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| The confront at the beginning of the episode wasn't as big as I thought it would be, but it didn't disappoint at all! I was so glad at first, when it seemed like Tahomaru would accept his brother and stand against his immoral father for him, but it didn't last long. He was soon poisoned by the unfair and shameless words of his father, and somehow accepted that his brother must be fed to demons in order for the land to thrive as if it were fair/the natural way. Daigo continues to be as despicable as ever too. If he only cared a bit about Hyakkimaru it would be harder to judge him, but he hasn't an ounce of repentance on him, and he doesn't even consider the boy a human, hurling hurtful words at him as if he didn't have the right to be alive. Then there's Hyakkimaru's mother. The only one of his family who truly cared about him, and couldn't stand to sit idly by any longer. But she gave in to despair, and decided to shed her blood for the demons like her son was forced to since she couldn't do anything to save him. At least Hyakkimaru has Dororo, who didn't let him become the demon his "father" wanted to paint him as even when he was in front of one of the responsibles for the ruthless slaughter which took Mio's life. At least he isn't alone. |
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Daniel_Naumov said: rewatch the episode, is clear she agreed with the deed in the beginning at least.Farabeuf said: That was really well done. Hearing both his brother and mother renounce him like that, even if their reasoning is sound, is just too sad to bear. I am sorry I might have been paying not enough attention, but when did the mother renounce him? She ascertained everyone that they are living on the sacrifice of her child (and Daigo's humanity, to certain extent). She did not take her own life because she wanted to keep living under false "utopia". She tried to atone for not being able to protect her son since that nightcrawlercyp said: literally never happened. There is a lot of delusions going on.To make her agree in this version is totally messed up. The writers really fckd up |
| It kinda bothers me that Hyakkimaru is already able to speak and understand what Dororo is saying after being deaf/mute his whole life , other than that this was a really good episode , it's indeed a hard decision to pick between your people or your brother . |
| This whole situation is really sad. I loved the that little smile Hyakkimaru made when he said 'My mother' Ok, is it the Goddess of Mercy that was protecting the land after all, and not the demons? Or was she protecting Hyakkimaru? Whatever is the case, she is dead now. Ugly stuff will start happening. |
TsarkoMar 25, 2019 2:24 PM
| The storytelling this episode was exceptional. No matter how immoral Daigo and Tahomaru's decisions are, they are completely understandable because they are doing it for the land and its people. "I cannot save you. No matter how immoral, no matter how much you've suffered, still, all our people can do is ask for your forgiveness. We must continue to devour you like demons in order for us to live." |
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| 2nd cour will use another OP. Party is truly over... |
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PornstarAhri said: BourBon-7so said: It kinda bothers me that Hyakkimaru is already able to speak and understand what Dororo is saying after being deaf/mute his whole life , other than that this was a really good episode , it's indeed a hard decision to pick between your people or your brother . this. like dude has been deaf + blind his whole life and you gotta wonder how he knows japanese all of a sudden pretty much , you would expect him to learn such thing in years . . not days , and As cool as it is , these big plot holes make me not able to focus sometimes . |
7soMar 25, 2019 3:12 PM
| At least this arc seems over, but hell if I could tell you what it was even going for. I can think of a billion ways they could be showing that Hyakkimaru's personal quest to restore himself was taking things from the land or his family, and they're continuing to harp on "just trust me, it'll totally be really bad." After two episodes of mincing around, Tahomaru just up and spontaneously goes, "Yeah, it'll totally be really bad." If we're going back to him being an antagonist, couldn't we have had some parallelism between the two, even if it was a little Kingdom Heartsy? One got the heart, the other the body? As Hyakkimaru recovers pieces of himself, Taho loses more of himself? Not just gets a cool scar? Meanwhile, dear daddy watches mom stab herself… seemingly not even fatally… and reiterates that it was Hyakki who caused all the suffering. All I can think of is that internet meme of shoving a stick through a bike wheel and then blaming the injury on whatever random thing is. The only particularly interesting part of the episode was that the kid of the arc's mom not actually being dead at all and just waiting literally three steps off screen, but that's mostly a lowlight in just how terrible the writing is. They also kicked the can about the true big bad down the hall another few yards. You see, the dude that's been completely full of crap the entire story? He's full of crap and there's some super demon up to something. Or perhaps it's a demon consortium, maybe lead by a demon alderman. They didn't get that in depth. Something's fishy about the story of a dude giving up half a baby in exchange for decades of prosperity. Great work, Sherlock. |
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| Even his brother couldn't do anything, such an ironic story, I feel too bad for Hyakkimaru. great episode. |
