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Nov 14, 10:03 PM
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Momo's plan really was nice. Granny cat using a cell really was quite the amusing image. Single parent familes sure have it rough. But the insight into what happened sure was something. A perfect contrast of joy and despair. If only the father was there to support them from the start though. In the end im glad that Aira was able to say her goodbyes and that silky was able to depart with no regrets.
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Nov 14, 10:05 PM
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Shit had me tearing up bro. . .

Such a sad backstory for her but it made it so much more real, that's what I love about this anime.
Nov 14, 10:06 PM
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Madskulls said:
This episode was peak direction the rotating camera following the ballerina movement and the gut wrenching pov chase sequence absolute cinema.

The direction in this show is something no one can argue against. It's actually goated. They are blowing this adaptation out of the water my friend !!!
Nov 14, 10:09 PM
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The Episode goes on my heart emotional backstory with beautiful music, it is pure Cinema
Nov 14, 10:13 PM
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Feb 2018
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Made me cray. Great episode.
Nov 14, 10:13 PM

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This is the worst episode so far and the only one I disliked. I doubt it will be a issue since the backstory is done. Mad respect to the animators though. 2/5 this ep
I seen a million pity backstories and my stance rarely ever changes on them.
Nov 14, 10:14 PM
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love this episode
Nov 14, 10:15 PM
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Jan 2022
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Cried for 5 minutes straight
Nov 14, 10:16 PM
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It made me cry. It was a very good episode but damn it was very emotional.
Nov 14, 10:18 PM
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Jul 2020
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This episode made me cry so hard, as family is always the most important thing in my heart. I love you mom
Nov 14, 10:23 PM
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Jan 2021
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Bro this episode had no business being this beautiful and emotional
Nov 14, 10:23 PM

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Yooo... I came here like every week to watch some funny ass stuff, not to end up feeling like shit 😭
Haven't seen something this sad in a long time, damn.

I hope Aira stops being a bitch now and becomes an actual good person.

This show is so good 😭😭😭
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~
Btw, cry about it.

Nov 14, 10:28 PM
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If there are more mini arcs like this one, I think I should start reading the manga...
Yes, there are lots of heart breaking moments throughout the series.
@ZXEAN Im starting the manga then, that episode was a masterpiece.
War never changes...
Nov 14, 10:29 PM
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Oh boy oh boy guess who is ready to cry like a baby next week 🙋‍♂️

Yeah I cried.

Kinda wish they made the dancing-off-the-rooftop-suicide more obvious but the sequence we got was amazing regardless. Looking forward to all of the other depressing backstories in the future 👍😭
@Captainjeddy Wait, "next week"? You mean another episode like that???
War never changes...
Nov 14, 10:36 PM

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I knew this was coming but it still hit hard. Ofc going in without knowing would have left an even bigger impact but I already got that when this chapter came out. To date haven't forgotten and never will. She worked so hard to raise her daughter. Why is the world such a cruel and shitty place. Props to science saru for adapting this so well. The way they animated her desperated chase from first perspective view and the entire backstory sequence or the episode in general was phenomenal.
@MegamiRem

Hi there I'm one of those who knew nothing....to say hit hard is like saying the meteor that took out the dinosaurs was a pebble....I'm just done after that episode.
Nov 14, 10:39 PM

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This is the worst episode so far and the only one I disliked. I doubt it will be a issue since the backstory is done. Mad respect to the animators though. 2/5 this ep
I seen a million pity backstories and my stance rarely ever changes on them.
@rohan121

I'm curious to know what you didn't like about the backstory - I'm not sure I'd classify it as a "pity backstory". It was intentionally sad, yes, but it's more meant to be an explanation for the spirit's actions.

Based off Turbo Granny and the Earthbound spirit's (not sure if it had a name other than that) backstories, it seems like all of the spirits will have some sort of tragic backstory. After all, that's why they became spirits in the first place.
Nov 14, 10:41 PM
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that backstory holy shit that was so good
fr caught me lacking got me tearing up lmao





me candies:
Nov 14, 10:42 PM
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what was with that absolute gut punch in the middle of my groovy fun show?!
Nov 14, 10:44 PM
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What a sad backstory. I want to bring justice for them. I hate people who hurt other people.
Nov 14, 10:45 PM
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Me too I almost cried at the end 😭😭😭😭
Nov 14, 10:45 PM
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Poor mom, that was a rlly sad episode😢
Nov 14, 10:45 PM
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Actual perfection
Nov 14, 10:50 PM

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@rohan121

I'm curious to know what you didn't like about the backstory - I'm not sure I'd classify it as a "pity backstory". It was intentionally sad, yes, but it's more meant to be an explanation for the spirit's actions.

Based off Turbo Granny and the Earthbound spirit's (not sure if it had a name other than that) backstories, it seems like all of the spirits will have some sort of tragic backstory. After all, that's why they became spirits in the first place.
@ExpandCheese Judging by his anime list and favourites you can already tell he is a hentai addict. Came here for some ecchi comidy but end up getting a tragic story about a mom and her daughter. That's why he might be disappointed, Guys like this appreciate this kind of story only in case of NTR Hentai.
Nov 14, 10:52 PM
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I cried so much! I really wasn't expecting this!!! Oh my, incredible episode
Nov 14, 10:54 PM

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Heres comes the crybait.

