Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Part 2

the spirit voices pulling the troopers back up off the ground right when the armor was cracking was the only part of this that landed for me. everything else felt like it was sprinting to the finish

Byakuen jumping into the portal without a second thought and Goro just watching him go got me. That tiger has more guts than half the main cast

Gai screaming that his father is Ramaga while Yatogojin just sits there on his floating rock was the moment I checked out a little. The bloodline reveal is fine but they played the same card too fast after the generals showed up

the white armor transformation got every ounce of the animation budget and it shows. that neon on the classic silhouette is the best this show has ever looked. shame they went from beaten half to death to unstoppable in like five minutes

So Sagume being Gai's mom was basically confirmed and now I need to rethink every scene she's been in. Did she send them there to save him or to feed him to Ramage? This show loves making me question everything.

Gomei turning into that centaur demon and swallowing Inmei whole was nightmare fuel. Everyone called Inmei the monster for betraying his own people but Gomei is the one doing the actual devouring. Bigger threat than Ramage honestly.

Sasuke grabbing that blade with his bare hands just to get his revenge on Ramage then smiling as his soul floated away wrecked me. Those kids did NOT deserve to go out like that. They finally got their humanity back and then this.

Okay, I'm guessing next episode we're going to figure out some way to bring out the Armor of the Divine Emperor again.

I cant get past them selling White Blaze to a zoo for $200. Like they really aged up Jun and decided the tiger following him to job interviews was the funniest possible backstory. This show is unhinged and I respect it

Aku masih lebih suka Season 1 dibandingkan season ini. Di sini ada beberapa Samurai Trooper yang relevansinya terasa lebih kecil dibandingkan di Season 1, sementara hampir seluruh season justru terlalu berfokus pada Gai. Selain itu, plotnya juga jauh lebih membingungkan dibandingkan Season 1 yang ceritanya lebih straightforward. Dibandingkan Samurai Trooper pertama, aku juga masih lebih menyukai yang pertama. Untuk installment sebelum seri ini "Message", meskipun cukup membosankan, tetapi sangat deep. Sayangnya, sampai sekarang masih belum ada penjelasan mengenai beberapa plot hole yang muncul dari Message dan seri ini.

Episode terakhirnya menurutku biasa saja. Pertarungan terakhirnya terasa seperti pertarungan biasa, tetapi vibes-nya sangat terasa seperti acara Minggu pagi. Untuk ending-nya sendiri sebenarnya nothing special, tetapi aku menyukainya. Well, it’s decent.

Literal theme music power up. I dig it.

Ceritanya semakin sulit untuk diikuti dengan munculnya plot twist yang terasa random, repetitive, dan out of nowhere. Namun, jujur, pertarungan di episode ini sangat hype dan menjadi salah satu bagian yang paling aku nikmati.

It looks like we'll have a proper denouement next week.

Episode ini kembali memberikan twist, sayangnya aku sudah tidak invested dengan ceritanya. Ceritanya sendiri sebenarnya not bad, tetapi terlalu banyak penghianatan dan pergantian kubu yang membuatku bingung dan akhirnya malas ngikutin. Bukan berarti aku tidak suka ceritanya, hanya saja penyampaiannya yang kurang.

It would have been nice if we'd had more time to hash out all these characters' agendas before the end. We're still running into the problem from season 1 - the show is rushed. If this series had 24 episodes per half (even with a cour or two between seasons), everything would have had more time to develop.

Seperti yang kubilang di episode sebelumnya, banyak sekali faksi musuh yang muncul, lucunya mereka bahkan ada penjelasan di acaranya sendiri. Selain itu, rasanya Samurai Troopers mulai sedikit disidelining. Tapi tidak apa-apa, karena setidaknya kita mendapatkan episode yang berfokus pada kesepuluh pendekar. Sayangnya, hubungan di antara mereka kurang tergambarkan dengan baik karena momen bonding mereka terasa sangat singkat.

Shimei pouring her whole life force into that venom for Sagume then getting her soul crystal yanked out by Inmei like she was nothing. Cold. She got exactly what she wanted though and that somehow makes it worse

The Gai flashback wrecked me. Watching him tell Musashi that losing comrades hurts more than dying and then seeing Musashi turn the car around because he didnt want to disappoint himself -- that whole thread landed harder than any of the action. The Shimei sacrifice afterwards almost felt like a footnote

Sepertinya anime ini mulai menuju klimaks. Banyak hal tidak terduga yang terjadi, tetapi sayangnya aku tidak terlalu merasakan emotional impact dari semua kejadian tersebut. Ceritanya juga mulai terasa sulit diikuti karena banyaknya faksi yang tiba tiba muncul. Mungkin semuanya akan dijelaskan nanti, tetapi untuk saat ini cukup membingungkan.