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| Ayo what happened here??? I know that episode 1 also has an unfinished version, so I hope we won't have to wait until the BD release to get a finished episode. What a disappointing way to end the Bakumatsu arc... |
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| I'm surprised it took this long for Yokohama Animation Laboratory to fall apart. e: Hidive's version seems to be an pre-production cut. https://files.catbox.moe/wql208.png https://files.catbox.moe/6x4psf.png |
GlorditSep 1, 2025 12:50 PM
| Jesus christ this was rough, did they even finish the episode? Edit: apparently Hidive got the unfinished episode and uploaded in place of the finished version which is a shame because the story in this one was one of my faves of the entire series. I hope they get it sorted asap, but as of 5:21 Philippines time/6:21 PM JST there’s no change. Last week I said I didn’t really care about Tsuchiura and I feel so bad because he actually would’ve been Jinya’s best friend in another life. The way they were both betrayed by people they love, Jinya found purpose again in hunting demons and Tsuchiura found it in following Yasuhide who he knew deep down was full of shit. He just needed something to believe in, he also needed to believe his girl actually hated and betrayed him of her own volition because the pain of knowing he killed her and she didn’t want to do that was too much to bear. Extremely sad story and in another world, he’d have got a happy ending. Fight obviously looked horrendous with this unfinished ep, but the dialogue was really poignant. Yasuhide got exactly what he deserved, I knew from the first time we met him that he was a pos that couldn’t be saved. Jinya could’ve saved himself a world of headache by taking him out then. “See you again someday” NO KISS OR HUG??! π why would they do this to us. I needed that Ofuu x Jinya ship to sail so bad and got so happy when she told him to stay and run the shop and basically asked him to marry her. Of course these hardheaded mfs wouldn’t let it be that easy. I actually do appreciate ofuu wanting to become independent and learn how to carry herself in the world because she has depended on her dad and her OG parents/the garden before that. I hope and pray that when this is all said and done, they’ll find each other again in modern times and ofuu will be running a shop in the middle of Tokyo. Natsu and Zenji got married??!! Wasn’t zenji like a grown ass man when Natsu was a kid?? Different time and era I know, but that’s awks.. I’m glad to see she’s not holding a grudge against Jinya and actually feels at fault and wants to apologize to him.. given she looks like she’s 30+ now, idk if she’ll get that chance since Jinya’s leaving town. That goodbye meant so much to me tho. I really hated when they had their misunderstanding and falling out Onto the Meiji era next week. I wonder what it’ll have in store for Jinya and Nomari. Hopefully we get a completed episode too. |
Marinate1016Sep 2, 2025 2:28 AM
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| This was terrible LOL. Sucks because it was such a good point in the story. I knew something was wrong when Tsuchiura went demon mode and his hand just stopped when connecting with those villagers haha. Well on to the next one. |
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Reply to Glordit
I'm surprised it took this long for Yokohama Animation Laboratory to fall apart.
e: Hidive's version seems to be an pre-production cut.
https://files.catbox.moe/wql208.png
https://files.catbox.moe/6x4psf.png
e: Hidive's version seems to be an pre-production cut.
https://files.catbox.moe/wql208.png
https://files.catbox.moe/6x4psf.png
| @Glordit Yeah, apparently the ADN version is fine |
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| Watch the Bilibili's or ADN's versions, it's better than Hidive's. For the comparison |
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| This episode was so funny... in the worst way possible... The most obvious problem is that the compositing is I'd say the worst I have ever seen. (I think this is worse than even Delico's Nursery. (If there is anyone here who has seen it, sorry for triggering your trauma...)) Half the time it was nothing but the layers stacked on top of each other with no edits at all. (If that, because a few scenes didn't even have a background...) There were also basically no drawing corrections. (When Nomari hugged Jinta, I thought he transformed for a second, because his hands doubled in size...) But I also thought the writing was not that good as well. (A single 3 minute flash back is not nearly enough to make me feel for Tsuchiura...) Adding all of that to the fact that I was not a fan of using the modernization of Japan to drive the plot, makes this the worst episode of the anime by far. I hope they delay the next episodes a bit to hopefully give the arc the time it needs. (Although, I have no idea what they could explore in only 3 episode that would also give a satisfying enough season finale.) Edit: Forgot to mention that, near the end, Jinta was talking without moving his mouth (when he was carrying Nomari). Edit 2: What I said about the visuals was aimed at the version I watched that day, which was unfinished. (Why that was released is a different question.) They did fix the visuals for the final release, but the story criticisms still apply. |
gorkthe134thSep 6, 2025 10:48 PM
    LOOK AT THIS SHIT, how, did they not check to see what they release was a unfinished version. |
slayer70Sep 1, 2025 10:39 AM
  so fucking annoying it pissed me off, i really love this show too man |
slayer70Sep 1, 2025 10:41 AM
Reply to Marinate1016
Jesus christ this was rough, did they even finish the episode?
