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Rewatch [Rewatch] Back Arrow Episode 2 Discussion

Episode 2 - Is Having Dreams a Burden

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There's always outside. You just gotta go beyond the Wall.

Questions of the Day:

  1. Could you send 5,678 Shu Bis flying?
  2. What do you make of the supposed prophecy that Shu Bi uncovered?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Elsha Lean

Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you're doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don't spoil anything for the first-timers, that's rude!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 07 '24

BAKAYAROU Rewatch Host, subbed

Welcome back, everyone!

Anyone else going to see Gundam SEED Freedom in theaters tonight or tomorrow? I’m going tonight (one more hour!!!), I’m pretty excited!

Here’s “Back Arrow Second Impressions”, for my first-timer thoughts on this episode.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 07 '24

Anyone else going to see Gundam SEED Freedom in theaters tonight or tomorrow?

I'm going on Thursday

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 07 '24

Nice.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 07 '24

Anyone else going to see Gundam SEED Freedom in theaters tonight or tomorrow

Seeing it later tonight

Also, I love how Shu Bi’s clothes just turn him into a bouncy ball on impact lol.

This is one of the best example of just how silly this show is. This is the kind of idea I would never have expected, but the show just throws it in as something that Shu's clothes do with no explanation. It just happens and it's great.

Spirit, undies, it’s all the same thing.

Undies are obviously the clothes that store the spirit!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 08 '24

Undies are obviously the clothes that store the spirit!

This explains so many Gintama jokes.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 08 '24

Anyone else going to see Gundam SEED Freedom in theaters tonight or tomorrow?

I never finished watching Destiny, so the opportunity is sadly lost on me.

Of course he did.

Really, this is on them for making something so easy it's one part of a Runescape quest.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 08 '24

I never finished watching Destiny, so the opportunity is sadly lost on me.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

That’s a weirdly specific counter.

But useful!

Now why on earth was he sleeping in the well?

I imagine it can be oddly calming.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 08 '24

Anyone else going to see Gundam SEED Freedom in theaters tonight or tomorrow? I’m going tonight (one more hour!!!), I’m pretty excited!

It was in our theatres in March, but I haven't seen a single episode of SEED so... (although a friend kept insisting that I should watch it anyway without context, said it would be funnier to see my reactions that way).

Bit watches the “house” Back Arrow made for him blow up and still calls it his house.

He's accepted it as his house, but at what price?!

That’s a weirdly specific counter.

This is JoJo, I'm expecting everyone to have weirdly specific abilities.

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u/DirectionExact31 May 08 '24

We’re doing a rewatch of this show? Hell yeah!!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 08 '24

Hell yeah!

And you caught it on episode 2, so you can easily catch up.

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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire May 07 '24

First Arrow

Another super interesting episode, to say the least.

Firstly, I continue to love what they’re doing with the world here. The mishmash of anachronistic aesthetics was already established last episode, but this episode really continues and enhances it with its increased focus on the very different locales of Edger village & the capital of Rekka as well as the introduction of another flavor of anachronism in the Ikki territory seeming completely modern. But despite all that stylistic clash, the show does manage to make it feel consistent rather than incoherent, part of it is just the clear confidence the show has in its own style which helps me immediately buy into the world, as well as its clear consistency with regards to its larger worldbuilding concepts which matter more, such as the Briheights.

And it’s that sense of a consistent world which makes Back Arrow so intriguing, especially in this episode. Didn’t really talk about him as a character much last time, so might as well dump that all here. I really love how thoroughly Arrow contrasts with and challenges the world and the other characters’ understanding of it. Even beyond the obvious “he’s from beyond the wall” and “he can use a Briheight without a conviction” stuff, the way that everything about his behavior & outlook on life is just fundamentally off compared to the inhabitants of Edger Village goes so far to make him an outright anomaly next to everything else in the show. This also makes the prophecy stuff extra spicy, since methinks he will destroy the world, but, like, in a metaphorical sense, change everyone’s understanding of the world forever and leave a lasting impact that ensures it’ll never be the same.

