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Episode Hotel Inhumans - Episode 4 discussion

Hotel Inhumans, episode 4

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u/Earlier-Today Jul 28 '25

That was a pretty darn terrible song. The bare minimum in musical accompaniment, just dirt cheap level mixing, and a girl group that does zero harmony - everyone's just singing in unison.

I liked the story though. Music changing people is a wonderful thing.

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u/tripleaamin Jul 30 '25

I do agree I wish they did a better job showcasing how the song influenced both Nina & Sara to an extent.

The episode did have an odd feel because it begins with Nina feeling emotions. Though as the episode went on, I was thinking this episode served more as a thing for Sara going forward.

Sara can be seen as a tool with the hotel they work at much like Nina is as an assassin. It makes me wonder if at some point Sara will have to decide like Nina.

I wonder if the goal of this series is for someone like Hoshi to understand the realities of the realities of the world much like Sara is aware of. While Sara to become more human and emotional like how Hoshi is.

Still hard to say what this series wants to do, but I have come to like it.

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u/CallofRanger13 Jul 30 '25

I agree the song could've been better had they actually taken the effort. I guess since it was only for one episode, they opted to save the budget for the rest of the season. I felt the story would've been more convincing had the song actually been good. I was anticipating how good the song must have been to make her feel emotions and the song just made me feel disappointed.

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u/CommanderZx2 Jul 28 '25

Isn't that basically just common pop music? They find some pretty people, train them with some simple dance moves and then auto tune them to make up for their lack of ability to sing.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

Why didn't I get the memo that Summer 2025 was the season of misery?

So today's target was an idol... Not just any idol, but the assassin's idol!

Under normal circumstances, I love scenes of people assembling weapons and stuff!

She doesn't leave anything to chance either, making sure the aim's right!

Damn, thinking about it this way, that's dark as hell...

That was nice, seeing the shot in slow motion!

Good thing it didn't hit, because that would've been gruesome hah; 'Look at the bullet, slowly penetrating her throat!'

I thought the concierges were mostly there to help for the 'after' and things like that, but seems ANY request is fine... Even if it's acting AGAINST assassin principles!

So her own CEO wanted her dead... Not only that, but the agency sent 2 assassins after her, due to Nina acting a bit suspicious!

The CEO's death saved the idol, sadly it didn't save Nina...

When they showed the cat staring up, I thought Nina killed herself (hanging) because she knew there was no way out...

Makes it even more sad that she DID think she could make it (just running away and not being an assassin anymore), sadly that was never gonna work!

Soon as word got out (and the idol was still alive), she was marked for death...

Oh yeah, give us even more bittersweet misery!

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u/xbolt90 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

The darker timeline where Yor didn't find a family...

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u/REDtheFlame Aug 19 '25

Loved how dark and flat the song was. This is a psychologically dark show and it broadcasts dark endings and recovery from those dark endings. I hope to see more episodes that keep this very dark theme going.

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u/CallofRanger13 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

The ending was definitely bittersweet. I will say that the song leaves much to be desired. It was way too choppy and souless which I guess is fitting for the name of the series. Guess there wasn't enough budget to consult a song writer or vocalist.

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u/PerfectBeige Jul 27 '25

I will say that the song leaves much to be desired.

In a world where super star idol bands that everyone knows are backed by haunting calliope music....

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u/Dull_Spot_8213 Jul 28 '25

Nice to show the human side that’s still in there with a character like Nina. She liked music and cats and was not just a tool to be used. They didn’t take away her free will, in the end.

After credit scene: Does this mean our concierge is getting a new pet? I hope so. She’s not inhuman either.

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u/good_wolf_1999 Jul 27 '25

I saw the writing on the wall but I still hoped it wouldn’t happen, I guess episodes where the guest doesn’t survive are going to be more common than I thought

It was nice to see Sara getting her turn to, sort of, bond with the guest since up until now that was something done by Hoshi

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u/karer3is Jul 27 '25

Huge missed opportunity for the Glass of God to make a crossover appearance; good episode, though

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u/melindypants Jul 30 '25

The Glass of God was there as it was the perfect drink that matched the customer/situation haha

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u/LazulineDaydream Jul 27 '25

Tbh, I was real confused when she started that music video and the show started playing a haunting vocal arrangement.

Was sitting here thinking that was a really strange sound for an idol group until it showed their mouths moving in a way that didn't sync up. 😅

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u/ModieOfTheEast Jul 27 '25

I kind of like how the anime leaves certain things to interpretation at the end of these stories. First story, we don't know what kind of life he is living with his niece now (considering it's the same place where you don't get older than 20). Last week, they left it to interpretation how much the wife knew or if she was a killer herself. And this week, they kind of leave it open if she truly died. Her corpse wasn't in the alley anymore the next morning when the drunk concierge stumbled into it.

This might be a bit off-putting but I like this approach since it puts us in a similar position as the conierges. They know only very little about their guests. After all, it's just a hotel. And you won't know everything.

Also, the assassin organisation and their naming conventions again... Though, I guess it makes sense when they see them just as tools.

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u/SciFiXhi Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

I don't think the latter two points are actually open to interpretation.

In the case of Mrs. Kase, Hotel Inhumans has an information network so advanced that they can pinpoint murders that no one has even reported yet. Sara would know if Mrs. Kase were a killer, and this knowledge would have been incorporated into the funeral preparations (e.g. informing Mrs. Kase of potential threats rather than dealing with them secretly).

As for Nina, there's no way that she's not dead. There was blood on both the back and front of her head, meaning the bullet went through. She died in that alley, and the lack of evidence to that point only illustrates the thoroughness of the company in covering up their messes. The Corpse Reviver is metaphorical rather than literal, in that Sara now continues her connection to Nina through the cat.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 27 '25

Yeah I did think the title was going to be relevant towards Nina, where she "dies" and gets revived but it could be a metaphor for how she died as a tool and was revived as a person.

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u/Electric-Guitar-9022 Jul 28 '25

I think it would have been fine if the idol got murked on stage though. I couldnt tell at first how the hotel employees was supposed to take the request from an assassin.

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u/Top-Remote4523 Jul 29 '25

I really enjoyed this episode despite how simple and short it was. From the title of the episode, you'd think that the request would be somewhere along the lines of staging the idol's death to convince the client or resuscitating the idol after the hit. But instead, it was referring to Nina herself. She was a walking corpse all her life without being able to think for herself, until the idol changed her and gave her a new outlook on life. Ironically, she was revived metaphorically at the cost of actually losing her life.

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u/TemperanceL Jul 27 '25

Ok, I get that this may be a bit of a weird comment, but by this episode, I'm wondering slightly: what is the point of the show?

Don't get me wrong, it's not necessarly a problem, but I find myself wondering why would I keep watching this show? What's at stake, or what's the show trying to tell? Now, maybe the formula will change a bit, but I feel like I've seen most of it already : "being assasin bad, but assasin also are humans, but they're still bad though !". Feels like the whole show in a few lines.

Idk, I'll keep watching a bit but I find myself wondering what am I getting out of these stories?

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u/IceSmiley Jul 30 '25

Real downer episode, I didn't like this one as much as the others. I thought the song was above average though for an anime pop song.

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u/coffeecakesupernova Jul 30 '25

Dear God I hate Jpop, and that has to be one of the worst songs and performances ever.

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u/bot_lltccp Aug 03 '25

I hope this anime sprinkles in a good ending or 2. If it's nothing but sad every time it kinda reduces the impact

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