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「そう、私は死を呼ぶもの」 (Sou, Watashi wa Shi wo Yobumono)
“Yes, I am the Harbinger of Death”
Did I say something about Kyoko being overpowered last week? It’s more like everyone plus Kyoko is overpowered! But in a show where things aren’t overly serious most of the time, its pretty fun to watch both the good guys and bad guys have equally overpowered moments. With Kyoko busting out a combination of moves ranging from a Megalo’s to a Masou Shoujo’s, I was excited to watch just how Yuu was going to deal with her.
From an objective standpoint, I’m not sure how transforming into a Masou Shoujo would help Yuu against Kyoko — especially since all she needs to kill people with is just the word “Die”. Don’t get me wrong though, I think that our tiny necromancer in a Masou Shoujo outfit combined with her usual armor looks pretty awesome. Plus, the change from writing in her notepad to etching the words in the ground with fire looked pretty spectacular to me.
Taking realism to a whole new level, Kyoko’s ability to unlock her body’s limiters was a bit more gruesome than I thought was needed. Watching the skin on her hands and arms melt away from what I can only guess was the intense heat involved, revealing her muscles, was pretty unsettling. But then to watch her go even further and gouge out her own eardrums to prevent Yuu from killing her, I felt strangely impressed with her dedication while feeling a little sick thinking about all her self mutilation.
While I had hoped Ayumu would have kept the upgrade to his costume after his previous bout with Kyoko, he takes the cake and becomes (in my mind) the most badass male protagonist of the season. Watching him not only take every single hit from Kyoko head on, but doing so in the name of understanding Yuu’s pain was awe inspiring. Then to follow up and kill Kyoko enough times to turn her into a whimpering mess, and then not kill her with his final blow — I was smiling with the biggest grin on my face.
This far into the show, I didn’t except to see a slew of new characters coming. But if Dai-sensei (and her outrageously overpowered magic) and this shadow of a dead zombie are any indication of what’s to come; I’m excited to see just how over the top this show can get. Judging from the extended preview, I can only sense things getting more exciting from here on out.
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nice fight… and overpowered necromancer is overpowered…
that firewall is also pretty intense… why all badass character always have badass personalities?
can’t wait to see where the story go from here…
True enough, the story is getting interesting. This is likely the best of this season. 😛
Because the personality makes the character. If a character had a wimpy personality, there is no way he/she could be badass.
Gouging out eardrums has become more common place in anime lately.
It’s right up there with punching girls in the face, or in this case, sawing them up to little pieces.
That was pretty gruesome just to hear. D;
I think what Touma is doing is terrible compared to Ayumu xD
Now your comparing the more socially acceptable one. lol
One who is morally challenged. Or the homicidal maniac.
I like how the girls don’t mind being naked. =)
Also, Sera was much nicer this episode during the battle. I missed her insults until the end.
Awesome episode. Ayumu with that one red-eye seems to hint that he has other powers. Dunno, just speculating.
I saw the red eye too, but i dont want to go deep in to that just yet.
so.. the main heroine here is the Necromancer right? not the MaSou Shoujo
Indeed. Perhaps Ayumu absorbed some of Kyoko’s power when he broke her katana…
Just a thought.
Either he has some unknown power locked up inside him or just a glint of his eyes getting soaked in blood. Oh well, he was The badass during that scene.
Lol, seems like the name “Kyoko” is being commonly used this season as a name for characters who get in the way of the protagonists.
I was right. Last week or two I guessed someone was controling Kyoko. I’m guessing the Scooby Gang is going to break the bad guys hold on her and bring her into his harem (I have not read the manga or light novels if thats where this series comes from). Just guessing on whats going to happen next.
nice fight i feel sorry for yuu it seemed painful also i figured psyco girl was a puppet i do feel sorry she is being used and also i feel that the series is just starting to get really good
Awww … you didn’t capture the Yuu-catgirl scene T^T
I had this Divine feeling run through me and the screenshots suddenly changed. o__o
This. place. ROCKS!
