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AI de-aged Macaulay Culkin as Naruto

…if you’re American.

Ah-nee-may if you’re Japanese.

I just created an account on ero.ani.social.

For new accounts by default, the setting “NSFW posts” is set to “Hide Completely”

ero.ani.social/user/settings/filters

That’s probably a piefed default.

This setting also hides NSFW /c’s as well as posts.

I think it’s safe to assume that anyone who is creating an account there knows what is up, and will want to start seeing NSFW content and communities immediately.

I’d recommend you change the default setting, with maybe a disclaimer for NSFW content on this server when creating the account.

I’m not sure what Freiren flipping what looks like a giant hamburger patty has to do with the message.

The art definitely looks rougher.

The color palette doesn’t look very “cyberpunk” either.

They didn’t show much of the “cyber” part either.

Looking forward to… another episode?

This and Blue Lock were very different approaches to sports anime.

But they were both very good.

Lookin’ forward to watching this!

Someone must be watching it, buying blu-rays, etc.

Who knows what kind of depraved persons, but apparently they’re out there.

There seems to be recency bias, and classic anime , and Ghibli OPs over quality.

I’ll take Kiseki No Umi/Record Of Lodoss War OP

and

Heavenly Blue/Aldnoah.Zero OP1

and

Majokko Megu-chan

or any of those OPs by Creepy Nuts: Call Of The Night, Mashle, Dan Da Dan

That was some feat by the 200 guys who escorted the prisoner, to haul all of those junk cars to the top of the cliff above the road, and keep them concealed long enough for the trap to be sprung.

I’m sure the writer is just “analogizing” something that happened with rocks instead of junk cars.

That was a lot of exposition to set up the next season or cours.

As usual in samurai dramas, the greatest enemy to overcome is within.

Oddly enough they didn’t cover what happened to the Taira snot nosed brat.

I’d imagine that he’s going to hold a grudge against his father.

The TNG Sprayser was a downgrade in ergonomics.

Haven’t we seen this before?

I thought he was going to

but he’s managed to drop a cliff hanger.

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I can’t say that I fully understand how he would have gotten past the guards and gotten the audience if not for Lord Taira’s fortunate appearance.

Well, they do also have a Cloak Of Visibility.

I’m sure they all laughed at them when they announced that they invented one.

Derision, becoming a outcast, resentment.

And next thing you know they’re wearing a brimmed hat.

The sequel is also by Studio Trigger, so fantastic!

The kana reads: Temparu/Temper: Item No Chikara/Item’s Strength

The source web novel and adaptation webcomic are called Overgeared though.

Wow, that was totally samurai drama stuff there: Literal self sacrifice to let your superior look good

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We really still don’t know what happened between him and Reid, the chopstick ronin, before the first time he was found on the library floor.

I could be wrong, but that didn’t seem to be a death save point to me.

Gluttony hiding in the shadows is possible, given his appearance in the OP, but I’d have thought he would have eaten more than just Subaru’s memories.

I can’t wait to see Shauna, the heartless killing machine edition.

As I suspected, Nanase (blond with white ribbon) as the White Room infiltrator was a red herring, so suspicion falls to Amasawa (twin tails) and her reference to “outsiders” and Yagami (mini-Ayanokoji kid from 1-A?)

I’m surprised that Nanase’s teammates, Housen and whatsername) weren’t lying in wait for an ambush, or maybe the plan was not to place them at risk of expulsion for fighting, while Nanase was okay with that.

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Pretty good reaction time to parry that at close range.

I have just binge watched this from the start, and I love it!

It’s a classic Warring States TV drama set in the backdrop of the ruins of a nuclear winter Japan.

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Military technology seems to have degraded to katanas and a few flintlock rifles.

Strangely enough, everyone seems to have forgotten what computers, analog electronics, radio, industrial machinery, or even electricity are.

It’s all there: The generals, the strategists, the stupid castle politics, the maps of territories and units moving around.

The Twin Engine animation and direction is really great, and the thought processes of the characters really come across.

The believability of the characters’ decision making is logical and hard to find fault with.

This episode, Ryumon’s tea ceremony gambit was a little too over the top for me to believe, like why couldn’t the Seii army send some scouts past him to find a possible ambush.

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edit: But a big part of Japanese culture is presentation, with great presentation seemingly able to triumph over anything, so this is totally “in character” for a story set in a samurai drama.

Ryumon’s name Mitsuhide is likely a reference to Akechi Mitsuhide, a TokugawaNobunaga-era general, briefly shōgun, and popular character in historical dramas.

Tartah’s going have to be careful of what he says, or he’ll wind up with his own memories erased.

Major weakness of this world’s magic system discovered!

The whole Brimmed Hat ink bottle thing with Coco seemed… pointless? Okay, they demonstrated that they have the refilling “technology” from the disbarred Healers, and a little bit of history there, but what was the tactic of showing that to Coco at this point?

Maybe we’ll get some revelations as to what this was supposed to accomplish later?

This was one of those episodes that leaves more questions that satisfying conclusions.

That seems silly and arbitrary: Letting the entire party in after Subaru passes the monolith test, then only allowing Emilia through after she passes the Reid test.

It seemed obvious to me from the start that nobody was going to defeat Reid with only swordsmanship.

I doubt that Flügel did so.

It was foolish of Julius to try a second time.

For some reason, I like Shauna’s combination of being oblivious, a mystery, and a deadly threat at the same time.

A lot of references to our own world, or at least Japan.

Was the Sage an isekai guy?

Ayanokoji’s testing of Nanase continues.

I’m sure he knows she isn’t hanging around with him for his good looks and charming personality.

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I was wondering why

And so the second Island Survival Test begins!

The flashback from Nanase seems to indicate she had a real life, which probably excludes her from being the White Room infiltrator, on the other hand, she seems to be able to keep up with Ayanokoji, so I’m still undecided about that.

And where exactly have her unsavory 1-D teammates Hosen and Amasawa run off to?

Olruggio is a brimmed hat isn’t he?

I can’t shake the association with Coco’s first experiences and those glowing paving stones that are “(his) master work”

But he’s obviously not a through-and-through cackling evil villain, so I doubt the brimmed hats will be either.

It just doesn’t seem like that kind of story.

I’m hoping that is the case, because otherwise it feels a bit early for the unmasking.

Oguri Cap, I didn’t know you had such acting range!

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