i had been waiting for Frostii, but there were a few times i found the TL work to not be up to snuff, and then they committed what i consider a cardinal sin for fansubbers, and i started checking out Ecliptic-whoever. I wouldn't go as far as to say that Ecliptic is super better than Frostii, but, for this series, I'd say they're fairly even. Frostii has the OP and ED karaoke, but that's not something i ever find important...Originally Posted by Alhuin
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Unless it spoils any of Durarara (up to episode 10), can you enlighten me on what that was?
It's dangerous to go alone. Take Nep.
This was it. I'd noticed a few times where I felt they cut corners in their TLs (but, to be fair, everybody has to do this to make the English text not absurdly awkward), but when you leave out a character's lines all together... that's just bush league in my book. it wasn't a critical part in the episode, but it did come into play later in the episode AND they dared sub Karisawa's response, even thought they must have felt Simon's words weren't important enough to be subbed...
also, as i've watched Ecleptic since episode 08, i really haven't found much to shake my finger at. not going to say they're top tier, but, well, if they're on par with Frostii and releasing faster...
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
You still think so? It was just revealed in ep 13 that Anri is not the slasher. She even got blood splattered on her face when the slasher came and attacked the girls in front of her.
dude, i think that was the old "she retreats into her mind and psycho personality/monster takes over" bit, with the girls' voices fading out, Anri slowly losing her vision. that's what i think it was, at least.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
That is indeed a possibility. I wonder if I will like her more if she really is the slasher. Right now, she seems to fall really flat compared to the rest of the characters, especially with Tanaka Tarou being the founder of a huge organization.
Peace.
EPISODE 14
so i actually laughed out loud and nearly died eating my dinner at the scene with Shinra and the shower. my god. i'm not expecting this show to pull such good comedy laughs right after all that spooky music (and that one theme is certainly ridiculously, almost over the top spooky...)
i wasn't in love with the idea of new characters for this second season, but anyone who goes "Follow me! Whoosh!" is OK in my book
it was also impossibly cute of Shizuo-chan to get so worked up about Selty being attacked by the Slasher.
Izaya lies straight to selty's face, then again raises the issue about a second Dullahan. while i hope this doesn't get into Bleach levels of "everyone you know is a Death God", I am quite intrigued as to what might happen once this 2nd Dullahan gets in the mix (and it's a question of when, not if, for me). And he is definitely ready to throw away anyone around Ryugamine to get what he wants...
and now there's demon swords and they're playing a big role and AAAAAAHH I'll eat my favorite Bills hat if the Slasher isn't Anri or Anri's mother.... (that little glimpse smacks of future explanatory flashback)
this is the best show airing. RARRR
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Definitely the best show airing overall.
Peace.
about episode 15
i still can't help but be on (or over) the verge of laughter every time Simon talks. his way of speaking is just so ridiculous, the intonation is just completely wrong. strongest man in a fist fight, but "we're past that era"...
and, holy moley, the scenes with --Saika-san has entered the channel-- are always excellent, but this one in particular was really disturbing. i had written off Shizuo-chan (and i am not a fan of the way Ecliptic-BSS decided to write his nickname in this episode) as largely a comic relief / action quota character, but at this rate... his absolutely no flinch "I get it. I'm gonna kill you." was absolute badass
well, this episode had just about the most info about the Stalker we've ever had in it, and i'm still confused as fuck as to what is going on with this kitchen knife of a demon blade and the whole lot of it....
that poor journalist guy... and it even seems like his daughter was the victim of that awful, creepy teacher...
this show is layers and layers of awesome. i don't think "complex" even gets close to describing it
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
So i guess Anri was the blade's last possession before this reporter, but what is strange is why it went after her after it was done
From as far as i can tell Mikado is the leader of the dolars and Masaomi is the apparent leader of the yellow scarves, so i can't wait to see how those roles will mess up with their friendship
I'm confused as to why nobody has reported that guy yet
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Well... that sucks
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
I love the way this is turning out with each of the three friends being the leader of a group. Mikado/Dollars vs. Masaomi/Yellow Scarves vs. Anri/Slashers. It's going to be pretty interesting when they find out about each other. I'm hoping that a huge battle between the groups ensues.
