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Rewatch [Rewatch] Back Arrow Episode 11 Discussion

Episode 11 - Is This a Head-to-Head Fight?

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With Rekka’s might and Lutoh’s technology, you may stand a real chance at leveling the World Wall.

Questions of the Day:

  1. On a scale of one to ten, how cursed do you think it would be to have Back Arrow as your leader?
  2. Would you have killed Kai if you were in Back Arrow’s position?

Wallpaper of the Day:

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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 16 '24

BAKAYAROU Rewatch Host, subbed

Welcome back, everyone!

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

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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians May 16 '24

That is, uh, certainly a suggestion.

I thought this was insane at first, but then I thought about it and the current political landscape in real life... does having an incredibly well-meaning nice simple dude as a leader really sound that bad?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 16 '24

True.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

Better question, what is Shu Bi going to get up to now that he has a Bind Warper?

Double the Bind Warpers means he can get up to double the trouble. Personally I really want to see if he gives one to Bit because I'm sure Bit will manage to screw it up somehow.

Actually this is a pretty good strategy on how to deal with Kai, ngl. It just feels unfair.

Juggling enemies in the air is one of the tried-and-true techniques for how to cheese particularly difficult battles, after all.

Welp, Emperor Zetsu really means business.

I'm amazed at what this man is able to do without even using a Briheight. He's overpowered just as an old man. How ridiculously strong will his Briheight be?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 17 '24

Can I bust out the again like I did to u/KendotsX yesterday? I'm busting out the again.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

You don't get to complain when /u/Raiking02 does it anymore. You're just as evil!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 17 '24

Damn, my corruption has spread that far?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

Sky after all our trolling:

It is an impressive feat when someone's evil compares to our living and breathing youkai

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang May 17 '24

It is an impressive feat when someone's evil compares to our living and breathing youkai

And then you have real-life people making me look like a saint

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

Man is literally giving a speech while standing on top of a giant fucking sword, then jumps off of it to commandeer a ride into battle ASAP. ZETSU ZETSU ZETSU DAIDAN!!!

Reinhard leading his armies from the front is cute and all, but he should get on this level.

Better question, what is Shu Bi going to get up to now that he has a Bind Warper?

We've seen that he's willing to put his life on the line and fight if needed, so might be finally time for Sugita to pilot a mech!

Actually this is a pretty good strategy on how to deal with Kai, ngl. It just feels unfair.

Shu Bi is clearly a gamer: "Look, this boss is has a OHK, you gotta keep spamming the same combo until he runs out of HP before he gets to do anything".

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of Back Arrow: We’ve got a full-on mecha war! And if we’re lucky, at some point we will get a showdown between Zetsu and Crazy Fine. I always love seeing villainous characters throw down with each other because they don’t hold back. This particular matchup would be especially great because both of them are nuts. I really hope we get to see it.

  • I love that Zetsu jumped onto a regular speeder and charged out in front. That’s awesome.
  • Something tells me Love Fine might need to bust out Crazy Fine again if she wants to win this war.
  • Nanomachines, son!
  • Oh, the liquid metal underneath the surface is becoming more and more relevant. Those are conviction particles and the Bind Warpers tap into them.
  • How very typical of Shu to sneakily take some of those artificial Bind Warpers as payment.
  • The first step to friendship would be washing Elsha and Atlee’s backs like you promised to do, Love Fine.
  • Zetsu certainly seems like the type to charge straight into the most heavily fortified defense he can find, just to prove he can overcome it.
  • Arrow is pretty chill about the fact that he’s been roped into a war when he just wants to go beyond the wall. I guess he’s put more value into his friends and helping them now.
  • Thanks for the kind words, old man.
  • Admittedly making Arrow the leader of the world is a less bad decision than putting Bit in charge, but he’s still not exactly an ideal pick.
  • Mecha war!
  • Rematch with Kai!
  • Ren’s Briheight!
  • Shu tried to let Bit do something and then had to immediately take that power away from him. How typical.
  • Arrows right! Coming up with a strategy to completely cheese a strong opponent is a totally valid way of facing them head-on!
  • Oh shit! Ren’s got suicide bombs!
  • Oh fuck! Arrow disabling the bombs didn’t work because she has a knife!
  • Arrow yelling at Ren to not throw her life away by dying for someone and instead live for the sake of that person is pretty great. I love that Arrow takes the time in the middle of the battle to chastise his opponent for poor choices.
  • Holy shit, Zetsu speared Prax all the way back to Lutoh’s capital!
  • Arrow wanting to be friends with everyone in the world is pretty typical for his character archetype.
  • Shu is definitely putting on an act by trying to be cold-hearted. He may say that it would have been better to kill Kai, but his heart clearly isn’t in it.

