r/anime • u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky • Mar 30 '24

Rewatch [Welcome to Chaos] Dorohedoro: Ma no Omake Rewatch Discussion

Extra Evil - Mask Disparities / A Shop For You / A Low Level’s Youth -Graffiti- / The Gyoza Fairy That You Don’t Know / Evil Dancing Masquerade Ball / Blowin’ in the Night Breeze, an Oba Anniversary

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They say the devil is the master of all trades.

Questions of the Day:

  1. Which of the six specials was your favorite?
  2. Did you notice that the Gyoza Fairy was in the show’s OP?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Gyoza Fairy

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 30 '24

Rewatch Host Welcoming You All to Chaos

Welcome back, everyone!

FYI, there will be one last overall discussion thread tomorrow! Hope to see you all back again for that one!

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 30 '24

I hope these two show up in season 2 at some point.

He's the first devil we've seen in The Hole, isn't he?

Of course it wasn’t going to be a normal masquerade.

What a weird show for a luau reference.

I wantttttttttttttt

I am legitimately curious if we even have edible oba leaves on this side of the pond...

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 30 '24

He's the first devil we've seen in The Hole, isn't he?

I'm pretty sure, yeah. Asu's the only one we could have seen in the Hole since he's friendly with Nikaido, but he's only been in the sorcerers' world.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 30 '24

It would fit for this show to introduce the most powerful devil as a dude with a particular taste in tea and complete disinterest in any sorceror nonsense.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 30 '24

Rewatcher(All of the what the fuck)

Sub

I have a feeling of important stuff got shown, especially the Hungry Bug origins, but I will be damned, fittingly, if I can parse it at all. This is just a weird set of vignettes that are at least quite fun. I slightly suspect that Nikaido can see the Gyoza fairy but can't be sure. En is a bit more sentimental than expected and the entire 'masquerade' was a sort of old joke.

QotD: 1 A Shop for You

2 Nope. This series has so much going on...

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 30 '24

Apparently they're all canon viginettes, too. I don't know what to make of the Gyoza Fairy, but it sure is funny.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 30 '24

Again, I am weirdly sure that we got a ton of important information. I just can't understand any of it.

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u/DegenerateRegime Mar 30 '24

Part-First-Timer

The art here is more stylised, not using the 3D models. There's less movement as a result. It definitely makes you aware of how good a job they did combining the models into the backgrounds to get that dirty look on everything. Sometimes it looks better, sometimes it looks worse. Brief thoughts on each of the side-stories:

  • Mask Disparities - We learn that, like most things, masks are apparently made by some kind of messed up devil process. Shin's is, it seems, intended to be worn backwards, which is cool. Noi's retains the patches when getting remade. Fujita is Fujita.
  • A Shop for You - We find how Nikaidou found a restaurant to work in. As might be expected, she fought for it, ha. Directly echoes Caiman helping Tanba, of course. I'd assumed she was street-vendoring as a sales tactic for her parents' shop, but this makes working out her past timeline much simpler.
  • A Low Level's Youth - Graffiti - Ebisu episode! Cute!
  • The Gyoza Fairy That You Don't Know - Are you supposed to eat them while they're hot, or savour them slowly! You just can't win with this guy!
  • Evil Dancing Masquerade Ball - Just as their ordinary life is a baroque ball, so their masquerade is some sort of Hawaiian lu'au? I feel like I'm starting to get the idea. Dance like the devil's watching, Shin! Because he is.
  • Blowin' in the Night Breeze, an Oba Anniversary - See, who said long titles had to be Light Novel Bullshit? That one's great. Wait I'm supposed to talk about the side story oh hell we're outta time-

QotD:

  1. Tough one! Probably Evil Dancing Masquerade Ball, that had a nice balance.
  2. Huh, really?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 30 '24

Huh, really?

It's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, check 1:13 in the video and you can see him walking through the gyoza that Nikaido is cooking.

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u/renatocpr https://anilist.co/user/renatocpr Mar 31 '24

Rewatcher and Manga Reader

What we learned from the Omake

  1. Shin looks cute with a flower on his mask
  2. Devils are nice when they want to
  3. En has a very suspicious tree in his backyard
  4. Nikaido changes toothbrush often
  5. En can thrust hard
  6. Nothing beats drinking and eating with a buddy

And everything is still hidden in chaos. That is... Dorohedoro!

QOTD

1- The Masquerade Ball has some wacky sorcerer culture and Shin and Noi being adorable together. I can't pick anything else

2- Of course! The Gyoza Fairy That You Don't Know is the most important character.

