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| So, I guess the reason why the forest became forbidden (the true nature of the ghost story)... was due to the rules created by humans and hatred towards people. It's been a while since we’ve seen a story with hidden meaning in the palace, but rather a ghost story with a mystery. But anyways, THE arc starts next episode… iykyk( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
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| Weekly Maomao masterclass! This time in a very unlikely location, who would’ve thought what seemed like a girls sleepover would end up being an attempted murder.. good thing Maomao noticed the carbon monoxide poisoning before she passed the point of no return. My hotel in Paris had a bad case of it back in 2017 and the hotel had to be evacuated/we went to hospital(never go to a Parisian hospital lol) I got nauseous and dizzy and it could’ve been fatal had the alarm not gone off. Definitely nothing to play with! Whoever the lady that planned this is, she has a grudge against the former emperor and can you blame her? Basically forced to have a sex with a pedophile and carry his kid and then when he got tired of playing with her, he threw her to the side. Same thing he did with Jinshi’s mom. Him being autistic doesn’t change the trauma that had to have inflicted on the young girls involved! I’m wondering if she’s gonna end up being the person behind the abortion drugs in the palace.. would match up with her backstory quite well. RIP to the lady who died from eating the poison mushrooms too. Too bad she didn’t get a chance to tell the villagers to go eat them as well, scumbags. |
Marinate1016Mar 14, 4:48 PM
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| Really enjoyable episode especially seeing Maomao recognising the hidden danger that was happening while they were all telling ghost stories. |
| Now I want to go into a forest in the middle of the night to see those mushrooms. And hopefully don't die or be killed looking for it. Shisui is nice, bring snacks and a good story. Cut in the end just to remember that Jinshi is somewhere, and is part of the series. |
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| A horror night with a twist. Seems it was almost the end of all the girls at the horror night, luckily Maomao noticed it in time. The ending also had a nice ring to it. |
| Shisui's tale was already captivating thanks to her surprising talent for storytelling but for all of it to culminate with insects was the cherry on top, especially considering it's her. And given Yinghua's disposition to spooky stuff, I like to think her own story ended up being most family-friendly one lol |
| Still kind of surprised they spent an entire episode on the ghost story telling. |
| I'm glad we finally got back an episode where the fun and humor between Maomao and the people around her was shown. Maomao who always couldn't resist Yinghua was the funniest, also Shisui needed more screen time, she still hasn't had much since the beginning. Although there wasn't a particularly serious case this time, we did see the previous emperor being mentioned again. It would be sad if it was true that the woman in the house was one of the emperor's victims too. Well, this world is full of things that we might never understand.  |
RafaBryanMar 15, 6:04 AM
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Oooh I like a change of pace episode.
Lihaku will be back in the next episode???? Hooray!
Lihaku will be back in the next episode???? Hooray!
| @phantomfandom best doggo returns and he will have his own doggo. |
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| A decent "filler" ghost-stories episode. But I felt weird about using such a disturbing past about the previous emperor as a spooky background mostly for fun... Now who does Shisui "look like"..? |
| Thir13en Ghosts I am not fully convinced that this was a filler episode. Was new ghost host lady trying to gas, and kill, the girls? Mentioning the 13th ghost story a sadistic foreshadowing by her? Plot or accident? Hmm, silly question, there are no accidents in that palace complex. I wonder where this will tie in later. So, Maomao has a aversion to groups of people, and 12 is pushing his limit. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Seeing Maomao becoming a carbon monoxide detector was something else. She can handle everything... |
| The story telling is amazing in this anime! Also seems like Shisui is hiding more than she´s letting on :-o |
"Deceive yourself in every last detail... Deceive the world. Do this, and victory is assured. Best of luck to you, old friend. El... Psy... Congroo." -- Hououin Kyouma  |
| That monk story was fucking scary, the monster legit looked like something from Dead by Daylight, also good that this thirteen's story didn't come to fruition but i feel bad for this supposed court lady that passed away for sure. |
| Deep dark fantasies |
| Ghost stories around a fire, got darker than we could have imagined... This episode felt a bit like filler, with how it was just more of a one-off story about Maomao and Yinghua going to a ghost story gathering. This type of episode would have been perfect for Halloween, with the horror vibes. Shisui's ghost story was the scariest of them all, and one thing to take away from this episode was that Maomao thought she looked like someone familiar, and I wonder who that could be. Definitely not my favourite episode by any means but it was still enjoyable, and judging from the preview, it'll probably be something related to Jinshi. Any new information regarding him in the anime is always appreciated! |
| Loved the episode, but all the stories within the 13 were boring except for Maomao's and the organizer's, especially how Maomao's story went from horror to gory, haha. Welp, i guess we ain't seeing the organizer for a while now, since luck just doesn't favor the bold. Especially with Miss. Einstein within the 12, organizer's plan got absolutely rekt, thanks to her. Imagine if Yinghua was there by herself, oh boy, we would've gotten our first person in the Jade Pavillion to erase, but this ain't some supernatural kind of fiction, so i'm really excited as to what the "organizer" actually is, since i still can't picture her as a monster, even after her vanishing from Maomao's behind in an instant, so till i know her true form, imma stay tuned. PS: FINALLY, AIN'T A LN READER, BUT I WAS STILL W8ING FOR THE FROG SCENE FROM S2'S DEBUT, AND THE NEXT-EPISODE PREVIEW FINALLY SHOWED IT, OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. |
