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jr240483



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:15 am Reply with quote
the real shock is that kyoka haven't realized it yet. there is no doubt that she's the bonafide tomboy tsundere type!

in addition, i dont know why the reviewer is so bat shit scared of any lolicon hijinks with nei

. i mean hell, from the way the japanese otaku community acts now, they would rather loli fanservice over any incest fanservice!

especially considering Aoba's personality when it comes to her little brother!
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Sex Pokémon BDSM


What a weird way to spell Shin Megami Tensei Anime hyper.

This was a welcome reminder that "Reward" is non-optional, since girls other than Kyouka have been a bit too gung-ho about getting down and dirty with Yuuki. "Let's give you head pats" transitioning into Ren unbuckling her belt and realising what she's gotten herself into was legit funniest thing this season did. That's what you get for rushing to play with a new toy without at least glimpsing through the manual first!

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but it was still one of the rare examples of unapologetic anime erotica that you really could watch to enjoy the simple plot and fun fight scenes, provided that you didn't mind all of the naked titties and butt-cheeks


One day we'll get a proper Tsugumomo adaptation. One day...


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:22 am Reply with quote
I think the kink displayed this episode is termed "domination loss".
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:46 pm Reply with quote
Beckett wrote:
“Rampage” is really the first time that this new season of Chained Soldier has tried it hand at proper spectacle, and is it just me, or was the action on display this week…bad?
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Outside of one halfway decent cut where Slave Yuuki gets kicked into the side of a mountain, the titular “Rampage” is an almost incomprehensible jumble of needless closeups, jarring cuts, sloppy storyboarding, and an incredibly distracting VFX shadow filter.

So not an improvement on S1, or an uneven horizontal movement at best? Heard middling at best things about S1 and whart I saw didn't seem too gravy, so that's disappointing...

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I am going to need my LGBTQ+ readers' help on parsing the optics...

I imagine those open to the wifeguy of it all might be amenable. I am one such person (and a a lesbian that can very much like fictional guys, and is still lesbian to her bones), although he does't do it for me.
But, really? The show is so unserious and intrinsically ridiculous it's difficult for me to mind the concept of the resident lesbian also falling into the plot contrivance.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 5:48 pm Reply with quote
InfiniteNothingness wrote:
So not an improvement on S1, or an uneven horizontal movement at best? Heard middling at best things about S1 and what I saw didn't seem too gravy, so that's disappointing...
It feels like the horny parts got better and the rest got a bit worse.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 11:51 pm Reply with quote
IronWish wrote:



What a weird way to spell Shin Megami Tensei Anime hyper.

This was a welcome reminder that "Reward" is non-optional, since girls other than Kyouka have been a bit too gung-ho about getting down and dirty with Yuuki. "Let's give you head pats" transitioning into Ren unbuckling her belt and realising what she's gotten herself into was legit funniest thing this season did. That's what you get for rushing to play with a new toy without at least glimpsing through the manual first!


and sadly, those puppies end up paying the price. i mean, its kinda obvious that she killed those two dogs the minute they remind her of yuuki. after all, they would not show that scene in the end credits if not to show the audience that something bad is going to happen to them!

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but it was still one of the rare examples of unapologetic anime erotica that you really could watch to enjoy the simple plot and fun fight scenes, provided that you didn't mind all of the naked titties and butt-cheeks


IronWish wrote:
One day we'll get a proper Tsugumomo adaptation. One day...


thats never going to happen. the latter more or less did a redo of healer ( which is another ecchi series that will never get a sequel ) and went borderline hentai in the later chapters!


unless STUDIO ARMS or STUDIO HOBBY comes back from bankruptcy, those borderline ecchi anime will never get a sequel
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 2:51 am Reply with quote
jr240483 wrote:


IronWish wrote:
One day we'll get a proper Tsugumomo adaptation. One day...


thats never going to happen. the latter more or less did a redo of healer ( which is another ecchi series that will never get a sequel ) and went borderline hentai in the later chapters!


unless STUDIO ARMS or STUDIO HOBBY comes back from bankruptcy, those borderline ecchi anime will never get a sequel


