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Well this sure took a turn. I thought for sure the Underworlders and Asuna and co. had the upperhand when I first saw this. I didn't expect the bad guys to spam more players from Korea and China into the world. Cheap move!

Vassago wanted to make them into killers. Sick fuck.

It's even longer in the books haha. At least the different sub arcs have been pretty different from each other. I think the show is better now since it is like a shonen since Kirito and Eugeo started fighting their way up the tower.

Wanted to be Administrator's number one slave LMAO.

So this is the fucker who helped Administrator.

That's not what is being written here but ok. Vassago is influencing the American (and Chinese and Korean,) players with a false story to get them to fight for him.

Random and also we could have head-canon'd that whole arc as filler since nothing from it was referenced hardly at all before now. x_x

You realize this was written years before Trump even ran for office, right?

Went to save it but turns out I already had it lmao.

He's Korean actually.

That is the Korean guy that logged in last episode. The girl in the red armor was the Chinese player from last time.

Don't you dare talk logic, damn it!

How do you figure that? Reki wrote stuff, Vic actually did stuff. And as we all know, the rapes are done for cheap drama and cheap way to get us to hate the villains... not that that's a good excuse.

NOT SO FAST, SHANG TSUNG! YOU'BE BEEN STOPPED IN YOUR TRACKS!

Also this guy who was the tentacle rape slug was played by Vic in that arc. Not sure how far the books were back then, but if this part was out in the books when Vic was cast, it makes me wonder if the person who cast him knew this character would come back here and turj out to be such a depraved perverted bastard just like Vic.

GOD DAMN IT REKI WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BRING UP SUGO AND FAIRY DANCE ARC AND BRING BACK THIS GUY OF ALL PEOPLE! WE WERE HAPPILY PRETENDING THAT ARC WAS FILLER UNTIL NOW!

Off-topic, but I figure this is like the weekly check-in thread, given SAO is by default the lead show since Super is a rerun. I read a doujin the other day I wish I hadn't read. Somebody posted the six digit number in the comments of this YouTube video, only because one of the hosts had dyed her hair?? I was just expecting the garden variety, shy reserved girl turns into a huge slut. But... Not really sure what the mangaka was trying to prove here? A cautionary tale? I expect this kind of fucked up shit from premium cable channels, snuff films, or Oscar-bait movies, not a hentai doujin! I don't need this depressing shit right now, damn it! I think the doujin was called Metamorphosis or something and apparently is quite infamous, but for some reason I had not come across it until now. If you haven't read it yet, DON'T! Then I thought I might watch a happier anime on Funimation Now last night, but it was down for maintenance. x_x

I didn't catch the part with Spear using the bow. Of course, getting more tired as the night wore on lol. That means he isn't as primitive compared to Mira as we thought and may have made and/or used a bow before (or he's a quick learner with weapons.) So Mira was captured by the ape-men who got attacked by the slavers, so the slavers could take Mira from them? That is what happened?

*ahem* https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/a-silver-lining-in-japans-supreme-court-transgender-ruling/ They still have some work to do this. But yes, besides the whole fondling of girls thing Mochi mentioned casting doubt on progressive intentions, Ohkubo also likes to make "WACKY" characters, and he could have made Crona like that for that reason, rather than to be "inclusive."

Caboose works fast.

Regardless of how one wants to categorize Primal, since Toonami made their NON-ACTION edict they can technically air anything animated. Within reason of course. We know they won't air any kiddy toyetic shows. But having seen Primal I would say it was a decent fit and certainly a great show. It wasn't THAT depressing either. I mean it is not like anime is a stranger to tragic set ups and backstories either. But I am glad they aired it since I never got around to watching it yet and I enjoyed it quite a bit!

