Ya Boy Kongming!
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| I think this episode is fitting for mid-season considering it shows how much Eiko has improved after all this time. There's also Kabe, while not being a central character, still gets his deserved spotlight. Kabe has grown on to me as a likable character in this show now too. |
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| Cao Cao's Short Song Style (or 短歌行, "duan ge xing" in Hanyu Pinyin), is the most famous Chinese drinking poem by the hero of Chaos, and Kongming is gonna use this to rope the former champion rapper Kabetaijin in. More of Kabe's backstory, and he's a social outcast just like another fatso classmate of his (Sasaki) that's often the target of bullying in school, but is a rapper outside of school. Kabe should be thankful that Sasaki opened his world to fuel himself into rap and getting all the fame. It's time for the rap battle between Kabetaijin and Kongming, and Kongming draws first blood to call him out and berate his rap of days past. Everyone is affixed onto the freestyle rapping battle, and Kabetaijin does his best but for Kongming...what a freakin' rappin' rhyming session. The rap battle's not over yet...how about some EXTRA TIME! Using their years with Kongming's Three Kingdoms vs. Kabe's past, plus the use of Cao Cao's poetic Short Song Style, at first it ended up as a lose-win venture for both Kongming and Kabetaijin as the latter comes back with a vengeance, and incidentally had his stomach pain cured. Kongming admit he lost when he got trounced, but Kabe's real wish to get back to the stage as a rapper, it's a win-win for both parties. Heh, Kongming had his lackeys do all the planning for him, but at least he isn't shameless about it. Sun Tzu's Art of War to entice the enemy to their side and inch their interest, worked out well. BB Lounge is on FIREEEEE, rap your heart out! Masterpiece episode! |
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| Really enjoyed this episode; the Eiko song and the battle. I like how Sekitoba just randomly showed up next to Eiko and commented on the battle as you'd typically see in shonen fights |
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| Great episode! I really liked the way the rap battle went. After last weeks episode I was worried that it would be a bit stale but it wasn't the episode felt as fast moving as all of the other episodes and that's great! |
| Kabe could have chosen to answer those girls with answers A, B, or C...and he chose answer Q ...damn, man. As we've been seeing throughout the course of this anime, Kongming knows how to work both an audience and individuals. In this case, he manages to do both when he calls out Kabe. He throws down the gauntlet in front of everyone to get them on his side (which is really just to get Kabe to join the battle), and then punches Kabe straight in the ego by claiming that he would lose to a complete newcomer. Despite Kabe's prior convictions, he knows that he has a title to defend and cannot resist the allure to defend it. The rap sequence was great not only because of the Japanese text managing to rhyme with itself, but also for the translation managing to make a completely-worthwhile rhyming equivalent. Converting song lyrics from one language to another AND make them rhyme without doing a disservice to the original text is actually rather difficult to do. It's of course helped by the fact that the on-screen translation does not need to align the same number of syllables (unlike in sheet music), but still, props to the translators! With those spiritual-esque warriors behind them during the rap battle, I couldn't help but think of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, including the fact that there was some English thrown in there. And "perestroika" managed to make it's way in there!?!?!? Glasnost is feeling left out! Even though the ending of the episode was predictable, this was a pretty entertaining episode! For now, we press onward! |
| "You don't need a reason to help people." ~Zidane Tribal |
| Bruh... I am glad this opening theme reached me. If I hadn't seen it, then I would have been living under a rock. I thought this was just a random music genre anime and I instantly skipped it because I already have a ton of animes to watch this season. The opening theme hooked me into giving this show a chance to watch it. I instantly binged it up to episode 5 when I finished the first episode. Nevermind. This show is a masterpiece. I'd bettern't judge a book by its cover anymore. |
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| The Rap Battle was 🔥 🔥 Great ep, I love it! |
At first it was a rap battle but later it turned out to be a Stand battle |
| Damn, this was very rude and harsh Rap-Battle b/w Kabe and Kongming... but after all kabe joined the Eiko's team, good conclusion imo. |
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| -Sekitoba approaches Eiko -Commentate the rap battle. -Refuses to elaborate further. -Leaves Kongming decoction as expected. I know that these 2 episodes were important, but still, I miss Eiko in the spotlight. |
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| Great episode so much... That rap was honestly hard for me to follow but still worth. Everything was great but that last 5 mins really was the desert. Note: If you watch the ED, Kabetaijin joins the cast. Apparently I missed this last episode. |
booyah10May 5, 2022 8:58 AM
| Great episode! Probably my second fave overall. Loved the rap battle, kongming and Eiko were really able to reach Kabe. This show is just getting better and better and halfway thru, I can really say how glad I am I picked this up. Was going to skip out on it because I thought no way a rap anime could be good, couldn’t have been more wrong. |
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| That was fucking awesome. I love that there was actual effort with the rap battles in not just the rhymes/lyrics but the flows too to them 16-bar freestyles. It was nice seeing Kabe really absorb himself into the world of rapping again as Kongming kept on delivering responses back. Kongming's research into getting Kabe to join his side alongside his actual rapping was great to watch as well. I think this is the episode that really solidified to me that this show could be one of the best this year and the run it's had till now hasn't been a fluke. I had so much fun watching this, even the Stand Warriors fighting while Kongming and Kabetaijin were going at each other in the 2nd round was cool. |
| I don't understand rap at all and specially JP one that I find it barely rhymes but I did enjoy a lot Kongming's delivery and tone on his raping, hopefully there is a lot more Eiko again, she is just too cute but they managed to get a strong ally. |
| Pretty fun and necessarily slow,the start was a bit clumsy,but it only got better and better after the first half,overall 8/10 |