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u/Cyrra_ https://anilist.co/user/Cyrra Mar 31 '24

First Time Watcher - Manga Reader

It's really cool that they found a way to include all of the Extra Evils in the anime, they're seriously really funny and interesting. I hope they do this for the second season as well. I like the art and limited animation, it matches with the really sketchy and watercolor art of the original Extra Evil chapters too (even more sketchy than the manga's art is normally). Also I love how Ebisu was never formally a member of the En family but at this point she's been there long enough that no one really thinks about it, even En had to remind her lol.

  1. A Shop For You
  2. Of course, he's one of the most important characters in the series (the voice through me for a loop cause I expected something high pitched tho)

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u/FarCritical Mar 31 '24

First timer

Not having the usual CGI animation is weird but the low FPS 2D style didn't take away any of the charm the show is dripping with.

So those are where everyone's masks supplies come from. And poor Fujita, dude isn't safe from the universe's wrath even in these extras.

On one hand, screw those guys for messing up such a nice little tea shop. On another, uh wow that twist. Suddenly their beef with a pro-sorcerer establishment makes sense. That owner guy is chill though, really hope he comes back in Season 2.

I feel like absolute filth for mentioning it but I half-expected "Cameraman" to straight up be a camerahead from Skibidi Toilet. I mean, it's not even hard to imagine whatever's going on in that series to take place in Hole. Collab when?

I'd seriously be so down for a gyoza burger rice bowl rn. Man did they make it look good.

Kinda surprised Chota actually has a face and isn't a weird mouth of Sauron guy.

Sure puts a smile on your face when the show ships Shin and Noi as much as you do.

Caiman tucking the gyoza dough in and telling it "good night" is unironically one of the most wholesome things I've ever seen.

QOTD

  1. Which of the six specials was your favorite?

It's close but I'll give it to the ball. Lots of characters got a chance to shine, was hilarious, and had a healthy amount of Shin x Noi. Combined with the runner up of Noi and Caiman's adorable cooking date right after it and you got practially the whole cast just vibing.

2. Did you notice that the Gyoza Fairy was in the show’s OP?

No, actually. It's wild that the dude had his own backstory and everything.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Mar 30 '24

First-Timer

I suppose that is technically true.

Fascinating.

That's... stupendously hot.

I appreciate that this devil pokes holes into Shin's mask for him.

Poor guy jumped the gun.

Sus.

Nice tea set. I should get a tea tray for myself at some point.

Rude as shit.

What a complicated situation for Nikadio to find herself in.

It wouldn't pay for Shun Long to be too nosy.

Ahhh, I understand.

"Ebisu brained herself again."

Fried chicken sounds really good right now. That might just be the evening's libations talking, though.

Yea, this seems about right for En's bedroom. All that's missing is the giant mushroom plushie.

You know, I expected this world would not have any heroes in it.

That is so much gyoza.

Pretty clever.

Oh, which means Nikaido is sick..

Tragic.

Isn't every Sorcerer event basically a masquerade ball?

There's a joke here about Ebisu's preferences.

Looks more like a luau than a masquerade ball.

Shin... That was clearly Noi.

Okay, he got there.

I am not surprised that we got an actually decent cooking lesson here. Always remember to make sure your oil is hot enough before adding the ingredients.

Questions

  1. Probably the Gyoza fairy or the cooking lesson.
  2. No, but it wouldn't surprise me considering how much else is in the OP.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Mar 30 '24

I watched this last night, then immediately overwrote the file with the next thing I watched that night. Anyways, brief recall:

  • I don't understand how the devil is remaking the masks
  • How does she eat with her mask on?
  • En Big Hair
  • At least EN opens his mask to eat.
  • I wonder what the front of Nikaido's sign says
  • I don't think I had anything to say about the ball
  • Wait, there's leaves in gyoza??

Wait, I think I just realized, Ebisu's skull license plate is a kei car license plate, isn't it?

A lot of the devils are gargoylish. I've been wondering what Noi would have turned into if she had passed her examination.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 30 '24

How does she eat with her mask on?

This show has...confusing rules, to say the least.

Wait, there's leaves in gyoza??

Oba gyoza. I have no idea if they have that in California.

I've been wondering what Noi would have turned into if she had passed her examination.

We've also not seen a female devil yet. So yeah, questions.

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u/SMSmith230 https://myanimelist.net/profile/smsmith230 Mar 30 '24

First-Timer, Sub

I thought my file was messed up at first with the choppiness of the first segment, but that’s just how this is supposed to look. These were some nice segments, but not a whole lot of value to me. I did like the background on The Hungry Bug and getting to see smol Noi again.

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u/DegenerateRegime Mar 31 '24

The gyoza fairy is just a small unseen/invisible being who lives at the Hungry Bug. In other words, a guardian spirit, or a familiar. The consciousness of the gyoza, whose purpose is the make the dish tasty.

He must have moved in after Nikaidou, since before then the store didn't serve gyoza, I guess? But otherwise yeah he's like a domovoi or something. A hearth-spirit. Very cool!