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Hi everyone, sorry in advance for the Sappar audio quality on this episode.

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I have a new recording setup and still need to iron out the kinks.

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Make things worse, John's neighbor decided to go full hog on his house with his power

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washer just when we started to record our review of the Lucius and Dungeon.

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Anyway, enough apologies.

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Let's start the actual show!

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[Music]

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Hello and welcome to an all new episode of Anime Brain Freeze.

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We are your deliciously monster hosts.

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I am John and I'm CC and when there's just too much cool anime to watch we've got you covered.

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Today we prepared a truly gigantic feast for you.

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First I will review the new Shonen Monster Megahead from Production ID, IJU #8.

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And John will join me to discuss Studio Triggers tasty fresh fantasy series Delicious in Dungeon.

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With our season finale, of course we will give your picks for best anime of the season.

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For all of that let us throw a couple of fastballs away in the quick and the dead.

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Repair Kaiju slaying weapon of choice, put out the fancy China because we'll be cooking!

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Definitely don't pause the pod, be right back!

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Well, quick and the dead time, huh?

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I don't know, I feel like there was...

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There are a decent number of things that I've watched that I don't want to dive too deeply into.

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So I'm just going to keep it down to like, free this time to, I feel like we're the most,

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the most important to me.

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So, datalive is...

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It's finished, it's done and dusted.

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I can't believe it took this long to get here.

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That is neat.

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Oh boy, it had some weird steps along the way and even within the fifth and final season

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the kind of leaned a little bit on the CG in some points that wasn't too great.

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But on the whole, I feel like seasons 4 and 5 were so much better than when JC staff

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took it, jumped in and took over because, boy, remember when they had an episode where they

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tried to create an entire volume of the light novel into 23 minutes and I complained about

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that then and I'm still salty about that.

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But 4 and 5, they definitely, they handed out to Studio Geek Toys who talked about them

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a little bit.

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I talked about them a little bit before.

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And boy, they really knocked it out, super hard, super hard.

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So I'm glad that they kind of were able to bring it full circle.

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We got the good ending and there's a couple of video games I still want to read through.

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One like it just came out, I think as of this recording, like two or three weeks ago.

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So there is still stuff to check out if I want my data life.

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But the anime was really good in the end when all was set and done and we're stuck it out.

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I mean you were looking forward to it.

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So I was like, well, this been out as John expected to and one to two, but apparently did.

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So that's good.

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Well, I still was a big fan of how they teased the coming of the final season.

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I think I said this before, but after the end, what they were doing was they were putting

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the episode titles at the end of the episode in season four.

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At the end of season four, they put data life five and was like, okay, all right, cool.

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I like that.

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That's a good, that's a good way of doing that.

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So they got it, they got it, they got it, did it.

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So I'm glad for that.

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I guess I'll sandwich in here something that wasn't, I enjoyed, but still wasn't stooped

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all about it.

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And that was laid back camp three, which is a show and characters.

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I still really enjoy, but it wasn't this one through a studio change.

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It wasn't bad, but and I said this before, it's just handled like, I believe it was eat

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bit and they have a thing with their backgrounds where they just kind of paint over photographs

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and you can tell and it was like a little distracting from time to time.

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The character designs are a little bit different, which that doesn't bother me as much.

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It was like, oh, they look a bit different.

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What's going on here?

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Chasing the character designs, I feel like that I was able to push aside, but they kind of

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shifted direction a bit from being, you know, comfy like it was to being more goofy.

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And you know, there was that in the past, because you know, the characters are all just a bunch

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of silly goobers and I really like all of them.

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I don't know if it worked as well, but you know, it was still the core of it was still there.

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So I still find for what it was, I guess, but it wasn't quite with the crew at sea station

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were laying down when they were still working on it, but they've gone on to start working

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on other things.

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So I can say it's good for them.

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But last thing I'll talk about is in it all, I guess it will kind of lead into something

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that I'm interested in watching starting next season and that's Uruse Yatsuda.

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I don't know about you, I definitely never watched the original adaptation.

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Not any of that.

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I guess from everything that's gone around, it was kind of a mess and this was a bit more

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faithful, which you know, David production is pretty good at sticking to the script, but

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it's still making things fun to watch.

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I'm actually really glad that I checked this out because this was something that, you know,

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I knew always sort of existed and I was like, I've seen some of Takashi's other stuff.

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I watched a little bit of New Yashu when it was on, oh God, was it on Tsunami or adult swimmer,

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both I don't remember.

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I watch a little bit of that, I was like, yeah, this is neat, but I kind of fell off it.

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So it's something that was a little more, this was definitely a lot more silly.

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play out and I guess Lung was the girl for a lot of people back in the day and she's cute

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here.

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I'm sure she was cute back then.

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I'm not quite sure what to say beyond that, but it was a silly good time and I think the

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next show in the Takahashi line to hit is Ron Ma Hath.

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I'm curious to see what happens with that adaptation.

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I wonder how well that has actually aged just in terms of the jokes and everything.

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I hope people are being a bit more aware of the whole topic of maybe being trans and

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everything, which doesn't necessarily fit with Ron Ma Hath, but because it's something different

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because it's a curse and not a decision that Ron Ma makes.

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I wonder how well that has aged.

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They're definitely going to tone down the nudity that much.

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I know that much already evident in the trailer because the old series was Ron Ma throwing

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their tits around every other episode.

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So goddamn, that's going to be severely done.

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Oh, yeah, for sure.

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I just, you know, the old probably doesn't hold up.

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So hope maybe this will.

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So yes, we'll find out.

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I don't know.

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Well, you know, for the old Urasea sort of show, I think that has still a lot of its fans

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because that was that was more memorable.

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She's baby, then the TV series adaptation anyway, then it was maybe Rumi Kotaka Hashi's and

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as well, they were also now doing it, you know, we worked version that is more closer to

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the manga and that's why it differs itself quite a lot from the old's adaption.

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But I think like there's still a lot of people who prefer the old adaption.

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I don't know if that will be the case with Ron Ma.

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I don't know.

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I watched it when it came on German TV over here when it was released.

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I mentioned this before when they did like the, oh no.

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We're going to show anime at prime time.

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We're going to make this this adult thing.

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The first series they chose was Dragon Ball Z.

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Fair enough.

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The second series they chose was fucking Ron Ma.

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What a combination.

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What a combination.

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What a, what a, what a double feature.

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Uh, he says so it's anime.

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So everything it has to.

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So it must be for adults.

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Maybe they were like, it's a sitcom.

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So it fits in here.

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I don't know.

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A weird double feature of having Dragon Ball Z and Ron Ma have airing next to each other in

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the evening on German TV for a while.

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That's such a crazy.

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It lasts long.

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And I think we touched on it, but that crazy BBC Dub man.

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Definitely crazy shit.

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It's going to be fun.

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Probably I'm not going to check it out because I was like, uh, her on the old show and

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there was like, okay, this is, I just don't really vibe with Rumi Kotakawa.

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She's humor, I think that much because it's pretty much always the same antics and one.

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I mean, I, I see the attraction, everything.

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If you're in the death kind of humor, but for me, it doesn't do really anything and then

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in Yasha when it was brought up mostly annoyed me and I mostly was there for the action,

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not my brand of humor, I think.

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So that some of the stuff is good.

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Curious about it more from a quote unquote academic standpoint.

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Because I want to see what it's about.

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And it definitely has its fun parts.

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It always had like the old version to an assumed a new version, but there's some jokes

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in there that are just so very classic Rumi Kotakawa.

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She said, come stuff where I'm like, that is just not for me.

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And you know, that's why I'm not going to check it out myself.

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Well, I'm very interested to hear what you have to say about it eventually.

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I'll see.

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I will see what goes on.

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I didn't really check anything.

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I had a lot of shows that I wanted to watch besides the ones that we reviewed the season,

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which was a very light season for us with only two episodes.

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But you know, I want to check out go go loser range.

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I want to check out.

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I was grim variations and one other show that I look ninja Kamui maybe maybe it was last

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in I'm not even sure.

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It was just it's a somewhat hectic time in my life right now.

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I know I don't need to apologize for this because this is our podcast.

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We can do whatever the fuck we want.

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We don't review, but still it's like, okay, it's just a bit of a lighter output from me.

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For the past couple of seasons, I guess, but there's going to be more in next season,

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probably and the one after that.

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I think there are a lot of interesting shows under rise and I might pick up some of the shows

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that I didn't actually get to this season that are from the season and put them throw

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them in the quick and the dead or do a full review when their next season, if their next

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season come out.

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I think for some of them that have already been announced.

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I think so.

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quick and the dead is free game can throw everything in there that we want.

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And from whichever season we want and even from years back.

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But I mean, I mean, looking me through Uma Musume in their few seasons ago, because screw

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yet, I will probably check out.

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I finished one show, but that I want to do make that a full review eventually at some point,

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maybe with a friend of ours and that's the, you know, I talked about it in a preview

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quick in the dead of starting it again.

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And that was the two, some three version of Hunter Hunter, no, 2011.

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I finished that.

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Still love it.

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I don't know if I want to do a full single only review.

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I feel like the series merits a full review because it just so goddamn good, but I want

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to have someone to throw my thoughts at who has watched it.

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So if I can't do that, I won't probably won't do that.

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And I said refer to our deal listeners to the podcast I mentioned before, Media Cloud Plus

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who are going through the entire series in like three to four episode batches and episode

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that is very interesting.

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And they have some interesting insights and background stuff that I can talk about.

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So if you're hungry for Hunter Hunter content and reviews, that's your podcast to go right

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now, but eventually maybe I'll also give my two cents.

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I mean, I started to watch the 2011 Hunter Hunter during, okay.

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So back during the height of the pandemic and when I was still working at retail, we had

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a TV set up in the back room and one of the people there was super all about it and they

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were like, let's watch Hunter Hunter and I started watching it.

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And I couldn't get over the over what in a vensably good boy gone was.

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Well, that was just like, oh my god, this character is like, he's good to a fault and trust me.

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That comes back to the serious no's this and comes back to this and client returns this

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on its set without spoiling too much in several ways.

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So maybe, you know, maybe I'll try going back to it eventually, but I won't make you any

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promises.

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I already said I try and watch one piece and I'm still still sitting at the same spot I

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was before and I'm only falling further behind.

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Hunter Hunter is a shorter time investment though.

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It's still a long show.

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Don't get me wrong, but I mean much fewer episodes than one piece.

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It's what 110 something episodes compared to 1,110?

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Yes, yes, something like that.

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Let me check Hunter Hunter has one or 48 episodes.

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That is still a big batch and there's like one arc that takes up most of it, but it's still

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like less than 100, 100.

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So again, no, but enforcing nobody to what you're just saying, it's one of the best shown

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shows period out there in my opinion and even though it's not finished and I don't know if

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it will be giving the health problems that the writer creator Togashi has.

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But this series and starts and ends with a very solid point in the story where it's like

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I can see this being the entire story is fine the way it is.

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I know there's probably still something coming after that, but I'm good with it ending

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here because it feels like a complete arc for at least two of our main characters.

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So that's more than we get in a lot of other anime that are cut short, right?

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Especially the adoption field.

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So yeah, I can definitely recommend the 2011 version.

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It's not perfect.

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There are some issues there.

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They're cutting out an important character out of the first episode of it that comes

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back later and I feel like if they had included that like they did in the old adaption and

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like it is in a manga, it felt more it would have felt more resonant when that character

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comes back and his role he the role he takes in the story and everything and for some reason

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they decided they did the same thing they did with full metal alchemist brotherhood where

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they're like, no, we already had this part of the story.

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We need to rush the fuck through it.

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Not from that is some of the moments in the new adaption are a bit less resonant than they

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were in the old adaption or in the manga because they decided to rush through some of it very

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quickly.

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So that's the biggest problem the new adaption has, but it's tolerable.

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So yeah, and there's so many plus points in regards to this is a lot better pacing and

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animation quality in certain parts and it covers more of the story than the old adaption.

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But yeah, the other thing you know for sure is that departure is a pretty good song.

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the song technically stays the same.

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So it's really it's one of it does one of the things we like to see in anime where they

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change the opening around to match the series, but you know they also did something with

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the song and everything and yes, it is super catchy and I think I don't have the

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thing, the final lines in an anime OP as much as I do have done with Hunter Hunter.

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Just you know because it's such a good band and the episode starts moment also in terms

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of what the lyrics say in everything.

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So yeah, great show fantastic show right now won't talk talk more about it, but I recommend

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everyone who is remotely into shown action series into adventure series into cool monsters

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worlds, who characters, whatever cool power system, really intricate power system, but

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Jesus, I hear Nan is a lot.

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Nan is is a whole damn lot.

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Yes.

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It gets more and more lots of further the series progresses, but it that also makes it very

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entertaining because there's like a lot of interesting shit done with it.

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It's not just a simple like you know that guy is much stronger now and everything.

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It's the way the way the many facets Nan takes and many forums and variations is really

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interesting.

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So yeah, check that out everyone and the other show I'm still watching I haven't watched

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an episode in a month or something, but I plan on picking it up again is the 2003 that's

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2003.

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I think version of Astro boy.

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So what you loving that show it's fantastic.

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It's I'm so glad I was there are finally good subs for it available.

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I was so blown away by the first episode and how fucking good it looks.

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The production value on this show are nuts for TV show.

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I did not see that coming.

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I fucking love it and I definitely will talk about it eventually.

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That's an even shorter show John.

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So if you want to watch it all the goody maybe pick that one up.

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That is one that I want to watch for a while.

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I need to I would like to get on that.

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It's also one of those shows where it's like yes, there is there are some plot threads that

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are continuing, but it's one of those.

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Hey, you can watch one episode you know just randomly after work or whatever because

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it's just the mostly close of story and everything and it's very old school.

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It feels very Saturday morning afternoon or Saturday afternoon show cartoon, but just with

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incredible production values and just cool designs like really modernize, but still classic

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Tessacar designs and everything is just a fantastic looking show and really fun.

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Really got damn fun.

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I feel like it's weird to me to say I wanted to watch it for a song, but I feel familiar

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with it because of the treasure game on the Game Boy Advance.

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It's pulled a lot from it for its character designs and inspiration.

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So I heard yeah, that I still need to check out.

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It's a good game.

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There's a lot to it actually.

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Yeah, cool.

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Yeah, definitely gonna check that out eventually.

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And everyone else if you can get your hands on it, check out the extra boy version.

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After Plutua, I was like, I finally need to pull the trigger on this because I enjoyed the

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anime adoption of Plutua so much and I wanted to know even more about this universe than

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I picked up through osmosis and I mean, for everyone who doesn't know, Astro Boy is the

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little head icon in our podcasts, you know, logo.

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So we, I mean, it feels kind of like a crime that I haven't checked that version of that

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anime out yet.

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So, I mean, we have touched on Astro Boy here and there, Pluto and Adam the beginning.

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Yes, absolutely.

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So, so we're there.

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We're there.

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Yes, absolutely.

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We have covered in a review form, but I feel like this is what of, this is a classic

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incarnation, even though slightly modernized because it's the 80s or what's the origin

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of the 60s.

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Yeah, I think so.

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Yeah, version, but I was like, okay, I want modern sensibilities and modern production

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values, but I want to have still the old school designs that seems like the best middle ground

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for that and even though a lot of people are favoring the 80s version, but yeah, I still,

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I'm going to keep on watching this.

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I'm looking forward to getting back to it.

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Yeah, everyone wants to watch along, try to find it, try to think it out.

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It's out there.

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It exists now as a good serve and yeah, definitely recommending that even though.

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All right, and with that, I think we're done with the quick and the dead and we're going

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to move over to our penultimate room.

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And, great.

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[music]

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After the destruction of their hometown, Battle Friends Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashero make

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a pact on officers in the defense force.

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Interize organization tasked with protecting Japan from colossal monsters known as Kaiju.

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decades later, the 32-year-old Kafka has all but given up on his dreams of heroism.

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That he cleans up the remains of the slaughtered Kaiju after they are defeated by valiant soldiers

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including Mina who has successfully achieved their shared goal.

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Upon meeting his new coworker, Reno Ichikawa, Kafka faces a mirror of his past self.

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ambitious young man who's one desire is to fight as a member of the defense force.

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Fortunately, the two are soon involved in a freak encounter with a rogue Kaiju, though

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Kafka demonstrates his innate heroic nature and rescues Reno from a certain doom he is left

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gravely injured.

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While both men recover in the hospital, Kafka is seemingly attacked by another one of the

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beasts.

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That's a result he gains the ability to transform into a humanoid Kaiju with the strength

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and powers of the massive monsters menacing Japan.

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DAP Kaiju number 8 by the military, Kafka resolves to use his newfound gifts for the greater

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good.

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Kai together by mutual respect, Kafka and Reno set out to join the warriors of the defense

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force.

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True balancing act, because the one person tasked with destroying Kaiju number 8, none

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other than the superstar of the defense force and Kafka's childhood friend Mina.

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Kaiju number 8 is based on a manga by Naya Matsumoto, which started in July 2020, counts

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13 volumes and is still running.

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Also light novel and two spin off manga.

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The anime, as I already mentioned in the intro to this episode was produced by Production

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IG, which we of course have mentioned many times on this show.

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So, Phil, Psycho has, Hiq, and a lot of helping hands to wit on most of the tech on Titan

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stuff and many other high profile shows in their story.

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The first season of their adoption of Kaiju number 8 counts to have episodes and was directed

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by two people, Yukamiya and Tomomi Kamiya.

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The former also was a director on Bloodlade, BazaBeater, Somalopar, Olihei, the natural anime,

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added key animation and storyboards for shows like High School of the Dead and Bleach.

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Later, as mostly been working as an animation and episode director before this, for example,

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Detective Conan, aka Closed, Carolyn Tuesday, Jujutsu Kaisen, Psychopath, Cabinary of the Iron

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Fortress, among other things.

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The adaptive screenplay was written by our favorite Mad Man, Hichiro Okuchi, who can be

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sometimes it or miss, especially when he's doing original work.

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Every coat, G.S. and Devil Man Crybaby, you get a valve rave, wherever you skate the

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infinity in which from Mercury you get a guilty crown, but his adapted stuff is usually

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solid, and same applies here.

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I haven't read the manga, but the anime adaptation of Kaiju number 8 is all around handled

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really well.

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Got big booming, incredibly well staged action scenes, mind blowing, fights with riveting

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choreography, but also tender character moments and a lot of really well edited comedy.

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This show is a lot funnier than I expected with this attack on Titan Light Air setup, and

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I don't know if the style of comedy just worked really well for me personally, but I was

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laughing a lot mostly because of our incredibly relatable main character, but in general the

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writing, direction and timing of the jokes was pulled off just as effectively as the action

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scenes in my life.

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Most of it is delivered in the first half of the series, since things get a bit more serious

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in the second half, but it was very welcome regardless and made the moments where the

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show, the moment where the show shifts gears at the halfway point even more effective.

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All of this is underscored really well by Yuta Bando's Pulse Pounding soundtrack, who aside

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from this has only done music for movies so far, Bell, the news Mamorra Hosodah movie,

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Shin Ultraman, Shader of the Sea, Popel of Chimney Town, all films, Kaiju number 8 seems

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to be his first TV show soundtrack.

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And Bando is mostly going for electronic/industrial stuff here with some occasion of vocals thrown

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into the mix, but he also delivers some really effective moody tracks that build anticipation

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and atmosphere really well.

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Simply not the genre of soundtrack I expected, considering the composer's output so far,

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especially his work on the Bell's soundtrack I expected more of a grandiose orchestral score,

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but what he created here works really well for the sci-fi look and feel of Kaiju number

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8.

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Maybe it doesn't work as well as a standalone listen, but as a companion piece to the visuals,

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it packs quite a punch.

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So yeah, what is Kaiju number 8 about?

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I mean, I gave the Insights group already in the little opening narration for this review,

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but there are a lot of Kaiju text in Japan.

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I mean, not only in this show, but just in general, it's a thing.

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And this one, no.

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Okay, okay.

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Not in the real world, maybe, but in media space, John, you kind of can't escape it, especially

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since Hollywood has vastly adapted even beyond stuff like, you know, Godzilla and things

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like that, but we also had Pacific Rim.

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And I feel like Giant Wind and Silver Field.

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So I feel like Kaiju are kind of a thing now also in with that name, not any giant

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monsters anymore.

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Everyone is now calling them Kaiju because Pacific Rim kind of established that in the

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West and Sphere.

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And yeah, this is what this show is about.

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Like Kaiju attacks are so normal in this in the world of the show by now that people seem

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to be at least partially pretty chill about it.

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If they are not directly in affected areas, like in the first episode, you see Kaiju alarm

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and everyone is looking at the phones.

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I'll, we'll see if the defense was will show up, which is kind of like, has like this

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kind of pop star air about it like superheroes, right?

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The Avengers are showing up.

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Everyone is hyped about it and everyone is looking at the phones and want to see some

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recordings of the action.

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But it feels in the beginning, it feels like a bit more low key was like, oh, there's another

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Kaiju attack.

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Well, everybody get out of here and wait for the defense force.

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So in the beginning, it feels like they got this nailed down, right?

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They're the big super Europe, but they got it under control like there's danger there

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and you know, towns get very often demolished, but not many people maybe get to lose their

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lives or whatever because this has now has now become if not daily, maybe weekly or monthly

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occurrence and the defense force is usually prepared.

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But what happens once the defense force leaves has to has successfully complete their mission

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and has destroyed the Kaiju?

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Well, that's when our hero Kafka drops on the scene with his crew because he's part of

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the cleanup crew.

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They get rid of corpses, they clean the buildings, they collect samples, you know, all that

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comes with its own problems.

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A city Kaiju blood, shit filled intestines, like there's of course a joke in the first episode,

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it's all about the poo poo stuff.

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There's someone cuts up the Kaiju at the wrong place and gets burnt by acid and then

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also, I don't know how it happens, but I think Kafka is relegate once more to cutting up

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the intestines and there is pixelated shit flying everywhere.

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And apparently it smells really bad, which I can only imagine.

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But yeah, it's really hard work and unlike the actual hunters that cost this mess, first

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and foremost, you know, the third division, which are kind of like this, he's big superstars

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and Mina at the front there, his Kafka's old childhood friend, but they're like the best

454
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equipped and the ones that go most wild, when they fight Kaiju apparently.

