春夏秋冬代行者 春の舞

Fuck me, I swear to god this show stresses me out so much. You have no idea how angry and upset I was when Ruri died and Ayame started to take over as the new Agent of Summer. What a cruel fate to have them help Rindou rescue Nadeshiko , only for one of them to die. I was so upset that I genuinely forgot that Nadeshiko has control over life and death and that she survived a missile attack thanks to her powers. If she can heal herself, reviving someone who's near death is definitely doable. What does this mean for Ayame tho? Does this mean she's now the new Agent of Summer? Or would it go back to Ruri now that she's been revived? If not, then the role reversal between sisters would be actually pretty funny.

What does this mean for Ayame tho? Does this mean she's now the new Agent of Summer? Or would it go back to Ruri now that she's been revived? If not, then the role reversal between sisters would be actually pretty funny. On the one hand, Ruri might finally be free of being the Agent of Summer which she never wanted to be. On the other hand, now her sister has to take on that burden and also deal with the impact it will have on her relationships. She was supposed to retire and marry her boyfriend but now she can't retire since she's the Summer Agent. And who is going to bodyguard her? Ruri's fiance who was intended to replace her? Ruri definitely can't do it since she never had the training.

Damn, by far the best episode this season. Give me back my tears for Ruri 😭 But this is the one death fake out that I don't mind. And Nadeshiko automatically jumped to #1 on my precious anime daughters list 😭😭 She's probably the most powerful of the agents if she had domain over life and death. This could've ended as a perfect episode if it didn't end with the forced melodrama with the Winter/Spring pairs 🙄

Yeah I was hoping we would get the reunion first and then have all three agents join together in the rescue of the fourth. Plus then we could have a few minutes of Hinagiku and Rosei interacting post-rescue. I've really appreciated series that have the climax at the penultimate episode and then have the final be denuement and next season setup. Game of Thrones was like that. And a few others. These animes though gaahhh they completely remove the denuement as if it isn't a vital part of storytelling.

It’s really hard to take a lot of what’s happening seriously. I mean. We’ve got people trying to assault a compound full of heavily armed insurgents with knives and swords. Like atleast give a lore reason why they’re using swords. Like the seasons give them a barrier or magic or something. Otherwise it looks goofy seeing plain clothed people trying to fight insurgents. Like can the seasons people not afford a couple hundred for a plate carrier and plates for it? The average American is better equipped than any of these people. Just insane. Also why are they assaulting this place on their own without any sort of air support or other support? Hey have aircraft hence “air ambulance” like what the hell. The one thing that did surprise me that I’m happy happened was bringing the summer girl back to life. This show has had so much overly forced torture, trauma, and sad stuff that her death didn’t even feel that sad cause honestly I’m just expecting it at this point cause the author has over done it with trying to force things.

Since seeing Itecho dash around an open airport with a sword against guns in episode 2, I've learned not to take the action too seriously. It's obviously not trying for any hint of realism, it's just for what makes a spectacle, and swords are cooler than guns. That's all there is to it I think. The action is silly and exaggerated but it's just a plot device to move the story along, it's never been a focus.

The one thing that did surprise me that I’m happy happened was bringing the summer girl back to life. This show has had so much overly forced torture, trauma, and sad stuff that her death didn’t even feel that sad cause honestly I’m just expecting it at this point cause the author has over done it with trying to force things. I mean, that shouldn't discount that killing Ruri and then reivinvg her is just cheap. Sure we aren't that invested in the summer duo, but it could be an interesting thing to explore. The trauma of losing the closest person next to you. It just made those scenes feel pointless looking back at the episode.

It’s really hard to take a lot of what’s happening seriously. I mean. We’ve got people trying to assault a compound full of heavily armed insurgents with knives and swords. Like atleast give a lore reason why they’re using swords. Like the seasons give them a barrier or magic or something. Otherwise it looks goofy seeing plain clothed people trying to fight insurgents. Like can the seasons people not afford a couple hundred for a plate carrier and plates for it? The average American is better equipped than any of these people. Just insane. It seems like the swords are just an Agency thing. The NPSO were using normal weaponry.

