That’s not really the only reason, Bayonetta is a genuinely good character, a lot of people consider her a feminist icon because of the way she is presented. The Twitter weirdos just aren’t capable of seeing much beyond the surface level.

I saw this on reddit and it perfectly encapsulates how I’m feeling right now (._.)

Seems like they’ve already announced season 2 so that’s great ＼(^^)／

Looks like Lakan just wants to be a good dad and Maomao seems more aware of why things went down the way they did than it initially seemed, a very neat and satisfying ending to the season. Also that dance was very pretty!

Lakan isn’t a schemer, he’s just bad at expressing himself.

I think it’s a bit of both, he is a schemer and he comes off as cold and uncaring because of his face blindness. Like in previous episodes, his visits to Jinshi definitely showcased his scheming side.

Yeah, currently it definitely seems that he isn’t a bad person, the dominoes just fell in such a way that we are where we are and not because he intentionally abandoned Fen Xian and Maomao.

This episode also revealed that Lakan’s uncle is Maomao’s adoptive father, wonder what affect that’ll have on the story going forward. I hope they’ll explain why Lakan never tried to find out what happened to Fen Xian, it seems he just assumed she passed away completely unaware of her current status.

So Lakan isn’t as much of an ass as he was initially presented as. This episode was a bit of a difficult watch, Feng Xian clearly didn’t want to be bought out but once the bid reached too high to turn down she challenged Lakan hoping to get him to buy her instead. What an awful position for her to be in, before she was just a tragic backstory for our protagonist but now she’s a character who I felt sympathy for and hoped things would turn out better even knowing they won’t.

It’s really incredible how everything slowly comes together in this show, I imagine I’d enjoy it a lot more if I binged it instead of watching weekly cause there’s some stuff that I forget from previous episodes.

mfw watching this show. Really dense episode, I like how this show doesn’t slow down for idiots like me but that does also mean that sometimes I have to go back and watch some of it again to connect the dots (・_・;)

Also, they can make a whole anime just from Suirei’s perspective, showing how she recruited all her co-conspirators, planning out all the murders and fleshing out her motivations.

Man I should’ve waited until all episodes finished airing, waiting a week after this episode is going to painful >.>

I love how possessive Fern is of her adoptive mother, so cute!

I’d also recommend Saint’s magic power is omnipotent, not completely caught up on the second season yet but I absolutely adored the first season.

If you’re at all into DMC or Bayonetta or just spectacle fighters in general, I’d recommend giving Soulstice a try, it’s not as refined as the better examples of the genre but it’s still a pretty cool game with some neat gameplay ideas. It also looks very nice.

Agree with pretty much everything in your comment, I found this episode to have no emotional weight because of how lacking the second half of the show was. All the emotional trauma and emotional growth that could’ve been explored was completely sidelined for the sake of supernatural fantasy stuff. So many times they would show how Miyo wasn’t able to speak her mind, communicate effectively or stand up for herself and everytime I thought it would lead to some kinda growth or change in Miyo and it never really did.

As for Usuba family, I really hate how the show presented them as secret good guys, that was so weird, maybe a bit out of the left field but it kinda reminded me of wonder woman sleeping with that guy without consent in the second movie, like thats fucked up but the writers clearly don’t seem to recognize it as such. The cousin trying to manipulate Miyo into marrying him and being his obedient housewife who dutifully raises their kids and never ever leaves the house is really really fucked up, but never was it presented as such in the show. The grandpa leaving his poor sick daughter to fend for herself in a shitty abusive relationship and then ignoring his grandkid until her powers manifested was also presented as no biggie, he kinda regrets it so its cool I guess? For a show about a victim of lifelong abuse this show doesn’t seem to recognize what abuse is.

Overall my opinion of the show is it started strong and ended really mediocre, I really didn’t jibe with the second half.

I’m unfamiliar with the light novels so no idea if that is the case, regardless this doesn’t seem like the kinda show that’ll have multiple seasons. Maybe it’ll get more seasons and Miyo will receive all the character development that I’m hoping for but currently I’m not enjoying the show too much.

I think there is a version of the story in which Miyo’s dreams could help her piece together her mother’s backstory while simultaneously strengthening the bond with Kudo as they work together to overcome the burden these undeveloped powers place on her body.

I was really really hoping it would go something like this, it was such a good opportunity to help Miyo explore herself and her relationship with Kudo instead they went this weird route with her family.

It just feels like a squandered opportunity if you want to make a character whose superpower is related to dreams and then the dreams aren’t really used to further the story.

Agree so much. I’m really not jiving with the way this show is going, I hate this perfect victim, goody two shoes, always ready to blame herself version of Miyo, I was hoping she’d learn to be more than that but it doesn’t seem the show is too keen on giving her that kinda character development.

Desperately waiting for Miyo to develop some sense of self worth and stop taking shit from people.

So the cousin’s plan was to make a deal with the emperor to get Miyo back and then what? Keep her locked in the house forever, marry her against her wishes and have children? How is he any different than her previous family?

This is a recurring thing in this show that’s starting to really irk me, characters do reprehensible things to Miyo and then the show just shrugs it off like it’s no biggie, the shithead cousin is already getting a redemption arc without the show even acknowledging how fucked up what he did is, grandfather isn’t much better but with the way they are portraying him I’m supposed to have a favorable opinion of him and I really don’t.

Thanks for rec, I’ll give it a watch. :)

Well that was a frustrating watch… It makes sense but It’s still always annoying to see how little self worth Miyo has, she didn’t even think about how fucked up it was that her family let her get abused all those years and only cared once they discovered she has abilities, thankfully Kudo and his sister realized how cruel that was.

Also Miyo not being able speak for herself and Kudo not giving her opportunity to do so even though his intentions are kind is something that’s been shown multiple times now, I hope it’s leading to something.

Same, she looks so sick!

Nice episode, it’s good to see they didn’t give an immediate magical glow up to Miyo now that she’s done with her abusive family, she still hasn’t completely healed from that and it’s negatively affecting how she’s reacting to her current circumstances.

I still think he’s a villain, just not in the same way as the last arc, he’ll be more of a “doing this for your own good” kinda villain who won’t respect Miyo’s agency in the direction of her life, or at least that’s what I am expecting.

Yeah I was a bit confused by the ending of this episode, maybe next episode will clear it up. It’s 12 episode season, if she does get powers I hope it happens soon and not in episode 12 or something.

I love how Miyo is taking initiative in rebuilding her life now! Such a massive improvement from where she was in the beginning. I wonder if she does have some powers? I thought the show was hinting at that but I’m not so sure after that ending. Initially I thought her knightmares were because of her powers but it seems it was because of those guys doing some kinda ritual?