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Vanadise
Joined: 06 Apr 2015
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:30 pm
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Quote: | It turns out that the strain of dealing with the old-school politics of her bakegitsune has estranged Yuri from her entire family for years, and it has been breaking her heart to see Buchio have such a warm and loving relationship with his loved ones. |
As somebody who has very similar family issues, I was dreading that the moral of this week's episode would be, "You just need to go talk to your estranged racist, bigoted family, and everything will turn out fine," because that's absolutely not how it ever works out in real life. I do wonder if there's going to be more to that, or if "It's fine for things to stay as they are, at least you're not trapped in an alternate universe where everybody thinks you're a monster" is going to be the conclusion to that plot thread...
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q_3
Joined: 02 Sep 2015
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:46 pm
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I wonder if human Yuri is estranged from her family too, and if so what horrible family tradition she's fleeing in that reality. Otherwise it would be odd for her to end up in the exact same living situation.
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moony_badger
Joined: 17 Feb 2021
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 7:37 pm
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The pacing of this show is so interesting, since the slice of life bits get so much nice breathing time but the big plot points get a bit rushed along. It was the same issue with the Jiro and the Snake episode, where just so much plot got pushed into one episode that it didn't really get the breathing time it needed. It does still mostly work though! In an ideal world I think leaving the episode on a cliffhanger would have been stronger, but I still get and like what it's going for. I wonder if that's a result of them trying to push too much into their runtime or if the manga had similar pacing issues.
I still really enjoyed the episode though! Shoutout to Buchio putting his face sadly in his mug after he and Yuri have their fight, and honorable mention to the Yokai astronaut we saw on the tv.
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Saeryen
Joined: 26 Aug 2020
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 4:05 pm
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Stranger Things inspired arc incoming, I can feel it.
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ab2143
Joined: 09 Jan 2021
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 9:24 am
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Jiro seems to be acting as a substitute father for Mutsumi. I don't think their relationship will go further than that? I certainly hope not
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Romuska
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 8:38 pm
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Saeryen wrote: | As a Natsume’s Book of Friends mega-fan this is definitely the show for me. Other than AiPri it’s my favorite new show of the season so far. |
This is all I needed to hear! Also a big Natsume fan so I’m definitely gonna check this one out!
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MartinWisse
Joined: 22 May 2022
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 2:12 pm
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That scene in the hospital this episode broke me, as somebody who had his wife say something similar having spent two years there not getting better and being tired of living that way.
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Piglet the Grate
Joined: 25 May 2021
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Location: North America
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 10:55 pm
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I found it weird that Wagen-kun had memories from the 4 decades when he was just a car - how does that work?
But not a weird as a Golf I (Rabbit in the USA) being around after 4 decades, since mine rusted out to the point of the unibody suspension mounts collapsing after 15 years, not to mention nearly every mechanical part needing replacement or rebuilding by that time. Truly an alternate Universe.
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Lactobacillus yogurti
Joined: 17 Aug 2011
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Location: Latin America
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 8:21 am
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It's clear that Kazuhiko took very good care of Wagen, and that led to him turning into Chiaki. A car can last forever if people give it proper maintenance.
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Azure Chrysanthemum
Joined: 23 Apr 2023
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 9:23 pm
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Yeah we couldn't finish this one. Not because it wasn't excellent, but because it was just too close to home. I recently finished chemotherapy and while I am looking to be in good condition and it's survivable, the specter of death hanging over my wife and me made it too much. Excellently told, but such a gut punch we had to turn it off.
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James_Beckett
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Joined: 23 Nov 2015
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Location: USA
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 2:22 pm
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Azure Chrysanthemum wrote: | Yeah we couldn't finish this one. Not because it wasn't excellent, but because it was just too close to home. I recently finished chemotherapy and while I am looking to be in good condition and it's survivable, the specter of death hanging over my wife and me made it too much. Excellently told, but such a gut punch we had to turn it off. |
I'm so sorry that you've had to go through something so awful; I hope things continue to improve for your health and your family!
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Azure Chrysanthemum
Joined: 23 Apr 2023
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 5:57 pm
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I appreciate it, things are looking up thankfully although we'll know more in early June if the cancer is gone so that's the big test!
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whiskeyii
Joined: 29 May 2013
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 7:21 pm
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Definitely a case of "be careful what you wish for" this episode, because I wanted to know what Jiro's memories were, and now I do, and I wish I didn't. Episode was too good, 10/10, would be emotionally crushed again (but please give my emotions a break, pleeease).
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Ebb1993
Joined: 18 Nov 2015
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 6:21 am
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Dear God, this anime is becoming more and more depressing to watch every time I look at it. It's like it's trying to become the next Fruits Basket.
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ab2143
Joined: 09 Jan 2021
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 11:44 am
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Post-credits scene - I think that shadow might be Mutsumi’s dad?
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