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Romeo said: beautiful episode The soundtrack was phenomenal too. |
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| Amazing episode, best one so far <333 |
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| This episode is a really nice change. I hope there are more episodes like this later! |
| This episode was simply masterful, in almost every single regard this episode was just perfect and hard hitting arimakenshin said: i wont lie, this song combined with the scene had me really misty eyed |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Beautifully done. The OST was perfect. Makes up for all the previous episodes. |
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| This was touching, great episode. And while Batou was still dishonest towards Motoko in the end, he at least was honest with himself and changed how to treat the recruits. I'm still confused how the "hack" on Motoko worked, though, and how she vanished on the stairs. Did all the other people beside Motoko get hacked? arimakenshin said: This episode is one of the best subtle anime episodes I have ever seen. This episode would have been nothing without the music. Motoko's back story is very different from the manga version. Here's the song: Indeed, the music was brilliant support. |
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The Major can **** anytime she wants! |
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| I dont know why ep 11 has name : Kusa Meikyū =草迷宮 ?? Glass and MAZE ? |
this is where the show started to go a bit downhill for me. |
Interista said: I have a question.... Why couldn't she tell the boy who she was? What was her reason? Now I have seen the entire show, but never felt like I got an answer on that one. I would very much like to know, so I hope some of you guys might be able to ease my mind. In advance thanks for any replies My take on the issue is that she didn't want to make him feel that he had been folding all those cranes for naught (as she was alive the whole time) and lose the will to go on (as folding cranes was what kept him going). kingatomsk said: While I enjoyed this episode, I kind of mirror Kaiser's thoughts on this episde. It's easy to manipulate people with children drama and their naive idealism. All art is manipulative and some people just need more convincing than others. The emotions that are evoked are equally genuine though, so I wouldn't begrudge people for them. In the end, I suppose it's what you're looking for in a story. We've gone on for a season and a half following these characters and it's nice to see a heartfelt story of their past, relevant or not. (In this case, it did at least shed light on her origin story). |
| Love the song "I do" sang by Ilaria Graziano, her vocal is so soothing |
| Motoko character development, whats not to like? Great Episode. |
| A really nice backstory for Motoko, been looking forward to something like this. This idea is kind of far-fetched, but towards the end of the episode I couldn't help feeling that Batou may be the boy from this episode? I'm most likely wrong but that's just the feeling I got. |
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| oh gawd that was beautiful. why did i delay starting GitS until now? i really love this episode. all this time i feel like motoko is too... invincible. now it feels like she's much closer. |
Matheus36364646 said: Miragee said: This was touching, great episode. And while Batou was still dishonest towards Motoko in the end, he at least was honest with himself and changed how to treat the recruits. I'm still confused how the "hack" on Motoko worked, though, and how she vanished on the stairs. Did all the other people beside Motoko get hacked? Indeed, the music was brilliant support. you are so used to seeing Motoko hacker who does not perform que she was Actually hacked Motoko was the victim of a hacker, remember how she climbs the she stairs tries to talk to the Batou but can not, it is a mysterious place, recruits not find it after the staircase, nor the Batou at a later scene Which of the conclusion que her body went into a kind of hiding after the staircase and his mind was hacked probably by Kuze who remembered her after the attack on japan premie where it meets the kuse but she does not know who he is this episode and it at the beginning of the series. Conclusion: Motoko was the victim hacker by Kuze made que remember the memories lost a long time. I think this is quite far off from what actually happened. |
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Matheus36364646 said: what do you think happened she can not speak to the Batou, the signal it fell during the scene of the store she is alone with his old , any doubt that Motoko was hacked ?. not for me I would have to rewatch that episode. What I meant was that I don't think she was hacked by Kuze. I also don't know which scene you are talking about where she would try and talk to Batou. I can't recall that. Wasn't he tailing her and she vanished? I think it's pretty clear that at least everybody else got hacked while going through that place. If not they would have seen Motoko. Now, I'm not sure whether Motoko was hacked or not. It's possible she was. Maybe it was a two-sided issue. We can't say for sure. But I'm fairly sure Kuze himself has nothing to do with it. He is not a hacker. |
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| This has been, by far, my most favorite episode in SAC. We got to see a different side of the Major after all this time. I really hope we get more episodes like this. |
| The Net is Vast and Infinite |
| Great episode. This anime never ceases to amaze me. |
| Kind of melodramatic but it was still very nice to see a character-driven episode that wasn't centered around batou or togusa |
| "I like young-girl sexual creations, Lolicon is just one hobby of my many hobbies," he says. I ask what his wife, standing nearby, thinks of his "hobby". "She probably thinks no problem," he replies. "Because she loves young boys sexually interacting with each other." |
| Good episode, we got some backstory on Motoko. I wonder who the boy is though, first i thought it was Batou but that seems unlikely now. |
| Aww shame he's gone missing.. I hope she meet him in the near future |
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| Holy hell those production values for that episode And yeah, not every episode needs to be full of action to be great |
Mirorin said: And I like Major's pants. :D wow... I was literally going to make this comment again (3 years after my first watch)... The way I interpret it this time, I bet the boy (man) set it up so that if someone followed a certain procedure (bouncing ball etc.) then they would be able to enter that shop/dimension. I don't think that shop exists in the real world. --> And this is actually a really relevant episode for later development. |
MirorinNov 3, 2016 1:55 AM
| Great episode A touch of spirited away/boy and the beast right there |
| Consider me floored. That origami crane part was so touching and thoughtful. If there was one gripe I had is that it was rather easy to tell that the full body prosthetic in the car looked like Motoko, so it took away some of the surprise factor. |
ShoryuDec 18, 2016 3:42 PM
 Just this once, I'll fulfill whatever your wish is. |
| It seems like they have been saving their budget for this episode's artwork so far. |
| This was probably one of my favorite episodes so far. So far I'm liking 2nd Gig more than the first season 5/5 |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| perfect 5/5 My take is that Motoko got hacked. But it doesn't explain why Batou, or the recruits, couldn't find Motoko's body. Maybe she got hacked AND kidnapped? Maybe everyone who is in that street is being eyes-hacked like Laughing Man did? ....................................... I have a better theory: - The sphere ball is a device needed for hacking, or which facilitates hacking. - Motoko was hacked by the shop owner lady. - Everyone on that street got eyed-hacked so they cannot see Motoko That way it would explain why she cannot contact Batou, and why nobody sees her there. But it fails to explain how someone as prolific in information security as Motoko was hacked without her noticing. I guess the level of hacking is beyond even Laughing Man. |
argentino_kekDec 9, 2017 5:22 PM
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| That was such fantastic episode very touching and unique loved every part of the back story, Motoka confessed her love for the boy too wow, this by far my favorite episode of GITS series. |
| Beautiful episode. That made me cry... |
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| Great episode, probably the best of this season even though not much happened ! |
| One of my favourite episodes because it is so different when it comes to pacing yet it is incredibly touching. Everything fits so well together and it is so heart-breaking. |
| Fantastic episode indeed, it was really subtle and touching, directly one of my favourite SAC episode ! |
| This was different than anything else I've seen. Truly a beautiful episode. And nice how Motkos experience with folding paper cranes served as the cause to give the recruits a second chance, or at least that's how the viewers should perceive. Always love it when episodes get tied up like this. I still wonder if she's going to meet her first love again or not and if this episode will turn out to be plot relevant as well. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Memorable episode this one. This is how you do a one-episode backstory without unnecessary dramatics. The OST and the production values were insane too. The major looked absolutely beautiful in every frame. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
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