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Postby MomochiZabuza » Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:39 pm

I just finished the series, and really enjoyed it. I would suggest it to anyone :)

So of other people who saw it what did you think? Personally I really liked the ending when he tuned the world, yay for Ayato.
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Postby supersayian313 » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:37 pm

i really enjoyed the "evangelion-like" action. very similar in many ways, yet different. i think the ending was very well done. they kept the girl in the yellow dress' indentity well hidden untill the end. great show! :twisted:
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Postby MomochiZabuza » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:08 am

Me and my friend actually didn't know Haruka was Mishima until we watched the movie... It was pretty much after the beginning scene when we both went "OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH" :lol:
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Postby madbunny » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:17 am

In some ways, I liked the movie. I liked the way that it focused more on the romance angle instead of the intrigue and stuff.

The series is remarkably consistent though, if you understand the story and watch it again, you'll see all the little visual cues, and subtleties that play out later.

Episode wise.. ( since it's in episode discussion), I'd probably say that the one where he accidentally kills his friend, was probably one of the more shocking and messed up things I've seen in a long time. Then he gets back and sees the diary. Dude would need some serious therapy after that.
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Postby jethropr » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:44 am

This anime really messed with my head, i have yet to watch the movie, and only watched the series through once, but by the end i was like... "wha....?".

I honestly didn't understand the ending at all... everyone dies? the scene at the end with Haruka and Itsuki, Ayato and Mishima at the end, although anytime she popped up things were weird, Quon gettin blasted, and everything to do with Tokyo Jupiter just confused me to hell...

But even so, i did enjoy watching the show... and like madbunny, when he kills Megumi... oh the irony... definatly one of my fav eps.
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Postby beedee » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:04 am

Watch the movie. It explains things better. I do prefer the series though as some of the better stuff is covered to a better extent than in the movie, which is understandable.
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Postby Unlimited Rice » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:56 pm

madbunny wrote:Episode wise.. ( since it's in episode discussion), I'd probably say that the one where he accidentally kills his friend, was probably one of the more shocking and messed up things I've seen in a long time. Then he gets back and sees the diary. Dude would need some serious therapy after that.



dude.. i started a topic on taht ep like last year... I wuz like..." No.. NO!!" etc. the movie covered the one part that I wanted them to cover that they didn't in the series.. about the whole accident thing..
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Postby supersayian313 » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:43 pm

madbunny wrote:Episode wise.. ( since it's in episode discussion), I'd probably say that the one where he accidentally kills his friend, was probably one of the more shocking and messed up things I've seen in a long time. Then he gets back and sees the diary. Dude would need some serious therapy after that.


that was one of the best episodes. lots of emotion. didnt seem like every girl on the show was in love with ayato? must be nice. ive been watching the series for a second time. its not as confusing the second time around. ive been picking up things i missed the first time. you gotta watch the movie. :twisted:
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Postby MomochiZabuza » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:49 pm

THAT EPISODE WAS SO SAD!!

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Poor Ayato...he just wanted to protect her...
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Postby jethropr » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:17 pm

MomochiZabuza wrote:THAT EPISODE WAS SO SAD!!

:cry:

Poor Ayato...he just wanted to protect her...


the irony has never been soo sweet
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Postby Solaria735 » Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:07 pm

Most messed-up episode in the whole series, and somehow probably my favorite. However, the girl he kills accidentally is Asahina- not Megumi, as someone stated above. Megumi is Haruka's sister.

Also, it's not really that Haruka IS Mishima. . . Mishima just sort of adopted her form in an attempt to get Ayato to help her, by assuming the form of his old girlfriend, even though he doesn't remember her anymore by that point. So it's more like Mishima looks like (young) Haruka. . . not the other way around. There is a point in the series where they actually do show young Haruka, and she looks just like Mishima Reika except she has the purplish hair.
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Postby jasper-isis » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:52 pm

So, um, who exactly is Mishima, and what did she have to do with Quon?
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Postby Solaria735 » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:14 am

Mishima Reika is really a being (goddess?) named Ixtli. She is also somewhat the "soul" of the RahXephon, and wants Ayato and Quon to help her "tune" the world. She can adopt different forms, which is why she adopts a form that looks like young Haruka to lure Ayato, and appears occasionally in Ayato's form to attract Quon.
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Postby MomochiZabuza » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:23 am

Solaria735 wrote:Also, it's not really that Haruka IS Mishima. . . Mishima just sort of adopted her form in an attempt to get Ayato to help her, by assuming the form of his old girlfriend, even though he doesn't remember her anymore by that point. So it's more like Mishima looks like (young) Haruka. . . not the other way around. There is a point in the series where they actually do show young Haruka, and she looks just like Mishima Reika except she has the purplish hair.


Yeah, I know but it's easier to say they are the same person :P
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