Chainsaw Man 182 was so good. I love when characters that have gone through painful experiences take a stand. Totally called the sushi bit in Ichi the Witch 10. It's so wacky and cool. Thanks for the show.
Commenting on Kagurabachi, don’t know everyone’s names but the one guy was correct that Samura met Chihiro before the death of his father. Additionally there was some confusion about the mention of a traitor, and the main conflict of the story Rokuhiro’s death occurs due to the presence of a traitor who gave up their location/teleported the hishaku in. So there has been this traitor looming in the background of the story this entire time and there’s heavy implication this chapter since Samura knew where they lived when almost no one did at the time of the attack!
Man, I need to yap about Kagurabachi a bit. In most plot twist traitor reveals, most of these traitor characters contradict to who they were before the reveal. Like that guy in Frozen who made a 180 in attitude. Or that sparkly guy in MHA being revealed as a traitor after having 2 dialogues with MC. Like why do I care, you just made your character less than who it was. But Samura's character doesn't contradict at all! I'd say it adds even more depth to his character. 1.Why did he help in the assassination of Rokuhira? ->He feels guilty about what happened in the war. He doesn't wanna wear the title of Hero for what he did in the war. He himself used and witnessed the extent what the Kunishige Rokuhira Swords are capable of. And so the best solution is to end the production of the enchanted blades i.e, killing Kunishige Rokuhira once and for all. 2. What other reason he has that led him leverage to betrayal? -> As a Buddhist, he thinks no life is better than the other. He hates when someone sacrifices themselves for him. From his perspective, he has killed many people and will go to hell. He life, most of which is spent on killing people, is worthless compared to other lives, more pure and sinless. When Uruha speaks about the weight of the Sword Bearer Lives are more consequential than the other people. He dismisses it even he knows it's true. He hates the very notion of the idea that his life is worth more.From what he seen in the war, he judges that the shinuchi wielder shouldn't be allowed to exist for he is too dangerous even under the imprisonment under the Kamunabi. He is willing to go to this length to kill Shinuchi Wielder. What kind of things did he witness in war to have led to this decision? We'll learn in the upcoming chapters ofc. 3. Why did Tree Hishaku said if he screwed up if they're from the same team? -> That's simple.They're not a team. It was just a mutual benefit relationship. (a) Samura wanna end sword production and Hishaku wanna kill Kunishige. (b) Samura wanna kill Shinuchi wielder and Hishaku wanna wield Shinuchi. That's it. The enemy of my enemy is my ally for awhile. Nothing will change for Hishaku if Samura dies. Nothing will change for Samura if he kills Hishaku. Both of them are making use of each other to reach their own respective end goals. 4. Does the traitor reveal made him have more depths and layers? ->Short answer: Yes. It added more weight to his dialogues before the reveal. Also the Buddha statue staring was a hint of Samura betrayal all along! Samura saying “I'm going to hell too” after killing goons in front of Buddha. In the previous context, this sentence meant he is feeling guilty for killing people. But with this reveal, he might also feel some remorse in choosing this path. For destroying Rokuhira family by giving their location. (This is a bit of a theory time, I always wondered why Chihiro wasn't killed and thought Yura wanted someone to oppose the Hishaku. But now with Samura revealed as a traitor, It's very likely that Samura pact with Yura Hishaku must've included to not harm Chihiro. Even if he snitched Kunishige, Samura is not the kind of person to let a kid be killed because of their parents' sin. Samura being the reason why Kunishige being killed and Chihiro still being alive would add so much more to Samura character and STILL would fit in perfectly) Whenever Samura drew his sword to kill people, the Buddha statue is always watching him and judging him. When we were first shown Samura killing, Buddha statue judges him. And when the Buddha last Judged him was when he drew Tobimune. It's as if Buddha knew what was going to happen. Killing a person who is your friend who knows you so well that risks his life to fight alongside by you, your disciple who learnt everything you taught and greatly respect you, your comrade in war who who witnessed the same things as you did. Buddha judges all those sins without looking away. That was a bit of a long yapping session. All and all Kagurabachi is PEAK! Edit: Fixed some typo. And added tree Hishaku session that I forgot to go over.
