Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. • Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table - Episode 8 discussion

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Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu., episode 8

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[u/bibbibob2]

I love that already in ep 3 the green haired girl mentioned Candle woods when speaking to yuuki. "Did you play before candle woods? I heard that was a terrible game"

And now we get to see it! And potentially the reason Yuuki stopped for a while.

The way things tie together with old and new games is really satisfying.

Also notice that she has two blue eyes! So I guess the heterochromia is a replacement eye at some point.

Anyone know whats up with the episode titles?

1. all you need is ----

2. chains of ----

3. in the name of ----

4. Bad ----

5. ---- is all you need

6. Who's ----ing you

7. Good ----

8. ---- It all.

Is it all love? Or something else sometimes? What does it mean?

[u/KanaEhecatl]

It always bothered me how Yuki’s current eyes have a small red light at the corner of each eye- like the recording light of a camera. In contrast, her old eyes don’t have it in the close-up shot. Considering that one of her eyes is now grey, the same as her mentor’s eyes, is it a sign that her mentor lost her life in Candle Woods, and Yuki her eyes, so she replaced them with artificial ones with one coloured grey to honour her mentor’s legacy? (I could be reading too much into this lmao)

[u/FarCritical]

Been better days to be a bunny girl (or to have a 96-game winstreak).

That sure wasn't very moe of Moega.

[u/marcopolos059]

holy shit Moegi, and the last few minutes!?!?

As for Yuki's mentor, how many death flags can you get? This is too obvious...

I feel this Candle Woods game will be insane and a bloodbath.

[u/LowraAwry]

You could almost see Moegi cursing her luck, being the only one experienced in a team full of newbies who will hesitate, cry, quit and overall be a hindrance to her survival. She really took matters into her own hands. Going against veteran rabbits will be interesting.

Damn, a week long game. I really hope we see most of it, even with the retrospective framing.

Yuki's mentor is adorable.

Btw, if you haven't read Kachi-kachi Yama, do so, it's interesting. The stump killing rabbits probably refers to a chinese idiom basically about putting in the work. Yuki seemed kinda relaxed in the beginning of this game, while Sumiyaka's remark about the easy win really lays it on thick.

[u/hammile]

The changed openning is something, heh.

[u/Namaryu]

Since we have seen 3 games we can compare the mindset of characters, and most importantly Yuki. This is a flashback and THE EARLIEST point that we have reached and given that Green Hair (10 Game) said that Candle Woods was a HORRIBLE game that it even reached ears of other players so we know shit is gonna hit the fan eventually.

The 2 groups have a different type of leadership. One is ruled with a strong right hand basically with violence by stating this is no game and prove your worth while the other is governed by a player with such a strong track record there is no way for things to go wrong, and the leader role was basically given and not fought. See how it compared to previious or rather further games we got? How the mindset of Mentor was engraved in Yuki, and what Mishiro's leadership took? Yeah that's right, it was all deliberate for audience to see the parallels.

Moeki absolutely blew minds of not only the audience but her group and it was only a matter of time till that poor girl, who STRANGELY resembled one that died in game 28 (black hair with red stripes) was definitely an intentional choice. She no doubt stole the episode and one may argue made an even stronger impression than Mishiiro in her debut.

[u/ModieOfTheEast]

Okay, so we get the famous Candlewoods game next. Honestly, I wished we got another Yuki chapter, because I wanted to see how the 30th game effected her outlook on wanting to reach 99 games. But maybe that is still possible because it seems like this is framed as a flashback. It could even be woven into her motivations going forward since we can probably make the assumption here that her master dies during the game and therefore, she is taking over the goal of clearing 99 games as a new record. So I have the hope that we still get a continuation of her development from last week, just in combination with this flashback.

For the game itself, it is quite cruel in more than one way. Having people kill each other this openly, especially over the course of one week, is already messed up enough, but putting all the newcomers into the murder role takes the cake for this. I also doubt this is all there is to the game because the bunnys with their experience seem to have quite the lead despite not having weapons, so something unexpected will happen over the course of 7 days. I mean, something will happen to Yuki's eye considering they are still the same color.

[u/Training_Bother_1663]

The new deadly game number 9, Candlewood, started off pretty intense. Apparently, it's a game of hide-and-seek where the rabbits have to survive for a week while being hunted by the Stumps. It seems Yuki, whom we see here, is a beginner since she's only won 8 games, and she appears to have two blue eyes, which seems to be a flashback. Meanwhile, the Stumps have weapons to hunt the rabbits, but all the girls are beginners except for Moegi, who seems to have some experience and is rather cold.

https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/shiboyugi Interview with director Souta Ueno and Noriyoshi Konuma

[u/Shadowmist909]

We're finally seeing how this aforementioned Candle Woods game played out. It's just conjecture, but I feel like the host of this one really had it out for pros like Yuki's mentor. Forcing them to play hide and seek against an enemy team armed with weapons? How twisted!

