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| Nanami is too overpowered IMO but i loved the comments she made to each member of the bugsquad while she was beating their asses or while she was torturing the first one he defeated, she made me laugh a few times xD |
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| I'm worried for the sister when Shichika left her but seeing this episode.. she's amazing!! She's OP and I love it! I expect good fight with Sabi though, he looks cool with his umbrella and Shichika defeated him??! With no action seen >,< |
| Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
| I guess a lot of people were worried if Nanami would be fine after they left the island. I really thought she's sick and has a weak body, what also got mentioned in the first episode. But that got me off guard. Imagine being so talented and strong, you just learn something by oberserve it 1 or 2 times. I still can't believe it. She ripped off Shichikas nails just because he was chewing on them and he didn't want to stop with it. OMFG. Nanami is definitely a very intimidating person. I almost felt bad for the Maniwa guys. I could be wrong but I almost don't think that there's anyone or anything stronger than her. I was also looking forward to Shichikas fight against Sabi. Sad that we didn't get to see anything of it. But at least they were able to defeat him and got his sword. |
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| This is the first episode that I voted "Loved". Usually I vote "Liked" but this one was off the hook! Like above posters, I was worried about little sister...lol. If I was an evil bandit, I would probably be in the Insect Squad. That made me smile for the whole episode.... I also liked the Butterfly's intended wife. She was very ........ festive looking. Good series and having fun just binging a few episodes at a time! |
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| Normally I'm not the biggest fan of superpowered yandere imoutous, but I like non-stop talking in the middle of battles plucky shounen dudes even less. Well done Manami! Look forward to seeing her interact with her brother a bit more. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| At this point I believe that Nanami is one of the Shikizaki Kiki's sword, as it stated by Sabi Hakuhei's last word: "Kyoutouryuu is Shikizaki Kiki's remnant and it holds his lineage". So, probably Shichika had to face his sister at the end of the series.... |
Dealka97Mar 25, 2021 9:17 AM
| HAHAHA!!! Sabi Hakuhei got f**ked by Shichika and we got mind f**ked by the show makers! Troll Troll all the way. PS: Nanami was awesome though. Poor Maniwani Isect Squad  |
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| God f*ck I just wanted beat the shit out of Yasuri, very sad the didn't even bother negotiating and straight up murdered the 3 insects, author really tried their best to make her hateable. |
| The irony of being baited but still enjoying this ep the most so far |
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| Wait wtf, did they actually just do that?? They hyped up a fight only to not show it and instead just spend like five minutes talking about it. I wonder if this is a complete troll, or if they're just playing with us for now and will actually give us the fight against JAPAN'S STRONGEST at the start of the next episode or whatever. However if that's not the case and that the preview at the end of episode 3 was a total lie, well I don't know whether to respect the balls they have for this major troll, or to just be downright pissed. Maybe a bit of both. That said, I still enjoyed this episode pretty much as much as the last ones, mainly because of the reveal of how it's actually Nanami who truly is Japan's strongest. In that case, I do actually like the bait and switch. Because they tell us in the episode preview that the next episode will be a fight against Japan's strongest, but I don't think they specifically tell us it will be against Sabi. So they actually stayed true to their word, because it actually was indeed a fight against Japan's strongest, which is actually Nanami. And man she's freaking brutal. The standout moment for me easily was her using the bee maniwani's caltrop against him, but instead adding the mantis maniwani's molar poison to it. I thought they were dragging out this insect maniwani squad part for too long, but once the encounter with Nanami started, I was instead dragged IN to it all and didn't even realize that eventually there wasn't enough time to show the Sabi fight- which of course they never do. I gotta say that blue balling us certainly has kind of ruined my view on this series, but at the same time everything with Nanami was just so good so it in the end sort of balances out. Please no more blue-balling though. I need to find out whether it's actually like this in the light novels (where they just sit and talk and describe the fight as opposed to writing out the fight in real time) or if the acclaimed studio that is White Fox just didn't feel like handling what would've been such an epic fight. If it's the latter case, then that's just sad. Again though, at the end of the day it's no biggie, because I still enjoyed this episode. On to the next one I guess. |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
| This has so far been the best episode. I loved watching Nanami fight. |
