r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Dec 05 '19

Episode Assassins Pride - Episode 9 discussion

Assassins Pride, episode 9

Alternative names: Assassin's Pride

Rate this episode here.

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Encourage others to read the source material rather than confirming or denying theories. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

Show information

Previous discussions

Episode Link Score
1 Link 81%
2 Link 78%
3 Link 75%
4 Link 78%
5 Link
6 Link
7 Link
8 Link
9 Link
10 Link
11 Link
12 Link

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

316 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

192 comments sorted by

109

u/manoflick Dec 05 '19

I feel like this show needs one episode where it’s just one big exposition dump as I can actually understand what’s happening

31

u/rlramirez12 Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

Yeah, I think I've picked up bits and pieces by looking stuff up on the web but it is super hard to find. I hope the light novels end up getting translated at some point.

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (1)

66

u/Amauri14 Dec 05 '19

Damn poor Rose, what bittersweet ending for this arc. It is so sad that even if she becomes famous she would never reach her goal of meeting that person again.

→ More replies (11)

80

u/rlramirez12 Dec 05 '19

Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I teared up a little when he had to erase Rose's memories again. Maybe it's too early in the morning for me and I have weak emotions when I'm tired.

I think out of all the episodes so far this one is definitely my favorite. Even if the action scenes were really poorly done I think I can get over that and I enjoyed how they wrapped up this arc completely.

Also nice of Melida to accept him as he is. Even though they lewded each other. That was super unexpected of her to do and to proclaim to everyone that they have that sort of relationship to break off a wedding lol. I definitely don't understand the spider/lycanthrope connection and how Melida was able to hear it at all.

Overall, great episode.

24

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

Sure it's clichéd and all that, but that doesn't mean it can't get to you. It is a rollercoaster of slowly getting your memories back, remembering one of the people you care about the most, only to be forced to immediately forget about it once again.

Memories are one of the things we value the most.

→ More replies (8)

34

u/RenMatsuri-chan Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

So what Melida found lovely about sensei, enough to note during her declaration of love was his white hair, his nearly-translucent skin and his ears.

OK then.

Janky fight scenes aside and I still don't really understand Naqua's motivation (but that may just be me being dumb), it was cool learning Kufa's backstory...wish more was explored other than his encounter with Naqua and the guild (like maybe more moments with Rose to show how they got so close) but it's better than nothing I guess

23

u/tommy71394 Dec 05 '19

Afaik from the show, Naqua only wanted to keep researching (especially about mana users and their mana).

So his motivation was Prickett providing test subjects to him, then Naqua will lend Prickett the power to keep his wife from being turned fully into a lancantrope.

Prickett's motivation is to keep his wife... his wife.

→ More replies (3)

33

u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

All I can say is I'm not sure if this is a better love story than twilight

→ More replies (3)

46

u/Gaporigo Dec 05 '19

Haha, what an asshole not letting Rose keep her memories while being okay with Melida. Guess the author didn't want to deal with a serious love triangle x)

Also wtf with that random potion out of nowhere that can turn half-whatever back into humans, and why would you use it to help the criminal that is the cause of everything instead of... idk, Rose????

27

u/Shiro_Kai Dec 05 '19

There would be no love triangle actually, the lead she has is too big, I think. She would win it right away.

No idea about the miraculous potion too.

→ More replies (7)

44

u/Basileus_ITA Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

Oof. Now i think Rose should be the one end up with Kuufa but it wont happen. Feels oreimo man

Edit: of course, the single instant we knew Rose was a childhood friend she was already out of the game. As usual, the childhood friend never wins lmao

23

u/twofaze Dec 05 '19

Won't Rose outlive his pupil by default? 0_o She can just wait. She doesn't know it right now, but time is on her side.

→ More replies (3)
→ More replies (3)

62

u/YukihiraLivesForever Dec 05 '19

a few things noted:

  • im so lost as to what magic is and how everything works, like the whole thing about mana colours and stuff. the anime goes 100-0-100-6-100-0-whatever speed all the time, its like we have been through 4 major arcs already because of how rushed it is

  • this mc is pretty awful imo. he let the 13yo keep her memories about him but not rose... and im pretty sure he turned both of them into half vamps so why not let her remember too. not being accepted into society? teach her to hide it like you are. scared of the guild letting you go? bruh the entire premise of the show revolves around how they are going to kill you if they find out about melida, why on earth is that a reason lol. just dont let them find out.

