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[LordDeathwatch]

@LordDeathwatch Kingdom finishing with the 3 squad strat against Wu Fengming. I like how Wu recognizes his failure for underestimating Xian and Ben. Since his primary focus was Teng. But even in the heat of the moment Qiang Lew seems to have the kill on Wu. But damn body double had me fooled.

Towards the end of the episode we see Xin noticing a small group moving on their own. And he presses on to catch Ling Huang and Wu Fengming off guard. This does a great at showcasing Xin's instinctual awareness of what is happening. He gets the surprise attack but got fooled by Wu .

Tho this really showed that even within a nation it is a survival of the fittest. Wu knows they are only after him and not Ling. Who cares if that dude is a Fire Dragon? I am going to take this opportunity to escape and become greater than my mentor.

Here we get a slight hint to Xin and Zheng's goal of uniting the 7 Kingdoms making actual progress. Since this will hurt Wei and strength Qin as a result. Qin, Zhao and Chu are really looking like the 3 big dogs now. Kind of interesting if this turns into a free for all war between the 3 or Zhao and Chu team up again. But given that failure of the colation army I have my doubts.

Li Mu brings up a BIG and IMPORTANT detail. Qin wants to unite the seven Kingdoms, but that is Zheng's goal not Buwei Lu's goal. Zheng having to beat Lu is his priority number in order to make his goal real.

And oh my god Zheng's mother is back and not even a second I am wishing she would get killed off. She suddenly wants to play politics without spending much time. Apparently the prostitute that Lu gave her after he dumped is a big key for her wanting to have her own nation. This bytch wants a nation, but she doesn't care for the politics aspect of it.

Man the end of the episode when we see her and that male prostitute with kids. Man she treats Zheng so cold and doesn't even have audacity to look him in the eyes. I get what Xiang says to Xin since their daughter is that woman's granddaughter. If I were Zheng, no way in fukking hell I would let that bytch see my daughter.

Yo you thought I was exaggerating saying this broad is the worst character in the series but now you starting to see the vision. Bih has literally no redeeming qualities, written simply to be hated and she does it well.

As far as Wei goes, having them not only defeat you but building a major forward base on what used to be your border, is clearly a foot on neck situation that sends a message to everyone one else: this isn't just the usual Warring States era, if we take it, we're keeping it and expanding. We know Zhao isn't going anywhere because the MC Li Mu is there and the only thing keeping Chu at bay is the fact that it's fukking huge and keeping like 3 Kingdoms at bay simultaneously and whatever internal politics are going on. Han is supposed to be small but I wouldn't count them out of the game.

shyt, the only one on the sidelines comfortably, is the one they bought.

 

[tripleaamin]

Yo you thought I was exaggerating saying this broad is the worst character in the series but now you starting to see the vision. Bih has literally no redeeming qualities, written simply to be hated and she does it well.

As far as Wei goes, having them not only defeat you but building a major forward base on what used to be your border, is clearly a foot on neck situation that sends a message to everyone one else: this isn't just the usual Warring States era, if we take it, we're keeping it and expanding. We know Zhao isn't going anywhere because the MC Li Mu is there and the only thing keeping Chu at bay is the fact that it's fukking huge and keeping like 3 Kingdoms at bay simultaneously and whatever internal politics are going on. Han is supposed to be small but I wouldn't count them out of the game.

shyt, the only one on the sidelines comfortably, is the one they bought.

You know I really got to appreciate the Kingdom it's finally an anime that gives you great politics world building. Because lets be honest so many fantasy anime can offer great world building, but not so much on the political side. Overlord is really good in this regard, but I get the feeling with that anime it could be better on the political side if more episodes were spent to each season.

So apparently I didn't really S5 was 13 episodes. Pierrot has Bleach TYBW Pt 3 later this year and Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master this season. Makes me wonder if S5 will be a split cour or S6 being disguised as really S5 pt 2. No announcements on my end but will prob hold off watching S5 till word gets out on that front.

 

[LordDeathwatch]

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You know I really got to appreciate the Kingdom it's finally an anime that gives you great politics world building. Because lets be honest so many fantasy anime can offer great world building, but not so much on the political side. Overlord is really good in this regard, but I get the feeling with that anime it could be better on the political side if more episodes were spent to each season.