| Best episode of the show so far and an excellent conclusion to the series first half, if the 2nd half is anywhere near as solid as this was then this will be a series I could see being considered a classic 10 years down the line. Also like how, at least at the moment, daigo is pretty much in the right on this case as it has been shown that hyakimaru has essentially been screwing over droves of people unintentionally. Its a fantastic plotline that adds a fuck ton of gray morality to it so i hope they dont try to pull back on that just to make daigo more evil for the sake of it, im sure theres some worse shit hidden away in the deal especially with all the foreshadowing of the big demon but dont make him any more over the top than he is at the moment, hes cruel but kind of in the right at the same time if his knowledge of the deal is to the extent of what we the viewers have right now |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Eve is doing the ED for second core, I'm not even mad that there's no more Sayonara Gokku, this is the absolute best timeline! Might as well give this anime an instant 10 now that Eve is singing for it heh. |
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BackstageMage said: make it 11/10 cause we also getting some asian kung fu generation to bootEve is doing the ED for second core, I'm not even mad that there's no more Sayonara Gokku, this is the absolute best timeline! Might as well give this anime an instant 10 now that Eve is singing for it heh. BourBon-7so said: hey man, its magic I aint got to explain shit.It kinda bothers me that Hyakkimaru is already able to speak and understand what Dororo is saying after being deaf/mute his whole life , other than that this was a really good episode , it's indeed a hard decision to pick between your people or your brother . Yeah this is a weird aspect of the series that I kind of just have to roll with, it doesn't necessarily excuse it but I think ultimately it doesn't effect much to the point of focusing on it, I see it more as a funny observation of a kind of wonky idea in a overall well written work than something actually detracting. |
JizzyHitlerMar 25, 2019 4:49 PM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| What a rollercoaster of feels again, Hyakkimaru finally meeting his family. Sadly Hyakkimaru hears that neither of his family wants to save him, with reasons I can honestly understand, but it's still very sad. |
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| Never expected for Tohomaru to turn against his Brother, but hey I guess he doesn't owe him anything. The father did it for himself and his ambition, not for the people, what a heartless being. I hope he gets killed by Hyakkimaru or get teared by the same demons. I loved the warm words Dororo said to him, I hope they stay together after this and maybe do a time skip of them together. Great episode |
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Kromwulf said: He doesnt want to fight his brother but he realizes that hyakimaru is a genuine threat to the way of life of his entire country, why would he not see fit to fight him.I was a bit disappointed. I was sure during all those past episodes that Tahomaru would just want to battle Hyakkimaru because of jealousy over their mother's affection or some other motive, but the last two episodes led me to start liking Tahomaru a lot more, seeing as he's a just person, and maybe even considering him going against this cliché I was expecting. But nope, all of that development was in vain in the end, he just went and fought his brother nonetheless. This show could definitely be more deep than what it's revealing to be. At the current moment, hyakimaru is honestly the bag guy in all this, his dad is an evil dick and hyakimaru did nothing wrong in his life, but him killing demons brings about misfortune on everyone unintentional or not. Tahomaru cares for his people and understands that hyakimaru was unjustly treated but that doesnt make his existence any less of a danger |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Hiina said: Tahomaru will henceforth be called Ahomaru, by me at least Thank you; I'll never forget this. |
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| Oh god, my feels. The conflict between "Father's reasoning" and "Mother's reasoning" and we're left in the middle as much as we want to spite the father.... I have to wonder what Hyakki's opinion is about all this... Also...personally kind of a bit confused about the Kyubi being absorbed into the Banmon thing....so...is it technically considered a kill or a temporary seal/dispersal of the demon sort of deal-y? Like is there a chance that Kyubi might return later? Just gave me a "I'm the final boss" vibe for some reason.... |
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| oh wow, how far animation has come. the forest leaves scene where you're looking above really made me feel like i was actually looking above, the way they're far away but so close - er. layered. i don't know how to explain it, i'm just a simpleton. even hyakkimaru smiles when he says mother, man, strong maternal vibes despite her never having met hyakki before this. what a gallant mama, she's even riding on a horse to go to where the action's at. also i thought it was just a cut on the side of his face, but it actually slashed his eye? yeesh, makes me wonder what kind of ghastly scar that's gonna make on tahomaru in the future. he's naive and yields somewhat to his brother now, but later on... i fear he'll have a grudge for sure. i wonder what green means? the mother better not have died, i mean, i'm holding out hope... but if i see a death bed scene in the next episode, i'm bringing a torch and a pitchfork the next season's opening and ending sounds kind of meh, don't know if it was just those specific parts of the song that i heard that were lackluster but i guess it could also be because i really love the first op and ed from dororo :/ hard to beat but... i mean... it just sounds eh |