Ep 9 - LOL the way Moroha started sulking and pouting when Towa and Setsuna wouldn't go with her on the bounty hunt for Konton was hilarious. Was kind of sad though. She lived all alone this whole time up until now?! Is Takechiyu actually male? This is at least the second time someone has referred the character this way. I could have sworn he was a girl this whole time?! Then again we thought the same thing about Shippo! Put out a bounty on the Dream Butterfly. Pay for it using the money from getting Konton's bounty. This plan is too logical to fail. Heh sped up when Towa and Setsuna caught up to Moroha and wanted to join. So Konton is not only a member of the Four Perils, but is from China. I feel like that has not been emphasized that Kirinmaru and the Four Perils are from China, but maybe I missed something. There was also another demon with a strong shell in the original series. Naraku killed it and took its shell. Interesting, Konton's sword seems to have the same ability as Gin Ichimaru's. In the preview, I'm pretty sure those conjoined twin demons were in the original show. By the way, does anybody know how many episodes this series is supposed to be? ~ After watching the 4th episode dubbed, the description of Kirinmaru does not make it seem like he is from China. Or maybe just the 4 perils are. Or maybe just Konton is. After hearing the explanation again I still don't quite understand what's going on with Sesshomaru and Kirinmaru. I just remembered that when Setsuna was wearing that dress, she didn't have the fur boa. Meaning it is a garment and not a part of her body like with Sesshomaru. That does definitely sound like the same voice for Kikyo. I can't tell with Myoga from just the small clip from the preview.

They give anime a pass on that probably because of how much they love anime and also because it comes from a different country and culture. It also makes a difference if something was done out of genuine ignorance and not knowing any better, or being consciously and actively racist. I think the author was unaware of the connotations, given Maki gets called that. I saw someone saying Obi gets called a gorilla too but I don't recall that. Actively includes them and also they are drawn normally.

It seems like the gag shouldn't be necessary anymore, since Nezuko has already proven her loyalty to her brother, and refused to attack that asshole that roughed her up at the Demon Slayer HQ. As mentioned, even some of the most primitive seeming demons can speak and aren't just growling and screaming etc. So I'd like to think Nezuko's grunts and noises are because of the gag and not that she is unable to speak. And she did have the internal monologue and flashback to her mother, and was able to call out her attack during the fight with the spider demon. I would like more moments like that. Yeah they had training montages but Nezuko is a demon so it's hard to say how her power advancement and development would work. I don't know if the techniques Tanjiro and the others learned could be used by Nezuko. We've seen other demons rapidly increase in strength and size/mutation just from eating one person. But she doesn't eat people so who knows. Not sure how the sleeping factors into things. She sleeps to heal and recover her strength, but does she get stronger after these battles and injuries and following naps, like a Saiyan lol? Kind of going out of order here but the only thing that concerns me as far as giving benefit of the doubt and the first season being an "intro" as you described, is the series' length. I don't know if you were aware but the manga already ended back in May and it only ran for about 4 years. I seem to recall some people being upset by the ending but I could be remembering wrong, and I don't want to look it up and get spoilers. So I'm not sure if the series came to a natural ending or was abrupt or rushed somehow. I just read on the wikipedia page that the manga didn't explode in popularity (unexpectedly at that,) until after the anime aired. But then not long after that the manga ended, so it seems odd. The way the series started out, it felt to me that it didn't need to be super long, but then the Demon Slayer Captains and squads were introduced, and Muzan Gebutsuji's elite demons, it seemed like it wouldn't be such a short series after all. But then I hear it had just ended back in May. So I'm concerned not only for how the world was expanded and covering all of that and giving all those characters some good screen time, but then also the main characters themselves, including of course, Nezuko. And I don't know how much material was already covered by the anime and then the movie, and accordingly, how much is left, for us to see more Nezuko goodness. Well, let's see, maybe there is a way to safely check. I looked up episode 26 on the Demon Slayer wikia and it covered chapters 51 (p.12-19), 52, 53 (p.5-21), 54 (p.1-4). That is pretty odd how it stopped on the first 4 pages of a chapter. Must have something to do with cliffhanger-ing into the movie. And I quickly glanced so I wouldn't see the titles and can see there are 205 chapters in total. So probably still a decent amount left even after the movie, and who knows maybe there is some good Nezuko action on the movie. But yeah, if there is anyone around that could give a non-spoiler idea on any of this, could be helpful.

Oh I thought maybe Mira had killed all those ape-men and that was to show how badass she was. So it was the slavers that did it?