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Jun 19, 2024 10:22 PM

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oh god yes. that music, that dreary GitS-esque color palette. that premise which was clearly ripped off by Beyond the Black Rainbow and that was ripped off for Stranger Things. this is the shit i needed in my life
Sep 3, 2024 3:09 PM

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The place has terrible security

The Secretary did not deserve the slap


Jan 6, 2025 11:03 AM
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I feel conflicted about this episode. I always find it odd how we have to be subjected to female nudity when it comes to women’s bodies being viewed as art pieces, weapons, or objects, but when an actual woman wants to use her body in her own way, it’s a problem. Why do we have to keep seeing her body? There’s all this hullabaloo about “freeing the nipple” for their own satisfaction but when the nipple is meant for other people’s viewing pleasure it’s “nipples for all?”

And I guess I’ve just watched anime for too long, but I think I’ve been “moe’d” out. Seeing this war machine turn into a sweet toddler with a verbal tic (Mew!). It’s like…nooo…she’s killed people…that shot to the head has just knocked something out of her that’s suppressing her initial function. I dunno, I don’t see myself falling for the bait that we have to be good/kind to her because she’s “sweet” now. It’s not like Chi from Chobits. Chi was a sought after instrument because she was an anomaly, a shiny Charizard. Lucy/Mew is a deadly weapon whose injury has camouflaged her true directive.

Love the opening theme song. Very sweet, yet sorrowful.
Jan 6, 2025 11:08 AM
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@SaltyCookie I feel like it wouldn't come out not because of its content but because it's not ready to come back in the cycle. The "humanoid weapon that's kept away and makes a break for freedom and becomes adopted by average humans" genre was very popular in the 90s and early 2000s. I think it just needs time to come back into circulation with good writers and storytellers behind it. Otherwise, it'll just end up as monster/mecha/alien girls being sexualized because they landed in some proxy character's lap.
Jan 8, 2025 2:24 AM

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Bro Ive heard that melody before I just didint know or expect it to be an anime oppening really cool tho also felt terabile for that clumsy girl who was holding the coffe but the funniest part was the secratary scene she definatlly deserverd to get slaped she should know better than to sneek up on people lmao
Jan 24, 2025 3:43 PM
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Nov 2024
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Unnecessary nudity
Feb 19, 2025 10:56 PM

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Jan 2025
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Oh! soo much gore at first ep! let's see what's happen.







































































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Mar 22, 2025 6:31 PM

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show is really good if you wanna shout "yuka thats your f-king cousin!" every episode. i really could have done without that plot but otherwise great show
May 26, 2025 7:58 PM
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Its been nearly 20 years since I last watched this show and I still remembered almost this entire episode beat for beat. I definitely don't think its as awesome as I did when I was 16 but it certainly made/makes an impact.
May 28, 2025 9:58 AM

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Heh...maybe I'm just a sick, twisted person, but I didn't think it was that bad. It's bloody, sure, but..I dunno. From what everyone had been saying about it, I expected a lot worse.
@hounddog This is so funny to read now lmao
Jul 20, 2025 4:09 PM

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Not a bad first episode! I was looking for something spooky to watch similar to Higurashi as I've been going through the visual novels for the first time recently and I want to watch the anime so bad but I want to make it past chapter 6 before picking it up. Anyways, not important. I saw this was similar to that. Not really seeing it yet but it's not bad or anything. I want to learn who Lucy really is and why they're psychic. I'm also looking forward to seeing that one guy who punched the lady and threatened to kill that other soldier get torn apart >:)

Also no way people complained about the nudity and blood in this show back in the day... lmfao

Like the nudity sure I can kind of get it, but also not. And the blood... What exactly were they expecting? This is a horror anime LOL
Dec 29, 2025 12:12 PM

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strong draw in for a first ep :O

that shooter guy is a massive jerk >:(
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Jan 5, 12:49 AM
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Didnt understand what was going on, but its the first episode so ima give it a chance.
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