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Apr 29, 2022 6:28 AM
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Another spirit revealed but ...it's not everyday you get to see one that appears in outer space. I like her character design and overall mysterious look though.

Shidou even tries to talk to her like most of the other spirits from outer space. Really, I think this episode in itself felt somewhat different just by those gimmicks. Not bad and gotta give Shidou some credit for keeping his words like a man.
Apr 29, 2022 7:09 AM
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Another spirit, another girl to conquer and this time in space, what could go wrong? everything
Apr 29, 2022 7:31 AM
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I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.
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Apr 29, 2022 7:42 AM
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Waifus in space.. one of the most unique DAL eps we’ve had so far lol. Nice set up episode for the next arc. Looking forward to next week to see how they deal with the DEM attack now that they’ve got Beelzebub.
Apr 29, 2022 7:48 AM
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Mukuro is my new favourite waifu, she is PERFECT!
Apr 29, 2022 7:52 AM
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Anime_Addicter_ said:
Mukuro is my new favourite waifu, she is PERFECT!

Seriously? I mean you're not wrong, but wait at least


Anyway her Angel is one of the coolest in my opinion(just as cool as Zafkiel or just a little less)
Apr 29, 2022 7:53 AM
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Space Waifu? That's new.
Apr 29, 2022 8:02 AM
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Uchuu Kita!!! New waifu in the space.
Sir Tama-sensei can use Draco Meteor lol... wait.. no no she can't.
That Westcott guy again. Awww... man... I really want Shido or someone else to punch his face.
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Apr 29, 2022 8:04 AM
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Guess what, we have a new waifu and it's MARIA!

Kidding asides, Mukuro's Michael is op but it needs to be thrusted first on the target which is a huge disadvantage.



Apr 29, 2022 8:19 AM

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Felt like a fusion of a Keyblade and a Magical Girl staff.

Shido has to work with a Spirit who literally locked up all her emotions and doesn't feel anything. I'm actually kind of curious if unlocking her emotions will make her feel too much and risk her going Inverse because she became so used to not having them.

I was not expecting this arc to spin into a fairytale fantasy world but it looks like we're going to get plenty of fanservice with the rest of the Spirits before dealing with Mukuro. I'm especially looking forward to adult queen Natsumi and Mermaid Miku.
Apr 29, 2022 8:33 AM
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I like the new space waifu, next episode is going to be interesting.
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Apr 29, 2022 8:35 AM
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the new spirit is so beautiful omg but im waiting for my girl kurumi to show up again 💔
Apr 29, 2022 8:42 AM

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Nia's Raziel power may have been stolen by Isaac Westcott, but hopefully she does enough to stop him from manipulating her power with Beezlebub. BUT WHO'D THINK THAT Tamae-sensei would actually predict an asteroid falling from outer space, that's almost surreal that encloses a space Spirit inside.

The 2nd Spirit of the season: Zodiac Mukuro "Muku" Hoshimiya has arrived, and she's an even bigger threat considering D.E.M. and Isaac's use of Beelzebub to acquire her because of her Angel Michael, which can lock abilties with her key and render everything in her warped black hole. Ratatoskr acquiring her would take an inspiration of projection to test her waters to exact the same Date A Live approach but on a much careful scale to win her to their side. Muku's definitely not handled like the typical Spirit, that's for sure.

Fraxinus getting an upgrade is a long-awaited measure since Season 3, though the AI Maria getting back at the crew is kinda savage. It's really been awhile to see former D.E.M founder-cum-now Ratatoskr's chairman Elliot Baldwin Woodman again, but Nia's question to fire back that Spirits were once human, it aligns with Shido's first meeting with Tohka all those years ago that's made out for love.

Shido has 2 issues to overcome: D.E.M. with Isaac Westcott getting back at Elliot, with Muku being the least of worries, at least for now. Isaac will stop at nothing to get what he desires.
Apr 29, 2022 8:59 AM

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Shidou: I have died 5 times already!
Subaru: Excuse me? Them rookie numbers, kid.




