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| The finale to the Yuki-no-Nagori drunken state of a mess, sees Natsu almost being eaten by her father who's turned into a demon, and Jinta having no choice but to slay him down. despite Jyuuzou having served him amicably that slowly reveals his weak side of having not been matured enough. It's with that thought, that that Jinra downed some sake to relinquish himself some demonic power to defeat the demon, after seeing people be changed by his life, to him be doing the demon slaying work to slay her father otherwise, earning Natsu's ire. No choice, both Jinta and Akitsu can only move forward to find the golden blonde-haired woman as well as the illusive sake itself, though the latter stops halfway due to tiredness, leaving the former to move ahead to find a lake that's laid fervently with Shrayuki poppies flowers, as well as the Princess, whom her soul had passed on to end the farce of the sake. A meal over at Ofuu and her father's small establishment like the usual, and other than a slightly different tastebud, it's the limbering of the blonde woman, hell bent to get her revenge next time. What a conclusion to this mini arc, though the story is not done here for more in the 2nd Cour! |
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| Damn, episode was heavy. The reveal about the sake being made from Shirayuki was seriously messed up… You can tell Jinya is trying to move on, but the pain is still raw. It hit hard seeing that he couldn’t bring himself to kill his own father and had to use the hatred from the brew to finish the job. I also felt like the animation quality could’ve been better, especially for such an important episode. And what’s up with Suzune and Shirayuki’s head? Feels like something shady is brewing… I’m both curious and nervous about what episode 14 will bring. also ep14 will be on 7th july |
Reply to Mari_Max
Damn, episode was heavy. The reveal about the sake being made from Shirayuki was seriously messed up… You can tell Jinya is trying to move on, but the pain is still raw. It hit hard seeing that he couldn’t bring himself to kill his own father and had to use the hatred from the brew to finish the job. I also felt like the animation quality could’ve been better, especially for such an important episode. And what’s up with Suzune and Shirayuki’s head? Feels like something shady is brewing… I’m both curious and nervous about what episode 14 will bring.
also ep14 will be on 7th july
also ep14 will be on 7th july
| @Mari_Max Alcohol problems pt 2, this time it's the head! No but seriously, she took the head with her, she's gonna use it somewhere, I know it. |
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| Absolutely heartbreaking episode man. Never hated being right more than right now.. I knew Jinya’s father was on borrowed time and narratively, Suzune leading to his death was foreshadowed. Didn’t make it any easier and for all the demon slayings he’s had to do, killing his own father had to be Jinya’s toughest yet. But just like flowers bloom after enduring the chill of winter, so too will Jinya. “Goodbye, father” it’s really sad that right as Jinya and his dad started getting close again and his dad really accepted how bad he treated Suzune back in the day, he dies, but even worse than that is the rift between Natsu and Jinya. On one hand, I couldn’t help but get a little annoyed at how Natsu blames Jinya for everything when her dumbass was the one helping the dad drink after we literally just went over the dangers of the sake going around town.. but on the other hand, she just lost her dad and saw Jinya turn into a demon so that probably messed her up quite a bit. I hope they’re able to make up. If that’s not bad enough, Suzune using Shirayuki’s body and her lingering regrets as the basis for the sake is fucking deplorable. You not only killed her, but then you desecrate her body and don’t allow her to rest in peace. In the end, it worked out because jinya never really got to say goodbye to her and that was a lingering regret he’d carried all these years. She can finally pass on and Jinya knows she never stopped loving him. In a sense, his dad being put to rest by him is also a perfect resolution, it just hurts. Ofuu continues to be the MVP of the series and Jinya’s emotional support! love how she encouraged him with the flower story. Also note how Jinya says the soup doesn’t taste as good today because he’s sad. Emotions affect your taste buds as does the environment you eat in, so not having Natsu, Miura and Zenji around makes the meal a lot less satisfying. Again this series is so good with the show not tell storytelling as you’d expect from a novel series instead of a LN. Painful, but great episode and nice way to wrap up this half of the season. I’m excited for the next arc. |
Marinate1016Jun 23, 12:56 PM
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| I figured this would be a heavy one, such a shame Jinya had to cut his dad down and make Natsu afraid and angry at him, I guess I can’t blame her too much but man she was so sweet with Jinya before, what an upsetting way for them to split apart, but perhaps with enough time maybe they’ll meet again, and RIP Juuzou, he became a better man but the daughter that he casted out eventually did him in. But the episode wasn’t all darkness, I thought the bit at the spring was very heartwarming even if it involved Shirayuki’s dead body, I love that we got to see her again and that she could properly thank Jinya, it might be a sad thing that caused this but I’m glad it could end this way. And the last moments of the episode with Ofuu were nice too, there was a weird animation hiccup when they were walking and talking but overall it was a good scene to end the arc with, Jinya didn’t ruin his relationship with everyone he’s met in Edo at least, and once again the flower symbolism was very cool here. And that was it for cour 1, I had a pretty great time with it, pacing could be a bit slow at times but it helped the show feel pretty chill overall despite the darkness of the subject matter, I’m interested in seeing what happens from here in cour 2 which based on the Twitter account will begin on July 14th, I see someone else said the 7th so I’m not sure which is true lol, but I will definitely be coming back for more in the summer. I’ll definitely miss this OP and ED tho, especially the Hilcrhyme ED because that is some beautiful stuff. |
TheColonel76Jun 24, 9:05 AM
Reply to MewsicMagic
@Mari_Max Alcohol problems pt 2, this time it's the head! No but seriously, she took the head with her, she's gonna use it somewhere, I know it.
