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Mar 15, 11:03 AM
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Yhh Sung Jin Woo is coming for u Beru 😮‍💨🔥
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Ant prince too op and he's evolving. At first he just beheaded the hunters like a monster, went for the kill but now after watching it's queen's death it's just toying with these S ranks, making them suffer. Situation looking real bad for them but here we go, exchange! Next episode, need fast. Also just two more episode to go damn.

Btw Cha Hae-In looked pretty during the fight.
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That episode was insane, as we wait another week
Mar 15, 11:06 AM

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Goto Ryuji you are no king.

You still be no match for the king ant Beru :)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho

Mar 15, 11:07 AM
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UTMAN said:
@deg Once again, that can be applied to worlds, settings, powers etc. Not for character writing, which failed in this arc's villain pretty badly.

You do know that so far we haven’t met the villains right? I do get though the one dimensional thing, because the villains we met so far are gate monsters who are ordered to do one thing. However wait and see, it gets better from here for the villains.

Btw a word of advice? Everyone here knows the story is okayish, no need to keep talking about a negative everyone knows is there. The good thing about this series and people criticising it still don’t get: The series knows what it is, it is very self aware and does what it does best it can do. So just enjoy and watch. Think of it as the popcorn anime, if the story is bugging you that much, no pun intended lol
Mar 15, 11:08 AM
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que final incrível, está pegando fogo, bom demais parabéns staff
Mar 15, 11:10 AM

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I had higher expectations and guess I shouldn't have had them
Mar 15, 11:15 AM
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might be the best build up of any anime episode ever
Mar 15, 11:15 AM
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Just noticed Ant king knew the rule to not kill the cameraman hahaha
Mar 15, 11:16 AM
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i expected more casualties tbh.. But well, lets get the real fight started.
Mar 15, 11:16 AM
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Wish the whole of season 2 had been adapted like this, this episode and 1+2 have been best in terms of faithful adaptation, feels like season 1. Even took lots of shots 1:1 from the manwha, barely anything skipped.

Feels like whoever directed this made it their goal to stick somewhat close to the source unlike what we have had over the past 8 weeks. Hope it stays this way for the last two episodes.
Mar 15, 11:17 AM
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Oh noooo, Cha Hae-In needs to be put back like a puzzle... :,(
Mar 15, 11:17 AM

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PLSSS I NEED MOREEEE
Mar 15, 11:18 AM
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A week??? Seriously? A week? I have to wait another week? A whole damn week? This was a very good episode and very nice build-up for the next episode but man, this is torture. I mean, seriously. They have truly mastered the art of edging me through cliffhangers.

On a different note, did Jinwoo really have to wait for all of them to get clappedl like that before appearing? I imagine he could have shown up before a taste-test was done on the healer guy's head.
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S ranked Japanese hunters got their butts kicked. However, what is this planned treachery??! Finally, finally, we get to see Cha in action & what a beautiful sight it is.
Looks like the death of the Queen ant is only the start of their problems.
Mar 15, 11:21 AM

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Brutal deth that healer dude didint deservre that
Mar 15, 11:24 AM
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UTMAN said:
@deg Once again, that can be applied to worlds, settings, powers etc. Not for character writing, which failed in this arc's villain pretty badly.

You do know that so far we haven’t met the villains right? I do get though the one dimensional thing, because the villains we met so far are gate monsters who are ordered to do one thing. However wait and see, it gets better from here for the villains.

Btw a word of advice? Everyone here knows the story is okayish, no need to keep talking about a negative everyone knows is there. The good thing about this series and people criticising it still don’t get: The series knows what it is, it is very self aware and does what it does best it can do. So just enjoy and watch. Think of it as the popcorn anime, if the story is bugging you that much, no pun intended lol
@Confused_100
Confused_100 said:
ou do know that so far we haven’t met the villains right? I do get though the one dimensional thing, because the villains we met so far are gate monsters who are ordered to do one thing. However wait and see, it gets better from here for the villains.


