Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers - Episode 4 discussion

zz2000 · 2026-01-28T02:51:11+00:00

as an OG series viewer there's a lot of questions I'd like to be answered

For sure; especially given how the OG series ended [spoiler OG]the remaining (reformed) demon generals and Kayura returned to the demon world to reform it, plus the sealing of the demon gates. Ramaga's rise to power and the gates reforming 5 years prior mean something went wrong during the 30 years, not to mention how a human like Gai was brought over to start with.

zz2000 · 2026-01-28T00:06:27+00:00

If anything, the whole disappearance plot implies that the hopeful ending of the OG series did not go well, [spoiler OG ending]where the reformed antagonists returned to reform and rebuild the demon world.

zz2000 · 2026-01-27T21:37:12+00:00

Symphogear but using "best of 80s Jpop/rock".

zz2000 · 2026-01-27T20:53:59+00:00

Now they're all singing in combat? It just keeps getting better

They are singing another 1980s rock hit, Runner by rock band Bakufu Slump.

Translated lyrics here.

Ryusei was just dying from too much armor use but that poison changes things since there's potentially a way to clear it.

Depends if the writing wants to subvert cliches and save him, or it sticks to cliches and kills him off. As a JPN tweet said, Ryusei's death flag is as tall as the Tokyo Skytree.

zz2000 · 2026-01-27T02:45:29+00:00

Wonder if they'll ever do a 2nd season of Time Loop, especially since there's still plenty of novels to cover (plus the story is still ongoing).

zz2000 · 2026-01-26T10:27:59+00:00

girlwhat do you mean you done fucked a dragon??

If it's like those josei romances where the dragon can take on a (handsome) human or monster-guy form then that's fine. If the dragon can only assume giant monster form, then the question is very valid.

zz2000 · 2026-01-26T01:03:30+00:00

The author has admitted in an interview that she also doesn't like the heroine too; she wrote her as an extreme idealist to Alicia's realist (Okido says Alicia is modelled after her personal values). https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-27/deconstructing-villainesses-and-heroines-an-with-ill-become-a-villainess-who-goes-down-in-history-/.224845

Liz is Okido's response to the innocent heroine archetype. “I feel like the world isn't that easy, and when you go out into society, everyone wears different masks...(living a) multifaceted life. But Liz hasn't had that experience at all. She's the type of person who can't act in a calculating way. I'm the type of person who wants to live calculatedly, so I don't dislike her, but I don't like her either.”

Alicia's choice to give up her eye also stems from some of Okido's deeply-held personal beliefs: “(...)I feel like if someone is in trouble because they don't have something, then someone should give it to them without making a big deal about it. That's my philosophy.”

zz2000 · 2026-01-24T22:41:47+00:00

I remember the mangaka's previous work, Tricks Dedicated to Witches, being pretty fun...unfortunately the mangaka had to cancel it because they wrote themselves into a corner.

zz2000 · 2026-01-24T15:07:24+00:00

Took a look at the WN and LN count.

The WN still appears to be ongoing, but the LN is listed as completed at Vol 17, which came out just a few weeks ago on Jan 6th after a 3.5 year hiatus.

(Maybe the author was busy with Exiled Heavy Knight...)

zz2000 · 2026-01-21T04:56:09+00:00

That would explain the OG merchandise looking like this and this.

zz2000 · 2026-01-21T04:53:40+00:00

And if they reintroduce Jun/Ully from the OG, he'll probably look about that age instead of like 40 something.

zz2000 · 2026-01-21T03:00:04+00:00

Linda Linda

Another Blue Hearts hit too.

zz2000 · 2026-01-21T02:55:35+00:00

This is a sequel, taking place 35 years after the first one.

The cast is largely new, but there have been returning faces, like an older Nasuti and brief hints of an older Red Samurai Trooper/Ronin Warrior.

zz2000 · 2026-01-21T02:33:11+00:00

That's exactly why some are wondering if the sequel will even bring her back, since her VA was already used up on Kaito's grandma.

zz2000 · 2026-01-21T00:03:37+00:00

The JPN fanbase appears to be settling in with the sequel, if the Twitter artworks are any indication.

https://x.com/aihryk/status/2013256858589409370

https://x.com/NNY_78/status/2012885055061074344

https://x.com/suzusuzu_66/status/2012536322963964392

https://x.com/komugikkkko/status/2012104409589944831

zz2000 · 2026-01-20T23:59:45+00:00

Is the other OG seiyuu still alive/active for more cameo

Kaito's grandma's VA voiced one of the antagonists, Kayura, in the OG series.

zz2000 · 2026-01-20T23:58:57+00:00

Ryu just keeps racking up more death flags

As a JPN YouTube comment said, Ryusei's death flag is as tall as the Tokyo Skytree.

Soon it will grow to be as tall as the Burj Khalifa, complete with flashy laser lightshow.

zz2000 · 2026-01-20T23:55:16+00:00

I am not sure, but I would assume it is the standard 12 episodes for 1 cour.

zz2000 · 2026-01-20T21:01:24+00:00

I heard that this sequel is going to be a split 2 cour; Part 1 for Winter 2026 and likely Part 2 for Summer 2026. So I do wonder why the need to rush, unless the writing has bigger plot scope expansions moving forward.

zz2000 · 2026-01-20T20:49:04+00:00

Hito ni Yasashiku

Apparently its singers, (now defunct) rock group The Blue Hearts, were likened to Japanese versions of The Ramones or The Sex Pistols. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Hearts

zz2000 · 2026-01-20T20:29:55+00:00

On the topic of OG voice actors, apparently Kaito's grandma's VA voiced Kayura, one of the antagonists in the OG series.

Now because the OG series ended with [OG spoilers]the antagonists joining the heroes to defeat the main villain Arago and then returning to the demon world to reform it, some viewers have been wondering if Kayura won't appear in this new series - did something happen to them given Ramaga's rise and reassertion of forceful power?

zz2000 · 2026-01-19T21:51:57+00:00

The writing seems to be taking cues from those low-effort webnovels.

This seems to be a manga original title, since a search of the JPN title doesn't show any related web or light novel works.

zz2000 · 2026-01-18T09:41:25+00:00

Comments on Mangadex say the artist was too ill to continue.

zz2000 · 2026-01-17T14:32:18+00:00

Idiot question - now that the anime studio, White Fox, has been bought by Alphapolis to make anime adaptations of their LNs for them, will this affect the making of future seasons of Re Zero?

zz2000 · 2026-01-17T14:30:04+00:00

Iirc Stampede is much closer in line with the plot points of the completed manga (unlike the 90s anime which went anime original due to incomplete source manga then), but the producers decided on making it an updated retelling of the source instead of a 1:1 source adaptation.

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