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Nov 28, 2021 4:00 PM
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Jun 2021
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After this episode I don't even want to keep watching lol
Nov 29, 2021 11:19 PM
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Sep 2021
5
Will it return for season 2
Mar 20, 2022 9:41 AM

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Jun 2020
717
Man! This show has become infamous in trolling us all over. "VIRM"? HAHA!
Sep 7, 2022 3:09 PM

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Apr 2019
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Best Plot Twist ever
Oct 29, 2022 12:13 AM
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Feb 2022
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huh did i accidentally put on the wrong show
Feb 2, 2023 7:17 AM
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Aug 2017
268
Wtf is going on anymore. One minute they’re fighting klaxosaurs and the next those same monsters are shooting aliens in space. I get that Papa and his gang are aliens but everything is just so retarded. They keep pulling shit out of their ass and changing everything. 
May 5, 2023 10:23 AM

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Dec 2022
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Reveal after reveal after reveal in this episode. Not that any of them are too surprising, aside from VIRM and the space wars that are now happening. Power scaling spiked dramatically in this episode. It's like Gurren Lagann all over again.


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Sep 29, 2023 6:38 PM
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Kokoro is pregnant for about 6-9 weeks at that point.

I think Kokoro and Mitsuru could've fought more efficiently if APE hadn't altered their memories. The stronger the love and bond, the better. They should've done it after the big battle.

Ah, persons from Code 002 to 009 have the Queen's genes. No wonder their new Nana looks similar to the Queen.
So the true enemy is APE, and the Klaxosaurs were defending the planet from them while the humans were caught in between. Interesting development.
That laser blast looked cool!
Oct 22, 2023 11:56 AM
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Jun 2023
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Really, aliens(virm) out of blue? I know one thing for sure, im gonna read the manga next, because they say the manga handle the story better than the anime. Also finally some good action.
Nov 6, 2023 10:06 PM

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Dec 2022
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We already knew that Papa and APE were the bad guys of the series just based off what we've seen so far. But now they're the primary antagonists of the series. It does seem a little weird that the princess basically stopped being mad at the humans, though.

Nov 30, 2023 7:49 PM
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Jul 2018
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Kokoro and Mitsuru ayooo??
Dec 17, 2023 10:07 PM

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Sep 2018
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OK, I'm assuming this is where a lot of people had problems with the narrative lol, biting off a bit more than they could chew here IMO, no need for the increase in sheer scale. It was also very abrupt.

Interesting though, the last few episode discussions got deleted? Things must have gotten pretty heated lol...
Dec 29, 2023 7:32 PM
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Aug 2018
506
Really big and exciting twist and reveal on this episode. Still, it doesn't cross the threshold of "perfect" anime. This is easily one of the best episodes so far, and now we truly have no idea what can possibly happen next.
Dec 30, 2023 9:39 PM
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Jan 2019
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I am on the side of Earth!
Feb 18, 2024 7:26 PM

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okay yup this anime is officially good though i must say this whole thing would have worked a lot better and been a lot more fun as a 2 or 2.5 hour movie, now that it has all come to this point, over half of the episodes just seems like melodrama filler, which could have just been made into a different anime altogether
Apr 24, 2024 3:12 PM

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Everything was fine 'till the aliens showed up. Not looking good for the last four episodes.

May 14, 2024 9:31 PM

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Mar 2023
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really weird and confusing, too much happening at once
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Jun 6, 2024 3:54 AM
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Dec 2022
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APE = VIRM = space aliens. So what does that make klaxosaurs or klaxo sapien then?
SenseiSempai-sanJun 6, 2024 4:02 AM
Jun 6, 2024 3:55 AM
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really weird and confusing, too much happening at once
@otakuanity agree. Kinda blows the mind away though kinda logical once one can figure out what is the klaxo sapien then.
SenseiSempai-sanJun 6, 2024 4:02 AM
Jul 3, 2024 5:38 AM

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Mar 2023
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this is so bad lol.
Aug 22, 2024 6:32 AM

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this is so bad lol.
@deepole Somehow I was able to watch till episode 19 as characters were carrying. But last five episodes were pure generic trash that wasn't needed at all.
Jan 24, 2025 5:42 AM

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this is so bad lol.
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I cant beleieve how a single episode has completely changed my viewing of this show...
Mar 17, 2025 3:57 PM

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Nov 2023
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they dropped the big shit pretty quick but it wasnt too bad. wonder how zero two reunites with hiro
Apr 29, 2025 1:40 PM

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Jun 2015
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I didn't sign up for this. No one said anything about aliens before.
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you!
Sep 11, 2025 4:08 AM

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Episode 20, very good
8/10
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Oct 15, 2025 11:14 AM
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Wow. Just Wow.

"It was aliens all along". So 3 members of APE were aliens, and founded this organization to trick humans into weakening the Klaxosaurs so they could try to invade again. The humans, just dumb pawns going along with it. Honestly, very 2025 of the show.

It is a bit of a huge twist out of nowhere. I think they wanted us to believe this was "cool", but it is kinda confusing and overwhelming.

But more importantly, what does it mean for the children? If the children are the point of the show, then this kinda throws a wrench into that idea. We are (supposed to be?) hoping for the kids to wake up, realize they don't want to be the tools of APEs nonsense plan, and to either rebel, or just skip off and do there own thing.

But now, the scale has changed, and overall with the fate of the entire planet about to be blown up, what of the concerns of these kids? They seem kinda trivial in comparison. Heck even the whole human race seems to be a bit of a nuisance. This is a kalxo planet, and the humans just caused a problem, weakening the klaxo's and allowing the aliens an opportunity. So really things would be better off without the humans. "Parasites" indeed!

Maybe just maybe the kids can help the Kalxo's fend off the alien threat, and then the two of them can work together to rebuild the planet better? Best of both world combination of humans and klaxo? But honestly, humanity doesn't have a great track record.

I at least like the idea of them explaining (a bit) about "magma energy". So it's not just the thermal energy of the magma, but a "special sauce" in there that essentially is the "magic" that gives it all the power. And turns out that was actually not natural, but Klaxo life force/energy/souls. So makes the humans extracting it even more vile. They are not just murdering nature, but other beings.

I guess you can boil down the whole point of the show as War = bad. Even if you erase the humans, the princess only motivation is rage in defending her planet. But the endless war already caused her entire species to evolve to a state of no longer directly conscious. So she's the last one. So what's the point, they've kinda already lost? It's just defending the planet on principal. So yeah, War causes everyone to lose ultimately. Even if you win the war, you still lose by having to sacrifice the point of even living in the first place.

So I guess I am hoping for aliens and APE/humans to be wiped out in the war. And just squad 13 and the princess to be left. And they can make a new, improved civiliation/species? Cause if it's just the kids starting over, it's humanity 2.0, and they already had their shot and look at what happened. We don't need to repeat the same cycle.
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