| @MewsicMagic Haha you have a great eye. Head is used for a different purpose in book 6, so we won't see it in this season unfortunately |
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| Did I miss something? Did we already know that Natsu's father is also Jinta's father, or does he just think of him as his father? Are Natsu and Jinta siblings? That would change a lot if true. Other than that I like the episode. |
Reply to TheColonel76
I figured this would be a heavy one, such a shame Jinya had to cut his dad down and make Natsu afraid and angry at him, I guess I can’t blame her too much but man she was so sweet with Jinya before, what an upsetting way for them to split apart, but perhaps with enough time maybe they’ll meet again, and RIP Juuzou, he became a better man but the daughter that he casted out eventually did him in.
But the episode wasn’t all darkness, I thought the bit at the spring was very heartwarming even if it involved Shirayuki’s dead body, I love that we got to see her again and that she could properly thank Jinya, it might be a sad thing that caused this but I’m glad it could end this way. And the last moments of the episode with Ofuu were nice too, there was a weird animation hiccup when they were walking and talking but overall it was a good scene to end the arc with, Jinya didn’t ruin his relationship with everyone he’s met in Edo at least, and once again the flower symbolism was very cool here.
And that was it for cour 1, I had a pretty great time with it, pacing could be a bit slow at times but it helped the show feel pretty chill overall despite the darkness of the subject matter, I’m interested in seeing what happens from here in cour 2 which based on the Twitter account will begin on July 14th, I see someone else said the 7th so I’m not sure which is true lol, but I will definitely be coming back for more in the summer. I’ll definitely miss this OP and ED tho, especially the Hilcrhyme ED because that is some beautiful stuff.
But the episode wasn’t all darkness, I thought the bit at the spring was very heartwarming even if it involved Shirayuki’s dead body, I love that we got to see her again and that she could properly thank Jinya, it might be a sad thing that caused this but I’m glad it could end this way. And the last moments of the episode with Ofuu were nice too, there was a weird animation hiccup when they were walking and talking but overall it was a good scene to end the arc with, Jinya didn’t ruin his relationship with everyone he’s met in Edo at least, and once again the flower symbolism was very cool here.
And that was it for cour 1, I had a pretty great time with it, pacing could be a bit slow at times but it helped the show feel pretty chill overall despite the darkness of the subject matter, I’m interested in seeing what happens from here in cour 2 which based on the Twitter account will begin on July 14th, I see someone else said the 7th so I’m not sure which is true lol, but I will definitely be coming back for more in the summer. I’ll definitely miss this OP and ED tho, especially the Hilcrhyme ED because that is some beautiful stuff.
| @TheColonel76 Official page says July 14th |
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Reply to gorkthe134th
Did I miss something? Did we already know that Natsu's father is also Jinta's father, or does he just think of him as his father?
Are Natsu and Jinta siblings? That would change a lot if true.
Other than that I like the episode.
Are Natsu and Jinta siblings? That would change a lot if true.
