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Ranger Reject Episode 11

So it adapted chapters 46-48. This is one of those case where reading chapter by chapter it reads fine, but when you combine the chapters together and put it in anime form, the flow is really weird since you have 3 battle happening in different places plus the area where Pink Keeper is.

One thing that this episode did well is showcasing the bond D has made with the other independent rangers. The old D wouldn't care of what happened to Angelica, but he has grown a bond to these guys similar to his monster companions. Curious how he takes things forward. Good job pulling out the stops to beat one of the Petrolas. The gadgets they put down being fakes was a nice touch by D.

I do feel bad for Blue Keeper even committing crimes he was manipulated by the monsters. And more and more we see Red Keeper is just fukking unhinged. He said the former Blue Keeper isn't useful anymore since he is injured, so It's on to find someone who is useful to the Rangers. Dudes mental is fukked up to say the least.

So D is setting out to take out Blue Keeper now that he has an opportunity. Well him knowing that D in Hibiki form defended a monster was going to be hard to explain to keep his disguise a secret going forward. Though the real question is how D going to pull it off?


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HIbike! Euphonium S3 Ep 12

This was easily the best episode of the season and maybe even the best episode so far for the series. A big showcase on how anime original content san really enhance the source material. But honestly at the start of it headlined most of the issues in regard to pacing. We jumped to the results where Mayu and Kumiko were tied. But how it goes from here really really impresses me.

For much throughout the season Kumiko's desire was to get the part in the Soli and earn it. But now she actually acknowledges Mayu's desires. Mayu simply has trauma that her success can ruin it for others. Obviously her friend would never show her frustrations to Mayu, but the reason for her friend quitting was obvious. Simply Mayu treasured her time with her friend then getting results. Mayu much like Reina is a prodigy, but the difference is results always meant the most to Reina and obviously that's not the case for Mayu. It was nice for Kumiko and Mayu to understand each other better.

This has a lot of parallels to S1 and the competition between Karoi-Senpai and Reina. Kumiko is smart wanting to keep the performances hidden. After all she is literally the President, she knows she will have bias to her if they know which was her performance. Of course the results were tied, but it leads to Reina to decide the winner? Obviously she should know what Kumiko sounds like, but this is a call back to S1 when Kumiko said we should make our pick based on performance. Unlike the case in S1, Reina had the better performance. But here Reina knows that she prefers Mayu's performance. Ultimately what does Reina do? She has two goals, and she can't have both of them if she is true to herself. If she wants to win nationals she would choose Mayu as to her, she had the better performance. But a goal of hers was to perform the Soli with Kumiko. In reference to S1 she doesn't want to tarnish when Kumiko believed she had the better performance. She makes the decision that both her and Kumiko selfishly do not want, as they want to perform together. But this shows growth out of Reina.

For Kumiko her conversation with Taki-Sensei highlighted that she wants to be true to herself. She wanted the best performance to get the spot for Soli. Being true to herself she shows full support for Mayu. Yes it hurts that she doesn't get the spot, but this is the path she is meant to take. She lets out all her tears alongside Reina. It further the point from last week. Reina is special and Kumiko is not. Her performance has hints of that. But their friendship will never waver.

Poor Kanade. She had two dreams that were crushed. The first was Kumiko getting the Soli. Her character shares a lot of similarities with Yuko. She has a big voice and she really admires her senpai. Although Kanade does so in a more elegant way where Yuko feels like an idol stan with how she talks about Kaori. But probably the most heart crushing thing is not being able to perform with Kumiko. She will never get another opportunity. You can really empathize when she tears up. She thought well at least I have Kumiko playing the Soli to look forward to. But she didn't get that. Poor girl.
 

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Mission: Yozakura Family Episode 12

This episode adapted chapter 31 for Ban's introduction and chapter 30 for the shopping trip. They adapted this one very well. I loved all the anime original changes. We get a flashback of supposedly where Keiko and Ban met which is awesome. We also have Goliath giving them Mutsumi an old photo of her grandparents. Which leads her to contact her grandmother to "pick up" Ban. This allows her to overhear when Taiyo talks about her and really elevates the scene compared to how it is in the manga. Also, we had the bit at the beginning where Mutsumi pushes Kyo's buttons to get him to pay. It makes a fun connection to the early part of the episode where we see Kyo's room and this is either the first

Seeing Taiyo and Mutsumi help Suzu find her dad was really sweet. Really shows they are both good with kids. Although going into the black market, I think Taiyo was almost as scared as Suzu was.

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Muzan with entrance of the year :wow:


Fighter D still in the front running for 2024 Illest nikka in Nebraska award :whew: I keep thinking he's gonna fall back and regroup

Nah :banderas: unlimited smoke, we still got fades to run
 

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I watched episode 5 of The Grim Variations: The Town Musicians of Bremen.

Tbh this was easily the weakest because while it easily had the best action of the 5 episodes so far, it really lacked substance. We have the 3 women Dog, Donkey and Cat. Their personalities hold true to the animals. Dog wanted to up hold justice. Donkey was a brute. Cat was lazy.

The best part of the episode was Rooster's part. Seems she was a rich girl that got kidnapped. But her family refused to pay the ransom. She worked for the Wade Brothers just so she could survive. But with the 3 women as mentioned she finally found a place where she belonged to. That can be said for all 4 girls. While the message is nice, it was predictable and the execution was lacking.

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If Sylphie agrees

are we gonna admit Rudy got paid off well if all he lost was his dad? :sas2:


mom just lost her memories she still sitting there making a mess during dinner time :yeshrug: idk brehs this might be Rudy's MVP year, now im not worried about if Eris shows up, she can get the steppin if she aint with the program :camby:
 
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