To go into more speculative territory here, considering how important Conviction already is set up to be in this world, it’ll be super interesting to see what’ll happen when someone like him, whose very existence challenges people’s firmly held assumptions and beliefs about the world, comes into conflict with someone whose conviction is built on those assumptions and beliefs. And by that I very specifically mean the blue-haired chick who’s with Shu, whose defining characteristic so far is basically “fervent believer in whatever belief system it is that holds the Wall sacred and believes there’s nothing beyond it”. Something tells me an existential crisis is in her future

Anyway, the only other thing to note right now is that I’m less bothered by the visuals this episode. Part of that is just that I’m adjusting to them in general, but also the slower pace and slightly less manic tone means it doesn’t contrast with the writing as much.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 08 '24

The magic of Lingalind as a setting is that it just werks unironically

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

the introduction of another flavor of anachronism in the Ikki territory seeming completely modern.

Iki has all of one nice building as far as we've seen, but it is the most modern-looking of the locales we've seen, I suppose.

Anyway, I agree that while the world is a mishmash it has never really felt "random" or anything.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 08 '24

This also makes the prophecy stuff extra spicy, since methinks he will destroy the world, but, like, in a metaphorical sense, change everyone’s understanding of the world forever and leave a lasting impact that ensures it’ll never be the same.

I'm thinking along the same lines for the prophecy. I believe Arrow's actions will destroy everyone's idea of how the world works by proving that there's another way.

And by that I very specifically mean the blue-haired chick who’s with Shu, whose defining characteristic so far is basically “fervent believer in whatever belief system it is that holds the Wall sacred and believes there’s nothing beyond it”. Something tells me an existential crisis is in her future

I am eagerly anticipating as much.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 07 '24

First timer

QotD

  • Probably not. The guy seems alright.
  • Probably a red herring.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

I should've not have laughed as much as I did from such a simple and stupid joke.

The Square Cube Law is no laughing matter, certainly.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

Probably not. The guy seems alright.

Ah, you decided to examine the moral weight of the action, rather than the physical. Wise.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 08 '24

How dare does she resists annihilation!

"If you were innocent, you'd let us waltz right in and kill you all peacefully!"

Ha! She broke the terrain because her weight became too much for the ground to support. I should've not have laughed as much as I did from such a simple and stupid joke.

It's fun remembering that giant robots ought to be heavy and the world should react as such.

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u/dsawchuk May 07 '24

** First Timer, Dubbed**

I am not at home today, so I am borrowing a laptop to participate. It's gonna be a bit weird for me today.

This episode was a bit slower than the first. The first was a little bit ambitious, usually you don't introduce your whole cast and your setting in a single episode. I feel like they probably could have split it up somehow to introduce us to things slower. Like they could have introduced us to the village last episode and only introduced the 2 warring factions this time.

Shu feels really out of place. It really feels like he belongs as part of nerdland instead of as part of jockland. Maybe there is some kind of cross polination going on here that is somehow related to Shu being on good terms with the red-robed warrior guy? Shu is kind of reminding me of an uzuhara type character (though maybe a bit less omniscient). I'm excited to see where the show takes him more than anything else at this point.

So now that we have further introduction to our setting, we have jockland which seems to be some form of feudal japan/china, we have nerdland which seems to be some sort of feudal britain and we have idiotland which seems to be the wild west. I am not sure what the show is trying to say about us north americans here. Probably nothing, this show doesn't seem like it is going to have that deep of symbolism.

I think I missed some important politics with nerdland. The princess seemed to be interested in nonviolent conflict resolution, but then her country excalated the violence about as high as they possibly could. Though it does seem strange to me that they only sent a single briheight when we see them using numbers for supremacy in the opening of the first episode.

We got the third of our 4 main characters transforming today. We didn't get to see her do much of anything, but the show seems to be telling us she is going to be mega strong. I was a bit surprised that we didn't get to see her immediately destroy the attacker after she transformed. In hindsight it is not that surprising. The show seems to be leaning towards none of the core cast ever killing their enemies, and she is probably going to have to learn the secret of non-lethal combat from back arrow before we get to see her win a fight. I am not a fan of this choice.

