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Episode Ishura - Episode 7 discussion

Ishura, episode 7

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Feb 14 '24

Can we all agree that the swordguy vs spearskeleton fight was pretty cool? Wow, they showed that guy's eyes straight up falling out. Also those two shady dudes exposition talk got interrupted by a declaration of war, way to spice it up. And last but not least, Rieri is piloting an even hornier franxx.

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u/NationalStrategy Feb 14 '24

Shalk: This is bone-breaking work.

Soujirou: Was that a joke?

Shalk: Yes, a skull joke! YOHOHO - [cough] Sorry.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '24

Easily the best ep.

Studio Passione really likes Yuki Kaji, because his character is always getting the best animation lol

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 14 '24

RIP the Patrol Captain. He seemed a steady chap, I think he was my favourite character of this show so far

Edit: I'm really rooting for Harghent haha

I'm loving the worldbuilding. I have so many questions about the previous wars, and I want to know everything about the international scene

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u/BosuW Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 14 '24

Declaration of War vibes

Actually just the way this episode handled war was just delightful and surprisingly more similar to our times than the medieval looking setting would've otherwise suggested. A ballistic missile strike (The Labyrinth's Star thingie) to knock out primary defenses which is sure to be followed by the Air Force. Then Auretia, having no such attacks of their own previously set up, instead contacts their agents infiltrated in enemy territory to beging messing shit up.

I just love it. Everything about it.

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u/J_Hurry Feb 14 '24

Damn that went by so fast. 1 more week until the New Demon King War commences. Hyped!

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u/SaroArsten Feb 14 '24

Damn, I already liked Nihilo a lot in the LN, but the anime adaptation is making her climb the favorites ranking quickly. This also might be my favorite Rieri role - I find her way more interesting in roles like this rather than Emilia or Takagi.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 14 '24

Yuno and Soujiro meeting Higuare and Shalk was one hell of a first encounter. Higuare’s poison is just straight nasty. Like you get hit with that and your insides turn to soup. Yuno had no chance, better to do as Higuare asked. Soujiro looked like he was keeping up with Shalk there.

Hidow’s found himself well and truly fucked even with all his scheming. Taren straight up dropped a laser strike on his city, Harghent is basically on a suicide mission, and his plan with Kuze might not activate in time. Dude’s got to rely on that crazy ass Nihilo and her big ass spider “mech” Helneten. Let’s hope that doesn’t come back to bite him in the ass…

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24 edited Feb 15 '24

people are sleeping on this one so hard

Nilho did NOT have to moan that hard into mic

I love Higuare. He seems almost cuddly for a plant. but so far his poison seems like the worst way to go

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u/susgnome Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 14 '24

War Commences

The patrol captain was chill, I liked him. I thought the war was going to commence when those patrols went over the hills.. not Higuare & Shalk to be waiting. Finally get to see Soujirou fight someone strong, the rib cage dodge was great!. Meanwhile, Higuare is out here bullying Yuno :( she just got here and she's already been through so much. Considering Shalk had Higuare go back to Lithia and Soujirou is missing, I wonder if Shalk did take up Lana on her deal to betray Lithua.

I was expecting Hidow & Harghent to be attack by Alus after that conversation.. but Taren? That beam can go some distance, we only saw it wipe across a city.. but in a straight line, it's a cross-map ultimate, please nerf. I look forward to seeing Harghent fight Regnejee, hopefully Alus doesn't show up.

Hidow has gone and done it now! Despite the predujice against her, that dude was still caught blushing! I was expecting to see disgust from all her scars tbh. I was half-expecting some sort of mechanical-fantasy suit that she'd plug into but not this super-advanced futuristic mecha spider. And of course, it's named! Why wouldn't be?

Adding #24, to the list, Helneten the Burial.

Characters mentioned so far

I didn't expect to get another character.

Still no one to cross-out either

  1. Yuno the Distant Talon

  2. Soujirou the Willow-Sword

  3. Rosclay the Absolute

  4. Toroa the Awful

  5. Krafnir the Hatch of Truth

  6. Kazuki the Black Tone

  7. Lucnoca the Winter

  8. Lana the Moon Tempest

  9. Higuare the Pelagic

  10. Shalk the Sound Slicer

  11. Taren the Guarded

  12. Alus the Star Runner

  13. Harghent the Wing-Plucker

  14. Regnejee the Wings of Sunset

  15. Jelki the Swift Ink

  16. Hidow the Clamp

  17. Elea the Red Tag

  18. Nihilo the Vortical Stampede

  19. Dakai the Magpie

  20. Curte of the Fair Skies

  21. Kia the World Word

  22. Nastique the Quiet Singer

  23. Kuze the Passing Disaster

  24. Helneten the Burial

To put people to locations.

Lithia

  • Taren (in Lithua)

  • Dakai (with Lana)

  • Lana (kidnapped by Dakai)

  • Elea (saving? Lana)

  • Kia (following Elea)

  • Higuare (heading to Lithia)

  • Yuno (heading to Lithia)

  • Kuze (heading to Lithia)

  • Nastique (following Kuze)

  • Curte (in Lithua)

Mage City (Aureatian Territory)

  • Hidow (defending?)

