Baccano!

[masamuneehs]

caught up last night...

good sweet lord in heaven, did you see Szilard "eat" Barnes with HIS HAND?!? That part was freaking absurd. So far he's the most badass motherfucker out there, although I still suspect that he's not 'the top guy'... Also, because he refers to Ennis as a Homunculis, does that mean others are potentially like her too? That is, they're created immortal, not humans who obtain immortality?

I'm actually starting to get interested in the Dallas Genoard story, although I completely could have cared less about it in the beginning.

Jacuzzi is also now tolerable in my book. That kid Czes is freaking going to be bad news... Also, what exactly is going on outside of that train?

I have a sneaking suspicion that Isaac and Miria will be very tough if they ever get serious. They got beat up by a bunch of punks, true, but I highly doubt that they're so completely helpless as they let on. Also, I'm absurdly confused because I thought Isaac and Miria received a letter from Ennis when they were out in the mountains, in 1929, but now they don't seem to know each other at all, and it's 1931... Did I miss something?

I like the story-telling style. It's confusing, but you can still follow along. It's also doing an excellent job with getting us familair with alot of the characters, and that's no small task considering how many of them there are. Also, I like the contrast between the vibrant, in-your-face gore and the old-school tension builders. I've never seen hands so totally mangled or wounds that looked so convincing. And then you'll have the old fashion pre-1969 'scare me with what you don't show' style, with long pauses in animation, focusing on sounds and music (opening the door to the bloodbath, when the girl is hiding in the closet). It's a bang-up job.

[Munsu]

It would be nice if anyone here was bored enough to type up a simple timeline with some key events so it would be easier for us to keep up with the stories. The Ennis letter came in 1930. And it also seems that the year that Dallas was causing a lot of trouble (when he got into a fight with Isaac) was also 1930. So the mining scenes were probably a couple of months after they met Ennis.

Can you remind me when they get aboard the Flying Pussyfoot? I imagine it would be late 1930 or early 1931.

I'm tempted to rewatch the first episode again, there are a shitload of clues that we overlooked. Like this nice picture:


Isaac and Miria are there too (his ear just got cut and it healed).

Who do you guys think is Rail Tracer? I for now am leaning towards Dallas.

[Kraco]

Dallas, eh? Well, it would nicely bring him into the latest events, but it would also require someone performed some grand experiments on him. So far I don't think anyone has even mentioned anything like that (even without names). Unless he unwittingly just drank an imperfect immortality potion somewhere.

[Munsu]

7:
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[animus]

I have to admit I was really engrossed with this episode.

[Kraco]

Quite a history lesson.

The rail tracer was already aboard the ship? Or was it just the usual nonlinearity?

[masamuneehs]

I thought Szilard was the one eating people on the ship... I thought that was pretty clear... Then again, there could have been two eaters... Also, I expect that the bit of the immortality potion that Sylvie didn't drink will become important...

Now we know Maiza and Szilard's roots... and since Szilard only has half of the knowledge, it makes me think that Ennis, who he claims to have created, is not quite immortal... She was referred to as a Homunculus, so she's not even human... but is she immortal?

However, I'm very confused about what happened with Elmer (the optimist who tried to convince Szilard and fell into the ocean) and with Huey (the guy who recited the alchemist creed and was talking with The Entity at the end). Neither of them seem to have been around in the 1900s... unless one is Rail Tracer... But The Entity seemed to take a liking to both of them. I wonder what 'wish' he granted Elmer?

[Kraco]

When we first saw the ship, the eatings began almost instantly. Or at least you could assume they were eatings, like the dude that was snatched from the stairs. So, unless those things actually happened after the potion drinking scene, following the nonlinear nature of this show, it couldn't have been Szilard but someone else.

[masamuneehs]

When we first saw the ship, the eatings began almost instantly. ... unless those things actually happened after the potion drinking scene, following the nonlinear nature of this show

There's a quick transition after the ship scene starts where it goes "The previous night"... and then that's where Maiza summons the demon and they drink the potion.

[Kraco]

If you say you have had enough of the craziness, Miria won't agree:

Episode 8 - Ayu

[animus]

I thought Szilard was the one eating people on the ship... I thought that was pretty clear... Then again, there could have been two eaters... Also, I expect that the bit of the immortality potion that Sylvie didn't drink will become important...

Now we know Maiza and Szilard's roots... and since Szilard only has half of the knowledge, it makes me think that Ennis, who he claims to have created, is not quite immortal... She was referred to as a Homunculus, so she's not even human... but is she immortal?

However, I'm very confused about what happened with Elmer (the optimist who tried to convince Szilard and fell into the ocean) and with Huey (the guy who recited the alchemist creed and was talking with The Entity at the end). Neither of them seem to have been around in the 1900s... unless one is Rail Tracer... But The Entity seemed to take a liking to both of them. I wonder what 'wish' he granted Elmer?

I think Huey's still around. Remember those Black Suits on 1931 Flying Pussy Foot? They kept talking about completing Huey-sama's goals. Elmer was around, at the end of that episode you see Maiza talking to a much more stoic, serious looking Elmer.

[Kraco]

Isaac and Miria are totally crazy. This was an awesome episode. The author of this story is a bloody genius.

I don't actually feel like this episode revealed that much new material as such, but at least we learned a bit more about those two wackos and the Dallas incident moved forward a bit.

[animus]

Haha yeah, i love Isaac and Miria.

Did Nice blush after Jacuzzi kissed her?

[Munsu]

It was very subtle, but I'm pretty sure I saw a bit of blushing. Anyways, Isaac and Miria are awesome, hopefully they'll kick a bit of ass before the show is over, with their 100 guns.

[shinta|hikari]

Definitely blushing. She just didnt show any expression. I guess that would make anyone double check (I actually did).

I miss Filo. Im hoping for some Ennis and Filo interaction soon.

[masamuneehs]

man, Jacuzzi keeps getting better and better. And, animus, good point about Huey and the 'jailed leader' that the Black-suits were talking about... Guess Huey becomes a pretty important guy over those two hundred years...

Isaac and Miria are so insane. They crack me up, but I'd probably want to smack them if i met them in real life.

It was nice to see more of the Dallas and Eve story. Can someone tell me what is up with the Runorata guy who is always eating candy? Did he just let Eve go at the end? Looked like it to me.

also good character development with Ennis

[Kraco]

It looked like he let her go on purpose. Still, it seems unlikely they would think the girl knows where Dallas is; their intelligence can't be that bad (nor should they even think a girl like that could fool anybody, anyway). So, it's a good question what they have in mind by letting her run.

[shinta|hikari]

I cant get enough of Ennis dammit! She is my favorite in the show as of yet.

[Lucifus]

Strange how we like the same characters......
Ennis is my favorite too.

Wow, though not all that original, Miria and Isaac are awesome.

[Kraco]

Let none say a sane episode would have marred the beauty of this series.

Episode 9 - Ayu