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| a drunk frog lol and that guy has no shame at all |
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| what a crazy episode (in a good way). The manifestations of their idiot blood were shown throughout the episode. - I laughed too hard when the train crashed into the building. Funny as hell XD - Benten <3 Amazing, mysterious and frightening at the same time, as always. She "saved" Yasaburou by not revealing his identity in front of Juroujin and played along with the situation. I wonder if the last ep will reveal more about her true motives and feelings, especially towards Yasaburou. - No Kaisei and Yasaburou's hot mom in this ep :( - Yajirou saved the day, thanks to Yashirou and his initiative to use the brandy. -Juroujin wasn't just some old geezer with long hairs. That rope trick, and a private train? interesting! - needs more Benten |
My DeviantArt and Pixiv and still waiting patiently for a 3rd season of Spice & Wolf :'| |
| "I'm back in the game" Yajiro |
| EL PSY KONGROO!!! |
| A bunch of tanukis in one room and the Friday fellows in another, yeah shit just got real indeed! |
| Sigh, only 1 episode left!! Sunday come already!!!!! |
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| Great episode! I'm still ambivalent about this big finale thing (and lead-up), because I thought the show wouldn't need to rely on theatrics to close out. Still, there's always been danger brimming beneath the surface, so it all coming to a head at the end of the series is a smart decision. I guess I would've just preferred something different to compliment the show's quirkiness. That train sequence though! Even if it's cartoonish-ly squash and stretch, it's not often that you see a traditionally animated vehicle in TV shows. Yasuo Otsuka loved cars, and it showed through in Lupin, with a technical skill and exciting direction towards car chases; that same excitement is here too with the majority of the episode dedicated to a tanuki-turned-train screeching wildly through the streets of Shibuya, with his brothers (and accompanying jerks) in tow. ginko29 said: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kyoto-tei/e/1110398b7c2e5c06789b1dd531c876c1 So, with some luck, it might also be adapted to anime. I love this series, a new season would be so awesome! In fact, this anime adaptation might have been here to boost the sales of the 2nd book. Because the timing is quite suspicious. Thanks for the heads up. Here's hoping it's incentive enough for a S2, because it really does need to be longer; don't want another Jinrui or Princess Jellyfish. Also that's a gorgeous cover. |
DJIzzyIzzyHitler said: I went quickly through the last couple of episodes and I still see strong vibes that she has feeling for Yasuburo and her kindness and consideration towards him is not just because of a desire to protect his entire family (of course that is also part of her motivation too). The scenes where she protected his brothers etc also happened to have him around nearby. I see the whole thing as the usual Japanese way to depicting romance in a subdued manner. I think its more along the lines that shes protecting his entire family, it just seems like shes with yasuburo more than anything because hes the main character and we follow his point of view more, she follows around and has protected yasuburo's mom and brother on a few occassions, and she kind of outright said she likes yaijuro. I really dont think theres any romantic implications between the two as much as id like there to be, and even if there was we arent going to get any resolution ginko29 said: Great news indeed!symbv said: Given the fact that the anime is based on the first volume of a supposed trilogy with the other 2 volumes not yet written, I am sure there won't be a 2nd season, at least not until the sequel is written. Then rejoice, because the 2nd book is scheduled for this autumn! http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kyoto-tei/e/1110398b7c2e5c06789b1dd531c876c1 So, with some luck, it might also be adapted to anime. I love this series, a new season would be so awesome! |
| 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. |
| Woo \O/ The Shimogamo family is able to escape! So excited for the ending, great series, one of my favorites of the season. That ending song. .? |
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| holy..and I was so sucked into this episode.. |
| That scene with train flying against the moon was priceless! :D Anyway, finale is coming, I am hoping for good ending. |
| Shit is going to get down next and last episode! Lets see what will happen next! |
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| Yay Yajirou!! Flying electric train is awesome Aw, Yaichirou.. he really should prepare the proof before he said that Worst case.. Tanuki eaters are beside your room xD And no ED this time? |
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| Great episode. Yajirou turning into a train and speeding through the streets. Cant wait to see the finale. |
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| Well seeing his rope action and how he made back-up plans and Benten sits is on his side we can definitely say Jurojin is the big shot here and probably the one deciding things in the Frisay Fellows club. I can help notice also that he looks suspiciously like a Tenkou. Could it be he is the head of the Kurama tengou? Considering we never saw their leader and how they act as Benten bodyguards etc after she left the old man we can assume that they oblige to follow Benten's orders because their leader instructed them to do so after she became a member of his club. Btw Benten doing tongue-out face was sexual and cute as hell. Anyway i have to say i am slightly disappointment by the fact that it seems we will get no explanations on Benten motives and reasoning. We have only one episode left and a mother Tanuki to save so no time and even if they tried it will be too rushed and not fulfilling at this point.Hearing there will be three novels and only one is out i get why since a mysterious character like her will lose some of it's essence if it gets revealed too fast but unfortunately we have no idea on whether we will ever get another season(is not exactly the type of anime that we see selling much or studios being very keen to revisit) so i am allowed to be disappointed. Well as i see it Soun will end up as hot pot now by taking the place of their mother as a final slightly redeeming action. The guy loves their mother and we saw how he acted when the old man spoke about eating her. So now that they are in the next room and they will take her there to eat her nothing will be kept secret and first he will be shamed in the tanuki society for his actions and with nothing to lose anymore he will at least try to save her by self-sacrificing and also save the name of his family so his children can have a future between tanukis by taking responsibility for his actions and giving himself as hot-pot. rodac said: If I get any sense of romantic tension it seems more like it's between Yasuburo and Benten, rather than Yasuburo and Kaisei (who seems more like a furry version of the childhood friend). I'm still hoping that we get a bit more of an insight into the mystery of Benten. That little scene where she stuck her tongue out to welcome Yasuburo, and then said something to get him out of hot water, was priceless... Glad other see the attraction to the way Benten acts. |
