(L) Otherside Picnic

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Kanon

The guys in charge seem to have a good head on their shoulders, the guy who panicked after seeing Sorawo's eye was the same grunt who kept suspecting them of being monsters. Coming back would be a gamble.

Yeah, the guys at the top are OK, but the guys at the bottom also have guns and frayed nerves. And they're the ones guarding the perimeter.

On another subject - do those guys come from the same Japan as the girls? Are they really just some kind of secret unit, or do they come from another parallel world where Dark Horse whatsit is called Pale Horse?

[Liddo-kun]

episode 6:

Major Ray is a gentleman, not forcing a body search on the girls, because he has no female soldiers left. Lucky, because Toriko hand would have been found if they get searched.

it's also another luck that the two most sane people, Ray and Drake seem to be the highest in rank among the survivors there.

right thing to run away, who knows what Greg will do if he catch them.

train of horrors!? At least they managed to get home.

looking forward to next week.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

On another subject - do those guys come from the same Japan as the girls? Are they really just some kind of secret unit, or do they come from another parallel world where Dark Horse whatsit is called Pale Horse?

We can't take what Kozakura said on the phone at face value since it was never her on the phone in the first place. Whatever was doing this might have been trying to sow suspicion.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Kanon

We can't take what Kozakura said on the phone at face value since it was never her on the phone in the first place. Whatever was doing this might have been trying to sow suspicion.

They definitely need to touch base and confirm things, but it looked to me like the call really connected at first before before something else took its place.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

They definitely need to touch base and confirm things, but it looked to me like the call really connected at first before before something else took its place.

Kozakura wouldn't have been this confused over the creepy message if that were the case. The fact there is a message means she never answered the call, maybe because she doesn't know Sorawo's number.

[Liddo-kun]

forgot to say.. I think eating the rations given to them is the right choice. Because if they did not eat... it can make the soldiers even more suspicious that they might not be human.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Kozakura wouldn't have been this confused over the creepy message if that were the case. The fact there is a message means she never answered the call, maybe because she doesn't know Sorawo's number.

Oh, it was a message? I thought Kozakura'd recorded the call.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Oh, it was a message? I thought Kozakura'd recorded the call.

"Voicemail" was written on her phone when she was listening to it.

[Last Sinner]

Caught up to current material. This is never boring. Then again, considering the interview with the author I daresay it should stay interesting. Love his approach in general.

[stray]

That escalated rather quickly for a swimsuit episode.

[Kanon]

This episode made little sense. Where did the girls get the guns? Them entering the Otherside without their guns was a major plot point two weeks ago, and when they left they ditched the rifle Toriko had borrowed (it's not the one they had in this ep anyway). Secondly, how could they happily play on a beach on the Otherside? It's like they completely forgot what they just went through. How did they even get there? The hat again?

I've been hearing for a while that the adaptation is a complete mess that leaves out the horrific parts and reorders events for no reason and this time I definitely could tell this story wasn't meant to happen now.

[Last Sinner]

Good thing I ordered the manga omnibus today. Had a feeling that something was missing or out of order.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Kanon

This episode made little sense. Where did the girls get the guns? Them entering the Otherside without their guns was a major plot point two weeks ago, and when they left they ditched the rifle Toriko had borrowed (it's not the one they had in this ep anyway). Secondly, how could they happily play on a beach on the Otherside? It's like they completely forgot what they just went through. How did they even get there? The hat again?

Re-shuffling the content probably created some inconsistencies.

[serenade_beta]

Indeed, they could not have possibly made a more random swimsuit episode.

[Liddo-kun]

episode 7:

so even garbage on the beach can turn into monsters that look like human?

wasting bullets is a bad idea if you're on the Otherside.

too bad Hasshaku hat was destroyed. But it helped save their lives, so it's worth using the hat one last time. Good thing they have not sold it yet.

Satsuki Uruma seen.. she's beautiful, but creepy.

[Anh_Minh]

I really wonder what it looks like, from the Otherside natives' POV. "Two aliens randomly appear and shoot people"?

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I really wonder what it looks like, from the Otherside natives' POV. "Two aliens randomly appear and shoot people"?

I'm more curious to know what happened from the taxi driver's perspective. Did he get transported to the otherside as well? Did the girls just suddenly disappear from his car before paying the fare?

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

I'm more curious to know what happened from the taxi driver's perspective. Did he get transported to the otherside as well? Did the girls just suddenly disappear from his car before paying the fare?

Did he turn into sand?

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Kanon

This episode made little sense. Where did the girls get the guns? Them entering the Otherside without their guns was a major plot point two weeks ago, and when they left they ditched the rifle Toriko had borrowed (it's not the one they had in this ep anyway). Secondly, how could they happily play on a beach on the Otherside? It's like they completely forgot what they just went through. How did they even get there? The hat again?

I've been hearing for a while that the adaptation is a complete mess that leaves out the horrific parts and reorders events for no reason and this time I definitely could tell this story wasn't meant to happen now.

OK, so I hadn't forgotten something.


Honestly, in general this show doesn't really do it for me. I was really hoping for a good thriller at least, but most episodes have 0 tension. Most of the stuff that happens in this show lacks build up, and when things do happen it's just like "Oh, OK". I keep watching in hopes that it'll get more interesting.

[stray]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I really wonder what it looks like, from the Otherside natives' POV. "Two aliens randomly appear and shoot people"?

This isn't Made in Abyss or something; a lot of the otherside "natives" are animated garbage or wooden scaffolding or some such given life (seemingly) by the urban legends.