What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
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4Liked it!
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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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Average 4.3
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| I'm confused.... They didn't give a real reason why the 7 dudes were after him.. Or did I zone out? |
Zepwich said: I'm confused.... They didn't give a real reason why the 7 dudes were after him.. Or did I zone out? if i remember correctly they implied its because of Melfina and the Outlaw Star, i mean why else would they be after him, but you might be right as I'm just going on memory, I'll have to re-watch the episode to know for sure. |
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| This is starting to go the interesting route... I'm looking forward the next episodes. |
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| So this so called super assassin just let him go? I don't understand how Suzuka even lost, I thought she was a super top class assassin too? |
| A really interesting episode. Glad nobody died. The ending really was unexpected. |
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| Really good episode. These duels make this series worthy of being called a "space western". Confucius said: So this so called super assassin just let him go? I don't understand how Suzuka even lost, I thought she was a super top class assassin too? She ate the Ctarl Ctarl food and it gave her a stomach ache, so it's plausible. |
| Awesome episode! It's reminding me of Trigun with all the crazy assassins! Everyone worked together to defeat the bad guy (who just faked his death apparently lol) Oh and hey the bad guy knew Melfina for some reason! What's that about i wonder... |
| Wow. Poor Shizuka this episode but glad no one died. |
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| When Shimi said he couldn't kill Melfina, I was kind of hoping she'd take advantage of that to win the fight. Maybe throw him off balance by throwing herself in front of his line of attack or even shooting him herself. She's been a bit boring so I was hoping for something interesting from her, but she just does the "worried damsel" bit. Shimi's grave-marker seems to be a combination of a Celtic cross and a swastika, apparently showing a blending of Christianity and Buddhism. The obvious Chinese cultural influence on the setting with the apparently Western-derived main characters Gene and James already made for an interesting cultural setting, and this just furthers it. I recall that Jim started chanting a Buddhist prayer in the last episode, too. Confucius said: They say "there's always someone better".I don't understand how Suzuka even lost, I thought she was a super top class assassin too? |
Confucius said: So this so called super assassin just let him go? I don't understand how Suzuka even lost, I thought she was a super top class assassin too? That was the point. As skilled as Suzuka is, Shimi made her look pathetic. That is how good Shimi is. I think that was the point of the ending as well - Shimi is unbeatable. The duel was good but weird. Everything happened too fast and it made the character development feel weak as a result. |
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Fronzel said: When Shimi said he couldn't kill Melfina, I was kind of hoping she'd take advantage of that to win the fight. Maybe throw him off balance by throwing herself in front of his line of attack or even shooting him herself. She's been a bit boring so I was hoping for something interesting from her, but she just does the "worried damsel" bit. Shimi's grave-marker seems to be a combination of a Celtic cross and a swastika, apparently showing a blending of Christianity and Buddhism. The obvious Chinese cultural influence on the setting with the apparently Western-derived main characters Gene and James already made for an interesting cultural setting, and this just furthers it. I recall that Jim started chanting a Buddhist prayer in the last episode, too. Confucius said: They say "there's always someone better".I don't understand how Suzuka even lost, I thought she was a super top class assassin too? Nice catch on the Christian-Buddhism thing. And I didn't know what Jim was doing was actually a chant of a Buddhist prayer. |
| So Outlaw Star finally had a grasp of what to do next. This whole episode was classic Bebop. It OUTCLASSES EVERY SINGLE EPISODE so far. Fucking LOVE IT. |
InfiniteDestiny said: It seems obvious, to me, that it's because of past events of his run-ins with "The Guild" pirates". I mean it's the main plot... and they still want the XGP (aka Outlaw Star) back. It was only a matter of time before they showed up again.Zepwich said: I'm confused.... They didn't give a real reason why the 7 dudes were after him.. Or did I zone out? if i remember correctly they implied its because of Melfina and the Outlaw Star, i mean why else would they be after him, but you might be right as I'm just going on memory, I'll have to re-watch the episode to know for sure. |
| I didn't like this one; easily the weakest so far. Gene felt OOC for no explainable reason and it felt like they had too much to show but only one episode to show it with. The character development was poor and overall pretty weak. Even the joke about Cartl-Cartl food fell flat. The cherry on top was that the pacing was all over the place. If Shimi was the strongest, why send him out first? Makes sense logically but not for entertainment. The fight was super lame too; if this is the first guy then the rest either have to be really weak or will lose via some deus machina. I can only hope this episode was an anomaly and not a sign on how the rest the show is going to be. |
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| These assasins made cameos in previous episodes. I think the dreadlock woman with the goggles was in the crowd. |
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| Man I was cringing when the super assassin kept giving Gene chances for 'fun' and then ended up getting killed. So cliched. But then I realised they bypassed that, with a pretty uneventful faulty gun (I expected something original and 'believable') even tricking the audience into thinking it went down that path. When in fact the super assassin had used Gene all along to fake his death and free his life from the pirates. "When I was young... I was forced into doing this, to survive." Brilliant. Guess it comes down to taste, but the episode that most resembled Bebop, Firefly and Trigun ended up being my favourite. |
| Nothing can happen until you swing the bat. |
| Holy crap that was an awesome fight. But even better was the day spent thinking about it. I think this was the best episode so far. |
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| Great episode! I like the plot twist about the pupil and Shimi. Guess he just accepted that the pupil died on the spot. Also, I feel that Shimi saw something with Gene. Just like he said, he reminds him of his young days. And even more so when he saw the crew. He probably had a similar crew back in the day, but everyone passed away and he is the only one left. I think what this episode was confusing was this. HOW the hell did Shimi knew about Melfina? He actually called her out her name. Why didn't anyone questioned him and ask how he knew about Melfina? Pretty sure Gene didn't tell him about Melfina and it seems Melfina does somehow know about him. This is such a missed opportunity, they should have addressed that. I have a feeling that Anten Seven does indeed know about Melfina and may have been part of the group back then. Anyways, it shows how lucky Gene is and how everyone still has room for improvement in future battles against Anten Seven and more. On to the next ones! |
| The Anten Seven remind me of Trigun's Gungho Guns. I wonder if Trigun was inspired by Outlaw Star here? The manga of Outlaw Star predates Trigun by a little bit, but the anime series are basically from the same time. Cowboy Bebop, probably the most famous of these outlaw gunfighter series of the late nineties, is surprisingly from after the other two. The actual episode was really cool. The big fight seemed kind of silly, but it made sense when all was said and done. |
| The last episodes...weird. I thought the show didn't have a plot ending But these episodes give the impression that this is not the case. We are rushing to the end too fast, too crumpled, too superficial. It would be better if it was just a collection of stories without a main plot :( |
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| Pretty cool scene the first encounter between gene and fake shimi, it's stucked in my mind i don't know why that was so cool for me. |
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| Best episode in the series still thinking about it months after, it 100% peaked here. When everyone shows up to help Gene win the impossible duel it was just too good. |
| I have to say we are heading into a interesting route here there are now assassins after Gene and the rest of Outlaw Star now. From the way the fight with Shimi was going I thought: “Oh shit has he got everyone apart from Melfina and Gene?” But no nobody died in the end, even Shimi is around for to survive another day. I really feel like the duel was very memorable to me. With scenes like these really do make me think of Trigun and Cowboy Bebop respectively as this show is on a similar with those two in terms of space western anime in particular. Overall I’d say this was a really good episode, we are definitely onto something with this fight in this episode it’s going to be pretty dark and serious for the next couple of episodes just you wait and see with that one. |
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