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| Holy moly. This is probably the most impressive shogi match I've watched from Sangatsu so far. Like I said in my post from last week's episode, I was split 50/50 between Shimada and Saku and it stayed that way until the conclusion of the match. Did it pain me that Shimada lost? Of course it did. It waould've been a bittersweet feeling regardless of who won, but either way, Shimada can hold his head high. He'll keep on improving until he finally wins a title one day. =) As for Saku, he gave it his all and the weight of expectations from friends and colleagues alike might've been heavy, but he was able to take on that burden and was able to become the Eternal Kishou. That long match would exhaust a lot of young players, so playing that long as he approaches nearly 70 must've been almost torture on his body. Still, that only makes me respect the guy even more. =) Shaft can pat themselves on their back once again in this incredible season. The whole match, including Saku's burnt field segments, had wonderful animation, detailed visuals and powerful soundtrack that gave each scene life and power that was mesmerising. It was simply superb. Next week has the Kawamoto sisters returning. I miss them so much! =3 |
Meta_YoshiMar 11, 2018 1:09 PM
| One of the best episodes this year. Umino Chika must be proud about this adaptation. Shaft-san is hitting it out of the park. 10/10 |
| The Anime Binge Is Life -PolarCyrus97 2k17- |
| What a match! One of the best 2 episodes of anime I've seen so far. |
| "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 feel sorry for shimada for not winning . yanagihara is just too goddamn strong |
| Saku chan I'm so glad he won, on the other hand, I feel sorry for Shimada san. This match was intense af seriously my hats down to SHaft for making such great visuals. |
| My god, that last shot of him standing against the fire was incredible. The colors and the music that started playing...that had to be one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen. |
| Saku's emotions really a heavy one. It made me absorbed into it deeply, I almost cried. Either of both lost made me really sad. |
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| Simply amazing. Just... The feels... oh, god. |
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| Every episode gets me in the feels and my eyes can't take it |
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| Ah, what a delightful depiction of an intense mental battle. It is a bit saddening that the Kishou match came to an end, I really enjoyed Yanagihara's contemplations. Despite the fact that Shimada had to face defeat again, I am relieved. Yanagihara truly came through the ordeal and then some, his mental fortitude and competence, with a hint of youthful ingenuity, are commendable. He is a worthy bearer of the Eternal Kishou title. It seems that members of the Kawamoto household are ready to provide some relief after such a heavy (in more ways than one) arc. |
| Yanagihara deserved that win over Shimada, because he held on to fragments of his fellows, and never gave in even if people were criticising him or left him. That was an optimistic old man who inspired me, too bad for Shimada though. This ep was great, with great visuals and very inspirational. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Is Shimada every going to get a fucking win? That's what makes episodes like this boring to me. Since Shimada is always set up as the fall guy for whoever the other character is. Before it was showing how god tier Souya is for the first time. And now its because boohoo old guy is said that all of his friends retired since they had real life shit to deal with. |
| Another brilliant episode! the OST feels like the despair OST of Madoka which is EPIC! Damn! old geezer Yanagihara still win against Shimada! Yanagihara now receives the title "Eternal Shogi Maestro"! everyone who is rooting for the old geezer was full of joy! The symbolism feeling was perfect like the cloth like bandages fluttering away of the old man! they really nail it! especially the visuals at 20:38-21:07 was very impressive! 5/5. |
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| "Saku" won the final!!! Incredible how this oldman could come back to the game!!! :/ |
| It was really inspirational to see Saku-san get over his struggles to move ahead without being bound and also because of being held. Damn what a irony! Shimada lost but he will be back at it again with a new blade. This guy really blends em smooth! |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| This season just hasn't hit home for me like the last one did. The showdown between Saku and Shimada. Though at times gripping and entertaining. Mostly felt like one of those anime parodies. You know where they're like "yahtzee" or some ridiculous shit the anime. And they take ridiculous stock anime tropes and apply it to something mundane and absurd. They definitely tried to make it intense. I did like Saku's story overall. The idea of the twilight of someone's career. Where they're the last of their generation standing. Is a moving and interesting one. Even though I kind of wish he would have lost. I don't fault them for doing the happy ending. But the relay sash/human torch symbolism. Never hit home for me. Quite the way Shimada's waves did last season. It was kind of a strained visual metaphor. And I don't think the execution was all that great. It's sad too cause I vastly prefer the shogi to the SoL side of the series. But in all counts this season has felt more rushed and clumsy to me than the previous. Hope it ends strong. I still like the show and think it's one of the better ones airing. |
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| i have no words, this episode is more than awesome... it's ULTRA-AWESOME..!!!! |
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| Perfect animation, this episode is just too good, and it felt so short, even though the story of Yanagihara wasn't all that interesting to me at first. But the way it is told, damn, this season keeps amazing me each time. And can I just say that Shimada is a wonderful character. I took liking to him before but now even more so. |
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| Holy crap, this arc has been absolutely amazing. I couldn't help but cheer for Saku, even though I've professed myself to be the biggest Shimada fangirl. I still am, but seeing how Saku pulled himself forward using the his feelings towards his friends ... man. The visuals were absolutely on point this episode - the scene in the second half with Saku and the flames was soooooo good. The photo was super cute, and man, Shimada I hope you win next year, but I'm really happy Saku was able to get the Eternal title as well. This shogi match was so intense and I don't even really know the game that well! I am really loving S2 even though IMO the first arc dragged on a bit too long for me, but I might end up giving this season a 9 as well because the quality is equally on par as the first I think :P |
| This was one of (if not) the best anime episode that I've ever watched in my entire life. |
