Turkey! Episode 6 Discussion

@Blindfight

‼️Important Clarification:
Everything presented in the episode strongly contradicts my principles and Arab culture. The Arab world consists of 22 different countries, so it’s possible that I may differ from other Arabs in certain views.

To be precise, I’m speaking specifically about the place where I was raised.

Topics related to women, such as menstruation and so on, are considered shameful or taboo to discuss publicly in our culture. We see it as a form of disrespect. (I understand your perspective may differ, and I fully respect that. I’m not attacking you or any other culture — on the contrary, I respect you completely.)
Political marriages have existed in our culture for a long time, and we don’t have an issue with the concept itself. The principle is similar between the anime episode and my culture.
Killing or banditry — while it was indeed common among Arabs before Islam, after Islam these acts became strictly forbidden. Our stance is clear and rooted in texts from over 1400 years ago. So everything that was discussed in the episode on this topic doesn’t align with our values or concern us. (Again, I respect you and your principles and worldview — but there are nations and cultures different from yours, with their own views, nothing more.)
So if I were to critique seriously, most of what was said in the episode goes against the environment I was raised in — such as portraying a woman as a man, and other points raised.
This is part of my personal dissatisfaction with the episode…

Now, speaking objectively, I will set aside my personality and principles.
The episode… emotionally it works. You sympathize with the characters, the scenes are brutal, intense, and so on. The dialogue was good — I can’t deny that — and what happened overall in terms of animation, direction, and visuals was decent.

But the storytelling?
Why is bowling forced into every episode in such a strange way? Why is this sport being pushed as if it’s essential to the anime?
That final scene — what was that? Carrying a rock and rolling it down like it’s part of a bowling game? It didn’t make sense at all.

The solution to the problem presented was odd.
Also, a girl who is traumatized and emotionally shattered from witnessing blood and violence… suddenly in the same minute, she attacks someone? Huh?

I don’t want to go too deep into details, because that would spark a big debate — and I don’t want that.
I simply stated my opinion and explained my reasons. Maybe my reasons don’t matter to you, or maybe you think they’re silly or stupid — and that’s totally fine! That’s part of cultural diversity and differences in opinion.

If you enjoyed the episode, I’m truly happy for you! Enjoy the anime and keep watching it.
Just know that personally, it doesn’t suit me — and there are others in society who feel the same.

Thank you for reading my words, and I wish you a great day — and may your smile never fade!

Remember: Differences in opinion don’t mean we lose the respect or affection we share. 🤗
I respect everyone here — and I truly mean that.

Thank you.

Prior to this episode I was hoping this anime would turn out to be a hidden gem.

But shoving 21st century values down the throats of 16th century people seems absurd and un-does all the good work from prior episodes.

Didn't we get multiple episodes where they hammered home how crucial it was to respect the time that they landed in, and not change anything?

And what is this "peaceful era" rubbish?

Zionists are committing genocide as we speak. Literal babies and toddlers are dying as we speak. Millions are being subject to a very cruel and lengthy death via starvation.

And political or arranged marriages have been commonplace in Japan until like 50 years ago. This practice is so ingrained in Japanese culture that EVEN NOW "Omiai" - a lesser form of arranged marriages - exists.

This kind of tone-deaf preachy rubbish is expected from Hollywood, but am disappointed to see this in anime. Is the guy who wrote the script of this episode unaware of his own country's culture?

The only positive note was how menstruation was handled this episode. Isekai anime usually skirt over issues with different food, toiletries, etc. so was interesting to see. Food was covered but poorly done IMO.

Modern Japanese food is 99% different from 80 years ago, let alone 16th century food. 80 years ago, Japanese food available to non-nobles would be considered tasteless, inedible trash to the modern palate.

Almost all of the food shown in anime that weebs obsess over was created in the last 50 years. So would have been more accurate to see the girls balk at the tasteless fare.

Wow, what a terrible take. There is a severe lack of media literacy here. Everything in this episode was used to show the contrast between life as we know it and the morals and mores of the past. That's why the talk of political marriage lead into the rest of the episode.

