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Apr 12, 1:58 AM
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Man, this is just so 70-90s coded lmao. I mean, not even a a hello or nothing, bro just straight up sees his rival and first thing he says is "fight me!" lmaooo. And ofc, he said no, so you know Yaiba had to hit him with a little prank to get him back. I like a serious shounen and all, but sometimes you just need a silly little fun shounen to spice things up like this one. I mean, bro makes Onimaru fall of the roof and land inside a pit he made and stuck him down there with balls and covered the hole up xD

And yeah, would it really be a shounen rivalry without the two sharing the same 3 braincells. Like these two had the same exact thought of going to each other's houses to settle the beef... and ended up getting nothing from it because they pulled up at the same time to said house lololol. So yeah, best believe that the instant they saw each other, it was ON SIGHT. They don't even care that they is in the middle of the big ass city, they scrapped one way or another. And I guess you could say round one of like 100239 goes to our boy Yaiba!

With the word "samurai" being in the title of the show, there ofc, a katana or two was bound to show up eventually, and at the end there... oh boy did a katana show up. Forget what I said last episode about this being a shounen with no over the top powers... because THIS DUDE IS A WHOLE DEMON NOW WHAT?!?!?!

Can't wait to see what Yaiba has to say and do about this, that's for sure lol.
Apr 12, 2:56 AM
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I was hooked from episode 1, not only for the animation or the "vintage" looks, but for the story as well, and I love the Onimaru development of this episode!
Also, the cliffhanger at the end is pretty enjoyable haha I can't wait for next week and the confrontation with Yaiba (+ his response?)
Apr 12, 3:15 AM
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A rivalry that Takeshi never asked for but still got from Yaiba, with Yaiba doing everything he can to make Takeshi fight him—even winning through unfair methods.

Can’t believe Takeshi started having nightmares about Yaiba after that loss.

But why does Takeshi look demonic if the sword is related to the wind god? Or is it just normal to have horns when things are connected to gods?

The show still delivers its worth of enjoyment, so I’m looking forward to what happens next.
Apr 12, 4:28 AM
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The fight between Yaiba and Onimaru looked awesome, also their rilvary is still really funny with all the traps and dumb things like the tension because of their pets lol. Anyway now Onimaru found a legendary sword and became a real Oni, this is concerning...
Apr 12, 4:51 AM
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NO RULES FOR YAIBA, he was ready to do anything for winning...


it was funny,great animation, i really enjoyed watching this second ep


E2 (8/10)
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Apr 12, 4:55 AM
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Can't believe tbate is more popular than this, but im sure this will be a sleeper hit like ranking of kings.
Apr 12, 5:24 AM
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onimaru vs yaiba is cool

and onimaru finds a demon sword that has the power of wind great
Apr 12, 5:36 AM
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I usually don't like bald guy but I might add Onimaru to the exception list.
I just notice that this reboot modernize the setting by having smartphones and social network services.
Apr 12, 5:38 AM
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Those slapstick jokes are arguably well-crafted, I gotta say! Had I still been 12 years old, I would've already lost my laugh box and annoyed the neighbourhood lmao.
Apr 12, 5:50 AM

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dear god. never have I watched a show where I wanted the MC to be beaten up so badly.

I like this show but the way Yaiba acts in it makes him a menace.
Apr 12, 7:46 AM

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dear god. never have I watched a show where I wanted the MC to be beaten up so badly.

I like this show but the way Yaiba acts in it makes him a menace.
@komic

Ikr?? I felt so bad for Onimaru throughout the entire episode. Dude just wanted to be left alone and focus on the upcoming tournament.

