#I really do want them to at least give Banba a 'where are my kids? I only turned my back for a minute?' moment
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When you wish you were asleep…
… Watch raws! XD
Actually, I still kind of wish I was asleep. Maybe I’ll grab a nap after this. (-_-)
But on to my children!
In no order and w/ many typos:
Okay, look. Wyzul’s not ‘weak,’ he’s just meant to have essentially the opposite style of Tankjoh. He’s a ‘planner.’ The manipulative, cunning ‘evil genius type.’ Doesn’t mean anyone has to like him, or think he’s a good villain—hell, I promise you I already miss Tankjoh, too—but he’s not ‘weak.’ He just has a different style. His plan this week was actually rather clever.
Sorry. Wanted to get that off my chest. I miss Tankjoh, too, but I actually like that they followed him w/ a general w/ an opposite style, that the one time Tankjoh kind of tried it, it got him killed (the plan w/ the Cerberus Minusaur).
XD TOUWA. Oh, honey. Who put you in the back? ^^
Knowing the twist makes this whole thing all the more hilarious, somehow.
Though this plan was actually rather clever! If Cardena hadn’t had a few slips in her words… Though admittedly, she was so clearly anxious about it that Banba and/or Melto might have caught onto something anyway, but… It was close.
Banba’s become naturally suspicious, so he may have doubted them anyway, but… It could’ve worked.
Poor Touwa’s so short. And even Banba is kinda hiding in the back there! XD
Other facts about Banba: Google Earth, always taking pics.
Ah, yes, we’re sneaking in. Let us yell, loudly! XD Ah, Toku…
Odd place to keep things, honestly…
There’s something incredibly goofy about the fact that this confrontation is taking place in a cramped stairwell…
They forgot the little men for Banba and Touwa’s transformations. XD
Everyone else is in the middle of fighting a Drunn. Banba has alreday freaking killed his. ><
I think Touwa just asked Wyzul to repeat himself bc they didn’t catch it the first time. And Asuna just figured it out? Uncertain.
Wait. Waitwaitwaitwaitwait. I guess it’s Pink??? But she looks purple???
Curse my inability to put an image in the middle of a bulleted list! Curse my attachment to bullet points! DX
I’ll put it at the bottom?
Touwa here, stealing the monster’s lines. XD
Rip unnamed Drunn.
I’m confused as to whether Cardena was trying to tip them off, or just conflicted and getting anxious. Most likely the latter, as she didn’t seem to understand they’d figured it out later.
My watching experience is foiled once more by how INCURABLY BEAUTIFUL TATSUYA IS! DX
Now she’s getting the hairy eyeball from both big brother/dad and mom. XD Deception check failed.
Is that a thing?
They are dunking on this man so hard. I mean, he doesn’t seem to mind, but…
I really hope that smirk really was just Tatsuya and wasn’t planned. I like how they had trouble getting the ‘towel scene’ (a line ad libbed by Simon Pegg) bc Zachary Quinto kept laughing, so they just went w/ a scene where he jus barely smirks and they cut away real fast. This is smaller, scale, of course, it’s very low key and I only noticed it bc I am almost always watching Banba in any given scene, but it’s funny to think it was unscripted.
Aw, I thought Dad was an alright singer. Also, love Ui’s face here. ^^ And she tries to comfort him, such a sweetheart.
Aw, Touwa also looks like he’s finding it cute, too. ^^ I’m still thinking of Touwa and Ui as the ‘babies’ of the fam. Resident youngest sibs. :)
Nah, Banba doesn’t trust this situation enough to start stabbing people, don’t worry, Kou.
Pretty sure he’s just looking for an excuse to leave, actually.
Melto takes the opportunity to go full mom friend.
Banba’s like ‘so one of you was paying attention.’
There’s never any indication here if Touwa figured it out, too. I’m inclined to think he didn’t? But I don’t know.
Why must Tatsuya persist in being so attractive??? DX
Okay, guess it’s confirmed they can call Ui from the braces. … How. Did they program her number into them? Is there some frequency that they tapped her phone into?
Also, largely unrelated, but Ui is really pretty. She really is. She makes goofy faces sometimes, but this actress is really beautiful. I’m love her. ^^
She’s jack awful at lying, though.
Though it is justified that no one caught on, here. How would Wyzul know how modern human technology works? And Cardena’s an alien. And neither of them know Ui very well. She could be like this all the time for all they know.
But also… Did Melto text her? How did she know to leave her phone?
I say Cardena didn’t catch on bc she doesn’t seem to have realised that they knew later.
Tall Cheese seems to be having a good time hamming it up, and that is valid of her.
Really, though. There’s no way they would have actually released Tall Cheese, if this had worked. That’s not Short Cheese’s fault, she didn’t have many options, but I highly doubt Wyzul intended to honour any sort of deal.
I realise I shamefully remembered Short Cheese’s name in the rest of this post. Whoops. I’d go back and fix it, but now it’s funny… ^^;
Oh, yeah. And this explains why Tall Cheese was looking so evil in those photos.
So… Was Wyzul actually just sitting chained up in the park the whole time?
But also… Wyzul is a shapeshifter. Toei, would you mind…? >:)
Synchronised staring at Kou. XD
Oh, yeah. Moment of appreciation for Tatsuya sitting on the bloody playground equipment like a freaking model.
Banba going for a low blow, there. But he has a point.
And… Kou hits a button. We’ve only really seen Banba be this angry when yelling at Crayon the Mushroom Man about curing Touwa, I think… Makes me wonder if the betrayal he suffered happened in a situation like this? He took a risk for someone in a similar fashion, but it turned out they were lying and stabbed him in the back? Like, loosely similar, maybe. Like… Kou’s reaction clearly hits a nerve.
GAH! Toei, give me more to go on! DX
He backs down, though. Either bc he’s still soft for sibling relationships and can’t help it, or he’s getting soft about Kou—or both. This makes me think even more that he’s never killed anyone before. For all his apparent willingness to do so, in the end he can’t got through w/ sacrificing someone like that.
Esp not when considering it while staring into Kou’s sad puppy eyes.
As Touwa mysteriously vanishes from the shot, despite being exceedingly close by a moment ago.
Though… Banba seeing the fact that Kou et al. being willing to sacrifice what’s important to them for what’s important to others… And seeming kinda effected by that… Is kinda fuel for my ‘he ends up trying to protect their innocence/kindness’ idea? In, like… A ‘I’m the expendable one’ kinda way? Not exactly, but… Augh, explaining is hard. I’m sure I’ll think of one later. DX
Like… Could lead to a moment later where he tries to sacrifice himself/something so that they don’t have to? Or forcibly decides to be the sacrifice for something.
Oh, boy, that sounded weird.
Tyramigo is adorable, and will be the death of me.
Tyramigo be like ‘Is this the bomb I’m meant to eat?’ Then checks w/ Kou just to be sure. ‘Eat the bomb? Okay, eat the bomb!’
Him going ‘aaaaaaaah’ like a little baby, he’s so cute. DX
And how it awkwardly cuts out when she says ‘don’t.’ XD
HOW DID SHE NOT CATCH ON? Either her lysing skill improved significantly, or she completely misunderstood Kou’s nod here.
HOW DID HE SWALLOW HE HAS NO THROAT. O_o
They are dunking this poor man so hard… But, like, he’s listed as a special guest star, so I guess he doesn’t mind, and he seems happy, but… XD
Banba in the back: Google Earth, always taking pics.
Actually, that’s him at any given moment, really.
So… Were those copies of them, too?
Kou, you do not get to call people ‘baka.’ You are the baka!
I don’t actually know what he said. Could have been a different word.
Where were they hiding? Did they hang off the edge of the roof? Stairwell?
Banba not only refuses to smile, he sighs like he’s only there under duress.
He maintains his carefully practiced grumpy face for the whole scene, too. XD
Aw, I think Touwa just said ‘we barely did anything.’ Honey, I watched the flashback, you were the other person making copies.
Synchronised brother head tilt. Seriously, they’re at exactly the same angle. Ah, family. XD
Touwa loves it, Banba is required by contract to keep glaring.
His little awkward looking at the ground after, like ‘shit they’re cute’ what do I do??’… ^^ XD <3
They did do great, though. Plus he knew they’d never leave him alone if he didn’t do something there. XD But he is getting fond of them. Will probably be in denial until something happens and then have a freak out. Maybe it won’t even be that big, maybe it will just be Gold shows up and he finds himself getting protective. But I like big. ^^
Oh, please let Gaisoulg be who I hope it it… >.<
Aaaah! They’re so pretty! DX
So… Is it still a Minusaur if it didn’t come from a human?
What’s this? Minusaur is evolving!
Wait… So so they all turn into dragons when they complete????
I guess they didn’t tell her how Minusaurs actually work.
MAH BABIES!
How did we get down on the ground? Who knows. Toku.
The others go w/ proper combat Souls. Touwa and Kou use the balloon Soul and the shiny Soul. At least one of those kinda makes sense.
Aw, she’s self conscious. ^^
What I think I love most is that she’s clearly putting conscious effort into being out of tune. Which she can do bc the actress actually knows how to sing. XD
Asuna playing the drums is SO CUTE. I’M GONNA DIE.
I love how Melto explaining implied the brothers asked.
And the fact that you can just hear her in the background through the whole scene.
I realise it was Wyzul impersonating her, but it seems like something he might pick up from the real her to make it more believable. Plus Short Cheese had a a name for it, making it more likely.
Gods love her, she’s putting so much effort into it.
Banba briefly checking on Touwa when he rejoins them. ^^ I love this family.
Short Cheese thanks everyone, and the kids smile, but Banba gets embarrassed. XD
Oh dear. Wyzul knows we’re in a TV show…
Ui playing the demanding voice instructor is ADORABLE. XD
Kou and Melto in the corner imitating Banba. XD
Next week, looks like Melto is piloting Kishiryu Oh alone, Biker Dad returns (as an illusion), and the kids get stuck in Wonderland when Banba turns his back on them for five minutes.
I’m kidding, I don’t actually know if his subplot is at all related to Wonderland. All it says is that he’s dealing w/ an ‘antiques dealer.’ I have this wild theory that what the summary means is that ‘Wonderland’ is inside a box (the chest that’s referenced in the title and is the goal of the ‘attraction’), and then Banba also ends up chasing it around. Alternatively, he could just end up in a situation where he’s wandering around like ‘have you seen five brightly dressed dork children? I left them right here, but I looked away for one minute and they all disappeared.’ Or he doesn’t know at all. The magazine did say something about him doing things alone… Maybe he’ll get himself into trouble and they’ll have to come save him in episode 10. I mean, we know he’s gonna get a plot about not doing everything himself eventually.
