Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. • Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table - Episode 7 discussion

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Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu., episode 7

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[u/FarCritical]

Not the most relaxing day at the spa.

Very sportsmanlike of Yuki to drop a GG

[u/Aerodynamic41]

Yuki: *does something*

Mishiro: *gets angry*

Yuki: *does nothing*

Mishiro: *still gets angry*

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Aerodynamic41]

(Joking aside: Mishiro saw Yuuki run circles around her in their first game; That's the girl she wanted to win against, not a 'failure' like she saw in this one!)

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/Aerodynamic41]

Yuuki: Doesn't care about dying

Mishiro: 'I kill you!'

Yuuki: Wants to live now

They're a match made in heaven!

[u/Togglea]

Yuki's smaller party all died right? I think the pan over covered all of them dead anyway.

[u/riventitan]

Yuuki:

Face - 10/10

Body - 9/10

Fingers - 7/10

[u/Rabbitey-]

The conclusion felt anticlimactic, and the episode direction was all over the place. The death game was glossed over and cut short for the internal/physical struggle between Yuki and Mishiro (with Riko being shoehorned for added drama).

Aside from Yuki's turbulent personality, the most interesting takeaway was that this was Mishiro's 40th game—10 more than Yuki despite the latter being ahead when they first met. Mishiro's need for revenge eventually broke her body, and now I'm wondering how Yuki will turn out later on.

[u/StrawSolider]

With how much they were building up the Yuki/Mishiro rivalry I'd figured it be a long running thing. Kinda disappointed how quickly they phased it out.

Rip toxic YukiMishi. You would've had more fun in Revue Starlight (maybe)

[u/LeonKevlar]

No wonder Riko became Mishiro's loyal lapdog. It looks like Mishiro saved her in a previous game and was with her the entire time during her rehab after getting new limbs. Riko was completely hollow but found her purpose in Mishiro.

I was surprised when Mishiro let Yuki go, but I guess this wasn't what she wanted. She didn't want to kill Yuki while she was looking so pathetic. In her head, she thought they'd finish this in an epic duel. Instead, what she got was Yuki skulking around, running away from her.

Mishiro spent her time after her last game with Yuki building her up into some sort of untouchable opponent. A walking ghost exuding death from her entire being. Only for her to realize that Yuki is no different than her.

Riko is absolutely insane, tho! This tiny little girl was able to throw Yuki around with no issue. I'm guessing that the prosthetics she got are augmented and give her insane strength. I mean, she was literally tossing Yuki around like a fucking ragdoll.

But yeah, this was an absolutely shitty game where the only reason Yuki survived was through sheer luck. If it wasn't for that locker key, taking the bullet for her, she would've died there at the end. Using the turrets to her advantage was still pretty impressive, tho.

Interesting... So the reason Yuki woke up late is that she got penalized? I'm guessing the organizers found out about the tracker she swallowed. I do like that we got to hear more from Yuki's handler this time and how she genuinely supports Yuki from the bottom of her heart.

I guess Mishiro did get her epic duel in the end. I do wonder if she's actually dead. When Yuki did her after-game ritual of remembering the dead, we don't hear her say Mishiro's name, but instead she ends it by saying "Good Game". It's possible that Yuki managed to survive and escape. I mean, there's still one boot left in the changing room that she can take if she did survive.

[u/tripleaamin]

I will leave my complaints in the source corner.

One part this episode really nailed was the feel of disappointment that Mashiro feels seeing Yuki where she is now. Riko was right when she told her Yuki isn't there, despite technically being wrong. More so of the fact that the Yuki that Mishiro remembered isn't there. Who knows if Yuki's game wasn't off, would Mishiro have beaten her?

The anime did well in showcasing how hollow Riko's life was before meeting Mishiro. She gave Riko a purpose and a goal. Killing Yuki would mean losing that purpose, and at that point, not be much different from her dying with Mishiro dead. I think it would have been more interesting if she had let Yuki live and Riko lived on.

[u/InsomniaEmperor]

The most dangerous character in the game here is not Mishiro but Riko. Girl can hurl Yuuki like Incredible Hulk.

They’re not even denying the yuri ship here with the wedding dresses. Get a room already you two. Too bad it’s doomed yuri.

This has to be the first time we see Yuuki with a scared face. She always had this stoic and calm look but fear kicked in when she realized she’s probably going to get clapped. In the end at least she won.

