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Jan 22, 2023 5:28 AM
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Ah yes, Snow still aimed to fight Marbas but got outmatched. I swear, that hair is one of the most powerful weapons in this show.

Feels like Marbas is always going to be targeted in the show for what he is. Still, I'm impressed at how well he's handling it.
Jan 22, 2023 9:43 AM
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Weakening Marbas because he overuses his human form is a good way to up the danger. Nice little wrap up near the end, sad but a good message about appreciating what time we do get with others even if it's short.
Jan 22, 2023 10:14 AM
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Really bittersweet episode. Man, this anime is surprising me.

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Jan 22, 2023 12:41 PM
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I'm still not sure what this is about? Is it just a child and a "fatherly" demon travelling and meeting people?

I understood the back pain. I overuse my human form, too.
Jan 22, 2023 2:12 PM
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Didn't expect those feels at the end.
Jan 22, 2023 3:06 PM
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Como llueve mae, como llueve...
Jan 22, 2023 4:35 PM
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Bittersweet episode. Marbas will have to let Wisteria go at some point, but it won't be in vain for him. I'm enjoying this anime :)
Jan 22, 2023 5:04 PM
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dragynfaerie said:
I'm still not sure what this is about? Is it just a child and a "fatherly" demon travelling and meeting people?
Pretty much. All while dealing with demon hunters who will kill both of them.
Jan 22, 2023 6:45 PM
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Damn, another tear jerking episode. I'm really sad for the eaten soul but especially more sad for Wisteria and especially to Molly who have lost their very own new found genuine friend.
If this series keeps repeating this kind of story every episode,
the ones who really appreciates this series would cry left and right... >_<
Ah yes, Snow still aimed to fight Marbas but got outmatched. I swear, that hair is one of the most powerful weapons in this show.

Feels like Marbas is always going to be targeted in the show for what he is. Still, I'm impressed at how well he's handling it.
It was Takenami who showed up in this episode and not Snow... >_>

Marbas' kind is really being discriminated against and being killed left and right even if their threat is low like a bug (i.e. Molly). Even humans who possessed some kind of magic power being detected by their detector are already as good as dead or even being labeled as an existence who needs to perish without any remorse (i.e. Wisteria). What kind of terrible organization they are... I can't wait for their real goal to be revealed.
ASinfulPersonageJan 22, 2023 7:16 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.
Jan 22, 2023 7:07 PM

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i always feel bad about character appearing in the first and only episode then dies later.
Jan 22, 2023 7:19 PM

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Easily the best episode so far, which isn't saying much, considering the first two were trash. 
Jan 22, 2023 7:37 PM
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This show is the underdog of the season for me. I love it and wish it got more appreciation! The art style is a bit reminiscent of the mid-2000s to me, which I like. It may be classified as a shounen but definitely has a shoujo feel, imo.

Marbas' protectiveness is so hot. 💘 I have a thing for demon characters, apparently.
Jan 22, 2023 8:23 PM

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it hurts so good, right in the feels
Jan 23, 2023 3:23 AM
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The difference with the quality between the OP and actual show is something
Jan 23, 2023 8:26 AM

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Warrington? Why Warrington of all places??? I suppose it's a stop-off point if you're on your way to the "District of Lakes" (FFS, CR, get some better TLs), and these days I think there are express trains from London that have Warrington as the first stop, but back in the Victorian era, wasn't it just another industrial hellhole?
Jan 23, 2023 12:45 PM

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This was an alright episode imo

Definitely felt a bit slower but idk
Jan 23, 2023 3:57 PM

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Loving the premise of the show and format 9/10 for me so far.
If they continue keep this method of story telling (Journey meeting people) It would be up there like Violet Evergarden, Kimi's Journey, Magus Bride and To your Eternity. These kinds of episodic story telling about people while on a journey has a special place in my heart. Love it.
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Jan 23, 2023 4:51 PM

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ahh again, the author break the main point of the story, the author cheated on their own story, the main theme and point of this anime is "Invisible demon made a contract with the only person who could see him" but then everyone from church army-nanikashira can see him, fatal plot hole because it breaks the sense and romantic substance behind it. in the other hand, i could say the story about Harriet is quite good, but yeah i still cant deny the fact about the plot hole, the story is not driven so well. welp let see for the next eps, i tog i gonna drop it if it still not solved

Link___ said:
it breaks it's main plot concept, main theme of the story, "invisible demon make a contract with a person who can see him"
but why now many people can see him (in demon form)?
again, this result of 2 episodes disappointed me.
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dragynfaerie said:
I'm still not sure what this is about? Is it just a child and a "fatherly" demon travelling and meeting people?

I understood the back pain. I overuse my human form, too.