I’ll leave everyone w/ this thought: the shapeshifting Druidon general now knows where the Tatsuis live.
That’s all, folks! Virtual rock candy for anyone who read all that.
Excited for next week. I hope we get episode summaries for the next few eps, soon, as that might give me more of an idea as to whether I was actually right. I like the idea of Banba chasing a box that may or may not have his younger siblings in it around the city and drama that could ensue. But they could go other ways w/ this subplot. Like… Maybe the antiques dealer is the hooded person? Or Banba is trying to investigate the hooded person? Or it’s Gaisoulg (please be who I want you to be, Gaisoulg!)? Or an early cameo of Gold? Or a Druidon? Or a completely inconsequential side character. Who knows.
Oh, yeah! Purple chibi!
Though… I guess it’s Pink? It… It looks purple, though…
Wait.
Could it be…
Magenta?
#Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger#Ryusoulger Spoilers#my precious Dino Children#I do like most of the options for the next ep#I really do want them to at least give Banba a 'where are my kids? I only turned my back for a minute?' moment#XD#Presumably he's going to get a 'don't try to do everything on your own' plot at some point#I kinda hope it's when he's trying to do something alone to protect the others rather than not trusting them#and then nearly gets himself killed and they rescue him#also I want protective little siblings so bad#but I have gone overtime and must egress#I love five (5) beautiful colourful Dino Knights#Birthday Sentai#Dino Dragon Knights And Their Cat
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Let’s Play Fire Emblem IV: Genealogy of the Holy War, Part 19: He’s a Late Blume-er
Part 18
Welcome back to FEIV! You may recall last week we killed Ishtore, a man with amazing lightning magic and truly astounding (not GOOD, but astounding) hair. He will be missed. I mean, not by me, but someone will miss him. I mean, not his girlfriend, she also died, but…. Look, it’s a whole thing. The key is that we took his castle, and nobody is gonna be happy about it.
(See? No happiness.)
Bramsel: Men, this is our chance! Jabarro, send in your brigade! Hit them hard while their backs are turned! Leave no survivors!
Jabarro: At once, sir!
Lene: Don’t you get it? He’s just using your loyalty to treat you like a weapon! I… I hate him so much!
Ares: Lene… no, that isn’t…
Lene: Okay, fine! Whatever! Go with him, if you love him so much! It’s your life to waste, after all! But you can just go forget we ever met!
Ares: Lene…
(In her defense, judging by last week we can safely assume she’s worked out Ares is the only thing keeping her from getting locked up in Bramsel’s rape dungeon.)
(Yeah, here it comes. And meanwhile, at the other evil castle…)
Blume: I want you to show these rebel pigs just what the empire can do!
One of those Three Names he Just Said: Yes, Milord. Leave it to us.
A Second One: We will never let you down, milord.
The Third: The rebels shall be destroyed quickly, cleanly, efficiently, and utterly. Excuse us, milord.
(All three of them are identical except for eye color and the game never says which is which until they’re on the field, so. NO clue.)
Blume: Hmmm. Everything depends on you.
(You may recall Tinni as being mentioned by a village two weeks ago, wherein they said she was much nicer than her family and the best person ever and definitely recruitable. And if Blume is her uncle, that means Taillte is her mom. Arthur will want to have a chat with this one!)
Blume: Hmph. One would think I could expect more gratitude from someone I raised out of the goodness of my heart after her mother died. Or have you forgotten my many kindnesses?
(Ass.)
Tinni: No, uncle…
Blume: Good. Now get moving! Remember, these rebels are responsible for murdering my dear son Ishtore, and his true love Liza! Avenging them is your mission, Tinni!
Banba: We will be the ones to claim Seliph’s head as a trophy this day. We mustn’t be beaten by Tinni’s unit.
Tinni: I… don’t know what to do anymore. Oh, mother… what would you do…?
She would probably shout a lot, if I remember her right. Now, our phase begins and…
(Dammit, everyone needs to shut up!)
Lene: I see right through you! The moment Ares is out of sight you think it’s okay to act all tough again, you vile louse! Don’t even think about coming any closer. I don’t need Ares around to stop you!
Bramsel: Of all the nerve! You little wench! Throw her in the dungeon! You’ll have plenty of time to think about what you’ve done there!
Lene: No! Ah… Ares…
Jabarro: Oh well. I guess it’s all in the past. You’re gonna forget ‘er sooner or later.
Ares: I beg your pardon? What exactly are you trying to say, Jabarro?
Jabarro: Heh… oh, nothing. Well, ‘cept that I bet Bramsel’s right about to…
(Oooooh, that was the wrong answer.)
Ares: T-this can’t be… Jabarro! How could you know his foul intent, yet let your tongue lie still?!
Jabarro: You can’t worry ‘bout the fairer sex, Ares. Have your fun with ‘em, but never stick around for when their lives come crashing down…
Ares: How dare you?! And to think you held my trust for so long… I must return to Darna! Lene needs me!
Jabarro: Nah, that ain’t gonna happen, see. Nobody, and I mean nobody, blows off my orders and turns tail on my watch! Not even you, kid.
Ares: … I’ve come far in your company, Jabarro, but our association ends now. If anyone wishes to stop me, Mystletainn will eagerly welcome your necks!
Jabarro: Grr… I’ll show you your place, whelp!
And with that, Ares reveals what sets him apart from his dad: he puts his personal morals above his oaths to jerks! Or he just really digs dancers, one of the two. Either way, he is now on the team!
And here’s our new BFF. Ares is an overall phenomenal unit; like Shanan he joins up with his Holy Weapon and can therefore wreck most of the enemies on the map, but unlike Shanan he actually has pretty solid growths and will likely be a much tougher unit by the end of the game than he is now. Better still, he has a horse and comes with three great combat skills, Pursuit, Adept, and Vantage. TL;DR, we need to get this man to an Arena. For now, though, I run him south toward the rest of the army to meet his new friends.
Now then. We have three armies to deal with. One moving south at us, following Ares. One moving west at us, with Tinni and the Three Stooges. And one moving north to try and make one more shot at conquering Leonster. Time to split the army. First, Fee is going to head toward Leonster, she can fly so she’ll beat the enemy there. She has an armorslayer sword and the enemy is all armor knights, she can hold the castle.
Second, to the east, there’s two swordsmen blocking us off from getting Leif, Finn, and Nanna to the rest of the army. Let’s move them.
… Finn. For shame. But at least you can promote now. I am going to send him off to our home castle ASAP. Going north to help Ares I send Oifey, Lana, Dermott, Shanan, Ulster, Johan, Patty, and Seliph since he needs to take the castle to save Lene. Going east are Leif and Nanna, as they’re already there, and backing them up will be Julia, Larcei, Lester, and Arthur, who is needed to recruit Tinni. I can’t see any reason this won’t work off the top of my head, but… I mean. Fire Emblem.
End turn!
Only one person could reach us, so this was a boring enemy phase. Next one will be much more… active. For now, though, let’s try to purge some of the northern enemy.
Well. This didn’t go badly, but not great either, barring Lana finally getting an Aideen-tier level. I just didn’t kill off as many as I’d been hoping to, and the enemy phase will be pretty dicey. I think I’ll have Finn stick around to help this group, rather than letting Lana warp him back to promote right away.
End turn. This will be…. Fun.
… *sigh* Well, I knew something could go wrong, but I didn’t see it being everyone dogpiling Johan of all people. Well, nice to be surprised, I suppose.
Reset.
This is becoming a pattern. I do something interesting, die, and have to go back to boring old ‘sit at the edge of their range and bait them out’. I know it works, but really.
Not bad at all! They tried to dogpile Ares this time, and like I said: he’s pretty badass. Probably would have died if Jabarro had taken a shot at him, but since it was specifically Jabarro’s range we were staying away from, we pulled through just fine. Now, to the eastern front.
… That was just sad, Leif.
Okay, our turn. First thing to do is clear out Jabarro’s unit. The man himself is a giant pain, packing both a Silver Sword and a Skill Ring to leave him obnoxiously accurate. Let’s send in some heavy hitters to roll him down.
And Shanan gets the skill ring, which he absolutely does not need. He does need money, however, so selling that later will be a nice source of income for him to keep Balmung nice and shiny. And from here, it’s really just a nice, normal purge.
And hey, Ares can chat with Seliph. I wasn’t planning to do it right now, but they ended up next to each other, so why not.
Ares: They call me the black knight, Ares. Perhaps you would recognize me better, however, as the son of Eldigan.
Seliph: What?! It cannot be… you don’t mean the legendary Lord Eldigan of Nordion, do you?!
Ares: The very same! I am the son of Eldigan the Lionheart, the man your father killed in cold blood! My noble mother, the Lady Grainne, died wracked with grief and rage at Sigurd! It is high time you knew my family’s pain!
(Weeeeeeren’t you an infant at the time, bro? How do you know?)
Seliph: That’s… I don’t understand. As I was told, your father and mine were the closest of friends. As tragic as their end was, I don’t believe our fathers would ever have begrudged each other.
Ares: That’s impossible… Sigurd was my father’s mortal foe! This… this is all I’ve known my entire life…
Seliph: Please listen, Ares. Would you consider traveling with my army? I know we can resolve this misunderstanding, if we just give it some time. I hold the late Lord Eldigan in the utmost respect, just as my own father did. Please, understand this.
(I don’t respect him very much, if that helps.)
Ares: Seliph… very well. I can stay my hand for now. However, be warned. Should I learn that even a single word of your claim is false, your life is forfeit in your father’s place. Do I make myself clear, Seliph?
Seliph: if that happens, then do as you must. Ares… I wish you could know just how ecstatic our fathers would be to know we’ve met at last. If only it had been under better circumstances…
Neat. Now, where were we? Oh right, IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR.
*snerk* I like how it took three people together to bring down the first Mage Sister, and Arthur alone completely wrecked the second. Anyway, I have him and Julia blocking off the enemy; as long as Tinni doesn’t fuck this up and try to kill her invincible brother, I think we’re in a good place.
…
She’s gonna, huh.
*sigh* End turn.
Okay. So far so good. But there’s still one more…
Julia, I know you hunger for blood, but please don’t kill this one.
Tinni you magnificent bitch, dodging on a 93% hit chance. I love you.
Our turn, and I start it with Arthur:
Arthur: Really?! Then you’re Tinni! Oh, I’ve finally found you!
