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| Episode gave Shiki a responsiblity for this investigation. Interesting as this tested both his physical and mental skills. They really wanted him to truly master his abilities. Masumi also continues to show his intelligence. Shiki's revenge story has cooled down somewhat but this feels like it still pushes him to be even better. |
Stark700Nov 21, 7:51 AM
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| Finally something is about to happen |
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| Don't care about the "we was friends for 5 minutes" dynamic. They try to sell me the pathos, but it's just not there. Meh. |
| "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 |
| The confrontation between Shiki and Mikado finally happened, and it's honestly sad to see. Mikado must feel really betrayed and conflicted, especially considering that "Shiki" used him to kill a lot of people (which we know it's not true). Honestly, such a kind person didn't deserve that, and I hope Shinya pays for all the crimes he has been doing, like killing all those people, including the group that was helping him out (I don't know if he isn't worse than Tsubakiri honestly, at least Tsubakiri didn't kill humans apparentaly). I still think that deep down, Mikado still wanted this to not be true, since he really didn't want to kill Shiki, so I think there's hope that these 2 can clear out this misunderstanding. It seems next episodes are going to heat up with the fight scenes. Mudano spoke the truth when he said that Shiki needed to show that he is strong to be heard, that's also what really happens in reality. And I hope Shiki is able to make Mikado hear him out. I'm also expecting Shiki's classmates to start appearing more now, since they have barely appeared in the last couple of episodes. And it seems Jin isn't appearing until the end now. I ended finding this confrontation really satisfying, because it was well planned, and they gave it time so that it made sense and seemed natural, considering the instances of the characters. They were building this up ever since they introduces Mikado, and it was well executed in my opinion. I'm really excited for next week's episode! This arc has certainly be a upgrade from the last one! Edit: The harshest shot of the episode  |
| “I thought we were friends” actually hurt me. We knew that confrontation was coming, but man the genuine disappointment in Mikado’s voice hurt to hear. It’s not even an anger at the “betrayal” just a feeling of sheer let down and realizing someone isn’t who you thought they were |
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| Man, I just want to see Shiki and Mikado fighting I thought the fight was going to start this episode already |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| Gee, Shinya. How come your mom lets you have two busted vision powers? I knew the confrontation was going to be raw, but damn. If Mikado's as angry as he is now, I wonder how he's gonna take finding out who truly tied the puppetstrings on his back. |
| The scene with Mikado and Shiki is strangely staged. The first one literally screams at the top of his lungs, searching for survivors, and the second one arrives and makes a scene, claiming that the other is a criminal. Of the new characters in this story arc, Masamune seems more interesting than the villain. |
| This whole friendship thing reminds me of Gon and Kite from HxH cause how long did Mikado and Ichinose know each other? a few days? a week? and yet they act like they've known each other their whole life, actually they act like they've been best friends their whole life. Fuck off. Just show me a good fight before this season ends |
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| They have meet literally only once and are acting as if their friendship lasted since childhood or something. Seriously, the desperate attempt at forcing deep drama is not only not working out, but actually backfiring. |
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| It's funny. I just marathoned the last 6 or 7 episodes of this after taking October and most of November off for other reasons, and while I think the ideas going around in this arc aren't exactly terrible, the execution has been. Far too slow and drawn out. A momotaro tactician setting up a betrayal in friendship does require some buildup I grant you, but this was too much. It felt like barely anything happened and they STILL haven't started fighting yet. To say nothing of the pivotal friendship itself feeling underdeveloped. In hindsight, I kind of got lucky putting this on unofficial hold when I did because I can't imagine how grueling this slow as molasses pacing would have been had I watched this last batch of episodes weekly. Contrast this with the first large arc which I thought just threw everyone into the fire too quickly without enough proper buildup. This series through two lengthy arcs has somehow managed to have poor pacing in completely opposite ways imo which is...certainly something. Also, this notion that the oni are trying to bring the momotaro to the peace talks table is interesting and probably the single most important piece of information we've received this arc so far. I question why we haven't gotten it sooner, but oh well. Maybe we have and I just forgot. |
animefan8800Nov 22, 10:55 AM
| It's really dumb how they fo "no one will listen to Shiki because he's weak" crap. It doesn't make any sense, Shiki is literally the super strong child of Kishin, that has all the Momotaro scared and nervous, and he's had the most impressive onscreen fighting record, he's beat like 3 Momotaro captains. |
| Of course this dude won’t listen. Cliche. ο»Ώ ο»ΏHow easy can one person be manipulated |
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fuck off shinya ugly ass bitch makes me wanna vomit cant wait to see him burning in hell
| @bom- lol calm down, same here actually π |
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@Matchappie i can't help it im soooo tired of this guyπππ»hes THAT annoying...glad we share the feeling tho ππ€π»
| @bom- I had enough too! tysm it's feel like you speak behalf me π he gets too much screen time π i wanna go berserk everytime he's on the screen ππ€¬π€ |
| I hate that guy with the round eyes so annoying and his smug personality omggg |
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| Thank god someone amongst the momotaro is smart enough to realize that tongue piercing guy is evil and extremely manipulative. I really wish purple guy would speak up tho. This anime really drags on, y'know? Watching it was been a painful slow torture. |
cooldogmomNov 30, 12:29 PM
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"  |
| He manipulated him very well... Can't wait to see them battling against each other :) |
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| Both the Oni and the Momotaro are moving in the same direction, as is Shiki and Mikado finding themselves in quite the situation that works either way for Shinya having the two's confrontation work out in the first place. The "friends" part didn't matter thereafter having learnt the obscure truth, it's truly the end of the good and the arrival of the bad. It's pretty much the exact ploy that Masumi can recite it at the top of his head, and Shiki still thinking that he can make amends with Mikado, it's not working out when their ego resides being the stronger of the two beings, and even worse if the Oni can't prove that they're equals to even ask for a consensus. Shiki really has been taken for a ride since coming into Nerima, and he essentially has to face reality before him of a war that will not end due to his simple non-killing belief. With the Kanto Nuts Union gang rid of, thanks to Shinya's eye using Kougasaki as bait, he's just setting up the Nerima Momotaro for their long-fated confrontation, and it's the same for Masumi relying heavily on the Oni Academy's students to rout them out, before Nerima's Combat Unit is tasked for backup. The stage is set, and there's no turning back... |
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