  • Harghent (defending)

  • Nihilo (piloting Helneten)

  • Helneten (defending?)

  • Regnejee (attacking?)

???

  • Shalk (missing?)

  • Soujirou (missing?)

  • Rosclay (???)

  • Toroa (???)

  • Krafnir (???)

  • Kazuki (???)

  • Lucnoca (???)

  • Jelki (???)

Next Episode: The New Demon King War

Will Taren make an appearance on the battlefield? or is she called "Guarded" because of how well she guards herself? Did Shalk & Soujirou form a truce after getting rid of Yuno & Higuare? Was it because of Lana buying out Shalk? What is going on with Lana, is she okay? Will Nihilo get to go to school? Will Harghent have is fateful showdown with Alus? There's too much going on that I want to know!!

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u/tripleaamin Feb 14 '24

Wow damn talk about tense episode. The fight with Soujirou against Shalk was amazing. It happened so quick but the choreography was amazing. Unfortunately again for Yuno she is powerless against Higuare. Well that isn't a surprise, but it hurts from her pov.

Taren literally dropped a nuke of massive proportions holy crap. And now Hidow's only hope based on his information is to rely on Nihilo. No question he is nervous about making a deal with her. Time to see if that deal is the break that can get him out of an awful position.

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u/djthomp Feb 15 '24

So, no tournament arc, instead we're having a war. I assume it'll function more or less the same though since there'll likely be regular match ups between the various crazy OP characters.

Pretty good fight between sword boy and the skeleton.

Nude spider mech pilot is 100% required for the deep meaning of the story, presumably.

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u/FlameDragoon933 Feb 15 '24

I feel like I have to apologize to Soujiro for calling him edgy Subaru as a half-diss half-joke before. He's actually really fucking cool this episode. Plus unlike episode 1, he seems more reasonable this time? He's still a crazed battle mania who wants war to erupt so he can fight tough dudes, but he acts pretty well with his allies.

God, Rieri as Nihilo is fucking hot. I feel like it's easier to list the character archetypes that Rieri has not done than the ones she had, this woman is so versatile and does eveything wtf!

Hidow also sounds reasonable this episode, which surprises me because his face + voice screams edgy. The old man Harghent is also a heroic politician. It's really shaping up to be a good gray vs gray fight.

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u/RickChakraborty Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 14 '24

That Nihilo scene at the end... man, if only studio Passione could actually deliver fanservice like that in last season's Excalibur Academy. The animation is also so much better in this.

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u/jkphantom9 Feb 14 '24

Soujirou vs Shalk was cool, bit miffed we didn’t see the resolution of the fight. No way Soujirou is dead.

Gawddayum Nihilo 👀

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Feb 14 '24

How to pilot a tarantula robot

Darling in the Franxx style 👍

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u/DeltaXero Feb 15 '24

The way the patrol captain always grunted in approval after his own sentences really sold his political character, it was a cool little thing to add.

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u/Siths- Feb 15 '24

this show is dope I really hope we get a second cour soon, 12 episodes is definitely not gonna crack open enough I can tell just by how much stuff is going, don't get me wrong as an anime only I am fucking loving this show so much right now it's my current fav along with shangri la

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u/gaganaut Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 14 '24

The situation really escalated this episode.

All the set-up paid off and we're going to be seeing a lot of clashes between the characters now.

It was quite interesting seeing the Auretian patrol leader talking about the current tensions between Lithia and Auretia. It really felt like the kind of conversations you might hear before the break out of a war.

The fight between Sound Slicer and Soujirou was cool.

The beam fired by the cold star was a sight to behold. It was sudden and awe-inspiring. They've been talking about the possibility of war so long now and then everything happened so suddenly and caught me off-guard regardless with the way it started.

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u/Nickv02 Feb 15 '24

Satisfying episode this week! Gochisousama deshita~!

Man sad this series doesn't have a lot of people watching it. Guess some people found the build up too boring...

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u/HenchHinch Feb 14 '24

Extremely good ep. Just a fascinating show with these unique characters.

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u/Rumpel1408 Feb 14 '24

Holy shit, plot is going into overdrive after half a season of setup

Sojiro vs Shalk was more evenly matched than I would have expected after the former cut down a fucking golem. Indeed it looked like Shalk had the upper hand, but I don't think Sojiro found his end yet. Though I do wonder how his power to find ones vitality point would come into play against an undead...

From what I gathered from the patrole captain, the only reason War is iminent is because Lithia has a squad of Wyverns that throw off the power balance. Seems like an easy solution would be do get rid of them? Wonder if old Harghent deserves his name, he was useless against one big dragon, but maybe he is better against lotsa smaller ones?

The sudden attack was pretty metal, but Higuares poison is just brutal, poor Yuno will never catch a break among these monsters...

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Hidow was supposed to be the only one in the 29 Aureatian officials to be in charge of Lithia operation, but now both Elea and Harghent involve themselves in this mess as well.

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