Tinni: Er… who are you?
Arthur: Here, maybe this will clear it up. This pendant is exactly the same as yours, and I’ve had it my whole life.
Tinni: Y-you’re right, but… what are you saying?
Arthur: See, years ago, my mother was a warrior in Sigurd’s army, and after the war she fled to Silesse with her children. When I was little, my mother and my newborn sister disappeared… I was left behind with nothing but this pendant. I only recently learned what happened. It was King Blume of Alster. He abducted them. He took my family from me. The rumors all said Mother had died awhile ago, but they also said my sister is still alive. That’s you, Tinni! I’ve finally found you after all these years! I came all this way just to see you again…
Tinni: I… I never even knew Blume did that to Mother… it makes sense, though. I can’t remember much of her, but I know I never saw her smile or laugh. You’re… my brother… ohhh… sniff…
Arthur: Would you play down your arms and join our army, Tinni? We’ve still got so much to talk about.
Tinni: Mm. Thank you, brother. I never did want to fight…
And that’s that. Let’s take a look at our new recruit:
And there’s Tinni! She gets a lot of flak because she’s hard to build super-well, but honestly I like her. She’s also hard to make bad; she doesn’t have Pursuit, but neither did Taillte and she did just fine. I suspect the people who don’t like Tinni are mainly the people who didn’t really like her mother either; I know she has a pretty wide selection of the fandom who view her as too poorly-built to use and she should be left childless. But unlike most of these chuckleheads, Tinni actually has a character arc, and for me that’s enough to bring her along. And you know, it’s not like she’s bad at combat. Wrath, Adept, and Critical are all fine skills, and while she won’t have growths as good as her crazy brother’s, she’s still got two different Holy Bloods. In my experience, she’s gonna get on just fine.
………………………
And then, I don’t know, either I forgot to save or my file got corrupted and I lost the last two turns. I… I was very sad. So I had to re-do them, and since that many shots would make the update unbearably long, I will summarize: Ares got half the levels (people kept ignoring him to go after Ulster this time?) but he was able to kill his old boss and get the Skill Ring, Patty got a very good level thanks to Dermott leaving some half-dead dudes behind, and Julia almost murdered Tinni. But, on the plus side, Finn finally got warped home to promote.
*whistle* Take a look at that 25 Strength. That much power and a Brave weapon basically sets him up for the rest of the game, because he is gonna hit like a runaway freight train. Might have to be careful on defense, he’s only above-average in Speed and Defense and has no resistance worth mentioning, but as an offensive unit he’ll be a monster. Let’s test him out in the arena while we’re here, he won’t be needed on the battlefield again for this map.
Finn: Seven wins, gained no levels. He might be a bit overpowered.
Okay! End turn, this is going pretty well barring the occasional horrible glitch that I hate.
…. Well, other than that. I underestimated how quickly they’d get to Leonster and… *cough* may have forgotten to move Fee once or twice, so I think the enemy will be taking the castle after all. It’s not a big deal, they’re really expected to, but I’m still a little annoyed this is happening because I didn’t think. Ah, well, it will just be a quick detour to liberate it after Seliph finishes up at Darna. I have him head toward it, his army pausing at the edge of the defenders’ movement range (see, I can learn) and have the eastern group start moving up toward Leonster. Fee pauses in a position to challenge one or two of the armors, hopefully the whole group will turn to chase her and she can run up to the castle and hide inside. End turn!
Jerks. You know, it’s kind of unfair that any of them can take a castle, but we can only have Seliph do it.
God, you are just like your mother.
To the north, Darna’s defense line doesn’t take the bait. They must not move until attacked. Well.
Their loss. At our other army, I have Fee take out one armor unit:
And then run away, hiding out over the ocean to her west to avoid any other counter attacks. She hasn’t got much health left, so she needs to avoid any damage until I can get Nanna or Julia up there to help her out. They’re on their way, so this will be turning around shortly. End turn; no enemies are close enough to take a swing at us, so it goes immediately back to our player phase.
Fantastic. Darna will fall on our next turn, and shortly after that the other team should be running into the unit who took Leonster. Fee probably won’t even die. End turn! Once again, nothing on the enemy phase; they’re moving toward us, but they’re on the slow side. On our turn, Julia patches up Fee to gain a level.
Hehehe. I’m legit impressed by how well her speed is doing, it tends to be a lower growth. The rest of their unit parks on the local villages to await the incoming storm o’ units.
Now then, Darna. First, clear the last defender:
Bramsel is a general, despite appearances, and stat-wise he isn’t super impressive. His one and only real trick is that he’s packing a Horseslayer weapon, so cavalry had better be sure they’re gonna take him down if they take a swing at him. He’s got no defense against distance attacks, but, like a doofus, I sent all the mages to the other army. So, uh, Oifey… wanna try that javelin?
Bramsel: Darna is my city! Mine! Nobody will ever take it from me!
Well, it’s a start. Not sure this will work, but… Seliph, wanna give it a shot?
FUCKING PAVISE. Okay, so Darna will fall next turn. End turn. Ya jackass game.
And that’s Bramsel. Our turn begins, and Seliph takes the castle.
Lewyn: It was the last free land in Jugdral. In battle after battle, the overwhelming might of the Loptyr Empire had devastated the resistance. Ultimately, the last of the resistance soldiers barricaded themselves within Darna’s walls. Battered and wounded, they were nonetheless determined to fight to the bitter end. But then, suddenly, there was a miracle… from the heavens descended twelve gods, who bestowed upon twelve young warriors miraculous weapons and immense power. Thus were born the Twelve Crusaders, the heroes who led the resistance to victory.
Seliph: That was the legendary Miracle of Darna, yes?
Lewyn: The very same. And even as we speak, Seliph, another miracle is dawning. Just as the resurrection of Loptyr looms on the horizon, so too are the Crusaders themselves arising in our world once more…
Seliph: I beg your pardon?
Lewyn: Heh… don’t worry Seliph. You’ll understand soon enough.
(Well. Seliph may not have a ton in common with his father, but he clearly has Sigurd-tier obliviousness.)
And of course he can’t rescue Lene because Seliph is standing in the way. Ironic, really; we could save Lene, our dancer, if we had a dancer to move Seliph. That’s Fire Emblem Philosophy 101, kids. In any case, Lana starts warping people back to Melgen so they can have a shorter walk to rejoin the remaining action; Shanan goes first and Lana levels up.
Then, while he’s at a friendly castle, Best Prince takes the opportunity to run the Arena.
Shanan: Seven wins, gained one level: +1 HP, +1 Skill, +1 Speed, +1 Defense.
*sniff* I may cry. He’s doing much better than I’d expect from him, I tell you that much.
Now, to deal with the Leonster enemies, who are (finally) in range.
… Am I being trolled? Nanna? Are you trolling me? Because you’re doing the same fucking thing Ethlyn did. You aren’t her child, Nanna. Leif is. If Leif didn’t get any magic ever I could understand it. That’s genetics. But you’re just the same damn class! I hate you.
End turn. Bitterly end turn.
…. Bitterness increasing.
*sigh* 25% chance to hit and she took it right on the jaw. Fire Emblem, ladies and gents!
Let’s… try this again. This time, let’s go mainly for the commander and try to take away their Leadership Stars, see if that works out better.
… Welcome to the team, Ethlyn 2.
*sigh* Well, better. Nobody is dead, anyway. Lana warps Seliph back to Melgen so he can start the long trek over to take some castles for us, and Ares goes into Darna to rescue his gal.
Lene: Ares…
Ares: Oh! Is everything okay, Lene?!
Lene: N-no… it’s not… but someone from the liberation army rescued me… and… I knew you’d come, Ares…
Ares: Lene… I beg your forgiveness… I was a fool! I should have heeded you…
Lene: It’s okay… after all, you’re here now…
Ares: I swear to you, I’ll never let this happen again.
Lene: And I swear I’ll try to keep my big mouth to myself from now on! Don’t ever leave me again, Ares…
… Dark! Anyway, Lene has no signed up, and as you might have guessed she is Sylvia and Claude’s daughter. And like her mother before her, her stats and all that junk are irrelevant so I don’t need to waste time showing it! She’s a dancer so she’s amazing and will be very, very useful to the army in any situation. And unlike Sylvia, we can actually use her from day one because it doesn’t matter if she gets married. Go team!
Oh, and speaking of the team, time to finish that actual ‘war’ thing.
Not bad at all, barring the fact Arthur has apparently decided he’s done with Perfect Levels. And with that, the map is basically over. The only enemy units remaining are Blume himself and the three generals in front of his castle. So it’s time, I think, to have assorted folks and units do stuff. I sell Seliph’s Brave Sword so I can pass it around, and have anyone who hasn’t finished the Arena take a shot at it.
Patty: Up to seven wins, gained two levels: +2 HP, +2 Skill, +1 Strength, +2 Luck, +1 Defense
Julia: Up to seven wins, gained one level: +1 HP, +1 Magic, +1 Luck, +1 Defense, +1 Resistance
Ares: Seven wins, gained two levels: +2 HP, +2 Strength, +1 Speed, +2 Luck, +2 Defense
Nanna: Seven wins, gained three levels: +3 HP, +2 Strength, +2 Speed, +1 Magic,, +1 Defense, +2 Luck, +1 Resistance
Leif: Seven wins, gained two levels: +2 HP, +1 Skill, +2 Strength, +1 Speed, +1 Luck, +1 Defense
Tinni: Seven wins, gained three levels: +3 HP, +2 Skill, +3 Speed, +1 Magic, +3 Luck, +1 Resistance
Also, Lana gains some levels from zapping people around:
And some conversations happen.
(“Ugh. More of the commonfolk. Oifey, where is my peasant-beating stick?!”)
Lene: I’m Lene, the Dancer!
Seliph: Y… you’re Lene?
Lene: Ooooh? Mister Seliph, is this the first time you’ve ever seen a dancer?
Seliph: Y-yes, miss…
Lene: Hee hee… that’s adorable!
(And it ends there. Lene knows what she wants in life, and it is to laugh at dorks.)
(
... Picture here an image of Leif introducing himself to Seliph. No such image exists because I’m a doofus.)
