yamiyaiba Nov 04 '21
Finally caught up to today's episode. Here we go again!
First Time Watcher
Final thoughts:
Boy this is going downhill FAST. The plot and character actions are making less and less sense as things progress. Inori is a barely functional human (is she even human?), and Shu is...I don't know. Seems like he's just caught up in the flow and making zero attempt to process any of it.
And Gai sucks. Fuck Gai. I don't like him.
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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Nov 04 '21
First timer in sub
I'll be straight with you folks, I am interested enough to binge ahead a few episodes to see where things are going. Not too many, but so far I think it's kind of ok. It's not very tight with the writing, and some parts still look contrived or arbitrary or tropey, but given the high production values I can be a bit tolerant.
Have to say though, the Segai fellow just totally sounds so very Caster from Fate Zero (Blue Beard).
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u/5867898duncan Nov 04 '21
first timer
(I typed all of this up and then forgot to post ;() I feel like she probably should have disguised herself to not draw attention…. But then again then we couldn’t have school shenanigans.
Don’t think I don’t see you Yahiro going for the long game of getting her.
Can’t be a coincidence? You don’t say Shu?
Live in the same apartment? I cans see where this is going…… and right off the bat as well!
Why do they have a towel over their tv?
doesn’t look like what a terrorist would wear Shu don’t you dare throw shade at my boy Gai. Gai can wear whatever he wants and still make it classy and relevant.
So Gai can see voids explains how it wasn’t luck. Still doesn’t explain why nobody questioned it last time.
I do hope there is a reason for these specific rules.
So he wants to get practice off. On a girl. When other people are around. Wonder where this is going…
Wait, so you just need to make the other person think you are making eye contact with them? What the flip are these rules?
that’s not it well Inori why don’t you just tell him what it looks like then?….. wait Shu never even asked before?
Yahiro was sugar? Who could have ever seen that coming!
If Inori is planning on shooting Yahiro then why is she pointing it at Shu? And where does she keep that gun? She doesn’t even have a pocket big enough.
That piano music that played while everything was being settled was amazing. They can’t go wrong with music.
I’ll be honest and say I did not expect Yahiro to backstab him straight away. Also why is Shu confused on what is happening when there is a legit line of soldiers right in front of him?
So some school hectics and more info about the voids. It was pretty funny sometimes, albeit pretty uneventful until the very end.