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leeo268 said: So, should we still expect any plot at this point? It is getting really ridiculous how the tanuki are literally waiting to be eaten. They living like they are domesticated livestocks. Considering their power, they can practically declare war on their predators and reclaim their digity. Pathetic.. Yasaburou is total opposite of Eren from AoT, instead of fighting back, he bow down and serve the people, whom possibly ate his father. No wonder he like dressing like a chick, because he don't have any balls. There is something called peaceful accepting their fate and coexisting with the other races. That makes this mythical race different from humans, which do everything to survive and are unable to accept their fate. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Poor tanukis, There is nothing more terrible than human! The weird thing is the Friday follow ate his dad, one of the member saved him mom, and here he is in danger of being eaten himself. Talking about rotten fate. |
| Is it just me or is it weird that Yasaburou is eating a meal with the people who devoured his father? Also the humans and the tanuki seem to be pretty lax about talking about tanuki hot pots and such. The tanuki don't seem to try and prevent it from happening either and it seems like they just accept it. |
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| So Hotei was the person who saved Yasaburou's mom.The Friday Fellows weren't as bad I expected them to be."So sad,so sad" I wonder what Benten is sad about?I wonder who the Tanuki was at the end? |
 Was that an It's A Wonderful Life reference? "Go get me the moon, Yasaburo" The character interaction is steadily boiling, getting better and better. I'm pretty interested to see what's going on in Hotei's mind, that is certainly an eery fellow. Benten seems to have a similar outlook, but not as progressed. Hopefully she wasn't foreshadowing when she said "sad, sad" after displaying that Friday Fellow attitude(so cute I wanna eat it up) but then showing her conflict by saying if you eat something you like then it'll be gone. And I don't mean with her and Yasaburo either :/ |
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| so hey some Friday Fellows are reluctant in eating tanuki too..... that kind of show where there isnt really any defined antagonist i was impressed how Yasaburou could still keep his daruma shape-shifting amidst all of Benten's words. then he got blown by the cigar smoke...he's not perfect after all but the way he 'became friends' with the Friday Fellows was also great. like, less chance for him getting eaten really soon? totally didnt expect tanuki hotpot to be this serious |
Takuan_Soho said: leeo268 said: So, should we still expect any plot at this point? It is getting really ridiculous how the tanuki are literally waiting to be eaten. They living like they are domesticated livestocks. Considering their power, they can practically declare war on their predators and reclaim their digity. Pathetic.. There are 1.5 million people in Kyoto. There are probably no more than a thousand or so Tanuki; even with their transforming powers they wouldn't survive long if they managed to tick the humans off. Also, Tanuki transformation is not all powerful, she how easily Benten saw through it. Granted Benten is exceptional, but there is a reason Yasaburou had to transform into a Daruma doll and Kaisei into a cabinet (notice that that was also one of the forms Yasaburou transformed into at the party). Yasaburou is extremely talented for a Tanuki in his ability to mimic humans, most Tanukis have a hard time keeping just one form, and even then sudden noise can get them to reveal themselves. The Tanuki put up with the occasional pot roasting, because it is a small price to pay for the rest of them surviving. Humans used to sacrifice members to appease the "gods" when they were weak; that is the position the Tanukis are in (and pretty much stated this episode) As for a plot. Of course there is a plot. The plot is about Yasaburou's coming of age. They laid it out in the first 5 minutes of the opening episode. He doesn't want to be a "mere" tanuki. He lives for excitement. The show is about Yasaburou growing up; he stays with Benten because she is the most interesting thing in his life. Kaisei chastised him for this during the episode, and his mother has been warning him since the beginning of the show. For people saying "this is idiotic", did anyone ever have or had a friend in a "self-destructive" relationship? It is hideously common. Not quite as gothic as "they ate my father", but just as destructive. So basically this is a story of how a sheep try to make those most out of his life before he reach the Slaughterhouse. I don't mean that they have ton conquer Kyoto and create their own Israel. They just have to fight back enough to teach human how to eat them anymore. I am sure a little bit of revolt and terrorism will convince people respect Tanuki more and go buy some beef instead. More strategically, they can even impersonate politicians and other powerful people to change law into their favor. I just expected the main character to do something by this point. Bowing to people that ate his father is just a new low of the year in anime. |
