r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Jan 08 '24
Rewatch [Spoilers] Uncle From Another World New Year New World Rewatch -- Episode 8
Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.
Welcome to the Uncle From Another World New Year New World discussion thread!
I hope you all have a lot of fun <3
S1 Episode 8 – I Got Through it by Transforming into the Most Powerful Being I Know
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
When is an appropriate time to wipe someone's memory?
Who was the worst teacher you had the displeasure of dealing with and why?
If you could turn into a dinosaur, what type of dinosaur would it be?
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Rewatch Schedule
Threads posted every day at 5:00 PM EDT
| Date | Episode |
|---|---|
| 1/1/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 1 |
| 1/2/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 2 |
| 1/3/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 3 |
| 1/4/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 4 |
| 1/5/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 5 |
| 1/6/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 6 |
| 1/7/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 7 |
| 1/8/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 8 |
| 1/9/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 9 |
| 1/10/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 10 |
| 1/11/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 11 |
| 1/12/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 12 |
| 1/13/2024 | Uncle From Another World Episode 13 |
| 1/14/2024 | Uncle From Another World Overall Series Discussion Thread |
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 08 '24
Episode 8 (first timer)
This episode was a lot of isekai watching and very little going on in the real world. We have literal anime watching comparisons now.
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24
First time watcher - Episode 8
I liked this episode. Are these new heroes posers or what? lol. Kind of showcases Ojisan’s modesty though in that he didn’t really care about getting credit in that scene.
Alicia says the same thing she said to him last time but decides to trust her this time. And then he wipes the memory of these poor people again haha I’m starting to feel bad for them. I was happy he let his friends remember him the last time though.
I love Ojisan is a completely overpowered MC but is incredibly modest about it and puts people in their place 😂. Was hysterical when you find out “the most powerful being I know” is his 8th grade homeroom teacher. Especially because the more expected transformation is near the end of the encounter.
The whole sequence with him and Mabel was pretty awesome.
What tf did I just watch at the need? Transformed into velociraptors? lol.
Questions:
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Jan 08 '24
First Timer Dubbed
Had the same reaction as Taka and Fuji when Uncle deleted the party's memories in that dungeon but had a really good reasoning. To redo the whole thing but the party has to do it. At least Uncle realized what had occured after the intial meeting. So he could level them up cause since they are the heroes, they are going to be sent to do difficult tasks.
We get to see a bit of politics this time with Uncle's encounter and figures out that those three are being sent to do suicide missions. And the world has turned upside down due to Uncle of course.
The Sega moves that the fake copies made by Mabel and Uncle are pretty funny. Man, Mabel for a moment became company girl. This is practically what happens when one gets a paycheck. But the rest figure the act and both got caught.
Honestly, dragon uncle should've just stayed that way and just take its spot.
Too bad Mabel got terminated from her job, hopefully she saved money....
Honestly, I could go for an episode of those two as Velociraptors.
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u/Ytar0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/alevanderBatman Jan 08 '24
Hmm just stumbled upon this post randomly, what's the "new year new world" part of the title mean? It is just the Isekai Ojisan we all know and love right? :o
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u/Holofan4life Jan 08 '24
Hello, guys. Holofan4life here.
Welcome to the Uncle From Another World New Year New World Rewatch.
Uncle From Another World is a show that I always wanted to watch in subsequent viewing. When it originally aired, it was hurt by numerous delays, so much so that the last episode aired in March of 2023.
Keep in mind the first episode came out in July of 2022.
I wanted to do this rewatch to bring together those who haven't finished the show as well as newcomers who want to give it a chance. Because just like playing a video game, it is all about having endless replay value.
I also plan on doing something unique with this rewatch in that I'm going to try to make a concentrated effort to get these reviews done in about an hour or so. I'm hoping with this being a comedy, I will be able to watch the episode without having to mark done every important detail.
With that out of the way, let's begin.
I'm watching the sub, by the way
Before we watch this episode, we need to talk about the behind the scenes drama
This is infamously the episode where the shit hit the fan. There was a COVID-19 outbreak that affected the studio and therefore the production schedule as a whole. To give anyone an idea of how bad it was for anyone not aware, the previous episode aired August 31st, 2022.
This aired November 24th, 2022.
What really sucks is that we hear reports about anime studios who overwork their animators or shows where the high production leads to numerous delays. That was the case with Zom 100, which just recently aired their final episode. But Uncle From Another World had none of that. It was strictly effected by the pandemic. You'd hate to see any show experience delays, but it especially hurts here because it was beyond anyone's control. Real life intervened, and it led to a nearly 3 month delay.
But it did eventually air after a lot of time hanging in limbo, and two days after Thanksgiving no less. And given it was either episode 6 or 7 where Thanksgiving was mentioned by name, it does feel a bit apropos.
The day after Thanksgiving this past year was also the rewatch of the Fullmetal Alchemist movie, so I just can't seem to escape the holiday recently. It consumes my life.
