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Jun 4, 2021 8:28 AM
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More a buildup episode. Less fighting and more about what they're fighting for.

Back Arrowed learned a tough lesson this episode but he managed to get back up on his feet. I'm actually impressed by his determination, at least from what he's shown.
Jun 4, 2021 9:43 AM
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Arrow got finally somewhat fixed during his duel against Kai, at least this end of episode was quite heartwarming
Jun 4, 2021 10:08 AM
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Remember how Rekka tried to wipe out Lutoh and others just for lulz? Well power of friendship solves everything.
Jun 4, 2021 10:13 AM
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Nice shu, so it wasnt just a mistake.

Two episodes to go, with this being a calm before the storm

And as expected Lingalind is a massive conviction farm but wasnt expecting so many others, wonder what god's holy land is like
Jun 4, 2021 10:14 AM
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As if Shu Bi's statue-like Briheight is ridiculous enough, at least his gamble of "dead, and coming back to lfe" helped Arrow erase the effect of Rudolph's Bind Warper. What a meticulous plan to fuse consciousness with both a human and a mecha standpoint.

Rekka still at this point is as what Shu Bi says: stubborn to meet ideals. The Pretty Boys could've just let the matter rest in their jurisdiction, but Shu Bi has alwas been the defacto deciding factor to resolve conflicts amicably.

A lesson about the Lingalind world they live in, the Briheights and tie-in Convictions, and any rebels will be fed off to Epitaph Mountain, no resurrection factored. The Rakuho mystery from the very beginning only now clicks, but feels kinda mellow though.

A true man-to-man fight between Kai and Arrow to expose ideals and change the world, that's a Conviction of the flesh for Arrow.

Gearing up for a big change.
Jun 4, 2021 10:23 AM
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Kai is such a tsundere, I bet he's also the reason Shu Bi's Briheight is very big!

Also, Arrow will probably end up getting married with one of people who hug him in this episode.
Jun 4, 2021 10:56 AM
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Shu is a proper madlad. (given the theological themes of the show, was the three days thing a Bible reference?). He must have studied the how Muga does cloning, as expected from this scientist character.

So Kai's friendship for Shu Bi gave enough conviction to make his Briheight clone a giant...

Love triangle between Back Arrow, Atlee and Elsha is re-ignited now Shu removed Back Arrow's death powers.

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Jun 4, 2021 11:07 AM
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damn the animation is so bad in this episode so much deformed or off model drawings

if the animation of this show only stays consistent this will be another 10/10 for me

ye its confirmed the God here eats convictions so they are in a big farm and all the people on Lingalind are livestock

time to kill God aka Deicide

looks like Elsha x Arrow is the end game eh or it will be a harem ending with Atlee is the second wife or maybe Atlee x Bit is the end game too
Jun 4, 2021 11:36 AM
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The resolution to Arrow being the Destroyer was kind of underwhelming, Shu was just able to rewrite his data somehow. Would have preferred it, if Arrow overcame the Destroyer himself by finding his own conviction. But the show did mention the possibility of his Destroyer powers coming back when they go back to Epitaph Mountain so maybe with his newfound faith in himself, he can have a moment of fighting against the Destroyer, the preview image seems to show this.

I liked Shu at the beginning of the series, but as the series went on, he has become more and more of a walking Deus ex Machina. His Briheight stretches the rules of how they work, with it apparently looking exactly like his human form and getting erased by Arrow while keeping his main body unharmed. Just to make his plan work and even then I’m not sure how after his consciousness gets turned into food for God, how he’s able to retain any information to bring back to his main body, I guess I’ll just have to roll with it.

This is the second technique of Zetsu that Kai used, he’s definitely going to end up using the Martial Arrow, and after helping Arrow return to his old self. I think a team attack like the one with Zetsu and Arrow is in order.

Arrow vs Kai, as soon as I saw the preview image last episode of them fighting outside of their Briheights, I figured the fight wouldn’t be that good (from an animation standpoint) since the animation in this series isn’t that impressive outside of the CGI. From a writing standpoint, I thought it was a good character moment for Arrow, still doesn’t have a conviction yet, maybe they’re saving that for the last fight.
Jun 4, 2021 11:47 AM

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Damnn so the truth behind God and the wall is wilder than I ever imagined. There’s entire world lines in this series. That’s a lot to drop on us with a few episodes left, but could’ve set up some interesting possibilities. Good to see Arrow back to being himself. Little bit of jealousy with the girls over him this episode too.

I know the score is low but this has consistently been one of the most fun shows to watch this season
Jun 4, 2021 2:03 PM

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Nice to know that Shu is still alive and has manage to get Back Arrow back to normal..

Oh, looks like Back Arrow officially has a harem
Jun 4, 2021 4:35 PM
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Shu is absolutely genius, not a big idiot, you Bitto! He got a clone briheight, can infiltrate through the absolute strange path into the God realm, studied it, and even rewrite Arrow destroyer data like nothing. Sasuga, chinese scientist, the best character ever! Well, it may be get a little help by Kai desire. But still, Banzai for Shu Bi!

The god thing also got a fair amount of revelations, finally! Human versus god really become a thing on this so called mecha anime. Okay, then, i can't speak much with those twist, since it may sounds very irritating. So, yeah, Arrow back to Back Arrow again! What a sweet moment seeing Atlee, Elsha, Bitto cuddles the Arrow like that. Fair amount of share for them, if i can be honest here. Bruh back again suddenly, making this episode feel so strong, even if its mean a joke. You know what i mean?