| The Friday Fellows aren't half bad. They can be pretty peaceful and entertaining. One of the members, Hotei, apparently met Yasaburou's mother before and saved her life. All I can say is that Benten is amazing. |
I’m always searching for something, for someone. This feeling has possessed me I think, from that day… That day when the stars came falling. |
| Woud love to know Benten, so mysterious and alluring XD |
ElenirLachlagos said: These people are kinda sick. Especially Benten and that Prof. agree if she like him y dont marry him lol hahaha their relationship is complicated i agree but i am sure that benten will not eat yasaborou, i think she have a strong feeling for yasaburou that the word "like" is unusable, it should be love 5/5 for this ep 10/10 for the anime |
leeo268 said: No wonder he like dressing like a chick, because he don't have any balls. Didn't the cabinet tell him already he has no balls (before Benten arrived)? rodac said: If you're an unfeeling brute, you don't see a problem at all (and may have a certain curiosity about just what Soylent Green would taste like). I think you meant to say long pig, since you can already buy soylent green crackers at amazon :D Since I think one of the major points of this show is to figure out who or what she is, and why she acts the way she does, I'm ok with that. My bet is that Benten is a 1/2 or 1/4 tenguu, a direct descendant of sensei, so much affection cannot be explained otherwise. leeo268 said: I don't mean that they have ton conquer Kyoto and create their own Israel. They just have to fight back enough to teach human how to eat them anymore. I am sure a little bit of revolt and terrorism will convince people respect Tanuki more and go buy some beef instead. More strategically, they can even impersonate politicians and other powerful people to change law into their favor. A bull once tried to kill an uncle of mine, when he recovered his health he tortured the poor beast at his (rotten) heart content and then killed it. You seem to sub-estimate humans innate response to a perceived external threat, there will be no tanuki left if humans labeled them as a threat instead of thinking they are cute jesters |
| I fucking love this show's atmosphere.. 5/5 |
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leeo268 said: So, should we still expect any plot at this point? It is getting really ridiculous how the tanuki are literally waiting to be eaten. They living like they are domesticated livestocks. Considering their power, they can practically declare war on their predators and reclaim their digity. Pathetic.. This... I don't get it. They killed his father and he's like... nothing? Really disliked this episode. |
| Love it:) |
AlexTheRiot said: Was that an It's A Wonderful Life reference? "Go get me the moon, Yasaburo" 10 bucks says he turns into the moon for Benten at some point. |
| The main character is still weird for me and Benten. Both of them... I wonder if he likes Benten? He doesn't show emotions so much.. |
Hybridbloodszak said: Part 2 of their little date continues next week and I'm interested to see who that other Tanuki is that was shown in the preview To me, that Tanuki seemed the dead father, so I'm guessing it's a flashback, I'm not sure though. leeo268 said: Takuan_Soho said: leeo268 said: So, should we still expect any plot at this point? It is getting really ridiculous how the tanuki are literally waiting to be eaten. They living like they are domesticated livestocks. Considering their power, they can practically declare war on their predators and reclaim their digity. Pathetic.. There are 1.5 million people in Kyoto. There are probably no more than a thousand or so Tanuki; even with their transforming powers they wouldn't survive long if they managed to tick the humans off. Also, Tanuki transformation is not all powerful, she how easily Benten saw through it. Granted Benten is exceptional, but there is a reason Yasaburou had to transform into a Daruma doll and Kaisei into a cabinet (notice that that was also one of the forms Yasaburou transformed into at the party). Yasaburou is extremely talented for a Tanuki in his ability to mimic humans, most Tanukis have a hard time keeping just one form, and even then sudden noise can get them to reveal themselves. The Tanuki put up with the occasional pot roasting, because it is a small price to pay for the rest of them surviving. Humans used to sacrifice members to appease the "gods" when they were weak; that is the position the Tanukis are in (and pretty much stated this episode) As for a plot. Of course there is a plot. The plot is about Yasaburou's coming of age. They laid it out in the first 5 minutes of the opening episode. He doesn't