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Post by Zharen » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:59 pm

Someone plz explain to me what the hell went on with this anime? I watched all the episodes on youtube, and I actually got upset when ep 7-10 did their own thing, without continuing the story of any of the other established characters, cept for Lil Slugger. And once we finally get back on track with the former Police Chief and detective, things just get extremely weird. Am I missing something about this anime?
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Post by Valigarmander » Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:58 pm

You obviously weren't paying close enough attention.
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Post by LOOT » Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:24 pm

If we had to explain it to you, it would ruin it for ALL of us.
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Post by Zharen » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:42 am

You nerds are supposed to be more helpful than this.
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Post by spooky scary bearatons » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:53 am

I've actually never seen Paranoia Agent.
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Post by Apiary Tazy » Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:25 am

The Girl who gets attacked first is in a coma.
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Post by Jere » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:32 am

Rewatch it, its the only way i can give you a tip, hell it took me 6 tries to understand FLCL
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Post by LOOT » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:48 am

There's a point to FLCL? :confused:
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Post by Jere » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:07 am

Its smakk but it is there, you need some symbolic understandings though but it is there.
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Post by Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:20 am

Loot the Candy Stealer wrote:There's a point to FLCL? :confused:
You weren't paying any attention if you didn't see the story. ;)

As for PA, I strongly recommend re-watching the series. Things like that often need another time around for you to see all the clues and put them together properly. *shrug*
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Post by Bomby » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:17 pm

"Things got extremely weird."

It's by Satoshi Kon. Duh.
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Post by Zharen » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:59 am

Bomby wrote:"Things got extremely weird."

It's by Satoshi Kon. Duh.
Yeah well Perfect Blue was pretty easy to follow.

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Post by Bomby » Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:54 pm

Sorry if that came off a bit mean spirited.

As much as I liked Paranoia Agent, the solution to the mystery at hand was a bit far-fetched. But I'm not exactly sure if I know what you're confused about.
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Post by Jesus » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:23 pm

The introduction and the credit scenes turned me off from this show due to how creepy they were. However, if you get into symbolic standards you will understand it more. Notice how at the end every single person is using a cell phone? The little cartoon doggy thing symbolizes Hello Kitty. Think of what Hello Kitty means in Tokyo's world. Do you understand the downfall of humanity?
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Post by Zharen » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:02 am

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Seriously, it makes you think you're about to watch something from the ABC afternoon special.
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Post by LOOT » Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:25 pm

Zharen wrote:Yeah well Perfect Blue was pretty easy to follow.

Get out of my thread.
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Post by Zharen » Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:42 am

Like I haven't seen that one a million times...
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Post by 1-up Salesman » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:47 pm

Burn. Would this anime be recommended? I haven't seen much anime.
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Post by Zharen » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:13 am

I REALLY LIKE POKEMON! wrote:Burn. Would this anime be recommended? I haven't seen much anime.
It gets really weird really fast, and episodes 8 to 10 don't seem to have much to do with the main plot of the story. I personally don't recommend it, but if you like watching things that will really make you think and interpret the events in your own way, go for it.
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