Edit: apparently Hidive got the unfinished episode and uploaded in place of the finished version which is a shame because the story in this one was one of my faves of the entire series. I hope they get it sorted asap, but as of 5:21 Philippines time/6:21 PM JST there’s no change.
Last week I said I didn’t really care about Tsuchiura and I feel so bad because he actually would’ve been Jinya’s best friend in another life. The way they were both betrayed by people they love, Jinya found purpose again in hunting demons and Tsuchiura found it in following Yasuhide who he knew deep down was full of shit. He just needed something to believe in, he also needed to believe his girl actually hated and betrayed him of her own volition because the pain of knowing he killed her and she didn’t want to do that was too much to bear. Extremely sad story and in another world, he’d have got a happy ending. Fight obviously looked horrendous with this unfinished ep, but the dialogue was really poignant.
Yasuhide got exactly what he deserved, I knew from the first time we met him that he was a pos that couldn’t be saved. Jinya could’ve saved himself a world of headache by taking him out then.
“See you again someday” NO KISS OR HUG??! π why would they do this to us. I needed that Ofuu x Jinya ship to sail so bad and got so happy when she told him to stay and run the shop and basically asked him to marry her. Of course these hardheaded mfs wouldn’t let it be that easy. I actually do appreciate ofuu wanting to become independent and learn how to carry herself in the world because she has depended on her dad and her OG parents/the garden before that. I hope and pray that when this is all said and done, they’ll find each other again in modern times and ofuu will be running a shop in the middle of Tokyo.
Natsu and Zenji got married??!! Wasn’t zenji like a grown ass man when Natsu was a kid?? Different time and era I know, but that’s awks.. I’m glad to see she’s not holding a grudge against Jinya and actually feels at fault and wants to apologize to him.. given she looks like she’s 30+ now, idk if she’ll get that chance since Jinya’s leaving town. That goodbye meant so much to me tho. I really hated when they had their misunderstanding and falling out
Onto the Meiji era next week. I wonder what it’ll have in store for Jinya and Nomari. Hopefully we get a completed episode too.
Edit: apparently Hidive got the unfinished episode and uploaded in place of the finished version which is a shame because the story in this one was one of my faves of the entire series. I hope they get it sorted asap, but as of 5:21 Philippines time/6:21 PM JST there’s no change.
Last week I said I didn’t really care about Tsuchiura and I feel so bad because he actually would’ve been Jinya’s best friend in another life. The way they were both betrayed by people they love, Jinya found purpose again in hunting demons and Tsuchiura found it in following Yasuhide who he knew deep down was full of shit. He just needed something to believe in, he also needed to believe his girl actually hated and betrayed him of her own volition because the pain of knowing he killed her and she didn’t want to do that was too much to bear. Extremely sad story and in another world, he’d have got a happy ending. Fight obviously looked horrendous with this unfinished ep, but the dialogue was really poignant.
Yasuhide got exactly what he deserved, I knew from the first time we met him that he was a pos that couldn’t be saved. Jinya could’ve saved himself a world of headache by taking him out then.
“See you again someday” NO KISS OR HUG??! π why would they do this to us. I needed that Ofuu x Jinya ship to sail so bad and got so happy when she told him to stay and run the shop and basically asked him to marry her. Of course these hardheaded mfs wouldn’t let it be that easy. I actually do appreciate ofuu wanting to become independent and learn how to carry herself in the world because she has depended on her dad and her OG parents/the garden before that. I hope and pray that when this is all said and done, they’ll find each other again in modern times and ofuu will be running a shop in the middle of Tokyo.