Leif: My parents both died in the Battle of Belhalla’s prelude… they were felled by a Thracian ambush. My homeland, Leonster, soon founds itself in the clutches of an Imperial occupation, and fell under the reign of its Duke Blume. If not for my knight, Finn, I wouldn’t be here today. He raised me in hiding in nearby villages, and we awaited the day Leonster would rise again. We thought that day had finally come, but…
Seliph: … We both took to the battlefield around the same time, did we not? By now practically all of Jugdral knows of King Blume’s brutality. I sorely wish my army had arrived soon enough to properly aid you. You have my deepest apologies, Prince Leif.
Leif: No, Lord Seliph. I’m the one who should be apologizing. Our failure was squarely my fault. However, this isn’t over yet. I am the son of Quan, a man worthy of being dubbed a Knight of Nova. I refuse to shame his legacy, and so I’ll live on. I’ll fight on, no matter the cost. To that end, Lord Seliph, my comrades and I would like to join your army. I may not have much of an army left, but what I do have is yours. May we serve you well in restoring honor to Grannvale.
Seliph: Thank you, Prince Leif. Often have I heard it said that our fathers were inseparable friends, bound together to the bitter end in both life and death. Not to mention your mother, Queen Ethlyn, is also my aunt…
(“Oh yeah, we’re literally cousins, forgot for a bit!”)
Seliph: Both of your parents gave their lives to support my father’s cause. Prince Leif, you have my deepest, most heartfelt apologies for their sacrifice.
Leif: Thank you, but that isn’t necessary. I’m proud of my parents, and have the utmost respect for Lord Sigurd. The only hatred I bear is for the true villains, Emperor Arvis and King Travant!
(Holy crap, Leif is logically blaming the people actually at fault? Are we sure he’s an anime teenager?)
Seliph: As do I. Prince Leif, in the name of our late fathers’ last wishes, I seek to restore peace and light to all of Jugdral. Please, join me in my cause!
Leif: Yes, milord! You have my blade as your own!
Dermott: Perfect! I’m your brother, Dermott!
(“Excuse me? I was always told my brother’s name was Diarm-“ “YUP, DERMOTT, THAT’S ME.”)
Nanna: What?! What… are you talking about…?
Dermott: I didn’t know until recently, either. King Lewyn told me everything. In the war seventeen years ago, I was with the kids who fled to Isaach. But you were born after our mother went to Leonster.
Nanna: You… you’re my brother? Then where’s Mother now?!
Dermott: Er… ‘Where’s Mother’? What are you getting at here, Nanna?
Nanna: I haven’t seen her in so long… when I was around three years old, she left us and traveled alone to Isaach, to try and find you. She never came back. I’ve waited to see her again for years…
Dermott: She did? But… but I never saw her…!
Nanna: You… didn’t? Then where is she…
Dermott: The Yied Desert… it’s a treacherous place. Very few lone travelers survive it…
Nanna: … No! Oh, mother…
(And Nanna gains +1 Luck from that, because… tragedy… builds character…?)
Tinni: I am Tinni… Arthur’s sister…
Seliph: Ah, of course. I’ve been told your story, Tinni.
Tinni: Um… I’m sorry!
Seliph: You’ve nothing to apologize for, Tinni. With the likes of King Blume for an uncle, I completely understand. You had no choice.
Tinni: Are… are you forgiving me, sir?
Seliph: Certainly! There’s no question that you’re not our enemy, and it would be an honor to have you with us.
Tinni: Wow… you’re everything the stories say you are! I wish we could’ve met sooner…
Seliph: Heh… thank you. Listen, Tinni… I know fighting your own family is a painful prospect, so please, don’t force yourself if you’re at all uncomfortable.
Tinni: Sir…
He actually means that literally. Tinni vs. Blume is very painful to her, in a very literal, physical way. He’ll kick her ass.
All right. Now that we’ve gotten that all done, and Seliph has gone up to retake Leonster, the rest of the army turns to Blume. He’s guarded by three generals, all of whom have Silver Blades and Steel Bows, so there isn’t a safe range to hit them from. But that’s nothing new. The real problem is Blume himself.
Yeah. Yeah. You remember Mjolnir, I hope, from when Reptor made our lives hell with it. Well, Blume takes after dear old dad. He can’t double attack with it, his only ability is Pavise, but he’s still very fast and hits very hard. And to make matters worse he has a droppable Silver Blade, so ideally we want someone who can use swords to bring him down. Realistically that means ‘Shanan or Ares’ because another Holy Weapon is your best shot at doing it without dying.
So first things first, let’s move the guards.
Geez, these guys are beefy. That was to kill one of them. Ulster, can you do better?
… Sorrrrrrta? He didn’t get hit in return, at least. But I also can’t get anyone else in position to support him, so he’s probably gonna get pounded in the face next turn. Speaking of next turn, end turn!
CALLED IT!
Okay. Our turn, and there’s only one general left. Let’s clear that fucker out before we do anything else.
Ugh. I should point out that this is not actually the land of the Omni-Generals; Blume has four leadership stars and he buffs his troops up considerably. I take a few turns here to rest up, heal up, and send Shanan to liberate the remaining villages because he’s desperately short on cash. Julia levels from healing:
You might have noticed she didn’t gain a point of magic? She’s already hit the cap. Can’t go higher until she promotes. I love my princess. <3
Now. Blume. He has conversations with three different characters, two of whom should not be allowed anywhere near him. Since I love you guys, and I’m willing to use save states to cheese for story content, here they are.
(Frankly, I’m just amazed she hit him.)
Blume: Hmph! A likely retort, but only one of us will die this day, and it shall not be me!
(Well, he wasn’t wrong.)
Blume: Gah… impudent whelp! Just try me!
*whistle* Well. It was a close thing, but he clearly tried real good. It was caught at a bad moment, but that last shot was a crit that left Blume with only 13HP. And Ares is in range!
Yeah, we’re not done with this jackass just yet. Still, for the moment, Ares has a backup sword to use so he doesn’t burn through his Mystletainn all the time, and that’s all I asked for. Shanan spends the next few turns getting paid:
(Well. Only one now.)
Info Master: Ishtar’s ruling over Manster right now, and Ishtore’s posted at Fort Melgen, both doing Blume’s dirty work. Unlike their folks, they’re fine youths. You’ll be sure to face ‘em sooner or later… be on your guard, stranger.
(“They’re great kids! But, you know, they definitely will try to kill you.”)
Why Is He Smiling: His rule’s been one tragedy after another… Just when we thought he couldn’t get any worse, now he’s just letting those child hunts happen! We can’t take this anymore…
And with that, nothing else to do on this map, so let’s call it a day. Seliph, do the honors!
Lewyn: Eh, these sorts of things can’t be helped. After all, the war’s only just beginning.
Seliph: And yet, the citizens are already all so eager to support us! I’ve seldom seen such joy…
Lewyn: For the first time, they’ve got hope for a future free from the Empire’s abuse. YOU are the people’s last hope, Seliph, but the worst of the war still lies ahead.
Seliph: Mm. And yet, I’ve so much incredible talent fighting by my side! With such amazing men and women with me, I know no challenge will be too great!
(I kind of morbidly wonder what he says if you let everyone die except him at this point.)
Lewyn: Yeah… you’ll all do just fine, Seliph.
*whew* Well. Thank you for being chill about this for once, Lewyn. I enjoy you more when you aren’t bitching at me. Now then, see you all next week when… *shudder*
When Blume calls in… … … …
Her.
Resets: 24. It’s all downhill from here, folks.
Part 20
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Random Writing Preview…
… The parents are out! Write angst!
Ahem. I’m kidding.
But I did write angst.
So. That ep about a Minusaur attaching itself to Asuna’s heart reminded me of an idea I had. Long time ago.
So, anyone remember the scorpion arc from Hurricaneger? Something like that crossed w/ that ep of GoGoV where the team gets those flowers attached to them that will only come off if they die, but will release a deadly pollen if they bloom.
Basically, the premise of this idea is that Banba gets hits hit w/ something from a Minusaur that implants a weird parasite thing in his heart and respiratory system that attaches itself to him and is slowly and painfully killing him, and if it finishes growing it will release a lethal toxin that will kill everything within a certain radius. They try killing the Minusaur, but attacking it weirdly seems to make the thing grow faster.
The reason everyone is so at the end of their rope here is that they’ve literally been watching him suffer all day and maybe more, and the thing is getting close to releasing the toxin.
Also some other stuff happened, so there’s extra tension. But Tsk tsk, no spoilers now! XD
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Melto reentered the room completely silently, crossing the floor to touch Kou and Asuna’s elbows. Both wrenched their eyes away from where Banba had temporarily gone quiet on the sofa to look at Blue—and found his expression one of absolute misery. Taking a deep breath, he jerked his head toward the other room, then reached over to tap Kanaro’s shoulder to indicate the same before turning and trudging in that direction himself. The three of them hesitated for a moment, glancing anxiously down at Touwa, still kneeling and hunched over his brother’s side. Ui, beside him with a hand on his shoulder, glanced back up at them nodded slight. Finally, the other three turned and followed Melto, Kou hesitating for an extra moment before turning and trotting after.
Herding into the other room, they found Melto brooding in the corner, still looking like the world was ending. “… I have an idea.” He announced, in a dreadful tone.
“That… Feels like you should look happier about it.” Kanaro’s tone and expression were apprehensive, and he was carefully eyeing Blue like he could find some clue in the other Ryusoulger’s appearance.
It was hard not to agree. Melto’s expression and demeanour were not those of someone who had thought of a surefire way to save their teammate. Especially when his response to Gold’s observation was another dejected sigh. “… It’s not a good one.” He admitted.
“I can’t think of anything much worse than this.” Kou pointed out, glancing back over his shoulder at the others.
Asuna nodded, her expression equally somber. “Let’s hear it, Melto.”
Blue bit his lip, looking deliberately at the wall to their left rather than at them. “… The parasite is interwoven into his heart and respiratory system. It’s literally using his body to keep itself alive and growing, and it’s so fused at this point that trying to remove it would be fatal for him.” Another profoundly unhappy sigh. “But… That also means the reverse is true.”
Kou blinked at him. “What?” On Red’s other side, Kanaro was slowly going whiter than a sheet.
“It’s essentially become a part of him, now.” Melto said, more slowly, like he was trying to think out each word as he went. “So, that means…” He swallowed nervously, “… That means… If he dies… It dies.”
They stared at him. “… You want us to kill Banba?!” Asuna’s voice shot upward into a shriek, and the other three quickly shushed her, sending glances back to the other room, worried that Touwa might have heard.