Apr 29, 2022 9:01 AM

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Wow That's so lame girl said something different thats a rare moment!
Apr 29, 2022 9:25 AM

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spirit powers too op this season. Westcott can handle all the spirits and Mukuro can decimate DEM fleets.
Beautiful space animation wish we could linger there just like Mukuro
Apr 29, 2022 9:29 AM
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shidou will catch a new poke my means Sprite but it is from space
Apr 29, 2022 9:50 AM

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No limits literally when it comes to introducing some new girls in this series, poor Shidou again has a strange task to deal with.
Apr 29, 2022 10:04 AM
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Finally, after a painful long wait to see the innocent all powerful cutesy Mukuro chan!
I can't adore enough of her bubbly expression! That one's iconic! 😍😍😍😍😍
Apr 29, 2022 10:04 AM
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Mapachecool999 said:
Another spirit, another girl to conquer and this time in space, what could go wrong? everything

Especially when Issac is around
Apr 29, 2022 10:06 AM
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Hesmiyu said:
I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.

Maria from the game I assume! or is it an Easter Egg
Apr 29, 2022 10:07 AM
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Ronninn said:
Space Waifu? That's new.

She's so bubbly cute! 😍😍😍😍 Like come the hell on, tell me she doesn't look cute, prove it to me!
Apr 29, 2022 10:21 AM
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Keep on pumping in the waifus and this time a space one!she also has thicc assets and is OP too her heart may be sealed but our harem king will penetrate right into it!
Apr 29, 2022 10:58 AM

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Lol at Tama chan sensei.

Uwaaa this time Shido got a real hard nut to crack, even harder than Nia.
Apr 29, 2022 11:15 AM

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Bijou146 said:
Hesmiyu said:
I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.

Maria from the game I assume! or is it an Easter Egg
the ship's AI system which now speaks and has a personality.
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Apr 29, 2022 11:46 AM
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So now the next spirit they need to save is directly in outer space? That's so cool, and well of course it's not gonna be easy with no opponent
Apr 29, 2022 12:36 PM

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My favorite girl after Rinne is finally here!

Poor Woodman. So important to DAL lore re-introduced in such a way.

You look like the boy after all
Oh God. Oh God.

Maria, what a cheeky reference!

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Apr 29, 2022 12:39 PM

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Hesmiyu said:
I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.


You are not far away...

Laplace_kunApr 29, 2022 12:42 PM
"All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo
Apr 29, 2022 12:47 PM

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Really great episode!!! As a light novel reader, I can say that there's a lot of information and hints in this episode for the series. So excited for the next episode~
Apr 29, 2022 1:54 PM

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Wow That's so lame girl said something different thats a rare moment!

Yeah, it also happened in Season 1 that Yoshino distracted those trio girls including her (then she said 'gross' with more words) while Shido having dates with Kurumi, Tohka and Origami.
Apr 29, 2022 2:24 PM
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Hesmiyu said:
I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.


The thing is, he already did! He did that in the game Date A Live Arusu Install and not to mention all date a live games are canon as well.
Apr 29, 2022 3:30 PM

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Laplace_kun said:
Hesmiyu said:
I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.


You are not far away...



It's been a while since I played the visual novels but the one about Maria was freaking amazing. It's really cool she got a heads up in the anime.

But I have to wonder, Muku resembles the so called "phantom" a lot imo. Idk though, could be just a similar design since all we saw of phantom was the outline.
Apr 29, 2022 3:35 PM
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Muku is better than any girl in this series.
Apr 29, 2022 4:03 PM
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Hesmiyu said:
I know nothing of what's to happen, but calling it, that Shido will have to romance Maria within the story at some point.


The thing is, he already did! He did that in the game Date A Live Arusu Install and not to mention all date a live games are canon as well.

They are? I heard they were non canon.
Apr 29, 2022 4:40 PM

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Already love Mukuro's character


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Apr 29, 2022 6:50 PM
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Finally the keyblade master show up
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Apr 29, 2022 7:02 PM

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The opening and ending are both really good
Apr 29, 2022 7:13 PM

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I don't know how is my feeling about this episode, but I can feel there is something missing, a little bit rushed. It's fine episode in general. Mukuro is interesting and I think she has the most OP power.

