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There Bias Two posted:edit: Oh gently caress. I think we just learned why she tried to go back to the station. Goddamn, I think you're spot on and that saddens me extremely.
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I really didn't expect the show to be this good, loving hell.
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Mar 21, 2018 05:58
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Best show of the season, and that's saying something with Yurucamp also being spectacular.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Goddamn, I think you're spot on and that saddens me extremely. On the other hand, maybe she just didn't want anyone else opening her 'extra weird porn' folder. It probably gets real boring on that trip.
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There Bias Two posted:On the other hand, maybe she just didn't want anyone else opening her 'extra weird porn' folder. It probably gets real boring on that trip.  Kibibit posted:Goddamn, that was the most emotion I've felt from an anime episode in a long time. Full body chills when Her emails keep piling up and she absolutely breaks down . 
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That was pretty incredible and somehow not the emotional payoff I was expecting, though obviously probably should have.
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Nate RFB posted:That was pretty incredible and somehow not the emotional payoff I was expecting, though obviously probably should have. I was kinda expecting to find her mom's dead body but somehow what they did hit harder than if that were the case.
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Kibibit posted:I was kinda expecting to find her mom's dead body but somehow what they did hit harder than if that were the case. It's weird to think she's probably only a few hundred yards from the base at most. There Bias Two fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Mar 21, 2018 |
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SPOILERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jbhCOCdHUw&t=236s
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There Bias Two posted:It's weird to think she's probably only a few hundred yards from the base at most. Probably also buried under 3 years' worth of accumulated snow. They'll never find her body.
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Nate RFB posted:That was pretty incredible and somehow not the emotional payoff I was expecting, though obviously probably should have. It's because this show is super well written. Seriously, it's really masterful in how it sets up elements, reminds the viewer subtly without making it overt, and then lands the payoff. For example you have the thing about the money which was introduced purely as a 'gee this girl is weirdly obsessive', which becomes a possible device to get them to Antarctica, which we are reminded about in the midpoint of the series, and then when you've almost forgotten about it, is there again as a symbol of Shirase's determination, *and* a foreshadowing of the email counter.
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A particular point I really liked - we've had all these shots through the series of Shirase looking at her phone with a blank email to her mother on it. All this time I assumed it was the same email every time, and that she couldn't figure out the words to send. This episode, of course, revealed that I was wrong. She'd been sending them all this time, and longer. Every single day, most assuredly. She never once forgot or stopped trying.
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Spiritus Nox posted:A particular point I really liked - we've had all these shots through the series of Shirase looking at her phone with a blank email to her mother on it. All this time I assumed it was the same email every time, and that she couldn't figure out the words to send. This episode, of course, revealed that I was wrong. She'd been sending them all this time, and longer. Every single day, most assuredly. She never once forgot or stopped trying. I teared up a little just by reading your post. drat. So good.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Probably also buried under 3 years' worth of accumulated snow. They'll never find her body. I don't know, there's almost no precipitation in Antarctica so I think it would take much longer. I don't know about snow drift though.
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There Bias Two posted:I don't know, there's almost no precipitation in Antarctica so I think it would take much longer. I don't know about snow drift though. I'm pretty sure blizzards are pretty common, much like Sandstorms are in the desert. I can't imagine it would take more than a couple to make Takako's body nigh-impossible to find, and she's been down there for three years.
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Spiritus Nox posted:I'm pretty sure blizzards are pretty common, much like Sandstorms are in the desert. I can't imagine it would take more than a couple to make Takako's body nigh-impossible to find, and she's been down there for three years. Depends where it's at I guess, there's a fokker biplane from the early early expeditions still kicking in Antarctica, it's just a bit skeletonized from windlash.
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Sharkopath posted:Depends where it's at I guess, there's a fokker biplane from the early early expeditions still kicking in Antarctica, it's just a bit skeletonized from windlash. Sure, though a biplane seems quite a bit harder to bury than a corpse.
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It's kind of my own fault since I don't think the show ever set up or intended to build upon this, but I can't quite feel closure on the whole Shirase arc until I know what her mom was saying was "so beautiful". She's almost certainly just talking about the Antarctic itself and/or the stars in the sky (though she probably couldn't see them given there was a blizzard so maybe not) but the fact we've had several scenes that give that line a bit of focus as her last communication with anyone in seemingly a dying breath make me curious if there wasn't something more singular she was referring to. The episode itself was fantastic and that scene with Shirase watching the email count mount before she finally "wakes up" and everyone busts out crying was a strong end but I just can't feel it's done at the moment because of that one hanging element.
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I mean, how is that a hanging element? Gin's entire bit has been in direct relation to that line, all those shots of her staring at the night sky and her framing 'the only person she could love' with the antarctic sky. Gin heard those last words and literally every emotionally meaningful shot Gin has had in this entire show has used the night sky as framing. That bit has its closure and it has been built upon. It's the foundation of every piece of visual language they've used with Gin.
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Endorph posted:I mean, how is that a hanging element? Gin's entire bit has been in direct relation to that line, all those shots of her staring at the night sky and her framing 'the only person she could love' with the antarctic sky. Gin heard those last words and literally every emotionally meaningful shot Gin has had in this entire show has used the night sky as framing. That bit has its closure and it has been built upon. It's the foundation of every piece of visual language they've used with Gin. How is it implied she only started finding the Antarctic or it's sky beautiful after Takako died and not that someone who set out to visit that place and build an observatory there found it beautiful all along? Especially when her line about what she seeks/loves was said about the sky in Tokyo before Takako died during Shirase's flashback?
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its not like she didnt find it beautiful before but it attained a specific meaning for her, as shown by all the wistful shots of her staring at it while thinking about takako?
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An explicitly stated theme of the latest episode was "it's fun because we came here together." I think we can make the obvious corollary that "it's beautiful because I saw it with you."
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I agree that this seems like one of those elements we will address in episode 13. Especially since it has been brought to my attention that Takako has an unsent email on her computer
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Never doubt this show's ability to hit you like a freight train, I guess.
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When I go back and rewatch this, I'm going to try to keep an eye out for the times that onions are shown being prepared. I'm thinking they actually have been using that to sort of foreshadow that someone (as well as the viewer) will be crying soon, but I'm not sure.
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I finally watched this after being away for a week for training with no internet good enough to stream and now I'm going to cry myself to sleep I LOVE THIS loving SHOW 
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While we wait for the finale, I liked this fanfic https://archiveofourown.org/works/14043615
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Fangz posted:While we wait for the finale, I liked this fanfic https://archiveofourown.org/works/14043615 This was excellent
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I laughedquote:i'm sorry i never realized. in defense, i just thought all moms just had their best friends half-raise their daughters
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Fangz posted:While we wait for the finale, I liked this fanfic https://archiveofourown.org/works/14043615 This was very good. I'm not sure if some of the emails actually fit Shirase's character but that's a nitpick.
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Under 24 hours out from the finale. It's been a pleasure flying with you all.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Under 24 hours out from the finale. It's been a pleasure flying with you all. For some, not necessarily the flying part.
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I'm not ready for this ride to come to an end.
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It ended. It was very very good. Everyone is the best, also Megu.
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AHAHAHAHA that ending
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Shirase is amazing.
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Fangz posted:AHAHAHAHA that ending That was perfect. Much like the show.
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I loved the little details in this episode. That haircut showing Shirase taking one step away on her own path. The cup of Antarctic ice she placed on the shrine. 10/10 show
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Fangz posted:AHAHAHAHA that ending Now I want to know how the heck she made that happen.
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