Somari and the Guardian of the Forest
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| I've been mentally preparing myself for this episode for a last couple of days now, thinking that it'll be filled with tension and sadness. Haitori's backstory completely took my by surprise. And holy shit, was it VERY dark. The human village was purged by the monsters, with Haitori and his wife and daughter probably being the only survivors left. I can't blame Haitori's desperation of seeing Uzoi's mother, assuming that she was evil, and killed her on the spot. Then came the scene where Haitori's family ate the corpse of Uzoi's mother and what happened next left me speechless. The episode already had me tearing up with Uzoi and Somali's scene earlier, but thanks to a sandstorm separating Uzoi and Somali from Haitori and Golem and then having a large monster attacking the girls, Haitori decided that he would sacrifice himself to give the girls the chance to live. Thankfully, the combo attack from Uzoi and Golem forced the monster to flee, which gave Uzoi and Haitori the chance to finally talk to each other without holding back and this teared me up as well. I think this is the best episode of the series so far. Powerful character moments, the unexpected backstory twist and the brilliant OST made this episode worth it. Bring on the next 6 episodes! =D |
| The episode is sad am i worried about Somari at first, but it's good that Uzoi changed her mind. and at the last moment in The end of the episode was impressive T_T and i don’t know who deserves to be sad for him Uzoi's mother or poor humans and the life that Haitora and his family lived And I can understand why Haitora did this After What happened to him and humans, nothing to do other than this |
Hatsuyuki said: Dashiawia said: This is just my guess, but perhaps he survived because he ate less meat than his family. Well, that's an assumption. And we're talking about the meat of a fantastic beast right here, for all we know even ingestion of small quantities could be fatal. It doesn't directly explain it, but Uzoi states in the episode that people in general don't know much about human illnesses and it's not like Haitora would know why. The best they could've really done was either have the backstory explain that Haitora ate less or that Uzoi would explain that harpy blood is poisonous for some animals. It's not like all diseases and poisonous substances have a 100% ratio of success, simply being lucky (or unlucky given the circumstance) isn't out of the question. |
| Darkness is my home! I'm (not) prepared for more dark/ depressing moments! (No, definitely not!) |
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| Damn living as a human in this world is tough, but I guess they brought it upon themselves like how it was mentioned in the previous episodes. |
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| Damn, Uzoi's lines really hit in the right spot. Props to her voice actress. |
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| Good Episode 7/10 |
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Hatsuyuki said: Dashiawia said: This is just my guess, but perhaps he survived because he ate less meat than his family. Well, that's an assumption. And we're talking about the meat of a fantastic beast right here, for all we know even ingestion of small quantities could be fatal. Or or... human males have a higher tolerance. |
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| Are we ignoring the fact that Uzoi's mom was smoking hot? This world is in need of an op isekai character that would save humanity IMMEDIATELY!!! |
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| Probably the weakest episode so far in my book but it was still a decent episode. |
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| would you able to live with yours mothers killer?! |
“You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin” . |
| Yeah this series can get dark and there are still some more dark moments yet to come. It seems that the i still have no idea how this will end tough, the manga has not updated for a long time, you cant even find raws to get an idea after a certain point, make me wonder if it is on hiatus or something. |
Janethan23 said: Hatsuyuki said: Well, that's an assumption. And we're talking about the meat of a fantastic beast right here, for all we know even ingestion of small quantities could be fatal. Or or... human males have a higher tolerance. That's quite the difference considering they're both the same species, human. |
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| +1 to wow, this became darker than expected for such a lighthearted series. Very beautiful episode, tho, I love it bittersweet. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This got dark fast. The whole ep was tragic, he promised something he cant keep, unless they find some magic potion elixir or something she wont have his mom eating step daddy around for long. This world is fcked up, humans got screwed. I wonder if there's any human group around whom trained to kill these monsters, tho I guess this isnt that type of story. |
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| Apparently according with what we know the humans started the conflict by being judgmental about the monsters but the monsters took it too far when they decided to kill innocent man,women and chidren (civilians). I guess the moral of the story is no one is right when it comes to war? |
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| Hey it's new episode of: How I ate your mother! |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| and again! the FEELS in this episode is very strong! 5/5! |
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| This kind of episodes reminds me of how Shinsekai Yori was able to put so much horror and overall gruesome themes into a series of kids growing up into the unknown. This is for me the anime of the season along with Eizouken. So many things done right, and so many more sadness to come. |
