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| Damn, a master spatial quake just happens out of nowhere right in front of Shidou eyes. More importantly is this mysterious girl he found...and looks like he had to name her. He happens to name her Mio in a clever way. As expected, Shidou treats her like a normal girl and went a on a date with her since it's a recurring trend in the series. Looks like Mio was a target so their time was limited. Honestly, I got a bittersweet vibe from this episode since the time they spend together was so short. And..because Shidou got himself involved, he got hurt. Felt different in tone with other episodes and more emotional. Still, Mio got to experience some happiness so there's that. |
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| The past comes to light retracing the discovery of the Spirits, and it's the original Spirit who came down to Earth: the Spirit of Origin, Mio Takamiya, first before Tohka. Shinji living alone with his sister Mana, that's where he brought her to their place to recoup and understand her better after saving her from the Great Eurasion spatial quake. At the same time, DEM looking onwards to her, and Shinji taking care of her to the point of wanting to take on a date with her (if you know, you know why the series is named like that), Also, it's the first time that a Spirit has faced romantic emotions, and I have to admit that Mana's best friend Haruko Homura does almost look like Kotori. And my, oh my, Mio's look of the date between her and Shinji IS EXACTLY what this season has been spoiling the most. Both her and the unsociable Shinji having the time of their lives, until Mio spots Westcott and DEM trying to capture her, on the cusp of getting Shinji injured in the process. And Shinji, despite already knowing what Mio is capable of, tries to shield her, even if they met Westcott face on enough to give them a fighting chance to escape. That's how Mana ended up being wind up in DEM's control, with Shinji being shot dead in the process, invoking her Spirit powers against DEM. The Mother of all Spirits, Mio Takamiya, has been quite the revelation forthcoming for all DAL fans, and this is basically the crux of the entire series, alongside the spoiler-ish ED. |
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| With the conclusion of the last episode, we've finished one volume out of six, and now we're diving straight into Volume 18. Thirty years ago, Shidou rehearsed asking Mio out on a date for the first time in front of a mirror. While he was practicing, Mio appeared behind him and agreed to the date. Overwhelmed with exhaustion and embarrassment, Shidou collapsed afterward. Mio, suffering and in tears over Shidou's apparent death, let her rage take over, unleashing her powers to escape with him. Even after tending to Shidou's wounds, he remained unconscious, causing Mio to cry even more. At the end, Mio uttered the line "I'll never let you go again. I'll never make the same mistake again." Interestingly, this line was first spoken way back in Season 1 Episode 1. After Shidou was knocked out from the fighting between Tohka and AST, he had a "dream" about someone with a disguised voice expressing relief at seeing him again and saying that exact line. Shidou then woke up with Reine (whose true identity we now know) conducting a check-up on him. This adds complexity to Shinji/Shidou's relationship with Reine/Mio. They're lovers, but at the same time, Mio is also somewhat like his mother. Mio's inversion gives birth to her opposite, which is the halo shown in the OP. Assuming this happened 17 years ago for Mio to give birth to Shidou. |
IzanaSolosMay 1, 4:26 PM
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| 0:29 I really feel like I remember this melody. Is this like Date a Live leitmotif or something? The way Mana speaks is super unique. It's like a roller coaster between rude and formal. I think this is an actual dialect somewhere... 7:07 澪 (mio) - waterway; channel. 零 (rei) - zero. 氵(sanzui, 三水 lit. three water) - "water" radical. Awww, they look so cute together. I sure hope nothing bad ever happens to them. At the end the episode title is incorrectly subbed as "The Spirit's Resurrection" (last episode), but it's actually "The Spirit of Origin" The next episode title is "Mother Zero" (零) , not "Mother Mio" (澪) Really good episode! We're finally getting the answers we've been having for seasons. |
