Episode 9 - Tumblr Posts

I was in the mood for emotional songs and this cutie popped up in my head.

———— Song: Eine Kleine Lyrics by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_efOrpKuApE

Them are some thin needles...

Gu Xiang cannot be flirting with the cute boy. She must scare him. Because he is too cute. And she likes him. She gives him food and pokes his cheeks. They are too cute. I am rooting for you Cao Weining!

It's been a while since ZZS had one of these incidents. Of course WKX has a hankering to play the flute. How cute are they!

Oh man... this is a pet peeve of mine! "I am doomed to die early, so I must not get close to anyone!" But like... enjoy life while you have it, my dude? WKX is more than willing to bop around with you for whatever time you have. Just accept your fate and be zhiji with him. Stop trying to be all stoic and noble about it all! YES! 2-3 years enjoying it is better than wasting a lifetime! Good job turning it around ZZS!

Oh no! Chengling! Our baby is going through it! You can do it, Chengling! Omg... stubborn bb is stubborn! I'd like to take that whip from that guy...

Even Gu Xiang is less of a bully than that guy. Maybe she can teach Chengling some martial arts.

WKX: Let's go drink wine on the roof and look at the moon. Hey, his green robe looks black and he's wearing red! And can drink without spilling! Unlike this guy:

Date night interrupted by a fight to the death, but not WKX or ZZS. Man, these guys should give minding their own business a try once in a while.

Oh no! ZZS really said: I can't match your crazy and left.

And another cool old man dies. They drop like flies on this show. Sometimes your manic pixie dreamboat schemes end in tragedy, WKX. I think it is ultimately good for him to see the tragedy that his actions have led to. But boy is he struggling with it.

Hehehe~

I’ve created this ‘reaction collage’ to the Episode 9 preview of Owari no Seraph : Nagoya Kessen-Hen.

Which character represents you out of all of them?

Choose one and only one ! Or not :P

Anime Characters : 

Naruto Uzumaki ( Naruto )

Taiga Aisaka ( Toradora! )

Honey ( Ouran High School Host Club )

Elsie ( The World God Only Knows )

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Sanae Nagatsuki ( Shinryaku Ika Musume )

Akarin Akaza ( Yuru Yuri )

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Grell Sutcliffe ( Kuroshitsuji )

Light Yagami ( Death Note )

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Natsu and Happy ( Fairytail )

Freed Sellzen ( Highschool DxD ) 

Kanako Miyamae ( Maria+Holic )

Usagi ( Junjou Romantica )

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Btw, I’m probably Elsie, I think.. :3

Next episode will be the biggest battle between ships in Owari no Seraph >W< hurray !

I’ve finish Episode 9 of One Punch Man, a few days ago but haven’t post anything about One Punch Man on my blog yet, so here it is!

In Episode 9, we see the heroes fighting against the Deep Sea King. One by one, they fall down like sticks until Saitama did his one punch move and that villain gets defeated.

Now, what interests me about this episode is not the fighting scenes. 

Mumen Rider is my favourite character in One Punch Man. Even though, he’s not powerful as most of the heroes in this series but his heroic spirit is what makes him shine brighter than the others.

Don’t get me wrong, in terms of fighting, Saitama hands down wins that category and in terms of looks, Genos wins. But this guy, Mumen Rider deserves respect in this episode along with Saitama. 

Mumen Rider actually cares for the people, unlike some jerks like that hero testing out his weapons on the meteor and that flashy guy. Sorry for the word jerks, but what they did is mostly for their own interests that is not intended for others.

On a side note, Saitama also did a heroic thing by potraying as a credit-stealing hero. He sacrifice himself so the other heroes won’t be looked down upon in the public eye. It worked and the other heroes got the credit.

Million salutes to the unselfish heroes in the series. Also, I think a word of congrats to Saitama for getting into Class B XD

Also, yay for no more weekly quotas !

THEY LOOK SO CUTE IN THEIR COSTUMES. . .I guess Jiro isn't actually smiling in that key image then? Maybe it's facepaint?

