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| This whole situation about clones sounds more complicated than it looks on the surface. Hebinuma investigating into this case looks like she's digging deeper into the rabbit hole. I also do find her relationship with Gwen to be one of the more interesting ones. Can't forget the other characters. Yaomei is hilarious in this one. |
| I mean, they’ve dialed down a lot from the manga, but yeah, few things will have to be shown, as yeah, they're necessary for the plot. Pretty sure it’s the love of Miyuki for Gwen which led him kicking Gwen out of his residence and anywhere near him, because yeah, his father mister Hebinuma doesn’t seem like a very nice guy. That aside, at least now we’re moving ahead with the plot, although very small bit, instead of going around in circles and making things even more of a mystery. You see, Gwen being in Kowloon would actually help us in many ways, but yeah, now that Yulong is introduced and we’re getting a rough picture around this gene terra project and how things work in this second kowloon city kind of gives an idea that at least Miyuki isn’t involved with how things are working in the kowloon city right now. Not everyone can see the city as well in the first place, only a chosen few can. So all of this just being a collective consciousness of someone who has lived there, is the most probable theory. Was the most informative episode till now, as yeah, it’s needed as well, I mean we’re halfway through xD |
| Yaomei came on strong with Gwen, only for him to belong to someone else. I wonder how she'll handle the situation once she finds out. From Hebinuma, we learn many new things—whether it's about Kowloon, his past, his relationship with his father, or the father's desire to bring his deceased son back to life. Hebinuma's revenge is directed at his father, and the story adds layers upon layers of mystery surrounding Kowloon, like how the people there are supposed to be dead and not everyone can see them. I still question why it's labeled a sci-fi show when it feels more like a mystery and supernatural story. Kowloon is becoming more and more mysterious as new revelations keep coming. It looks like I was right to think that Yaomei came from outside. I might also be right about things like the first volume of the book being tied to Kujirai B’s life, while the second is tied to Kujirai. And if that’s true, then did Kujirai B know about it? Or maybe this world was created or came into existence because of Hajime’s wish for the nostalgia and unchanging life of the Kowloon that once was demolished. That cliffhanger—does it mean that, based on what Kujirai said to Kudou, the place is starting to fall apart? Or is it repeating its history, especially since we know the eye drops were launched three years ago by Generic Terra? |
XArceusXMay 10, 2025 1:46 PM
| This story is just getting more and more interesting and complex Kowloon especially is getting more mysterious. |
| Is that doomed Yaoi in my Saturday afternoon seasonal?? Kissing, yearning, sex?? Ummm based?? I’m rooting for Miyuki and Gwen sm actually. Lol this just made me love this show even more, PLUS we got a ton of reveals in this episode confirming a lot of theories. Now the real fun can begin piecing everything together! So like we pretty much all started to think, this is a cloning situation with Kowloon being some big sort of experiment and at its core, it looks like Hebinuma corp are trying to clone the CEO’s son. But I’m still confused on how Gene Terra factors into it. Like what does the machine actually do? Also peep how Miyuki’s skin peels like an actual snake 🤢 Who would’ve thought Yaomay would be the key to unraveling the mystery of Kowloon though. Love it when best girl is plot relevant lol. So the city is an optical illusion created by clones resonating with the Gene Terra device , got it. We’re getting supernatural or at least, religious, with the Feng Shui stuff as well.. but what causes people to resonate with Kowloon and see the city? I’m thinking it’ll have to do with yearning to escape your current situation. It’s not just enough to want it like Miyuki’s buddy does, you need to have some sort of deep rooted desire to escape something.. or people who are really lost in life🤔 could be wrong tho I love how Reiko and Kudo argue like a married couple in the grocery store they’re so cute lol. Glad Kudo told her to stay by his side too, even though it’s not the OG Reiko, he loves her for her ❤️ that cliffhanger!! I reckon the explosion has something to do with that assistant that was hired. Can’t wait for next ep |
