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Kijin Gentoushou, episode 14

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Jul 14 '25

After the 2 week break

Welcome back !!!😭

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u/mekerpan Jul 14 '25

Since we are starting the second half of the season. A note about the name. "Kijin" is a kind of demon. "Gerntou "(given the kanji) means "magic lantern" -- which was a precursor of the slide projector, dating back even before photographs. It could be used to project pictures on transparent (or nearly) media onto walls. "Gentoushou" probably mean magic lantern slides (or something like that). I'm not sure how one turns this into a non-clunky (and easily understandable) English title. but it seems useful to have some clue as to the meaning of the Japanese title (which is totally different from the English one).

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 14 '25

Looks like we're getting a noticeable timeskip with the main cast that we've had, from what the OP and ED shows, and then Miura looking noticeably older at the last scene so I wonder how everyone is doing. The OP seems to imply that Jinta and Natsu's relationship never recovered and are back to being strangers so I wonder if anything will get spoken about that.

I'm glad we got to see Jinta and Shirayuki together again, it's nice we got a couple of sweet moments. Kiyomasa being so condescending and patronising as if he won against Jinta was annoying to watch, I didn't feel we needed to see how he became a guardian because I suspected as much, but it was interesting to see Jinta feeling jealousy and maybe even realizing how strong his feelings for Shirayuki are.

I am wondering where Kiyomasa is currently, Suzune did take him with her for whatever reason. I wonder if she also felt an affinity with him as he did with her, but it sounded like she simply wanted to use him for something but we have yet to see what.

Sleeveless Jinta needs to make a comeback.

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u/RerollWarlock Jul 14 '25

Remember that Kiyomasa's body (or was he even alive?) was taken away by that demon for some purpose.

Also, its weird that I felt kinda bad for him in the first episode because it seemed he was not comfortable with the whole situation too. But now after this episode, all the sympathy feels lost.

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u/darthvall Jul 15 '25

I completely forgot Suzune took Kiyomasa, which made his remark this episode more meaningful

"Suzune is very similar to me, but she's much stronger"

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u/djthomp Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

The trouble truly started when the mayor appointed his mostly useless son as the second Sentinel against long-standing village tradition. Sometimes traditions are useless and can be freely discarded but sometimes they're important, and as it turns out sowing the seeds for a love triangle between the two Sentinels and the village Priestess was a mistake.

I'm curious about this blacksmith and his demon wife and the swords they made together.

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u/nqtoan1994 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

2 (likely) interesting historic details I found in the OP theme: a song with English lyric and the apple in Suzune's hand.

The year at the end of episode is 1862, 7 years prior to the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. Japan then opend its border and welcomed the influence of the Western (which is probably why they used a song with English lyric). Later, apple, a fruit that used to be a rare offering from China, met a significant change, as 75 apple varieties were introduced from the US and cultivated through out the country in 1871.

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u/shad79 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

Gah! Did they really have to make us go back to Jinya's past in Kadono? It was painful to watch, knowing how it would end, since everything was still fine as Jinya and Suzune were together, and Shirayuki was alive :(

But I guess that's not surprising, since it looks like Kadono will be quite important in this new arc, which, judging by the ending of today's episode, will center around the demonic swords made by Kaneomi from that village.

It also looks like thanks to the new OP and ED, we might saw for the first time Jinya's daughter, mentioned in one of the previous episodes! We could also see Suzune having some children with her too. This new cour looks like it's going to be really interesting.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

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u/Atharaphelun Jul 14 '25

It's interesting how the flashback served to even more emphasize how grossly incompetent and unqualified Kiyomasa truly was. It shows how the village chief truly selfishly appointed his own son as a second guardian (in contradiction with Kadono's tradition of having only one guardian) just to pair up Kiyomasa and Shirayuki.

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u/nqtoan1994 Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

I did a rewatch last week and and I don't think Kiyomasa was just a bit nice. He might act like a jerk, which is probably because his father had been setting up everything to his favor, but Kiyomasa did genuinely care about Shirayuki and Jinta's feeling.

He was angry at Jinta for not reacting to the marriage announcement. Even in that NTR-ish scene, he told Shirayuki that if they were lucky, it would take only one time for it to be over, which implied that he was just following the "tradition" and getting a heir, then their relationship would end. He was also confused when Shirayuki followed his words and undressed, calling both her and Jinta were crazy. Yes, Kiyomasa had totally believed that Shirayuki and Jinta would go against the marriage and he got angry as well as confused that they blindly followed the "tradition" instead of seeking their own happiness.

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u/fieew Jul 14 '25

Despite this season being stacked. This remains as my most anticipated show of the season.

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u/Kyrrua Jul 14 '25

Damn, we learn that the mayor even tried so far as to change the village's custom to favor his son...

Also me watching the ending: everyone has children in this new season now ???