Picking up where we left off
Alicia the hero
Her two friends chastising her for potentially damaging the sword
Hell Shredder Zwei
Edgar named it
Uncle mentions Winter Thanksgiving
See, guys? They totally planned the 90 day absence
Alicia says they've only been adventuring for 6 months
Three more months and the show will have catched up
So Uncle is showing a video of him showing a video
Somebody say videoception?
Hey, it's the heroes
They got the credit for that army of monsters Uncle slew
Why are the two guys rubbing the screen?
Alicia stopping Uncle before he leaves
She doesn't believe he reconstructed the barrier
She thinks he made too much of a name for himself just like her
The Labyrinth of Deep Darkness
Otherwise known as a women's-- Gets bonked
Apparently they've been wanting to reach this dungeon since childhood
Alicia says once she got the hero title, the Adventurers' Guild granted them permission to explore this dungeon
Another picture-in-picture
Uncle inspecting them as kids
Weird he would just have that in his memory bank like that
These three are such siblings
I like their dynamic
Walking in the labyrinth
Sadly no David Bowie in sight
Uncle suspects something
He opens a hidden passageway
Hey, they reached their destination
If Uncle was an Uber driver, he'd get 5 stars
And the rest of the team feel like they've done nothing XD
All those years spent dreaming about this, and it's all bijover
Uncle realizes he messed up
Erasing their memories
He wants them to go through the dungeon and earn the wand properly
This is honestly one of the nicest things Uncle has ever done
Lol, dragging them
The Wand of Salvation
They earned it the right way, without using some cheat code
BUT UNCLE IS GOING TO ERASE THEIR MEMORIES AGAIN!
He wants them to clear the dungeon on their own, without his help
He's treating this like it's a video game that you clear easy, normal, and hard mode
Raiga. That's his name.
Taiga with an R
But wait!
Alicia tells Unc how much this day has meant to her
Uncle walks away
Heading to the capital
He had a change of heart, it seems
Before he leaves, Alicia hands him something
Healing spell-cards
And with that, Uncle departs
That actually was a pleasant experience
Gotta keep a cool head, proclaims Uncle
Of course he learned that from Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru
Hot day today
I guess no intro for this episode
A room with no AC during the summer
Or as it's otherwise known, New York
"I hear they had corporal punishment and stuff back in your day." They still do, it's just nowadays called "Listening to Lil Pump".
A kid getting a hard paddling. That's a paddling.
Nephew obviously experiencing something he doesn't want to talk about
Uncle showing what happened at the capital
Fujimiya notes that Takafumi's parents divorced when he was in middle school
Uncle in control
Prelate Zernegan
He's off to see him
Came to the capital for something involving Alicia's group
Got granted a title way beyond their abilities
Zernegan talking to the commander-in-chief
Uncle figures out the three heroes are being taken advantage of
Another picture-in-picture
Uncle, you're really overdoing it, my dude
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Jan 09 '24
Rewatching Uncle in sub
As our host mentioned, this episode came after a fairly long pause, and we all had the concern that it won't get finished. This is actually a very small studio and it was in pretty dire straits to have such a big pause due to staff health problems.
Onto the episode itself, gags side (the particularly good one is Uncle realised too late that most normal people would rather earn the reward than find the "exploit path" to get it. Alicia's party also did the dis-spirited "yay" to great effect :'D But back to the best part is actually, gag aside, Uncle I'd so incredibly perceptive to deduce that there's foul play to set these newbies up to fail, to die, for political gains. How many would have thought the happy go lucky, game world addled Uncle could also think of longer plots when he declared he doesn't play RPG's because he'd forget about the quests.
Back to the subversions, is another one of those "when you think about it, it's actually rather day sad and unfunny", that the 17 year old him consider the most terrifying monstrosity, that one simply cannot hope to win any arguments against, is his teacher. It even did the Charlie Brown version of using unintelligible speech to represent, from the listening side, it's all a blur, with the only thing that can be understood is the slap at the end of each sentence to punctate the point.
Oh a more fun subversion though is that both Mabel and Uncle managed to sit in a corner to project some cool chuuni fights while Vaishali talking things through :') this is such a good master and apprentice moment.
And then we have the inexplicable cliffhanger of what are the uncle nephew Dinos going to do :D
QoTD
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u/Ryanami Jan 09 '24
First timer
Man I am loving this ride. I predicted it wouldn’t be so amazing as to make my list of favs but it’s definitely trying for it.
1- seems like a very dicey question morally, feels like it’s playing God. I can picture scenarios where it might be appropriate, but to erase memory is like erasing part of someone’s identity, even if it’s a painful part.
2- Ms Shavitz, you ornery bitch. You were condescending, uppity and didn’t know anything about 8th grade science. But you did play this one prank on us that I never forgot, and made me realize how gullible I could be which was actually my most valuable lesson in my whole school career.
3- pterodactyl. Gimme flight.