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James_Beckett
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Thank you all for your kind words. They're very much appreciated :')
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ArcadeWeapon
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Finally got around to jumping in to this show. Living up to the praise so far
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Philville
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My condolences, James – I know from experience that losing a pet, especially after having to make such a tough decision, is heart-breaking (I remember how devastated we were when we had to put down our dog of 18 years). At first I thought that bringing Mitty back this season was one of the series' rare missteps, because I saw it as a narrative contrivance with the sole purpose of having Nanachi become Belaf’s prisoner so that Faputa would eventually be able to enter the village, but your comments have put that into perspective and I have to admit that the reunion and subsequent farewell was handled with great poignancy and grace. In fact, I was in tears by the time Pigymuu (?) and the little Hollows ran after Nanachi and Mitty to offer them a parting gift mere seconds before disintegrating too.
Agreed on both counts. That's an award-worthy performance.
I couldn’t have put it better. The back-and-forth transitions between past and present were seamless and technically brilliant (for example when Faputa removes Reg’s helmet). The editing in these past few episodes has been off the charts.
It’s almost like a Jekyll & Hyde situation, isn’t it? Her eyes and teeth became utterly terrifying this episode. Also, while on that topic… poor Kaja.
From an emotional perspective I actually found that harder to watch than the gross or traumatic stuff that puts most people off, just because of Faputa’s carefree, childlike innocence (like when she’s first praised for speaking elegantly and then jumps around gleefully shouting “Sosu!”). It makes her subsequent sense of betrayal and downward spiral into savagery hit so much harder.
Are you thinking of anything in particular? Because even if the Irumyuui stuff is hard to stomach I think the emotional impact would definitely have been lessened if we hadn’t gotten a clear sense of her anguish and the injustice she suffered in the previous episodes. |
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Chiibi
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Made in Abyss got a cafe collab in Ikebukuro
https://collabo-cafe.com/events/collabo/made-in-abyss-cafe-ikebukuro-parco2022/ The Maa parfait and Faputa waffle look good! You can also get Muscat Riko lemonade xD Every character got a treat in their 'image'. I love stuff like this. Translation from left to right: Narehate (hollow) dining: all'arrabbiata (um it's pasta lol) with fried egg Qubecacus (spinach curry) with fried egg (the only thing that looks icky to me xD) Faputa Fromage Berry Sauce waffle Maa-san Parfait Riko's Muscat Lemonade Nanachi's Strawberry Milk Faputa's Cranberry Calpis Not pictured is Reg's Cafe Mocha (I found it on Twitter though) |
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Electric Wooloo
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What do you mean by that? I don't think Kaja was even in the episode. |
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dm
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Dunno. Food doesn't exactly get shown in the best light in this series..... |
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Chiibi
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While it didn't happen in this arc, some of the dishes Riko makes look pretty good to me, if I'm being honest. Like the first one she gave Nanachi that actually made her cry. xD I also like how they explain the ingredients and cooking process with each one. |
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Philville
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I'll have to check again but I'm pretty sure there's a frame showing spoiler[Kaja ripped to bits] at the very start of the episode while Faputa is going apeshit. It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment. |
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Blanchimont
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spoiler[That's someone else unless they go anime original, in the manga Kaja still has a part to play...] |
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Philville
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Hmmm... it would surprise me if they made such a big change, so my bad I guess. I'll check again in a little while but there's a pretty mangled white-colored corpse with an open mouth shown a little while after the title screen (when Reg rushes in to face Faputa) and I initially thought that was Kaja (as far as I recall you don't see the whole body, just the head). I suppose that just gives me another excuse to watch this amazing episode again.  If I'm wrong then sorry for the false alarm. 
LMAO. This café better offer slimy food that squirms about (non-living, of course). |
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dm
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... and stay out of the restroom. |
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Pandsu
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Another beautifully soul-crushing episode today. Faputa's VA is still going all out.
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Chiibi
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GO, LITTLE PRINCESS. FIND YOUR LIGHT!!
(I bought stuff to make the plush but I'm working on an unrelated fanzine now so it has to wait a little bit. lol) |
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Romuska
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This truly is a brilliantly written review for an episodes 9 & 10 that may just send Made In Abyss towards the top of the list of my all-time favorite anime series. That said however I couldn’t help but notice a small typo in the second to last paragraph where Nanachi is referred to as “her.” |
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dm
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Episode 11 seems more like a transition episode — or maybe I mean the first part of a longer episode. A lot happens, but it feels like the significance of it won’t be revealed until later.
Nanachi powers up by ingesting Belaf’s memories. If you didn’t like Wazukyan before, just wait until you hear Nanachi’s speculation about what he intended for Rico. Faputa keeps losing treasures: her robot friend stops her, warns her that harming Rico will be harming herself, then is destroyed by the turbinid dragon. Is next week the special for long episode? Hey, ANN, I hope you get a chance to interview Faputa’s voice actress about these episodes (hey, Sentai, that would make a great extra for the DVD release). |
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