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Created an Ani.Social account SPECIFICALLY to talk about this episode. OMG, what a masterpiece of animation and storytelling.
At the start, we care very little about Acrobatic Silky. At the end of the episode, we care about Acrobatic Silky so much it brings tears to our eyes. All without lengthy dialogue or any narrative exposition. And the visuals… just mindblowing.
So much media uses cheap tricks to try to convey drama or pull at the audience’s heartstrings. Dan Da Dan achieves it with quality storytelling.
Feels like a whole lot of nothing happens this episode. Although I wasn’t expecting a Chunibyo with a Chaingun.
Alma recovered his memories after the fight with Amaryllis which causes him to have an mental health crisis so he abandons Hikaru. And by the way, Alma has magically acquired the ability to operate on his own now by getting his memories back.
We get a little backstory that shows Alma and Fist with the Kagami brothers. They try to wake up Ordela only for things to go horribly wrong as it starts attacking everyone. Real Master Hand from Smash Bros vibes.
In the process of shutting down Ordela’s rampage, Yakumo dies. Alma gets PTSD and goes dormant.
Back in the present, Alma gets noogies from Jun. It’s really important for the plot. Trust.
Hikaru gets a pep-talk from Aki and decides he’s going to help Alma. Episode ends with the big bad trying to open Ordela again.
Glad to see Hikaru has some new bodyguards, but they don’t seem all that more helpful than what he already had in terms of… anything tbh.
His new bodyguards are comical. I found it funny when the leader of ARMS was like, “I can’t have you helping… you’re a civilian.” And I was just like, “And how are all these other misfits any different?”
I hadn’t really thought about it, but if the Mecha-ude can’t normally move without a human it’s extremely unclear how they ever lasted in their own world.
Not that the story makes much sense at all, but the best interpretation I have for this is that Arbitrium (or whatever it’s called) existed naturally on their world but the Mecha-Ude eventually consumed it all and were unable to make more. Humans produce their own Arbitrium in excess so they’re able to give it to Mecha-Ude that derize with them.
But then Alma comes along and breaks all that by being able to make his own Arbitrium somehow.
Most of the episode is the fight between Kinohara (in prototype gen 5 mecha armor) and Gram.
We learn a few important bits of information here. First, Kinohara cannot hack Gram. I’ve long suspected it, but this is further proof that Gram, like Veltol, does not have a Familia. Second, only Gram knows about Veltol’s ultimate power trump card.
Marcus continues to be evil just for the sake of being evil and lists off a bunch of faceless immortals that were previously sacrificed to the Immortal Furnace. He also apparently sent mecha-troops to kill both Gram and Kinohara for extra evil points.
The after credits scene has Marcus tossing Machina into the Immortal Furnace. You know, because apparently Spartan-kicking immortals into the furnace is all that is required to use them as fuel. Machina actually does a pretty sweet little speech where she imparts her last words towards Veltol in her mind before the aforementioned Demon Lord saves her at the last possible moment.
It’s barely going to be episode 7 and we’re already getting the showdown between Marcus and Veltol. It really makes me wonder what’s going to happen next. Is there some bigger bad waiting in the shadows after Marcus is defeated? Does Veltol have to clean up the mess Marcus leaves behind? Does Marcus escape to exact some ultimate doomsday evil plot? Stay tuned and FIND OUT!
I see catgirls, I like. I’m a simple man.
It’s funny because you can tell when an anime is from a Japanese light novel or not based on the length of the title.
Solo-Leveling: Korean Light Novel
True Beauty: Korean Webtoon
Blue Lock: Japanese Manga
A Sign of Affection: Japanese Manga
Oshi No Ko: Japanese Manga
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends: Japanese Light Novel
Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside: Japanese Light Novel
My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!: Japanese Light Novel
IIRC it’s because the dominant Japanese light novel website doesn’t do descriptions well so the authors make the title the description.
A few tried to have a normal title AND a description in the title.
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells: Japanese Light Novel
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest: Japanese Light Novel