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| Kind of an underwhelming season finale imo. These last few episodes including this one was mostly focused on dealing with Shiki. Mudano was truly a man of words and wisdom this season, even some of his past moments were replayed again. Nothing dramatic at all and felt like any other episode without some grand climax. They still threw in some lighthearted and comedic moments in this so the stakes didn't feel high. Well, I guess Shiki is going to have to move on with his life and decide on what to do next. Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc announced |
Stark700Yesterday, 7:05 AM
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| Well, what all that's happened, it's really a miracle for the remaining members alive, at least for Mudano to want to bring everyone to the negotation table for a consensus between Oni and Momotaro, which is quite the hurdle to cross at this point of time. With Shiki saved from his Enki transformation that nearly put him to death, and Masumi ready to hand over the reins to Kaoru since the loss of his right leg due to Shiki going berserk, Kyoya being here to finally fix Shiki up as Mikado made his amends with Shinya acknowledging him amidst his nefarious plan to pit him against Shiki, it'd better be the blessings that they're even alive up to this point. With Shiki's Kishin blood restoring his life as the Flame Oni Enki, to think that the power he exerted is only 10% of his total power, and with his regeneration being faster than the usual Kishin that puts his life at risk if he goes overboard, it's control that Shiki needs to master, otherwise he would face death early. With the deeds done, Kyoya transferring to Rasetsu Academy to supervise Shiki's development, as they bid farewell to Masumi, and even to Mikado who went through all that pain for himself to get used by Shinya, Shiki was truly acting like his friend all the time, unabashedly unashamed at that. Even both Osuke and Tsukuyomi managing to recover to want revenge another time, as the students finally head back to Rasetsu for their next training. Shiki's family grave being nearby Mudano visitng the grave of the Oni, as is his tattoo adding up whenever someone else dies, which is not a good proposition. Yet, Shiki acting all cocky to want Mudano to train him harder from now on, let's see if the teacher can uphold the promise...in the sequel. The Nerima Arc for the 2nd Cour is REALLY quite the drag for a Shonen series, that tore everything that was decent about the 1st Cour apart. Hopefully the sequel can be different and not feel so shallow... https://x.com/tougenanki_anm/status/2004567887789408604 |
KANLen09Yesterday, 9:23 AM
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so excited for Season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| And so we end the Nerima arc, and this first season, with some aftermath-style healing both physically and emotionally, a friendship restored, a graveside visit and most importantly: some pubic hair jokes. This show was...fine. I never really ended up liking or connecting with it as much as I'd hoped, but in a weaker anime season I could see myself watching a hypothetical season two. Assuming one comes. I've gone on record in previous episode threads regarding my largest takeaways. Namely, that the pacing of these first two large arcs felt rather messy and that for the vast majority of the show the biggest positive for me seemed to be how nearly every female character had big, beautiful tits. Hell, that still might have been the biggest positive by the end(heh.) But yeah, 6/10. EDIT: I see a continuation HAS been announced already, huh? Well like I said, I may check it out. We'll see. |
| The chibis are too cutie. The excitement every week i felt (★^O^★) from summer to fall, thanks, I'm so delighted. And now they've announced Nikko Kegon Falls Arc, omfg I'm literally crying, Hayate and the others are coming kyaaaaaaaaaaa.. Despite the good and bad by people, idc, me personally, i love Tougen Anki, i adore them ♡ And I'm super happy to see them being animated in the very first place. Really-really until we meet again (＾ｖ＾) |
| Of course, the MC survives and everyone is happy. Welp, Tougen Stinki (😏) has to be the bare bones of what a Shounen needs to at least provide. But when you're against other airing shounens like Gachiakuta, you're always gonna be compared and belittled. Kinda surprised a sequel has already been announced. Now, everyone say thank you for the MAL Tougen Anki Badge. 🙏☂️ |