Marinate1016May 10, 2025 11:40 AM
| Decent episode. I wonder what happened between Miyuki and his father. Everytime I see Miyuki, I have so many questions. All this clone stuff is so weird but so interesting at the same time. Every single episode I have so many questions. We did get more information about the Gene Terra about it storing memories and protecting them. This series just keeps getting more and more mysterious every episode. Another cliffhanger, I'm SO happy. 4.5/5 |
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| This episode definitely gives us more insight into our setting of Kowloon, where it's not supposed to actually exist and cannot be accessed by everyone, only a select few when conditions are met. It seems that those conditions are related to the "nostalgia" of Kowloon, but there's still so many questions up in the air that Hebinuma is investigating. Additionally, we learn more about Generic Terra and how its ultimate goal was for the Hebinuma father to revive his deceased son. |
| Ah, exposition dump. So much information to digest from the episode. Science, supernatural and sinister. |
| Such wise woman Reiko B is. Why go read the sequel if the end of the of the prior book was great? There's the discover blah-blah-blah, but sometime the sequel is money grab. More Generic Terra building. Tacos cup noodles, sounds like dinner. |
| It's a little odd that everyone seems to be pretty chill about clones of themselves running around somewhere, and also about a possible "murder." I expect most people to freak out. It creates an interesting surreal atmosphere, and I hope it pays off. Anyways, massive info dump this episode, which is appreciated and wasn't too painful. It seems to be something along the lines of pocket dimension or alternate reality, rather than some simulation or a real constructed place. |
| I DON'T UNDERSTAND SH*T!! There was some BL... But not quite. I thought they were clones... They're not. What the hell are the zirconians? Is this Kowloon a zirconian city? Who's real? What's real? Am I real? AAARRRGGG! My head hurts... |
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| Escargot cup noodles! Taco cup noodles! Borscht cup noodles! You can't get more international with cuisine choices like those. It's sad how Reiko's started to develop a line of thinking where it might be better if she moved away from Kudo though. |
| We're learning more and more about Kowloon 2. If I understand it correctly, Generic Terra recreated Kowloon from the memories of its residents like a mirage. This explains why the vol2 of Kujirai's mystery novel was filled with gibberish, since no one read it Generic Terra couldn't made it. Also does Miyuki x Gwen gay seggs is only half gay bc he has both genitalia? |
| Man there really is nothing more picturesque than two dudes in bed cuddling, you love to see it. But putting that and the weirdly aggressive kissing scenes this show has im trying my best to humour this show and I mean yeah its somewhat interesting. the concept of a second self and then the concept of being your absolute self are all interesting. Reiko was worried about following down her originals path and meeting the same fate and that all of her actions are just pale copy's of the original. But if im being honest sure they have some habits but generally there both pretty different. Yaomei is still hard carrying this show though |
| Miyuki looks so sexy without the glasses!! |
| What the fu...ta? After trickling out little bits of info for so long that was too much to dump at once, and I barely comprehended most of it. |
MenchiK1May 10, 2025 12:13 PM
Reply to Sheol01
@Stark700 What is the proper pronoun her even? Is there even one for someone who is an hermaphrodite? You may be right as Miyuki seemed to identify more as female in that one scene, wanting to become pregnant.