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| wowowow phenomenal episode! best episode this season. Exceptional animation amazing soundtrack the tension, the feels.. I feel bad for shimada. He gets so close to his first title everytime.. God this OST at 10:01 is just epic |
shayed__Oct 20, 2018 1:17 PM
| Poor Shimada just can't catch a break. |
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| i take back what i said last episode about not caring for Saku ... holy shit, this episode was too good |
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| This had a stronger shogi fan enjoyability quotient compared to the other shogi episodes despite the huge Shaftisms I think, of course not that it wasn't fun for non fans. |
| Great episode, I'm always tricked as to who won momentarily. |
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| Wow. Such a good and emotional episode. I'm glad for the old man. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| I was looking into things and it seem this episode and episode 12 both share the same episode director,someone named Ootani Hajime, considering great both episodes were would absolutely love to see a show directed by him/her in the future. |
VarendantApr 15, 2018 6:26 AM
| Epic episode, really enjoyed it and what a victory I must say! Shaft really makes it great to put this in picture! Looking forwards to see what's next. |
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| "Life is nothing but goodbyes". Good God, those are some heavy words. |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| What an impressive episode! The soundtrack was amazing as well, got me curious on who's the composer. Yanagihara's monologue regarding life was very powerful. Seriously, I've watched Sangatsu because of its deep and meaningful lessons but this episode took the cake. It was poetic how they viewed Yanagihara's life and struggles with shogi and I loved it. I felt bad for Shimada. Poor guy has to deal with another lose again. |
| Dear me what an intense match and the thing is I sympathised with both players so much. Both desperately wanted to win. |
| I'm proud of Saku, way to go man! |
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| Poor Shimada, I wanted him to win but he'll have more opportunities. I enjoyed more Yuginohara's inner monologue more though. |
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Mich666 said: Wow, I have no words. This was so emotional on many levels and their hopeful message was delivered so brightly! SHAFT really overdid themselves AGAIN (how many times did I said this in this series?) They delivered audio-visual explosion of shounen battle in its truest form coupled with encouraging life messages hidden underneath. I applaud. Same opinion, this is probably one of the 2 best, or even the best episode in the series, Shaft couldnt have conveyed it more properly than this, and even the manga probably wasnt as good as this. What a match! |
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| best episode in the whole series for me.. yeah at first I was also like, "I don't really care about the side characters" but I've given it some thoughts and honestly, main character, side character, all those don't matter, what matters is how you relate to the story being presented. This mangaka has been developing random side characters that don't really matter since the very beginning, and everytime I thought that I didn't care, ended up being immersed in each of their very own story. This episode in particular is more so relatable because of the circumstances around me, retiring of old age sure sucks, many people have been working for decades and spent most of their active time at work, so it's relatable to suddenly lose all of those and lose sight of the purpose in your life.. it's easy to just give it all up and not care, but it's badass to come back in such a way where you've persevered long enough, and the whole thing came full circle when Saku asked Gan to take the picture, finishing his 10th title and dubbed as the eternal meijin (or something). twas fantastico |
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| This was such a brilliantly animated shogi match it was astounding. I love how Shimada was silently complaining about how there was no way an old player like Yanagihara could be making these movies. I still have no idea what any of this means even after spending nearly two months watching this show, but it was still cool to watch! Yanagihara comparing Shimada to a Japanese zelkova tree is a great metaphor for his growth. I thought he was going to compare himself to a tree stump, but I'm glad he didn't. I love how he thinks he is going to die every single match he plays. I guess that is a genuine fear as you get older. I loved the animation as he pulled back the burdens and played a super interesting move like moving his King forward. This truly seems to be one of the most intense shogi matches we have seen yet. These two players are truly completely evenly matched. I didn't expect Shimada to lose, all things considered. I do believe this was the best outcome though. Yanagihara deserved this victory. The match was so exhausting they just outright skipped the post-match review, huh. Nikaidou is so cute. Shimada had the exact face I would have had. "You want me to take a commemorative photo... for a match I lost?" I love how his supporters switched allegiance so quickly. I like how the photo came out. |
MehmetY said: I second this.One of the best episodes in the anime history. I would also say, One of the best TV episodes in media history. |
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| Great match this episode Saku's last struggle was amazing, he never gave up and got his hard earned title Bit sad for Shimada but at least he didn't stay depressed for long |
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| AHHHHH the music was insanely good, I keep wondering what the tracks used were TwT also, I'm a little sad for Shimada, but!! After such an intense match... honestly, I'm satisfied with how things turned out. Such a well-done episode too, it was perfect :'3 hoping to see more such beautiful shogi matches from now on~ |
| That was the most intense shogi battle that we have ever witnessed amazing episode. I wanted Saku to win because, this will probably be his last time to hold the title but, damn when he actually won I felt sad for Shimada. But, next year definitely Shimada will definitely be able to win. Again, fantastic episode. |
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| Well, here i feel like im the middle of people who actually love shogi and got completely represented by this anime, enjoying the very least piece. I'm not like this, i feel nothing for shogi. But i must recognize how a good anime can make even what is supposed to be ultra boring for non-enthusiasts of the theme, become very interesting. The art, the pace, the OST, the lines, everything was thought to be perfect, just like the moves of these pro-shogists. Btw that picture in the end. The harmony in the distribution of the people in the image pleases me in a way that could cure my OCD, if i even had it. |
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