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| I feel like this was a really nice episode to end things up for this 1st season of the anime. We got a nice conclusion for the Nerima arc, which, in my opinion, was much better than the previous arc. Kyouya makes a reappearance! Good to see him back! I actually mentioned some episodes ago how he was probably going to be the one to save Ikari (and now he's saving Shiki too). Seeing Shiki all burned up was hard to see, but it reminded me of Attack on Titan (if you know, you know). They also finally gave some more info about Kishin's children. The 1st part we all already knew about, but Kyouya now gave us the information that all of this power comes with a cost, and that cost seems to be that all of Kishin's children die at an early age, some even in their teens. That certainly isn't good for Shiki, considering Momotarou won't leave him alone, and he'll need to use Enki's powers more and more. All of this reminded me, once again, of Attack on Titan though. The most interesting part is when Shiki leaves the room after being embarassed of everyone seeing his privates (I feel, I think only the medical staff and maybe the teachers saw it) and sharing that he was pubeless, but in reality he leaves the room to be able to reflect about the idea that he might be close to dying "in his teens". I think this section showed a bit more of nuance to Shiki's character, that was honestly needed, an information lika that would affect anyone. I found it interesting he was worried to die in his teens, since Shiki is 17 according to the manga, so he's almost out of his teenage years, but I get the idea, dying in your 20s is not nice either. But can we talk about how Jin followed him, so that he could cheer up Shiki? That was really cute, and a payoff of the development we saw between the 2 some episodes ago. Shiki even blushed after that. I swear, these 2 are going to be another Naruto and Sasuke, a could be couple, that never goes forth because the manga/anime doesn't want to be a Yaoi/BL (and considering that the author really likes BLs, I feel like these moments are going to be more common). Not the green-haired guy stating to Homare that he was pubeless too... Like, why do they have to make the character like that? Anyways, we then finally get the Mikado and Shiki reconciliation I was really looking foward to. Honestly, I was expecting something a bit better. I wasn't expecting Shiki to hold grudges towards Mikado, so that's on character, but I was expecting something more personal, and not in front of all of the other Oni, and a rather quick talk too, I wanted something a bit more developed. We finally end the Nerima arc, and after the ending credits, I noticed we still have 4 minutes left, so I was curious to see what was going to happen. We finally see Shiki going to visit his father at the grave, something they mention in episode 2, and never showed later. So I'm glad they ended this season on that note. Not only that, BUT WOW, MUDANO HAS TATTOOS? As expected, Mudano also carries a lot of tragic stories with him, and Shiki's speech, while a bit corny, it was cute and certainly appreciated by Mudano. I feel like this last scene was a really good way to end the season, by showing a bit more of the characters, instead of just ending with "well, the Nerima arc is over now". So, this is it, no more weekly dose of Tougen Anki. I'm honestly going to miss this anime. As I said many times before, although the anime is generic, the writing is not the best many times, and it has an exaggerated design of female characters, I somehow really enjoyed it. The biggest problems with these anime I would say are 2. The first one is the power scalling. Making Shiki defeat a Momotarou captain so early on still seems to be not a great idea for the long run. For this Nerima arc it still worked, but I'm not sure if the power scalling isn't going to be all weird in the next arcs. The 2nd problem is the hypersexualization of the design of the female characters. It's just disturbing in a way honestly, and the fact that this is common for all the important female characters is not good at all. But taking those 2 away, the anime does a good job at being a Battle Shounen. While it uses a lot of common troupes, the truth is that they work and make the story entertaining, and you can clearly see it's more inspirated by "older" Shounen shows, like Naruto, and honestly, it also gives this anime a bit of nostalgic feeling to it. One thing this anime deserves more recognition is with the skills of each character. They were so far all unique, and the battles ended up always looking really cool. Even while not having the best animation, and having to rely on CGI, they did a good job with it, and the final product ended up really cool and fluid. Also, while some of the characters are, well, questionable (looking at you green-haired guy), some others were really cool, like Mudano, and even Shiki does a good job at being a protagonist. As I said, I personally don't really know why I enjoyed this anime as much as I did, I guess it's just one of those anime that clicks with you, and in this case, Tougen Anki is one of those anime for me. Taking into consideration also the bad and mid aspects the anime also has, I'm going to give it a 7/10. For me it's almost an 8/10, especially after this 2nd cour, but I have to take in consideration that the 1st cour had some major flaws in its storetelling (and I'm repeating, THE POWERSCALLING). I also have to thank Tougen Anki for giving us 2 of the best anime openings of the year "Overnight" and "Amidakuji". "Overnight" by The Oral Cigarettes in particular is so good, my favorite opening of the year, and my most heard song of the year too. That is a big win for Tougen Anki in my books! The OST is also incredibly good! I really recommend checking it out! Kohta Yamamoto did an amazing job! At this point I would start saying "Oh, I hope we're getting a 2nd season for this anime, since I really