Overall, really good episode! The ending especially left me wanting more episodes, aaaa, the wait for the third ep is gonna feel soo slow
Apr 12, 7:47 AM
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Yaiba and Onimaru have their first fight of the series! In what will be a lifetime rivalry this here is the first time they cross blades. Albeit wooden Kendo practice swords and not real metal yet but still. Yaiba was desperate to fight Onimaru the whole beginning of the episode. Trying to draw him out in the school hallways but Onimaru wasn't having any of it. I laughed so much at the claimed situation of they each went to the others house looking to fight but its at the exact same time so they just miss each other. Both too hurting the other's pets so that made it more personal for them. Yaiba having to resort to stealing Onimaru gear so he could lure him into a fight. Which once they started it looked incredible, the camera work alone was a sight to behold. Them two going through a temple full of stalls then onto traffic and on top of cars. They each put up a crazy good fight, if not foe Yaiba underhanded tactics he probably would've lost still to Onimaru. Yaiba trying to practice doing everything with the blindfold on was funny, even trying to eat and take a bath with it. Onimaru discovering his family's true legacy in that hidden room beneath the house. A powerful demon sword from the wind god with awesome power. Now they can really fight.
Apr 12, 8:19 AM
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yaiba never stops challenging bald onimaru. provoking him with his cunning until baldy gets angry and they retaliate because their pets are hurt. Finally the fight occurs between yaiba and onimaru, although yaiba fights using all means to bite onimaru's head and launch attacks. The animation and camera are amazing.

A very fun episode to watch, I really look forward to the next episode.
Apr 12, 8:47 AM

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Yaiba has to be the biggest bully in anime history ever.
The biting reminded me of Luis Suárez LMAO
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Apr 12, 8:53 AM
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Brilliant animation!!!!!!!!
Apr 12, 9:12 AM
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Well that's certainly a way to piss off a guy.

I wasn't expecting from last episode that Yaiba would be so insistent on trying to fight Onimaru but I guess since he's a kid it was to be expected. The fight was really well animated with the way the camera followed them and they kept using the environment to their advantage. Now I know that the one in the upper left corner is Onimaru after inheriting the power of the sword. Do those horns stay as well?

Oh, and side note, to those complaining about some bath scene missing last episode, there you go.
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Apr 12, 9:21 AM
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so far yaiba rushes the premise to get to the good parts. The comedic bits kinda hit unexpectedly. but its weird yaiba is painted as a protagonist when he clearly is the conflict of everyone's lives and is now the reason why onimaru picked up the sword but onimaru is just as dumb. it's just a kid, why grab the ominous talking sword and act like its a normal thing to get demon horns. plot be plotting

animation still great tho. and we're getting to the parts were its not all animated they do still frames for more non-prioritized sequences.
Apr 12, 10:19 AM

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Another great and funny episode, love seeing Wit studio deliver with this simpler art style.
Apr 12, 10:44 AM
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I won't watch this anime anymore, because in two episodes it managed to be as bad as Disney's empty live-action "Snow White". The main character was another reason for being annoying and stupid!
Apr 12, 10:56 AM
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Another masterpiece episode. 10/10
Apr 12, 11:08 AM
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Can we talk about how Yaiba is a real scumbag ?
Apr 12, 11:22 AM
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Setsky1 said:
Can we talk about how Yaiba is a real scumbag ?

Right!?
I like everything about the show but I don't think I have ever disliked a character as much as Yaiba, I want him to get his ass whooped so much, he and his dad are complete assholes.
Apr 12, 12:16 PM

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Will this kiddo be like that all the way to the end? I find his attitude upsetting to the point that, despite the insane animation, makes me want to drop this.
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Apr 12, 12:50 PM

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Noooo... Onimaru turned into a bad guy now. I don't like that at all. But I guess losing to a shrimp like Yaiba made him lose his temper when he hasn't ever lost a battle, so I can understand, but still, I don't want him to become like this. I hope he turns back into a normal guy at some point in the story. Tbh, Yaiba gets quite annoying at times. But, he's a kid, so I'll let it pass for now.

