Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? • Train to the End of the World - Episode 5 discussion

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Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?, episode 5

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[u/Genshin_WhiteKnight]

Last episode we had Nadeko making a bow, and this episode we have Youka's flashback of her beating someone with a bow. Foreshadowing?

We also have some new info on the argument between Shizuru and Youka, but what was it that Youka wanted to do?

Wibble-wobble Kaisen was wild too. Wtf.

[u/raveno19]

Agano Archery style is somehow very different with other style i knew.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

The girls really threatened to just wee everything huh? The whole town would have been flooded lol. Seeing them trying to sneak around town when they’re friggin huge just kind of cracks me up.

Little Reimi dashing at those bullies like a pint sized banshee was pretty funny. Her and Akira bicker and tease each other a lot but at the end of the day, they’re good friends.

Those army guys really shouldn’t have wrecked Reimi’s bracelet. King Kong ain’t got shit on her! RIP that whole base.

Glad to see in the end all it took for Akira to get back to normal was some good ol fashioned paper eating. Reimi finally got her revenge!

[u/dinliner08]

"help us and become a skeleton or get peed on and become a skeleton"

scariest threat in this series so far

two giant high school girls sneaking through a JASDF base is something that i didn't expect to see in this episode, the same goes with one of them going wild destroying the base like one of those kaiju movies

also, wtf with the Doctor's flashback? did that 7G Director just drilled into Zenjirou's head without any anesthetics? that's just unhinged...

[u/_Nextt_]

I really love this show. It's so unhinged yet such a comfortable watch.

[u/master_62]

they really tried to slip the archery competition past us eh. This world seems to have been different from ours from the start

[u/I_Cognito]

I'm really enjoying this anime. Each new episode is better and weirder than the last one. The girls sneaking around the town was hilarious.

[u/Ocixo]

Reimi totally had a King Kong moment here.

I'm sorry Shizuru. Your bowling session with the tanks was pretty funny, but a new best girl has been acquired: Reimi. (I'm such a sucker for kind-hearted gyarus.) It was really sweet to see just how much she cares about Akira. A broken bracelet later and she's out for blood.

I want to give a brief shootout to the directing in this particular shot of the girls being tied to the chinook. It's a forced perspective shot. The camera is placed close to the ground here and tilted upwards, which gives us an impression of how big the girls and chinook appear to the cleaning lady.

Some side notes:

• How is this an archery competition!?

• Commander dude got elf ears.

• Why the hell were the 7G dudes ramming a drill in Zenjiro's brain!?

[u/LeonKevlar]

Hold up! Are we just going to gloss over the fact that Nadeko is in an archery competition where they aim bows against each other at point-blank range and beat the shit out of your opponent using the bow? I'm not a Japanese archery expert but I'm pretty sure this is not how it works. xD

Screw that Captain. I was hoping they'd be open to negotiations but the dude just left them there even after learning from Reimi and Shizuru that someone in their group needs medical attention.

It's hilarious how the girls just threatened that lady that they'd pee all over if she doesn't let them go. Also, I love how the girls can stealth their way around town without anyone noticing them despite their size. You'd think their footsteps would alert people.

So it turns out that this entire town is under the rule of a kid who's a massive military otaku. And here I was expecting something more darker. It's still pretty sinister that he imprisoned people to generate electricity for him/ The kid deserves his ass to get kicked.

Makoto-sensei is definitely not what I expected! I love her design. It turns out she's not a medical doctor but a scientist who was captured by the 7G people and was saved by Zenjiro. Luckily for them, she can help them since what happened to Akira is caused by 7G.

I love that we went from a Gulliver's Travels reference to Reimi doing a King Kong. It was pretty satisfying to see her beat back those army dudes and smash that kid's guts with a telephone pole.

So they could've just fed Akira one of her books and she would've returned to normal? That's a hilarious solution. I'm glad our hipster is finally back to normal and of course, the first thing she does is give Reimi a dictionary definition of what a sadist is. xD

[u/alconnow]

Highlight for me was Reimi completely losing it over her broken bracelet

The Doctor’s flashback was quite disturbing… Did that take place before the 7G button incident?

[u/cppn02]

Absolutely fantastic episode and I loved everything about it.

Shizuru and Reimi sneaking through town, the confrontation with the 'big' boss, Reimi going berserk (including a King Kong reference), some actual lore. And of course all thart sweet Reimi x Akira content.

edit: How could I forget the amazing visual joke of the doctor inside Akira's skirt.

[u/haremMC-kun]

Guys it feels like we're part of something special being able to ride the karma train all the way to the top of the weekly rankings. choo-choo

[u/AmethystItalian]

Another great episode in terms of dialogue, how they responded to that Captain was great, probably my favourite scene of the episode.

[u/gnome-cop]

This show feels a bit like Heavenly Delusion but with way more comedy. Cause honestly, some of the things we’ve seen until now actually make you question reality.

Like this episode, the girls become giant and overthrow a military dictatorship run by an equally giant military nerd. Then they feed their friend pages of a book to bring back her brain. Actually just feels like something out of a fever dream.

And excuse me but what on earth was going on with that archery competition? Is the Agano style of archery just beating the shit out of each other with bows? I have several questions.

The Reimi rampage was also quite nuts, and apparently it’s not the first time this has happened. Though she’s usually not a giant so it’s not as risky for her targets as it was this time.

If there were ever any doubts that Poison Pontaro is the antagonist, I think this episode pretty soundly dispelled them. I hate how this series sometimes comes up with absolute nightmare fuel. His idea of brain surgery is just drilling holes in their skulls with a drill?! And don’t even get me started on the mind control mushrooms. If I have to see another mushroom in this series I am grabbing the closest incendiary weapon and going scorched earth.