Neither Mai nor Sayuri could understand the thoughts or feelings that the Sengoku era characters were experiencing and living with and that is the crux of the episode. It's used to compare and contrast our values with the violent historical ones that are so foreign to our own.

I don't understand how you could watch Sayuri get emotionally torn apart by trying to reconcile the necessity of violence in the current time period and have this be your take away.

Prior to this episode I was hoping this anime would turn out to be a hidden gem.

But shoving 21st century values down the throats of 16th century people seems absurd and un-does all the good work from prior episodes.

Didn't we get multiple episodes where they hammered home how crucial it was to respect the time that they landed in, and not change anything?

And what is this "peaceful era" rubbish?

Zionists are committing genocide as we speak. Literal babies and toddlers are dying as we speak. Millions are being subject to a very cruel and lengthy death via starvation.

And political or arranged marriages have been commonplace in Japan until like 50 years ago. This practice is so ingrained in Japanese culture that EVEN NOW "Omiai" - a lesser form of arranged marriages - exists.

This kind of tone-deaf preachy rubbish is expected from Hollywood, but am disappointed to see this in anime. Is the guy who wrote the script of this episode unaware of his own country's culture?

The only positive note was how menstruation was handled this episode. Isekai anime usually skirt over issues with different food, toiletries, etc. so was interesting to see. Food was covered but poorly done IMO.

Modern Japanese food is 99% different from 80 years ago, let alone 16th century food. 80 years ago, Japanese food available to non-nobles would be considered tasteless, inedible trash to the modern palate.

Almost all of the food shown in anime that weebs obsess over was created in the last 50 years. So would have been more accurate to see the girls balk at the tasteless fare.

I didn't buy it at first but now that it's confirmed Suguri is indeed a woman I now buy the theory of the team visiting their ancestors and I guess it's quite obvious from their hair colors and their shared stories thus far:

• Sumomo - Mai
  
• Anzu - Nozomi
  
• Suguri - Sayuri
  

This only leaves Rina and Nanase, looking at the characters I guess it's obvious which characters who haven't appeared yet they're related to and I guess Rina is related to the one who traveled to the future as she's the oddball out of the girls OR maybe Nanase since she's the Sci-Fi nerd.

5 bffs likely decedents of 5 sisters who they share same hair colors, and bound with one at a time... As cliche as things can be but it's amusing, still, it is an underrating anime, one able to, and does produce unexpectedly deep emotional episodes and this one was no different, in fact this may be my favorite by far.

I now too think Sumomo only created her bowling-like game thanks to the first time traveler they met.

@Blindfight exactly this. But I presume the person above is just a troll (which is a pity, as Ruri no Houseki is a great show).

@Nachtwandler_21 That's a lot of effort just to be a troll lol

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

What did I just watch? Was that the worst episode in history or what? Wow… what a disaster. The anime keeps challenging itself to see how it can get worse than last week!

What is this crap?

The episode was such garbage… I don’t even know! It starts talking about a politician’s marriage, then jumps to the female menstrual cycle, then to the concept of males and females, then to murder and bandits, and ends with bowling.

This anime is trash, right? Right? Right!

Wooooow my head hurts from what I just watched, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

I still can’t process it! What did I just see?

@llcrazyacell
Nowadays, whenever I see someone on the internet saying something stupid, I just assume they have a VERY esoteric set of beliefs/values.
Yesterday I argued with someone on Twitter that say that the Realta Nua version of Fate/stay night, which removed all sex scenes, was "equally as pornographic".

A friend of mine then said that the guy was part of groups obsessed with "gnosis".

@Blindfight exactly this. But I presume the person above is just a troll (which is a pity, as Ruri no Houseki is a great show).

@Nachtwandler_21 Troll or not, I actually agree with them. Not because of the reasons they listed, but because I find this anime to be boring. I can't get myself to care about the characters, so I feel almost nothing when something happens to them.

@FrancoMoe when just drop it. I never get people who watch the anime they found boring or hard to watch just to come to the threads and complain. I can understand continuing watching the anime that is bad but entertaining, but if I find something boring, I just drop it.