SkuvanMar 14, 11:56 AM
;> considering the construction materials and ?era?, exterior wall windows, size of the room, age of the building, number of people in the room, candle flames, and amount of wood in the firepot when the episode FIRST started... CO poisoning was impossible. unless the room had ZERO ventilation (smoke hole in the ceiling), and somebody added more smoldering wood to the firepot 'off camera'. frankly, i think this room would have been better designed by OLM/TOHO Animation Studio as an INTERIOR room with NO windows. also, the smallest/most petite girls would have passed out first. lower body mass means less oxygenated blood inside the body. when the CO 'replaces' the O2 in the bloodstream through the lungs, it is almost at the same rate as absorption of O2 during molecular exchange while breathing. so Maomao, the lady in waiting, and Mao's bug loving friend wouldn't stay awake as long as they did. getting sleepy and passing out are NOT the first symptoms to appear: headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion all happen before you pass out... like the various ladies at the end of the episode. so Maomao would have realized it was CO poisoning BEFORE she was one of the first ladies to pass out. exactly the same math of molecular gas exchange when miners used to carry canaries and other small birds in cages down into the Earth. small body = faster effects than with humans if the birds breathed 'bad air'. plus tiny birds have a faster metabolism than humans. |
KiliianSleipnirMar 14, 12:13 PM
just an ol school American otaku enjoyin the life. don't sass me kiddies, i've been otaku probably since before you were born. leave me in peace and i won't bother you either.  |
| Wait literally a ghost story this time? Or is this connected to some bigger plot too cause otherwise feels like one of those occasional random different short story that many animes put in at some point. Yinghua's reactions were amusing but also cute. Her storytelling lol, found it cute. The three new lady in waiting sisters look like triplets. They seem like an interesting bunch. Great casting too, Satou Satomi specially. Kininarimasu. Also funny how I started playing Silent Hill 2 remake tonight as I was craving for some horror thriller and then this episode dropped. |
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| An entertaining episode telling spooky stories. Shisui had the creepiest story.... well, aside from the one about the older woman, which was actually real and related to that creepy former emperor, when a creepy story is completely real it's scarier. I'm not sure if the older woman was a ghost or not, but her clothes and appearance reminded me of the girl who faked her death last season. Poor Maomao had to put up with a terrified Yinghua. |
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| This was the most time-wasting episode this anime season (I'm not counting Solo Leveling here) and that's surprising given that just last week, Akuyaku Reijo Tensei Ojisan had an episode so bad that I put it on as background noise halfway through instead of watching the screen, I did the same to this episode once they started the "horror stories". |
| I'm amazed that so many people consider this episode a filler or unimportant when it's clearly obvious that the reference to the former emperor's concubine wasn't mentioned unnecessarily. But let the people cry, the elements will eventually come together and they will understand. |
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This was the most time-wasting episode this anime season (I'm not counting Solo Leveling here) and that's surprising given that just last week, Akuyaku Reijo Tensei Ojisan had an episode so bad that I put it on as background noise halfway through instead of watching the screen, I did the same to this episode once they started the "horror stories".
| @Ionliosite2 Bro spends the majority of his free time hate-watching shows |
| Great kaidan episode. I just have two questions. Does the title now canonically have a paranormal element? And do the Chinese actually have a similar tradition of telling kaidan stories? Or is this just an easter egg by the author? @MegamiRem Considering how much this episode brought Maomao and Yinghua together, albeit comedically, I wonder if the writer intended to ship them as a joke pairing? I mean, there were at least two "gay out of context" gags in this episode. @senku_13 This episode references the Japanese tradition of telling scary stories, where people gather together with candles and extinguish them after telling individual scary stories. While this helps cool down during the summer (a time for scary stories and content in Japan), the whole experience is scary in itself. It is believed that when all the candles are extinguished and all the stories are told, the participants approach the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead. That's why at the end the lights go out and all the participants expect paranormal things. Of course, fictional depictions of this tradition often include an "it was all part of the story" ending, where the storytellers die or getting isekai-ed in ghost world. Anyway, google Hyaku Monogatari. True, in the original there should be 100 candles, but where will you find so many people for scary stories these days? @ropiel This is called the hyaku monogatari tradition, part of the larger kaidan culture. If you're interested, you can look it up online. There's even a standalone arthouse movie Kwaidan featuring a couple of these stories that looks pretty cool. |
RobertBobertMar 14, 4:34 PM
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Great kaidan episode. I just have two questions. Does the title now canonically have a paranormal element? And do the Chinese actually have a similar tradition of telling kaidan stories? Or is this just an easter egg by the author?
@MegamiRem Considering how much this episode brought Maomao and Yinghua together, albeit comedically, I wonder if the writer intended to ship them as a joke pairing? I mean, there were at least two "gay out of context" gags in this episode.
