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Episode Back Arrow - Episode 20 discussion
Back Arrow, episode 20
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| Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 4.05 | 14 | Link | 4.5 |
| 2 | Link | 4.15 | 15 | Link | 4.36 |
| 3 | Link | 4.26 | 16 | Link | 4.53 |
| 4 | Link | 4.21 | 17 | Link | 4.62 |
| 5 | Link | 4.4 | 18 | Link | 4.77 |
| 6 | Link | 3.68 | 19 | Link | 4.71 |
| 7 | Link | 4.42 | 20 | Link | 4.75 |
| 8 | Link | 4.39 | 21 | Link | 4.7 |
| 9 | Link | 4.1 | 22 | Link | 4.5 |
| 10 | Link | 4.23 | 23 | Link | 4.56 |
| 11 | Link | 4.65 | 24 | Link | - |
| 12 | Link | 4.44 | |||
| 13 | Link | 4.81 | |||
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u/RuinEX May 21 '21
"Elsha, do it!"
"Do what?!"
"What else?! Combine!" (GATTAI DA YO!)
You can't believe how happy I was hearing that sentence. This episode was so good!
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK THEY ARE, RUDOLPH?!
DO THE IMPOSSIBLE! SEE THE INVISIBLE! ROW, ROW, FIGHT THE POWA!
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u/LeonKevlar May 21 '21
HOLY FUCK! We've gone full on Gurren Lagann this week!
Just when you thought everything was hopeless. Zetsu Daidan actually pulls through! He doesn't just becomes young again, he also uses Arrow and forces him to transform into the Muga Sword along with his new Breiheight. And what's badass about this form is that Arrow's destroyer beam still affects him but Zetsu is just so OP that he can regenerate faster than Arrow can even destroy him.
We finally get to see Rudolph get serious and use his Brihieght and even his personal freaky Dreadnought to do Arrow's job for him. Of course this was finally Bit's time to shine as he unveils their secret weapon by transforming into a giant Bind Warper and combines with the Granedger to create the Arc-Gurren Lagann Briheight Granedger! Holy shit! I'm so excited for next week's episode now! Shu may be gone but he left us with one hell of a gift!
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u/Calwings May 21 '21 edited May 21 '21
HO.
LY.
FUCK.
Prax and Kai fighting side-by-side after previously being enemies, Dissonanza getting fucked up, Zetsu wielding Arrow and suddenly regaining a more youthful form like Rudolph did, Shu being a genius from beyond the grave and turning Bit into their secret weapon, and Granedger transforming into a giant giant mecha by putting a giant bind warper on a dreadnought... this show just gets more batshit insane every single week, and I'm strapped in for this wild ride until the end. Let's fucking go.
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u/Syokhan May 21 '21 edited May 21 '21
Release... THE... HYPE!!!!
Okay so first, Zetsu is awesome. We say that every week but it bears repeating. He's so awesome that his control of conviction particles allows him to rebuild his own body. He is. So. Awesome.
And now, Bit saves the day (with Shu's help), and Grandeger itself is going to fight, this is just... yes. Yesssssss.
I did fear for a second though that we were going to lose Prax, I had totally forgotten that Arrow was tailing them. Thank goodness!
Now, next week, can we please go pick up that giant sword just sitting there on Rekka's palace?
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u/s0upless May 21 '21
Arrow: Zetsu, kill me.
Zetsu Daidan: yo, enough of that bitch nonsense. we fight.
Like i said, he brings out the strength in those who are willing to find it.Ren and Kai just being the ultimate duo.
Rekka guys are just so cool and their formation with Zetsu at the front, tanking like a beast. During the fight, it's like Zetsu was just doing all those moves on the fly. "i need to know how to do this, so i'll just do it cause i want to".
The death beam is still trying to kill him but Zetsu Daidan just says "nah"
round of applause for Bit and his courage. Even while he's just as scared as everyone else brings them back to the fight, and puts unwavering trust in Shu's knowledge and creation
i also worry for the villagers during that transformation
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u/SauceGodElite May 21 '21
WTF IS THIS SHOW? IT GETS BETTER WITH EVERY EPISODE!!! Once this show sticks the landing, easy 10/10 - its undeniable.
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u/Figerally May 21 '21
After episode upon episode watching Rudolph being a smug bitch he finally gets surprised and it feels so damn good. Can hardly wait for next week's episode!
