黄泉のツガイ

>Blond hair in braids Red jacket Short-tempered Gets called a runt Close enough, welcome back Edward Elric. Though I guess Gabby's a lot more needlessly bloodthirsty than Ed. I really appreciate that Yuru is strong enough to seriously damage her though, kid's not fucking around with the bow and arrows. He is a hunter through and through. Also, I love the majestic Lady Left with her majestic muscles <3 Those pair of teeth stand no chance against her.

Left and Right are a lot of fun. Just casually talking to a God who comes out to visit them to catch up while riding around on a metal horse container. It's funny to me how much Gabby looks like Ed, and then she even took damage to the same arm and leg. That had to be intentional. This really is quite an interesting setup, I'm curious to see why these twins in particular are important. Some sort of spirit controlling family versus family conflict, maybe?

Poor Right, every child fainting at the sight of him has gotta sting a little lol.  I'm glad Yuru wanted to take care of Gabby since she took out a lot of the villagers, that hunter mindset will be interesting to see in the upcoming episodes. I'm interesting in seeing how he'll fight.  I'm curious to see the culture shock Yuru will receive from entering the modern world, Left and Right too.  I hope Dera doesn't shave though, he looks good with facial hair. I like how Hana knows how to translate modern to archaic lol.

Still curious why they felt it was okay to slaughter every adult. I doubt all of them were in on tricking Yuru. "There are horses in here and it goes real fast" and they just accept it. LOL I'm going to love this group. Okay who's Jean? Sounds like another Daemon master if he thinks he could have dealt with the problem. Yup 'should have brought my pair' Man so many questions and so much excitement. Glad this is confirmed to be 24 episodes for the first season.

* Yuru: Command you to fight for me? Nah I'll kill them myself. * Since we already have Left and Right, then the teeth daemons should be named Up and Down. * So it was their parents that took Asa and fled from the village. Why did they leave Yoru though? * Fake Asa (I assume she was the blood daemon helping Granny) looks like she has mixed feelings. Wonder if she'll follow Yuru off the mountain too. * So there are two factions of daemon retainers huh. Looks like there's more to this, probably something to do with the "twins separating day and night".

- Huh. - Dang, Yuru called dibs. Wonder how this is going to go for him. - Well, he managed to shoot her in the leg. - Hah, the girl just passed out upon seeing Right. - So they left the kids alive for the most part? - Naruhodo… - Kinda impressive Yuru actually agreed to let them go. - Man I *really* want to see what the heck happened to this Asa. - Pfffffffff - I guess that’s one way to describe a car to someone who’s never seen one before.

###Stitches! * Left & Right * Left Fight Stance Damn. Yuru really wanted to solo the girl in red hood. Not gonna lie, I thought we were gonna see him get his butt kicked, only to be saved by Left and Right, but he ended up brutally injuring that girl. This might be the first time in a while I've seen the MC force the enemy to retreat during the first encounter. Usually it's the other way around. So we have confirmation that the eyepatch girl is indeed Yuru's sister and the girl he grew up with is actually a fake. While I do like that both sides are sus, it's kinda hard to side with the people who massacred an entire village. Sure, Yuru's Granny might be lying to him, but I don't think that justifies killing a bunch of people and orphaning a lot of kids. Considering how the OP seems to imply that Yuru's group will join forces with Asa's group, I'm not sure how I feel about that. I wouldn't be surprised if the hinted alliance is due to an even bigger threat.

