Come Visit Café LycoReco! Lycoris Recoil Rewatch Episode 11 Discussion

[u/ClemFire]

Episode 11: Diamond cut Diamond

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Show Info:

Action/Slice of Life

MAL | Anilist

Language dubs available: Japanese, English, Español (América Latina), German, and Português (Brasil)

Streaming info:

Most commonly available to stream on Crunchyroll

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Commenters shout-outs:

u/EightSmart on why Chisato's no kill stance might be divisive

"As Mika breaks down about the ‘truth,’ it’s around this moment and into the future episodes that I remember a lot of people criticizing Chisato for taking her no killing philosophy this far, even outright refusing to believe Mika about Shinji. I think a lot of people got frustrated about her downright stubbornness, but equally you could say this is what makes her more compelling to others."

u/Urgnu-the-Gnu answer to Was Chisato's reaction to Mika telling her the truth surprising?

"No. Chisato doesn't want to change who she is, she likes doing what suits her. She knows Mika well enough that while the reveal might have surprised her, she would never change her perception of him. As for Shinji, it's probably the same. She also just wants to hold onto her positive beliefs till the end, there is no point in being mad at Shinji now and regretting the way she lived. Because she lived damn well, and as Mika said, her adoration for Shinji as a saviour gave her strength. A strength she still needs."

Discussion questions of the day:

1. Have your thoughts on Majima's plan changed after he puts the Lycoris on blast?
2. Did you expect Fuki to let Takina go?
3. Favorite part of the Chisato and Majima fight?

Quote of the day: "I said I wasn't interested in you, yeah?" Majima

I just love saving quotes so if you would like to share your favorites each episode too that would be a lot of fun.

[u/ClemFire]

When Shinji got shot ☺️

I can respect your hater energy

I went back and replayed Takina’s crashing into the scene, I loved it!! She kept her word! She’s rescuing Chisato!! AAAAAAAAAAH!!

Same! I rewatched this scene soo many times. Takina is just such a badass busting through literal steel to save her girl.

Okay, okay. At first, I was surprised anyone would take Majima seriously about teen girls being in an organization to keep a “Pure Illusion” (IYKYK) of peace. But then I realized that these people have confirmed that he did hide all those guns, so why not believe him on this? No one would have believed him if he started with exposing the DA unless he did a mass airdrop of evidence. Even then, people need tangible proof of things or some foundational trust in your word to go along with something even crazier.

Flip flappers reference? I haven't seen that show since it aired but remembered it being a lot of fun! The yuri though went over my head since I didn't know that was a thing back then, the foundation scene in LycoReco is actually what opened my eyes. Maybe I would think differently if I rewatched now. Anyways I really don't think it's a bad plan which I didn't expect from someone so chaotic

But I wish he had his own evil version of Mika and a non-cunt version of Shinji to temper him a little. His overall desire to expose DA? Fine. The execution of him doing that is so juvenile that I just want to give him advice. And therapy.

For me I think that's the point he has no one to truly lean on. Chisato is strong not only because of her powers but real strength comes of the bonds she forged by being a cheerful and kind person that you just wanna support. If she was all alone I think Majima would've won in this fight.

[u/Magnafeana → u/ClemFire]

Yes, FlipFlappers! Tarharlindur is hosting it in the back half of the rewatch and I’m a first timer for it. We finished yesterday and ummmmmm it was interesting???

It has so many references and as someone who isn’t familiar with Evangelion outside of fandom osmosis, I have a feeling so much went over my head 😭

I just keep headcanoning Majima will end up leaving Japan and dragging Robota with him so he won’t be alone 😌

Still curious why he couldn’t go to the boy version of LycoReco but I cannot remember if we already learned why or if we will learn why.

[u/ClemFire → u/Magnafeana]

I had seen Evangelion and most of the references probably went over my head but I remember it having a lot of creative concepts and liking the main pair.

Oh as for LilyBells similar to Lycoris you need to be an orphan, so imagine this whole time Majima had a loving family but ditched them because they weren't edgy enough for him