DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
| Amusing episode even though there was the threat of an assassin awaiting our main cast on their journey. The Jojo-style pose were priceless along with the animation style. Akira got a solid role this time around, and had leadership-like skills. Seems this episode is building ito the climax that's coming soon? Exciting! |
 |
| I wonder what was the point of that unexpected family meeting in the middle of nowhere ... it lasted for better part of half the episode pretty much without nothing really important to add ? But as the green berets pointed out, they have reach the place where dreams die. |
 |
| It looks like they are finally there but now the question is how are they going to change the world back to how it was. And what do they need to do the help Youka. |
| This was hilarious, it was nice seeing Akira being more of a leader in this episode. Now that the girls have arrived I hope the finale is amazing. |
| The mangaka apartment from this episode was referred from the Tokiwa-so which is located near the Shiinamachi Station. It's famous for being the early living place of many prominent manga artists. The building was demolished in 1982. Now, there's a memorial statue on the site where the building was located. There is also Tokiwaso Manga Museum which is a replica of the original building in a nearby Minami-Nagasaki Hanasaki Koen. |
何それ？意味分かんない  |
| "She was like your mother coming home late after drinking... Thngs got hairy right after that." - Shizuru's dad made my day with that description. |
夏草や 兵どもが 夢の跡  |
| The battle with the mangaka was seriously awesome. |
watsymJun 3, 9:04 AM
This one was a little meta pastiche for me but Akira was hilarious. This shot might be my favorite in the whole series so far. @Swagernator I thought the point was at least in part to surprise the audience with a rare encounter that turns out to be not sinister in the least. |
| I liked how Akira embraced the beret, thinking it was a symbol of revolution, only to find out it belonged to a group of silly manga artists. Anyway, here we are, finally at Ikebukuro, our last stop. |
 |
| Anyone else notice Akira sniffing the green beret hat after she got it from Shizuru's dad? lol Akira also acted fearless when they all encountered the manga artists and she acted like she knew the hat gave her powers, good stuff. |
| A nice little reunion at the beginning of this week's episode, and it's always nice to have a "calm before the storm" moment even as the girls are bearing down on Shiinamachi [SI 2]. Even seeing the continual antics between Akira and Reimi is always fun to see with Nadeshiko sometimes fruitlessly mediating between the two; little stuff like this details the bonds of their friendship. Honestly, I preferred how they became cuter after their scuffle–especially how much it accentuated the dad's goofiness–though I have to wonder what happened to their fourth member as based on Shizuru's memory from two years ago. But after being able to communicate with Zenjiro-san again, at least the girls know that what the sailing old man forewarned wasn't completely fictional. Now their purpose of heading towards Ikebukuro has been shifted towards reversing the effects of 7G and avoiding chaos, though it still seems Shizuru is set on her original goal of reconciling with Yōka. Being unable to proceed past Shiinamachi because of the huge gaping ravine literally feet from the edge of the station–which I'm assuming was the result of 7G warping the landscape around Ikebukuro or a deterrent by Pontaro–the girls wander the gloomy streets of the surrounding area and are stopped not by kusamochi, but by something far worse: snobbish mangakas wearing green berets. Fortunately for the girls and Akira's green beret from Shizuru's dad, their ability to warp the animation style allowed them to easily take over the mangakas and it was pretty cool seeing the different art style's the girls thought of when wearing the beret, but I don't know how I feel when Reimi casted a yaoi beam. Overall, though not as completely weird compared to previous episodes since Shiinamachi returns to relative normalcy after the disappearance of the mangakas, this one was more artistically and visually creative with the regular comical aspect added in. As the dramatic irony has been nearly broken upon receiving new information and the tracks have been restored towards Ikebukuro, let's see what conflicts arise in these last two episode and hopefully everything will go back to normal, both for their world and between Shizuru and Yōka. 1.9 km left. Next station: Ikebukuro |
  |
| This is the last station before Ikebukuro, and I have to say Shiinamachi is my favorite station of the whole anime. Meta jokes are some of rarest to be done right and also some of my favorites! Jojo / 10 Also, Chad Reimi: |
| Apart from the single-minded goal of reuniting with Youka (and reconciling Shizuru with her, and as they find out in this episode, potentially having to save her), I like the attitude of the girls toward the actual general state of the world in the form of the 7G-induced apocalypse and warping of the laws of the universe and physics, as best given voice to by Reimi: "I did want things to go back if it was possible, but I'd already kinda given up. Things now are pretty chill in their own way." Embrace the vibes of the post-apocalypse and all that jazz. This is considerably more unpredictable and inherently chaotic than most other post-apocalyptic worlds I've seen considering the fact that the species of creatures, people's minds, and the fabric of spacetime itself can be reconfigured by random individual Joes with the power of their own thoughts, technology is more like magic, buildings and cities, whole landscapes, etc., can be vanished and poofed away just to be reconstructed on what seems like an atomic level, and therefore everything you thought you knew about a person or place can be different from one day to the next. Yet it showcases the high adaptability of the girls to be able to shrug it off and roll with it, as if it's as natural an occurence as changing schools or moving to some different region. Unless their minds are somehow, unbeknownst to them and even us in the audience, being continuously altered and having their memories rewritten to prevent them from going insane and allowing them to function at all in this new world, but I don't think that the series is going to get that complicated and mindfucky; especially with only two episodes left. Either way, I can't shake the feeling that Yuuri would thrive in this environment. |