I'm pretty sure this is about the romance about an Invisible demon that made a contract with the only girl who could see him and then going travelling together...
but seems like the author cheated on their own story, the demon finally can be seen by not only the girl who made contract with him but everyone in church army!!! 
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Jan 24, 2023 8:38 AM
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Link___ said:
ahh again, the author break the main point of the story, the author cheated on their own story, the main theme and point of this anime is "Invisible demon made a contract with the only person who could see him" but then everyone from church army-nanikashira can see him, fatal plot hole because it breaks the sense and romantic substance behind it. in the other hand, i could say the story about Harriet is quite good, but yeah i still cant deny the fact about the plot hole, the story is not driven so well. welp let see for the next eps, i tog i gonna drop it if it still not solved

Link___ said:
it breaks it's main plot concept, main theme of the story, "invisible demon make a contract with a person who can see him"
but why now many people can see him (in demon form)?
again, this result of 2 episodes disappointed me.
That's not a plot hole. Her being able to see him brings them together initially, but it's just the first step in the progression of their relationship. Him finding her interesting is what led to him visiting her at the church, and their developing friendship is what led him to risk his life to rescue her. At the same time, she gives up her eyesight, the thing that brought them together, and essentially her dream of "seeing" the world" to save him. To think that Marbas love Wisteria just because she can see him is horribly shallow and disregards development in their relationship and their sacrifices from episode 1. Maury and Harriet were the same way. Her offering her soul is what brought her and Maury together, but it was the time they spent with each other that led to Maury allowing her spirit to continue wandering after her death, and what led to them sacrificing themselves for each other. 
Jan 24, 2023 10:45 AM

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The town of Warrington has arrived both Wisteria and Marbas, and they were treated with an uninvited guest stalking them: the thievery girl Harriet and her contractual demon partner Maury. It has become too lively for Marbas's liking, but without food nor rest, they won't get very far. Marbas is fine, but not Wisteria, which Harriet and Maury accompanied her. The story of how those two met is exactly the same of how both Wisteria and Marbas met.

The Riverside Murder which involves the Sword Cross Knights taking down the riverside demon, and in the slight misstep of Wisteria getting found out of her demonic powers, Marbas came to the rescue and drove the knights away to save all. It so happens that Harriet's body is already dead from the river demon, but her soul wasn't stolen, which meant that their contract held the clause. The difference between both of them and the main contract of Wisteria and Marbas was that of a lower level, but at least her soul was sent off amicably.

A good episode for once.
Jan 24, 2023 10:58 AM

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What a tearjerker sad episode.
i also hoped that at least nothing would change and that Harriet and Molly could just be companions together...oh well...
i just hope future next eps won't be this sad and let Wisteria get her eyesight back again...oh well...
5/5.


Jan 24, 2023 5:29 PM

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Link___ said:
ahh again, the author break the main point of the story, the author cheated on their own story, the main theme and point of this anime is "Invisible demon made a contract with the only person who could see him" but then everyone from church army-nanikashira can see him, fatal plot hole because it breaks the sense and romantic substance behind it. in the other hand, i could say the story about Harriet is quite good, but yeah i still cant deny the fact about the plot hole, the story is not driven so well. welp let see for the next eps, i tog i gonna drop it if it still not solved

That's not a plot hole. Her being able to see him brings them together initially, but it's just the first step in the progression of their relationship. Him finding her interesting is what led to him visiting her at the church, and their developing friendship is what led him to risk his life to rescue her. At the same time, she gives up her eyesight, the thing that brought them together, and essentially her dream of "seeing" the world" to save him. To think that Marbas love Wisteria just because she can see him is horribly shallow and disregards development in their relationship and their sacrifices from episode 1. Maury and Harriet were the same way. Her offering her soul is what brought her and Maury together, but it was the time they spent with each other that led to Maury allowing her spirit to continue wandering after her death, and what led to them sacrificing themselves for each other. 
bruh, that's not my point. my point is "why everyone can see marbas now?" that breaks the theme, the romantic plot between wisteria and marbas (they become close to each other because only wisteria, the person who can see marbas according to eps 1)




if the church people (exorcist? e.g. wisteria's brother Snow) indeed have the special ability to see marbas from the beginning of the story, then why he take a walk at ease and dont care if someone from church could see him?

your comment just explain the plot of 3 eps which means useless bcs i have watched it too, and i watched it carefully, if you do so then you should be realized about that, i dont care if it bothers anyone or not but it bothers me because the fact that only wisteria who can see marbas is the main point, the starting point of the story, it is special, but it lost its distinction when another person actually can see marbas. it makes the prologue make no sense.
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Jan 25, 2023 4:17 AM

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Damn, that is so sad. To not even realize that you are already dead :")
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Jan 25, 2023 4:22 AM
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Harriet & Maury a fun pickpocket pair.
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Jan 25, 2023 11:08 AM
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Link___ said:
if the church people (exorcist? e.g. wisteria's brother Snow) indeed have the special ability to see marbas from the beginning of the story, then why he take a walk at ease and dont care if someone from church could see him?
Because he is at ease and doesn't care if someone from the church sees him. He's a nigh-invincible, immortal demon. 

