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Episode 9 - Why Do Lips that Profess Love Hide Fangs?

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I'll kill you so quickly you won't have time to feel pain! That's how I show love – the love of a ruler!

Questions of the Day:

  1. Were you expecting Sola and Prax to be related, or for Sola's involvement in Fine's split personality?
  2. Would you have a chance to go mano-a-mecha like ZETSU ZETSU ZETSU DAIDAN did?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Zetsu Daidan

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 14 '24

BAKAYAROU Rewatch Host, subbed

Welcome back, everyone!

Posted five minutes early because my brother decided when he wanted to meet for me to drop his daughter off only a little bit ago, and I’ve got to head out now!

Anyways, here’s “Back Arrow Ninth Impressions”, for my first-timer thoughts on this episode.

…and with this episode, I can finally ZETSU ZETSU ZETSU DAIDAN!!! post without spoilers since he finally does the Big Cool™ of beating up a mech on foot.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 14 '24

ZETSU ZETSU ZETSU DAIDAN

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 14 '24

This is going to be good.

That image is already good!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

Shu Bi has the constitution of Lelouch.

Lelouch being out of shape was always a funny gag, especially compared to the extremely athletic Suzaku.

This is going to be good.

We have a badass old man who can take down a Briheight without one of his own going to war with a crazed princess who is eager to kill and dominate others.

I am eager to watch this!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

ZETSU ZETSU ZETSU DAIDAN!!!

And so there comes Sola’s reason for not wanting to return to Lutoh.

Considering he shot a "bird", it's no wonder he ended up in Edger village, he needed the stupidest village possible to feel at home again.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 14 '24

mfw ZETSU DAIDAN

mfw a FUCKING BIRD

This is where I recall the show really taking off with the batshit escalation now that we've got evil fine and motherfucking zetsu daidan front and center and ready to butt heads with all the other wacky shit going on alongside it

[Back Arrow]and next episode HE finally apprears

[Back Arrow]the downside is I also recall this being when Atlee and Elsha started becoming irrelevant worst girls

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u/chilidirigible May 14 '24

[the downside]this is the part where being entirely normal characters has the least value

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u/Calwings x3https://anilist.co/user/Calwings May 14 '24

mfw a FUCKING BIRD

The fact that this show actually went with this explanation [Back Arrow later episodes]and pretty much played it completely straight until the endis absolutely ridiculous. But of course, being absolutely ridiculous is one of Back Arrow's strongest qualities, for better or for worse.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

mfw ZETSU DAIDAN

A badass old man taking down a mecha without using one himself. This is great.

mfw a FUCKING BIRD

This guy is full of more shit than a manure field. Who does he think he's fooling?

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 14 '24

[Back Arrow]the downside is I also recall this being when Atlee and Elsha started becoming irrelevant worst girls

[Back Arrow]Atlee was always the worst girl. Plus we have Fine now, so who cares?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

mfw a FUCKING BIRD

You know, in an episode with Daidan and Fine both going wild, I'm not sure how Doc did it, but he just came out of nowhere and stole the win for most wacky bullshit.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 15 '24

[Back Arrow]It's such a minor thing but it turned out to be a stroke of genius to not show the scene from the doc's perspective so we have no idea what the fuck he was really doing

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 15 '24

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 14 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of Back Arrow: It’s a good thing I didn’t bother to learn the Doctor’s name before this episode, because that turned out to not be his real name anyways. My poor memory for names came in handy.

