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EP. REVIEW: Daemons of the Shadow Realm

The sibling aspect really fall flat for me, even ignoring "Asa seems pretty okay with genocide/possibly actively participated in one", Yuru has literally spent most of his life in contact with fake Asa, real Asa is just a stranger to him, or more like a distant relative he's seen like once or twice as a little kid with vague memory of her.

The show seems to take the point of view that blood relation trump actual experience/personality/everything. Like, for example, if you had a sibling, but found out that they were adopted, you should treat them as stranger and never really bother to think about them (how much time did Yuru spend thinking about fake Asa since he saw her die). But that having 0 contact with someone for years is irrelevant if you are blood relative.

Also, why is Higarashi village even considered a serious faction? They seem incredibly weak, 1 deamon user + a couple of regular human soldier wiped out the village. Are we really suppose to think that they could organize some complex operation but couldn't defend themselves?

And, why are the sibling that important anyway? Their power are pretty tame all things considered, definitely not "take over the world" level of power.

And, why are the sibling that important anyway? Their power are pretty tame all things considered, definitely not "take over the world" level of power.

meiam wrote:

The sibling aspect really fall flat for me, even ignoring "Asa seems pretty okay with genocide/possibly actively participated in one", Yuru has literally spent most of his life in contact with fake Asa, real Asa is just a stranger to him, or more like a distant relative he's seen like once or twice as a little kid with vague memory of her. The show seems to take the point of view that blood relation trump actual experience/personality/everything. Like, for example, if you had a sibling, but found out that they were adopted, you should treat them as stranger and never really bother to think about them (how much time did Yuru spend thinking about fake Asa since he saw her die). But that having 0 contact with someone for years is irrelevant if you are blood relative.

I don't know how you could possibly come to such a conclusion.

For starters, it's easy to infer that the two did interact at least somewhat frequently when they were little, so they're not as distant as you claim. There's also that the village actively deceived Yuru, making him believe that his sister was still there after his parents left, and now he's found out they were planning to kill both of them in order to get their powers. This isn't about blood relation versus other kinds of family, he now knows for certain that he was lied to for half his life because his parents were kept from taking him along as well.

so iirc they're supposed to be 16

0-3 years old, limited memory of this time

3-6 regular interactions

6: parent run with Asa (I'm not sure they ever confirm what age they were when they left but Asa could fit in a small basket, so 6 is probably about right.

6-16 regular interaction with the fake.

Yuru is discarding 10 year of interaction with someone without batting an eyelash, in favor of around 3 year of interactions and blood relation.

On the killing the sibling part, they specifically are trying to trigger the resurrection, they don't want to kill them. I will say, the two henchman who killed Asa were extraordinary stupid since they knew she would come back with super power, what was their plan to get out of that alive?

If the village is just like the poorly defended HQ that apparently nobody frequent, why even have it? What purpose does it serves?

The sibling aspect really fall flat for me, even ignoring "Asa seems pretty okay with genocide/possibly actively participated in one", Yuru has literally spent most of his life in contact with fake Asa, real Asa is just a stranger to him, or more like a distant relative he's seen like once or twice as a little kid with vague memory of her.

The show seems to take the point of view that blood relation trump actual experience/personality/everything. Like, for example, if you had a sibling, but found out that they were adopted, you should treat them as stranger and never really bother to think about them (how much time did Yuru spend thinking about fake Asa since he saw her die). But that having 0 contact with someone for years is irrelevant if you are blood relative.

Also, why is Higarashi village even considered a serious faction? They seem incredibly weak, 1 deamon user + a couple of regular human soldier wiped out the village. Are we really suppose to think that they could organize some complex operation but couldn't defend themselves?

And, why are the sibling that important anyway? Their power are pretty tame all things considered, definitely not "take over the world" level of power.

jr240483 wrote:

Aerdra wrote: Quote: Kyoka The old woman who rules the village is named Yamaha. Covnam wrote: I wonder how much of the village was in on it. It seemed to me that most of the villagers didn't know anything. During the massacre, many of them were trying to fight with farming tools. They also couldn't see Gabriel (pair of teeth), which suggests they weren't daemon users. That said, there were probably some people other than Yamaha who knew what was going on, but most of the villagers seemed unaware. not really. she is also called kyoka in the english versions of the manga as well!

No she's called Yamaha in the english release, I have volumes 1-8 and she's never referred to as Kyoka.

If the current pacing continues throughout and they don't speed up, it looks like my prediction for where the anime is planning on leaving out looks to be correct, which is good because volumes 7 and 8 have a few really good stopping points.

You're glossing over the fact that she was indeed just pretending to be his sister, meaning he has no idea who she even is or how willing she may have been to play that part. The entire reason he even spent time with her was because he thought she was Asa, so it's a given that he'll feel betrayed knowing that wasn't true and have the kind of reaction he did to becoming certain that the real Asa is who she says she is.

Seriously, why are you so hung up on this when just a little thought on the matter is enough to conclude that this has nothing to do with blood relations being more important?

They have to die in order to resurrect, so yes, they do want to kill them, even if not permanently. As for the two who killed Asa, they likely assumed either that she'd be too weakened from her death to do much or that her hands being bound would be enough.


With them being accused of being stuck in the past, the village itself is probably just where they want to stay so they can minimize their interactions with the outside world and stay where they can keep to a feudal lifestyle, not to mention it likely being the villagers' ancestral home.

The dots are there, you just don't seem to be putting in any effort to connect them.

You're saying some very contradictory things. The village was behind an impenetrable barrier that only people with very specific information could enter, yet you then go on to say that Asa's power isn't very impressive. She literally facilitated the entire attack by breaking the barrier. Her Break ability works on physical objects and CONCEPTS. She can break a contract between a Daemon and their contractor. That alone is one of the single most broken things in existence.

(Though, I am unsure as to why he didn't just take Yuru to a sporting goods store for the arrows. It's not like archery—especially traditional Japanese archery—isn't a normal thing in Japan.)

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(Though, I am unsure as to why he didn't just take Yuru to a sporting goods store for the arrows. It's not like archery—especially traditional Japanese archery—isn't a normal thing in Japan.)

Yes! Exactly. Not to mention that he'd probably enjoy using a modern bow.

Could someone please explain something to me?
On the first episode when the Kagemoris and Asa infiltrated the village and killed everyone, they did so because all the villagers wanted to harm Yuru or later kill him for his powers right?
So all the adult people in the Higashi village were evil people and have been scheming and had to die like this without question or the possibility that there could be some good people there?