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| Incredible episode, wow. Also don't watch the preview if you hadn't yet. |
| Our homie not-Shido went out of Mana (sorry couldn't resist) Also, Mio unintentionally sneeze-baiting a kiss was so damn cute. |
| yea there u go, this episode basically how Date a Live world exist, and i forget that Itsuka Haruko (Kotori Mother) exist in this backstory lol, since i've read this Volume a long, long time ago lmao |
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| From the middle of the episode onwards, when Mio gains more emotions, it is heartbreaking, considering everything that lies ahead. In this episode, Westcott seemed more Westcott, being the pinnacle of evil. With the exception of a few things, I think the episode did a very good job of explaining the past. However... I think the ending messed up a little. I remember that in LN Mio takes Shin somewhere, where a certain amount of time passes and things happen in the meantime... In the anime, this part went by very quickly. |
One of the best and the worst out outcome of a date episode. Man, talk about spiraling tragedies and misfortune. |
| I swear I heard the name Shin so much this episode ima just start calling him shin instead of Shido. Ngl this single episode showed Shin and Mio have a better dynamic than literally any of the girls accept maybe touka. Idk why mio didn't just heal the bullet wound. I mean I swear shido has survied being shot in the past and healed from Kotori's flame power which mio literally used to heal his wound. But whatever idc I guess he had to die so he could become Mio's child im assuming the same happened for mana too |
| Holy shit that went from 0 to 100 real quick at the end. Makes me wonder how "Mana" and "Kotori" came back eventually. |
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I swear I heard the name Shin so much this episode ima just start calling him shin instead of Shido. Ngl this single episode showed Shin and Mio have a better dynamic than literally any of the girls accept maybe touka. Idk why mio didn't just heal the bullet wound. I mean I swear shido has survied being shot in the past and healed from Kotori's flame power which mio literally used to heal his wound.
But whatever idc I guess he had to die so he could become Mio's child im assuming the same happened for mana too
But whatever idc I guess he had to die so he could become Mio's child im assuming the same happened for mana too
| @Phantom_373 She indeed could have healed him, and she debates doing just that over his corpse, but the fact that he has died in front of her makes her realize that even if she does heal him he could still die any number of ways just due to being human. Even were she to keep him safe for many years he would inevitably die of old age, while she continues on unaging. Thus leading her to the only answer she could think of, rebirthing him into something more than human. |
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AmadeusParadoxum said: @Phantom_373 She indeed could have healed him, and she debates doing just that over his corpse, but the fact that he has died in front of her makes her realize that even if she does heal him he could still die any number of ways just due to being human. Even were she to keep him safe for many years he would inevitably die of old age, while she continues on unaging. Thus leading her to the only answer she could think of, rebirthing him into something more than human. Oh I see that makes sense a lot actually thanks for the explanation |
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@Phantom_373 She indeed could have healed him, and she debates doing just that over his corpse, but the fact that he has died in front of her makes her realize that even if she does heal him he could still die any number of ways just due to being human. Even were she to keep him safe for many years he would inevitably die of old age, while she continues on unaging. Thus leading her to the only answer she could think of, rebirthing him into something more than human.
