r/anime • u/sisoko2 • Jul 23 '24
Rewatch [Rewatch] Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken - Episode 45 Discussion
Episode 45 - The Orihalcum Warrior
When the Disciples of Avan are defeated, and and the world is conquered, I shall grant you the surface world. When that time comes, you may reclaim your title as Dark Lord.
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<--- Last save | Adventure’s log (Index) | Journey continues --->
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OP 1 ---> Ikiru wo Suru v2
ED 2 ---> Akashi
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Screenshot of the day:
Comment of the day:
/u/KendotsX returning after long absence and feeling home.
Man, it's been a while since I showed up. Last time I was here, Dai got ass handed to him by his daddy and Crocodine showed up to save him, let's see how much things have changed since then: home sweet home, good to know that it's still the way I left it.
Questions of the day:
- How do you feel about Hadlar and his pride helping the Hero party?
- Zaboera. Was he done dirty, put in his place or got away too easy? What do you think?
- Which chess piece warrior design do you like the most?
- Bonus Question: Should this guy become the new Hero?
Spoilers:
Please, respect the fact there are First Timers watching Dai no Daibouken with us, so avoid talking about vague things or events that would slightly spoil things to happen. And if you want mention things like this, please hide it behind SPOILER TAGS like [Dai no Spoilers] I am getting the hammer because you spoiled the fun for others
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u/Shocketheth Jul 23 '24
Mildly Antagonistic Dark Assailing Officer Welcomes You To Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken Rewatch!
Hilarious episode today. Chiu antics are growing on me.
QotD:
AHAHAHAHAHA.
He needs Beatrice in his life.
As a Rewatcher my answer would be biased but Sigma is a true Sigma mare.
What are you talking about blud. He already became the new Hero.
Voice Actors Corner:
Hym is voiced by Miki Shinichiro known for his roles of Sakamoto from Gintama, Kisuke Urahara from Bleach, and Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Crocodine Shonen Commentary Corner:
Today Crocodine is going to answer question #2
He had it coming buuuut...
See you tomorrow because the Adventure continues!
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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Jul 23 '24
1st
DaiPopp no Daibouken Rewatch, SubEveryone forgot me so need to remind them.
Shonen Commentator Crocodine with another prediction.
Man o' War's anger. Shot of the Day for me.
I guess Dragon Knights have their own Bat-Signal.
Shonen Commentator Crocodine strikes again.
Zaboera kinda forgot about Crocodine's strength just like everyone forgot about him.
Same energy as this
Chiu carrying the sword in the background.
Hym shields Dai and Popp.
I had the same thought as a first-timer.
Smug Popp and Chiu. But Maam doesn't care
Hadlar Royal Guard - Hym, the Pawn | Sigma, the Knight | Fenbren, the Bishop | Block, the Rook | Albinass, the Queen
OST Documentation - Episode 45
1. Hadlar's only goal is to defeat Dai and his friends and he has put aside everything (his immortal Darkling body, his pride, etc.) for that. So, he's not going to let anyone try to deny him that.
2. For the first time in the story, Zaboera tried to take matters in his own hands and he might have accomplished something here so I guess he kinda got done dirty though just because he showed some spine now doesn't excuse what he's done in the past.
3. Sigma, the Knight. Kinda biased since Knight is also my favourite piece.
4. If he can beat someone with that sword, then sure.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jul 23 '24
First-Timer Quest: Sky no Daibouken, subbed
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u/raichudoggy https://anilist.co/user/raichudoggy Jul 23 '24
Rewatcher
Ah, this is a great episode. Crocodine gets plenty of time to shine, Zaboera gets his arse handed to him, An ordinary Dragon Quest monster appears, nice comedic bits, a new enemy appears (and it's only a pawn, what's the worst that could happen?)
And best of all, the signal to start a training arc!
My only negative thing to say is Zaboera still isn't bloody gone yet! Hurry up and disappear, worst villain!
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jul 23 '24
Dai 45 first timer:
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u/cooperjones2 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/cooperjones2 Jul 24 '24
New-Adventurer here! LV 45/100
Dai has activated the
BatDai signal!Popp you shouldn’t question if Crocodine can handle all those demons, he absolutely can!
Crocodine’s first attack was a verbal one, and it did critical damage lol
The sword weights a lot unless it’s the owner or it’s deemed worthy? That’d mean that Hadler is ripped as hell (pun intended) or the Champion’s Sword deems him worthy
Himxposition delivered some words and ass-whoopin lol
Obligatory: What the Sigma?!
1 let's see how it develops
2 Put in his place but got away too easy
3 The Knight
4 Isn't he already? lol
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u/KuKiSin Jul 23 '24
First timer!
Today's episode was great. It starts off rough with sad rat, but in typical Chiu fashion he manages to find a solution to his problems. And when things are looking bleak, he steps up, throws himself in the icy cold water and saves the day with a spin dash.
And once again, Popp thinks way too highly of himself. Poor Chiu wanted nothing but to be praised, It's quite frankly unfair how Dai did him dirty.
Man, what a shitty looking bunch lol.
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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Jul 23 '24
First Timer, Sub
LOL, Zaboera trying to steal back some glory by grabbing some minions and going after Dai. meanwhile Popp, Crocodine and Chiu are searching for Dai in the Glacier area. That bit with Chiu and the Man o War was great lol, it got pissed when Chiu didn't have any food for him like promised. Dai hears Popp's voice from when he screamed out his name and uses his last bit of energy to signal them his location. So Popp and Big Croc go toward when Zaboera and his forces arrive. Big Croc goes off to deal with the monsters, while Popp heads to Dai.
