Brynhildr in the Darkness

[Kraco]

Did we really need to go through all that to arrive at the obvious conclusion? I thought this guy was supposed to be smart, you'd think it wouldn't take that long to figure out the utility behind the swap ability.

Yeah, it took a bit too long, but not so long if you keep in mind originally his thoughts were restricted by two interlocked, negative factors: Kotori (her ability) was never a part of their plans or strategy, she was a hostile element due to Kana's prophesy. However, it's true that once Ryouta actually was with her, he should have realised her true worth as an ally (like all of us in the audience immediately did).

I'm happy Ryouta isn't totally clueless and indecisive. It was one thing to manage the drug factory robbery, but quite another to stop Neko by pressing the button. Furthermore, he even went to meet the annoying scientist with a decent plan and speech. Knowing the author I wouldn't be surprised if this scientist actually was a part of the organization handling these witches, though...

[David75]

I wonder why he didn't take an opportunity at the third button.
After all, he had a murder witch ready for the test...

[shinta|hikari]

Because he didn't want to kill?

People are generally brainwashed that way by society. It sucks and is absolutely illogical in some cases, but what can we do?

[Kraco]

He most likely considers all the witches victims, including those who are out to kill their own kind, maybe even more so as they would be the saddest sort. The witch at the factory would have just reinforced that feeling. He'd not be incorrect at all by thinking so. I imagine there are a bunch of witches so batshit crazy, as a survival strategy, they wouldn't anymore fit the bill, but so far Ryouta hasn't fortunately encountered one of that kind. He's already taking care of 4 very different witches, and especially his beloved Neko could have been used as an assassin against her will, just like this witch he chose not to slay. In short he has much sympathy for the witches.

[Ryllharu]

He wanted information out of her. None of them know where the lab is because the girls escaped on the road.

[Kraco]

He wanted information out of her. None of them know where the lab is because the girls escaped on the road.

Sure, but he didn't kill her after getting no answers either, but left her there for the cops and shady soldiers to retrieve. So, that wasn't his reason for sparing her life.

[Xelbair]

I'm 80% sure that last buttons somehow releases the witches, probably turning them human again, or it prevents their bodies from melting.

[Ryllharu]

I'm 60% sure it makes the thing that nests in their bodies take over completely, so they turn into murderous, lustful, psychopaths; or swell to giant size and make more of themselves after exploding (like in Slither!).

Random guessing is fun!

[Kraco]

I'm 80% sure that last buttons somehow releases the witches, probably turning them human again, or it prevents their bodies from melting.

I very much doubt that. The organization creating them is utterly ruthless and is very worried about the witches now running loose. It would make zero sense they would simply allow them to press a button in their neck and live happily ever after. They even have the drug dependency to make sure any witch running too far will die on her own. Besides, they clearly have no intention of rewarding the witches with a peaceful retirement; they are simply disposed when studied enough and/or deemed unsuitable for any profitable purposes, or as a punishment for failing.

Ryll's suggestion seems more likely. Some kind of overdrive would seem likely. Maximum performance for 15 minutes and then unavoidable melting.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm 80% sure that last buttons somehow releases the witches, probably turning them human again, or it prevents their bodies from melting.

I'm in agreement more or less with Xel here. Why go to the elusive explanation of "something worse than death" if you can just tell them what it is? I'm sure it'll scare them to the same extent if it really was worse than death. The only alternative I'm thinking about here is that it in fact isn't worse than death, and it really is all just a scare.

Though perhaps Ryll does have a point and it's the button that activates something once their "plan" is ready. Witch Instrumentality Project perhaps?

As for the deaths suppressant drug, I have always had in my mind that the girls are already dead. They were corpses already that were somehow brought back to life by the parasitic alien. If you take the alien out, they decompose immediately. The alien itself isn't quite able to prevent the rotting process however, which is why they need the suppressant.

I'm surprised that no one else thought of this.

[Archangel]

I'm surprised that no one else thought of this.

Probably because it's a stupid idea

I take it back the "already dead" theory has merit to it, it's Xelbair's third button idea that's dumb.

[Kraco]

There's no way some escaping (or otherwise too much tortured) witches wouldn't press the third button just for the heck of it when they are running out of drugs or just out of their endurance and wits. It's a stupid idea, no matter how you look at it. In the first place, the organization has no use whatsoever for such functionality. They dispose of witches that turn out too weak, fail a mission, or for any arbitrary reason. They ever remove all evidence the witches exist by altering memories or killing witnesses. So, why would they have a button to free witches? It would be a huge liability with no benefits.

The already dead theory has many merits, though. But then again, we have already seen they are already dead as humans in any case. Humans don't turn into goo in seconds.

[shinta|hikari]

I'm surprised that no one else thought of this.

Because then this will become Madoka.

So, why would they have a button to free witches? It would be a huge liability with no benefits.

True, so then either it is a fake button, a torture button they can use for interrogation, or a Gon power up button, where you get a short powerup then die afterwards. The last one is useful when you have an agent with the girl, like how Prof. X loli does.

[Xelbair]

Probably because it's a stupid idea

I take it back the "already dead" theory has merit to it, it's Xelbair's third button idea that's dumb.

It releases the alien into their bodies, away from the harnest. keeping her alive without the harnest.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 10

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Interestingly in the new OP, Kana's moving fingers on her right hand. They've already revealed that she could move her body if she wanted to, so I don't know whether to interpret this as animation error or not.

The jokes in this show make up for the lackluster OP. Just light, spur-of-the-moment types.

[Kraco]

Episode 10 - HS




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Since she didn't appear prominently even in the new OP, and because her power would have been far too convenient, Nanami's fate was more or less sealed. I guess it's also true that it had been too long since the last girl turned into goo. Of course the good thing is that with the metal parts and maybe electronics intact, the scientist dude can now study the harness and beacon in leisure and thus be quite well prepared should there be need to save another witch with a remote controlled death switch.

While perverted girls are hardly uncommon in anime these days, I somehow like Kazumi more than most of them. Her perverted lines manage to surprise me so often. And this time she got even Neko following her, suddenly asking for Murakami's virginity as well. Be a man, Murakami, and fulfill your dear Neko's wish!

[David75]

Her lines have greater joking effect, because they're not that much of a joke. After all, she'd like to lose her virginity before dying, or rather than a technical detail, try to get pleasure/feelings from an intimate relationship.

[Archangel]

Either we get no episode link or we get 2

I can't tell if Valkyria is so similar to Kuro because the artist is lazy or if there something else there, she does seem a little lacking as a main character right now so maybe

[Buffalobiian]

Either we get no episode link or we get 2

We both posted at nearly the same time.

And I'm betting that the two girls are related.

[NeoCybercoin]

What you said Buff, made me think. If Kana was moving fingers on her other hand...wouldn't that mean she hung up? Didn't she say her powers made her a cripple. I think that was something like it. So if she hangs up she should be able to move freely right?