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| What's with the bitter-sweet send-off for Yuda? Did Rei forget he wanted to kill the man because he did terrible things to Mamiya? Shin got a similar death scene (and Ken killed him for the same reason) but at least he never deliberately tried to harm Yuria. He had a tragic flaw of arrogance that destroyed his love and his life. Yuda was just a self-obsessed psychopath. Can't say I'm really feeling the buckets-of-tears drama going on here. I don't mind it being straightforward with sentiment but I just think Rei is a pretty dull character. He had one little piece of story ("I want to rescue my kidnapped sister") and has just been hanging around not doing particularly much since then. The same is true of Mamiya so I'm especially unimpressed by the supposed love story going on between them. |
| I teared up a bit when he said goodbye to Ken and the others, especially Airi. This was indeed a powerful episode. |
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| Farewell Rei. Sad to say goodbye to one of my favorite characters of the series, right up there with Ken. Was always enjoyable watching Rei and Ken team up together, they seemed to work so well. It was also funny when Rei occasionally said Ken's favorite line "You're already dead" :) Was glad to see him live a little longer and be able to have one final fight for the sake of his love. He was truly a man among men. |
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Emotions ran high this episode. Even our big manly protagonist teared up. R.I.P Rei, you can now R.I.P |
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| Am I the only one that didn't give any shit about this arc? I mean Rei's death was dragged on what felt like forever, glad he finally died so we can move on already. The random romance between him and Mamiya didn't help either... |
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| Damn now that's how you face death like a boss. Damn that one had impact. No just......DAMN! |
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| Rip Rei, you changed a lot from the person who ripped off Mamiyas clothes and groped her into a better person.. T_T |
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| This was surely not the best arc we have seen so far but I wouldn't go that far saying I didn't give a shit about it. I mean Yuda as a villain was pretty solid and interesting, but they could have gone in a bit different story progression wise. But the goodbye of Rei was really good and heartfelt. Btw, who else expected Yuda to "fake" his death and stab Rei or/and Mamiya in the back when they weren't expecting it? It didn't happen but would have been fitting for his deceitful character up until that point. |
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| Nah Yuda I don't believe it for a second, don't go "I'm not a bad guy" He's a lonely guy so he made people suffer, sounds like a modern bully to me Aww Rei :( |
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| Great as always but as the guy above said I don't understand why Rei became THAT sentimental when the drag was dying. great anyway. |
| Saddest episode so far. Rei became one of the my favorite character in this show |
| Ken raising that GIANT rock was epic haha. Very sad episode, Yuda is finally dead and Rei is saying goodbye to everyone because he is going to die... Rei was sure a great character. So the next episode is the last episode of the second arc. |
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| I expected Yuda's death to be more cold blooded like when Kenshiro killed Jagi, but it looks more like Rei caring for Yuda.Pretty weird since Yuda did a lot of cruel things, heck even Jennifer didn't get such a caring moment after getting shot by the canon. Rip Rei, dying without being able to do anything against it....he was a pretty good character to have on the show... |
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Voel said: Btw, who else expected Yuda to "fake" his death and stab Rei or/and Mamiya in the back when they weren't expecting it? It didn't happen but would have been fitting for his deceitful character up until that point. +1 I was convinced Yuda was just using that sob story as a distraction so he could pull off something sneaky again. I'm still not sure I believe him. lol |
Fronzel said: What's with the bitter-sweet send-off for Yuda? Did Rei forget he wanted to kill the man because he did terrible things to Mamiya? Shin got a similar death scene (and Ken killed him for the same reason) but at least he never deliberately tried to harm Yuria. He had a tragic flaw of arrogance that destroyed his love and his life. Yuda was just a self-obsessed psychopath. Yeah, at least we got shown time and time again that Ken and Shin were once friends. And Jagi telling how he corrupted him makes sense. And I also found this romance between Rei and Mamiya kinda weird. I mean, Rei is the same guy who ripped Mamiya's shirt while she was bathing Lin, for no apparent reason. You'd think this would have a bigger impact on having romantic feelings about that same person. Rei is a nice character, mainly because he is one of the few powerful guys that aren't trying to kill Kenshiro, so it was nice having someone who could actually fight hundreds of dudes, besides just having Lin and Bat. I didn't get sentimental, but I don't blame the anime much. I just find it hard to get sentimental with Shonen in general. |
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| What a manly way of death! Goodbye Rei! |
| Maybe the first genuinely great episode of the entire show. Rei's fight with Yuda was really good, and the imagery of the swan was excellent. Also loved the Ashita no Joe reference at the end. |
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