Other than that I like the episode.
| @gorkthe134th Step-siblings, but Natsu doesn't know about it |
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Reply to Szabesz
@TheColonel76 Official page says July 14th
| @Szabesz Nice nice, not sure where that one fella got their info from lol |
| good ep but I wasn't a fan of letting Natsu go hate mode without her even listening to the full story |
| Favorite episode so far. Cinematography was fantastic and the shots were absolutely stunning. It was obvious Natsu would turn on Jinya, I know we all seen it coming. I feel like Jinya still loved his biological father, I feel bad for him. 10/10 episode. |
| Fuck natsu! After all he did for you, you turned against him just because he killed your dad, who was about to kill you not just a few moments ago?! Suzune had a very cheeky look at the end. I didn't like that. Fuck her too! |
| And so we end the first cour and the poisoned sake arc with patricide and a somberly brief halcyon reunion. Solid series so far, awaiting cour 2. |
| I get that Natsu feels strongly about her father, but she was going to be killed if Jinya didn't do anything. I'm guessing this isn't the finale then, though it almost felt like it could be with that emotional Shirayuki scene. |
KANLen09 said: No choice, both Jinta and Akitsu can only move forward to find the golden blonde-haired woman Huh, nice, I didn't notice the parallels between Jinya and Japan here: Neither can just keep isolating themselves, they have t move on with time. MomoSinX said: good ep but I wasn't a fan of letting Natsu go hate mode without her even listening to the full story I interpreted this as a parallel to how Suzunbe felt towards Jinta. Perhaps it was some ill joke of her's to make Jinya understand her pain. |
| Seriously, after all the shit that Suzune has done and will do, the nomination for bitch of the year is hers, as for Natsu, I just feel sorry for her, just like Jintou, from the beginning, he became a victim of circumstances, even though he wanted to do better. |
Reply to Oxxe
@gorkthe134th Rewatch episode 2.
| @gorkthe134th I forgot, as well. I spent the episode thinking maybe it was a viewing-him-as-a-father-figure relationship. @Oxxe I dunno how none of that stuck with me. Either it didn't register on first watch, or I forgot. Regardless, thanks for posting the reference episode. This adds an element to the possessed hairpin episode, also. |
| great episode it was not easy for him to kill the dad... |
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| I'm kind of annoyed that Jinya even let it get to this point. They knew the sake was bad, yet let his father keep drinking it. Natsu should've known better. And calling Jinya a "freak" despite the fact she didn't seem to think her FULLY TURNED DEMON DAD was a "freak..." Sure, the guy that's full demon & is trying to kill you needs to be protected, but the guy that only turned HALF demon & saved you is the "freak." Natsu sucks. Should've just let her die if that's her attitude. |
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Reply to THE_BigDingus
I'm kind of annoyed that Jinya even let it get to this point. They knew the sake was bad, yet let his father keep drinking it.
Natsu should've known better. And calling Jinya a "freak" despite the fact she didn't seem to think her FULLY TURNED DEMON DAD was a "freak..."
Sure, the guy that's full demon & is trying to kill you needs to be protected, but the guy that only turned HALF demon & saved you is the "freak."
Natsu sucks. Should've just let her die if that's her attitude.
Natsu should've known better. And calling Jinya a "freak" despite the fact she didn't seem to think her FULLY TURNED DEMON DAD was a "freak..."
Sure, the guy that's full demon & is trying to kill you needs to be protected, but the guy that only turned HALF demon & saved you is the "freak."
Natsu sucks. Should've just let her die if that's her attitude.
| @THE_BigDingus Jinya could have told her before the fight that he was his father too. I wonder how she would react to that. Jinya, where did you throw that bottle into the fire? If you wanted to throw it somewhere, you could have aimed at the demon... |
| It ends where it began. Though Jinya was able to save Natsu he couldn't do it without slaying his father and now she hates him. There was no good outcome once the drink had ahold of him. Having saved Natsu, Jinya and Akitsu travel to the spring where the drink was created, there Jinya discovers that Shirayuki's remains had been dissolved in the spring and this was the cause of the sake. As terrible as that is he gets to say goodbye to her one last time and with that I believe the arc is concluded. I am wondering now if this is continuing into summer or if there will be a break before the second half begins. |
Reply to Szabesz
@MewsicMagic Haha you have a great eye. Head is used for a different purpose in book 6, so we won't see it in this season unfortunately
| @Szabesz (crying face emoji goes here because I’m too lazy to put one in) Hoping we see a S2 of this series or ideally a full adaption of all the novels. I already plan to pick up the whole series when it’s all translated but I still want to be able to watch this series too not just read it. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
Reply to ShiroAlex
Seriously, after all the shit that Suzune has done and will do, the nomination for bitch of the year is hers, as for Natsu, I just feel sorry for her, just like Jintou, from the beginning, he became a victim of circumstances, even though he wanted to do better.