“I don’t mean literally!” Melto hissed back quickly. “But the heart can be stopped for about six minutes before the brain starts to die.” He looked like he was ready to break down in tears, only just barely keeping his voice level. “If we stop his heart just long enough for the parasite to die, then restart it-”
“And what if it takes longer than six minutes to die?” Pink demanded, remembering to keep her voice hushed that time, though her hands were balled into fists at her sides. “What if we can’t restart it? There’s too many risks!”
“And what are our other options, then?” Melto snapped back, voice cracking. “Attacking the Minusaur makes it worse! And if that thing finishes growing, it won’t just kill him, but us and who knows how many other people when it releases that toxin!”
“So, what? You’d rather do the job ourselves? Are you really that heartless?!”
“Do not mistake my ability to reason for apathy!”
They were in each other’s faces at that point, and Kou rushed forward with the intention of parting them—until it was all interrupted by another horrible sound from the other room, making them all look. Banba was thrashing again, hands clawing at his chest like he was desperately trying to rip the thing out himself. Touwa threw himself over his brother’s torso to try and hold him still, grabbing Banba’s hands and pulling them away before he could hurt himself, as Black let out another choked half-scream—still trying to smother his suffering even in this state. It was like razors cutting through their chests as the fit continued, forcing Ui to grab his legs to help hold him still, and they could only watch in horror until Banba quieted again—though he continued twitching and whimpering faintly, and neither Ui nor Green risked letting go of him.
Melto stumbled a step toward the couch, reaching weakly for the door frame, clinging to it for support, like it alone was holding it up. He watched for another moment, tears finally brimming in his eyes, then turned quickly away. Swallowing again, he looked over at Asuna. “… It’s this, or just watch him suffer.” He whispered, the tears slowly spilling over. “I… I can’t take this anymore.” Asuna swallowed, looking down at her feet. Blue sagged against the door frame, taking deep, shuddering breaths. “At… At least, if we try this, we’ll know we did everything we could.” His hands curled into fists on the frame. “And… Even if it fails…” He looked back at their still-thrashing teammate. “… At least he won’t be in pain anymore.”
There was a long silence, save for Banba’s agony across the room, heightening the tension between them all. Neither Melto nor Asuna moved, and Kanaro was leaning heavily on the wall, white as a ghost and looking ready to vomit. Kou moved slowly to stand between Blue and Pink, looking sorrowfully at her, rubbing his arm nervously. “… Asuna…” He began softly, his voice shaking, “… I agree with Melto.” Asuna continued staring at her shoes for a bit, her hands still clutched into fists—until her breath hitched, and she sank to the floor, tears spilling down her face, as well. Kou fumbled for her shoulder, squeezing it as best he could, taking a deep, trembling breath. Swallowing, he made himself speak again. “But…” The other three raised their heads slightly to look at him. “… The final choice isn’t ours to make.”
Pulling his hand off Asuna’s shoulder, Red staggered sluggishly back to the door, grabbing one of the tables for support. “… Touwa?” His voice broke completely over the other Ryusoulger’s name. For a moment, he wasn’t sure Green had heard—but then Touwa stilled completely. Slowly, he released his brother’s hands—which thankfully did not start clawing at his chest again, and Black’s spasms had largely faded—getting to his feet, then turning to look at them. He looked like a small child trying to be strong, eyes full of tears, struggling to keep his composure. Sitting on the floor, Ui also moved back, looking between them all. Stabilising himself with the tables, Kou crossed the room to stand in front of Green. “… He’s your brother.” Behind him, Melto, Asuna, and Kanaro watched anxiously.
Touwa opened his mouth, then closed it. Swallowing, he glanced back at the anguished etched so deep into Banba’s features. Looking back up, he squared his little shoulders, meeting Kou’s gaze with all the conviction of a knight.
“… We do it.” He concluded hoarsely, lifting his chin, hands curling into fists around the hem of his over shirt. “But… I have to be the one who stops his heart.”
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I am also in the middle of writing Zero-One angst, but I took a break to give my mind a rest. I also fully intend to finish Fair Trade, aka my other ‘Banba literally dies’ fic before writing this.
And, believe it or not, I am still working on that fake Masters thing.
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Ryusoulger Raw post #1…
… Will there be a #2? Who knows! Not me!
But I’m rather tired and I got really excited, so here ya go.
Spoilers abound.
In no order, and I apologise for any nonsense that may ensue:
We just go straight into the opening again. How they decide that? Flip a coin?
Recap the previous … Yay, Touwa’s not dead. I’m so shocked. XD
I’m kidding. But I don’t know why we needed Melto to tell us that.
Banba’s doing his arm folding thing again. Oh my god he’s pretty. DX
Kou smile!
Naohisa is back! And I still think I’m spelling that wrong…
Come to think of it… Who the hell did he take that stuff to? Where was he? Are he and the Elder in cahoots?
Actually, that’s… Not impossible.
Already know that it turns out they need a sample to make the antidote, so I presume that’s what he’s telling them.
Oh. Oh, yeah, pretty sure I was right. He looks gorgeous, but Banba is very much in pain right now. I mean, from his point of view, he just got told he destroyed the only way to save his brother. That’s gotta hurt. And he’s probably already blaming himself for letting this happen in the first place…
Ah! My little green gremlin son! DX
I already want to hug Banba, but now I really want to hug him. He looks so upset… All these kids have their own brand of puppy dog eyes, I think.
Poor Kou has spent roughly half of this two parter rushing after Banba whenever Black runs out the door abruptly. XD
Is… Is mushroom crayon man starting his own YouTube channel?
Gods, I really love mook suit actors in Sentai. Can always count on them for comic relief and just going all out in getting dramatically beat up.
Big Brother Mode –– ACTIVATED.
And now, in which, were it not for outside circumstance, Crayon would be dead.
The fact that Kou was like ‘likelihood I find Banba trying to kill something indicates I should transform even before I find him’ is hilarious to me.
I love the fact that Asuna and Ui spend the entire time sitting up and Banba spends it standing. Like, what, we couldn’t let these three lie down, too? I mean, I guess Touwa was the one who was bitten, but… Did no one really think to get Banba a chair?
Then again, would he have sat in it?
HOW DID KOU OPEN THE DOOR?
Banba is glaring like ‘if I wasn’t in literal agony right now and actually dying, I would so be killing all of you for this humiliation.’ Boy does not like having to be carried. XD
Shocked Kou is really cute and I want to pinch his cheeks. ^^
Banba might be dying of poison, but he still has to be grumpy. It’s his brand.
I hate the ‘poisoned’ Toku makeup, but even it cannot stop Tatsuya from being amazingly beautiful. XD
Hmm… Well, Melto just said something that made Banba think of something. Not sure what though.
Smiley Kou! ^^
Congrats, Melto! You have now been promoted to being directly addressed!
Banba, I’m sure you have something important to say, but… Do you have to almost threateningly lurch over here to say it?
Why are y’all goofing off like this all of a sudden?
Crayon, don’t break the fourth wall, you disturb me.
Okay, given context, what I think Melto says is that Banba told him where he found the Minusaur before.
Context bc the two of them immediately run there.
Crayon says something about ‘otoutou’ but I don’t know if that meant what I thought it meant?
Dude, I know you’re goo, but… Seriously? Don’t put your hand in an untrained animal’s mouth.
You go, boys! ^^
Aaaaand… Melto’s down!
Actually, though, out of all of them, Melto’s the one being most crazy whilst dying of poison… Like he got back up and was fighting untransformed. Yes, Kou let himself get bitten, but let’s give Melto some credit, too.
I really think Banba would have been more inclined to wait and give them more of a chance if it weren’t for Touwa. But Touwa is the most important person to him in the world, and, coupled w/ his other trust issues, he’s scared to rely on, essentially, strangers for this.
But, more importantly, where was he keeping the sword??? In his sleeve?
Same place Akashi kept Zuuban, I suppose.
Yeah, this is a perfect storm of Banba is afraid to trust or have faith in anyone else and the fact that the person he would absolutely sacrifice everything for is at risk.
I really want to know what Banba and Touwa say in this scene… Like, I think I get what Asuna says, she’s saying that she has faith in Kou and Melto, and they should, too, but… I dunno. Maybe it’s nothing. Maybe it’s Maybel––wait, no.
But, like… Banba seems like he’s having some sort of dramatic reaction to what Touwa is saying? And whether that’s just floating drama bc they’re all dying of poison and he’s desperate to save his brother or whatnot, or if there’s something big here… I wanna know! DX
Pretty sure he’s saying if they all die there’d be no one to stop the Druidon. But I still think that he’d be more willing (even if only incremently so) to wait it out if it were just him and/or some combination of the others. Touwa being in danger (and him probably blaming himself for part of it) is likely throwing him even more off balance.
So, we all know from the magazine that Banba doesn’t trust anyone but Touwa bc he was betrayed before, and I definitely think this is setting up the path to that being revealed? If that makes sense? Hopefully they do it steadily/don’t wait too long.
Tatsuya still rocking the awful poison makeup like a boss. XD
I feel like you can see the switch flip when Asuna brings up believing/trusting the other two (at least, I presume that’s what she’s saying?). Like, by the end of her speech, Banba almost looks like he’s having war flashbacks or something? Esp when Touwa weighs in… I dunno how to describe it. Maybe after I’ve rested.
Oh, baby… He’s so upset and scared and in pain. Like, no, don’t stab the nice animal lady, but I do get you’re not rational rn…
That took tremendous effort. Like, he’s having to force himself to rely/something sort of like trust others. (I don’t think we can quite call it trust yet)
But he definitely looks like he’s having some sort of trauma reaction to the concept of ‘trust.’
Aaaaaand… Kou is down!
Aaaaaand… Kou has a dumb plan.
Throwing the sword was not necessary. You could have forced it to bite the sword.
WHY. WHY KEBABS. WHAT. WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING.
Also, nice save, Tyramigo!
Yes, yes, I see the Gold foreshadowing. But how deep does it go?
Melto’s like ‘I was afraid of you before, but not in that outfit, and not while I’m dying of poison.’
But also, WHY.
Banba can’t do anything w/out looking majestic. It’s in his contract. He’s the Knight of Majesty for a reason. XD
I feel like the other four are giving a speech, and then Banba’s just like ‘I’m only here bc I am thoroughly pissed off!’
I love MirNeedle and his honking noise.
He spin!
Double sword attack, while Banba and Asuna each get their own thing.
Also, only Touwa’s gets a cool name. XD
Touwa gets payback. ^^
Ui’s so perky. God love you, sweetie. Acting like you weren’t dying two minutes ago, too. <3
WHEN DID THEY GET IN THE AIR???