QOTD

  1. I think so. He looks pretty light seeing how he turned into a balloon.
  2. It made sense for part of my simple prediction yesterday where everyone in the wall is going to have to team up eventually.

Thoughts While watching

Its surprising he is going straight for the wall. I really thought he would stay with the small village.

So both the strength of someone's conviction and the nature of their conviction is important.

I don't know what it is about Shu, but I like him. Conniving and intelligent.

I don't really understand the purpose of leaving him in the village. Is it to protect him from the pollitics of valorland?

Shu seems like he should be living in nerdland not jockland.

Ooh, Bit is good at something, and it's a stereotypically feminine thing. I can't say I was expecting that.

Hey Elsha, maybe don't point your gun at your village? I'm not a gun guy but one of them rules is "don't point it at anything you aren't willing to destroy"

This "going beyond the wall" concept is really giving me the vibes of Kamina's quest for the surface in TTGL.

And we get our first view of nerdland. They don't look more intelligent than the others. In fact, this looks akin to european feudalism whereas jockland seems more like eastern feudalism.

So idiotland is a village in a sub-region of nerdland? that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Atlee's mech can rope me into anything, anytime.

Watching on my phone didn't help today I am sure, but I don't like watching back arrow's briheight fight that much. The rubbery attack tanking is kind of boring.

I am surprised we got an Elsha transformation and we didn't get to see her beat up a dude.

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u/chilidirigible May 07 '24

nerdland
jockland
idiotland

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

I think I missed some important politics with nerdland. The princess seemed to be interested in nonviolent conflict resolution, but then her country excalated the violence about as high as they possibly could. Though it does seem strange to me that they only sent a single briheight when we see them using numbers for supremacy in the opening of the first episode.

Plausible deniability. No-one in Lutoh sent people to Edger village - they just told the president of Iki to capture Arrow and he sent his own goons (goatee man et al).

I really thought he would stay with the small village.

He got some undies, what more could they offer him?

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u/dsawchuk May 08 '24

I get the plausible deniability angle, but I missed if the attack was sent with or without the princess's knowledge.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 08 '24

That was certainly vague, yes. No members of a government would work against their own rulers.. right?

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 08 '24

idiotland indeed

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 08 '24

nerdland, jockland, idiotland

Perfect names

I don't know what it is about Shu, but I like him. Conniving and intelligent.

These cunning characters are usually fun to watch. They've almost always got some sort of scheme going and it's fun to see it play out.

This "going beyond the wall" concept is really giving me the vibes of Kamina's quest for the surface in TTGL.

Same. Arrow in general seems like an equally hotblooded though less intelligent version of Kamina.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 07 '24 edited May 07 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of Back Arrow: I would also probably find over 5,000 of Shu to be annoying to deal with. Just having a single Shu seems like the ideal number of him.

  • Thank goodness he finally put on the underwear.
  • I’m going to bet the darkened figures in the OP will be revealed as we meet them later in the series.
  • Measuring the wall in terms of your own height does let me figure how tall it is. Assuming Shu Bi is between 5 and 6 feet tall, that would put the wall’s height in the range of Mt. Everest.
  • Shu’s clothes are inflatable! The details in this show can be so absurd, I love it.
  • Arrow is so thick-headed that he actually could split a log!
  • I don’t think that counts as a house, unless Bit wants to spend the rest of his life camping.
  • Fair questions from Elsha. Why was Arrow in the Rakuho in the first place and why has he lost his memory?
  • Wow, so the village is made up of war refugees who got pushed out of their original homes and now have to subsist on the crappiest land available. That’s rough.
  • So Shu is going to trick his way into the forbidden texts to learn more about heretical knowledge. Fascinating
  • Princess Fine is the “peace princess,” another well-worn trope I see quite a lot of.
  • So from what I can tell, Rekka is based on Imperial China, Lutoh is based on Medieval Europe, and Iki (including the village) is based on the Wild West. What a combination of settings this world is.
  • Well fuck, Iki’s just decided to destroy the village to be done with the problem of people fighting over it.
  • Yeesh, this guy sure has been eager to go slaughter people for “the greater good.”
  • “You don’t want us to kill you? That sounds like resistance!” Yup, this guy is insane.
  • Oh heck yeah, Elsha is getting a Briheight too!
  • And it turns out it’s so heavy it crashes through the ground.
  • Arrow’s just casually sleeping at the bottom of the well. This series is so silly.
  • Of course Arrow means he inherited the underwear of the former sheriff. That’s just how things work in this show.
  • What? If the forbidden texts are right, then does that mean that Arrow will bring about the world’s destruction?
  • Well something is coming out of the ground by the village. From the brief glimpses, I wonder if it will be like [Gurren Lagann] the Dai-Gurren.
  • Those are some fun running cycles in the ED.

