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Aug 12, 8:43 AM
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This festival bought back in the fun mood and reunion of familiar faces such as Allucia and Surena.

Beryl and his father Moldea facing off an interesting development. Feels like he's the one person Beryl wants to prove himself to. Not sure how strong Beryl got since season 1 but I loved the determined attitude.
Aug 12, 9:32 AM
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The festival looked so fun but the highlight was the duel between Beryl and his father it was so good and intense.
Aug 12, 9:37 AM
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Well, Beryl is the strongest. A dad was cut in half, and that was it. Though Beryl still can't beat his old man when it comes to family. Mordea applied the "Get married already, I want grandsons and granddaughters", and it's very effective.

Allucia and Surena at the end. Kawaii.
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Aug 12, 9:49 AM
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Beryl finally gains some confidence after beating his father for the first time and thinking a little bit.
We got some nice family moments for him, with his parents, but also with Mewi.

Besides that, we got another fun little drinking session for Allucia and Surena.
Out of all of Beryl former students, Allucia really does seem to be the one who's head over heels for him (for the others, I feel like it's probably not the case, or at least it's more ambiguous).
Aug 12, 10:19 AM
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The long-awaited duel finally took place. In my opinion, it was very satisfying. Despite his age we also saw just how much trouble his father gave to our Beryl. He really is an impressive man. However, the reason Beryl struggled so much was that she was hesitating out of fear of his father, so it was great to see him overcome that. Now, we might see a more self-confident Beryl...
Aug 12, 10:27 AM
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It was about time for Beryl to face his father.
Aug 12, 10:42 AM
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I concur, get yourself a wife Beryl.

Also the father son duell was quite nice.
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Aug 12, 10:46 AM
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and the old man bested the older man.
Aug 12, 12:09 PM
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“But I can finally breathe easy” 🥹🥹

There’s nothing more that a father could ever want than seeing his son succeed and surpass him. Every good parent wants their kids to have it better than they did and as someone who had a dad just like that, who prioritized his kids’ success over everything, seeing Beryl’s dad praise him at the end of their fight meant everything to me. Reminded me so much of my dad and made me miss him even more than usual.

This was a beautiful ending to Beryl’s home return trip. I really thought he’d lose to his dad and that would just be the motivation for him to get stronger and grow as a swordsman, but I ended up getting a welcome surprise here. Beryl’s always downplayed his own skills and subconsciously limited himself out of respect for his father, but you can see him growing into the fight and becoming more confident the longer it went on. The action choreography in this series always gets me too, it really feels like actual swordplay!

It’s so cute how every man just reverts to a little kid when their dad tells them they’re proud 🥹 Beryl tearing up there at the end got me so emotional. Love this dude and this series so much, such a shame it’s so underrated.

Beryl and his parents have the most realistic dynamic of any anime family because they be on his ass about getting married, they’re even using the classic bribing the grandkid technique. 😭 Relax, my boy’s only 40, he’s just entering the prime of his life!

Always such a wholesome experience whenever he sees his parents and the way he still has the utmost respect for his father even at his big age is so beautiful. I bet Mewi will be the same way for him when she grows up. Any girl that wants to marry Beryl is gonna have a difficult time being good enough in Mewi’s eyes too lol.
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Aug 12, 1:28 PM
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4:25 ooh Allucia and Lysandra 🤭 Allucia is having Beryl Withdrawal 🤣

5:30 I can watch the two go at each other all day 🤣 so catty

12:00 father vs son finally 😮

15:50 god damn that was a good duel 🔥 Beryl won! 🙌🏻

Mewi finally got the answer to her question at the end 🤭
Aug 12, 1:48 PM

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He finally won. Guess we can see Beryl getting stronger from now on

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Aug 12, 1:56 PM
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Good lord. Just marry Allucia, Surena and Curuni already ffs.
Aug 12, 2:13 PM
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this is what i wanted, the fight between beryl and his dad to find the strongest
a nice wholesome episode
Aug 12, 3:34 PM

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Allucia & Surena drinking in a bar is always entertaining.
That was a nice festival they had, plenty of good drinks and good meat.
I really enjoyed the spar between Beryl and his father.
Aug 12, 4:31 PM

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Good lord. Just marry Allucia, Surena and Curuni already ffs.
@Penteano Lucy. He is meant to be with Lucy.
Aug 12, 7:04 PM
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Excellent episode!

Strength without wisdom pairs with force without direction.

Beryl coupled strength and wisdom.

Mewi already has a father. Lucy would be fitting both as Beryl's wife and Mewi's mother.
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Aug 12, 7:48 PM

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Man what a beautiful episode this was
Aug 12, 8:19 PM
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This episode was such a huge payoff for that chip Beryl had on his shoulder. Turns out he was just afraid of his dad. Which, to be honest, was a reasonable fear to have because apparently that old man is HIM.
Aug 12, 10:34 PM

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Now we know that he's stronger than the old man :)
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Aug 13, 1:22 AM
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Amazes me every time how good the swordfighting is in this.
Like sure, we still get the silly dramatic "swords locked" pushing match all the time but its often further down the hilt, which is actually semi possible to happen (if only for novices), and it flows into other more realistic moves apropiate of the skills these characters are supposed to have.
I suppose the bar in media is really, really, REALLY low, but this is about as good as it gets without actually watching a real fight
Aug 13, 1:27 AM
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True for everyone, woman or not, grown or otherwise.


