What did Madoka tell Mai in the end that causes her to blush so badly?
I like to mislead people. For most of this episode, the mood is hardly jovial. It is just bloody and I mean it in a very literal term. Bloody.
Episode summary
Naru told everyone that Urado cannot be exorcised since he did not have any grievances like a spirit but instead simply wanted to continue living. Those things were demons or ghosts, things that no one in the room could destroy at all. Mai questioned his integrity and said that he was running away and not saving the two assistants. Naru said that they had already died. Naru did add that Urado could not kill anyone outside the mansion and a good way would be to burn the house down.
The mission given by Madoka in fact was to debunk the fake Dr Davis going around that was tricking others. Naru said he had to trick everyone about the real purpose since someone in the group could not lie which was Mai. Naru ordered everyone to pack up as Masako did not want Mai to talk to her so kindly. Masako was jealous that Naru addressed Mai specially by Mai’s name, while Ayako and Masako were called by surname. Mai saw that Masako was jealous and explained that it was her silliness that caused Naru to call her and instead said that Masako had Naru’s weakness. Masako said that Naru had great pride and hence hated her for discovering his weakness, as she went out to the corridor to get some breath and told Mai not to follow.
She ended by saying that she still hated Masako. When Ayako came out, Mai remembered Naru’s warning about Urado wanting young people, only to find Masako missing. Naru and everyone gathered together as Naru questioned why Mai allowed Masako to move alone. As they spent half the day trying to find Masako in that empty space, nothing was found as Mai felt horrible for not being assertive enough. Ayako came over and told Mai to take a rest. As she slept, she woke up to see Dream Naru, as Naru told Mai where Masako was. As she followed his directions, Mai found Masako squatting in the same room (torture room) as Masako said that Naru also came with a very warm smile and told her not to worry.
Masako said that she might already be dead without knowing, but Mai told her not to say such things and passed her a key. It was the key of her former house and told her that it was not a dream, as long as she believed that she was not dead. Mai promised to save her. Mai woke up, telling everyone that Masako was still alive as they followed Mai’s directions according to the dream where she was dragged away. They eventually found a separate house. Naru realized that the height of the modified floor was to hide this place as Mai remembered more of the dream. She then rushed out to the second storey, slipping slightly on the wet surface of the table in the room with Masako.
As Masako addressed her, she said “blood” as Mai turned around, only to see blood everywhere on the table as well as the bathtub filled with blood.A body came out saying that he did not want to die. It was Urado as Mai tried to repel him with the chant taught by Bou-san. It seemed that he was repelled as they took the chance to escape, only for a force to hold Mai back. As she was held by the spirits of the servants, bloody footsteps appeared on the ground and the bloody body of Urado came face to face with Mai.
She screamed in fear as she tried to escape with no avail. Just when Urado was about to strike, Lin came in just in time to summon some form of spirit to scare off Urado. Naru ordered everyone to escape, as Bou-san kicked through the window. Bou-san scolded Mai for being reckless again but her recklessness allowed them to find the missing people. In an adjacent room, all the bones of the victims were displayed nicely, as the blood was first drawn from their body before burning it up to be bones. The son probably built up the extra rooms to hide it.
Masako passed Mai the key in the “dream”, as Bou-san said that it was very impressive since Mai was able to get her spirit out of her body to pass Masako the key. Lin’s ability was a way to use a spirit to tangle and capture spirits when Lin explained. Masako found her comb dropping on the floor, with Mai questioning why Naru had the comb. He did not answer, as everyone teased Naru saying how worried he was for Masako. Yasuhara eventually explained to the owner about the situation and adviced him to burn the house down.
A few days later, a small news article talked about the house burning. Mai took the opportunity to ask about Naru’s parents in the office when Madoka came, since Lin and Naru were not around. Madoka said his father was a ghost hunter too, but Naru would have told her if he asked since it was nothing important but that he had something to do. Madoka then told Mai to come over, revealing that Naru and Lin were eloping causing Mai to blush. Madoka then said it would be fun if that happened as it was a joke from Madoka. Mai questioned why Naru had Masako’s comb and Madoka said that Naru was probably worried about his comrades since he was not a cold blooded man.
Probably (the probably is emphasized).
Thoughts
I think everyone will definitely agree that this arc is one of the most compelling arcs since it starts off with a very bloody and disturbing theme and maintains the tension of the arc throughout the four episodes. This is clearly the best arc in Ghost Hunt by a mile and I will like to see someone challenge this point that it is not. I also feel that this episode is good because it shows the inadequancy of the ghost hunters for the first time. If you notice, all the exorcism had been done rather successfully without any really big complexities.