| @AmadeusParadoxum was it explained this way in the light novel? If so it makes me really want to read them as I always dismissed them as fluff |
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| This episode shows one of the proofs that the author has thought about how DAL's story will end from the beginning unlike other many harem stories. Mio and Shinji backstory is bittersweet that it makes me sad :'( |
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| Dare I say best Date a Live episode??? So that’s why Mio calls him Shin! FINALLY got Shido/Shin’s backstory and it’s as tragic as I expected. Mio and Shin’s love story being so cruelly interrupted by Westcott and his goons made me so mad, man. This guy is just straight up irredeemable trash. I think Mio and Shin had the best chemistry of any of the spirits and were so cute together. It’s a shame it came to such a tragic end. Figured something would happen with how happy the two of them were. Nothing lasts forever, but I didn’t expect to see my boy shot and killed like that right after Mio had finally started learning to live. The high of the beach date followed by that lasting image of Shin lying on the ground bleeding out.. Mio snapping and destroying the city was understandable since she still didn’t have full control of her spirit powers, but I’m a little confused on what her abilities are.. Couldn’t she have just healed Shin after he got shot instead of absorbing him? And did she recreate the world/timeline or what? |
Marinate1016May 1, 11:27 AM
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| Really sweet stuff with Mio and Shin. Mio's so cute. But why does every backstory lovestory end in a tragedy, just why? So Mio absorbed Shin inside her and recreated him which is Shido? Did she give birth to him though or just popped him out the same way she absorbed him? That fucking piece of trash Westcott, he needs to die a horrible death. |
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@Phantom_373 She indeed could have healed him, and she debates doing just that over his corpse, but the fact that he has died in front of her makes her realize that even if she does heal him he could still die any number of ways just due to being human. Even were she to keep him safe for many years he would inevitably die of old age, while she continues on unaging. Thus leading her to the only answer she could think of, rebirthing him into something more than human.
@AmadeusParadoxum  Wrong, Mio can't save him. She spends a long time agonizing over what to do after his death, but she can't think of anything. |
| Good, but pretty lifeless episode, maybe they wanted to snip and cram the material into a single one, but the fact that even OP and ED weren't skipped tells a lot about the passion behind this project... That aside, Aya Endou nails Mio's dialogues. Chad Woodman, actually fell in love with Mio at first sight, but just wants happiness for her. Would have not regretted forever later if he was more active. Dude forgets what a monster his friend is. Also almost no original OST :( Go Sakabe nails this stuff otherwise, but Yoshino's theme in many of the Mio scenes was distracting. Westcott's leitmotif was played at the perfect moment tho. |
Laplace_kunMay 1, 12:22 PM
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| Just took them 5 seasons and 50+ plus episodes to finally give a backstory.. of Shido's past life. You can feel the build-up behind this, but the thing is, with irregular releases over the years and the own sorry state of DAL as an adaptation, can't help but feel disconnect over a few things. Though have to say, people really do fall for someone pretty easily in this series lol. Mio with her few days old love went above and beyond for Shido, but hey, if only that would have resulted in Westcott disappearing from the surface of this series too... ... this guy is beyond redemption at this point. Also yeah, looks like Mio will return next episode in her spirit form. Anyways, a very important episode this was from the series perspective. I miss those days when this was just about collecting girls like pokemon lol. |
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Good, but pretty lifeless episode, maybe they wanted to snip and cram the material into a single one, but the fact that even OP and ED weren't skipped tells a lot about the passion behind this project...
That aside, Aya Endou nails Mio's dialogues.
Chad Woodman, actually fell in love with Mio at first sight, but just wants happiness for her. Would have not regretted forever later if he was more active. Dude forgets what a monster his friend is.
Also almost no original OST :( Go Sakabe nails this stuff otherwise, but Yoshino's theme in many of the Mio scenes was distracting. Westcott's leitmotif was played at the perfect moment tho.
That aside, Aya Endou nails Mio's dialogues.
Chad Woodman, actually fell in love with Mio at first sight, but just wants happiness for her. Would have not regretted forever later if he was more active. Dude forgets what a monster his friend is.
Also almost no original OST :( Go Sakabe nails this stuff otherwise, but Yoshino's theme in many of the Mio scenes was distracting. Westcott's leitmotif was played at the perfect moment tho.
| @Laplace_kun I agree with it a little, but I still think it was ok. Time in the flashback passes very quickly so it matches more with how it is in LN. The part that I thought was most wrong was at the end, it was very rushed. We couldn't even see Mio's despair and didn't explain very well what happened at the end. |
| I am usually not interested in ecchi/ harem type of anime, but Date A Live is something else. Though the production quality of season 3 leaves a lot to be desired, the sequel as a whole is very engaging. The current season especially seems like it's put into as much care as season 1. After this episode, yeah, Date A Live is probably the best harem / ecchi ever existed for anime. The OP / ED of this season is phenomenal too. Goes to show how much care the studio given into this IP. |
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@AmadeusParadoxum
Wrong, Mio can't save him. She spends a long time agonizing over what to do after his death, but she can't think of anything.
