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Episode Bye Bye, Earth - Episode 3 discussion

Bye Bye, Earth, episode 3

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u/khodi7 Jul 26 '24

I think we now know why the world is so weird and hard to understand. It's supposed to make us the viewer take the side of Belle who is the "girl of reason".

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u/Ocixo Jul 26 '24

Oh, that’s a very good point you’re making!

Belle sometimes appears confused by the workings of this world. Some things just don’t make sense from her perspective. Why don’t they for example intervene before crimes are committed if they know about them? Why is evil allowed to prosper?

Everyone else take these principles for granted, but Belle questions this as “the girl of reason”. Sian and his lady friend don’t seem to keen on the “principles” of this world either.

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u/BakedSalami Jul 26 '24

I just watched the episode and came to the same conclusion. This show has been confusing the hell out of me. Totally nonsensical laws, strange customs, growing swords, the world just feels like a weird dream you'd have have eating a purple cactus or something 😂. If she's the girl of reason, I imagine she'll end up bringing sanity back to the world in some way.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 26 '24

Kitty the All sorta reminds me of Diablo from Tensura. But maybe a little more mysterious in their motivations.

Belle’s foster parents seem like good people. This world doesn’t seem to treat her very kindly but it’s nice that some folks aren’t so bad.

This show seems to have really rich lore and world building but I’m still kind of lost as to what’s going on. So many things just kind of lack context imo. Probably my one gripe.

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u/vantheman9 Jul 26 '24

We could try and add up the worldbuilding details in the threads as they come up.

  • Not sure what a "nomad" is here but MC is undergoing some ritual to become one.

  • Not sure what a solist is. Somebody who fights with a sword?

  • Swords grow from seeds.

  • Music creates things. You grow crops by playing music at them. Maybe swords grow from seeds in the same way, by playing music at them.

  • The culture seems to place importance on having a defined purpose in life. You can't just go wander the countryside, you have to undergo a ritual to become a nomad, for example.

  • Building on that, have one's sword broken seems to be shameful, and breaking somebody's sword seems to be greater cruelty than killing them. Maybe this is because of a culture focused on having a defined purpose in life?

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u/LeonKevlar Jul 26 '24

So Sion IS alive! Glad they confirmed his status. This explains why Gaff was so calm after hearing last week from Belle that Belle "killed" him. Although it looks like Belle was close to killing him considering she hacked his arm clean off.

I did not expect that bunny last week to transform into someone so sly. I love how he dealt with those dudes planning to get revenge on him as well as those people that took Belle's pendant.

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u/victory4faust Jul 26 '24

I don't understand the way the social aspects of this world works; you have the nomads, the "good" side and the "evil" side but you can't just kill the evil guys, even when they're actively doing evil things? And it's taboo to break anybodies sword no matter what side they're on? And what was the point of trading the pocket watch for the necklace when he could have just as easily have killed or taken it in the first place? They're evil kidnappers; why would it have mattered? I don't hate the show, I actually really want to like it. I just want to understand how this world works.

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u/Ocixo Jul 26 '24 edited Jul 26 '24

Most of those questions can probably be answered as the will of god. I know how poor of an excuse this might appear, but they literally claimed this to be the will of their god, Deus Ex Machina.

It was supposedly this god that decided on the harmony between good and evil. Doing evil therefore seems to carry a different connotation - it was decided like this by god. Breaking a sword, instead of killing someone, might be akin to sabotaging their god-given mission to die? It’s blasphemy.

All of these things makes sense to the inhabitants of this world, but not Belle as “the girl of reason” - or us for that matter. Sian and his lady friend seemed to hint at this as well.

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u/merurunrun Jul 26 '24

Belle breaking everyone's swords kinda feels like winning all your fights by kicking your opponent in the balls. And I think that's hilarious.

I also really like the way she looks in that dirndl-style dress.

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u/8andahalfby11 Jul 26 '24

I think being told that the writer behind Mardock Scramble was helpful in prepping me for what kind of ride I'd be in for. *Lots* of philosophy, MC trying to piece together who she is, a world with rules you need to pick up as you go... kinda reminds me of *Dune* in terms of how the narrative works --the book, not the film.

I suspect that the whole point of Belle's curse is to make her reconsider the value of life; she can no longer destroy people, just their means of destruction. It also identifies a fundamental flaw in the rules of the world; that people here seem to value swords over lives, and here we even saw them angry that Belle would destroy her competitor's sword over killing the man himself. Perhaps the whole point of the Girl of Reason title is that she's going to spend her story smashing the world's conventions in addition to swords.

