Episode 3 is outNanoka becomes a murderer and joins a cult
Quite a bit less action this week compared to the previous episodes. The focus is more on developing the mystery angle instead, with a little more backstory for Mao and new questions about Nanoka's situation. Also, establishing that Nanoka is a bit dim.In other news, WcDonald's has been purged from existence.
They made Shiraha act a lot more wimpy than he did in the manga
>bili
this is... boring. I don't care about the lore, and most of all, I don't care about any of the characters. they're interactions are also boring. dropped.
I'll wait until anything other than Bili is out.
I wasn't expecting them to make Otoya's innards green
>>287540006h- he's made of jello...
>>287539821I mean, I won't blame you, it's a pretty slow and dry series. I personally find Nanoka relatable, though.
nice to see a thread that isn't retardingly early, third time was the charm after all :-)missed the live ep though and has anyone else been isekai'd to the east coast? why are all my timestamps here suddenly EDT
They ended the episode exactly where the first volume ends. Curious to see whether they'll do three episode per volume or stick to exactly three chapters per episode from now on.
>>287539554>In other news, WcDonald's has been purged from existence.NOOOOOOOOOO
>>287539447Nipple status?
I should keep track of all the times Nanoka faints over the course of the series (it happens a lot)
Pristine Nanoka.
>>287539821Dumb zoomer. Go watch your JJKslop.
>>287539447Feet status?
>>287540303>They ended the episode exactly where the first volume ends.gotta pump those numbers up and get to the earthquake sooner
If someone wanted to get into this would you recommend the manga instead?
>>287540649fuck off we're full
>>287540740>we're fullえ？
Comfy episode. I like that the series gets more unique identity with each episode away from being an Inuyasha copy.
>>287540740>>287540903forgot gif, gomen
>>287540649I love the manga, but I know a lot of people don't really care for it. So far the anime hasn't really deviated from it at all, so you're not missing anything, and Rumiko's art isn't at its best anymore, so it can be a bit dull visually. Of course a manga can be read faster than an episode can be watched, so you don't really have to get bogged down in the slower bits if you don't want to. And there are already a lot of chapters so you don't have to wait to get to the next bit.
>>287540932>Of course a manga can be read faster than an episode can be watchedI'm on a board full of speedreaders?!
>>287540954I'm quite sure you can read an average manga page in less than a minute, anon
Love the little fish guy
>>287541132Imagine.
Nanoka does seem like the kind of person who needs three people's help to grasp basic social signals.
>>287540649I'd recommend Inuyasha instead of bootleg Inuyasha.
>>287541473retard
>>287541545He's right.
>>287541190you wouldn't even get past her uvula, anonnot that there's anything wrong that
>>287541648why are you referring to yourself in third person, retard?
>>287541697No he isn'tI mean they
>>287539554This had to happen after McDonald's themselves made themselves WcDonald's for a bit. Would be a corporate gag now.
>>287541775just turn the letter again and make it ∑cDonald's instead ;~;
>>287541473Inuyasha is bootleg Fire Tripper. MAO does end up standing on its own.
>>287541775It was still WcDonald's in the manga (well, Viz called it "Wagdonald's"). Then again that was like seven years ago.
>>287541879Yeah, the advertising campaign was two years ago.
Show me Dr. Mao
>>287542021
>>287541697>two people disagree with me>AIEEEEEEE THEY MUST THE SAME PERSONGrim.
>>287542147>seething so hard he had to reply twicekek
>>287542230Meds.
>>287539447This is the first thread on this anime i have seen since it started airing. Guess its no inuyasha.
>>287542375We had one for the last two episodes too, but this was always going to be a more niche series.
>>287542375the previous episodes had threads too but retards kept making them early we managed to keep the threads going for more than a day though so I don't know where you were anon
>>287539447God, Nanoka's so cute.
Nice, big slash. They've been quite good about keeping the blood in the anime so far.
>>287540006Someone asked why Otoya had dead eyes in the first episode. So, now you know.
>>287539554Sad but expected. WcDonald's disappeared from Rumiko anime adaptions since Final Act.
I suppose they made this bit dark for atmospheric reasons (it was very visible in the manga), but they could have made it a *little* brighter. You can barely see what's happening.
>>287542582frightened girls are the best
>>287542757i think there's more blood on the floor than in the manga
>>287543044Yeah, I imagine some of it is to contrast the eyes. Admittedly, that panel always makes me laugh in the manga and they prob wanted to avoid that. It really is a cat caught stealing food.