@senku_13 This episode references the Japanese tradition of telling scary stories, where people gather together with candles and extinguish them after telling individual scary stories. While this helps cool down during the summer (a time for scary stories and content in Japan), the whole experience is scary in itself. It is believed that when all the candles are extinguished and all the stories are told, the participants approach the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead. That's why at the end the lights go out and all the participants expect paranormal things. Of course, fictional depictions of this tradition often include an "it was all part of the story" ending, where the storytellers die or getting isekai-ed in ghost world.
Anyway, google Hyaku Monogatari. True, in the original there should be 100 candles, but where will you find so many people for scary stories these days?
@ropiel This is called the hyaku monogatari tradition, part of the larger kaidan culture. If you're interested, you can look it up online. There's even a standalone arthouse movie Kwaidan featuring a couple of these stories that looks pretty cool.
@MegamiRem Considering how much this episode brought Maomao and Yinghua together, albeit comedically, I wonder if the writer intended to ship them as a joke pairing? I mean, there were at least two "gay out of context" gags in this episode.
@senku_13 This episode references the Japanese tradition of telling scary stories, where people gather together with candles and extinguish them after telling individual scary stories. While this helps cool down during the summer (a time for scary stories and content in Japan), the whole experience is scary in itself. It is believed that when all the candles are extinguished and all the stories are told, the participants approach the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead. That's why at the end the lights go out and all the participants expect paranormal things. Of course, fictional depictions of this tradition often include an "it was all part of the story" ending, where the storytellers die or getting isekai-ed in ghost world.
Anyway, google Hyaku Monogatari. True, in the original there should be 100 candles, but where will you find so many people for scary stories these days?
@ropiel This is called the hyaku monogatari tradition, part of the larger kaidan culture. If you're interested, you can look it up online. There's even a standalone arthouse movie Kwaidan featuring a couple of these stories that looks pretty cool.
| @RobertBobert I mean if you see it through a yuri filter then maybe. |
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If you ignore the legs, it's quite a suggesting shape |
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@RobertBobert I mean if you see it through a yuri filter then maybe.
| @MegamiRem Well, Maomao obviously has Jinshi (preview of the next episode, ah) and the whole thing is clearly a gag, but when they made two jokes about the night, I raised an eyebrow for sure. |
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| I found it quite predictable there would be a number of folks who would be complaining about this episode upon coming into the discussion thread topic, but all I can say is that I'm very pleased and satisfied with these episodes throughout the series of changes of pace and some relative downtime (while often still, as this one could be said to be, seeded with small interspersed bits of more worldbuilding clues/hints or longer-term plot relevant bits). Last episode may have been my favorite of the series thus far (not just this season), but if every episode were like it, inducing stomach churning and taking my breath away, the whole show would rapidly become a nauseating affair to tune into on a regular basis. Besides the welcome diversion, one thing that stood out to me about this episode is that it appears to be the first time in all 34 episodes of the series released up to now that some supernatural aspect without an opposing, alternative clear explanation strongly hinted at or later shown within the same episode is heavy implied to be real and exist. But generally if it took 34 episodes to appear and is still relatively small-scale as something like this then it could be said to be a very very low fantasy in that regard. There have been series, including anime ones, I've seen like that, with almost no supernatural aspect to the world until one or more things of that nature later randomly appear. But sometimes it's so limited as to be a one-off contained to one episode. |
WatchTillTandavaMar 14, 6:44 PM
| The monsters in the short story of a monk would be bell crickets. It seems crickets eat one another. scary.... (There might be more implication in this episode for the later story, but I don't know since the manga got boring from the middle of the series and I just skimmed through it.) |
| Yo maomao, you should probably mention that someone tried to kill you and 10 other people |
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Wait literally a ghost story this time? Or is this connected to some bigger plot too cause otherwise feels like one of those occasional random different short story that many animes put in at some point.
Yinghua's reactions were amusing but also cute. Her storytelling lol, found it cute. The three new lady in waiting sisters look like triplets. They seem like an interesting bunch. Great casting too, Satou Satomi specially. Kininarimasu.
Also funny how I started playing Silent Hill 2 remake tonight as I was craving for some horror thriller and then this episode dropped.
Yinghua's reactions were amusing but also cute. Her storytelling lol, found it cute. The three new lady in waiting sisters look like triplets. They seem like an interesting bunch. Great casting too, Satou Satomi specially. Kininarimasu.
Also funny how I started playing Silent Hill 2 remake tonight as I was craving for some horror thriller and then this episode dropped.
| @MegamiRem it is think back to last week or 2 week ago ep the palace maid who the pedo emperor raped and was forced to stay in the palace forever same girl in story |
| reiwa weebs will unironically tell u they want a remake or sequel but when they get it ,its suddenly souless and a cashgrab cause they dont like the thing anymore and cant fathom they grew out of it and must mean the show somehow became bad |
| It may seem like a boring episode, but I really like the way these kind of "characters telling a story" gives some hints/clues and maybe adds more mysteries into the plot, because its fun when it gets called back in the future episodes (as for this one, the old lady's story is similar to the one Anshi mentioned). Anyways, its that episode next week. FROG |
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