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Jul 22, 2024 8:09 AM
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Jul 2023
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THE ANIMATIOOOOON
Jul 24, 2024 3:04 AM
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Mar 2021
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Nice! Pretty fast-paced. Loved the colors.
Jul 24, 2024 6:42 AM

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May 2021
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That went south real fast. I should really read the descriptions of anime before starting them.

Amazing art and solid animation but the tone was a bit confusing. I can only imagine it might have flowed better in the manga than the anime.




Jul 28, 2024 3:30 AM

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Tokiyuki is adorable and it was pretty horrible to see all of that happiness turn into despair so quickly. But, it seems like he's found his will to live. Pretty animation and amazing storyboards from CLW. Great first episode.
Jul 28, 2024 7:24 PM

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Wow such beautiful characters

The sudden twist was very bloody but pretty typical for samurai anime.
That Suwa guy is way too smiley. Actually the smiles and funny faces are too out of place with this. And they say the word "hero" one too many times...
The ending song with this psychedelic bus is crazy.
SuperAdventureJul 28, 2024 7:30 PM
Aug 3, 2024 4:02 PM
scientia exitus

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Mar 2020
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Didn't expect to see heads rolling so soon, and if at all. Definitely made things interesting, but am not exactly sold on the bright colours not only in the art style but in the overall seemingly playful tone. Like everything else, will at least watch another episode or two to get a better grasp for what's in store.

Also why during the "hey I could've died" scene, he kinda..... you know what, nevermind


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whiskey tango foxtrot

Aug 8, 2024 2:12 AM

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Aug 2019
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Damm, the second half of the episode was brutal.
Aug 10, 2024 12:34 PM

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Did the young girl who tried to kiss him got SA and killed?

This girl?
Janethan23Aug 10, 2024 1:07 PM
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They should really do their whining at manga forums.


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Aug 17, 2024 4:53 PM
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Apr 2024
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Great animation!
Aug 19, 2024 10:16 PM
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Jul 2020
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One of the prettiest and goriest episodes I've seen. It was perfect.
Aug 21, 2024 12:42 AM
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Sep 2021
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Japan's history show with amazing visuals.
Aug 24, 2024 8:17 AM
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Dec 2020
176
the opening was sooo cool

i just hope not all his soldiers are gonna be 10 yos
Sep 1, 2024 5:33 PM
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Apr 2019
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Gotta be one of the coooooolest first episodes ever! Goosebumps with that animation.
I'm intrigued the ED doesn't show Takauji in a bad light. I wonder if it's gonna be a grey story. My favourites
Sep 2, 2024 4:03 PM
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May 2020
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episode: murder, betrayal, genocide
ending: 🕺🕺🕺

on the real, what a fantastic first episode. The right amount of energy and charm to get me fully hooked and seated
Sep 5, 2024 9:23 AM
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Jul 2023
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Nice Episode, i liked it
Sep 14, 2024 5:37 PM

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May 2010
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That match cut with the toy ball and the skull was one of, if not the best, tonal shifts I have ever seen. Not just that cut, but everything around it. It's a perfect execution of something that's very hard to pull off well, and creative to boot. Yuuta Yamazaki's the name of the director, and I think he might be a genius.
“Money can't buy dere”
Sep 19, 2024 3:49 AM

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Shiny pretty visuals, catchy music, fun and games.
Also mass beheadings, traitors, dead children.
Also comedic blasts and shounen tropes.
Also more heads and corpses.
Also kamakura rap.

Why yes, the hero has to be an orphan AFTER FIVE MINUTES.
This has gotta be the most dissonant, fast, psychedelic, based introduction to any show ever.

Toriyuki is so incredibly cute he elevated my shotacon self x100 in 0.1 seconds.
The fujo bait is abundant right from the start, but Yorishigay sure is creepy.

watching, waiting, commiserating
Sep 21, 2024 7:26 PM

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Apr 2021
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The animation deffo hooked me quickly. The premise is also right up my alley.
MC seems interesting, I like the idea of him, I just hope the show doesn't do weird things with it.
The ball cut to the head caught me off guard. I thought the anime would be more light hearted but after witnessing that I see the theme now. I can't wait to watch more. It got real gory.
Ending was also pretty funky.
Sep 26, 2024 8:49 AM
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Feb 2021
4
Reminds me of a samurai version of Vinland Saga
Sep 26, 2024 8:52 AM
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Feb 2021
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Reminds me of a samurai version of Vinland Saga
Sep 26, 2024 5:42 PM

