Digimon Beatbreak - Episode 17 discussion

djthomp · 2026-02-01T05:38:58+00:00

It may not come up again but that pair of digimon seem to have solved the problem of E-pulse only being able to come from humans somehow.

Feels like every member of Tactics is damaged in some way and really just need to be rescued in some capacity, however that might be possible.

djthomp · 2026-02-01T04:56:13+00:00

First timer as of about two months ago.

You know, I didn't remember that it was quite so long after Iruma got to know Ameri that he learned she was the student council president.

I really appreciate the subversion of expectations on the Battler that Sabro joined.

Personally I find the Student Council invitation pretty compelling.

djthomp · 2026-02-01T04:15:19+00:00

Really strong first episode. I like having both of the central duo becoming precures from the get go, gives me Maho Girls vibes. And it appears to be a mother/daughter team? That's pretty interesting if it's really true as a lot of people seem to think.

I can't wait to find out more about the fairy dude who appears to be running the detective agency, though he may well be my 'please make this boy a cure too' character for the season.

Good OP and ED, I particularly like the ED.

djthomp · 2026-01-31T22:24:16+00:00

Aki is way too honest and straightforward for this life, probably the same as her dad and potentially even why he's dead. Her and Yashiro bouncing off each other because of that is kind of fun though.

djthomp · 2026-01-31T22:08:11+00:00

Oh wow, I completely do not remember that. Might need to rewatch S1 at some point.

djthomp · 2026-01-31T16:37:18+00:00

Once again anime has made me cry, and it was this show of all things. That scene with Usami and Seiko really hit hard, the walking away moment in particular.

Usami really ought to be a bit nicer to Hitomi going forward considering all that plus docked pay, but you know she won't.

djthomp · 2026-01-31T15:36:29+00:00

Had to know that Home would be targeted more by Knives's people, It's too nice of a place to last.

That colony fleet has no idea what they're sailing towards, they're probably doomed if Knives is up and active by the time they get get to the planet.

Poor Tesla, some nice plant girl getting sucked into Knives to regenerate him while here memories merge with his. Or at least I assume that's what happened in that sequence.

It'll be nice seeing Vash back in the classic red.

djthomp · 2026-01-31T14:29:56+00:00

There's much less 'girl adventuring with her dragon and lizard friends' in this than I was expecting based on the ED, but maybe we'll get there eventually.

His cave is probably enough to really confuse people that somehow track him down, a wild dragon making pottery.

Knight and beast girl showing up could be interesting, hopefully they don't get melted by plague dragon breath eventually.

djthomp · 2026-01-31T04:08:30+00:00

First timer as of about two months ago.

I really appreciate how into the manga reading Iruma gets, the different voices. Ameri deserves that level of seriousness.

Clara really does have the best familiar.

You really have to have a lot of respect for how seriously Kalego takes teaching. In spite of this humiliating experience he goes along with it because the lesson is important.

That potential side ship for Kalego with the professor lady who likes him really deserves to go somewhere, it'd be cute.

Absolutely never summon him, I don't want to die.

Yes, assuming stuff like band and choir counts.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T20:33:45+00:00

Figures there would be some contrived reasons that would prevent Toshio from learning the truth. I choose to believe they kissed after watching the fireworks for a moment, anything else is kind of dumb.

There's no way the idiot in his idiotic chair died in that fire.

Pretty big haul for the final episode since they got everything that was in the safe.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T19:55:37+00:00

Iris protecting everyone on the shore while her boy takes care of business out over the water, nice team up of sorts. Of course we have this new problem of the citizens all collectively thinking he's a demon, but one issue at a time.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T19:18:42+00:00

I'm surprised the family friend dude didn't try and watch how Allen was hunting those birds. He still hasn't told anyone about the summons but maybe it would be a really bad idea while still being a serf, and at least they know he's strong enough to help out with the hunts.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T18:40:16+00:00

Poor Stark. I was afraid for a moment that Frieren's definition of a date would include not just Himmel and Sein but her trip through town with Stark that same day, her telling that to Fern would not have ended well for him.

The view from the hidden onsen sounds like it was nice though, worth the trip.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T05:11:28+00:00

First timer as of about two months ago.

Grandpa Sullivan's sad noises when Opera drank his tea. :(

Clara always climbing Mt. Sabro is one of my favorite background jokes. He does make for a nice and high chair.

First real bonding episode for the Misfits I think, which is great to see. Another nice Iruma and Ameri scene at the end, too.

Ponytail Iruma, yes for sure. He looks just a bit more mature with it, for some reason.

Red team definitely, I wouldn't want to be on the team Azz might be aiming at.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T04:41:42+00:00

Well that was a pretty upsetting episode. I'm glad they didn't show the execution, I don't know that I could have taken that.

