This final season is just as good as previous seasons, keeping me hooked throughout.

It felt a bit rushed towards the end though, with some unresolved plot threads.

Something this big should not have been left unresolved IMO.

The positives still heavily outweigh the negatives; I enjoyed it a lot. I’m glad it ended the way it did - though I may need to check the manga out to see all the details that were left out.

How is it that JJK doesn’t have comedy as one of its genre 😭

This shit slaps

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@wjs018@ani.social Is this thread strictly for discussion of episode 1 only, or is it for the entire season?

Stream of thoughts:

Easiest prediction, kinda? Since the plot has to be condensed into a movie, I guess they would combine the mastermind and stabber into one role, so my prediction can still be 100% right.

The competition for Ai’s role is really down to just Ruby and Akane now. I would have placed all my chips on Ruby, if not for the fact that Akane is going last - and we know to always save the best for the last - in their private audition.

They have made it obvious from the outset that Ruby takes heavily after their mother. The less obvious one (or maybe it’s obvious to y’all?) is Aqua, who is slowly revealed to be taking after their father.

With only two episodes left, there’s no way they can fully cover this arc. One meta detail is that this season is 11 episodes long, not 12. I bet they would announce a continuation once this season ends like with previous seasons. This would be so meta, but I won’t be surprised if the continuation takes the form of a movie.

Is this Green from Pokemon Adventures as a kid?

Let me guess: flipped heads against a lone Chingling?

I wasn’t expecting the bad guys to be stealing the magical energy - as opposed to money - but that makes sense. The sacred relic stuff involves fewer people and is dealt with more secrecy than the national budget, giving them greater control over the whole operation. That’s why they can keep it under wraps for so long even with a sharp prime minister in charge.

I was so off about a potential assassination attempt, but that wayward magical energy - that just has to fly in the direction of Seiichirou somehow - means that Aresh and Seiichirou are going to have some quality time together 😏

Off the top of my head / all-time popular:

• Avatar (the blue alien one)
• Interstellar
• The Dark Knight trilogy
• Lord of the Rings trilogy

To satisfy my inner little boy:

• Ip Man
• Transformers
• Pacific Rim

Animation:

• Frozen
• How to train your dragon trilogy

Yeah I’m a basic bitch

Is it ok to post lots of panels from just one manga?

And they went on to ace the exam

My brain is too slow for it but there’s got to be a 9/11 joke in there somewhere.

(Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams, but these villains can?)

The one-word title - “Bind” - for the episode is genius as usual. So many layers / levels of metaphors (? if that is the right term) here: alluded to in the definition of “curse”, Asa’s and Emiri’s friendship, society’s treatment of women / sexism, and possibly more that I missed.

DID THEY SERIOUSLY OFF-SCREENED THEIR FIRST KISS??! That must be a kiss on the cheek, right?! Right??

Is this a pokemon reference? If it is, what do you think is Suzuki’s tera type? Fairy?

I haven’t read the manga, but - you can probably tell since I am all caught up on the anime - yes it is worth watching.

Peak episode; 10/10 towards the end

This last scene accompanied by the soundtrack is just too beautiful. This episode is up there with episode 3 for my favourites episodes of this season (of Medalist).

Banner nomination: idk why but Inori looks like / reminds me of Madoka here

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Sha Ming is spitting facts:

Ooh I’m glad they are going to address Kukrushka, even if it is only at the very end. It’s unreal to think that they would be wrapping everything up in one episode though.

Actual episode discussion:

Seeing Yuri get cyberised this episode got me thinking: have we ever seen Yuri get cyberised previously? Did all of the Gnosia somehow avoid cyberising Yuri, in all time loops? It’s crazy how this hasn’t occurred before.

Also, what are Gnosia really? We know that they are infected, but by what exactly? If people are cyberised, they would get absorbed into the Gnos hivemind, so I can only assume that they are not some cyberised beings.

Why is the Hoshibune cult so intent on cyberising others? It doesn’t seem like the members are Gnosia themselves (or at least not all of them).

Lastly, I’m surprised that there is essentially no interaction between Yuri and Gnos. I thought it would be more eventful, given that this bug Yuri is a special existence created by Gnos. I guess we would learn the purpose behind Yuri’s creation in the next episode.

Banner nomination: 🥵🥵

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