This is perhaps the first case in which they did not have a true solution to solve it other than burning the house down to get rid of the spirits in the house. It has already been established that the power of Urado is only existent within the perimeter of the house within but I guess the fact that Naru admitted to having no ability to solve the situation does bring in some realism.
I actually see Mai’s point of view that she is probably shocked still that they cannot do anything but Naru and everyone else are experts at “soothing spirits”, not eliminating a demon like Urado who is only looking to extend his life by sacrificing lives. He is not one that wishes to move on, but simply wanting and yearning for eternal life, the life of a person seeking Utopia in a bloodied ritual.
I am also amazed at Mai’s growing strength. The ability to travel her soul beyond her body in the form of a “dream-like” situation and passing items such as a key to Masako in that state is just crazy. I mean, the ability to foresee the ghost fires in this episode is already crazy but to be able to travel beyond the physical boundaries of her body and passing the key. That is insane totally. To add on, it is amazing that Dream-Naru also visited Masako earlier, telling her that it was going to be fine. If someone can give me a good explanation to why Dream-Naru will also appear to Masako, I will give you a virtual cookie.
The only conclusion that I can derive from this situation is that Dream-Naru cannot be supported by the logic of Mai’s power and must be a power only from a foreign source, most likely Naru or a spirit source. I say this because Mai generally does not really conjure Dream-Naru but instead, he appeared to her mostly. I do not believe that Mai’s ability can extend to that effect and I feel that Dream Naru feels more like a manifestation of Naru’s subconscious power or something. On the other hand, if Mai does have the ability to project images and bodies to people, she is going to be crazily powerful.
I also thought about the fact of Naru’s father being a ghost hunter. It still does not eliminate the logic of Dr Davis being Naru. If you notice, Dr Davis is also considered to be one of the greatest ghost hunters. Nothing is said about her mother though and I am slightly disappointed at the lack of information.
Now on the comedy parts, Naru is evil for laughing at Mai for being incapable of lying (which is good). Masako’s blushing and jealousy of Mai is also classic but the best is still the two Masako x Naru moments, one being the sweet Naru comforting Masako and telling her that it is all right, and the second part about Naru keeping Masako’s comb and not saying anything.
See, the show proved that there is IN FACT SOMETHING with Masako and Naru. This is love totally! I also laughed crazily with Madoka’s antics about Naru x Lin eloping, as well as the “probably” at the suggestion of Naru doing it simply due to the concern of a comrade. Yami and Honeysempai, this does not give you the right to go all Yaoi-fangirl like. It’s just a joke by Madoka. A JOKE!
*turns all maniac fanboy-like with the TRUE REVELATION OF THIS EPISODE*
An excellently executed episode. I cannot wait for the last file, the cursed house!
P/s I didn’t know I rambled that much…
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I’d like to give a try for that virtual cookie, if I may. I’ve said all along that I believe that dream!Naru is not simply a manifestation of Mai’s imagination. That he has a “reality” beyond her subconsiousness. Just wanted to reiterate that fact.
Here’s a recap of some of the things we know from prior episodes. (1) Dream!Naru has some form of independent movement. He can come and go within Mai’s dreams at his own will. (2) Masako has the ability to tap into Mai’s dreams. In other words, Masako can enter into Mai’s dreams and see what Mai sees. We saw her do this in the last case when Masako witness Mai’s vision of Sachauki’s (sp?) spirit being absorbed by the dark spirit.
My theory is that while Mai was dreaming this last time, dream!Naru came into Mai’s dream as usual. Masako had been trying to protect herself with her own psychic powers and accidentally tapped into Mai’s dream just as she did in the last case. (That explains how the two girls were able to meet later on in Mai’s dream in my theory.) This means that Mai, dream!Naru, and Masako were all together in Mai’s dream. Once Masako joined Mai’s dream, dream!Naru could be seen by Masako and could talk to her just as he does with Mai.
If you want an analogy, think of Mai’s dream as if it were some online chat room. Mai’s dream created the chat room. Dream!Naru joined the chat room. Later Masako joined the chat room. Once Masako was in the chat room, dream!Naru was able to talk with her just like he can talk with Mai. Later on, Mai and Masako were able to chat as well.
Does that all make sense? Do I get my virtual cookie?