The worst influence Kimetsu had on the manga industry was making authors believe cramping some hyper melodramatic backstory to a side villain from absolutely nowhere was good writing. Nevermind the worst thing is that they are absolutely right and people will eat that up completely without even considering it.
For sure I'm really buying this sudden surge of extreme violence with the murder of a poor woman and the kidnapping of her kid for a bit of money from 2 completely unnamed dudes with not even their faces shown. Did she fucked over the yakuzas? Did she had debt so insane someone threaten to take her child if she didn't paid? That's what I choose to believe because for all we know this is the most brutal and uncalled for payoff with a total absence of setup.
Obviously the emotion conveyed here is "look how unlucky she is, she didn't deserve any of this", but I don't think fictionnal characters as people, they are merely writing devices, and in this case putting such an amount of brutality just for the sake of making the audience cry without any justification is quite frankly, pretty cliche and cheap.
However what I will not deny is that beautiful directing and that magnificent piano track, didn't expect less from Kensuke Ushio, composer of Ping Pong's ost, one of the greatest soundtrack of all time, but still top notch.

My biggest concern for sure is this will be praised so highly that even people saying it's the best episode ever created wouldn't even be hyperbolic. Unfortunately for me, I have grown up of only having emotional response towards art and media and I can only conclude this was wildly incoherent tone shift for an action/romance shonen to switch from fighting wacky ghosts/aliens and finding the main dude's balls to the painful life of a single mom trying to raise her child while crippling in debt.
You could just write one shots if you want to do this kind of tragic silent short movies with overlaying music, insert them in a shonen which will switch to crude comedy next episode feels more of a petty attempt to catch an unsuspecting audience than anything else. But what do I now anyway, this episode will make the show go from 8.60 to 9.05 I guess lmao.
@James-LastOmnic Wow, a 2016 shounen manga invented tragic villain backstories. The more you know.

Go take a walk, you sound pressed.

@Ionliosite2 1k+ viewed, 4 mean score. lol'd.
Nov 14, 11:03 PM

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@ExpandCheese Judging by his anime list and favourites you can already tell he is a hentai addict. Came here for some ecchi comidy but end up getting a tragic story about a mom and her daughter. That's why he might be disappointed, Guys like this appreciate this kind of story only in case of NTR Hentai.
@ZXEAN

Ah...I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but taking a peek at completed anime vs dropped anime, that would certainly explain it...
Nov 14, 11:07 PM

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If there's one thing this show never fails at it's being incredibly jarring.
Nov 14, 11:07 PM
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Emotional Rollercoaster
Nov 14, 11:11 PM
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After today's episode I wanna know what happened to that little girl please manga readers spoil me
@DemonkingAK it's implied that her daughter died
Nov 14, 11:13 PM
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mano, esse episódio foi ABSOLUTE CINEMA ✋😎✋ SLK, eu chorei iqual criança depois de apanhar rapaz! a animação também tava do Balacobaco, o bicho calvo tava muito engraçado, a garota de cabelo rosa (eu demoro pra decorar nome de personagens de anime) indo abraçar a mulher lá não deu pra tankar não rapaz, virou uns dos meus animes favoritos
Nov 14, 11:35 PM
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Even though there weren't a lot of cool-looking fight scenes, the way the episode conveyed emotion is fantastic.
Nov 14, 11:40 PM
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May 2020
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It made me cry so hard.
Nov 14, 11:40 PM
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May 2021
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amazing. amazing. beautiful human element to it. animation is astonishing. score is perfect. wow.
Nov 14, 11:45 PM

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peak episode for real, came completely out of nowhere so it really was hard trying not to cry since that was the last thing I expected from a show like this; I think that might be my episode of the year honestly
Nov 14, 11:49 PM

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This episode was perfectly done.
It genuinely brought me to tears with the story.
The only thing a bit jarring was the opening and the ending coming suddenly in middle of the tragedy.
Nov 14, 11:50 PM

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I cried, very good episode. Sucks that the little daughter is probably a sex slave or something. Really hard to think about. Good episode very sad, nice on my new 2K monitor :)
Nov 14, 11:50 PM
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crried :D 15 spaces bla bla
Nov 14, 11:51 PM
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I really like animation style and pace, as well as characters and story. Recommended!
Nov 14, 11:52 PM
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i read the manga it was sad but i didn't expect the anime to become wayy sadder. This studio cook so hard man 😔
Nov 14, 11:55 PM

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I loved it in the manga. They NAILED it here in the anime. The direction was so good, they added some extra scenes but I like how there was no dialogue(or just minimal) like the manga. The dancing on the terrace panel is one of my favorite panels in all of Dandadan and they did it to perfection. Absolute 10/10, Science SARU cooking big time.
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Nov 15, 12:01 AM
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what a masterpiece
Nov 15, 12:10 AM
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Wow I haven't experienced an anime breaking my heart like it did today. Can't stop crying.

I wonder where her baby actually ended up poor thing.
Nov 15, 12:11 AM
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I’m gonna leave this short as I’m not the greatest anime analyst. But this is my favourite episode by far. The only episode which mixed jarring imagery with real deep themes and emotional topics. What do you think?
Nov 15, 12:11 AM
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Jan 2023
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Amazing, probably one of the best episodes in anime I've ever seen
Nov 15, 12:13 AM
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Apr 2024
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The emotions were next level, especially compared to previous episodes.
Nov 15, 12:20 AM
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Oct 2019
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Sadly wonderful,,
Nov 15, 12:21 AM
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Hard-hitting episode for sure. Amazingly done.
Nov 15, 12:35 AM
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Nov 2024
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Muy buen episodio
Nov 15, 12:35 AM
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Jan 2024
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Speechless; emotional episode!! Brilliant portrayal by anime team that can easily find a place in anime viewer's core memory
Nov 15, 12:46 AM
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Oct 2022
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that made me fuckin cry and shi
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