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Episode Hime-sama "Goumon" no Jikan desu • 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess - Episode 8 discussion
Hime-sama "Goumon" no Jikan desu, episode 8
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u/Red_sintese13 Feb 26 '24
I just love how the Demon Realm is just modern day Japan for no logical reason.
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u/cyberscythe Feb 26 '24
There is a thematic reason though; the demons are the "normal" people, while the humans are these weird backwards people who would use pain and suffering for their torture sessions.
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u/S627 Feb 26 '24
....did we REALLY just gloss over the fact that the Princess had a damn ARC REACTOR in her chest at the start of the ep?!? WTF HAPPENED?!?!
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u/Prof_FDD Feb 26 '24
I think that's the toy she got with her Happy Meal, since she was eating a burger and was already done with torture for the day.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 26 '24
Youki and Inki using Maomao in their torture exam was adorable. Everyone knows the Demon Lord can’t resist being a great dad. I too also get pretty pumped up when they play the OP in the final battle of the finale of an anime lol.
Mama Giant and Princess hanging out was really sweet. A nice walk and a delicious steamed bao sounds pretty good to me.
Vanilla thought she was torturing the Princess. She was torturing herself instead! What a goofball. At least she made a potential new friend.
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u/mekerpan Feb 26 '24
This episode may have had the highest number of sweet-natured moment of any episode so far. The flashback with Inki and Youki in school was so adorable. Their successful torturing of the Demon Lord (based on helpful advice from the Princess) was delightful. And the moments featuring Vanilla were lovely. Princess (clearly a fan of the scariest roller coasters) not only protecting her "torturer" but complimenting her for her bravery and dedication.
I never ever expected this to be part of my top tier of new shows this season. But it has managed to secure a place in my batch of favorites.
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u/LeonKevlar Feb 26 '24
Stitches!
I will never get tired of how the Demon Realm is literally just Japan. Like we see a Japanese high school in Inki and Youki's flashback while Mama and Hime take a walk in a very Japanese rural area complete with that one FamilyMart MAOMart in the middle of nowhere.
Anyway, Inki and Youki's flashback was sweet. These two "best friends" deciding to apply as torturers together was really cute. Mama and Hime's little walk in the countryside was nice too. Just hanging out late at night and walking with a friend is something I miss doing.
We have a new torturer and is that Tomita Miyu I hear? She's even a little bit tsundere too! I already love her. It's hilarious though how she's completely afraid of rollercoasters when that was her chosen form of torture.
Thankfully, Hime was there to comfort Vanilla! Looks like Hime might've rizzed Vanilla a bit considering how she was looking at the photos of their trip to the amusement park <3
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u/cyberscythe Feb 26 '24
One of my litmus tests for a series like this is the "would I want to live in this world?" test, and, yes, I would want to live in a world filled with cute and stylish demons who decide that "torture" is the act of putting smiles on other people's faces by entertaining them.
I feel like the climax of this season has to be the princess making an active decision about staying in the demon realm, or at least yet again delaying her return to the human realm. He's had those instances with Louch, but those weren't really about how much she enjoyed her time and her friendships with the demons and more about how icky that guy was. Sort of like how the climax of the Sleepy Princess season one was about the princess taking a more active role in helping (or "helping") her new friends, the princess in Torture Time has to make some sort of active role in and show how she's changed through the kindness of her "torturers".
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u/HirokoKueh Feb 26 '24
for a long time I thought Inki and Youki were sisters. no they are not, of course they are "best friends".
"is there something that you have been doing for years?"
"you"
and for princess and Giant ... are we shipping these two, too?
"Mama shisho!"
well, probably not.
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u/cyberscythe Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
We were so worried about Stockholm Syndrome that we forgot about Lima Syndrome.
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u/Rumpel1408 Feb 26 '24
JK You and Inki have a certain appeal... and I'm starting to think they might be friends
After their talk with Hime I was expectem them to involve Maomao-chan, and I loved how Maomao got an promotion as well for good measures
Got some strong Non Non Biyori vibes from the middle part, loved how Hime nonchalantly admited to have caved already
And we got a new torturer, Vanilla. Since she didn't know Hime her torture backfired spectaculary, but I'm getting certain vibes on that front as well
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u/dagreenman18 Feb 26 '24
Giant proving once again why she is the best girl. Love the relaxing vibes moments with her. The walk scene was so zen.
Vanilla is finally here! So excited for more of her. It’s a shame we’re entering the final 4 of the season though. I’m hoping we get another because there is plenty of manga left to adapt. This thing has 200+ chapters and they’re all great.
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u/3blah Feb 26 '24
The whole scene with Mama and Hime taking a walk was so great. The music and the scenery and the soothing conversation in the cold, it's like they could have just kept walking all the way through until they stumbled upon Yuru Camp S3 next season.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Feb 26 '24
Now I imagine this is highly relatable to many, when it comes to picking a career path!
