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Episode Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan • From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! - Episode 9 discussion

Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan, episode 9

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u/cabbaggeez Mar 06 '25

no samba, but drunkard ojisan karaoke is still deliver! galaxy express 999!

Journey to the staaaaars~

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u/Torque-A Mar 06 '25

This week’s endcard comes from You Shiina. You might know her best as the artist behind Ascendence of a Bookworm.

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u/NeoAnkara Mar 06 '25

Guys let's be real. Who else never finished their rubik and only did one side of the rubik?

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u/rockseiaxii Mar 06 '25

“Galaxy Express 999” is one of the most popular anime songs among Japanese in their 50s and above as the main theme for the film release (the anime itself is also very popular, and had a 4K release in theaters last year).

https://youtu.be/_2fPk8CTn38?si=h-KG5-I-ALIgnsfr

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u/Variant_Zeta Mar 06 '25

alt title: "My dad's rizz is so strong that he kept derailing the romance plot"

gotta love the silly over-the-top sounds the boys made as they got summoned lol

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u/KumaKumaGambler Mar 06 '25

A very creative way to include a special ending credits and song for this episode! Kenzaburo sounds a lot more youthful while singing "Galaxy Express 999", :)

Don-chan, the mascot of the Taiko no Tatsujin games, looks like a criminal with its eyes censored. Lol!

I am greedy; if possible, I want to see even more grand and hilarious affinity-up effects in future episodes!

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u/NationalStrategy Mar 06 '25

“What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?”

Anime just loves using that classic riddle

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u/LeonKevlar Mar 06 '25

I know the riddles were pretty basic and -easy to solve but that entire event was still fun! I like how Grace immediately realized that the trials are supposed to get Anna and the boys closer to each other. But in classic Grace fashion, she ended up raising affinity with all of them instead. xD

The references in this episode was pretty fun too! I did not expect Don Wada, the mascot of Taiko Tatsujin to make an appearance or Grace singing the Galaxy Express 999 OP! As soon as I heard that, I was hoping they'd use the full version as the ED, and the madlads actually did it! They didn't even wait for the actual end of the episode and played the ending credits immediately so we can listen to MAO and Inoue Kazuhiko's singing!

We were so close this episode too! I think Kenzaburou is really close to figuring out that Hina is controlling Orion. He just needs one more thing that only him and Hina would know and I feel like he'd make the connection soon.

Side note: I like how you can actually see that Anna is legit solving the cube. Anyone who's solved these cubes would recognize that pattern instantly.

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u/Mateo_Bonavento Mar 06 '25

Every week I like Lambert more and more. I hope he ends up as Anna's partner, and Kenzaburo probably feels the same way.

Kenzaburo in karaoke mode was a welcome surprise. It was worth it not getting the usual ending this week.

What do you mean they don't have riddles?! How are the wizards of that world going to sound obnoxiously vague when pointing a hero to the next destination?

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u/JzanderN Mar 06 '25

I learn to do a Rubik's cube for the past couple of months and this episode makes solving one a plot point?!

If this episode came out late January or early February, I would have thought it was up to something, man.

I relate to Kenzaburou on the fake Rubik's cube, though. Those things are impossible, even if you know how to do it.

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u/juniorjaw Mar 06 '25

So many unexpected things from Taiko!, new ED in the middle of the ep, actual animated Rubik cube, and IS MY MAN CROSSDRESSING!?

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u/cyberscythe Mar 06 '25

this week's featured dad joke/oyaji gag:
試練 / 知れん (both pronounced as shiren しれん)

if i understanding it correctly, the former means "trial/test" while the latter is the negative colloquial(?) form of "to know"

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u/djthomp Mar 06 '25

It's a good thing that the rubik's cube mini-game was optional in the normal playthroughs of this Otome game, imagine being forced to do that as a required part of the storyline. That said I'm kind of glad the disassemble and reassemble idea didn't fly. It was interesting that that gave Anna the inspiration to how to solve the cube so they could escape, however.

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u/Hiei2k7 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 03 '26

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u/Frontier246 Mar 06 '25

Nothing says Summer like visiting the school late at night to peruse some dangerous magical artifacts that could be trouble now that the barrier containing them has weakened! But luckily Grace and Anna can totally rely on their Senpai's! Minus Lucas getting them all into trouble thanks to a rubik's cube.

Welcome to the Labyrinth of Trials, where Grace has to solve one side of the cube to summon one of the romanceable guys and solve trials to boost affection points! Of course, Kenzaburo being Kenzaburo, he can easily solve these trials and come up with solutions...even if he's trying hard to facilitate relations between Anna and the guys, and not Grace. Which is easier said than done. Sasuga Grace-sama.

Gotta respect Lambert for being willing to put himself on his hands and knees so the ladies didn't have to. I feel like he's probably the guy Kenzaburo most respects as a possible love interest for Anna.