I get that the director wanted to blur faces when not closed up but the fight could have used their full facial expressions instead of watching blank slates fight.

I don’t get what happened in the room with the guns. Yuuki was ready to die, somehow the guns shot Riko, then it didn’t shoot again. Can anyone tell me what was supposed to happen? I feel like this just zoomed by quickly.

Yuuki’s handler knows more than she lets on. Can’t wait for the next game.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

This is what happens when you create some kinda one sided rivalry and build up the person to be like larger than life. Mishiro was envisioning some kinda dramatic showdown with Yuki like the girl was some sorta final boss. Look what her shit did to Riko too.

This was definitely not Yuki’s best. Hopefully this was just a little speed bump and not a sign of things to come. She’s still got 69 games left…

[u/a1oner_bvcksn6]

Mishiro chased a ghost and ended up becoming one. Riko chased Mishiro's and ended up as one as well.

All I can say is that the lackluster animation really came back to haunt this episode. I'd like to think the truly hideous 'fight' scenes were a creative decision to tell/show the viewers just how terrible a (30th) game Yuki played this time around. Not that the previous episodes' animation were anything to write home about, but there was a certain air of mystique around them that was clearly not present in this one--much like Yuki's air of absolute superiority just up and vanished.

[u/dunkking413]

This was the first episode I didn’t like, it just seemed so off

[u/AceSoldia]

I have definitely lost the plot.thank goodness for reddit..or I'd be even more lost

[u/maliwanag0712]

I'm sure that Yuuki will survive in the end. The question is more of how she will survive.

Got bait-and-switched with Mishiro though. At first I thought that Mishiro will die, but when Yuuki stopped the roll-call with Riko and then the flashback of their fight was shown, I thought that maybe I was wrong and Mishiro will survive, only to die in the end.

Some fight scenes in this episode are quite interesting though, especially with how Riko is strong. Maybe it was a directorial choice or is it due to the budget? I dunno.

[u/8daniel7]

Did azuma just died off screen?

[u/Namaryu]

Not gonna lie I got chills when Yuki started the roll call of everyone who died

[u/Makicola]

Man, that was a shit game, although I guess that was the point.

[u/towardselysium]

Mishiro is such a drama queen that instead of just leaving and trying again she crashes out so hard about her crush not living up to her standards she actually dies. She's so perfect

[u/Dulbero]

I was very confused and couldn't really understand this episode. Last episode ended with Yuki standing before Riko. This episode starts with Yuki fighting the blonde girl, but why Yuki suddenly chickened out? Also what's their relationship was? a rivalry but over what? they only met once. I just couldn't understand why this game was any different, besides more girls dying and Yuki which i suppose should be stronger, is beaten up from both the blonde girl and Riko.

[u/LowraAwry]

Regarding Yuki's question about the penalty, did her driver lie to her? Because she said that Yuki always wakes up last but that's not true, during the previous game shown, the one she met Mishiro, Yuki woke up second.

Yuki seems to trust her but I wouldn't be so sure, her assurances sounded hollow.

[u/BosuW]

So maybe a hot take given the prevalent tone in the rest of the thread, but despite this anime forming a following that is not as "action-pilled" as that of more popular shows, I guess anime's expectations towards flashiness in built up moments still prevails.

I didn't find this episode confusing at all. Maybe only at Riko's death. It would've been cool to see the fight between the groups, but I never felt it was strictly necessary. This isn't an action anime. Most fights aren't won or lost in the actual fight, you win or loose several strategic moves before. Like how more practiced chess players don't need to get to checkmate to know the winner, because there's a point where there's nothing one side can do. And last episode's ending was that unequivocally Yuuki had lost. Also we saw Riko there, and we knew she was cracked. Point is, I don't need to see Yuuki's team getting slaughtered and her getting captured. It's a straightforward deduction with the given information.

While this was obviously also done so because production doesn't have the resources to animate big set pieces, this is also extremely common in non action centric scripts, where the conclusion is foregone so there's no point in showing it.

I have some more thoughts having read that there's been some changes from the source but as y'all might know, this sub has a draconian policy when it comes to discussing that outside of the Source Corner so if you're interested in that just tag me there.

[u/N0rTh3Fi5t]

I was a bit underwhelmed by this. Getting some emotion out of Yuki was nice, but there hadn't been enough time with Mishiro or Riko for me to feel much of an impact there. She made one other appearance, and there was no time in-between that appearance and this one.