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| Those bunny ears and outfits lol I can't help but find this episode slightly amusing with that look. This was still part of the death games, so the stakes are there. I have to say though, Yuuki adapts well at whatever change is in her environment. Impressive even. |
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| Yes, I assure you it’s essential for the girls to wear Bunny girl suits in a death game ๐คฃ I like how there’s an actual in universe logical explanation since they’re broken into teams with the bunnies being hunted by stumps. We’re finally at the legendary candle woods game. I’m a little confused by the timeline here, this presumably takes place very early in Yuki’s game career right? They’ve dropped some references throughout the series about how pivotal this game was in her development so I’m excited to see that play out. That said, her mentor is definitely a goner right? So many death flags. Saying she only has 4 games to go and wanted to choose wisely, everyone calling her the best game player, the way she invites Yuki to reflect on her journey and why she’s playing the games, etc. I just know it’s gonna break me. The direction is always amazing in this show, but I think I just clocked what really makes it special. It’s the music, or lacktherof in so many big scenes. For example, Yuki talking to her mentor. Silence and the lack of stimulation force us to confront our own fears and insecurities which is scary for so many people. Making scenes like this so much more poignant and terrifying. It’s not having any musical cues as to what comes next, just ambient noise. On the other side, we’ve got Moegi who feels like a mix of Mishiro and Yuki to me and is basically playing the leader role for the stumps. The way she had ol girl open her mouth just to blow her brains out is NUTS. This story doesn’t shy away from very dark stuff. But even Moegi is clearly battling a lot of demons.. ah I’m so excited for next episode, I feel like it’s going to be one of the best of the year. |
Marinate1016Feb 25, 4:42 PM
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| Those were some cute bunny outfits am looking forward to seeing how this game goes. |
| I can't bring myself to dislike Moegi for doing all that since it's technically for the benefit of the whole team but damn, making an ally a practice dummy so everyone else can steel their resolve by stabbing them twice is insane T-T I also got confused during the end of the ep as well, wasn't sure if it was Moegi monologuing in third person or if it was someone else... |
| I can already see why this game got infamous. |
| https://www.honeyfeed.fm/u/34774/novels Why must the products of man trouble me so? |
Consider me stumped. |
| https://www.honeyfeed.fm/u/34774/novels Why must the products of man trouble me so? |
| We're finally seeing how this aforementioned Candle Woods game played out. It's just conjecture, but I feel like the host of this one really had it out for pros like Yuki's mentor. Forcing them to play hide and seek against an enemy team armed with weapons? How twisted! This game of Noobs vs Vets is already off to a brutal start. I couldn't help but grimace seeing Kabane lose her nerve like that, and for Moegi to kill her right after. Moegi is like a wolf among sheep the way she took charge here. She's already giving me the vibe that she's meant to be a dark mirror of Yuki. With her having a mentor of her own that she wants to emulate. I can't wait for the two of them to meet. |
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| The stump team seems awfully handicapped if the bunnies can fight and even steal their weapon. Can't wait to see where things went wrong! |
| That was a nice build-up episode So Yuki's mentor's goal was to set a record of 99 games played, im guessing she died before reaching that goal since that is now Yuki's goal Moegi was brutal, but understandable because the stump team needs to kill in order to win the game Anyone else notice how both of Yuki's eyes are blue? in present time one of her eye is grey, Im guessing she was injured in a later game and got a prosthetic Cant wait for next week's episode!  |
| Good ep Ah yes, now it's bunny girl outfits. Yuki's master fine asl. ๐ฎ๐จ Damn, 96 games... Moegi is insane, good lord. Interesting, even Yuki doesn't know why she plays. Who is that girl delighting in the death of another human? 9/10 |
JayDaAnimeLordFeb 25, 6:03 PM
 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki I rate by enjoyment |
| The infamous battleroyale of Candle Wood starts now. This is pretty much the game of how Yuuki got developed into an absolute beast in the death games, we got the reason of why Yuuki wants to complete 99 death games, It was due to her mentor’s words so she had her own goal to beat. Moegi was brutal but I can’t deny her action because if you don’t train them newbies like that, the whole team will only get dominated by the more manpower, experienced rabbits. I can see the character development going for Moegi and the end of the episode was eerie, the girl who played with blood and organs sort of inspired Moegi to be a tougher person in the death game I guess. The game inside out is interesting and bunny suit is a plus for me. |