| @ShiroAlex Yeah, lot of people here dislike her for the way she reacted to Jinya. Looking at it from her perspective she just saw her father turn into a demon and go crazy, now she sees Jinya “become” a demon and kill her father. I see no reason why she wouldn’t assume he’s crazy or had “gone” crazy from drinking the alcohol and tell him to leave. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
| Anybody wanna check in on Natsu? |
Reply to MomoSinX
good ep but I wasn't a fan of letting Natsu go hate mode without her even listening to the full story
| @MomoSinX Lol. She just watched her dad turn into a daemon and a guy that she likes and relies on go daemon as well and then kill her dad. I'm surprised she didn't snap. |
Reply to yamiyugi101
Will cour 2 adapt the entire series?
| @yamiyugi101 No way. It will adapt up to book 5. There are 14 books in total |
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Reply to gorkthe134th
Did I miss something? Did we already know that Natsu's father is also Jinta's father, or does he just think of him as his father?
Are Natsu and Jinta siblings? That would change a lot if true.
Other than that I like the episode.
Are Natsu and Jinta siblings? That would change a lot if true.
Other than that I like the episode.
| @gorkthe134th yeah you did miss something. It was made clear from the time of the first demon though never said explicitly: we knew his wife brithed a demon that killed her and he lost this son, we knew the hate for demons he had and JInta's father had, Jinta speaks of the other lingering feelings creating the demon he has to slay, beyond Natsu's fears as an adopted child. And of course Natsu is an adopted child, which is why Jinta and her can't be siblings |
| The death of a man is a horrible thing; the death of a million is statistics. |
| Suzune continues to exist as this beautiful enigma. Shirayuki persists in being self-disciplined and graceful in how she acts and what she says, almost to a fault. I can't fully bury and part with the thought that Suzune takes some sort of perverse pleasure out of further sullying and disgracing her corpse. It's foreign and seems outlandish at this point to envision a future in which her supposed unique form of love for him can be intimated and relayed in a way that is anything other than corrosive and destructive. It's equally foreign to picture him, in the mental state and headspace he's at now, one day recognizing her form of love to the point of placing it higher than connection to and reverence for the dead Shirayuki, martyred too suddenly and too young for the sake of an assortment of demons' plot. Shirayuki, too pure for this plane. Her death heralded and ushered in the entrance of so much more ugliness and grime to follow in this world. Szabesz said: Step-siblings, but Natsu doesn't know about it I think that they'd just be classified as adopted siblings, like Natsu is Juuzou's adopted daughter. "Step" as in stepsiblings or stepfather/stepmother/stepparents is usually a label reserved for when the relationship is formed through marriage, like if Juuzou, Jinya's biological father, had married another woman and Natsu was her daughter. Instead he adopted her and had no relationship with her biological mother (at least that we know of or know of at this point in the story) other than that she was a relative from another branch of the family. Of course stepparents can sometimes decide to formally adopt the children of their new spouses too, but that's just adding an extra layer of complication which is besides the point here. My point is, it seems like on paper their relationship should be one of adopted siblings, even if Jinya is much older and doesn't live/never lived in the same house with them together because of age and obvious circumstances. But blood-wise/biologically, shouldn't they also be some kind of second or third or other level of cousins if Natsu is originally from a branch of the same family? |
WatchTillTandavaJun 26, 12:51 PM
I was going to go on a long tangent about the MC being insufferable but he literally beat me to it.   Naturally I burst out laughing due to the uncanny timing of the thought. It was almost like we synced for a moment. |
| I would not dislike the way Natsu treated Jinya if it weren't for the fact that it is actually her fault that her dad became a demon. Jinya explicitly warned her not to let him continue drinking, but she was being a dumbass. |
Reply to Keiths219
I would not dislike the way Natsu treated Jinya if it weren't for the fact that it is actually her fault that her dad became a demon. Jinya explicitly warned her not to let him continue drinking, but she was being a dumbass.
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