Thankfully, I’m part of the audience so I don’t need to determine at a moment’s notice who I should or should not trust or root for. Cos things just seem ambiguous currently. Dera seems like he’s an ally but he does seem a bit sus at the start. Gabby killed the villagers who were just seemingly defending themselves, though she did also behead an unarmed mother in front of her child. But also, they don’t seem to kill kids. But we also don’t know too much about the village to determine if they’re completely innocent in the first place.

i think best mindset to watch this anime is "dont fixed on good guy doing good thing, and bad guys always has twisted mind" both side have some reason to doing that and definitely will reveal in further episode so cant wait truth being reveal and world building around it ngl as ppl who admire bow in most of mmorpg, yoru kinda sick MC, yeah he pretty naive, but his skill is real deal, hope we got more than he using short bow for this anime

So Asa and Gabby's group murdered those (grown up) villagers in cold blood, but upon further review and interactions, they don't really strike me as (maliciously) evil people. I really appreciate shows like this where characters aren't painted in a corner where the two sides clashing can easily be pigeonholed into either the heroes or the villains of the story. I like it best when everyone is somewhat relatable and can be rooted for (rootable?)--to the point where it'll be tough to pick which side I'd want to win later on or which characters I'd rather survive in the end.

This story is doing a nice job of building the world early on and establishing proper mystery and intrigue with it and its characters that make me want to keep watching. I cannot tell yet which of Asa and Yuru's factions the story is planning to frame as in the right and that will be the focus of any overarching conflict. Even the opening makes it ambiguous, with neither Asa or Yuru in their respective factions right now actually shown fighting one another. At the very least, it seems like there might be some darker happenings in the village that we are unaware of right now, possibly centered on the granny, Yamaha.

Right's a jolly daemon. He sounds like a fun guy to be around. Hard to imagine that the stoic Left's the more hot-headed of the two when in battle. We could only take her word for it last week, but now it's confirmed that eyepatch Asa's the real deal. Meanwhile, the impostor seemed to be a daemon (presumably under the command of Granny) seeing as a seemingly fatal hit turned out to had dealt no damage at all. Interesting that Asa & Gabby readily massacred the adults while leaving the kids be. Seems like this won't be a black-and-white situation where one side's clearly the good one while the other one's the bad one. The Granny's certainly up to something sus. Now that Yuru's out of his isolated world, he's bound to be shocked by how different the outside one would be like. We've seen how terrified he was at the car, and it took some convincing to finally get him inside it.

* Why are we being fed with all these muscular people this week? This is incredible. I wish we had more FMCs like the Left’s body type. * I wouldn’t faint if *I* saw you, Right 👉🏾👈🏾 * Ichi (from *Ichi the Witch*) and Yuru would be great friends. * I’m sure this will be explained later, but I’m not entirely sure extracting Yuru would’ve been best done by bloodshed. I’m confused on why not slip operatives inside, drug him, drag his out? It worries me greatly about the orphaned children caught up in all this too. * Hey! That’s Rose’s (FMA)’s hair color scheme! Or maybe this was another coincidence in the character design 😭 * Where are my horse girlies at?! * “I ***love*** children” Girl why you say that like that 😭 * Huh… Jin kinda…sounds funky. He sounds way too soft for his character design (EN dub). No offense to the VA, however. * That’s Hayate’s descendant, IDGAF. Silly pupper. I love when pets wanna take part in your exercise. My one cat *loves* going in the cat pack for my walks ans both of them like to roll over and stretch for yoga exercises! It’s so cute! *** I’m curious if the some people in that village are descendants of trapped hikers, but I’d assume so. Kinda hopeful next episode touches the cultural shock that Yuru would experience in modernity. I’n sure it’ll lean into comedy, but there’s some great horror/overstimulation elements to give to people who are basically dropped in a time not of their own (I say, as I read *Red River*). Still…***confused*** on Dera and Hana. So I’m excited for an explanation oj their roles. From the OP/ED, they’re good people, but interested in how they got all tangled up in this. From that little throwaway line about the dentures daemon’s genre eating their own master if mistreated, that sounds like ✨foreshadowing✨, either to like a *previous* master of Toni Toni Chomper over there or something else. But that Fake Asa getting the fuck up again does not bode well. Same with the family running away with Asa but leaving behind Yuru. I took for granted I could binge FMA:B and Arslan, now I gotta wait another week for a Hiromu show 😭