My theory? Dream Naru is Naru-chan’s dead twin brother.
woah.. i haven’t finished reading the comments on the last entry and you’v already done this one.. anyway, god job Impz! the two pics of bloodied urado really scare the hell of me (i’m a coward, yeah)
do you think that Naru holding Masako’s comb is actually helping the Dream Naru to enter Masako’s dream (if i’m reading what you wrote correctly) And why did Madako and Naru have to go all the way to debunk the fake Dr Davis so as to accept an assignment that may endanger their lives? It must mean that debunking him is very, very important.
oh yeah, if Dream Naru and Naru is the same person, how can the Dream Naru tell Mai where Masako is whereas Naru himself doesn’t seem to know? Somehow, the idea of Dream Naru being a different person makes sense to me. Oh, Naru and Lin eloping-lol! However, i’m for Naru x Mai faction *raise banner* >
LKK says: “(2) Masako has the ability to tap into Mai’s dreams. In other words, Masako can enter into Mai’s dreams and see what Mai sees. We saw her do this in the last case when Masako witness Mai’s vision of Sachauki’s (sp?) spirit being absorbed by the dark spirit.”
I have to respectfully disagree. I don’t think Masako entered Mai’s dream; I think they both witnessed a situation that happened right in front of them. So it’s more like there’s this car crash that they both “see” because it happened near them, not the fact that the car crash happened in one of them’s dreams and the other entered the dream to see it.
I do agree with the first point, though, in that Dream Naru is independent of Mai. I still think that Dream Naru is the subconscious manifestation of Real Naru (perhaps a reflection of his real powers?). Previously, Dream Naru has always CHOSEN to go to Mai’s dream. He probably has the ability to go to any sensitive medium/psychic’s dreams. It’s simply that he CHOSE to go to Mai’s dream.
Now, at this time Real Naru is worried about Masako (I give you that, Impz. But I think he’s worried about Masako as a friend, not as a crush or love interest ^_^ ). There isn’t really any doubt about that, with the evidence of the comb. So subconsciously, Dream Naru sought out Masako and appeared to her, giving her hope/moral support/whatever. This time, Dream Naru CHOSE to go to Masako, although he had never done that before (probably being he didn’t feel that it’s necessary, because after all, Mai’s the one for him
), because Real Naru is worried and hence Dream Naru is worried as well.
Regarding Naru x Masako, I have to say that given that Dream Naru has never appeared to Masako before (and only appeared when she’s in great danger), shows that Mai is much more important in Dream Naru’s POV. And since I’m firmly of the opinion that Dream Naru equals Real Naru, Mai is more important to Real Naru as well.
I haven’t seen the episode, so all these are theories only. I do have a question though… is it ever explained why Urado didn’t kill Masako immediately?
@ Briar : “I haven’t seen the episode, so all these are theories only. I do have a question though… is it ever explained why Urado didn’t kill Masako immediately?”
Until I read the translations I can’t answer for sure. But I believe she’s warding herself to some degree. Remember when Naru asked Masako in episode 20 if she could protect herself a little? He says, “If you’re even a minor psychic, you can at least protect yourself, right?” Masako answer yes.
I believe that her warding spells are sufficient to keep her safe from immediate death although not enough to help her get away.
Also, I think in the manga, Masako tells Mai that she’s been protecting herself to some degree. But I don’t have a manga translation (only someone else’s summary) to use a definitive proof on that point.
gg Extrange you’ve just spoiled me :/
I shouldn’t come here and read about eps 21 after all >.
@ Mgz: spoiled? That’s just my theory. Besides, it’s so predictible will all the clues they give during the Anime. Want me to enumerate them??.
i also wondered why dream Naru could appear to Masako and did it only in this one situation. if dream Naru is indeed independent of real Naru, and he has the power to appear to sensitive mediums, why was he appearing only to Mai? since the way Masako said it, i assumed that smiling Naru appeared to her a while ago and not in the time that Mai was asleep. on the dead twin brother theory, if dream Naru is open and nice, maybe he “chose” Mai since their personalities are similar? and appeared to Masako only when she needed somebody, simply because he’s a caring person… if that’s the case, could Mai be in love with the twin and not really real Naru? which leaves real Naru for Masako? !_!