I feel like the sword is about to eat me…
For a balloon thing, that was pretty tame, actually.
Banba says something, and then Touwa, I think, something like, ‘don’t you mean ‘thank you’?’ and then Banba gets awkward and it’s SO CUTE! DX
Smiley Kou again!
Kou is like ‘we’re friends!’ and Banba is like ‘oh no, he’s adorable’ but then immediately switches back to ‘I’m sorry, you must be a level 4 friend to unlock my tragic backstory.’
Like, he literally stares at him for moment, like… I dunno. I’ll have to think more about what I think that moment means. He looks kinda… Shocked?
Then he, like, has to recollect himself to brush him off.
Did he just say that all in one breath?
Touwa’s shrug there tells me he either doesn’t know anything about the betrayal, or doesn’t know how badly it effected his brother. My guess is the former.
Love how the trio are already getting fond of Banba’s standoffishness.
They’re teasing her, but I can’t figure out about what…
Oh, I’m sorry, mr Elder whose wig doesn’t match? Are my sons not included in your cryptic prophesying? Well fine then. I’ll do it myself. XP
And believe me, they don’t want me doing that, so you’d better include my boys in whatever it is.
Well, the sisters are def suspicious, way frillier than I thought they’d be, and there seems to be a mind control plot? Wonder how the brothers are going to react to the apparent situation?
Sigh. Watching Sentai live is so painful. Now I have to wait until next week. DX
That’s all, folks! Digital chocolate torte for anyone who read all that.
Really tired, don’t have much else to say. Even more curious about Banba’s backstory. Pettily annoyed that whatever dramaticness the Elder was musing on at the end apparently doesn’t include my sons. (Petty, I know, but they’re Ryusoulgers, too, shouldn’t they be part of whatever yours prophesying? XP).
So, anyway. Curious about what these sisters are up to next week. Seems like their voices control people, or maybe I’m misinterpreting. Still loving this series.
Very tired.
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Eeeeeeeeeee!…
… Ahem.
Fire is back at it again w/ Ryusoulger raws bc she really liked this episode, and is really excited for the next one.
In no order:
Aw. I think Touwa is a little lonely. ^^ Life when your older brother is literally terrified of other people, but just pretends he’s angry all the time.
Kou is so happy. XD Banba doesn’t care, but Touwa clearly likes being obnoxious. ^^
It was clever of him to bring something to keep them from walking away. XD
Touwa’s like, ‘you give us the map,’ but Kou is like ‘no, wait, I stole this!’
This was actually really refreshing. ^^ When was the last time Touwa had someone to act like a kid w/? These two are absolutely going to be the little sibling problem children. XD
Banba is so very done already. Welcome to your new life, honey. <3
I love Kou being fascinated by Touwa’s leaf-cutting abilities right up until Touwa claims he won. XD
MY BOYS GET TO TRANSFORM AND ROLLCALL!!! TT_TT
Still gonna cry my little eyes out when all five of them finally do the ‘blades of justice’ speech. ^^
The problem children are at it again. XD
Oh, Melto’s breaking out the ‘sensible one’ voice, too.
I need new emoticons.
Tankjoh knocks Kou and Touwa into a fountain and Banba is just… There suddenly. ^^ Like, ‘hello, did you just hit my brother?’ Also, cool reveal shot w/ that water splash.
I… I think there’s a pun going on here.
Banba totally just held his own there, against Tankjoh. XD Like, he might not have made any headway, but he did manage to essentially tie w/ the guy who’s been taking everyone out in one hit. Though I’m not sure how much longer he would have lasted had Tankjoh hung around.
That was a more muted version on the big brother voice than we heard in the preview.
Aw, Touwa feels bad. It’s okay, sweetie. Literally, though, his brother is the only person he’s ever apologised to. Admittedly, it’s only been, like, two eps.
If what created this Minusaur is meant to be foreshadowing/hinting at the general thing I’d like to think it’s hinting at, good on you, Ryusoulger (I mean, I love you anyway, you’re really helping me get through the week, but, also, hell YES).
Touwa’s also watching Banba when Kou asks about killing the kid. DX I definitely think Touwa is not quite as desensitised as Banba has gotten to be.
Notably, Banba says nothing, nor does anything. I don’t know if he’d already figured out who the Minusaur’s real host was, but I highly doubt they’d have him be willing to kill a kid… Esp if I’m reading what I think the implications are right about his and Touwa’s family. I’m thinking even more that he almost exclusively raised his brother, I don’t see him being willing to actually harm a child w/out remembering that.
Kou produces the map, and immediately gets chastised by his mom and dad friends for stealing. XD
Melto is absolutely the mom friend and Asuna dad friend.
Baba retreats against the wall rather than join the huddle. XD One day, sweetie. Being part of the team means being part of the team hugs meetings.
Oh my god… It goes by so fast, and when I first watched I was watching the four in the foreground… When Melto say something––I think it’s about splitting into teams?––Banba’s head snaps around and he looks shocked/freaked out for a moment… Like, you can hardly see it over the map, Kou’s shoulder, and Touwa’s arm… Might try to get a screen shot and put it at the bottom of this post.
He promptly retaliates by ignoring Asuna. XD
It’s okay, Asuna, it’s not you, he hates almost everyone. Also he’s probably trying to get this over w/ bc he’s worried about his brother.
He totally only agreed to these teams to foist the problem children on Melto for awhile, though. XD
Melto spends this entire scene finding out why, too. ^^
But he intercedes as mom friend just in time when things start getting growly again. :D
New face!
Banba being the one to connect the Minusaur’s behaviour to an adult/older person playing w/ a child… Is he thinking of him raising his brother, or back when their parents had time for them? (I’ll explain that a little later)
‘Children, I won’t kill. Neglectful parents are fair game, I have issues. >:K’ Oh, Banba. DX Obviously this outlook wouldn’t go away after one episode, but I do think what spawned the Minusaur here is meant to reflect something about his and Touwa’s past…
Okay. Touwa’s reaction when Banba explains (quite nice of him to include the trio in that call, too ^^) that the Minusaur could have been born from the father’s guilt at being too busy to play w/ his son. That really looks like it’s hitting a chord. I mean, he’s transformed, but there’s a dramatic silence, the camera spins around him, and there’s a ‘shing’ sound like something important is occurring. So I’m thinking that maybe that Banba ended up essentially raising his brother bc of that same reason––their parents were too busy, or something like it, to be w/ their children at all. Maybe they didn’t used to be like that, and where around for Banba’s childhood, but something changed by the time Touwa was born and they weren’t there for him, leading to his brother stepping in. And then, presumably, they died at some point. Bc something screwed these boys up, and I really wanna know what, Toei!
Kou just runs away w/ Melto and Asuna. XD
THEY WERE STUCK! BUT NOW THEY ARE FREE! HOORAY! TT_TT
And what does an angry cat do the moment you let it out of its cage? XD SCRATCH.
Mister ‘give advice like I wasn’t ready to kill you two minutes ago, no hard feelings’ Banba. ^^
Also, speaking of that line… Not only is it clearly set up for Banba’s motivations next ep, it convinces me even more that something happened to their parent(s)… ‘Nothing is more important than family’ is a stock Sentai theme, but here we’ve got it coming from mister well-intentioned extremist anti-hero man. Really wanna know what happened to these boys… Hopefully we’ll get more info next ep?
Vaguely disappointed that Banba named MirNeedle. XD He almost smiled, though. ^^ Also made a really cute face when he heard Touwa and TigerLance approaching, too. <3
Actually, that look make sit seem like he’s really (secretly?) glad that Touwa stopped him…
I sit corrected. This is where the ‘didn’t think you’d stop me’ line is from… Eh, maybe it’s his catchphrase. XD
But now I’m also like, is there going to be a sort of ‘YJ¡Batman and Robin’ angle to them? I still currently hc that Banba secretly carries a lot of guilt for the things he’s willing to do for the mission, so it would be interesting to see a plotline about him being invested in Touwa not turning out like him.
And maybe if one or both of their parents were awful… Could be he considers it too late for him to not end up as some level of as bad, but he wants to try and protect Touwa from that? Maybe he didn’t think he could before, but he’s wondering if he can use these three to do that? I dunno, I’m just stream of consciousness-ing.
His eyebrow game was on point this episode, too…
Alternatively, maybe their parent(s) merely died before/not long after Touwa was born, so he never got to meet them, and that was why he took it so hard? Hmm…
I dunno, Touwa, I’m not sure you want them rubbing off on you. These four are absolute dumbs. I love them, but they have no sensible judgement abilities.
Preview?: I am SO EXCITED. Was not expecting the ‘Touwa gets hurt and Banba breaks down’ ep so soon. ^^ Makes sense, though. It’s definitely going to show the trio he’s not as stoic as he’s been acting––not to mention how much he loves his brother. Hoping we also get some more solid info on their past, too. Apparently he and Kou kind of start to bond, so it looks like we’ll be beginning the beginning of the adoption process. XD Gods, I hate having to wait another week… Well, at least there’s stuff going on next weekend, so I can get through the day faster. ^^
Virtual truffles for anyone who read all that. No, not the mushroom, though you’re welcome to those if you prefer them. XD
All in all, I liked this episode, I’m curious as to whether it really does reflect/foreshadow/hint at something about the brothers’ past (I hope it does), and I am very excited for the next ep. Also, there’s the possibility of getting more scans and stuff, not to mention the announcement for the newest Ultraman! Hopefully, I can keep myself busy. ^^
Also, those moments I mentioned:
See? He goes from largely disinterested and looking away…
… To being almost alarmed.
Well, it’s hard to express w/ caps, but… I dunno. Looks alarmed for Banba, I guess. His eyebrows go up for a moment, trust me. DX
Also, smiling about his brother:
I really think he’s happy Touwa stopped him. ^^ (I made a valiant effort to try and include the eyebrow thing he did, but failed).
Also, even if it was about something serious, and I think there was some serious meaning behind it, there was also a cute, teasing ‘big brother’ sort of edge that was really adorable. XD
Hardy handshake for anyone who counts how many emoticons I used in the course of this post.
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Okay…
… Time to ramble. XD
So there were some new Ryusoulger scans, and I got myself into theorising about what might be the next arc/episode plot(s), and now I can’t stop. DX
(alternatively, maybe it’s the plot of the movie, but I find that unlikely? No one has identified it as such, and it seems way too early for that)
Anyway, I’ll stick it below incase anyone cares about spoilers.
