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Yeah 175 years is until he's scrapped by the company, he still needs to refuel periodically or he'll shut down before then.
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There is no way this doesn't become Show of the Year, it's way too batshit but also well animated.
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Rime posted:There is no way this doesn't become Show of the Year, it's way too batshit but also well animated. Even if this doesn't fall apart (and more promising shows have), it's competing with Eizouken and (depending on how well MAPPA handles it) the all out ride that is the last act of Attack On Titan. Not saying this has no chance, but it's competing against some of its clear inspirations, which means it's going to need to step up from here to have a shot.
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this show will either succeed wildly or fail spectacularly with a premise like this, and either way i am extremely into this wild ride excited for more serious gruff voice acting plastered over nickelodeon characters taking Butt Drugs to stay alive
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checked this show out randomly and lol wow it's like gurren lagan mixed with space harrier lol SmokaDustbowl fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jul 21, 2020 |
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Episode 3 remains good. That was a heartwarming montage.
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Mokinokaro posted:Also was this episode implying that Natsume couldn't become a soldier just because she is a non-entity in the system? If the speculation(?) above is to be believed that the robot people just take control of the human bodies then yeah.
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Demicol posted:If the speculation(?) above is to be believed that the robot people just take control of the human bodies then yeah. Nah the implication is a lot more solid that the Gears are the actual AIs but some humans can join the group and are treated as npc soldiers by the AIs. Our mechanic only looks human because he's under cover.
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Ep 3 basically makes it clear who is what and we get a clearer picture of what the society of cyborgs is like.
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Yeah there aren't *too* many more meaningful questions left about the setting, which is an interesting decision. A nice one too, IMO
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chiasaur11 posted:Even if this doesn't fall apart (and more promising shows have), it's competing with Eizouken jesus christ eizouken was this year.
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I'd watch this show just to see the many faces of Natsume but I'm glad there's actually cool stuff happening in it.
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Another good episode. The training montage music reminded me of the Master Keaton intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9CHV9GxDMQ
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These advertisements or whatever they are horrifying. "Solid Quake acquired the rights to humanity" lmao
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they've been very quick to clarify which parts of the show aren't intended to be ongoing mysteries. makes me real curious about what they're still keeping up their sleeve
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The origin of the monsters would be an obvious one. I don't think they've really tried to explain the gadoll (sp?) at all. But I think the show is mostly going to be about Natsumi and Kaburagi further breaking the system in some way as it goes.
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The soundtrack to this series slaps.
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Mokinokaro posted:The origin of the monsters would be an obvious one. I don't think they've really tried to explain the gadoll (sp?) at all. Could just be mutants that arose from centuries of radical climate change .....Although, given their explanation of what happened to the world, that raises the question of why Tankers/Humans can now survive outside the DecaDence at all.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Could just be mutants that arose from centuries of radical climate change Judging by the informational video that part of Eurasia seems to be under some sort of dome which probably gives a breathable environment, but not one that can maintain life.
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If the gadoll are controlled enough to have a literal tutorial zone where a new level 1 tutorial gadoll appears as soon as the first one dies, they pretty much have to be artificial entities created for the 'game.' That would also explain why they have super-gasoline for blood.
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Do we know how long this one's supposed to be?
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Waffleman_ posted:Do we know how long this one's supposed to be? One cour.
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Sindai posted:If the gadoll are controlled enough to have a literal tutorial zone where a new level 1 tutorial gadoll appears as soon as the first one dies, they pretty much have to be artificial entities created for the 'game.' I'm a little less certain, given that the cyborgs do genuinely seem to need the blood to continue functioning. I won't rule them being completely artificial out entirely, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're natural entities that the cyborgs simply farm either. Edit: Oh, while I'm thinking about it - one mystery the show pointedly HASN'T entirely cleared up yet is precisely why Natsume doesn't show up on the cyborgs' system - it might be as simple as her chip shutting down because it assumed she died when her heart first stopped when she was a kid, but that feels a little too easy. Spiritus Nox fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Jul 23, 2020 |
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E: Wait yeah I remember they did
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Spiritus Nox posted:I'm a little less certain, given that the cyborgs do genuinely seem to need the blood to continue functioning. I won't rule them being completely artificial out entirely, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're natural entities that the cyborgs simply farm either. They spelled out that that was the case in the first part of this episode. Being clinically dead caused her chip to shut down.
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goblin week posted:jesus christ eizouken was this year. Yeah, it's been a long year.
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Darth Walrus posted:They spelled out that that was the case in the first part of this episode. Being clinically dead caused her chip to shut down. That seems like a huge oversight to have in this system.
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Also with the fact that apparently everything is recorded and is available for purchase with gacha dollars you'd think someone would have caught on. With the statement the show seems to be making with the commodification and gamification of everything I can see it as an analog to there not being enough people to review all the information being sucked up by today's big social media corporations. At this point Kaburagi's basically an underpaid online moderator who stumbled onto something interesting that his boss definitely won't like.
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:That seems like a huge oversight to have in this system. doesn't Kaburagi spefically say that her chip malfunctions, not just shuts down when she flatlines? e: decided to check, and indeed he does. ![]() Million Ghosts fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Jul 23, 2020 |
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:That seems like a huge oversight to have in this system. I feel like it's gonna turn out the system is poorly put together and the higher ups on it are incompetent. Like that cutscene Kaburagi bought had her get brought back to life, but the system still declared her dead.
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And their idea of fixing that 'bug' would be just to kill her instead of y'know fixing the detection software.
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Million Ghosts posted:doesn't Kaburagi spefically say that her chip malfunctions, not just shuts down when she flatlines? Huh. Those chips must really be fragile.
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It's a bug. You have a bunch of mass-manufactured chips, then put them through something they weren't designed to handle, and sometimes one of 'em bugs out. Kaburagi just isn't doing his job.
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:Huh. Those chips must really be fragile. I mean, she got torn up pretty good.
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It's still not clear what happens to a human after Kaburagi spikes their drink and extracts their chip. I think those people might become avatars for the Gears. When the game system was being explained, they said that Gears would customize 'an available avatar'.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Also with the fact that apparently everything is recorded and is available for purchase with gacha dollars you'd think someone would have caught on. It's the premium gear currency that's tracked, not the ordinary human currency, I think. All of the human purchases are done by passing physical coins around.
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Xelkelvos posted:It's the premium gear currency that's tracked, not the ordinary human currency, I think. All of the human purchases are done by passing physical coins around. You see that he has to pay around a thousand computer dollars to view the video of Natsume's "death", which is kind of messed up and voyeuristic.
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Coxswain Balls posted:You see that he has to pay around a thousand computer dollars to view the video of Natsume's "death", which is kind of messed up and voyeuristic. This is what happens when a corporation acquires the rights to humanity.
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I like all the sounds Natsume's VA makes. Blargh! Agh! Wegh!!
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# ? May 18, 2024 18:41 |
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Jerkface posted:I like all the sounds Natsume's VA makes. Blargh! Agh! Wegh!! The random poo poo really gets me in this show. Like natsume's stomach after nearly drowning.
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