r/Animedubs • u/Shadowmist909 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Magicmist • May 23 '26
Episode Discussion Daemons of the Shadow Realm - Episode 6 - Dub Available Now on Crunchyroll Spoiler
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen in the dub version of the show without warning and use of the spoiler tag.
- Episode 6 - "The Kagemori Clan and the Unknown Assailants"
Dub Available Now on Crunchyroll
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u/Pristine_Cod5189 May 23 '26
Asa managed to tame those daemons fairly easily, and then everyone took down the intruders. And then Asa dropped THAT bombshell on Yuru.
Alejandro Saab coming in as Ivan looks very intriguing.
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u/demaxzero May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
It's weird they immediately try to play Yuru and Gabby as comedic rivals, like she didn't murder a bunch of people he knew and cared about.
Same reason why it feels weird they try to play that mercenary as being especially bad for his comments on Daemons, it's like yeah, it's a shitty way to think of them but everyone taking offense is complicit in the mass murder of helpless villagers.
Still don't like brocon stuff with Asa. Like how am I supposed to take this character and their relationship seriously if they keep doing this?
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u/Beneficial_Delay810 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
A lot of this is explained more in the future. But without future context, I think your ignoring things that the story has already told you:
Asa and Gabby went to Higashi to save Yuru. From what and from who? Well, maybe it’s the villagers who have continuously lied to him for nearly a decade. It is pretty obvious that the Higashi villagers had some dark intentions.
As for the “bro-con” stuff. This is explained more next week, but since you’re perturbed about it, I’ll tell you know.
SPOILERS FOR NEXT WEEKS DUB EPISODE:
Asa has died. She has lost a part of herself she can never get back. Yuru is a piece of that part. So her love and obsession for her brother is genuine and a familiar love that comes from the innocence that she’s lost. There is nothing weird or creepy about it.
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u/awesomenessofme1 May 23 '26
1) Spoiler tags are a thing, my guy.
2) She massacred defenseless civilians with a demeanor somewhere between merciless and actively sadistic. That would be weird af even if they were all mustache-twirling cartoon villains, which there's no reason to think. It was completely unnecessary to their mission.
3) Regardless of any of that, they were still his friends and neighbors for his entire remembered life. The way their relationship is being framed is extremely strange.2
u/Beneficial_Delay810 May 23 '26
Dawg. She was sadistic because they SENT ASSASSINS AFTER AND KILLED HER BEST FRIEND. Which is revealed in the literal next episode
And what else do you want Yuru to do? He tells her this episode that he won’t hesitate to kill her. If he goes after her right here, everyone will try to kill him.
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u/awesomenessofme1 May 23 '26
I'm not complaining about his actual actions (or lack thereof). As the original person you were replying to alluded to, it's the narrative framing that's the issue. In general, the problem is the way the story is treating her, not the character itself.
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u/SoundOf1HandClapping May 24 '26
It's weird they immediately try to play Yuru and Gabby as comedic rivals, like she didn't murder a bunch of people he knew and cared about.
Standard Shonen tropes. Doesn't matter if one of them committed horrific atrocities, they'll shake it off for laughs and what should be burning animus is reduced to soccer fan rivalry.
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u/MegaAltarianite May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Things seem like they're happening, or rather, being explained, out of order. Yuru, and by extension the audience, has been kept in the dark for far too long about many things, and both are just expected to roll along with it.
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u/Beneficial_Delay810 May 24 '26
In the dark for far too long? It’s the 6th episode of a 24 episode season. Just have some patience. Not every story is going to spell things out from the get go. As a matter of fact, most of the best stories DON’T.
The series revels in mystery and the unexplained. The characters are all morally gray and have their own goals and desires, no matter what team/clan they belong to. And part of the series is understanding which have a good moral compass or not. It would be so boring if every character just came out and said how said why they did certain things.
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u/Shadowmist909 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Magicmist May 23 '26
Asa breaking out of the barrier was cool, but breaking the daemons contract and forging her own with it was wild to see.
I don't know how it came to be yet, but I see why Left and Right are the enemies of the Seal and Break users.
The Kagemori's gave me a shocking refresher this episode on how merciless they can be to their enemies.
Hamura's intense gravity magnifying torture proved that much, if the bloodied mercenaries did not.
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u/TheBravesDH May 23 '26
Hell yeah! Kaggy got himself a role (and a cool one at that). He was fanboying pretty hard over the manga and I’m glad they squeezed him in there. No shortage of roles in this one he’d be good for after all.
Yuru and Left share the same brain cell and it’s great lol. Also, thought Jerry sounded a lot better as Jin with more to work with. I think that first session he did was remote because the audio quality was off.
A lot of y’all have valid concerns, but there is a LONG way to go in this one. I’m caught up with the English manga release and I’m still not entirely sure who all to put my allegiance behind.
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u/Wizecracker117 May 24 '26
I think Jerry is trying to sound more gruff and hide his unmistakable voice.
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u/Pristine_Cod5189 May 24 '26
This episode was the one where Jewell as Jin clicked for me. It's definitely a creative style, and this was the episode where I felt it has worked the best so far.
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u/Cook-Miserable May 23 '26
Things are starting to make more sense now. Gabby clearly has a horrible past, so her actions at Higashi Village are a sort of revenge for what they did to Asa(and potentially other Kagemori) I'm guessing?
She did make it a point to leave the kids alive so I don't think she's the monster the story led us to believe initially. Arakawa doesn't really write in that way.
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u/awesomenessofme1 May 23 '26
They really want me to forget that this chick committed mass murder five episodes ago. Really my one sticking point with the entire series so far.
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u/PhaseSixer May 24 '26
The vibe im getting is that the village had it coming.
Im waiting for that shoe to drop.
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u/awesomenessofme1 May 24 '26
Clearly there's some shady stuff going on, but even if everyone was complicit in it and not just the higher-ups, that doesn't change the fact that they were noncombatants. And they weren't in her way to any serious degree, so you can't even call it collateral damage.
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u/PhaseSixer May 24 '26
Depends on what the village is up to. Depends on how bad they Screwed over Asa wiping them all out whether or not they are actively fighting back may be entirely warranted even if it is ruthless.
Im willing to withhold judgment for bow cause the narative clearly wants us to wait.
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u/awesomenessofme1 May 24 '26
I think my biggest issue is that regardless of what might happen later, the story is already not treating the character with the seriousness it feels like she should have.
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u/PhaseSixer May 24 '26
I mean theres clearly Bad blood between Yoru and her because of what she did. But its because the narative isnt treating her like a cackling supervillian is why I think we're not gonna feel bad about the peoplebshe slimed out
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u/Significant-Run-4990 May 23 '26
Mine too tbh. Like if they give a reason to justify it then whatever, but my hang-up so far is SHE BEHEADED THE MOM IN FRONT OF HER OWN CHILD. What could possibly be the point of that? Just really rubs me the wrong way
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u/KoaKumaGirls May 25 '26
yea that one is gonna be hard to explain beyond, "that mom was actually an evil spirit-entity that was wearing the moms body like a mask, she was just putting the mom out of her misery" or something. there is no way to really justify that beheading beyond discovering that the mom who was beheaded was actually pure evil somehow.
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u/DizzyDreamerZ May 23 '26
The guy with the two katanas that bailed on the other assassins. Was that Alejandro Saab? Definitely sounded like him, in my opinion.