♥_♥
I enjoyed this episode a lot. Still I would like to hear Eu’s true voice once. Also I was amused that Ayumu was worried that this other “zombie” had been Eu’s lover than the danger he poses to them.
Does anyone know when the other girl will will appear? I’ve been waiting for her since ep 2! And its already ep 7 next week. I feel like they are either going to gives us a crappy ending or they are just going to return them to their daily “lives.” I feel that this needs another season.
Ayumu getting a little jealous? lol
It was pretty cute 🙂
Good episode… It answered a lot of questions from previous ones and then next second brings more questions. As mysterious as ever. Yuu you go girl and save the day until you let your servant finish the deed.
This show surprises me. Like… it shouldn’t be good. It should just be like… nonsense that’s enjoyable but it’s actually a good show. And officially now, Ayumu’s the best main male lead right now. Just epicness coming from him.
Also, I HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG from Yuu’s imouto scenes.
EU VOICED BY SAKURA TANGE FOR THAT SCENE. HNNNNG. ZOMG NO WONDER SHE’S THE MOST POWERFUL BEING LET ALONE MAHOU SHOUJO. CCS MIX. OHOHO.
Studio DEEN must’ve animated this just to get back into the Higurashi days.
That was the most heartwarming chainsaw homicide I’ve ever seen.
My thoughts EXACTLY.
Again, there was some drop in quality in this episode. Some lines sounded cliche because they were combined with the wrong reactions.
For example, when Kyouko counter attacked Yuu by grabbing her and releasing full power; Ayumu said “ruun!” without moving from the spot not even an inch. The right animated insertion should have been he runs towards Yuu yelling “ruun!” then the explosion knocks him back. You know, actions speak louder than words.
And the part where Ayumu uses the chainsaw to kill Kyouko’s remaining lives was supposed to be grotesque where Sera and Haruna were supposed to look disgusted but the picture inserted had their looks so attentive looking at the chainsawing that it seemed like they were curious and appealed to see the Kyoko being dismantled.
I know i am complaining but i really expected perfect scoring for this series. Well Level-E has done everything beyond my expectations.
I agree with you but weren’t Sera and Haruna at the bottom of the hill though ? They didn’t see sheite i think …
Even though Dai-sensei looks very cute and all, I cant help but dislike her. I mean, where in the world would you find a teacher letting her students do whatever they want after teaching them magic, then threaten to kill the person that about to kill one of the students who is a serial killer? Yeah, in this anime.
Is it just me but the delusion of our protagonist just get better by each episode? Neko Yuu is bliss!
She’s a stone-cold bitch. I really wanted Ayumu to throw her tofu on the ground and step on it.
I too thought that was STUPID.
Girl killed countless people and you’re gonna kill da guy who kills her?
MAn when I heard that line I got so pissed, it almost ruined the whole episode for me.
what a bloody fight, and I thought Yuu finally speaks.
I think we have a moment of “sudden bad a**” or what ever they call it now. Seeing the MC get surgical with that chain saw, came off almost humorous rather then scary. Then again he’s running around in a pink dress and bonnet, so its kinda hard to take things seriously.
BTW: Am i the only one half expecting the serial killer chick, becoming part of the MC’s harem since he spared her life?
Yuu probably the most powerfull anime character even i don’t think that goku have any chance to defeat her can kill anybody only with her word could be said more practical than the death note if yuu wish she could kill all the creatures on the earth in 1 second
The thing is, her power is still hard to control and causes her pain. If you didn’t notice when she said “Die” everything within 20 meters of her died, not just Kyoko.
“most badass male protagonist of the season”
My thoughts Exactly 😀
I love the way this show continues to surprise me; from hilarious antics, emotionally charged action, and the wonderfully lighthearted Ayumu X Yuu scenes. With more characters on the way and the story picking up, waiting for next week will be much more difficult.