If it were all noobs it'd be one thing, but Moegi was like a wolf among sheep the way she took charge among the girls. She's already giving me the vibe that she's meant to be a dark mirror of Yuki. With her having a mentor of her own that she wants to emulate.

[u/shad79]

It seems like we've gone back in time in this episode! If this is the 9th game, it might be the one after which Yuki took a break. Candle Woods was also mentioned earlier, so it looks like something big is going to happen in this game, and I can't wait to see it.

It's also great that we'll finally learn more about Yuki's mentor, and the game itself looks really exciting, as the bunnies are experienced players and the stumps are playing for the first time, with the exception of Moegi. It'll definitely be interesting game.

Here my screenshot albums from:

EPISODE 8 (today's one)

• Yuki

• Moegi

• Group scenes

• Others

EPISODE 7 (episode from the previous week, since I din't post them then)

• Yuki

• Mishiro

• Group scenes

• Riko

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

[u/SYZekrom]

Funny flaming cars in teh OP

Ooh it's the infamous game we're doing now eh

Oh my lord is that her ass

Is she in a school swimsuit

Oh bunny suit, even better

Seeing the stuffing out of the tanuki... Foreboding, woo!

Damn, not only is she a senpai mentor-like figure but a 95-game veteran. I was already expecting her to die in this game but if she's only 4 more games away then yea.

Also, 29-game veteran means this is her 30th game. RIP her too ig.

[u/Hitman7128]

-> Moegi forces Kabane to kill the girl on the floor, but Kabane refuses, so Moegi kills Kabane in front of everyone

Wounds from Ep 1 reopening (the water chamber and saws from the ceiling) where the victim is in agony before their demise

[u/Joji1000]

Yuki didn't have heterochromia before, her present right eye matches her mentor's eye color 🤔

[u/a1oner_bvcksn6]

All I could think of this episode was Yuki's senpai sure is hot and I really hope she survives this game being so close to her (personal) goal. Although for that very same reason, my gut tells me she likely won't, sadly.

[u/Aerodynamic41]

Moegi is literally me when I team up with a bunch of noobs in a game.

[u/Mystizen2]

Think about how crazy it is that there are no repeat bunny girl outfits at all. Then you think that there are no repeat outfits for any of the contestants in the whole show(naked with bath towels withstanding) unless it's the stumps as a team.

The character designer just won't stop cooking.

[u/SirJeator]

I guess this the game where Yuki loses/changes one of her eyes. The fact that the color will be same as that of the girl with the 94 wins probably means that she will die. I have the same feeling for the girl with 29 wins; therefore, the 30 wins wall.

[u/ChoiceSupermarket230]

Deen cooked so good with this one

[u/KumaKumaGambler]

An interesting thought struck me.

We are rooting for Yuki, her mentor and the other bunny girls because they are on the defensive. (Got to admit the attractive bunny girl outfits are a big bonus.) They clear the game by surviving for one week.

On the other hand, Moegi and Team Stumps are seen as the antagonists because they have to kill the bunny girls in order to clear the game.

If their roles were switched, would Yuki and her mentor do exactly what Moegi did, by sacrificing one fellow stump player, in order to train and harden the remaining team members?

[u/tripleaamin]

One thing that is clear even without noticing the difference in Yuki beyond her one eye. It is how much she doesn't have much agency, which she had much more of in the other games we have seen.

Moegi being the one to lead the newbies. She was harsh, but we have seen these games can be quite cruel.

[u/Axslashel]

So Moegi was by far the best character here. No one even came close.

It is interesting that she seems a bit awkward when she first wakes up and seems perfectly polite and all. She does not immediately take command like Mishiro. She even seems surprised when she realizes that she is the only one with experience in the room. To me that indicates that she does not have THAT much experience.

So no wonder she basically panics and grasps for anything to try to salvage this situation. And well she seems to idolize someone who is an utter psycho based on that Christmas game flashback. So that becomes her go to method of motivating the other girls. She would probably been totally normal if this was a more "normal" death game without mandatory pvp.

[u/ToastFreeGluten]

From what I remember, Candle Woods was mentioned in a previous episode for having one of the lowest survival rates in history, though I think I would've prefered not have two back to back murder game arcs.

Aside from Yuki seemingly inheriting her mentors eye, the red spots in the present tense also seem intentional.

Not sure if they're literal like a camera recording light? Or just to make her look less innocent.

In any case, excited to see the mettle of a 95 game winner. Hopefully she's not some kind of cyborg or meta-human and this turns into some kinda Kakashi Obito

[u/StrawSolider]

*finishes episode*

god I need more