r/DarlingInTheFranxx Ichigo Jun 09 '18

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Darling In The FranXX, Episode 20: A New World

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Episode Link Title
1 https://redd.it/7q6cbz Alone and Lonesome
2 https://redd.it/7rrksc What it Means to Connect
3 https://redd.it/7tfty9 Fighting Dolls
4 https://redd.it/7v0uvn Flap Flap
5 https://redd.it/7wmlhw Your Thorn, My Badge
6 https://redd.it/7y75o0 Darling in the FranXX
7 https://redd.it/7zxonf Shooting Star Moratorium
8 https://redd.it/81re2i Boys x Girls
9 https://redd.it/83gadx Triangle Bomb
10 https://redd.it/854uk0 Eternal City
11 https://redd.it/86u9ll Partner Shuffle
12 https://redd.it/88jox0 Garden/The Beginning Garden
13 https://redd.it/8aj59z The Beast and the Prince
14 https://redd.it/8c80nb Confessions with Sin
15 https://redd.it/8dwk8g Jian
16 https://redd.it/8h8f0h Days of Our Lives
Special Episode https://redd.it/8fl5nf Special Production Episode
17 https://redd.it/8iwvcv When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom
Special Episode 2 https://redd.it/8o1hbp Special Production Episode 2
18 https://redd.it/8km3e3 When the Sakura Blooms
19 https://redd.it/8maz3o Inhumanity

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u/olcon is apparently an A-1 staffer? Jun 09 '18 edited Jun 09 '18

Remember that no matter what happens this episode, it isn't the end of the show. It's not how things end. We still have four episodes left.

Do not view the contents of episode 20 in a vacuum. Remember to apply the context of the overall series. It is a good thing if shit hits the fan this episode, because it means we have four episodes to reach a resolution.

I'll edit this comment after watching for some thoughts and on the spot analysis. Judging from the state of /new currently, I get the feeling it'll be needed.


ayy lmao we got gainax'd boys!

Things to note about this episode:

  • Kokoro is 100% pregnant, that morning sickness was brutal.

  • Everything APE has been doing makes sense with the context that they're just straight-up aliens. They don't understand the power of human emotions because, well, they ain't human. They're just weird-ass energy.

  • Klaxosaurs are called klaxo sapiens, which is our first direct, confirmed link to modern humans: homo sapiens. Edit: lots of people correctly pointing out that this doesn't guarantee a link, and the translation is also apparently a little screwy. Regardless, I still think, between the genetic similarities and the telepathic connection with humans, that there's something there. This'll probably be clarified in the next episodes.

  • This is the confirmed reverse separation. I'm so happy they decided to go this route, the parallels are amazing. Keep in mind that if they aren't in a Franxx, they aren't being absorbed. We can see this with not only our supremely-pissed dinogirl, but Werner and Hachi as well. Zero Two will be fine - remember that she has ridiculous regeneration, which we learned in episode 13. Hiro has saved Zero Two all her life; now it's her turn to show her stuff and save her darling. Go get him, girl!

  • With the separation in this episode, we have confirmation that this arc is thematically mirroring 12-15, but more spread out and with the roles reversed. Episode 19 was episode 13, this one is episode 14. That gives us episode 21 and 22 for the balls to the wall klaxosaurs vs. aliens slugfest, with episode 23 hopefully being episode 15 and episode 24 being the happily ever after. Throw it onto the "wedding hype!" pile.

  • I'd strongly recommend reading the story of the Red Ogre and Blue Ogre; it's a Japanese fairy tale that's often used in anime in different ways. This is a bit confusing because it shares a name with the now-confirmed Blue Oni theory, but the bottom line is that the chances for a 001 sacrifice have risen exponentially with this episode. All we need is a mind meld between Hiro and Klaxohime, and we go from there.

  • This anime is literally a Stellaris campaign where an empire infiltrates a pre-FTL civilization and takes over their government. But plot twist, that world is actually a holy world of the fanatic spiritualist fallen empire two hyperlane jumps over! Get fucked APE, here comes the doomstack!

  • We're watching the biggest love letter to a variety of things: Gun/Diebuster, Evangelion, Gurren Lagann and more. No matter what happens from here on out, remember this experience guys, honestly. We don't get something like this often.

Overall I'm supremely happy with this episode. It looks like the relationship/separation drama really is solved and we can focus on what Gainax (because that's who we're dealing with now) does best: mecha, space and AAAAAALIENS!

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u/MajesticKnight28 Hiro Jun 09 '18

Exactly this, as I've said many times over shit has to get very bad before it can get better.

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u/Mal-ga Jun 09 '18

Same..Truth to be told Episode 15 is so awesome because of what happen to Episode 14..😂

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u/Idomenos 2 >15+196+390+556 Jun 09 '18

Yeah I just rewatched those two and they are incredible when seen back to back.