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Nate RFB posted:So he factions that were at play here... To be exact Akane's father had hired Sloan to kill the three guys that Shizuo was blamed for killing. Akane's father did not want it to get out that he put the hit on the 3 guys right away so he let Shizuo take the fall for a bit. Sloan and Varona kidnapped his daughter on Yadogiri Jinnai's orders which is why he sent the Top Brass of his Yakuza to take them out. Varona's father made a deal with the Yakuza to spare her despite her crimes against both the Russion Mob and Yakuza and Egor was the one relaying the deal. Varona and Sloan attacked Akane on orders from Yadogiri. (He knew that Celty was hired on as a bodyguard and Varona wanted to take her out for fun.) Yadogiri before going into hiding from the Yakuza for stuff we don't know he did used to be Ruri's manager who apparently made her do some bad stuff or something. Varona's job to take on Anri was by a different client. (Presumably Izaya as he like the only other person that would do that.) Yadogiri had nothing to do with Shizuo, Izaya framed Shizuo for the murder and tried to get Akane to kill him. As a result of Shizuo getting involved with Akane and the Yakuza, Varona and Sloan's kidnapping failed. As retribution for messing up his plan by getting Shizuo involved Yadogiri had Izaya stabbed.
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just leave it open, if no one has anything to say it'll just die off unless people just start going full hog with discussing ln stuff then maybe close it, i dunno
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The thing I got from this episode is that they serve shark and shark fin soup at Russian Sushi. Simon, no 
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pandaK posted:The thing I got from this episode is that they serve shark and shark fin soup at Russian Sushi. Don't worry it's Loan Shark.
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MonsterEnvy posted:Don't worry it's Loan Shark. Hey now, Tom is an upstanding fellow
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YEAH I GAVE IT ALL AWAY, THE HARD ROCK BAND
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Shizuo kicking the vehicle was some next level poo poo.
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If i could somehow wish it into existence, i'd have this show animated by the team that did Yozakura Quartet. That show definitely had the much better 'absurdly overpowered people doing awesome things' quality of animation. But, why whine about something impossible (and also silly). Let's remember some of the good times.       I hope we can all get along until the new episodes start up in July. 
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a kitten posted:If i could somehow wish it into existence, i'd have this show animated by the team that did Yozakura Quartet. That show definitely had the much better 'absurdly overpowered people doing awesome things' quality of animation. Well, there's an idea... but I think this show had a good enough style of its own that I wouldn't really want that to happen.
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MonsterEnvy posted:To be exact Akane's father had hired Sloan to kill the three guys that Shizuo was blamed for killing. Akane's father did not want it to get out that he put the hit on the 3 guys right away so he let Shizuo take the fall for a bit. Sloan and Varona kidnapped his daughter on Yadogiri Jinnai's orders which is why he sent the Top Brass of his Yakuza to take them out. Varona's father made a deal with the Yakuza to spare her despite her crimes against both the Russion Mob and Yakuza and Egor was the one relaying the deal. If this somehow requires bringing up later spoilers obviously I'd prefer to not know about it just yet, just trying to make sure all of the pieces make sense. I'm also a little confused as to why Izaya manipulated Akane using a proxy acting like him (the guy had brown hair and we never saw his face) unless he wanted to make it such that Akane could not identify him afterwards or something. Maybe it was just for shits and giggles, which wouldn't surprise me.
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Nate RFB posted:In the previous episode Shiki made the mental connection to Hollywood/Ruri when he was talking with Shinra about Shizuo not being the killer; what was the point of that connection if the person who killed them was Sloan? Was it to suggest that the previous murders were actually contracts to Sloan/Varona instead of Ruri? Hmm, I forgot about that bit. That does seem odd. Ruri had very little to do with anything throughout the main conflict of this first cour, so why even make her exists? If she's gonna be important in the second half, why not introduce her there? I feel like there's something we're missing, but I just can't see it.
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ViggyNash posted:Hmm, I forgot about that bit. That does seem odd. Ruri had very little to do with anything throughout the main conflict of this first cour, so why even make her exists? If she's gonna be important in the second half, why not introduce her there? I would guess that she'll be targeted out of mistaken identity if not everyone's been briefed on Slon's activities. That brings in Shizuo's brother, and therefore Shizuo himself, and therefore...
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The pen scene was a stunner, awesome! On the other hand I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about that scene with Sonohara that was just strange; I just don't understand.
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anime girls feel up other big boobed anime girls because they can. what else is there to understand?
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Raenir Salazar posted:The pen scene was a stunner, awesome! I think it goes back to the whole "Sexual harassment is hilarious!" thing that is apparently a thing in Japan.
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Raenir Salazar posted:On the other hand I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about that scene with Sonohara 
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Nate RFB posted:In the previous episode Shiki made the mental connection to Hollywood/Ruri when he was talking with Shinra about Shizuo not being the killer; what was the point of that connection if the person who killed them was Sloan? Was it to suggest that the previous murders were actually contracts to Sloan/Varona instead of Ruri? Shiki I believe just thought Shizuo was the only one who could have killed the men so brutally with his bare hands. He then thought of Hollywood when re realized their was another barehanded murderer. It was probably to keep us guessing what the deal with the murders was.
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Raenir Salazar posted:The pen scene was a stunner, awesome! I guess that's why they call it TITTYllation and whatnot!  Seriously, though: I can't wait for July to arrive. Just like the opening advertised, poo poo's gone out of control, and I wouldn't want it any other way.  MonsterEnvy posted:Shiki I believe just thought Shizuo was the only one who could have killed the men so brutally with his bare hands. He then thought of Hollywood when re realized their was another barehanded murderer. It was probably to keep us guessing what the deal with the murders was. That's what I like so much about this story: Very few of the "main players" have the complete facts. Hell, that's the whole reason Kida had to hightail it at the end of his Story Arc, not to mention how a good chunk of people think it's Shizuo the one fully responsible for the Slasher attacks coming to an end. Misinformation as plot device is often done really shoddily in some media, but when done well, goddamn does it knock it out of the park.
