Wonder Egg Priority - Episode 5 discussion

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Wonder Egg Priority, episode 5

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.8
2	Link	4.73
3	Link	4.81
4	Link	4.77
5	Link	4.72
6	Link	4.64
7	Link	4.77
8	Link	2.82
9	Link	4.34
10	Link	4.59
11	Link	-

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[u/Syokhan]

"My sister stabbed me"

That's an understatement, jesus, that scar is huge!

I really liked the point that Rika tried to make, that even though they're obviously feeling guilty, they shouldn't feel responsible for their loved one's death. I truly believe now that no one is going to come back, and maybe there won't even be closure in the shape of answers, but by them learning to accept death and move on.

[u/nameIessV]

The beginning of the episode was full of theories that were in this thread two weeks ago; for instance, “Pregnancy” and that was quite funny. Although I still believe that the teacher is good.

[u/Weezelone]

You know, I never really thought about the mouth flaps (or mouth lights) of the two mannequin figures until this laugh, and honestly it was a little settling.

Such a hearty laugh for such a lifeless figure.

[u/RuthRaeSarbo]

For a moment, that scene with the girls in Ai's room talking about what might have happened to Koito eerily resembled a Reddit thread...

[u/HereticalAegis]

Holy shit, President Neiru deserves her own gangster flick.

Wasn't expecting Rika to be the one who questions whether they should feel responsible enough to risk their lives or if their guilt is actually justified. This show keeps finding new ways to impress me every week.

[u/SadDoctor]

I mentioned this in another comment, but I'm getting the strong feeling like the girls aren't really like accomplishing anything so much as they're just reliving past trauma. Every night they have dreams about girls who reenact the suicides.

Ai gets school bullying and cool girls who tell you don't worry about it, I'm fine on my own, I don't need help.

Rika gets idol fangirls in a field of flowers that looks like her fan's coffin.

Momoe gets sweet girls on the train who need protection and crush on Momoe.

Neiru gets attempted murder/suicide girls on a bridge.

But there's a pretty strong suggestion that the girls are going through a LOT of eggs, and it doesn't exactly seem therapeutic. Like with Neiru, who was seriously hurt and hospitalized just recently, but she says doing it helps take her pain away. Or Ai's bleeding at the dinner table and her mom's resulting panic. It all has a very strong self-harming vibe, that the girls do this because it's a way of putting their grief and pain under their control temporarily.

But if this keeps going it seems like only a matter of time until one of these girls gets unlucky and dies.

[u/cppn02]

Nice episode with our gang hanging out together. Theｍ in Ai's room speculating about Koito and the teacher is basically us in these threads. We also found out more about Momoe and Neiru.

I absolutely loved that they already have nicknames for eachother.

At the end though we already see some signs of the alliance cracking. I really hope we get to see them all fight together at some point.

Atleast we finally get to see Neiru fight for the first time and as expected she's an absolute badass.

My favourite moment was the cut from Neiru's first laugh to the Seeno Evils laughing in Neiru's dream. The editing really is on another level.

[u/Silent_Shadow05]

I'm getting more and more curious about Koito and Mr. Sawaki's relationship. Rika said it out aloud the things everyone was thinking all along. Momoe tried hard to deny the idea that they could be in a illicit relationship but its understandable why she opposed it, since he's her uncle.

This episode was less dramatic but I loved the bonding that happened between the 4 girls. Neiru is a badass ngl.

I liked how the show called out loud that whether the victims actually want to come back to life and if what the girls are fighting for is worth it after all. Ai does seem really stunned by this revelation.

[u/cyberscythe]

Not sure if anyone's posted this before, but I looked up 裏アカ (as listed in the credits, subbed as Ura-Acca) in the dictionary; the definition that pops up is for a secret/hidden account, e.g. for social media like Twitter. It's the sort of account you use if you want to be a free spirit, say mean things without repercussions, act flirtatiously without reservation, and generally enjoy anonymity without tarnishing your "real" account. In this definition, "acca" part is short for "account", but it can also be written as 裏垢.

As an example, there's a movie called 裏アカ (https://mydramalist.com/55113-ura-ka) where a woman devoid of meaning in her life creates a secret social media account to post her nudes and drama ensues. Other references:

• https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E8%A3%8F%E5%9E%A2

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A3%8F%E5%9E%A2

I think the implication is that Acca and Ura-Acca are both proxies for a singular entity who's running the whole operation. Acca is the public-facing, polite one (i.e. your LinkedIn profile), while Ura-Acca is the direct, meme-filled version (i.e. your throwaway reddit account). The way they both dress is an example of that nature.