had a good time following these weekly episodes", but there's no need! Tougen Anki's 2nd season has already been confirmed, and I'm really happy about that! I'm going to be waiting for it quite eagerly! I'm curious to see how the story develops here on out! Also, the teaser showed a new character, that is already giving vibes that is going to be really powerful. I'm also curious to see if in this 2nd season we're seeing another Kishin child! As a final suggestion, I recommend for those who don't to watch the mini episodes that they released alongside the anime, that you can find on their YouTube channel with English subs! It's called Onimomomomo. Some of the episodes develop more some of the characters, and they are only 2 minutes long, so totally worth to check them out! It was a pleasure to discuss the episodes of Tougen Anki every week with all of you! For those who plan to see the 2nd season, I plan to see you there! Also, is there any manga reader that can tell in which volume/chapter the anime stopped with this 1st season? |
| Meh, it went with every shounen cliché in the book at the end and conpletely lost all of it's momentum. MC and Momotaro should just have kissed at the end to make all of this ridiculousness worthwhile. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
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so excited for Season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AnimeFan500 said: so excited for Season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yess! I was really happy when after watching the episode I saw people saying there was a 2nd season announced already! I'm really curious to see how the story will go from here. I ended up enjoying Tougen Anki quite a lot! Matchappie said: And now they've announced Nikko Kegon Falls Arc Yess! I was honestly expecting this anime to get a 2nd season, considering it's doing some numbers in Japan, and the ones behind this adaptation really did a lot of promotion for this anime, but getting the confirmation that it's in production is great! |
| One of the worst modern shonen i’ve seen. Zero depth in world building, zero depth in story, zero depth in characters, especially lame bloodthirsty antagonists. The only passable thing was action and I don’t believe this is enough for the show to be mildly popular, but sadly it seems like it is. 3.5/10 |
| finally this is over, how the hell is it getting s2? that's insane |
| You won't miss anything by skipping this anime, but if you like shounen trope fests then it's honestly pretty decent. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| The fact not even Jin could resist firing the pubeless shot LOL Gotta admit something about Shiki calling out to Mikado like the beef never happened got to me, and I ended up enjoying this more than I probably should've. |
| Thank God this bullshit is over. Another series that wasted 6 months of my life. Arguably the most generic battle shonen of all time with its only memorable trait being the yaoi bait teasing. CGI was dogshit, MC is annoying, story feels like it was written by an AI that was given the prompt “make a modern battle shonen and make it sound human”. They tried to keep us locked in with the big tiddy fanservice shit in the first cour, but no matter how much you dress a turd, it’s still a turd. I have NO idea how this got another season, but I will NOT be there. They really spent the whole second cour dealing with this forced doomed yaoi gimmick for two people that met and knew each other for all of 2 days lmaoo. Good riddance. Waste of a Yamamoto Kohta ost. |
Marinate10163 hours ago
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| First half was bad, as in, really bad. (As in, a 4/10 AT MOST) Second half was pretty decent, though. You could maybe argue that it was a bit dragged out due to how many episodes it took, but it didn't feel like that while watching it. Yeah, it still has issues, and comparing it to the other shounen in the same season, Gachiakuta, just shows how weak it is... but contrary to the rest here, that second arc showed me that there's promise in this anime (Though most of the cast got sidelined this arc), so I'm giving it a light-6/10. |
| It was simple, generic, but it was honest. At least I didn't feel like this anime was trying to be the new "mainstream shounen slop", which made me enjoy it. Don't know if I'll be watching the sequel, but this first season was enjoyable, at least. |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| I'm glad they announced a sequel, because the story arcs here are very long and more episodes are simply necessary, I have only one small complaint about this season, but overall I'm satisfied, and Queen is top chan perfect for one genre. |
| Well, that turned out to be a huge disappointment, will not be watching a second season. 4/10. |
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AnimeFan500 said:
so excited for Season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so excited for Season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yess! I was really happy when after watching the episode I saw people saying there was a 2nd season announced already! I'm really curious to see how the story will go from here. I ended up enjoying Tougen Anki quite a lot!