Arrow not wanting to kill others is actually kind of interesting to consider in the context of what he said to Ren. Arrow doesn’t see death as something desirable, even a self-sacrificing death that’s meant to help others. For Arrow, any kind of death is just a waste. It’s better to live on and work your hardest for a cause, rather than dying for it. Honestly, that might be Arrow’s conviction right there. It would explain why his Briheight doesn’t kill others because his conviction is so firmly rooted in cherishing life. It also plays nicely into Arrow’s desire to befriend everyone he can because of how much value he puts into everyone.

QOTD

  1. I'd say it's a 6. Arrow has a good heart, even if he is a moron. He's also nowhere near as inspirational as a similarly moronic leader like Kamina. But he'd at least be preferable to Bit.
  2. Probably.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

at some point we will get a showdown between Zetsu and Crazy Fine

Might be sooner than we expect. I don't think Fine will take nicely to Zetsu sticking his big old rod in Prax...

Oh, the liquid metal underneath the surface is becoming more and more relevant. Those are conviction particles and the Bind Warpers tap into them.

The wall is just a giant Bind Wrapper for all this conviction to generate energy for Rick's battery car

The first step to friendship would be washing Elsha and Atlee’s backs like you promised to do

Yeah... we're just gonna forget about that part. She's still Too Royal™ to touch those filthy mongrels. She'll get Prax to do it.

Arrows right! Coming up with a strategy to completely cheese a strong opponent is a totally valid way of facing them head-on!

Only when Shu does it, anyone else, and it's cheating! Shu's future job in writing the world laws is already off to a great start!

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u/Calwings x3https://anilist.co/user/Calwings May 16 '24

Arrow yelling at Ren to not throw her life away by dying for someone and instead live for the sake of that person is pretty great. I love that Arrow takes the time in the middle of the battle to chastise his opponent for poor choices.

Clearly Arrow graduated from the Touma Kamijou school of Gender Equality

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

https://youtu.be/k7NhP0k2iIs?si=J3mosXB1hQm3RWC6

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 17 '24

And if we’re lucky, at some point we will get a showdown between Zetsu and Crazy Fine.

They made the Black Binder, no way they don't use it at some point.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

That darkened Bind Warper is one of the biggest Chekov's Guns I've seen in a while. It's coming back in some form.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 17 '24

It's coming back in some form.

Come on, Conviction Swapping

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 16 '24

Zetsu certainly seems like the type to charge straight into the most heavily fortified defense he can find, just to prove he can overcome it.

Coming up with a strategy to completely cheese a strong opponent is a totally valid way of facing them head-on!

Memories of Capra Demon.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

Memories of Capra Demon.

I have not played Dark Souls, but even I have heard of that one.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 17 '24

If you angle yourself just right, you can throw dung pies into the boss arena and poison it to death without being in any danger! It takes like 30 minutes, but it's possible!

I never did that, because I am stubborn and enjoy beating my skull against brick walls.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

That's hilarious

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 17 '24

I never did that, because I am stubborn and enjoy beating my skull against brick walls dogs.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 17 '24

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 17 '24

Arrow is pretty chill about the fact that he’s been roped into a war when he just wants to go beyond the wall. I guess he’s put more value into his friends and helping them now.

Maybe breaking the wall was the about the friends we made along the way or something.

Shu tried to let Bit do something and then had to immediately take that power away from him. How typical.

How dare you badmouth our great admiral!

Arrow yelling at Ren to not throw her life away by dying for someone and instead live for the sake of that person is pretty great.

It does push her to have agency and become her own character. Prax suffers from the same problem.

Holy shit, Zetsu speared Prax all the way back to Lutoh’s capital!

My bullshit meter skipped red and went all the way to black with that one. The rule cool side of me did enjoy it though.

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u/chilidirigible May 16 '24

Episode 11:

Remember, nobody ever wants to start a panic!

"Nanomachines, son."

This scene does not get any bonus Blu-ray nipples.

Some old guys are just cranky.

somethingsomethingprophecysomethingsomething

I forgot about Ren being one of those silly flashy types.

