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| Heh, the actual day for Valentine is here. It's also about time Kurumi got serious again since the beginning of this arc. Even though this episode had Kurumi tease Shido again, she also showed a more vulnerable side too. One of the more interesting episodes this season if you ask me. |
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| The last episode with all the Spirit girls' efforts culminate into one: the actual Valentine's Day. Origami's 3D printed chocolate...well that was a mark of a work, while Shido earns the ire of all the hopeless boys in his class for the same trio of girls to give obligatory chocolate. Shido's even so sure he could secure Kurumi on his Valentine's date with her, what snively confidence, all I can say is: "Ganbatte Shido, make sure your plan goes flawlessly." To have Valentine's and White Day together, a sneaky plan together. The topic on the Spirit of Origin, and Kurumi turning into her Ragnarok form definitely looks ominous. The simple story of a girl whose love for cats, the relationship with her dear friend Sawa (Yamauchi), and the scene of her meeting Mio Takamiya: the First Spirit who despises Spirits and bestowing Sephirah to Kurumi, turning her into a Spirit to aid her in her quest as an ally, a hero of justice. But alas, what Mio lured her down in this Spirit path is one where Sawa is used for her own gain, almost turning Kurumi into her Inverse form. Mio definitely is Kurumi's enemy to defeat, and that's a goal bestowed enough to turn her into the dangerous Spirit whom she is today. With this 2nd last episode, I'd not be surprised if the story left untold is left to the Final Season a.k.a Season 5, announcing next week to finish adapting the last bits of the LN. |
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| Ngl, until Kurumi shot those four cameras, I had never questioned how the ship was watching them, I had chalked it up to anime stuff. |
| The line below is True. The line above is False. |
Hesmiyu said: Ngl, until Kurumi shot those four cameras, I had never questioned how the ship was watching them, I had chalked it up to anime stuff. dude they had that explained in the first season. |
komic said: Hesmiyu said: Ngl, until Kurumi shot those four cameras, I had never questioned how the ship was watching them, I had chalked it up to anime stuff. dude they had that explained in the first season. Which is almost 10 years ago. I don't blame anyone for not remembering that. Even if you were to have watched it more recently, it is still something that might not stick in one's memory as much. |
| Felt bad for Kurumi when Sawa died, and just remembering what happened in Date A Bullet, well that´s for sure showed us that Kurumi went through a lot in the life I can´t wait to te next episode to show us more about it This Arc is BLESSED |
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| Oof Mio is an asshole. Making Kurumi kill other people without her knowing. Feel bad for her. I can see her hatred towards the spirit of origin, although it still doesn’t justify her killing sprees in season 1. So, I’m guessing she’s after Shido’s powers so she can kill Mio. Still have some poor understanding on the spirits inversing. Tohka doesn’t look like those monsters at all when inversed. |
| So she met Kyuubey & made a contract & gives her her own soul gem. She gains powers from it & gets her the Time Shield. After killing lots of witches, she inadvertedly killed Madoka her bestfriend. Somehow prevented becoming a Witch by using Dalet on herself. I love the fact that she references her Date A Bullet self in the episode. Nightmare session is finally used as an OST finally. She somehow ties her hair when she is in her magical girl form when in the present she didnt. Finally, ive been looking for Eyepatch Kurumi & she appears. In other words, this episode is basically my profile picture. LOVED IT!!! |
Hitagi__FurudeJun 17, 2022 7:42 AM
" Kindness can sometimes lead you to trouble. "  |
I think the same, maybe because the hair color and how she feels similar |
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| That chocolate lmao... Origami's chocolate was a masterpiece. Shido went on a date with Kurumi and the first place they visited was a lingerie store. What a chad! I want you to make a contract with me and be a magical girl. I really feel bad for Kurumi and Sawa for everything that happened in the past. No wonder why Kurumi wants to kill Mio. |
何それ？意味分かんない  |
| It really can't be helped why Kurumi became what she is now due to her past. I hope the sequel won't be a long wait like the S3 to S4 |
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| I expected more from Kurumi's backstory tbh |
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| Well, that sets up her motivations. Can't figure out why she would want to be a hero of justice though. |
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| Origami really gave him that figurine chocolate of her, what a girl. The truth is finally out and it's a harsh one. Everything makes sense now. |
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| If only Date A Live was always this good, i kinda feel thankful to myself for not dropping this series halfway after the second season. Waited long enough, but finally Kurumi's backstory was worth the wait. Though it had those shades of Madoka Magica lol. Also please best girl kill this silver haired witch real quick now. |
