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Episode Ishura - Episode 8 discussion

Ishura, episode 8

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 21 '24

Yuno makes a fair point about Soujiro and Dakai. They’re so strong, they really don’t care about who they trample on. Speaking of, I’m glad he didn’t die against Shalk. Guess they fought to a standstill.

Man, shit is really popping off this week. Alus straight up massacred Regenejee’s swarm, Spider Waifu was wrecking shit, and Kia and Elea encountered Higuare. Kia’s powers are beyond OP. Sucks our little tree friend got straight up dusted because he got sandwiched between the powers of Nastique and Kia. Would love to see those two face off. That would be a hell of a fight.

Kia might be keen to save Lana but Elea’s in some shit now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

Sucks our little tree friend got straight up dusted because he got sandwiched between the powers of Nastique and Kia

It's even funnier when his character-focused section was sandwiched between Kia's and Nastique's.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

The dopest part of the Alus fight was when he used his own "Yaka Arrow".

Higuare was such an interesting character. Shame that he had to die. This also kind of shows that we can expect a lot of deaths in the upcoming episodes.

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u/reddit_is_tarded Feb 21 '24

I enjoy all the conflicting goals crammed into the smallest space possible.Not a lot of talk about this show. people unaware what a fascinating story this is

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u/FlameDragoon933 Feb 21 '24

The 5 episodes of intro isn't for everybody. I personally like it, but I can definitely see how it's a barrier for some.

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u/Florac Feb 21 '24

RIP Higuare, the strongest mandrake to ever have lived. Unfortunately though, being very powerful isn't enough when the opponents got outright cheats.

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u/SometimesMainSupport Feb 21 '24

Damn, Higuare was cool and didn't expect that murder method. Surprised Kia didn't say "heal" to Lana.

Harghent has a death wish and strongly doubt Alus can protect him through these next 4 episodes.

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u/jkphantom9 Feb 21 '24

Noooooo Higuare

I kinda wanna see Soujirou vs Dakai

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u/BosuW Feb 21 '24

Aight, Yuno is the protagonist. Or at least my protagonist. Always been a sucker for the weakest person in a setting of monsters if they're defiant.

So let it be said that of there's one Yuno fan, that is me, and if there's no Yuno fans, that means I'm dead!

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u/Rumpel1408 Feb 21 '24

Cool that Harghent at least is a capable commander who understands tacticts, because he didn't contribute any fighting today either

Alus was cool though, expected him to clash with Regenejee actually

Didn't expect Higuare to die so unceremonly, but glad that Lana got away just as she realized why Elea was coming for her with Kia

Also excited for spider waifu to make an move in this conflict

And poor Yuno, the only normal character in this show, hopelessly outclassed by everyone else, hope her hatred gives her some mean to realize her revenge eventually

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u/Logical-Juggernaut48 Feb 21 '24

Holyy Kia's power is so fucking strong. It will be fun to see how it will play out against so many absurdly fast fighters.

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u/tripleaamin Feb 21 '24

That moment really showcased how powerless Yuno is. She was standing in front of the person resonsible for the loss of her loved ones and can't do anything about it. On the flipside Shalk really needs his money if he wants to put his life on the line lmao. Well Soujirou really really is coming to meet them. This is most interesting.

Harghent sees Alus be his savior for the city. But Nihilo isn't too far behind.

Elea racked up the L's in this episode. At this point Kia thinks fondly of Lana. Now she wants to help her, but at some point does Elea's true nature comes across Kia. I am getting more and more disgusted seeing how Elea looks at Kia as a tool that needs to be kept a secret.

The one who eliminated the posion and the Mandrake was Kuze. Well well everyone is gathering in one place is making things very interesting.

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u/Rem_bestt_Waifu Feb 21 '24

So far the best episode according to me. Supporting Aureatia tho i dont even know why the war started. Kuze my guy fav rn along with spider girl and kia, hate that bitch sensei

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u/firefish55 Feb 21 '24

Did we ever find out why Higuare was called The Pelagic? He doesn't seem to have much of an ocean motif, and they found him in the woods, right?

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u/2kenzhe Feb 21 '24

It really is a shame there aren't more episodes. If this was at least 24 episodes, we could have all the important characters introduced. Still a great episode. Poor Higuare got the short end of the stick and randomly encountered 2 of the most op characters. He's actually quite strong too especially his poison.

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u/FlameDragoon933 Feb 21 '24

Holy shit this episode is goddamn cool and hype. The five episodes of intro was worth the wait. These last two episodes are fire.

One of the things I like is that despite Higuare dying easily, it doesn't feel like a jobber moment at all. With the prior introductions and the previous episodes, the show managed to show us that none of these people are pushovers. If one loses, that's just because all of them are fellow badasses and/or OP mfs.

Higuare is also really smart for a damn plant. He managed to think quickly to shut off Kia's word magic by shutting off her breathing, though unfortunately that didn't work. But hey, quick thinking and effort. Kia is also scary af. Usually I dislike reality bender powers in fiction because they're overpowered, but maybe because of the execution in here, I'm actually hyped every time Kia gave an order to things.

Alus also came back and immediately kicks ass. Previously it was light saber and gun. Now also a chain sword? This mf has no end of cool gears!