want to be a "mere" tanuki. He lives for excitement. The show is about Yasaburou growing up; he stays with Benten because she is the most interesting thing in his life. Kaisei chastised him for this during the episode, and his mother has been warning him since the beginning of the show. For people saying "this is idiotic", did anyone ever have or had a friend in a "self-destructive" relationship? It is hideously common. Not quite as gothic as "they ate my father", but just as destructive. So basically this is a story of how a sheep try to make those most out of his life before he reach the Slaughterhouse. I don't mean that they have ton conquer Kyoto and create their own Israel. They just have to fight back enough to teach human how to eat them anymore. I am sure a little bit of revolt and terrorism will convince people respect Tanuki more and go buy some beef instead. More strategically, they can even impersonate politicians and other powerful people to change law into their favor. I just expected the main character to do something by this point. Bowing to people that ate his father is just a new low of the year in anime. That's why this story is so fascinating. The world goes like this you know, the strong eats the weak. You are expecting too much shounen, and in this kind of anime I doubt it. Also, it's pretty obvious that they can't rebel against the tengu and the humans, the fact that Yasaburou's father was that strong was an exception, usually the Tanuki are not that strong. We know that thanks to several hints. Furthermore, there must a balance between the three different groups in town, so they' can't start a war. Barbalay said: AlexTheRiot said: Was that an It's A Wonderful Life reference? "Go get me the moon, Yasaburo" 10 bucks says he turns into the moon for Benten at some point. That would be really cool. |
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Vanisher said: This... I don't get it. They killed his father and he's like... nothing? To me this is a mistery. Do they really kill the tanuki or just cook those who have recently died in the year end festivities (makes sense if the tanuki population is similar in numbers to that of humans)? Does the tanuki commits seppuku? Do they kill them painlessly or are they left to bleed for hours? Do they really eat all of the tanuki (i.e. pork is 100% used by humans) or most of it ends up in a trash can? Is there some mystical meaning to the eating of the tanuki every year (i.e. To increase human lifespan)? |
| Man, all this casual talking of eating Tanuki is pretty weird. I'd love to know the whole story behind The Friday Fellows and their 'tradition'. |
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| I think that Yasaburou's attending the party actually gave him the balls he ran away from, and perhaps the next episode would add to the story of the mysterious ritual of eating Tanuki nabe out of real tanuki [unlike Kitsune Udon, where no real kitsune meat could be used, the Net says that tanuki could be eaten as a seasonal food still somewhere. That is, if we ignore the complicated history of kitsunes and tanukis journeying from China to Japan, the demotion they took after mixing Shintoism with the later appearance of Buddhism, and the fact that humans had deemed shape-shifting tanuki as evil, youkai, and tricksters). There's something strange about the seasons - seems like a tanuki should be eaten during the Autumn, but how it connects to the Friday Fellows Club is difficult to figure out. Maybe this is an order of things or Nature the Seven Gods should preserve i some way. Anyway, the fellows don't look what tanuki make them to be (mom said that there are good people in this episode), but it was surprising that they could sense and accept a shape-shifting tanuki as it was a natural, not extraordinary occurrence. The rule for being accepted into the society is to eat that tanuki nabe and apparently the members rotate the duty of delivering a tanuki every year (this year is Hotei's turn). I mean, the fellows are humans, but obviously, more than that - unless they are some bunch of eccentrics (yet, Benten does magical stuff and flies around). Yajirou didn't lie for being popular, after all, but Yasaburou seems to be moving forward, too. |
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| This casual talk about eating tanukis makes me think there's something more to the story. |
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| This show it's trapping me as long as the episodes come out. The Tanukis story it's quite interesting so far and I'm enjoying the Yasaburou's adventures, I'm glad Benten didn't take his life to eat him. |
| I so wanna see Kaisei. I hope we see her before the series ends. |
| Great episode |
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| damn think Im falling for Benten! |
| Actually, this episode was a bit disgusting. I'll look forward to further information. |
| 日本人はイッちゃってるよ あいつら未来に生きてんな |
| this anime keeps getting better and better! Benten is so beautiful! |
