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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Mm, a better episode this week imo. The action was on point especially in the second half and Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki impresed me with his fighting tactics. Kinda expected ufotable to pour in their budget for the battle scenes so I got the joy of watching that. Hell, I think they even captured the characters emotions right this week. |
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| Im getting nervous at Yagen's injury what if he die no no! thank you very much Churu for appearing and saving my yagen, Thanks for dropping hahaha as expected he is still very bright even its night.To think that he would appear in this episode im dying. Yes I am very surprised to see my favorite character tsuru would appear in this blessed this episode tsuru's appearance is beautiful but when he said that line of him😂😂it made me laugh. thanks ufo for this ep. |
honokiJul 22, 2017 9:35 AM
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| Tsuru....he's just so beautifull...xD |
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| Good episode. Now all the crane fangirls can shut up since their boy finally appeared. |
| Good episode. Nice action. Using the ship's cannon to bombard the meeting place was a good idea. Fortunately, Yagen was there to stop. Yagen got injured and I though he was going to die but a new character (Tsurumaru) made it in time. |
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| The action was great. New character at the end seems like a pretty cool guy. |
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| Best episode in the series so far. Pacing was good and it didn't feel dragged out or pointless. Characters felt like themselves ( they even showed the dorky side of izuminokami I love it ) there was one joke I laughed at ( the one where konnosuke bragged about having everything on hand and then horikawa and mutsu start roasting him ) - thought it was really funny lol Tsurumaru had a cool reveal at the end. I know yagen isn't going to die but I did flip at him getting injured. Really exciting. Its like the formula from the previous episodes ( something happening then nothing happening then something happening ) done right. Imglad they skipped to the next mission instead of showing the 3 day vacation. I'm really glad Tsurumaru got revealed this episode. Not only is he my second favorite character, but it means Mikazuki Munechika is next. Maybe they'll take Yagen back to the citadel to get him treated and we'll see Mikazuki there? Who knows but I'm anxious lol good episode overall. No real complaints outside of me not liking izuminokamis voice ( personal thing ) and me not believing Yagen killed all those historical revisionists back at the meeting place. But that's it. Good work ufotable. Keep it up. |
| Not a bad episode. The action was cool, as always. Nice twist with the Retrograde Army wanting to use the cannons instead of attacking directly. Still waiting for some kind of story outside of "go here and stop the Retrograde Army". |
JCvetich said: Not a bad episode. The action was cool, as always. Nice twist with the Retrograde Army wanting to use the cannons instead of attacking directly. Still waiting for some kind of story outside of "go here and stop the Retrograde Army". I think they're following the game very closely with that because that's mostly what the game is. " Go here- stop retrograde army " lo! Not much of a plot outside of that |
MikazukiRanbu said: JCvetich said: Not a bad episode. The action was cool, as always. Nice twist with the Retrograde Army wanting to use the cannons instead of attacking directly. Still waiting for some kind of story outside of "go here and stop the Retrograde Army". I think they're following the game very closely with that because that's mostly what the game is. " Go here- stop retrograde army " lo! Not much of a plot outside of that Ah, I see. I never played the game, so I don't know anything about it. Well, hopefully they're just setting up the world and characters for now. I'd like to see a more developed story in the future! |
| The action was cool. That ootachi is strong. It can take on all four of them. Yagen was able to stop the attack but he got injured and is surrounded. Tsurumaru saved him in time. |
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JCvetich said: MikazukiRanbu said: I think they're following the game very closely with that because that's mostly what the game is. " Go here- stop retrograde army " lo! Not much of a plot outside of that Ah, I see. I never played the game, so I don't know anything about it. Well, hopefully they're just setting up the world and characters for now. I'd like to see a more developed story in the future! There Is a bit more to the game like the recollections for the characters where they talk about conflicts, the training, forging, kiwames where the characters go on a journey of self discovery and come back stronger ( I don't think that'll be in the anime though since kiwames were implemented into the game so late while the anime was being made ) and etc. I dunno how much of that will appear in the anime but we'll see. |
| that Ootachi samurai monster looks like trouble nice action this week and the pacing is much faster and look another bishounen enters the scene |
| this episode was pretty intense! Not to mention that fight with the high difficulty oni, but for Yagen getting surrounded by other demons and beeing injured in the end :O Nice to see Tsurumaru in action :D Jiji to the rescue! ^^ |