Wrong, Mio can't save him. She spends a long time agonizing over what to do after his death, but she can't think of anything.
@MaouHero Ah yeah my bad, misremembered whether she could heal him or not, rest of the point does still stand though I was more so recalling what followed that with her reasoning for the choice she made |
AmadeusParadoxumMay 1, 4:10 PM
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@MaouHero Ah yeah my bad, misremembered whether she could heal him or not, rest of the point does still stand though
I was more so recalling what followed that with her reasoning for the choice she made
I was more so recalling what followed that with her reasoning for the choice she made
| @AmadeusParadoxum Yes, she thought about a lot of things after the tragedy happened. I hope the anime can convey this in another episode, her thought process is very interesting. |
Embient said: 0:29 I really feel like I remember this melody. Is this like Date a Live leitmotif or something? Just Type “Kukanshin" on Google. |
| GO SAKABE IS A ROUSING SONG |
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@AmadeusParadoxum Yes, she thought about a lot of things after the tragedy happened. I hope the anime can convey this in another episode, her thought process is very interesting.
| @MaouHero Hope so as well, though I have been rather happy with the adaptation so far, especially compared to prior seasons and other ln adaptations I've had the displeasure of experiencing, so hope they can keep it up while improving in areas like that. |
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Embient said:
0:29 I really feel like I remember this melody. Is this like Date a Live leitmotif or something?
0:29 I really feel like I remember this melody. Is this like Date a Live leitmotif or something?
Just Type “Kukanshin" on Google.
| @RaVeN_Mortus Thank you 🙏 |
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Well they skipped not much, except the classroom lunch thing and date discussion iirc. So not many problems there. But the entire episode is a conglomeration of various scattered events which makes it tough to feel the development of love between Shin and Mio. It felt quite mechanical to me. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| This episode was the best out of everything. The source of the series. Who is Shin and who is Mio How Mana and Shidou are related Who gave birth to Mio Why does Shidou have weird powers |
MaouHero said: @Laplace_kun I agree with it a little, but I still think it was ok. Time in the flashback passes very quickly so it matches more with how it is in LN. The part that I thought was most wrong was at the end, it was very rushed. We couldn't even see Mio's despair and didn't explain very well what happened at the end. I know, that's the thing - flashbacks are dreamy and fleeting. By seamlessly putting them all together to create a compact flow of story like in this episode can break the spell. Since you have that pfp, I guess I can use NT11 as an example. Imagine all Misaki's memories of Touma being crammed into a single episode without her present time small actions. Regardless, I am more happy with the episode than my comment might suggest. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
ElmoBoredAsf said: booyah10 said: This episode was the best out of everything. The source of the series. Who is Shin and who is Mio How Mana and Shidou are related Who gave birth to Mio Why does Shidou have weird powers Hey, but in the past mana and shido were already related as brother and sister as well so I don’t get how that changed and how the hell kotori is also Shidos sister in the future/present ? Also please explain the birth of Mil I don’t remember that being explained in the episode?? Well, Mana has her memories wiped. So you'll soon figure out what happened. She's still a DEM experiment. Regarding Kotori Regarding Mio origins Put together some info: 1. The great Eurasian spacequake that killed 150 million 2. Two boys and a woman Mio saw 3. Westcott and Elliott looking for "their" spirit Everything should be clear by next few eps |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| what a tragedy that was |
HARUKO HOMURA MY BELOVED ❤️❤️❤️ And Mana too, it's great to see her so much this season, I hope she gets a bit more more screentime. btw, why the fuck would you kill the friend of the spirit you are trying to capture? Is that dude THAT stupid? lmao |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it.  |
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