| Whoa @ Hotei and that Tanuki. So he adores them and had a bonding moment with Yasaboro. Could that Tanuki at the preview be their dad( flashback) or someone else ( Kaisei maybe) Man I hope he changes their view on Tanuki. |
| Nice episode, love the development of the story. Its a bit sad others are underrating this series for me it is quite good for this season. |
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| This anime is fantastic. |
leeo268 said: Comparing Eren to Yasaburou, wha?So, should we still expect any plot at this point? It is getting really ridiculous how the tanuki are literally waiting to be eaten. They living like they are domesticated livestocks. Considering their power, they can practically declare war on their predators and reclaim their digity. Pathetic.. Yasaburou is total opposite of Eren from AoT, instead of fighting back, he bow down and serve the people, whom possibly ate his father. No wonder he like dressing like a chick, because he don't have any balls. OnT: Really good episode. Maybe the Tanuki in the preview is Yasaburou's father? |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| This episode provides enough hint about the meeting place of the Friday's club that I looked it up and found it is a sukiyaki restaurant (and later I found its name included in the ED credit). Cool. Mishima-Tei http://www.mishima-tei.co.jp/dish/en/ |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| benten seemed sweet when she first appeared in the anime. i wonder what caused her to become so ridiculous she has some balls telling Yasaburou that she thought his "dad was delicious" and bringing up the whole situation casually her character is frustrating to watch but she seems like she used to be normal |
| Great episode again. Even though there isn't a focus on the story, I still really enjoy it, the characters and all. 5/5. |
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| that last scene was lovely, i'm interested to see how their complicated relationship is going to be.. still curious about Kaisei's physical appearance.. can't help but thinking of Kirino with that voice of her.. symbv said: This episode provides enough hint about the meeting place of the Friday's club that I looked it up and found it is a sukiyaki restaurant (and later I found its name included in the ED credit). Cool. Mishima-Tei http://www.mishima-tei.co.jp/dish/en/ thank you |
My DeviantArt and Pixiv and still waiting patiently for a 3rd season of Spice & Wolf :'| |
DearFear said: now i feel tha character hollow, empty, lacking motivation, reason and emotions. yes i think thats it. Hollow and empty That would only IF there is no more plot that gives meaning to their behavior and I would be surprised if this is another evangelion. |
| I can't take it anymore. FIGHT BACK, YOU MORONS! I can't stand how he just accepts being eaten with no problems whatsoever, and how humans are assholes enough to just eat them anyway. |
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Onyxthegreat said: I'd love to know the whole story behind The Friday Fellows and their 'tradition'. this |
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| What an amazing episode. I can't get enough of Benten. |
| Benten is so... mysterious and this mystery is very tempting and attractive in a way. Not that she isn't beautiful. I like her so much. I see great allegory in all this. People are eating tanuki, yet they are doing it mainly because of their tradition. But they are affraid to break this tradition because they would lose their purpose in life. And tanuki are not even thinking about trying to fight back, they come to the terms with this state. Thez take death as one natural thing, they know it's the way of nature. And in this coexistence they don't see enemies in each other, they respect each other. Symbiosis like no other. This episode was so moving in a way, it can't be told by words. |
| Quite lovely episode, really like the development :D |
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| Lol that Benten transfromation, she could a bit angry too sometimes So Hotei is the person who saved Yasaburou's mother To summarize it all : Humans are the scariest creature xD |
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| 5/5 Interesting episode, the plot masconde still a lot of things and that in itself is exciting, but in addition we bring you the characters, with their wacky ideas enough to interest even more. My guess on a possible love connection between Benten and Yasaburou becomes more and more real. Yasaburo however, remains a fairly unusual character, manages to keep his cool despite being inisieme at the club on Friday, knowing that they will be his executioners in the future. The fact that you accept this condition seems reasonable to me, knows that man is at the top of the food chain, and I can understand her not understanding what he thinks Benten! Drawings and animations good. |
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