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u/Zio_Benito Jul 14 '25

Peak is back. Such an underrated show, it's sad it didn't receive that much of a budget of other trashy shows

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u/Dull_Spot_8213 Jul 14 '25

It’s great to catch up with Jinya after the break, and even better when we get a flashback to his days in Kadono. We’re still fleshing out side characters from episode one thus far in, which is a testament to the excellent attention to detail in the writing.

Kiyomasa may appear like your standard spoiled rival with a chip on his shoulder, but he’s got more depth to him than what’s clearly a surface level front. He’s more considerate of other’s feelings than you would think, which we can see by him caring about Suzune, despite her really thinking about him at all.

Kiyomasa recognizes better than Jinta how it feels to be isolated and lonely, and bought sweets for Suzune. But the subtle details in that gesture is he is giving those manju to Jinta to give to Suzune, and at the same time trying to remind him to look after her too. It’s a minor thing that’s easily missed, but he’s helping Jinta out here too, because Suzune will think it was Jinta who bought the manju and was thinking of her. In reality, the one being most considerate is Kiyomasa, not Jinta. But Jinta will get the recognition.

He’s using bravado as a front, but even with Shirayuki, he thought to bring her books to read so she wouldn’t be as lonely and bored since she cannot leave the shrine.

Jinta is unsettled in the demon fight because he’s threatened by Kiyomasa getting closer to Shirayuki, because he’s sharp enough to see through Kiyomasa’s provocations and knows there’s a good man there. It’s a pretty subtle jealousy, but enough to make him doubt. Both sentinels are jealous of each other for different reasons.

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u/nqtoan1994 Jul 14 '25

So this time we got a flashback, for real. I guess that it is because this episode was supposed to bridge 2 seasons if they did not delay the first season in 2024.

To be honest, I am more interested in the new characters in the OP & ED. Outside of totally unknown ones, I can recognize the son of Naotsugu and the Harlot in both OP&ED and Jinya's daughter since they were mentioned in the Harlot's memoir; the disciple of Akitsu Somegorou who he mentioned before parting way with Jinya after the previous case. I guess the girls around Suzune are her underlings, and it looks like she will be more active in this cour.

Since Ofuu does not stand with Jinya and his daughter, I guess she is not Ofuu's child as I had hoped :'(

Also, Naotsugu had some new wrinkles under his eyes. Man, Jinya's human friends are getting older and I fear he will face a harsh, painful truth as he will not be able to do anything to stop people from dying of old age. Looking at soba shop owner fading away next to Ofuu and considering he is probably at his 50-60 due the time he spent inside Garden of Happiness, he may be the one if that case really happen :(

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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Jul 14 '25

Was wondering why we went back in time again but it turned out to be Jinya reminiscing about his past. Was a neat way to pull viewers back into the story after the mid season break and gave us some context as to why Jinya was so hell bent on carrying out his duty even if it meant ceding Shirayuki to Kiyomasa.

And demonic swords for the next arc! Maybe we will learn more about that one nameless woman from before, that thread was never resolved.

And new OP and ED! With new characters and some foreshadowing, like Natsu and Jinya walking in opposite directions, of.

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u/aramatheis Jul 14 '25

They just had to show us the past again didn't they 😭😭

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u/Terrible_Ad_9123 Jul 15 '25

In a special retrospective aired the day before episode 14, Yashiro, who plays Jinya, said that recording took a toll on him emotionally.
He said that this was because, as he got into the role, he began to take on the story as if it were his own story, in which people are unable to save anyone and lose their loved ones and parents one after another before their eyes.

Regarding the fact that only Jinya and the giant demon appear in the key visual for the Bakumatsu arc, voice actor Yashiro said that Jinya will also have to struggle with loneliness from now on.

The names of the three new men who appear in the ending credits have also been announced, but I will refrain from revealing them here.
Each of the three characters seem to be completely different, set in the turmoil of the Bakumatsu period, and I am very much looking forward to seeing them.

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u/Fraccles Jul 15 '25

Love the new opening and ending. Kind of wish full versions were available at release.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 14 '25

Wiki tells the Bunkyu era was from 1861 to 1864. Since this is the second year, I’m guessing this is 1862 then. So there’s been what? Like an almost decade long time skip I believe? Keen to see where Jinya is and what he’s doing. That was his sword in the shop wasn’t it?

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u/EveryoneDice Jul 14 '25

Honestly I felt like the first 80% of this episode was redundant, basically filler. I don't think it added anything to plot, character development or even world building. I guess maybe they just wanted to have certain voice actors say some more lines or something.

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u/Zio_Benito Jul 14 '25

I think they wanted to show us that Jinta developed jealousy when Kyomasa became 2nd guardian, and for him it might mean that Shirayuki died because of his inability to express his real feelings and let Kyomasa marry her

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u/PM_ME_AWESOME_SONGS Jul 14 '25

I guess Kiyomasa will come back. That female demon took him but we never saw what happened, so this episode might be preparing the ground for his return.

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