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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Not going to lie, I found this episode slightly disturbing. The surreal-style storytelling and everyone starting to lose their sense of powers is startling. I love the artistic style of the episode that shows the world fading more. The mass swords scenes also gave me some Fate vibes. A very surreal episode imo especially with the black talking dog. |
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| That episode was actually really disturbing to some point. Like that whole storytelling from Yamabiko was creepy to think. Everyone getting affected by an epidemic like that and the things growing upon them was scary. Now that thinking about that, that girl was actually pretty amazing with her powers, trying to help everyone who is affected. Helping that War guy didn't go well for them and it only affected everyone even more. And, so the only one who was left there alive was the dog, Yamabiko. It was the world created by him after all. Felt bad for Yamabiko. |
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phantomfandom said: You're talking to The Beholder. The dog voice is sexually stimulating. |
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| The BGM in this episode was phenomenal. The ambience really set the tone for the entire episode. As for the story, I'm not going to pretend like I understood it, but none the less, it was an interesting watch. The Tsuda/Taketatsu combo sounded great and the world setting continues to be unique. The lack of Nozomi for almost the entire episode was curious too. |
| Yamabiko is in focus this episode, his own backstory of how he got here, 5000 years past. The creative artistry of his own class, with their saviour power "M" of the girl Kodama that could make their wishes come true, that sadly didn't last long from an epidemic. NGL, this backstory kinda hurts to hear though with the disturbing content. Like Nagara's class though, they also drifted away into an empty space, but Yamabiko was the only one who felt threatened by her presence and being interrogated for his regrets. This crude-looking man (War) who is the cause of the plague who called Kodama ugly and whom wanted to kill God, an impact brought from a version of This World that Yamabiko made and can be materialized. Yamabiko's class growing into old age, where everyone dies but Yamabiko in his dog stance. Such a story for the ages in moments of realization. IMO both Yamabiko and Nagara are similar to each other in terms of their humanity and powers, so it makes sense why both of them can think alike. So where to next for the trio and Yamabiko? This episode felt very eerie. |
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| Yamabiko's story gave me chills. The change in the ed also fit with the spooky vibe. |
| At first, It seemed that this episode will be a filler... What a fool I was. Cried like a whiny bitch and enjoyed every second of it. The art feels more surreal and this world feels even more strange than before due to self-world of Yamabiko. Every episode feels like some kind of philosophical roller coaster of emotions/thoughts, which surprisingly suits the show. Also, this show genre should be psychology at some point... like shit. Deep. Wonder how they gonna end such h-u-u-uge potential world and story in 4 episodes? |
| So, did Yamabiko turn into a dog because he wanted to be Kodama's pet so he could stay by her side? Is that what he meant by being "willing to do anything for her"? I wonder how things are going in the arc, and how much time has actually passed since they launched. I want to cuddle up with Yamabiko!!! |
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| Heh, and that's how I became Makima's dog, beautiful story No joking, I liked it a lot, a little sad also how it ended at the end, but above all disturbing, I do not want to imagine this in real life... Wow, it was a really good episode c: |
| This episode was so depressing that would be funny if had the normal ending. |
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yasm said: Thats yamabiko, the dog, not "war" guy. I imagine we will know who voices him when we get a translation of the creditskiukku said: does someone know who voices the War guy? I know I recognize his voice but I cant place who it is https://myanimelist.net/people/591/Kenjirou_Tsuda He's done a bunch of other gigs, most notable one right now is probably the god-like figure in Fumetsu no Anata e, which just finished airing. Edit: Forget what i just said, the VA is on the sonny boy official site. War is voiced by Koji yusa. |
VP2003boiSep 2, 2021 12:56 PM
| The song that was played at the end of this episode was surreal. |
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| The music and art combined with Yamabiko's narration did a phenomenal job of setting the mood for this episode. Also the ending of this episode sounded like something out of Mushishi, I like it. |
AntonioWuxSep 2, 2021 1:25 PM
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| Yamabiko’s storytelling was quite… disturbing and dark. The ending music for this episode also was quite disturbing. Looking forward to the next episode. |
| AISHITERU...REM! |
| they were all in an oil painting that started to oxidize hence the crystallization of its people. |
