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Nov 12, 2020 4:58 AM
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Well, this episode sure had a bunch of action and unaturally powerful freaks. I guess they wanted to show off what some of our main cast can do especially Brawler. I mean, he uses a straightforward fighting style of fists and brawling.

Kind of a sad episode too with the depressing mood and weather.

Nov 12, 2020 5:25 AM
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Absolutely great episode once again, I excepted Brawler to die but surprising to see that both (Execution Division Master and Brawler) died during the fight, so at the end Hoodlum destroyed the Execution Division Apprentice's eye and ran I guess (because he's not dead he's still here in the preview)
that scene between Ordinary Person and Cutthroat was really interesting too... she even slapped him
Nov 12, 2020 5:30 AM
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RIP Brawler, I really liked him despite all his silly bravado. I'm glad he got to drag the smug Execution master to death with him. Only shame is the apprentice survived so we'll have to deal with a powered up self righteous, non stop talking version of him in the future.
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Nov 12, 2020 5:40 AM
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Swindler continues to convince me that she IS the mother of the season

Aside from that, damn. Didn't expect to actually get attached to the Executioner fighting Brawler. That fight managed to tell a story even with just a few episodes, which is something to commend about this show so far.
Nov 12, 2020 5:54 AM
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The fight scenes were excellently done! Especially the lit up ferris wheel frames took my breath away!
Nov 12, 2020 6:12 AM
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Holyshit, did Hoodlum just fuck up Disciple's right eye, and he's still alive based on next episode preview
Nov 12, 2020 6:17 AM
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The fight between Brawler and the Executioner was great, I really liked the animation and how their fight concluded. It was sad when the other Executioner picked his masters weapon up, I don't think she actually killed Hoodlum, though.

The Swindler really put her feelings into that slap.
Nov 12, 2020 6:23 AM
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Crazy man this shit is too crazy. RIP Brawler, he was a legend till the end and wow Hoodlum managed to take out an eye from that bitch, great job man.

Wonder what was underground, kinda excited to know.
Nov 12, 2020 6:27 AM
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WELP, Executioner Division Master going on an all-out fight of 1 vs. 7 Akudama and leaving the Pupil behind, what a way to repent his twice failures for not upholding "values", he's already signed his life for death to purge evil and spread justice to the extreme. Feelings vs. raw power, who'd come out on top?

And I'd think we can start labelling Swindler as Best Mom of the season? This season has SO MANY waifus of different calibres, and she'd be right on top, though lesser than JJK's Nobara and Tonikawa's Tsukasa, but I really feel that she NEEDS an honorable mention. WOAH that slap to Cutthroat though, personality-wise is already on the rebellious side so no surprises there.

Studio Pierrot this week IS ON FIRE, LEMME TELL YA! Tuesdays with Black Clover, and now this. Over-the-top SAKUGA animation that's unlike their low-quality standards. The fight scenes, especially the confrontation with Brawler, EVERY SECOND AND BUILDUP WAS CAPTIVATING. But too bad and honestly a sad moment, RIP to both of them (and this scene reminds me so much of West Side Story's final moments, with Pupil and Hoodlum, and a gouge in Pupil's right eye, really the saying of "an eye for an eye", tit-for-tat karma!).

AND YES, even in the midst of these, the story and world-building continues as per normal, which is quite the bootlick.

EXCEPTIONAL episode, the best so far.
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Nov 12, 2020 6:33 AM

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Executioner is dead! It's about time. It was expected him and Brawler were going to die fighting. The fight was pretty good. Damn shame the apprentice is alive though, she is really annoying.
Nov 12, 2020 6:53 AM
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I'm so sad why they've to fight to death? In a better world, instead of fighting, they'd have a bareback sex as hard as they fight in this world.
Nov 12, 2020 6:55 AM

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as soon as it started raining shit went down, dumb that they didn't like 5v1 him. it costed brawler's life. Hoodlum seems to have avenged him by taking the other executioners eye. Scene reminds me of star wars movie 1 with obi-wan and qui gonn. Let's see what this underground place is all about.

Nov 12, 2020 6:58 AM

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so the kids have regeneration ability that will be useful for immortality and surviving the radiation from nukes i guess

RIP Brawler
Nov 12, 2020 7:04 AM
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So many twists and turns- I was not expecting them but it was a really nice turn out! Super sad about the brawler- I can feel hoodlum's heart right now. The pain man
Nov 12, 2020 7:10 AM

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Honestly speaking, the animation and art style of this anime is top-notch but the attrition to detail , the logic behind reasoning, and story premise are too retarded.

