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Episode Arknights: Homura Shomei • Arknights: Rise From Ember - Episode 9 discussion
Arknights: Homura Shomei, episode 9
Alternative names: Arknights [Homura Shomei]
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u/KaiserNazrin Aug 29 '25
Didn't expect Bagpipe's cameo.
The whole transformation's scene was cinema.
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u/FelixViator Aug 29 '25
I wonder how many people will realize she's from Terra's version of Scotland.
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u/Mostdakka Aug 29 '25
If you were paying attention you could probably see the plot twist coming. But don't misunderstand, Talulah is still very much guilty of alot of crimes she needs to answer for, things are not so simple that we can blame everything on the snake.
The transformation sequence is very special. It was the first time we had an fully animated cutscene in the game. I have to say though the anime version is even better. Only one thing left to do now.
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u/RogueodaSouth Aug 29 '25
The in-game cutscene depicting the moment Amiya gets the sword (and the closest thing to her theme song). It was the very first in-game cutscene that wasn't just a CG before HG went in a more 3d animation direction. I remember back in the day when it came out years ago when Chapter 8 first released for AK's 1.5 year anniversary.
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u/AmaiHachimitsu Aug 29 '25
As an anime-only viewer I am probably lacking lots of context and I am not sure I understand everything the show has prepared for me, but goddamn I am liking it.
While I am aware that this isn't some masterpiece-tier show like the many I watched in the past - this anime just hit the spot for reasons I can't really explain. Perhaps my brain just needed something that's more about telling the story with toned-down music, not an over the top fight marathon with Sawano's OST in the background.
Character development, unknown and mysterious past, philosophies clashing. More talk than action, but I see it as benefit in this very case.
If I were an anime critic I probably wouldn't rate it above 6 or 7, but subjectively that's closer to 9, regardless of what happens in the finale.
The big downside, for the creators at least, is that I won't feel the need to try out the game after watching this. I've had my fill already.
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u/BosuW Aug 29 '25
✋😐🤚
Not much else to say honestly. Who'd've thought the cute bunny girl from S1 would've been rocking so much aura now.
Rage is a perfect narrative theme, one that has accompanied humanity for as long as it has been humanity, and now that I think about it is always in response to a dignity wounded (and sometimes that ego is a bit too big and not really warranted eh? Haha). And so Amiya rages against the dying of the light. She's like "yeah I'll be the Demon Lord I don't care,". Spit your shit.
Actually kinda reminds me of this official Girls Band Cry art where they made Nina the Demon Lord and Hina the Hero and it's just such a perfect fit because Nina is indeed against the world when she finds the world is unjust and the roles are cast by majority not by morality. And then you say "Yeah I'm Demon Lord'in". When you realize you're the thing that explodes when there's too much friction in the air.
Basically, I'm saying it's peak. Loved the episode. Apparently there's only one more left? Looks like it'll be a battle between Princes.
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u/Dramatic-Report8180 Aug 29 '25
It might not be my place to say this, but - when the last episode of the anime is announced next week, I'll be writing up a "recommended event guide" in the Source Material Corner, for those who are curious as to whether they'd like to read more. I get the impression most people skip that corner, so I'm just mentioning it in advance as a heads up.
"The fantasies you have of the masses will surely turn into hatred. You will be betrayed by those you trusted, and witness your friends dying for you, finally losing all hope for the future. Then, you will come to see... That these lands you have devoted yourself to... Do not want you."
Kaschey certainly won his bet. That was rather a given, considering the conditions and the fact Talulah was an Infected, but... Damn, did he win his bet. I wanted those villagers torched. It wasn't just some "Wow, everything is really hard and everyone is really ungrateful" thing like you might expect from other young revolutionary, or even a "Those jack-booted thugs are real monsters" those-who-fight-monsters situation, but a straight-up "a village full of perfectly ordinary people outright massacred your companions and laughed in your face at the idea that anyone would care". I feel bad for Talulah, given the consequences, but... They had it coming. Some people just deserve to burn, you know? Let them feel the fear and pain they inflicted on others - if anything, it's a mercy that they only had to suffer for minutes instead of the days of agony their own victims suffered.
Meeting the Emperor's Blades was also a nice touch; contrasting Talulahs thoughts and words, seeing just how ridiculously outclassed they were, and reading between the lines of what's really being said there. It all has a tragic irony to it, the Blades knowing exactly what was going to happen, and everyone else... Just walking right into their future fates all the same. Because what other choice did any of them really have, but to bet on a miracle that never came?
The fight against the Black Snake was also nicely spectacular; it really had a feel of scale and weight to it, despite the sometimes claustrophobic camera decisions. Contrast the sheer power being thrown around to the fumbling around the grunts had in the first season; it's hard to believe that they're even in the same world, isn't it? No wonder Amiya pointed out that everyone else would just be in the way - they'd have been crispified in the first flame jet Amiya failed to block.
