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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Geez, Asahi looked so vulnerable this episode with all those tears flowing down her face. She's got so much guts for digging at that gravesite. Props to her for bringing Sawa back to the surface world again. I'd hate to see her lie like that in the ground. Asahi may be one of the very few people Sawa can trust now. Jin is also quite a badass for taking care of those soldiers without breaking a sweat. |
Stark700May 4, 2021 9:33 AM
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| Well...what a lie from Makoto to give Asahi instructions to ensure that Sawa is (temporarily) dead, without any further questions. It's up to Asahi's acting to ensure that both her and Sawa survive without any hiccups, and escape away from the Nue assassination lifestyle (to which leader Jin got deceited real bad). So the Yoshinobu Tokugawa plotline starts here, and with a full-on rebellion between citizens and the Shogunate. Jin is so affixed on Janome's artificial blood from the Karasumori, which can only mean one thing or the other. Redemption is but the only path that he could walk on a tight rope. The journey of Sawa and Asahi's lives...hope they remain safe. |
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| makoto is still alive !!! some lose screws in the head but alive ! that scene in sawa's dream(?) was freaky. especially when she tried to hold the baby and it turned out to be some kind of undead asahi. sawa and asahi's gonna live together in a new place, excited to see how that'll turn out, more lore on jin too. |
| Makoto and Sawa both still alive! Yay. Was a bit confused with the end of last week’s episode, but it all makes sense now. Sawa and Asahi have left Tokyo to live a more peaceful life, but no way the Shogun will let that happen. As the last of her clan, Sawa’s blood is invaluable to the Shogun’s plan. He’ll send his goons after them for sure :/ Second half should be fun |
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| Asahi was really brave there, especially for the person who killed her family. |
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| Things are actually starting to get more interesting now. The short time period for Sawa’s “death” and the high-stakes escape plan was a smart way to raise some suspence. The head of the executioners is looking more and more unhinged as the episodes go on. He could be a dangerous final villain. |
| A fake death, it was obv but oh well interresting. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| So unexpected twist, Glad that Asahi didn't kill Sawa for real. Asahi did a great job and Makoto is going to be crazy. |
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| We all knew that Sawa wouldn't die. It was cool to see how Asahi managed to fake her death, and how it was all planned out. All of Makoto's instructions and predictions worked like a charm. |
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| I've been laughing at this series this whole time, but this episode was good. |
| I saw that twist from a mile away. They’re not gonna kill off our bland MC. |
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| Pretty impressive on Asahi's part to carry out that entire plan perfectly. This episode seems to be setting up some interesting events for the 2nd half of the show. I thought the revenge plot would take up the whole season, but it looks like things are going in a different direction entirely instead. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Pretty good episode! I think that was my favorite one so far, directing was pretty good as well. That was a nice plan by Tsukishiro and props to Asahi for going through it and actually succeeding, though I think the only reason Asahi succeeded is because Kuzuhara allowed her to succeed, cause I am 100% sure that she saw through what she was doing. That dream of Sawa was pretty sad, it was a great visualization. Good to see Tsukishiro is still alive, but he's still in a pretty dangerous situation, I guess those drugs she took are like some hallucinogenic pain killers or something. We still don't really know though whether Elena is alive or dead, hopefully the former. Jin is still a mystery, he seems pretty loyal to the administration, but it feels like he's also conflicted, especially towards Sawa. Speaking of Sawa, I hope Asahi and her actually find peace there in Iwai prefecture, but I doubt that, they're gonna get dragged back in somehow. Looking forward to the next episode. |
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Blue_Maroon said: Things are actually starting to get more interesting now. The short time period for Sawa’s “death” and the high-stakes escape plan was a smart way to raise some suspence. The head of the executioners is looking more and more unhinged as the episodes go on. He could be a dangerous final villain. By far the the best episode of the season in my opinion. First one that has been well paced. |
| IMO, this series is much stronger when forgetting the supernatural element and delving into the dark, assassin-spy theme. This would have been so much more coherent if the supernatural was not there. It is also notably very absent, I mean I can count how many times there are "chimeras" or transforming yokai humans, and most of the time, I lose interest. |
| Well, that was some plan. Declaring someone dead and then everything else. It was good indeed. Makoto is also alive. So that's good. Asahi once again was adorable. She looked so frightened from time to time, but she managed to get herself and Yuki out of Tokyo. Hope they can live in peace from now on. It'll be interesting to see what'll happen from now on in this show. |
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| Fav episode of the show yet. Faked death and then escaped successfully. The first 9mins felt like 24 mins. Really good climatic points and overall a pretty schnice episode. |
   Has a 8.60 mean score Akasaka > Other Mangakas  |
Fail_Man_X said: Sawa and Makoto confirmed alive but not Elena. This is what I thought after last week's episode, but I'm still hoping beyond hope that the people predicting all three to be alive are right. Speaking of hope, I really, really, really want Asahi to survive this series. Throughout the entire episode, I felt she was going to die, and at this point, I'm just waiting to be sad. I also thought she was a goner several times during this episode but now that we're halfway through Jouran and Asahi is still alive I think she will survive through the whole series. |