| @Sheol01 Wanting to become pregnant to play a cruel trick on his dad, not to really have a family. Anyway if it had boobs it would be a futanari, so what's a boobless futanari? I guess still a futanari right? Since it just translates to "dual form". Anyway I definitely prefer futanari with boobs ;P |
| an explosion to closed the episode!!! kekeke |
| I HAVE SOME MANY THING TO SAY 1. Ok, not everyone can see Kowloon, that's so deep. But, What about the clones? Gene Terra has a finger on this but, Why are the clones in this Kowloon? Can they go out from Kowloon? Also, Why can the clones see this Kowloon? 2. At first, it seemed that only people with this "nostalgia" can see Kowloon, but It falls apart because technically Yaomei shouldn't have this "nostalgia" for Kowloon. This is so confusing 😵💫 Or maybe she went/lived there when she was a kid. I think we need to know more about her to go on this theory. 3. Now we know that this Kowloon isn't a Projection or a virtual place made by Gene Terra (They're just investigating this). 4. I wonder what happens if someone who can see Kowloon and another who can't, arrive to Kowloon together (for example Miyuki and Yulong). Now, the question is, Will the people in Kowloon see the one who can't? 4. Besides, they skipped some inserting talks from the Manga (I'll put them on pictures) - The last thing Doc told to Miyuki. - How good Kujirai felt when Gwen told her "Your face is your own". |
| Damn, they've answered a couple of questions, but they've raised many more. Miyuki's father doesn't seem like a good person, but his reason - wanting to resurrect his son - is intriguing. I'm not sure if Miyuki is a clone, since they mentioned that she looks a lot like the biological son. Kowloon seems to be a kind of mirage that only certain people can see. But what exactly makes it resonate with someone so they can see it? Kudou, Miyuki, Yaomei and Reiko can see it, but they are very different from each other. I think what resonates is the feeling of needing a place to be yourself. That's probably why even someone who was unaware of Kowloon's existence, like Yaomei, is able to see it. This is getting better, I can't wait to see what's next. |
Reply to ponkowo22
I HAVE SOME MANY THING TO SAY
1. Ok, not everyone can see Kowloon, that's so deep. But, What about the clones? Gene Terra has a finger on this but, Why are the clones in this Kowloon? Can they go out from Kowloon? Also, Why can the clones see this Kowloon?
2. At first, it seemed that only people with this "nostalgia" can see Kowloon, but It falls apart because technically Yaomei shouldn't have this "nostalgia" for Kowloon. This is so confusing 😵💫 Or maybe she went/lived there when she was a kid. I think we need to know more about her to go on this theory.
3. Now we know that this Kowloon isn't a Projection or a virtual place made by Gene Terra (They're just investigating this).
4. I wonder what happens if someone who can see Kowloon and another who can't, arrive to Kowloon together (for example Miyuki and Yulong). Now, the question is, Will the people in Kowloon see the one who can't?
4. Besides, they skipped some inserting talks from the Manga (I'll put them on pictures)
- The last thing Doc told to Miyuki.
- How good Kujirai felt when Gwen told her "Your face is your own".
1. Ok, not everyone can see Kowloon, that's so deep. But, What about the clones? Gene Terra has a finger on this but, Why are the clones in this Kowloon? Can they go out from Kowloon? Also, Why can the clones see this Kowloon?
2. At first, it seemed that only people with this "nostalgia" can see Kowloon, but It falls apart because technically Yaomei shouldn't have this "nostalgia" for Kowloon. This is so confusing 😵💫 Or maybe she went/lived there when she was a kid. I think we need to know more about her to go on this theory.
3. Now we know that this Kowloon isn't a Projection or a virtual place made by Gene Terra (They're just investigating this).
4. I wonder what happens if someone who can see Kowloon and another who can't, arrive to Kowloon together (for example Miyuki and Yulong). Now, the question is, Will the people in Kowloon see the one who can't?
4. Besides, they skipped some inserting talks from the Manga (I'll put them on pictures)
- The last thing Doc told to Miyuki.
- How good Kujirai felt when Gwen told her "Your face is your own".