@Briar: i’m coming from the Chinese version of the manga. when Mai found Masako in the dream, she said (roughly translated), i’ve seen memories of horrible things, and i’m very tired. when Mai found her in reality, she didn’t know that there was a lot of blood in the room, and from her reactions seemingly didn’t know that Urado was in the tub. one explanation might be that once she was grabbed and dumped in this room, she set up some defensive measures (like an energy field maybe) that repelled Urado for a while. once Mai came in, she felt that everything was going to be ok, the field was broken, and Urado came after them.
another possibility is that Urado doesn’t need any new blood at the moment (two assistants in the last two days), and simply grabbed Masako because he had the chance to. supposedly, having superpowers has an extra yummy factor for man-eating demons. but Mai was going to take away his yummy prey, so he came out. Mai seems to have a lot of potential and raw power she doesn’t know how to control yet. if she’s more powerful than Masako, she’s basically yummier, which might explain why Urado went directly after her first.
@ Extrange : I would like to hear how you developed the dead twin theory based clues from the anime even if Mgz doesn’t.
@ Extrange : I would like to hear how you developed the dead twin theory based on clues from the anime even if Mgz doesn’t. (*typo correction; apologies for repost*)
@Briar: there is no explanation by the anime to explain why she is not dead yet. In fact, everyone assumed to find Masako’s body until Mai had her “dream”, hence a reasonable educated guess will be Lkk’s reply that she can fend off with her power at the very least but unable to escape as she has that form of ability. In a way, no one could.
@LKK: Sounds logical but the fact that Masako has not actively tried to seek out the tapping of the dream makes me skeptical about it. It sounds plausible though, and my brain isn’t functioning too well this late in the night so I will allow myself a day to rest before answering and replying you effectively.
@Danie: I will think that the comb does not have that big a significance though you might have pointed out a thing that personal objects of a certain person can be used and tapped differently. If you remember, Dr Davis can find a person simply by touching the items of the person that the missing person held. Hence, it is possible that Naru is able to tap into that conscious ability if he is really that powerful. I believe he is. I believe that the inference makes sense since we are brought into question Dr Davis in this arc.
To answer about debunking issues, the fake Dr Davis has been going around to trick other people and scare people about spirit occurrences, earning a good amount of money from it. The rumor has spread enough to give the ghost hunters a bad name.
Remember, Naru did not do all this for free, he gets paid a good sum for it. Hence, it is lucrative to cheat and hence Madako asked Naru to find out and debunk them completely.
~I also dragged Extrange to answer the question posed by LKK~
“Masako has the ability to tap into Mai’s dreams. In other words, Masako can enter into Mai’s dreams and see what Mai sees. We saw her do this in the last case when Masako witness Mai’s vision of Sachauki’s (sp?) spirit being absorbed by the dark spirit.
@LKK: several small details: things like Naru asking Mai where did she heard his nick name in ep 1, Mai asking Naru if he knew how it feels to be killed in ep 20 and his reaction, the opposite personalities of Dream and real Naru. Sorry if I can’t recall more clues atm…
For one, it seems that unlike the usual “dreams” that Mai has, it is very different in the fact that she is able to pass physical objects belonging to her to someone else (Masako). I have a feeling that Mai actually tapped in the presence of Masako, not in a dream but rather than a “dream-like” out of soul experience.
Still following my argument?
In a way, I do agree more with AChickPass (easier to call him/her that) that it’s likely that Mai is more of a reception rather than someone who is a medium. It’s likely since Bou-san mentioned about her new ability of moving out of her soul and it must be powerful if she is able to transport a physical object to Masako, even if it is a small object like a key.
Hmmm, my mind is really failing me at this time and I should stop thinking. I think too much today with my school work already, ahaha~
They outdid themselves with this arc. I hope they keep it up with the next one.
Wait, “She ended by saying that she still hated Masako.” Who said that, Mai? Or did you mean Masako said that and meant Mai?
Do you think you could explain further what Bousan and Lin were talking about?! pretty please!
Impz, You never know if Madoka was fully joking or not… Im keeping my hopes up for LinxNaru.
Its better than MasakoxNaru *runs runs runs away from a mad Impz*
Another good job on the summary!
@LKK- I guess I was somewhat right on the conversation between Mai and Masako…
@Extrange- Interesting way of coming up with your theory!
@impz: Fine Ill let my mind wander on its own then…
This epi in general scared the blue-hell outta me! Even though I knew what was gonna happen, Urado staring at Mai freaked me out!
Mai didnt ask Masako about Naru’s weakness right? Just that Masako knows it. Man Id have jumped on that info but Mai probably figured that Masako wouldnt tell her.