| Another floundering episode, although when it begins by going "So, I said this drug kills you, but it's actually a magic potion that only kills you for a few hours and then brings you back to life, no harm, no foul, now let me explain a master plan relying on perfect timing, coincidence, and complete contrivance which will all just happen to work out." And then it spent the next goddamned ten minutes of the episode explaining every single idiotic detail, pretending that everything working out was a stroke of genius planning and not just really, really bad writing. Not that I expect much better from this show after Snake Dude, but can we at least not probe every single stupid detail of your nonsense? Particularly when you're saying things like "the random 11 year old delivery boy will arrive precisely 12 minutes after the hour, and the timing here is the CRUX to making sure everything works." This is some Clock King level nonsense without being dressed like a timepiece or ranting at a billionaire dressed like a bat. And yet, it still compares favorably to the second half of the episode, which spiraled into nonsense. Well, there were a couple parts about Makoto apparently going crazy and probably getting mindjacked by Snake Dude, but that quickly gave way to quite literally a bunch of random rich dudes in a shadowy room discussing the current geopolitical situation with a curtain. So Whose-His-Face goes out and murders a couple cops who were beating protestors right in front of them. Very covert. Truly hiding your true intents and whatnot. |
RayReynolds said: Another floundering episode, although when it begins by going "So, I said this drug kills you, but it's actually a magic potion that only kills you for a few hours and then brings you back to life, no harm, no foul, now let me explain a master plan relying on perfect timing, coincidence, and complete contrivance which will all just happen to work out." And then it spent the next goddamned ten minutes of the episode explaining every single idiotic detail, pretending that everything working out was a stroke of genius planning and not just really, really bad writing. Not that I expect much better from this show after Snake Dude, but can we at least not probe every single stupid detail of your nonsense? Particularly when you're saying things like "the random 11 year old delivery boy will arrive precisely 12 minutes after the hour, and the timing here is the CRUX to making sure everything works." This is some Clock King level nonsense without being dressed like a timepiece or ranting at a billionaire dressed like a bat. And yet, it still compares favorably to the second half of the episode, which spiraled into nonsense. Well, there were a couple parts about Makoto apparently going crazy and probably getting mindjacked by Snake Dude, but that quickly gave way to quite literally a bunch of random rich dudes in a shadowy room discussing the current geopolitical situation with a curtain. So Whose-His-Face goes out and murders a couple cops who were beating protestors right in front of them. Very covert. Truly hiding your true intents and whatnot. Glad someone said it. Super convenient how everything worked flawlessly and they had the burial in such a short amount of time, no questions asked. I get that the plot needs to move along somehow but we can only suspend our disbelief so much.. The rest of the episode was quite mediocre as well. Show just keeps getting worse. |
| i just hope all of Asahi's efforts would not be in vain! and Sawa should just protect Asahi! instead... 4/5. |
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| Well directed episode, but there is still some mistakes in the plot, at least they were less than before, and the animation don't decays |
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| Rip these two random soldiers. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| i don't know why since she's the main character but i really thought sawa's dead by the end of the last episode good thing to see her well and that she escaped the agency |
| Tsukishiro actually wants Sawa to get away from the organization and live a normal life, it's good to know that Tsukishiro is not evil but I wonder if Asahi and Sawa will be able to get away, Jin most probably got the idea that Sawa's still alive because of the bird. He'll make his move anytime. Looks like Tsukishiro got traumatized after that Janome incident. I hope he doesn't get caught because of the ruckus his traumatized self is causing. What were those pills? I hope he doesn't get more crazy after having those. That imagination that Sawa had with three of them drinking and having a casual chat. I hope it could come true, sadly Elena won't be there but it would be nice if Sawa and Tsukishiro are able to get away from the organization and live their own way. That conversation they had in that meeting, does the organization have the same motive as Janome, getting the blood sample of Sawa? It also seems like Jin too is bound by the organization and doesn't have any choice but to comply with them. |
Rickydory123May 17, 2021 9:16 AM
| Faking the death was obvious but I love how brave Asahi was. She did a perfect job executing the plan. |
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| Of course she couldn't die in the middle of story so she died for 3 hours only, and thanks to Asahi they succeeded in faking the death, that was actually interesting |
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| (English) Tsukishiro devised a scheme to get Sawa and Asahi to flee, without much explanation of the reasons, just to escape the Nue and go on living. It seems that the leader of Japan wants to use the blue blood of the Yukimura clan to get better results in war conflicts. The entire country is in constant internal and international conflicts. (Portuguese/Português) Tsukishiro planejou um esquema para fazer com que Sawa e Asahi fugam, sem muitas explicações sobre as razões, apenas para escapar do Nue e continuarem vivendo. Parece que o líder do Japão quer usar o sangue azul do clã Yukimura para conseguir melhores resultados em conflitos bélicos. O país inteiro está em constantes conflitos internos e internacionais. |
| Good to know the pills only put Sawa to sleep. I was a bit worried when Jin noticed the white crow Nana but nice to see Asahi and Sawa managed to escape to live a peaceful life ..for now |
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| Learn from this episode, loli can fake their cry. |
| Yeah it's beginning to be a plot driven story, oh great and I legit thought Tsuki is a boy |
| It was obvious Sawa wasn't going to just be killed off halfway through the series like that. Props to Asahi for being able to carry out the timed plan and reach Iwai with her. With all going on though, the Shogun's forces will eventually find them oor do something to bring Sawa back into the fight. Luckily it seems that any further conflict won't have Sawa fighting alone. Just like the doctor was saying to him, Jin is showing signs of having enough of the Shogun's regime. Killing those soldiers instead of just walking on and also likely going along with Asahi. Makoto said he would kill Asahi iff he doubted her death, but after the part with the Shogun saying they needed Sawa...even if he believed her to be dead, they wouldn't just have her buried. With them after her blood, they'd have had the body taken straight to the Shogun's castle. We saw Makoto had survived that assassination attempt in the car and is now on the run (I guess the plan and poison delivery was before the car). What I don't get is why she already ignored/forgot what the doctor said about the pain killers. He said they were hallucinogens and to not go crazy, and what does she do?...instantly gulps 4 down at once with instant regret :P |
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