As always, thank you for the lovely review Takaii ♥
When Ayumu was grounded after taking a couple of beams to the chest, I thought he was out. But while (lol) Kyoko was declaring his gross-ness, with the quickness, Ayumu sawed her in half? I had to laugh myself to tears at that part. All I heard was “RRRRRRNNNNGGGGG!!!” with the swiftness! xD LOLOL
Great episode. I was excited all the way through; from the point when Yuu transformed till Ayumu’s fantasies. Speaking of which..
His fantasies are fabulous. :'<
An the award for “Most Over Powered Characters” goes to Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?!
I think the scene where ayamu is about to punch kill the psycho girl was really well done. Seriously, I have never seen an anime character express fear visually and vocally so well. I really thought that he was going to kill her for a sec.
on the second thought ayumu is becoming more towards touma from index…
Now, we have one more psycho Kyoko-chan besides the other infamous two Ks-chan.
D&D fans surely recognised the dreaded spell: power word kill…
I was almost sure after defeat=friendship moment the killer girl will join the harem, but we have been trolled and the power behind the villain has snatched her away…
All hail the most overpowered male lead in the season!
Now can we have “a certain scientific accelerator” anime? 😛
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Damn…why did I reveal your spoiler…really shouldn’t have done that.
Happy ending!
Happy End?
Sugisaki Ken: Harem End!
Fixed. :3
I expected this.
I think its more than that. I’m guessing her words are like absolute commands. You hear it, you obey it.
Okay judging by the extended preview, some sort of pig like humanoid/monster is gonna get involved. The pig sound + that machine thing even looks like a pig LOL!
I believe there will be at least one more new character yet introduced. The girl who briefly showed up in one scene last episode.
Blood splatters everywhere in this scene, thankfully they spared us the details. I felt a bit sorry for Kyouko when she’s down to her last life and Ayumu’s gonna beat the crap out of her. After all we still dont know if she was just possesed by that zombie or she’s taking direct orders from him.
Lol at Sera’s unnamed new technique, what happened to Ayumu helping him think of a new name?XD
This episode was pure win! That is all. 😉
Really found this dai-sensei to have no concept of justice. Is Kyoko worth more than 11 lives (if 1 up per life taken)? Or is the worth of those human lives about that of a chicken, cow, pig, etc
Frankly if this was a full combat shonen ala bleach rather than a harem, i would have expected Ayumu to challenge her threat even if he was overmatched. Hell even Tenchi would have stopped her.
Other than that, Yuu’s defeat probably lies whith her underestimating her opponent. Since her emotions impact the environment and her armor reduces her power, if she ever gets angry and takes off her armor, currently shown characters would probably all bite it
Oh and dai-sensei lets the night king escape… Great going there, supposedly powerful teacher
In the manga,
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They really should have put that in because while anime Ayumu’s sentences hit the spot right on the head, his total reaction and meek acceptance to letting his murderer (him among other victims) go is headdesk worthy.
Wow, the teacher is powerful, ok i’ll just “do the dog” and wag at whatever she says… Great stuff right there.
Sakura-chan as Yuu’s voice = win. 😀
Does magic really need to be heard before it is usefull? It’s like going into the direction of a deep hand clapping tree falling philosiphical discussion.
The worst in this anime is hope that it will be better with next episode. :/
Although one of the if not the most serious episode this season this episode was still good context wise. I do find Yuu`s transformation a bit random but who cares. Her ability to kill things by just simple mention is one of the most overpowered skills I ve ever seen in an anime series. But Kyoko was truly shocking in this episode I already though she was extremely overpowered but her managing to survive against Yuu suprised me. Also calling Ayumu a badass seems to be an extreme understatement as the guyz could manage to act cool in a freaking Masou Shoujo outfit and kill Kyoko enough times only not to to finish her off. Dai-Sensei coming wasnt that big of a surprise to me as she was introduced last episode. However I did not expect the appearance of the shadow zombie guy, I knew they still neeeded an antagonist for the last half of a seasons but another zombie FTW I didnt expect that. Now only one real thing left to solve who is that girl in the OP and the one who saw Kyoko walking last week.