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| So we got finally a backstory of kurumi how she got her spirit powers and also that mia spirit of origin. As ever kurumi the mvp this episode. |
P O S I T I V E V I B E Sシ  |
| Lol their date was cute for sure with all of what they did (even the underwear part xD) but Kurumi's backstory is sure heavy even though it was somewhat short but with Mio's turning her into a spirit killing her friend etc she sure suffered compared to how normal her life was before that :/ |
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Xenocrisi said: Oof Mio is an asshole. Making Kurumi kill other people without her knowing. Feel bad for her. I can see her hatred towards the spirit of origin, although it still doesn’t justify her killing sprees in season 1. So, I’m guessing she’s after Shido’s powers so she can kill Mio. Still have some poor understanding on the spirits inversing. Tohka doesn’t look like those monsters at all when inversed. Those are different things,the monsters were berserk humans who aren't compatible for Sephirah... inversion of spirits are a total different thing,Kurumi was about to undergo inversion when she saw Sawa dead but prevented it by using her powers. |
| Only took 4 seasons but finally Kurumi gets fleshed out and I actually kinda like her now with the development she got today. No wonder she wants to destroy shit so bad. Her character arc kinda reminds me of Homura where the constant time looping and emotional trauma just completely changed her personality making her what we see now. Mio being the spirit of origin is a massive wtf too. Hiding in plain site this whole time |
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| Kurumi has always been my fav, and that cheeky shout out to the special I liked. But damn, Kurumi revealing why she is Kurumi. That hit hard. I wonder what Shido will do about this new understanding. Hashtag SaveKurumi !!!! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| Amazing episode! 10/10 Only one left :( im sad, hope we will get Season 5 soon! |
| wait, so where does loli (younger) Kurumi come from? the one from where Shido travels to the past? |
| Woah that escalated quickly. I love Kurumi even more now. If you guys want the full story on Sawa definitely watch Date A Bullet. Mio looks a lot like Reine...probably not a coincidence. She also comes off as a huge ass so far, I wonder how many people she conned into killing their friends.. |
| I forgot to come here XD So, Shidou gets chocolate from the girls and every single guy hates him for that, poor boy, can't even have a harem in peace. At least they calmed down with the chocolates from that trio. Then Kurumi comes in ready to give chocolates for Shidou and go on a date. In the date we got to see them doing some stuff, and Kurumi in white lingerie is something nice to see even if it lasted like 3 seconds, brings good memories. After the date they give their chocolates to each other. But after that Kurumi is ready to tell the reason of why she wants to kill the Spirit of the Origin, Mio Takamiya. We get to a scene of her past as how she got the Sphyra Crystal to help the "ally of justice" Mio Takamiya from those evil Spirits. However after some time doing that Kurumi discovers the truth after seeing her friend Sawa dead, knowing the truth about the Spirits Mio knocks her out. Kurumi got a pretty harsh past, it makes complete sense as to why she wants the Spirit of the Origin dead. Some comments above talking about Mio are funny |
| After this episode, I say date a bullet is on the mandatory to watch list. |
| Why do the last few episodes of this series must be so good? |
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| ok the past wasn't over yet next one gonna be different, everything was smooth af until Sawa death, well it's good to see Mio debut here even without the face until the next episode, EXCITED AF !!!, LAST EPISODE LET'S GOOO !!!! |
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| Yeah, alright. I’m with Kurumi. This Mio chick needs to go. Seeing a pre-Spirit Kurumi was pretty interesting. She was so different back then, not as jaded or cynical. She genuinely enjoyed helping others and had a big heart. Then Mio came along and ruined her. Kurumi genuinely thought she was saving the world when in reality Mio was using her to carry out her wet work. This bitch used humans as lab rats for a stupid shiny magical rock and manipulated Kurumi into cleaning up her mess. Like hell nah, man. Shido needs to help her get rid of Mio. Idk how or if they’re even strong enough at this point, but she has to go. |
| HOLY SHIT, DATE A LIVE HAS BEEN A DARK MAHOU SHOUJO STORY ALL THIS TIME? I DIDN'T EXPECTED THAT PLOT TWIST, THIS EPISODE WAS AWESOME!!! Damn it I don't want this to end next week (╥_╥) |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it.  |
| That chocolate from Origami is like wow, I thought this episode would cover another thing related to Kurumi and Shido, so excited for the next episode! |
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| Poor Kurumi. Killing people and shiet. |
| "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." |
| The spirit of origin finally appears and we see Kurumi's past after a long 8 years... |
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