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Jun 2022
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release the s2 of ' dress up darling ' already than duds like this clover works



tsk , another quick drop it is
Oct 1, 2024 9:43 PM

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Dec 2020
657
holy high quality first episode

shoutout all my anime friends watching this rn cuz we are in the awkward between seasons lull and have heard this is great
🌈 i just want gintama back
Oct 19, 2024 2:40 AM
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Apr 2018
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Oh makes sense why it's called the elusive samurai... really solid 1st episode, I love the artistic direction and animation so far, and the concept of a samurai who doesn't fight with physical power but can just escape perfectly and dodge everything is very original so I'm looking forward to seeing what's going to happen next and how he can revenge his clan now
Nov 4, 2024 5:06 PM
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Mar 2015
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it's a beautiful anime but

isn't the mc too girly? especially when he dive hugs the shaman then blushes... wish he grows up in a bit and becomes manly (doesn't look that way)
Nov 20, 2024 3:22 AM
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Dec 2017
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the animations are good most of the times though i did see some CG shit.
writing is nice but it's ruined by some elements i talk about below-

MC is weird. Like he is a goku type but for elusiveness.
giving the priest superpower is just goofy nonsense. nothing against superpowers but it's just randomly there and it really doesn't need to be and is detriment to the story. Instead of writing good plot you can just handwave things as, 'he saw the future'.

Everything is warped to exaggerate emotions, actions, movements etc. which is common but it's overdone here for sure.

It's weirdness exceeds it's goodness
It's giving me, apothecary diaries written by a dbz fan
Nov 25, 2024 5:04 AM

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Jul 2017
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Hmmmm... this reminded me of Fire Force with how fast everything moves. The colors and overall art are great, but the animation is choppy (at least sometimes). Also, why did the animators leave characters with blank faces when they are still so close to the "camera?" The scenes towards the end with the violent attack are crazy! Characters are okay, but I don't feel particularly drawn to any of them. The story itself is just sort of a revenge story like some basic D&D character, and I have no real hook to go off of. So far, I'm not really feeling this, but I'm willing to watch another episode at least.
Nov 30, 2024 4:23 AM
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Jan 2018
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The Elusive The Elusive The Elusive The Elusive
Dec 2, 2024 4:18 PM
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Nov 2017
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Lots of extremely blunt exposition here. Feels like the episode rushed through the inciting incident for the sake of getting the plot moving as fast as possible, at the expense of creating a very jarring tone-switch and preventing the viewer from properly taking in any of the characters' personalities or motivations.
Dec 19, 2024 4:21 PM

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I liked this a lot more than I expected.
Tokiyuki was fun to watch running away and evading everyone, he would do well in an Assassin's Creed world with those skills.
That betrayal and massacre was very disturbing to see.
Now to wait and see how Suwa is going to help Tokiyuki become a war lord.

Dec 27, 2024 4:16 PM
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Dec 2023
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Terrible animation
Feb 7, 3:40 AM
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Dec 2022
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Nice OP and ED songs for the series. This is the 1333 Kamakura story where its shogunate fell after being betrayed leaving Tokiyuki Hojo as the sole survivor of the Hojo clan.
Jun 27, 12:10 AM
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Oct 2024
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The art style is very cool, i love the use of 3D and different styles. And the switch from comedy to serious. not sure how i feel about the main characters yet.
Jun 30, 11:11 AM

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Jan 2017
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It's not an ordinary period. The Japanese author remembered that there are few periods in Japanese history besides the Sengoku Jidai and the Meiji Restoration. Nobunaga and Ieyasu are boring.
The transitions in this anime are strange. Very strange. There's blood and wiggling. It ruins the moment. Then, the author does something like a comedy massacre.
The animation is good. I hope they don't ruin it with gimmicks and stupid humor.
There's something about the Hojo clan. They weren't shoguns. Their title was Shikken. I think the formal shogun was from the Minamoto family. The Hojo clan helped the shoguns and the emperor rule.
Historical spoiler.
Sep 23, 8:35 PM

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The animation was so vibrant but boy, the comedy parts never landed, it was like the show stopped every time to turn into its manga format and it does not work with the mostly fluid animation showcased throughtout the episode and it kind of hurts once the doom arrives into the protagonist's life.
Sep 25, 1:21 PM
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Aug 2025
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Mega super episode cute main character and crazy blood scenes
Sep 28, 11:55 PM
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Apr 2024
364
Really like the art style and animation. Haven't seen a lot of historical animes, so I'm excited to see this🙌
Nov 8, 3:44 PM

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Jan 2019
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The sudden shift between stupid comedy and being cool ruins it being good.
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