this episode has shown how much of a disregard the writers of this show have for making any logical sense. The Sensei character has a problem with Ayumu killing one of her millions of students, yet has zero disregard for the hundreds of lives kyoko stole. She must have had the knowledge that all this was happening with kyoko, yet never bothered to do anything despite her “OMG I HAS AWESOME POWERS.” They also somehow try to pull of the sensei’s apathetic attitude as somehow justified. Somehow they have a logic where someone can kill hundreds of people, and so long as they say sorry everything is cool. Yuu understood that death was a big thing and that killing someone actually has a lot of weight. The people kyoko killed had friends and other family that felt the loss of their loved one. And yet somehow kyoko’s existence is worth more.
Yes its a anime, but come on at least make a story that doesn’t seem like it was made up on some random thought process. I also understand practically every anime/manga story is filled with contradictions where writer honestly wrote themselves into a corner where insane logic was the only way to progress story, but I was actually enjoying this anime until the last two. When a completely over the top anime tries to be serious, it just turns into a complicated mess
Ｓｅｅ， ｔｈｅｒｅ＇ｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｔｈｉｎｇ ａｂｏｕｔ entertainment- common sense rarely applies.
I mean, think about it- if Michael Crichton had written Jurassic Park with the real world in mind (which I like to think that he did) then why the hell would John Hammond survive?
If Ayn Rand had been trying to write about something that would happen in real life, then all of her symbolism would just up vanish, as its all based on an absurd thought process.
How the f*** did Lost become so successful? It created a tense group of characters and put them in a crazily absurd situation.
I personally believe that if a writer were to attempt to mimic the real world with their writing, then the result would not be an anime, or animated, or even a comic book (don’t quote me on that, but not even 300 [which was based on a real event] accurately represented reality) So, I get what you’re complaining about, but this is kind of their art. We’re just being taken for a ride. Might as well enjoy it, y’know what I mean?
It’s kind of like watching King Kong (Jackson’s version) after taking a course in CG animation. Its just ruining all the fun.
Aikawa Ayumu, the man who can be the most badass protagonist of the season while wearing a fluffy, pink magical girl outfit…
Tanking hits while knowing he cannot die =/= badass. Minus points for donning a frilly pink dress too.
Constantly taking painful hits in a fluffy dress to protect Yuu and company, all while mercifully defeating the villain = badass in my book. Plus points for surgical chain saw work.
Painful is an understatement …. those hits will probably kill someone in just one stroke.
But still , he`s seriously badass!
Wow, Ayumu now is just so similar to Yakumo Fujii from 3×3 Eyes (Sazan Eyes)! He takes all those hits and he’s back to fighting!
What I did not understand is why Kyoko gouging out her eardrums helped prevent Yuu from killing her?
Yuu’s words have the power to warp reality, so it is not like you have to hear her words to be affected. It is not like the Geass, where you have to keep eye contact. Furthermore, when Yuu said the first “Die” we could see the tree next the Kyoko dying as well.
That being said, I feel that there is much more to Dai-sensei that she is letting on. That or she is a ridiculous airhead.
I thought that was odd too. I guess you can classify it under anime logic failure. x_X
Im surprised none of the writers said, “wait, her words don’t need to be heard, its magic… not hypnosis.”
But i guess they pulled that out of the hat so the girl wouldnt die so quickly?
Actually, in the original novel it does mention that the words Yu says have to be heard. That’s why before Yu enters the battle, she orders them all to stay in a distance so that they won’t accidentally hear the “die” word. For some reason, this is not even mentioned in the anime, and thus, causing confusions.
I see. The tree dying due to her words made the scene inconsistent. Also if that’s the case… earplugs > yuu. lol <_<
ANd thus the cons of not reading the original source rears its ugly head again.
Thank you for the clear-up
~Texas Chainsaw massacre:Anime Edition~
Last preview made me think that Ayumu might get his own magic powers
this episode (they literally said something like that in the preview).
Instead we got this, but still.
We even saw our vampire ninja go dere in this episode.