I know that. What I mean "villain" is that every arc had a villain. Ice Elf general, the B hunter assassin, the S hunter's brother, Tusk etc.
I don't mind one dimensional villains. Like they have purpose and they can be written greatly. I have an issue with the Ant king that the show /writer cannot even consistently hold its one dimensional characteristics. Like i am seeing two different versions. In one version he goes for the head, instantly killing, ONLY the Japanese hunters, while on the other hand he just plays with the Korean hunters.

Confused_100 said:
tw a word of advice? Everyone here knows the story is okayish, no need to keep talking about a negative everyone knows is there. The good thing about this series and people criticising it still don’t get: The series knows what it is, it is very self aware and does what it does best it can do. So just enjoy and watch. Think of it as the popcorn anime, if the story is bugging you that much, no pun intended lol


This the thing, so far I think the story/characters were okay. Not the Ant king in my eyes is just bad. I can point that out, no? So far I enjoyed the story, this Jeju island arc feels cheap, what I cannot enjoy.
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Fantastic episode. The Ant King was super strong no doubt. The way he took down the Japanese S Class Hunters are superb.


The Korean Hunters also were beautiful in this episode. Especially Cha Hae-in. The way she fought clearly shows she is the strongest S class Hunter among the Koreans in this Raid.


The Ant King's voice is unique, if i am not wrong Akira Ishida is voicing the Ant King. And he singlehandedly took the down Korean S Rank Hunters and killed the Healer. And then he proceeds to kill Goto and there by destroying the Japanese plan. Yeah it was sad to see Cha Hae-in getting beaten by the Ant King.


And when it seems all hope is lost Shadow Soldiers come to fight the Ants. Now Sung Jin-woo is going to join the fight. Can't wait for the next episode.






Mar 15, 11:26 AM

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Look which MC finally decided to show up.

I wonder where it will go from here though? I mean he obviously beats the ants, but is there a single hunter (or group even) who could rival him? I totally expect him to be way stronger than the japanese dude.
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Mar 15, 11:27 AM

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Ma boy Beru enters the chat 💜💜💜
Mar 15, 11:31 AM
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Actually legendary episode, this season has been an absolute masterclass in action, and this episode shows no deviation. Its absurd how good the animation has been and how consistent it is, and the end of this episode was absolutely stunning, I couldn't help but giggle and laugh in excitement in my anticipation of the next episode.
Mar 15, 11:35 AM
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My God, what an epic episode, seeing Beru finally appear was awesome.

I really liked the fight between the S-rank and the ant queen, it was very well animated, especially the hunter Cha.

Beru reaching +1,000 aura, he beat everyone up, now he's going after Goto.

I just know that the next episode will have one of the most awesome fights of the series and the one that every Solo Leveling fan has been waiting for. Solém brothers.
Mar 15, 11:35 AM
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Yikes... animation wasn't the best this episode. Wasn't bad.. but yeah, yikes. Just like last season's episode eleven that looked pretty rough as well.

What a disgrace for them to use DARK ARIA this episode... didn't even match the scene imo lol. Whatever, only two episodes left I guess.
@IzanaSolos I agree. Dark Aria wasn't a perfect match with the scene. I found it kinda weird when the song started
Mar 15, 11:36 AM
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ughhhh! whyyyyy the cliffhanger! i want more!
Mar 15, 11:39 AM
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What a crazy good episode. Great animation and very exciting ending to the episode. Literally forgot he could switch place with his soldier.
Mar 15, 11:40 AM
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Don't know why they keep airing 5 minute episodes
Mar 15, 11:41 AM
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I really hate 20 second episodes
Mar 15, 11:43 AM
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Predictable filler episode... show me what I want to see! :D
Mar 15, 11:44 AM
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As someone who so far really enjoyed this show... this episode was one of the worst episodes so far. Which is a shame.
Wanted to give it a 1/5 but the animation/music bumped it up to a measly 2/5. So far the worst arc.
I really hate when a show is not really consistent with its characters and the villain here is just not there....