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| Splendid episode. I read this part in the manga and really enjoyed how it came together, and seeing it animated felt quite satisfying. Really appreciated the effort in making the freestyle lyrics and the seiyuus giving a great effort in rapping despite having likely little to no experience prior. Kongming was really able to help Kabe really rediscover his drive and love for rapping. "To get the enemy to move as you wish, show them seomthing to their benefit to entice them." This show's drive so far is no coincidence after all. |
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| Wow the rap battle was SICK! And, it was done by the voice actors, not some professional rappers! Impressive. |
| Now that's an epic rap battle and I enjoyed it so much. Kabetaijin fired the first shots in the first round, but Ya Boy Kongming answered back with mind numbing bars. Kabe finally agrees to join Eiko and Kongming by using the stratagem of enticing your enemy in order to get them to do what you want. |
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| What a great JoJo battle. I'm glad it seems like we're finished focusing on Kabe, I find him boring. I'm fine with him as a side-character but I'm ready for EIKO to be back in the spotlight. |
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| Great episode! Wow! That rap battle between Kongming and Kabe truly was awesome! And now, Kabe has joined Kongming and Eiko on their journey! Kongming has some great underlings to research and do stuff for him xD. Looking forward to the next episode! |
| AISHITERU...REM! |
| Kongming's rapping was on a different level, new member acquired. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Damn that's cool. |
| aww yes finally have the epic showdown between Kabetaijin's rhymes and Kongming's rhymes. That was fucking sick...oh man when they visualized the lyrical attacks as the spirits of warriors appearing behind them and fighting. This turned into Shaman King. Another Eiko puzzled moment when the two went hard with the R3K references. Sekitoba Kung-Fu is just there to explain everything to her and leaves.. Kongming used Cao Cao's Short Song Style from the opening narration, luring Kabe in for an answer. Said answer won the battle for Kabe but Kongming would achieve his goal of bringing a rapper into the group he's forming with Eiko. Mission accomplished. Making Eiko sing a song between battles he knew Kabe would be nostalgic for. Make sure the first drink her orders from the bartender secretly contains his traditional medicine cure for stomach ulcers, and most of all, letting Kabe remember how it felt to win a rap battle. The bartender, Eiko's superfan and the genius tactician behind it all, Zhuge Kongming, really done it. Bravo. Fun fact: the raps in this show are supervised by Micro from Home Made Kazoku (Naruto, Bleach and Eureka Seven). |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| Japanese Rap always has a unique vibe to it but somehow Kongming managed to make it sound more unique with his flow and chinese poetry, I loved how even with something as modern as Rap they managed to keep Kongming in character instead of unrealistically making him an expert in modern Rap flow overnight that was smart. |
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Waifu of the season contender right here |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
| That was very enjoyable! The way the rap battle turned out at the end reminded me of ERB's Jim Henson vs Stan Lee battle, minus Disney's intervention xD As in they dish each other but there's a turning point in which they encourage each other! lol Now I'm curious to know how Kabe's rap style will flow with Eiko's singing :P |
THANKS SENPIEX  |
NightEmpty said: lmao it was immposible to take this episode seriosuly because the rapping was so bad Pretty sure nothing in this show is to be taken "seriously". That's why it's so good |
| This is the first episode i can say that i enjoyed it 10/10, the others were good but this one was fantastic i loved everything about it, i hope the upcoming episodes are even better |
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| Damn that was a sick rap battle. Also Eiko looking fine rocking the John Cena merch lmao |
| This episode was fire. I've never seen a proper rap battle in anime before other than that one in Zombieland Saga so this was great to see. Mad raps from both of them. I love how calculating Kongming is lol. |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| This anime keeps pleasantly surprising me every single episode. This is the first time I've seen rap in anime that didn't force me to skip it out of sheer cringe. Given this season's lineup, after just reading the synopses, if someone had told me this would become the show I'd be looking forward to the most every week, I would've laughed my ass off and called them crazy... And yet here we are. |
| Man, this show keeps delivering! It’s so fresh and that rap, Credits to both VAs btw, definitely helped the cause. Koumei’s whole master plan coming to light was amazing, he’s starting to build a formidable network of connection xD. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| That shit was FIREEEE That makes 3 series with rapping this season. I'm all for the increasing amount of rapping in anime. |
| Watashi wa a victim of cyberbullying. Everyday someone online calls me a "weeb" desu. Watashi won't stand for this. 26 percent of bullying victims are chosen due to their race or religion desu. I may look like a basic white boy, but deep down I am Nihongo desu. Watashi religion is anime. Anata wa bullying me because of my race and religion desu ka? Disgusting desu. Anata should be ashamed of yourself, racist pig. A baka gaijin like anata is probably jealous of my race and culture, cause Nippon is more sugoi than your shitty country desu. Watashi pity anata. You'll never be Nihongo like watashi. Educate yourself on nani a "weeb" is. |
| To get the enemy to move as you wish, show them something to their benefit to entice them. - Sun Tzu's Art of War |
Graduated High School in May of 2022. Summer vacation has finally arrived. I have once again regained the power of a new anime fan, being able to watch multiple anime episodes in a day. Time to binge-watch every single anime I can into the night until college arrives. SADGE. SUPER SADGE... College has begun as of Monday, August 30, 2022, so you won't be seeing me much around these parks. See you on weekends, I guess... School me is back. Sigh! I'll at least try for one anime a day with all this course load. |
| Seeing Eiko cheering on Kongming and getting riled at Sekitoba's remarks was just lovely. |
| i probably said it before but Kogming never ceases to amaze. I really love how his rapping is just reciting poems at a slighty faster speed though, imo it really reflects well his personality, and the fact that he's fully aware of what he's doing but he's not physically talented enough for music since he spends most of time just researching it. Truly the greatest tactician of all times, i simply love this anime |
| damn that was fucking good, didn't know rap battles were that great |
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