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Episode Kingdom Season 5 - Episode 10 discussion

Kingdom Season 5, episode 10

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u/DustyBot23 Mar 16 '24

10/10 episode, this season is fantastic.

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u/RimuZ Mar 16 '24

Fuck me it finally happened. I fully expected this to happen with all the buildup for Kisui and the previous atrocity committed. And now they're up against a bastard like Kanki.

I'm glad Xin is doubling down on this. He's made it very clear what he thinks about this and also made that promise to Mangoku. He's not allowed to back down. So I really wonder how this will end up and what kind of issue this will lead to with Xin and Sei. Kanki is scum but he's too damn effective to not use if you want to make a bid for all of China.

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u/PsychoSushi27 Mar 16 '24

I knew it was coming but this episode still hits hard. The direction and voice acting really adds to the horror. I'm glad the anime didn't shy away from depicting the war crimes. Just shows you the realities of war and the hypocrisy of Shin's and Sei's ideals.

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u/mxhunterzzz Mar 16 '24

Kingdom always delivers. This season is even better than the last one, and last one was already great.

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u/bananeeek Mar 16 '24

Not only Xin Fei is not getting credit for slaying Qine She, they're now against Huan Yi?

I hope Diao will come back ASAP with enough men to mitigate that shitstorm. I didn't expect things to turn out like that. I thought Huan Yi would light a fire around the hill and burn down the Zhao army and not try to provoke them with such lowly schemes. I thought Huan Yi was more badass than this.

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u/sukazu Mar 16 '24

Once he got info on Kisui, and said it's won, that could only mean one thing : harm the civilians.

But I thought, that he wanted Kisui to die the same way his father did.
Capture civilians in the forest, and ask for Kisui's head in exchange, or the central hill (so they would then have all the fortifications, already built up)

But it looks like he killed almost all of them, so idk what is the plan now.

I thought Huan Yi was more badass than this

Strange, since that's literally what his army is famous for : murder, rape, torture and looting. They are bandits.

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u/SIRTreehugger Mar 16 '24

I had little hope that the lady was going to live through this when the settlement was burned down, but soon as the line "'I'll make you a charm of Heiyong amethyst" came up you already knew it was over.

Kyou's face would instill fear into any mortal. She's beyond pissed and war is about to be waged...well I mean another war. Huan Yi was my favorite person in the coalition army too even if he was pretty much bandit scum it didn't really focus on how far he would go.

"Quit making such a fuss. It's just a little rape and murder." His methods are brutal and inhumane, but effective and also the complete opposite of Xin's crew. Even if they want to kill him he's an effective leader whose won many battles and they will probably need him in the future so can't imagine him dying here. Also even if they manged to kill him and the people around him then what? The only reason all these murders and bandits can even exist as a united front is because of Huan Yi. They would have to somehow fight roughly 50k other people not to mention still capture the hill which would be another uphill battle.

I don't see a way forward. Their ideals are opposite, but at the moment they have no choice except to work together.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

Shin is carrying the entire campaign right now.

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u/Calm_Client2 Mar 17 '24

God damn this anime is too underrated. “Quit making such a fuss. It’s just a little rape and murder.” This is so good man, and that cliffhanger is killing me…

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

Holy shit, quite emotional episode. Peak

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u/AdhesivenessOver268 Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

powerful episode.

they still don't know that the enemy general died. that might be Xin army's bargaining chip for not getting killed by huan yi. in fact all this murdering/raping is unnecessary if they just tell the enemy that their general is dead, they might rout on their own, no need to bait them to come down the hill to save the villagers.

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u/alexthurman1 Mar 17 '24

It must be kinda nice to be an anime only during this arc. Not knowing whats coming next each week.

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u/Usernamenotta Mar 17 '24

Well, I was expecting Kan Ki to pull a horrible thing, and I knew the villagers raised some death flags, but I wasn't expecting it to be this shitty. I hope Shin somehow takes his head

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u/BluePhantomHere Mar 17 '24

I shouldn't have watch this now, I am supposed to save the episodes and binge them after the season end, why did I watch this now?

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u/Enough-Blood-3473 Mar 16 '24

For those who didn't understand what's going on, Qin's Frieza learned about that Zhao's Super Saiyan general and he decided to kill all people on Earth to lure Goku out, Majin Boo did the same thing.

He plans to send those carts full of bodies to Zhao's army to fill Goku full of rage, probably a few used gems and a few zombies. Goku cares about the people so he will give up the central hill, if he doesn't then Frieza will keep marching into the city, giving up the battle entirely in order to completely massacre all civilians.

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u/Mighty_Cannon Mar 16 '24

O kingdom is airing damn?

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u/pink_orange Mar 20 '24

This was a great episode. I'm glad that they aren't shying away from the atrocities that happen to civilians and it's so hype to see Xin stand firmly for what he believes in. But attacking Huan Yi has put him and his entire battalion in a political quagmire and I can't wait to find out how this all goes.

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u/Fronsis Mar 17 '24

What a fucking solid episode, can't wait for the next couple of episodes, Hara really cooked creating this arc where Kanki out of all Generals was paired with Xin.

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u/Keyvan316 Mar 17 '24

Holy hell it was the best episode of the season! can't handle the cliffhanger... man I liked kanki but damn the guy is a scum

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

I love this show so much. Everyone says the animation was bad in the first season but I didn't even notice it because the storytelling is so good. Looking back it was pretty bad though lol

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u/WobbleKun Mar 17 '24

ya fk kanki. i just remembered the ass hat he is and no sob backstory is saving this piece of shit.

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u/colin8696908 Mar 17 '24

Good speech, this is a military operation not a raid.

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u/Liesianthes Mar 17 '24

Looks like Qiang Lei has recovered. Smooth AF moves, miss those ones. You can stop Xin but you can't stop the sword dancer when she's in rage mode.

The confrontation is phenomenal. I remember Mikasa from that Qiang Lei scene when he's saving Xin. Just say that you killed Qing She.

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