455
00:31:38,380 --> 00:31:41,860
But unlike them, the cleanup crew is not really thankful for it.

456
00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:45,900
But Kafka is doing his job, he's good at it, he's really good, he knows what he's doing,

457
00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:51,860
he's a 30-something guy, he's advanced age, whatever, at least an anime.

458
00:31:51,860 --> 00:31:54,660
Come on, man.

459
00:31:54,660 --> 00:32:00,380
But you know, he's there and immediately of course, because of him not having the typical

460
00:32:00,380 --> 00:32:06,140
shown hero age, right, he's not in his teens or in his very early 20s.

461
00:32:06,140 --> 00:32:10,060
He's not at the prime young age of 16.

462
00:32:10,060 --> 00:32:15,620
Yeah, he's instantly relatable to both of us.

463
00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:18,940
I would say you have watched the show, but trust me, if you see Kafka, you're like, oh yeah,

464
00:32:18,940 --> 00:32:21,460
I get that guy, totally get him.

465
00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:22,460
And that was the thing for me.

466
00:32:22,460 --> 00:32:26,780
I saw him was like, oh, he's immediately so fucking relatable.

467
00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:29,420
And he's also very sympathetic, he's a super good guy, right?

468
00:32:29,420 --> 00:32:34,780
Not too old, but you were talking about with GONE in the hour, quick and death thing.

469
00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:40,060
He's just a good, he's good to his, you know, he's colleagues, he knows what he's doing, he's

470
00:32:40,060 --> 00:32:45,180
putting the work in, he's a bit of a goof, a bit of a big goof that only gets even worse

471
00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:48,740
when he gets his Kaiju powers, because he doesn't know how to control them and gets really

472
00:32:48,740 --> 00:32:49,740
funny.

473
00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:53,540
But, you know, he doesn't have it all figured out, he's still trying, you know, to do it and

474
00:32:53,540 --> 00:32:56,340
he isn't in the place where he wants to be right now.

475
00:32:56,340 --> 00:33:01,020
He wanted to be with his childhood friend with Mina and fighting the Kaiju in the defense

476
00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:03,300
force, but it didn't pan out.

477
00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:09,620
He is 32 now and this, he now wanting to join the defense force, which happens when he runs

478
00:33:09,620 --> 00:33:12,180
into Reno is kind of like his last chance.

479
00:33:12,180 --> 00:33:18,300
I think that's, they increased the cut off age to get more recruits, but, you know, this

480
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:21,100
would be his last chance for now to get into it.

481
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:25,500
I think this is the cut off age and with 33, he didn't have another chance, but at the

482
00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:32,060
point we meet him, he has kind of given up on it because he, he has tried the exam.

483
00:33:32,060 --> 00:33:37,140
I don't know, at least once, I think several times and failed several times and he's given

484
00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:38,140
up.

485
00:33:38,140 --> 00:33:40,100
He's like, I'm gonna, I didn't cut it.

486
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:42,020
I'm not gonna cut it.

487
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,820
So I might just well give up, right?

488
00:33:43,820 --> 00:33:45,340
That's a mood.

489
00:33:45,340 --> 00:33:46,340
Yeah, that's a mood.

490
00:33:46,340 --> 00:33:52,540
And he's resigned himself to at least in general, or in a way supporting the defense force

491
00:33:52,540 --> 00:33:54,660
by being part of the cleanup crew, which is nice, right?

492
00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:58,700
He could have gone into a completely different field, but you see, his heart is still there.

493
00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:05,300
Like he wants to do something even remotely to support his country to fight in the Kaiju,

494
00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:06,300
right?

495
00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:07,900
If it's only cleaning up the shit.

496
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:11,180
So that's where we meet him at debating off the show.

497
00:34:11,180 --> 00:34:12,180
That's where he is.

498
00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:14,540
You know, part of the cleanup crew still wants to be in defense.

499
00:34:14,540 --> 00:34:17,260
Defense force technically, but it has given up for now.

500
00:34:17,260 --> 00:34:21,700
And then Reno Ichikawa joins the cleanup crew as an intern.

501
00:34:21,700 --> 00:34:27,620
And he, much younger than Kafka, of course, calls him, Senpai pretty much the entire of the

502
00:34:27,620 --> 00:34:29,660
show.

503
00:34:29,660 --> 00:34:32,340
He wants to join, he can still join the defense force.

504
00:34:32,340 --> 00:34:33,340
He's very ambitious.

505
00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:40,900
He comes across a bit cold in the beginning, but him and Kafka hit it off pretty quickly

506
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:44,020
and become kind of besties in a way.

507
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:48,380
This immediately becomes a body cop show at that moment, right?

508
00:34:48,380 --> 00:34:54,060
Because they're also like in kahoo once Kafka gets transformed into a Kaiju by this weird

509
00:34:54,060 --> 00:34:58,980
mosquito Kaiju thing that apparently just hijacks him.

510
00:34:58,980 --> 00:35:03,580
And then first only transforms him gives him the ability to transform into a Kaiju, but

511
00:35:03,580 --> 00:35:09,340
later has another effect that I won't go into because it's boilers, but that happens.

512
00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:13,180
And then in me and Reno is the first one who witnessed that.

513
00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:15,260
And who really has a still Kafka under there.

514
00:35:15,260 --> 00:35:20,860
And then it becomes all about him knowing it and both of them trying to hiding it while trying

515
00:35:20,860 --> 00:35:23,260
to get into the defense force.

516
00:35:23,260 --> 00:35:26,220
Which of course is as funny as it sounds, right?

517
00:35:26,220 --> 00:35:29,420
Because there's a lot of dumb shit happening.

518
00:35:29,420 --> 00:35:34,780
And a lot of them trying to bend around themselves to keeping people from finding out that

519
00:35:34,780 --> 00:35:39,860
Kafka is a Kaiju, at least for a long time, for the first season.

520
00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:42,980
And yeah, a lot of humor derived from that.

521
00:35:42,980 --> 00:35:51,860
And yeah, he's the one of course who gets Kafka trying out again for the defense force.

522
00:35:51,860 --> 00:35:55,660
Especially after he got the Kaiju powers and everything and Kafka feels now he has a chance

523
00:35:55,660 --> 00:36:00,700
to supporting his friend, maybe eventually catching up to Mina.

524
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:07,580
Although he's not entirely relying on his Kaiju powers in the first couple of exams.

525
00:36:07,580 --> 00:36:11,020
He's trying to do it with his own body strength, right?

526
00:36:11,020 --> 00:36:12,420
Because he doesn't want to cheat.

527
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:16,580
He's an honest guy and he's like, no, I want to do it with my own power.

528
00:36:16,580 --> 00:36:21,380
And makes almost last place in the fitness exam.

529
00:36:21,380 --> 00:36:27,900
Because ask me all, no, with 30, your body is basically dead.

530
00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:34,740
Wait until you get to 40 dear anime watchers.

531
00:36:34,740 --> 00:36:37,020
Not just speak of 43.

532
00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:42,940
Anyway, so he has a bad fitness level and can't draw out the suit's power successfully in the

533
00:36:42,940 --> 00:36:43,940
beginning.

534
00:36:43,940 --> 00:36:49,680
The contestants, the people are trying to get in defense force or defense force members in

535
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,580
general have like these power suits that they're wearing.

536
00:36:53,580 --> 00:37:00,420
If you've watched guns, they kind of look a bit like that who increase their power output.

537
00:37:00,420 --> 00:37:05,340
They can only be used at a maximum, a limited amount of time.

538
00:37:05,340 --> 00:37:08,980
Otherwise they will do serious harm to your body, but in general they protect you a bit,

539
00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:10,940
they give you more power and everything.

540
00:37:10,940 --> 00:37:15,900
But you need to be able to draw out the power out of these suits.

541
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:21,860
And Kafka is just not able to do that in the beginning.

542
00:37:21,860 --> 00:37:26,420
But since he has been disposing of Kaiju corpses for a long time, he knows a lot about their

543
00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:30,980
strength and weaknesses, which gives him an advantage, especially when they get to actually

544
00:37:30,980 --> 00:37:36,180
fighting the Kaiju in the training exercises.

545
00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,580
And it's not only about the actual fitness and performance numbers, but also how, what does

546
00:37:39,580 --> 00:37:42,860
the person actually do in the combat scenario?

547
00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:47,380
And then Kafka is like, no, don't take the Kaiju from the front, but from the side, from

548
00:37:47,380 --> 00:37:48,380
that angle.

549
00:37:48,380 --> 00:37:52,140
And so on because that's where their weak point is because he knows because he's dissected

550
00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:56,420
a lot of Kaiju during his work in the cleanup crew.

551
00:37:56,420 --> 00:38:00,180
And his superiors noticed that pretty quickly.

552
00:38:00,180 --> 00:38:07,860
Most of them is the vice captain, Sushiro Hoshino, who is Mina's right hand man.

553
00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:12,620
And he then decides to take Kafka under his wing as a cadet and train him.

554
00:38:12,620 --> 00:38:16,500
He says he's doing it because Kafka showed some strategic expertise and real team spirit

555
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:17,780
in the trials.

556
00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:21,100
And also because he thinks Kafka's antics are hilarious.

557
00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:23,380
Because he sticks out.

558
00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:33,580
He's the old man in the field of a lot of young contenders and applicants.

559
00:38:33,580 --> 00:38:37,140
And he is just, he's always like, this old man is so hilarious.

560
00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:40,060
And so it's really fun.

561
00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:44,540
And the other characters say this to like everyone likes Kafka immediately because he's just,

562
00:38:44,540 --> 00:38:46,580
he's just an old goof.

563
00:38:46,580 --> 00:38:52,020
And yeah, what he keeps to himself is that he already is expecting something is up with

564
00:38:52,020 --> 00:38:56,700
Kafka and that he might be related to a strong Kaiju appearing during the trials.

565
00:38:56,700 --> 00:39:03,420
So immediately we have somewhat supporter, but also maybe somewhat danger to Kafka on

566
00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:08,560
the plan here, not to speak of Mina, of course, because her official task is to find Kaiju

567
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,980
number eight and destroy it.

568
00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:18,620
But yeah, Sushiro is like kind of the mentor character to Kafka, but also rival, right,

569
00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:23,700
something to aspire to and maybe eventually overtake.

570
00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:28,220
And Sushiro at some point has Kafka, he shouldn't get too attached to the other team members

571
00:39:28,220 --> 00:39:30,900
since anyone can die during the missions.

572
00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:37,300
So he's like also taking care that maybe Kafka doesn't get too invested because he seems

573
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,860
a bit naive and, you know, optimistic in certain parts.

574
00:39:40,860 --> 00:39:42,540
And Sushiro is more the sober.

575
00:39:42,540 --> 00:39:45,260
I have seen shit type, right?

576
00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:50,540
We see how grim the show still gets in future seasons.

577
00:39:50,540 --> 00:39:52,620
It isn't there really yet.

578
00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:57,660
There's some dark parts in this season, but all things considered, this is much more lighthearted

579
00:39:57,660 --> 00:40:00,780
than expected to be in its first season.

580
00:40:00,780 --> 00:40:04,340
I expected something on the tone of tech on Titan.

581
00:40:04,340 --> 00:40:05,340
This is not that.

582
00:40:05,340 --> 00:40:09,940
It's got a lot of similarities with the giant monsters and everything, but it's definitely

583
00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:13,820
not there in terms of our everything in hope is hopeless and everyone is dying left

584
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:14,820
and right.

585
00:40:14,820 --> 00:40:21,140
In case it's definitely more of a fun time than tech on Titan is in joke.

586
00:40:21,140 --> 00:40:25,460
There's also a fight happening later in the in the season that Kafka and Sushiro are

587
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:28,980
both involved in, which is probably one of the standout fights in the show.

588
00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:31,220
So that's just looking fantastic.

589
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:32,220
It's super quick.

590
00:40:32,220 --> 00:40:33,220
It's super fun.

591
00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:34,220
It looks really good.

592
00:40:34,220 --> 00:40:36,380
Great choreography and everything.

593
00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:41,700
Because you know, Sushiro has like everyone is kind of like using guns and everything,

594
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:48,540
mostly except for Valina using giant as tank gun and a giant tiger.

595
00:40:48,540 --> 00:40:50,780
Yeah, she has like a pet tiger.

596
00:40:50,780 --> 00:40:53,180
That's the whole setup for the story actually.

597
00:40:53,180 --> 00:41:00,860
Her cat got killed when Kaiju attacked their village and that had her so distraught that

598
00:41:00,860 --> 00:41:02,940
Tuchira up.

599
00:41:02,940 --> 00:41:06,460
Kafka said, "Hey, let's make a vow right here now.

600
00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:11,260
We're gonna join the defense force and defeat the Kaiju who did this to your cat."

601
00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:15,940
So, that's the setup and of course because she likes cat when she is grown up and just

602
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:18,100
fucking superhero.

603
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:22,500
She of course has a pet fucking tiger who helps her kill Kaiju with his badass.

604
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,220
That tracks that's very anime.

605
00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:27,740
I fucking love it.

606
00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:31,940
But yeah, most of the other characters I feel like are using guns and everything.

607
00:41:31,940 --> 00:41:38,900
Kafka also of course using his Kaiju parts, but Sushiro is usually using two short swords

608
00:41:38,900 --> 00:41:40,660
because he's the ninja type character.

609
00:41:40,660 --> 00:41:42,980
He superfies super quick.

610
00:41:42,980 --> 00:41:49,820
He's a melee fighter and he was only ever told that his weapons are outdated and he should

611
00:41:49,820 --> 00:41:51,620
give up wanting to join the defense force.

612
00:41:51,620 --> 00:41:58,540
His family is very much traditional sword fighters, whatever I think with Kendo and everything.

613
00:41:58,540 --> 00:42:01,980
But Mina told him she needs a close quote of specialists on her team that can clear the

614
00:42:01,980 --> 00:42:02,980
way for her.

615
00:42:02,980 --> 00:42:06,220
So she can unload her enormous gun.

616
00:42:06,220 --> 00:42:08,060
So that's why they work so well together.

617
00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:10,980
That's why he's kind of an outlier in terms of common expertise.

618
00:42:10,980 --> 00:42:18,140
The other big melee fighter is Kikuru, which is probably either the third or the fourth

619
00:42:18,140 --> 00:42:22,660
most important character in this in this first season.

620
00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:29,900
She is one of the applicants, one of the people who joined the defense was in the same class

621
00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:32,340
that Kafka and Reno are joining, trying to join it.

622
00:42:32,340 --> 00:42:34,780
It's going to the same tries and everything.

623
00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:41,820
And in the beginning she comes off as this super snobbish, and the best there is two pigtails

624
00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:46,140
whatever and blonde and super snobby attitude.

625
00:42:46,140 --> 00:42:47,460
What is this old guy doing here?

626
00:42:47,460 --> 00:42:49,380
Get him out of here, fuck this guy.

627
00:42:49,380 --> 00:42:54,580
And God, you're so useless and it feels a bit bitchy in the beginning.

628
00:42:54,580 --> 00:42:57,060
But she can back it up because she's super strong.

629
00:42:57,060 --> 00:43:02,620
She's like the daughter of one of the top Kaiju weapons manufacturer.

630
00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:08,900
I think also the main manufacturer of the power suits I think.

631
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:14,300
So she's super well trained with no such user, her power suit thing.

632
00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:16,140
Can draw the power super well.

633
00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:18,540
She knows how to effectively use weapons and everything.

634
00:43:18,540 --> 00:43:22,420
She has trained from the earliest moments on.

635
00:43:22,420 --> 00:43:26,860
But she definitely has daddy issues because her father always expected her to get perfect

636
00:43:26,860 --> 00:43:30,660
results and never rewarded her with affection for achievements.

637
00:43:30,660 --> 00:43:34,820
And puts pressure on her by telling her to do it for her dad, mom.

638
00:43:34,820 --> 00:43:35,820
Oh man.

639
00:43:35,820 --> 00:43:38,580
Typical asshole anime dad.

640
00:43:38,580 --> 00:43:42,820
So finally getting that affection must be the thing that pushes her to do to be as good

641
00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:43,820
as she is.

642
00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:48,980
But of course also makes her short-sighted and reminded and almost suicidal on the battlefield

643
00:43:48,980 --> 00:43:51,060
in certain situations.

644
00:43:51,060 --> 00:43:56,380
And then she runs into Kafka and doesn't know what to make of that guy.

645
00:43:56,380 --> 00:44:03,940
That's a bit of a spoiler, but he eventually transforms in front of her situation to protect

646
00:44:03,940 --> 00:44:04,940
her.

647
00:44:04,940 --> 00:44:06,420
And thankfully she doesn't read him out.

648
00:44:06,420 --> 00:44:09,940
So she immediately becomes one of the most important characters in the show because together

649
00:44:09,940 --> 00:44:15,580
with Reno, she's like the one person that tries to still hide Kafka secret.

650
00:44:15,580 --> 00:44:18,220
And they immediately become also kind of friends.

651
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:25,020
And there's definitely a rivalry and love interest thing developing between her and Kafka.

652
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:27,260
At the point she knows that Kafka has Kaiju power.

653
00:44:27,260 --> 00:44:31,340
She's even more intent of not being outdone by him.

654
00:44:31,340 --> 00:44:34,900
And like I said, she also becomes the third one of our core characters.

655
00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:39,260
And she recommends Kafka not letting everybody know that he's Kaiju because all Kaiju are

656
00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:45,920
so powerful that they get a number either get experimented on or just get killed and

657
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,300
slash or turned into a special weapon.

658
00:44:48,300 --> 00:44:53,860
Because that's also a thing that happens like Kaiju get killed and then turned into weapons

659
00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:56,140
that can be used against other Kaiju.

660
00:44:56,140 --> 00:45:01,500
So that could be ultimately Kafka's fate if he reveals to everyone that he's a fucking

661
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:03,020
Kaiju now.

662
00:45:03,020 --> 00:45:08,940
So she doesn't want that to happen because she likes him eventually anyway a lot and believes

663
00:45:08,940 --> 00:45:10,180
in him and everything.

664
00:45:10,180 --> 00:45:12,660
So yeah, but that's an interesting dynamic.

665
00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:16,300
And her father also later comes back into the picture again because it's really important

666
00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:19,420
character in the military and everything.

667
00:45:19,420 --> 00:45:25,980
And so that's something interesting that is set up for the coming seasons I bet especially

668
00:45:25,980 --> 00:45:33,660
their dynamic and the outrio there of young cadets.

669
00:45:33,660 --> 00:45:38,180
And yeah, I liked all of these very much in the beginning.

670
00:45:38,180 --> 00:45:39,900
It's like, what's your deal?

671
00:45:39,900 --> 00:45:42,900
Why are you being so mean to everyone?

672
00:45:42,900 --> 00:45:46,180
But no, she's actually I get it where she's coming from.

673
00:45:46,180 --> 00:45:47,740
And Rainier of course is also there.

674
00:45:47,740 --> 00:45:52,580
He's more of a companion piece to Kafka and like straight man foil for Kafka to, you know,

675
00:45:52,580 --> 00:45:55,300
bounce his nonsense off of.

676
00:45:55,300 --> 00:46:00,340
And he has his hands full in the beginning of protecting Kafka secret of course.

677
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:04,260
And they just have a very fun cop that a body coped anemic.

678
00:46:04,260 --> 00:46:07,420
So it's really fun to see them was going together.

679
00:46:07,420 --> 00:46:10,060
And he himself wants to get better at killing Kaiju.

680
00:46:10,060 --> 00:46:13,940
So Kafka doesn't have to transform anymore because he wants to protect him and he considers

681
00:46:13,940 --> 00:46:16,900
him to be a vampire and so on.

682
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:22,220
And that does mean he could be like the perfect guy and he's really good at fighting and everything.

683
00:46:22,220 --> 00:46:26,620
But he also is kind of a bit of a dumbass in certain situations like at one point he almost

684
00:46:26,620 --> 00:46:28,420
gives away Kafka secret.

685
00:46:28,420 --> 00:46:31,940
Thankfully the guy he's talking to isn't even bigger idiot.

686
00:46:31,940 --> 00:46:35,820
So that works out.

687
00:46:35,820 --> 00:46:37,140
But yeah.

688
00:46:37,140 --> 00:46:42,460
So as you can see already a bunch of cool characters, but they're even more like a lot of other cadets

689
00:46:42,460 --> 00:46:44,620
in the entry exam.

690
00:46:44,620 --> 00:46:51,220
And as you know, Haruichi, Haruichi, Izumo, who's top of his class is also the heir to the

691
00:46:51,220 --> 00:46:57,540
Isumo technology to Isumo technologies, like which is the largest anti-Kaiju arms manufacturer

692
00:46:57,540 --> 00:46:59,140
in the country.

693
00:46:59,140 --> 00:47:04,340
He will probably play a more important role down the road because there is an industry,

694
00:47:04,340 --> 00:47:10,580
there's money, there's greed, considering a lot of his family's fortune hinges on Kaiju

695
00:47:10,580 --> 00:47:15,380
still being a danger, we'll see what they do when the perspective on Kaiju eventually maybe

696
00:47:15,380 --> 00:47:17,100
starts to shift you to Kafka.

697
00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:19,900
Well see, so that's interesting.

698
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:25,780
We also have Iharu Furuhashi who is like this absolute powerhouse and kind of a dumbass,

699
00:47:25,780 --> 00:47:26,780
but fun.

700
00:47:26,780 --> 00:47:34,060
Kiko of course, Aoi Kaguragi who is like this rising star in the ground SDF.

701
00:47:34,060 --> 00:47:39,260
And we have Okonogi who is the operator like in the home base and she's also featured

702
00:47:39,260 --> 00:47:43,540
heavily in the ED, she would go with glasses and everything sitting in front of your computer

703
00:47:43,540 --> 00:47:45,140
the entire time.

704
00:47:45,140 --> 00:47:50,980
And everyone of the cadets from this, at least from this year seems to have joined up

705
00:47:50,980 --> 00:47:54,940
because they were either saved or impressed, less inspired by Mina.

706
00:47:54,940 --> 00:47:58,500
So everyone has like this, oh my god, she's the best.

707
00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:02,980
And then when they find out that Kafka and Mina were sheltered friends, they are all very

708
00:48:02,980 --> 00:48:06,580
suddenly very interested in Kafka.

709
00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:08,380
Speaking of rival ships earlier.