Come on, Nukitashi has aired just last year, there certainly is a capacity for making plot heavy and sexually graphic anime, let the man dream! But yeah, Tsugumomo kinda left the realm of ecchi the moment author discovered he can drew whatever he wants and just slap "No insertion" textbox in the panel corner. Although I'm less sure if there is a capacity somewhere to give both action and "action" of Tsugumomo justice simultaneously.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 10:15 am Reply with quote
jr240483 wrote:
and sadly, those puppies end up paying the price. i mean, its kinda obvious that she killed those two dogs the minute they remind her of yuuki. after all, they would not show that scene in the end credits if not to show the audience that something bad is going to happen to them!
No, they're fine.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 11:45 pm Reply with quote
IronWish wrote:
jr240483 wrote:


IronWish wrote:
One day we'll get a proper Tsugumomo adaptation. One day...


thats never going to happen. the latter more or less did a redo of healer ( which is another ecchi series that will never get a sequel ) and went borderline hentai in the later chapters!


unless STUDIO ARMS or STUDIO HOBBY comes back from bankruptcy, those borderline ecchi anime will never get a sequel


Come on, Nukitashi has aired just last year, there certainly is a capacity for making plot heavy and sexually graphic anime, let the man dream! But yeah, Tsugumomo kinda left the realm of ecchi the moment author discovered he can drew whatever he wants and just slap "No insertion" textbox in the panel corner. Although I'm less sure if there is a capacity somewhere to give both action and "action" of Tsugumomo justice simultaneously.


and yet, there have been no signs of a second season announcement of nukitashi right.

in addition, if there really had been an interest for tsugomomo let alone redo, that new anime studio called AnimeFesta would have gotten both series considering that they release anime with BOTH a SFW and a NSFW version. the fact that even them saod no thank you to both of them says a lot.

which is why mato seihei no slave is indeed truly a rarity for an anime series that have both over the top fanservice but have a good story plotline which have not been seen since the HIGHSCHOOL DxD era!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 1:42 am Reply with quote
It just occurred to me whilst watching today's episode that I'm not sure how old any of the characters are supposed to be.

Up until now since the first season I've just been subsconsciously assuming the characters are in their mid to late teens ie. 16 to 19 like most of the anime I watch. I'd been automatically associating it with other shonens with young protagonists and teen soldiers such as Naruto, JJK, MHA, Bleach etc. Having Nei in the mix certainly supports the notion that the other members of the 7th squad could be fairly young.

Maybe it's because the Himari's mother and grandmother's ages were hard to pin down by looks but it made me second guess my assumption.

It doesn't really matter but I thought it's funny how skewed my perceptions are from all the anime I watch that I just assumed the characters were younger than they might actually be.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 9:55 am Reply with quote
I think Himari's rewards were always the most basic due to her being the least freaky cast member. Also what do you have against good old tonguesucking?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 11:31 am Reply with quote
Depressingly dire animation this episode. Hopefully they're saving animation for the climactic stuff.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 9:59 pm Reply with quote
If you really think this a habit of smutty anime only, you clearly don't watch Japanese porn. Which may be for the best.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2026 10:25 pm Reply with quote
andramus wrote:
It just occurred to me whilst watching today's episode that I'm not sure how old any of the characters are supposed to be.

Up until now since the first season I've just been subsconsciously assuming the characters are in their mid to late teens ie. 16 to 19 like most of the anime I watch. I'd been automatically associating it with other shonens with young protagonists and teen soldiers such as Naruto, JJK, MHA, Bleach etc. Having Nei in the mix certainly supports the notion that the other members of the 7th squad could be fairly young.

Maybe it's because the Himari's mother and grandmother's ages were hard to pin down by looks but it made me second guess my assumption.

It doesn't really matter but I thought it's funny how skewed my perceptions are from all the anime I watch that I just assumed the characters were younger than they might actually be.


i believe they have their actual ages in their bios on the official mato seihei no slave website!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 1:18 pm Reply with quote
Love kuusetsu! She's gonna seriously bring it too Japan, can't wait for mira too come in too, I'm hoping a season 3 comes out of this and that passione continues animating this series cause their doing a great job with the animation!
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