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| Holy crap that was an amazing episode. This is what I was expecting when thinking of Sonny Boy. Raw and surreal. Very good use of OST. If Sonny Boy keeps dishing out episodes like this, it's gonna be one of my all time favorites hands down. So the disease is a manifestation of mental wounds brought about by Yamabiko's presence. Yamabiko develops a crush on the girl and becomes her servant, symbolized by him turning into a dog and lapping up her blood. The disease becomes worse and worse as Yamabiko could not tell the truth that she was ugly, that she had no hope of saving her people because he was blinded by her beauty as she showed her flaws to him. Goes to show that just saying nice things and ignoring constructive criticism of your peers in fear that you'll be disliked can be harmful. This mentality is very prevalent in adolescence. Might need to rewatch this episode because it was so interesting. |
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murphypalth said: At first, It seemed that this episode will be a filler... What a fool I was. Cried like a whiny bitch and enjoyed every second of it. The art feels more surreal and this world feels even more strange than before due to self-world of Yamabiko. Every episode feels like some kind of philosophical roller coaster of emotions/thoughts, which surprisingly suits the show. Also, this show genre should be psychology at some point... like shit. Deep. Wonder how they gonna end such h-u-u-uge potential world and story in 4 episodes? The only answer I can think of is a second season ＼（〇_ｏ）／ |
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Akihap said: Can someone explains why the girl transform him into a dog oO ? Ok he says that he want to be anything for her ? But why does she need to transform him into a dog, like what the fuck ? I think the girl didn't transform Yamabiko into a dog, more like Yamabiko turned himself into a dog because of his complete and blind devotion to the girl. |
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Akihap said: Can someone explains why the girl transform him into a dog oO ? Ok he says that he want to be anything for her ? But why does she need to transform him into a dog, like what the fuck ? It's been explained already above, but Yamabiko can create "Worlds" within his mind or "shell". He wanted to be anything for her, so he changed himself into a loyal dog, since the world they were living in was his own. |
| Good lord, this director has a knack for making a 25 min episode feel like a tedious hour of pure boredom and redundant pointless storytelling. We get it, doggy found his pixie maniac girl and couldn't save her world because "contrived plot reasons" and yet another conflictive character that may not even be relevant further in the story is being shoved in, with classic biblical passages to make it look "thought provoking". These last episodes feel incredibly episodic/detached and pointless with just a mere smear of ambiguous plot relevance. |
KimurahSep 2, 2021 3:22 PM
VP2003boi said: yasm said: Thats yamabiko, the dog, not "war" guy. I imagine we will know who voices him when we get a translation of the creditshttps://myanimelist.net/people/591/Kenjirou_Tsuda He's done a bunch of other gigs, most notable one right now is probably the god-like figure in Fumetsu no Anata e, which just finished airing. Edit: Forget what i just said, the VA is on the sonny boy official site. War is voiced by Koji yusa. I knew I recognized that sexy Karna voice, I was wondering who was the VA as well, and I'd have never thought of looking up on the site. Thank you. |
  Nanachi's wisdom: "Watch the Monogatari Series following the Novel Order." |
| I'd like to point out the sheer brilliance of this small, cut-away scene that happened where Yamabiko realized that he couldn't make a pinky promise because he is a dog. She sees him as an equal, but not to Yamabiko. |
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| Probably one of the greatest episodes of anime I’ve ever witnessed 🤷♂️ |
| 🌈 i just want gintama back |
| Not sure if I follow this episode correctly. Where were out trio going? How exactly the plague came to be? Is it mental scars from other worlds or are all of these guys were in the world made by Yamabiko? (When he fell asleep atop the bones)If yes how did those guys got here in the first place? And how did the war dude got there? Tbh I don't even follow what he was going on about too. Most importantly, I thought anyone who gets drifted to these worlds can't die? It was strange when those guys in Yamabiko's story died due to tumor. Last but not least, where is Asakaze? He was with the group last episode. |
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| What is this show about |
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mtfunky said: A coming of age story that is presented very differently.What is this show about |
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| the music for this whole episode is 11/10 |
| Yamabiko's story/flashback was pretty disturbing yet, pretty sorrowful. We still don't know how Yamabiko turned into a dog, though. A dog normally symbolizes loyalty, so I'm guessing Yamabiko turned into a dog due to his absolute loyalty to Kodama. |
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| A Yamabiko-centric episode this week and it was pretty unsettling and depressing. Seeing those tumors growing on everyone was disturbing. Another very interesting episode of Sonny Boy this week, kind of gave me Mushishi vibes a little. |
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