| Not sure what's going on with Moegi but the bunny outfits were hot af |
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| So uuh first thoughts on probably the most hyped up game, its a little hard to take seriously when the survivors are wearing bunny outfits. Funnily enough when they were wearing maid outfits or just towels I could take the games a lot more seriously. Secondly im kinda underwhelmed by how simple "Candle woods" is turning out to be, its honestly not that much different from the last game. Its more or less just a glorified team deathmatch. I mean yeah the bunny's are meant to hide but like Moegi literally said their gonna try survive and retaliate. But I think what will make or break this game is the players really, alone the dynamic of the hunters being newbies when the survivors are all veterans for the most part is a interesting dynamic alone. But idk so far this is a little underwhelming but I mean the games technically not even started yet so I'll leave my real thoughts for once were deeper into it. So I suppose based off this episode Yuuki's goal is to make a new record kinda a random goal imo. Yuuki's mentor is quite something though, considering this is one of the early games for Yuuki and supposedly this game is quite something given its reputation its surprising Yuuki even lives this. But idk I get the feeling either plot armour or Yuuki's mentor will be the reason she makes it out of this. I also noticed both Yuuki's eyes are blue this episode, so ima assume she gets her eye stabbed out this game. Interesting I kinda just assumed she was born with heterochromia. Other than all of that so far I can say not much for the game itself. But I like Moegi |
| Ugh this has become soooo boring. I didn't think it was possible with a "squid games" played by bunny girls but somehow this show is accomplishing it. |
| Been better days to be a bunny girl (or to have a 96-game winstreak). That sure wasn't very moe of Moega. |
| Ok so this is the Candle Woods, the infamous game mentioned before that Yuki is the survivor of, so i predict her mentor will die and that's why Yuki's goal is 99 games, it's probably gonna be a massacre huh Also, damn did that girl just gut someone, remove their organs and spray their blood into the air with sparkling eyes? I find gore and insane killers like this extremely boring and uninspired most of the time but let's see where they will take it |
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Reply to GanguroGal
Nobody going to comment on the change in the intro titles? The cars are now on fire. Or possibly the drivers. I don't remember there being an OP last week. And I know it wasn't there in ep 6. So what does it mean?
| @GanguroGal I was so bored by the actual episode I forgot. Yeah I was watching it going "are the cars on fire? were the cars always on fire? how are they still driving?" LOL |
Reply to NightEmpty
@MenchiK1 this show is like committed to not being interesting
| @NightEmpty And be utterly confusing, they cut every explanation from the manga out. It would be nice if we knew the rules so we could understand why the girls are acting the way they do. |
| BUNNY OUTFITSSSS RAHHHH, best game so far. PEAK Set-up episode for the opening of the 9th game: Candle Woods. The game that many people have been anticipating. Candle Woods has been mentioned several times in previous episodes, and the hype I imagined was paid off by this episode. HAKUSHIIIII. Woah, I didn't expect him to play in Candle Woods too. Seeing so many veterans who have reached 90+ games makes Candle Woods much more interesting than before. My expectations are high for this episode, hopefully the execution will be satisfying. I don't know what's going on in Moegi's head, but somehow her character is far more terrifying than Mishiro and Riko. It's clear that this game is what completely changed Yuki's identity. Her eyes are the same, she still has a more genuine smile, she's still very dependent on others, and her cold, ghostly aura is not visible. Junichi Matsumoto, you're the best. Souta Ueno, you're my favorite.  |
| Finally, the bunny girl game |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| And of course those bunny outfits were crucial and necessary for the plot. |
| No tomo malas decisiones, solo me gusta apoyar causas perdidas. Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites. Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!  |
Reply to RealNath
So, ig Moegi tormented one of the girl (and felt no remorse whatsoever) in the team and asked the other to torture her to death, because she wants to act tuff like that christmas girl in the past game?
