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| Well... this was a real slap in the face. Despite the great shit with Nanami, them not showing that sword fight is quite honestly, an insult to our intelligence. Worst episode so far. |
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| I actually felt really really bad for the Insect Squad... ): But what the fuck, this episode was the biggest tease in the history of anime Such an epic fight in the preview and we only get a "yeah, that fight with the strongest swordsman in the whole country was awesome, remember all those moves he used? Man he almost got me there" sigh... |
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| This episode did an unexpected troll lol, showing those scenes in the preview i was sure it will be going an epic battle xD good one, even though its annoying as well. Good episode as always, but I didn't like how Overpowered his sister was portrayed, like those strong lolis in anime are annoying and i dont find them good. |
| Nanami is ridiculously OP, which doesn't make for interesting fights, I liked the Insect Squad more, especially with their attempts to make them seem like real people. Nanami is just boring. Trolled on the fight. The fights have been kind of meh so far, but I was hoping this one would be good. The biggest problem is the fights are completely one sided, with little back and forth and no interesting solutions. Togame and Shichika were great as always. Weakest episode so far, but still okay because of the MCs. I like the show a lot so far, but I hope this isn't an indication of the direction this is going. |
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| Talk about a trolling here! Too bad we didn't get to see that fight to see who would be the strongest swordsman in Japan but Nanami's display of power was fun to watch just as well. |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| what's with his sister seems like i guessed she is stronger than him |
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| Welp, I gave it a shot. |
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| This was an exotic episode, I can really feel the mark of Nisio Isin there. Funny, strange, unique. |
| Two personal issues I have at this juncture: 1) The fight with the sister was epic, but then why tease the audience by describing an amazing fight we never get to see. There were three instances where Japan's greatest swordsman was shown, building up to the confrontation that never happened. It's not even funny, just seems like bad directing. 2) What is the sword technique. 3) I have a feeling, I know the answer why the above two were purposely engineered. Nope, not gonna buy their manga or what not, sorry. |
| Nothing can happen until you swing the bat. |
| Holy shit. Nanami is real monster. I LOVE HER! :D |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| The amount of people here who didn't see the amazing humor behind not showing the vaunted battle is... depressing to me. Frankly the stuff on the island with the sister was so awesome I didn't even care about what was going on simultaneously. |
willingscapegoatFeb 19, 2017 8:14 PM
| Jesus christ Nanami freaked me out way more than she should have <.< And goddamn not showing that fight was such a huge troll lol. |
SnappynatorMar 14, 2017 1:52 PM
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| A truly unique episode |
kund4tb said: You just got trolled by the show. That epic preview of this episode in the previous one was a fake to make people hyped just to have Shichika and Togame rubbing in the face of the audience how awesome the battle was.Its is just me or its happen to you guys also? I didnt find any fight scene betwen Shichika Yasuri and Hakuhei Sabi,.. Did I miss something? I am prety sure I found an after credit from eps.03 its surely an Epic battle,.. But I didnt seen any on eps.04? Did I got something wrong? The battle itself is never shown. |
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| I ain't even mad they skipped the battle against "the strongest swordsman of Japan", because Nanami has been kicking more butt in this single episode than Shichika has done up to this point. Really, she should be the main character of this anime. She's awesome. |
| this show is certainly something lmao, one of the best ive seen in a few months id say, hopefully it can keep up the steam |
| I guess now we know the real reason why Nanami had to stay on the island: she's so powerful she'd break the story. I expected there to be more to her because of the odd instincts she showed in episode 1, but she's an absolute beast. Hilarious, terrifying and also sort of sad. A horror episode instead of a big showdown. I'm not even mad. It's true that Nanami only killed them because they threatened her first, but I can't help but feel bad for the bug ninjas. "Hari, the Slender Sword" actually describes Nanami pretty well. Looks fragile, still deadly. |
LeeTailorJul 16, 2017 6:11 PM
| What a troll episode. I loved it though. One of my favorites so far. I was honestly so entranced by Nanami vs the Maniwa. I didn't even notice it had taken over the episode. And completely the replaced the fated and continually hyped showdown between Shuchika and the wandering ronin dude. Didn't mind though. I think the decision was definitely done to frustrate and annoy viewers. But I found the episode entertaining enough as it was. And Togame and Shuchika trying to one up each other describing the fight at the very end was really funny. I'm not sure how I feel about Nanami being like a Hunter x Hunter level powerful character. But I think it definitely makes her more interesting. And her fucking with the Maniwa idiots was really funny. I always like that kind of character in comics and manga. Who can just copy anyone's power. Except in her case I guess she learns it. Which seems even more formidable. I'm curious now if this was an aside. A decision to suddenly do a story focused on Nanami before leaving her behind. Or setting up that she'll factor back into the main plot soon. On a final note though holy crap Togame is precious. Her ticklish shoulders were so adorable. |
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| Nanami is way too OP What the.. This is not what we watched on episode 3 preview Did they just lie to us? xD I mean.. they skipped the entire fight of our main character I guess that's how you explained how "point of view" works |
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| ??? what just happened? ???? Nanami is scary af tho |
