(L) Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyō (TV)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

I was wondering if they'd skipped a week or something, as there hasn't even been the usual LQ release yet. Patience is a virtue, they say...

I'm now watching it in Chinese They tend to be more reliable even though they're lower in quality.

[ars89]

Nice that Rikuo finally learned the technique. So that's what that massive tattoo on grandpa's back is. Nice how they rolled through 3 seals before getting to Tsuchi-Gumo. The astonishment on Jozu's face was great. Like how the Tono showed up to show support for Rikuo. Hopefully they can take him down now. Tsurara's reaction was priceless.

[Nayrael]

Originally Posted by ars89

Nice that Rikuo finally learned the technique. So that's what that massive tattoo on grandpa's back is. Nice how they rolled through 3 seals before getting to Tsuchi-Gumo. The astonishment on Jozu's face was great. Like how the Tono showed up to show support for Rikuo. Hopefully they can take him down now. Tsurara's reaction was priceless.

Nope, Nurarihyon's tattoo is of different kind: it is a yakuza tattoo (for starters, he can't even use Matoi due to being a full Youkai while the technique requires you to have both human and youkai blood)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Nayrael

Nope, Nurarihyon's tattoo is of different kind: it is a yakuza tattoo (for starters, he can't even use Matoi due to being a full Youkai while the technique requires you to have both human and youkai blood)

Is there a reason to require human blood? Or is it just a thing?

[hyl]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Is there a reason to require human blood? Or is it just a thing?

Spoiler for maybe manga spoilers:

the human part of the user needs to be taken over by the demon side in order to use matoi. That's why only rikuo and his father are the only ones that are able to use it.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by hyl

Spoiler for maybe manga spoilers:

the human part of the user needs to be taken over by the demon side in order to use matoi. That's why only rikuo and his father are the only ones that are able to use it.

Ah, that makes sense in a shounen sort of way.

[Nayrael]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Is there a reason to require human blood? Or is it just a thing?

In short, Matoi makes up for lack of Fear that part-youkai have by letting the Youkai possess (like a demon) your human side and thus add his Fear to yours (I doubt Youkai can be possessed). This also has a nice consequence of having two kinds of Fear now thus he gains new abilities in Matoi form, depending on the Youkai with whom he is "fused".

[thundrakkon]

Doesn't the technique allow Rikuo to "fuse" with multiple yokai at once? It looks like he has two different types of tatoo's on his back, or is it only the wing part?

[hyl]

Spoiler for manga spoilers about the matoi and fusing:

So far, he has only fused with one youkai at the same time

[Nayrael]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

Doesn't the technique allow Rikuo to "fuse" with multiple yokai at once? It looks like he has two different types of tatoo's on his back, or is it only the wing part?

Tattoo doesn't appear only during the Matoi but is always there and is updated whenever he does a Matoi with a new Youkai as a symbol of their trust and connection.

[thundrakkon]

Another question crossed my mind.

Does the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons only consist of maximum 100 demons, or can he have a thousand followers and still call it that?

[ookamigirl]

Rikuo finally returned from training.
Tsurara sure got herself in a serious mess.
Rikuo vs Tsuchi-Gumo was pretty interesting.

[ars89]

Spoiler for ep 20:

Lol at Tsurara's reactions. Awesome how he used matoi with Itaku, still can't believe Tsuchi-Gumo wasn't kdestroyed though. So Hidemoto might know who Nue actually is. Wow never expected Grandpa to go in like that. Almost fatal, hopefully he recovers. Looks like he might know who Jizo is. Looks like the final battle will start next week.

[FlareKnight]

Spoiler for Ep20:

Well that was full of fun. Surprised that the grandfather went in there like that, but suppose it did make sense. Needed to confirm things and face the one who killed his son. Did pretty well there and gave Hagoromo-Gistune quite the shock at seeing him in his younger appearance for a moment.

Well at least Rikuo now has some serious power to tap into with this equip ability. Leaves quite the mark behind, but completely worth using. What a crazy enemy to be able to get up after being split like that, but at least he didn't want to keep going.

Now it's time to go right at the enemy. Rikuo's got to avenge his father and they might as well save Kyoto and everything else in the process .

[thundrakkon]

Yes, that was quite a fight. Now, it looks like the final battle.

Rikuo's Night Parade of a Hundred Demons looks like it has over 10,000 followers in that anime scene of the street.

I know that it was mention that when Rikuo equips the fear of someone, they both gain in power. However, right now, I am only seeing Rikuo using his powers. Will we also see the others who should be getting a power-up?

[Chaos2Frozen]

I know this is a shounen Anime, but did they really have to pull out all the tropes and make it even more obvious than before ? Team Rikou was really taking their merry time to decide how to fight Tsuchigumo- Half the fight was about that while the other half is the strong bromance between Rikou and Itaku, lets just say they were emitting something else other than Fear

The real surprise though was old man Nurarihyon showing up in the middle of the enemy's base and for the first time since the flashback arc that fox lost her cool

Damnit this is exciting stuff! A climax that feels like a climax!

[Guardian Enzo]

Poor Tsurara - Rikuo's Fear is bi-curious.

Gotta love Tsuchi-G - just blow the bloody snot out of your nose, sew the head back together and take a nap before the main event. He's one of the best things about this season.

[Kafriel]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Poor Tsurara - Rikuo's Fear is bi-curious.

Gotta love Tsuchi-G - just blow the bloody snot out of your nose, sew the head back together and take a nap before the main event. He's one of the best things about this season.

Made me lawl After watching 3-4 episodes, I reached the same conclusion, Tsuchigumo is definitely the highlight of the kyoto youkai...But grandpa isn't doing bad either, stepping right in to kill the boss like that :O Also seems like the plot thickens, smells like a conspiracy is at hand. Looking forward to next week~

Team Rikou was really taking their merry time to decide how to fight Tsuchigumo- Half the fight was about that while the other half is the strong bromance between Rikou and Itaku

ah but Amezou and Awashima were keeping Tsuchigumo's attention diverted - can't really call it busy when he's got so many arms.

[Kunagisa]

I randomly watched episodes 19-20 and thought this series is absolutely amazing (the music in particular). I only read the first 20 or so chapters so I kinda have an idea how everything works, and quick trip to wiki helps me not get lost just following the series from here.

Question being is it worth going back to season 1 and watch that? Also Yuki-Onna <3. Though I think the Grandpa is still sexier than Rikuo ... the outcry for him to stay in his younger form from the comments during the episode was hilarious.

[Kakkou]

Originally Posted by stuopidget

I randomly watched episodes 19-20 and thought this series is absolutely amazing (the music in particular). I only read the first 20 or so chapters so I kinda have an idea how everything works, and quick trip to wiki helps me not get lost just following the series from here.

Question being is it worth going back to season 1 and watch that? Also Yuki-Onna <3. Though I think the Grandpa is still sexier than Rikuo ... the outcry for him to stay in his younger form from the comments during the episode was hilarious.

It depends on how much you like the series itself. Season 1 is no where as good as this in terms of direction, animation and writing. In fact, they tried to make the more medicore part of the manga more interesting but ended up doing the reverse. I'd say if you're not interested in finding out the difference between the two seasons then just read the manga up till where season 1 ends and pick up the anime from there.