You cooked bro. Lots of great points in here and I especially love all the stuff about Buddha. I can’t wait to see how much of this comes true. We’re really getting to see another all time great manga be built from the ground up and I love this for us. Next chapter can’t come soon enough.
Vamolq has been able to speak normally since chapter 121 of Dandadan. Also glad to see the nurse has come back since being introduced 148 chapters ago at the end of the Serpo arc
Traffy catching a lot of strays I see. Guess I did too last time tbf. I'll balance that out with some praise this time (don't worry everyone gets something here lol) csm: Traffy just calling it off the bat. Even I didn't see the snow devil like that when I read this chapter. Mostly fixated on how the chapter itself ended. Also I thought we knew that Denji doesn't know Asa & Yoru are two different beings. If you look at the previous interactions, there was never any acknowledgement of that. Greek also picking up on a major point on the devil being physically thrown up. I saw a few other mention that but honestly didn't put that one together myself. centuria: I have no idea how Titi will grow as we have too little backstory on the character. But her being a magic user would be nice. we need someone to get into the power system if we got to fight some mages. Arkos's sister is Lacrima btw. I'm fully on board for baby antics from Diana. As for future party members, yeah I see the classic pick up people as we travel. While I agree with Nox that normally internal faction conflicts are interesting as it allows for more narrative potential, I really am annoyed with the prophetess. She is so paranoid and every choice is predictably going to bring more trouble to her king. It's very one note and I feel she will continue to be her own worst enemy. I do like Yato's theory that the king is using the new members of her side as spies. But I don't quite agree since it doesn't seem to be his style. Dandadan: Love seeing some Kinta W's. Obviously needed an L right after cause the universe hates him. Jiji also needed some wins as he's been mainly comedy for a while now (and also remains an uneeded romance blockade). Lots of cool theories on Nurse Queen. We definitely had a lot of expectations for said character with how the chapter ended. As for Vamolla, I just assumed she has been improving with her language over time. But maybe it is the suit or even empty space. Honestly not sure Gachiakuta: While I'm on board for Zodyl & Corvus being connected, I do think we are still making assumptions. Like I've seen Corvus' friend being Rekto (Rudo's father figure) being proposed or even Kuro as he knew how to get in touch with him (Kuro has a love for the Cleaners as he admits). Enjin does seem the most leader like but that's also from our perspective. From the Cleaner's POV that might not be the situation. Besides Semu, I could honestly see people putting Tamsy in charge if needed. As I said in previous comments, guy is effective even if he is an antagonist. If Corvus is keeping this many secrets from others, he at most may be the only one suspicious of Tamsy. Is this the first time the Guardian/watchman theory has come up in the podcast? Cause it feels like a well established theory in the fandom. (Nox really throwing strays at Tabata out of nowhere and that one Gachi fan too lol). Galaxias: There's a lot to say about the mystery of Neraid but more on that for next chapter. Schmidt seems strong enough to distort perception as much as he needs. We may have not seen his true form as far as we know. So funny Traffy expected me to call him out. Because I think your point got wrote off too quickly by everyone. If these dragonfolk are so strong that Reno stood no chance, why not beat him fair and square? Granted demoralization is a huge factor why. Would the townfolk respect rule of law and obey their new ruler if he won a fair fight? Maybe they'd still respect Reno and not fall in line. This method does guarantee compliance. Yet Chalk seems prideful of his ability as one of the strong. The fact that he was willing to go along with this plan suggests more going on. Especially as a one sided beatdown is still demoralizing itself. Greek already brought up my theory from his video (thanks for that). But to add to it now that I've had more time, we've only seen Chalk do all this in the mining. Maybe he couldn't do anything like this in town Ranger Reject: Had to pause the video and go skim this chapter. Hate how officials are so behind on this. Hard to stay on top of it. The Magatia power being used again is cool and threw me for a loop. A good setup for this arc before the "final episode" arc. A reformation makes the