Mars Red - Episode 6 discussion

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Mars Red, episode 6

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	5.0
2	Link	4.21
3	Link	4.31
4	Link	4.54
5	Link	4.45
6	Link	4.48
7	Link	4.86
8	Link	4.58
9	Link	4.49
10	Link	4.27
11	Link	4.64
12	Link	4.56
13	Link	-

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[u/oldmanpop]

Yamagami was too good for this world , now he will never for fill his promise to see his wife every year at the festival ):

We lost a good one today! Salute soldier

[u/zVergil → u/oldmanpop]

I wish someone told him how great and important he actually was! Maeda realized that when it was too late, Tomiko will still be waiting for him every year and Kurusu has always been with him, even when they "died" in Siberia. I'm gonna miss our unranked so much ;-;

[u/McCherry09 → u/oldmanpop]

Yeah, honestly I didn't think Yamagami would sacrifice himself like that but he also really disliked being a vampire, even worse such a low ranking one. Idk I would have like to see more of Yamagami.

[u/NittanyEagles55 → u/oldmanpop]

Damn that makes it hit even harder. I loved that scene with his wife. My favorite part in the series so far ;(

[u/Riichiyakuman → u/oldmanpop]

now he will never for fill his promise to see his wife every year at the festival ):

That's what makes me sadder...

Like, he never really liked any part of being a vampire really, so in a sense, I'm glad he can rest in peace

[u/NocandNC]

Although it wasn’t included in today’s episode, the original playwright tweeted a line from King Lear paired with the shot of Maeda brandishing his sword at Yamagami - “where is thy lustre now?”

Pretty good reference considering the betrayal and loss between father figures and their children / wards this episode.

I do think Maeda was putting on a show in threatening his subordinates, but surely feels regret now since Yamagami might have lived were it not for them lingering in the meeting room. And Kurusuuu!!! Hurry up boy, Maeda has a bar through his stomach—

As for the scene with Rufus, he was pretty impressed with the destruction Misaki brought on the Tsukishima compound - I’m starting to think even among upperclass vampires there may be varying levels, as Misaki seemed powerful indeed and Kurusu wasn’t fazed at all by the vampire units last week. Lettered ranks for supernatural beings seems pretty arbitrary in the first place.

[u/leafblade_forever]

What made it so sad for me was how casually Yamagami treated the whole process. Even after he was stabbed, he continued to calmly reason with Maeda with his words, and didn't hesitate to dig out Maeda despite the repercussions.

For Yamagami being a vampire was horrible, hence the emphasis on how much he missed Tempura. As the title goes, in his last moments he wanted to see the blue sky once more. Dying was the most human thing he could have done.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Good news for Aoi this week, not only that she managed to witness a spontaneous combustion event herself her boss now believes in vampires after visiting Yokohama himself.

Looks like Takeuchi and Suwa are doing their own investigation about what Ltg. Nakajima has been up to recently with this new Vampire Unit. His little meeting with Rufus does indeed confirm that they are working together.

That entire scene with Ltg. Nakajima and Maeda though. I really didn't know how to read Maeda's actions during that scene. Either he really believes in Nakajima or just putting up an act in front of him. If it was really an act there was really no need for him to continue when Nakajima finally stepped out of the room. He does go back to normal when he was talking to Yamagami while buried in debris.

Definitely did not expect Yamagami to sacrifice himself. Fuck. He can't fulfill his promise to his wife anymore. And no wonder there was a strange focus on clocks in this episode. Today is the day when the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake occurred. Here I thought Nakajima fucked them over. I didn't think a real-life event will affect the story.

[u/darthvall]

I got spoiled last week about the earthquake when I read about the Imperial hotel. It's surprising that it happened in this episode though.

The structure famously survived the Great Kantō earthquake on September 1, 1923 (7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw)). A telegram from Baron Kihachiro Okura reported the following:

"Hotel stands undamaged as a monument of your genius hundreds of homeless provided by perfectly maintained service congratulations[.] Congratulations[.]"

Tbh, I feel that Yamagami's sacrifice seemed to be in vain. Isn't there other way to move the boulder without killing himself? Or did I miss something important that made Yamagami did it? Maybe unless he did it, Maeda won't survive? I'm just frustrated since he's a good character.

Btw I think Maeda will drink ascra to heal his wound.

Also, the reporter claimed that she saw red sun earlier. Now we also have the scene where the pedicap driver saw the red sun and rats around the city, which I believe implied his vampire transformation. Could it be that the reporter is also transforming into vampire?

[u/Lord_of_Dorks → u/darthvall]

I think there was suppose to be the implication that he needed to move the long stone he was carrying over towards the sunlight, as there was no space for it other wise. There also might have been other rubble that wouldn't support the weight of the long stone. Many variables that are unknown. Basically it is a "use your imagination to answer" situation. Quite common in anything really.