So apparently I didn't really S5 was 13 episodes. Pierrot has Bleach TYBW Pt 3 later this year and Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master this season. Makes me wonder if S5 will be a split cour or S6 being disguised as really S5 pt 2. No announcements on my end but will prob hold off watching S5 till word gets out on that front.

Whenever they come back, imma need someone to go ahead and stomp Li Mu out so we can move forward.

 

[tripleaamin]

TenSura S3 starting off pretty strong. I am really happy that I did a rewatch recently because it really helps with a lot of the plot points and events to keep track of. Most complaints prob will need a rewatch or recap of some kind and there is one from Diablo's pov that was uploaded last week.

We saw the brief aftermath of Walpugris after Rimuru gave the new name. Of course Leon and Valentine are the party poopers here. Overall it looks like Rimuru has made some valuable connections. Diablo is smarter getting to bribe Veldora with information, but that doesn't sit well with Rimuru.

So this episode really focused on what Diablo was working on while Rimuru was at Walpugris. He kind of revived the King, Razen and the Head Archbishop, and now they are in his service. Tbh that whole meeting when Razen was trying to calm down the situation before Diablo would freak out more was classic examples how much of an ass these nobles are. Youm laid it out that they pissed off Rimuru, and they had the audacity to be greedy,

We know Diablo is powerful, but this episode really showcased how crafty and smart he is. He laid out 3 options when in fact they can only take one in reality. They can't continue the war they would be wiped out. They are too full of themselves to become a vassal state. But by paying insane reparations they get them to be allies through the connection with Youm.

Judging from the OP and key visuals this season we will get Rimuru and Hinata meeting again. Hopefully this time Rimuru can convince her to listen. Demon Lord Valentine is a big wild card here. We also have Yuuki's group that we have to look out for.

Spoiler: TenSura S3 Ep 1

OP & ED plus confirmation for 2 straight cours of 24 episodes in total.

 

[tripleaamin]

2 seasonals I watch yesterday.

First is a Reverse Isekai called "A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics". The title alludes perfectly that the cast is full of eccentrics. Has some similarities to Sasaki & Peeps. But hopefully it doesn't go down the same path as that show. Comedy so far was great in ep 1 and that is where the budget was focused more so then the fights. Seems like a fun one to follow.



The other is "An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride". Basically fantasy romance between a sorcerer in Zagen falls in love at first glance with the elf Nephy. Whom he bought as a slave and seemed to lose the will to live. Tone was very comedy focused so looks like a good one for romance fans. It did point out how there are 13 Archdemons and Zagen isn't one yet. So that could be another plot point.

 

[Cuban Pete]

Im on my Netflix animes right now and I see they got a couple seasons of Black Clover plus the movie and the Seven Deadly Sins spin off, which one of these should I go for I never finished OG Sins and I gave BC like 6 episodes cause Astas voice irked tf out of me

 

[tripleaamin]

Im on my Netflix animes right now and I see they got a couple seasons of Black Clover plus the movie and the Seven Deadly Sins spin off, which one of these should I go for I never finished OG Sins and I gave BC like 6 episodes cause Astas voice irked tf out of me

Are you look for specifically action? If not def check out Dungeon Meshi.

Vinland Saga should be there I think?

 

[Cuban Pete]

Are you look for specifically action? If not def check out Dungeon Meshi.

Vinland Saga should be there I think?

Already up on Vinland, was looking more along the lines of a "turn your brain off Shonen" with good action to play in the background while I do other shyt. Ill check that out tho

 

[Beer Drinker]

Im on my Netflix animes right now and I see they got a couple seasons of Black Clover plus the movie and the Seven Deadly Sins spin off, which one of these should I go for I never finished OG Sins and I gave BC like 6 episodes cause Astas voice irked tf out of me

I'd probably say BC cause I bailed on Sins. Asta gets way less annoying

 

[tripleaamin]

Already up on Vinland, was looking more along the lines of a "turn your brain off Shonen" with good action to play in the background while I do other shyt. Ill check that out tho

If you got Hulu/Disney (depending on where you live) they seem to have a better catalog for non anime stream services.

I'd probably say BC cause I bailed on Sins. Asta gets way less annoying

Man 7DS anime 1st season was good. But it was straight ultra afterword. Animation was straight and I couldn't make it past the overbearing boring exposition in S3.

