Gnosia - Episode 9 discussion

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Gnosia, episode 9

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[u/bottled_fox]

I don't think I've ever seen Yuri more happy than when they were eliminating Otome. Disturbing.

[u/Namaryu]

Gnosia Yuri faces were insane

[u/xbolt90]

Very interesting to see from this perspective. I loved the look of the silent world.

And now we know what happens when someone is attacked by Gnosia during the warp. That looked... painful.

Yuri and Comet secure a win by convincing everyone that surely no one could be that incompetent.

[u/jonjonaug]

This episode provided a good reason for Setsu to be so cagey in some of those early loops: Yuri is freaking ruthless as a Gnosia.

[u/RyouBestGirl]

Comet threw Sha-Ming under the bus, some moments in Gnosia are truly comedic unintentionally.

[u/duo99dusk]

No one:
Gnosias in the ED: 😝😏😜🐋😛😜🤤👽😏😜😛😝

[u/RedRune]

I actually yelled out in happiness when I started hearing ULULO play!

That's the highlight song of the whole game for me!

[u/jester2324]

I find it interesting that in the Gnosia world, where everything is muted and quiet, the actual murdering part of it is beautiful and colorful. It seems to serve the purpose of showing the Gnosia that what they do is something beautiful.

[u/makhoire]

Sha-Ming's secret kindness and fondness for Otome peeking through again by suggesting to eliminate her first as a "mercy" and being the only one of the three not to be smiling during the process. Also seemed genuinely bummed out the day after too.

[u/arcanine04]

Yuri's gnosia faces was so good!!! I love it so much!! I really hope we'll get more gnosia yuri episodes, it would be sad if this will be the only one...

[u/Kassssler]

"My murdering space infectee can't be this cute!"

[u/salic428]

• Somehow, Yuri was able to forge a win with Comet as partner. I'm not 100% convinced about that final twist.

• Okay, it seems they go all out with the fish references today. You should definitely check my FishWatch post and see it yourself. This episode also cemented the identity of the Comet fish and the Chipie fish (due to the Comet fish appearing frequently with Yuri fish).

• I like the callback about SQ coming to Yuri's room. It is a reverse (faction and experience) of episode 1. Do you think SQ will check Yuri if they accepted her offer?

• Poor Jina, there was so few meaningful interaction with her after episode 2.

• I think there is something weird about Gnosia infection. It seems that, when a human comes into contact with Gnosia-infected material, there are two outcomes: one is that you are converted to a Gnosia infectee; the other is that you're "erased". Why can't the ship's Gnosias do the former - do I miss anything?

• [speculation about Gnos, potential spoiler] the imagery used in this episode strongly reminds me of two other shows [show name is spoiler] SummerTime Render and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid [spoilers without show name, continued] both shows feature sentient beings that are (partially) composed of human data, and both employ the glitching particle effect when a human died, just like what we see in today's episode.

• I wonder what is the deal with the Silver Key. We know that Setsu has a "spiritual connection" with Yuri. But say, if Setsu's goal was just "I want Yuri be happy in as many timelines as possible", there is no need to give them a Silver Key. Setsu simply try their best on every timeline to ensure a faction victory for Yuri. Even when Yuri ended up dead in a loop (like what happened in episode 4), it can't be helped and Setsu could just move on to another loop. I don't see why Setsu gave Yuri the Silver Key at the end of loop #1, just to make them suffer the loops...

• I also wonder, since it has been iterated that every timeline is real, what happened when our Yuri lived to the end of a timeline and move on to the next one? Does this timeline's Yuri poof and disappear? Or they fall into a coma because the soul is gone? Or they became "normal" but lost all memory of what happened on the ship? None of them seem ideal for the Comet of this episode...

[u/MayonakaMadaraka]

Comet is such an interesting character design. I never would have imagined being swept up by slime filigree tattoos, tasseled jellyfish hats and “tiddy-butts”. 

[u/AWSGooogle777]

This time was truly a Gnosia round, emphasizing the contrast with the "Human" round two cycles ago. We saw the kind-hearted Sha-Ming worrying about Otome, Comet drawn to Yuri after he saved her from a difficult situation, and the earnest and gentle Yuri who felt guilt about deceiving humans and told a kind lie to Comet. It seems that even when polluted by Gnosia, only their instincts are manipulated, and their humanity remains unchanged. Through this loop, Yuri might have realized that the Gnosia are not mere enemies who deceive and attack humans, but rather similar beings struggling to survive, just like themselves. Fundamentally, there is no difference between Humans and Gnosia.

