06. Originality [Discussion!]

[thoracicpark]

This series does a really good job of teasing you, but we're officially half-way through! What were your thoughts on this week's episode? Do you have any new speculations? A favorite scene? Is Sugane a closeted fashionista? Share your thoughts! 

I'm going to make this one brief and maybe hop back in when other folks share their thoughts... Most of what I thought would happen—Hajime would reveal her identity, the existence of Gatchaman would be revealed to the world, Rui would throw a few choice words her way—happened. I'm not sure what I expect out of this series anymore, it leads you into one thing, then backs away and prolongs it, which I'm somehow enjoying? This series is so charming and quirky that it's hard to be bothered by is weird (although not bad!) pacing. Although I really want to get into the heart of this story, what is going to happen, when are we going to face the actual conflict? Maybe in the coming episode but most of us though that last week, and the week before ha-ha! 

Blah, blah, blah... Sugane has managed to march up as one of my favorite characters, as a whole I just really enjoy him. Hajime and Utsu-tsu's little adventure was very cute; Joe continues to hoist death-flags. I want some more O.D.! 

Comments

[laceytd12]

Wow it's amazing how many comments there are on this! I'm glad this community has grown!

I wasn't really surprised with how the beginning of the episode went. However my theory of Rui and the Gatchamans allying with each other to fight Berg is kind of thrown out the window (T^T) since Rui kind of said stop being Gatchaman. Which is ironic because Rui uses his Crowds to help people when a bad situation seems almost hopeless (-3-).

I think we can all agree that Joe isn't having a good end in the future. Which sucks because we really don't see his character. I love the idea of having a flashback episode! That would not only make the loss of Joe even worse for us, but that would just make us see more in his character than there already is.

What I'm really curious about is O.D. To me, he's the most mysterious character out of all of them. We found out Utsusu's issues , we met Sugane early on, and Hajime is the main "heroine" of this anime. However, O.D. is veeery curious to me. He comes off as this very flamboyant and likeable character, but then you see him interacting with Pai-Pai when it's just them alone and he seems much more reserved and mature. I really want to know what his power is. For some reason I see him and Berg being kind of two halves of a whole. In the intro they do a cool thing where it goes from Berg to OD and I really want to know what the kind of connection is. If there isn't, then I guess I was just looking to into it hehe ('^-^)

I can't wait for the next episode!