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EP. REVIEW: Ranking of Kings

A couple of face slaps would have been fine instead of busting up his whole face.

ANN_Lynzee wrote:

Gina Szanboti wrote: Can't wait to learn what Bojji's weapon is. My bet is it's a staff of some kind which would be a cool lead up to him facing Apeas.

A staff would be cool. But my guess is something lighter/smaller like a rapier or stiletto. It’s fun to guess, can’t wait til we find out!

Ding Ding Ding, You've won the guess the right weapon game.

I was worried that Despa was being a crook when I saw him meet up with the 3 orc's after the bar fight. Good thing that turned out to be un-true.

blameitonStarBlazers wrote:

ANN_Lynzee wrote: Gina Szanboti wrote: Can't wait to learn what Bojji's weapon is. My bet is it's a staff of some kind which would be a cool lead up to him facing Apeas. A staff would be cool. But my guess is something lighter/smaller like a rapier or stiletto. It’s fun to guess, can’t wait til we find out!

Ding Ding Ding, You've won the guess the right weapon game.

It's heavily implied in episode 4 via Apeas's conversation with the rep from the Ranking that the reason Kingbo's dad has lost his mind is because of the treasure he picked after being ranked first (presumably the rune sword we see him with standing outside the burning city).

At the start of the episode Apeas asks about the rumour about repeated winners losing their minds after picking the same item from the divine treasure hoard, and then later we meet this king living in the wilderness.

My crops died.

It's heavily implied in episode 4 via Apeas's conversation with the rep from the Ranking that the reason Kingbo's dad has lost his mind is because of the treasure he picked after being ranked first (presumably the rune sword we see him with standing outside the burning city).

At the start of the episode Apeas asks about the rumour about repeated winners losing their minds after picking the same item from the divine treasure hoard, and then later we meet this king living in the wilderness.

What's been bothering since the first set has now become an actual problem:

Ranking of Kings: Kill somebody, anybody. And make it stick.

You realize the show opens with the lyrics "throw away your malice", right? I think you may be missing the show's thesis here.

It's not a question of hating characters and/or wanting to see them dead. It's that the "OMG He's dead! Wait, no he's not!" shtick is getting tired. It's becoming the equivalent of the camera tilt-up to the sky with the sound of a gunshot, and then finding out a different person or nobody got shot.

So far we've had Bosse, Bojji, Kage, Bebin, Kingbo, and probably some others I'm forgetting, who've apparently been killed, but psych! they're not dead yet! Kage's mother and clan, and maybe Kingbo's wife and child may be the only ones who've stayed dead, and I won't be shocked if we learn they've been hiding out quite alive, thanks.