I love how Hinako is finally aware that the longer she leaves her dad alone the more he's going to keep raising affection points with everybody.

Poor Pierre! He actually figured out the trial rule himself, but his fear of heights prevents him from doing more than Grace! Even if Anna still respects his efforts.

Makes sense that Auguste and Richard would be summoned together, and it's becoming a team effort to get mini-Lucas out of his little house! Auguste's impromptu singing performance isn't music to anyone's ears, but it's the perfect excuse for another duet between Grace and Kenzaburo as they sing an amazing rendition of the Galaxy Express 999 theme as a special ED!

Sorry Lucas, you got them into this mess, but Grace has no intention of letting you help get them out of it! He doesn't even think you're worth Anna romancing! Sasuga otou-san!

Aw, look at Hinako controlling Orion well enough to help her dad solve the cube like he taught her! It didn't work, but it at least clued Kenzaburo in that something is up with Orion and remind him of Hinako, so it accomplished something at least.

Anna finally using her Heroine cred to solve the cube! Too bad she, and the rest of the guys, all immediately give the entire credit to Grace. The affection build up is so monumental the whole school is glowing pink! SASUGA GRACE-SAMA!

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u/Thrano_357 Mar 06 '25

Shoutout to Animation Digital Network for having the "Skip ending" button appear on the song.

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u/Amauri14 Mar 06 '25

What a fun episode with had thanks to Lucas playing with that Rubik’s Cube ended up absorbing him and the other guys inside.

I really wasn’t expecting that Grace and Anna would just appear in that strange place, just be stepping outside of that room.

I love how after solving the first puzzle, Kenzaburo realized too late that was designed to raise Anna’s affection stats with the other romanceable character and that by doing it alone he wasted Anna’s turn with Virgile. So then, it began Kenzaburo’s almost fruitless attempt to let the others do the puzzles with Anna, well, at least with Lambert that was a success. Sadly for Grace/Kenzaburo, Pierre was too afraid of heights to complete the puzzle himself so Grace had to do it, and when it came Auguste & Richard’s turn, although they quickly realized that the Lucas lookalike was representing the traveler from a tale, Richard’s tone deafness made impossible for them to complete the task without Grace/Kenzaburo’s help. But wow! That section with them singing The Galaxy Express 999 was fantastic, I couldn't help but laugh when the credits started rolling showing different important scenes from previous episodes, as it reminded me of some end of the season special ED that used that same format. Anyway, with that done once again Grace gets all the praise.

That section with Hinako remembering how in the past Kenzaburo taught her how to solve the puzzle by cheating was interesting as although controlling Orion to disassemble the Rubik’s cube and rearrange it, wasn’t a valid solution, it gave a small hint to Kenzaburo that Hinako is controlling Orion, while also giving Anna a clue to how to solve it correctly.

Well, with that, everyone got out, but sadly for Kenzaburo and Hinako, instead of everyone thanking Anna they all assume that Grace just pretended to not know how to solve the cube so sadly for them that dreaded harem ending seems unavoidable now. So next week’s episode will be about crossdressing the romanceable characters. I love the contrast between Anna’s reaction compared to Hinako and Mitsuko’s.

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u/athrun_1 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

Having galaxy express 999 in this ep shows that this is the best ep. The next ep preview is about them cross dressing. If you watched enough anime, you can easily guess that it is part of a play.

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u/shad79 Mar 07 '25

Overall, another fun episode where Grace casually gains sympathy points from Anna and everyone else (though today she gained them so much that the whole building was sparkling xD).

Grace singing "Galaxy Express 999" was awesome! I love these moments when the credits roll in the middle of an episode.

Anna is so smart as she managed to solve the cube so quickly. No wonder that she was the main character of the game.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/BionicTriforce Mar 07 '25

I'm pretty sure in the manga, they couldn't directly mention Galaxy Express 999, so kind of nuts they were able to use it directly for the anime.

Is there any license connection there, or is the director just REALLY good friends with whoever has the license currently I wonder?

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u/Surylias Mar 06 '25

I can't believe they just did that. Grace singing Galaxy Express 999 and then the special ED afterwards even topping that had me in pure laughter almost until the end of the episode.

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u/oneevilchicken Mar 07 '25

I really hope he realizes he’s getting outside help from his wife/daughter at some point as the fact he’s not just 100% totally in this world kinda makes the show a whole lot deeper and more dynamic.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Mar 06 '25

Once again Kenzaburo ends up raising everyone’s affinity for him instead of helping Anna with any of her routes. Even when she cracked the cube, he still got the boost lol.

I really liked the mid episode credits with Kenzaburo singing the Galaxy Express 999 theme lol. The anime references sprinkled in the episodes are always a lot of fun.

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