MonadJan 14, 2014 1:51 PM
| 4/5 Plot that keeps you on your toes until the end, but we think the narrative to defuse anxiety thanks to a lot of laughter, nothing bad. Above the flight of the train in the Club on Friday was epic! XD Some Characters like Benten and the old Juroujin, are still shrouded in mystery, who knows if there will be time to deepen their person. Episode discreet. Now comes the grand final, I'm curious. |
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| Everyone's togther! What's going to happen?! Also he finally turned to something else than that frog! Good for him. I hope he's able to transform back to his old self. |
| holy fffff- this is so interesting, i sooooo badly want the uncle to end up in the stew pot, it's the only right thing they can do- please ;_;'!!!! |
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| That was the sickest train ride i have ever seen in anime, that's for sure xD That setup for the finale is crazy, this will be something. |
| Well this was an exciting one. And the finale promises to be even more climactic. Most of this episode is Yajirou in train form carting Yasaburou and Yashirou around the city. The sequence is one of the strongest animated flights of fancy the series has yet offered. At once recalling the Cat-Bus from Totoro. And being reminiscent of the big festival climax of the tanuki themed Ghibli film Pom Poko. I don't know how they do it, but amidst a very mature and heavy plot and a lot of very adult humor. This series manages to tap into that distinctly Ghibli sense of whimsy. And no scene has shown this off better than the flight of the Yajirou-train. Really great stuff. I also thought it was too funny that alcohol inspired Yajirou to get going again. This episode seems to build towards a conclusion next time, in which all shit will hit the fan. Yaichirou is freed and makes it to the Nise-mon election in time. It was unclear whether he'd play it coy or what. But he comes out guns blazing hurling accusations at his evil Uncle. Meanwhile Yasaburou is scrambling to save his mother now from the Friday Fellows pot. As saving Yaichirou has put her in danger. It seems the spooky leader of the Fellows is going to be the main opponent in the battle of wits to rescue his mom. As Benten's allegiance in the matter is kept deliberately vague. She doesn't rat out Yasaburou and even allows him to tag along. But she doesn't exactly help him that much either. Content it seems to watch him squirm his own way out. I didn't get why Yasaburou was freaked out by the restaurant name until the very end. The Friday Fellows are having Tanuki fest in the room next door to the Nise-mon elections. While this is meant (and does) to build tension as all the tanukis in the room are now in peril. I see it as setting up the means for Ebisugawa's fall. Definitely from power and respect when his foul deeds will most certainly come to light. And possibly into a stew pot. |
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| If brandy has the magic superpowers to turn a frog in a well into a superpowered train, I might have to rethink my stance on not drinking. Benten seemed to be playing the good side this episode, letting Yasaburo bullshit the Friday Fellows about having never seen a tanuki before. Also, this Crunchyroll comment for the episode deserves wider appreciation: "Don't drink and drive. Do drink and become a train." |
| "No, son, you may not have your body pillow at the dinner table!" |
| I was kind of confused as to how that old dude and Benten weren't spotted in the dark in the same room?? Then he turned on the lamp and tied MC with rope as if he didn't just hear everything? But ok lol |
 Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
| Every time that fan gets waved I laugh my ass off, the outcome is always too funny! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| I'm glad everything seems to be working out. I doubt anyone will have to go into the stew after all this. I do wonder who the (master?) of the Friday Fellows is. He seems like a tengu, or perhaps something else entirely. Best part was Yasaburou trying to gently fly the Yajirou-train forward :'D Hilarious. |
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| Yashirou went for Yajirou. They both went for Yasaburou and now they are gonna win that elections and deal with the friday fellows tha have the plan to eat Tousen. Come on Yasaburou and save her, it would be very sad if the dies this year. |
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| Can't wait to see the uncle get his ass cracked into 8 pieces... |
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| That I'm back kind reminded me of Luffy in Impel Down, glorius xD Hype episode and great set up for the finale. The Friday Fellows are sitting now next door, probably gonna get wild. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| What a good way to ruin the friday party club haha, Yajirou is finally outside the well. great turn of events score raised to 9/10 |
| Ha, good idea by the kid, get him drunk and release the train. Damn, Tanuki eaters are now in the next room to a bunch of Tanuki, the final episode is gonna be interesting. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
nickehhhhhh said: Every time that fan gets waved I laugh my ass off, the outcome is always too funny! Just absolute utter chaos. |
| one of the funnier episodes, i loved when all the old guys got whipped with a whirlwind and went nuts. accidentally rocket launching the train as well. |
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