I'm curious to see what will happen with Mukuro and how she will change.
Apr 29, 2022 7:48 PM

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Manga girl was a tough nut to crack, but in all things epic, we now have a new space girl. Ans she clearly takes no prisoners. Lets hope our team can save her before the evil Wescott gets his grubby paws on her!!
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Apr 29, 2022 11:11 PM

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YEAH, THE BEST GIRL IS HERE, i love Muku design here, even it's kinda nerfed by the studio, since her Astral Dress was had too many details, but it's still good tho, and then Maria Arusu debut !!!!, and First Spirit was mentioned again ~, even she's mentioned in Season 4, she's debut it's still far away from this arc tho, gonna be excited for the next episode !!!
Apr 30, 2022 1:41 AM
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What the hell is happened??? 😒😒 I expected more comedy materials here (according to LN).. But not totally disappointed though... Mukuro was awesome ❤️❤️.. Looking forward to Fairytale Episode... Hope they don't cut too much comedy materials from LN..
Apr 30, 2022 2:24 AM
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Lol space waifu now! I liked the long-distance love thing, found it amusing. Other than that, entertaining episode as usual :>
Apr 30, 2022 5:14 AM

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stop the spin of earth?! isn't that already a godlike level ability!? damn!
if that's just a fraction of her power then it means she can at least go toe to toe with Tokisaki Kurumi??? hmmm...
5/5.
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Apr 30, 2022 5:17 AM
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Mukuro's introduction is great. No Old English, Shakespearean speech or otherwise talk though like on the light novel (unless that was up to the fan translation I don't remember as on and off read these volumes)? Sad. Yuzuru had her unique talking why not Mukuro sigh. Otherwise a fine episode either way with the warps and so on

I mean space is one thing but the other is something else.

Maria's existence is much better than Reine's being a cameo. Still great to see her here. Arusu Install was a great VN.

Also the next episode preview shows the fairy tale part that early WTF that's like the end of the 14th volume (two parter volumes for mukuro arc) already and they only got to the first quarter. At least when they do 3 episodes per volume it's fairly alright for an hour per volume that take about however many hours to read 200 or so pages each. Are they planning to condense it even more and fit maybe Volume 15 in there somehow for two episodes (seccond half of mukuro arc) and 16 with 17 for S5? Seems a bit much after Volume 12 was butchered in S3 episode 12 as one episode and ruined it. Sigh. Makes me question the delay of 'so we need more time to cover more or polish' I think it wasn't polish but cram more in. I hope not though but sigh will see. Do we get 13 episodes this time or more episodes and it's a bigger season even though we haven't had 13 since season 1.
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Apr 30, 2022 11:28 AM
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So, is Mukuro a Spirit version of Spock? Is that how it works? She speaks purely in terms of cold, dispassionate logic and straight-up admits to have removed her own emotions. If that's not Vulcan thinking, I don't know what is.

Also, this episode gave me some serious Wizarding World vibes with the reveal that Woodman originally founded DEM with Westcott but then parted ways with Westcott in order to save the world he originally wanted to conquer, and somehow Shido is the Harry Potter in all of this. Are we absolutely certain that Kousei Tachibana and J.K. Rowling didn't share scripts?

Anyway, Date A Live is the show that keeps on giving, intense action and poignant character development, included and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Apr 30, 2022 12:48 PM

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ngl the space stuff looks cool. Too bad it's all CGI though xD

The space spirit is also top tier waifu material :D
Apr 30, 2022 4:29 PM

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I'm guessing the writer was a fan of Kingdom Hearts
May 1, 2022 2:59 AM

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Westocotto strikes again!
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May 1, 2022 3:12 AM
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finally see mukuro
May 1, 2022 7:37 AM
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This episode is also a great one. Well, I'm kinda disappointed on what happened to them, but I'm sure they'll find a way to get out of the trouble that Isaac did. Also, I'm looking forward to the next episode because I'm really curious on what will happen to them next and what will happen to the new spirit.
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