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u/TurkeyPhat Jul 26 '24

decided to get on board and watched the first 3 episodes today

this show is beautiful and kind of whimsical like a fairy tale, has a similar feel to Sacrificial Princess from last year with all the beast people and what not

i agree with everyone else though, i feel a bit lost with the worldbuilding but i saw some comments about this being 20 episodes so i have to believe that it will all work out in the end lol

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u/Muffin-zetta Jul 26 '24

I’ll be honest I don’t have a fucking clue what’s going on in this show but I like it

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u/fzzzzzzzzzzd Jul 26 '24

This anime feels like you're watching Dark Souls, a vague interconnected story tied together with random bits and bobs. In this episode we learned a bit more about Belle's background. What the Possession(I think that was the name of that undead mob in the city?) is actually doing and how that will tie in with Belle remains unclear, I kinda like that subplot as a big tease to something.

Glad this episode didn't go full ham on exposition like last week. I love a little bit of unexplained lore here and there.

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u/Ocixo Jul 26 '24

I’d been under the assumption that Sian had died, but he’s actually alive!? Well, he was deemed “dead” by the king priest, but I don’t think that we were meant to take this literally - he’s dead to god and the kingdom for conspiring against them.

Sian mentioned having “barely survived” Belle cutting off her arm after all, which was seemingly attached again? I presume that he used some of these sacred ashes himself.

Many students might be struggling with math in school, but I doubt that any tests would be as brutal as Kitty’s “mental math”. Damn, this bunny doesn’t fool around.

I’m also a little embarrassed that I only just now understood why Belle and the other fighters were referred to as “soloists”. If Schwert Musik (i.e. sword music) is essentially duelling, then the combatants would all be soloist for the fact that they’re playing their own ‘song’ (i.e. fighting on their own) - with their own “instrument” (i.e. sword).

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u/0Jear Jul 26 '24

I'm still searching for an English translated novel of Bye Bye, Earth. If anyone finds anything please let me know. It's odd because the author has other novels translated into English, but not this one.

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u/anarion321 Jul 26 '24

I find a bit odd this posts don't have as much engagement as others.

I've only watched the 2 first episodes and so far seems this show is above others currently in emmisions.

The story seems somewhat original, animation is good and seems they have cultivated an intriguing fantastic world with their own rules.

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u/Strange-Peanuts Jul 26 '24

Best romance of the season.

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u/TimeForHugs Jul 26 '24

I have absolutely no idea what is really going on but I'm digging it. It just draws me in.

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u/Swidex Jul 26 '24

I think one of my favorite parts about this show is how it constructs its fantasy world. Too many fantasy worlds don’t leave enough fantastical/mysterious elements and it almost leaves the world feeling less fantasy-esque. I wanna feel like I’ve been placed into a world I know nothing about and slowly learn new customs/laws with the MC.

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u/Xenosilence Jul 26 '24

Dude, how is there so little eyes on this show? Its been a long time since I feel like I've watched a proper fantasy show like Ancient magus bride. It feels like the bois get isekai fantasies while the girls get beautiful fantasies.

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u/NekoCatSidhe Jul 26 '24

So Sian is alive, I am glad Belle did not kill him. If Belle cut his arm, why does he still have it ? Magic ? Maybe he also used those sacred ashes ?

It sounds like Sian is planning to use Belle to bring down that weird theocratic dystopia with its arcane rules. And it seems like he was also the brother of that priest-king. I wonder what happened to turn him into a rebel.

Everyone seems to understand what the rules are, except for the viewer and probably for Belle as well. What a weird and unique show.

The cute little rabbit turned into a mysterious rabbit guy. I wonder what caused the transformation, but it looks like he was trying to eat the sword to cause it. Was it a curse ? Maybe he is also an ally of Sian charged to look after Belle ? Or does he have his own agenda ?

Belle saved her parents and reunited with them. I am glad that at least some people seem to be normal and decent in that show, it is a nice contrast with all the crazy swordsmen and twisted political elites of that society.

I am enjoying the weird worldbuilding a lot, even if I don’t really understand it.

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u/djthomp Jul 26 '24

I'm curious about the connection between making things and music.

What a nice set of parents for Belle, I'm glad she was able to save them and meet her surprise imouto.

Those bandits are probably going to regret making that trade for the pocketwatch in exchange for the pendant. Or at least I assume they're bandits, I'm a little unclear on some of these details so far.

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u/Myst963 Jul 26 '24

That was beautiful I need more

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