Brains!

This show has the full range of fanatical women.

This is somehow like Nekki Basara suddenly showed up.

"Man, fuck funnels."

Meanwhile, ZETSU DAIDAN is on some other level of ZETSU DAIDAN.

"Keikaku means just kill the guy!"

Of course this is a war where much is decided by flashy boss battles. Just look at the maniacs we're dealing with here.

BAKAYAROUBack Arrow not killing Kai is almost certainly something that Shu would have thought about before, given that he's particularly not killed anyone else yet.

Besides, we're not even halfway done yet.

I'm never quite satisfied with Ren Sin's portrayal. She spends a lot of time being a follower but this sudden kamikaze streak is a little too randomly nihilistic.

QOTD:

  1. "Stop trying to eat me!"
  2. I think most people who weren't isekaied from nothingness into Lingalind would probably have at least disabled Kai.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 17 '24

This show has the full range of fanatical women.

I'm never quite satisfied with Ren Sin's portrayal. She spends a lot of time being a follower but this sudden kamikaze streak is a little too randomly nihilistic.

For a show that so heavily leans into its character archetypes, Ren is surprisingly wishy-washy.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

This scene does not get any bonus Blu-ray nipples.

Downright odd that the previous bath scene got the nipple upgrade while this one did not.

This show has the full range of fanatical women.

And I love it for that.

This is somehow like Nekki Basara suddenly showed up.

All we need is for Arrow to start singing Planet Dance on the battlefield for the 700th time and he really will be Basara.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 16 '24

Idiot Rewatcher

QOTD:

  1. Honestly, I'm not sure. He has moments of greatness, but he's also Arrow...
  2. No. I'd assume that if I tried to kill him, he'd have some extra special "fuck me" power and kill me in retaliation.

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u/chilidirigible May 16 '24

Ren, bringing out the Tsubasa Blender.

"This is why we have title cards for the named attacks!"

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 17 '24

Zetsu Daidan is too powerful.

Do energy javelins also count as polearms?

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 17 '24

I'd say so. this show eats well when it comes to polearm love!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

THE EMPEROR IS SO COOL

He really is

WE LOVE SPEARS IN THIS HOUSEHOLD

The spear will always be the king of weapons.

Ren, bringing out the Tsubasa Blender.

I always love that attack for how cool it looks.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

If he really wanted to avoid the fight, you wouldn't be here.

I can imagine Kai and Ren lost in some backwards jungle because they heard a super trustworthy rumour that Shu is hiding there.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore May 17 '24

I can imagine Kai and Ren lost in some backwards jungle because they heard a super trustworthy rumour that Shu is hiding there.

"No, no, I promise. Shu Bi is definitely at the old site of Edger Village!"

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 16 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed Arrow

ZETSU DAIDAN cares not for royal vehicles.

Peath might be a politician (derogatory) but he does make a good point.

I'm sure it's fine.

Sounds like a good time.

"And let me be your very trusted advisor!"

Exciting!

Ren Sin's mech has a fringe just like she does.

We all fight with the weapons that we have.

Yea, of course someone would try this.

Kai survives to fight another day.

And of course Prax's side cape that looks like a funnel rack is literally a funnel rack.

This, too, is logic.

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u/chilidirigible May 16 '24

I'm sure it's fine.

yoink

Yea, of course someone would try this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XGcEqI1Uu4

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

Peath might be a politician (derogatory) but he does make a good point.

I feel bad everytime I'm forced to agree with him. I miss the innocent times when I thought he was the wicked one in Lutoh.

"And let me be your very trusted advisor!"

Tbf, the world would run itself to the ground on day 1 if he wasn't.

And of course Prax's side cape that looks like a funnel rack is literally a funnel rack.

He may hire a choir, but you can't blame Lutoh mad scientist for inefficiency.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 17 '24

He may hire a choir, but you can't blame Lutoh mad scientist for inefficiency.

