Someone please help Hiromi, the poor guy.

Yeah that rubbed me wrong at first but what I get is that Vice is basically saying it's okay for Ikki to keep nosing in to help others. Vice may be getting more and more 'good' but he's still a demon.

Basically, good(?) intentions, bad execution.

Also, considering how all demons in the show (that aren't Deadmans anyway) are basically manifestations of the host's repressed emotions/desires, it could be interpreted as Ikki telling himself that it's fine to keep doing whatever he's doing.

Also, Amahiko Haitani (Planaria Deadmans)'s actor is doing an incredible job at portraying the guy as incredibly slimy and creepy. Like, I can feel my skin crawl just looking at him. That takes some serious acting talent to pull off.

We will have to wait and see I guess, we still do not know if the sacrifices even die when they unseal Giff either, the sacrifice could be part of them or their humanity, or they sacrifice different things etc.

I do hope Giff ends up being a good villain either way though.

This is my favorite sequence, I forgot to say. I really like the close moments with Ikki and Vice, these are the scenes I want more from Vice.

https://i.imgur.com/bSzE4Iz.jpg

Let's not forget that the guy who says all of these things, the lawyer, is a major asshole. For him, Ikki being nosy and caring about others comes across as egoistic. And because Ikki is actually empathetic, he can see how the lawyer is right. But Vice doesn't agree because really, what's wrong with caring about others, even if you go overboard sometimes?

That's how I understood that scene. It's fine for Ikki to keep going instead of doubting himself over what lawyer dude thinks about him.

https://i.imgur.com/CO1bYTG.gif

Oh, probably this episode's the real turnabout for Revice, instead of George collecting 10 ViStamps. Things really changing much for . 2 of the major human villains Kudo and Amahiko settle their grudges respectively to Ikki and Sakura. And despite being billed as Deadman savior before, this episode actually displays Amahiko as someone only big talk, revealed to be a coward that prefers to save his skin by any means possible (including manipulating which doesn't work on Sakura) like letting Deadmans fight for him, and this elevates Julio in charge to force him becoming Level 2 Deadman himself. As for Kudo, doubling as reply..

I don't know why people can easily and blindly buy into any villain's words that sound pleasing to them. A villain making a 'good point' can be one of the reasons for people to even justify them as "did nothing wrong". This one's isn't even an anti-villain that has a noble cause (doesn't mean that the solution is to follow the villains' philosophies and/or course of action), but just someone who is only doing bad things, assaulting civilians, put lives in danger, siding with an organization that regularly hurts others for their own gain. And all only to satisfy his ego of winning streak.

Kudo may made a point, but if it comes from someone without any redeeming qualities, and regularly doing something far worse than just Ikki being clueless at times to the surroundings, it'd be only an example of gaslighting Ikki's actions to make his own actions justifiable. Other than how what someone says make a point, the person who uttered those words should be taken into account too. If it's Kudo talking about that, it's just an example of someone hypocrite, so entitled, would never take responsibility, lacking empathy to comprehend why an action can wrong but instead feels unfairly persecuted, and constantly deflecting blames into others. He's the last one to be lecturing it for.

Back to reviewing.

The Deadmans gain an upper hand due to something that is just so recent including to the characters, about the current Wakabayashi being Chameleon Deadman, due to Wakabayashi being already killed since 1st episode, with the scene giving heavy Evolt vibes of him killing someone in a flashback and switching faces, and using that to induce paranoia and posing as someone's hero to traumatize them... Hiromi. His laugh from the usually super strict demeanor he copied from Wakabayashi is also really upsettling, which means good job on that scene. Apparently George would just hand over the Gifu ViStamp without much thought, wonder what's in his mind for that. Not yet shown for Aguilera's backstory, but it's shown here that humans can be turned into Giftex, which happened to both Kudo and Amahiko. I guess Deadmans aren't inherent that way, and Amahiko will continue despite his newfound joke status. And another cliffhanger for Aguilera that she's revealed to be the sacrifice for Giff.

Kudo's words really get into Ikki, almost breaking him, but this time it's Vice that snaps him back to reality, and it's done in devil-ish way by convincing Ikki to keep his flaw, so Vice being helpful stays loyal to his character of being a demon. But it's also more valid if the one lecturing that is Kudo, basically telling him to ignore someone who has no right lecturing others, and that it's not even about constructive criticism to improve oneself either. Sakura's full schoolgirl outfit finally shows up.. took this long that it was her first look at the scans. I wonder why Sakura's friends stick to her like glue even before she becomes Jeanne. Hiromi is at his limits now, beneath his straight-laced persona, he's always a really emotional guy, the betrayal reduces him into nothing more than a sobbing wreck with all of his bottled up emotions surfacing. The Chameleon Deadman didn't address Hiromi's emotional self enough... as someone who lashes out at Daiji for being emotional to want to become a Rider to catch up to Ikki.

That moment's probably only meant to be a comedy in the surface... but I too see the scene as more than that; as an Asian I approve of a reminder to not wear shoes on certain places (KR also mostly have characters not wearing shoes in bed, though there are a few exceptions), and yeah if it's someone like Kudo, it should show his lack of regard for others.

I actually hope they don't pull female being more innocent type via her (or just giving her free pass due to being hot), the idea that women cannot be truly evil; they're inherently only forced into a life of crime. It's kinda Aguilera getting her just desserts after being a bratty control freak that disregards anyone (including her underlings) except if they benefit her.

Doesn't mean Ikki should stay that way, even if you're imperfect gotta still learn from mistakes and strive to be better. But I guess currently the appeal to Ikki for me is that even if he's nice, well-meaning, and not doing anything morally questionable, he can still cause disastrous consequences, and in a way other than a character being made impossibly idiotic. Also shows that flaws aren't only toxic traits, making flawed characters doesn't mean they have to be made as completely immoral jerk, awful, completely messed-up, which is a misguided take some has.

Beyond Generations movie came out today. Will there be a thread for this? Curious if there were some Vistamp transformations we have not seen yet.

Stole this from Reddit.

Now I want Batman to get a Toku show like Spiderman so this guy can play the Joker