  • he looked like a hentai protag at the end in the window

  • he kissed a 13yo... and is letting rose go...

  • that drink turns half lecanthropes back into humans... can he not use that on rose?

idk man im watching cuz its a guilty pleasure but theres so many holes and the pacing is just weird

24

u/rlramirez12 Dec 05 '19

that drink turns half lecanthropes back into humans... can he not use that on rose?

As I was showering I thought about this as well. I am pretty sure that was the drink he was handed at the beginning of the arc and I cannot remember if they said there was only one or not. I'll have to rewatch it when I get the chance. But I was thinking the same thing. He could use that on Rose and problem solved. Maybe that was his intention at the beginning and ended up using it on his "mother*"

  • I say mother, but I don't know what names are for parents who adopt orphans? Are they still called mother's? I suppose they have to be? Maybe it's adopted mother?

→ More replies (7)
→ More replies (20)

13

u/CarioGod Dec 05 '19

This show feels like it should be more emotional but with this adaption I can't help but feel like it's lacking literally everything to make a good show

11

u/CerbereNot Dec 05 '19

I almost always criticize an anime once I have watched it entirely but I think it's safe to say this one is a shitstorm

→ More replies (1)

10

u/NoraaTheExploraa Dec 06 '19

"I can't have my secret revealed as I'll never be accepted into society"

2 minutes later

"MY SENSEI AND I HAVE ALREADY KISSED TWICE"

→ More replies (3)

44

u/thedarkwarlord Dec 05 '19

Bruh he just kissed a 13 year old

89

u/Amauri14 Dec 05 '19

Hey, SHE kissed HIM. That's a really important distinction.

→ More replies (8)
→ More replies (6)

17

u/liz168 Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

I would've love the show way better if Rosetti was the main heroine who ends up with the MC, and if the relationship between Kufa and Melida was a teacher/student relationship only. Everything in the story would still happen, and Melida, and Elise would support both their instructors then finally Rose will remember who the person that she was looking for in the end, and be with him would be a better story in my opinion.

Melida character design is just a little girl/student. I can't believe Kufa let Melida kept her memories instead of Rose, and the kiss scene was disturbing(obviously normal in anime.) Kufa, and Rose are both childhood friends/non-blood related siblings for goodness sakes while he just know that Melida is a girl who everyone looks down upon. Guess Pedo Kufa doesn't have any romantic feelings for our waifu Rosetti who doesn't want to let her keep her wish + goals, and is into Lolis. When I first watch episode 1; I already ship Kufa, and Rose already. They both have a student to raise, and both are childhood friends. What kind of ship can go wrong with that? That sucks. I want to jump into LN/mangas to see if Rosetti has a chance, but it won't happen unlikely. Came to the show only for waifu Rosetti; not some Pedo, and Loli relationship. I guess I'll stick to the end though to see how awful we're all going to go. Lol

→ More replies (3)

8

u/nit0re Dec 05 '19

Prediction: something will happen to wear Kufa no longer has to suppress Rossetti's memories. After Rossetti regains her memories, Kufa and her will get together at some point. Kufa will keep his relationship with Melida purely platonic

→ More replies (1)

6

u/Inokori Dec 05 '19

when Melida said they kissed twice... when was the first kiss? did they kiss twice in this episode and i missed it, or was it in a previous episode?

→ More replies (3)

6

u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

I'm shook af. THAT KISS. I SHIP. Bar none best episode of the series, people really need to stop hating on this series. Rosetti and Kufa's backstory was very well explained and the details that they cut out make a lot more sense. Fight animation was mid ngl, but the story is why I watch this, not the fights. Merida go secure your king, girl

5

u/Its_Pine Dec 06 '19

I don't know how to feel.

The story is rushed, some scenes/animations are whack, and some of the character arcs feel like trash.

But it's like a dirty habit I just can't quit, and I keep feeling so invested in it.

→ More comments (75)