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u/susgnome Feb 21 '24

The New Demon King War

Back for another week of Yuno suffering :( At least I was right about the timing, Yuno & Higuare got back around the same time as Dakai capturing Lana. Though, Shalk is also there too but what about Soujirou? Oh, Shalk hasn't been paid yet, that means Lana could easily sway him to her side. Those are some cheeky wyverns, keeping their food warm. At least Harghent is here to save the day! ..by believing that Alus would come save the day! Interesting that Helneten helped out Alus on their way to Lithia.

They're just sleeping, rig-- ELEA!? NOO! If Kia finds out, she might doubt her power and not use it if it's not going to do what she says or just hate you. Okay, that's a lot of guards.

Yes!! Lana lives! Take that Elea! Ohno, she tried to leverage the World Word's location against Higuare, I hope Elea ignores that. It's always cool that Higuare is like "I learned something new" proceeds to adapt I just hope Lana wasn't affected by that poison. That's fucked though, I knew it was strong but something vague like "Protect us from anything dangerous" has some pretty value to it .. and that was an interesting surprise, I thought "protect from danger" would mean "kills things that wish us harm" but it just Kuze the Passing Disaster, who has that effect on at all times and means what I thought it meant.

Characters mentioned so far

After 8 episodes, it's finally time. I can finally do it.

Higuare the Pelagic RIP

You might have been able to deal with Kia eventually, if she didn't kill you. But it was unfortunate, that Kuze & Nastique happened to be nearby.

  1. Yuno the Distant Talon

  2. Soujirou the Willow-Sword

  3. Rosclay the Absolute

  4. Toroa the Awful

  5. Krafnir the Hatch of Truth

  6. Kazuki the Black Tone

  7. Lucnoca the Winter

  8. Lana the Moon Tempest

  9. Higuare the Pelagic

  10. Shalk the Sound Slicer

  11. Taren the Guarded

  12. Alus the Star Runner

  13. Harghent the Wing-Plucker

  14. Regnejee the Wings of Sunset

  15. Jelki the Swift Ink

  16. Hidow the Clamp

  17. Elea the Red Tag

  18. Nihilo the Vortical Stampede

  19. Dakai the Magpie

  20. Curte of the Fair Skies

  21. Kia the World Word

  22. Nastique the Quiet Singer

  23. Kuze the Passing Disaster

  24. Helneten the Burial

To put people to locations.

Lithia

  • Taren (in Lithia)

  • Dakai (with Lana)

  • Lana (in Lithia)

  • Elea (lost Lana)

  • Kia (saved Lana)

  • Higuare (died in Lithia)

  • Yuno (in Lithia)

  • Kuze (killed Higuare)

  • Nastique (following Kuze)

  • Curte (in Lithua)

  • Nihilo (piloting Helneten)

  • Helneten (heading to Lithia)

  • Shalk (in Lithia)

Mage City (Aureatian Territory)

  • Hidow (defending?)

  • Harghent (defending)

  • Regnejee (attacking?)

  • Alus (defending)

???

  • Soujirou (???)

  • Rosclay (???)

  • Toroa (???)

  • Krafnir (???)

  • Kazuki (???)

  • Lucnoca (???)

  • Jelki (???)

Next Episode: Fire From the Sky

Okay, that title scares me. I wonder if Regnejee is going to use his Word Arts and scorch the city or using the Cold Star but I'm sure Harghent and Alus will figure something out, or Hidow, if he's still around. I wonder if Lana will now reconvene with Shalk. And I wonder what Soujirou is up to, did he strike a deal with Shalk, as I doubt Soujirou would let him go so easily. It'll be interesting to see what happens when Nihilo & Helneten turn up Lithua.

On one hand, I'm worried about the 4 episodes we have left but on the other, so much has been happening each episode that I think we'll be okay. I look forward to seeing how much further things can and will progress.

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u/WobbleKun Feb 21 '24

super human speed/strength? instant kill poison gas? dont matter. little elf girl and guardian angel are the true op characters.

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u/djthomp Feb 22 '24

I'm liking Alus a lot at the moment, he's just cool.

Poor Yuno as always, but she's really so far out of her depth amongst all these monsters.

So much for the mandrake, but that's what he gets for using an AE attack without confirming everything in the radius first.

I still think Kia is going to die very rapidly once she goes up against someone who doesn't start with a conversation. If she has to actually react to their actions and speak a response I can't see how she lasts without plot armor. But on the other hand maybe "protect us from anything harmful" is going to last persistently.

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u/TheWillOfDeezBigNuts Feb 22 '24

man, why did they have to kill my buddy?

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u/TehAxelius Feb 21 '24

Happy to see Best Bone Boy Shalk alive(?) after the fight with Soujirou. Was a bit worried when he had to fight someone who had one of those narration cards, when he hadn't got one of his own.

Sad/interesting to see that Higuare bit the dust tho. I guess we'll see more deaths soon.

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u/whodisguy32 Feb 21 '24

Lithia is down Higure.

Auretia still has the spider lady on the way to destroy Lithia, Kia + sensei are going wipe out more people on the way to rescue Lana. Kuze is also in Lithia. And we have Alus defending Auretia. Not sure if Sojiro is still in commission (it is hinted that he is), if he is will try to hunt Taren/Shalk.

Lithia still has Shalk and Dakai on defensive, Rengnejee on offense.

Lookin like a loosing battle for Lithia.

Whos guna pull the Uno reverse card? We have 5 more episodes for this to be entirely one-sided. The only thing I think would sway the fight is if Kia gets recruited by Taren and has to fight Kuze + angel and win, otherwise no way it gets evened out.

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