710
00:48:08,380 --> 00:48:10,820
There are definitely a lot going on in the show.

711
00:48:10,820 --> 00:48:15,260
You know, we have Kafka versus Kikuro, though that is more one sided.

712
00:48:15,260 --> 00:48:23,020
We have Kafka versus, so she at some point, rena versus Iharu, Hauru, Ichi versus Aoi.

713
00:48:23,020 --> 00:48:27,980
And yeah, like I said, eventually Kafka versus So Shiro since Kafka needs to gun for the

714
00:48:27,980 --> 00:48:32,820
vice cap roll if you really plans to eventually stand right next to Mina on the battlefield.

715
00:48:32,820 --> 00:48:35,620
So that's bound to happen.

716
00:48:35,620 --> 00:48:41,200
And yeah, some other fun characters, there is a platoon leader called Nakoshima who has

717
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:45,860
like this Cougar mode and is drooling over some of the cadets.

718
00:48:45,860 --> 00:48:49,220
Oh, yeah, yeah, but it's not too sleazy.

719
00:48:49,220 --> 00:48:50,220
It's a fun scene.

720
00:48:50,220 --> 00:48:57,100
And you know, Iharu, who is the idiot that I mentioned before that rena was talking to

721
00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:01,460
who's like this ultimate, this big or this powerhouse guy.

722
00:49:01,460 --> 00:49:05,620
Given by his will to protect others because Mina protected him, you know, one of the ones

723
00:49:05,620 --> 00:49:07,620
that were inspired.

724
00:49:07,620 --> 00:49:11,460
Of course, it's also wants to stand next to her on the battlefield so that could also lead

725
00:49:11,460 --> 00:49:15,220
to a rival chip between him and Kafka.

726
00:49:15,220 --> 00:49:21,740
Lots of interesting rivalries, potential rivalries going on here in character, relationships

727
00:49:21,740 --> 00:49:23,580
that might come up in the future.

728
00:49:23,580 --> 00:49:29,420
I can talk much about Mina, yet aside from her being the main motivation of Kafka and

729
00:49:29,420 --> 00:49:31,700
the initial setup and everything.

730
00:49:31,700 --> 00:49:37,580
But in this season, she's mostly this elusive stoic force in the background for, you know,

731
00:49:37,580 --> 00:49:41,140
most of the first half of the season and only drops in with a big gun to do some message

732
00:49:41,140 --> 00:49:43,260
damage to Kaiju.

733
00:49:43,260 --> 00:49:48,060
She becomes more important in the back half again, aside from being Kafka's main motivation

734
00:49:48,060 --> 00:49:51,860
of course, but talking about her character arc in the back half of the season would mean

735
00:49:51,860 --> 00:49:52,860
spoilers.

736
00:49:52,860 --> 00:49:57,900
So that's something I can bring up in the eventual season to review.

737
00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:03,780
But yeah, like I said, I didn't expect the show to be as much of a comedy as it is.

738
00:50:03,780 --> 00:50:08,940
Kafka and Reno rightfully freaking out about Kafka's transformation in the hospital is God

739
00:50:08,940 --> 00:50:15,540
damn hilarious and the escape scene after that from the hospital is even funnier.

740
00:50:15,540 --> 00:50:17,140
Also yes, I get it.

741
00:50:17,140 --> 00:50:20,980
The guy's name is Kafka and he gets transformed into Kaiju by a bug.

742
00:50:20,980 --> 00:50:21,980
It's already set.

743
00:50:21,980 --> 00:50:25,500
It's already set at a Z-Pig that's a bit on the nose.

744
00:50:25,500 --> 00:50:29,740
I don't know if the author of the manga is a Franz Kafka fan or just read the for Van

745
00:50:29,740 --> 00:50:34,340
Blum in high school, but either way the show is wearing one of its inspirations on its

746
00:50:34,340 --> 00:50:35,340
leafless thing.

747
00:50:35,340 --> 00:50:41,620
That was going to as bad say there's no way they don't actually know some level of awareness.

748
00:50:41,620 --> 00:50:42,620
Pretty sure.

749
00:50:42,620 --> 00:50:43,620
Yeah.

750
00:50:43,620 --> 00:50:47,740
So yeah, mostly commonly in the beginning then gets more serious once the trials are actually

751
00:50:47,740 --> 00:50:52,500
over and they actually have to fight the Kaiju there is another humanoid Kaiju showing

752
00:50:52,500 --> 00:51:02,260
up and that's the person then after causing a bit of haggarek in the travel, havoc in the

753
00:51:02,260 --> 00:51:08,700
trials then sticks around in a different form hiding himself on the cleanup crew and everything.

754
00:51:08,700 --> 00:51:13,220
So the tension is immediately high when will he show up again and there you know there's

755
00:51:13,220 --> 00:51:14,220
it.

756
00:51:14,220 --> 00:51:18,980
Let's just say to show escalates and escalates more during the course of the season.

757
00:51:18,980 --> 00:51:25,900
It's got a really good solid escalation curve going on with not much downtime.

758
00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:30,900
It's really, really quick pacing, but it doesn't feel rushed every character who needs to

759
00:51:30,900 --> 00:51:34,400
get their amount of time that they need to for decent development and everything we got

760
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,460
cool character moons, we got cool action.

761
00:51:36,460 --> 00:51:38,660
Everything is really well balanced.

762
00:51:38,660 --> 00:51:43,140
They also do sometimes previously on Kaiju number eight segment.

763
00:51:43,140 --> 00:51:46,340
I feel like that's pretty rare in anime.

764
00:51:46,340 --> 00:51:50,980
And actually saying previously on I mean that it was something you would see in western

765
00:51:50,980 --> 00:51:56,860
shows, but it happens in the show several times and it was like, okay, interesting and the

766
00:51:56,860 --> 00:52:01,620
show also got some really cozy vibes, you know, the character interactions and the comedy

767
00:52:01,620 --> 00:52:04,460
do with do their part, but we also have like these neat moments.

768
00:52:04,460 --> 00:52:08,740
There's one where everyone gets together after the first mission for food and bickering

769
00:52:08,740 --> 00:52:15,060
like colleagues do or family and that just brings the good vibes.

770
00:52:15,060 --> 00:52:20,780
The good moment in the show and moments like that are sprinkled in between and I like them

771
00:52:20,780 --> 00:52:21,780
a lot.

772
00:52:21,780 --> 00:52:26,060
And yes, I said there is a strong comedy aspect to the show, but don't get me wrong.

773
00:52:26,060 --> 00:52:30,140
The focus is there are very much on the action, especially in the second half of the show.

774
00:52:30,140 --> 00:52:36,420
And when the action hits, it usually gets serious and very tense and very cool.

775
00:52:36,420 --> 00:52:41,620
And there are several pumped the fist in the air moments, especially when Kafka is concerned.

776
00:52:41,620 --> 00:52:47,220
And when he has like a dynamic last moment, saving entry and so on, this one especially

777
00:52:47,220 --> 00:52:53,380
in the second battle against the first humanoid, other humanoid chiseled that shows up that

778
00:52:53,380 --> 00:52:59,380
is really, really cool and where I was like, fuck yeah.

779
00:52:59,380 --> 00:53:00,380
That's how you do it Kafka.

780
00:53:00,380 --> 00:53:01,380
That's how you do it.

781
00:53:01,380 --> 00:53:04,580
And the music does it's part two because that's one of the moments where one of the tracks

782
00:53:04,580 --> 00:53:06,700
with the vocals kicks in and everything.

783
00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:12,420
So the show knows what it's doing, the composer and the director knows what they are doing

784
00:53:12,420 --> 00:53:15,380
with this and it's really tough.

785
00:53:15,380 --> 00:53:19,820
And the action scenes just regularly deliver something on par with the best attack on Titan

786
00:53:19,820 --> 00:53:26,740
has to offer in regard to small guys taking out big monsters, battles, which makes sense,

787
00:53:26,740 --> 00:53:31,820
because production ID also worked on the attack on Titan together with with at least for

788
00:53:31,820 --> 00:53:33,860
some of the seasons.

789
00:53:33,860 --> 00:53:38,340
And the scenes involving Mina, Sochiro, Kikuru and of course Kafka are the highlights here,

790
00:53:38,340 --> 00:53:42,580
especially Sochiro being this high speed tube-laden sword fighter is basically a guarantee

791
00:53:42,580 --> 00:53:46,620
for incredible action choreography with cool tracking shots and everything.

792
00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:50,100
So yeah, that's definitely something to look for and to enjoy.

793
00:53:50,100 --> 00:53:53,660
And yeah, not much more to say about this.

794
00:53:53,660 --> 00:53:57,060
Everything else would be spoilers, which I don't want to do or a heavy spoilers.

795
00:53:57,060 --> 00:53:59,780
I've spotted a bit here and there, but not big things.

796
00:53:59,780 --> 00:54:04,700
So Demley, yeah, I love this show.

797
00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:05,700
I love this first season.

798
00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:07,820
I think it was fucking great.

799
00:54:07,820 --> 00:54:13,420
And it definitely catered to me specifically more waste and more, not just because I'm a big

800
00:54:13,420 --> 00:54:18,620
show net, but also the edge demographic of the main character and everything.

801
00:54:18,620 --> 00:54:23,940
But yeah, you can watch it on Crunchyroll in most countries, maybe Netflix and others.

802
00:54:23,940 --> 00:54:25,700
And you should definitely give it a look.

803
00:54:25,700 --> 00:54:30,340
This was for sure the show where I was looking forward to its episodes the most each week,

804
00:54:30,340 --> 00:54:32,300
because I loved all of the characters.

805
00:54:32,300 --> 00:54:38,780
The mystery was exciting of why Kafka actually was getting transformed to Kaiju, not that

806
00:54:38,780 --> 00:54:44,100
that is solved yet, but it was still strong hook for everything.

807
00:54:44,100 --> 00:54:46,460
And the action was riveting top to bottom.

808
00:54:46,460 --> 00:54:50,620
And that in a season that also featured my hero academia and demon slayer.

809
00:54:50,620 --> 00:54:52,740
So that is saying a lot.

810
00:54:52,740 --> 00:54:54,020
If it can contest with that.

811
00:54:54,020 --> 00:54:59,820
If you are in the mood for some big explosion punch fast with cool monsters and fun characters,

812
00:54:59,820 --> 00:55:04,020
definitely check this out.

813
00:55:04,020 --> 00:55:14,460
Hey, well, giant monsters are fun aren't they?

814
00:55:14,460 --> 00:55:16,700
Yes, one monster is too though.

815
00:55:16,700 --> 00:55:23,420
Yes, particularly those that may appear in a dungeon and may or may not be delicious.

816
00:55:23,420 --> 00:55:28,220
Maybe not always delicious, but definitely edible.

817
00:55:28,220 --> 00:55:30,260
True, true, true.

818
00:55:30,260 --> 00:55:34,500
Oh, that is the idea behind delicious in dungeon.

819
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:37,540
Yes, it's not called edible in dungeon.

820
00:55:37,540 --> 00:55:38,540
That's dead.

821
00:55:38,540 --> 00:55:39,540
Yes, come on.

822
00:55:39,540 --> 00:55:41,540
Dungen Meshie.

823
00:55:41,540 --> 00:55:42,540
Yes.

824
00:55:42,540 --> 00:55:49,940
So, adventuring night Lyos Toden leads a small party through a seemingly endless dungeon,

825
00:55:49,940 --> 00:55:56,100
a subterranean maze full of dangerous monsters and precarious traps through the use of advanced

826
00:55:56,100 --> 00:56:01,300
magic and explorer can sometimes be resurrected, allowing them to learn from past mistakes and

827
00:56:01,300 --> 00:56:04,260
give traversing the dungeon another go.

828
00:56:04,260 --> 00:56:12,140
However, when a powerful dragon eats Fallen, Lyos' spellcasting sister, she sends her brother

829
00:56:12,140 --> 00:56:17,780
and his companions back to the beginning to save them from their permanent ends.

830
00:56:17,780 --> 00:56:22,540
So strapped for cash and equipment, Lyos resolves to fight his way through the dungeon and

831
00:56:22,540 --> 00:56:28,340
rescue Fallen before she can be digested by the dragon.

832
00:56:28,340 --> 00:56:33,980
Despite some of Lyos' allies abandoning him to remain by his side, Elvin Mage, Marcel

833
00:56:33,980 --> 00:56:41,740
Donato and Caffling Waxmeth, Chilchuk Tim's due to their lack of funds.

834
00:56:41,740 --> 00:56:47,700
The party faces the daunting prospect of starving before being able to complete their quest.

835
00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:54,820
However, they find salvation in Senchi, a dwarven warrior with a penchant for cooking and safely

836
00:56:54,820 --> 00:56:57,180
eating defeat in monsters.

837
00:56:57,180 --> 00:57:03,300
With Senchi's culinary expertise, Lyos' companions struggle through the dungeon while learning

838
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:08,300
about gourmet dining and each other along the way.

839
00:57:08,300 --> 00:57:16,340
Thank you to M.A.L.R.R.E. right for that very succinct summary of delicious in dungeon.

840
00:57:16,340 --> 00:57:22,940
I forgot to mention that my intro summary for Kaju No. 8 was also from M.A.L.R.E.

841
00:57:22,940 --> 00:57:24,260
who we write mostly.

842
00:57:24,260 --> 00:57:29,060
I added a little sentence at the end.

843
00:57:29,060 --> 00:57:38,180
So this show is hyped up for a while actually.

844
00:57:38,180 --> 00:57:41,620
I missed most of the hype but once it dropped, I was like, "Oh, everyone is talking about

845
00:57:41,620 --> 00:57:42,620
this."

846
00:57:42,620 --> 00:57:48,340
I just remember that I don't think I've watched it, but I think there was a short or some

847
00:57:48,340 --> 00:57:52,620
sort of commercial that they put out that they were really highlighting.

848
00:57:52,620 --> 00:57:56,020
Being like, "Hey, this is the one to watch.

849
00:57:56,020 --> 00:57:58,460
You should go watch it, check this out."

850
00:57:58,460 --> 00:58:01,020
There's a big marketing push for it.

851
00:58:01,020 --> 00:58:06,100
Apologies to our listeners for the sudden noise coming from outside.

852
00:58:06,100 --> 00:58:13,300
We are, I guess we might as well say, full disclosure that we're trying, recording a new way,

853
00:58:13,300 --> 00:58:16,820
we're still working the bugs out of it.

854
00:58:16,820 --> 00:58:17,820
Yeah.

855
00:58:17,820 --> 00:58:20,740
Systems change and we have to adapt.

856
00:58:20,740 --> 00:58:26,340
So, bumps me out of it because I feel like with the last one or two recordings, I finally

857
00:58:26,340 --> 00:58:30,260
figured out our audio levels and now we had to redo it all over again.

858
00:58:30,260 --> 00:58:31,260
But it's fine.

859
00:58:31,260 --> 00:58:33,100
So, we'll make it work.

860
00:58:33,100 --> 00:58:39,020
But yeah, this is the new big studio trigger show.

861
00:58:39,020 --> 00:58:42,540
When did we talk about them last?

862
00:58:42,540 --> 00:58:44,740
You animal probably?

863
00:58:44,740 --> 00:58:47,180
That sounds right, yeah.

864
00:58:47,180 --> 00:58:54,140
So it's been a minute since we have, since friends of the show, studio trigger have been

865
00:58:54,140 --> 00:58:56,660
around.

866
00:58:56,660 --> 00:59:06,260
So, getting all the credits out of the way first and foremost, this is based off a manga written

867
00:59:06,260 --> 00:59:08,460
by Ryoko Kui.

868
00:59:08,460 --> 00:59:14,460
Kui, like eating ha ha ha ha.

869
00:59:14,460 --> 00:59:18,780
With art by Naoki Takeda.

870
00:59:18,780 --> 00:59:26,540
Kui has a couple other things under their belt as well, neither which by none of which are

871
00:59:26,540 --> 00:59:27,540
really familiar with.

872
00:59:27,540 --> 00:59:31,660
So, I don't know if it's worth seeing off here.

873
00:59:31,660 --> 00:59:38,620
Takeda has done some art in character designs on, this is a pretty long list.

874
00:59:38,620 --> 00:59:44,540
But they've done some work on some most, some other trigger stuff like Dina Zennon and

875
00:59:44,540 --> 00:59:48,740
Grid Man and a couple of it in some work on Kill a Kill as well.

876
00:59:48,740 --> 00:59:54,020
So, they have been around to do character designs.

877
00:59:54,020 --> 00:59:55,020
So.

878
00:59:55,020 --> 00:59:59,740
By the way, in that trigger show we talked about was a Cyberpunk intro.

879
00:59:59,740 --> 01:00:00,740
That's it.

880
01:00:00,740 --> 01:00:08,140
I knew I was going to say BNA sounded right, but in my brain I was like, and I think even

881
01:00:08,140 --> 01:00:12,740
after BNA we had Dina Zennon, but I'm not quite sure.

882
01:00:12,740 --> 01:00:16,740
I think so.

883
01:00:16,740 --> 01:00:20,420
We have, their name has passed through our mouths before.

884
01:00:20,420 --> 01:00:21,660
Oh yeah, several times.

885
01:00:21,660 --> 01:00:28,020
They're just, you know, the high profile, former GuyNike staff studio and they just recently

886
01:00:28,020 --> 01:00:32,980
reviewed a transformer 30N or 40th anniversary video.

887
01:00:32,980 --> 01:00:33,980
40th anniversary.

888
01:00:33,980 --> 01:00:34,980
40th anniversary.

889
01:00:34,980 --> 01:00:35,980
40th anniversary.

890
01:00:35,980 --> 01:00:38,700
Yes, and that was also really cool.

891
01:00:38,700 --> 01:00:41,620
So, trigger always does cool stuff.

892
01:00:41,620 --> 01:00:47,300
But I feel like this is their most in terms of looks and everything for the most part,

893
01:00:47,300 --> 01:00:52,380
most conventional anime we've seen.

894
01:00:52,380 --> 01:00:53,380
Maybe.

895
01:00:53,380 --> 01:00:57,380
Yeah, this is.

896
01:00:57,380 --> 01:01:00,860
I'd say that they're, you know, they're still the little trigger flare here.

897
01:01:00,860 --> 01:01:01,860
Yes, of course.

898
01:01:01,860 --> 01:01:02,860
That's the next.

899
01:01:02,860 --> 01:01:11,260
Yeah, they're definitely sort of kicking, helping to kick off, you know, I feel like this

900
01:01:11,260 --> 01:01:16,740
fantasy anime Renaissance as it were.

901
01:01:16,740 --> 01:01:22,980
This is definitely, it's probably one of the better ones that I watch, I'm not sure about

902
01:01:22,980 --> 01:01:23,980
you.

903
01:01:23,980 --> 01:01:24,980
Yeah, absolutely.

904
01:01:24,980 --> 01:01:29,060
I feel like just in terms of, I mean, it's working off on a manga, right?

905
01:01:29,060 --> 01:01:33,700
So they don't run into the trouble that they sometimes has with the writing on their original

906
01:01:33,700 --> 01:01:40,500
work, but in terms of just visual quality looks great in terms of writing, it's top notch,

907
01:01:40,500 --> 01:01:41,860
it's super, the story's super fun.

908
01:01:41,860 --> 01:01:47,940
So yeah, it could be definitely up there as one of their absolute.

909
01:01:47,940 --> 01:01:52,180
I mean, and the next thing about this is the same manga that has finished its run.

910
01:01:52,180 --> 01:01:59,980
That is very good because kind of getting a little bit of myself here, but, you know,

911
01:01:59,980 --> 01:02:01,980
there's already confirmed to be a second season.

912
01:02:01,980 --> 01:02:07,380
So we know that there is the possibility that this story will be seen through to its ending.

913
01:02:07,380 --> 01:02:11,820
Yeah, very glad to hear that.

914
01:02:11,820 --> 01:02:18,140
If Tringer makes a habit of that, like picking up manga adaptations that have already finished,

915
01:02:18,140 --> 01:02:20,100
please go for it.

916
01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:21,100
I wouldn't mind that.

917
01:02:21,100 --> 01:02:23,100
I'm here for it.

918
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:25,340
Absolutely here for it.

919
01:02:25,340 --> 01:02:32,260
I mean, some of the, I've talked about their original works too, which are, you know, all,

920
01:02:32,260 --> 01:02:35,300
not all winners, but they at least see them through the end.

921
01:02:35,300 --> 01:02:37,700
There's some weird stuff in there that's for sure.

922
01:02:37,700 --> 01:02:44,380
Like somehow the other night I was talking with some friends and, uh, Arling in the

923
01:02:44,380 --> 01:02:49,180
Franchion, his niver came up, but, you know, I feel like those are two of the, you just,

924
01:02:49,180 --> 01:02:50,180
just push them up to the side.

925
01:02:50,180 --> 01:02:51,180
It's okay.

926
01:02:51,180 --> 01:02:58,580
They tried, they tried some stuff and they, hmm, I mean, that can be mostly attributed to the

927
01:02:58,580 --> 01:02:59,580
writing, right?

928
01:02:59,580 --> 01:03:03,220
Not necessarily and, you know, bring some other writers in and whatever.

929
01:03:03,220 --> 01:03:07,620
And, nothing in the Franks was a co-op with a one, but not that I wanted just to, you know,

930
01:03:07,620 --> 01:03:15,140
absolves trigger from any stupid decisions or whatever in the story department, you know,

931
01:03:15,140 --> 01:03:19,220
brand new animal wasn't entirely their thing, I think, with in-house writers and everything.

932
01:03:19,220 --> 01:03:24,460
And I was not, I mean, I like that show to an extent, but there were some decisions that

933
01:03:24,460 --> 01:03:26,380
I absolutely could not make sense of.

934
01:03:26,380 --> 01:03:29,180
And it's like, what are you trying to say, show?

935
01:03:29,180 --> 01:03:31,620
What are you actually going for here?

936
01:03:31,620 --> 01:03:34,660
And, you know, that, you know, can sometimes happen.

937
01:03:34,660 --> 01:03:41,340
And Killer Kill was fun, super fun, but also, you know, the ending was not as great as it

938
01:03:41,340 --> 01:03:42,620
could have been.

939
01:03:42,620 --> 01:03:48,380
And the same applies to, what was the movie that we watched in, in New York, Comic Con?