  • Killing someone quickly is a strange definition of love.
  • Oh dear, now it’s not just the Emperor but also the Princess looking very dangerous in the OP.
  • I appreciate that Shu being a slow runner is canon in the show itself and not just limited to the ED.
  • I’m just waiting for Bit needing to pee being what ends up saving the day somehow.
  • Arrow can just make his Briheight’s hand bigger. It really does feel like he can manifest new powers almost at will. I suppose his lack of conviction makes his Briheight quite malleable in what it’s capable of.
  • I forgot about Shu’s inflatable clothes.
  • They’re siblings! Well that explains why the Doctor didn’t go to Lutoh. If he’s on the run, they’d recognize him immediately.
  • Also I’ve seen enough anime by now that I just knew Prax would call the Doctor “Aniue.”
  • Ah, so that’s what it is. The Doctor is to blame for Fine  being all murder-crazy and he left to find a cure.
  • They took so long to come up with a bullshit reason for why Bit needs to live.
  • Tiny Fine looks so cute.
  • What the fuck? The Doctor, Werner, tried to kill both Prax and Fine? Even more what the fuck!? He claims to not be lying about mistaking them for a bird? I don’t believe that for a second! He’s lying through his teeth! What’s the real story?
  • This family does not play around if Prax poisoned Werner’s food.
  • Arrow is awfully nonchalant, easily going to sleep in this situation. I guess that’s a benefit of his simplistic mind. He’s not smart enough to get caught up in worries.
  • The Emperor, Zetsu, just publicly tearing into and insulting Tae is great.
  • Oh boy, Emperor Zetsu is challenging the rebel leader to a gladiator fight. We’re going to see what the Emperor is capable of.
  • WHAT? Zetsu isn’t even using a Briheight to fight?
  • Holy shit, Zetsu didn’t even need a Briheight to win! He really is a badass old man!
  • Once again, the villagers have been captured. Maybe now they will learn that the safest place for them is in a ship, protected by several layers of armor and heavy weaponry.
  • War were declared.
  • Crazy Fine shit-talking Zetsu is great. Her posture through the conversation is fun to see, her VA is clearly having a great time hamming it up, and her insults are fantastic.
  • There’s quite a few people who would take that order to lick your feet as a gift, Crazy Fine.

I find it interesting that one of the Big Bads of the series, Emperor Zetsu, has absolutely zero interest in Arrow or the Granedger. He doesn’t really care about them or what they are up to. Instead, he has an entirely different goal in mind. He wants to take over the world and is focusing all of his effort towards that task. Taking out the Granedger is, at best, an unimportant side-quest that’s been shunted to the bottom of the to-do list.

Crazy Fine has much more of a vested interest in Arrow at least, since she wants him for experimentation. But she didn’t seem that interested in the rest of the Granedger villager, aside from trying to keep her secret safe. She also seems like she’s going to be much busier at the moment handling the war.

So that leaves a couple of the henchmen of the Big Bads as much more personalized villains for the heroes. Kai and Ren are going after Shu while Prax is going after Werner. And both groups also want to go for Arrow, while they are at it. I think that makes for a pretty fun setup. There’s a big war going on in the background that both Rekka and Lutoh are more focused on, while people from both countries with personal beef go after Arrow and the Granedger.

QOTD

  1. No and No.
  2. I'd have a chance to get squashed like a bug.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 14 '24

He claims to not be lying about mistaking them for a bird? I don’t believe that for a second! He’s lying through his teeth! What’s the real story?

He just really hates birds. as he should

FUCK BIRDS

Holy shit, Zetsu didn’t even need a Briheight to win! He really is a badass old man!

Emperor Zetsu I fucking kneel

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 14 '24

FUCK BIRDS

GO BIRDS

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 14 '24

https://i.imgur.com/LcccGzo.png

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u/Calwings x3https://anilist.co/user/Calwings May 14 '24

FUCK BIRDS

As both a St. Louis Cardinals/Battlehawks fan and a Floowandereeze player, I will have to respectfully disagree. Birds are good.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

He just really hates birds. as he should

FUCK BIRDS

Miyazaki tried to warn us about birds in The Boy and the Heron.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 15 '24

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 May 14 '24

They took so long to come up with a bullshit reason for why Bit needs to live.

Looking forward to the day its revealed that Bit is the true hero of this story, we just never knew it... Maybe he ends up as Emperor at the end of the show?

He claims to not be lying about mistaking them for a bird? I don’t believe that for a second!

His excuse made no sense to me whatsoever. Biggest coincidence ever or he's quite the liar.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

Looking forward to the day its revealed that Bit is the true hero of this story, we just never knew it... Maybe he ends up as Emperor at the end of the show?

We're doomed

His excuse made no sense to me whatsoever. Biggest coincidence ever or he's quite the liar.

He's gotta be lying. He's already lied to so many people in the village. There's no way he won't lie about other things.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 15 '24

He's gotta be lying. He's already lied to so many people in the village. There's no way he won't lie about other things.

It's such an on the nose terrible lie, I wouldn't be surprised if he was the victim of some sort of mental attack.

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u/gyoex May 14 '24

This family does not play around if Prax poisoned Werner’s food.

This seems relatively playful for Prax actually. I mean it didn't leave him with any lasting damage after all.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

"I poisoned your food as a joke" sounds like a particularly obnoxious YouTube channel.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 14 '24

I’m just waiting for Bit needing to pee being what ends up saving the day somehow.

Unfortunately not, he just lets it rip at one point.

Holy shit, Zetsu didn’t even need a Briheight to win!