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| tsurumaru is fucking gorgeoussssssssssssssssss i love how they make it like he, a tachi (with tragic stats) can actually do something in a night battle |
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| The action is amazing! This is what I'm here for mostly. The big Oni kinda reminded me of facing of against Bosses from Nioh lmao |
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vikki7783 said: tsurumaru is fucking gorgeoussssssssssssssssss i love how they make it like he, a tachi (with tragic stats) can actually do something in a night battle I haven't actually played tkrb in a while but were tsurumarus stats really that bad? Haha, ufotable even says on his profile that he's proficient in battle so I don't really think they care if his stats in game are bad- just like they don't care that a wakizashi and a tantou going up against a tachi/katana ( multiple of them ) really wouldn't work IRL and only works here because ufotable/tkrb game logic |
Bwz0om said: Just felt like saying that, as someone who has only seen Hanamaru without playing the game (?) or knowing anything about the franchise beforehand, Katsugeki is pretty enjoyable so far. I'm generally a fan of cute guys doing things in anime, and Hanamaru delivered on that plus some good action scenes, but I think the focus Katsugeki has on plot and action instead of SoL is also nice. We get the same characters with the same VAs from Hanamaru, but this time in an action series by ufotable. Pretty cool to see. Do we know if Katsugeki is just going to focus on the 6 - 7 swordboys listed in the character section and show in the OP, or if we'll see some of the other ones at some point? There are 6 more sword boys coming. You see them in the op- Mikazuki Munechika who was the swordman in blue standing in the night landscape and the silhouettes behind him that were his team ( Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Oodenta Mitsuyo * He wasn't in Hanamaru but he was in the game*, Honebami Toushirou, Higekiri and Hizamaru *These two also weren't inHanamaru but they're in the game ) they're presumably unit 1 and will be appearing later on in the series. So all together if you include the saniwa and konnosuke that's 14 characters. 6 sword boys per team. Unfortunately that probably means more sword boys outside of the confirmed ones likely won't be appearing until season 2 if it ends up getting one but I think confining the swords to 2 units instead of putting all 60 + swords in the anime ( like Hanamaru is doing ) will make it easier to flesh them all out individually. |
MikazukiRanbuJul 22, 2017 3:29 PM
MikazukiRanbu said: vikki7783 said: tsurumaru is fucking gorgeoussssssssssssssssss i love how they make it like he, a tachi (with tragic stats) can actually do something in a night battle I haven't actually played tkrb in a while but were tsurumarus stats really that bad? Haha, ufotable even says on his profile that he's proficient in battle so I don't really think they care if his stats in game are bad- just like they don't care that a wakizashi and a tantou going up against a tachi/katana ( multiple of them ) really wouldn't work IRL and only works here because ufotable/tkrb game logic I think he has the lowest stat total out of the tachis lol, but stats don't matter that much for R4 and he's pretty so who even cares <3333 |
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vikki7783 said: MikazukiRanbu said: I haven't actually played tkrb in a while but were tsurumarus stats really that bad? Haha, ufotable even says on his profile that he's proficient in battle so I don't really think they care if his stats in game are bad- just like they don't care that a wakizashi and a tantou going up against a tachi/katana ( multiple of them ) really wouldn't work IRL and only works here because ufotable/tkrb game logic I think he has the lowest stat total out of the tachis lol, but stats don't matter that much for R4 and he's pretty so who even cares <3333 He does?? Dang I thought shishiou would have the lowest stats for some reason ( not that I ever checked )... But you're right he's pretty so that's probably why I didn't think about it too much lol - just sends him out to battle anyway - |
Bwz0om said: MikazukiRanbu said: Mikazuki Munechika who was the swordman in blue standing in the night landscape and the silhouettes behind him that were his team ( Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Oodenta Mitsuyo * He wasn't in Hanamaru but he was in the game*, Honebami Toushirou, Higekiri and Hizamaru *These two also weren't inHanamaru but they're in the game ) Yeah, the character listings for the anime's entry on MAL already shows Mikazuki Munechika but I wasn't aware of the others. I liked him in Hanamaru because I'm a fan of Toriumi Kousuke in general. Nice to see Yamanbagiri will be in this, I liked him in Hanamaru as well. But it'll be interesting to see brand new characters (for me, at least) for the ones that weren't in the last anime. PS I can guess just going by your username and your pic that you're a big fan of Mikazuki then I think its interesting that they're putting Oodenta Mitsuyo in the anime 1) because he's a tenka goken ( one of the 5 great swords of Japan ) like Mikazuki and 2) because he was implemented so late in Touken Ranbu ( the middle of last year I believe ) that its surprising that he even made it in. Juzumaru Tsunetsugu ( another tenka goken ) was implemented months before Oodenta so it really shocked the fandom that Oodenta got picked instead haha I wonder why. He's a cool character though I think Juzumaru will be in Hanamaru season 2 so that makes up for it My rambling aside YEAAH I don't hide that I'm a huge fangirl of mikazuki munechika well. He's my favorite Touken Danshi and the reason why I started to play in the first place. Waiting for him to appear in Katsugeki. Tsurumaru is here so that means Mikazuki is coming next. Im betting he'll debut in episode 6 but we'll see. |