most sense. I feel D will learn about himself but also realize he can't trust Neo Rangers either if they are doing things like this. Once this is finished I feel D will have a solid idea of what he wants to do. Ichi the Witch: Shoutout from Nox too! Everyone gave me props this episode. Good thing I get comments in before recording lol. Sincerely, thank you guys. Don't have much to add here as it's mainly a sweet wrap up chapter and a little backstory. Most interesting thing is some hints of world building with Ichi's mentor coming from a different nation. Someone who might show up later as an antagonist as you guys brought up. Astro: I've seen an explanation that Astro Royale is making weird calls like this because the sales aren't good enough. Might be wrapping up this arc to get to bigger things. But in any case I'm exciting for Kinpa to get a big moment like this. As long as her fight is satisfying this arc can be salvaged imo. The lack of growth from these fights I think is my main issue. This bad guy does seem too big to be taken out here. Let's keep in mind he has Tora in custody atm. We could have a whole rescue arc of sorts Kagurabachi: There were hints of a traitor. Like how did the Hishaku find Chihiro's home? Plus Chihiro had his doubts about the Kamunabi before joining them. This distance suggests the potential for a traitor. I like Greek's idea that the original bearers affect the powers. Does make me question why Uraha's sword summons random women. Who are they meant to represent? Like Chihiro's Enten has goldfish and we know why. Sword Master is the most intriguing from this perspective. I want to bring up Hakuri and the guilt he must be feeling right now. If Hakuri didn't give Samura his sword this would be playing out different. Gonna be apart of his character arc for sure (along with overcoming brain damage). Frankly I could see the Kumanbi suspecting Hakuri for this given his family had connections to the Hishaku. Side note, "Winners write history" is one of my favorite quotes cause its very true.
Depends on how things go but nothings impossible although I think I’d personally be more interested in talking about a newer series. I feel like UU and SD are close to their ends
@yatoplayz UU is def ending next year for sure but Sakamoto Days feels like we in the middle. His Goal of Taking over the whole JAA actually gave the series more longevity if anything.
commenting as I listen lol, i dont mean to spam. It would be crazy if Hakuri cant access storehouse anymore from overuse, but he is able to trade that ability in so he can use Tobimune while also still being able to use Isou. Isou would help to cover the sword skill issue in the beginning
Lmao no prob bro it all helps the algorithm so we appreciate it lol. Yeah you’re cooking tho I always wanted Hakuri to somehow get a sword this would be perfect if Uruha died and he was able to recover it and use it himself at some point
Yoru cant use her bang but what if Asa can actually use the war devils power and she ends up turning Denji into a chainsaw just like the art of Asa holding a chainsaw. . .. Denji will go back to cutting trees like in the beginning
I always forget about that promo image with Asa wielding the chainsaw and this definitely feels like the perfect time to have something like that happen with them being surrounded by trees lmao
I dont know if you guys are reading it but it would be really good to have an episode talking about hunter x hunter maybe on a break week of the magazines or something like that
That KGB chapter was next level. The switch up for Samura was still in line with his character imo. Just great work. Best chapter in this current Arc.
Thanks for watching!
Kaguabatchi just keeps getting better.
Chainsaw Man 182 was so good. I love when characters that have gone through painful experiences take a stand.
Totally called the sushi bit in Ichi the Witch 10. It's so wacky and cool.
Thanks for the show.
Astro Royale is so fun, just pure classic shounen. However Kagurabachi had the best chapter this week no doubt.
That’s definitely been a trend
Kagurabachi has been hitting consistently for awhile now
Commenting on Kagurabachi, don’t know everyone’s names but the one guy was correct that Samura met Chihiro before the death of his father. Additionally there was some confusion about the mention of a traitor, and the main conflict of the story Rokuhiro’s death occurs due to the presence of a traitor who gave up their location/teleported the hishaku in. So there has been this traitor looming in the background of the story this entire time and there’s heavy implication this chapter since Samura knew where they lived when almost no one did at the time of the attack!