WatchTillTandavaJun 3, 12:48 PM
| Nice! Next stop - Ikebukuro! |
| Oh well, after fighting a gang of irrelevant mangakas and the dad who went to search for the milk for too long, we get to see Ibukuro (?) at the next stop. There is only two episodes remaining, the end is near. How the heck will this turn out, we will see next monday. I'm very excited for the next episode, but at the same time since we get so close to the end and in the last stop, I would probably guess the most fucked up and crazy shit happening. It would be such a twist if this becomes a bad ending. |
| I like everything, ok |
| Lol this show is straight up bonkers and I love every minute of it |
Wait a moment, did the Tokiwa trio turn Shizuru's dad into Chuck from Don Chuck? |
| That sequence with the berets was probably one of my favorite bits from this show |
| For those that know, pray with me. PLESE not another Magical Destroyers. |
| Probably the funniest episode of the lot, really good stuff with the mangakas lol |
| I don't know why, but Akira yelling "German expressionism" was really funny. In my opinion, this is the funniest episode of the series. |
 |
| The Mangaka fight was so fun lmao. Only two episodes left, hope we can have a good ending! |
| Best episode by far! Way better than a lot of the previous ones too Finally meeting the dad, the various art style changes, an original plot for a station that isn't just "get chased". I also love how Akira's throwaway line of them randomly getting magic powers came true LOL The lingering shoot of Ikebukuro at the end was very ominous, I can't wait to see what happens next |
 |
| Pretty good episode. I think I prefer the first half of the anime overall, but it's been fun the whole way. Ikebukuro next, 2 episodes to wrap this up! Also nice to hear Usopp playing her dad. Yay for Yamaguchi. |
| Nadeko's voice after transformation made me feel things. Hilarious asf episode. Loved Shizuru's dad as well as the fight against the mangakas. And they finally reached Ikebukuro, huh? Now let's hope this story can get a satisfying conclusion with only two episodes left. |
| The girls get to know more about what is happening there in ikeburo. That funny fight with mangaka was hilarious. Finally they saw current day Yoka. |
| I need somebody who can love me at my worst No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth 'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst If you stay forever, let me hold your hand I can fill those places in your heart no else can Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim |
| SHIZURU WAS SO CUTE I ALMOST CRIED WTF ❤️ Akira is communist af, now I hate her even more. |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it.  |
| Nadeko thinking they will be stripped and have pervy things done to them because the artists, with how specific that was im not sure if that's a fear or a fantasy of hers lol I wouldnt have minded if she stayed that form it's fun Some parts of this ep were pretty funny. The "BL flash" actually caught me off guard and now Im probably assumed insane heard laughing before daybreak. |
| Also, I don't usually comment or dwell too much on which seiyuu appear as which characters that I may or may not recognize from other shows, as I don't like to overly focus on it as I'm watching a show and just let each series very much be its own separate thing and world and not get wires crossed, at least until usually after a series is over/I have seen all of it and discussing and analyzing the series as a whole in all aspects, like the voice acting, OST, direction, etc. But I couldn't not be floored when I first strongly suspected and then later confirmed that it was Inuyasha's voice coming out of Shizuru's cartoonified anthropomorphic wolverine father. Similar to Satsuki Yukino (Kagome), they have some essence or variation within their voice which is so unique that, especially if you're a fan of Inuyasha and after having seen hundreds of episodes, it's basically impossible not to recognize. Especially because there were a number of lines and parts during their interaction when he was frustrated and annoyed which is like the go-to default state of Inuyasha the majority of the time and that's when the cadence really comes out. |
| What a fun episode! The fight with the mangakas was the best, but Reimi turning them into protagonists of a BL was the highlight. It's a shame they couldn't keep the berets; they would have been really helpful in Ikebukuro. |
 |
| Now this is the last part of the journey? Really wacky and funny episode, with a family meeting. Definitely one of my favorite shows of this season. |
 |
| I hate akira after this episode |
| Sport Club Corinthians Paulist is the biggest football team in the world. 51 is cachaça |
MUIGaryuu said: I hate akira after this episode Why? For being a hipster? |
| The girls vs The Mangakas!! "Your serialization gets axed here." was hilarious LMAO |
 |
| What a great battle of art style and expressions. It portrayed how snappy imagination and making up some bullshit can be quite handy while dealing with... idiots. THe truth behind the situation of Ikebukuro is slowly dawning on the girls as they meet the final stop in hopes of making the world go back to normal. Can they do it? Is that red herring of something going awfully wrong just bullshit? I don't know but the hype for the final episodes is real. |
| ⠓⠥⠍⠁⠝⠊⠞⠽ ⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓ ⠎⠕⠍⠑ ⠎⠞⠥⠏⠊⠙⠊⠞⠽⠂ ⠎⠕⠍⠑ ⠺⠊⠇⠇ ⠎⠅⠊⠏ ⠺⠁⠎⠓⠊⠝⠛ ⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗ ⠓⠁⠝⠙⠎ ⠁⠝⠙ ⠑⠝⠙ ⠥⠏ ⠗⠥⠊⠝⠊⠝⠛ ⠊ ⠞ ⠋⠕⠗ ⠑⠧⠑⠗⠽⠕⠝⠑ ⠎⠓⠊⠊⠅⠕ ⠁⠕⠎⠕⠊⠂ ⠼⠃⠼⠚⠼⠁⠼⠓ |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )KANLen09 - Jun 24 |
118 |
by badabass
»»
Sep 1, 6:14 PM |
|
Poll: » Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - Jun 10 |
67 |
by badabass
»»
Sep 1, 5:34 PM |
|
Poll: » Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - May 27 |
77 |
by badabass
»»
Aug 30, 8:00 AM |
|
Poll: » Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? Episode 8 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - May 20 |
103 |
by badabass
»»
Aug 14, 6:08 PM |
|
Poll: » Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? Episode 7 Discussion ( 1 2 )Stark700 - May 13 |
76 |
by badabass
»»
Aug 14, 5:23 PM |