Kingdom 5th Season Episode 10 Discussion

Xin and Qiang Lei's reactions to the horrific actions of Huan Yi perfectly conveyed the sheer brutality on display. There are some lines that shouldn't be crossed, and their pushback and infighting were completely warranted.

This was a fantastic follow up to the conflict from the beginning of the season between Xin and Huan Yi's ideologies, and I am really looking forward to see how it gets resolved. I don't see Xin/Qiang Lei backing down, but I also don't see Huan Yi forgiving them attacking and killing his men.

I want to hate more Kanki

Don’t use Censorship on the next ep

We have to see what he did with the people.

I don’t have word to describe.

This dude is crazy !!!

Fucking incredible episode and an even better follow up to how amazing last week's episode was. Kan Ki is truly one of the best antagonists I've seen in anime/manga and he is such a great character to have in the Qin side. The Qin side has already been seen like a protagonist side given the characters we follow through Shin and Ei Sei and the people involved there but the series has done a great job in humanizing some characters from other armies throughout the franchise and in this season in particular, and showcasing some people from Qin that you cannot support as a 'good person' given how morally corrupt they are like Kan Ki and his army. He's such a great character and a person I cannot hate even more from the fibre of my beings. It is a very interesting and brutal outlook of war with clashing philosophies fully on display between Shin and Kan Ki. It was also seen in Vinland Saga but in series like these, there are groups of people that do have a mentality to war where 'victor goes the spoils' and that they can truly do whatever they want to their opposition with no remorse, even willing to harm the innocent through torture, murder, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, burning down homes and settlements that people in peace built their culture and foundations on, etc. Kan Ki and the people that follow him, the rebels and outlaws have a mentality towards war that is more opportunistic than ever, to enjoy in destroying the lives of whoever is associated underneath an 'enemy nation' even without them having any intentions of doing anything to self-satisfy himself. He's honest about what he wants, there's no forgiving him and he could not care whatsoever, which makes him as horrible of a person as can be but also someone so compelling in a series like this.

And what makes him even more interesting is the fact that Qin are still using him as one of the most reliable generals out there even when you can clearly see Kan Ki and the way he fights and thinks is very different from the united vision that Ei Sei wants with the states once conquering them all, to bring under one than have every nation suffer miserably down to the roots of its people through torture and turning them to corpses like him. Just fascinating, brutal and powerful stuff overall to watch and my god was it brilliant to watch. A very different kind of episode from what I'd normally get with anime in recent times but a very impactful one. I could genuinely feel that aura of anger and fury that Shin and Kyou Kai both brought after realizing the kind of shit Kan Ki and his crew were pulling, with Kyou Kai losing someone who despite not being from Qin, still took care of her and was as friendly to her as she could be, especially since she was an older woman too. If I was in their situation, I might have lost my head too without control. It was nice seeing Shin not tolerate his shit and stand man to man against him, and seeing the two of them even fight his subordinates to get the message down. Can't imagine Kisui and company's reactions once they find out the shit Kan Ki was pulling off underneath the surface of Zhao's reclamation of the hill. Just a phenomenal episode with really good music and even decent action towards the more intense scenes with Kyou Kai at the end there.