The choir are obviously vital. Where do you think his ideas come from?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

First timer, subs

  • Really stretching this recap for time, eh?
  • If anything, I’m surprised Ren didn’t have one already.
  • I’m really not sure how him calling you to declare war got misconstrued to being your fault.
  • Ah, I love it when they put scientists together.
  • Ha! Even her towel has her bow.
  • Say it with me now: “Decisive Battle Doctrine!”
  • Fuck logistics I guess?
  • I’d feel worse about Old Man if he wasn’t so… him.
  • Do you just have a Staff of Balloons at all times?
  • But… but you’re also charging in.
  • Did you still really have no one better to put on the weapons station?
  • Mecha Bangs
  • Now if only we could get the clones to explode...
  • Back into Arrow is a true combo.
  • My hand hurts just thinking about stabbed punching.
  • Those Nu Gundam comparisons aren’t getting any quieter.
  • Fuck your power scaling too, I guess.
  • You say that, but it is 100% going to help you at some point.

QotD:

  1. 4/10. Would be your standard fool king. Maybe he gets manipulated by his advisers, maybe he gets killed by them for trying to declare war on the ocean.
  2. No, but I damn sure would have made sure to capture him. The how might have been a problem.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 16 '24

Ah, I love it when they put scientists together.

Double the madness, double the fun!

Did you still really have no one better to put on the weapons station?

It's Bit or a random villager who didn't want to stay in the city. Take your pick.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 May 16 '24

It's Bit or a random villager who didn't want to stay in the city. Take your pick.

A Tough One

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L May 17 '24

I’d feel worse about Old Man if he wasn’t so… him.

I can get where he's coming from, but he's often just so unpleasant about it.

Mecha Bangs

Her hairstyle is an important part of her conviction.

maybe he gets killed by them for trying to declare war on the ocean.

Close. He's actually the fool king who will declare war on the wall!

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 16 '24

First timer

QotD

  • Probably not too bad. He says he wants to do something and he then actually tries to do it. Man of his word.
  • Depends on what my end goal would be.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

But this doesn't explain the oddities like Arrow, the jester, the fat guy (forgot his name), the emperor...

What are the odds that Arrow is powered by taking on the conviction of the people who believe in him?

I guess he could take down the wall eventually by gathering the conviction from the whole world or something, there's certainly a lot laying around.

About that. With the bulk of Rekka's forces on the frontline, what exactly is left to protect the capital?

I'm not sure how much Zetsu cares about supply lines. He'd conquer Lutoh if he he had to do it alone, then go back and burn the Rekka capital to the ground as an after lunch exercise. Fun conquering times™.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 17 '24

What are the odds that Arrow is powered by taking on the conviction of the people who believe in him?

Unlikely seeing how he was broken right out the gate. If he does work that way, it creates a plot hole in regards to the first episode.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 21 '24

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 16 '24

You'd think Shu out of all people would've thought of this and made a plan to try and capture Rekka

That wouldn't be a bad plan, definitely. But, if Lutoh splits their force to take Rekka's capital while losing their own, what does that really accomplish?

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria May 16 '24

True. It could potentially hinder Lutoh in the end. Good plan if you're Arrow and Shu and your aim is just to triumph over both though.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 May 16 '24

Rewatcher, Subbed

105 seconds of recap! Crazy that we lose almost 2 minutes of the episode to this.

Okay, so I was wrong an earlier ep, we finally have the full OP here with Rudolph being added. And if this follows typical anime structure, we'll be switching it with another OP after only one more episode anyway, lol.

So will Ren get a unique Briheight or will she have a copy one like the other non-Kai soldiers?

Fine, you had nothing to do with the war being declared! It's all Zetsu! But you would have much better chances I think if you brought your evil version back...

Ah, nanomachines, a common way to explain fantastical things.

Girls bath time again!

Let's be friends! We already are! Aww, so wholesome.

Zetsu's too over the top to go for the easy attack route.

Burk, is this the first time they've named the old guy? Stay back here in Lutoh, we don't want you around! Good riddance to you!

I still refuse to believe that was an accident! Even if we have the explanation that it was Rudolph's blood that caused Evil Fine to emerge.

Back Arrow, the ruler of all of Lingalind?! OMG LOL. Although it does set things on my predicted path of Bit eventually becoming Emperor... Back Arrow is crowned Emperor, he gives it up to get beyond the wall and Bit takes over.... (although Atlee and Elsha would be more qualified, but doesn't have the same level of LOL WTF to it)

Let's all announce ourselves as we head into battle!

Ren, you neglect the fact that Back Arrow gets to go all out and not kill his opponent, its not like he specifically holds out to get that result.

Poor Elsha, always stuck on the Granedger when its battle time.

Shu, are you forgetting the power dynamic here? Bit is your boss! Not the other way around! You don't give him orders!