It goes outside the nest and literally goes for 1 hit kills, immediately beheading the Japanese hunters. I can respect that.
Goes back into the nest, and for the Korean hunters, for some reason, let's call it BS plot armor, instead of killing them by one hit like the Japanese ones, he just do blunt attacks, or just goes for limbs. Then TALKS with them. THen he leaves them alive and leaves.... to go back to the Japanese where he goes back from blunt attacks right back to beheading attacks. Like.... I know the writer hates Japan but lol, at least he would not make it so obvious....
@UTMAN Bro did you pay attention to the story in the first place? The black ant was outside when the mission started, so he started with the Japanese hunters, then he came back to the nest hearing the queen's cry, and started beating the Korean hunters. When he was about to kill Baek, he sensed a powerful presence outside, which was from Goto. Then he said something like "There's no point in killing weak members. Since you've killed our queen, I'll kill your king" and for the Japanese hunters yet

But yeah I agree that the ant only beat the Korean hunters when he one-shoot the Japanese hunters, which might seem unfair
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Yikes... animation wasn't the best this episode. Wasn't bad.. but yeah, yikes. Just like last season's episode eleven that looked pretty rough as well.

What a disgrace for them to use DARK ARIA this episode... didn't even match the scene imo lol. Whatever, only two episodes left I guess.
@IzanaSolos I think you need to go outside with how shitty all your takes/posts are.
Mar 15, 11:48 AM
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holy f what an episode... that final word let me think next week episode will be absolute fire!
Mar 15, 11:49 AM
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Absolute PEAK! GIVE ME THE NEXT EPISODE RIGHT NOW.
Mar 15, 11:50 AM
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@UTMAN Bro did you pay attention to the story in the first place? The black ant was outside when the mission started, so he started with the Japanese hunters, then he came back to the nest hearing the queen's cry, and started beating the Korean hunters. When he was about to kill Baek, he sensed a powerful presence outside, which was from Goto. Then he said something like "There's no point in killing weak members. Since you've killed our queen, I'll kill your king" and for the Japanese hunters yet

But yeah I agree that the ant only beat the Korean hunters when he one-shoot the Japanese hunters, which might seem unfair
Rom-Com_lover said:
Bro did you pay attention to the story in the first place? The black ant was outside when the mission started, so he started with the Japanese hunters, then he came back to the nest hearing the queen's cry, and started beating the Korean hunters. When he was about to kill Baek, he sensed a powerful presence outside, which was from Goto. Then he said something like "There's no point in killing weak members. Since you've killed our queen, I'll kill your king" and for the Japanese hunters yet

But yeah I agree that the ant only beat the Korean hunters when he one-shoot the Japanese hunters, which might seem unfair


Dude... did you even UNDERSTOOD what i wrote? Don't come at me at comprehension when you cannot even understand what I write.

He went out to the Japanese, and one shot/kill/beahead them.
Went back to the Koreans, and instead of beheading them like he did with EVERY SINGLE enemy so far. He instead kicked the blonde woman in the side instead of BEHEADING her. Instead of beheading the tank dude, he just ripped his arm off. Instead of beheading Baek, he just cut his chest. Etc etc.
Rom-Com_lover said:
Then he said something like "There's no point in killing weak members. Since you've killed our queen, I'll kill your king" and for the Japanese hunters yet


YET HE WENT OUT AND KILLED THE ORANGE HAIRED GIRL (Ishida) with a beheading attack.

He only beheading the Japanese characters, but for SOME REASON he did not do the Koreans. Not to mention that the Japanese Goto and the leader of the Japanese turned out to be a mustache twirling cartoon villains. It's just really bad writing.
Mar 15, 11:50 AM
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animation quality drop this episode i guess the high priority episode is next week

because time for jinwoo to fight the ant king next

shadow exchange

@deg oh yes i was waiting for that
Mar 15, 11:51 AM
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This is too god damn it
Mar 15, 11:52 AM
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Ant King definitely Cooked this episode and the S-Rank Hunters. One of my favorite episodes so far and i hope Sung-Jin Woo vs Ant King is gonna be Peak.
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UTMAN said:
@amf85 A one shot to the head/beheading not a SSS healer can get you up lol. And I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact if he would not go back to the Japanese and one shot the girl and
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It's blatant plot armor, which is sad because so far the show masked it's plot armor pretty well, and its villains even though they were pretty one dimensional... they were decent in a way that they were written consistently with their characters.

