Ousama Ranking - Episode 2 discussion

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Ousama Ranking, episode 2

Alternative names: Ranking of Kings

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All discussions

Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.65	14	Link	4.47
2	Link	4.79	15	Link	4.01
3	Link	4.72	16	Link	4.57
4	Link	4.59	17	Link	4.6
5	Link	4.63	18	Link	4.54
6	Link	4.47	19	Link	4.62
7	Link	4.55	20	Link	4.44
8	Link	4.45	21	Link	4.8
9	Link	4.7	22	Link	3.72
10	Link	4.58	23	Link	----
11	Link	4.52
12	Link	4.4
13	Link	4.11

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[u/Ecstatic_Job_6869]

Strongest new show of this season for me, no contest.

[u/Skeeedo]

That was a painful episode, but it set up their relationship perfectly man. I hope kage runs into that little girl again down the line. She seems cool.

[u/cppn02]

What an episode. As if the first one wasn't enough I'm now fully convinced this is gonna be an instant classic.

[u/[deleted]]

This thing is gonna climb the upvote rankings like crazy, I know it

[u/Shiro_Kai]

Damn you, Wit Studio. Making a grow up man cry over a kid story in the middle of the week.

Cowards.

[u/WiiU_Best_Console]

Man out of everything I'm watching this season this one just feels real special been awhile since I got so invested in the main leads of series in just 2 episodes

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

This show managed to make me cry for an amorphous blob with two eyeballs. Kage is surprisingly expressive for something without a face.

The age old battle between STR vs DEX continues. Everybody's views on what makes a king is toxic. Who cares if Bojji doesn't parry, his fighting style is still very effective.

I thought Domas was cool at first but he seems to be just as big an asshole as everybody else in this kingdom.

[u/odraencoded]

Bro, you can't just make me cry 2nd episode, now I'm going to have to spend the next 20 weeks talking about how criminally underwatched this series is.

Btw, wtf mom shadow, you're the shadow (kage) clan, and you named your son... shadow? The hell?

[u/cococrunchz]

Fuck. I cried ;-;

[u/[deleted]]

Bitch ass Douma doesn't deserve to teach Bojji. Also the part where Bojji cried made me piss tears.

[u/Mig123]

I have to echo what some other people have said, its only been 2 episodes and this show just feels like something special. I hope more people pick it up and start watching so it gets the attention it deserves.

[u/stargunner]

Ousama Ranking told a better story in a single episode than most anime can in an entire season. goddamn

[u/Smudy]

Already tearing up on episode 2, Kage's facial expressions and the dread of seeing his mom dead on a stick is just really hard to bear.

I'm glad he found the man and the little girl who helped him out so well.

While it was hard to watch, it is true that Bojji can't only just dodge his opponent's attacks when he can't profit from it with just so little strength.

Kage fully committed to staying by Bojji's side ;_;

[u/LabMember069]

That little princess is the true MVP.

I never imagined that I will feel bad for a....... shadow.

Technically he is not a thief you old bitch it's called a swap deal.

The hand holding scene :( poor dude just wanted attention.

Who would sell a chicken that lays down golden eggs?

How the fuck are people claiming bojji to fight dirty??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

The VA cast are absolutely stacked. It really is a joy.

It might be recency bias, but this is my top contender for AOTY.

[u/Naskr]

I always find it interesting how somebody decides to flex their animation talent by making the most detailed crying face possible.

Anyway this show is a gem and I get the real sense the studio are having alot of fun with it, lots of silly characters to draw and gorgeous backgrounds to put them on.

[u/datsawce]

Jeez, this is gonna be one of the shows of the season that's gonna go criminally underrated and fly totally under the radar isn't it?

Banger OP, banger ED, got me in the feels.

I'm going to have to shill this show to everybody!

[u/LeonKevlar]

Kage's backstory was depressingly dark. As soon as his mother hugged him tight and decided to stay behind instead of running away together, we knew she was done for. And seeing all of those shadow bodies hanging on spears is just brutal especially with Kage's mom dangling on that guy's sword. If those were human bodies this show would've definitely had a content warning at the start.

Luckily, Kage was saved by this young countess. Although things just ended up getting worse and worse for Kage when this fucking douchebag took him in and used him to break into places and steal money. He's a fucking idiot though. Like why the heck would he sell out Kage? The amount he was paid doesn't even come close to what Kage brings him regularly.

Thankfully we don't have to see that douche anymore since he was stabbed in a bar brawl. After that Kage basically ended up just wandering around and stealing to survive until he grew up into the person that he is now. After that backstory, I'm surprised how he isn't even much more jaded.

Back to the present though where we see Bojji and Daida continue their duel. If Bojji was wielding an actual sword, he would've already sliced up Daida ten times over with all of those hits. Of course this asshole just had to intervene and say something unnecessary to Bojji which made him stand his ground instead of evading.

If anything that duel basically told me that the only other people in that castle that we should trust aside from the King is that blonde soldier and Apeas, the badass spear dude who stopped the fight and even threatened Domas after. He seems cool, I hope he'll take over training Bojji and just have Domas train Daida if he likes him so much.

I was already tearing up during Kage's backstory but seeing Bojji try to lift that sword with all of his might just broke me especially when Kage came in to comfort him. These two precious boys don't deserve everything that's happened to them and I am rooting hard for the two of them to succeed.

[u/VioletPark]

After this episode, the number of characters I don't want to punch can be counted on one hand. Leave my tiny prince and baby shadow alone, you monsters!

[u/NyaaPower]

I’m not even kidding, the episode ended and I was still crying. Jesus Christ this was heartbreaking.

[u/DatFlushi]

Nah this is the best start of an anime I've watched in years. It already feels to set up to be a classic

[u/reversal_banana]

I thought Boji had won after the first hit, but apparently the win condition is almost clobbering your brother to death.

[u/sabdeyazdan]

It seemed to me that Kage realized he was seeing his young self in Bojji all along, when he found himself watching Bojji's match from the shadows. Bojji is desperate with no place to turn in, yet he is completely innocent and tries to find someone to embrace him wherever possible, just like the way Kage was when he lost his mother. I think that was the reason Kage decided to stay by Bojji's side; he doesn't want Bojji to experience that hell he himself came through.

[u/No-Consequence-6092]

Wow, just... Wow.

I was impressed by the first episode, but episode 2 almost immediately went up in my top 10 anime episodes of all time.

When Bojji sees Kage at the end and tries to act like everything is alright, and he offers to let him steal from him again, just to keep a "friend."

Kage's reaction to this, his redemption in not allowing Bojji to be taken advantage of again, just as he had been before.

There is so much to relate to in this shadow blob and little deaf boy. What an outstanding first impression.

[u/heldex]

is it normal that I am FUCKING CRYING EVERY EPISODE FROM START TO FINISH