| @ponkowo22 This is great context to what we saw in the anime, I wonder why they cut out the doctor line about creating a soul, maybe they will reveal that at a different episode. The manga chapter "My face is my own", really captures the growth Reiko has had into developing her own sense of self throughout the last few episodes, and the payoff of what Gwen tells her this episode gives her that wonderful smile. |
| Kujirai B's statement made me think of the old statement that if you simply stay still and do not move at all in life, you'll actually go backwards. It's starting to feel like the show is trying to (at least somewhat) show viewers the choice of either move forward in life (like Reiko-pon tries) or stay put and thus go backwards. Like...is it truly living and life if you simply stay still and do not go backward? Even when it would feel safer to stay in old habits and such, it also means that you might miss exciting and new things. It's also interesting how that shift can be seen in Kudo, as before he was all about going forward in life, but when Kujirai B died, he chose to stay still and go backward. It's interesting how seemingly one event can affect a person so much... Not to mention, no matter what one chooses, there really isn't a 'correct' or 'right' answer. Both can be good or bad, depending on one's situation, circumstances, and other people around them. |
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| Nothing wrong with portraying a bit of BL between Gwen and Hebinuma, but it seems Hebinuma has obligations to fulfill his father's goal of reviving his original son. Honestly my view of Hebinuma has improved from my initial impression of him being a schemster and the one behind a lot of the odd things happening in Kowloon. I mean a lot of it could be tied to Generic Terra which his company is in charge of but the presence of Kowloon and people yearning for it makes it like a mirage that only appears to some. |
Reply to Sheol01
@Stark700 What is the proper pronoun her even? Is there even one for someone who is an hermaphrodite? You may be right as Miyuki seemed to identify more as female in that one scene, wanting to become pregnant.
| @Sheol01 intersex would be the better word to use, as hermaphrodite is quite outdated, and I believe also offensive to intersex people. The official English translation of the manga uses that term, and shows him having he/him pronouns also. Being intersex is about physical sex traits (chromosomes, hormones, genitalia) that don’t fit typical definitions of male or female. But gender identity (and pronoun use) is about how someone sees themselves and wants to be seen. So while Miyuki is intersex, he identifies as a man and uses masculine pronouns. He doesn’t ever question his gender identity and seems comfortable as masculine presenting, but was shaken over the worry that maybe he COULD be used to carry a pregnancy. It was a reaction to his father saying he has more orthodox ways of securing a clone if gene terra doesn’t work out. It was vague, but it was a threat to push him to abandon distractions and complete the project or else. My reading is that he asked the doctor for reassurance it was impossible rather than to help him find a way it could be done. |
samspot8r8sMay 10, 2025 3:42 PM
| Kowloon? more like COo COo land. |
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Reply to FiendishChan
We're learning more and more about Kowloon 2. If I understand it correctly, Generic Terra recreated Kowloon from the memories of its residents like a mirage. This explains why the vol2 of Kujirai's mystery novel was filled with gibberish, since no one read it Generic Terra couldn't made it.
Also does Miyuki x Gwen gay seggs is only half gay bc he has both genitalia?
Also does Miyuki x Gwen gay seggs is only half gay bc he has both genitalia?
| @FiendishChan I mean, it depends which hole's being used... right? |
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Reply to ponkowo22
Miyuki looks so sexy without the glasses!!
| @ponkowo22 I agree. As s/he make itself a clown in public on purpose. |
| Glad the writers answered the question on Yaomei, or else it was oh so a bit unclear if her old appearance really did come back or if it was just in her imagination. |
Reply to Starpudding
@samspot8r8s
Well, hermaphrodite is one of proper, neutral words and also connected with one of the most beautiful Hellenistic sculptures, the Borghese Hermaphrodite.
samspot8r8s said:
intersex would be the better word to use, as hermaphrodite is quite outdated, and I believe also offensive to intersex people.
intersex would be the better word to use, as hermaphrodite is quite outdated, and I believe also offensive to intersex people.
Well, hermaphrodite is one of proper, neutral words and also connected with one of the most beautiful Hellenistic sculptures, the Borghese Hermaphrodite.
| @Starpudding I still think intersex is the better term now, but i looked up the sculpture and it is very beautiful so thank you for that! |
| Good episode, interesting to see Reiko wanting to stay away from Kudou for their own good. That explosion at the end came out of nowhere, I'm curious |
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Reply to seweholmes
@phantomfandom OMG I didn't knew it was a real city! Gotta look up
| @seweholmes Yup. It's now a public space with a memorial display. I was there last week (was in Kowloon City nearby for some Thai food). |
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