Mmm… I dunno this arc was so… creepy O___O I didn’t find the scene were urado comes out of the tub that scary compared to having him face to face. Now that was scary, I started wondering what would i have done and the answer is simple I WOULD HAVE GONE INSANE so digging my own grave.
however, my question is how where they killed then, was the same chopping knife used or did Urado just devoured them right there? could someone clarify that for me?
Finally I think Masako somehow got into Mai’s dream, my opinion derives from the fact that dream-naru only shows up in Mai’s dreams, not anyone else’s. So if dream-naru was there it was most likely that masako came into Mai’s dream so allowing dream naru to come in contact with masako.
GREAT ARC!!!
oh god wt a gr8 ep. ok lsn to ths um startin to believe tht naru z dr.davis, coz one of dr.daviss’ (powers) z to know the location of a person from a subject tht he last uses, so naru took the comb trayin to reach masako, bt mai was faster than him,common impz it’s obvious tht naru feels nothin for masako, and i also believe tht masako knows naru real identity tht’s why he accepts to go out with her and stuff like tht,ths z called black male) and she herself said tht naru adresses to mai in her first name, and believe me she knows tht she’s the loser, nw if 2 grls r fighting over a guy the grl tht knows tht shes the loser will be jelous from the other one, and would keep making a big fuzz over the issue, so its obvious tht masako can see the connection between mai and naru so she’s crazy jelous, naruXmai forever
Exchange!
You stole my hypothesis! I came to the same conclusion this morning (4am local time) after seeing the anime. it was far to early for a post and I was so proud of myself and now I am scooped…!!!
Drat!
Oh, sorry,
I also wanted to add, Impz, great summary as always!!
remember at the sakauchi episode where dream-naru warns her of those huge evil spirits? she said she was going off to warn john and yasuhara abt it and dream-naru seemed to be talking to himself after she left. i think he said “take care, be careful” or something.
i don’t think that was a manifestation of her mind. my guess is dream-naru is either naru’s twin. and i think masako would know since she’d be able to identify who the spirit is. that could be the weakness she’s talking abt. aaaaand assuming naru and masako has a thing going on, she’d probably know of his dead twin. of course, assuming he does exist in the first place.
so being an independant spirit source, dr-naru could choose whose dream to appear to. i think his role is to warn any of naru’s comrades of danger and stuff. mai would seem to “meet” him more because she’s more prone to danger.
anyway, its impossible for dr-naru to be naru. i think a person would go into some sort of trance if he tries to connect with someone telepathically and naru’s always busy when mai gets those dreams. then again, we don’t know if he does go into one of those “stare-into-empty-space’ spells when he’s away.
@Impzy, see I told you, that you wouldn’t be disappointed!
I agree that the comb isn’t really a sign of Naru having any feelings for Masako other than maybe friendship. I think you’re on track with the theory he had it as a link to Masako so they could find her.
This is definetely my favourite arc of the series.
@Minerva, oh I totally agree with you, it wasn’t him coming out of the bath that was freaky, I expected that. It was him practically being in Mai’s face! I hate having people I don’t know in my personal bubble, so having a demon invade it would be especially frightening!
@achickenpasseth, LOL Mai does get in trouble a lot doesn’t she? She needs to take a container of salt with her so she can draw a circle around herself with it. Then again knowing Mai she’d just leave the circle and head right into danger. Of course I think that works mainly on evil spirits rather than demons.
Okay so this episode really does suggest that dream Naru is not a figment of Mai’s imagination. The only way that could be true, was if Mai was projecting him into Masako’s mind. That doesn’t seem very likely given that Mai also comforted Masako herself, so why do it twice over? Therefore it seems more likely as you all say that dream Naru is from a source other than Mai.
Either Naru himself subconciously or consciously. Evidence for it be a conscious effort on his part would be the comb. He needed an object of hers in order to project to her.
However this makes no sense since as Danie pointed out, Naru did not know where Masako was being held.
So this points to Dream Naru being subconcious on his part. Why then the need for the comb? Maybe Naru had obtained it, in order to give to Lin since he is an Onmyouji but never got around to it.
Or it was a conscious effort on his part, he did find Masako, but for whatever reason his dream state chose to show Mai her location rather than his concious mind.
My brain is spinning.
Or dream Naru is completely independant of Naru and is in fact the spirit of his dead twin.
Maybe he turned up to comfort Masako because Mai was upset?
