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Boogiepop 11

dr kisugi was pretty freaking awesome, and creepy. a few well done things of note I guess uhh... I think they did a pretty good job of conveying how when people usually asked her questions, she usually responds by saying "well (so and so) would say (this)" instead of just answering what she, herself, thinks. and she starts doing it less after she has gained her powers. this perfectly matches up with Boogiepop's theory of "normal people" getting easily caught up in the flow, but once kisugi becomes an "enemy" she starts to have her own strong will and identity. DEEP LORE.

this also matches the identity of some (most? all? arguably) of the villains of the previous arcs. at least the human villains like Saotome and Jin, who were pretty normal people that got caught up in the flow and were influenced by more strong willed, supernatural forces.

the other detail I really liked was how they showed kisugi's fear, and her aversion to even making eye contact with others, by using the camera. they'd usually have shots of just the lower half of someone's face while kisugi was speaking to them, except for pretty crucial moments when her most "strong willed" self emerged.

of course the highlight of the episode was Boogiepop just coming directly to the hospital basically to challenge her. I mean you can say it was a coincidence that Touka was there -- I do think a lot of this series just uses all of the chuuni stuff as a metaphor for mental health issues and other stresses of modern human life, it's one of the things I find very interesting about it -- but I mean... at the same time, one of the first things Boogiepop said was that he already knew kisugi was an enemy.

this arc is really doing a great job of tying together the theme of the series as a whole and making the world feel a lot more clear and fleshed out. time to keep watching!
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