It's challenging to come to a consensus of quality on Guilty Crown's 10th episode as although this is perhaps intended to be the "climax" or turning point, and whilst admittedly action packed, it still feels lacking.
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  Oh good, we needed antagonists like that. Impressions: Oh boy, angst time. I say that like it’s ever not been angst time as far as Shu is concerned. He’s taken it up to the next level though, hallucinating that people are diseased, screaming at them and calling them monsters, and then clutching his knees and [...]
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Shu, please just die already. I mean you're the worst protagonist of this season. You are also just a waste and dumb. Just for the sake of all anime, please just die. Though, surprisingly; is this episode actually the start on granting my wish? So we see Shu literally suffer the most for the first time. (It may seem like I'm cruel and cold but Shu is definitely the worst protagonist of this season
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Phase 07-08: Young mothers in underwear and Inori in a bikini. Episode 7 Shu finally gets to interact with his mother for the first time since the series started. I find it interesting that he calls her Haruka and I’m curious as to why he does that. Is it because she’s so young? It’s kind of hard to tell at the moment but it’s clear that she loves him very much and he the same goes for him. He showed proof of that pretty well in this episode when he and Gai ...
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Hey guys!!! Been busy lately so I will do a double episode review from now on for this series since I’m more comfortable doing a double episode review and I’m pretty busy, not to mention this series has 22 episodes. As you have known, episode 8 is a beach episode but don’t expect a lot [...]
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Compared to last week's rather lack-luster episode - not including the information we were able to gather about Shu's father - this week was a significant improvement. Not only was there the action we've been missing the last couple of weeks, but we find out some plot-altering information. The episode starts off with Yahiro's little brother Jun being supported by Yahiro (he fell out of the bed and is unable to move on his own) when Jun becomes scared of something. That something turns out to be Makoto and his group infiltrating the nunnery they boys were staying at. However, when Makoto enters the room the two of them were hiding in, he's surprised to see that they've disappeared. We then see Shu and Inori working on club activities, though Shu is taking a break to take a phone call from Gai. As it turns out, Gai is going to be heading somewhere for work and won't be back for about 5 weeks or so. He instructs Shu to stay in school and keep an eye on Inori. Shu laughs, saying he'll be a good boy, which isn't lost on Hare, who is watching him from afar. Later, she's talking with Kanon and asks her friend if she noticed anything different about Shu. Kanon teases Hare, saying that he must have crossed the threshold to manhood while they were on vacation the week before. This startles Hare and she becomes quite upset so Kanon tries to calm her down by saying that she was just joking. The two then become quiet for a moment before Kanon suggests they pull up their fortune for the day. They do so and Kanon wonders what's waiting for her at the aquarium while Hare is baffled by her fortune. She wonders where she'll find a tiger-striped tea kettle when, as luck would have it, the exact thing she was wondering about bounces into the room.
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Written by: otou-san at Sea Slugs! Anime BlogSummary: After a quick glimpse at Yahiro while we wonder “who’s that girl?” (spoiler: it’s his brother) we go back to school. Girls, as they are wont to do, are plotting. That’s actual girls this time. Reliable yet short-skirted class president Kanon tries to persuade Hare to go after the newly remodeled Shu. But of course, [...]
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Let’s look at some of the themes shared between the two. The main character Shu, who is playing the role of Shinji, is going about his business when suddenly shit goes down around him. He sits there fucking dumbfounded by … Continue reading →
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Let’s look at some of the themes shared between the two. The main character Shu, who is playing the role of Shinji, is going about his business when suddenly shit goes down around him. He sits there fucking dumbfounded by what he is seeing and is suddenly pulled into the situation by a man named [...]
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Episode 8 had Shu using his trip to a resort on an island to get Shota’s void and use it to infiltrate  a secret location that held an item of important. Too bad someone Gai seems to know already took it. In this episode, Gai and Inori are gone for the moment, so Shu’s just … Continue reading »
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On the topic of feeling guilty, I’ve been rather AWOL as of late. School happens unfortunately and usually at the times you least expect it or want it. Thankfully, I have a patient boss for this blog, but that still doesn’t erase my guilt. Thus, I’ve gained a small kinship to Shuu, who is also [...]
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Hello minna-san! Here’s episode 9 titled “Prey”. Hope you enjoy! Though it might just be me but I certainly found it ironic how he was lecturing Yahiro about basic tactics when he himself doesn’t know how to conceal his own movements. Well then again, both Inori and Shu go to school but the GHQ doesn’t [...] Related posts:Guilty Crown 08 K-On!! Episode 05 Ookami-san 7
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Hey minna, back with everything that makes me whole, and another episode of Guilty Crown.  I need a bit to sit down and process what I just saw….*20 minutes later*….okay, not ready yet…*30 minutes later* now I’m good.  This episode … Continue reading →
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Shuu finally reveals how troubled he really feels about using the Voids of his friends… Christmas is still a few weeks away so I was surprised when a miracle happened: Guilty Crown showed some brains in telling a story. Some, I said, because it’s still Guilty Crown. Shuu is still a jerk, this time accompanied [...]
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>mfw there was almost no fanservice in this week’s Guilty Crown. I just realized that if I invested in stocks like I watched anime, I would be like the investors that keep holding on to junk stocks in the hope they will eventually rise back again some day…. only it never comes. ©2011 Kurogane's Anime [...]
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「捕食 prey」 (Hoshoku) At times, it feels like Guilty Crown is on the verge of shaking off the jitters from a rocky start, but every time the series is about to, it has a knack for injecting a sudden development with no precedence or build-up and expecting viewers to get emotionally invested in the subsequent scenes.
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As Yahiro evades Major Segai and the GHQ while on the run with his Apocalypse Virus-infected younger brother Jun, Shu shows a slighter more bolder and open personality during school that surprises Hare.  After exchanging their astrological love life information (e.g. Hare’s love life involving a tiger-colored pot and Kanon meeting her love [aka Yahiro] at [...]
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As Yahiro evades Major Segai and the GHQ while on the run with his Apocalypse Virus-infected younger brother Jun, Shu shows a slighter more bolder and open personality during school that surprises Hare.  After exchanging their astrological love life information (e.g. Hare’s love life involving a tiger-colored pot and Kanon meeting her love [aka Yahiro] at [...]
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I wonder who she is kniting that for? This episode turned out unexpectedly good. Much better then the previous few episodes but I think it is just a fluke. They happened to appeal to my tastes I guess. It was just nice to see the main character not absolutely useless all episode. I still think it is a fluke, he will go back to an idiot once Gai is back in the picture. Even without Gai, he
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Dear Shuu, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love the thought of how thou cherish me, Shielding my body from iniquity. I love thee to the breadth and depth and height My soul can reach, … Continue reading →
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