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Jan 9, 2012 11:40 AM
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So... episode 1 is out, i enjoyed it, even i had high expectations for the show, but this is insane: lot of mistery, great characters so far, exciting plot, beautiful animation/graphics, epic soundtrack and brilliant atmosphere.
I can't wait for the next episode...
So what do you think?
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Jan 9, 2012 7:16 PM
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Here is mines:
This series must be best horror series I have ever seen in my list. Everything is perfect although I did not expect the director to be the one who made xxxHolic, he did quite a number of times scared the living crap out of me in that series many times. TBH I did jump at the following,

That really caught me nicely. Mei is incredibly creepy. Because of her I will never look the same at Chihiro from Ef, that’s one thing for sure. As such I present a rather interesting list of suspicious events to watch for and discuss of:
  • First of all why did Izumi in the spoiler
    cringe her teeth for? Surely that looks suspicious.

  • Izumi’s hand shake with Kouichi in the spoiler
    raised even more suspicions as to when she asked Kouichi if he really never lived here before. To his answer she was rather suspicious as she could read Kouichi’s mind. Paranormal powers? Considering how Yukari here and Kazami here reacted it’s rather strange. Moreover that doll here with the missing arms and wings was weird as to what she means. Liar?

  • It’s rather obvious that Mei in the spoiler
    going to the boiler room/morgue section meant she was mostly likely dead already and she means the other half being her corpse. Now I do admit that the atmosphere was gloomy and dark. I also got reminded of Silent Hill there. Excellent horror stuff.

  • The class looked rather gloomy in the spoiler
    I wonder if that is setup towards a great depression looming around the class or is it something else at that point. Normally a class should welcome with more cheer than that. Moreover the desolated school court to relax here makes the horror that more gloomy.

  • Am I detecting some Yuri with the following girls in the spoiler
    it looks to me some kind of special relation is going there.

  • I think it’s important to ask yourself why did Kazami in the spoiler
    tell the other guy to interrupt the mention of Izumi by Kouichi?
    Moreover he raised suspicions from the others.

  • Strangely enough Takabayashi in the spoiler
    upon being gazed by what I believe to be Mei, he gets sick. Strange really. Looks to me like a grudge is going with Mei at all students of class 3.

  • Yukari along with Mei on the roof in the spoiler
    just prove the above. As to why did Yukari get that wound exactly and why she had that reaction to Kouichi mentioning Mei is a total??? One thing for sure is that if other classes do not want P.E. with class 3 it means they get cursed and hurt. Which means all of that class is under a grudge/curse.
This is really what I observed. Big fanatic of horrors too.

About the beginning, the starts was very poignant in that it starts with a damn flowing water only in one section. I assume this is where Mei’s body floated to. The group picture here was interesting for some background. While the town was nicely shown here. The bloody knife here made me think either Mei was murdered or pushed to suicide. Certainly I wonder what of this shrine depiction? Looks suspicious as to why show it. The umbrella point here may refer to a form of abuse. Bullying by poking someone to hurt them with that umbrella is common as sharp point like that can make you bleed. Reminds me a little of the abuse a girl had in Ef. The yacht here suggests that Mei may have killed herself on it. The elevator haunting here suggest Mei is haunting the hospital where she passed away perhaps? Quite the scary depiction of Mei here. Adds to the horror.

The depiction of the road with the lights here reminded me of Silent Hill again. More like the first one on PS. While the depiction of Mei here in the rain left another sad impression. Those dolls in the spoiler
are plain creepy IMO. What do they represent exactly? I also wonder of the sign showing Yomiyama here. Looks rather creepy too with the light. Finally the blood spilling with the weird teacher in the spoiler
was the final fear thing. It left a sour taste of fear.

About the OP, the OP really got me a lot with Mei in the following,

An excellent representation of her in that setting. The beginning with this setup was interesting to see as fear trigger. Itself the episode title looks creepy to me along with the school view shown here. Shown with things flying in the wind. The doll representation were creepy in the spoiler
for the most but I got more interest in the doll with the rose in the coffin, the angel one that is broken, the one
on the floor here wearing a white gown with red roses, the
weird looking one here with that hood and the falling doll head here. Looks plain all creepy but what do they represent? The elevator haunting looks to be a good reminder here of Mei’s haunting once again.

Do wonder if the coffin here will have vampire meanings at all? Probably not but they are part of horror. Love the fact they use an old American car. A good classic of horrors. A most excellent intro of the characters in the spoiler
they very well shown and of all I like most Izumi. Despite loving how Mei is shown here I have to admit that her doll playing in the spoiler
whom a GIF shows the movement in repetition is plain just disturbing when you combine naked + blindfold.

According to the following list there are 2 book references:
  • There is one of Stephen King Cemetery in the spoiler
    nice one!

  • There is one of Tragedy X in the spoiler
    interesting reading but not sure why it’s there as a reference.
Interesting references

About Kouichi, felt bad for him when I saw him in the bed here. Even more so when I saw the blood machine along with the fact it was connected to his lungs. I think that Reiko in the spoiler
looks good in looks. While the nurse here does look interesting. The symbol of the school here raised some question as to why blue/red for? Finally I just wonder WTF those dolls in the spoiler
mean? The one with brain open is freaky as it’s roses instead of the brain. While I admit the bird here looks better than Inko from Toradora.

About miscellaneous things, I find the many classmates showing in the spoiler
to be interesting to show a general design with much variations. Among them I liked a lot of this guy since he looks creepy and this girl with the eyes and hair looks interesting to me. Mei in the rain here looked once again creepy and lonely.

About the preview, rather interesting to see some old teacher with Mei here and from the looks of the teacher here, he might be the one who organized that insane graduation with Mei’s desk. Reiko looks very MOE here while Izumi looks suspicious of Kouichi here. I still wonder WTF she went back when Kouichi asked about her. Hope to find out next episode.

Conclusion is that I am sticking with this for the pure horror in its setting. 8 on 10 for now.

BTW special Art in the spoiler
really nice of Mei/Kouichi depiction.

While of the ED I did a Image Stitch of it in the spoiler
along with a custom 600 width one for anyone who wants to use it as their signature or background for it.

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Jan 9, 2012 9:26 PM
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I cant wait to see the nurse whoooo
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