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    No matter what the Hei worshippers say but the fights are getting somewhat unbalanced. Hei is no match for other contractors and Suou of course has her doubts plus she's a n00b obviously. So, we end up having Yin mysteriously assassinating people when both Hei and Suou can't fight back.

    I guess it makes the plot much less straight-forward if nothing else. Things won't be solved through brute force. Although seeing how Hei falls for traps, and according to the preview might do it again, I'm not sure he will manage to gather compensating methods either. I hope things won't proceed from now on totally following somebody else's notes, Hei only trying to survive all the twists.

    I guess I sound a bit negative but actually I'm not that much. Suou kicking the lamppost was a nice and promising detail.

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    I couldn't help but laugh at the scene with Norio stuffing his face with cake. I guess it was meant to be sad, but with big KyoAni style tears leaking from his face, I couldn't take it seriously at all. Kind of ruined the entire sub-plot for me.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
    I guess it makes the plot much less straight-forward if nothing else. Things won't be solved through brute force. Although seeing how Hei falls for traps, and according to the preview might do it again, I'm not sure he will manage to gather compensating methods either. I hope things won't proceed from now on totally following somebody else's notes, Hei only trying to survive all the twists.
    I took the preview as Suou falling for the trap, but I thought the reappearance of the Russian Commander to be more interesting. Hei prevented Suou from killing Tanya, so she may very well be coming back, and soon. It always makes me sad when I remember what she's like now during the beach scene of the OP.

    I'm guessing that they were talking about Misaki when they mentioned how elaborate her traps and plans are, but they know about Suou now, at least in terms of Hei having a young female partner thanks to Norio's mother's words about the subject last episode. She may realize that capturing Suou will work just as well, since Hei's lack of prowess and Yoko's confirmation of him losing his powers may indicate to her that Hei actually needs her.

    I found the short conversation between Yoko and Misaki to also be fascinating. Yoko came off as subtly threatening Misaki with her ultra cute voice, but also warning her at the same time. It is certainly tough to say where Section 3 actually stands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu
    I found the short conversation between Yoko and Misaki to also be fascinating. Yoko came off as subtly threatening Misaki with her ultra cute voice, but also warning her at the same time. It is certainly tough to say where Section 3 actually stands.
    -I always thought Section 3 housed the remnants of the anti-contractor groups from Season 1. Her involvement in this mission was a pleasant surprise. I originally thought Section 3 took her in mainly to keep an eye on her and because she seemed to know Hei from past encounters, which made it look like she was going to be a useless tag-along.

    -Hei not being the joking type made the vegetable scene all the more cute. I could get used to Suou.

    -The same for Mao as well. His actions are a lot more humane as a squirrel, and it translates quite humorously. His black feline form was much more sinister than this wide-eyed, red bibbed. rodent, though his aura from before would be better described as mysterious and informed.

    - It has only just occurred to me that only contractors (or at least those with powers) could see Surveillance Spheres. The entire last season was so full of contractors that I never noticed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
    - It has only just occurred to me that only contractors (or at least those with powers) could see Surveillance Spheres. The entire last season was so full of contractors that I never noticed.
    ohh interesting fact to bring up. I had forgotten about that.

    I remember it coming up in season 1 sometimes. probably the most notable time was when the syndicate had that chick under cover to infiltrate the cult, and then .. i dun remember if it was Yin's or who's, but an apparatus appears and the undercover girl takes notice of it, which reveals her contract status to the cult leader she's trying to assassinate.

    was July the (only?) one who said he saw Yin's thing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pandadice
    ohh interesting fact to bring up. I had forgotten about that.

    I remember it coming up in season 1 sometimes. probably the most notable time was when the syndicate had that chick under cover to infiltrate the cult, and then .. i dun remember if it was Yin's or who's, but an apparatus appears and the undercover girl takes notice of it, which reveals her contract status to the cult leader she's trying to assassinate.
    That does sound familiar now that you mention it. That's some memory you have there.

    was July the (only?) one who said he saw Yin's thing?
    He was the first one to notice the Sphere, possibly due to his highly developed observation ability. He later identified Yin as the owner of that Sphere.

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    What is it with Hei and lolis? Shinta must be banging his head against the wall in a jealous fit, this dude is a literal loli magnet

    I liked how this progressed, not only did Hei apparently give up his drinking but Suou is starting to act less and less like a contractor ( lol, she's jealous of Yin now? ) which i'm hoping will eventually lead to someone looking further as to why that is.

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    Hoh... was Suou jealous of Yin at the end?

    I hate Misaki and the contractors with her.

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    Hei should have told Suou to shoot at the submarine. Her rifle would have punctured the hull, making the sub unsafe as a watercraft and forcing it back to the port. Although seeing how they had little means of fighting against the enemy contractors I guess that wouldn't have made any difference.

    In any case Yoko needs to die before the season is over. She was too happy about Hei losing his powers.

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    Suou's rifle might have dented the hull, but it wouldn't have punctured it. 25mm (.985 in), the penetration of the PTRD she uses, was enough to penetrate light tanks in the early part of WWII, but couldn't get through the later models.

    A submarine's hull is thicker than that (especially one about as long as that one), and the high yield strength steel would take the hit better too. Most submarines can survive a near miss from an explosion. Suou's rifle wouldn't do a lot, even though they've depicted her shooting through stone already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu
    Suou's rifle might have dented the hull, but it wouldn't have punctured it.
    You must be right. I don't actually have any idea how thick the hulls of submarines are but surely more than that. And it's not like they would have needed to dive to 100 meters on their way to Tokyo, so a small dent wouldn't have slowed them down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RyougaZell

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    Is it spoiler free?

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    The OVA links Darker than Black with Gemini of the Meteor...

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    I mean if the trailer spoils the OVAs in any way

    I hate it when that happens

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    I was really disappointed that Norio's mother died so fast, and to her own power too.

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    Darker than the bottom of a bottle:

    Episode 7 - BSS

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    Muahaha, i told y'all Hei was gonna be awesome again starting this ep and i was right. That was one hell of an execution, black shinigami style

    I noticed that there was mentioning of an Izanami and an Izanagi, do we know who those 2 are?

    And did we also know Suou was a kunoichi? Cause that was some crazy shuriken style glass throwing right there...

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    That dude practically killed himself. He had a wire around his neck, Hei was holding the other end of the wire and somehow sticking to the car. The dude renders Hei unconscious. Q: What will happen? A: Asked any hanged man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
    That dude practically killed himself. He had a wire around his neck, Hei was holding the other end of the wire and somehow sticking to the car. The dude renders Hei unconscious. Q: What will happen? A: Asked any hanged man.
    Still, Hei slided through the concrete floor to high kick a moving truck and then finish him off on the other side of the car

    As powerless Hei goes i think that was pretty darn awesome and the best we'll get, at least for now

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