So if the master and pupil can find those Akudama so easily and get there in time this fast, WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS SEND REINFORCEMENT to begin with if you already knew their location? Send at least 10 people to make sure they are dead since ONE of you executioner is enough to fight at least 4 of them on equal footing. The commander is already in big trouble and pressured by the higher-up yet she let those two go alone against them even after 2 failures. What's the point of that announcement in last episode? One may question how she get to that high position with decision making/ intelligence like that.

Also I was expecting their "laser sword" able to cut through everything, but turns out ANYTHING can block it (knife/ gun/ any random shit)

I was quite enthusiastic about the "over-the-top" crazy element of this anime in first episode, but ever since episode 2 they start to take itself too seriously.
Those psychopaths suddenly are so cooperative and reasonable for whatever the reason , and act like some super-hero gang.

Also don't get me started that executioner organization make ZERO sense if they let that Doctor, serial killer, and brawler roam free this long. If they are THIS CAPABLE, those psychopath should have been dead way before they got that long sentence.

Also the female lead makes me want to puke whenever she opens her mouth. If she is not acting (well maybe she is because this story need a twist right?) then I would roll my eyes for every sentence she speaks. She is trying to make rational argument with a bunch of psychotic killers like that doctor and that serial killer. If she is not female lead she'd have been killed by either of those 2 in an instance when she opens her mouth and says something this stupid.
That's my biggest gripe of this serie thus far too because suddenly all those psychopaths turn into "normal rational people".

Anyway , the premise and setting of this whole anime makes zero sense.
It would have been ok if they keep that crazy aspect of none-sense if they choose the direction of episode 1, but instead they try to tell a serious/ touchy story which then invalidate the insane setting, making the whole story dumb.
It's like watching Suicide Squad (shitty movie) - the anime.


Imagine if they use this type of budget to make Danga Ronpa 2 the anime.
Would have been awesome.
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Nov 12, 2020 7:25 AM

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gee Swindler, i wonder why Cutthroat would use the kid as a meat shield? dudes a psychopathic serial killer you dolt!!
i agree with the ranter above me, the action and animation is great and entertaining but the story elements and characterizations are completely scatterbrained a sometimes
Nov 12, 2020 7:27 AM

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I really liked Executioner yeet Courier and his ride. And then Hoodlum gets thrown at Executioner.
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Nov 12, 2020 7:34 AM

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RIP Brawler, I really liked him despite all his silly bravado. I'm glad he got to drag the smug Execution master to death with him. Only shame is the apprentice survived so we'll have to deal with a powered up self righteous, non stop talking version of him in the future.


+ Yea, I am sad. He is gone. Somehow Hoodlum got the "feeling" that Lady Boss mentioned, and took a revenge for Brawler brother. We need a monument for him.

This is about who is the better or the worse the bad or the psycho. Swindler could thank Cutthroat at least. He saved her a few times and he is not pleased now. That slap will possibly return back as a revenge-bitch.

Executioners are out of the question. Assumingly, only master-pupil tag-team knows how the Akudama team fights "together". That know-how is lost in the master. After this, we should go and destroy Kanto.
Nov 12, 2020 8:01 AM
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Very action-packed and heartbreaking episode. RIP Brawler and Executioner. They were really tough guys. I already missed them.
Story progresses more mysterious way. I don't know what will happen in the future.
Nov 12, 2020 8:14 AM
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That was an intense episode. Swindler continues to be the underdog of this anime and I'm here for it. Poor Pupil Executioner, she's just trying to fulfill a duty that not many are willing to do. Get off her back! She was right at the end. Master going by himself was completely detrimental to the both of them. She cares for her Master and it turns out that it's by design and purpose. Sigh, what a sad episode.
Nov 12, 2020 8:19 AM

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What an action packed packed episode! Fucking loved it from start to finish, and cannot wait for next week already.
Nov 12, 2020 8:21 AM
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Wow. So, they really ended up Brawler live with his last battle against that executioner. RIP, then .... It seems they had a lot of fun in the middle of a rain shower. That pupil, tho. How could she even be so reckless out there? Oh, man. I think she just lost her mind for a while there, until she couldn't even realized her surrounding and get stabbed. Gladly, she was still alive with the grudges on her mind, obviously. Lets see the battle between Akudama and Executioner again, at the near future episodes....

Well, at least, the Hoodlum did something great there. Instead being nothing for the rest of the episode, with that stab in the eyes, surely he arouse his status again after that shit. Lol. Now i am curious with his expression at the end. Surely he needed to confronted the little boy to explained what was goin on before. And its mostly became an emotional episode again, like these one. Oh wow!