>>287543258If they didn't want me to laugh they shouldn't have added that "mrrreeoww"
>>287540598Only man feet this time
>>287542757They must really make sure they don't get any detail in the Heian era scenes wrong due to how important they are.
>>287543406>Only man feet this time>this timesoon we'll see a naked man
>inuyasha but worseLMAO'dwhy is this bvitch still writing mango? sunrise wasted on this fucking garbo LMOAAAAAAAA
I suppose this isn't a bad place to add a little comedy.
>>287540303There are 26 episodes so at this rate they'd end somewhere in volume 9. There doesn't seem to be a good stopping point there, it's right around Kagari's introduction.
>>287543616Is this yaoi?
>>287543762They could always either stretch or shorten some of the later arcs. Hard to say at this point, though.
>>287543616I forgot how ugly the school uniform male pants are in this series.
>>287544155Yeah, I never thought about it before since you don't usually see them in color in the manga, but the plaid pattern doesn't really work for pants, does it?
>>287543762i've been saying a good stopping point is chapter 69-70the rest of volume 8 through 10 would make for kind of weak stopping points, it's not bad content it's just not a way to end a seasoni guess yurako's backstory could work?
>>287544283Yurako's backstory isn't impossible, but at the current rate you'd need 27 episodes just to get through all of volume 9. It's not impossible, but they'd have to really trim down some of the other parts.
>>287544071>>287540006scene after this doko
Spooky demons next week
>>287544885Here you go
Another neat shot that wasn't in the manga, just to add some visual variety
>>287544989Oh thin Otoya. You could've been so stout.
>>287539447So far the only appeal this show has to me is my desire to keep Nanoka pregnant 24/7, she wouldn't spend a single minute of her life not being prengnat next to me.
>>287545533Keep your degenerate pregnancy fetish to yourself.
The little bird's greatAlso, maybe the guy with three eyes could spare one for the guy with one eye?
>>287545741>The little bird's greatis that a little dent on his head or a bald spot?
>>287539447the adaptation so far hasn't really captured the appeal of the manga yet...
>>287539821This show is comfy. I like comfy
>>287547033well then you (and mao) should enjoy it before we get back to stabbin' especially mao, because he's the one who'll be experiencing that stabbin'
>>287546232I'd assume he hit his noggin' and is getting that checked out
What the fuck why is it copying literally every single inuyasha plot point
>>287547713It's more like a reference than a real plot point. The scale of this series is measured in multiple years, Nanoka moves to high school relatively soon. They even reference covid going on for a bit, though I wonder if the anime will remove it.
>>287547783The anime still take place in 2019 since the flashback happened in 2011, so it's very possible I think.
>>287547783To be fair, it is also an actual plot point in the sense that it's part of what makes her question why grandpa is just okay with her disappearing for weeks on end.
So the waitress is just in on the investigation too?
>>287548115>The anime still take place in 2019 yeah that's sort of mentioned in episode 1 when the tv lady says "did you enjoy the long break?"2019 had an extra long golden week because of the new emperor
>only stupid assholes sit in this box
>>287548511She's basically an informant who always gives Mao hot tips about strange incidents
>>287548624I did figure she'd be reoccurring when they gave her a nameplate but no one actually said her name
>>287548540I see, thanks for the cool trivia. Regardless, it feels weird to see a Rumiko anime follow its original timeline since all previous adaptions were based on the year it aired instead. Like how Maison Ikkoku switched to 80s clothings instead of 70s, or Rinne switching to smartphones.
This seems like a bit of an oversight: In the manga, Mao isn't carrying his sword in these scenes. Rumiko's generally speaking pretty consistent about him keeping it wrapped up when in public, probably because as they off-handedly mention at one point, there was a ban on carrying swords at the time.
>>287549143>a ban on carrying swords at the time.>at the timei think it's still in effect lol
>>287548562streets are saying this lady has the same voice actor as sakura from rin-ne
>>287550067Seems like it, Marina Inoue
>>287539793>They made Shiraha act a lot more wimpy than he did in the mangaMy GOAT!!!
>>287550067Based. I always loved Marina Inoue and a key reason I love Sakura the most out of the all the main heroines. But it sucks that probably mean she won't voice more important characters for this series.
>>287544989teehee>>287545267we were so close to perfect...