Okay enough speculating for now, my brain has had enough and the doctor got more blood out of me today, I need to sleep some more.
*Impz,ok fine!I think this time you won against me and the rest of the Mai x Naru supporters bla bla!but I was very impressed by Lin-sama!wow wow wow,I may say he’s great!!!!
and I find also nice the scenery of Yasuhara,its very cute when his nodding like that hmmmm,hmmm!
*D.J,thanks for Naruto I appreciate it very much!
Okay, let me put my spin in here…the dream Naru is the dead twin and he know that Naru has some affection for Mai (yeah NaruxMai!!!) so he watches out for her. Masako know Naru had a twin and that he died (maybe how or why)and that Naru feels guilty for this reason (weakness). Naru has some of his twin power but can’t feel his twin so is a bit lost (twins know what this feeling is – like a part of you is gone). And I agree that Masako tapped into Mai’s dream or Mai’s subconciously bespoke her worry to Naru’s twin and he went to comfort Masako till Mai got there.
Honestly,I find really weird,the thinks of dreamnaru!I don’t think so,I don’t know!I guess that dream-naru they called is the same person as Naru itself,I think that his special ability,like Lin-sama,Mai and the rest of them!and there must be a reason why he’s keeping it that way!somebody said before,I mean in the previous episodes that Naru is protecting them?so I think this is how Naru protect the rest of them!Like Mai is starting only an ordinary teenage girl,who will know that she will have that great ESP, she can able to pass the key to Masako,while she sleeping,I guess Naru has also those kind of special ability but a different one!
but hey all of you don’t get angry of me! I was just trying to expressed my point of view regarding GH!
thanks for reading!
*13sugars:I’m waiting for your nice comments!where are you anyways?
I want a show down bwtn Lin and Naru XD Shikigami v PK!
@na2niet, Your welcome ^-^, there is so much more to Naruto than I put down, but I think that will give you an introduction to it. The manga is definetely worth a read. Some people dismiss it offhand, but there really is a lot of depth to it once you get into it. And if you stick to the manga you can avoid the fillers that dragged the anime down. Although Shippuden has started so now we are back to manga related anime!
Back to the topic at hand!
I agree, one thing that really struck me about this episode was WOW Lin-san is awesome!
And that is a very nice idea about dream-Naru being an extension of himself that protects those around him. ^-^
Dream!Naru being Naru’s dead twin? >__
Sorry, something ate the rest of my post x.x again…
Dream!Naru being Naru’s dead twin? Haha Somehow, I find that highly unlikely but to each his own.
I say…Mai and Masako have similar abilities which would explain why Masako started seeing dream! Naru as well. However, could that possibly mean that Mai’s abilities are more advanced that Masako’s? Or maybe it’s just another growth in Masako’s spiritual capabilities. Either way, I do agree with dream!Naru coming from another party. Also, I just noticed that dream!Naru appeared to Mai ever since she met Naru. I’m still not rejecting the fact that it has something to do with Naru.
Hypothesis alert!! I think Naru had something special in him and it awakened some potential powers inside Mai.
About MasakoxNaruxMai thing, Masako had episode 21, but nothing beats Mai’s episode 17 Haha
I think Dream Naru is helping Mai develop her abilities, her powers i believe can more than transcend Masako as the perect medium being able to interact diferent planes.
Naru likes Mai people, she may annoy him sometimes but at the end of the day he is intrigued anddare i say find her rereshing. I so love the episode witht he quote on quote talking coin.
But i have to say, this arc was intense
*danie: doesn’t make sense if you scared by pictures alone!but if you say you have done watching it!then I would agree!me either,I can’t watched it alone!hek hek!
*D.J: you have a good idea also with the comb,yes!can be also possible!that Naru needs something from Masako to protect her!but how he protect her anyways,in what way? we seen the amazing ability of Lin-san,(Lin-sama),but I don’t see what Naru did!hmmmm (sigh)
come to think fo it!right now we saw that Naru enters Masako’s dream as well,like he always did it on Mai’s dream !and if Naru used the comb,to to protect Masako and enters her dream!what would Naru have from Mai? that he always manage to enter her dreams?
…I’m not going to spoil about what I learnt about DreamNaru even before this episode. >_>
Suffice to say, DN is not a dream – he’s his own entity, and he’s probably only around because someone isn’t quite dead yet.
Masako can communicate with him easy (Oh dear. Apparently she has the power to make DN willingly leave. Naru’s weakness?
