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kurayamineko · 5 months

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#ishura #yagyuu soujirou the willow-sword #umitaru higuare the pelagic #shark the sound slicer #regnejee the wings of sunset #alus the star runner #dakai the magpie #nihilo the vortical stampede #kia the world word

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quiixs · 3 months

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鵲のダカイ「Kasasagi no Dakai」

#anime #anime cap #ishura #kasasagi no dakai #dakai the magpie #cagaste perro

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crehador · 3 months

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absolutely obsessed with this character design detail, like this is a fight between two of the least hinged dudes in the show (alright. maybe not. that's a high bar. no one's exceptionally hinged here) and they are both going at it with completely absurd footwear situations

like dakai is dressed pretty nice, nice shirt and vest and bolo tie, nice pants, NO SHOES WHATSOEVER. BAREFOOT

meanwhile koujirou has a more casual sporty look, t-shirt sweatpants track jacket draped over the shoulders, AND SHOES THAT AREN'T FULLY ON HIS FOOT

he is doing that AWFUL THING of stamping down the backs of his shoes until they are practically flip-flops HOW ARE THEY NOT FALLING OFF but seriously

major props for this character design choice, to me it's even better than if they'd just had him wearing flip-flops. because that is such a choice, and shows so much character, that he puts his shoes on like that. freak (affectionate)

#crab watches #ishura #sorry for the shoe meta or whatever i'm just very into this design element lol #ughhhhhhhhh i'm so fucking into dakai's design overall #esp with taren #i know i've already gone on about this in the tags of my other post just now #BUT THEY'RE SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#king and knight... except she's the king and specifically the demon king...... and he's not a knight he's a shitty little magpie #with beautiful hair #sigh. beloveds i miss u both already

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kurayamineko · 3 months

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#ishura #yagyuu soujirou the willow-sword #dakai the magpie #yuno the distant talon

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kurayamineko · 5 months

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#ishura #dakai the magpie

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kurayamineko · 3 months

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#ishura #dakai the magpie #nihilo the vortical stampede #helneten the burial

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kurayamineko · 3 months

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#ishura #nihilo the vortical stampede #helneten the burial #dakai the magpie

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crehador · 3 months

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brother crab's winter 2024 parting thoughts: ishura s1

tl;dr was originally meh on this for reasons that really aren't fair, ultimately wound up enjoying it well enough to pick up s2, but wouldn't necessarily recommend (especially if you'll be bothered by the fact that it's Very slow)

full review:

you know what i think for the first half of the season i really didn't give this show a fair shake. based on a skim of its summary and the fact that it had the battle royale tag, i went in thinking it would be structurally similar to shuumatsu no valkyrie (which i'd recently binged and enjoyed immensely)

and that sort of battle royale, a tournament between a roster of op heroes, does seem to be coming up. but unlike snv, ishura doesn't dump us straight into the tournament. there's a whole lot of buildup to it, in fact...

the whole first season is buildup for the tournament to choose a hero, which isn't necessarily a bad thing! just isn't what i expected, so i was a bit on the fence for a while

ultimately though i think i did enjoy this series. it's heavy on the action (and gore) but most of the fight scenes are pretty banging, and the cast is full of fairly interesting characters (many of whom are not long-lived lmao)

some of the characters are so cool, in fact, that it feels like a shame to not get more time with them. the pacing didn't feel bad or anything, but it's a very, for lack of a better word, scattered series. not in a negative way, though, because the relatively huge cast provides a wider look at the world. it's just a lot of build-up and so far not much payoff (but clearly it's the start of a longer thing, so i guess to me that's fine)

the worldbuilding to me is by far the strongest point of the series, even stronger than the action sequences. there are some elements of it that i really love, like the naming conventions ("taren the guarded" "dakai the magpie" "alus the star runner" and so on, instead of family surnames) and the word arts magic

the (fairly early) reveal that not only humans and wyverns but even these... constructs? that seemed like mechanical golems? could use this word arts magic was fantastic to me, and i hope we get to see more interesting things of that nature as we continue

ishura has had a second season announced and even though i was a bit lukewarm on it for half this season, i do think i'll continue. if only because the cast is absurdly stacked and i go where my favorite voice actors go lol

i would still say it isn't exactly exceptional as a fantasy action series, but does do some interesting things with worldbuilding that i don't think i've seen much of before (but i also haven't watched fantasy extensively yet, so don't have too much to compare)

dakai my beloved freak i miss u already umu it was such a trip hearing hoshi souichirou voice a character like dakai though lol i mean i'm sure he's done many before but i more associate him with darling momo revale (and more recently saiyuki swk) so this was. new. and a treat

#crab watches #winter 2024 #parting thoughts #ishura #GOD i'm going to miss taren and dakai #i fucking loved them like. i know. lame to fixate on two humans when there are SO many more interesting character deisngs #but they are SO my thing #woman in uniform who's declared herself the new demon king #and her funky little barefoot boytoy sidearm #could watch a whole series with them tbh #another worldbuilding aspect i'm really fascinated by is like... not just the fact that there are ''visitors'' from other worlds #but i guess how they're regarded?#because like soujirou might end up the mc #as much as this series can have an mc (it's very ensemble cast for now)#but dakai is already out #and they're the two we've met who have been isekai'd into this world #and so far they're not... REALLY the focal point?#i'm rambling now but i guess what i'm trying to say is it's interesting and refreshing that there are like #isekai elements in this series but isekai ISN'T the main factor #and the people who were isekai'd aren't necessarily the main players #(well soujirou certainly is but anyway)#it's just kind of neat how isekai is used more as like flavoring instead of the main ingredient here #really enjoy that

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