>>287547713There are many things in the series that feel like Rumiko wanting to do some aspect of Inuyasha from a slightly different angleI would say Mao often feels like it has a more cynical mindset
>>287547713It doesn't come up much... Maybe she took some of the first impressions to heart because it stops resembling Inuyasha pretty quick.
This opening song really blows
>>287539793they're giving him something extra since this is the only season he's showing up in
How come nobody is trying to rape Nanoka in the past? She's basically going around naked.
>>287553916Because the Taisho era is more civilized than the Sengoku period.
I figured Mao was 魔王 prior to watching this, but now I'm assuming it's Chinese "マオ”, which is cat. Also holy fuck the male uniform is ugly, what are these pants?
>>287554248you need to be taught respect for the Takeda clan, kisama
>>287554248Cat is spelled "meow" in chinese?
>>287554421I present to you a catcat
>>287554248>魔王that's まおう anonthey've been literally showing our mao's name on screen when he shows up, it's written 摩緒but yes it's also a reference to the chinese word for cat>https://twitter.com/rumicworld1010/status/1405465244156063746
>>287554421>Cat is spelled "meow" in chinese?no silly, it's spelled 貓 but chinks say mao>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B2%93#Chineseplay the audio^
>>287540566where was mao during this?
>>287539793In modern anime, all characters of this male character archetype are required to have a wimpy voice and make those pathetic high pitch noises.
>>287554914Stirring his kodoku soup.
>>287540478Fainting girls are cute
>>287542021Dr. Maomao
>>287548624That totally isn't suspicious
>>287543616So is he the Hojo of this series?
>>287555355Broadly speaking, but he really just helps Nanoka figure some things about her accident out and is never even a blip on her radar romantically.
>>287555292the doctors are IN
>>287540598>>287543406You can see the bare feet of the woman who brought her baby to the cult priestess. Just keep waiting and we should see Nanoka's girlfeet again in 2 episodes if the adaptation is faithful.
>>287540006So he's basically a magical robot?
>>287542375That's what happens when there's no retarded love triangle drama, and it's a good thing.
>>287542375>This is the first thread on this anime i have seen since it started airing.It's not.>Guess its no inuyashaIt's not. It's Mao.
>>287555723Yeah. Kikyo had a couple of shikigami in Inuyasha too, if you'll recall.
>>287556459otoya's doll even has the same hairstyle as one of them hehe
>>287555304Of course not, nothing suspicious about her at all
>>287556459Asuka and Kocho>>2875394473 episodes to cover one volumesat this pace we will be done with 8 volumes by episode 24
>>287545576>pregnancy fetishwhat's next, a vaginal intercourse fetish?
>time moves in weird non-predictable ways when she goes through the portal>into both directionsI wonder how long it will take her to figure out that the fire she saw probably happened in the future
>>287553916It's going to take like 6 weeks to get to the rapist episode
>>287557348smug and snug little kitty cat
>>287555664>we should see Nanoka's girlfeet again in 2 episodesD-Don't make it sound so erotic baka...
>>287539447Nanoka is a cute cultist murderer!
Any thoughts on Mao being 900 years old? I guess it's not really a surprise if you've paid any attention to the marketing, but you know.
>>287540505I love Taisho Era style kimonos
>>287540528jjk is actually good though. you probably mean naruto or dragon ball
>>287547713I want to fuck the one in the middle
>>287561998That's a child you sickfuck!
>>287547713I still don't understand why they gave Yui (and only Yui) a surname
>>287562311Good
>>287562378>why they gave Yui (and only Yui) a surname>they "they" didn't, it was in the manga
>>287562557scholar I kneel
>>287562557See, I did quickly look over that chapter to see if her surname was on the phone, but I used the scanlations I have saved on my computer, and for whatever reason they decided to erase that particular bit of text. Mea culpa for not checking my Japanese volumes, I guess.
I think this is my favorite new anime this season, it's so underrated.
>>287559629For once for such a character, he acts like his age.
>>287565870Yeah, that's one of the things I like about the series. Mao very much acts like an old man, especially as the story progresses. It's not a very typical dynamic for Rumiko's series.
>>287539447Does this have NTR like all the other Rumiko works?
>>287564529now make one of the part when her eyes go back to normal
>>287566218Some of you have a stupidly broad definition of ntr so if you could explain what (you) define it as that would be helpful
>>287566218This is more detective drama than romantic comedy.