I imagine that Masaomi will be pretty upset when he finds out Mikado was the leader of the the Dollars all along and never once extended an invite to him. He's been curious about the Dollars the whole time since he left the Yellow Scarves. I wouldn't be surprised if he found out, and then returned to the Yellow Scarves as a result of feeling betrayed.
But I don't really see the same situation (at least in this episode) with Anri and the Slashers. It seems more like she and Saika will be regaining control from the impostor-Saika and the crazy girl. I'm not sure how she even wrested control over the blade herself, but I just don't see why she would allow them to remain possessed.
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There shouldn't be any question now that Anri's Saika is the original. If she can summon it under her clothes and then pull it out in a similar manner to the way Celty hides her phone, wallet and other things, it is surely a true demon blade. It wasn't what I expected. I had figured the original Saika had been melted down or broken and reforged into multiple smaller blades.
From the flashbacks (which look like they will go into detail next time), it looks like Saika possessed Anri's mother, killed her father and then herself, leaving Anri surrounded by their bodies and Saika stabbed into the floor. How she managed to make an arrangment with it...I can't even speculate.
really sucks that bSS is out. i just watched a Commie fansub of another show, and i couldn't even get through half of it because they did just such a piss-poor job all around.
i suppose i'll give Ani^co a shot. although, if they're that same group i remember from Gundam SEED Destiny, they're pretty awful as well... i'll see Commie's as well.
The commie fansub was tolerable enough.
Well hell. So the real questions are all still unanswered. I hope they show us how Anri came to control Saika, but i also wonder if she's known all along that this "child Saika" was out there trying to take over more people. I can only imagine, if Anri's is the original, that she must have made a "child" at some point. and that's going to be an interesting story as well.
Slashers, Dollars and Scarves. but don't you dare look down on the traffic police!!!
Shizuo x Izaya, and cowering pervert teacher made me chuckle quite a bit this episode.
Last edited by masamuneehs; Wed, 05-05-2010 at 08:20 AM.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
From the sound of things, it didn't seem like there was ever a point after her parents were murdered that Anri didn't have control over the blade. She seems to have kept it a secret this whole time.
It sounded like the "mother" Saika that the stalker-girl possesses has been around for a long enough time that it "forgot" that it was a child blade itself. I'm thinking that the True Saika created it a considerable length of time before Anri's parents were murdered, and after being separated by the suppression Anri exhibits on the True blade, started to believe that it was the original.
This whole thing did make the narration several episodes ago make a lot more sense. A lot of the characters have been narrating the episodes that focus on them in terms of character development, but Anri's was strange in that she kept referring to herself as "the girl," rather than the first person like Mikado or the others did.
AnCo^2 - Durararararara - episode 17 - mkv
AnCo^2 - Durararara - Episode 18 - mkv
not the most trusted name in fansubbing, but since frostii hadn't been doing stellar work, and even Commie is being slow (and is not very impressive either), i suppose this thing is falling to the speedsubbers... and i didn't find any truly glaring mistakes on their part. tolerable, and will just have to wait for a quality group to archive later.
I STILL CANT FIGURE OUT WHY QUALITY PEOPLE ARENT SUBBING THIS QUALITY SERIES
i just watched Episode 17.
and THAT is why he's always using pieces from three different games.
The War is on. but, man, there is some serious lampshading going on with the groups' intelligence. Unless the Slasher's leader only gained the memories of the direct previous leader, the "infiltrators" the Slashers have in the Dollars and Scarves should be able to figure out at least one of the leaders. and i have zero idea why Celty doesn't just tell Mikado what she knows...
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Since you have put an effort to do so, I will also minimize text that can be construed as a spoiler.The implication at the hospital was that the leader of the Slashers now knows just about everything. The Slasher Leader knows what role Izaya has in a lot of the things happening, and with the right combination of people, can probably figure out who the former leader of the Yellow Scarves is. There are a lot of followers of the Yellow Scarves within the Slashers.
As for Celty and Mikado, I don't think she really knows who he really is. She speaks with him online, and can probably connect his real life name and appearance to someone very high "ranking" in the Dollars, but I don't think she knows that he is "admin" or that she is rather high in the ranks herself. Only Izaya seems to know that, and is a co-head of the Dollars, just lacking Mikado's god chat/forum god powers.
Aside from that, Celty is pretty respectful of others' privacy.
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