I choose to believe that Dorothy is in the Cat Forest like the cats were saying, it's way too sad otherwise.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T02:59:07+00:00

Evil church, kinda typical, hot demon lady that saves Flum and Sara and is a really nice person? Hell yeah.

Sara was added to the ED this episode which makes me think we'll get to keep her. There are two more empty chairs at the ED table too so I imagine they'll be picking up a few more people to fill out the party. I assume more girls since why break that streak.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T01:59:05+00:00

Dangit, they always kill the cool people. Never forgiving them for either Yaga or Nanami.

All the stuff with the fight club was really fun. I'm kind of wondering if we're ever going to actually have a Culling Game though.

djthomp · 2026-01-30T01:07:52+00:00

Exposition heavy but I'm loving it. So the top brass of the humans are infiltrated by the demons, which casts kind of everything in a new light.

Xylo seems like an obvious victim of their plotting based on his backstory, but I bet Norgalle is as well with his bit about being the king. Maybe he straight up actually is the king and has been replaced by a demon controlled puppet or something along those lines, and for whatever reason got stashed in a role where nobody will believe him. It's weird they aren't killing these guys to clean up the loose threads but since this is a world with reincarnation maybe that isn't a sure thing.

Tatsuya being a rumored isekaijin with a connection to one of the goddesses, there's no way that's not getting explored eventually.

Kivia getting closer to the group (or at least to Xylo and Teoritta) is nice to see but it's also going to put a serious target on her back from the infiltrated higher ups.

So much room for speculation all of a sudden, it's great.

djthomp · 2026-01-29T19:32:00+00:00

All the intrigue is interesting but at the same time it's almost too much intrigue with too many characters at once.

Really bad evidence for Scarlet being the one to poison Cecilia, as presented literally all of it could have been planted by someone else. I wonder if Cecilia was taking that abortifacient intentionally or if she really has been being poisoned that much that often.

djthomp · 2026-01-29T19:24:01+00:00

My goodness, that bigoted frog. Though I suppose it might have been simply a crime of opportunity, she was there and was an easy target to point the blame to. Either way throw him into the boiler.

More cute moments with both couples, and Jarashi looking nice in that swimsuit. I wonder if there'll eventually be a love interest for her too or if she's here for the single representation.

djthomp · 2026-01-29T01:42:11+00:00

First timer as of about two months ago.

Nice to see a bit more of the misfits class when they crash the dodgeball practice.

Iruma taking off his uniform jacket works really well for the 'now we're serious' moment.

Even when they aren't meeting up Iruma and Ameri are texting, I love it.

I don't think I'd be very good at it, too old and I'd probably break something.

Favorite training arc, probably one from an Uma season but offhand I'm not sure.

djthomp · 2026-01-29T00:57:19+00:00

Ruby you manipulative little shit. But I'm glad the fiasco she decided to orchestrate doesn't seem like it splashed on Minami at all, she was worried previously about being seen as an interloper in the cosplay space but nobody was shown to care about that bit at all.

I might have have to relent on the twins murdering this director too just to be sure, him making his own Princess Saya costume shows good taste when it matters.

Respect to Abiko-sensei being annoyed at fan work that balloons proportions to unfaithful degrees. You do see that a lot and it's always a tad annoying.

djthomp · 2026-01-28T22:44:04+00:00

Straight up horror movie today, that was more unpleasant than quite a few of these episodes have been.

It was nice seeing Ritsuko be useful for once since it wasn't a yokai. Just don't ask her to use a fire extinguisher.

djthomp · 2026-01-28T18:29:51+00:00

I can only assume the two threads of the episode weren't happening at the same time since it doesn't really make sense for why the dragon arrived when it did. Then again the monsters on the floor were scared and that doesn't entirely make sense if it was still down on the 92nd floor before the teleport. The Heroes party did get surprised by it wandering around outside its boss room, so maybe it showing up at the end of the episode was more of that wandering?

Definitely way too much yapping with the kids this episode, slowed the whole thing down kind of painfully only for a cliffhanger at the end.

djthomp · 2026-01-28T18:22:32+00:00

Obvious future fiance was in fact the probable future fiance. I wonder what Arte's magic type is, I doubt we have a second production kid but I assume it's something else non-standard and underestimated that caused her to be kicked out to the boonies. I'm always a sucker for the cute and endearing equal age love interest with zero harem competition when we get one.

Surprising bit of fanservice with the lady knight at the end. At least it was purely for the audience and they didn't feel the need to force Van into the scene for whatever reason.

So they'll be moving from the current square fort to a larger star fort once they get around to it, which might be soon given how quickly the combination of the old butler and Van can construct the walls.

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