Natsu and Zenji got married??!! Wasn’t zenji like a grown ass man when Natsu was a kid?? Different time and era I know, but that’s awks.. I’m glad to see she’s not holding a grudge against Jinya and actually feels at fault and wants to apologize to him.. given she looks like she’s 30+ now, idk if she’ll get that chance since Jinya’s leaving town. That goodbye meant so much to me tho. I really hated when they had their misunderstanding and falling out
Onto the Meiji era next week. I wonder what it’ll have in store for Jinya and Nomari. Hopefully we get a completed episode too.
| @Marinate1016 it was an unfinished version they release |
slayer70Sep 1, 2025 10:42 AM
  smh................... |
| Those unfinished backgrounds... I really hope they make it to the finish line before production collapses. Only a few more episodes left. Tsuchiura turned out to be alright in the end, just another demon who was caught up in unfortunate circumstances. Interesting that Jinya's powers lets the other person see his memories as well. As for Ofuu, that was basically a proposal right? Though I understand why she chose to go her own way in the end (since she was a demon born of loss and loneliness). Overall it seemed like the theme of the episode was about the three demon moving away from the desire that made them demons in the first place. And we get a glimpse of Natsu and Zenji at the end (hapily married!). Seems that she holds no grudge against Jinya, time really does heal all wounds. |
Reply to Glordit
I'm surprised it took this long for Yokohama Animation Laboratory to fall apart.
e: Hidive's version seems to be an pre-production cut.
https://files.catbox.moe/wql208.png
https://files.catbox.moe/6x4psf.png
e: Hidive's version seems to be an pre-production cut.
https://files.catbox.moe/wql208.png
https://files.catbox.moe/6x4psf.png
| @Glordit Yeah, I thought Yokohama was barely this together, until now, I stand corrected. Like holy crap, it was constantly flipping between finished shaded art and totally unfinished, unshaded, outright pencil sketches of backgrounds. I mean dang. |
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Reply to slayer70
| @slayer70 How did this even happen? The difference between the 2 is so large I would've expected them to have gotten the "finished" version completely out and ready before now. I mean, it could've just been the streaming platforms' fault for not replacing the old one with the finished one on time. But I'm still disappointed that it released in this state at all regardless of reason. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
Reply to fast2611
GOOD LORD, thats the first time I've seen them not even keep the brightness of the scene consistent, let alone the lack of proper weighty "animation"
Story is good enough to still carry it, but they must me in some serious production hell. I suppose for all its worth, it at least is cleary made by humans hands
Story is good enough to still carry it, but they must me in some serious production hell. I suppose for all its worth, it at least is cleary made by humans hands
| @fast2611 It's Yokohama Animation Lab. At this point it's considered "normal" for this to happen when they make something. Sometimes the studio's have to put up with BS funding and schedules, other times the studio themselves are just poorly managed. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
Reply to slayer70
@MewsicMagic idk it probably the streaming platforms fault since i see the finished on version twitter either way they fucked up. i was trying to watch the ep i just couldn't get invested bc the background and photography keep switching back and fourth make it really hard for me to get invested and with such an important ep too this is gonna fuck up many people watch
this japanese twiter acc post pic of the finished version https://x.com/takohachibar8 ,also people are saying bilibili & ADN have the good version
this japanese twiter acc post pic of the finished version https://x.com/takohachibar8 ,also people are saying bilibili & ADN have the good version
| @slayer70 Yeah, I don't use Bilibili or ADN but it is good to know that it's a isolated issue and the episode isn't actually this bad on release, mostly. |
| I like to watch some anime, I like to talk about some anime, I dislike wars over some anime, but more than anything I love to live my life, anime is an enjoyable and entertaining addition onto my life but it's not my whole life. |
| Damn. I end up watching the unfinished version. |
| lmao sending a unfinished verison to hidive which many people watch from is so wrong. Doesn't affect me much since I'm use to the 80's stuff |
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Reply to Deansdale
This episode was unwatchable. I dropped the anime with this. The animation quality was atrocius, the characters ridiculous, the story totally random and laughable, and I was never interested in the background of that side character anyways.
