Thanks A LOT to Cos, for mentioning the fact that Noein 24 had actually been released for a couple of weeks now. The fact is like this: at July 9th, the French fansub group BFT released the final episode on Tokyo Toshokan. They told in their description that they translated the final episode from Chikyuji’s [...]
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“Toward the Future” This may be tied with episode 12 as my favorite episode of the series. The level of emotion and maturely was brought up to a new level with this episode and showcased one of the many abilities this series has to offer [...]
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“Illusion” Not a whole lot happened in this episode in terms of advancing the plot, but we did get a bit of back story as well as a good setup for the end of the series, though I’m not sure if that will be starting [...]
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“Once More” What an episode. It was interesting to hear about the state that Lacrima was in. I had figured that they were just some highly-advanced technological future (which they are), but they live under much more interesting circumstances. Now we know what the observers [...]
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“Memories” Looks like things are starting to get underway beneath this generally laid-back episode with the theme of memories. Even though a lot of what happened may not seem directly related to the main plot, its theme of memories is very relative to the overall [...]
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The series establishes a few things. Each Yuu Gatou in every timespace is a borderline away from being crazy. Not to mention, their almost obsessive affection for Haruka. I understand passion, but these dudes are in another realm. I say, Haruka should find another man not named Yuu, Karasu, or Noein. Atori’s character arc outshines everyone [...]
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“Bad Dream” Yo, Noein! Long time, no see! I had honestly nearly forgotten about this series but I’m glad something within me reminded me to watch it. So now I’m back on track and will continue this series because, quite frankly, it’s good stuff. Kuina [...]
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SPOILER ALERT. Avert your eyes if you have not seen this episode. I mean it. Noein is about connection. Miho freed Atori from self-destruction. Atori repays her by extending his hand. Isami and Ai lost parts of their flesh. Once they reached for each other, they become whole. Yuu finds his strength [...]
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A world devoid of pain, a single consciousness without flesh. Everyone is connected. It is harmony. It is perfection. An unmarred world is Noein’s ultimate wish. Haruka, Yuu, and Karasu find themselves trapped in Shangri-La. While they escape Noein, Karasu exposits the future Haruka’s sacrifice for La’cryma. A moment [...]
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Holy Moses. HE IS BACK!! Spoiler alert. You know the drill. Why, oh, why? As much as I like the crazed Atori, I am more partial to the amnesiac version of him. I like the gentler side of this tortured soul. While the return of the villainous Atori is not entirely unexpected, [...]
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Can someone please grab that video camera away from Yuu? And when I say grab, I mean, yank it forcefully and trample the distasteful thing. Watching Yuu handling such equipment sends this blogger a flash of horrifying Dawson’s Creek images. Imagine Yuu morphing into Dawson Leary. Ack. Aside from featuring [...]
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Okay, I could almost scream at the end of this episode. That was such an incredible cliffhanger. In fact, the entire episode was incredible. Noein finally shows his real body, and that was just absolutely freaky. It’s the same Karasu, but incredibly pale and skinny. His acting turned this into something totally magnificent. He also [...]
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