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Aug 8, 2009 4:25 PM
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We get to know more about the 12 Kingdoms. Also this series is becoming so awesome!
Apr 6, 2010 10:28 AM
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kie_ said:
Also this series is becoming so awesome!


Omg, yes! I can't believe I put this on hold for almost 2 years.

The next episode is going to give a backstory on the King of En. Can't wait~ *_*
Sep 29, 2010 9:45 PM
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I usually wouldn't say something as potentially upsetting as this but, if you have gotten this far in this show and do not like the direction it is taking as far as characters, particularly the evolution of Youko, and story then you obviously wouldn't know what a good anime truly is.
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Dec 15, 2010 4:27 PM
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At least they stopped whining and crying...
Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone
Dec 29, 2010 6:39 AM
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Is was so awesome when she ran and told the rat to come along saying stuff like now you are discriminating etc.=D It was so feel good that she hugged the rat just like I wanted to. XD LOL And then finally Rakshun turns into a human form. I didn't thought that was Rakshun. lol The voice turned a little less cute when he was in human form. Anyways he is cute. I want a Youko X Rakshun doujinshi ofcourse with Rakshun rat form. No maybe Rakshun with another beast human. XD Surprised that nobody discussed about Rakshun's human form.
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Feb 23, 2011 8:08 AM
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The palace is awesome! And i like it that they start to explain more stuff! I cant believe that was Rakushun! In fact i was as slow as Youko in realising that was Rakushun!
Feb 25, 2011 5:35 AM
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Oh boy, and now we get to the bad and good emperor stereotypes, choosen by heaven and some bullshit of the same kind.
This anime is really full of everything that is wrong in the fantasy adventure genre, it's almost unbelievable.
Aug 6, 2011 4:42 PM
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insan3soldiern said:
I usually wouldn't say something as potentially upsetting as this but, if you have gotten this far in this show and do not like the direction it is taking as far as characters, particularly the evolution of Youko, and story then you obviously wouldn't know what a good anime truly is.

Absolutely agree. Hopefully this hasn't upset anyone, since this statement is so very accurate and true, in my opinion...

I'm so, so glad I didn't drop this, as well, and that I heeded the advice of others who were commenting in the discussion threads for the first few episodes. This series is shaping up to be truly fantastic, it seems. I really like the main characters - well, the current ones, at least... i.e. Youko, Rakushun, the newly introduced Emperor of En, and his Kirin. :D
Feb 20, 2012 10:53 AM
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They forgot to show Youko recovering the scabbard when she kills the monkey guy...
lpfFeb 20, 2012 11:08 AM

Apr 26, 2012 7:05 AM

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touching moment :


wow ~
Rakushun is handsome ~


anothere handsome man in the episode :
May 2, 2013 6:13 PM

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NOOOOOOOOOOO. That ruined my Rakushun. T___T

But about time this series gets interesting!! Took like 7-10 episodes before I actually stopped dreading the next episode.

Now for Sugimoto to die off...
Feb 23, 2014 11:43 PM

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No wonder why the scabbard was making Yoko go crazy. So now its decision time....and Sugimoto needs to just go away.
Mar 25, 2014 10:06 AM

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Rakushun is so handsome XD Youko's reaction was hilarious. She was so worried about hugging him, she probably forgot she actually asked him to bathe with her lmao.

I'm kind of getting tired of Sugimoto now. Someone really needs to slap her -__-
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Aug 20, 2014 12:35 AM

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Hope the annoying and jealous bitch will now open her eyes.
Dec 29, 2014 10:30 PM

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Right good they explained the monkey, I was so confused before. Rakushun is cool in his human form too.

Sugimoto Yuka...I don't see any hope so she needs to stop bitching about everything...
Jan 8, 2015 9:08 AM

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glad that she will be a queen she deserve it

Nov 8, 2015 2:47 PM

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Rakushun is so handsome XD Youko's reaction was hilarious. She was so worried about hugging him, she probably forgot she actually asked him to bathe with her lmao.

I'm kind of getting tired of Sugimoto now. Someone really needs to slap her -__-


Lol. she's hell bent on living out her fantasies. A reality check is incoming though.
Matsuoka Yoshitsugu has hardly any range as a voice actor, and is grossly over-cast.

Yeah. I said it.
Jun 3, 2016 6:57 PM
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Finally, the exposition I've been waiting for! Everything has come together nicely and I feel like the real story is just beginning. I'm impressed because all of the characters have come so far already; good development.

The only thing I don't like is how Yoko just seemed to completely ignore and forget that one of her friends fell down a cliff. I'm sure he'll come back in some way (maybe as an enemy, that would be cool), but it doesn't seem like her character to just forget about him completely.

More flashback next episode? Eh, it's not a bad time for it i guess.
Apr 2, 2017 4:29 PM

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Rakushun! ^^

Nice episode.
Jun 15, 2017 11:32 PM

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Rakushun is coming with her, I can expect to see him pretty often
I love him ❤
Especially with his furs.. Oh wait-

Oooohhh Sugimoto do you need a burn heal? Because you just got BURN'd xD
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Oh boy, and now we get to the bad and good emperor stereotypes, choosen by heaven and some bullshit of the same kind.
This anime is really full of everything that is wrong in the fantasy adventure genre, it's almost unbelievable.


I realize it's been 7 years but if you still care/ remember would you please elaborate on the kind of things that are wrong in the fantasy adventure genre.
I'm asking out of genuine curiousity and not animosity.
I realize that this series adheres to some cliched tropes but was wondering what you specifically had in mind when you wrote this (if you still remember haha) and what an improvement would be to you
Sep 27, 2019 8:31 AM

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NIce. Finally some buildup.
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The furry bait and subtext is diminishing my interest in this...
Aug 16, 2021 3:28 PM

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Yeah, Rakushun should have a human form too.

Lot's more lore this episode. It really turned up. Now it's backstory time.

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Jan 25, 2022 8:55 AM
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That mountain palace is amazing.If such a place existed as a tourist spot.I would have to visit it at least once in my lifetime.
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I really have to fix my sleeping schedule, I like how much of this anime features Japanese history. Learning is only fun for me when it's interesting.

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