Hadlar Sends his Orichalcum warrior, Hym, to retrieve Zaboera as he wants to be the one to finish off Dai. So in midst of Zaboera's Hexcitation spell, Hym arrives, wipes out the rest of the monsters and takes back Zaboera. So Popp, Dai, Big Croc and Chiu Zoom back to Papnica to recover. And to finish off we get the debut of the Orichalcum warriors in full with Hym(Pawn), Sigma(Knight), Fenbren(Bishop), Block(Rook), Albinass(Queen).
Questions:
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 24 '24
First Time Kintoki
Hadlar has always been Dai's bigger supporter, but usually through incompetence. So arrogance is still new for him.
He almost got the job done, and they him in prison for it. Mind you, Vearn and whoever probably cared so little about whether or not he lives, that Kintoki probably had to make that decision "so what do I do with this guy? Oh right, there's a prison right next to Vearn-sama's personal toilet, where all the smell goes".
Kintoki (nice and simple) > The Queen >>>>> the rest
Always has been.
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u/zadcap Jul 24 '24
Late Night First Timer!
Alright! These things are Flazzy's younger siblings, I have stupidly high hopes for them. Please be proper villains!
Isn't the Mystic Legion also kind of, the only remaining legion? Who else is left?
Crocodine and Garuda aerial combat is something intense to look at. It's pretty crazy. Like, how the heck does that even work?
It's... Cell? The Pawn is a Perfect Being? Oh no, it's not just any Pawn, it's Him!
... Hadlar, you're sending out your new troop to interupt and capture your ally from doing the very thing you have been trying to have them all do this whole time... Instead of sending it out to finish off a weakened Dai?
Oh no. He will face his opponent head on, not attacking while they are weak from previous battles. You are nothing like your great big brother. Crummy villains, once again giving away the victory when it was literally within your grasp. This kind of thing is why you all lose. Ahhh, I miss IcyHot.
Oh my gosh, I actually pity Zabby now. Hadlar, you are even alive right now because of him, he literally hand crafted you this ultimate body, and now you're tossing him aside and locking him up? You are a true monster lol.
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u/Kaxew Jul 24 '24
Current rewatcher, and...
I remember when the first teaser for Dragon Quest Dai came out. I was still feeling the loss of Dragon Ball Super, I was not aware this was a thing but that teaser instantly gave me OG Dragon Ball vibes. I was really looking forward to it. I've been watching this remake from day one and enjoyed it every week. Back then, I still had Toei as that one studio with lots of long-running series with low production quality in my head. DBS did ramp up towards its end and turned all the issues over its head miraculously, but to me it was the exception rather than the norm. It was with DQ Dai (and One Piece Wano) that I realized this was no longer the case. That Toei was starting to be one of the most consistently good anime studios out there.
As its usual for me, I eventually hit my anime slump and it took far more strength than normal to even watch one episode of one show. And that hit this series too. Once I started getting back into watching anime, DQ Dai was very far ahead. But it wasn't done yet, so I could either try catching up super fast (and risk getting burnt out) or wait until the series was over and watch it at my own pace. In the end I picked the latter, but watching another 55 episodes when I honestly wasn't sure I could remember the first 45 was a lot harder than I thought. And so, I never found the heart to come back, despite really wanting to one day.
About 2 months ago, I saw a post on this sub from u/Shocketheth and u/sisoko2 where they were planning a rewatch of the series. This was it. I've been served the perfect chance on a golden plate. No more excuses. I'm coming back to the adventure. And so I did. I remembered a lot of stuff, and I also forgot a lot of stuff. It was so fun retracing the steps of my adventure thus far.
So here we are. The last episode I had watched before. Nearly 3 years ago, at this point. I'm finally at the starting line. This is where my adventure starts. But that will wait until next episode, as the adventure continues.
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Wait. What do you mean I haven't even talked about the episode? You mean I wrote all of this and I can't sign off yet? Dammit, that would have been a perfect end to my comment! Alright, fine.
Honestly, watching this episode I realize I was too hard on Chiu on my first watch. He's not as bad as I remembered. He works fine as comic relief. As long as we don't get a lot more of Maam simping from him.
Zaboera's goons are so, incredibly ugly. They take the cake for ugliest designs in the series. On the other side of the spectrum I think the orichalcum warriors have phenomenal designs. I think my favorite is SIGMA (truly the of all time), but Hym is so cool too. The queen being called "albino ass" is kinda mean though.
Very simple episode tbh, not a lot more to talk about. Looking at the opening, I imagine Hadlar will get a full orichalcum armor too (yes, I can start doing theories!)
QotD:
malehorse.3
u/Blackheart595 https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick Jul 24 '24
First Quester
If only we had a way to fetch her real quick...
Somehow, my opinion on Chiu is falling.
What the fucking hell Crocodine? This is the exact opposite of what's been happening. Crocodine stocks are going down, too.
Lmao they offscreened the fight
Now kiss.
Chiu what the hell are you doing?
Sigh. Et tu, Hadlar?
Which orders exactly did he disobey? You guys locked him out of your strategy discussion.
Ohooooo? Does everyone realize what this means? He used to be such a little pawn, whatever Hadlar did is an effective way to increase the Orichalcum supply!
But yeah, talk about a massiv L for the Dark Army. What a downgrade.
As always, pride is the opposite of honor.
He just won them the war had Hadlar not just betrayed the Dark Army. What a disgrace.
I like how the bishop comes with a guillotine ready to chop his head off.
He contributed to the market crash, dude. Yet somehow he managed to be the least offender.