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Jan 1, 2015 4:38 PM
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Wow, harsh! Little kid finds he lost everything and dies in despair and even the pretty stoic Haykkimaru is shaken to his core by the things he learns. That it has to be a floating demon who tells him is something of a deus ex machina but it's redeemed at least to some degree by the idea that the demons are deliberately telling him these things to hurt him; as he said, he'd rather not know.

The loss of his second son is pretty grievous to Kagemitsu; he wants to be a ruler and he just lost his heir. What's he fighting for now?

I liked this show from the start, but it's getting really good!
Sep 29, 2017 3:50 PM
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So Haykkimaru killed his brother Tahoumaru, Dororo lost his friend Sukeroku and Haykkimaru's father just invaded the neighbouring county.
Feb 11, 2019 5:17 PM
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A pretty great finale for this first (and only?) three parts tale, featuring the whole family for a better tragedy.

I liked the 9tails psychological attack and how it undermined Hyakkimaru.


5/5
Mar 21, 2020 3:45 AM
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I can't believe Tahomaru was about to waste that many arrows to take down a stationary target from up close (Dororo).
Mar 27, 2020 10:06 AM
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I am shook.

I am watching this after seeing the 2019 version and so much happened, things that are wildly different from the 2019 version.

Sukeroku, what 8 years???, went through the worst pain and died.....

Please show have mercy on me.
Aug 30, 2020 3:00 AM
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This arc really was different from the remake. Can't believe Sukeroku died there. Not so much sympathy for Tahomaru who was really acting like a asshole in this version with how he belittled the crippled and the orphans.

Sep 30, 2022 9:53 AM
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I felt heartbroken about how things turned out.
"The me today will not ever make the future me to regret!"
(Emily Adachi from Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori - Break on the Sky)

Jan 19, 6:47 PM
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Easily the best episode of this mini-arc. Dezaki's direction never disappoints.

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