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Mar 11, 2021 7:27 AM
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A made-up fantasy world of societal meritocracy and perfectionism, and Shimoda just happens to be caught in the pandemonium...in a potato root. Was thinking that the same animal ideaology happens in the bee colony, but since it's based on ground animals, it's leaning more towards ants, so yeah.

Working in a brainwashed environment is bread-and-butter, and is the same anywhere. Unfortunately (or fortunately), being Meido's idea With Higuchi's experimentalism machine sure takes in an interesting direction with the naked mole rat. For once, I approve that Meido is doing God's order of animals with a perfect society in a manner that isn't as weird as Kimura's other projects.

Tsuchiya's demon delivery (albeit his main order from Yokota from Hell) with Shimoda's misunderstanding...oh the irony of being stuck midway into the magic circle. His order aside, the next of God's order with animals that don't age, and Higuchi and Tsuchiya's rationalizing with the simudots gives a very realistic approach to diversity, and I feel that this is a great learning point to the "what ifs" of the animal kingdom in terms of human experimentations. Trying on other animals though...sure doesn't help a lot, only the immortal jellyfish can.

Welp, trying to reverse the order from Hell doesn't work...what's worse, the majority of the Design Team got winded down to Galapagos Island. Time to save them ASAP!
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Mar 11, 2021 8:28 AM
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This is the most advance episode yet, this show really never show the same trick twice. The first half is Cells at Work method while the second half reminds me of Conway's Game of Life.

Those angels can be really cruel, they just had a break while demon king stuck in teleportation circle.

I just notice that angel can bleed, but they don't seem to receive pain.
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Mar 11, 2021 8:54 AM
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this was a pretty interesting episode, first half was pretty cool and lots of funny stuff too.
Mar 11, 2021 9:03 AM
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The first half was really weird and confusing. Other than that, we got to see a naked mole-rat and an Immortal Jellyfish. Didn't know immortal Jellyfish existed. Tsuchiya-san got younger and all others have gone missing, on the Galapagos island most likely.
Mar 11, 2021 11:05 AM
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I didn't know naked mole-rats could do those things, I learn a lot from this show lol.
Mar 11, 2021 11:24 AM
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I had to make sure this wasn't Cells at Work.
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Mar 11, 2021 1:27 PM
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Interesting start to the episode! The whole VR experience was a pretty cool thing to add to the series. Like some of the people I saw commenting on Crunchyroll, I totally thought it was going to be about, like, ants or maybe bees? But the color palette of the characters/creatures really threw me off. Knowing that they're naked mole rats... I now get it.

And that cliffhanger ending! As soon as the halo thing exploded, I immediately started thinking... We're getting a baby episode aren't we? Can't wait until next week!
Mar 11, 2021 1:41 PM
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It's really interesting seeing how many ideas the writers have had in this series so far to teach us about the animal kingdom. A murder mystery, a rap battle, a VR simulation, a contest, among many others. Definitely a better anime than I initially expected.
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Mar 11, 2021 2:56 PM
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I first thought the first part was about bee or ants. So was surprise the mole rat.
The Immortal Jellyfish was a lot easier to get, needing almost no clues. The ageing explanation was simple and easy to understand.

A thing that scared me is that demon horns may not be horns but antennae. That thought sends a shiver down my spine.
Mar 11, 2021 5:35 PM

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I finally get to see the naked mole-rat part animated and it was good!
We're nearing the end of this anime adaptation and I can already say that Asahi Production completely understood what makes Tendebu a wonderful series.
Mar 11, 2021 7:39 PM

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Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who thought ants for the first part haha. I didn’t think it completely fit, but it was the only thing I could think of. Interesting to see it was actually naked mole rats!
Mar 11, 2021 11:29 PM

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I honestly thought I was watching Kino no Tabi for a second lol. The picture of the mole rat is horrifying. Such a weird episode.
Mar 11, 2021 11:42 PM
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That naked mole-rat was so creepy.

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Mar 12, 2021 12:23 AM
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Lol. I thought i get the wrong show to be watched. But, its just the new system they've been introduced to got a better understanding for a certain client order. So, thats it! The naked mole rat, and their unique society has been depicted. Its obviously unique over that dang system which made Shimoda felt how the society of rat worked out there. Educational part of the next scene truly enlightening me.

The next where Shimoda got another order, but the designers seemed busy with their group works toward that Hellish order. Poor that familiar demon got trapped in the middle of magic circle and got forgotten for the rest of the episode. Lol. A new tools has been introducing too, to explained how aging effected to some species, or they called it 'dots'. In the end, thanks for that, and the little explanations of naked mole rat 'immortality' over their 'don't ages species trails'. They found out the kind of animal with rejuvenate circle of lifes. Care to know whats that came from? Its from the mini horse!

Ah, finally the touched the poor demon familiar. But, with a certain designer error, the series went to the cliffhanger for the first time! Interesting to see the young form of designers journey in the next episode!
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Mar 12, 2021 4:41 AM

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The first part really reminded me of cells at work lmao. Was very confused at the beginning, but then I realized it must be some kind of animal representation or something. I thought it was ants or maybe even bees lmao, didn't expect it to be mole rats, didn't even know mole rats had a monarchy lmao. That was pretty great.

These people just casually creating demon lords. Immortal Jellyfish is pretty cool and scary at the same time. Cool to see a young Tsuchiya and the others turned into kids based on the preview lmao. Good episode!
Mar 13, 2021 12:16 AM

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so this time Naked Mole Rat huh...that weird characteristics of its body is probably because of evolution...
4/5.


Mar 13, 2021 8:58 AM
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It was really interesting for how the naked mole rat's society works, I loved that part, I first thought it was about ants, not gonna lie xD
And for the jellyfish thing I was sure it was them, I knew some of them were immortal, it's really incredible.
But it seems like most of the cast are back to being young... wow, I can't wait to see that for the other ones
Mar 14, 2021 10:31 AM

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I never thought I'd learn so much (or anything really) about naked mole rats.
Mar 14, 2021 5:21 PM

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Education at its finest.How to be immortal and eat poop :)
Excellent!
Mar 25, 2021 3:58 AM

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Naked mole rat thing was funny and kinda ehhh too.
Apr 1, 2021 2:17 PM

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That was a fun new approach. Thought it was a bees nest at first
May 31, 2021 12:36 AM

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Was hella confused what that first half was about but really appreciate the creativity that went into this...rip #72. The naked mole rat sure is cruel in how it guards against snakes.

Aug 27, 2022 5:06 AM
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Once again took me for a loop.
I expected the clone society to be termites or ants because they look different based on what class they're in.

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