The Anime Thread

So the plan to steal an Atlesian airship by team RWBY, Qrow, Maria, and Oscar/Ozpin went into effect, but things took a turn for the south when Adam showed up where Blake was and so she couldn’t disable the radio tower in time, making the Atlesian commander get angry and attack the plane Weiss in Maria are in in a giant robot. Meanwhile, Qrow began having doubts about traveling with the group, but Ruby reassured him that they would have gone through with the plan anyway. The episode ended with a cliffhanger of a faceoff between Blake and Adam, with Yang in tow. Looking forward to the coming episodes and conclusion of volume six.

This was basically a chill episode to take a step back from all the action and stuff that happened in the previous episodes. Asta defeated the Witch Queen with the help of Vanessa and her new red thread of fate magic, and so the Witch Queen acknowledged her defeat and healed everyone at the Witches Forest, including the group. She then told the group more about the Eye of The Midnight Sun, how the members of it are descendants of the elves in the Forbidden Realm from a long time ago. Also how Asta’s anti-magic swords are remnants of the old leader’s swords. The Witch Queen then gave them her earring, which is a magic stone, and the group departed back to the Black Bulls’ base. Everyone else returned from trying to find a cure for Asta’s arms, realizing they were already fixed, and the episode ended. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

So things are coming to a head in the battle between Ruby, Weiss, Jaune, Nora, Ren, Qrow, Oscar/Ozpin, and Maria versus Commander Cordovan. They managed to slow the robot down by taking out the shield generator on the back of Cordovan’s robot, and hit it with attacks, but the battle is currently at a standstill. Meanwhile, Blake faced off against Adam and was about to lose until Yang showed up and her bike hit Adam in the face and fell into the river below. Yang then faced off against Adam and the two are going to face him together finally in the coming episodes. Also, we finally got an Adam face reveal! Looking forward to the coming episodes and conclusion of volume six.

Not much happened here. It was basically another recap episode with Yuno, Mimosa, and Klaus of the Golden Dawn magic knights reading over the times Asta and the others had encountered the Eye of The Midnight Sun. At the very end it was revealed by the Wizard King that the terrorist group is about to attack again. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

So Ruby got back onto the edge of the forest and on land using Crescent Rose. Oscar/Ozpin came up with a plan to have Ruby use Crescent Rose to explode the rockets on Cordovan’s giant robot’s arm in order to win the battle, but Cordovan caught on and fired at the plane with her laser cannon that Maria and Oscar/Ozpin were in instead. Finally, Ruby did something insane and used her semblance to speed into the laser cannon of the giant robot and fire her Crescent Rose into the end of it, causing it to malfunction as Ruby sped out of the arm with her semblance and her aura depleted, leaving her in the hands of Qrow. Meanwhile, Blake and Yang faced off against Adam near the waterfall. Blake got hit hard and her aura depleted, but she climbed up the cliff while Yang fought Adam. Adam kept dishing out energy-packed attacks until Yang finally caught his sword with her robot arm and used her semblance to punch him away from it and throw it into the river below. Blake then got back up and hit Adam, and Blake, Yang, and Adam rushed to Blake’s weapon with Blake and Yang getting to it first in order to stab Adam twice and finish him off. He then fell into the river below. Finally, it was revealed at the end of the episode that a leviathan Grimm and other flying Grimm are attacking Argus while Cordovan’s robot is disabled for now. Looking forward to the finale of volume six.

So we met the four pivotal members in the first couple episodes, Gon, Kurapika, Mr. Leorio, and Killua, and found out about what motivated Kurapika to want to become a hunter, as well as learning about why Gon wants to be a hunter as well. Later it was revealed the Mr. Leorio wants to become a hunter to gain lots of money in order to be a good doctor that doesn’t charge, because his childhood friend died of a disease that could be treated, but was costly, which I thought was really noble when Mr. Leorio explained it. The first phase of the hunter exam was interesting, and Tonpa the rookie crusher is certainly someone to watch. I think Hisoka is the most interesting character so far, however, and I found it to be interesting that he spared Gon and Mr. Leorio’s lives after having fought them. The second phase of the hunter exam was alright, and the third phase of the hunter exam is where I’m at now. Have to say, Killua’s ability to kill is terrifying. These kids are crazy strong, smart, and talented. Looking forward to binging the next episodes.