| That was very exciting to watch, lots of action. It wasn't looking good there for a while though, that Ootachi was very strong. Thankfully Tsurumaru has shown up at the end to help out. |
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MikazukiRanbu said: I'm sure Munechika will show himself in the next episode or two, but I can't wait for that to happen.Best episode in the series so far. Pacing was good and it didn't feel dragged out or pointless. Characters felt like themselves ( they even showed the dorky side of izuminokami I love it ) there was one joke I laughed at ( the one where konnosuke bragged about having everything on hand and then horikawa and mutsu start roasting him ) - thought it was really funny lol Tsurumaru had a cool reveal at the end. I know yagen isn't going to die but I did flip at him getting injured. Really exciting. Its like the formula from the previous episodes ( something happening then nothing happening then something happening ) done right. Imglad they skipped to the next mission instead of showing the 3 day vacation. I'm really glad Tsurumaru got revealed this episode. Not only is he my second favorite character, but it means Mikazuki Munechika is next. Maybe they'll take Yagen back to the citadel to get him treated and we'll see Mikazuki there? Who knows but I'm anxious lol good episode overall. No real complaints outside of me not liking izuminokamis voice ( personal thing ) and me not believing Yagen killed all those historical revisionists back at the meeting place. But that's it. Good work ufotable. Keep it up. This episode was good compared to the rest, I actually felt engaged. Cannot wait for Tsurumaru to actually help out and the whatnot. |
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ShadowfrostZen said: MikazukiRanbu said: I'm sure Munechika will show himself in the next episode or two, but I can't wait for that to happen.Best episode in the series so far. Pacing was good and it didn't feel dragged out or pointless. Characters felt like themselves ( they even showed the dorky side of izuminokami I love it ) there was one joke I laughed at ( the one where konnosuke bragged about having everything on hand and then horikawa and mutsu start roasting him ) - thought it was really funny lol Tsurumaru had a cool reveal at the end. I know yagen isn't going to die but I did flip at him getting injured. Really exciting. Its like the formula from the previous episodes ( something happening then nothing happening then something happening ) done right. Imglad they skipped to the next mission instead of showing the 3 day vacation. I'm really glad Tsurumaru got revealed this episode. Not only is he my second favorite character, but it means Mikazuki Munechika is next. Maybe they'll take Yagen back to the citadel to get him treated and we'll see Mikazuki there? Who knows but I'm anxious lol good episode overall. No real complaints outside of me not liking izuminokamis voice ( personal thing ) and me not believing Yagen killed all those historical revisionists back at the meeting place. But that's it. Good work ufotable. Keep it up. This episode was good compared to the rest, I actually felt engaged. Cannot wait for Tsurumaru to actually help out and the whatnot. Yeee I feel like the entirety of episode 5 will be them cleaning up the mess from this episode so I think mikazuki will actually show up in episode 6. I hope so at least haha. Any later and I'll admittedly be pretty upset. |
MikazukiRanbu said: vikki7783 said: I think he has the lowest stat total out of the tachis lol, but stats don't matter that much for R4 and he's pretty so who even cares <3333 He does?? Dang I thought shishiou would have the lowest stats for some reason ( not that I ever checked )... But you're right he's pretty so that's probably why I didn't think about it too much lol - just sends him out to battle anyway - Shishiou has a higher stat total but Tsuru's actually still better since he has 3 troop slots lmao |
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| Another awesome episode as far as the action is concerned. I have a hard time with the historical anime types at times but they are keeping it interesting by focusing more on the syfy space travel elements and the beautiful action animation. I can't wait to see what happens next! |
| I shall rule over the realms of anime and manga! Mwahhahahahaha!!! |
| That action and the beautiful animation that comes with it is the only reason I'm watching this, and it was great to finally get some. |
| Knew the light in the sky was for Tsurumaru. As if they would actually allow the main cast to be in such a pinch xD |
| ^Same, They've had one slot left and given how at the end of the first episode, 3 toudan were summoned, the 6th should be summoned as well at a time of need. (Still doesn't make sense though since in the game if you start with 2 swords you stay with 2 swords on the map, and doing that on map 6 is suicide anyways but wtv) Honestly I didn't understand Tsurumaru's popularity at first, especially his clothing design, but he did grow on me due to his meme-ish portrayal within the fandom. That and Saito Soma <3 Happy to finally see him in the anime, he looked pretty badass with his entrance, bad stats or not, lol. Really happy to hear his "surprised to see me?" line as well. Also yay for Yagen getting spotlight in this episode :) |