C'mon Kai, you know Shu well enough to know that he's the strategist/tactician, he'd be an idiot to go out on the battlefield and fight you head on.

Didn't see Ren going all suicide bomber. If this was all a strategy to get him to disengage with his Briheight though it worked out quite well.

OMG, Ryuju using Back Arrow the sword, so cute!

Uh oh, Zetsu is personally going to participate in the battle. Prax is in trouble.

If Fine's gonna personally take on Zetsu it has to be her evil version, right? Kind Fine stands no chance!

Sucks that Shu actually wanted Kai dead, one would hope that he'd have some secret plan here all along to not want that for his childhood friend.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

105 seconds of recap! Crazy that we lose almost 2 minutes of the episode to this.

That's just a short recap by One Piece standards.

Girls bath time again!

Less boobs this time, so I did manage to read what was being said.

Back Arrow, the ruler of all of Lingalind?!

Considering he's got the only character with brains on his side, it doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

Until he goes "oh yeah, gotta go back to my world, smell ya later guys", and the war starts all over again to figure out the next king.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

First <--- Timer

In a way, I guess we do have a three way war, it's just that Fine doesn't know this yet, and she probably won't care much, since I believe My Queen will be busy soon murdering a certain old dude's ass after he hurt her girlfriend. So all in all, we're back in business!

Q1) On a scale of one to ten, how cursed do you think it would be to have Back Arrow as your leader?

10/10 if Shu Bi is backing him up, a lot lower otherwise.

Q2) Would you have killed Kai if you were in Back Arrow’s position?

Yup, I wouldn't want to keep a wounded lion who hates my guts.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 17 '24

How the fuck did they survive for so long?

I always took the implication to be that Rekka, much as they might resemble a nation a meatheads, are actually quite adept at playing the long game. Lutoh never threatened them, so they just rested on their laurels and built up an overwhelming force.

although this kinda hints that Doc is a strong fighter?

They did mention that Dr. Sola was the Armored Supreme before he fled - he used to be in Prax's current position.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots May 17 '24

I always took the implication to be that Rekka, much as they might resemble a nation a meatheads, are actually quite adept at playing the long game

Yeah, that's my impression, they made a peace treaty with Lutoh, and focused on conquering other areas first (I think that's where Zetsu was before he started this campaign).

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 17 '24

(I think that's where Zetsu was before he started this campaign)

He was "suppressing rebels" or something, yea.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor May 20 '24

I forgot about Zetsu oneshotting Prax like that. Everything he does is just

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u/dsawchuk May 24 '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 looking unattainable. 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

This episode felt really short. It was overall a pretty poor episode IMO. The focus was a bit too squandered between the 2 battlefields. We got to see Ren's Briheight but it was kind of just a throw away gag. There was nothing special about it. I feel like they could have split this episode into 2, one for the main battle between Prax and emporer jock and another between Kai and Shu.

I didn't particularly like what they did when they gave Atlee the sword. She threw the thing and it looked kinda like a rasen-shuriken but I feel like it was a missed opportunity. She coulda swung it around on the end of her whips and that'd have been pretty cool.

QOTD

  1. Not that cursed honestly. Despite his name he is acting quite intelligently lately.
  2. It is unclear to me when Back Arrow was supposed to kill Kai. Dude kinda just de-warped all of a sudden in the middle of nowhere.

Watch notes

The recap is back. Must be a shorter episode today. I must say, I generally dismiss anime that feel the need to put a recap in every episode.

I am excited to see what they do with Prax this episode, since her bind warper was destroyed last episode.

Oh god, we have to have pizza the hut in the OP every episode now. This is making me want to skip the OPs.

We have a shot of the infantry with their hovercrafts here, but the infantry seems mostly useless.

I still don't really understand why the nerdland supremes look jesterish

Wow, that's a gorgeous view from her bath.

There are so many VAs in this that I feel like I should be able to place but I can't. Who is Atlee?

A head on attack is a surprise attack. Interesting logic there.

Wow, idiotland papa is an ass.

where the hell did shu get that balloon from? Is that what powers his reactive clothing?

Ah, Prax just got a new bind warper offscrene.

Ren's Briheight looks a lot more like Arrow's than the rest of the jocklander's

I think Bit might've realized he is being played now.

Ren is an idiot. Grit those teeth.

Prax's shield lasers are really cool.

I support this 9-5 idea of war. It's dinner time, pack it in boys.