Fai said:
First of all do you even read the OP? No discussing the material beyond the anime content. Spoilertag.
Second of all - no, the context and the intent of the scene is EXACTLY the same.
L-Ryoshi said:The entire episode had me confused as heck. 10 soldiers couldn't run back to the boats fast enough so Munechika has to sacrifice herself? Utter BS. With her strength she could have tied them all together and THROWN them onto a ship out at sea.
Arrows and ranged attacks exist. Hell, we have seen that Onkamiyamukai can just spam magic at them.
You DO NOT turn your back against an enemy army and leave yourself open to an attack. For it to be possible at least a distraction is needed, which is why what Munechika did acted pretty much like a smoke screen.
Then the Oshitaru situation, yet more BS across the boards.
First, if he was actually innocent, then how in the world would someone be good enough to poison food that HE prepared undetected?
The poison was in the tea and you surely don't expect him to prepare it all by himself? Not to mention that its not that hard for someone to sneak in and poison it when there's a chance.
The FACT that its very hard to do is one of many reasons why it did not work in Oshutoru's favor and possible frame-up worked so well.
Second, if it was indeed done by one of the other Generals, why the hell would they do so? I mean, your Emperor is dead and your princess was the only one left to succeed the throne. Killing her instead of using her as a puppet ruler? Specially when you're at war with another country and actually need a figurehead? How stupid can those Generals get?
First of all that is only true IF the one causing this wants power and NOT simply chaos in the country.
Second of all, Anju has clearly been portrayed as someone you would most likely not be able to use as a puppet. And its not uncommon to want to eliminate the present royalty in order to lessen threats to your reign.
Third of all, Emperor was the cornerstone connecting Yamato into a whole. Whoever is doing it might not even care if Yamato splits into thousands of warring nations as long as he/she gets the piece of that pie.
And finally - whoever did this had the gall to poison a little child and pin it on
one of his comrades - a person like that would most likely see absolutely nothing wrong with squashing any possible rebellion with an iron fist.
I feel like this entire BS plot is actually something that the Emperor cooked up to instate Haku on his throne, He wants Haku to implicate himself by admitting to all of Yamato that he is the Emperor's brother, saving Oshitaru and his niece in the process.
That might be possible, but I doubt Emperor would poison someone who looks like his human daughter did.
Otherwise even I cannot begin to explain the current plot, even to myself.
What's so unclear?
An amnesiac man is found by a girl, they travel to a country and with the generosity of one of officials(Oshutoru), they build a life and home there, expanding their circle of friends and comrades. The said man slowly gets dragged into intrigue and plots of various characters and keeps being unlucky enough to find himself in the middle of worst possible things like a war.
Through the course of the show he learns to value his new family and the tragedies and events thrown at him lead towards him trying to be the best version of himself and starting to accept responsibility.
Then the said man sees the life he built up start crumbling in front of him so he will do everything he can to protect it.
If UTWR1 was a story of a genius with a mysterious past and how he affected and inspired others,
UTWR2 is a story of a simple guy who deserved none of this, getting dragged into pits of despair and being forced to play the role he never wanted to have, as he slowly gathers loyal allies around him and tries to deal with what is thrown at him.
Its a middle game, so don't expect the story to conclude here
This episode was just... not good enough...
Thank you for perfect argumentation...oh wait.
Amarrez said:
It's like we're watching a really long arc from the perspective of the villains/antagonists,
We are.
Except we are not supposed to see either side as some sort of "villain or antagonist and there's absolutely no reason to see Itsuwari no Kamen's main cast as that.