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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- It took me about 60% of the episode to realize that those three were the robots while the woman who claimed to be a mechanical doll was actually the human. I would've hoped for an ending resulting in the 3 of them becoming useful to each other and hence becoming truly perfect but this kind of ending was okay too. Another beautifully sad story. |
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| When the 'human' family didn't eat, I knew they were mechanical dolls too, and for some reason, I had a hinch that the old lady was just a human because, well, I thought there needed to be a human living there for this story to make sense (in my head, the way I was predicting it), and the old lady was the only one that seemed reasonable. Definitely a sad, sad story. :[ I was trying to figure out the part about the country though. At first, I thought this would be a creepy episode, rofl. And when the old lady showed Kino the city (like when she told her to look deeply into the water), I thought she'd push him in or something to keep the mechanical doll secret. LOL. |
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| I never caught on that she was human, the family, I figured that out at the first meal. Anyway another messed up country. |
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| I wonder what the difference is between us and the 3 dolls at the end of the story? |
| "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." Douglas Adams |
| Oh wow, another very sad, and complex, interesting episode. Very brilliant. This one is definitely a work of art, if any. |
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| Wow o.o What a sad episode...Both for the lady and the machines... Ha, but I figured it right away (that the human/machine deal was the other way around xP), go me. Kino never fails to amaze me with her indifference towards anything and everything o.o And when the old lady showed Kino the city (like when she told her to look deeply into the water), I thought she'd push him in or something to keep the mechanical doll secret. LOL. LOL XD |
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| Really a great episode, that was a surprise for me to learn at the end that the granny was actually the creator of the robots. I didn't see it coming. But it was predictable to see that the members of the family were robots. Between I wonder why she acted like that when she saw her son dead. |
| Figured it out that they were robots during the dinner. I wonder though, how the old lady didn't realize that she was human. I mean, she have some bodily functions that would occur that would tell her that she's a human. Overall, decent episode. Probably my least liked one so far. |
| Figured out, like everyone else, that the family were the mechanical dolls when they sat down for dinner for the first time. Actually, when they walked into the room I was already thinking that they hardly seemed human. About halfway through I could figure out that the old lady was the human one... Kino even said her eyes looked happy. I had to think, can mechanical dolls be so realistic that even their eyes are the same as the real thing? Doubted it and went with the idea that the granny was the human. Anyway though. :\ Pretty sad episode. This series still exhibits storytelling at its best, but I have to say that this was probably not one of my favourites among the episodes I've seen so far... |
| Nice episode, although very predictable. |
| Great episode and well written, one of my favorites of the series so far. MirrorDepth said: Nice episode, although very predictable. It's fairly obvious that this episode wasn't supposed to be anything other than predictable. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| The last couple episodes were kinda pointless but that was good. The woman who wanted to create machines that would eliminate work for humans ends up serving those very machines for the rest of her life. |
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| wow i almost didn't like this episode lol...the first 14 minutes were so abstract :) but then came the robots' explanation...and boy this was an awesome story! i'd say this is one of the best episodes,but all of them were amazing :) i realised from the 1st second that the family was made of robots,becasue they were too strange,but i couldn't figure out that the granny was actually human wow! 5/5 |
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| Beautifully disturbing. Even though I caught on rather quickly, it was still an interesting twist. |
| I'm quite pleased I guessed the complete storyline of that episode. Except when the 3 robots jumped...sad.... |
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| I knew from the start that the family were bots, but I would of never guessed that the old woman was human. |
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| I actually thought the old woman Was a doll that had been created to serve like she claimed. Except I realized the family were dolls So I thought maybe the old woman's real human family (that created her) had died long ago and she, a doll, then created this doll family to replace them so she could keep on serving. Turns out she was human. Ha. I'm amazed at the places you can take a motorbike in this world XD Also I know Kino's indifference is what keeps her alive and what keeps her from getting trapped in a place and not traveling but sometimes it's a little too much and she seems almost robot-like herself. |
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| I figured out the granny was human and the family were the mechanical dolls very early. The dinner scene just confirmed my suspicions and erased any doubt I had in my resolution. My heart ached when I saw the old woman die; it was depressing, thinking about yourself as something you aren’t because you need a goal in life. So to not to be empty being, worthless. It was so Kino just to leave them do as they pleased after they asked her what they could do. She wouldn’t meddle into such affairs, it’s not her task. She’s a traveler, deciding what people should do with their lives is not her duty. |
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| I actually knew the family were dolls |
| Sad and interesting story. |
| Another amazing episode, loved the conclusion of this plot and the inverted roles. Poor woman. |
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MinorDespera said: Nice episode, although very predictable. Wasn't the episode called like, "A Tale of Mechanical Dolls"? Don't they they were trying to be secretive about this. |
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| such a interesting episode and sad story. i didnt think that woman was human, and in first dinner, i knew that family is mechanical doll. |
| Damn such a sad backstory! But what a great episode, really nice concept and it was quite nice put in picture! Great episode lets see what's next! |
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| Good episode this time. |
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| This is definitely one of the best episodes. It was fairly obvious the family wasn't composed of humans, but I thought the story would be going for some kind of a circle in which the family is there for the grandma, and the grandma is there for the family, locked in an endless loop. This was better, though pretty sad. Very well executed episode. 5/5. |
| wow that was sad as hell |
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| It was easy to figure out that the family are robots on this story. They didn't answer kino's question because they were not programmed and they had a limited speech. Kino was pretty direct with the robots, she basically told them that they are useless because nobody needs them anymore, well I think it wouldn't work if she told them that now they can do whatever they want because they are robots. |
| Great episode. |
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| When the bomb exploded I heard myself gasp. That was really sad. The woman created the mechanical dolls for labor but tragic events happened and she ended up working for the dolls instead. |
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| such a sad story |
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| Easily one of the best episodes so far, maybe the second best one after the previous one. it's amazing to see two great episodes in row. I liked that little ideology conflict between the "family doll" and Kino in the end. they think it's pointless to live without being there and live for someone, that's what life means to them. while Kino thinks that you can live without living for someone. and her condition really help what she thinks of. she's a traveler, someone who lives to find out more and more about life and what's there to know, she doesn't live for anyone and she's okay with it. it's kind of ironic, cause i think that humans can't live without someone there for them, while "dolls" or "robots" can. cause they don't have any feelings to go by. this is such a great, deep episode! 5/5 |
| "- Isn't it hard for humans if they don't stay with someone and live for someone? - It depends on the person". It's a very good response, Kino. Everyone copes differently and everyone has different purposes to live. |
| After seeing the happy family not eating their food, I knew that they were robots. As for the old lady, I was a bit more unsure of what she was. Good episode really made me think. |
| Was not expecting those robots to kill thereselves though. That was fucking depressing... |
Lakitu said: I was disappointed by Kino's actions in the ending. She could at least have tried to give the robots a meaning, such as staying in the house in case another traveller shows up etc. It almost did feel like they had emotions so I thought it was sad when they jumped... My exact sentiments. It wouldn't even have affected the rest of Kino's travels if she would have given the mechanical dolls a purpose in life. |
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