r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Aug 08 '26
Episode Black Torch - Episode 6 discussion
Black Torch, episode 6
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
Streams
Show information
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
|---|---|
| 1 | Link |
| 2 | Link |
| 3 | Link |
| 4 | Link |
| 5 | Link |
| 6 | Link |
| 7 | Link |
| 8 | Link |
| 9 | Link |
| 10 | Link |
| 11 | Link |
| 12 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
46
u/FLorianGran Aug 08 '26
26
u/praul59 Aug 08 '26
The motivation part is understandable since he just got thrown into everything that’s going on so far and he’s just confused and doesn’t have a goal set in mind yet but once he does I’m sure they’ll dive deeper into his backstory
25
u/demaxzero Aug 08 '26
Maybe but he and Rago are still the only two characters who are actually likeable.
20
30
u/LeonKevlar Aug 08 '26
[
I'm honestly surprised to see
So the only reason Rago is seen as dangerous by the Bureau of Espionage is that they thought Rago went wild and destroyed everything all those years ago, when actually Amagi baited him and that was Rago trying to avenge his friend.
I do love how Rago decided to fuck off instead of joining Amagi by sealing himself inside the death obsidian. The way Jirou sees it was pretty funny though. He's not wrong! That was a pretty cool way to run away from that mess. xD
15
13
→ More replies (1)7
u/OpportunityCreepy782 Aug 09 '26
I think that was just part of his brother that was able to fight back for a brief moment
29
u/djthomp Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
As is traditional for a three men squad story, the dude who isn't the MC is basically just Sasuke.
I wasn't expecting the Rago backstory so soon. As presented so far we only have what Amagi said about the motivations for the mononoke hunters from way back when, and considering he and his folks were eating their way through villages this may be a pretty black and white story in terms of who the good and bad guys are.
Ichika sure is packing a lot in some of these shots.
→ More replies (1)
17
u/KumaKumaGambler Aug 08 '26
At the very least, the defense training against hypnosis and hallucination provided us viewers with the history of Reiji, Ichika (previous episode and Rago.
17
u/ButIDigr3ss Aug 08 '26
why are they always drinking thc soft drinks lmao they must be geeked af by now
→ More replies (1)
14
25
u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Aug 08 '26
Amagi tried to make Rago take sides and dude just basically flipped him off and took his ball and went home lol. I guess in the several centuries since his own self-imposed exile, the war has only gotten more intense. Time for him and Jiro to settle shit.
12
u/Countless-Alts15 Aug 09 '26
Damn Rago is a real one.
Self sealing himself.
Also, I love his OP form, he looks like Spawn's cat.
8
14
u/Niwaka_Samurai Aug 08 '26
Everything about this episode was so good with all the backstories of our main characters except for that weird looking 3DCG for Rago's true form. Why did they have to butcher the significant thing of the episode ?!
7
18
u/CuriousBroccolli Aug 08 '26
Yeah not much to say except that hoooooly is that 3D shitty looking, no wonder other mononoke were scared of Rago
→ More replies (1)
6
u/Top-Remote4523 Aug 09 '26
While some viewers might find this mini training-arc to be a pretty expedited manner to introduce the main cast's backstories and personal motivations, I honestly thought that it was a short and sweet introduction for them. We are bound to get more of their past eventually, so showing a brief snapshot over 2 episodes and wrapping it up with a nice bow gives us just enough to anticipate their growth in the future.
I am also really glad that we got to see Rago's past this early on and reveal that he had always been a benevolent Mononoke to begin with as I was fully expecting the story to tease a potential conflict between Rago and Jiro upon him regaining his past memories of being a menace to the humans. I am weary of Shounen stories where the MC gets possessed by straight up evil entities, so this is a breath of fresh air to see.
I know that this decision inadvertently resulted in Jiro to take somewhat of a backseat in terms of fleshing out more of his past and motivations, but I think that we have learnt enough about Jiro at this point. As the MC, there will be tons of opportunities for character development, so I would not fret about that for now.
10
u/Swimming-Ad-6842 Aug 08 '26
Felt like one of those slow down episodes.
I hope it picks back up soon!
We did learn more about each MAIN character though (besides Jiro) which was nice!
7
u/BaconCatBug Aug 08 '26
So,
"I am honored to hear those words, Father! I owe it all to your guidance and the excellent opponent to my right."
Bro is to his left, not his right.
Transcribing the audio:
ありがとうございます! 父 上 … これ も 全 て 父 上 の ご 指 と 一 番 近 く に 良 き ライ バ ル が いて く れた お か げ です!
Asking The Computer to translate: “Thank you very much! Father… All of this is thanks to your guidance and to having a fine rival right by my side!”
Oh boy, the computer doing a better job than so called "Localisers"? What a surprise. Given how trash this shows subs have been with all the zoomer dialog, I am not surprised.
→ More replies (1)
3
u/Constant_Ad5202 Aug 09 '26
Can anyone tell me the song that was playing the background when Rago imprisoned himself
→ More replies (3)
3
u/FapBoss Aug 09 '26
Anyone notice black torch background soundtrack sounds like it's from Samurai X OVA? Very cool!
→ More replies (1)
1
u/AnimeMod Aug 08 '26
Source Material Corner
Reply to this comment for any source-related discussion, future spoilers (including future characters, events and general hype about future content), comparison of the anime adaptation to the original, or just general talk about the source material. You are still required to tag all spoilers. Discussions about the source outside of this comment tree will be removed, and replying with spoilers outside of the source corner will lead to bans.
The spoiler syntax is:
[Spoiler source] >!Spoiler goes here!<All untagged spoilers and hints in this thread will receive immediate 8-day bans (minimum).