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| Damn, the music used this episode really reflected its emotions. Man tears were shed! But still, I found it to be a realistic approach to show that no one is safe from death in this season. Looks like we also got some fighting on the battlefield. Oh and good to see Shin making his presence known again. |
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| Who cut these onions T_T RIP Sei Kyou. Also I like Rui's decisiveness as per her husband's last wish. |
| Cheng Jiao met his end honorably, and they even managed to make us care about this character we didn't think we could possibly care about in the beginning of the show. Liu Yi is my new favorite character of the season, and I really hope we see more of her in the future. The new visuals of the OP are also great. |
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| A rollercoaster of an episode this was. It was obvious what was going to happen to Sei Kyou but Hara really did a great job with executing his character and his 'redemption' per say despite the short runtime, and hell, even Rui came across as a really strong character here who now has a lot to overcome to fulfill her deceased husband's wishes by swearing loyalty to Ei Sei and doing whatever it takes to bring Ryo Fui down in the process. Sei Kyou's final scene was great. The music was also stellar in evoking the emotions that were present in this episode from start to finish, also did like the new opening visuals a lot more than before, although still not that great for me to be honest. I don't know why they did this again like with season 3 where they upgrade the opening visuals properly midway through the first cour than just doing it from the get-go. Also, the little confrontation between Ryo Fui and Shin there at the end was great and intense af. You can tell that with Sei Kyou's passing, Qin's in a fragile state that could turn into chaos given the extent of which Ryo Fui's going through to set up the pieces for him to achieve his ambitions. More shit is definitely going down soon, you can tell. |
| As an anime only, I didn't see that coming. Like I figured he would merge factions but I didn't think he would die. RIP right when he got some cool development as a charector to, lest he took that greedy pig out with him. Xin acknowledging the Chancellor as still being massive was kind of annoying but respectable I suppose. Great episode I have a feeling people in Xin's forces are going to start dying because none of his core have died in a long time. |
| Sei Kyou gone man. He did his think and redeemed himself in the eyes of everybody. Ryofui still too strong for Hi Shin Tai Xin. |
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| Loved this episode. Heel-Face Turn and Redemption Equals Death are among my favorite tropes and they were executed satisfyingly. RIP Sei Kyou. "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." You were a real one. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Damn it! Chengjiao's death was truly heartbreaking. I can't wait for the next episode. |
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| RIP sei kyou, even though he was first a villain his death is sad |
| rip chen jiao just when I had started to like him smh kingdom eps never disappoint And now with that, I have caught up to all of the kingdom eps currently out this show is just perfect the story is amazingly I binged it from s1 to here started s1 on April 25th and now have caught up I'll be watching it weekly with you boys now |
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| Welp, that was a hell of a roller coaster, i just watched all the seasons in 1.5 weeks, finally I'm in track with Kingdom, this episode is incredible, there isn't much people watching this series in normal terms thats something sad, but I feel all the opposite |
| I keep moving forward |
| It's been so long since I cried from an anime. Xin is punching above his weight, you go boy |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Damn Cheng Jiao....and more importantly damn Lu Buwei. Also XIN GOT HUGE!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| I'm trying real fucking hard to not choose sides since doing that would make things less interesting but damn if only they didn't get lured so easily they could have avoided being dragged into dat scheme. Rip retard prince lolz |
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| Shit, of course, he wouldn't fucking survive that. Two man against seven? It was impossible from the start. He knew that and still went on. His old self would have ran away and let the guard fight till his death. Man, I seriously wanted him to appear more in this season. It made me so excited whenever he appeared on screen and insulted the other party and showed his mighty side. But now, it's all gone. His last words made me tearful. It perfectly showed how he viewed Sei and the rest after his change and even properly talked to Shin. Shin is Sei's shield and sword as Sei Kyou said. Followed by Shin's determined answer on it. Rui's the one that is going to follow Sei Kyou's steps as of now, helping Sei out with his faction. It's time to counter Ryo Fui. Man, I'm not sure what Shin tried to do right there but he failed so hard. Well, in his own perspective, he didn't and just showed how fierce he is. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Cheng Jiao has become one of the best characters in Kingdom. Soon after I bore that thought, he was gone. Man, I shed a lot of tears this episode. I never thought it was possible, but Cheng Jiao became one of my favorite characters in this anime. It was really sad and painful to let him go. Liu Yi might be the best female character in this show imo. I've liked her since her first appearance. And she hasn't disappointed so far. I love her relationship with Cheng Jiao. It was hard to witness their final moments together. Well! This season looks great so far! :D Very emotional, too. TvT |
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| It's been a while since an anime made me cry. I am a manga reader, so I knew what was coming but I was still moved to tears during Cheng Jiao's final moments T_T. This just shows what a great character development he has undergone since the first season of the anime. Also, although Lu Buwei makes my blood boil with anger, he is a great antagonist. |
| Sad episode, I did not expect that outcome!!!! :( |
| So this is why Cheng Jiao's wife looks prominent in the opening and endings cause she's gonna take over for him. RIP I guess. I genuinely didn't expect him to die. |
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| Broooo......THAT INTENSE STARE-OFF!! Studio-sama, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS WITH SEASON 1 & 2!! |
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| He had the biggest glow up and just died |
| Inhales oxygen |
| leave alone the fact that i warmed up toward seng-yu in the last few episodes, that fact that lu-ii became memorable character in just few episodes since her first appearance, is something only kingdom can do. still though, i feel the pace in this season is rather low, nothing did happened much in this episode. |
| It's rare for a character to redeem themselves like Cheng Jiao did. I think the fact that the characters actually grew up and changed physically, and that the old generals are almost all gone now makes the passage of time a real thing compared to an arbitrary single time skip, and it's different if someone turns around in the last second before they die compared to them showing up every know and then over several seasons and six years of history. Still, I'd hoped that someone would do some real damage to Lu Buwei, use some underhanded method that can not be officially tracked back to Zheng, especially as he knew nothing about it, and Jiao seemed like a candidate for such things.. it's really unfortunate when the main characters are always goody two shoes while the enemy fights dirty. You don't have to outright assassinate him, though i don't see why not - they basically said that to end 500 years of war and unifiy the kingdom it will require drowning the kingdoms in blood. And just looking at the armies involved, several hundred thousands people died on screen, but killing Lu Buwei who is one of the biggest hindrances right now, that's out of question? Of course, there's ways to do it, if he simply announces his execution in court it might not be the best start, but Lu Buwei and his underlings are up to enough Shenanigans that tit could be easily arranged for them to be killed by actual and unwitting agents of the other kingdoms, or it could be set up. With all that strife, especially internally, there must be lots of bandits, too. So the only thing holding Zhen back is his conciousness, he wants to do things the right way - that means, some arbitrary code of justice. Killing Lu Buwei would not just advance his own agenda, but reduce actual suffering - Tunlei is just the latest example. But no, having millions die, from the lowest beggar to the highest noble including his brother is fine, but taking even the smallest direct action against Lu Buwei is something he can not bear. I'm sure Lu Buwei could announce his plan to kill e.g. Changwen, show up in court with a knife the next day and stab him to death and Zhen would still say there's nothing he can do because it's impossible to proof that it was Buwei who did it.. |
| "Ryo Fui. You will never be king. You have no justice." It's interactions such as these that set Ri Shin apart from other anime protagonists...he indeed is Ei Sei's sword and shield! |
| My boy Sei Kyou just redeemed himself, and he's already gone. I was starting to like the guy. |
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