Ngl, the battle action was so great. Its had a convoluted choreography than before. But surely its satisfied me a lot. Doctor healed herself was not so surprising. But, that little boy healing, surely give me a bit of shock. Until the Swindler slap, mostly stop my minds a few seconds ago. Well, girl, you sure had a lot of emotions that was not conveyed much, there. I am feeling bad to the Cutthroat....

Okay, thats it from me. And lets see whats the dealt below that coordinates marking....
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Nov 12, 2020 8:21 AM
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Woah! Execution Division Master fought the Akudama alone. This episode is so breathtaking that I almost forgot to breath, good thing there's a short video by Usagi-chan and Same-kun. lmao

Doctor is an unkillable character, she was sliced yet she's still alive. lol
Cutthroat will do anything just to keep his angel safe, he evel cut his own leg! And he used Brother, another immortal, as a shield!!
Hoodlum human "spear" lol. But based on the preview, he was able to destroy Execution Division Pupil's eye.
Swindler Best Mom!
Brawler's fight scenes with Master are extraordinary, especially the ferris wheel scene! RIP Brawler.

I'm excited to see what's in the underground!

THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BEST EPISODE SO FAR!

Nov 12, 2020 8:37 AM

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Holy shit this episode was simply amazing! The animations were especially good.
I feel bad for Cutthroat tho for getting slapped by Swindler.
Nov 12, 2020 8:50 AM
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Again, another great episode of Akudama Drive, albeit an emotional one.

I'm kind of sad that Brawler died, but at least he took the Execution Division Master down with him, I guess. Hoodlum takes the apprentice's eye as revenge and most likely runs away after doing that.

And it's kind of funny how the female lead labels Cutthroat as despicable, fully knowing that she's with a group of psychopaths that don't care about their own or other's lives.
Nov 12, 2020 8:50 AM
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RIP Brawler, he was my favorite character. And Hoodlum for once did something.
Nov 12, 2020 8:52 AM

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For some reason that executioner gives me Seryu (from Akame ga Kill) vibes..
Nov 12, 2020 8:53 AM

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the rain scene was epic! great animation work, battle choreography and color management. good ending for two tough guys

it's a good thing that the mysteries around oni-san/black cat and the bomb events don't take that long to unfold. thinking about the dangarompa's pacing, assumed it would be more deaths. but also true, there are fewer characters and i think that with the power levels that the team unlocked, they have to get to these extreme situations to die.

is the usagi-chan and same-kun short actually creepy or am i being touchy?
Nov 12, 2020 8:58 AM

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Didn't expect that we'd loose 3 well made characters in this episode. It's kinda depressing. This episode is quite emotional and told a lot about their relationships.

So, next episode we'll be seeing some underground people who didn't seem to find a good drill to dig up to surface.
Nov 12, 2020 9:13 AM

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Nov 12, 2020 9:17 AM

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noooo why did brawler have to die ;-; i mean.. i saw it coming eventually but i really liked his character. sigh.. ah well


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Nov 12, 2020 9:26 AM

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An all out battle fought between Brawler and the Executioner. Well both passed on fighting each other however both of them left a certain someone behind to remember them. Hoodlum for Brawler and the Executioner's apprentice.

I'm curious to know what happened after Hoodlum charged in to try to kill apprentice.

Great episode :)
Nov 12, 2020 9:53 AM

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Of course Brawler dies first, RIP :( At least he took Executioner down with him.
Hoodlum better avenge his death!
Nov 12, 2020 10:02 AM

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Holy mother of god, what an episode.
The creative visuals, the backgrounds, the fights, the soundtrack, the animation, everything about this was a 10 out of 10

Too bad for the censorships :(
Nov 12, 2020 10:19 AM

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Yeah this show is good.

RIP to my man executioner, you tried your best to remove these mfs. :(
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Nov 12, 2020 10:25 AM

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that episode was nuts! this anime is actually getting better and better.

amazing art and animation in this episode.

Also that ost in the after credit scene! what the hell did he do to her? hyped for next week.
Nov 12, 2020 10:33 AM

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Holy crap what an episode. This show certainly gives no room to stop and catch a breath, for both the characters and the viewers.

Probably one of the best episodes yet, lots of emotion in this one especially. The fights were amazing but it's a bit weird that Doctor can stitch her head back onto her shoulders, her lower half of the body AND Cutthroat's legs back as well, but couldn't save Brawler, guess he lost too much blood. She's literally the party healer but let the tank run out of HP. Talk about lazy... Seriously though, badass episode and if it weren't for the preview, I would've guessed Hoodlum died too. That ending gave me the shivers, oof!
Nov 12, 2020 10:36 AM
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Finally, some fucking stakes. It adds to the visuals and takes it to another level. And now there's some mystery about the underground city too. Excited to see where this is going. Cutthroat going full sadistic mode was the best part of the episode.
Nov 12, 2020 10:47 AM

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Epic episode.