Being able to conquer the self is what makes one strong!


Curuni understands what it means by hard work pays off


This was a good homecoming with Beryl levelling up.
Aug 13, 2:03 AM

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That was a good match. It showed that sword fighting isn't just about crossing blades like you see in most anime, there are pommel strikes and leg sweeps etc. and in the end it can come down to one strike deciding the winner.
Aug 13, 3:48 AM

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A pretty good episode. Beryl was finally able to grow up a bit and not let his mental drag him down as much for the fight with his dad. He finally realizes and admits he is better. Better late than never for fixing his mindset ig. The parents nagging thing is real lol. I wonder if he does ever choose anyone, I wanna see it lmao.

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Aug 13, 4:55 AM
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So he really did have daddy issues, and now he's got a confidence boost, so maybe he'll stop second guessing himself each time he fights someone and says that he's not stronger than them when it obviously isn't true lol!

This whole home visit stuff was worth it, actually some growing up for the old, antique man in his late 40's... Still can't get over the fact that he thinks of himself like he's but one day away from dying of old age lol... Age phobia when the MC is older than 20 type shit lol!

Now, we go back to the whole evil church or whoever the fuck is plotting another attack shit, the weakest part of the whole show imo... Just show us the girls fighting against their master again, and maybe introduce new ex-students of his too! Couldn't care less about the politics and power moves happening inside the city!
Aug 13, 5:07 AM
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IMO the best episode this season. Not the most action, not the most plot progression, but certainly the biggest character development and the biggest mental breakthrough for Beryl, who absolutely needed it from the very first episode of the first season. I just hope now, when we have the childhood trauma out of the way, we won't spiral down I to pure power fantasy harem anime and we will keep on getting cozy slow-paced feel-good anime about turning from a grown-up into an actual adult. :)
Aug 13, 9:49 AM

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@Penteano Lucy. He is meant to be with Lucy.
@Ego_Altar I really wish they would just formally get engaged at least, so the whole bunch of kids half his age that are in love with their teacher can move on.
They are already living in Lucys house and have basically split parenting roles for Mewie, they just need to make it formal.
Aug 13, 4:08 PM
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Finally saw Beryl fight against his father. It was kind of crazy that he said his father is less strong than other characters in the show, when he literally caused the ground and walls to break from the pressure of his sword strikes.

I like the father as a character too! but it might be because it should be incredibly obvious (to the audience anyway) why he chose Beryl to head the dojo.
Aug 13, 5:24 PM
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it was really good i mean father and son moment
Aug 13, 8:22 PM

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I had a feeling Beryl would be stronger than his dad, he just could not express it due to trauma, after being defeated by him when he was just a teen. Too sad no one was able to witness it 😁
Aug 13, 9:03 PM
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My boy finally got his nut back. Time to go nut inside some tight juicy silver-haired puss
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Aug 14, 10:54 AM

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That was an epic duel! Who's gonna fix the dojo though? :D

Wholesome father-son bonding episode. Beryl should be more confident now.
Aug 14, 11:12 AM

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This is one of my favorite episodes for this series as it was nicely done with Beryl finally dueling with his father and winning but his father is still winning in life with family. On that note the fight was well animated and executed, too bad no one witnessed it. Anyways, Beryl and company are heading back to the city and I know that Allucia is looking forward to that lol.
Aug 16, 7:47 AM

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This episode felt like 10 minutes, what happened? Guess it was just a good episode. Fight was pretty technical, really showcased his father's experience.
Aug 16, 6:41 PM

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The parents are starving for a daughter-in-law lmao
Aug 18, 12:45 PM
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Now we know that he's stronger than the old man :)
@YudiYusantoS Nope. Until he gets himself a wife, his dad's still got the edge. He can handle the sword and a wife at the same time
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Aug 23, 5:49 PM

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the much anticipated face-off against father and son finally happened, and although it took beryl a while to find his footing, he was able to best his father. he just needed to get out of his head and stop being scared of his old man lol
Aug 27, 1:48 AM
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So yeah he's stronger after all but can he a wife like his father though?
Aug 27, 6:55 AM
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Great victory against his father!
Aug 28, 9:34 AM

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old man standoff got me emotional too
Sep 4, 11:43 PM
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This was probably the best episode of the entire show so far, heck, this whole hometown arc has probably been the best arc of the show yet. It actually feels like we took a big step forward in the main character's development and it felt very natural and well written. The animators also did well making the cgi feel fluid and seamless, so props to them.
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