940
01:03:48,380 --> 01:03:49,380
Oh, a premiere.

941
01:03:49,380 --> 01:03:50,380
A premiere, right?

942
01:03:50,380 --> 01:03:51,380
Super fun movie.

943
01:03:51,380 --> 01:03:52,380
It looks fantastic.

944
01:03:52,380 --> 01:03:57,620
But the ending, the very, very, very last minutes, it was like, what?

945
01:03:57,620 --> 01:03:59,540
That's what you're doing with it?

946
01:03:59,540 --> 01:04:00,540
Okay.

947
01:04:00,540 --> 01:04:01,540
Yeah.

948
01:04:01,540 --> 01:04:03,820
But there was also, I think, the same writer, a spread new animal.

949
01:04:03,820 --> 01:04:06,260
So I think that she seems to be just his problem.

950
01:04:06,260 --> 01:04:07,500
I don't know.

951
01:04:07,500 --> 01:04:10,500
But yeah, so there's some stuff in there.

952
01:04:10,500 --> 01:04:14,260
It's a bit wonky, but Etra and I was super fun and super well pulled off from beginning

953
01:04:14,260 --> 01:04:17,020
to end and great man and done a Zenon R as well.

954
01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:24,480
So there is so much good stuff and everything at least, least that looks fantastic when

955
01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:26,460
Fringer puts their hands on it.

956
01:04:26,460 --> 01:04:28,260
So it's definitely that.

957
01:04:28,260 --> 01:04:36,460
Yeah, this show was directed by Yoshiro Miyajima who has had hands on almost everything

958
01:04:36,460 --> 01:04:40,020
that Trigger has worked on as far as I can see.

959
01:04:40,020 --> 01:04:48,540
And a couple of things, I'll say, like they worked on a little bit of JoJo part four, excuse

960
01:04:48,540 --> 01:04:53,900
me, apparently a little bit on S.A.O. and some other stuff as well.

961
01:04:53,900 --> 01:05:01,860
So they have been around in more than one sense of the word.

962
01:05:01,860 --> 01:05:10,140
Written by Kimiko Ueno, Nanami Higuchi in Yusato who have all worked on a whole bunch of

963
01:05:10,140 --> 01:05:11,140
stuff.

964
01:05:11,140 --> 01:05:15,100
But one, one of the people they didn't realize was involved with this show is that the

965
01:05:15,100 --> 01:05:18,380
music was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.

966
01:05:18,380 --> 01:05:19,380
Oh, really?

967
01:05:19,380 --> 01:05:20,380
I was not really.

968
01:05:20,380 --> 01:05:21,380
Yeah, either.

969
01:05:21,380 --> 01:05:25,020
And an anime stuff before?

970
01:05:25,020 --> 01:05:26,020
A little bit.

971
01:05:26,020 --> 01:05:32,260
Actually, he's done a bit of, look at his list of credits, Black Butler, InoZuma 11 and

972
01:05:32,260 --> 01:05:33,460
a couple of things as well.

973
01:05:33,460 --> 01:05:39,940
So not like a super long list of anime credits, but yeah, he's done some.

974
01:05:39,940 --> 01:05:40,940
He really interesting.

975
01:05:40,940 --> 01:05:46,780
I never like picked up on any because, you know, Mitsuda has a very, at least when it comes

976
01:05:46,780 --> 01:05:52,500
to the JRPG area has a very easily discernible style, I would say.

977
01:05:52,500 --> 01:05:56,700
Like you can pick up Mitsuda's music easily, at least from a certain time.

978
01:05:56,700 --> 01:06:02,220
I don't know about his newer stuff maybe, but everything that was around the chrono

979
01:06:02,220 --> 01:06:05,620
cherry-gar, chrono cross, Zenogir, Zenozaga area.

980
01:06:05,620 --> 01:06:08,340
No, wait, Zenozaga, no, he did the first one.

981
01:06:08,340 --> 01:06:10,100
He did the first episode one, right?

982
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:12,660
And then I think after that was handed off to you.

983
01:06:12,660 --> 01:06:16,060
You can catch your, you can catch your, yeah?

984
01:06:16,060 --> 01:06:18,580
And I can always pick out his soundtracks.

985
01:06:18,580 --> 01:06:23,220
It's like, I have a very distinctive sound, just like you can catch your own soundtracks

986
01:06:23,220 --> 01:06:27,660
have, but I never picked up on him doing any anime work.

987
01:06:27,660 --> 01:06:31,700
I was never like, oh, this is, this is what the hell is this Mitsuda soundtrack?

988
01:06:31,700 --> 01:06:33,500
And I didn't for this anime either.

989
01:06:33,500 --> 01:06:41,540
So maybe he applies a different sound design, whatever, sounds, composition, tactic to,

990
01:06:41,540 --> 01:06:42,940
to anime compositions.

991
01:06:42,940 --> 01:06:44,740
I don't know.

992
01:06:44,740 --> 01:06:52,580
Apparently he worked with someone, Shunzke Tsuchiya, and I'm having trouble digging up the

993
01:06:52,580 --> 01:06:54,980
significant amount of their work.

994
01:06:54,980 --> 01:06:57,420
Uh, okay.

995
01:06:57,420 --> 01:07:03,700
They have done a bunch of stuff since around 2005, according to VGMDB, so they have all

996
01:07:03,700 --> 01:07:07,420
some, so, you know, collaborative level them.

997
01:07:07,420 --> 01:07:14,340
So it looks like Tsuchiya did, must have worked along a side of him on that game, another

998
01:07:14,340 --> 01:07:21,020
Eden, and then did some stuff with the Chrono Cross 20th anniversary live tour.

999
01:07:21,020 --> 01:07:24,820
So I guess they've been working together for a little bit.

1000
01:07:24,820 --> 01:07:25,820
Maybe a student?

1001
01:07:25,820 --> 01:07:29,300
Could be, yeah, like his understudy.

1002
01:07:29,300 --> 01:07:31,100
Yeah, right.

1003
01:07:31,100 --> 01:07:35,420
Like Hans Zimmer had a lot of those in Hollywood where it's like a lot of them just went

1004
01:07:35,420 --> 01:07:37,740
in the beginning for the same-ish style.

1005
01:07:37,740 --> 01:07:43,660
I think Harry Grayson Williams comes to mind, and who also then did soundtrack the music

1006
01:07:43,660 --> 01:07:44,660
for Metal Gear Solid.

1007
01:07:44,660 --> 01:07:50,820
I think if I remember correctly, and a lot of his stuff in the beginning sounds very

1008
01:07:50,820 --> 01:07:51,980
Hans Zimmer.

1009
01:07:51,980 --> 01:08:02,700
So maybe it's the same thing for, for Mitsuuta and the other composer on the show that, you

1010
01:08:02,700 --> 01:08:08,700
know, riding with him to pick up all his style and learn from him.

1011
01:08:08,700 --> 01:08:09,700
I don't know.

1012
01:08:09,700 --> 01:08:13,260
It's true, could be.

1013
01:08:13,260 --> 01:08:16,940
Anyway, yes, fantastic soundtrack on this.

1014
01:08:16,940 --> 01:08:17,940
Absolutely.

1015
01:08:17,940 --> 01:08:22,180
I love the first OP for this show, by the way.

1016
01:08:22,180 --> 01:08:29,980
I think that's just this very, very cozy, full-key sound to it and gets you hyped up for

1017
01:08:29,980 --> 01:08:31,660
the episode.

1018
01:08:31,660 --> 01:08:35,780
And the second one is okay, but I like the first one better.

1019
01:08:35,780 --> 01:08:37,940
How do you feel about those?

1020
01:08:37,940 --> 01:08:41,900
I mean, I find it.

1021
01:08:41,900 --> 01:08:51,460
I find it unendingly funny that they chose "Bump of Chicken" to do a song for a show called

1022
01:08:51,460 --> 01:08:52,460
"Delicious Ending."

1023
01:08:52,460 --> 01:09:00,580
I do really like the first song a lot.

1024
01:09:00,580 --> 01:09:07,580
The second one is fine, but I've found myself going back to the first one a lot more often.

1025
01:09:07,580 --> 01:09:10,340
Yeah, same, same, same, same, same.

1026
01:09:10,340 --> 01:09:13,060
I really like the first one.

1027
01:09:13,060 --> 01:09:17,620
Especially when they, you know, it goes back to the instrumental at the end and they have

1028
01:09:17,620 --> 01:09:23,060
like, you see the characters sitting next to the fire all sharing a meal and everything

1029
01:09:23,060 --> 01:09:26,620
and then the background, the choir goes, "Huh!"

1030
01:09:26,620 --> 01:09:28,380
That's really great.

1031
01:09:28,380 --> 01:09:29,380
Yeah, that's great.

1032
01:09:29,380 --> 01:09:30,380
Yeah, it's really fun.

1033
01:09:30,380 --> 01:09:31,380
It's cool.

1034
01:09:31,380 --> 01:09:37,820
So, yeah, definitely good music in this very fantasy, appropriate.

1035
01:09:37,820 --> 01:09:40,980
Guess we can talk about...

1036
01:09:40,980 --> 01:09:44,140
Moving to the characters a little bit.

1037
01:09:44,140 --> 01:09:48,060
Yes, a little wider restart with our main tall man.

1038
01:09:48,060 --> 01:09:49,540
Yes, my boss.

1039
01:09:49,540 --> 01:09:50,540
Speak of tall man.

1040
01:09:50,540 --> 01:09:56,780
Like, there are a lot of interesting races in this, right?

1041
01:09:56,780 --> 01:09:59,180
I wasn't sure who the normal humans are in this.

1042
01:09:59,180 --> 01:10:04,820
I guess they're the tall men, but also they're special because they're actually tall.

1043
01:10:04,820 --> 01:10:14,820
I mean, I just sort of assumed that tall men were human and they were called as such like

1044
01:10:14,820 --> 01:10:19,820
in comparison to like halflings like chill chug or, excuse me, half foot.

1045
01:10:19,820 --> 01:10:21,420
Yeah, half foot, right?

1046
01:10:21,420 --> 01:10:27,780
So, I just sort of assumed that was, "Oh, hey, this, but then that's weird because you

1047
01:10:27,780 --> 01:10:30,060
have sent you and he's just a dwarf."

1048
01:10:30,060 --> 01:10:31,060
Yeah.

1049
01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:34,540
And, you know, it's not like a special name that they came up with, you know, obviously

1050
01:10:34,540 --> 01:10:36,540
you don't always have to do that, but...

1051
01:10:36,540 --> 01:10:37,540
No.

1052
01:10:37,540 --> 01:10:39,540
But, yeah, it's...

1053
01:10:39,540 --> 01:10:40,540
Yeah.

1054
01:10:40,540 --> 01:10:46,780
Maybe these other, also well known in some fantasy areas, maybe like dungers and drinks or

1055
01:10:46,780 --> 01:10:48,460
whatever, I don't know.

1056
01:10:48,460 --> 01:10:51,980
But maybe they have been brought up again.

1057
01:10:51,980 --> 01:10:54,100
But tall man, I never heard before.

1058
01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:59,140
So, it's like, "Okay, is he just a normal human and he's taller than half foot?"

1059
01:10:59,140 --> 01:11:02,100
So, that's why they call him that or what is going on.

1060
01:11:02,100 --> 01:11:11,860
But I think like, there is a human, humanoid race and some, some, there are some subclasses

1061
01:11:11,860 --> 01:11:12,860
to that.

1062
01:11:12,860 --> 01:11:16,660
One of the tall men, maybe one is half foot, I'm not sure.

1063
01:11:16,660 --> 01:11:19,860
No, I think it's just...

1064
01:11:19,860 --> 01:11:26,140
Humans, because Valen is classified as a human.

1065
01:11:26,140 --> 01:11:29,820
Marcel is half elf, but you can also...

1066
01:11:29,820 --> 01:11:31,820
Marcel is a drug of...

1067
01:11:31,820 --> 01:11:34,620
Oh, she's also half tall man, tall woman.

1068
01:11:34,620 --> 01:11:35,620
Yes.

1069
01:11:35,620 --> 01:11:36,620
Yes.

1070
01:11:36,620 --> 01:11:37,620
Lyos.

1071
01:11:37,620 --> 01:11:39,620
He likes food.

1072
01:11:39,620 --> 01:11:40,620
Yes.

1073
01:11:40,620 --> 01:11:46,060
And not only the normal kind or what you would deem as normal.

1074
01:11:46,060 --> 01:11:51,420
Well, I guess that's one step further in than where we should start.

1075
01:11:51,420 --> 01:11:54,660
Lyos is interested...

1076
01:11:54,660 --> 01:11:58,780
Has an interest in monsters and their biology.

1077
01:11:58,780 --> 01:12:06,700
And I feel like he makes a big show of it and sort of lead up, not only for laughs, but

1078
01:12:06,700 --> 01:12:08,700
to show them that...

1079
01:12:08,700 --> 01:12:13,340
Lyos is just a bit weird, my guy, but...

1080
01:12:13,340 --> 01:12:14,340
Yes.

1081
01:12:14,340 --> 01:12:21,540
I feel like when you're trying to traverse something like this dungeon that we have seen,

1082
01:12:21,540 --> 01:12:28,740
that is filled with monsters that it shouldn't be that irregular of an interest to take.

1083
01:12:28,740 --> 01:12:29,740
Maybe...

1084
01:12:29,740 --> 01:12:34,980
I mean, he's an entrepreneur or maybe he's a trailblazer who fucking knows.

1085
01:12:34,980 --> 01:12:40,180
And just, you know, considering how some of the monsters look, I would understand why

1086
01:12:40,180 --> 01:12:45,980
people don't necessarily gravitate to the idea of, "Hey, can you eat that?"

1087
01:12:45,980 --> 01:12:47,660
That regularly.

1088
01:12:47,660 --> 01:12:48,660
So...

1089
01:12:48,660 --> 01:12:51,700
I mean, being interested in them absolutely makes sense.

1090
01:12:51,700 --> 01:12:55,180
And I feel like there are other people who know stuff about the monsters, maybe not as much

1091
01:12:55,180 --> 01:12:58,220
as Lyos or Sanctuary do.

1092
01:12:58,220 --> 01:13:01,300
But there are enough characters that are interested.

1093
01:13:01,300 --> 01:13:03,860
But for him, he's a real monster, Otaku.

1094
01:13:03,860 --> 01:13:11,580
Like he's really, really into it, learning everything about them, sometimes to an unhealthy

1095
01:13:11,580 --> 01:13:12,580
extent.

1096
01:13:12,580 --> 01:13:15,940
Let's find out what you're about to.

1097
01:13:15,940 --> 01:13:16,940
Yes.

1098
01:13:16,940 --> 01:13:20,220
Like he's a real, real...

1099
01:13:20,220 --> 01:13:22,220
Fanboy.

1100
01:13:22,220 --> 01:13:25,940
And that, you know, manifests itself.

1101
01:13:25,940 --> 01:13:31,420
And also wanting to consume monsters and try to turn them into meals.

1102
01:13:31,420 --> 01:13:38,260
And he will go to great lengths to try all the varieties that are available in this dungeon

1103
01:13:38,260 --> 01:13:40,380
when it comes to monsters.

1104
01:13:40,380 --> 01:13:41,380
And...

1105
01:13:41,380 --> 01:13:42,380
Yeah, well, creatures.

1106
01:13:42,380 --> 01:13:49,820
I mean, the idea is sort of brought up by necessity after the...

1107
01:13:49,820 --> 01:13:57,260
You see the very first thing is Lyos and company trying to fight the red dragon and they

1108
01:13:57,260 --> 01:14:00,980
almost get wiped in, fallen, you know, sends them all away.

1109
01:14:00,980 --> 01:14:09,220
And when the idea of resupplying comes up, he says, "Hey, I've got this old book that says

1110
01:14:09,220 --> 01:14:13,940
that gives guidance on how you can prepare and eat different types of monsters."

1111
01:14:13,940 --> 01:14:19,780
And Grant is an old dusty book without of the information and stuff that isn't on

1112
01:14:19,780 --> 01:14:22,220
100% correct, but, you know...

1113
01:14:22,220 --> 01:14:23,220
Yeah.

1114
01:14:23,220 --> 01:14:24,220
Fencey correct.

1115
01:14:24,220 --> 01:14:25,300
If you get some of that...

1116
01:14:25,300 --> 01:14:32,580
If you got to start somewhere, I feel like Lyos at least has, you know, the right idea,

1117
01:14:32,580 --> 01:14:33,580
but...

1118
01:14:33,580 --> 01:14:34,580
It is.

1119
01:14:34,580 --> 01:14:37,700
And I mean, it's not...

1120
01:14:37,700 --> 01:14:41,580
It's not only that it's like, "Hey, now we have technically a food source, right?

1121
01:14:41,580 --> 01:14:42,580
Yeah.

1122
01:14:42,580 --> 01:14:47,700
You don't need to spend money on that more than necessary, but also we, at the party,

1123
01:14:47,700 --> 01:14:51,780
learn a lot about monster behavior and anatomy, which will help our heroes in battles as

1124
01:14:51,780 --> 01:14:52,780
well.

1125
01:14:52,780 --> 01:14:53,780
Yes, right?

1126
01:14:53,780 --> 01:14:58,300
You know, for example, when Lyos cuts up a mushroom, he realizes there's more resistance

1127
01:14:58,300 --> 01:15:00,820
from the meat depending on the direction of the cut.

1128
01:15:00,820 --> 01:15:05,340
So he realizes that they should cut those particular monsters vertically instead of horizontally

1129
01:15:05,340 --> 01:15:06,340
or diagonally.

1130
01:15:06,340 --> 01:15:09,260
But that's cool, right?

1131
01:15:09,260 --> 01:15:13,300
That's helping in multiple ways, not even because they can cook the mushroom afterwards,

1132
01:15:13,300 --> 01:15:18,460
but also because they know an easier way to fight them and maybe not get wiped as quickly

1133
01:15:18,460 --> 01:15:22,540
from certain monsters, which by the way, in this show is an interesting, is an interesting

1134
01:15:22,540 --> 01:15:29,540
aspect that like parties regularly get full wiped, like they die completely.

1135
01:15:29,540 --> 01:15:34,620
And then they get picked up by these corpse retrievers and then get revived and then need

1136
01:15:34,620 --> 01:15:36,220
to pay for that revival.

1137
01:15:36,220 --> 01:15:40,180
So there's a whole economy behind it and people trying to scam it, right?

1138
01:15:40,180 --> 01:15:45,780
They're like some assholes that we meet later on that try to make a quick bug out of that.

1139
01:15:45,780 --> 01:15:50,860
And so that's a whole thing in this show, like people regularly die in battles, but they

1140
01:15:50,860 --> 01:15:56,140
can get revived because of magic, because this is the thing in here that is actually talked

1141
01:15:56,140 --> 01:15:57,340
about.

1142
01:15:57,340 --> 01:16:03,140
And if they get revived before their body mass is completely gone, something for their

1143
01:16:03,140 --> 01:16:09,500
soul to attach to, they can go, they can, they live again.

1144
01:16:09,500 --> 01:16:14,900
It's actually one of the interesting lore bits that we learned about this dungeon that

1145
01:16:14,900 --> 01:16:19,500
they're going into, that the curse has been cast on it that prevents things from permanently

1146
01:16:19,500 --> 01:16:21,580
dying.

1147
01:16:21,580 --> 01:16:26,780
At least it makes it a lot harder for the soul to actually detach itself from the body.

1148
01:16:26,780 --> 01:16:33,500
And that was, I thought it was like that the soul binds to the dungeon in that way it can't

1149
01:16:33,500 --> 01:16:34,500
escape.

1150
01:16:34,500 --> 01:16:38,900
Yes, either the soul or the dungeon binds the soul to the body for a longer time.

1151
01:16:38,900 --> 01:16:42,340
I don't know exactly, I don't remember exactly how it worked, but it was either of those

1152
01:16:42,340 --> 01:16:43,340
two.

1153
01:16:43,340 --> 01:16:48,500
And that makes it much easier to revive people inside the dungeon.

1154
01:16:48,500 --> 01:16:51,340
There's also a big part when they would bring some of them out.

1155
01:16:51,340 --> 01:16:54,580
The soul would immediately detach itself from the body, right?

1156
01:16:54,580 --> 01:16:58,940
And then they would die as soon as they get out of the dungeon, so they need to get revived

1157
01:16:58,940 --> 01:17:01,500
in the dungeon.

1158
01:17:01,500 --> 01:17:07,980
So yeah, interesting mechanics that are implemented here, and the light that a lot, and aside from

1159
01:17:07,980 --> 01:17:12,500
the first thing that we meet where Felon gets, you know, consumed by the dragon and the whole

1160
01:17:12,500 --> 01:17:17,140
hook of the show, them trying to get back to the red dragon and trying to kill it and trying

1161
01:17:17,140 --> 01:17:22,140
to get her out of its stomach and then revive her, hoping for there enough being left

1162
01:17:22,140 --> 01:17:25,620
enough of her so fucking rusem to think about it.

1163
01:17:25,620 --> 01:17:29,940
Her like, he digested alive in the dragon.

1164
01:17:29,940 --> 01:17:35,340
When they first bring that up, it's like, oh, yeah, that's something you would have to consider,

1165
01:17:35,340 --> 01:17:36,340
huh?

1166
01:17:36,340 --> 01:17:37,340
But this is what they hope for it.

1167
01:17:37,340 --> 01:17:39,060
They're very matter of fact about it.

1168
01:17:39,060 --> 01:17:42,940
It's like, well, we have to get to it in time, so she doesn't get fully digested, then

1169
01:17:42,940 --> 01:17:45,060
we can revive her.

1170
01:17:45,060 --> 01:17:48,180
And it's like, okay, good to know that.

1171
01:17:48,180 --> 01:17:54,540
And, you know, those are the motivation for our main first three liars, Mosil and a chill

1172
01:17:54,540 --> 01:17:56,340
chuck.

1173
01:17:56,340 --> 01:18:04,020
And then essentially joins because he really, really wants to eat dragon, red dragon meat.

1174
01:18:04,020 --> 01:18:10,380
That's his holy grail, his wide whale, literally.

1175
01:18:10,380 --> 01:18:14,460
And so that's why he joins the gang and let it just because, you know, he sticks with them

1176
01:18:14,460 --> 01:18:20,060
because he likes them and wants to help them save a felon.