This show has had so much overly forced torture, trauma, and sad stuff that her death didn’t even feel that sad cause honestly I’m just expecting it at this point cause the author has over done it with trying to force things. I admit that I expected Ruri to die, however, what made this moment and her revival more emotional is that it didn't feel forced in the same way all that stuff with Hinagiku and Sakura did. The deep bond between the sisters was established well during their episode since we got a look into both of their minds about how they felt about Ruri becoming the agent of Summer. For Ruri to have died while rescuing another agent would be too tragic. Especially so since her sister ended taking her place as the new Summer agent. Maybe I'm just tired of the crying bouts between Sakura and Hinagiku every episode that this felt refreshing to me, lol.

They STILL haven't explained the sword thing? I stopped watching this after they introduced the Summer girls so the episode where their compound got attacked by the insurgents and I saw one of them had a gun. I even commented in that discussion thread complaining about how stupid it is that the guardians don't have guns. Most narratives do the whole "their reflexes are so good bullets don't work anyway" thing to explain it, so it's absurd to me that they still haven't addressed the obvious resource gap.

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When Ayame crouched in pain with glowing marks all over her body, what I feared the most had happened. The Gods certainly has a sick sense of humour with their choice of her replacement. Pretty much all expression had drained off her face before she pointed the gun at her own head. She’s already dead inside, why not match it outside as well? Then another twist came. Nadeshiko could resurrect a recently deceased being using life forces from the surroundings. It’s mental how a young child could both be the Angel of Death and Angel of Life.

When Ayame crouched in pain with glowing marks all over her body, what I feared the most had happened. The Gods certainly has a sick sense of humour with their choice of her replacement. Pretty much all expression had drained off her face before she pointed the gun at her own head. She’s already dead inside, why not match it outside as well? The Seasonal Gods picking the available twin to take over for Summer after he sister literally died in front of her is both cold and efficiently practical at the same time.

PSA there is an after credits scene! Nadeshiko's alive thank god! Oh god in a moment of carelessness, Ruri got shot Older sister protective emotion + power manifestation = Rage Killing Spree Thank goodness Rindo and Nadeshiko showed up to stop her from killing herself OK, I swear Nadeshiko's power is the most badass one Guess we have 2 Summer agents now eh? Next Episode: spring flowers that bloom in winter

Never has a Summer crashout been more justified, but it made the soothing nature of Autumn more rewarding. I wonder how the logistics work now. Is Ayame now the true Summer Agent while Ruri is free of the burden and doesn't have to do it anymore? Does Ruri have any lingering Summer powers? Who is going to be Ayame's bodyguard when Ruri's fiance (who was never mentioned at all while she was dying) was meant to take over for her after she retired? How is being the Summer Agent going to effect Ayame's relationship with her fiance?

Haven’t we all? She actually was in the suitcase, but in what state… Well fuck… Oh you’ve gotta be kidding, Ayame got picked to be the new Agent of Summer? I know they said new Agents tend to be related to the old one, but that’s just… Rindo and Nadeshiko get their happy ending, though. Aw fuck… …wait is Nadeshiko going to do something? It worked! Though I guess Ayame’s still going to be the Agent of Summer now, not Ruri. Separating the Ruri/Ayame/Rindo/Nadeshiko stuff from the Sakura/Itecho stuff with the ED was a nice choice, I think.

It’s a good thing the op was a success and they got Nadeshiko back. But boy, they really had me in the first half there. I really thought Ruri was dead. So, do he and Ayame just switch roles now as Summer and Guardian or what? How’s it all work exactly since the Agent didn’t die? Looks like they’re saving the big bad for next week. Hopefully Itecho and Rosei show up soon. Not sure Sakura can hold off that evil bitch.

So, do he and Ayame just switch roles now as Summer and Guardian or what? How’s it all work exactly since the Agent didn’t die? Ruri did die and the power transferred over to Ayame instead. Ruri's no good as a Guardian since she never got the training. Anyway, the Summer Agent was supposed to be switching over to her husband as the new guardian soon so they might be skipping to that for Ayame. As you may recall from the summer episodes, Ayame has a husband candidate too. I wonder if he's got guardian training or is he getting replaced instead?