As I think I’ve prefaced every single one of my posts with, or at least mentioned somewhere in the vast walls of text that comprise them, Mawaru Penguindrum is both beautiful and frustrating in how it weaves its narrative. It’s quite proficient in painting a picture of utter insanity, while not revealing one card at [...]
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Episode 12 - Phew, and this week we’re hit with another strong episode of Mawaru Penguindrum. Everything just seems to be continuously spiraling out of control in this series, where I don’t even know what’s going on anymore. There’s the twist with Himari this episode, the revelation that Kanba had seemed to be in some [...]
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Episode 12 – The Wheel The Spins Us ‘Round Oh my god, what an episode. This was amazing, after watching this episode I am still not sure if I full comprehend what had just happened. This episode was like an explosion of information which my slow brain has yet to process, I am so tempted [...]
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Everything I feel about this show is written on Shouma’s face. I don’t feel like analyzing this as much because, I honestly can’t find anything to speculate about right now.I’m sure there’s been a number of interesting posts out there … Continue reading →
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I can spend every Mawaru Penguindrum episode analyzing this and interpreting that, but when it comes right down to it, what does the anime make me feel? Do I have an emotional connection whatsoever to the story? Tragedy? It seems … Continue reading →
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by: ajthefourth and vucubcaquix ajthefourth: In all honesty, in spite of the fact that I mulled over the idea last week, I did not expect for this series to make the Takakura parents higher-ups responsible for the subway attacks in … Continue reading →
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「僕たちを巡る輪」 (Bokutachi wo Meguru Wa) "The Ring that Spins Us Around" After sitting on this episode for the better part of a day, I'd like to say I've come up with some brilliant theory to explain how the story of Mary and her lambs ties in with the Takakuras, but I'm still lacking enough information to formulate an idea that I'm even convinced about.
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Having kept us curious for a good 12 episodes, Mawaru Penguindrum finally reveals its secretive Survival Strategy - it involves incest being performed in a pseudo necrophilia dreamlike fashion.
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I’m not really cut out for this episodic blogging stuff. Legit. It isn’t so much of a problem when it comes to a show like Uta no Prince-sama, because practically no one else was blogging it anyway, and there was … Continue reading →
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With another brief monologue on the subject of fate to kick off proceedings, Mawaru Penguindrum reaches its half-way stage with a very real example of the ties that bind at least some of its characters together as it continues the discussion from last week's episode. After Ringo revealed the fate of her sister and how it ties into not only the day of her birth but also those of Shouma and Kanba,
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Episode 12 was rich in Christian symbolism.  As Shoma told his tale of the bunnies, the goddess, and Mary and the three lambs, it was immediately obvious that much of the story’s inspiration was from the Garden of Eden (among other stories – Draggle mentions Prometheus).  Shoma’s tale, of course, was also very different.  Still, [...]
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In episode 11 and 12 of Mawaru Penguindrum, Himari prepares a delectable dish consisting of stuffed cabbage rolls. She symbolically associates the sharing of cabbage rolls with forgiveness, and makes Sho share some with Ringo due to the rough development in their relationship. She also leaves leftovers for Kanba due to his recent quarreling with [...]
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HIMAAAARRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII｡･ﾟ(ノД`)ﾟ・。 This episode really hurt ;_;. I didn’t expect their parents to be terrorists. And fuck that strawberry hair guy. ©2011 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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Oh my god, Penguin Drum. You just didn’t! Tell me that you just didn’t! Here I was expecting the entire episode to revolve around the parents of the trio, only for this show to quickly wrap that up and laugh at everyone for thinking that the penguin hat would be a permanent solution. Did they seriously [...]
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So much was revealed this episode, but the mysteries still keep piling up. The Destination of Fate We begin with a monologue from Sanetoshi (the librarian) about how he hates the word fate. This may remind us of Shouma and … Continue reading →
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Well, I’ve decided on impulse to immediately talk about episode 12 of Mawaru Penguindrum after watching it. The events that has transpired within this episode have been revealing, yet still not getting closer to the mystery that is the Penguindrum. However, … Continue reading →
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Woot, penguins! First off, the doctor references a strange expedition to the South Pole, depicted by a picture that includes Kanba and Shoma’s father. Shoma then continues from last episode, where he is telling Ringo about an incident 16 years … Continue reading →
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In episode 10, we finally realize that Masako is a stalker–and she apparently is very good in sneaking into hospitals! And also, Shoma really doesn’t learn from his mistakes. Episode 11 brings forth a number of people: first starting with … Continue reading →
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