Despite watching it three times, I still don't understand Mawaru Penguindrum

Despite watching it three times, I still don't understand Mawaru Penguindrum.

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Terrorists and criminals only exist because they're unloved. Also, prioritising your goals above your loved ones is the road to misery.

Fate can't be changed without sacrifice.

Children bear the sins of their parents.

80s AOR songs make good material for idol groups.

Stop abusing your children.

Japan literally broils unwanted children.

Hats can save fashion.

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i'm at ep 10 . is it that complex ? nothing deep is happening

Deep things have already happened, user. They've been happening since the beginning of the first episode and things are only going to get even deeper from here. Isn't it electrifying?

That... actually explains it perfectly. Well done, who made this.

Destiny.

Good riddance

The WEG for Eva with the refraction image applies even moreso here.

List all the catchphrases in the show.

Should have been a happy end
FUCK YOU

FABULOUS MAX
LET'S DESTINY
Shibiberu na?
SEIZON SENYRAKU
Worthless lowlives who'll never amount to anything
I should crush them soon
I will not be crushed


I can't remember any others

Is there something you don't understand specifically or just all of it?

The underlying message isn't really complicated, but the entire show has incredible depth with every little thing that's crammed into it. Kind of like realizing that even the folk song in the Cow episode of Utena had meaning. The show probably means what you think it means and Ikuhara wouldn't have it any other way.
Shinireru darou?

That's because it's terribly written.

Best ED
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Not only that, but it does the same thing Kubrick does (and many others, really): powerful visuals, memes like catchy music, cinematography... It's very distracting when you're not used to it.

Anno is clear about how he feels about Ikuhara in Evangelion, but you never see any sign of Anno in any of Ikuhara's works.

I thought Sanetoshi was Anno

It's been deep from the first half of the first epsiode.

What do the penguins mean?

>flammable

merchandising

The Third should be in Recyclable (because broiler)

Isn't it foreshadowing?
She ended up not being recycled while one was burned and both brothers recycled.

Nah, because Kanba's life got recycled for Himari.
The child broiler isn't really a good recyclable analogy.

ah fuck never knew thats what those said how foreshadowing

YKA > Mawaru P

Back to /u/, faggot.

All of this

I think both are great, but I prefer roses myself

MP>YKA>U

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How come Ikuhara only knows one way to end a series?
Utena, Mawaru, Yurikuma all ended with the protagonist leaving some institution or something leaving the antagonist in some kind of endless childish game that serves only to satisfy their vanity.

It blew my mind when I noticed that the second time through.

How does Ikuni do it?

SKU>Penguindrum>YKA

Utena had such great characters. They're all still so memorable.

Who was the person who chose Kanba? I forgot.

It's a good ending.

It's pretentious, it's a holier-than-thou way of expressing his message.

Because the institution represents society and the villain represents the arbitrary nature of social structure. Ikuhara's big into all that 20th century literary theory stuff that peddles those ideologies hard.