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Average 3.8
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| Welp, I give Shiki credit for having the balls to fight in that state. He's the underdog in that fight and faced a barrage of bullets aimed right at him. The show wanted to see if he could truly master his blood ability so in some ways, this felt like a test for him. Hell of an episode and cliffhanger. This might be Shiki's toughest fight in the season yet. |
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| I wonder what kind of asspull its going to take for ichinose to get out of this. Haha. Mikado is insane. Sucks he wont listen at all, but a master manipulator got to him. Sad times. Good episode. Happy to see that dirtbag die though 3/5 |
| their drama is so bad. I don't know if it is poorly written or what, but it is so not interesting. |
| ヘルソン |
| Shinya has finally died. Jin taking that last attack on him was for sure coming, for everything that Shinya has done to get where he is now, killing a bunch of people. In the end, they revealed his backstory, which in all honestly is what I was expecting, but I don't think the anime was going like "ohh, poor Shinya", they really were just showing us Shinya's perspective of life, that in no way excuses what he did to get to that high position, and why he got this end. The battle between Shiki and Mikado started slowly this episode, but I'm expecting things to heat up a lot next episode, when Shiki starts to get serious, since Mikado isn't there to play with him, 6 guns against him is crazy. I don't know, this anime always manages to hype me up with its episodes. It's pure Shounen fun, and I love it. And this arc is for sure much better than the last one. Only 2 more episodes for Tougen Anki to end. It's so weird honestly, following this for over 20 weeks now, and it's close to ending! I wonder if we're ever getting a 2nd season after this, considering there are still so many volumes to adapt. I personally would like for them to end up producing a 2nd season! |
| it's absolutely lame how this series wants us to emphatize with the rotten momotaro |
| The only excuse that can be made for Mikado is the level of propaganda in their organization, which explains something, but the scene where Shinya resigns is magnificent, and Jin chose an excellent weapon. |
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their drama is so bad. I don't know if it is poorly written or what, but it is so not interesting.
| @GersonSalas It really is. I get that anime/manga always tries to in some way justify or explain the villains motivations (insert the tragic backstory) but here it's just poorly handled and doesn't move me. At all. I couldn't care less about a POS like Momotaro. And the two dumbasses on the roof fighting should just get a room and get it over with instead of their pointless hammy shounen lines. |
| "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 |
| Idk why Shiki is so surprised that Mikado don’t wanna listen to shit he got to say after he found out the person he thought was his best friend betrayed him and was using him. Seeing people say that the misunderstanding is dumb and while I agree it’s somewhat contrived, it also makes total sense Mikado wouldn’t wanna hear him out. He stuck his neck out defending Shiki when Shinya was bad mouthing him just to find out he’s the very thing they warned him about. They are definitely dragging this out for sure tho |
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| You know, it's kinda refreshing to see a villain dying kicking and screaming like that. Lately we only have villains dying after coming to terms and accepting their fate Demon Slayer style, which eventually became stale and repetitive. Anyway, they keep prolonging this cringe drama and falling off between Shiki and Mikaido to the point that it drags the show down. Those two somehow become total BFFs the first time they met and then they met one more time and that's literally it. There is literally nothing between them, yet author is trying to pose this as something deep. |
PiromyslDec 12, 3:58 PM
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| Did anyone feel bad for Shinya? Just like Tsubakiri, I felt nothing, good riddance lol |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
MinscS2 said: @Marinate1016 It's been several episodes for us viewers since they first met and hung out, but in actual in-universe time Mikado and Shiki have known eachother for like what... a day? Maybe two? Definitely less than a week. Them (and the show) trying to portray this as some massive "My BFF childhood friend betrayed me, I'll never trust or listen to you again!"-type of betrayal just adds to the disconnect and general feeling of fake drawn out drama. And like you said, it's dragging on - this has been going on for several episodes now, which is ironically longer than the time we actually saw them bond on-screen. :P This isn't like if Deku where to find out that Bakugo was actually a high ranking member of the League of Villains after 6 seasons/in-universe years (but the show certainly pretends like it is.) This is just two random strangers who hung out like once (or twice), and now they're acting up some C-tier Shakesperian Othello skit... Show is so ass I actually didn’t know only a day or so had passed |
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| Only way Shinya's end could've been any more satisfying is if Jin went for his eyes. Good riddance. "I see your pistol ...rock and raise you two whole new guns." |
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@GersonSalas It really is. I get that anime/manga always tries to in some way justify or explain the villains motivations (insert the tragic backstory) but here it's just poorly handled and doesn't move me. At all. I couldn't care less about a POS like Momotaro. And the two dumbasses on the roof fighting should just get a room and get it over with instead of their pointless hammy shounen lines.
| @Farabeuf What's funny is the backstory showed he was already part of the Momotaro agency regardless. So he was always evil anyway, because let's say he had a really useful combat ability, what would he be doing with it? Murdering Oni. |
| I don't feel sorry at all. I'm pleased that he's finally gone. |
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| Commenting again: Man, guns in anime are horribly underwhelming. For some reason, guns/bows always seem to get dunked on in almost any scenario. But they're awesome irl. |
| Nah man, idgaf for Momo, i don't feel bad, they're the worst. I'm not moved just even a bit. I hate them to the core, except Mika. Buuuutttt can't wait for next, go for it silly Shiki~ Mika just wanna have some fun. |
| I knew Ichinose would still try to talk to Mikado, huge time wasted on that fucking thing just fight ffs. When they showed Shinya's backstory I was worried for a second he will survive, rip bitch. |
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| They are just doing useless things and draining their own stamina... |
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| When Shinya was dying I was like: YEAH! GTFO BOZO! And then they showed his backstory and then I was like: ...GTFO BOZO! Also, I think Mikado is just acting, there's no way he actually believes Shiki did all that, maybe he's just testing him I don't know. There's no way he fell 100% for Shinya's BS. But if he actually believes Shiki betrayed him, just like that, then he deserves a good beating from Shiki. |
| You know I'm really starting to think that the author doesn't believe being part of genocidal organization that's trying hunt a race of people into extinction isn't evil. Because look at Shinya and Tsubakiri's backstories, they're both already Momotaro by default before "they went bad" meaning the author doesn't think that being part of organization that regularly sends out hit squads to murder entire families is bad by itself. |
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| Wellp, whatever Shiki can do to convince Mikado, there's just no going back to how they were. I'd like to believe that Shiki and Mikado's relationship can be as genuine as it comes when it first began...but once the gloves are off, there's just no saving either side. And despite Shinya's trick, Kougasaki managing to come out unfazed by slashing him to his death, it's what he truly deserved ater all this while, even when he started his journey walking up the ladder by his nefarious means to prove he's worth at least someone who's worth noting for. And here he is, being taken down by Kougasaki who cares lesser for his manipulation, and honestly at this point, Shinya getting taken care of is better than leaving him alive. Back to Shiki and Mikado, Masumi clearly seeing from the sidelines that his own Oni is outmatched by the Momotaro, though Shiki sure is trying very hard to manifest his other hand to try and be just like Mikado in the ploy of "who can pull off the most guns". Honestly, that being the focal point just goes show how shallow the fight truly is, it's writing without intelligent thinking, they are definitely dragging this arc outright. Whatever it is, Shiki better have Mikado dealt with sooner than later... |
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