JizzyHitler said: Kromwulf said: He doesnt want to fight his brother but he realizes that hyakimaru is a genuine threat to the way of life of his entire country, why would he not see fit to fight him.I was a bit disappointed. I was sure during all those past episodes that Tahomaru would just want to battle Hyakkimaru because of jealousy over their mother's affection or some other motive, but the last two episodes led me to start liking Tahomaru a lot more, seeing as he's a just person, and maybe even considering him going against this cliché I was expecting. But nope, all of that development was in vain in the end, he just went and fought his brother nonetheless. This show could definitely be more deep than what it's revealing to be. At the current moment, hyakimaru is honestly the bag guy in all this, his dad is an evil dick and hyakimaru did nothing wrong in his life, but him killing demons brings about misfortune on everyone unintentional or not. Tahomaru cares for his people and understands that hyakimaru was unjustly treated but that doesnt make his existence any less of a danger i agree, i don't believe that the development was for naught at all. yes, he ended up fighting his brother in the end but the development was there to show how he struggled with the thought of doing this to his own older brother, one who he never even knew existed and was a secret kept from his parents. finally, he finds out the truth... argues with his father and calls him out on his shit, visits the hell temple. in the end, tahomaru is still a honorable guy at heart and it's because he loves his people that he has to do what he doesn't want to do - kill his own brother to save them from the past (famine, drought, death). his father and him share the same goal but for a different purpose. think about it. tahomaru probably would rather get to know hyakkimaru instead, spar with him, admire his brother's mad sword skills, and listen to his experiences/travels as a blind and deaf dude. but he can't. i think this show is already conveying all of this to you. i mean, cool if for "it... must... not... be... cliche" reasons, tahomaru lets hyakkimaru kill all the demons and exact his revenge upon his father who sacrificed him. then the whole show will turn into everyone in daigo's land starving with footage of poor children asking for rice, hyakkimaru has no more demons to kill so he and dororo will just go off somewhere else with hyakkimaru becoming a mercenary or smth, tahomaru will be trying to help provide for the villagers with nothing left himself, meanwhile the asakura army is slaying, pillaging, attacking women, and then what lol. tldr; the fighting is inevitable |
Cazqui-09Mar 25, 2019 7:02 PM
| Very nice episode, with a lot of emotions going on! Somehow I thought Tahomaru would fall in the cliché of jealousy, making him more human in the end! It's sad of all misfortune given to Hyakkimaru but who's at the entire fault is Daigo! Hyakkimaru's mother always wanted to have her child even without limbs since the very beginning so Hyakkimaru was still taken from her by force, independently if she agreed or not with what happened. Besides she always prayed for him still being alive and marked her point that karma would hit her husband for what he did. Now I'll be sad that Kaien and Sayonara Gokku will end because the themes truly were appropriated for this series and honestly said I don't like the new themes... I sense that the new OP and ED will be "generic" like any others while the firsts were unique, but I hope I'm mistaken. Will still of course be VERY anxious for the next cour even if I have to wait 2 weeks it will be worth it. :D |
DeeAngelMar 25, 2019 8:22 PM
| Am I the only one who has no idea what happened at the end there with the attempted suicide, and the green-aura statuette and Banmon breaking down? |
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Fenryr19 said: Am I the only one who has no idea what happened at the end there with the attempted suicide, and the green-aura statuette and Banmon breaking down? No you're not, I had the same doubt... But since that's a statue of the Goddess of Mercy that protected Hyakkimaru on his birth, maybe there's an entity (goddess herself) inside that responded to Hyakki's mom resolution... |
Fenryr19 said: I'm pretty sure we aren't meant to know what happened at the end just yet, seemed more like something being set up for later events than something we get in the momentAm I the only one who has no idea what happened at the end there with the attempted suicide, and the green-aura statuette and Banmon breaking down? |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| well..Tahomaru almost got brownie points from me, but then he made a decision...theres still time tho |
| Wow so much going on but the play destiny plays...that dad is still bad how judging on a child thought one conur done!!! |
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phantomfandom said: Very lousy storytelling this time, but I'm very happy because Tahomaru is alive! so my Maru brothers ship can continue sailing! Also the new OP/ED video on YouTube is trying to mislead that Hyakki and Taho will fight again as they run toward each other with sword with Taho's eye already blinded (at timestamp 0:16-0:17 of the video) and then it cut to the same fight scene in this episode (timestamp 0:18-0:19), so it's very likely that they'll team up in the future!!! Hyakkimaru and tahomaru's mother dies.........*cry* |
