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| You really have to be built different to get humbled by the same guy.. in the same way.. TWICE. Really, Zanka never getting any sort of reputation after this lol. Time to leave earth, honestly xD I kind of like this arc because it wasn’t just about fights, I mean, we get to know the characters we’ve been living with since the start a bit as well here. New characters weren’t just plain boring too on top of that. Was looking forward to Riyo's part and hey, they really went hard with it. The hilarious part is, the way all of this got concluded. Reminds me of meme where the guy trains his whole life for the ultimate showdown… only to get casually shot by someone with a gun lmaoo. |
| Well, finally someone did a direct way to finish a fist battle shonen fight. The power of a GUN! |
| Riyo and Noerde hand to hand fight is so cool! Riyo past is slowly but surely reveal to us. Mori's nu metal song insert is pretty nice.  |
| Ah gun, the great equalizer. So funny to see finally acknowledged that in a world of BS powers, the power of getting hit by a bullet is still king. |
| Waifus only represent ideals |
| hell ya this is what I've been waiting for. favorite episode so far.   |
| All shounen fights should just bring a gun to end things faster. |
| HACKs! 🤢🤮 |
| I love how Rio just pulls out the heat and brings down not only the girl she was fighting easily, but also Jabber easily as well lol literally |
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| Lol, she pulled out the beretta. The ultimate technique, gun. Just reminds me of CSM where despite all the absurd powers, a character states they're still human, they can't win against guns. |
PaulNov 9, 2025 10:38 AM
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| Oh so that’s why they call her Riyo Reaper, she said fuck all this magic shit. We can shoot it out 🤣 my GOAT. I didn’t see Riyo having that in her at all, but now I’m even more in love with her. The concept of not wanting Riyo or Noerde to lose.. both divas. Bones absolutely cooked with the animation this week, the hand fighting choreography was incredible. I guess I should’ve been able to tell something was up when Riyo was obviously more comfortable in hand to hand combat against Noerde than using her scissors, but her being a hitman was such a cool reveal. Now I wanna know more about her backstory, her plans and what else she’s hiding!! LMAOOOO at Jabber doing all that dancing and celebrating last week just to get aired out by some hollow tips. Talk that shit now playboy 🤣 what a fucking episode. I need to know what the raiders are cooking up with the watchman series stuff too. Will we finally get some lore next week?? |
Marinate1016Nov 9, 2025 1:01 PM
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| I love hand to hand combat so much, and the movement was so fluid too. I don't like how they cut away from the fighting to show the environment while the fighting sounds continued offscreen. Just....show it to us 😭 Ah yes, you can be a great and powerful warrior with plenty of combat experience but when someone says fuck it and just pulls the blicky out, it's a wrap 💀 that had me laughing when I first read it, Riyo really said I don't have time for this lol. |
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All you need is a Deagle to no diff this verse huh?  |
| Wow that fight between Riyo and Noerde was bonkers, I love how they put the weapons aside briefly and duked it out the old fashion way. And I heard that Mori Calliope would have an insert song in this episode, and I’m happy to say it banged and fit the fight quite well, only downside was the short bit where it cut away to background scenery as the music played and sounds could be heard, but the fight overall looked amazing so it’s a small issue imo. But I gotta admit, Riyo pulling out a gun and popping two shots into Noerde overshadows the whole fight lol, you could argue it was cheap and dirty but I love this personally, it revealed that the Cleaners aren’t necessarily all pure good guys, and it also gave us some insight on Riyo’s past, being that she used to be a professional killer, the coolest babe in the show just got a lot cooler. And to make things even better, she went and gunned down Jabber after his win against Zanka, I wish she woulda ended him for good tbh but I can’t deny Jabber is fun so I’m not upset he was allowed to live. So yeah I like that Riyo is out here doing what needs to be done to save everyone, massive respect to her, but back on the Zodyl and Rudo side of things, we witnessed what exactly Zodyl’s plan is with that weird thing Guita stumbled upon in the previous episode, it’s cool to see why Zodyl’s been collecting the vital instruments in that series but I feel like whatever it is can’t just be for taking down the Sphere. @DoctorWasabi I was thinking of that scene too lol |
NHamwy said: Really crazy how a fight scene can be ruined by one really bad insert song. What were they thinking… at least the insert song is better than that new shitty OP they have |
| Don't believe the hype. |
BasedHappy said: Man overall it was good but they did Riyo's fight kinda dirty it was good and I was vibing then they cut off screen with sounds of fighting with Mori's insert song playing for a solid 15 seconds . Mori controversy aside... i had forgotten how mid Bones can be because recently they've been popping off 😭 As for the positives, I loved the small hand to hand combat section that was sick art direction on point as usual, Riyo pulling out the stick 👌 oh lawd, never a dull moment with Vtubers and controversy, what now? lol but that fight was peak, and the insert song is better than the OP surprisingly lol |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Even though the series was shaping up to be a typical shounen, I like how it breaks stereotypes: The character had flashbacks -> he doesn't get a magical power-up, Hand-to-hand combat between two warriors -> why not pull out a gun when it suits you? Plus the ost in this episode was great no complaints lol. ok.... NO WTF NOT OK ... MAN I THOUGHT RIYO WAS IN THIS ANIME FOR THE FANSERVICE AND GOON MATERIAL .... IM ******* SHIVERING FROM FEAR JUST BY SEEING HER .. LIKE THE SPIRITUAL PRESSURE FROM BLEACH EVEN THOUGH SHES NOT REAL .. SHE GOT FED UP AND SAID"ok your strong ... **** IT IMMA PULL OUT THE GLOCK " (thats like what i though in every fight in other anime that just pull out a gun man ... my dream has become true) AHH I CANT GET ENOUGH FROM THIS ANIME |
