Ron Does Stuff

I’ve finally managed to finish a huge work commitment, so that hopefully eases things on my end? Although I can’t promise anything because this heat? Punishing.

It’s pretty much shocking reveal after shocking reveal after every episode, after we learn from the previous episode that Yuru has to die if he wants to unlock the Seal power. But is he willing to do that? Especially since there’s no guarantee that he’s coming back if he does die?

Everybody’s going to talk about it over food, but with the dining room a mess, where are they going to do it? Conveniently, Hikaru’s Daemons, Black and White, work like those quick-erase boards that my generation used to play with as kids. I say my generation because I am an ancient, eldritch being.

Hikaru’s a mangaka who goes by Hagure, and of course, Yuru doesn’t know what a mangaka is and what a pen name is. AND he’s brothers with Asuma and Jin. Who are both younger than him. In fact, Jin, the oldest-looking one, is the youngest. I’m kinda disappointed they didn’t make more jokes about this, but maybe they didn’t because it’s low-hanging fruit. BUT THEN AGAIN THEY MADE A BOOB JOKE IN FULL METAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD.

Anyways, the dining room is fixed, the seats are brought in by Daemons — it’s all very Spirited Away — and then we finally get the two sides talking. Dera denies that the Daemon wielders that attacked the compound were from the Higashi village, although he doesn’t deny that extremists exist within the village. He also reveals that he didn’t know that Yuru and Asa’s parents are missing.

We also find out what the Kagemoris plan to do with the twins, which is…to just let them be. They don’t think anymore twins like Yuru and Asa should be born since it only throws the world into chaos, and that Higashi village is an outdated community bent on conquering the world. Okay. It sure doesn’t seem like it? They looked like they were happy just being in their little time capsule of a community. But then again, it was the grandmother who worked to have those twins born.

However, the Kagemoris aren’t a monolith either, as Asuma disagrees with the head of the clan and thinks those with the power of Break and Seal should instead “peacefully govern” the world as their responsibility. He also thinks that the Higashi village should be under Kagemori control. Is he the villain of this show?

It’s a lot when Yuru finally speaks. He’s not happy about the village being attacked and the villagers getting killed, and he says he won’t forgive Asa for that, but he does point out that Asa’s apologizing for things she didn’t do wrong. He points out that throughout all this, it’s only been Left and Right who’s told him that his and Asa’s existence isn’t a bad thing and it’s not their fault. He’s making a stand — both the Kagemoris and the Higashis can come after him, but he’s not going to let them make his choices for him.

And for now, his choice is to not stay with the Kagemoris and to continue looking for his parents together with Dera. Asa also introduces Yuru to the magic of selfies and cellphone cameras, giving us yet an other fish out of water moment that I enjoy. More importantly, Asa tells Yuru that their parents never meant to leave him alone in the village, and her touching Yuru’s back and telling him to take care of himself, like when they were kids, convinces him that she actually is who she says she is.

Now, does that mean everything’s fine and dandy? Of course not, we’re only eight episodes in. Asuma looks like he’s spying on Yuru, and the head of the Kagemoris doesn’t think Left and Right should have gone to Yuru, since nobody knows what they’re going to do if Yuru dies. Now what does that mean?

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