So, the travel to the god's realm soon begin. Really looking forward to the point where Rudolph become their ally to help them slay the gods. Or another alternate when they fought him, defeated, and telling them the true weakness of the gods, making his last appearance not ended up in vain.
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Jun 4, 2021 7:10 PM

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Also have to respect the subtlety of the whole "romance".
It's not the focus, but it's there. Three way reminds me of Macross and that's a great thing for me.
Nice wind down episode full of exposition dumps.
Episode was bit average all around, but I think a lot of us who have stuck with this show so far knew where this was going. Two episodes to go, and they'll be great.
I hope more people find this and enjoy it as much as I have.
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Jun 4, 2021 9:12 PM

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Really good episode and a much needed cooldown from all the batshit crazy shit that was happening. They honestly explained how Shu returned and Big Shu pretty well. Yeah, as I thought, Lingalind is just one "world" in a world of multiple worlds, and they're called lind. Now that we in endgame, time to fight God lmao. Though in 2 episodes, is that enough?

That fist fight with Kai was awesome, Arrow finally got a conviction and it's all of Lingalind. Damn, Arrow got all the ladies, Bit included lmao. Pretty wholesome end to the episode, it's nice to see everyone like this, Bruh mvp. Reminded me of Kill La Kill when they all settled their differences in the ship. Looking forward to the next episode.
Jun 4, 2021 10:43 PM

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The show keeps on getting a lot deeper with every episode sad to think it’s wrapping up feels like it’s getting a lot better
Jun 5, 2021 12:32 AM
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It's going to take me several watches to fully unpack everything Shu said about "God".
I love the poetry of Shu's breihart being just a big Shu
Jun 5, 2021 1:35 AM

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Looks like All's well ends well huh...now what? lolz
4/5.


Jun 5, 2021 2:21 AM

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Arrow vs Kai fight was alright I guess.
Jun 5, 2021 9:14 AM

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Fairly decent slower episode. The art was actually terrible 90% of time but oh well, i guess its just what it will continue to be until the end. Liked shu´s and bit´s conversation in the beginning, it was cute. Have no idea why Elsha likes arrow out of nowhere (the female characters in this show are really underdeveloped uh). The revelations about god are interesting, excited to see where the next episodes takes us, because im not sure.
Jun 6, 2021 4:37 PM
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Its now episode 22 and its getting really good, and now maybe almost at the end or the real climax.. as shu returns from his trip, he then disables arrows power of destruction and forced a ceasefire upon kai, which was about to kill arrow from what hes done to zetsu.. and thus, shu explains the connection between the god realm and lingalind, upon agreeing to the truce that shu proposed.. and thus, its now clear in this episode, that arrow will have either the 2 girls to be his, or that he has to choose between the 2.. in any case, they now have a common enemy again, and a common goal, which is to challenge or kill god as it posed a great threat to their survival.. anyways, i rate the episode a 4.5 of 5, 4.5 for both story and art.. :)
Jun 7, 2021 2:05 PM
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We FINALLY got to know what the world looks like. I've been hanging in for so long to learn this, even though the show is mostly ridiculous kid stuff. Crashing completely with the "pretty boys" whose compound is simply accepted as a nation just because.

The world is shaped like a snowflake, I wasn't expecting that. This is only the third anime I've seen with a world not shaped like a planet. The first were The Pilot's Love Song, and the excellent Last Exile.

Can they really be angry at God for siphoning power from them? As far as they know this is the only way life can exist. They wouldn't be there without God.

Fascinating though, imagine if you could travel from world to world. Anyone want to count how many there are on the map?
Jun 11, 2021 3:04 PM

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Elsha blushing over Arrow was nice.
Jun 12, 2021 12:48 AM

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Ugh. That infodump.
Jun 14, 2021 1:52 PM

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Cool backstory but this probably would have been better a bit earlier into the series

Also seems to be a few animation issues in this episode, some characters looking off-model in scenes
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Aug 1, 2021 9:39 AM

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Dammit Shu fooled me by disappearing few eps ago. I should've known the master strategist had this all planned out.

Dec 10, 2021 11:16 PM

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That was unexpected, to think he really is alive. To think Shuu's real body is actually still inside
the Granedger's? lol??? He also found a way to properly restore Back Arrow's power?
Rewrote it? Like a h*ck*r? LOL!!! In that sense, I think Rudolph is also one because he can control Back Arrow.
I guess Shuu is actually the one, one step ahead of Rudolph's. These are happy times!

While Back Arrow was being watched by Ren and Prax. Elsha tried to give Back Arrow some food but she was a second too late.
Atlee was the successful one to give him some grub. At first, I thought they just suddenly added and inserted a romance plot.
Looking back, It's probably Elsha being afraid of Back Arrow's "destroyer" powers but it was too vauge.

In this episode, they really tried to emphasize here to fight their "God" with their own beliefs of wanting to be free from him while some are against it. I can't say I'm impressed.

The Portal that Back Arrow once traversed plot is finally here!

In the end, Arrow finally found his one true calling.
ASinfulPersonageDec 10, 2021 11:28 PM
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Jul 20, 2024 6:01 AM
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bro that blue bitch is so fucking annoying like just kill her off already man pls TwT

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