TapuTapuuNov 4, 2017 5:26 PM
| The brother is extremely skilled, but the sister is just on a whole new level, a real monster. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| What about the duel?! God, I'm so disappointed |
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| I feel like this is definitely the best episode so far out of the four I've seen yet. I really am enjoying how Nanami is built as being scary yet quite the interesting character. As much as I enjoyed Nanami, I do have mixed feelings about how it ended the epsidoe. Don't get me wrong I was content with her fights but I felt that Shichika/Sabi fight was one that we should've actually seen. It did sound like to be far more appealing than his previous fights. So I can't help but feel a little disappointed. Otherwise I felt it was a really solid episode. |
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| Nanami is a real monster. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| This is one of the best executed trolls I've ever seen in anime. We miss out on the fight the previous three episodes have been building up towards, but we instead get a surprise fight that changes the entire anime. Now that Nanami is joining the katana hunt, it looks like she will be the main antagonist of the anime. |
Phaetons_Folly said: This is one of the best executed trolls I've ever seen in anime. I’m eight years late to the party lol, the first three episodes were meh imo but this one ruled I should have known from episode one bc Nanami was the first person to sense that one of the ninja guys was on the island. And I though Shichika was overpowered wowowow |
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| This episode is great. After the first three episodes I've got more used to the dialogue flow. I liked the Insect Squad a lot, so watching Nanami obliterate them and explain some of her backstory worked well with the type of anime this is turning out to be. |
LycanMay 1, 2018 4:59 PM
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| This episode was basically a meta Top 10 Anime Betrayals lmao Nanami being the older sister surprised me but her abilities, apparent immortality and sadistic personality was shocking. The Kyoutouryuu siblings are already devoid of human empathy because of the isolation but she took it on another level... She was so brutal that I actually pitied the Maniwani for a moment there. At least she acknowledged their last wishes. I wonder if she'll actually join in with them to quicken the pace lol Togame was trying to get laid but looks like she got enough fun with her collarbone being nibbled on ♥ Looking at the preview, the fight with Hakuhei definitely would've been the most intense one yet but considering what actually happened in the novel after reading it here makes me thankful for the awesome preview. How they rubbed it in felt like salt in the kokoro though... |
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| I loved the shit ouf this episode and my eyes were glued to the screen. Felt sry for the insect group,Nanami is too fucking scary. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Hahahaha wow I fcking just got jebaited by that preview LMAO and I kinda was expecting that fight with Sabi though Also press F for the Maniwani Insect Squad man for once I felt bad for them for having that camaraderie even in times of failure. Anyway I'm starting to get interested in Nanami now that she's more than just a sick girl but a creepy fuck bad ass ditto with all the backstory about her and the fact that she can't even die with all the suffering she had experienced. Damn overall I rate this ep 8/8 gr8 b8 m8 for a show to have the balls to do that shit. Cheerio! |
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| Nanami is a goddamn badass! |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| omegalul, feels trolled man. im not particularly fan of this kind of crap, but since it's just isin intentionally playing with my feelings what can i do. |
| Didn't expect the sister to be a sadistic, but her technique was completely amazing. Being able to copy the enemy moves just by observing them, truly a copy samurai. I wish we could have seen the fight of Shichika between the 4th sword holder. |
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| Totally just dumping away that expected fight with the main crew is something I actually quite like. It's not an "insult to our intelligence", it's respecting it by not wasting out time and showing us something that we don't need to see. Some cool moves happen, they win, the end. Now, watch this part that's actually important, new, and interesting. I haven't finished this yet, but I have a feeling this anime won't drag on the process of collecting these 12 swords for no good reason |
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| tbh nanami just straight up pisses me off, i can't stand her from now on. |
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| Wow, Nanami killed everyone. I liked the Insect Squad. I feel that i was trolled by not seeing the main characters fight lol. |
NurguburuDec 7, 2019 2:47 PM
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| Just here to say that Nanami scared the hell out of me. |
| Ooh shit the sister is broken. |
| I'll be honest, I was pretty shocked by this episode really. Nanami being kinda a cold kinda psychotic sadist was totally out of the blue for me. I think she's going to be a total wild card in this anime. Who knows what the fuck she's going to do...especially if she goes and meets up with her brother. This is a seriously unpopular opinion after reading this thread but I honestly thought it was kinda funny that they just hyped up the battle but didn't show it. It was a bit of a troll to the audience and I liked it. Lol. I'm not really ever bothered about fight sequences or battles in anime. It's just not my thing so I'd rather have some good dialogue and this show has that in spades. I'm loving this show so far. If it keeps this standard up then it's going in my faves for sure. I'm between a 9 and a 10 at the moment. The art is slightly holding it back in my opinion. I'm not sure that the cartoony style is really suited to this tale but maybe I'll come to like that juxtaposition, it's already growing on me. |
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| Who cares about the fight against the strongest swordsman when you can see Nanami in action instead. What a monster she is. |
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