Well.. at least till the end of the fight, she returned all tsun after.
that’s one hell of a bloody episode.
not sure, but there something about dai-sensei
that makes me worry more than the one the possessed kyoko.
i think she’s serious that she’ll slay Ayumu if he happened
to kill kyoko.
so far, so good. one of the best this season .. if not the best 🙂
Loved the Ayumu x Yuu development at the end. He clearly has some romantic feelings for Yuu
Now I wish Yuu was just a tad bit more honest. If not with the others around, then surely when they’re alone. <3
True, any kind of development between those two will probably need to be initiated on Ayumu’s end. Would be nice to see Yuu make a move haha, although her smile at the end when Ayumu was talking about being with her was definitely an indicator of some reciprocation.
Did Ayumu try to get closer to Yuu’s face (maybe kiss her?) just right before Haruna smacked his head with the pudding plate? But,if picking rice in Yuu’s cheek is resulting in fractured arm bone, kissing her might resulting in 180 degrees twisted neck.
Glad Ayumu didn’t kill Kyoko since she was being possessed. Fantastic episode overall 🙂
Now I has a question, did Ayumu saw Kyoko from the vag000 up because that is what it looked like… must be guro material D:
BTW those guys from the preview are kinda eww… Muscular men in S&M gear for women?
I wanted to punch Dai-Sensei in the face.
Catgirl Yuu she just so cute
Word up!
Loved this episode and also
https://randomc.net/image/Kore%20wa%20Zombie%20Desu%20ka/Kore%20wa%20Zombie%20Desu%20ka%20-%2006%20-%20Large%2015.jpg
Nice perspective in this shot
Today’s tagline:
Cross dressing zombie horrifically eviscerates busty naked girl with a chainsaw repeatedly while we listen to the girl’s agonized screams of pain.
Oh yeah, the zombie is the hero of the story…
Try telling that to someone who’s never seen the show.
“Kyoko busting out a combination of moves”
Heh.
Kinda odd how Yuu got defeated even after she’s so overpowered. I guess she was holding back too much that she didn’t defend it in time. (IMO, also the reason why she used Masou shoujo, to use that power instead of her own since it’s hard to control the power.)
If we can trust Haruna’s word, transforming into a Masou Shoujo increase courage and defense.
Maybe Yuu need courage to kill Kyoko repeatedly.
Haruna don’t mind bystander(Ayumu)killed in first ep and Kyoko and Dai-sensei seem to have similar view.
Maybe that is how Dai-sensei teach Masou Shoujo.
Sounds like any schmuck holding that chainsaw and speaks the incantation can be a Masou Shoujo.
thats the deal with MagiCLAD Girl 😛
any schmuck? Do you remember: Stronger magic consumes other less powerful magic! I think only because of that our Zombie is able to become a Masou Shoujo. Same for necromancer.
remember in this series you cant go to the convenience store or cmetery without hitting someone more powerful than Gandalf…
can’t w8 for blue ray
I just noticed that Ayumu drew the chainsaw upwards. Did he split Kyouko up from the groin? 😀
Grabbed this http://twitpic.com/412kx3 from the OP. looks like there is going to be a psycho magical girl round table.
And also from the OP. This looks eva like http://twitpic.com/412lux
Awesome episode 🙂
Taking aside the over-powered thingy, the hottest chick in this series for me is Kyoko…Hurray for being bitchy and bad-ass! I think she is the most powerful chick I have seen for sometime, and yeah she is crazy too!
Wow gore and unshown nudity while maintaining a level of seriousness, that’s not something all animes can accomplish. You can thank “immortality” for that, but it was a great episode. I really enjoy the fact that everyone can use powerful attacks on each other since no one really dies, making it more fun to watch.
Intense action this episode. Seems like almost every girl in this show is a mahou shoujo, lol.
Just picked up the show, i know im late but this ep was simply amazing it had everything, evenly distributed OP action, mild nudity, a sense a moral conduct, and badassary! Thank gad he didn’t kill her cuz I was hoping he’s pull the anime: “I won’t kill you even though you killed me and coutless other people.” plot twist.