Ushio to Tora (TV) Episode 7 Discussion

rodac said:
Just to reassure folks, this is not episodic. The Monster of the Week shows we started off with had characters who will reappear and play important parts in the main plot arc which we have begun. What we have been given thus far is a mere teaser of what that plot line holds. Also, don't make assumptions based on the first impressions we're given of a character--there often is a lot more to them. Up until this episode you might have thought that his father was simply some sketchy minor priest who abandoned his temple and left Ushio alone for no good reason--now we know a bit more of what he is capable of. Even a minor thing like the old comb that his father stuck in Ushio's shirt pocket may turn out to be pretty important later on, but they aren't likely to reveal anything before its time.

ex_necross said:
Every single episode of this show so far has been phenomenal. This 7.65 rating baffles me. How could this anime be objectively improved? I think it's been the best it could be up to this point.

Oh, MAL..

danirap said:


'Cause people saw 4 episodes and thought "omg, it's going to be a monster of the week kind of shit" and worst, "it's fuckin' old... look at the art. I want boobies and sunshine-out-of-the-ass new-art-crap Kotoura-san kind a thing".
And that's it... an awesome anime wasted on boring kids...

Selinea said:
I'm so confused. Last episode, episode 6, was that beach episode, right? So when did he fight that youkai that told him about his mother? That opening feels like a previous episode recall, but it's a flashback to a scene I've never seen before. Either some episode I saw accidentally cut off an important part during the uploading process or there's zero continuity. For this show's sake, I hope it's a tech error on my end, or else this show has the worst continuity gap of the season and Aoharu already had a really bad one.

Selinea said:
I'm so confused. Last episode, episode 6, was that beach episode, right? So when did he fight that youkai that told him about his mother? That opening feels like a previous episode recall, but it's a flashback to a scene I've never seen before. Either some episode I saw accidentally cut off an important part during the uploading process or there's zero continuity. For this show's sake, I hope it's a tech error on my end, or else this show has the worst continuity gap of the season and Aoharu already had a really bad one.


I personally don't like the art because the styles don't match. The character designs keep their retro look, but then the background scenery looks more updated, and then there'll be really, really modern looking special effects. It feels like no communication went into what would be the best things to update and still have a coherent visual experience.

Other things I'd like improved? Less friendly fire violence between protagonists. It's been way more awkward than funny, and it makes the actual violence and certain other scenes like Ushio punching his dad for real lack impact. Next, more continuity. I mean, my confusion with this episode aside, unless I've been having way more tech errors than I thought, his dad finding out the beast spear was out was literally a blink and you'd miss it scene of him staring at the shed in shock. No real communication happened between the two of them prior to this episode, and they certainly could have squeezed that in somewhere and tightened up the monster of the week stuff a little. As much as the phrase "show don't tell" annoys me, why isn't the beast spear ever vocal to the audience? We've only ever heard Ushio talking about how he hears it. Also, Tora being evil in the past is only ever shown in that classical art style, so you never really get the sense that he's being reformed since he's been silly since the first scene he was legit shown in. And finally, given the frequency and scale and the youkai attacks, yeah, I know the beast spear is attracting them and we're following around protagonists who're deeply involved with this stuff, but we're on episode 7, we've seen no indication that there's any group/power going around erasing memories, so shouldn't it be more of a semi-open secret/conspiracy among the populace than the total shock just about all of the characters have expressed thus far? But that's more of a problem I have with the genre in general than Ushio specifically.

And then in regards to the score, Ushio's not doing extremely poorly. Most people, (32% of those who voted) just have it as an 8 for now because it hasn't really demonstrated the overarching storyline/character development yet. Not to mention 26K people have it on their watching list, and only like, 7K people voted, so the 7.65 only indicates a quarter of the potential opinions.

Lyrisia said:
NEver paid much attention before but his dad kinda look more like his grandpa... :s

ArtemisFlow said:
And here we have it, the first name mention of the greatest antagonist of all time.