1177
01:18:20,060 --> 01:18:23,060
And so, yeah, that was cool.

1178
01:18:23,060 --> 01:18:30,420
But this, this death mechanic is, is ever present and some parties definitely suffer more

1179
01:18:30,420 --> 01:18:32,300
from it than ours.

1180
01:18:32,300 --> 01:18:38,020
Like we have this, this kind of secondary party that it becomes more important later on.

1181
01:18:38,020 --> 01:18:44,380
We got more other parties too that, you know, come across our party, but they die a lot.

1182
01:18:44,380 --> 01:18:47,620
Well, yeah, there, well, there's one party in particular.

1183
01:18:47,620 --> 01:18:49,700
Yes, Cabrous party.

1184
01:18:49,700 --> 01:18:56,780
They just fucking get constantly wiped and that also comes to play later on, but our party

1185
01:18:56,780 --> 01:19:01,700
not as much because they have sent you on the side, they have the book and they know what

1186
01:19:01,700 --> 01:19:06,580
to do, they know what to watch out for after a while.

1187
01:19:06,580 --> 01:19:13,380
They still get in trouble a lot, but they usually find a way out of it with, you know,

1188
01:19:13,380 --> 01:19:18,420
cleverness and, you know, the, the knowledge resources they have at their hands.

1189
01:19:18,420 --> 01:19:24,780
And then they cook the monsters, they beat, they cook and eat.

1190
01:19:24,780 --> 01:19:25,780
Yeah.

1191
01:19:25,780 --> 01:19:32,740
There's like, like you said, Lyos is really doing is doing the most things where like, maybe

1192
01:19:32,740 --> 01:19:39,500
dial that back a bit, especially his teammates, let him know that they are not on board with

1193
01:19:39,500 --> 01:19:45,580
everything he's trying to do. And I totally get that, especially from a sales point of view,

1194
01:19:45,580 --> 01:19:48,460
as boil as she's my favorite character.

1195
01:19:48,460 --> 01:19:52,660
But you know, he does stuff like letting himself get sucked into some living paintings to

1196
01:19:52,660 --> 01:19:55,900
eat the food, portrait, and them.

1197
01:19:55,900 --> 01:19:59,140
Not a successful endeavor, but we learn a bit about the history of the kingdom through

1198
01:19:59,140 --> 01:20:00,140
them.

1199
01:20:00,140 --> 01:20:01,140
Cool.

1200
01:20:01,140 --> 01:20:02,140
Yeah.

1201
01:20:02,140 --> 01:20:10,380
The, I mean, the dungeons, the dungeon and the monsters themselves, there's so much world

1202
01:20:10,380 --> 01:20:11,820
building in this show.

1203
01:20:11,820 --> 01:20:12,820
Yes.

1204
01:20:12,820 --> 01:20:19,340
And I get, and I get the feeling I may or may not be wrong about this, but I get the feeling

1205
01:20:19,340 --> 01:20:28,340
that, Kui may be a fan of the mystery dungeon series of games.

1206
01:20:28,340 --> 01:20:29,340
Really?

1207
01:20:29,340 --> 01:20:32,100
I don't play those.

1208
01:20:32,100 --> 01:20:37,260
So the original mystery dungeon game was a dragon quest spinoff.

1209
01:20:37,260 --> 01:20:48,140
And the crux is that you were traversing a semi-randomly generated dungeon.

1210
01:20:48,140 --> 01:20:52,020
Sometimes one character, sometimes you have a whole party and you have to manage both

1211
01:20:52,020 --> 01:20:55,780
your health as well as like a stamina thing in some games.

1212
01:20:55,780 --> 01:21:02,500
It is called hunger and some games it's not, but you know, there's the idea there.

1213
01:21:02,500 --> 01:21:09,860
So I look at that and I feel like there's a, there's a non-zero chance that there's some

1214
01:21:09,860 --> 01:21:17,580
inspiration here, which I kind of like that this is sort of like an extension of that idea

1215
01:21:17,580 --> 01:21:21,420
into, you know, like a fully fleshed out story.

1216
01:21:21,420 --> 01:21:22,420
Yes.

1217
01:21:22,420 --> 01:21:27,740
Obviously the dungeon in the games is part of it, but you know, this is definitely, you

1218
01:21:27,740 --> 01:21:35,500
know, I would, I would hazard say probably the logical conclusion behind that sort of concept.

1219
01:21:35,500 --> 01:21:36,500
Yes.

1220
01:21:36,500 --> 01:21:37,500
Absolutely.

1221
01:21:37,500 --> 01:21:40,980
But also in regards to lore, the show doesn't hit you over the head with it, right?

1222
01:21:40,980 --> 01:21:46,140
It doesn't do giant lore expositions all the time, which would be the worst way to approach

1223
01:21:46,140 --> 01:21:47,140
this.

1224
01:21:47,140 --> 01:21:52,980
Right, but you know, we still have enough bread crumbs.

1225
01:21:52,980 --> 01:21:53,980
Yes.

1226
01:21:53,980 --> 01:21:54,980
Sprinkle in between.

1227
01:21:54,980 --> 01:21:55,980
Yes.

1228
01:21:55,980 --> 01:21:56,980
To keep us going.

1229
01:21:56,980 --> 01:22:00,740
You know, obviously the main story is a lot more character driven.

1230
01:22:00,740 --> 01:22:01,740
Yes.

1231
01:22:01,740 --> 01:22:02,740
And that is also really good.

1232
01:22:02,740 --> 01:22:04,980
Like it's the opposite of the soul games.

1233
01:22:04,980 --> 01:22:11,740
It's like lore everywhere, but no real narrative happening and no character, motivation or

1234
01:22:11,740 --> 01:22:12,740
whatever.

1235
01:22:12,740 --> 01:22:15,580
But you don't like reading every item description?

1236
01:22:15,580 --> 01:22:16,580
No.

1237
01:22:16,580 --> 01:22:18,580
Oh, come on.

1238
01:22:18,580 --> 01:22:24,060
I've come to like the gameplay of some of the soul skins, but I hate the way it approaches

1239
01:22:24,060 --> 01:22:25,060
its story.

1240
01:22:25,060 --> 01:22:26,060
I absolutely didn't.

1241
01:22:26,060 --> 01:22:27,060
It buys it.

1242
01:22:27,060 --> 01:22:32,420
I just having everything like you having to seek everything out and every little bit and

1243
01:22:32,420 --> 01:22:36,740
peace and having to read up on it on the internet to actually grasp what has been going

1244
01:22:36,740 --> 01:22:38,500
on the background.

1245
01:22:38,500 --> 01:22:44,260
I'm here to have fun and not to fucking work guys like Jesus Christ get an actual narrative

1246
01:22:44,260 --> 01:22:45,740
writer for this shit.

1247
01:22:45,740 --> 01:22:53,980
I mean, I get that, but if you backtrace it to King's field, it's better than it has been.

1248
01:22:53,980 --> 01:22:54,980
Yes.

1249
01:22:54,980 --> 01:22:55,980
Sure.

1250
01:22:55,980 --> 01:22:58,020
And I guess one of them was a secretary who actually had a narrative.

1251
01:22:58,020 --> 01:22:59,020
I've played that yet.

1252
01:22:59,020 --> 01:23:01,660
So maybe I would like that the most.

1253
01:23:01,660 --> 01:23:07,500
But yeah, it's just like I, I'm never emotionally invested in these games.

1254
01:23:07,500 --> 01:23:08,500
Never.

1255
01:23:08,500 --> 01:23:12,060
I just play him purely for the atmosphere, for the world and for the game play.

1256
01:23:12,060 --> 01:23:14,500
I don't care about anything that's happening in the story.

1257
01:23:14,500 --> 01:23:17,420
Never because the game doesn't make me care.

1258
01:23:17,420 --> 01:23:18,420
Never.

1259
01:23:18,420 --> 01:23:19,420
Never does.

1260
01:23:19,420 --> 01:23:23,740
So that's a hangout by these games with this show never had that problem.

1261
01:23:23,740 --> 01:23:27,420
But like you said, it sprinkles a lot of bread crumbs in between with like, oh, we heard

1262
01:23:27,420 --> 01:23:30,740
about this before and now this becomes more important.

1263
01:23:30,740 --> 01:23:33,980
Now we learn more about this little bit of Lord that we heard before.

1264
01:23:33,980 --> 01:23:38,860
And this is how it plays into the character development and the way the story progresses

1265
01:23:38,860 --> 01:23:40,460
is the perfect way to do it.

1266
01:23:40,460 --> 01:23:45,860
It's the perfect way how you make people learn about interesting world bidding stuff while

1267
01:23:45,860 --> 01:23:49,700
attaching it to the character development and to the actual main narrative.

1268
01:23:49,700 --> 01:23:53,660
That the show is really, really good at that like the stuff with the paintings, right?

1269
01:23:53,660 --> 01:23:57,060
There's some stuff we learn about the background of the kingdom that is the whole setup for

1270
01:23:57,060 --> 01:23:58,700
the dungeon thing.

1271
01:23:58,700 --> 01:24:01,300
And later on that becomes very important character.

1272
01:24:01,300 --> 01:24:05,820
We meet there in the paintings becomes very important.

1273
01:24:05,820 --> 01:24:07,500
And it's like, hey, I've seen this before.

1274
01:24:07,500 --> 01:24:08,580
I know what this is about.

1275
01:24:08,580 --> 01:24:12,220
And I probably know what the characters motivation is because we've already seen that in this

1276
01:24:12,220 --> 01:24:17,580
little bit of fun goofy side thing where lies just wants to eat food that isn't the paintings.

1277
01:24:17,580 --> 01:24:21,980
And you know, that stays in the background for a while then it gets brought up again and

1278
01:24:21,980 --> 01:24:24,060
you, oh, that's what this was about.

1279
01:24:24,060 --> 01:24:26,060
And that's what all this is about.

1280
01:24:26,060 --> 01:24:27,140
That's a perfect way to do it.

1281
01:24:27,140 --> 01:24:28,220
This is amazing.

1282
01:24:28,220 --> 01:24:32,900
And I think the writing, that's where the writing really shows its strength like combining

1283
01:24:32,900 --> 01:24:41,140
this really effortlessly way of world building with the actual characters stories and the main

1284
01:24:41,140 --> 01:24:42,140
narrative.

1285
01:24:42,140 --> 01:24:48,900
Just really was really impressed by how the show handled that particular aspect.

1286
01:24:48,900 --> 01:24:50,900
Yeah, for sure.

1287
01:24:50,900 --> 01:24:54,660
It doesn't feel heavy handed or anything.

1288
01:24:54,660 --> 01:24:56,980
You know, it just works.

1289
01:24:56,980 --> 01:25:01,100
And for the most part, you know, like I said, there is a narrative there, but it's just very

1290
01:25:01,100 --> 01:25:02,660
slowly picking up in the beginning.

1291
01:25:02,660 --> 01:25:07,060
And that's also what I mostly expected from the show actually wasn't expecting to be ennemied

1292
01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:12,900
by its story so much by the end, but most of it in the beginning feels very slice of lifey,

1293
01:25:12,900 --> 01:25:15,820
character driven, hey, we learned a bit about the background of the characters, but not

1294
01:25:15,820 --> 01:25:16,820
too much.

1295
01:25:16,820 --> 01:25:19,180
And mostly it's about, hey, here's a new monster.

1296
01:25:19,180 --> 01:25:22,220
How do we fucking cook it?

1297
01:25:22,220 --> 01:25:24,500
How do we prepare a meal out of this?

1298
01:25:24,500 --> 01:25:29,060
How do we, how do we use the things that appear in this dungeon to make a proper meal by

1299
01:25:29,060 --> 01:25:30,900
the end of this episode?

1300
01:25:30,900 --> 01:25:35,900
And that's mostly what it feels like in a first couple of episodes and then slowly, but

1301
01:25:35,900 --> 01:25:40,020
surely we learn more about the world, we learn more about the characters, we learn more

1302
01:25:40,020 --> 01:25:44,460
about why they're here, why they use characters are here, what's happening on the outside,

1303
01:25:44,460 --> 01:25:47,820
why the dungeon exists, and so on and so on.

1304
01:25:47,820 --> 01:25:52,260
And it's rarely an exposition dump that's happening on the side.

1305
01:25:52,260 --> 01:25:54,900
We have some side conversations with other parties.

1306
01:25:54,900 --> 01:26:00,380
Or about our party and stuff like that, where it's like a lot of talking, but also a lot

1307
01:26:00,380 --> 01:26:06,660
of that is like our like red herrings, where it's like what that's, what are you saying

1308
01:26:06,660 --> 01:26:08,500
about our characters that can be true?

1309
01:26:08,500 --> 01:26:09,660
No, it actually isn't true.

1310
01:26:09,660 --> 01:26:13,940
It's just like only or only pause of that are true because it's hearsay and they got

1311
01:26:13,940 --> 01:26:17,580
some of the members from the other party got a wrong impression about our character because

1312
01:26:17,580 --> 01:26:22,580
of previous encounters and miscuses, just, you know, misconceptions in general and

1313
01:26:22,580 --> 01:26:24,940
preconditions, notions.

1314
01:26:24,940 --> 01:26:30,340
And so that's really interesting and you have some classic tropes of hey elves and dwarves

1315
01:26:30,340 --> 01:26:35,180
necessarily don't like each other or elves and orcs don't necessarily like each other,

1316
01:26:35,180 --> 01:26:38,140
but maybe it's because of a different reason.

1317
01:26:38,140 --> 01:26:43,940
And you know, this gets progressed really well in during the course of the show.

1318
01:26:43,940 --> 01:26:48,860
And then of course you have all the goofy shit in between with Lyos just freaking out of

1319
01:26:48,860 --> 01:26:55,900
her, another one C wants to eat like, he would even eat a demy human like a fish man.

1320
01:26:55,900 --> 01:27:00,620
If others allowed it, he's a man is Lyos is an absolute man is.

1321
01:27:00,620 --> 01:27:04,300
Yeah, but they kind of put the next on that.

1322
01:27:04,300 --> 01:27:10,620
So well, in a way, but he does other weird stuff like we have this character who joins the

1323
01:27:10,620 --> 01:27:18,780
main gang very late in the show is it to who is like this new cat girl party.

1324
01:27:18,780 --> 01:27:25,260
He member a very brash, but you know, also very capable in combating everything and she

1325
01:27:25,260 --> 01:27:29,140
just reluctantly joins the gang for a certain reason.

1326
01:27:29,140 --> 01:27:35,020
And then she has to address at a certain moment is really not so long about it to dry herself

1327
01:27:35,020 --> 01:27:36,020
up and everything.

1328
01:27:36,020 --> 01:27:39,380
And Lyos immediately wants to counter nipples because she's a cat lady.

1329
01:27:39,380 --> 01:27:44,620
I want to see how many she has because she's female and just the men is that guy just

1330
01:27:44,620 --> 01:27:48,740
a goddamn man is is she like a cow she like a cat is she like a human is.

1331
01:27:48,740 --> 01:27:52,900
Only two and it was like get the fuck out of here Lyos.

1332
01:27:52,900 --> 01:27:56,300
A man is like I said.

1333
01:27:56,300 --> 01:28:04,540
A academic however, his intuition is not bad like this is episode with shape shifters and

1334
01:28:04,540 --> 01:28:09,260
he figures that out pretty well and quickly John did you figure out all the shape shifters

1335
01:28:09,260 --> 01:28:10,260
immediately.

1336
01:28:10,260 --> 01:28:16,220
No, I mean some of them are very, you know, have a very egregious design differences.

1337
01:28:16,220 --> 01:28:18,700
Yeah, I mean, there are a couple they're like, okay, all right.

1338
01:28:18,700 --> 01:28:24,460
But then the rest is like, maybe this one.

1339
01:28:24,460 --> 01:28:29,780
I got it right at the end, but I was surprised how sure Lyos was about all of this and with

1340
01:28:29,780 --> 01:28:31,020
his deductions and everything.

1341
01:28:31,020 --> 01:28:32,220
I didn't expect that for him.

1342
01:28:32,220 --> 01:28:33,220
So that was nice.

1343
01:28:33,220 --> 01:28:35,740
He's more observant than we thought.

1344
01:28:35,740 --> 01:28:36,740
Yes.

1345
01:28:36,740 --> 01:28:41,140
And of course he's like, he seems to really care for his sister and not in the bad anime way

1346
01:28:41,140 --> 01:28:42,860
of caring for your sister.

1347
01:28:42,860 --> 01:28:44,980
So that's a nice.

1348
01:28:44,980 --> 01:28:46,180
I'm cool head for that.

1349
01:28:46,180 --> 01:28:49,340
Yeah, it's really a nice change of pace.

1350
01:28:49,340 --> 01:28:53,220
And you know, so that that works and then he gets this little sort, buddy and he names

1351
01:28:53,220 --> 01:28:55,700
him Kansk of course.

1352
01:28:55,700 --> 01:29:00,860
And you know, he's a big goof and he's very weird in certain parts, but the thing is the

1353
01:29:00,860 --> 01:29:02,780
show just, you know, let him.

1354
01:29:02,780 --> 01:29:03,780
The show is.

1355
01:29:03,780 --> 01:29:04,780
Let him.

1356
01:29:04,780 --> 01:29:05,780
Let him cook.

1357
01:29:05,780 --> 01:29:11,620
Let him cook and let's him eat that regularly like from other characters where it's like,

1358
01:29:11,620 --> 01:29:13,180
you are such a goddamn weirdo.

1359
01:29:13,180 --> 01:29:14,180
Get out of here.

1360
01:29:14,180 --> 01:29:15,180
Leave me alone.

1361
01:29:15,180 --> 01:29:21,500
I'm sure everyone has seen whose interest in the show has seen the memes of a.

1362
01:29:21,500 --> 01:29:25,180
Since she is Walter Roy and Lyos has just seen.

1363
01:29:25,180 --> 01:29:26,180
Yes.

1364
01:29:26,180 --> 01:29:27,180
Yes.

1365
01:29:27,180 --> 01:29:28,180
Yes.

1366
01:29:28,180 --> 01:29:29,740
Lyos, we have to cook.

1367
01:29:29,740 --> 01:29:30,740
Yes.

1368
01:29:30,740 --> 01:29:34,220
I'm pretty sure you've been sung on show did a reading of that.

1369
01:29:34,220 --> 01:29:38,820
And it definitely the part is in crime and there's, I don't know, the Marcila on the outside,

1370
01:29:38,820 --> 01:29:41,340
maybe be, I don't know, Skydor or whoever.

1371
01:29:41,340 --> 01:29:43,540
And it's like, no, don't.

1372
01:29:43,540 --> 01:29:51,140
I don't fucking know, but yeah, let's get to her actually because I can't holding hold off

1373
01:29:51,140 --> 01:29:54,620
on talking about my favorite character for any longer.

1374
01:29:54,620 --> 01:29:57,740
Oh, Marcilism mood, isn't she?

1375
01:29:57,740 --> 01:29:58,740
Absolutely.

1376
01:29:58,740 --> 01:30:04,900
And definitely my mood like I would, I totally can relate to her not being like super into

1377
01:30:04,900 --> 01:30:06,620
it and just wanted to eat normal food.

1378
01:30:06,620 --> 01:30:11,620
I get Lyos experimentation interest and I would definitely be there and be like, yeah,

1379
01:30:11,620 --> 01:30:16,580
I'll try it at least once, but he's just so into it and wants to get everyone else into

1380
01:30:16,580 --> 01:30:20,500
it and she's just in the beginning, she's absolutely not having it.

1381
01:30:20,500 --> 01:30:24,780
Later on she is like more open to the idea, but she makes a hard cut at certain things,

1382
01:30:24,780 --> 01:30:26,180
like demi-humans, right?

1383
01:30:26,180 --> 01:30:27,180
Nope.

1384
01:30:27,180 --> 01:30:30,620
Definitely not going to have that.

1385
01:30:30,620 --> 01:30:32,620
If it looks like a human, I'm not going to eat it.

1386
01:30:32,620 --> 01:30:35,020
I don't blame her on now.

1387
01:30:35,020 --> 01:30:37,260
Absolutely not.

1388
01:30:37,260 --> 01:30:39,020
I imagine this in the sneak peek.

1389
01:30:39,020 --> 01:30:42,740
I love her reaction when she actually really enjoys something they cook up out of the fruits

1390
01:30:42,740 --> 01:30:46,900
of a carnivorous plants and she gets nerdy about how the sweet taste figures into it and

1391
01:30:46,900 --> 01:30:52,100
Lyos is so happy that she shows interest in the topic of monsochrizyne which makes her

1392
01:30:52,100 --> 01:30:56,740
recoil and fear and disgust because she doesn't want to become as creepy as him.

1393
01:30:56,740 --> 01:30:57,740
It was amazing.

1394
01:30:57,740 --> 01:31:01,540
Like her reaction faces are some of the best things about the show.

1395
01:31:01,540 --> 01:31:04,020
All of her jokes are the best in the show.

1396
01:31:04,020 --> 01:31:08,860
Like the gotta find a spell to turn back time reaction to the face pumpkin meal is probably

1397
01:31:08,860 --> 01:31:09,860
my favorite.

1398
01:31:09,860 --> 01:31:21,180
It is so goddamn, so dry and funny and it's just a great bit of humor and she just delivers

1399
01:31:21,180 --> 01:31:22,180
all of that.

1400
01:31:22,180 --> 01:31:25,900
And she's just, I feel like she's the most relatable character just in general.

1401
01:31:25,900 --> 01:31:33,020
She's maybe being the next one to dad, but he's more snarky and brash and playing as

1402
01:31:33,020 --> 01:31:40,260
cynical and everything and sarcastic and my soul still feels a lot more earnest in her problems

1403
01:31:40,260 --> 01:31:45,300
with certain things and her whole ups and everything and she on the other side of the

1404
01:31:45,300 --> 01:31:48,580
coin, she's a lot more optimistic.

1405
01:31:48,580 --> 01:31:52,060
Like she's definitely not the bravest of his little fit party member, but she's doing her

1406
01:31:52,060 --> 01:31:54,260
best and her magic is strong.

1407
01:31:54,260 --> 01:31:57,260
You know, problem is in the early levels of the dungeon or strong magic is not really

1408
01:31:57,260 --> 01:31:58,260
needed.

1409
01:31:58,260 --> 01:32:01,660
So she feels like she isn't contributing and is way too eager to prove herself.

