>Amazon finally fixed their shit and released the last three episodes
Time to catch up.

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That's not a good place for a nap, Mao

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Shiraha wasn't in this scene in the manga

>>288562835
Good

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Not the worst CGI I've ever seen, I suppose

Gotta say, while it's probably not the highest quality anime, I'm really liking this. Especially compared to Inuyasha, which kind of just dragged on. This is more slower and investigating type style.

>>288563571
Poor guy

>>288564140
Oh yeah, this would be pretty hard to draw in animation...

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I was expecting them to rework the shark's design like they did with the mantis, but mostly they just made the eyes more squinty

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It was nice seeing you again, Hyakka

>>288562835
Good job Nanoka. Kill all frogposters.

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Would you teach this nice man a spell, just one little one?

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Hyakka getting upset he's not being targeted was funny.

New mystery introduced this episode!

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Best webm from the series.

>>288567004
Why did he do it

>>288567059
That fish was dangerous.

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Being able to make your own dynamite sounds like a handy skill to have

>>288568001 (me)
oh there's 2 threads
hello maobros, how was the ep?

>>288562835
>Mao has to deal with some fishy CGI
heh

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>>288568169
I felt like there was a lot of cost cutting even aside from the 3d Mokuzu, but there were some nice touches too. It's hard to comment on the story since I already know where everything is going, but the point of this sequence in the manga is to build up mystery and anticipation, and I think it does that well enough.
>mfw it's 20 degrees Celsius outside

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Some of the backgrounds in this show have an odd sort of feel to them that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it's the postprocessing.

next week mao gets stabbed right?

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>>288568744
Well, we see this fellow holding a spear in the preview
Gold star for anyone who remembers where we've seen it before

>>288568734
AI slop.

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>>288568910
I mean, that was my thought too, but the details don't really seem to have the kind of inconsistency you usually find see from AI (and that particular shot is just referenced from real Kyoto anyway)

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>>288569201
Basically the same shot in the manga too, just less detailed

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First appearance of Kamon's shikigami

>>288569848
Otoya is cuter

more humanoid shikigami! :-)
>>288570419
but otoya's the cutest one among them

>>288567004
that's wonderful

>>288565179
nyooo

>>288566011
Prob would've saved everyone some heartache.

otoya's straw doll doko

>>288566011
What is this? We have three super handsome apprentices and now we have this creature? Why is he the only hideous one?

>>288565179
What level of jobbing is this?

>>288574423
the kind that's aged like fine wine

>>288573787
such is life, not everyone is blessed with looks

>>288573787
He's the help.

>>288565179
Is Hyakka the designated jobber of this story? I don't read the manga

>>288562835
When will Nanoka stop flashing her panties to everybody?

>>288577036
she'll be wearing shorts next episode

just saw the ep
there was an anon who pointed out mao's lack of ass in the storytime threads, but this ep has truly confirmed that the anime team's fixed that
the scene where hyakka says that he hasn't forgotten about being suspicious of mao while they stand at the edge of the hole left by the keystone, is followed by otoya saying he totally forgot, that shot of otoya also clearly shows us mao's ass

>>288565179
Oh my god! They killed Hyakka! Those bastards!

>>288569848
>First appearance of Kamon's shikigami
in an actual episode, but she's in the ending credits
speaking of the ed, looking at the list of chapter names and the one titled "masago" is right after the spear stuff, so I'm guessing she's either at the end of next ep or ep.12

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>>288577915
I noticed it too. No homo.

>>288578398
he's cured!

>>288569201
>>288569274
It's probably just the usual photo with filters and post-processing for backgrounds

>>288577007
Hyakka's competent when he doesn't have a bad matchup, it even becomes kind of a running gag that Nanoka keeps treating him like a jobber.

No way, Haimaru is the Byoki? I never would have guessed...

Is this show good? I liked her old stories but Rinne felt really weak. Where does this one land?

>>288579463
I also didn't really like Rinne, but I'm really enjoying this. The beginning is a bit slow, but it's still pretty solid

>>288579463
Mao isn't a comedy and has an actual overarching mystery plot
The execution can be a bit uneven, but I think there's a lot to like

>>288579463
Mao and Nanoka are very boring
The disciples involved in the death battle are much better characters

>>288580010
>Nanoka
>boring
Unforgivable

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>>288580112
I mean, she kind of is. Her most interesting feature is her utter disregard for her own safety, and we haven't really even started establishing that yet.

Thinking Hayamin will be Masago or Natsuno
It would be cool if Umehara played Hakubi
Do people have favorite castings?

>>288580529
>Natsuno
Noriko Hidaka, to keep the trend going

>>288580360
>Her most interesting feature is her utter disregard for her own safety
It's her thunder thighs and thick eyebrows, actually

>>288581343
Shiraha won!

>>288579463
RIN-NE just takes a bit to get going.

Poor Mokuzu, bro just wanted to learn to be a magic man

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Pretty impressive of Haimaru to defeat all those other animals

>>288583688
My nine month-old cat could do it too, he fearlessly bops the neighbors' dog on the snout through the courtyard fence.

>>288583733
Careful with your kodoku, anon

>>288584803
Cute couple of friends

>>288580529
Who'll voice Daigo?

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>>288562835

>>288579231
>it even becomes kind of a running gag that Nanoka keeps treating him like a jobber.
first impressions matter

>>288581290
>thunder thighs
anon get some glasses please

>>288585851
>frogposters OUT!

>>288582513
magic is cool after all

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SHIRAHA WON
They will have have at least 12 babies together!

>>288586723
8 of those will be mao's!

>>288585794
don't know but hope it's a sexy one to contribute to reasons why he won sana's heart over everyone else

>>288568879
do you think he'll get the name tag next ep?
he wasn't named the first time he showed up in the manga

>>288586822
Mao will be busy pumping Lady Sana.

>>288587706
he wishes
>will be
and she's dead, anon
sana was already getting it from his bro anyway

>>288567399
they let hyakka look cool before they kill him

Nanoka only purpose in life is to be filled full of baby batter.

>>288577036
When will Nanoka flash her panties to us?

since mao has a cat's body, is mao as flexible as a cat?

>>288589638
He has at least one flexible body part.

>>288585851
another instance of mao accidentally tricking nanoka into thinking they're having a romantic moment

Nanoka is like a mix Kagome with Akane's appearance but with actual good and likeable personality

>>288591448
>Akane's appearance
>with actual good and likeable personality
Just like Akane then. Why mention Kagome at all?

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>>288579398

>>288563571
It feels like the anime is intentionally trying to give Shiraha extra humiliation.

>>288564140
Everything aside that's a pretty cool design