#$%& buggy reply software.
“Mai’s receptiveness allows DN to visit and guide her.” Got eaten by Ye Pirate Muncher. -.-
‘Suffice to say, DN is not a dream – he’s his own entity, and he’s probably only around because someone isn’t quite dead yet.’
Waaaaah, Naru’s not dying is he? Please say no, please say he has a sickly twin somewhere!
Dunno about the comb thing, i have read so much about it in forums and stuff. I guess masako has a point thinking naru dislikes her because of her knowing his weakness. But hey… he still worries about her, at least we can say he maybe dislikes the blackmailing but not to the pointing of hating her. Now dream naru i go for the twin brother theory. Lin said someone said the same thing Mai said about not wanting him to hate her for being japanese. Maybe naru and his bro are originally japanese but emigrated to england. Twin is death or in a coma and comes to Mai in dreams to aid her and naru.
@DJ: Good God seems we in the same channel. I just find it freaky when creepy people come close to you in a range of 30cm… my reaction is “excuse me do i know u, do i care to know u… shoo”. Now it being a blood thirsty ghoul wanting to kill me dunno i would die of a heart attack first i guess X_X
@na2niet: Hail to Lin sama and his shiki. Man that guy is sooo cool i wonder why he doesn’t get more action screen time >_>
@audi: i think so too. Despite the cold demeanor naru has a soft spot for mai
@MinervaArnauld, definetely on the same channel, there are a rare few who allowed within my personal bubble. And I can get very upset if people I don’t know encroach on that space. I’d say 30cm is about right, its waaaaaay too close. Men make me particularly wary but I do have a very good reason for that.
The more I see him in action the more I am in awe of Lin and his amazing abilities, he’s very easy on the eyes too!
@Honeysempai: It’s Masako who said that she just cannot like Mai at all and hated her before leaving the room. I assumed that you are talking about the convo between Lin and Bou-san near the end.
Bou-san: Talking about tricks, what is the thing you threw to save Mai and the others.
Lin: That is my specialty (I think).
Bou-san: It is a form of art/skill where he can summon and order a ghost effectively in order to capture and bind spirits.
That’s it but I am not too sure if I got it spot on since there’s a term I did not really know how to translate. I am but an amateur Chinese -> English translator after all, not a fansub level one.
@Minerva: Well, the fact is that Naru is not a cold-blooded person. He is of course more concerned about his mates and working partners rather than himself, for he looks after them too selflessly compared to his own body. It’s a very big contrast to how he presented himself as someone really stoic. He’s clearly not, if you see his expressions and his acts. They don’t correspond together.
I do wonder what the weakness is though. Any idea at all?
The Dream Naru and Naru himself possibility is one that often gets me thinking. My feeling is that it is probably a totally different persona and the logic behind the dead twin will make sense at the criticism by Mai when she said he did not know how it feels to see someone die. However, it will be interesting to explain about this dead twin…
He probably died saving Naru during ghost hunting if anything, which is probably why.
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“Bou-san: Talking about tricks, what is the thing you threw to save Mai and the others.
Lin: That is my specialty (I think).
Bou-san: It is a form of art/skill where he can summon and order a ghost effectively in order to capture and bind spirits.”
I think he said “shiki”, which is
AH! Thank you Impz!
*A chicken:I agree with you!I think its Naru its itself!
~Impa~ “I am also amazed at Mai’s growing strength. The ability to travel her soul beyond her body in the form of a “dream-like
@ a chicken passeth and @ na2niet: hi guys, well um still not convinced tht Dream Naru z the real naru, i mean is it possible to have the power to enter mais’ and masakos’ dreams and worn them and not being able to connect with his subconsciousness,then wts the use of havin such a power?!! and the look on DR Naru z totally different from the look on real narus’ face, if he has this gentle look then why hiding it, it doesnt make sense to me.
and theres a Q tht has been bothering me, if DR naru has the power to enter mais’ dreams then why not entering his brother head ( in assumption tht he’s his dead twin) and warn him,or to enter lin-sans’ head since those two have gr8 powers…hmmm, cn any 1 help me with ths.
also agree with u guys tht lins’ smile in the end was totally deadly ^^.
@ DJ:it’s always nice to read ur comments
@ cat: u always hv very interesting ideas
@ 13sugar: where r u? waitin for ur comments^^
um just hopin tht this time they wont cut my comments o__O.
oh yeah one last point i really hope tht they will make another season, coz i connat accept the idea tht there’s only 5 eps. left.