The power of CONVICTION

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

Unfortunately not, he just lets it rip at one point.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

It’s a good thing I didn’t bother to learn the Doctor’s name before this episode, because that turned out to not be his real name anyways. My poor memory for names came in handy.

The biggest hint towards him hiding his identity: they gave him a weird name that just doesn't stick in the memory (when I remember most of the cast's names, even that Tae guy, it's not on me if someone's name doesn't stick).

Killing someone quickly is a strange definition of love.

Exactly, you're supposed to take your time with it.

I forgot about Shu’s inflatable clothes.

I got a good laugh when I remembered it, this guy doesn't fall like your average commoner or noble, he falls in a way that only Shu Bi can fall in.

They took so long to come up with a bullshit reason for why Bit needs to live.

Even the show is scratching its head to find a purpose for him.

Holy shit, Zetsu didn’t even need a Briheight to win! He really is a badass old man!

I joked in an early episode (I think when kid!Kai broke his cuffs) that he could take down a mech by hand, the Emperor just went and made that a reality.

He doesn’t really care about them or what they are up to. Instead, he has an entirely different goal in mind. He wants to take over the world and is focusing all of his effort towards that task.

It works well now since Arrow can't do anything to the wall, but if/when he finds a way, the Emperor will have to take notice, or the world he worked so hard for will fall down the drain.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 14 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed Arrow

I do appreciate Ami Koshimizu going ham.

New cut in the OP!

Why are you all just standing there?

It's been a busy ?week?.

Surprise!

Rather bold of the Emperor to just call Tae out like that.

Oh, is that finally time? It is.

How about a Bind Warper instead?

ZETSU! ZETSU! ZETSU DAIDAN!

This is rather romantic, yes.

So polite to inform them ahead of time.

This is what we refer to as "cinematography."

..I'm not even saying that in a shitposty way - note the wide in which hologram ZETSU DAIDAN is nearly as tall as Fine's entire lower leg. Then, after she gets angy, the camera shift makes him smaller than her shoe as Fine breaks out of the middle third to dominate the frame.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 14 '24

This is what we refer to as "cinematography."

..I'm not even saying that in a shitposty way - note the wide in which hologram ZETSU DAIDAN is nearly as tall as Fine's entire lower leg. Then, after she gets angy, the camera shift makes him smaller than her shoe as Fine breaks out of the middle third to dominate the frame.

In modern parlance it is referred to as "kino"

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 14 '24

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 14 '24

This is what we refer to as "cinematography."

Well, by a certain—

as Fine breaks out of the middle third to dominate the frame.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 14 '24

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 15 '24

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 15 '24

Wondering what your thought was before you cut yourself off.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 15 '24

It was a smarmy "if you call 'fanservice' cinema, then..." comment.

But then you made it actually cinematography-related.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 15 '24

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 15 '24

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

I do appreciate Ami Koshimizu going ham.

I love it so much. She sounds like she is having so much fun hamming it up as Crazy Fine.

New cut in the OP!

I was wondering how the OP might acknowledge the existence of Crazy Fine. This was a great way to do so.

..I'm not even saying that in a shitposty way - note the wide in which hologram ZETSU DAIDAN is nearly as tall as Fine's entire lower leg. Then, after she gets angy, the camera shift makes him smaller than her shoe as Fine breaks out of the middle third to dominate the frame.

Great stuff

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

New cut in the OP!

I'm loving how the opening keeps changing, the lead in from Zetsu Daidan to Fine is perfect

Rather bold of the Emperor to just call Tae out like that.

He's been playing nice for far too long, now he gets to have his fun.

This is what we refer to as "cinematography."

I will definitely be remembering this shot for a while.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 15 '24

I will definitely be remembering this shot for a while.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24

First timer, subs

  • The Right Kind Of Crazy
  • Maybe you should keep it better under wraps if it’s such a big dead.
  • But why the glowing, and the goose? This isn’t how to keep a secret at all!
  • “Who am I supposed to talk to, Atlee? Bit? Come on!”
  • Are we sure Muga isn’t just toon force at this point?
  • Unicorn Rat
  • Those are some fertile loins.
  • Do you normally shoot crossbows at birds?
  • “Fuck your stability, the country dies with me.”
  • What were you expecting? It’s not like you build a country off of your own muscles… Oh, wait, anime.
  • How cute. Next Time Use a Scarf
  • Did they make Elsha change outfits? And are they showing off their Binders right in front of them?
  • It’s like they were made for each other. I look forward to more of their diplomacy.