Matchappie said:
And now they've announced Nikko Kegon Falls Arc
And now they've announced Nikko Kegon Falls Arc
Yess! I was honestly expecting this anime to get a 2nd season, considering it's doing some numbers in Japan, and the ones behind this adaptation really did a lot of promotion for this anime, but getting the confirmation that it's in production is great!
| @PokefanPT I'm so happy we have some in common! |
| I’m very pleased with the conclusion of this first season. It’s great to see Jin demonstrate his growth by showing concern for Shiki. He knew immediately that Shiki wasn’t feeling well and managed to motivate him even more. In addition, Mikado and Shiki were able to salvage their friendship, and I’m glad to see them speak one last time before the end of the season. Hopefully, these two can create a bridge between Oni and Momotaro. |
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| welp that was a decent ending... llord only knows if we'll ever get a 2nd season.... i mean it took blue exorcist almost a decade so yea... 10/10 STRAIGHT WHAT IS THIS BANGER EPISODE SO PEAK MAN IT'S AN EMOTION FOR ME DEFINATELY TOP 10 FOR ME FS!!! LOVED THIS FROM BOTTOM OF HEART FULLY SATISFIED I CAN'T WAIT FOR S2! PROPS TO THE ARTIST FOR CREATING THIS MASTERPIECE ANIME PURE PEAK! This one is really interesting and such a good anime. I really enjoyed this. Maybe I will miss this from next week. Hope they start the production for S2 early |
| Review bombed to shit, but i really enjoyed the anime. The whole blood/bacteria thing is kinda silly (how much blood can a person have in their body... lol. 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag.) aside from that, it was an enjoyable shounen. Top 3 for my season. Was hoping Mikado was going to join them somehow... oh well. |
trampler8324 said: One of the worst modern shonen i’ve seen. Zero depth in world building, zero depth in story, zero depth in characters, especially lame bloodthirsty antagonists. The only passable thing was action and I don’t believe this is enough for the show to be mildly popular, but sadly it seems like it is. 3.5/10 Personally, I'd say it's one of the worst shonen, not just modern. |
Ehentalix said: Honestly the number of people bitching that this is another generic battle shonen should surprise me, but it doesn't. Like I'm sorry but if you don't enjoy that kind of thing why are you even here? Go watch something else. Crying that other anime do better at subverting shonen tropes really just proves you have no idea why those tropes are there to be subverted in the first place. I'll give you a hint: it's not because they're unpopular or uninteresting. In order for another story to say something new and different in a given category, there has to be a baseline for them to be new and different from. That's how storytelling works. If you look at this as what it is, a generic feels-good battle shonen, it's great. It does exactly what that kind of story needs to do: overpowered underdog MC who's a bit of a dimwit, power of friendship saves the day, homoerotic tension with the main rival, it nails everything. The only trope it tries to subvert, in making the protagonists the societal "bad guys", it does well too, positioning the Momotaro as the elite forces fighting to save humanity from the berserk demons and still making sure you know they're not in the right. I could sit here and write another thousand words about Tougen Anki's storytelling choices and how it plays into its genre so well, but I don't need to. The people who understand that already know, and the people who don't want to aren't going to give a shit. So I'll eagerly await the second season while laughing at all the snobs who are mad that it gets one. The problem isn't that it's generic it's that it's bad. The story sucks, the characters are all one-dimensional and annoying, the antagonists suck, and the fights and animation aren't even good. I don't know why some of you try to make it sound like having basic standards is a problem. |
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