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| That episode was intense and sad, but also awesome! I dont care about Daigo territory dies, for me what Hyakkimaru's dather did was bad, and only him should take the blame, Hyakkimaru's mother had no blame, she cannot save him, as she said! Its sad Tahomaru decided to fight aginst Hyakkimaru instead against his father, but also i understand him! Rip Tahomaru's eye! Poor Hyakkimaru for that horrible past! Atleats we got something happy at the end! The statue spirit is green, daigo territory have something good protecting them, but their father chosed the wrong side, and now their destiny is going to arrive! |
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| What a cruel fate to bear for Hyakkimaru. But the gears of destiny sure are changing. |
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| Hyakkimaru meets his "father" for the first time, and the first thing he hears from him is "Why are you still alive, you half-demon child?" That's really upsetting to hear... Well Tahomaru made his choice to sacrifice Hyakkimaru for the good of the land. Holy crap Hyakkimaru just Omnislashed that Fox Spirit. Well Sukeroku's mother was alive after all, but this sucks for everyone else. Tahomaru lost an eye, and Hyakkimaru hears from his mother that he cannot be saved. Since Dororo said that there is no point staying any longer, they're going to leave Daigo's land and hunt down more demons to maybe restore himself back to normal. But given the incident that he caused, it looks like he may have a bounty on his head on his travels. When he finally has his vision restored, I hope it doesn't occur during an incident that he should not see. Then again, I'm probably jinxing myself. The more senses Hyakkimaru recovers, the worse his encounters become. Feeling pain, hearing people cry and say hurtful things. I cannot imagine what will happen when he finally has his sight restored. Maybe this anime is telling a secret message that some things are better left unheard and unseen... And despite this being a 24-episode series, I hope they don't change the opening theme in the second half... |
TarotistMar 25, 2019 11:14 PM
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| Wow, felt like I just watched 3 episodes worth of content. Idk why but I love stories with elements of destiny. Curious to see how this all pans out. But for now, "party is over" lol |
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| she's dead or what????????????????? |
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BourBon-7so said: It kinda bothers me that Hyakkimaru is already able to speak and understand what Dororo is saying after being deaf/mute his whole life , other than that this was a really good episode , it's indeed a hard decision to pick between your people or your brother . The whole language bit really confuses me as well. Very quick learner |
| This is just too sad....the moment when Hyakkimaru called his mother 'Oka-chan' shouldn't been so heartbreaking have to say, like Tahomaru more than I thought I would; the kid has a good heart - he really struggled with his decision shame they replacing the opening, but guess the party's over |
| What does the green stuff mean ?? Do we really have to wait until the 8th ??? What does Hyakkimaru's name actually mean?? Cuz his mom said that his name is indicative of the life he's led ?? I have so many questions hahahahahah I'm sorry I'm just so pumped for the show I LOVE IT SO MUCH |
| Amazing episode, I was so hooked. The part where Hyakkimaru destroys the fox spirit was insane. That was so cool. It's a shame that Tahomaru is being blinded by his father's logic, It's nice that unlike his father, he is genuinely doing it for the people but there's gotta be another way. :( Damn, the part where Hyakkimaru's mother tells him that he can't be saved and that all she can do is ask for his forgiveness. I felt so sad for him. T.T Tarotist said: Feeling pain, hearing people cry and say hurtful things. I cannot imagine what will happen when he finally has his sight restored. Maybe this anime is telling a secret message that some things are better left unheard and unseen... Perhaps it is. |
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Swagernator said: I'm not gonna say that i like what Hyakkimaru's father did to him, but i understand it, same as i understand the decision his brother made or even his own mother. At least the ending was happy, the little boy found his mom. This show continues to deliver. but like it can now go into many directions.. still why the show name is dororo..baffles me.. |
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| What an awesome episode. Roller coaste of emotions. It’s like Game of Thrones anime style. Got so many questions too after watching it. Especially the ending part when Hyakki’s mom sacrificed herself and looks like the final demon was released in the temple. It also looks like the final powers of the Goddess of Mercy was released. Not sure what the final powers actually did besides purify the wall of Banmon. Either way, what the dad did was messed up. Sure the land was a hell with war and famine. But does releasing demons so they can devour his people while giving him rain a good trade off? Plus it costed the sacrifice of his first son. But all this bad decision making created a great storyline and family drama. Can’t wait to see how this all ends. |
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MOMOpatisierre said: from what I got from ep 3, green is for the soul of nature/plant... but I think it can be mean other things like as what I remember, the wood Jukai collect for phrostetic also has green soul, but the flower Hyakki pick when he still a child, lost it green soul color when it died maybe all that stuff will be explained later Hyakkimaru means "Man of one hundred demon" Oooh, yeeeeah ! I remember that now ! Thank you so much ^_^ Hyakki became 90% cooler just now, even though I thought it was not possible *_* |
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