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Meant to do this yesterday, but a day late is better than nothing at all, right? And even as I type this the site is lagging hardcore and I regret everything. #SakakigaidenV
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*Sigh* no point in complaining, I guess, but if things are misspelled weird, it's because of the lag.
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I'm really fond of how each episode starts off with some great BG shots, though due to the VHS quality one can barely see these...
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This dude who has a great design and should be in SB:R (hint hint
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I feel like the fact that it's raining golden balls that give people headaches is an allegory to my life somehow.
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Oh geez, someone had their Wheaties this morning...or *gasp* it's a Crysmond!
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Ep #5 The mysterious Kurobon appears! (Original air-date 3/7/99)
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Cutting to the Biidacops, Kiiros in the house throwing beans and Mimitan's eating 'em. They make the perfect team don't they? Though in reality this is a Japanese custom (Japanese culture in my Japanese cartoons? It's more likely than you'd think!)
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This is a Japanese custom of Mamemaki, in which beans are thrown while chanting "Demons out, luck in!" Which is exactly what Kiiro's saying here. (Check out Wikipedia for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun )
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Shiro: How many crimes is Kiiro committing? Ao: Being in our house uninvited, throwing around our food, and it's just slightly past 6am. Aka: So the trifecta huh? Book 'im boys.
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Kiiro: C'mon guys, you should be out of bed all ready! Y'know without saturday morning cartoons you'll grow up to be a warped individual. Shiro: For one thing, this anime aired Sunday mornings, and what standards of child-raising are you talking about?
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Kiiro says that doing Mamemaki out of season as become as popular as Family Guy memes, and we all know how well memes age so everyone agrees to get in on the action.
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It's all fun 'n games until someone gets a bean lodged in their non mouth and begins to choke. (Don't ask, just go with it.)
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Luckily the prof spits up the goods, but not before playing a joke on those ungrateful children who really might wish he had died at this point.
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Kiiro might not be very trustworthy (But I still love him), but he was telling the truth here. Mamemaki really is a big fad now.
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I love how Vader is like "Isn't that cute...BUT IT'S WRONG" and rather than zapping the Devil trio like a good villian, he gets all petty and pelts them with beans as he tells them to get back to work.
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There's a weird audio hiccup here though, normally Otomo's voice is modulated to sound more otherworldly, but in this scene they drop that and it's just his normal voice. Hrm.
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Anyway, Grey figures that the out of season Mamemaki might have to do with Crysmonds (pretty much this universe's beer, huh?) and Kiiro slyly says he'll investigate until Shiro's like "Stop trying to be a cool kid when you're not."
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Kiiro makes the connection between "oni's" and the sudden Mamemaki craze, and "deducts" that the source of the problems is on Onigashima, and without a thought he takes off for the mythical island.
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Wow, this episode of Bakugaiden is really Japanese culture heavy --doesn't feel like there was one like this in IV at all. Anyway Onigashima is a mythical island in the Japanese fairy tale Momotaro --it literally means "Island of ogres".
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Interestingly Aka specifically says she doesn't like "hasty men with no manners" here after Kiiro leaves, and Shiro doesn't want him to get there first. I love how Grey casually says "Eh, forget him." as he studies a bean.
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Imma teach you all Japanese today apparently. Anyway the real lead is in year "0234" which can be read "Oni-san yo" or "Hey Mr/Miss Oni", so they should look in that era for their Oni.
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Shiro: ...What's with that really Detective Conan Like clue? Ao: We're the cops, we *investigate* not *solve*. Ak: There are so many problems with that statement I don't know where to begin. I do agree that is faaaar too Detective Conan like though.
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They arrive at the time zone they were sent to, but Ao got separated due to Grey missinputing the coordinates. Aka and Shiro decide to look on their own in the meantime.
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The BG work here looks super lush despite being dated!!
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More great BG work as the Devil trio arrive in the same time period and begin their search for the Crysmond.
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Have some biida kids playing in this deliciously "jidaigeki" scene.
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Doc: Look at that poor child being bullied! How unfair! Ges: It seems in every country around the world there's nothing cruler than the heart of a child. Akmant: ...Wow edge much? They're clearly playing. Were the two of you hurt as children? (Almost actual dialog)
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The mothers of the children come out to check on them, take one look at the Devil Trio, and usher them inside and then lock the door. Pfffft.
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Doc takes great offense being judged by her face, lol. At the very least they managed to find out from one of the kids that an actual oni might have the Crysmond they're looking for.
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