OMG such a cynical stance to watch a show. You're probably on the top of everyone's list of people NOT to invite at parties, especially watch parties. Immersion is a no no for you.

"But... but... logic.. plot armor...

Just stop
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@amf85 A one shot to the head/beheading not a SSS healer can get you up lol. And I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact if he would not go back to the Japanese and one shot the girl and
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It's blatant plot armor, which is sad because so far the show masked it's plot armor pretty well, and its villains even though they were pretty one dimensional... they were decent in a way that they were written consistently with their characters.

OMG such a cynical stance to watch a show. You're probably on the top of everyone's list of people NOT to invite at parties, especially watch parties. Immersion is a no no for you.

"But... but... logic.. plot armor...

Just stop
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OMG such a cynical stance to watch a show. You're probably on the top of everyone's list of people NOT to invite at parties, especially watch parties. Immersion is a no no for you.

[i]"But... but... logic.. plot armor..."【/i]

Just stop


AKA I don't have any counter arguments against a person who had any negative view on my liked show, so now I'm going to resort to personal attacks, the comment.

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@IzanaSolos I think you need to go outside with how shitty all your takes/posts are.
@gianni Yeah when I've been doing nothing but praising and "glazing" this show for the past ten episodes, but god forbid I hate ONE episode and I'm said to go outside...

Love how you call my takes shitty when you have SAO and Kirito in your favorites, lol. I also can't take anyone seriously who criticizes my posts when they themselves post one sentence replies.


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Exchange finally..... it is happening
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Korean S Rank hunters are dealing with the ants in the dungeon. Japanese S Rank hunters are being hunted by the queen ant’s strongest child, Beru.

Suddenly I realise that since Jin Woo planted his shadow soldiers within the shadows of the S Rank Hunters in the Jeju Island, he can switch places with those shadows at any moment in an instant.

It’s a fight with the queen ant. Cha Hae In dealt the final blow. The ants that were lured away returned upon the final call for help by the queen ant. The one leading it was Beru.

Beru attacks them all. Cha Hae In is knocked out. Once Beru began to speak, he went after the strongest, Goto. Whereas Goto found out his deceased fellow S Rank Hunters, and informed his superior of it. His superior seems to do some politics with it.

When they were about to retreat, Beru attacked them. Goto feels that Beru’s power is similar to Jin Woo’s.

As expected, just when the Korean S Rank Hunters felt cornered, the shadow soldiers made their entrance. And just as I had anticipated, he switched places 🤣🤣🤣. That’s damn cool.
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this episode was sure brutal
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Confused_100 said:
ou do know that so far we haven’t met the villains right? I do get though the one dimensional thing, because the villains we met so far are gate monsters who are ordered to do one thing. However wait and see, it gets better from here for the villains.


I know that. What I mean "villain" is that every arc had a villain. Ice Elf general, the B hunter assassin, the S hunter's brother, Tusk etc.
I don't mind one dimensional villains. Like they have purpose and they can be written greatly. I have an issue with the Ant king that the show /writer cannot even consistently hold its one dimensional characteristics. Like i am seeing two different versions. In one version he goes for the head, instantly killing, ONLY the Japanese hunters, while on the other hand he just plays with the Korean hunters.

Confused_100 said:
tw a word of advice? Everyone here knows the story is okayish, no need to keep talking about a negative everyone knows is there. The good thing about this series and people criticising it still don’t get: The series knows what it is, it is very self aware and does what it does best it can do. So just enjoy and watch. Think of it as the popcorn anime, if the story is bugging you that much, no pun intended lol


This the thing, so far I think the story/characters were okay. Not the Ant king in my eyes is just bad. I can point that out, no? So far I enjoyed the story, this Jeju island arc feels cheap, what I cannot enjoy.

I get it. You can, it’s alright. Your right and all.

Btw played with them? The guy technically wanted to torture them other than one tap them. It makes sense because they did kill his mother.
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What a massacre... I might have felt bad for the Japanese hunters, but in the end, they only helped for their own benefit and basically sent the Korean hunters on a suicide mission. Poor Byung Gu, he didn't even want to go on the raid at first, but he joined to support his teammates. It was obvious he wouldn’t make it, especially since he was the healer.