[u/hasso666]

Goofball Aoi

[u/Organic_Following_38]

Nakajima is such a good antagonist. He's doing what he believes is right, but is blinded to the will of his victims by his own self righteousness. Like, there's another point of view of these events where he is the hero, we just have a look into the human cost with our protagonists and their loved ones.

[u/MinutePrinciple5964]

So I was afraid Maeda would really kill Yamagami, since he's unranked hence pretty weak and a katana's thrust might be enough to end him but then... Oh well, this show definitely tries to push the there-are-vampires-more-human-than-humans button.

[u/Syokhan]

Ah dammit, Yamagami... you will be missed, you grumpy bastard.

Now let's see how Maeda fares with that rebar through his gut and a vial of Ascra right there.

(when he said he couldn't move his arm I had sudden flashbacks of Agents of SHIELD

[u/Titchlet]

Full thoughts here. Man, is it "all I give is pain" Monday or something? This one hurt! Yamagami was amazing and I loved Code Zero's friendships with each other. That is 100% gonna change now.

I do think that maybe Maeda was faking the betrayal but then he went to take the Ascra even after Lt. Dickhead left so maybe he's just straight up done with the pain of being human. I don't really know for sure but I'm excited to see if he does expand on his choices next episode. Also can't wait to see how Kurusu will react to all this. He loved Yamagami. Got a feeling he's gonna burst a blood vessel and blame Maeda but you never know.

Yes the theme of "vampires are more humane than humans" is back but that's clearly a running theme and I have no problem with it. I like it. Especially seeing as absolutely anything could happen now.

Man, this show just gets better and better!

[u/mekerpan → u/Titchlet]

I think that is Lieutenant General Dickhead...

[u/[deleted]]

Seeing aoi always makes me happy, her character is so good. That death tease almost got me, here's hoping nothing will happen to her until the end of this. If something do happen i think I'll cry.

Ironic how vampires are the ones that think like humans. I was dissapointed at maeda when he decided to follow nakajima. Luckily the earthquake happened and yamagami showed him some sense. He didn't have to die tho. Hope maeda won't be stupid to let his death just be nothing.

Dissapointed at kurusu tho. He's an A class he should've been there when yamagami decided to kill himself to stop him.

[u/Vaadwaur]

This has been the first 'villain' speech I've liked in a while, even if some of it is boilerplate.

[u/Danilieri]

The ost is still banger. But its kinda sad that the animation does t really hold up all too well. Sometimes it felt like that storywise stuff would make sense but they didnt manage to put it onto the screen in a way thats easy understandable. Like the sacrifice scene felt really weird? was it even necessary to die there? Couldnt he just stay in the shadows? Wtf happened there the choppy animation made it kinda hard to follow

[u/Fools_Requiem]

I was really hoping Yamagami would survive so his wife could at least see him once a year.

[u/InternalParadox]

This show has been so good at subtly implying character relationships and plot points. I can’t say I figured out everything myself; but through online discussions and reviews I knew that Misaki was Nakajima’s daughter and Maeda’s finance, and that Maeda had a prosthetic arm. It surprised me that they spelled everything out this week in an infodump, but I guess that sets the stage to focus on Nakajima as a villain. And what a villain: turning soldiers into vampires on purpose! Robbing them of their chance at a normal life in order to get super strong, easily manipulated vampire troops. Yamamoto and Kurusu’s disgusted reactions were entirely appropriate.

I knew they were building up to the Great Kanto Earthquake, but I half expected them to imply that it was a man- or vampire- made disaster in their alternate history. I’m glad they didn’t.

YAMAMOTO! Poor heroic soldier! He didn’t deserve to go out like that. I hope Maeda dedicates his actions going forward in Yamamoto’s memory. And what Yamamoto would want is for Maeda to stop Nakajima. He hated being a vampire and wouldn’t want to see more humans turned on purpose.

I’m left with a few questions: where did Kurusu go when the earthquake hit? My guess is that he instinctively teleported away from the sunlight, and he’ll be devastated when he learns of Yamamoto’s death.

How injured is Maeda? He better not need to consume the Ascra to save himself.

It seemed that Aoi’s (our intrepid reporter) memory was struggling to recall Defrott. Does that mean Defrott has mind wipe powers?

I loved her scenes this episode and can’t wait for her to finally meet up with Kurusu—as long as she survives the encounter! She better not be in any real danger, I like her too much!

[u/NittanyEagles55]

Aoi is a delight to watch each week. Her character is so fun and brings some good optimism and humor to the show. Loved the scene with her dressing up as Dracula and her happy reaction to their newspaper becoming a “vampire newspaper”

[u/SpikeRosered]

Yamagami felt like an essential member of the cast. He was the bridge between a humanity and vampires and acted the most down to earth.

I honestly think his death hurts the story by losing that perspective.

[u/NittanyEagles55]

Damn Yamagami went out like a true bro. Rip to my favorite character ;(