@ a chicken passeth and @ na2niet: hi guys, well um still not convinced tht Dream Naru z the real naru, i mean is it possible to have the power to enter mais’ and masakos’ dreams and worn them and not being able to connect with his subconsciousness,then wts the use of havin such a power?!! and the look on DR Naru z totally different from the look on real narus’ face, if he has this gentle look then why hiding it, it doesnt make sense to me.
and theres a Q tht has been bothering me, if DR naru has the power to enter mais’ dreams then why not entering his brother head ( in assumption tht he’s his dead twin) and warn him,or to enter lin-sans’ head since those two have gr8 powers…hmmm, cn any 1 help me with ths.
also agree with u guys tht lins’ smile in the end was totally deadly ^^.
@ DJ:it’s always nice to read ur comments
@ cat: u always hv very interesting ideas
@ 13sugar: hey nice to c u was waitin for ur comment, and I support u 100% ^^
um just hopin tht this time they wont cut my comments o__O.
oh yeah one last point i really hope tht they will make another season, coz i connat accept the idea tht there’s only 5 eps. left.
*13sugars:so your gonna have anime Ghost hunters babies! hahahahaha!from Lin-san!
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~Na2niet~ Well, I absolutely and definitely wouldn’t mind. (lol) It is so great that Lin-san IS an anime character. Because if there really is a guy like that who exists in my reality, then my heart and my virtue would really be in danger. ^^
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@13sugars: I am actually teasing about the Masako x Naru moments. Still, ignores all your claims about the non-existent pairing of Naru x Mai. ~whistles~
Actually, while 13sugars was swooning all over Lin, it triggered to my thoughts that Lin is in fact very capable of many things that I did not expect him to have. I mean, he can not only summon ghosts, detect ghosts, see ghosts but also to use ghosts to his advantage. It’s pretty scary and I finally realize why Bou-san is so impressed when they realize that Lin is an onyumji (can’t spell).
One thing about the ending really makes me wonder once again about the usefulness of Ayako. Is she nothing but a motherly figure (when she’s 23)? I have not seen her really being useful, and I really hope she can be more useful. Also, John has dropped to the extent that he becomes a helper hand rather than helping up seriously.
Quite depressing but I bet no one notices.
Now that you mentioned it… John really hasn’t done anything for quite some time. Ayako, she has hope for redeeming herself, because she’s pretty much at the very bottom. I suppose even Bou-san is getting sort of not-doing-anything. Masako herself isn’t doing much either, although she’s still contributing in terms of plot and character interaction. John doesn’t do anything at all, though… he can’t go up or down. This arc is more of Lin and Mai’s powers. Maybe next arc (the last?) we’ll get to see Naru’s and Ayako’s powers, as they are the ones that have not done anything magical yet.
I have a question for everyone. It’s an issue that has been puzzling me, and I can’t come up with an answer I find rational.
I believe that Naru fetched Masako’s comb in order to do a psychometric reading on it in the hopes of getting information about where Masako is located. (In other words, I think Naru did with Masako’s comb what the lady wanted the fake Davis to do with Suzuki’s contact lens case.) I suspect that Naru didn’t get much useful information from his psychometric reading because he seems to working towards finding Masako in a step-by-step methodical manner rather than someone who possesses some extra-ordinary insight into the situation.
But what I can’t figure out is this…
Why does Naru keep Masako’s comb?
I imagine things went like this. He fetches the comb from wherever he finds it (handbag, room, bedside table, whatever). He does a psychometric reading. He gets or more likely doesn’t get any relevant information. So why does he bring it with him?
You could say that he hasn’t done his reading yet and brings it with him to do later. But I’ll say, why wouldn’t he have done his reading? Why wait on doing the reading? In the Forbidden Game arc, he did psychometric readings on the desks as soon as he visited the classroom (ep 14). Why would he hold off reading Masako’s comb as soon as he fetched it? I don’t think he would wait. It doesn’t make any sense to me. So I must conclude that he did a reading as soon as he got the comb.
Which brings me back to the question I can’t come up with a rational explanation for? Why does Naru carry Masako’s comb with him?
@Impz & Briar: John has had his uses (like in the Christmas special), and i guess he’s not doing much because there hasn’t been anything possessed lately. Bou-san and Ayako will be quite useful in the next arc. plenty of stuff done in the next five episodes.
i have to stop talking now because i know too much.