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With how a lot final week’s episode set issues up for a finale, I used to be fairly certain the present was going to finish this week, however it appears like we nonetheless have yet one more episode to go. Nevertheless, as a substitute of ramping issues up any additional, the present dials issues again a bit to deal with Tama as he forces Sakuna to make a troublesome option to defeat Omizuchi. It’s a little bit of an odd alternative for a penultimate episode, and whereas it’s fairly strong, it appears like a detour that kills the momentum.
As Sakuna prepares for her struggle with Omizuchi, she runs into an issue: primarily, that she will be able to’t actually damage him, since his scales are impervious to nearly any sort of blade. The one actual probability she has is to make use of the identical sword that her father used to defeat him up to now, so Tama provides to be solid into a brand new weapon to provide her a combating probability. Sadly, this additionally implies that Tama’s soul can be misplaced perpetually, so Sakuna flatly refuses to proceed till Tama factors out that remaining cussed on the topic might put your entire island in peril. Sakuna ultimately provides in to Tama persevering with, however decides to spend some extra time with him earlier than the tip. Earlier than she will be able to accomplish that, nonetheless, Tama asks the others to proceed the forging to spare her the ache of getting to say goodbye, and together with her new weapon in tow, Sakuna is able to defeat Omizuchi as soon as and for all.
I wasn’t invested on this one. Partly as a result of I anticipated it to be the ultimate episode, but additionally as a result of I didn’t actually like Tama as a personality. Whereas this sacrifice helps transfer the story alongside, it didn’t actually transfer me emotionally. That’s to not say it was a whole failure, as I felt just like the episode a minimum of managed to convey how this previous little magical canine was the closest factor to a mother or father Sakuna ever had, and it was good to listen to the rice planting track once more. Even when it didn’t precisely break me out, I can’t say it wasn’t a candy scene to make use of as Tama’s closing goodbye, and it did tug at my heartstrings just a little. Nonetheless, I’m undecided this was price devoting your entire episode to. Even with how laid-back this present has usually been, it felt fairly unusual to spend time on it so late within the recreation. Fortunately, whereas it did wind down a bit, it wasn’t so unhealthy that I used to be actually nervous about the place it was going. I am unable to say I am excited in regards to the finale, however I am nonetheless curious to see the way it all seems.
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Sakuna: Of Rice And Wreck is at the moment streaming on Crunchyroll.