Finally, the GOAT Jinwoo is coming back! I can’t handle the anticipation—waiting a whole week is torture.
Mar 15, 12:11 PM
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2 more episodes guys. Again left with another nasty Cliffhanger
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@Confused_100
Confused_100 said:
ou do know that so far we haven’t met the villains right? I do get though the one dimensional thing, because the villains we met so far are gate monsters who are ordered to do one thing. However wait and see, it gets better from here for the villains.


I know that. What I mean "villain" is that every arc had a villain. Ice Elf general, the B hunter assassin, the S hunter's brother, Tusk etc.
I don't mind one dimensional villains. Like they have purpose and they can be written greatly. I have an issue with the Ant king that the show /writer cannot even consistently hold its one dimensional characteristics. Like i am seeing two different versions. In one version he goes for the head, instantly killing, ONLY the Japanese hunters, while on the other hand he just plays with the Korean hunters.

Confused_100 said:
tw a word of advice? Everyone here knows the story is okayish, no need to keep talking about a negative everyone knows is there. The good thing about this series and people criticising it still don’t get: The series knows what it is, it is very self aware and does what it does best it can do. So just enjoy and watch. Think of it as the popcorn anime, if the story is bugging you that much, no pun intended lol


This the thing, so far I think the story/characters were okay. Not the Ant king in my eyes is just bad. I can point that out, no? So far I enjoyed the story, this Jeju island arc feels cheap, what I cannot enjoy.

I get it. You can, it’s alright. Your right and all.

Btw played with them? The guy technically wanted to torture them other than one tap them. It makes sense because they did kill his mother.
Confused_100 said:
I get it. You can, it’s alright. Your right and all.

Btw played with them? The guy technically wanted to torture them other than one tap them. It makes sense because they did kill his mother.


That makes sense in the short term. Because after tormenting them, he does not finish them off, he talks with them. He could have easily eat for example any of the Japanese hunters and ask them about their king for example. For example eat the first girl, then kill the half naked guy, then talk to the guy with glasses. Or do the same thing with the Ice dude and his pair etc etc. The ant villain is all over the place when it comes to writing.
Or why does he go back to instantly one-tapping Japanese right after his talk with the koreans? For all he know the humans are working together, they are the reason the Queen was undefended. Why not torture them?
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LangleyAsuka said:
Bro was written only so he could have the most gruesome death possible, poor Byung Gyu

Yeah, saw that coming as soon as he started talking about having a normal life. Bet the B healer will meet the same fate
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Great episode in my opinion, the S Hunters battle against the Queen received enough love, even with the Cha Hae scene against the guards, the whole battle was really well animated plus is not really the importan part of the Arc

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absolutely LOVE the use of Dark Aria when Beru was straight up toying with our crew, creating a parallel to the time Jinwoo was killing those guys back in episode 6 i think, a being way out of the league of the people in front of it, except this time we are rooting for the people getting frankly annihialated and not the absurdly broken being killing them. Highlight of the episode for sure.


THIS! Finally someone else that gets it, the parallel between the both scenes is beautiful and funny enough, if you sync episode 6 from season 1 and this one using the song as a mark, Jinwoo and Beeru deal with every "enemy" in a similar fashion:

- Starts the fight with a scream to express their anger
- A surprise fast attack
- A bloody execution (which in the case of Beeru would be when he leave the tank armless while Jinwoo activates the bleed from his weapon and then killed the hunters)
- Another evasion to deal with an mage (in which case Beeru avoid and attacks Baek and then Choi while Jinwoo just avoid the mage´s attack and then killed him)
- Process to defeat the strongest member with a feast of even greater strength

They differ in the end, where Beeru proceeds to a gruesome execution while Jinwoo was more cold oriented
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Ngl, I feel like they could have done more. Animation wise and just general vibe wise. Berus design feels a bit simplistic, especially compared to the game but that might be unfair. Not sure about the music choice and beru voice yet. Definitly good, but not as good as I had hoped based on the prior episodes.
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THE BEST CHAPTER EVERRRRRR. AAAAAAA THATS THE LEGEND FİNALLL İ WANNA 12 EPİSODEEE
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