| Another fine episode, but im honestly having a really hard time connecting with the characters here. |
| A better episode this week to conclude yet another fine episode. The fighting scenes were animated quite decently. Hope this series gets only better from here for it is has a lot of potential. |
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| Finally wathed this anime after 4 weeks, watched 4 eps in a row. I knew from the start its gonna be really bad (6.96 for ufotable anime?) I know that pretty much every time there is an anime with superb visuals and sound which is rated low almost always insanely bad in terms of story. And damn i was right. Thats gotta be one of the worst animes this season, i watched 4 episodes and i can hardly recall what happened. Nothing memorable or interesting happened in those episodes. Im not a sucker for great visuals and i hate historic animes especially ones that look like they are done for fujiyoshis. So maybe thats why i have a very bad experience with the anime, but i really think that the story is quite horrendous and there is nothing literally nothing happening except some visually good fights. Btw i really hope they explained the anime better. |
| Yagen's legs are truly a gift from God ;) That's my kind of fan service. |
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| These action scenes make my day but MANNNNNNNNNNN that white haired guy at the end is already looking to be my favorite character lol |
emilyhime19 said: If you hate historical anime, why did you watch this? This required some knowledge about that time period. I wouldn't really call this historical anime, though. If you like history I recommend Onihei more. But Iam enjoying fighting demons and I guess knowing something about boshin war really helps me out to keep watching. |
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Martin_Taylor said: emilyhime19 said: If you hate historical anime, why did you watch this? This required some knowledge about that time period. I wouldn't really call this historical anime, though. If you like history I recommend Onihei more. But Iam enjoying fighting demons and I guess knowing something about boshin war really helps me out to keep watching. Yeah I agree this isn't really a historical anime as it doesn't always accurately depict the things happening during that time ( considering all the changes being made by ufotable and the historical revisionists within the show ) more like a fantasy anime with historical elements where liberties are being taken. |
| @MikazukiRanbu @emilyhime19 Well then I call drifters historical anime as well :D But seriously, fantasy with real historical personas are sweet. |
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Martin_Taylor said: @MikazukiRanbu @emilyhime19 Well then I call drifters historical anime as well :D But seriously, fantasy with real historical personas are sweet. Drifters was still a historical fantasy though. And so is touken ranbu- this anime is more historical fiction than anything - as most of the things happening in this anime ( the way they're happening ) did in fact not happen in real life and are simply based around historical events before changes were made for the plot. Its historical fiction. And that's all I wanna say. Not trying to start a debate. It just is what it is. |
| The action may be good executed in this show, but unless I care for the characters and story it doesn't help much. This episode was still better than the last one, maybe it will go upwards from here on. White haired dude had a decent entrance, I hope he brings a bit of fresh air. |
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| I was wondering if normal people can see the space-time distortions but I honestly doubt that, otherwise there would be panic every time. That giant demon, can the two of them really do it and hold him back? That was too close for Yagen, thankfully new guy arrived in time. |
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| That Ootachi is so powerful...looks like no one can go against that enemy one-on-one!... 4/5. |
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| I freaking love this show's animation and the colors. Holy crap. What a beautiful anime! The story is okay and liking it so far. And damn the entrance of that white guy. Glad Yagen is fine, too. :) |
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| Oh man, the fight scenes are so good. This show just keeps getting better and better. I'm actually starting to believe that the reason it has only 6.91 as a score is because quite a few people of those who haven't seen Hanamaru are watching Katsugeki, and they don't really know what's going on or find it boring. But this is so much better than Hanamaru... Yagen, you are a hero. You gave it your all, you are amazing. Also I had a feeling Tsurumaru would come. It was epic :') Another thing; for some reason Izuminokami's voice doesn't sit very well with me. I don't think it fits his appearance. I can imagine him having a more "noble" voice, firm and gentle at the same time. Hearing him speak with a rough and more casual tone seems strange... |
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