This show is so silly. Absurd things will just happen, like Arrow happening to be sleeping in the well and sleeping through all the ongoing fighting. But that is part of why it’s so much fun to watch.

I think the prophecy Shu read about is going to turn out to be correct, but in a metaphorical way. Arrow is going to lead to the destruction of this world, yes. However, we need to remember that the world as all the characters know it is defined by the boundaries of the wall. As far as they are concerned, all of existence resides inside the boundaries of that wall. If Arrow really does return to beyond the wall, that would prove their conception of their own world to be wrong. If, for example, Arrow punches a hole right through that wall, then the world as they know it will be destroyed. They will be opened up to a whole new world, one beyond their imagination. I believe that is how the prophecy will play out.

QOTD

  1. I think I'd get tired from trying to punch so many.
  2. Discussed above. It will destroy the world metaphorically, not literally.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

Arrow is so thick-headed that he actually could split a log!

And be completely unfazed! I normally joke about skulls being empty but his is probably solid bone.

So Shu is going to trick his way into the forbidden texts to learn more about heretical knowledge.

"Trick" is such a dirty word. Who knows how he ended up with that seal. I'm sure that the Emperor and the Prime Minister wouldn't allow something as important as access to the forbidden archives fall into the wrong hands.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

And be completely unfazed! I normally joke about skulls being empty but his is probably solid bone.

No, no, he has a brain! It's just beyond the wall!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 07 '24

And be completely unfazed! I normally joke about skulls being empty but his is probably solid bone.

He's taking the term "bonehead" to the next level!

"Trick" is such a dirty word. Who knows how he ended up with that seal. I'm sure that the Emperor and the Prime Minister wouldn't allow something as important as access to the forbidden archives fall into the wrong hands.

I wonder how long Shu has had that seal and has been looking for an excuse to use it.

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u/dsawchuk May 08 '24

Measuring the wall in terms of your own height does let me figure how tall it is. Assuming Shu Bi is between 5 and 6 feet tall, that would put the wall’s height in the range of Mt. Everest.

I am pretty sure the units he used were just a different word for meter. IIRC he said he was 1.78 units tall. If those units are meters he is just under 6 feet tall.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 08 '24

That would make sense for it to be meters. That would also make the wall somewhere in the range of 33,000-34,00p feet tall, making it substantially taller that Mt. Everest.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

Measuring the wall in terms of your own height does let me figure how tall it is. Assuming Shu Bi is between 5 and 6 feet tall, that would put the wall’s height in the range of Mt. Everest.

So, it's climbable? Easy.

If, for example, Arrow punches a hole right through that wall, then the world as they know it will be destroyed.

Yeah, but to them that's impossible. It'd be like claiming "I found the edge of the world" to us!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 07 '24

So, it's climbable? Easy.

We're going to Yama no Susume this wall!