1410
01:32:01,660 --> 01:32:06,820
Of course, backfires to a hilarious degree, but also results, you know, in a better meal

1411
01:32:06,820 --> 01:32:09,580
on occasions so there's that.

1412
01:32:09,580 --> 01:32:15,140
And she can be very, can be very headstrong and voices her opinion on the regular basis and

1413
01:32:15,140 --> 01:32:23,660
everything, but she and Fallen, Lyos sister, became best friends in school.

1414
01:32:23,660 --> 01:32:30,060
And Fallen actually taught Marcel a lot about dungeons and I really like their backstory.

1415
01:32:30,060 --> 01:32:32,900
It also takes the series a bit to get there.

1416
01:32:32,900 --> 01:32:37,820
So it's a neat moment when you realize, oh, that's why the slightly, cowardly lady that

1417
01:32:37,820 --> 01:32:43,260
complains a lot is still such a diehard when it comes to getting Fallen back from the

1418
01:32:43,260 --> 01:32:44,260
red dragon.

1419
01:32:44,260 --> 01:32:49,500
Well, Lyos is self explanatory, but for her, this was the key moment where everything clicked

1420
01:32:49,500 --> 01:32:50,500
for me.

1421
01:32:50,500 --> 01:32:51,500
Oh, that's why she's doing it.

1422
01:32:51,500 --> 01:32:56,700
Of course, of course, it's her childhood friend and it's the person that she, that she's

1423
01:32:56,700 --> 01:33:01,220
super connected to and Fallen on the other hand, who was a bit of an outsider, the entire

1424
01:33:01,220 --> 01:33:06,020
and connected to her and just they have like this really, really strong bond and strong friendship.

1425
01:33:06,020 --> 01:33:09,740
And of course, she wants to get her breast front back from the dragon, even if it means putting

1426
01:33:09,740 --> 01:33:14,300
herself at risk all the time and if she's not the most brave person.

1427
01:33:14,300 --> 01:33:19,100
But that made her super relatable and super sympathetic and she's doing it despite, you know,

1428
01:33:19,100 --> 01:33:24,220
all the odds and despite her, you know, being not the best fighter in everything.

1429
01:33:24,220 --> 01:33:29,620
I just liked her a lot and, you know, her clash with the Orc leader where they get into this

1430
01:33:29,620 --> 01:33:33,780
heated arguments while making bread go.

1431
01:33:33,780 --> 01:33:37,780
So that was really cool and eventually getting to an understanding thing.

1432
01:33:37,780 --> 01:33:44,100
And she's just having these freak outs where she gets grossed up by bucks and stunts everyone

1433
01:33:44,100 --> 01:33:46,100
as a reaction.

1434
01:33:46,100 --> 01:33:49,860
And it could have been amazing.

1435
01:33:49,860 --> 01:33:53,740
And you know, this could have gone a different way and she could have been more of a snobbish

1436
01:33:53,740 --> 01:33:58,020
character because she was an exceptional student and her mom is a court magician or something

1437
01:33:58,020 --> 01:33:59,820
like that, right?

1438
01:33:59,820 --> 01:34:06,100
So she's kind of like high class, whatever, but maybe maybe a little standoffish, but not

1439
01:34:06,100 --> 01:34:10,780
too like a, not too annoying degree and also not a absurd degree now.

1440
01:34:10,780 --> 01:34:11,780
Yes.

1441
01:34:11,780 --> 01:34:13,540
And she also feeds very down to earth and certain aspects.

1442
01:34:13,540 --> 01:34:20,020
I like that moment where she has to freshen up and sent she and she's like, want to get

1443
01:34:20,020 --> 01:34:22,020
out because she's just like, I'm going to wash up and everything.

1444
01:34:22,020 --> 01:34:23,460
She's like, no, no, you can stay here.

1445
01:34:23,460 --> 01:34:24,460
I'm not going to get naked.

1446
01:34:24,460 --> 01:34:29,780
I'm just going to put the washing cloth in here and just rub the, the, the salt of a bit

1447
01:34:29,780 --> 01:34:31,460
and sweat and whatever.

1448
01:34:31,460 --> 01:34:36,340
And that moment where she does a bit of self narration there and talks to herself because

1449
01:34:36,340 --> 01:34:41,820
she is thinking about something while washing herself was just such a, such a real down to

1450
01:34:41,820 --> 01:34:47,420
earth moment in a fantasy series and in an anime and felt like made this character even

1451
01:34:47,420 --> 01:34:49,620
more like, oh no, she's just, she's just a girl.

1452
01:34:49,620 --> 01:34:53,460
She's just a down to earth girl who's trying to help out her best friend and she's here.

1453
01:34:53,460 --> 01:34:54,460
She doesn't like being here.

1454
01:34:54,460 --> 01:35:00,020
She doesn't like to eat fucking monster food, but she's doing it to make this happen and

1455
01:35:00,020 --> 01:35:01,180
get fell in back.

1456
01:35:01,180 --> 01:35:07,420
And ah, she's, I just, in my opinion, she's obviously objectively the best character,

1457
01:35:07,420 --> 01:35:12,420
even though she is sometimes a bit of a scaredy cat and not a fan of dungeon food like I said.

1458
01:35:12,420 --> 01:35:16,180
She's definitely going get, trying to get over the adversities and everything and doing

1459
01:35:16,180 --> 01:35:17,180
the best for fellin.

1460
01:35:17,180 --> 01:35:18,180
I love her.

1461
01:35:18,180 --> 01:35:20,820
I think my seal is just fantastic.

1462
01:35:20,820 --> 01:35:25,420
And you know, she becomes much, her power becomes more important later on the series.

1463
01:35:25,420 --> 01:35:33,260
She is doing something out of good will like, you know, because well meant intentions and

1464
01:35:33,260 --> 01:35:39,100
everything, good intentions, but that kind of backfires and that kind of brings it also

1465
01:35:39,100 --> 01:35:44,380
with other characters, but still you know why she's doing it and why the other characters

1466
01:35:44,380 --> 01:35:48,700
is blamer for that and everything and I totally get it.

1467
01:35:48,700 --> 01:35:50,820
It's not like, oh no, Marcel, what did you do?

1468
01:35:50,820 --> 01:35:52,140
It's like, no, I get it.

1469
01:35:52,140 --> 01:35:53,140
I get her.

1470
01:35:53,140 --> 01:35:57,580
I understand why she's doing that and why she's so adamant of doing this because she also

1471
01:35:57,580 --> 01:35:59,580
has a different understanding of magic and everything.

1472
01:35:59,580 --> 01:36:01,540
And that's probably going to get brought up again.

1473
01:36:01,540 --> 01:36:07,460
It's going to be an important part when they, you know, bite the lot of the dungeon eventually.

1474
01:36:07,460 --> 01:36:11,660
So the choice that she makes in the moment that makes sense.

1475
01:36:11,660 --> 01:36:13,300
Yes, absolutely.

1476
01:36:13,300 --> 01:36:18,340
To, to, to at least the viewer and, you know, the immediate party, but you know, to everyone

1477
01:36:18,340 --> 01:36:19,340
else.

1478
01:36:19,340 --> 01:36:27,860
Yeah, they're not so, not so happy about it to put it lightly, which to flip the coin is

1479
01:36:27,860 --> 01:36:28,860
also understandable.

1480
01:36:28,860 --> 01:36:29,860
Totally understandable.

1481
01:36:29,860 --> 01:36:31,380
Yes, right.

1482
01:36:31,380 --> 01:36:36,380
Because bad experiences and everything, but also wonder is not all of that like classic

1483
01:36:36,380 --> 01:36:38,580
doctrine, who is, who's on the wrong here?

1484
01:36:38,580 --> 01:36:40,220
Like, what is the background for this?

1485
01:36:40,220 --> 01:36:46,820
Are the others wrong and Marcielus just naive or does she really have just a better understanding

1486
01:36:46,820 --> 01:36:54,060
of magic and that's why she made that decision and is sure that it will work out in the end?

1487
01:36:54,060 --> 01:36:55,220
We don't know at this point.

1488
01:36:55,220 --> 01:36:56,260
We don't know if she was right.

1489
01:36:56,260 --> 01:37:01,620
If it's, or if it's something in the middle of these two positions with C. So that's also

1490
01:37:01,620 --> 01:37:02,620
really interesting, right?

1491
01:37:02,620 --> 01:37:07,620
That's still a mystery that's going to play out of the course of the next season probably.

1492
01:37:07,620 --> 01:37:08,620
So I like that.

1493
01:37:08,620 --> 01:37:13,380
I like the nightmare episode of hers, which was neat and gave us a good insight into Marcielus

1494
01:37:13,380 --> 01:37:18,420
feeling of guilt and everything was really good and just only here.

1495
01:37:18,420 --> 01:37:22,580
And you know, that deeper character stuff, but also the goofy stuff, you know, she is not

1496
01:37:22,580 --> 01:37:25,460
like this super uptight person.

1497
01:37:25,460 --> 01:37:29,380
She does a lot of goofy shit as well, not only as reaction to the goofy shit liars and the

1498
01:37:29,380 --> 01:37:34,180
other characters do because she's kind of the straight woman here that they play off with

1499
01:37:34,180 --> 01:37:37,940
their antics and straight man being chill, Chuck.

1500
01:37:37,940 --> 01:37:43,180
But you know, also when she gets goofy like the skyfish, which he goes into full skyfish

1501
01:37:43,180 --> 01:37:48,180
mode in one episode, just fucking hilarious.

1502
01:37:48,180 --> 01:37:51,900
And you know, just yeah, she's just fun.

1503
01:37:51,900 --> 01:37:56,860
And another really fun detail about her that's just on a visual side and that I haven't seen

1504
01:37:56,860 --> 01:37:58,980
I think in any other anime.

1505
01:37:58,980 --> 01:38:03,300
He changes her hairstyles in pretty much every episode.

1506
01:38:03,300 --> 01:38:10,900
She only other character in all the anime I can remember that being actively pointed out

1507
01:38:10,900 --> 01:38:15,220
was hard to he because she wore her a different style every day of the week.

1508
01:38:15,220 --> 01:38:16,900
That was actually part of the story.

1509
01:38:16,900 --> 01:38:17,900
Yes.

1510
01:38:17,900 --> 01:38:18,900
Right?

1511
01:38:18,900 --> 01:38:21,500
Because she would get her attention and everything.

1512
01:38:21,500 --> 01:38:24,940
But in this is just a neat side thing.

1513
01:38:24,940 --> 01:38:26,180
It's just like, it's her thing.

1514
01:38:26,180 --> 01:38:27,900
She likes to change her per head lot.

1515
01:38:27,900 --> 01:38:33,020
She they even talk about her hairstyle when they have to shape shift her episode.

1516
01:38:33,020 --> 01:38:36,900
And she is like, wait, no, but that is just my hair.

1517
01:38:36,900 --> 01:38:39,500
I wore this already once like a couple of while ago.

1518
01:38:39,500 --> 01:38:40,500
And yes, she did.

1519
01:38:40,500 --> 01:38:42,700
And one of the previous episodes is like, no, I did this.

1520
01:38:42,700 --> 01:38:44,940
It's just I'm in the mood to wear this today.

1521
01:38:44,940 --> 01:38:45,940
Why?

1522
01:38:45,940 --> 01:38:46,940
Right?

1523
01:38:46,940 --> 01:38:48,500
And she has like a couple of different hair sets.

1524
01:38:48,500 --> 01:38:53,900
Some of those she goes back to, but some, maybe some of them only are shown in one episode

1525
01:38:53,900 --> 01:38:54,900
or whatever.

1526
01:38:54,900 --> 01:39:00,940
And that's going the extra mile from like a, from an artist's perspective, like having

1527
01:39:00,940 --> 01:39:06,540
a character model in there just for a couple of episodes with a different hairstyle.

1528
01:39:06,540 --> 01:39:08,660
That it happens so rarely in anime.

1529
01:39:08,660 --> 01:39:12,060
Yes, you have character set changes to her hairstyle after an arc or whatever.

1530
01:39:12,060 --> 01:39:16,700
Bulma and Dragon Ball also does this every time an arc is over.

1531
01:39:16,700 --> 01:39:22,180
But you know, not like in the course of one episode, like, and then next episode is the

1532
01:39:22,180 --> 01:39:23,180
different side.

1533
01:39:23,180 --> 01:39:24,180
And the next episode is the different hairstyle.

1534
01:39:24,180 --> 01:39:26,460
I picked up on this like after a couple of episodes.

1535
01:39:26,460 --> 01:39:29,580
Wait, is she has style different every time?

1536
01:39:29,580 --> 01:39:30,580
Yes, it was.

1537
01:39:30,580 --> 01:39:36,420
Like I said, some of them are used several times, but it's still different in every episode.

1538
01:39:36,420 --> 01:39:41,140
I guess I wasn't so observing because I didn't notice it as much at first.

1539
01:39:41,140 --> 01:39:45,700
Yes, at first me neither, but after I was like, wait, oh, this is happening.

1540
01:39:45,700 --> 01:39:47,940
So it's really cool.

1541
01:39:47,940 --> 01:39:50,460
And they always look great like they always fit her character.

1542
01:39:50,460 --> 01:39:52,580
And yes, really cool shit.

1543
01:39:52,580 --> 01:39:57,740
Just like show delicious dungeon, showing you that trigger is going for the extra details

1544
01:39:57,740 --> 01:40:02,580
here and putting a lot of work into the little bits that are super fun.

1545
01:40:02,580 --> 01:40:06,300
And yeah, my seal is one of those characters, both in the character development department

1546
01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:09,980
but also in the visual department that emphasizes that.

1547
01:40:09,980 --> 01:40:13,340
So yeah, laughter.

1548
01:40:13,340 --> 01:40:15,620
Love the other characters too though.

1549
01:40:15,620 --> 01:40:17,180
Sanji is super fun.

1550
01:40:17,180 --> 01:40:21,620
John, I want to tell us a bit more about him.

1551
01:40:21,620 --> 01:40:32,100
Sanji is a gruffle dwarf who's trying to make a living, eating the monsters in the dungeon

1552
01:40:32,100 --> 01:40:40,460
and he just, you know, and he sort of helps to maintain parts of the dungeons.

1553
01:40:40,460 --> 01:40:41,460
Equal systems.

1554
01:40:41,460 --> 01:40:42,460
Equal systems.

1555
01:40:42,460 --> 01:40:44,460
Equal systems are good work.

1556
01:40:44,460 --> 01:40:47,460
Consider himself a caretaker of the dungeons ecosystem.

1557
01:40:47,460 --> 01:40:50,980
Yeah, and he outwardly says that.

1558
01:40:50,980 --> 01:40:53,500
There's certain things that he does.

1559
01:40:53,500 --> 01:41:00,100
He takes care of like, there's like this golem that he tends to every solving.

1560
01:41:00,100 --> 01:41:07,660
He uses it to plant vegetables, but also make sure that it's tended to and taking care

1561
01:41:07,660 --> 01:41:08,660
of.

1562
01:41:08,660 --> 01:41:16,340
And he says that, you know, a lot of the monsters are meant to be like a balance so that they

1563
01:41:16,340 --> 01:41:18,460
don't wander into.

1564
01:41:18,460 --> 01:41:22,660
I guess, you use the word biome.

1565
01:41:22,660 --> 01:41:29,700
Biomes that aren't their own where they would be subject to danger or, you know, with

1566
01:41:29,700 --> 01:41:33,940
like some of the stronger ones might go up further and might make it more dangerous for

1567
01:41:33,940 --> 01:41:36,180
the people trying to traverse it.

1568
01:41:36,180 --> 01:41:38,780
So he's very mindful of that.

1569
01:41:38,780 --> 01:41:39,780
Yeah, absolutely.

1570
01:41:39,780 --> 01:41:46,220
And like I said, he has extensive knowledge of how best to cook and eat a lot of the monsters

1571
01:41:46,220 --> 01:41:53,740
and he imparts a lot of that information on to Lyos as the story goes on.

1572
01:41:53,740 --> 01:42:03,420
And he would, it's a, we find out a bit further in that he kind of has gone through some

1573
01:42:03,420 --> 01:42:04,420
stuff.

1574
01:42:04,420 --> 01:42:06,020
Oh, yeah.

1575
01:42:06,020 --> 01:42:14,020
But on the front of it, he comes across as just being very, you know, he's it again, he's

1576
01:42:14,020 --> 01:42:16,380
a single mind it, I would say.

1577
01:42:16,380 --> 01:42:18,220
Yeah, single mind is a good reason.

1578
01:42:18,220 --> 01:42:21,940
He's wants to maintain the dungeon ecosystem.

1579
01:42:21,940 --> 01:42:28,020
He's also interested in finding out what different monsters taste like, but there's the one

1580
01:42:28,020 --> 01:42:30,740
in particular.

1581
01:42:30,740 --> 01:42:33,340
What is a red dragon taste like?

1582
01:42:33,340 --> 01:42:34,340
Yeah.

1583
01:42:34,340 --> 01:42:40,380
And that's one of the things I got that they just needed a main motivation for essentially

1584
01:42:40,380 --> 01:42:45,380
to join the party because technically where he was, he was happy.

1585
01:42:45,380 --> 01:42:53,220
So considering cooking red dragon essentially is main goal here, at least for a while, I expected

1586
01:42:53,220 --> 01:42:58,740
to show to make a bigger deal out of him, you know, actually being able to maybe fulfill

1587
01:42:58,740 --> 01:43:01,460
his wish slash mission.

1588
01:43:01,460 --> 01:43:06,860
But you know, when we get to that, which yes, spoilers, but of course, that's what the series

1589
01:43:06,860 --> 01:43:08,460
builds towards.

1590
01:43:08,460 --> 01:43:13,340
That meal feels pretty much the same as all the others in terms of presentation and emotional

1591
01:43:13,340 --> 01:43:15,380
moment and whatever.

1592
01:43:15,380 --> 01:43:20,420
But then, you know, then what you mentioned before, he went through some stuff and I guess

1593
01:43:20,420 --> 01:43:25,540
the big emotional meal for him is reserved for an ultimate episode where we learn about

1594
01:43:25,540 --> 01:43:26,540
his origin story.

1595
01:43:26,540 --> 01:43:28,420
We're just pretty dark.

1596
01:43:28,420 --> 01:43:30,620
But at least to the aforementioned nice emotional moments.

1597
01:43:30,620 --> 01:43:32,100
So there's that.

1598
01:43:32,100 --> 01:43:36,900
And I was surprised that the red dragon meal wasn't that, right?

1599
01:43:36,900 --> 01:43:42,500
That that was his big holy grail, his white well for reason.

1600
01:43:42,500 --> 01:43:44,580
Why does he, why is he so intent?

1601
01:43:44,580 --> 01:43:46,380
Why is that the thing that he?

1602
01:43:46,380 --> 01:43:50,140
I never tasted this and this is so important to me and so on.

1603
01:43:50,140 --> 01:43:51,220
But it's just that.

1604
01:43:51,220 --> 01:43:55,060
And even then when they eat it, he's not like, oh my god, this was worth all the effort

1605
01:43:55,060 --> 01:43:56,060
and everything.

1606
01:43:56,060 --> 01:43:57,620
It's just another meal.

1607
01:43:57,620 --> 01:44:02,220
So it's a bit surprised how low key they were about it, considering that it was his main

1608
01:44:02,220 --> 01:44:04,140
motivation for a while.

1609
01:44:04,140 --> 01:44:06,620
But again, there's another meal is more important.

1610
01:44:06,620 --> 01:44:15,540
I mean, I guess it kind of makes sense in a way to me because he keeps, even though

1611
01:44:15,540 --> 01:44:20,380
essentially helps out the others, he's generally a pretty good nature.

1612
01:44:20,380 --> 01:44:22,940
He keeps to himself a lot.

1613
01:44:22,940 --> 01:44:23,940
Yes.

1614
01:44:23,940 --> 01:44:30,580
So for him to sort of keep that under wraps because of all the stuff he went through in

1615
01:44:30,580 --> 01:44:35,260
the past, it makes, I don't know, I guess it sort of works for me, but I could see why

1616
01:44:35,260 --> 01:44:39,900
you would say, you know, sort of, you need at that moment, he still needs some time to

1617
01:44:39,900 --> 01:44:41,900
come out of his shell.

1618
01:44:41,900 --> 01:44:44,180
That was not the big emotional thing.

1619
01:44:44,180 --> 01:44:47,700
I mean, it's not like he's completely standoffish with the other characters in the beginning

1620
01:44:47,700 --> 01:44:49,420
or it's like, I don't care about you.

1621
01:44:49,420 --> 01:44:53,020
I'm just with you because of I want to eat the drag meat or stuff like that.

1622
01:44:53,020 --> 01:44:58,980
He very much like learns about, there's a lot of interaction with in the party and them

1623
01:44:58,980 --> 01:45:07,140
letting, learning to know to interact with each other in general, like everyone has their

1624
01:45:07,140 --> 01:45:11,740
job and feet of expertise and essentially starts integrating cookie into everyone's speciality.

1625
01:45:11,740 --> 01:45:16,020
For example, he uses Chilchak's knowledge of traps to help him prepare fruit, like finding

1626
01:45:16,020 --> 01:45:21,740
boiling oil or using a blade trap to cut a big chunk of bad meat.

1627
01:45:21,740 --> 01:45:25,380
And you know, that affects the other characters because that means essentially learns about

1628
01:45:25,380 --> 01:45:31,700
using traps and Chilchak learns about cooking, you know, everyone then benefits from this partnership.

1629
01:45:31,700 --> 01:45:36,540
And you know, I like just like the party seeing growing together in that way and essentially

1630
01:45:36,540 --> 01:45:39,460
is kind of a catalyst for a lot of that.

1631
01:45:39,460 --> 01:45:43,460
You know, we have Marcelle making soap from the fat of the kelp and essentially letting

1632
01:45:43,460 --> 01:45:48,700
her clean is here with it because she puts so much work into it at some point.

1633
01:45:48,700 --> 01:45:51,460
And you know, now her support magic works better on him.

1634
01:45:51,460 --> 01:45:53,020
They can walk over water and everything.

1635
01:45:53,020 --> 01:45:57,540
So that was a nice moment and that is something that we don't see in the beginning because

1636
01:45:57,540 --> 01:46:03,860
like you said, then she is used to being mostly to himself and he has to first learn how to

1637
01:46:03,860 --> 01:46:09,260
rely on others, how to consider the feelings of other people.