This is just non stop spectacle and I love it, fight sequences were once again over the top, crazy and exciting. Very enjoyable.

Brawler went out like a man and the commander guy was great too. I loved how Cutthroat, Courier and Brawler all went up against the commander and barely made it through, likely only because of the commander's previous damage and Cuthroat getting a stab in.

So the kids have regenerative bodies, interesting.
I figured Hoodlum was dead after during the last scene since the commander's partner wakes up but Hoodlum is in the next episode PV so maybe he got her eye and ran away? Anyway, very excited to see where this is going next.
Nov 12, 2020 11:40 AM
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Is he dead? So Brawler is gone... The executioner is dead and it looks like the pupil got her eye taken by the Bro (I forgot his name). There was a moment which made me think like, is the Doc gonna die? Is cutthroat gonna die? Is the Bro gonna die? There are a few questions...
The kids can regenerate... They are not human then. So basically they are something known as the lost children which I am guessing are belonging to the people living underground after that bomb blast. I think due to the bomb blast, these kids developed some abilities, There seems to be some kind of underground facility as well.
Is cutthroat going to be sad that he got slapped? OMG
I have to wait another week now.
Nov 12, 2020 11:41 AM

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Wow just wow. This episode was sooo good man and sad since Execution Master died :( I was rooting for him darn it...
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Nov 12, 2020 12:10 PM
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R.I.P 2nd best boi, 1st best boi is Hoodlum.
Nov 12, 2020 1:09 PM

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Inject that hand to hand combat into my veins. Great episode, I really liked the 5v1 fight scenes. The game center looked awesome, kinda sad they moved to another venue to quickly. Also was almost expecting the pupil & Hoodlum to fight to the death as well lol

Poor Cutthroat, cut his legs off to protect his love just to get slapped he totally deserved it though

I wonder if next episode we'll meet the professor that made/looked after the siblings.
Nov 12, 2020 1:16 PM

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Incredible episode! Best episode so far!

It's surprising to see the executioner holding his ground when fighting 1 v 5. Catching some of the Akudama off-guard, if it only wasn't for that doctor. She turned the battle around again by stitching up the injured.

The kids have regeneration. The moment cutthroat used the boy as a shield really surprised me, was literally like, he didn't just kill off 50% of the cargo??

Brawler vs Executioner was epic, animation and fight was stunning to behold and really entertaining. I was amazed at the short but amazing bit inside that gondola and later on with the lights of the ferris wheel turning on. Honestly was expecting Executioner to win this, so a little surprised to see them both kick the bucket. The mood and weather was nicely done when they both died. Hoodlum did seem to have taken out one of the Apprentice's eyes at the end.

Swindler was maaaaaaad at Cutthroat! Rightfully so, however she doesn't fully realise what kind of people she's dealing with yet.
Nov 12, 2020 1:30 PM
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RIP to the Brawler fighting the Executioner division leader. Next episode focus more on the backstory of the children.
Nov 12, 2020 1:34 PM
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RIP to my boi Brawler n Ex Master they went out as BEAST!
Nov 12, 2020 1:45 PM

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That was one crazy episode, but it was also so heartbreaking. Two great characters died and I'm gonna miss them both ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Seeing what Hoodlum did to Pupils eye and then seeing that he's still alive in the preview... I'm starting to think there might be more to him than meets the eye (no pun intended).

I feel like up to now Swindler has grown attached to the Akudama and started to even connect with them... but that is definitely over after what Cutthroat did! It was like a wake-up call for her that these people are dangerous and barely clinging to their humanity. I'm really interested to see what will happen with Swindler & Cutthroat now
Nov 12, 2020 2:34 PM
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The fight was incredible. Really the Execution Division Master is strong, what will happen after this fight I am curious but the episode was great.

Nov 12, 2020 2:39 PM

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Best episode of the series so far. The fights with the Executioner were all great, especially with Brawler at the end. This anime has a very unique aesthetic that really shines through during the fight scenes. I still think that the kids should have done something to help during the fights with their flutes or whatever. Things look like they will come to a head next episode and we will finally learn what this was all about.
Nov 12, 2020 3:10 PM

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Swindler continues to convince me that she IS the mother of the season

Aside from that, damn. Didn't expect to actually get attached to the Executioner fighting Brawler. That fight managed to tell a story even with just a few episodes, which is something to commend about this show so far.

Wasn't this just on the reddit thread?
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