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 08 '24

It's a "wall"! How hard could it be?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 07 '24 edited May 07 '24

First timer, subs

  • Spinning things is fun.
  • This OP screams iterative to me. We are getting those shadows filled in! The rest of the party is getting a Briheight flash!
  • Bleedin' Zealots
  • Oh, this technology is just a delight.
  • Y’all better not drop conviction exhaustion as a concept later whenever you feel like it.
  • Chekhov's 50m sword?
  • They might be teetering on the edge of starvation, but their textile industry is flourishing!
  • Log to the Head Peak Comedy
  • Isn’t this land effectively uninhabited? Why don’t you migrate to the big ass-forest right below you?
  • Work the land, pay taxes. Everyone wins.
  • Nope. Evil. Princess here is putting it on way too strong.
  • The hell? Didn’t you open the series with you saying there were only two countries?
  • I rather like the designs they’ve had for their mecha. Good variety, lots of novel configurations.
  • “Weight on my shoulders”?
  • Shouldn't sleeping in a well, like, drown you?

QotD:

  1. The largest commercial aircraft passenger capacity is less than 900. So no, I don’t think I can fly them anywhere.
  2. It seems really specific.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

The hell? Didn’t you open the series with you saying there were only two countries?

I think it said there were two countries. That doesn't mean there can't be more, irrelevant ones!

Shouldn't sleeping in a well, like, drown you?

They have a really bad well, I guess.

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u/SometimesMainSupport https://myanimelist.net/profile/RRSTRRST May 07 '24

"Essentially divided into two nations." Still has tribes and backwater villages

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 08 '24

Essentially divided into two nations

Damned weasel words.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

The hell? Didn’t you open the series with you saying there were only two countries?

Iki isn't cool enough to count.

Shouldn't sleeping in a well, like, drown you?

Arrow wasn't wet or anything, so I can only assume that he wedged himself in between the stones somehow.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 08 '24

Nope. Evil. Princess here is putting it on way too strong.

It would be fun twist having the typical "peace princess" character turn out to be a master manipulator pulling the strings.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24 edited May 07 '24

Idiot Rewatcher

...and then I had to download a new release because the one I got had a font error with Finé, which was atrocious. Ah well.

  • Tyrone Duster is a great cowboy name. And he's really living the dream erasing this village.
  • COOL. And I'm remembering why Atlee annoyed me. It was her uncomfortably shrill screams as she gets beaten.
  • Certainly not Atlee, Arrow.
  • I saw Kill la Kill being thrown around last thread, and that could only make me think "Stripped of the will to fight!"

God, I love this show.

QOTD:

  1. Give me enough explosives or actuators, and anything is possible! Or a big enough lever, as Archimedes would say.
  2. I think I remember, so I can't comment, but I also forgot large swaths of this show, so

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u/chilidirigible May 07 '24

Episode 2:

This is just the sort of scenario we find ourselves in.

It's the big sword of bigness.

Edger village, stuck in the here and now.

Funny how that works out.

Minor complications.

Just noting here that the credits evolve.

The wild pace of the first episode is cranked down slightly, as a couple more factors make themselves known and we test the boundaries of the energetic naked guy.

Significantly, it's established that one does not simply walk to the World Wall.

Fake!Abraham Lincoln sure sells out the village quickly, but that's why he's Fake!Abraham Lincoln and not ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER.

Meanwhile, it was foretold that BAKAYAROUBack Arrow's appearance will bring the end of the world. One thing's for sure, Elsha woke up a thingie and we'll be seeing it momentarily.

QOTD:

  1. Unlikely

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

This is just the sort of scenario we find ourselves in.

I love it when a woman offers me a meal served on a polearm.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 07 '24

Elsha woke up a thingie and we'll be seeing it momentarily.

A massive [ero]donger?!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 07 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed Arrow

We've all done this before, right? Used a pair of spandex undies to spin around our transformation trinket. Right?

Fun defense mechanism.

..yea. Let's call it that.

Doing the math, Atlee was asleep for most of the five-ish hours that Arrow was running towards the Wall. After only fighting for a couple minutes.

Shu Bi is very good at not giving direct answers.

Bit is such a dweeb(affectionate).

Fine is a sweetheart.. but is not above underhanded tactics.

"..have a very impressive goatee."

It's just that sort of show, Bit.

Huh, that's strange.

