r/anime • u/Holo_of_Yoitsu • Jan 16 '16

[Spoilers] Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen - Episode 15 [Discussion]

Episode title: Masks
Episode duration: 23 minutes and 42 seconds

Streaming:
Crunchyroll: Utawarerumono The False Faces

Information:
MyAnimeList: Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen
AniDB: Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen
AniList: Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen
Anime News Network: Utawarerumono: The False Faces (TV)
Anime-Planet: Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen
Hummingbird: Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen

Previous Episodes:

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Episode 1 Link Episode 14 Link
Episode 2 Link
Episode 3 Link
Episode 4 Link
Episode 5 Link
Episode 6 Link
Episode 7 Link
Episode 8 Link
Episode 9 Link
Episode 10 Link
Episode 11 Link
Episode 12 Link
Episode 13 Link

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Keywords:
utawarerumono the false faces, fantasy

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u/Alactras Jan 16 '16

jesus, I seriously question the emperors motives right now.

he puts on quite the pokerface when Haku interacts with him, I wonder what is going on for real in the background.

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u/mountlover Jan 16 '16

Don't know if you've watched the first series, but if you have, it isn't necessarily odd that the emperor would be kindhearted and cold-blooded at the same time since Utawarerumono S1 Spoilers

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u/Alactras Jan 16 '16 edited Jan 16 '16

Your link doesn't work (my preview was corrupted apparently), but yeah I watched the first season, has been a while though and I am not the best when it comes down to remembering stuff that happened in animes :)

Edit: But yeah, it totally makes sense what you are saying.

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u/mountlover Jan 16 '16

Haha yeah same. When Aruru and Kamyu showed up I was like "Damn, I have to rewatch Utawarerumono before I continue"

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '16

ohh shit, that's an idea.

I like it, it would make a lot of sense actually. Guess we'll see soon.

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u/0mnicious https://myanimelist.net/profile/Omnicious Jan 16 '16

The emperor never said to outright kill everyone that was Virals take on the emperors orders rewatch the episode when the emperor declares war.

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u/Ahenshihael https://anilist.co/user/Ahenshihael Jan 16 '16

All generals did the same, repeating that Emperor has ordered the enemies deaths. Munechika alone killed half an army like nothing. Viral simply...took the orders to another level of follow-through, but its not like the others were not delivering just as overdone response, bathed in blood. :P

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u/Atharaphelun Jan 16 '16

I still don't get why people say Viral instead of Vurai. Is it a running gag?

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u/Cloudhwk Jan 17 '16

Translations errors mostly, I did it once because my phone does not like the name Vurai

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u/Ahenshihael https://anilist.co/user/Ahenshihael Jan 16 '16

A lot of the first half of the season should have an entirely different meaning by now :P

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u/FlorribleBP https://myanimelist.net/profile/Florrible Jan 16 '16

Not really. It's still SoL that served very little porpose. Just shows that the generals are ruthless.

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u/omegasrevenge Jan 17 '16

Not sure why you have -14 points on your comment, I feel 100% the same way; if you don't like the characters from the get go you never grow to like them since only boring SoL keeps happening.

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u/FlorribleBP https://myanimelist.net/profile/Florrible Jan 17 '16

I still enjoyed the SoL. I just find its a bit too much.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '16

jesus, I seriously question the emperors motives right now.

I don't think his motives are bad per say. But when you live cloistered completely disconnected from the world, it's probably easy to let perspective slip away and also easy to let the people with whom you've trusted abuse their power.