I thought Haitora got some illness from Uzoi, something that is not deadly for Hapry's but is deadly for humans, didn't expect it to be this fucked up. Holy shit, I did not expect anything this dark from this show  |
| The story was compelling(it's been consistently good in producing those tensely sad scenes with certain implications/parallels on Somali/Golem) but the 'action' scenes were exceedingly lame, which sapped the energy and tension out of the scenes that surrounded them. Hope they do better or do less such scenes in the remaining episodes. Loving OnoD here a lot. The mask being half-covered by sand means what? |
| Happy, fun, CUUUUUUUUTE and wholesome and... OH NO! |
I think I don't know wtf I'm doing. Maybe. Probably. |
| Haitora's daughter cry is so painful!!! That's so sad!!!!!!! T-----------T |
| Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
| Goodness... that backstory was vile. But, i don't think anyone is to blame here. Both the demi humans and Haitora did the same thing. But i think the humans really had it bad in this world :( I don't think it'd be so easy for Golem san to find somali's parents. The ending might not go well. With all the lies between Haitora and Uzoi... i've been reminded again about how Golem san will die soon. How is he going to be responsible for this.... Somali is such a good gurl, she doesn't deserve grief and sadness!! But well, it's nice to see Golem san to be more human from episode to episode. Aoboba said: Idk about you guys but that scene where they ate the mother and started morphing... that shit was brutal. The whole bird eating scene was brutal... i agree with you. I was okay when his wife died, but when his daughter died it was horrifying. In the end... you reap what you sow... they deserve death. But tbh, it's kinda unfair because the humans are the hunted in here. |
White_HollowFeb 17, 2020 5:28 AM
  Wandering Witch is the best light novel ever! |
| fuck that was dark |
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| this gets boring for some reason |
| Anime is fun. |
| Damn I didn't expect taht kind of backstory - very dubious. That's why I love this anime |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| Heh, and here I thought the backstory behind Haitora getting "corrupted" was entirely something else but also as scandalous. |
| This turned dark but in a different way then I thought it would. Tbh that backstory was unexpected and it kinda shook me up. |
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| omg that backstory almost make me cry .. |
| That was a good twist. Uzoi's mother death, Haitora daughter and wife's death were quite metal. |
Ritsu99Feb 21, 2020 6:11 AM
| Fuck Haitora and anybody that love em. Uzoi's mom was fine as fuck, though. |
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| Oh boy...what a screwed up situation this is. |
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| Oh boy! Them feels... |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| This episode was more dark than expected and pretty twisted. Idk how I really feel about it, but it shows the complicated relationship of humans and monsters in the realm...A tragedy on all levels and very emotional. Overall an interesting if not mildly disturbing episode. |
  Although we part as I leave for Inaba, —Hyakunin Isshu (小倉百人一首): where pines grow on the moutain peaks If I am to hear that you pine for me I shall come back to you again Poem #16 "Tachiwakare"© |
| Oh shit, that was sad. Haitora killed Uzoi's mom out of desperation while Haitora's human family died in front of him after they ate her corpse. I feel sorry for both of them. Also, about Uzoi's mom from the look of surprise on her face, she doesn't really seem like that type of character that would eat other humans. My only complain is that they never explained why Haitora managed to survive too long while his family died quickly. But honestly it was a very good episode and I hope they continue traveling with Somali and the Golem. |
ToumaTachibanaMar 31, 2020 3:18 PM
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| Damn... it was obvious Haitora killed Uzoi's mother, but I didn't think he ate her LOL. His daughter dying was terrifying to see x'D I love it when cute animes have surprisingly gory episodes pop up in it lulz Uzoi's mama was absolutely beautiful <3 She was picking berries, so you can tell she's totally harmless and didn't eat/hunt humans :( |
| ... any reason (no assumptions) why he was the only one who survived and his daughter and wife died? |
Vi-Apr 7, 2020 5:13 PM
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shuu-tsukiyama said: well, she did spend a lot of time with him, so it's kinda hard to just forget all emotional attachment with the person she always loved as a father Hm, I wish it was just a father-daughter relationship considering he had a daughter... a wife and met Uzoi when she was just a child but..... I think she loves him in another way. In a romantic way. She even says "he's not my father or something" (something like that). And some of her acts suggests that it isn't a father-daughter relationship (at least in her perspective) |
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| Not sure if I buy their relationship that much, also they encountering another sort of father-daughter couple in similar circumstances to them, after they have been with a normal family seems convenient to me, well at least everything up until now has been thematically important and not just semi episodic random encounters. |
| Ummmm what the fuck. I watch this show for heart touching and wholesome moments. Nonetheless, very good episode, definitely the best episode so far and a rollercoaster of emotions. |
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