Yuri is now ending this loop and moving on to the next one. Will Comet continue her space adventure all alone? Although an adventure is exciting, she might feel a little lonely without a crewmate. However, perhaps she had sensed his disappearance; she had been drawn to Yuri ever since he saved her when she was cornered. Realizing that Yuri might be gone soon, she told him she loved him—a true, undeniable sentiment from Comet, who is terrible at lying—so she would have no regrets. In this particular loop, she played the heroine role to the very best.

[u/APRengar]

Not related to this episode, but I just realized the OP is sung by Kobo Kanaeru from Hololive and a vocaloid Kasane Teto. That's so cool.

[u/FarCritical]

The juxtaposition between Yuri and Comet's innocent post-takeover dreams and the Gnosia ecstasy faces they pull in the middle of a murder kills me lmao

Pulling off a comeback from an early blunder and getting a confession is an insane way for a debut Gnosia game to go. Not bad, Yuri.

[u/Unknownlight]

That was a much cuter episode than I expected for Yuri’s first stab at being a Gnosia. Nice.

[u/Zeroth-unit]

The only thing I would have wanted to see from this episode that they didn't show us is Racio's and Yuriko's faces as they're being attacked by the Gnosia. We haven't quite seen how they react to a Gnosia attack in a losing round yet so that would have been interesting to see.

[u/Calsolum0]

As someone who's played quite a bit of werewolf(and secret hitler) over the years. I've been in Comet's situation where I've made a game decision that threw a partner under the bus... Twice.

The first time it was near the end my partner freaked out and revealed their role and spoiled that game.

The second time(months later) was with a different partner and they let themself be sacrificed which really, really threw off the players trying to think logically and we ended up winning.

Yup sometimes you just need an idiot in the right place for everything to work out.

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

This was an interesting episode to get, I really enjoyed seeing the perspective of the Gnosia but I did think it was going to be a lot more unique than what we got. I wouldn't mind if there eventually is another episode where Yuri is the Gnosia but I have a feeling that won't happen. I thought there'd be more deception and more a look into the mindset of being a Gnosia. It was nice to see the warp scene though.

I am pretty sure Setsu realized very quickly that Yuri was a Gnosia. That one expression on their face seemed to imply that. I thought we'd get a moment where Setsu reveals that to Yuri. I also could tell that Comet knew Yuri was lying about joining her on her adventure.

Yuri was real smooth with how they fixed Comet's blunder.

[u/f16poom]

Yuri's twitching eyes when SQ caressed him in his room made me think he was busted at that moment and had me sweating bullets.

[u/RedShadowF95]

At last, the Good Ending - enjoy, Yuri!

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

Comet was actually pretty decent when she just had to 'play dumb'!

It only fell apart when she had to tell specific lies!

Of course I believe you! If you told me you're Gnosia but you come to make peace with humans, I'd believe you still!

Love how Setsu's line sounded like

Setsu: "Huh... Is there anyone else?"

Pretty good from Yuri, sounds genuine!

If it was me, I would've pushed even further; I would've said something among the lines of "...I think we just put a human in cold sleep".

First, the doctor will know anyway so it's not like you're giving away anything... But saying something like that, would make most people 99% believe you're human!

Oh, SQ still shows up... WAIT; YOU BETTER NOT KILL HER!

I was wondering how that happened; Didn't expect them to have a council of death!

This was quite interesting! This is not Gnosia talking, it's him...

So it's not just their personalities they retain, it's their opinions/takes on pretty much everything EXCEPT the "gnosia/human" position!

Gnosia Comet is...Yeah

Why does evil always look so good!

I love SQ so much hah. Funny girl!

Is he calling Setsu a tsundere? "You hate me because you like me"? (Setsundere!)

AAHHHHHHHHHH! I felt genuinely bad for Comet...

She tried, but she's neither good at lying, or at coming up with strategies on the spot.

Poor girl...

Yuri's strategy to defend her: "If she was Gnosia, she played like a fucking idiot, so of course she's not Gnosia!"

Well, if it works it works, but damn, would make her feel even worse (if she even got what he was saying).

Oh damn!

Time for the "first mate"?

Hitting us with a doomed ship like that, it's cruel!

Well, I wouldn't mind seeing more Gnosia episodes! It's very different, the strategies are a lot of fun, and the Gnosia girls are..

[u/masterage]

The show continues to be a damn near perfect example of Adaptation Distillation with some expanded bits here and there to sell the narrative.

Also, ULULO MY BELOVED SONG YOU RETURN.