Well...that was an interesting chain of events. So, we can assume that Mista is still alive somehow despite getting 3 bullets fired into his head, because his Stand was still alive as well. And Bucciarati is still alive due to sheer luck, Pesci's carelessness and because plot. Plot is the same reason Mista didn't die there as well, probably. I do find it interesting that Pesci's Stand disappeared as soon as his neck was snapped and Bucciarati's Stand stopped working after his heart was split in two, yet Prosciutto's Stand was still up even as he was dying. Interesting to see where this will go next.

This was basically another filler episode as Asta and Noelle went on a double date with Kahono and Kiato from the Underwater Temple at the Magic Knights Star Festival. There were goofy antics and stuff that happened, and at the end Asta confessed that he likes Noelle. Just then Asta walked in on Captain Yami and Captain Jack the Ripper from the Preying Mantis Magic Knights as they were about to have a fight. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

So Blake and Yang caught up with the group and everyone boarded the airship to try and find a way to take out the leviathan Grimm attacking the city. Ruby tried to use her silver eyes to take out the Grimm, but remembered some bad memories as well as good memories and ran out of time as the leviathan Grimm was about to eat her as she was standing on the summoned wasp queen that Weiss summoned. Ruby called out Jinn’s name just then and apologized for not having a question, but then was able to remember just the good memories since her arrival at Beacon Academy and as time unfroze she froze the leviathan Grimm where it stood. It was about to break out, however, until Cordovan showed up in her giant robot, having ripped off the arm that was disabled by the group in the previous episode. She took out her drill on the left arm and finished off the leviathan Grimm, then telling Ruby that she won’t report another missing ship since the group needs to get to Atlas with the Relic of Knowledge. They managed to get there and found out that a giant blockade of airships is protecting the city. Meanwhile, Cinder and Neo stole an airship and are going to use it to track down and try to kill Ruby. Finally, post-credits we found out that Salem is planning on raising a massive Grimm army in order to get the job done herself while Mercury and Emerald watched in fear. The season was overall pretty good. Looking forward to the full soundtrack being released for volume six in a couple months and then volume seven in the fall.

So I thought the idea by Gon during the third phase to go into the long tunnel with weapons from the wall and then use the weapons to make a hole in the wall and sneak into the short tunnel in order to pass the third phase within the time limit was a genius idea. Afterwards, the fourth phase was interesting with everyone drawing numbers in order to hunt others and trying to gather six points in order to pass. I think the most pivotal moment of the first season was when Gon stealthily stole Hisoka’s ID tag, but then the guy stalking Gon paralyzed him with a dart, and then Hisoka caught up and killed the guy, commending Gon on his work and giving him the tag he stole back to Gon. Gon got up though and said he didn’t want it because he didn’t want to earn it that way and also didn’t want to owe anyone anything. This annoyed Hisoka and he punched Gon, knocking him out, telling him he will only try to take back his ID tag when Gon can punch him in the face like that. Afterwards, Gon helped Mr. Leorio and Kurapika with the cave that Ponzu and the dead guy were in, because they were trapped due to the set trap by the dead guy’s snakes and couldn’t get out. Gon bravely went to the dead guy sitting there and grabbed the poison antidote from his pockets while being bit by snakes, and then Mr. Leorio and Gon were cured of the snake bites’ poison. Afterwards Gon holding his breath long enough for the sleeping gas to knock out the snakes and then carrying Ponzu, Mr. Leorio, and Kurapika to safety out of the cave was impressive. The fifth and final phase was interesting, where the nine remaining applicants were pit against each other in battles where they had to make the other person surrender. Gon did something really unique against Hanzo since he knew he couldn’t win and took all of Hanzo’s beatings towards him, but didn’t surrender even as he was threatened by Hanzo to get his legs cut off, with a brief moment showing everyone in shock (quite hilariously I might add). Eventually Hanzo knew it was useless and surrendered, but even though he did Gon said they had to settle it fairly, which just annoyed Hanzo and he knocked Gon out. When Gon woke up Satotz explained everything that he missed in the day that had passed, and how Killua had met his brother Gittarackur, who was really Illumi in disguise. His brother told him he wasn’t allowed to make friends and threatened to kill Gon, and the shock that Killua went through caused him to later kill Badoro, the old man applicant, with cold eyes and become disqualified. Gon, Mr. Leorio, and Kurapika passed the Hunter exam along with four others, however, and became official Hunters. Afterwards Gon, Mr. Leorio, and Kurapika went to Kukuroo Mountain to go and rescue Killua, and after they did Mr. Leorio and Kurapika left the party to go accomplish their own missions. The second season is focused on Heavens Arena, where Gon and Killua will be sharpening their skills so that Gon can rival Hisoka’s strength in the future. Looking forward to binging the second season.