When you said that people besides Wisteria being able to see Marbas was a plothole and ruined the premise, I thought you were speaking more objectively, but if you, personally, just don't like it, that's fine. I, also, get upset when series don't play out the way I want/think they should, and I'm sorry that people besides Wisteria being able to see Marbas ruined the show for you.
Jan 25, 2023 11:10 PM

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Fail_Man_X said:
Link___ said:
if the church people (exorcist? e.g. wisteria's brother Snow) indeed have the special ability to see marbas from the beginning of the story, then why he take a walk at ease and dont care if someone from church could see him?
Because he is at ease and doesn't care if someone from the church sees him. He's a nigh-invincible, immortal demon. 
That makes it even more no sense because he would never had looked for someone who could see him (he has lived for hundreds of years, there would be no such a thing he dont know if someone from curch is being able to see him) and wouldnt feel lonely in the first place, and actually it's not my point of my question. 
The prologue implicitly told he was feeling lonely because nobody could see him. It is a fact that nobody was being able to see marbas before he met wisteria, clearly explained in eps 1, and then there would be no premise about  there will be other people who can see him (except if there is some condition that make it possible....and because there is, that's why i called it as plot hole, about how someone besides wisteria is being able to see marbas)

Even if it gonna be explained with a totally simple way e.g people from church get a blessing to see demon, i will gladly accept it 
i had put up with the fact that the romantic foundation about marbas and wisteria had been ruined due to the reason they met is no longer special, (and still acceptable)
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Link___ said:
if the church people (exorcist? e.g. wisteria's brother Snow) indeed have the special ability to see marbas from the beginning of the story, then why he take a walk at ease and dont care if someone from church could see him?
When you said that people besides Wisteria being able to see Marbas was a plothole and ruined the premise, I thought you were speaking more objectively, but if you, personally, just don't like it, that's fine. I, also, get upset when series don't play out the way I want/think they should, and I'm sorry that people besides Wisteria being able to see Marbas ruined the show for you.
Of course i speak objectively, it's a common sense, logical thinking of how the story are made, I didnt say I'm not enjoying the show, i just tried to tell about the lost peace of the show itself, and you just come in to my comment without understanding what the point of it, that's what makes most people hate to give critics on the forum, bcs there will be someone comes up with knowing nothing about what is being talked about and explain nothing. it's getting useless to explain, so I'm not gonna extend this thing.
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Link___ said:
That makes it even more no sense because he would never had looked for someone who could see him (he has lived for hundreds of years, there would be no such a thing he dont know if someone from curch is being able to see him) and wouldnt feel lonely in the first place, and actually it's not my point of my question.
Do you realize how silly you sound? "If Marbas knows the church people can see him, why doesn't he go to them so he won't be lonely?" Why yes, Link, he should seek out the organization trying to murder him and his kind. That makes perfect sense. By the way, that was sarcasm.

Link___ said:
The prologue implicitly told he was feeling lonely because nobody could see him.
I don't think English is your first language, and I'm having a hard time parsing through your vocabulary. If you mean the synopsis, it does not mention people's inability to see him, and it flat out says he is being hounded by hunters. If you mean the very beginning of the series, he never claims to be lonely, just excruciatingly bored.

Link___ said:
It is a fact that nobody was being able to see marbas before he met wisteria, clearly explained in eps 1, and then there would be no premise about  there will be other people who can see him (except if there is some condition that make it possible....and because there is, that's why i called it as plot hole, about how someone besides wisteria is being able to see marbas)
You're conflating "Marbas has not met anyone who can see him" with "no one can see Marbas". They are not the same thing, and that is why it's not a plothole. That's why I explained everything that happened in the show in my first response, because it seemed like you turned your brain off at some point.

Link___ said:
Even if it gonna be explained with a totally simple way e.g people from church get a blessing to see demon, i will gladly accept it
i had put up with the fact that the romantic foundation about marbas and wisteria had been ruined due to the reason they met is no longer special, (and still acceptable)
That's not how romance works. Relationshps are built up through shared experiences, common interests, emotional bonding. They are not circumstantial obligations

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Of course i speak objectively, it's a common sense, logical thinking of how the story are made,
No, you speak subjectively based on your own opinions and feelings of how the story should go, rather than allowing the author to actually tell their story. There is nothing incoherent about the story beyond what you have made up in your head.

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i just tried to tell about the lost peace of the show itself, and you just come in to my comment without understanding what the point of it, that's what makes most people hate to give critics on the forum, bcs there will be someone comes up with knowing nothing about what is being talked about and explain nothing. it's getting useless to explain, so I'm not gonna extend this thing.
You're not criticizing, you're complaining, and I wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't attempted to misinform another user directly with your ramblings.


Jan 26, 2023 11:44 AM
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Jan 26, 2023 11:48 AM
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So far I like this series, it does give me ancient magus bride vibes its like a catboi version haha.
Dynamic/chemistry between characters is pretty good too, can't wait to see where it goes.
Jan 26, 2023 7:50 PM

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Poor Maury and Harriet!! Hope they appear again :( Looks like the order found out about Wisteria.
Jan 27, 2023 10:28 AM

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I didn't expect this to be a sad episode. :(
Marbas needs to do a better job protecting Wisteria.

Jan 31, 2023 11:40 PM
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what a plot twist!
Feb 6, 2023 10:48 AM

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Absolute peak story telling right here. Ive stuck it as a spoiler for future generations as its quite literally the closing subs to this eps.

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I had a few glasses of wine leading into this one and was ugly crying at the end
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despite the low quality this one's earned its stay this season for me

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