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| Nanami became my favorite character as quickly as she learns new techniques lol Skipping the fight against "the strongest of Japan" is straight up genius as well. That guy was a fodder, no need to pay him any attention. |
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| The conclusion was a bit weird, but overall, good episode. Nanani was a badass |
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| I see why it is the same VA as Rena from Higurashi |
| *Dang it, Katanagatari... now I sometimes randomly feel like rubbing my collarbone...* In this episode, Shichika and Togame prepare themselves for the most fantastic anime fight ever. Man, I REALLY want to see that shark get split in half!!! As they prepare, we first see that the story wants to show us what Shichika's sister has been doing while they are gone. It was cool that they decided to show what she was up to. After all, she seemed like a friendly character in the first episode. 😊 I do wonder what she's up to on the island alone... *40 minutes later* ..........................................................................................................................I................................................er.................Holy ship... I really need to talk about her... So, within this side story, we first see three ninjas within the Insect squad coming to the island where Shichika lives. The ninjas are one dressed as a praying mantis, another dressed as a bumble bee, and finally Shinpachi as a butterfly. As they cross the sea onto the island, their goal is to get Shichika to gain the three swords he has collected. Seeing he isn't around, they decide to search for Nanami to make her a hostage. The praying mantis searches for her first, finds her, is about to attack with his claws, and is suddenly seen tied up in a tree... Apparently, Nanami got to him first and wanted to begin torturing him if he didn't answer her questions. Ok, we see the other two ninjas playing some games, and they suddenly see this crystal that the Praying Mantis ninja gave them earlier crack in half. This indicates that something has happened to him. Shinpachi Butterfly decides to see what is happening further on the island. A death flag comes up once he talks about how, after the mission, he wants to get married cause he doesn't know when his time will be up. That's pretty sweet!😊 He wants to be done and be one with his loved one! I bet she must be beautiful- Shinpachi Butterfly tries to sneak toward Nanami but is easily sensed by her. As he takes his stance, Nanami knows what his next moves will be because of the stance. This means she knows what to do next to beat him easily. The two fight, and Nanami misses when she attempts to take a hit on Shinpachi Butterfly. He explains the move he used and why she missed, but then Nanami explains how she is jealous of how he's been able to learn such a move, as well as reshaping it, within long periods. Without any thought, Shinpachi Butterfly continues to fight. He goes up several trees to perform some attack when he suddenly notices that Nanami is gone. Then suddenly... Apparently, she was able to learn a new move only by observing it.. and it is also revealed that she used to secretly watch young Shichika doing her training with his father while trying to perform Kyotoryu in order to pick up some moves herself... *sniff* Young Shichika is too adorable for this world!! He needs to be protected... 😭 But, dang... she really is that OP then!!! How is she going to be stopped???? Oh yeah... after Nanami's side story, we see Shichika and Togame having some dango after their intense fight with Sabi... cool! :) ...HEY WAIT A MINUTE! WE DON'T GET TO SEE THE SHARK GET SPLIT IN HALF??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? GOSH DANG IT!!!!!! (Ok, so, as someone who knew a lot about this anime before watching it first, I knew about this troll move that the anime does... what I didn't see how the troll was gonna go was that the footage from the preview in episode 3 does not happen at all... I thought they would show sequences of the fight while they talk about it, but... dang... they really made an effort to animate a fight sequence and never use it in this episode... troll is still well done. 👏) In the final minutes, Shichika reveals how her sister is still much stronger than Sabi, showing how dangerous Nanami is. Nanami is then shown looking out at the seas and thinking how Shichila's 'ultimate move' was relatively weak. She then thinks about telling Shichika about it by deciding that she should leave the island and join Shichika and Togame on their sword hunt... ...well, I wanted her to come along since the first episode, and it seems she might actually be a part of the journey... even though I am terrified of her now ;_; Easily my favorite episode at the moment.. if I had to rank the episodes so far, it would be 4 > 3 = 1 > 2 According to the preview, we'll finally see the original Beatrice from 'Re:Zero.' Can't wait, and I'm hoping we get to see some more Nanami as well. |
puffle9000Dec 17, 1:11 PM
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| funny troll moment but cant believe this bull man. Well done. Sis tho is a menace.....and i love her already. Very wicked and deadly. And if she takes part in this hunt, can only imagine what may happen. |
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