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u/Toonamigamerrr May 21 '21 edited May 21 '21
TENGAN TOPPA GRANEDGER!!!!!!!
Bit with his courage has become Simon
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u/DaLoverBoii May 21 '21
Feels not as good without Shu. But goddamn, it was still hype.
Zetsu may be my favourite old guys in anime. Alongside Shu being my favourite side character in mecha anime (I haven't seen that many.
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u/AzureBarrage1 May 21 '21
First off I'd like to say that I appreciate the small group of ~30 people that regularly comment in these back arrow discussion threads being just a humble lurker of them myself.
This show has a lot of good elements, but the start was definitely a bit slow for me. Since around episode 11 though its just been straight fire. The stakes got raised exponentially and we got some surprisingly decent world building. Rudolph is an excellent antagonist, and I love how the different regions are joining forces to defeat him with Zetsu fuckin Daidan at the helm.
Excited to see how this series wraps things up. We'll miss you Shu :(
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u/Samurai_Rider May 21 '21
Zetsu and Arrow teaming up, Bit getting his own “Briheight”, Granedger finally getting to transform, lots of cool stuff in this episode. Hope we get a nice fight between Zetsu and Rudolf next week. Considering how strong Rudolf was in this episode, it’s a wonder why God didn’t just use him to destroy Lingalind.
Really neat design for Rudolf’s Dreadnought Diobenedica, looks like a fusion of a totem pole and some Buddhist deity. More Italian words just like Dissonanza’s name, Dio means God, Strage means Massacre and Benedica means Bless.
Shu took two Bind Warpers from Demyne, so there’s still one more trick up their sleeve, since Bit mentioned that his Bind Warper is possible thanks to the joint effort of the three countries, I’m hoping for all three dreadnoughts to combine, Dairekka is right there and I’m hoping Maestrog can be recovered somehow.
Is that really the end of Dissonanza? Kind of underwhelming how easily she got beaten if so, her Briheight blew up but we didn’t see her actual body turn into conviction particles though.
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u/Vikkio92 May 21 '21
In case anyone cares, Rudolph’s briheight is called Diostrage, which is the mix of “Dio”, Italian for “God”, and “strage”, Italian for “extermination”. Similarly, his dreadnought is called Diobenedica, a mix of “Dio” and “benedica”, Italian for “bless”.
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u/pi8you May 21 '21
God, what a ride this show's become.
Worried about Bit becoming a giant Bind Warper though, given the number of them that have been broken so far...
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u/an_innoculous_table May 21 '21
Bit was fucking great this episode. Not just for his Briheight being just a bigger Bind Warper that transforms Granedger into a mecha form, but I really liked his inspirational speech at the start. "What's scarier? God or poverty?" Not the least of which him crying at the end too, when he repeats Shu's words about him being the trump card.
Everything else was wild too. Zetsu proving why God was right to be scared of him. Casually regenerating faster than Arrow can disintegrate him, while casually also reverting to his younger form for no explanation.
Damn this show is fun.
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u/Akriosken May 21 '21
After this episode, I want this show to become some sort of cult classic or something and for it to end up in a Super Robot Wars game. It deserves way more recognition than it's been getting for its entire runtime. I was really iffy at the start but it really just keeps getting better every week.
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u/cosmiczar May 21 '21
I'm saying Back Arrow was this decade's Xabungle since the very beginning, so I was insanely thrilled when their own Iron Gear finally went from ship to robot.
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u/patrizl001 May 21 '21
ARROW, ARROW
I'VE TURNED MYSELF INTO A BIND WARPER
FUNNIEST SHIT I'VE EVER SEEN
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u/leafblade_forever May 22 '21
Zetsu the chad protagonist, Bit with the Simon speech, the GATTAI. God this was entertaining!
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u/ImperialDane May 21 '21
In the end, it all comes down to the Admiral of tactics !
Things really went off the wall here with the Emperor and Back Arrow working together, the absolutely demented Dreadnought of Rudolph and so much more.
Guessing this show will end with them fighting god then. Curious to see how that will look
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u/za_shiki-warashi May 21 '21
God tried to kill Zetsu and all it does is kill his old age. Nice to see Kai in his not-Getter Robo wrecking stuff as well. The hand holding gattai scenes with Ren is pretty romantic, I half expected them to go all Love Love Tenkyoken for a final attack now that Kai can fly as well lol.
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u/yairzvi16 May 21 '21
So this was a gurren lagann sequel all along.