Also I don't get her logic. She justified trying to kill 2 of her teammates since the bunny team is fighting back against them and she wanted to make them stronger by practicing on the screaming girl? But killing them also means the bunny's survival rate increase by hiding since there will be less ppl seeking them, no?
Also I don't get her logic. She justified trying to kill 2 of her teammates since the bunny team is fighting back against them and she wanted to make them stronger by practicing on the screaming girl? But killing them also means the bunny's survival rate increase by hiding since there will be less ppl seeking them, no?
| @RealNath pretty good investment if you ask me, sacrificing a few so the newbies gets mentally and emotionally prepared, coz if they start without this initiation, this team is done also the manga showed Moegi's internal monologue and her thinking is pretty much what I said, this anime version is so bad, this entire adaptation is bad, I heard the manga is more faithful to the LN |
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Haunt88 said: also the manga showed Moegi's internal monologue and her thinking is pretty much what I said, this anime version is so bad I haven't read the manga, but it was pretty obvious why Moegi did that even without her internal monologue. Would be just a waste of screentime. |
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Reply to LessThanAnimeFan
Haunt88 said:
also the manga showed Moegi's internal monologue and her thinking is pretty much what I said, this anime version is so bad
also the manga showed Moegi's internal monologue and her thinking is pretty much what I said, this anime version is so bad
I haven't read the manga, but it was pretty obvious why Moegi did that even without her internal monologue. Would be just a waste of screentime.
| @LessThanAnimeFan yes I think if I didn't read the manga ahead I would understand why Moegi did that easily as well but as you can see, some people here didn't get it, and your criticism is misplaced when this anime has been dragging out still-shots and still-frames since episode 1 important internal monologue that fits the narrative is much better than dragging out still-shots and still-frames |
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| That's a crazy person that want to be a leader by showing off the power to make them fear and obey to her. |
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| Oh that ending scene was certainly something. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas |
| BUNNY GIRLS!! Finally Candle Woods! Really curious what happened here and wow, it's already crazy from that start.. I just spotted a cute design from the stumps team and the next time she was shown, she's lying on the ground as a sacrifice to steel the newbies' minds. I do like Moegi– she's pretty interesting, she's doing what is necessary to win the game even if the guilt is eating on her. This game is brutal. |
Reply to YudiYusantoS
That's a crazy person that want to be a leader by showing off the power to make them fear and obey to her.
| @YudiYusantoS that wasn't even showing off, she's simply shoving the reality in their faces to increase their chance |
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Reply to Haunt88
@LessThanAnimeFan yes I think if I didn't read the manga ahead I would understand why Moegi did that easily as well but as you can see, some people here didn't get it, and your criticism is misplaced when this anime has been dragging out still-shots and still-frames since episode 1
important internal monologue that fits the narrative is much better than dragging out still-shots and still-frames
important internal monologue that fits the narrative is much better than dragging out still-shots and still-frames
| @Haunt88 You’re probably right. But I personally like the use of still shots and frames, especially in low-budget shows like this. I’d prefer watching a single frame for a minute rather than some badly animated scene with a ton of useless information. That’s what made the previous director’s work look so good, and this one is no exception either. |
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| Interesting (and sexy) that Yuki and her mentor have bunny outfits on and they appear to have a new rival in Moegi. Since this is an early game for Yuki it is obvious that she will come out victorious and we'll see how that plays out; I have a feeling that her mentor won't make which will cause Yuki to take on the goal of beating 99 (or was it 100?) games. |
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