Riyo was fighting almost all the ep and then she decide to pull one of this :)) |
| Not what I was expecting to happen, but I like it. |
| https://www.honeyfeed.fm/u/34774/novels Why must the products of man trouble me so? |
| holy shit what an episode, Riyo be like "I might be out of juice but I am not out of OPTIONS!", totally didn't expect that background for her it's also nice to see that despite these awesome powers they are not immune to guns lol |
| A squad with machine guns did nothing to Semiu yet Riyo landed 10 out of 10 shots against fairly powerful opponents and completely incapacitated them. Bad machup? How did they survive so far in a world where guns are commonplace? Are ranged givers OP based on the strength of a normal gun? The power system is getting weird. |
| Riyo vs. Noerde being as sick of a fight as it was even after vital instruments were swapped out for fists is a testament to Bones and their action scene animation wizardry. Further swapping out fists for a gun is what truly cements it in history though. Gotta imagine how much harder it's got to suck having multiple bullet wounds in a place as filthy as the Ground. |
| That explains why Riyou always felt so distant and cold but lol, bringing a gun to a fight with powers is just too funny. As much as I enjoy this show I really dislike most if not every song this show uses except for both EDs. |
KanameYuukiNov 9, 2025 11:57 AM
| Yeah Riyo is the breakout character of the series for me after this episode, way more interested in her than pretty much everyone else just a damn shame how as that insert song was, totally undercut how great the fight choreography was. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Damn, absolute bonkers! We see Jabber getting shot and without showing who shot him we then move onto the battle between Noerde and Riyo. Peak fight that was ! The hand to hand combat was so fine. When Riyo came to the realisation that she wouldn't be able to beat Noerde she just pulls a gun out of nowhere and riddles her with bullets. Turns out she's an assassin..never saw that coming ❤️🔥❤️🔥 And she's terrifying. I wonder how Enjin put a leash on her. She then braids her hair like the same she had in her past which we saw in the previous episode and removes her bloody coat and proceeds to look for her friends. Now we arrive to the scene where Jabber got shot and we know that's Riyo and she just continues to riddle him with bullets and leaves him to die and saves Zanka. The direction of this whole episode was so brilliant. I wonder if the manhole girl knew about Riyo shooting Jabber. 'cause she just mentioned only that Jabber had won. I guess we will come to know something about the watchman series in the next episode. |
| Riyou: GUN PAPER SCISSORS! Noerde: "Wha..." |
Reply to Ahohite-killer
hell ya this is what I've been waiting for.
favorite episode so far.
favorite episode so far.
@Ahohite-killer Riyo looks crazy in these scenes. The anime made her look even more mentally unstable. I love it   |
I was immediately reminded of this meme: |
| I thought the conclusion of the Riyo fight was awesome. It’s something so many people say, “well why didn’t they just bring a gun to the fight that would’ve solved everything”, and then SHE ACTUALLY DID IT. I love it. Made up for last episode’s Zanka loss. |
| ~Kubert~ |
| Riyou de Janeiro strikes with a gun! Best way to settle a fight. |
| Imagine how boring this world would be without Japan - a comment at youtube |
| its kinda wack to see guns be that affective in a fight between power users. these mofos are constantly doing superhuman things, but a gun can easily take them out doesnt make much sense imo |
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| peak episode wow, she is different from what I thought!!! |
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| Lmao okay Riyou surprised me, what can you do when the powers are not sufficient in a fight... just take out your gun lol, and it works, you could never expect that xD Jabbed got mag dumped bruh |
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Reply to Deima82
FIRST OF ALL GREAT FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN Riyou AND Noerde,BUT AT THE END OF THE FIGHT RIYOU JUST SHOOTS NOERDE,THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE FIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE IF YOU JUST GONNA SHOOT HER?,ALSO RIYOU CLAIMED TO BE A KILLER A SECRET AND YET SHE GOT HER ASS KICKED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FIGHT,BUT YEAH KILLER,ASSASSIN RIGHT,IF YOU JUST GONNA SHOOT THEN SHOOT WHY WASTE MY TIME WITH THE FIGHT THEN?ALSO RUDO JUST TALKS WITH THE ENEMY BOSS CHARACTER FOR COUPLE OF EPISODES JUST TALKING.ALSO IN THE SAME FIGHT BETWEEN RIYOU AND NOERDE AT SOME POINT THEY JUST CUT AND LET US HEAR HOW THEY FIGHT,AND THEM CONTINUES TO SHOW THE FIGHT LIKE WTF?
| @Deima82 Idk why you're so mad, writing everything caps locked? You simply don't pull of your trump card at the beginning of a fight and Riyou pulled off her gun, because her survival wasn't guaranteed. If Enjin will find out about Riyou owning a gun, she will be in big trouble for sure. The consequences would affect her massively. Btw Zodyl wants to use Rudo for his target and not simply use him as an offering. Harming Rudo could lead him to lose information about the sky. |
| I love Riyou, such a realist XD As for why she didn't shoot Noerde to start with I think it is because she is trying to be a better person. When she joined the Cleaners she left that part of her life behind and promised Enjin she wouldn't kill again. In her fight with Noerde she acknowledged that Noerde had the edge over her and that is why she pulled out her gun. After all, the point wasn't to fight but to win with the consequences for losing being more than a loss of pride. That is why I love Riyou for being a realist. Honor on the battlefield is an indulgence. |
pixelanteNov 9, 2025 3:06 PM
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