It feels kind of like their 'costumes' are like. Obscuary house uniforms. But for them individually. Except Zenji who doesn't look dressed up yet!? Maybe it'll look different once the colors are in lmao. . .I'M SO EXCITED TO LEARN WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. 20 DAYS TIL EARLY HALLOWEEN!!!

Also rip romeo enjoyers two SSRs in a row?

NIGHT HAS COME- EPISODES 7,8,9,10 AND 11 (PART 2)

episode 9:

Ok, Tenkai Knights question time! how could this statue help the knights in episode: Valley of Secrets, to open the door for the dragon cube? When, as it was said by Roberto -the boy with the purple hair that boys ask to join their basketball group- that “it been here forever...” possibly meaning that -whatever that statue is or represents-  it was some hidden lock code for the knights to find on earth that should even be on earth at all if the two planets are just that: two planets that have their own histories and completely separate from each other.

how could that be? 

Band of brothers. ep 9 "the last patrol"

The Birth of Jinx

This shot from Arcane is the one most used to promote the show. It’s all over the internet and is probably the most noticeable of all the frames of the show (besides maybe the “you’re hot cupcake” frame with Vi pinning Caitlyn). And it’s also the moment I would argue Jinx was born. Many people would argue that Jinx was born much earlier and I would be inclined to agree but I think the moment Jinx takes her seat in episode 9 is the moment that Jinx the loose cannon was born. This moment and the scenes that directly lead up to and follow it are so masterfully framed with the use of music only solidifying it as a rebirth of sorts and I’d like to get into why. This is my (probably) overly long analysis/breakdown of a scene that is one of my favorites in the whole show. The film nerd/student in me couldn’t resist a thorough breakdown of this scene.

I’m going to focus on Jinx in this post (clearly) and it will almost be a shot for shot breakdown of the moments leading up to the shot above.

I’m going to start here, right after Silco passes away in Jinx’s arms (in yet another masterful contrast to Vi and Vander). Right here when she opens her eyes. The look on her face is one of resignation. The voices whisper incoherently and then stop as the music quietens. And Jinx rises to her feet. Right here is the shift within Jinx and it’s shown most prominently in the framing, which goes from a wide shot of Jinx on her knees crying before a dead Silco to a close up shot of her resigned and tired face, and the sound, which goes from the score “You’re perfect” being the loudest noise in the scene to becoming quieter and overtaken by the whispers in her head.

The next part has Jinx standing up and slowly walking away from Silco’s chair. She stops to look back at Silco one more time while Vi is trying to comfort her. She avoids looking over at Vi Until she sits in the chair (a little bit later). The score turns from sad to more sinister. This shift in the music is very notable because of when it happens, right after Vi calls Jinx “Powder”. Jinx doesn’t show any acknowledgement to Vi. That isn’t who Jinx is anymore. There’s no ounce of Powder left.

There’s a very purposeful divide between Jinx and everything else. She’s boxed in by candles on each side. She’s separated from the back of Silco’s chair and the hex crystal and the edge of the frame. She’s noticeably boxed in with the Jinx chair. It makes her look trapped. Almost like a sealing of her fate but also it shows that all her allegiances are gone. She’s separated from the most notable symbols of Zaun (Silco) and Piltover (the hex crystal) in the room. Her only allegiance now is to herself, Jinx. The candlestick at the edge of the frame can also signify her divide and separation from her sister. Further separating her from everything else.

Then we get another close up of Jinx from the middle of her chest up with her eyes obscured. These frames are noticeably separated by Vi trying and failing to reassure Powder. It cuts from Vi when she says “It’s okay” to this shot back to Vi again when she says “We’ll be okay” back to this same shot. Jinx is trying to keep her breathing even and just like Vi we can’t totally tell what Jinx is thinking. We know that she doesn’t agree with Vi based on her body language and the hitch in her breathing each time Vi tries to say they’re okay, but the hair in her eyes keeps us from getting the full picture.