This is a fascinating show in that I legitimately do not know which faction to root for. Obviously Real Asa and tooth girl killed a ton of people, but both don't seem to be all that villainous. Asa obviously cares about her brother still but not in a creepy obsessive way for instance, and the "villains" show legitimate concern for Gaby. Neither one killed adults. While the "innocent villagers" are being kept hidden in enforced isolation and created a fake creepy inhuman monster sister to keep our protagonist tied down. So they sort of scream cult. And Dera just kind of screams shady. Of course both sides could be "bad" so who knows.

I found it strange back in episode 1 that the villagers knew about the barrier, the adults were shocked/feared towards the helicopters (comparing to the excitement of the children seeing something new) and how most adults died with weapons on their hands. It looked like they had been desperately trying to keep Yuru after losing the real Asa, and any strangers approaching meant enemies to them, while chaining Yuru to the fake Asa. The granny seemed like the mastermind, with how she could repair the barrier as well as having that fake Asa's shadow cover her after it lost its fake identity at the moment. It is really strange that seeing the ones who was supposed to be antagonists in this episode stand side-by-side to Yuzu in the OP. I guess we will have fair share of Asa's PoV with her faction in upcoming episodes to and set up the actual antagonist of the show (or this season). Btw, the 2 soldiers stuck in the mountain pass were the ones who got knocked out by Yuru and Danji. I guess they were lucky for not clashing with Dera; it did not seem that Dera had spared anyone. Or maybe they are not lucky at all, as now they are stuck with the bunch of people they had come to kill. P/S: I picked this show up because Asa looked so cool during a clip. I think it is quite rare for a show with a pair of super siblings with different genders as protagonists. It also seems like Asa is going to reveal her brocon side, with how much cheerful her voice was with that "My ani-sama has the hunter mental." line 😆 P/S 2: Don't google Oshira-sama. They being real life gods (with some changes) is all you should know.

So [about Oshira-sama from the folklore] >!she was born from a male horse and a maiden who fell in love. In a rage, the maiden's father killed the horse and stripped it of its skin. The skin of the horse wrapped the daughter of the couple, brought her to the heaven. They later reincarnated into silkworm and became god of silk weaving and agriculture.!< I am not sure how close the version of this series to the version from folklore above, but they still have some traits related to the story, like how they showed up in a rural area with farms on the side of the road, and the scar on the horse's neck.

Amazing episode, really great and intriguing worldbuilding so far. So this "Kagemori" faction, in this episode Asa and Gabi were greatly humanized and the vibes were honestly pretty wholesome for someone who just went and murdered tens of *seemingly* innocent men and even women, at least they left the kids alone but honestly they did some pretty heinous stuff and the story didn't go out of its way to paint them as such. It was a little bit too casual how the story treated the massacre, I honestly hope we will later get some sort of reveal about the crimes of the villagers and Granny Yamaha, like some baby-sacrifice level stuff, where all the adult villagers were involved, in order to justify how indiscriminate the massacre went, because otherwise, it will be quite hard to root for them, Asa's tears just don't hit when she's with the amish civillian murdering squad... So far it seemed Yuru is important only because he can command the two daemons, but there is definitely way more to it, also they don't seem *that* crazy strong, I dont see them near the top of this verse powerscaling, though so far they do seem to be the strongest we have seen.

Ok so despite how serious the situation is like they killed a bunch of villagers and Dera killed like most of the soliders + two helicopters destoryed there was still a light hearted tone somehow. I like the OP and ED. Left and Right strong af and confirmed Asa is his sister and that the one he knew was a fake. So basically, his parents escaped with Asa but couldn't bring Yoru with them I guess? Then, to prevent him from leaving, they came up with a fake sister locked in a cage so that he wouldn't leave? I mean as bad as a first impression of Asa and Kagemori family whatever the village is sus af as well. Left alone could beat Gabby Chans pair of Daemons so clearly Left and Right are pretty strong. Yuru was able to beat Gabby quite easily with his bow as well. Asa is proud of her brother lol and just happy af he's alive I guess. Anyways Yoru is finally off the mountain now. Lets see more how he handles the modern world + his new Daemons. Also love how he just accepted there's horses and they run fast for the car lol.