LETS GOO!!!
I was right!!!
I’m gonna hold this over the others for the next episode 😁😎
I think my biggest problem with astro royale is its pacing
Man, I need to yap about Kagurabachi a bit.
In most plot twist traitor reveals, most of these traitor characters contradict to who they were before the reveal. Like that guy in Frozen who made a 180 in attitude. Or that sparkly guy in MHA being revealed as a traitor after having 2 dialogues with MC. Like why do I care, you just made your character less than who it was.
But Samura's character doesn't contradict at all! I'd say it adds even more depth to his character.
1.Why did he help in the assassination of Rokuhira?
->He feels guilty about what happened in the war. He doesn't wanna wear the title of Hero for what he did in the war. He himself used and witnessed the extent what the Kunishige Rokuhira Swords are capable of. And so the best solution is to end the production of the enchanted blades i.e, killing Kunishige Rokuhira once and for all.
2. What other reason he has that led him leverage to betrayal?
-> As a Buddhist, he thinks no life is better than the other. He hates when someone sacrifices themselves for him. From his perspective, he has killed many people and will go to hell. He life, most of which is spent on killing people, is worthless compared to other lives, more pure and sinless.
When Uruha speaks about the weight of the Sword Bearer Lives are more consequential than the other people. He dismisses it even he knows it's true. He hates the very notion of the idea that his life is worth more.From what he seen in the war, he judges that the shinuchi wielder shouldn't be allowed to exist for he is too dangerous even under the imprisonment under the Kamunabi. He is willing to go to this length to kill Shinuchi Wielder. What kind of things did he witness in war to have led to this decision? We'll learn in the upcoming chapters ofc.
3. Why did Tree Hishaku said if he screwed up if they're from the same team?
-> That's simple.They're not a team. It was just a mutual benefit relationship.
(a) Samura wanna end sword production and Hishaku wanna kill Kunishige.
(b) Samura wanna kill Shinuchi wielder and Hishaku wanna wield Shinuchi.
That's it. The enemy of my enemy is my ally for awhile.
Nothing will change for Hishaku if Samura dies. Nothing will change for Samura if he kills Hishaku.
Both of them are making use of each other to reach their own respective end goals.
4. Does the traitor reveal made him have more depths and layers?
->Short answer: Yes. It added more weight to his dialogues before the reveal. Also the Buddha statue staring was a hint of Samura betrayal all along!
Samura saying “I'm going to hell too” after killing goons in front of Buddha. In the previous context, this sentence meant he is feeling guilty for killing people. But with this reveal, he might also feel some remorse in choosing this path. For destroying Rokuhira family by giving their location.
(This is a bit of a theory time, I always wondered why Chihiro wasn't killed and thought Yura wanted someone to oppose the Hishaku. But now with Samura revealed as a traitor, It's very likely that Samura pact with Yura Hishaku must've included to not harm Chihiro. Even if he snitched Kunishige, Samura is not the kind of person to let a kid be killed because of their parents' sin. Samura being the reason why Kunishige being killed and Chihiro still being alive would add so much more to Samura character and STILL would fit in perfectly)
Whenever Samura drew his sword to kill people, the Buddha statue is always watching him and judging him. When we were first shown Samura killing, Buddha statue judges him. And when the Buddha last Judged him was when he drew Tobimune. It's as if Buddha knew what was going to happen. Killing a person who is your friend who knows you so well that risks his life to fight alongside by you, your disciple who learnt everything you taught and greatly respect you, your comrade in war who who witnessed the same things as you did. Buddha judges all those sins without looking away.
That was a bit of a long yapping session. All and all Kagurabachi is PEAK!
Edit: Fixed some typo. And added tree Hishaku session that I forgot to go over.
You cooked bro. Lots of great points in here and I especially love all the stuff about Buddha. I can’t wait to see how much of this comes true. We’re really getting to see another all time great manga be built from the ground up and I love this for us. Next chapter can’t come soon enough.
