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Jul 6, 2022 5:45 AM

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i think kyoko have the opposite effect than she wanted. instead making him miserable, she makes him realize the player before him is human too. rei shouting was exciting emotional moment. this anime knows how to do it.

in fact, i would figure out kyoko is investigating every rei's match would make rei oppose her, but it seems he can't just do it.
Sep 4, 2022 9:11 PM
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The ending was incredible and meaningful. Chapter 21 was adapted perfectly even though I’ve never seen the source material
Dec 1, 2022 9:39 AM

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Nov 2022
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Gaslighting and guilt tripping whore.
I know the beast lives in me, it's a rampaging beast that bits of everything in sight to survive. When battle begins, no matter What its hand reaches out for the path of survival even if it means misery for others

the best scene so far imo
Dec 30, 2022 10:12 AM

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Really loved the confrontation during the episode, the christmas time that the episode is set in makes everything more special
Jan 3, 2023 1:36 PM

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Jan 2021
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Well fuck... Using losing as an excuse
Feb 14, 2023 4:08 PM

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Dec 2020
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That woman is evil but makes the series interesting as fuck this was a good episode.
Mar 21, 2023 6:56 PM
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May 2020
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I am so glad I am rewatching this. The first time it felt so boring.
Aug 16, 2023 6:38 AM

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Dec 2022
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The hardest part of becoming a professional at anything... accepting the dreams of those you crushed along the way to get there.
Dec 30, 2023 10:29 PM
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his half sister is evil af lmao, his arc will likely include getting over her and her sway over him

good episode where we saw some hints at what torments him
Feb 13, 2024 12:01 AM
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Jun 2020
4
Sold me on the show.
Feb 18, 2024 8:29 PM
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Jul 2021
5
Very emotion episode
Apr 24, 2024 8:32 PM
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Dec 2019
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For how much cozy bullshit this show has it really does go hard on its piece of shit characters too. Like, Kyouko 100% molested Rei. Seems like maybe the author got cold feet about it as an overt plotline but at this point its not really even subtext that she did it at least once. And as much as I'd love to see Rei just take her down there wouldn't be much of a show if he could easily do that.
Apr 28, 2024 1:57 PM

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Jan 2020
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Great episode, the best so far.
Yasui's bitchass attitude smfh...taking out his losses out on other people. I can understand it but cmon. Man up and accept it instead of drinking booze to death. Was it necessary to violently grab the bag from Rei like that?
Rei's outburst was real fr, highlight of the episode for sure.

Why does Kyouko know so much about these shogi players anyway? Is she just researching them simply to torment Rei, getting back at him or whatever? that's some DIO level hating.
man.
Jul 9, 2024 7:49 PM

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What's this feeling? This unparalleled hate. I hate the sister. Every second she appears on screen she sticks out, like a piece of shit that's fallen into a glass of milk.
“There are only two types of people in the world--those who became otaku and those who didn't--and the latter just can't understand what the former is so excited about."--Ono Norihiro



Sep 4, 2024 12:30 PM
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kiriyama finally telling us what he really thinks and what is shogi to him
Nov 17, 2024 4:43 PM

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Jun 2023
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I feel so bad for Rei. He knows he cant just lose even if it means the other person will feel and act terrible. Kyouko really knows how to make him feel bad.
Nov 17, 2024 4:48 PM

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Mar 2024
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What a banger of an episode, also the hate for his sister keeps growing. What an awful person she is, all she does is just making him feel bad because she failed as a person herself
Jan 17, 10:13 PM

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Dec 2022
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Another phenomenal and juicy episode! You love to see it!

:D

+ That speech was sweet yet touching.

Jan 26, 1:16 PM

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Jan 2020
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I eventually knew Rei was going to have a mental breakdown, didn't know when, but eventually, it happened. All the subtlety just accumulated to this very moment. Jeez knowing that you have such an influence over people's lives but you cannot avoid it. World is cruel and sometimes one just needs to survive.

Also as for Rei's foster sister, she reminds me of people I hate. I have been manipulated that same way by people that called themselves "friends" and "family", people with such a condescending nature but that manage to trap you in those, sticky gross wording they shoot with such passive agressiveness... It's one of the few times this kind of people are shown in an anime, and in such a spectacular way.
eblf2013Jan 26, 1:21 PM

MOKUSHI KUSHIMO SHIMOKU KUMOSHI MOSHIKU SHIKUMO.
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