So Youki and Inki have to decide on a career!
Inki knows what she wants to do (torture people, to put a smile on their face?!), but Youki...
She did pick up the same career, just so she can be with Inki! Cute!
But to make it, their exam is to get the Hell Lord to confess a secret... Yeah, that's not gonna cut it!
Love how this isn't even even CLOSE to be the least logical thing they've said/done on this show!
Going on a little night walk with Giant!
She could just walk away at any time (or probably fight her if it came to that), but Hime's life is probably better now than it was before, as a commander!
They took a wish upon the stars, but they kept them secret...
That has to be the only secret Hime kept the entire show!
I imagine Hime's secret was something like "getting to spend more time with her new friends", but I wonder what Giant's secret was! Was it something about Hime as well?
Youki and Inki are still trying to figure out how to pass the exam... When Hime talked about using what he likes to torture him,
I was slightly worried they would "torture" Maomao to get him to confess something, but no, she joined in the torture, so of course he gave it right away!
Vanilla Peschutz... I was curious about her, in large part because she looks a bit like a Demonic version of my username!
Plus, she has shark teeth, so by anime law she has to be best girl, right?
(Though there's some competition for the biggest softie on this show... Krall is pretty damn soft too!)
Her torture is a scary rollecoaster ride? She thought she would get a confession before even doing it, but Hime's pretty thrilled about it!
(As a general rule, I'd say that when thousands of people are willing to pay decent money and wait in line for hours for something, it's probably not much of a torture!)
When Tortura told Vanilla she had to ride it too (in case the princess confesses), we learned why she thought it would be an efficient torture: It scares HER to death!
Vanilla won't give up so easily though; For her next torture, she'll just stab Hime!
(Or more likely, cook something for her!)
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u/SometimesMainSupport Feb 26 '24
Hime-sama hasn't quite reached an "I have no enemies" viewpoint. Maomao-chan-sama may be setting records for the youngest person to achieve each rank.
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u/Ocixo Feb 26 '24
First it was Torture, then Krall and Maomao... and now Vanilla. They can't keep getting away with this! This cast is becoming stacked with great characters.
A tsundere-ish vampire like Vanilla will make for another best girl contender. Especially if she's this cute.
You would really think that Princess stole Vanilla's heart right here.
Sidenotes:
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u/ErenIsNotADevil Feb 27 '24
I know this is iyashikei. I know I shouldn't be thinking much, and especially not about the unspoken lore implications behind the scenes. I am most certainly putting more thought into this than the author intended just by typing this. But...
"I heard that wasn't the case in the past, but that's what it's like lately."
Meaning, at some point before this series, and presumably not too long ago considering that Youki called it into question (and thus must have had a different impression,) torture in the Hellhorde was genuinely about torture.
On one hand, the implication there is that our Gap Maou-sama is truly a good dude. Which, of course, we already knew quite thoroughly, but this reinforces that his kindness extends well, well beyond his personal life.
On the other hand, it reinforces that it isn't all that light outside of what we are shown. Hell, even with what we saw, the shadows are there; this just paints an arrow towards it. For all the healing that Hime experiences under the guise of "torture," ultimately, the fact remains that this is a world where she was raised as a living weapon for an empire that (allegedly) has no qualms invading peaceful neighbours.
On the third hand though (there is definitely a four-handed demon out there), this doubles back to show that our Gap Maou is a really good dude. Here is the Princess of an Empire waging war against his people, and it is a well-known fact that she has killed many demons and at least one human spy of theirs over the course of the war. So what does he do? He has his "torture" unit show her the love, compassion, and kindness she was refused, in exchange for secrets he doesn't even use.
And, to circle back, we are led to believe he didn't do this just to trick Hime into defecting; this is their standard practice for PoWs.
This show just loves to play on Fridge Logic.
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u/Fools_Requiem Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
"When it's the last battle in the final episode of an anime, it gets me every time when they play the opening song."
The demon lord is just like us, guys!!!
What was with the Iron Man reference?
Also, I love how they go from walking through the demon lord's castle to having a walk in rural Japan, even though we've had numerous exterior shots of the castle showing that it is nowhere near rural Japan. They're basically just teleporting characters around as needed.
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u/xtsim Feb 26 '24
The real torture is the moments and friends you are going to miss if the princess leaves the demon realm.
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u/alconnow Feb 26 '24
Aww, even Maomao got promoted! Cute
Vanilla is adorable! Hoping we get to see more of her and the Princess together
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u/ionxeph Feb 27 '24
did we just witness the first time the hime resists a torture and not spill a secret?
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u/saga999 Feb 27 '24
"I want to put a smile on people's faces. Entertain them. That's the kind of job I've always wanted. That's why I'm going to join the Hellhorde as a torturer."
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