Incredible yap session fam. U didn’t miss on a single point. We love comments like these keep em coming! ~Nox
Centuria theme song is by Foxxy Shazam “Oh Julian it’s a nasty world, it’ll eat you alive, boy, son~”
I fear you out aged me with this one brother
Man I feel so bad for D imagine having to be in a timeloop with fucking Shinya of all people
Vamolq has been able to speak normally since chapter 121 of Dandadan.
Also glad to see the nurse has come back since being introduced 148 chapters ago at the end of the Serpo arc
Thank you for the clarification appreciate it
I think Yoru and Asa's feelings and emotions are starting to merge.
and maybe Asa was referring to revenge, that is what moved her forward
It was already merging a while ago. Starting from that alleyway scene.
Tatski fujimoto def my fav manga artist. Look back was good but goodbye eri is chefs kiss for me
Right when I thought kagurabachi was getting stale hokazono made an amazing plot twist he really knows how to write arcs
Traffy catching a lot of strays I see. Guess I did too last time tbf. I'll balance that out with some praise this time (don't worry everyone gets something here lol)
csm: Traffy just calling it off the bat. Even I didn't see the snow devil like that when I read this chapter. Mostly fixated on how the chapter itself ended. Also I thought we knew that Denji doesn't know Asa & Yoru are two different beings. If you look at the previous interactions, there was never any acknowledgement of that. Greek also picking up on a major point on the devil being physically thrown up. I saw a few other mention that but honestly didn't put that one together myself.
centuria: I have no idea how Titi will grow as we have too little backstory on the character. But her being a magic user would be nice. we need someone to get into the power system if we got to fight some mages. Arkos's sister is Lacrima btw. I'm fully on board for baby antics from Diana. As for future party members, yeah I see the classic pick up people as we travel. While I agree with Nox that normally internal faction conflicts are interesting as it allows for more narrative potential, I really am annoyed with the prophetess. She is so paranoid and every choice is predictably going to bring more trouble to her king. It's very one note and I feel she will continue to be her own worst enemy. I do like Yato's theory that the king is using the new members of her side as spies. But I don't quite agree since it doesn't seem to be his style.
Dandadan: Love seeing some Kinta W's. Obviously needed an L right after cause the universe hates him. Jiji also needed some wins as he's been mainly comedy for a while now (and also remains an uneeded romance blockade). Lots of cool theories on Nurse Queen. We definitely had a lot of expectations for said character with how the chapter ended. As for Vamolla, I just assumed she has been improving with her language over time. But maybe it is the suit or even empty space. Honestly not sure
Gachiakuta: While I'm on board for Zodyl & Corvus being connected, I do think we are still making assumptions. Like I've seen Corvus' friend being Rekto (Rudo's father figure) being proposed or even Kuro as he knew how to get in touch with him (Kuro has a love for the Cleaners as he admits). Enjin does seem the most leader like but that's also from our perspective. From the Cleaner's POV that might not be the situation. Besides Semu, I could honestly see people putting Tamsy in charge if needed. As I said in previous comments, guy is effective even if he is an antagonist. If Corvus is keeping this many secrets from others, he at most may be the only one suspicious of Tamsy. Is this the first time the Guardian/watchman theory has come up in the podcast? Cause it feels like a well established theory in the fandom. (Nox really throwing strays at Tabata out of nowhere and that one Gachi fan too lol).
Galaxias: There's a lot to say about the mystery of Neraid but more on that for next chapter. Schmidt seems strong enough to distort perception as much as he needs. We may have not seen his true form as far as we know. So funny Traffy expected me to call him out. Because I think your point got wrote off too quickly by everyone. If these dragonfolk are so strong that Reno stood no chance, why not beat him fair and square? Granted demoralization is a huge factor why. Would the townfolk respect rule of law and obey their new ruler if he won a fair fight? Maybe they'd still respect Reno and not fall in line. This method does guarantee compliance. Yet Chalk seems prideful of his ability as one of the strong. The fact that he was willing to go along with this plan suggests more going on. Especially as a one sided beatdown is still demoralizing itself. Greek already brought up my theory from his video (thanks for that). But to add to it now that I've had more time, we've only seen Chalk do all this in the mining. Maybe he couldn't do anything like this in town
Ranger Reject: Had to pause the video and go skim this chapter. Hate how officials are so behind on this. Hard to stay on top of it. The Magatia power being used again is cool and threw me for a loop. A good setup for this arc before the "final episode" arc. A reformation makes the most sense. I feel D will learn about himself but also realize he can't trust Neo Rangers either if they are doing things like this. Once this is finished I feel D will have a solid idea of what he wants to do.