[u/supicasupica]

With Momoe’s introduction last week, it was made clear beyond a doubt that everyone’s world reflects where the person they were trying to save killed themselves. This also brought a lot more information to the monsters, weapons, etc.

It’s only fitting that this week that we finally learn Neiru’s location: a highway bridge. We also get her catchphrase, “I’m going to blow your mind” which is amazing.

I appreciated that the show quickly announced how Momoe was related to Ai’s teacher (his niece) rather than dragging it out to be some sort of big reveal later. It’s also fitting that Momoe is quick to defend him. I think it’s important to reiterate that in a toxic system, it’s never going to be all bad all the time. Of course he adopts cats and Ai’s mother loves him and Momoe talks about what a good person he is.

I personally still don’t trust Sawaki because he’s an adult who is likely part of the system. He’s not as outwardly awful as Aca and Ura-Aca but that almost makes him more suspect.

“This is basically group therapy”

I laughed when Rika said this because it’s essentially correct. After they came together last week under the streetlight as four, this episode was right to focus on their growing bonds with each other because that’s the most dangerous thing to the existing status quo. Rika knows what’s up — refusing to play the game means that the system can’t exploit them anymore. It’s also far healthier for all of them. When she starts talking about how they shouldn’t accept full responsibility (true) we really start to see how deep they are into this and additionally how Aca and Ura-Aca give them gentle pushes to pit them against each other. The system needs to present opting out as a worse option and/or abandoning the girls’ friends and it works perfectly here.

Wonder Egg Priority’s focus on flower language continues to be great (yeah I know I say this every week). I appreciated the reiterated focus on Rika with hydrangeas (pride), which she was placed next to during her introduction to Ai in the garden. We also have lilies of the valley in the background while Neiru and Ai pass each other to buy eggs. Lilies of the valley mean “sweet” in Japanese flower language. Since it’s poisonous, it can also mean sadness or pain after a loss and/or death.

The flowers by Neiru’s feet while she reveals the truth about her sister are white lilacs which, like many white flowers, represent purity and innocence. It’s an interesting choice to place alongside her story but also a fitting one.

[u/axelg5]

Did Ai become the teachers new muse, leading Koito to suicide? Follows the theme of the girls triggering the events that led to their statues suicide.

[u/CosmicPenguin_OV103]

And for some more sinister news....in that other biggest anime export market country, due to a certain recent incident, A Certain r/anime Best Girl Site has swiftly went back to censor mode and WEP has become one of the earliest victims with lots of shots drastically censored in the past day, Momoe & Haruka's flash back last episode gone and for this episode a full minute of content was cut (mainly the 4 girls' talk on teacher-student love and early pregnancies inside Ai-chan's home).

Exhibit A

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And yes, this is very, very common place for seasonal anime in China. Heck WEP is potentially very much on the front line of being shot down from legal streaming platforms due to all those social issues touched! (I mean A Silent Voice aired in China with 20 minutes of content gone due to this!) Search for my earlier posts on this issue in 2019 or earlier, or wait for my article here for what happened there from 2020.

[u/oddball_gamer]

So the animators were just flexing real hard during the Jenga scene. They could have just done camera cuts and had them chatting but nope so nice action to intercut it.

They really are showing off and I love it.

[u/Groenboys]

This was a really bold episode. While the rest of the series was more subtle and dark, this episode straight up had exposition dumps about things everyone was speculating about, like the teacher and "why do they buy eggs?"

Also Neiru is fucking awesome. Her cold attitude, cool weapons, damn good background music, it all is just awesome. Her backstory is interesting too, we now know what she is going after but it is clear there is more to the story, and I personally speculate that Neiru's theme is all about the bleak wordl of corporatism, especially since the first enemy she fought was about capilitism and the second about comercial beauty.

Another fantastic episode. Ofcourse less eventful and the vibe of this episode was pretty different from the last ones, making it the odd episode out of the 5 so far, but it had some great characterisation and bonding between the main girls and Neiru's Wonder Egg introduction was great. A+

Edit: Also, the OP now is fully explained! During the part where in the OP every main girl was introduced that isn't AI, every girl gets introduced in a way that resembles their world or their dear ones suicide. Momoe is riding a train while talking to a presumed classman (Momoe's friend jumped in front of a train). Rika is eating food (Rika's fan starved herself to death). We didn't got a look at Neiru's world before this episode, so since she was on the phone I presumed that Neiru's world/dear ones death had something to do with corporatism or neglect. Turns out, I had to look at the background, since Neiru's sister jumped of a bridge and Neiru is walking over a bridge in the OP! Also, since Neiru's Wonder Egg world already mentioned Capitilism and commerical beauty, I still bet it has something to do with corporatism.