>>287567396I think he means stuff like Kagome watching Inuyasha and Kikyo kissing
>>287567396Nanoka having romantic moments with other men or Mao with other women. You know, the same thing that was happening between Lum and Ataru, Ranma and Akane, Kyoko and Godai, Kagome and Inuyasha etc.
>>287568616>Nanoka having romantic moments with other men no other man is ever on her radar>or Mao with other women. another woman wants mao, and while he sympathizes/pities her, he's not actually interested like thathe had a one-sided crush ages ago but that never went anywhere because she was already taken
>>287562833>for whatever reason they decided to erase that particular bit of textprobably erased the japanese text with the intention of retyping it into english but then forgor
>>287570442>he had a one-sided crush ages ago but that never went anywhere because she was already takenHe's just like me...Well, mine was mutual but still she was taken so... That's why it hurt more.
i saw an anime-only comment muse that if mao created otoya then doesn't that make mao like his father?and that has me wondering about the other shikigami, is the creator their "parent" in a way?is genbu also otoya's "brother"?
>>287564682I wonder what it was about Inuyasha that destroyed Rumiko's reputation in the west. Nothing she's done since then has made any waves at all. Nobody's remotely interested. Kind of reminds me of what happened with Death Note's author. Nobody's been interested in anything he's done since then, zero hype.
>>287572991>gaijin aren't interestedthat's supposed to be a bad thing?
>>287572991what makes you think inuyasha destroyed her reputation? it is a major part of her reputationthat's like saying death note ruined the author's reputationit's just the series these authors followed up with didn't appeal to fans of the previous work, same with fma's author
>>287557401soon
>>287568616You mean a love triangle?
>>287568616>>287576491stuff like this is why I asked anon to define what they meant by ntr
>>287573120Daemons of the Shadow Realm's adaptation is pretty good.
>>287578387arakawa actually wrote a manga between fma and daemons>silver spoonwhich kind of proves my point, these three wrote something more laidback after those defining worksinuyasha was followed up by rin-ne, death note by bakuman, and fma by silver spoon
>>287572991Bakuman was very big and iconic you dumb zoomer>hype!kill yourself zoomoid
>feeling frustrated by the inconsistent ways of tagging for mao>go to pixiv and look up nanoka kiba in japanese because at least that's precise>not expecting much>226 worksMAOBROS?!?!?!?!!?need to find my pixiv login and save some of these ehehehehehehe
maobros how has your experience been trying to find stuff for mao that's actual about rumiko takashi's mao
>>287576491No. Lum going with other guys to make Ataru jealous was NTR but not a love triangle.
>>287579349love this lil nigga like you wouldn't believe
>>287573120>same with fma's authorSilver Spoon was great.
>>287579349Pixiv has a MAO(高橋留美子) tag, but I'm sure I miss a lot of art by only checking that
looking at youtube's recently uploaded results for mao again and a thumbnail caught my eye>picrel: "another hottie?"thankfully this particular lady spic spoke with an accent i could understandactually made me smile a few times, she even noted that nanoka's mom seemed to be crying, and astutely noticed that nanoka is kind of dim lolalso the very blatant oggling of mao himself was funny another thing is the maobros in the comment section making the same jokes about the fandom that we do>Me and the three fans give you our thanks>Mao fans on this side of the pond were like 10 cats nothing more, hopefully the anime will bring new peoplebros are we... are we 10 cats in a trenchcoat?
>>287580075I really wish rumiko and/or viz had added something else to the title...I don't want to search through 5+ variations of the tag to find stuff
>>287555292House actually speaks Chinese so this could work...
>>287580301the look on that chinese girl's face when house told her off for lying about what he said was greaticonic, legendary, let's go watch house bros>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGuWN1OhD8
>>287579694maybe so (haven't watched/read it but it's on my "plan to" list) but notice how this anon assumed i was talking about her current work >>287578387i've seen comments that seem to be unaware that rumiko made manga between inuyasha and maoi'm not calling any of these works bad, i'm just saying it shouldn't be surprising that a chunk of the audience for inuyasha, death note and fma wouldn't carry over to rin-ne, bakuman and silver spoon due to how different the genres were
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/135420558>>287579544good, good
>>287579349I can't even found the episodes on meow easily.
Bump
>>287580607Can't wait to get some scenes of Otoya getting lugged around in the anime