Ichi the Witch: Shoutout from Nox too! Everyone gave me props this episode. Good thing I get comments in before recording lol. Sincerely, thank you guys. Don't have much to add here as it's mainly a sweet wrap up chapter and a little backstory. Most interesting thing is some hints of world building with Ichi's mentor coming from a different nation. Someone who might show up later as an antagonist as you guys brought up.
Astro: I've seen an explanation that Astro Royale is making weird calls like this because the sales aren't good enough. Might be wrapping up this arc to get to bigger things. But in any case I'm exciting for Kinpa to get a big moment like this. As long as her fight is satisfying this arc can be salvaged imo. The lack of growth from these fights I think is my main issue. This bad guy does seem too big to be taken out here. Let's keep in mind he has Tora in custody atm. We could have a whole rescue arc of sorts
Kagurabachi: There were hints of a traitor. Like how did the Hishaku find Chihiro's home? Plus Chihiro had his doubts about the Kamunabi before joining them. This distance suggests the potential for a traitor. I like Greek's idea that the original bearers affect the powers. Does make me question why Uraha's sword summons random women. Who are they meant to represent? Like Chihiro's Enten has goldfish and we know why. Sword Master is the most intriguing from this perspective. I want to bring up Hakuri and the guilt he must be feeling right now. If Hakuri didn't give Samura his sword this would be playing out different. Gonna be apart of his character arc for sure (along with overcoming brain damage). Frankly I could see the Kumanbi suspecting Hakuri for this given his family had connections to the Hishaku. Side note, "Winners write history" is one of my favorite quotes cause its very true.
Astro drop for Sakamoto days/undead unluck 👀
Aye man… i’m not saying that’s gonna happen but… i’m not opposed to it
✋🏽😏🤚🏽
Depends on how things go but nothings impossible although I think I’d personally be more interested in talking about a newer series. I feel like UU and SD are close to their ends
@yatoplayz UU is def ending next year for sure but Sakamoto Days feels like we in the middle. His Goal of Taking over the whole JAA actually gave the series more longevity if anything.
commenting as I listen lol, i dont mean to spam.
It would be crazy if Hakuri cant access storehouse anymore from overuse, but he is able to trade that ability in so he can use Tobimune while also still being able to use Isou. Isou would help to cover the sword skill issue in the beginning
Lmao no prob bro it all helps the algorithm so we appreciate it lol.
Yeah you’re cooking tho I always wanted Hakuri to somehow get a sword this would be perfect if Uruha died and he was able to recover it and use it himself at some point
WHY AM I TAKING STRAYS IN THE COMMENTS????
Around 1:51:50 I say Corvus was trying to make imitations but I meant Zodyl
Yoru cant use her bang but what if Asa can actually use the war devils power and she ends up turning Denji into a chainsaw
just like the art of Asa holding a chainsaw. . ..
Denji will go back to cutting trees like in the beginning
I always forget about that promo image with Asa wielding the chainsaw and this definitely feels like the perfect time to have something like that happen with them being surrounded by trees lmao
I dont know if you guys are reading it but it would be really good to have an episode talking about hunter x hunter maybe on a break week of the magazines or something like that
Traffy's wrong
We appreciate you spreading the truth!
What did I do to you and why did 7 people like this??? I'm to wholesome to have opps 😭
Gachiakutaaaa
It went crazy on that chapter forreal
Traffy is wrong!