I should also note, I cannot read kanji anymore than I can speak Japanese—aka, not even to save my life. Also, bc of the funny fonts the magazines use, the already wonky image translator I use has even more trouble w/ the characters and cannot be counted on at all.
So if anything written on here proves me completely wrong, it’s bc I couldn’t read. ^^
Anyway, there’s a page for stuff that looks like it’s coming up in ep 7 and I think also ep 8—or maybe this is 8, I don’t know. It’s definitely not 7… Never mind.
Basically, the page I got really interested in is this one:
Now, there’s a lot going on here. First off: Hi Master Blue! Pretty sure you’re an illusion, but nice to see you again! XD Biker Dad is back in town for a spell, it seems. ^^
So, about this page. The little bit I do know, bc someone else who can read related it, is that the Ryusoulgers (well, some of them, at least, but I’ll get into that later) are transported to a magical ‘dream world’ known as ‘Wonderland.’ Does not currently appear to have any relation to the one you may or may not be thinking of.
Don’t ask me who the witch lady is, bc that is one of the things I cannot figure out.
So, it looks like most of the other images on the page are what happens to them inside this world.
I say most, bc there’s something I noticed, but I want to take other screenshots to look at it, so let’s got through the other stuff first. It seems like this dream world is where Melto encounters Biker Dad—along w/ several previously defeated Minusaurs. Both these things indicate that it’s some sort of illusion created by Wonderland, or maybe that forest within Wonderland. That magatama-like item also seems important—but, like I said, I can’t read, so I don’t know.
Touwa seems like he’s stuck surrounded by Drunn, which sucks. Both he and Melto also seem to be showing that it is possible for them to transform in this world. Unfortunately, due to the way the pages ended up folding, I can’t tell what Asuna is doing—but it also seems to me that it’s happening in Wonderland; bc of those little ‘thought bubbles.’
Which relates to the other theory I had, which is about Banba. Notably, Banba is down in the corner of the page:
What sets this off to me is three things: 1) this section is the only one that does not have those little bubbles. Could just be a style choice, but I feel like if they wanted to include it in that way, they could have done so. 2) I swear to god, those shelves are in the Tatsui house? It looks to me like the same green hue as some of their other furniture? Could be it’s at another point in the episode, but this page gives the impression that most of this stuff is going on at the same time. And then there’s 3) which is that the image at the centre? Where the little ‘thought bubbles’ come from?
Who do we not see in this image? Touwa’s front and centre, and though Kou isn’t anywhere else on the page, he’s clearly visible here. Melto’s obvious as well, and though it’s blurry and hard to see, you can just barely make out some of Asuna on the right edge there.
But Banba is conspicuously missing.
Now it’s entirely possible he’s just not in view—maybe he got cut off, maybe he’s somewhere behind Touwa. But again, I feel like if they wanted to, they could have arranged it so that we could see him if he were there.
On top of this, the things that keeps coming up when I put different shaped screenshots in an image translator (definition of insanity, etc. etc.) are: ‘single’ or ‘one,’ ‘get back’ or ‘return,’ and ‘find a way.’
(Actually, it kept telling me he was returning to the United Kingdom, but I think it just couldn’t read the characters—this is the same thing that once told me Geiz was saying he wanted to ‘kiss’ Sougo rather than ‘kill’ him at the start of Zi-O, or just randomly translating as ‘it’s a great game but it needs some work,’ so who knows. XD
Other common options were ‘It’s bread’ and ‘I’m going to put it on’)
But this leads me to my theory. Again, I can’t read Japanese, so I’m just guessing from visual cues and what little other people translated—but maybe only the four ‘kids’ get trapped in the dream world? And Banba is left on the outside trying to find a way to get his little siblings out? Might be a cool way to do another two parter; one of the other translations that came up as a possibility boiled down to ‘other side of the story.’ So maybe the first ep wold be what was going on inside Wonderland (and, given Biker Dad’s reappearance, it would be a Melto ep), and the other one is what was going on outside, w/ Banba and the Tatsuis? Plus presumably what happens after they get the kids out of the dream world.
I still can’t read, though—so what it actually says on the page is either going to make me look like an idiot for being so far off mark, or for going into a complicated explanation for something that’s already explicitly spelled out.
But this, has been me rambling. XD
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This is still ‘soon’…
… Right?
So! Let’s look at subbed Ryusoulger nigh immediately after raw Ryusoulger.
… Huh. I’m not sure about that sentence.
So, I got into one of my theory rambles at the end of this. In case anyone wants to just skip to the end and avoid the nonsensical bullet points. XD
In no order:
I love the angsty edgy bros w/ my whole heart and no one can stop me.
Touwa definitely sounds a little… I dunno, wistful? I really think he is lonely, and too read too much between the lines, this sort of seems to me like he may not know about the betrayal thing. I guess it just kind of seemed like there was an edge of questioning about it? Like he’s bringing up the topic of ‘friends’ in an effort to probe his brother’s reasons for being so against it? … Probably overthinking it.
Kou inconveniently makes a noise before I can learn anything about Banba’s opinion on the word ‘friends.’ Damnit, Kou. If you weren’t so cute…
He’s so happy, gods love him. Banba just stares incredulously at him, but Touwa rolls his eyes. Definitely the more expressive of the two. ^^
Banba does let Kou back up quite promptly, though. He may not trust people or want to work w/ them, but he’s not outright hostile, at least.
Important facts: Melto now gets to eat a banana w/out having to worry about being incriminated.
Kou just takes things, does he. XD There’s his mischievous side. ^^ Though I guess he did have a reason, and it was a clever tactic to get the other two’s attention.
Banba is somewhere offscreen like ‘damnit, Touwa, don’t make promises I don’t want to keep!’
Kou’s awkward ‘wait, this isn’t mine…’ moment when Touwa says he’d have to give them the map. XD
Okay. I love all these kids, and they’re all doing great. But what gets me in the opening shot of all of them screaming is that Tatsuya, Ichika, and Tsuna are all just going for it w/ the tragic drama, while Yuito and Hayate… Maybe it’s bc there’s no other context but they both kinda look like they’re almost smiling to me? Weird, I know. And probably just me.
And the problem children are officially at it. XD Drama babies.
I still don’t understand why the hell Touwa knows about that. Have you been hanging out w/ business men? Does Kou even know, for that matter?
I love Kou being super impressed until Touwa claims he won. It’s so adorable. ‘Wow, you’re actually really good––no, wait!’
Ah, Touwa acts all indifferent, but I think he’s definitely enjoying this. Kinda seemed like he suddenly realised he was having fun and immediately tried to backtrack. Like, really, when was the last time he got to behave like a kid? Like, we know Banba loves him, and I’m sure they played as children, but it’s a little different––probably esp after Banba started shutting himself off, depending on when that happened. Gah. It’s hard to explain. Like, why there’s the whole thing about how it’s good for children to play w/ kids their own age, and stuff like that.
They both keep doing the same thing. XD You boys are so similar. ^^ … Banba is going to kill you both.
The little green dancing knights and the little black dancing knights overlapped and it’s CUTE.
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE FULL TEAM ROLLCALL I WILL CRY.
Poor Kou get’s interrupted on his announcement speech.
No, Kreuon, they don’t.
These two are gonna find ways to turn everything into competitions, aren’t they.
DORKS.
Aw, don’t worry, Touwa. He meant both of you.
Still a cool reveal shot. Also, damn, Banba got there fast. Does he have a ‘someone just pushed my brother in a fountain’ radar or something?
Actually, he probably does have a ‘brother in trouble’ radar.
Banba officially becomes the second person to actually formally trade blows w/ Tankjoh. And the last time, when Kou did it, he was riding adrenaline and rage from Master Red’s death. This is really cool.
Like, he was able to activate KataSoul in perfect timing to not get untransformed by the purple glowy slash. And it didn’t even really knock him back––he does a bloody flip and leaps clear. And while he’s a bit out of breath from it, he doesn’t seem that worse for wear. That was impressive! Even Tankjoh was kind of impressed!
XD These two dorks. Definitely already got the bickering down. ^^
‘Oops. Nii-san’s pissed.’ I love how even Kou is awkwardly looking down. XD
I love how it looks like this woman just carefully placed her purse down before falling unconscious.
Ah, yes. The universal Toku Hospital. Pretty sure this is where Geiz and Tsukuyomi took Sougo during the Ghost arc.
How… How would you tell if that was the Minusaur host. Like. Is it it just based on the toy gun? I’m beginning to wonder if Banba was just staring at Kou when he asked about killing the kid bc he could believe Kou was dumb enough to think he’d do that before being sure.
Or just for thinking that he’d do that already. It’s not like they want to kill people, they just think they’d have to.
Like, they’ve––well, definitely Banba, I think Touwa might have some left––lost all optimism. I don’t think Banba believes in the ‘power of hope and determination’ at this point. Boy needs to relearn his Sentai tropes. ^^ I mean, he’s definitely shut off most of his empathy. Like I know I’ve said before, and I’m so annoying I’ll say it again, I think he had the opposite reaction to trauma that the trio did. They choose to find hope and carry on in the memory of their Masters, and try to find happiness to help counteract the sorrow––whereas Banba seems to have reacted by deciding he’ll stop the pain by just feeling and connecting as little as possible. If that made any sense.
Banba says nothing, and he’s really stoic, but I think he’s also uncomfortable w/ that concept. Esp since it still seems like he raised his brother, I highly doubt he could actually harm a child w/out thinking of Touwa.
When did Kou stuff that down his shirt? And how did it stay there?
I love how Melto immediately chastises Kou for taking things. XD Definitely the mom friend.
Kou just looks confused.
Maybe I’m totally overreading Banba’s reaction to Melto suggesting they split up? But it’s the sort of thing that could very well be related to a betrayal, no? I dunno. Maybe he really was just looking for an opportunity to make someone else deal w/ Kou and Touwa’s competition.
Apparently, Asuna can’t read a map.
Oh, and don’t worry about him, dear. He’s just like that. I promise you, he’ll open up eventually.
Love how he’s very purposefully walking a certain amount of feet away from her.
Okay, but the fact that TigerLance and MirNeedle really are stuck in their temple means so much to me. I can’t believe my goofy, über-tired joke theory came true.
I love how we’re all including each other in calls now. Like, before Asuna just called Kou. But apparently we all, I dunno, exchanged numbers? Is it possible to only call one person, or are they now just stuck on conference for life?
Banba will hate that if it’s true.
Touwa is vaguely concerned, aw. I really think he’s been a little lonely, what w/ Banba just having lost all faith in the rest of the world, so to speak, while he didn’t have the same experience; so the trio are growing on him faster, and he’s a little more open to the chance of connecting w/ others.
