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blahmoomoo
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Is Crunchyroll not releasing the recaps? That seems odd to me, considering they usually do... I could have used an abbreviated version of 0 and season 1 as a reminder of what happened. |
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MuddyYoshi
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Doesn’t seem like it. I hear Netflix isn’t airing them in the regions they stream JJK either. I dunno why they wouldn’t, but it’s also entirely possible Toho just didn’t provide it. I don’t remember seeing any info on whether the recaps count towards the 23 episode count of this season, but if they don’t (and I bet they don’t since not all platforms got them), I’m curious to see how ANN handles the discrepancy with episode numbers this causes. If the recaps are counted as episodes 30 and 31 on this site, what happens when episode 30 airs on the 31st? I’m sure this is something that’s been dealt with here before, but I just wasn’t around here yet for it. |
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db999
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I don't have a link but I read, I think in an article on this site, that the Shibuya arc, which is next, is slated for 17 episodes starting at the End of August so I don't think the recap episodes count towards the episode count. |
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db999
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To further explain and elaborate on my thoughts about this, it’s yet another example of how the sorcerers pointlessly sacrifice themselves, in Geto’s mind because they’re never shown gratitude. Everything they did on their mission that cost them greatly is pointless because as it turns out, Tengen is just fine cause there was either another star vessel alive or another one was born. Their sacrifice was pointless, Gojo nearly dying, Geto nearly dying, them getting close to Amanai, Amanai dying, them grieving Amanai, all pointless. They could’ve just not gotten involved, they could’ve refused to do the job and just sat at home twiddling their thumbs, let the assassins kill Amanai, and everything would’ve been fine and nothing would be different except they wouldn’t have gone through all that pain and anguish. Then Haibara dies because the humans there were worshipping the cursed spirit as a God, and then he sees that village locking up and asking for the deaths of 2 little girls, and now he has a reason to kill them other than just revenge so he does it. |
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Stelman257
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Lmao well this wasn’t anywhere near that bad but uhh, that final GoT season literally annihilated any and all cultural pull and relevance that show had built over a decade up to that point, and stuff like Harry Potter continues to be relevant even though the author is how she is these days. That was a heck of an effort, so I’d say, good for you that you enjoyed it, but I’m sure you must’ve at least understood the problems people had with it, and the ramifications of it all ahaha. |
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Wyvern
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Interesting way to wrap up the mole subplot. It was never given that much narrative focus so it wasn't a big letdown when the culprit was just casually dropped on us with no buildup. "Yeah, we looked into it and it was the robot guy." But what was a surprise was that Mechamaru isn't a real traitor, instead he's an opportunist who's only on his own side. So his plan was "betray the good guys, get the bad guys to heal me, then immediately betray the bad guys and ask the good guys for asylum." That's super risky, at best! Even if he survives, he's now got exactly everyone in the Jujutsu world mad at him. Something tells me this kid just dug his own grave, but we'll see if he can weasel out of it next week (blasting someone with a giant mecha cannon is a valid form of weaseling.)
The best part of the episode was the first half, though, reintroducing us to the main gang via a nice little slice of life escapade. A lot of things about that story pleasantly surprised me, like how fully they committed to summarizing the whole Wormo Man movie. Yuko is a great supporting character and I hope she gets to be more than tragic backstory fodder. Her line, "I've been living by the same standards as people I hate" was so damn powerful. There's a whole lifetime of frustration implied by that moment. |
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Gem-Bug
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I think the deal was originally "Heal my body and I'll give you information, just leave my Kyoto friends out of any crossfire". Which Hanami promptly broke when they attacked everyone during the training exercise. |
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NeverConvex
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This feels like some as-yet unconstituted article of anime law.
I was actually kind of blown away at how well-written her brief character piece seemed to be. |
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jdnation
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Glad the show is back and superb! Dat ping pong...
First, my usual groan about breaking character models too absurdly for "comedy", it doesn't need to go as far as it does, and I hate it, the humor works well enough without having to go that route... Ugh... Terrible decision all around... Now the best part of this episode are the themes within themes of love and body horror/perception. First Wormo Man and his transformation into a horrid half human/worm creature and the discomforting romanctic arc in it, cue The Fly, Shape of Water etc. Then Yuko Ozawa, in love with Yuji, but conscious of her weight, now suspiciously more attractive in the span of 6 months? Impressive, but I smell Mahito Idle Transformation schenanegans where it's possible he made a deal with Yuko to get back at Yuji. And speaking of Mahito, Mechamaru took advantage of the opportunity to fix his disfigured, amputated body. And one of his motivations is his crush on Miwa, previously hinted at in Juju Strolls (I miss those, but seems that this arc wants to maintain seriousness at every episode's end). Anyway, a chef's kiss for the thematic resonance at work here. Looking forward to seeing what's behind the hype for this arc, and I'm already impressed! |
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AksaraKishou
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On the contrary. Get them the fudge away, for their own good. lmao |
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Gem-Bug
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Just going to go ahead and say spoiler[no, absolutely not.] |
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Gem-Bug
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Episode 7
Very good episode overall; I'm not someone who needs/wants anime-only additions or filler, but it was somewhat necessary here since they used this episode to finish up the plot thread from last week while getting the final bits of set-up ready for the rest of the arc-proper. Very different animation style going on in this one and was noticeable right away in the cold-open, to mixed effect(at least for me). A couple of the sequences during the anime-extended fight between Mechamaru and Mahito stand out in particular: the VERY cool chase where we follow behind Mahito as he changes into multiple animals, and the less cool-but-still-cool-looking final clash inside the cockpit. The animation is messy and kinetic, and reminds me of that "Madara VS Shinobi Alliance" sequence from Naruto Shippuden ep 322. However, outside of these sequences I found the style to look....kind of bad semi-often? Characters look janky and off-model; during the latter half of the episode most of the civilian partiers(even the speaking ones based on their manga counterparts) look like they're from a completely different series. I can't recall if season 1 had any "bad" episodes as far animation goes, but this one is definitely the lowest of this season so far(again, aside from those action sequences). And even then, it's more a mixed bag of interesting, weird, and "huh?", rather than "this looks like dogshit". I love animation getting experimental, but this one was a little jarring following the previous 6 episodes of the season. 8/10 |
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tintor2
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Honestly, I really don't care about Mechamaru. Had Mappa chosen to to expand his screen time rather than show us that random three amigos moments from last week I would care about the guy. Also, his crush kinda came out of nowhere and even didn't fit because the blue haired girl was more into Gojo last season.
By the way, the narrator is Haman Karn! |
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Jay_Stone
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I was more thinking about Gurren Lagann instead of Evangelion. Gurren Lagann spoilers:spoiler[That last fight sequence was probably a reference to final moment of the last battle where Simon was fighting the Anti-Spiral. Also, those pencil sketches made me think of the series too.]
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FilthyCasual
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I like how Kokichi's trump card against Mahito is Miwa's technique. It's a very cute and charming touch.
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