Comments | creative_kiss: Darker Than Black Episodes 5 and 6

creative_kiss

Darker Than Black Episodes 5 and 6

Dec 06, 2013 15:20

Disclaimer: As a whole these are kinda short. I was a little distracted putting my notes together but I'm sure that won't limit the discussion at all since everybody always brings together meaningful material.

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bellevoix321 December 7 2013, 22:05:07 UTC

Poor Storm *cough*, I mean April. LOL. She is the rare sidekick that is both helpful AND comedic (to a certain extent). But you are absolutely right, Khalia...she is unfortunately non-essential. She only makes the playing field a little more *interesting*. But I love her anyway. my kinda gal. hahaha! I love her line, "Speak for yourself I'm having a lovely time ( ... )

creative_kiss December 9 2013, 17:57:58 UTC

She's totally Storm!!!! It's kind of disappointing - It's frustrating to regularly encounter a character who doesn't do anything especially meaningful to take up the time ( ... )

csg_dear4life December 8 2013, 02:39:22 UTC

We do see Hei use his hands a lot. It may be more out of habit (better accuracy?) because at the end we see him use his real power in full body mode. Also he did try to electrocute November through the ice and he didn't bend down to place his hand on it. That and it's cooler to grab someone by the hand and hold'em in a choke hold. :D ( ... )

creative_kiss December 9 2013, 18:05:22 UTC

I totally wasn't thinking about any of those things - after you pointed it out, it was just like "DUH!" lol

I think they avoided it because both of them are known to be highly skilled Contractors. To suggest that they're basically equal and then have one of them win a fight with put them in a risky situation. But even so, I'd love a lengthy, passionate fight between those two. It would be 10,000x more epic than Hei vs. Wei.

And the way that Havoc just knows he's arrived - and the darkness in her voice is just the right intro.

bellevoix321 December 12 2013, 01:36:50 UTC

Yeah, these are definitely up there on my favorites list of episodes.

Yeah November vs. Hei was always some of the best fight scenes, second only to Wei. And ditto, the soundtrack is perfect for this series. Props to Yoko Kanno!

alisonsawyer December 10 2013, 20:51:20 UTC

I love Hei's motivation to find Bai, but I'm not sure about his methods. At the beginning of the episode there two bottles of alcohol on the bar, which makes me think that Hei was a little drunk when he tortured Carmine. After Carmine's dream about Lora and her family his behavior kind of changes. He makes her food, releases her arms and even gives her the meal, because she is too weak/tired to take the spoon. I think that even though she had been a heartless killer Hei feels sorry for her and, besides finding his sister, he wants to help Carmine in some way. And along with this the line "I don't want to keep hurting you, but I will." shows his human side. :)

I feel sorry for Carmine, too. The hundreds of people she killed during Heaven's war were nothing to her then, but when she becomes human she realizes how terrible that is. Not to mention that her payment was to drink the children's blood, but then met Lora and her kids and started cooking for them. The children's blood drinker actually wants to make kids happy.

bellevoix321 December 12 2013, 01:33:45 UTC

That is an interesting thought, except Hei never seemed to drink before losing Yin. However, Alcohol is used in cooking quite often. She can't the spoon because Hei dislocated/broke her fingers...OUCH.

That line got me, too. It's only in the English, though. It's not actually there in the Japanese...odd.

Yeah, Carmine's death broke my heart, both for her and for Hei. I always wondered what could have happened had she gotten away and lived. Oh well.

alisonsawyer December 12 2013, 11:59:56 UTC

What could have happened if she gotten away and lived? Hmm...that is interesting. Maybe someone have to write a story about it.

creative_kiss December 13 2013, 22:29:05 UTC

I think I'd agree with Bri as far as the alcohol is concerned - we know he's a cook, and we don't see him touch a drop of alcohol before season 2.
I think his torturing Carmine not only shows his desperation and love for his sister, but also demonstrates his irrationality, which further compromises his "Contractor identity" - Carmine kind of confirms it later when she refers to him as the "sentimental Contractor" but that's another way that they hint at his personality not really obeying the 'rules' of Contractors.

Carmine is a beautiful, sad but spirited character. It took me a while to truly appreciate that but really, you can see how human she's become after regressing.

Thread 5

aerysa December 11 2013, 03:28:44 UTC

Just throwing my own views out there for now ( ... )

creative_kiss December 13 2013, 22:44:15 UTC

November 11 has such a special kind of humor - he's not as overt as say, Kiko and Gai, but he still brings comic relief to the series. Charming, amusing, such a great addition to the cast. It's interesting too that Hei makes the comment about Contractors being liars because the entire series he's more or less lying to himself about who he REALLY is - even though he doesn't exactly realize it. That is probably the most Contractor-like thing about him - that he tries so hard for so long to fit the mold ( ... )