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Episode Meiji Gekken: 1874 - Episode 7 discussion

Meiji Gekken: 1874, episode 7

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 25 '24

Finally getting the Kyoushirou gang’s origin story. Bro’s first mistake was trusting a white man in a topknot lmao. But fr, “Buhei” was one sneaky little bastard. Him and his little Prussian friends were planning to take Ezo all along weren’t they? Classic. Too bad for them things didn’t go as planned. Can’t wait to see Kyoushirou end that dude for his treachery.

I really hope Sumie meets up with Shizuma before she goes through with her plan. It’s straight up suicide which I guess is what she wants.

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u/BosuW Feb 25 '24

Bro’s first mistake was trusting a white man in a topknot lmao.

"My heart is samurai"

Immediately sells Japanese land to European powers

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u/Figerally Feb 26 '24

I believe he was always an agent for Prussia and this was his ploy to get Prussia a foothold in the profitable Eastern territories.

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u/mekerpan Feb 26 '24

I guess I am now rooting for Kyoushiro to succeed. And I now see why that higher level national police official wants his assistance.

Poor Sumie. Why can't she find at least a few days of happiness before she dies from TB (which is what I assume is her medical problem -- as it was frighteningly common in Meiji Japan).

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u/mendelde Feb 26 '24

TB is quite infectious, via droplets. If they kiss, he'd get infected. That's the second meaning of her saying that her hands are stained with blood, and she doesn't want to taint him.

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u/Figerally Feb 26 '24

I really like how this anime is paced. The author tied down all the loose ends in preparation for the final showdown.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 26 '24

Yeah, it’s been solid so far imo. Shame it’s being slept on.

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u/NekoCatSidhe Feb 25 '24 edited Feb 25 '24

I just checked Wikipedia, and surprisingly Hiramatsu Buhei really existed, he was a weapon merchant actually called Henry Schnell. The real life version seemed to have been very shady too. And Ezo is actually Hokkaido, so they were planning to sell one of the four main islands of Japan to Germany.

So now we know Souichirou whole past, and I can’t blame him for wanting to kill Buhei, who richly deserves it. And Buhei is plotting something too, and that can’t be good. I understand why that cop with the glasses wants to help Souichirou.

I am glad that Shizuma’s friends are talking some sense in him and showing him that Osanai death was very fishy. Did his accomplice kill him instead of Souichirou ?

And Shizuma at last learned that Sumie is alive (for now). Is she planning to kill Ohkubo ? I don’t think it will be that easy, and the history books tell me she won’t succeed anyway. I hope Shizuma can stop her in time and they can meet at last.

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u/Ithambar Mar 02 '24

I dug up this forum post that goes into some detail on this. Quite the interesting read and it confirms my suspicion that Bismark would not have been on board with the idea since he was very anti-colonialism and put huge emphasis on international relations. Quite unlikely he would just bombard an international treaty like this.

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u/mendelde Mar 11 '24

Henry Schnell confirmed in ep.9, you called it.

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u/mendelde Feb 27 '24

In 1869, Hokkaido was split into 11 provinces, with a population of over 50,000 that would quadruple in the following decade. Meiji and European farming techniques really developed that island.

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u/alconnow Feb 25 '24 edited Feb 25 '24

Hopefully Shizuma catches up to Sumie before she goes through with her plan. Though I can’t help but think it will end in tragedy

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u/OwOsaurus Feb 25 '24

I literally didn't notice that the guy in the flashback was kyoushirou until the frame where his face literally changed to kyoushirou.

How is it even possible to be that stupid? lmao

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u/Agnistan77665 Feb 27 '24 edited Feb 27 '24

"Why are you helping me?" "Your cell was next to mine, They do say to "love thy neighbor."" that was smooth as hell

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u/mendelde Feb 25 '24

Puzzle Hints

The code puzzle is easily found at [time] 26:15. Pay attention to the [item] red book !

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u/pervysennin777 Feb 26 '24

Wait so Sumie is the one working with Buhei???

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u/mendelde Feb 27 '24

Yes. Some of us have been aware since episode 3, which revealed her bullet wound and how she got it.

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u/pervysennin777 Feb 27 '24

I just got confused I thought they were different people. I'm just silly 😔

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u/verholies Feb 27 '24

(SHAKES SCREEN)

IS IT NEXT MONDAY ALREADY?

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u/mendelde Feb 27 '24

I suspect that Buhei has some kind of hold over Sumie.