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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Interesting that the show has covered so much ground in only 13 episodes, the advantages of adaptations like this and Seirei no Moribito, is there's no need to stretch a story with filler or lazy directorial trickery. I just wish anime TV writers would plan their stories better, the vast majority are very flimsy and struggle to last the 26 or whatever length of commissioned episodes. Man, I am so glad Sugimoto chilled the hell out. Even so I still didnt trust her. While she was riding on the flying beast with Yoko, I kept expecting her to stab her in the back. In any other anime, this episode with the defeat of the fake empress, would be the climax, so I'm interested in where the story goes now. |
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| I was expecting Sugimoto to stab her in the back too but I guess not D: I'm glad she calmed down too but I was surprised it was so early in the show. I guess I was expecting that later? |
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| How did this anime get to become so good? The first 3 episodes I was mostly forcing myself to watch it, because Yoko's constant whining and crying was very annoying. Luckily she grew up a lot and now actually became an interesting character. Can't wait to see more! |
| Youko finally became a queen. I think it would be better if they actually show us the battle. |
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| Yeah, I agree, this series turned out to be very good. Can't wait to watch more. |
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| Hmm....I wonder if that boy Sugimoto spoke too also was trapped in that world? And if so, how did he escape? |
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| OMG Rakshun is such a perv. XD He touched her from the back being naked ! lol And he says he prefers the animal form. Which means he likes to be naked. lol Keiki was also naked but he didn't transform into human form. lol Youko was awesome and turned into a king. =D Sugimotos finally back ! The boy at the last seemed cute like an shota ass ! Best ep ! |
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| It's only now that the real story begins. It was only after watching Shiki that I picked this anime up, but now I'm glad that I did cause it could very well turn into something epic (guess I'll have to watch and see). |
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| I'm so glad Yuka has really come to her senses, cant stop thinking that she'll try to kill Youko whenever she got the chance (like during the ride). Does that mean Asano is back or something? Is that guy Yuka spoke to Asano but he has forgotten who he is?? Confused |
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| The guy who was painting is a kirin from another country, he and his ruler went missing for a while and it seems that this kirin lost his memories. |
| didn't think that Youko would become Queen so quickly, I thought it would take some more time. It will be interesting to see in what direction the story now goes, hopefully it will be epic :D |
| "Truth is always a delusion." - Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Already rewatched this anime.. like 5 times already.. xD the story is amazing and it become 1 of my favorite, i really glad i could see such interesting anime.. d^^b |
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| What the hell? Atleast spend an episode or two on the takeback/ rescue of Keirei. What the hell was that? Timeskip? C'mon. I don't even know what the hell she was talking about. I didn't connect to her feelings at all. I didn't witness the damn things. Directing sucks. :/ This series would be so good if the staff were better. At least Sugimoto calmed down. The boy she talked to back in her world was mentioned in an earlier episode by Enki, I believe. BUT. Much more interesting than the first few episodes. Hopefully the series picks up even more. |
| and fade-cut to... battle already over!? |
| Oh i love this anime even they cut out the battle it still didn't disappoint me because this always gives to me many things better than battles |
| well they certainly flew through some things in this episode o_O it seems like the battles have taken a toll on youko.. what happens now i wonder? |
chibi-chaos said: well they certainly flew through some things in this episode o_O it seems like the battles have taken a toll on youko.. what happens now i wonder? Yeah, I'm curious as to what happened during the war. She said she lost so many people...please don't let Raku be one of them...or the traveling circus. And Yuka went home...thank god. |
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| Woah it's the black kirin O__O Youko has really come a looong way. That bit where Keiki bowed his head and when she shouted down the soldiers sent shivers down my spine XD! Keiki! Cake! Keiki! |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| I wish Youko would just shut the fuck up and stop crying |
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| This series is growing on me. They should have shown at least a few scenes of the battles though. Things have come full circle re the Sugimoto character. No longer feeling that hatred. |
| To me this was the best episode thus far. Though it was very fast paced. The best part is that Sugimoto left lol oh and the naked Rakshun hug. xchee said: Keiki! Cake! Keiki! Yeah all I keep hearing is 'cake'. |
| keike finally they found him.yes goodbye sugomito |
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| LOL so I see I'm not the only who is still distrustful of Sugimoto, espcially at that scene where she handed Youko something to drink.I was wondering if it was poison lol.The "Let's get back Keiki" mission was very anti-climatic in a sense.I thought it would have been more difficult.Also I don't know if I missed something or what but hadn't Shouryuu said that the reason that they weren't able to reteive Keiki was because once a King and his army invades another Kingdom they would be shot down by the heavens or something like that,so how was he able to assist Youko in rescuing Keiki and not die? |