Jinx uses her gun to tap on the chair and move it out to sit on. The score has one final sinister tone that matches with Jinx’s first tap before cutting out all together and the only noise is diegetic (noise that the characters in the story can hear). The lack of outside noise simultaneously makes the following scenes more eerie and more personal.

It cuts to a shot from above of Jinx in front of the chair. It’s at what could be a bird's eye view above the scene. It’s a high angle which is commonly used to convey the psychological vulnerability of the character in the scene or how something holds power over the character in frame. It’s not necessarily the chair that has power over Jinx but the name written on the chair. This is emphasized by the fact that the name Jinx is legible even from this angle and the bright color it is written in is in complete contrast with all the rest of the much more muted colors of the scene. Even Jinx’s blue hair is lit in a way that makes it blend in more with the surroundings than it. 

This shot is used to be put in contrast with the next one that utilizes the superior angle. The name has power over Jinx but she is accepting the name or reclaiming it in a way. It’s meant to be different than when she first took on the name all those years ago where she seems to have taken it out of guilt and a blind attempt to reclaim it. 

The next shot is of Jinx alone in the frame from the waist up. Everyone else is angled out of the frame and the angle of the camera is a superior angle from the top of the chair looking up at Jinx. This shot is used to make the character in frame seem strong and powerful, imposing. This scene is eerily quiet as Jinx stands above the seat. The only source of light is hitting her from behind causing her front to be bathed in shadow making the glowing purple of her eyes stand out. Because everyone else is angled out of the frame she is surrounded by inky blackness. She isn’t framed like a lone figure rising or coming into her power. It instead feels like a tragic moment of someone who held so much promise and potential to change the world for the better falling to her darker nature due to failings outside her control (the shimmer which is glowing in her eyes, Silco who she is facing, and the dinner table of her dead family and Vi which she has her back to). She has also literally and metaphorically turned her back to the light (which can be the candles or Vi or any semblance of peace that she will shatter with fishbones). 

It’s important though that this final choice is all her’s. There’s no one behind her pushing her towards the chair. The whispering is quiet for once so all the thoughts running through her head are her own. It’s a tragedy because of all the things outside of her control but also because this choice is purely her own.

Jinx then sits and it starts on a close up of her face with her eyes closed, the music is still nonexistent, we are left to stew in the moment with Vi and Jinx before she looks up and we get the iconic shot.

This is the first time she has looked at Vi since she shot Silco. And it’s at this moment that the song “What could have been” starts playing softly in the background. Jinx has made that final leap, she has made the decision to become the loose cannon that she is in canon and her next actions will solidify that. The song starting up is indicative of the sad reality that in this moment all those what ifs that the audience and Vi have been hoping for are only “what could have been”. Jinx the loose cannon is a reality and Powder and the idea of Vi and her becoming a family again are gone. The shot is straight on. We are looking at Jinx as who she really is for the first time. We are witnessing a rebirth.

I saw this tweet:

And can I just say that it’s amazing how everything from episode 3 comes back around in episode 9. Vander inadvertently dies because of Powder’s actions and in episode 9 Silco dies because of Jinx’s actions. Vi is restrained and helplessly watches her family “die” in both episodes. She witnesses Vander, Mylo, and Claggor’s deaths while trapped under rubble in episode 3 while she is tied to a chair and has to watch Jinx fire her rocket at the Piltover council effectively killing whatever was left of Powder in episode 9. The whole “we will show them. We will show them all.” Line coming back around and being a large factor in Jinx’s final decision. The hopefulness in piltover being juxtaposed with the hopelessness in a Zaun. And so much more.

All the foreshadowing and mirroring within these two episodes alone is incredible. This show really is a masterpiece. I just had to gush about it for what is probably the millionth time. This show really hit me hard.

Could you guys do me a favor? Could at least one of you look like you're going to see me again?

Dr. Spencer Reid in Derailed, 1.9

Probably? I totally saved your life. And I’m pretty certain it’s caught on tape.

Dr. Spencer Reid in Derailed 1.9