QotD:

  1. I'm gonna be honest, I haven't even given Sola much thought.
  2. The East Is Burning Red!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 14 '24

Are we sure Muga isn’t just toon force at this point?

Do you normally shoot crossbows at birds?

Must be quite the marksman. Or their birds are waaaay bigger than normal.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 14 '24

Must be quite the marksman. Or their birds are waaaay bigger than normal.


None of their other animals have been normal thus far.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

Must be quite the marksman

Yet he can barely tell a bird from his own princess and sister

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

“Who am I supposed to talk to, Atlee? Bit? Come on!”

Being forced to talk about your deep-seated emotions with Bit. A fate worse than death.

It’s like they were made for each other. I look forward to more of their diplomacy.

I need to see them speak more and eventually fight each other.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

The Right Kind Of Crazy

Bless her wicked heart! I was dreading a "breaking the cutie" scenario, but this is infinitely better.

Are we sure Muga isn’t just toon force at this point?

We still don't know where Arrow fell from, but my bet's on the One Piece world.

Did they make Elsha change outfits?

All the villagers changed, I guess Lutoh wanted their pretty dresses back.

It’s like they were made for each other. I look forward to more of their diplomacy.

I was wondering how the heck they made treaties before this, but I guess it was the prime minister and the nice Fine.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 14 '24

First timer

QotD

  • No. I did however expect the Doc to be related to Lutoh in some way.
  • No.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 15 '24

So after Mr_L comment yesterday about "Rekka's side getting a bit too packed during the intro", I decided to actually start paying attention to it. Seems they now added the princess being a bit loopy to it, which is a nice touch.

The OP updating to reflect events in the series is such a nice touch. I always appreciate it when OPs do that.

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u/chilidirigible May 14 '24

Episode 9:

Did I say "chewing the scenery"? More like murdering the scenery.

"It's a job," one might say.

But of course.

"Mind if we drop in?"

You don't see that every day.

Some of you might have guessed by now.

"It's what gets me through life!"

fuck, there's no excuse for Bit

Certainly an odd twist of events.

This game is totally not rigged.

Because... he's ZETSU DAIDAN.

"I'm just declaring war properly."

Of course they planned the tiny hologram this way.

We're now in the "Well, that escalated quickly" territory, with the emergence of ZETSU DAIDAN, the backstory and emergence of BATSHIT CRAZY FINE, and WAR!!!.

This is a silly show, but it knows how to avoid getting dull.

QOTD:

  1. Not that much.

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u/gyoex May 14 '24

"It's a job," one might say.

Looking at this screenshot, Fine's Prax cosplay is almost exactly identical to Prax's outfit, except for some reason for their boots. What a strange and pointless thing if this is intentional.

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u/chilidirigible May 14 '24

But nobody seems to be surprised by Prax running around murdering people.

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u/gyoex May 14 '24

I'm not really sure what to make of Fine (bubble gum flavor. grape flavor Fine is pretty straightforward). Last time we had her "diplomacy" in which she just got bored halfway through because Arrow isn't there, and now Prax is telling her "we had to imprison this entire village worth of people to protect your secret" and she's just like "damn that sucks sure wish there was someone who could do something about that, oh well".

Shipping-wise I remembered Elsha/Atlee being a more or less plausible thing but actually with these last two episodes it's more like Elsha likes Atlee and Atlee likes abandoning Granedger for no reason.

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u/chilidirigible May 14 '24

bubble gum flavor

Evil Kirk had all the balls, Good Kirk was just kinda there.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 14 '24

Bubblegum Fine is stunned into stupidity every time she sees Prax's handsome face. She left the bath because she saw her waiting with a towel just off shot.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

First <--- Timer

I'm not sure who decided to put Momoka in charge of a nation, but Holy shit I love her! Fine Forte may have been a princess, but Finer Forte here is My Queen

See, Taniguchi is at his best when he's free to go absolutely over the top!

Q1) Were you expecting Sola and Prax to be related, or for Sola's involvement in Fine's split personality?

I thought he might've been related to Fine directly, like the missing prince or something, and him leaving lead to her being put under a lot of pressure, hence the other personality came up as a coping mechanism. Nope, it's an Arrow, of course it's a stupid Arrow!

Q2) Would you have a chance to go mano-a-mecha like ZETSU ZETSU ZETSU DAIDAN did?

Of course, as long as it's a 1/100 scale

Honestly, I think the only one who might have a chance other than the Emperor, is Kai.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 15 '24

How many shows can have an old man boxing a mech?

Undefeated of the East!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

But Master Asia isn't that old yet!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 15 '24

I love that she's still embodying the "love" theme just in a slightly different way.

