Killing Bites Episode 12 Discussion

FONZACUS said:
this is definitely the worst anime ive watched recently. terrible ending AF. it was completely annoying how hitomi didnt die, but that guy did. this ep just made me regret the entire anime on a whole.

DNMZ said:


Completely disagree with the rape being a good addition. It's disgusting

JusticeSoulTuna said:
Well, I'll say that I was entertained throughout, and it had some okay surprises. I do think this last episode gave it some twists that I wasn't too sure about. Like, I enjoyed this more when it was anime Bloody Roar and didn't take itself too seriously. So the whole Zaibatsu conflict thing and killing Yuuya really threw me off.

Cause it's not that I wanted or expected a perfect happy go lucky ending, in fact I thought it would end with Hitomi and him not meeting at all. Killing him seems like a weird choice after giving him some development. Unless the lesson here is not to get too close to a wild animal? I feel like her characterization goes down the toilet too as a result, or taken another way; her bond with Shido is stronger, and she'd literally kill for him (literally, since the first episode we knew this).

I dunno. It's like why make us care about characterization when you have this underlying theme about messed up Zaibatsus that's going to screw it up. Was this an anime about animal people fighting or some edgey thriller? Oh well. Enjoyed it for the action (bad CGI notwithstanding), didn't agree with some of the choices (Zaibatsu conflict, sexual assault, main character dying; just unnecessary to me). That said, I understand that the point is that it's gratuitous, so I'm not saying rape is worse than death, it's not. If anything, if the central theme is animals and 'sharper fangs' and all that nonsense, then violence and sex actually fit into the general narrative. And to be clear, I think excessive or unnecessary violence can also be distasteful, which is why I don't watch torture porn or gore flicks. It's not that rape and violence are SO bad in narrative, it's how and why it's used.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when an anime starts with a girl nearly getting raped but then killing all of them. I guess I'm just confused by the moral bankruptcy of it all, when the tone of the show jumps between silly and fun Bloody Roar nonsense to unnecessarily edgey and vile. Perhaps it's my fault for wanting a fun, action-packed fanservice anime. Stay for the fun of the show, and try to ignore what's hilariously bad about it. Best way to go.

Edit: took some time to collect my thoughts, so I'll add this.
I thought that the whole Zaibatsu stuff was a justification for the action. As in, Killing Bites is about people with various backgrounds given the literal killer instinct to fight and accomplish goals, which help them overcome their weaknesses. Not for any good reason, but whatever reason they had. There were high schoolers, hitmen, criminals, martial artists, and so on. I thought that was interesting. But by killing Yuuya, it by extension kills that notion that the anime was about 'the will to fight', but instead it was apparently about shitty people doing shitty things, including Hitomi herself. A story about corrupt Zaibatsus and the manipulation of people to their ends. Perhaps there's some irony in Hitomi actually killing him, after saying it jokingly every episode. I thought I was getting a trashy anime with an okay story, but I got a trashy anime with a wack story, and that offends me more, haha.

FONZACUS said:
this is definitely the worst anime ive watched recently. terrible ending AF. it was completely annoying how hitomi didnt die, but that guy did. this ep just made me regret the entire anime on a whole.

bakakisima said:
ahh a good ending .Commendable how they didnt buckle up with high and mighty moral justification and portrayed the power dynamics in its raw & crude form where accountability turns to naught.
Sad that mc had to die but at the end of the day as the old guy said he did write his name in the death list when he met Hitomi for the first time.His demise was inevitable.
6/10 .Could have been better if the final duel between the Pangolin and Hitomi played out better

SNDT said:


yeah, dude. He didn't die xD

UgandanPrinc3 said:
Yeah i didn't think this show was gonna be a masterpiece or anything but i still had hope that it'll turn out interesting. Having that one girl get raped really reduces my opinion of the show.

_Peksi said:
So I guess the scene of Youko getting raped by a beastman, in the same room with her grandfathers corpse was was absolutely necessary?
Like come one, just 'cus you can doesn't always mean you should.

Also why did the need to kill Yuuya again?
Was he really gonna be that big of a problem, that they had no choise but to murder him? 'cus yea that makes total sense.
Well it's good to know that at the end of the day Hitomi is just Shidohs attack dog, who just follows orders regardless of her personal feelings.

SoraSenpai said:
So Hitomi stands up...slashes some tongues and gets knocked down again only to be saved by the reporter...haha I thought that was pretty funny!

The Youko "rape" scene was interesting. I guess it gave more information about Lions but...yeah I wanna think it did not happen but it definitely did.

I honestly thought they would do an Anime original ending but nope they went right on and did it! Holy shit they animated Hitomi's slash on Nomoto perfectly! I was so upset to read spoilers but oh well this was a really well done scene. Since they introduced Inui they HAVE to make a season two!

You may hate it story wise but you have to admit the fights were amazing. Again I stand by my statement in saying these fights were better then garbage DBZ, Naruto Bleach fights etc.


Shoot I give this an 8/10 for entertainment alone.

About Nomoto




They took everything from the manga.

AnOnYmOuS__101 said:
was youko actually raped

SoraSenpai said:

with the necessity to have a certain character limit I had to write all of this to just say "Yes" but she then later in the manga

AnOnYmOuS__101 said:
well that’s stupid let me guess stockhold syndrome then

SoraSenpai said:

with the necessity to have a certain character limit I had to write all of this to just say "Yes" but she then later in the manga

AnOnYmOuS__101 said:
id at least like to ask was the rape on her just a one time thing or does she get fucked throughout the storyline cuz I’m currently reading it and I’d like to know and are there any more rape scenes

SoraSenpai said:


With her no. But there are a lot of Borderline Rape moments as you saw in the anime with the Snake.

SoraSenpai said:


It's some dumb shit about Her finally being able to realize who she is or some non-sense about her being stronger now.The manga is weak at this point but if you wanna read it this part was chapter 86

AnOnYmOuS__101 said:
so did she get the ability to transform then if she’s got stronger

SoraSenpai said:
no...she is still a human

SoraSenpai said:

with the necessity to have a certain character limit I had to write all of this to just say "Yes" but she then later in the manga

AnOnYmOuS__101 said:
what are the probabilities he dies also you lie there was a rape the hyena raped the cat with its huge clitoris and the attempted rape of inui the dog and youko by the squid guy so far from chapter 30 to 74 only to attempted rapes and one successful but was a girl on girl so I’ll let it slide

SoraSenpai said:


yeah but those were females who are irrelevant to the story.