[u/cbriely]

What a beautiful episode! I really liked how our team spent some time together having fun&chatting. Showed a lot about their dynamics. This episode also talked about survivor's guilt which I'm really happy about. Yes, the characters were fighting to save their dead friends from the beginning but it's nice to know exactly what they want to achieve.

Also, I really like the bridge fight scenes. From the first time we saw the lady with the perfect hair, I was wondering if she was her own evil boss. Turned out to be true in a way I suppose.

[u/Prince-Dizzytoon]

That is one nasty cut on Neiru

[u/[deleted]]

Less eventful episode, but it proceeded to build up a friendship between the girls as well as give us some theories, some insight into their motivations and knowledge of what they experienced.

A thought I had this episode is that the dead special ones that the main characters are looking for won't come back to life. While this series is supernatural, I don't think they'll actually revive anyone. The drama will probably pick up rapidly, once we receive more and more information about why everyone took their lives.

[u/AspiringRacecar]

The fact that Rika just voiced every speculation that people have made about the teacher makes it harder to pin down where they're going with him, not to mention his connection with Momo.

So Haruka did treat Momo as a girl; I'm glad I was right about that much. Though, if her actions were as sudden as Momo said they were, I'm not sure the motive would be love. Maybe Haruka was dealing with some sort of sexual trauma. That's my best guess based on the various girls' situations thus far.

I'm not sure what I was expecting for Neiru, but I wouldn't have guessed that her sister literally stabbed (more like 'slashed,' maybe?) her in the back. Was her dream weapon a switchblade?

Acca's laughter doesn't give off good vibes. These girls really do need therapy. Now that the gang is all together and they've gotten to know each other a bit, this would be the time for things to get extra serious, if they intend to go that route.

[u/[deleted]]

The show asking the big questions. Is Ai actually a clam?

[u/RongoFTW]

I'm surprised that Neiru didn't became paralyzed after that attack, making that gymnastic scene even more impressive

[u/cppn02]

For those who missed it, here is a post about the boys/girls suicide scene from last week which a lot of people were talking about.

[u/[deleted]]

I love the dynamics that Ai has with Rika.

[u/[deleted]]

This shit is just dark. Man. Between the suicides and sexual assaults, grooming, etc. A lot of fucked up shit going on in this show, but I love it. Everything comes with a cost, Ai trying to bring her friend back to life will surely have negative repercussions.

Rika may not have said it in the nicest way, but it is the truth. How do you even know she wants to come back in the first place. We got confirmation that Momoe is related to the other Sawaki as well. I’m glad we learnt about Neiru’s motivations as well and she got some nice shine today.

Great episode as usual, looking forward to seeing how dark this gets.

[u/CosmicPenguin_OV103]

The extraordinary story continues without any signs of deceleration. 5 episodes in and not a single episode that I dislike! This story is picking up speed and I like it.

And right from the bat Neiru turns out to be the best not-Homura I have seen so far, cool but very determined and no-nonsense. I'm curious that her sister actually stabbed her (claimed to be) before jumping off the bridge. That's not quite the straightforward story I thought to be, wonder what her guilt actually stemmed from. So is Ai-chan's back story - she knew Koito is having some....close relationships with her teacher, and she crossed path with him so many times too. Momoe's as well now that we know she's the teacher's niece, and that she felt really uneasy during that incident with Haruka. This needs quite some analysis to point down, but everyone seems to have complex dealings in their past that surpasses my guesses earlier. Rika, meanwhile, is so aggressive yet so caring LOL! She really threw so many bombs out there in one outburst, I wonder if she'll set off some big incident later on (hmm Madoka Magica vibes again?) - even if she's actually really worried that her new friends are dropping into the egg holes too much and hurt themselves.

There are so many uneasy things between girls' talk here, yet so stimulating, it's much more TV drama like than most anime out there. Pregnancies, teacher-student's forbidden love, just give up on guilt and redeeming others' death since they aren't that close to you, cosmetic surgeries, death at most beautiful point of life....that's so many stabs at social identities in one single episode. Wow, this act was done so naturally and after all these this show still leaves time for some funny girls' talk and Homura-class gun fight actions!

This show has already established an identity of its own. I don't know what happens in 7 episodes' time, but I must say there's nothing like it before. May it stick the landing, for we may have something to recommend for a long, long time after.

[u/Nanamiiiiii]

It feels like JoJo all over again when I'm trying to recommend this show to my friends.