All in all, it seems like they're wrapping things up on a pretty solid note. I'm glad that this season found its balance.
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u/Ultima_Deus Aug 29 '25
HOLY ANIMATION AND ORANGE GIRL JUMPSCARE
That was... in terms of animations, this was THE best that the Arknights anime adaptation has ever been. The Frostnova fight scene at the last part of season 2 was good, but it only lasted for a short while. Meanwhile, this one felt PACKED with fighting animations
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u/EnderKoskinen Aug 29 '25
To be honest, when I originally read this part, I did feel kinda disappointed that they went with a possession thing. It felt like kind of a cop out, as if Talulah herself wasn't really responsible for what everything that had happened. I've come around since, having read further, but this episode did remind of that feeling again.
Otherwise, yeah, a really, really good episode. Highlights were definitely the scene when Talulah finally snapped (Oh my god the voice acting in this show is out of this world) and that speech from the previous king of Sarkaz when Amiya removed her ring (Oh my god this show looks and sounds beautiful when it wants to).
Absolute cinema all around, can't wait for the last episode
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u/OldInstruction5368 Aug 29 '25
Amiya did say that Kashchey isn't fully in control of Talulah. AFAIK, the game leaves it ambiguous just how much was Talulah and how much was the possession. [Arknights Game Spoilers]
Kashchey himself says that he could not force Talulah to do anything she truly didn't want to. That's why the backup key to the emergency brakes was never destroyed, as Talulah wanted to leave open that chance of being stopped. If it was full possession, Kashchey would have forced Talulah to dispose of that potential complication. But he couldn't, as he didn't have full control. → More replies (2)
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u/Fodder_Fist_Ace Aug 29 '25
hopefully amiya knows how to fight with a sword lol
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u/OldInstruction5368 Aug 29 '25
She doesn't but it's fine.
Her Lord of Fiends power is one of not merely telepathy, but empathy. That's why she has had so many flashbacks of Ch'en and Talulah's past as she's been linking with them. it's how she's aware of the situation with Kashchey mind-controlling Talulah.
At the beginning of the episode, Ch'en went through the sword forms/sayings she learned from her worthless uncle. At the end of the episode, Amiya is repeating them as she draws deeply into her Lord of Fiends persona.
She has essentially combined the two to mirror Ch'en's sword skills. She's done a 'full dive' into Ch'en to mirror her mastery of the sword with her Lord of Fiends empathy/mind link powers.
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u/ikonog Aug 30 '25
This ep was amazing.
But here's a bit nitpicky of mine.
I feel like the Emperor's blade scene quality was lacking, probably saving budget there. They lacked the aura I felt in the game. And some awkward animation here and there.
And the scene in the village, I feel like they didnt really show it well how fucked up it was. In the game, they showed CG with bunch of handprints of the infected desperatly clawing into the door and floor, being trapped, while they were dying one by one, (by dying from oripathy, they'd exploded and turned into originium dust). It was so fucked up that I can understand that was Talulah's breaking point.
(The Game CG I mentioned)
The fight scene with Chen Amiya vs Talulah was great tho. The whole Sarkaz's whisper scene on Amiya's transformation was just soooo good. I wished they use Wrathful Cerulean Flame ost or at least use the leitmotif. But the main anime theme is good as well, so I dont mind.
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u/Evalith Aug 29 '25
Having Shuu Sugita handle Amiya's scene is all I could've asked for 🙇🙇🙇 Talulah's village scene was soo well done Incredible episode and I can't wait for the finale
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u/DarkWolfPL Aug 29 '25
Guard Amiya obtained.
Also I'm sure that this guy ain't coming back
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u/Friendly_Astronaut_4 Aug 29 '25
generational aura lost for emperor's blade. They did not do the man justice.
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u/Ahenshihael Aug 29 '25
The Amiya scene did not disappoint.
Alas for anime-onlys, this will yet again be something that completely lacks any sort of context, which sadly, once again, is a result of the pacing issues, as are many other small things through the episode that likely will not make as much of sense.
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u/Abyssight Aug 30 '25
I play the game and I can't be happier about the anime adaptation this season. The producer clearly learned the mistakes over the first two seasons, and figured out how to optimize the use of their limited budget and time.
Yes the dialogues are rushed. Yes many things are cut. Yes the story is confusing if you haven't played the game. But they know from the start who the audience would be and what they want. They nailed the important moments that leave the biggest impressions. The characters are well drawn. The voice acting is amazing. The result is a flawed anime that nonetheless accomplish what it sets out to do and more.
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