1638
01:46:09,260 --> 01:46:16,700
Again, and how to interact with them properly and you know, that's one of his big character

1639
01:46:16,700 --> 01:46:17,700
flaws.

1640
01:46:17,700 --> 01:46:24,700
He is strong and very knowledgeable in Monster cuisine, but he is not really into risk management.

1641
01:46:24,700 --> 01:46:27,660
I mean, yeah.

1642
01:46:27,660 --> 01:46:32,540
You know, he's like, I know a dungeon, I'm not into complicated stuff.

1643
01:46:32,540 --> 01:46:37,260
And which means he clashes with Chilchak in the beginning a lot who is all about identifying

1644
01:46:37,260 --> 01:46:40,020
traps and avoiding them.

1645
01:46:40,020 --> 01:46:44,340
And you know, then the others don't necessarily take into consideration, take the ecosystem

1646
01:46:44,340 --> 01:46:46,340
of the dungeon into consideration.

1647
01:46:46,340 --> 01:46:47,860
Just like that.

1648
01:46:47,860 --> 01:46:53,660
And he also doesn't is no fan of magic because in his opinion, it makes things too easy in

1649
01:46:53,660 --> 01:46:54,660
his eyes.

1650
01:46:54,660 --> 01:46:58,420
You lose perspective and appreciation for certain things when being able to solve every

1651
01:46:58,420 --> 01:47:02,460
problem by just thinking as a spell and there's some people in the real world who would say,

1652
01:47:02,460 --> 01:47:09,540
Hey, if you want to eat meat, you should maybe be able to slaughter a pig or you know,

1653
01:47:09,540 --> 01:47:13,300
a cow or whatever because just buying it from the supermarket and makes you lose the

1654
01:47:13,300 --> 01:47:17,980
connections to what that actually means and see that perspective and essentially is kind

1655
01:47:17,980 --> 01:47:19,820
of like falling into that.

1656
01:47:19,820 --> 01:47:28,300
I just found the whole magic angle with him sort of interesting because classically speaking,

1657
01:47:28,300 --> 01:47:32,460
dwarves are resistant to magic.

1658
01:47:32,460 --> 01:47:39,500
Like as in it has less of an effect on them, like which is something that goes back to

1659
01:47:39,500 --> 01:47:41,540
like dungeons and dragons and whatnot.

1660
01:47:41,540 --> 01:47:49,460
So the fact that he, the, like the magic that Marcel used on him to be able to walk over

1661
01:47:49,460 --> 01:47:57,380
the water was only more effective after she had helped wash his hair and beard because

1662
01:47:57,380 --> 01:48:02,620
you know, I guess that was like the best conductor for it.

1663
01:48:02,620 --> 01:48:05,180
Hair is a big catalyst for magic as we learn.

1664
01:48:05,180 --> 01:48:11,180
Marcel uses her own hair to cast some spells on certain characters like the Cabrero's party

1665
01:48:11,180 --> 01:48:14,420
right when she heals them or whatever.

1666
01:48:14,420 --> 01:48:18,620
She uses her own hair, I think, and that's how they find out that this party had some interaction

1667
01:48:18,620 --> 01:48:20,100
with them, I think.

1668
01:48:20,100 --> 01:48:27,780
So hair is very important and senti is a big old dirty, no, small old dirty man, like he's

1669
01:48:27,780 --> 01:48:35,460
very much just test very, very dirty hair and that's why when it's needed, suddenly in

1670
01:48:35,460 --> 01:48:39,620
one episode, Marcel's magic doesn't properly work on him.

1671
01:48:39,620 --> 01:48:40,620
Yeah, you're right.

1672
01:48:40,620 --> 01:48:41,620
That's really interesting.

1673
01:48:41,620 --> 01:48:44,860
Again, good world building when it comes to the races that are present in the show, the

1674
01:48:44,860 --> 01:48:45,860
different ones, right?

1675
01:48:45,860 --> 01:48:50,500
And how they differentiate from each other in certain character traits and but also in

1676
01:48:50,500 --> 01:48:55,100
certain body traits and what they can't do.

1677
01:48:55,100 --> 01:49:02,060
And yeah, but you know, they find a way around that, which I mentioned before, like something.

1678
01:49:02,060 --> 01:49:06,580
And senti actually appreciates, he learns to appreciate magic of or certain aspects of

1679
01:49:06,580 --> 01:49:11,060
magic after while he's not the biggest fan of it, but after while he finds out there is a certain

1680
01:49:11,060 --> 01:49:16,940
use for some of it, certain you for certain tools, that children use as he was not interested

1681
01:49:16,940 --> 01:49:17,940
in that.

1682
01:49:17,940 --> 01:49:23,260
And for senti, it's mostly like opening up his, for the others is opening up their eyes to

1683
01:49:23,260 --> 01:49:28,260
the dungeons, to the dungeon and learning about its different biomes about the different

1684
01:49:28,260 --> 01:49:32,580
world, the monsters and what they can offer them and how they work and how they interact

1685
01:49:32,580 --> 01:49:37,660
with each other and everything and getting knowledgeable about them for about that for senti

1686
01:49:37,660 --> 01:49:40,300
since it's been a long time in this dungeon.

1687
01:49:40,300 --> 01:49:45,980
It's about learning the things the outside world has to offer is his life in the dungeon

1688
01:49:45,980 --> 01:49:50,300
and also benefiting from that and having the monsters and the ecosystem.

1689
01:49:50,300 --> 01:49:54,580
So it's all about exchange and learning from each other, which was pretty cool.

1690
01:49:54,580 --> 01:49:56,300
I like that a lot.

1691
01:49:56,300 --> 01:49:59,660
So yeah, cool character again.

1692
01:49:59,660 --> 01:50:09,780
The last of the main bunch is probably his chillchak, which I feel like doesn't necessarily

1693
01:50:09,780 --> 01:50:15,460
go through as much development as senti and marcil.

1694
01:50:15,460 --> 01:50:20,540
Yeah, we, I feel like we don't really, we just learned a little bit about it, but definitely

1695
01:50:20,540 --> 01:50:25,660
not as much as any of the other characters, but that might come in the next season.

1696
01:50:25,660 --> 01:50:28,140
So we learn he's technically an old man.

1697
01:50:28,140 --> 01:50:32,060
He's 29, which is like what?

1698
01:50:32,060 --> 01:50:39,900
You just said before, but the different life spans people because we have different races

1699
01:50:39,900 --> 01:50:41,820
and those they age differently.

1700
01:50:41,820 --> 01:50:44,500
Humans, tall man's age like humans.

1701
01:50:44,500 --> 01:50:53,220
Wafs have 2.5 times the lifespan of a human half foot like chillchak usually only have a

1702
01:50:53,220 --> 01:50:58,020
lifespan of about 50 years.

1703
01:50:58,020 --> 01:51:00,060
So with 29, he's getting there, right?

1704
01:51:00,060 --> 01:51:06,060
And elves usually for about 500 years, so definitely not as long as in Friven, but still

1705
01:51:06,060 --> 01:51:12,060
Marcil, I don't even know if they say how old she is at some point.

1706
01:51:12,060 --> 01:51:13,580
Apparently she is 50.

1707
01:51:13,580 --> 01:51:17,380
Okay, so she is still pre-earned.

1708
01:51:17,380 --> 01:51:20,620
But yeah, so chillchak is kind of an old man.

1709
01:51:20,620 --> 01:51:24,340
I think at one point we learn he has a family outside of the dungeon.

1710
01:51:24,340 --> 01:51:27,700
It's just on the side, info, it's not made a big deal about that.

1711
01:51:27,700 --> 01:51:31,700
We don't see a flashback to that really or anything, but I think he has a wife and two daughters

1712
01:51:31,700 --> 01:51:33,700
or something.

1713
01:51:33,700 --> 01:51:37,740
So, but you know, because of his, the way he looks and he, when he talks, he feels like this

1714
01:51:37,740 --> 01:51:42,900
young cynical or sarcastic person who is always annoyed if people don't listen to his instructions

1715
01:51:42,900 --> 01:51:44,900
because he's the tactics guy.

1716
01:51:44,900 --> 01:51:51,020
He's the guy who knows all about the traps, all about lockpicking, all about avoiding danger

1717
01:51:51,020 --> 01:51:52,020
and everything.

1718
01:51:52,020 --> 01:51:57,820
So, you know, he has his clashes with Senti and he has his clashes with Lyos who is always

1719
01:51:57,820 --> 01:52:00,980
going out of the way to find new monsters and it's like, no, that's not what we want to

1720
01:52:00,980 --> 01:52:01,980
do.

1721
01:52:01,980 --> 01:52:03,460
We want to avoid them.

1722
01:52:03,460 --> 01:52:05,260
God damn it.

1723
01:52:05,260 --> 01:52:11,860
And so yeah, that's of course fun, but that's mostly his job in the party and in terms of

1724
01:52:11,860 --> 01:52:16,580
the show is being like the, like the straight man who complains about the other characters

1725
01:52:16,580 --> 01:52:24,020
doing dumb goofy shit and you know, him not doing that so often.

1726
01:52:24,020 --> 01:52:32,060
I mean, he has also some stupid things happening to him like, you know, he has trouble with mimics,

1727
01:52:32,060 --> 01:52:34,060
but who doesn't?

1728
01:52:34,060 --> 01:52:37,060
Frieden can also sing a song for that.

1729
01:52:37,060 --> 01:52:44,180
You know, he moreso of different reasons and everything, but he's has still goofy parts,

1730
01:52:44,180 --> 01:52:48,100
but he's the straight man in this group and he's always like, God damn it.

1731
01:52:48,100 --> 01:52:55,060
Why do I have to take care of all these children doing dumb shit and it feels like that.

1732
01:52:55,060 --> 01:52:56,300
So that's his main role here.

1733
01:52:56,300 --> 01:53:01,140
I feel like aside from that, there's not that much happening with it in him in this season

1734
01:53:01,140 --> 01:53:03,580
yet, but that could still come.

1735
01:53:03,580 --> 01:53:09,940
And he's still an integral part of the party in terms of skillset, but also, you know,

1736
01:53:09,940 --> 01:53:13,940
sometimes doing something in exposition, but also in terms of reactions to like I said,

1737
01:53:13,940 --> 01:53:17,260
all the nonsense that is going on around him.

1738
01:53:17,260 --> 01:53:18,980
So it's very enjoyable.

1739
01:53:18,980 --> 01:53:23,700
And you know, in the battle, he's mostly like, I'm going to run away because I cannot really

1740
01:53:23,700 --> 01:53:26,980
contribute to this.

1741
01:53:26,980 --> 01:53:28,820
discretion is the better part of valor.

1742
01:53:28,820 --> 01:53:33,260
Yes, but also that that also does its part in certain.

1743
01:53:33,260 --> 01:53:35,260
So cool.

1744
01:53:35,260 --> 01:53:36,260
Yeah.

1745
01:53:36,260 --> 01:53:42,180
And outside of those four, we have a couple of interesting side characters or coasters,

1746
01:53:42,180 --> 01:53:48,500
felon, lies, there was mostly around in background stories, right?

1747
01:53:48,500 --> 01:53:53,220
That of missille, for example, and a bit of other stuff because, you know, the moment of

1748
01:53:53,220 --> 01:53:56,260
Asian given the main motivation of our party.

1749
01:53:56,260 --> 01:54:00,020
Of course, she can't be around too much in the season.

1750
01:54:00,020 --> 01:54:06,100
And then we got some other characters, other people like, you know, the gnome, I forgot his

1751
01:54:06,100 --> 01:54:11,620
name, who's another party who becomes a bit more relevant in terms of lore and exposition

1752
01:54:11,620 --> 01:54:15,100
later on and politics.

1753
01:54:15,100 --> 01:54:20,340
There's Kabru, who is like, he, I think you miss well, right?

1754
01:54:20,340 --> 01:54:21,540
I think he's a tall man.

1755
01:54:21,540 --> 01:54:23,420
He's tall man, right?

1756
01:54:23,420 --> 01:54:26,860
And he was this other party, the party that gets completely killed that we mentioned in

1757
01:54:26,860 --> 01:54:27,860
beginning.

1758
01:54:27,860 --> 01:54:37,900
And his motivation is mostly like he wants to destroy the ruler of this dungeon and does

1759
01:54:37,900 --> 01:54:42,340
keep the monsters from spilling out at a certain point because that's what happens on his islands

1760
01:54:42,340 --> 01:54:48,540
and had a lot of all of the people he knew or a lot of the people he knew killed and everything.

1761
01:54:48,540 --> 01:54:57,060
So that's his main goal and that might eventually interfere with our main parties goals.

1762
01:54:57,060 --> 01:54:58,060
We'll see.

1763
01:54:58,060 --> 01:55:06,900
I can see fell, fell and figure into that posing side and them having to fight Kabru eventually.

1764
01:55:06,900 --> 01:55:12,820
He's also a bit of, I don't know, he seems to be a nice guy generally, but there are these

1765
01:55:12,820 --> 01:55:20,720
moments in this story where he seems very, very like sober, cold blooded when it comes to

1766
01:55:20,720 --> 01:55:26,980
killing certain people when it seems to dishing out his own, his own brand of justice.

1767
01:55:26,980 --> 01:55:31,300
Yeah, there's something bubbling just under the surface.

1768
01:55:31,300 --> 01:55:36,260
Yeah, something very callous and ruthless about him in certain moments that makes you feel

1769
01:55:36,260 --> 01:55:40,260
like not entirely comfortable with this guy.

1770
01:55:40,260 --> 01:55:46,340
Like he feels like he has good intentions, but it feels like he will go to certain lengths

1771
01:55:46,340 --> 01:55:51,140
to achieve his goal set might not be super nice.

1772
01:55:51,140 --> 01:55:52,140
Yeah.

1773
01:55:52,140 --> 01:55:54,180
And that comes across in certain moments.

1774
01:55:54,180 --> 01:55:58,580
You know, he's not like a guy that is sitting on his prejudices and everything like this.

1775
01:55:58,580 --> 01:56:03,060
He's got, he's got a certain opinion in the beginning about Lyos and the sister and he, he

1776
01:56:03,060 --> 01:56:08,580
changes that like he switches, he switches and he accepts that he had a wrong impression

1777
01:56:08,580 --> 01:56:12,260
about Lyos in the beginning and he changes his opinion on him.

1778
01:56:12,260 --> 01:56:19,140
So he's not like completely narrow minded or anything, but in regards to his motivation,

1779
01:56:19,140 --> 01:56:27,380
it's just like as this, this paladin ask like super, super night in a certain way that is in

1780
01:56:27,380 --> 01:56:31,540
it for not the money, like most of the other people who are going into the dungeon, like they

1781
01:56:31,540 --> 01:56:33,900
just want to looted, ransack it.

1782
01:56:33,900 --> 01:56:38,860
He's in it for the long term goal he wants to, to help the people outside of the dungeon

1783
01:56:38,860 --> 01:56:44,420
by destroying the person that is causing all the, the bad stuff happening in the dungeon,

1784
01:56:44,420 --> 01:56:45,780
all the monsters who appear in everything.

1785
01:56:45,780 --> 01:56:51,940
So he's a kind of a noble goal, the problem is when it comes to other people interfering

1786
01:56:51,940 --> 01:57:00,020
with that, he is probably not going to make this, let this be up for discussion.

1787
01:57:00,020 --> 01:57:04,180
So he won't abide people getting in his way.

1788
01:57:04,180 --> 01:57:09,540
Yeah, so I'm pretty sure it's going to take up an antagonistic role eventually.

1789
01:57:09,540 --> 01:57:11,180
Uh, we'll see.

1790
01:57:11,180 --> 01:57:15,980
Right now he isn't, he's going to be somewhat be part of the party, I think eventually, at

1791
01:57:15,980 --> 01:57:21,140
least his thesis, uh, at the end, there might be, but also not.

1792
01:57:21,140 --> 01:57:22,740
He's still around though.

1793
01:57:22,740 --> 01:57:24,260
I wonder about that.

1794
01:57:24,260 --> 01:57:25,260
Yes.

1795
01:57:25,260 --> 01:57:27,900
And he's definitely one of the most interesting characters when it comes to the prospect of

1796
01:57:27,900 --> 01:57:31,060
future seasons to see where he goes and where his character goes.

1797
01:57:31,060 --> 01:57:32,060
Mm hmm.

1798
01:57:32,060 --> 01:57:36,260
Because right now it's just, it's just a wild guess where he will actually end up when it

1799
01:57:36,260 --> 01:57:38,500
comes to the relation to our party.

1800
01:57:38,500 --> 01:57:46,460
Like I feel there's, I thought there's two other characters who would probably join before

1801
01:57:46,460 --> 01:57:50,580
he does, but I'm, I could also be way off.

1802
01:57:50,580 --> 01:57:51,580
Yeah.

1803
01:57:51,580 --> 01:57:52,580
Yeah.

1804
01:57:52,580 --> 01:57:53,580
Now I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about.

1805
01:57:53,580 --> 01:57:58,140
And just because of their history with our main party, I would agree to.

1806
01:57:58,140 --> 01:57:59,140
Mm hmm.

1807
01:57:59,140 --> 01:58:00,140
Absolutely.

1808
01:58:00,140 --> 01:58:04,740
So, um, I am willing to be proven wrong at any point.

1809
01:58:04,740 --> 01:58:05,740
Absolutely.

1810
01:58:05,740 --> 01:58:11,420
And by the end of the show, we also get another faction that is playing into this, which

1811
01:58:11,420 --> 01:58:17,100
are the Western elves, which of course also will play into more sealed story, probably

1812
01:58:17,100 --> 01:58:22,980
eventually when they encounter them, uh, who are, uh, intent on leveling the dungeon, which

1813
01:58:22,980 --> 01:58:27,580
cover is trying to convince them to not do that and to seal it instead because leveling

1814
01:58:27,580 --> 01:58:32,380
dungeon means a lot of the monsters will spill outside and will kill a lot of people.

1815
01:58:32,380 --> 01:58:38,020
Well, he wants to, uh, before, you know, the elves will kill the monsters too, but, you

1816
01:58:38,020 --> 01:58:42,100
know, a lot of people in that conflict will lose their lives.

1817
01:58:42,100 --> 01:58:46,060
And they're just more, you know, with the, they're about the Bluntamer approach and he's

1818
01:58:46,060 --> 01:58:50,900
more about the scalpel going into the dungeon to the lowest level and beating the final boss

1819
01:58:50,900 --> 01:58:51,900
so just.

1820
01:58:51,900 --> 01:58:52,900
Mm hmm.

1821
01:58:52,900 --> 01:58:59,700
So, we'll see, uh, but he, I think he convinces the elves to also get into the dungeon.

1822
01:58:59,700 --> 01:59:00,700
Uh, I don't know.

1823
01:59:00,700 --> 01:59:01,700
We'll see.

1824
01:59:01,700 --> 01:59:04,900
Interesting setup for the second season.

1825
01:59:04,900 --> 01:59:06,700
And, uh, we see where this goes.

1826
01:59:06,700 --> 01:59:11,820
We don't know that much about Isis, uh, Sumi yet, uh, the last party member of Man Group.

1827
01:59:11,820 --> 01:59:14,980
We barely talked about her because there's not much to talk about her.

1828
01:59:14,980 --> 01:59:17,780
I think she is part of Shuro's group first, right?

1829
01:59:17,780 --> 01:59:18,780
Yeah.

1830
01:59:18,780 --> 01:59:25,340
She was one of his retainers and then Shuro just was kind of like, Hey, I think you should

1831
01:59:25,340 --> 01:59:29,180
go with them and he said, soon we start like, uh, fine.

1832
01:59:29,180 --> 01:59:33,940
And is he even saying that or is she just running away and then joining up with them later?

1833
01:59:33,940 --> 01:59:34,940
I'm not sure.

1834
01:59:34,940 --> 01:59:38,260
I, I feel like that was part of it.

1835
01:59:38,260 --> 01:59:43,420
Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I think she, you know, because she's like this, this

1836
01:59:43,420 --> 01:59:50,140
artificial beast man, she's not really necessarily fond of her, the country where she came

1837
01:59:50,140 --> 01:59:55,420
from because it feels like she is an experiment or whatever on, on willing one.

1838
01:59:55,420 --> 01:59:59,700
So maybe that will play into it and we'll see if that story gets elaborated on later on.

1839
01:59:59,700 --> 02:00:01,940
That sounds really interesting.

1840
02:00:01,940 --> 02:00:06,780
But, uh, yeah, there's a nice moment between her and Marcel later on like with their hugging

1841
02:00:06,780 --> 02:00:07,780
each other.

1842
02:00:07,780 --> 02:00:13,340
They become pretty, flows pretty quickly, which is fun because it's, Isisumi is like this.

1843
02:00:13,340 --> 02:00:17,220
He's not a people person because she is a cat, haha, haha.

1844
02:00:17,220 --> 02:00:22,820
But, you know, the her interactions with the gang is with, with the rest of the parties

1845
02:00:22,820 --> 02:00:27,660
more standoffers in the beginning, but later on, due to certain circumstances she and Marcel

1846
02:00:27,660 --> 02:00:30,020
get pretty close pretty quickly.

1847
02:00:30,020 --> 02:00:33,060
And there's like a really nice tender character moment between those.

1848
02:00:33,060 --> 02:00:37,500
I think it's either the penultimate or the last episode.

1849
02:00:37,500 --> 02:00:42,180
And I can see them having an interesting dynamic also in the future season and some stuff

1850
02:00:42,180 --> 02:00:44,580
happening there.

1851
02:00:44,580 --> 02:00:48,260
And yeah, looking forward to learning more about her character and maybe seeing some more

1852
02:00:48,260 --> 02:00:50,460
about chill chucks background and everything.

1853
02:00:50,460 --> 02:00:57,380
I feel like I got a pretty good grasp on Marcel and Senchi and Lyos at this point, but not

1854
02:00:57,380 --> 02:01:00,180
necessarily those two.

1855
02:01:00,180 --> 02:01:02,540
So, let's see, we'll see where this goes.

1856
02:01:02,540 --> 02:01:03,540
Yeah.

1857
02:01:03,540 --> 02:01:08,740
Those three in Fallon, we definitely have learned the lion's share about, so.