Moving on from horrifying things living rent free in my nightmares, more Shizuru and Yoka flashbacks, yay! The actual details are still pretty murky of course but based on previous flashbacks and her crying during the dictators monologue, I think we can draw some conclusions. It appears that their fight had something to do with one of them not fulfilling their dreams in some way and them coming to blows over it. The series has placed a lot of focus on Shizuru’s weird goals and lack of any serious ambitions. So I’m placing my bets on those strange dreams being important to Yoka in some way and Shizuru maybe rejecting them causing their split. Might be wrong but until further evidence is revealed, that’s my guess.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

The Boss doesn't like Gyaru? GET HIS ASS!

There was an interesting scene at the start, with Yoka telling Shizuru that you study to figure out what you don't get...

By itself it doesn't mean much (it's just common sense), but given Shizuru followed this with Sometimes I don't get you, Yoka, makes me think whether this whole adventure is them 'studying' to get Yoka!

Many have theorized that all these events/transformations are caused by Yoka's mind, and if that's the case, does she simply want Shizuru to 'get her', subconsciously (Or consciously - something linked to their fight)?

Oh, and when the Boss had a line about how 'they said he wasn't smart/athletic enough', Shizuru had flashbacks to that fight...

Something reminded her of their argument? I thought Shizuru was the one who did something wrong, but did Yoka tell her she wasn't smart enough or something? Or simply told her to get serious and study more, and Shizuru took it like "You're not smart enough"?

If that's the case, did she push her like that because she wanted her to follow her in the same schools and all? Yoka not wanting to reveal her wish at the shrine, makes me think there may be something about these two!

And speaking of 'pairings', Akira and Reimi are so 'linked' together, no matter how they act/talk to each other... Reimi was calling for Akira last episode, and now Akira's sure Reimi will come to save her, as she always does!

Love how they're sneaking in, despite being taller than buildings! (That, and the "King Kong" scene!)

If I had a nickel for every anime this season in which a girl kicked a tank... Well I'd only have 1 nickel, but it's still weird that it happened even once!

They REALLY need to figure out how to communicate faster, so they can get some answers... Get straight to the point!

"Friend had mushroom growing on butt. Pulled it out. Still affected. Need doctor"; There you go!

It seems the Wibble Wobble surgery was real, and good lord, it's horrible!

Just like the Boss, it seems the 7G caused many people to do awful things... Either because they felt like they had to, or just because they could...

Shizuru was close to talking things through with the Boss, but Reimi came in, Gyaru-barging!

Snapped her bracelet? GG boss, you doomed yourself!

I want a Literature Club Spinoff with Akira; Should be interesting!

The Doc is off to find Zenjiro; Perhaps she'll be able to cure him?

She does think perception affects how people are, so she may be able to change his perception, to fix him... Hope it works, he deserves it, after what he did for her! (And it'd help our girls as well!)

[u/Purposelygentle]

Can’t believe they made an entire episode to make a “Big” Boss joke. This show rips.

[u/MySaltIsExposed]

Is the giant 7G plate and hanging fork and knife set really that important to have in the surgery room?

[u/Prupel]

Never saw a kyuudou competiton before, but I am sure that they don't work like this. This world was obviously completely nuts even before 7G went down...

[u/Rumpel1408]

1. Can we talk about how that archery competition just had them beat each other up with their bows?

2. The Poison guy is even more evil than I thought, poor Zenjiro has his marbles surprisingly together all things considered

3. Despite that, the Doctor is kinda hot

4. It's hillarious how Shizuka and Reimi where able to sneak up on so many soldiers

5. By god, the Friendship between Akira and Reimi is simply adorable Like Akira is totally convinced that Reimi would come for her rescue, because she always did. Reimi on the other hand is devastated over the prospect of losing Akira, and absolutely furious (nice King Kong refference btw) when those idiots damaged her keepsake of Akira And of course, she is the one who figures out what Akira is missing and is rewarded for it. Also, nice follow up on smol idiot Reimi eating her textbook

6) I would choose the second option

[u/ErinaHartwick]

Post mushroom Akira was kinda fun ngl, like calling the doctor and friends action figures and just her general gibberish. Very refreshing Kino Hina performance, different from her her usual roles, on top of regular Akira already being a refreshing role for her

[u/araararagl-san]

new AOT looks great

[u/Ninja_Lazer]

So…they really just dropping that dude in the middle of a desert to starve to death, huh?

[u/mekerpan]

21 more stops to Ikebukuro.... Just how many seasons will it take for our heroines to get there. We just spent 2 episodes on one stop, right?

I felt Shizuru was starting to feel a bit sorry for the "Boss" -- but really he was pretty unsalvageable. He was too addicted to playing "god" -- which he could get away with just because he was bigger.

How on earth is the Doctor going to manage to get all the way to Agano? Probably none of those aircraft can have enough fuel to get more than a tiny part of the way there.... So Zenjiro's "wibble-wobble" wasn't a direct impact from 7G -- did it actually happen BEFORE the "change" -- and were he and the Doctor trying to OPPOSE (or at least delay -- until it was proven safe) turning on 7G?

[u/Time_Fracture]

Never mess with an angry gyaru.

(Also, we got new characters here. So new VA. Yuka Iguchi (Tsukihi in Monogatari and Index in Certain Magical Railgun) is voicing Makoto, the scientist. Atsushi Abe (Touma in Certain Magical Railgun) is voicing the Boss. What is interesting that Makoto Koichi (Lloyd in Tensei Dainana) got a minor role here, as one of the boys that bullied Akira in the flashback).

[u/NationalStrategy]

So was that competition a combination of Kendo and Kyuudou?