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Apr 9, 2011 7:33 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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WTF!? No one ever made this?!
What's wrong with you guys?
This is episode where Gen dies!!
There is like 2 weeks delay in my recent reading list
I randomly bought discount/second hand manga with cute/mysterious cover.

Use Personal Blacklist extension in Chrome if you just want to Google for a series synopsis, without google slapping MAL score in it.
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Nov 2, 2011 12:30 AM
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wtf how is there only one post on this episode is the best in the series so far. I cant believe they actually killed off Gen it's surprising since in anime good guys rarely killed. Still no bs i flat out crying at the end of the episode. Gen was a great character he will be missed. I really hate Masamori he really rubs me the wrong way. I wonder what kasamuri did to reject the princess?
Nov 11, 2011 2:55 AM
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WHY GEN!!!!!! WHYY!! Kaguro will most likely be defeated by Yoshimori then!
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Dec 28, 2011 2:21 AM
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He really died. Damn.
Jul 3, 2012 10:37 PM
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What the hell? I thought people don't die in shounens :X You will be missed Gen. I used to like Kaguro and his "aesthetics" of war but he totally just contradicted himself by ambushing Gen. Bullshit. Go kick Kaguro's ass Yoshimori! >:O
thats only in bleach, ive seen shounens go into like 90% mortality rates.

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

Jan 24, 2013 8:04 PM
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Fullmetal51 said:
Still no bs i flat out crying at the end of the episode. Gen was a great character he will be missed. I really hate Masamori he really rubs me the wrong way. I wonder what kasamuri did to reject the princess?


I agree this episode was sad but I just finished Angel Beats! so I can't cry at Gen's death... sorry. But It was a touching death! and Yoshimori got really upset and is all for revenge now...! And the mystery of Karasumori just deepens!!! Rejecting the princess says something. I wonder what the rest of the show will be like.
Mar 25, 2013 12:00 AM
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Shounen with character death get put on my better scale.

Oddly enough, no sadness from me at all, even though Gen was my favorite "good" character.

Hopefully more character development for Yoshi from this.

(Btw, 36 &37 have their own discussion thread, few pages long)
Mar 30, 2013 6:38 AM
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Well that was weird, and abrupt, and rushed, and seemed unecessary.

Everything was normal until, for no apparent reason, Yoshi starts crying (wtf) and Shishio dies. Oh sure, they made a justification while at it, but sudden drama that isn't believable can't be described as good drama, it just feels like a poor twist.

Whatever. Now I can't shake the feeling this is gonna be Bounen no Xamdou all over again.
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Apr 8, 2013 10:07 AM
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EratiK said:
it just feels like a poor twist.


I didn't think like that at all. The odds were against them so they had some casualties. I don't know what else you expected for the twist to be "necessary". What does that even mean? If it was necessary it wouldn't be a twist, it would be a logical conclusion.
Jun 28, 2013 6:42 PM

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RIP Shishio. I'm going to miss him ;.;
Feb 24, 2015 9:11 PM
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oh..my..god.... GEN died i still cant believe it.....i cried so much... i feel the same way yoshimori did i mean gen just started to have a great start for himself even feeling good about his powers then just poof gen is gone its just not fair...
and KAGURO suck he is the most disgusting person ever his bullshit about "aesthetics" of war is all shit. ..he showed at first a fight should be face to face ( even its 1 against 5 it should be direct using strategies ... this is cool so i thought he was kinda cool) but then he attacked GEN from behind WHAT A COWERED HE IS, I HATE KAGURO :3
Aug 5, 2015 1:22 PM

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Damn I got spoiled for this episode, but I'm kind of glad I did...

I wouldn't have been able to handle it otherwise ;_;

GEN!!!!
May 27, 2016 7:06 AM
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RIP Gen, my favorite character in Kekkaishi, I really wanted the best for him :/

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Sep 3, 2016 4:03 PM

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Geeeeeeeeeeeeeen!

When you try your hardest to stick to the "Main characters don't die" idea, but they completely crushed that for me. ( '︵' )

One thing is for sure they need to start training in close combat as well in finding a way to unseal Madarao & Hakubi without both of them going out of control to give them a better chance of survival because if things remain the same they won’t survive for very long.

I was thinking damn, how Atora is going to react to Gen dying and the preview just showed her and she seems devastated.

Rest in Peace Gen Shishio!
Jun 24, 2019 4:37 PM

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I seriously didn't see this coming at all and it fucking hurt;_; I mean, Gen just came to terms with himself and I wanted to see more of him with Yoshimori...

Great episode.

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I don't understand why the villains just don't attack them all at once instead of taking turns. There's no justification given for that. I guess it is a battle shounen at its root and that's the best explanation.

Gen's arc was a pretty standard arc for his archetype. It was straightforward but well executed. They did have an interesting subversion though, usually he would die AFTER turning to the dark side and then turning to the good side in an act of self sacrifice and redemption.

What I took away from this is how important it is to keep trying to reach out to outcast people even if they make it seem like they don't want your help. On a micro level, some people are afraid of forming bonds because of their fear of betrayal from a past trauma. I think a lot of people have a side of them that they perceive as monstrous that they don't want anyone to see.
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Recynon said:
I don't understand why the villains just don't attack them all at once instead of taking turns. There's no justification given for that. I guess it is a battle shounen at its root and that's the best explanation.


They seemed to be afraid of the Shadow Organization and fears the Karasumori Site due to lack of information such as the incident wherein it rejected the Princess.

I really hate that insecure brat called Masamori. Tsk. Hoping that he should've had died instead of Gen.
Feb 25, 2022 7:59 AM

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This was probably the best fight in the serie so far against the fire horse demon.

I really didn't expect Gen to die, even with the episode's title, I thought this was a fake out.

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