1858
02:01:08,740 --> 02:01:09,740
Yeah.

1859
02:01:09,740 --> 02:01:10,740
Yeah.

1860
02:01:10,740 --> 02:01:14,060
Which is funny because we haven't really spent that much time with Fallon herself yet,

1861
02:01:14,060 --> 02:01:18,820
but we've heard so much about the other characters talking about her and seeing her in the

1862
02:01:18,820 --> 02:01:21,820
background and certain background stories and everything that it feels like we already

1863
02:01:21,820 --> 02:01:27,140
know her a lot more than some of the other characters, which is, I mean, it's also a good

1864
02:01:27,140 --> 02:01:28,140
thing to do, right?

1865
02:01:28,140 --> 02:01:32,780
That makes you care about them actually fulfilling their mission and getting her back.

1866
02:01:32,780 --> 02:01:37,860
Because if it, if she was just like this elusive thing with like us, just Lyos sister, it's

1867
02:01:37,860 --> 02:01:43,220
just Marcel's friend, then that would maybe not be enough to be that emotionally engaged

1868
02:01:43,220 --> 02:01:48,060
in her story, but we see enough of her over the course of this first season where it's

1869
02:01:48,060 --> 02:01:52,340
like, oh no, she seems to be a really cool person and we definitely want to save her like

1870
02:01:52,340 --> 02:01:54,140
along with the party.

1871
02:01:54,140 --> 02:01:56,300
So yeah, that was super cool.

1872
02:01:56,300 --> 02:02:00,140
To look at my random notes of cool things.

1873
02:02:00,140 --> 02:02:04,380
Oh, I actually wrote great orchestral JRPG if soundtrack.

1874
02:02:04,380 --> 02:02:07,620
I just didn't pick up that it is that it was Mitsuda style.

1875
02:02:07,620 --> 02:02:13,180
So I picked up on the JRPG atmosphere, but it didn't pick up on it being Mitsuda.

1876
02:02:13,180 --> 02:02:14,700
Well, there we are.

1877
02:02:14,700 --> 02:02:15,700
There we are.

1878
02:02:15,700 --> 02:02:17,500
We've had the same thought, but didn't connect it up.

1879
02:02:17,500 --> 02:02:20,020
Yeah, it's funny.

1880
02:02:20,020 --> 02:02:23,940
Maybe we mentioned about the fauna in the flora and dungeon, which is really interesting.

1881
02:02:23,940 --> 02:02:28,100
You know, you have classics like Manating Plans, Basilisk and Sea Serpents, but you'll

1882
02:02:28,100 --> 02:02:33,940
also get really, really offbeat stuff like the cleaners who are these little microorganisms

1883
02:02:33,940 --> 02:02:36,860
that repair damage in the dungeon.

1884
02:02:36,860 --> 02:02:37,860
That's really fun.

1885
02:02:37,860 --> 02:02:43,780
Then the paintings who seem to be, features themselves in a way, you know, you get the living

1886
02:02:43,780 --> 02:02:48,740
armors that are not really possessed armors, but actually have like these little mollus

1887
02:02:48,740 --> 02:02:49,740
attached to them.

1888
02:02:49,740 --> 02:02:54,540
And that's why they move and these mollus have also their own ecosystems, ecosystem and

1889
02:02:54,540 --> 02:02:55,540
everything.

1890
02:02:55,540 --> 02:02:58,140
I thought I thought that was really cool.

1891
02:02:58,140 --> 02:02:59,140
That was super cool.

1892
02:02:59,140 --> 02:03:00,140
Yeah.

1893
02:03:00,140 --> 02:03:04,020
And that's these are the moments where you understand why liars are so obsessed with it,

1894
02:03:04,020 --> 02:03:06,340
because it's just a cool idea.

1895
02:03:06,340 --> 02:03:11,180
And you know, Sanctuary then finding out, I mean, it's, it's still a bit weird that the

1896
02:03:11,180 --> 02:03:16,540
first thing they then go to is like, oh, we found a new interest, an interesting new creature.

1897
02:03:16,540 --> 02:03:21,980
Let's cook it instead of studying it for something like that in its natural habitat.

1898
02:03:21,980 --> 02:03:24,780
But you know, that's what this show, that's that's the hook of the show.

1899
02:03:24,780 --> 02:03:27,820
It's like they're gonna cook fucking everything.

1900
02:03:27,820 --> 02:03:31,980
And yes, in Stereocat, I don't know, I mentioned this before, but people die in this show.

1901
02:03:31,980 --> 02:03:36,700
So there's a rising amount of gruesome gory deaths.

1902
02:03:36,700 --> 02:03:42,300
And you know, being able to revive usually everyone, it feels like that's how, why they put,

1903
02:03:42,300 --> 02:03:47,500
were able to put this in here without, you know, killing the mood as well.

1904
02:03:47,500 --> 02:03:52,220
But there's like one particular battle in the last quarter of the show where it's just

1905
02:03:52,220 --> 02:03:53,300
Jesus.

1906
02:03:53,300 --> 02:03:56,340
I did not expect that much blood in this show.

1907
02:03:56,340 --> 02:03:58,340
It went really wild.

1908
02:03:58,340 --> 02:04:00,740
It gets to be a lot.

1909
02:04:00,740 --> 02:04:02,540
Yeah, absolutely.

1910
02:04:02,540 --> 02:04:08,460
A lot of nice details aside from Marcee's hair, like the party is doing something from the

1911
02:04:08,460 --> 02:04:15,140
second opening that helps them in an actual fight later on, which I didn't pick up on when

1912
02:04:15,140 --> 02:04:16,140
watching the OP.

1913
02:04:16,140 --> 02:04:17,540
And then, oh, that's what they're doing.

1914
02:04:17,540 --> 02:04:18,540
Oh, interesting.

1915
02:04:18,540 --> 02:04:24,980
They just do that a lot of anime openings, them holding at the, each other at the hands.

1916
02:04:24,980 --> 02:04:29,460
And then in the show, they do like where they have a monster flipped through that and then

1917
02:04:29,460 --> 02:04:30,460
being.

1918
02:04:30,460 --> 02:04:31,460
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1919
02:04:31,460 --> 02:04:36,820
But the holding each other's hands in the, is the thing that happens regularly in anime

1920
02:04:36,820 --> 02:04:41,620
or peace, like them soaring through the sky and holding is just other's hands in the circle.

1921
02:04:41,620 --> 02:04:44,420
So I didn't pick up on that and then they actually do that and show and actually has an

1922
02:04:44,420 --> 02:04:45,420
effect in the fight.

1923
02:04:45,420 --> 02:04:47,420
And it was great.

1924
02:04:47,420 --> 02:04:48,420
So.

1925
02:04:48,420 --> 02:04:54,020
And yeah, just, you know, the story being as good as it is, like I said, I expected this

1926
02:04:54,020 --> 02:04:58,180
more of us to be a slice of life, a fair all the way through.

1927
02:04:58,180 --> 02:05:02,940
But I really got pulled in by the story and of course, as expected from trigger the action

1928
02:05:02,940 --> 02:05:05,700
and general presentation, I just top notch.

1929
02:05:05,700 --> 02:05:08,260
So that's really cool.

1930
02:05:08,260 --> 02:05:13,660
I think the last thing, unless you have something else, John, that I need to bring up because

1931
02:05:13,660 --> 02:05:15,900
it's the show it is.

1932
02:05:15,900 --> 02:05:18,620
What is, what of the monster foods, John?

1933
02:05:18,620 --> 02:05:25,380
Are the ones or is the one food item that you would like to taste yourself?

1934
02:05:25,380 --> 02:05:26,380
Yeah.

1935
02:05:26,380 --> 02:05:33,940
Oh man, I feel like for me, it would be sky fish and chips if only because of the great name.

1936
02:05:33,940 --> 02:05:36,380
But there was some other ones that looked tasty.

1937
02:05:36,380 --> 02:05:39,940
What was the one that caught your eye specifically?

1938
02:05:39,940 --> 02:05:42,820
Oh man, there were so many.

1939
02:05:42,820 --> 02:05:45,220
I don't know how I could pick one, but.

1940
02:05:45,220 --> 02:05:53,020
I think you love thing of meat or sight dish that stuck out because of the way it looked.

1941
02:05:53,020 --> 02:05:57,100
I'm seafood.

1942
02:05:57,100 --> 02:05:59,100
I just seemed to recall.

1943
02:05:59,100 --> 02:06:00,100
What was it?

1944
02:06:00,100 --> 02:06:04,260
I think it was just like a giant frog meat that they made one time and that looked really

1945
02:06:04,260 --> 02:06:05,260
good.

1946
02:06:05,260 --> 02:06:10,940
But I mean, I guess there's that, but there's just so many others.

1947
02:06:10,940 --> 02:06:15,700
Like when they had like the treasure bugs and they can eat them.

1948
02:06:15,700 --> 02:06:22,780
That was definitely the freakyest fucking monster designs and also meal they did was like,

1949
02:06:22,780 --> 02:06:30,340
that is so fucking weird, but also really just monsters pose mimicking treasure.

1950
02:06:30,340 --> 02:06:32,980
So you know, being their own kind of mimics.

1951
02:06:32,980 --> 02:06:36,980
And yeah, the fact that it's an extension of a mimic in a way.

1952
02:06:36,980 --> 02:06:37,980
Yes.

1953
02:06:37,980 --> 02:06:43,180
And you know, them just turning into that into candy because you know diamonds, rubies, whatever,

1954
02:06:43,180 --> 02:06:47,860
they also they already look a bit like, you know, clear sugar candy, whatever.

1955
02:06:47,860 --> 02:06:56,100
And then you know, essentially throws the actual gems away, the fool, the absolute cantaloupe.

1956
02:06:56,100 --> 02:06:59,940
And yeah, that, but that was fun.

1957
02:06:59,940 --> 02:07:05,300
And you know, there was the times that they made like the ice cream or like the jar of candy

1958
02:07:05,300 --> 02:07:06,300
as well.

1959
02:07:06,300 --> 02:07:10,500
Those were free, you know, just a little something sweet on the side too.

1960
02:07:10,500 --> 02:07:13,380
There's a lot of, man, there's a lot of good looking food in this.

1961
02:07:13,380 --> 02:07:19,780
There is some on less stuff, they do some pancake stuff and yeah, it's cool, it's cool stuff.

1962
02:07:19,780 --> 02:07:27,460
It brings to mind in particular, if you've ever played dragons crown and you see the meals

1963
02:07:27,460 --> 02:07:32,220
that you can buy in the tavern before like going out on adventures and fighting bosses,

1964
02:07:32,220 --> 02:07:33,860
it's like, it's like that.

1965
02:07:33,860 --> 02:07:34,860
Like it looks decadent.

1966
02:07:34,860 --> 02:07:36,180
It looks so good.

1967
02:07:36,180 --> 02:07:37,180
Yes.

1968
02:07:37,180 --> 02:07:39,020
Food was also comes to mind of course.

1969
02:07:39,020 --> 02:07:45,500
Although there is no people losing their clothes over the food in this one.

1970
02:07:45,500 --> 02:07:52,580
But yeah, that's definitely, that feels, felt very familiar when you know these, that game

1971
02:07:52,580 --> 02:07:57,060
and that anime that's revisiting that feeling.

1972
02:07:57,060 --> 02:07:58,060
Absolutely.

1973
02:07:58,060 --> 02:08:04,300
But yeah, I thought the show was great.

1974
02:08:04,300 --> 02:08:06,220
It seems like you feel the same John.

1975
02:08:06,220 --> 02:08:07,220
It was fantastic.

1976
02:08:07,220 --> 02:08:08,220
Really good time.

1977
02:08:08,220 --> 02:08:14,540
Two course shows, so not too short like 24 episodes, but it went by pretty quickly.

1978
02:08:14,540 --> 02:08:18,140
And we're getting a set in season, so that's pretty dang good.

1979
02:08:18,140 --> 02:08:21,140
John, where can people watch the first season?

1980
02:08:21,140 --> 02:08:26,260
As available to watch on Netflix and it is available.

1981
02:08:26,260 --> 02:08:29,220
They are simile dubbing it as well.

1982
02:08:29,220 --> 02:08:36,020
And you know, it being a little bit off of when I pros eat these videos, they may recently

1983
02:08:36,020 --> 02:08:45,620
be, I don't watch a whole dub, but the whole cast in the dub was really great.

1984
02:08:45,620 --> 02:08:52,340
And we, you and I talked about it privately, but it was nice to see that like a lot of the

1985
02:08:52,340 --> 02:08:57,260
Japanese community was like, can't know the voices are like really in line with what we

1986
02:08:57,260 --> 02:08:58,700
imagined, you know, they would be too.

1987
02:08:58,700 --> 02:09:03,300
So you know, it was cool to see a lot of agreement on both sides about it.

1988
02:09:03,300 --> 02:09:11,900
Yeah, and considering that the, you know, it's more technically a Western-ish RPG design

1989
02:09:11,900 --> 02:09:18,060
thing going on there in certain parts, at least when it comes to classic, you know, feeling

1990
02:09:18,060 --> 02:09:23,660
to the classic Dungeons and Dragons formula and crowd, maybe in certain aspects and maybe

1991
02:09:23,660 --> 02:09:29,340
monster designs in certain parts and you know, the races and all that that are available.

1992
02:09:29,340 --> 02:09:32,820
And we consider watching it in English instead because it feels like appropriate also

1993
02:09:32,820 --> 02:09:37,660
with the names of the characters and everything, you know, could, could be, you could do that.

1994
02:09:37,660 --> 02:09:43,900
I mean, I of course watch in Japanese because I watch all anime's up usually, but I feel

1995
02:09:43,900 --> 02:09:50,100
like this would be one of those, or just like the anime that are set more in the Western

1996
02:09:50,100 --> 02:09:57,140
hemisphere of our world that it might warrant checking out the English dub because it feels

1997
02:09:57,140 --> 02:10:04,140
like, oh, yeah, it's like maybe a series that would benefit from having that language as

1998
02:10:04,140 --> 02:10:07,860
the language that you listen to while experiencing the show.

1999
02:10:07,860 --> 02:10:14,860
So I think I've set this before, I'm kind of glad that we have moved past the point of like

2000
02:10:14,860 --> 02:10:21,180
90s, dubs being questionable.

2001
02:10:21,180 --> 02:10:26,500
And to the point that, you know, the production value and the like the cast and crew, like

2002
02:10:26,500 --> 02:10:33,540
the feeling that, you know, that, you know, there's a desire to elevate the experience is

2003
02:10:33,540 --> 02:10:34,860
definitely there.

2004
02:10:34,860 --> 02:10:40,500
So like, again, you know, same as you don't watch a whole lot dubbed because you know, most

2005
02:10:40,500 --> 02:10:52,500
of it is just simul cast and subbed, but this, uh, Kaguriyasama, Oshinoko, I think, uh,

2006
02:10:52,500 --> 02:10:56,460
and I haven't gone back to check out, but I think no coton has a simul dub on Amazon.

2007
02:10:56,460 --> 02:10:57,460
Interesting.

2008
02:10:57,460 --> 02:11:02,740
I wonder which I, I wonder how well some of the jokes carry over, but I also kind of want

2009
02:11:02,740 --> 02:11:06,900
to check it out at some point just to be like, huh, okay, because I saw some clips and it

2010
02:11:06,900 --> 02:11:11,780
does go a little crazy as you would expect, but you know, I'm glad we are at that point

2011
02:11:11,780 --> 02:11:16,020
where it's like, yeah, no, the dub can, can be just as good.

2012
02:11:16,020 --> 02:11:19,260
It can be an equally valid choice.

2013
02:11:19,260 --> 02:11:20,260
All right.

2014
02:11:20,260 --> 02:11:34,540
Uh, then I say dungeon food, oh, dungeon food, but there's still one thing we have to do.

2015
02:11:34,540 --> 02:11:38,540
[Music]

2016
02:11:38,540 --> 02:11:40,780
Bast of this season.

2017
02:11:40,780 --> 02:11:43,020
So yeah, best of the season, of course.

2018
02:11:43,020 --> 02:11:47,980
Now, since we only had two episodes this season, only three reviews, the selection is

2019
02:11:47,980 --> 02:11:51,380
not as broad.

2020
02:11:51,380 --> 02:11:59,780
So yeah, I don't, uh, no, John, I don't you start us off with what was your pick this

2021
02:11:59,780 --> 02:12:00,780
season.

2022
02:12:00,780 --> 02:12:03,780
Oh, brother.

2023
02:12:03,780 --> 02:12:04,780
[Laughs]

2024
02:12:04,780 --> 02:12:11,180
Well, I, I only have really two shows out of the full review should do.

2025
02:12:11,180 --> 02:12:13,980
Like, you know, I touched on some quick in the desk.

2026
02:12:13,980 --> 02:12:21,380
And there was a couple other shortest things I watched, but you know, those, hard to give

2027
02:12:21,380 --> 02:12:26,180
stuff to like, stuff like that or to returning shows because they already had their time to

2028
02:12:26,180 --> 02:12:27,180
shine.

2029
02:12:27,180 --> 02:12:38,860
So, you know, I've liked that Demon Slayer finally gave us time to actually breathe.

2030
02:12:38,860 --> 02:12:42,420
I actually really appreciate that.

2031
02:12:42,420 --> 02:12:45,820
So I feel like I could pick it just on that merit alone.

2032
02:12:45,820 --> 02:12:50,260
We got to know some of the Hashira and it was just, you know, a lot.

2033
02:12:50,260 --> 02:12:56,540
There was a good exposition that didn't feel overbearing in it.

2034
02:12:56,540 --> 02:13:02,020
But then we had delicious and dungeon, which had so many great characters and a lot of,

2035
02:13:02,020 --> 02:13:09,420
you know, just incredible world building in food all looked really good, man.

2036
02:13:09,420 --> 02:13:11,020
Oh, yeah, it's absolutely.

2037
02:13:11,020 --> 02:13:13,980
Don't watch that show on an empty stomach, people.

2038
02:13:13,980 --> 02:13:15,980
That's a bad idea.

2039
02:13:15,980 --> 02:13:16,980
[Laughs]

2040
02:13:16,980 --> 02:13:19,260
Just like with food for us.

2041
02:13:19,260 --> 02:13:20,260
Don't do it.

2042
02:13:20,260 --> 02:13:21,260
It's, it's gonna hurt you.

2043
02:13:21,260 --> 02:13:25,580
And when, when you're on a diet currently, definitely don't watch this show.

2044
02:13:25,580 --> 02:13:28,180
It's not gonna make you happy.

2045
02:13:28,180 --> 02:13:29,980
Absolutely not.

2046
02:13:29,980 --> 02:13:30,980
[Laughs]

2047
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Yeah.

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So, I feel like, yeah, I would give it to delicious and dungeon just by that little bit.

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Because, I mean, Demon Slayer is coming back for probably two more runs, if I had to guess.

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I mean, we have the movie trilogy that's coming up and not sure if they're going to tie

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that in with like the final arc that comes after that.

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Yeah, I wonder.

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I mean, it sounds like from the name of the movies, it's just gonna be the penultimate arc,

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like the one before the final arc, just the infinite castle, but also maybe not like

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you said.

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I'm not sure actually.

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It'll have time to come back.

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So, delicious and dungeon, you know, it's possible it could win again, but you know,

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we don't like to give three pieces around here too often.

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So, I feel like D in D.

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[Laughs]

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Oh my god, I just got it.

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Oh my gosh.

2064
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Wow.

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I had not realized this before either.

2066
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Oh no.

2067
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It was a good show.

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Please watch it.

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[Laughs]

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What's your pick?

2071
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I'm gonna go jump off a roof.

2072
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Please don't.

2073
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Still need my go-hose.

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Anyway, yeah.

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So regarding Demon Slayer, I liked the new season, but only really loved the final two episodes.

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You know, weirdly enough, Demon Slayer hasn't gotten any of our best of the season awards so

2077
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far, I guess the previous outing probably would have had the best shot, but it had to contest

2078
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with Vinland Saga season two in Wytro Mercury, so tough luck there.

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[Laughs]

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True.

2081
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Maybe Infinite Castle arc will finally be the one we'll see.

2082
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Loved a lot about it, delicious and dungeon, the world building, the characters, the production

2083
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values, the story in itself.

2084
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But, as much as I love what it was giving me, it wasn't firing on all cylinders every

2085
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episode as much as Kajanama 8 was.

2086
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It mostly was, but not as much.

2087
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That kind of course, being attributed to it being more of a low-key show and also the season

2088
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having double the runtime of that of Kajanama 8's first core.

2089
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But regardless, Kajanama 8 was the show the season that had me chomping at the bits for every

2090
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new episode each week and had me wanting more after the end of each one.

2091
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Of the characters, especially the main guy, one of the most empathetic showmates at recent

2092
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time, also the most relatable one for me personally, because he's a bit older than your usual

2093
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Sean Protekun.

2094
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I duck the sci-fi setting, I duck the Kajanama 9's, the action, the visuals, the soundtrack,

2095
02:16:10,660 --> 02:16:15,220
all seem to cater to me specifically, not just because I'm a hopeless Sean and battle

2096
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bitch, but also because all of it delivered that little bit of extra jolt that I didn't

2097
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know I was looking for in that kind of show.

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So, yeah, if you love your action and your big monsters and your 30-somethings that are

2099
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trying to find their place in life and risking a fresh start, this is the show battle show

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for you and it was for me, so I'm gonna pick that.

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Or my best of the season doesn't mean that I won't pick delicious dungeon in-genjone

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when it comes back for the second season.

2103
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We'll see, that's something to look forward to, definitely, and looking forward to reviewing

2104
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that again with you, Jon.

2105
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But I think that's it for now for this season, short season, like I said, two episodes,

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next season we have at least probably three for you with a couple more reviews and of

2107
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course in the next episode.

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We will talk to you about the fresh new premieres from the fall anime season.

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So until then, since it's getting cold again, stay warm and enjoy the coldest seasons.

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Take care everybody.

2111
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And that is a wrap on the 159th episode of Anime Brinthries.

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Jack Kaufman.

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Thanks for tuning in.

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We hope you had a good time and please join us again on our next episode.

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Much good.

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So long, everybody.

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Next time on Anime Brain Freeze!

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Oh dear.

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We seem to really dug our booze in on this one.

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Yes, we've grown pretty fun.

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Of it.

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