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The book translates Rat's methodology as "kills inexorably," for what it's worth.
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I think hubris is the name of the game. Everyone who has dies displayed some form of hubris just before eating it. But im not sure what the end game of this theme is that plot wise. Also, im holding out hope that just maybe Monkey is still alive somehow.
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Nov 8, 2017 01:09
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I want Monkey to be alive too  I'm not entirely convinced that the number of fighters left announced in that betting room is necessarily reliable, it seems like a plausible twist would be for one or more of them to be alive after we've assumed or been told that they are dead. Someone ITT suggested that Snake was never actually dead somehow, which I could see being the case. Also, I feel like it would be kind of lame writing if we never find out even one of the multiple ways that Monkey said they could end the fight without people having to die.
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Nov 8, 2017 03:24
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So it occurs to me that presuming the betting, as it appears, is sports book style with everyone competing individually against the house, then by totally underselling Rat ("who has yet to do anything") they're totally spiking the players into losing big if rat does indeed come out ahead in the end. This is even more vicious if the house themselves have figured the death pattern out, in which case they may know that Rat's gonna win!
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Nov 8, 2017 04:46
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This seems to indicate that it was Nezumi that caused Tori's downfall, and not some combination of Inu and Saru. Uma was having the same sort of out-of-character thoughts following their encounter that Tori was upon her death.
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Kytrarewn posted:This seems to indicate that it was Nezumi that caused Tori's downfall, and not some combination of Inu and Saru. Uma was having the same sort of out-of-character thoughts following their encounter that Tori was upon her death. Not really he was just being kind of a coward. Though Rat did cause Horse's death, mainly by leading Snake to the Area and Horse did not take Rat's advice to leave because Snake was coming.
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Nov 8, 2017 07:59
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jng2058 posted:So it occurs to me that presuming the betting, as it appears, is sports book style with everyone competing individually against the house, then by totally underselling Rat ("who has yet to do anything") they're totally spiking the players into losing big if rat does indeed come out ahead in the end. This is even more vicious if the house themselves have figured the death pattern out, in which case they may know that Rat's gonna win! i don't think the death pattern is a thing in-universe
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dogsicle posted:i don't think the death pattern is a thing in-universe This is Nisio Isin we're talking about, it would be more of a twist if meta-observations like that didn't matter. And yeah, something is clearly up with Rat. Everyone thinks they recognize him, but then can't place it, and he was basically having a conversation with Horse's internal monologue in this latest episode.
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Nov 8, 2017 23:24
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plot twist: rat is the author
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Nov 8, 2017 23:42
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My guess is Rat is some kind of security to make sure things go on schedule. Hangs out around people that are trying to somehow stall the show, abandons ship before the conclusion. He has some kind of memory erasing power that keeps everyone from remembering he's been in all the tournaments, which is why everyone can't quite place him, but would still have seen him from review of prior battles. He still gets bet on because he's the "winner" in cases where there isn't one.
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Nov 10, 2017 10:36
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Rat asked horse if he saw sheep because sheep's dipshit gamer grandson cyberbullies him in his favorite online game
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Nov 10, 2017 14:48
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Daedalus1134 posted:My guess is Rat is some kind of security to make sure things go on schedule. Hangs out around people that are trying to somehow stall the show, abandons ship before the conclusion. He has some kind of memory erasing power that keeps everyone from remembering he's been in all the tournaments, which is why everyone can't quite place him, but would still have seen him from review of prior battles. Honestly, this is probably the most likely theory. They keep really hinting something is off about him and he never actually fights. Everyone else seems pretty straight forward. It also is a blatant nod to the great race story people always associate with the chinese zodiac meaning the most likely final 3 are Tiger, Ox, and Rat
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if there were records of previous fights i don't think boar would have ended up quite so pathetic. she mistakenly believed that her strength was enough to win without much trouble based on her cowardly father's lies.
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It's hard to fault this year's Boar for getting dunked on early by an animated corpse she had no idea would be joining in. 'Course, with how the story treats hubris, she'd be dead minutes later anyway...and by that logic, Ox is probably invincible because of his ~dododo King Engine~
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she never even considered that rabbit could be something more than some dude with a sword. even if rabbit hadn't gotten to her one of these other magical assholes would have easily done it instead. boar fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the contest and its participants and it was all her dad's fault.
