Episode 12 – Kowloon Generic Romance

Surprisingly, Reiko Kujirai A manages to keep himself together. Since her friends Yaomay and Xiaohei left Kowloon 3.0 last week and probably never came back, she basically found herself alone in a frightening survival nightmare. She now knows not only that she is an unexplained entertainment for a dead woman, but that she is a captive city, perhaps her entire survival, but nothing more than a dream of reorganization, a dream of a man whom a man refuses. What stopped her from suddenly “po of!” in the cloud that did not exist?

In any case, Kujirai A moves forward not only to resolve the mystery of Kujirai B’s death, but also to claim the validity of his existence on his own terms. So she returns to the dark alleys of Kowloon 3.0 North area, where, through magic glasses, she sees Kujirai B buying some creepy hebinuma drugs from a shady dealer. Here she meets Miyuki’s friend Yulong, who successfully frightens her, all his topics about asking her to die are for honor. After their discussion, between Kujilay and Kudo now, as much as anyone else has known about Kowloon 3.0 – in part because it turns out that Yuron was one of the original developers of Universal Terra.

As I suspect, we don’t have much specific explanation of how the General TV works – it’s not a very difficult science fiction novel. Yulong confirmed that this is a memory that should be recorded with the purpose of uploading it to a new “ship”, a technology that should provide immortality to humans, and I think he either means having a hollow clone or is actually a “zircon”. In any case, this is not really a detail, but a basic concept and what it means to the character and its life.

Yulong admits that Universal Terra is a failure – despite its success in data logging, it has been unable to perform its output function so far. At least that was the case until it “resonated” with a heartbroken, regret-filled hajime kudo and somehow figured out the obvious replica of the Second Kowloon from memory three years ago. That’s why there is inconsistency when other characters like Miyuki explore it, and areas that Kudo never visited do not exist or remain empty. This also explains the inappropriateness, just as old eyes are sold as new.

Although Yulong is no longer interested in dragging Kujirai off the city border to see if she disappears, now that this has confirmed that the whole situation is caused by kudo, Yulong believes that if Kujirai A dies, then Kudo may decide to move on. At least he didn’t directly threaten Kujirai A, but he did say intimately that maybe she should have ended her life with the same dark drugs as her ex. In this way, I think Yulong acts like an opponent, but it seems he is willing to leave Kujirai A to her own device.

Meanwhile, Miyuki, another character previously played by the story, finds his world collapsed around him. He had been consumed by the idea of ​​revenge for a long time, and he had not read the clues around him that the whole idea was meaningless. Not only is he covered up by a replica of the childhood home he shared with his mother and Yulong, he regrets his role in adopting his father’s request to demolish the place (covering the fatal side effects of the drug that killed Kujirai b). His father lied that he cured his mother’s illness and she died of poverty.

Miyuki’s motive for seeking revenge is completely understandable, but now that his father’s diagnosis of dementia has been made public, he is far from the role of the company’s president, what’s the point? Hebinuma’s senior student seemed to firmly believe that Medica was actually his original son, and therefore no longer needed a fax for zirconia. Even Miyuki’s revenge plan, his father didn’t even remember it. A disease as cruel as dementia, in a sense, saved Miyuki’s father from regret, and now he can spend the rest of his life with his beloved son “Haoran”.

Kowloon Universal Romance Excellent in the sometimes deportation feature of Miyuki, becoming something three-dimensional and sympathetic. When Gwen finally ended his desperate search for him, we saw that he was able to grow and change his mind, we saw that he was able to grow and change his mind. “I wish I could listen to you more,” Mijoki admitted. “A lighthouse always shines, doesn’t it?” Gwen’s subsequent reply “I will follow you wherever you go”, and Miaki’s acceptance of his feelings is a defense of the Gwen/Miyuki shipper. Maybe theirs is real Kowloon Universal Romance Always.

So if both Miyuki and Yulong seem to be posing a direct threat to Kujirai, then we’ll leave the story with the real final boss, that real final boss who first causes all this weird guy: Hajime Kudo. Since his first appearance and his casual abuse of Kujira A, he has always had something “offset”. The flashback of Kudo, a 2nd Kowloon resident, reveals a lucky man, unattended, honest and deeply in love with KujiraiB. Her death destroyed that version of him, and the rest was a broken man who quit his job in the real world, quit his job in the real world, and seeks fantasy and fantasy in fantasy.

At the end of the episode, Kujirai A’s interaction with him is not chilling. Although her journey of self-realization ultimately led to her statements “I don’t exist someone else” and “I want to decide for myself (my path). I won’t regret it.” He complains, “You have never been like this before.” Although a copy of his late lover initially confuses him, he found a comfortable rhythm with her, not too close or too far away. He stitched her, using her to temporarily improve his emotional pain of refusing to move on. “New Version” of Expressing Opinions and Agents Kujirai A has different motivations and he doesn’t know how to deal with her.

Even Kujirai didn’t know what made her so special. Maybe having a friend in Yaomay helps make her drive her “absolute self”, but I suspect this is just causing this. Who knows how many iterations this endless summer kudo has gone through, but the time spent in Kowloon 3.0 is not good for him. “I’m upset” is perhaps an understatement of the century, as his acknowledgement will cause the entire city to shake, and the illusory inhabitants disappear from existence. Kudopocalypse has entered Kowloon 3.0.

While I haven’t read the corresponding comic chapters that make up this part of the storyline, I read online that despite retaining the rhythm of the main characters, there are now a lot of the original details of the anime in terms of plot development. It does feel like we are rushing to conclude prematurely, especially in the obvious destructive aspects of Miyuki/Gwen’s relationship, Hebinuma Senior Dementia Plotline and Kowloon 3.0. I also think the animation and character models seem to have taken a hit this time, too.

Despite these little devils, it’s still a great plot, which specifically answers many questions, mainly the biggest unresolved mysteries (the essence of Kujirai A, mainly), and this is the conclusion next week. No matter what happens, I don’t think this kind of kud and this kujirai belong. It was a rare show and I would be even more satisfied if the Central couple weren’t together.

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