| @Deansdale the version you watched was unfinished, someone in production fucked up the release and didn't send the final version of the episode. |
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| Wait this is the ending of this arc? Kinda expecting more, I assume we're gonna have a big time skip. I do feel sorry for Ofuu, gonna be lonely running that store on her own, she really should have gone with Jinta. Funny to see that released the unfinished version screenshots, the animation quality really started to drop in this 2nd cour. I wouldn't be suprised if we get a Promised Neverland slideshow for the last 3 eps. |
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KOTFTW said: Wait this is the ending of this arc? Kinda expecting more, I assume we're gonna have a big time skip. I do feel sorry for Ofuu, gonna be lonely running that store on her own, she really should have gone with Jinta. Funny to see that released the unfinished version screenshots, the animation quality really started to drop in this 2nd cour. I wouldn't be suprised if we get a Promised Neverland slideshow for the last 3 eps. Slideshow β Bad proportions, choppy movements, off-sync mouth movement βοΈ Now that's the true Yokohama style ππ |
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| The pathos was good. Although, the half-finished scenes were quite jarring. The ones with incomplete background art, that is. Especially in the soba shop where we've seen the entire thing designed and illustrated before. It was incredibly eerie to see the background reduced to basic color washes and lines. Granted, it was fascinating to see from the standpoint of understanding better how individual scenes are put together and developed over time. |
SpirelordSep 1, 2025 4:54 PM
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| Well I was gonna say the plane finally crashed and burned, like I didn’t know how they were gonna finish out the season with an episode coming out like this lol, but apparently HiDive was sent the wrong episode and I just watched an incredibly undercooked version. But I gotta say, it was a unique experience to say the least lol, although it did take away from the really good story beats unfortunately, so perhaps I’ll rewatch the episode in good quality later so I can appreciate the ending to this arc in its proper form, because really it would have been a fantastic episode if I didn’t watch the wrong version. But I was able to take in the events of the episode still, the Tsuchiura stuff was really good, backstory was upsetting but I’m glad he was able to pass on in a satisfying way, it explored more of what makes a demon the way they are which I thought was interesting too. Yasuhide tho? His end was a bit disappointing I thought, so he just wanted to die an honorable death because he knew he couldn’t stop Japan from changing, I like the twist but it really felt like more was going on with him, oh well. And damn so Jinya has to say bye to Ofuu now too, a shame neither could stay with the other but it’s like Jinya said, they are demons so the chance of meeting each other again is high, a damn shame that ship never sailed tho, they would’ve been a great couple. And lastly, hey Natsu and Zenji at the end! Cool to see them again but a shame Jinya missed them, but maybe it’s for the best, I’m mainly just glad they’re both doing well, and apparently they’re in a relationship now. Now let’s just hope HiDive gets the right episode next week lol. |
Holy fuck the episodes of JJK S2 that had animators on suicide watch wasn't even this bad.  |
| Come on, guys... I get that they've been having a rough time, but this was just pathetic. I don't care that the HiDive version I've watched was the "wrong version." They've still submitted that for public consumption. If it was a "mistake," then why can I still see that version 12 hours later? How can they have such a beautiful script and do such a poor job putting it on screen? I actually teared up for a brief moment, but that moment's been thoroughly and repeatedly trampled by the horrifying visuals. What a shame. |
Reply to NeonNinja1119
@Deansdale the version you watched was unfinished, someone in production fucked up the release and didn't send the final version of the episode.
| @NeonNinja1119 not only that but it's like HiDive didn't care enough to ask them to fix it. It's a failure on multiple levels. |
| I get it looked bad but man it just makes me appreciate how much time and production goes into making an anime. |
Royalty459 said: Great episode even though I watched the unfinished version. I'm sad that Ofuu and Jinya didn't get together because you could tell they both really wanted to, but had individual goals that were stopping them. The demon dude's backstory was also heartbreaking after he killed his love interest, which seemed by accident. Then finding out really did love him and was forced to lure him out? Those guys were complete scum. Lasty, I'm glad we got to see Natsu and I kinda saw the signs of her getting with her guard, but the age gap is huge and since he probably had to take care of her after her father died, that's weird af. He even looked like an old man when we saw him again lol. Overall, a solid episode and since Jinya is leaving, I hope we see some of his friends again. Natsu was 19 when her father died in 1856, while Zenji was 26 at that time. Now in 1867, they are 30 and 37 respectively. So, while there is a 7 year age gap, I wouldn't call it huge. As far as my knowledge goes, the biggest age gap in the series is 9 years, an arranged marriage in the Taishou arc. |
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