What Archie means is that his current action of grabbing people's faces is ineffective and unnecessary. He hasn't fully converted back to his original style (of choking/knifing someone's neck), or developed a better technique since the lost of his powers, indicating that he's no longer as awesome as he was in his Shinigami days.Originally Posted by Ryllharu
In summary, his point was Shinigami/BK201 > Current Hei.
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Bill nailed it
Also about this talk about the cargo being Yin or Amber, did Misaki ever meet either of those 2?
To my knowledge, no.
Like Ryll, I initially thought of Amber when she looked so surprised (and that the oblong container was big enough to house a human), since they showed some scenes from the previous Hell's Gate conflict.
Yin was my second, evaluated suspicion given how Amber has not been mentioned at all thus far, while Yin's shots had bodies all around her, perhaps from being targeted.
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Amen.
Non-contractor Hiei is clearly below the level of Shinigami Hiei... he definitely depended on his powers as Arch, Kraco and Bill have pointed out. And the drunkness definitely doesn't help him. Thus is was refreshing seeing him acted, if only for a minute or two, like this first season self, as he ate like a pig regardless of the taste. Dunno why, but I completely liked that scene.
Anyway... seeing as the water contractor is that new dude's mother... I don't think they'll kill her. Unless they kill the boy too.
Unless Suou ends up shooting the mom during the mission and then tells that fact to the dude to terminate his dream of a romance.
I imagine the choice will be to watch Hei die through her scope, losing her tutor and chance for revenge, or shoot the mother right in front of the boy's eyes.
It would put her in an interesting parallel with Tanya.
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No matter what the Hei worshippers say but the fights are getting somewhat unbalanced. Hei is no match for other contractors and Suou of course has her doubts plus she's a n00b obviously. So, we end up having Yin mysteriously assassinating people when both Hei and Suou can't fight back.
I guess it makes the plot much less straight-forward if nothing else. Things won't be solved through brute force. Although seeing how Hei falls for traps, and according to the preview might do it again, I'm not sure he will manage to gather compensating methods either. I hope things won't proceed from now on totally following somebody else's notes, Hei only trying to survive all the twists.
I guess I sound a bit negative but actually I'm not that much. Suou kicking the lamppost was a nice and promising detail.
What is it with Hei and lolis? Shinta must be banging his head against the wall in a jealous fit, this dude is a literal loli magnet
I liked how this progressed, not only did Hei apparently give up his drinking but Suou is starting to act less and less like a contractor ( lol, she's jealous of Yin now? ) which i'm hoping will eventually lead to someone looking further as to why that is.
I couldn't help but laugh at the scene with Norio stuffing his face with cake. I guess it was meant to be sad, but with big KyoAni style tears leaking from his face, I couldn't take it seriously at all. Kind of ruined the entire sub-plot for me.
I took the preview as Suou falling for the trap, but I thought the reappearance of the Russian Commander to be more interesting. Hei prevented Suou from killing Tanya, so she may very well be coming back, and soon. It always makes me sad when I remember what she's like now during the beach scene of the OP.
I'm guessing that they were talking about Misaki when they mentioned how elaborate her traps and plans are, but they know about Suou now, at least in terms of Hei having a young female partner thanks to Norio's mother's words about the subject last episode. She may realize that capturing Suou will work just as well, since Hei's lack of prowess and Yoko's confirmation of him losing his powers may indicate to her that Hei actually needs her.
I found the short conversation between Yoko and Misaki to also be fascinating. Yoko came off as subtly threatening Misaki with her ultra cute voice, but also warning her at the same time. It is certainly tough to say where Section 3 actually stands.
-I always thought Section 3 housed the remnants of the anti-contractor groups from Season 1. Her involvement in this mission was a pleasant surprise. I originally thought Section 3 took her in mainly to keep an eye on her and because she seemed to know Hei from past encounters, which made it look like she was going to be a useless tag-along.
-Hei not being the joking type made the vegetable scene all the more cute. I could get used to Suou.
-The same for Mao as well. His actions are a lot more humane as a squirrel, and it translates quite humorously. His black feline form was much more sinister than this wide-eyed, red bibbed. rodent, though his aura from before would be better described as mysterious and informed.
- It has only just occurred to me that only contractors (or at least those with powers) could see Surveillance Spheres. The entire last season was so full of contractors that I never noticed.
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ohh interesting fact to bring up. I had forgotten about that.
I remember it coming up in season 1 sometimes. probably the most notable time was when the syndicate had that chick under cover to infiltrate the cult, and then .. i dun remember if it was Yin's or who's, but an apparatus appears and the undercover girl takes notice of it, which reveals her contract status to the cult leader she's trying to assassinate.
was July the (only?) one who said he saw Yin's thing?
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Hoh... was Suou jealous of Yin at the end?
I hate Misaki and the contractors with her.
That does sound familiar now that you mention it. That's some memory you have there.
He was the first one to notice the Sphere, possibly due to his highly developed observation ability. He later identified Yin as the owner of that Sphere.was July the (only?) one who said he saw Yin's thing?
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don't get too impressed. I watched the series for the first time two months ago.. or, a few weeks before the series started, just so I could keep up with S2.That does sound familiar now that you mention it. That's some memory you have there.
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Hei should have told Suou to shoot at the submarine. Her rifle would have punctured the hull, making the sub unsafe as a watercraft and forcing it back to the port. Although seeing how they had little means of fighting against the enemy contractors I guess that wouldn't have made any difference.
In any case Yoko needs to die before the season is over. She was too happy about Hei losing his powers.
Suou's rifle might have dented the hull, but it wouldn't have punctured it. 25mm (.985 in), the penetration of the PTRD she uses, was enough to penetrate light tanks in the early part of WWII, but couldn't get through the later models.
A submarine's hull is thicker than that (especially one about as long as that one), and the high yield strength steel would take the hit better too. Most submarines can survive a near miss from an explosion. Suou's rifle wouldn't do a lot, even though they've depicted her shooting through stone already.
You must be right. I don't actually have any idea how thick the hulls of submarines are but surely more than that. And it's not like they would have needed to dive to 100 meters on their way to Tokyo, so a small dent wouldn't have slowed them down.
3 minute preview of the Darker than Black OVA
[BSS]_Darker_Than_Black_-_The_Black_Contractor_-_OVA_PV_[85117A1E].mkv
Is it spoiler free?
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