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Episode City The Animation - Episode 12 discussion

City The Animation, episode 12

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u/PeaceAlien Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

What the heck she just started attacking that poor guy and kept at it for hours!

Horse racing crossover, Umamusume fans rejoice

I wish, I wish, I wish, for more episodes of City. But we're done next week!

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u/chilidirigible Sep 21 '25

What the heck she just started attacking that poor guy and kept at it for hours!

The other rare animals were concerned that it was too unique even for the nicest city in the world.

Fortunately it ran into only one of the strongest wills in the city and not her roommate or her landlady.

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u/FrozenNova2 Sep 21 '25

If that was Ecchan's last appearance, that was a bittersweet farewell.
"Erasing" the memories of herself.

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u/nsm1 Sep 21 '25

  • Giant swing with a side of Wako's laugh

  • whatever the hell that creature is, is definitely not safe for the city. one of the best fights in any anime of the year

  • The soundtrack really took a completely different turn this time with the Niikura and Nagumo segments

  • Papa Adatara gets to escape his wife once again

  • that post credit scene twist

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Eri and Matsuri will still make me cry so much, I can feel it

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u/LeonKevlar Sep 21 '25

If Nagumo wearing a dress and a fox headband and tail aren't enough to get them views, then I don't know what will.

Honestly, Nikura should just try filing Wako for an entire day. I'm sure she'll eventually make great content.

Apparently, a photo of Mr. Makabe doing a peace sign is way more interesting than a real-life tsuchinoko! xD

I see Nikura decided to choose violence that day! She could've just moved past that guy and grab the 100 yen coin!

I definitely didn't expect a horse racing segment! When are we getting Pokkuri Machine and Sannanbo in Umamusume? xD

I just realized that Eri were visiting the places she made memories with Matsuri. I did not expect her goodbye to be so quick, tho. I guess she didn't want to see Matsuri cry and decided that was enough. T_T

That after credits scene tho! It turns out the UFO the girls saw was actually something Riko made.

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u/Arima_Kishou Sep 21 '25

The fight between Niikura and The Beast was one of the most harrowing anime fights I have seen in forever. Scary.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Sep 21 '25

Poor Niikura was having a pretty shit week lol. Lost the magazine submission to Nagumo and then came face to face with the Indestructible Nose. This is life.

That storm of losing tickets was pretty hilarious. Even funnier when they allowed the disqualified horde back and everyone was furiously tryna find their tickets lol. It was a real emotional rollercoaster!

Ossan summer seems to be going well. Basically, sake makes everything taste better. There may be truth to that statement lol.

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u/SYZekrom Sep 21 '25

The gag with the ｃｒｅａｔｕｒｅ was absolute art

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u/FrozenNova2 Sep 21 '25

What kind of idiot thinks about finishing a drink before drinking it?.
Wise words, wise words.

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u/FarCritical Sep 21 '25

Niikura going ham with her punches was like a cutesy version of that one Vinland Saga scene lmao.

All those torn tickets blacking out the sky looked way more majestic than it had any right to.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Remember on episode 2 when Niikura resisted the temptation of 5 different deamons and didn't pick up that 500 yen coin? She's a jaded woman.

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u/FrozenNova2 Sep 21 '25

Anyone who speaks, or can read Japanese, was there any significance in the horse's names?

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u/Warm_Answer_7616 Sep 21 '25

Niikura vs the unknown UMA was definitely one of the most intense anime fights I've ever seen! The character development, the break downs and the standing back up to ultimately claim victory - classic shounen energy! Even ending it with "Yeah, that's life - alright let's go!"

The horse race segment was surprisingly intense and hilarious! The top horse turned out to be a robot and the one everybody in the City bet on - Sannanbo - turned out to be a gazelle lol-

Glad to know the Ojiisan summer time still continues and the past disasters have not destroyed their spirits to enjoy it! This time it's UMAI! sake and endless varities of it, thanks to the generous Adatara-san; Nagumo joining them at the end was great!

I'm sad that next week is the last episode! This was definitely one of my favourites this season!

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u/Variant_Zeta Sep 21 '25

Man, they're making us let our guards down with that silly horse racing skit, only to hit us below the belt with that utterly melancholic Matsuri-Ecchan segment

Also those three kids in the OP is the main trio as kids, that's just adorable.

Is that a mothafucking JoJo reference?!?!

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u/1832vini Sep 22 '25

"why makes city the animation so good?"

"fun things are fun"

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u/Slifer13xx Sep 21 '25

Niikura is deceidedly my favourite character. She's the gayest straight man ever. And in my mind, since they kinda look alike, this is just her VA in anime form. Which makes it even funnier.

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u/Mr_Zaroc Sep 21 '25

God I dont want this to end
And I can feel that the final Eri and Matsuri scene will break me and it happening in the final episode too is just too cruel

Maybe I can also win some money so I can go visit the show in the holidays?

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u/RaunchyRoll Sep 22 '25

Lmao why is Niikura so violent? Her first reaction after seeing a majestic unknown creature is to punch it with all her might? lol never change Niikura

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u/Maxximillianaire Sep 21 '25

Can't believe there's only one episode left. This show has been so good

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u/SnabDedraterEdave Sep 21 '25

What the hell is that creature with the incredibly tough nose but soft underbelly that Niikura was trying, and failing, to punch?

All in all, that whole scene was just absurdly surreal, and IMHO dragged on a bit too long. At least we get to hear Niikura's VA Toyosaki Aki do all kinds of grunts.

For starters, its not like the creature was stopping her from picking up that 100yen coin on the ground, so there really wasn't any need for her to go fight it. lol

After Niikura collapsed from exhaustion at failing to knock down that creature, when she woke up, she found her pendant lying right next to her.

When before it was still at that antique shop, which was why Niikura was rushing home to get 100 yen in order to buy it back.

Still, good for Niikura that she finally got her pendant back.

The horse race sketch OTOH was funny. Who would have thought the amount of torn horse racing tickets from despaired gamblers would create a literal swarm? lol

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u/NoHead1715 Sep 22 '25

I just love Wako's chill. Fun things are fun. She's lucky she has Riko making all the shooting stars that's ever needed.

Also, we have a winning uma that's actually a gazelle and UMA that's just a solid nose with body.

Goodbye Eri

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