 

[tripleaamin]

Watching Wind Breaker episode 1. Man Cloverworks putting the work with great fights in the first episode.Honestly for a delinquents show it was a great episode one. Something that @Bryan Danielson and @LauderdaleBoss would like. MC here is more so here finding himself. For Sakura, he was always outcast so it will be nice to see him fitting in a crowd of people that hopefully accept him.





Also watched Astro Note Tbh in most seasons this would be wtf is this plot of the season. Although Train To the End of the World has any show beat in that regard. The start was like uh this is nothing what I thought it would be. It mostly played out like SoL Romance, but the female lead being incredibly sus. The ending twist bringing the Sci-fi elements def caught my interest. Curious if this has an overarching plot or it simply ends up as a romance SoL. Could be an interesting original



Last show & original I watched was Highspeed Étoile and honestly this was very meh. It's a racing series like Overtake, and it should focus more on racing than that did. Anyone 100% dead against 3D animation should steer away since the whole thing is CGI. Racing looked good, but it lacked to capture my investment because we barely know anybody yet. Felt pretty boring at times. One that I prob drop within 3 more episodes if it doesn't improve.

 

[tripleaamin]

"We are investigating"

 

[tripleaamin]

Two more seasonals I tried.

First is Ooi! Tonbo, which is a Golf anime done by OLM. Unlike Birdie Wing this is a grounded golf series. So I don't expect to be popular, but the first episode did its thing in setting up what this series is. Most likely it will be Tonbo's journey through golf with Igarashi as her mentor eventually. Did notice the animation looked very clean, so this looks like a good one that people will sleep on since there is no gimmick, and it is not baiting Fujo or Yuri fans.





The other is Girls Cry Band. I am shocked that nobody picked it up given the popularity of Bocchi the Rock recently and especially considering it's being done by Toei. Talking about the contents of the episode it was pretty solid as it's Nina's journey in music and where she meets her idol. Everything isn't as it appears glossy as you would think. You see her build confidence and build a nice dynamic with Momoka. And delivers a great emotional scene to not give up on your dreams. The issue is below

High chance this show is either fully MTL or untranslated. Shame as the CGI is much better than the other fully CGI show Crunchy picked up, and the music sounds pretty solid.

 

[tripleaamin]

Watched the first episode of "Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night". This is written by Yaku Yuuki, author of Bottom Tier Tomozaki, most notably. He is a really great author, who does well at fleshing out the character and providing great characterization.

Great first episode. The theme of this show being a Jellyfish. Essentially a Jellyfish goes with the current of the ocean. We have Mahiru, whom is a girl who has low confidence in herself. She drew a beautiful jellyfish that ended up being drawn on a mural. When she went to brag about it and show it off to her friends, they ridiculed it. It's not their fault kids be kids. But this was the start of her losing self-confidence in herself.

In comes Kano and is one who praises it and mentions she loves it. Whom is a former idol trying to make it back anonymously. She wants Mahiru to draw for her. Unaware of what Kano went through and why she is now a former idol. She got into a scandal, so she has it rough as well. Mahiru realizing that, but for someone like that that first step is hard.

The performance Kano puts out finally gives Mahiru to finally take that first step and removes the poster board from her mural. And now we will have these two working together. Kano's icon per say is a jellyfish. Similar to how Mahiru herself was a jellyfish just going with life regardless of her feelings on the matter. But with Kano she can take the first step to allow herself to shine.

Spoiler: Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Ep 1

The other show was The Yōkai Next to Me. A solid amount good amount of world building. The last part of this episode has me feeling rough.

Mustsumi's dad was either abducted or spirited away. A dimension between here and the afterlife. So thinking about the meaning in death we meet again. In here someone can be stuck in a place where I assume they can't live in peace. Mutsumi knowing this regarding her dad is rough. At least Jirou promises to be there for her.


Buchio who went from a cat to a nekomata, whom can transform like you see with tanuki in other series. Actually seeing him be able to have human arms as he learns from Yuri-sensei was cool to see. His part of the story will hopefully be the more wholesome part. Looks like a solid Supernatural SoL show. Hopefully it doesn't dive too much into the sad themes.

 

[Balla]

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