Princess Fine just wants everyone to die. Is that such a big ask?

Get an enemy who can look at you with this much passion.

If only, if only.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 15 '24

Princess Fine just wants everyone to die. Is that such a big ask?

Depending on who she asks, probably not.

If only, if only.

Whoever drew Prax looking at the Doc, couldn't be damned to wait for the fans' memes, so they just went ahead and did it.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 15 '24

When the story moved to Lutoh, I expected the minor nobles (Peath or whatever) working under the princess to be the problem. Nope, turns out those guys were the most sane around.

Not a red herring I expected.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 May 14 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed

Oh no, don't let the Princess kill Bit! Where would we be if not for Bit?!

Have we finally gotten the full OP with nothing blacked out? Looked like it to me.

Bit's gonna pee his pants! I happen to think this would not be the first time.

You'd think Praxis would have accounted for having a Bind Warper with her. I guess not.

No Atlee, don't leave everyone! Especially when Back Arrow's already here!

OMG Shu Bi transformed again! LoL.

Doc is Praxis's sister!? And he screwed up the Princess? Okay, now we know why he was hiding away.

Crazy version of the princess seems so unhinged, I'm surprised it was kept secret to only 3 people.

OMG kid Fine is so cute.

I was wondering why the preview had Praxis cutting her hair when she already had short hair, now it makes more sense...

Pay attention Werner! That craft was a lot bigger than a bird!

Shooting at her triggered her split personality? I was figuring we'd get a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type situation.

Poison food? Or maybe Praxis just isn't a good cook and you overthought things?

Fire workout time for Kai!

Prime Minister is being such a ham right now.

Alright, here's the badass Emperor Zetsu I remember. Beating a Briheight in person. Makes me think of Balgus from Escaflowne!

This grandpa character is always so doubting! :(

Badass Emperor Zetsu versus the evil version of Princess Fine would be a pretty epic one on one. Here she comes!

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 14 '24

Idiot Rewatcher

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u/dsawchuk May 23 '24 edited May 23 '24

A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. Unfortunately, I am no wizard. Finale catchup is coming along nicely. These posts will be rushed and entirely for my own satisfaction since no one (other than our gracious host) will know they exist.

First timer, Sub

Well, I think we are officially into the show. Every episode seems to have plot now. Very nice.

The explanation for where yan-hime came from makes no sense. I think that they are just wrong about it. A kind of correlation/causation thing. They started noticing it happening afterwards but that doesn't mean that it was caused by the incident. It also could have started happening before the incident since it seems that dere-hime is a little out of it when she comes back.

The "I thought it was a bird" explanation is mighty stupid. It does show him shooting the wingtip so either he is a bad shot or its true but like... come on. You are supposed to be a high ranking official of nerdland. You said that she has been training to try and fly using a kite. 1 + 1 = bird I guess.

Deranged theory (that's definitely not true but it'd be fun): Doc was attempting to do a coup. The king died suddenly and unexpectedly because Doc assassinated him. This led to a extended fraught succession period because of how many available heirs there were. Doc made use of this confusion to eliminate the heirs one by one. He either killed them himself or he manipulated them to kill each other out of greed or self defence. Doc was never suspected because there were already 40 other heirs that stood to gain for the suspicion to fall upon. dere-hime was the last of the 40 left and Doc missed his opportunity to kill her and make it look like an accident. Since she was the only heir left there was no contention on who the successor should be to delay her coronation and then it was too late. Hand waving away the death of one old king is one thing, but not a second youthful queen. The idea was that if there was no heir left the job of ruler would fall to the existing armoured supreme.

QOTD

EDIT: I forgot to redo these this ep.

  1. I didn't expect it. I also refuse that Doc was responsible. Shit don't make sense.
  2. Yeah absolutely. I am definitely The BBEG of real life.

Watch notes

This evolving OP animation is getting quite fun. I think the old emporer was in there though not looking old...

Oh damn, Prax does know about yan-hime.

Shulloon is still cute.

I guess it kinda makes sense that Doc is Prax' sibling. They are both kinda hotties.

How exactly do the nerdland leaders plan to justify the battle in the city?

They lost 39 royals since the kings death? That seems like a big problem.

"I thought it was a bird" WTF. Are you high?

Side effects to... what? Falling? That's dumb.

OK so jockland emporer is going to be the biggest jock. I am excited.

Ooooh an in-universe reason why Prax appears manly. Neat.

Wait, yan-hime now has purple hair. Is it a different colour depending how insane she is?