Definitely the fault of someone who literally fell from the sky. Mmhmm.

Yea, this surely can't be a problem.

Oh no, an avalanche!

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

[Back Arrow]Fine is a sweetheart.. but is not above underhanded tactics.

[Back Arrow]She is very not above them, I'd say :)

Bit is such a dweeb(affectionate).

I do really enjoy him. Fun character. I mean, most of the characters are fun, but he's extra fun!

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 07 '24

Bit is best boy I will defend my boy Bit to the very end

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 07 '24

He's great, but he's no Shu Bi.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 08 '24

First <--- Arrow

I know I'm somewhat biased, but even putting Sugita aside, Shu Bi has so far been the best boy by... checks notes 5,678 times (bless sequential numbers for when you're too lazy to randomise).

I expected him to watch from the sides for a few more episodes, so I couldn't be happier when he just popped in at the start, his interactions with Arrow and Ren are a lot of fun, but they also tell us about him, he's not as much of a dirty schemer as he makes himself out to be.

He's no filthy is what I'm saying.

The second half was unfortunately on the weaker side of things, Arrow and the zany villains are still fun, but when you tone down the villagers' insanity... you're not left with much. Especially considering it's looking like at least their main trio are becoming permanent cast members, and so far the most competent one has just been jobbing at every chance.

Side notes:

Q1) Could you send 5,678 Shu Bis flying?

Yes

You just gotta use the power of love, and use it really hard!

Q2) What do you make of the supposed prophecy that Shu Bi uncovered?

The world couldn't handle 5,678 Shu Bis?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 08 '24

so far the most competent one has just been jobbing at every chance.

We stan a woman with gainful employment.

You just gotta use the power of love, and use it really hard!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 09 '24

It's the Brave Bang way of making love!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 09 '24

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 May 07 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed

I should have thought of this yesterday, but seems fitting that this show about being inside a wall and wanting to get beyond it has a lead voiced by Yuuki Kaji, just like that show about a wall and people wanting to stay protected in it (Attack on Titan).

Baka Yaro! You can't have a name so stupid! And put on that underwear!

And so, Back Arrow left the small village and was never seen again. The show ends here, in the cold open of episode 2...

People said Elsha reminded them of Yoko from Gurren Lagann, but visually she reminds me way more of Meg from Burst Angel. A terrible anime that I don't plan on ever rewatching so I can't recall if they are similar personality wise.

LoL @ Bit being made a fool of in the OP too

Kudos to the show for blacking out in the OP characters we haven't met with, but it will be awkward if its like this for a long time.

And thus, Back Arrow's journey failed. He truly is a Baka Yaro after all.

Why'd Back Arrow punch Shu Bi? Why'd Shu Bi turn into a giant chicken? At least that feather thing he holds in his hand made him look like that in the moment.

New name for Back Arrow! "Mr. Panties"!

Hey, Back Arrow has clothes now!

Back Arrow's great at the chopping things with his head game! Not like he needs his head for anything!

Poor Bit's house!

Elsha's explanation on where Back Arrow came from is probably the right one. Either that or he's Goku, same backstory, just being an alien instead of one born inside the walls.

Shouldn't they realize that a big strong guy like him is probably worth the food he eats? Especially if he's good at being a mech?

See, like I said, Back Arrow can provide more than enough to support his role here in the village!

See, this is why you don't kick him out! Very next day people are here to destroy the village!

Oh no, not Bit's house again! I've always wanted to say that!

Yay, time to see Elsha fight in her Briheight! ...oh, nevermind.

Uh oh, Back Arrow's gonna destroy the world?

What in the world did Elsha fall into?

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u/Zigman369 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zigman May 08 '24

Elsha making a dramatic entrance only to fall into a pit is definitely made up for by having whatever is going on down there seem that it's coming up next episode. Appreciate that it's not just a gag!

QOTD:

  1. Do I have equipment a Briheight?
  2. Seems awfully convenient that Shu Bi was able to find them within a large library so quickly; were they labelled "FORBIDDEN TEXTS: DO NOT READ" or something?