Also, the fact that Banba was the one to associate the Minusaur’s behaviour w/ an adult playing w/ a child. He seems like the last person that would be able to make that connection, but he’s also the one that we can confirm to actually have potentially interacted w/ a child in that way.
But even if I’m wondering if I’m overthinking Banba’s reaction to the splitting up suggestion, I really don’t think I’m overthinking Touwa’s reaction to the reveal about what created the Minusaur. It seems to have hit a nerve, and I think we can now be pretty certain that the boys have (presumably, though I guess it could have been their mother) dad issues of some kind. But… Well, I’ll get more into those ideas a little further down. See, there was this idea I had… I’ll get to it at the end.
I don’t think it’s that strange for Touwa to intercede. He has an idea to beat the Minusaur w/out killing anyone. The brothers don’t actually want to kill anyone. They just thought they’d have to if they couldn’t stop the monster in time.
Though I do definitely think there’s also something personal going on.
Cuties.
Banba’s comment, not only sets up his motivations for next episode, and make sit double clear how much Touwa means to him, but also reenforces my suspicion that the brothers have dad issues.
I love MirNeedle and his weird steamboat sound.
Also Banba almost smiling and kind of teasing his brother. ^^ Even more cuteness.
I love how the touching moment where Touwa admits that he’s kind of gotten fond of these fools is promptly followed by evidence of their utter incompetence and goofy melodrama. XD
Really excited for next week. XD I mean, it was already highly likely that they way they’d get Banba to start at least working w/ the team would be through Touwa, since Touwa is the only person he’s able to trust right now, but I’m excited for how they’re doing it. Usually stoic big siblings being distressed and frantic over injured little siblings is one of my jams. ^^
Seems like Tanjkoh is deliberately goading Kou, and it turns out to be a setup of some kind. Touwa ends up getting bitten by the Cerberus-based Minusaur, which seems to be some sort of rabid dog/werewolf type thing where the bite does something. And, naturally, Banba freaks out. Presumably after they get him calmed down enough to actually go after the Minusaur rather than just stabbing the nice animal lady (emotional Banba is not gonna be rational Banba), he eventually agrees to work w/ them in order to save his brother.
According to the website, his relationship w/ Kou also changes? So we’re starting the adoption process, I think. XD
Aaaah. While I do love the little Kishiryu running about on the book, I also would’ve loved if they’d done like LuPat where the preview kinda continued under the sponsor stuff, so we got to see a little more of the next ep. Mainly bc I am a big impatient baby. XD
That’s all folks! White chocolate rubber duck for anyone who read all that (go on, eat all of it, I dare you).
Anyway, onto that theory I promised to get to. So, when things were first getting revealed, and it turned out that Green and Black were brothers and we learned about Gaisorg/Gaisoulg, and how those three would be appearing in Strongest Battle, I had a thought that maybe Gaisorg was their father, who was either getting controlled by the Druidon (like Wolzard) or had gone evil for power, or something (like Ikkou and Isshu’s father). When it turned out that it was the armour, and esp when the brothers didn’t seem to recognise it, I pretty much ditched the idea.
However. There have been developments.
Someone picked up and took Gaisorg’s helmet away at the end of Strongets Battle. They’ve stated that Banba was betrayed in the past. This most recent ep indicated that Banba and Touwa have some kind of father issues––namely, that their father was likely rarely around, esp for Touwa. Banba’s line to the father about how there’s nothing more precious in the world than family. So now I’m wondering. Was their father the one who betrayed him/them? Maybe he wasn’t around bc he got obsessed w/ being stronger? Or maybe he betrayed them early, and Banba made the call to get away from him? Banba coming out of his usual stoicism to inform someone of the importance of family could just indicate he’s dealt w/ someone who failed in that regard, possibly in almost exactly the same way. A father who put duty (or maybe just plain power) before his children. Could also explain Banba’s desire to prove his own strength, prove he’s better than their father. And while he’s obsessively devoted to the mission (possibly after seeing his father lose sight of it?), it’s certain he would never put it above Touwa. His arc could partially be not just learning how to trust again and finding friends/a new family, but also getting away from their father in his own way.
Alternatively, I’m riding the high of the fact that my goofy ‘what if TigerLance and MirNeedle are trapped’ theory, and I’m running my mouth. But it does smack of a rather stock Sentai/Toku style, though in those the fathers usually turn out to be under the control of the bad guys, or it’s some sort of secret plan. But maybe we are pulling a KR here, and dad’s just plain a dickwad. Might be interesting.
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Who wants to…
… Ramble about the preview images for Ryusoulger episode 8???
‘Cause I do!
(Bc soon I have to do some ironing, and I gotta get up incredibly early tomorrow bc May Day)
And so! We begin.
W/ the first image listed.
(Just gonna go in order here bc I can’t figure out where exactly this all falls in the episode timeline except for clustering a few pics together)
Okay. This image makes me laugh, mainly bc it kinda looks like Touwa is standing on his tiptoes to be seen over Kou’s shoulder. Asuna and Kou are giving diligent attention to whatever Short Cheese is saying, Banba is giving her the hairy eyeball, and I have no clue what Touwa and Melto are looking at. XD
I guess maybe they’re walking back to the house from the theme park? And going by the other images, it seems they get attacked en route:
Lookit my kids looking so cool! XD
Not sure where the Cheese sisters went, but they’re probably hiding behind a tree or something. There’s also an image of them transformed, too, in front of some sort of building—so I guess after they transform the fight moves over there after they transform.
But, we make it through alright, and get back to the house! And… Tall Cheese pulls that rock in a bottle out of…
… Somewhere. No. Seriously. Where was she keeping it? No way in hell that was fitting into her shorts pocket. In other news… Tall Cheese looks kinda evil here, while Short Cheese looks rather horrified. I can’t tell who’s controlled and who’s not. I mean. Tall Cheese continues to look evil in this image, which I think goes w/ this one above:
Short Cheese still looks quite unhappy. Definitely suspecting there’s something wrong w/ Tall Cheese somehow? But I dunno.
Anyway, seems like this all leads to a disagreement between the almost-team, namely Kou and Banba, which this image implies they literally take outside…
I have no idea what Asuna and Melto are doing here, reffing? XD The preview also showed us Touwa is in this scene, but I think the angle of the camera here means he’s hiding behind Asuna here. Kou looks like he’s turtling into his jacket here and it’s really funny. XD This is also a different angle of that image from the preview I was rambling about on my subs reaction post. You can’t really see the sad puppy face here, though. :( XD At least Banba’s profile is amazing. ^^
I’ve waxed on about this scene already, so I’m not gonna go into all of it again, but like I’ve said before, while I do think that some of this is Banba being angry that Kou is essentially risking all of them by trusting the Cheese Sister, but I also think there’s a bit of it that’s coming from the sentiment as when he was telling Touwa that ‘people always betray you.’ Basically, being aggressive and harsh bc that’s how he perceives the world to be and he wants them to understand that? I’m pretty sure I’ve said it better before, so I’ll just leave off here, w/ the sad puppy screenshot bc I like Kou’s puppy face, okay?
Off this drama, we continue w/ a rather hilarious image:
What gets me in this picture is the Tatsuis. Why does Naohisa have a microphone? Why is he looking at the ceiling? My first thought is that he’s trying to see if his singing can create a spotlight like Short Cheese’s did in episode 7. Ui is horrified. XD The rest of the almost-team is more interested in whatever drama is going on w/ the Cheese Sisters. Looks like Tall Cheese doesn’t much care for dad’s singing, and it’s upsetting Short Cheese. Rude.
But you know what’s even more rude? Kidnapping people!
Oh, Wyzul. XD At least, I’m guessing it’s something like that. I dunno. Short Cheese certainly doesn’t look happy to be there. Also it looks like her hair is taking off! :D But jokes aside, they look like they’re on a rooftop somewhere, almost certainly this is that scene in the trailer where it looks like 5Knights has exploded? Just w/ the focus on these two, and she hasn’t fallen over yet.
You know the one I mean? Well, if you don’t, let’s sneak a cheeky little screen shot in here again. ^^
There. That one. ^^
There’s a shot of 5Knights standing in front of a huge explosion, looking very cool and not exploded, and then a dramatic full-team transformation that I presume is near the end:
The way Banba’s arm looks here makes it look like he’s turned his shoulders almost 90 degrees. XD Tatsuya, how do even do these things. ^^ Anyway, this is obviously from the shot at the very beginning of the preview:
Lots of screenshots in this post… XD
Anyway, there’s Short Cheese behind them, looking pissed off as well. XD Obviously, whatever the situation was, they’ve managed to rectify it and are now attempting to kick Wyzul’s ass. Do I think he’s gonna die? I think probably not. Seems like it’s gonna be more about the team coming together a little more than about defeating him, given that the ending shots of both versions of the preview focus heavily on them as a unit, one in a lighter sense, and the other in a badass one:
Aren’t they sweet? ^^ I think they’re sweet. <3
If you’re curious why I’m referring to the princesses as the Cheese Sisters… I blame whoever decided to name one of them ‘Feta.’ Yes, I know it’s spelled ‘Fita,’ but… DX
So, basically, I’m excited for the next ep and the one that comes after it (I wanna know if I was right about my hypothesis for the Wonderland arc so bad… DX). Still hoping for a little info about the brothers’ past, whether it’s about what happened to Banba or not. Just what Touwa knows about their past would be fine—but we’ve got plenty of time to get to that. Would also love some info on who the devil the hooded person was. Naohisa? Master Gold? Gaisoulg? What happened in the rest of that scene where they found the brothers? All answer in time, I suppose.
DimeVolcano is coming up at the end of this month, and maybe Gaisoulg, too? ^^
It also occurs to me, that as I post this, it’s already the Reiwa era in Japan. I have no idea what you say about such an event, so…
Let’s go, Ryusoulger?
#Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger#Ryusoulger Spoilers#my precious Dino Children#actually I found something funny while I was making this post#I'll make another post about it later#just tumblr being dumb as hell again#XD#kind of a lame way to salute the new era I know#but at this point they're already multiple into it I think#by a few hours at least#can't remember the exact time difference#not that I think I have any followers who live in Japan#but it's a big deal so I wanted to recognise it#onward I guess#to a hopefully bright future!#w/ lots of angst and found family XD#I love five (5) beautiful colourful Dino Knights#Birthday Sentai#Dino Dragon Knights And Their Cat
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