Next week, it seems like they're gonna fight again.
Apr 12, 2:17 PM
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LOL, I honestly forgot how much of a psychopath and brat Yaiba is during the early part of the series, its a bit weird looking at it now having finished the entire manga recently. In fact, the manga has a serious case of early installment weirdness because the early part of the series, which had a far lighter tone and was more akin to a gag manga contrasts with the more serious action second half, makes some of the characters feel OOC when you look back. In fact, they even toned Yaiba being a menance down.
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Apr 12, 3:03 PM
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Will this kiddo be like that all the way to the end? I find his attitude upsetting to the point that, despite the insane animation, makes me want to drop this.
@el_morris Of the 26 episodes I watched of the 1993 version, he stays the same way.
Apr 12, 3:35 PM
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Best anime this season if you like action, top notch animation and fast pacing.
Apr 12, 3:39 PM
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@el_morris Of the 26 episodes I watched of the 1993 version, he stays the same way.
@wildhood I wouldn't say that, he really is only an unlikeable annoying brat who makes everyone life miserable for the first couple of episodes and its mostly because of Onimaru.
Apr 12, 4:11 PM

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Onimaru was bullied into becomimg the bad guy.
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Apr 12, 5:23 PM

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Yaiba and Onimaru's fight was perfect. It was truly an incredible episode; the action scenes completely blew me away. Their encounter was so thrilling that my eyes were glued to the screen while I watched. But on the other hand, even amid all that action, the funny side of the anime was not forgotten. I could not stop laughing. Especially Yaiba’s mannerisms and reactions were amazing. Also, seeing Shonosuke again was really nice. It was an awesome episode in terms of both action and entertaining moments.



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Apr 12, 5:38 PM

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Well looks like the Oni in Onimaru was literal.
I was reooting for poor Onimaru. He wasn't a bad guy until Yaiba and his bird traumatized him and his birds.
Apr 12, 6:19 PM

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How many animals were "hurt" in this episode? First the tiger (but that was self defense) and then the poor pigeons (Yaiba's vulture has no excuse). Yikes!

Starting to dislike Yaiba for being a bully. First the groping of girls and now he can't take no for an answer, even with another guy. Just keeps escalating stuff. IRL he would have been hauled to jail but this is an anime.

Luckily the fight scene was super sakuga. Studio Wit be cooking, especially with the One Punch Man team. No complaints about the action or the humor in this episode.

The other stuff though, I can't say I blame Onimaru, at this point he's more of a sympathetic character. Although, dude, if a sword is TALKING to you, that means you should do some investigating before taking a hold of it. This being said, IDK if his family has a weakness or something?

Apr 12, 7:14 PM
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Honestly feel bad for Onimaru a bit because I'd be annoyed as hell too if Yaiba does all that. Also getting beaten by Bitting lol. I guess Yaiba is Jack Hanma in this story? Now Onimaru is a real oni...I wonder if those horns are permanent. Also having seen this and witch watch interesting seeing two oni characters lol
Apr 12, 9:16 PM

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Meh ep

Great animation, but haven't felt the need to root for a antagonist in a long time. Praying Onimaru humbles him truly until the eos. Like Yaiba is so boring and especially unlikable when Onimaru is just tryna chill, but we got a whole monkey tryna kill him for no reason until he gets what he wants. Ngl, wish Yaiba was older and not sum terribly copied version of younger Goku. Even young Goku wasn't this annoying.

6.5/10


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Apr 13, 12:03 AM

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Yaiba being a little shit 24/7 annoys me to no end, I'd rate this higher otherwise.
Apr 13, 1:12 AM
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I love how fast pace and funy this is
Apr 13, 1:34 AM
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Still can't believe some people think the old version is still better. The nostalgia glasses really strong
Apr 13, 5:35 AM

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i like how yaiba isn't just a typical nice or cool guy we're so used to seeing now and is actually a classic lil shit lol. they really put the oni in onimaru there at the end. the fight was pretty sick with the camera movements, wit is cooking and i've thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes.
Apr 13, 9:33 AM
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What an amazing villain origin story this was for Onimaru! He was genuinely the most sympathetic character in this episode, by a long shot. I felt awful for him every time he was harassed by Yaiba when he just wanted to go on about his life, and when he finally gave in and went to fight him like Yaiba wanted, he got attacked by the tiger. Poor guy. Not to mention his adorable pigeons got attacked and their pigeon loft destroyed.

The chase in the school was great, and the fight in the streets of Tokyo was even better! The animation was truly goated!