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Raenir Salazar posted:On the other hand I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about that scene with Sonohara that was just strange; I just don't understand. Yeah I'm (sadly) used to random anime girl-on-girl tit gropes but it seemed weird that Anri appeared to find it hilarious. I am really looking forward to more development for Hollywood/Ruri because she seemed like a potentially cool character but nothing much has happened yet. Why did this have to have a break when poo poo is just getting exciting? 
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RabidWeasel posted:Yeah I'm (sadly) used to random anime girl-on-girl tit gropes but it seemed weird that Anri appeared to find it hilarious. I assume she's just ticklish. Considering who Anri is, though, Erika was really playing with fire there.
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Darth Walrus posted:I assume she's just ticklish. No, that was Walker 
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Poor Gollum (Kazamoto) got left out of the Yakuza/Russian scene.
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pandaK posted:The thing I got from this episode is that they serve shark and shark fin soup at Russian Sushi.
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Next season I hope Namie hires Tom to deliver a get well soon card.
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Largepotato posted:Next season I hope Namie hires Tom to deliver a get well soon card. Haha. Like Namie would care enough to get Izaya a card. He has no friends for him to have hotpots with and he has no friends visit him at the hospital.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Haha. Like Namie would care enough to get Izaya a card. He has no friends for him to have hotpots with and he has no friends visit him at the hospital. I'm sure Shizuo would gladly pay him a visit.
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I elect to imagine Shizuo maintaining a bedside vigil, possibly to the point of growing a beard, whereupon the first time Izaya manages to open his eyes and speak he then punches him in the face and leaves nonchalantly to the hospital staff's amazement.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:I elect to imagine Shizuo maintaining a bedside vigil, possibly to the point of growing a beard, whereupon the first time Izaya manages to open his eyes and speak he then punches him in the face and leaves nonchalantly to the hospital staff's amazement. "If that's all you were going to do, why didn't you just do it weeks ago?!" "He had to know it was me."
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ViggyNash posted:I'm sure Shizuo would gladly pay him a visit. Shizuo wouldn't give a gently caress. Izaya may be obsessed with Shizuo but the feeling is probably not mutual, since when Izaya's not around Shizuo just continues on with his life only trying to murder the poo poo out of Izaya when provoked or when Izaya enters his field of vision, which is pretty much a provocation. Unlike izaya who in his off-time creates complicated plans to kill Shizuo or ruin his life. Not even Izaya's archnemesis would give a crap about him being in hospital besides an affirmation that he totally deserved it.
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RabidWeasel posted:Yeah I'm (sadly) used to random anime girl-on-girl tit gropes but it seemed weird that Anri appeared to find it hilarious. SyntheticPolygon posted:Not even Izaya's archnemesis would give a crap about him being in hospital besides an affirmation that he totally deserved it.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Shizuo wouldn't give a gently caress. Izaya may be obsessed with Shizuo but the feeling is probably not mutual, since when Izaya's not around Shizuo just continues on with his life only trying to murder the poo poo out of Izaya when provoked or when Izaya enters his field of vision, which is pretty much a provocation. Unlike izaya who in his off-time creates complicated plans to kill Shizuo or ruin his life. But for Izaya, that's just a casual hobby. Shizuo hasn't gotten him back for setting him up as the murderer so he has plenty of motivation to want to beat the crap out of him.
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ViggyNash posted:But for Izaya, that's just a casual hobby. Shizuo hasn't gotten him back for setting him up as the murderer so he has plenty of motivation to want to beat the crap out of him. Eh, Shizuo's actually a pretty chill dude once he gets a moment to calm down. After saving Akane he seemingly just went back to doing his job and has put Izaya out of his mind. Shizuo knew exactly where Izaya's headquarters were but only actually went there after Izaya got a little girl to try and kill him even though he's had a grudge with the dude for years. Shizuo's probably pretty content to just ignore the guy's existence, Izaya usually just doesn't give him much of a chance to.
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this was a good first 12 episodes and i really liked the adaptation and i hope they keep it up. the introduction of the yakuza was great. when they were introduced in the books i was like man these dudes are the real deal, the dollars, blue squares, and yellow scarves are really just small time compared to these guys, and they hammered that point home in the show. there is lots more good stuff that is gonna happen and everyone should be hyped for july. is there one more episode that is going to be released in theaters in japan between now and july? do we know anything about that or is it still to early ----------------
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It was a good season, but I felt the pacing towards the end suffered a lot. From Mikado getting pulled to the abandoned warehouse by Aoba to the fight by the field it felt like barely anything happened and that was something like 3 or 4 episodes.
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Just watched the final two episodes back-to-back. Holy poo poo  I had been spoiled on a thing that went down in the final episode (the pen scene), but I didn't know any details, and it's actually more creepy than I thought it would be. Also the scene with Sloan, Varona and the Yakuza guys was pretty brutal, I didn't expect they would show a dude GETTING KNEECAPPED IN BOTH KNEES in one of my japanese animes. I'll definitely be watching part two come this July. As a final thought: Shizuo throwing poo poo around and kicking people's asses because they've annoyed him will never not be funny. "Whose bike is this?" "Uh, that's mine." "Ah, alright, I thought it was these guys', but since it's not using it as a weapon against them would be rude."
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