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| Youko keeps hesitating about becoming the queen: this is repetitive and stinky. King Kou keeps disobeying the Heavens, knowing the consequences, then, after his Kirin died, he at last made up his mind? WTF? The timeskip is efficient since it skips facts that could've been bothering. Don't fucking understand how tigers/horses are able to fly... Know it's fantasy and, because it's fantasy, the 12K world introduce new physics and so on, but damn, flying tigers! And, as said in another Episode Discussion, the fact that "good" king = good life/fertile lands and "bad" king = bad life/infertile lands... hum... this is utterly absurd. |
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| Great ending to what i assume is the end of the first arc! :) |
| What a baller end to the first part of the story. I was annoyed by Youko at first but she grew so much during this first arc. I was hooked by this from the get-go. I can't wait to see what the next arcs bring. P.S. Rakushun is the god damn man. I've never seen a rat guy with so much game in my life. Baller status for life. |
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| King Jealous/fool gets to wait for his imminent death, and his kingdom gets to fall to ruin, while a new Kirin is born/matures. Good job pal. Bonus points in stupidity for killing the Kirin himself. |
| Matsuoka Yoshitsugu has hardly any range as a voice actor, and is grossly over-cast. Yeah. I said it. |
| I'm surprised Yuka didn't stay, she could have had a place in that world at Youko's side. To bad they didn't show the battles, but I guess it wasn't really necessary. If I'm not mistaken, the painter kid was the missing king. |
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| I also thought Sugimoto was gunna try something. I'm glad she's come to her senses. She met Kouri back in Japan, who they only mentioned earlier...I can't remember when. I wonder what will happen. I also wish they showed the battle :( Anyway, I was skeptical of this show at first, I'm glad I kept watching! |
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| Sugimoto doing a complete 180 in her personality and attitude happened in such a short time that it felt a little extreme. And it's hard to feel sympathetic towards her after her obnoxious behavior (to put it mildly) during her unhinged, delusional bitch phase. But at least she's gone, so that's one good thing she has done. And would have liked to at least see a slideshow of the battle. |
| Good ep.. Stupid King Kou.. poor Kirin.. Youko finally became a queen! :D Sugimoto has really come to her senses! Can't wait to watch more. |
| Rakushun without clothes! Pervert! xD I guess our drama queen is finally back where she belong Looks like the next ep is a "recap" |
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| GTFO Sugimoto!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| "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." |
| This hatching babies from trees thing seems to cause a lot of problems! People keep losing track of their kids... |
| Poor Kourin, she died for that stupid king. |
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| Okay okay, this show REALLY didn't interest me at first but now it's done a complete 180 and I'm totally invested in it more than I was before. Also I'm lowkey starting to ship Youko x Rakushun Also even though there were times that I couldn't stand her, in the final episode I did like Sugimoto. |
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| Seems strange to me that they skipped the battle, anyway this serie is getting better with each episode. Curious where this will be going and Sugimoto seems finally calmed down, hope she will have her wonderful life. |
| Felt a bit anticlimatic Sugimoto's redemption was executed (the little timeskip as well) Hoping that this wasn't the last time we saw her. Really want to see if there's a plot line with her and the boy she met and how it will play out. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| the Emperor of Kou is still adamant on killing Yoko and even goes to try to lift a finger against her just to have his Kirin disobey his order and step in between him and the blade. And now he meets his fate of having only a year left because the heavens are now made at him. It was cool to see Sugimoto chill the fuck out but to see her kinda do a 180 so fast was kinda off. Now the other half of this ep is the battle to put Yoko as the true empress. As someone mentioned, "if an emperor of a country crosses the borders with weapons, its considered a sin". Does the Emperor of En get sinned or not. Like, i dont understand how this does or doesnt count as him invading another country since it sounds like they are dethroning this fake empress and he has to cross borders with an army and a weapon on his side. Then we get to the battle....oh wait, what freakin battle. They have the Emperor of Ens troops bout to fight of the forces of Kei but then jumps to Yoko already finding Keiki. Like, that was very anticlimatic af. Then they just explain away what happened afterwards with the fake empress taking a last stand and we skip any struggles that Yoko had or losses she incurred. We are just told by her that she did experience some heavy loss. I dont know how the manga is but I would have liked to see this struggle. Not blow past this shit. Made me frustrated man. Like, fuck the process, its all about the end result my guys. Anywho, this ep isnt without its good stuff i guess. We had yoko finally make a choice thanks to her mouse friend. And then we see where this story goes in Japan side. I'll admit, things did get better since the beginning eps but it's been quite hard for me to retain this information on these different creatures or kingdoms and then just to have them speedrun this last ep through this conflict just pissed me off. |
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| Yuka finally went back home! I agree with the other posters in that I can't feel too bad for her. Most people are searching for their grand purpose in life. People want to know what it is that they should be doing. Though how she went through that process was very evil and violent. Harming innocent people and trying to kill her friend, due to jealousy. I'm so happy that she's mellowed out and stopped her bad actions. |
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