This show tickles me in a way I can't put my finger on, something about it is so darn nostalgic. I like how chill and rational all of the characters without falling back on the "cold hearted genius" trope. It's pretty refreshing for a shounen encounter to end with both sides bilaterally agreeing to disengage and back off. On the other hand this episode felt *too* lighthearted at times in a way that felt off, like the comedic scene with the little girl happening while her beheaded mother is still in the frame. The animation and soundtrack is decent so far, nothing outstanding or below-average. The music sounds like Suehiro to me which is pretty disappointing, his style is a little too modern hollywood for a show like this IMO (plus he's also doing ReZero this season, which fits him a lot better), I wish we'd gotten Senju or Oshima for this show to complete the FMA class reunion.

So I'm going to withhold judgement on Asa and Gabby for the time being, given it seems there's a lot we don't know about. What we do know is that the parents fled with Asa and she returned years later with a paramilitary force. They felt it a satisfactory result for the mission forcing Yuru from the village. At the least Asa seems to genuinely care for her brother. Granny is definitely sus, and I doubt it's the last time we see her or fake Asa. That poor little girl is going to need a ton of therapy. Yuru's reaction to civilization is fairly muted. However given everything that happened you can tell he's lost in thought. Though looks like next episode we'll see him interacting with at least a toilet lol. Hana is going to be a fun one with her translation of modern to feudal. There's horses in it lol. Speaking of modern vs. feudal I love the detail about the food being more nutritious to explain why Asa is so much taller. Another protag with a height complex, though Gabby seems to have that base covered.

Weird shift in tone for me after how brutal the first episode was. Just because Yuru meets his true sister after ten years he simply lets the person who slaughtered every adult in the village go? Even if what the hikers said is true and the village was quietly disappearing anyone who got close, that means every single one of them deserves to die? After granny's terrifying stare at the end of the episode, the only side I'm on is Yuru doing what's best for himself.

Got to feel bad for Yuru. Learning the sister that you've known for your whole life has been a fake. Well, at least Right does tell him that Eyepatch Girl is his sister Asa. Though who can Yuru really trust though? One thing that is interesting is that you have Yuru who has lived his whole life with a sister that was actually a fake. Meanwhile, Asa has lived outside the village without her brother. For them seeing each other, the meeting holds significance. For her to know her brother is alive must have meant so much to her.

I'm finding it hard to get invested, Yuru's world got flipped upside down but he's acting casual like nothing happened, in reality he'd be wary of everyone, the village lied to him, and the people he grew up living with have been slaughtered, he'd be an emotional wreck , ideally go berserk or run away, but he's not even asking Dera why they lied to him about his sister, he's just casually moving along, no hint of sadness or fear or betrayal. No one in the series sofar is eve reacting to the death of many people, it's treated more like comedy and is shrugged off... I'll keep watching and see if any of this behavior makes any sense or is explained but so far these 2 episodes have been a weak introduction to this universe for me.

Consider this: from his perspective, why *wouldn’t* he trust the daemon retainer that he’s probably known for years over the sister that just lead the slaughter of most of his village? Even if he now knows they are biologically related, it doesn’t mean she isn’t up to something nefarious. As far as he knows, while the villagers might have tricked him, it’s also possible that real Asa is lying or obscuring information. There’s too many unknowns for him to just saddle up with the violent invaders that have destroyed his life as he knows it. On that note, Dera is specifically not trying to keep him in the village the way his granny was, so in that regard, he’s at least slightly more trustworthy.