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Nov 12, 2017 03:22
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Boar had magic too. She could fire a machine gun forever without needing to reload.
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Clarste posted:Boar had magic too. She could fire a machine gun forever without needing to reload. And she could carry and shoot two LMGs at once with reasonable accuracy without breaking her arms. I think she actually had the biggest mismatch of any of the cast between her build and the strength required to use her weapons.
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Darth Walrus posted:And she could carry and shoot two LMGs at once with reasonable accuracy without breaking her arms. I think she actually had the biggest mismatch of any of the cast between her build and the strength required to use her weapons. Well had it not been for Snake she probably would have taken out Rabbit.
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MonsterEnvy posted:Well had it not been for Snake she probably would have taken out Rabbit. We can basically blame Snake for multiple deaths in sorts. Snake's body assisted in killing 3 people so far. or was that Dragon? gently caress. It's hard to tell them apart without any kind of characterization.
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Irritated Goat posted:We can basically blame Snake for multiple deaths in sorts. Snake's body assisted in killing 3 people so far.
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Also (sorry for double-posting), but doesn't it seem that Snake's corpse is a bit too fixated on chasing after Rat?
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Nov 13, 2017 16:51
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Snakes eats rats, duh
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Snakes eats rats, duh I love this show so much
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Snake's body is possibly on a kind of Auto-Pilot where it goes after sounds large enough to be a competitor? Centzon Totochtin posted:Snakes eats rats, duh 
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Nov 13, 2017 18:11
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maybe his body is following rat around to ask him where it knows him from
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Irritated Goat posted:We can basically blame Snake for multiple deaths in sorts. Snake's body assisted in killing 3 people so far. Dragon is currently the only one with, uh, any chance at characterisation.
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Nov 13, 2017 18:15
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Darth Walrus posted:Dragon is currently the only one with, uh, any chance at characterisation.  has had more characterization as a huge-gently caress-off-pain in the rear end for Rat and instrument of murder that Rabbit has taken advantage of. Then again, Nisio is gonna Isin, so who knows.
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Snakes eats rats, duh 
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Centzon Totochtin posted:gasoline ain't alcohol lol I'm glad we're finally at this point
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Centzon Totochtin posted:gasoline ain't alcohol But what about Ethanol? I also wanna say how much I dig Dragon just chilling up in the sky while the landlubbers fight it out and die
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Nov 14, 2017 20:39
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Snake's corpse still seems to be MVP.
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It's a shame how this show is gonna do Tiger like this
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Welp looks like I was dead wrong. Snake's still getting a lot more done than most contestants though!
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Snake, even in death, is one of the most dangerous and competent fighters in this thing. Or, perhaps that should be especially in death. Usagi's necromantist powers seem really good at drawing out the best from everyone he controls. Dragon, meanwhile, really is a totally boring loser. Can't wait to see how he gets dunked on in the future which absolutely has to happen, because he's just hanging out flying over the city. He's not gonna win, because he's going about it in the most uninteresting way possible.
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Nov 15, 2017 00:51
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snake being the final victor would be the most amazing outcome imaginable
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Kind of a butt episode this time. Those faces were seriously off seriously often. Hopefully doesn’t indicate more serious, long-term production issues.
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Darth Walrus posted:Kind of a butt episode this time. Those faces were seriously off seriously often. Hopefully doesn’t indicate more serious, long-term production issues. The only faces that were off were those no name thug dudes. Also we finally got the way of killing for all contestants. Rat "Kills All" Ox "Kills Systemically" Monkey "Kills Peacefully" Boar "Kills Bountifully" Rabbit "Kills Psychotically" Sheep "Kills Deceptively" Tiger "Kills in a Drunken Rage" Horse "Kills Silently" Dog "Kills by Biting " Chicken "Kills by Pecking" Snake "Kills for Money" Dragon "Kills for Money" MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Nov 15, 2017 |
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Man, that was... incredibly by-the-numbers for Nisio, to be quite honest. Little Brother gets chumped due to his own power distracting him. And monkey lady. 
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