Also, I have to give it once again to the humor in this show, it's really top-notch! Even just the slapstick humor is hilarious! I rarely laugh out loud, but when Yaiba took that street sign head on, I actually loled!

The ending of this episode was so cool with the music and the ambiance. I can't wait for next week!
Apr 13, 9:58 AM
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Will this kiddo be like that all the way to the end? I find his attitude upsetting to the point that, despite the insane animation, makes me want to drop this.
@el_morris Did you also drop Black Clover because Asta kept on screaming ALL THE DAMN TIME? If so, you probably skip a lot of good shows.
Apr 13, 10:00 AM
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Yaiba being a little shit 24/7 annoys me to no end, I'd rate this higher otherwise.
@pixelante You don't rate a character, you rate an anime. If you love this anime but hate the character, rate the anime, comment about the character. But it's not really fair to WIT and the author to just bluntly say : I hate Yaiba (character), so I give this a 6/10 (or even less than that).

At least it made you feel something x)
Apr 13, 12:02 PM

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Yaiba is def a (welcomed) fresh change from all the other righteous and goody two shoes protagonists.
Apr 13, 11:13 PM

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The animation is still excellent I think my main problem with the show is I don't find Yaiba likable at all, the story is also very generic. I loved Shinichi/Conan and Kaito from the get-go but Yaiba hasn't clicked at all thus far.
Apr 13, 11:16 PM
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I actually really enjoy how this feels more like a 90s-2000s anime? Idk but it’s something like that and honestly somehow just feels more genuine than any modern anime for that, I love it.
Apr 14, 1:46 AM

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@pixelante You don't rate a character, you rate an anime. If you love this anime but hate the character, rate the anime, comment about the character. But it's not really fair to WIT and the author to just bluntly say : I hate Yaiba (character), so I give this a 6/10 (or even less than that).

At least it made you feel something x)
@Tobirama-Sensei I do not agree, if the presence of a character makes me enjoy an anime less then it is only right to rate the anime based on that feeling. After all this anime revolves around these two MCs so discounting one of them makes no sense.
Apr 14, 3:56 AM

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Fun episode.

Anyone know how many episodes are planned? Surprised they're already getting their powers.
Apr 14, 2:40 PM
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@Tobirama-Sensei I do not agree, if the presence of a character makes me enjoy an anime less then it is only right to rate the anime based on that feeling. After all this anime revolves around these two MCs so discounting one of them makes no sense.
@pixelante I'm not saying to disregard the annoyability of Yaiba, but this is only the second episode, and you're already on a quest to hate this show just for Yaiba being a bully for an ep. I mean, at some point, you got to admit that's going a bit too far.

Ofc if he keeps going on like this, that'll be justified but for now, I'll say it again, you rate an anime : story/animation/sound (basically)...
Apr 14, 2:42 PM
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Fun episode.

Anyone know how many episodes are planned? Surprised they're already getting their powers.
@poemofdevil Pretty sure it'll be 13 episodes, but that hasn't been confirmed and some leaker said 25 (not very reliable, the tweet had some ?? in it so.. it's guesses at this point lol)
Apr 14, 3:53 PM

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Yaiba's a menace

Yaiba taking his gear escalated to burying him alive.

The vulture ate Onimaru' pigeons noo. The survivors are terrified bruh

And Onimaru beat up the tiger.

They both feel the other has wronged them.

The fight on the moving vehicle had some insane angles. Bravo Wit

The bite, he's still fightin dirty.

Yaiba slammed right into the sign 🤣

Onimaru became a real Oni. Being bullied by the MC who doesn't realize it is quite the villain origin story.
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@pixelante I'm not saying to disregard the annoyability of Yaiba, but this is only the second episode, and you're already on a quest to hate this show just for Yaiba being a bully for an ep. I mean, at some point, you got to admit that's going a bit too far.

Ofc if he keeps going on like this, that'll be justified but for now, I'll say it again, you rate an anime : story/animation/sound (basically)...
@Tobirama-Sensei

Yaiba is nothing but a bully.
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