Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen - Episode 6 Discussion / Poll

[Kairin]

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[konart]

Many old faces! (Am I gonna be killed for using word "old"? )

[Stark700]

Touka :3

Ah, this episode's dialogue...
> Haku and I just traveling together

Looks like we got a misunderstanding. Also, Haku got drunk LOL. I just found that moment to be priceless.

[Kerfirou]

So, I think everyone here has an inkling whose child Kuon is right?

I mean, the clues are there, she was raised by many mothers, no mention of single mother or father......

And the name he give to Haku.......

And right now I'm hoping BD will erase the steams, but I think it's empty hope.

[FlareKnight]

Yeah, I think this episode did a huge amount of covering Kuon's background. Had plenty to speculate with, but this did a lot for nailing some things down.

Maybe one of the best episodes so far. Just a heavy focus on Kuon and seeing her family again after a long time. Plus some nice work done by Haku to calm things down and to get Kuon to relax a bit.

Interesting that the growth of Yamato was becoming something of the level that two of the elites of Tusukuru out there to investigate. Certainly those two can handle any problems that come their way .

Things still remain pretty darn neutral with Haku and Kuon's relationship, but it's still fun seeing there being no real emotional reaction from Kuon on that question .

Yep, some interesting moments to be sure.

[Freeter]

I knew it, they were saving Touka's appearance sans headgear for the anime. The staff knows the fans want to see her in all her animated flustered glory

Honestly, this entire episode had me pining for the old cast. Aside from Haku and Kuon (and also the bird), the new cast isn't really doing it for me. I'd rather watch Karura get drunk than be subjected to more annoying Maroro and BL fantasies.

[whitecloud]

Wait....wait....umm...in the original all of them had child with hakuoro right? Karura, touka and the other?

[LROlsson]

Originally Posted by whitecloud

Wait....wait....umm...in the original all of them had child with hakuoro right? Karura, touka and the other?

Spoiler:

No, only one had a child with Hakuoro in the original game.

Spoiler:

And that is Yuzuha

[AyuAyu]

As much as i like seeing some of the old characters...

Spoiler:

In the anime Hakuoro was in love with Eruru, so for him having now a child with Yuzuha makes the new anime not a direct continuation...

[Shinji103]

*watches Karura's return*

*watches Karura's bath scees*

*dreamy voice* So this is what heaven feels like..............

[Toshaka]

Originally Posted by AyuAyu

As much as i like seeing some of the old characters...

Spoiler:

In the anime Hakuoro was in love with Eruru, so for him having now a child with Yuzuha makes the new anime not a direct continuation...

Well, anime is adapted from game. And in game Hakuoro

Spoiler:

slept with all girls. At least it was in PC version I played. I heard that in idk PS2 it was only implied that he slept with Yuzuha, because she wanted to leave a proof that she lived.

Basically, Studio that created Utawarerumono anime, just messed up.


And for episode, It was great to see Karura and Touka. Haku got drunk and family talk. Great episode, but there were another bath scenes. It gets a little boring

[BWTraveller]

This certainly does seem to be a different continuity from the previous anime. Not sure how I feel about that.

Spoiler for difference:

In the previous anime, Hakuoro was primarily paired with Eruru, but in this series we've got a child of Hakuoro's with a girl who in the anime didn't get enough time with him to get pregnant, and is implied not to have lived long enough to carry any child to term anyway.

Yet another bath scene, I'm starting to wonder if this is going to happen in most episodes.

Overall I like this series a lot. If there's one thing I'd like a bit more of, though, it's romance. The previous series seemed to be a little quick to establish a strong romantic interest between the two main characters, but this one seems to be going the entirely opposite direction. It's fine for them to be just friends for a while, but they're emphasizing it so much that I'm starting to wonder whether they can pull them out of the friend zone at all. And it also seems a little odd to see Kuon show absolutely no physical interest in Haku after peeking on him, messing with him in his sleep, and even giving him such a significant name. She should at least still harbor some attraction to him on a physical level, but she acts like even that's an absurd idea.

[Flower]

This was an interesting episode! I liked learning more about Kuon and her background. Great interactions between Karura, Touka, Kuon and Haku. XD

[DragoonKain3]

Yeah, was real confused about this one. Kuon is now obviously one of the girls' daughter with Hakuoro, but as an anime watcher was confused in that the previous anime, it was pretty much the Eruruu show. Thing is, Kuon doesn't resemble any of the characters, doesn't share any of the ear colours, and only resembles Yuzuha with her tail. But my impression of Yuzuha was that she was so frail that even the act of having sex is going to kill her, much less bear a child.

I'm not sure how to feel about this, but at the very least it seems like Eruruu is not the only one who seems Kuon has the most respect for judging by the flashback, Eruruu is the one she takes after the most, and Eruruu is the one who Kuon followed in her footsteps as a herbalist. So yeah, I CANT HEAR YOU GUYS; Kuon is Eruruu's child, whatever canon says be damned!

[Elestia]

My favorite girls from the previous season make their debut and I was not the least bit disappointed. So nostalgic and the banter and reminiscing of the past really warmed my heart watching such a scene unfold.

Karura (Seme) X Touka (Uke) is my head canon!

[Arkard]

Touka! It's been years!

Sigh at how that comment makes me feel so darn old though...

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by AyuAyu

As much as i like seeing some of the old characters...

Spoiler:

In the anime Hakuoro was in love with Eruru, so for him having now a child with Yuzuha makes the new anime not a direct continuation...

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

This certainly does seem to be a different continuity from the previous anime. Not sure how I feel about that.

Spoiler for difference:

In the previous anime, Hakuoro was primarily paired with Eruru, but in this series we've got a child of Hakuoro's with a girl who in the anime didn't get enough time with him to get pregnant, and is implied not to have lived long enough to carry any child to term anyway.

Itsuwari no Kamen is based off the continuity of the original Utawarerumono, which was a game, not an anime. The previous anime chose to alter the plot for it's convenience, but that is a failure on it's part, not on the part of Itsuwari no Kamen.

Spoiler:

Hakuoro being closest to Eruruu is entirely canon. That does not change the fact that he, for different reasons in each case, slept with almost every girl in his party, nor the fact that

Spoiler:

Yuzuha

was the only one who had a child afterwards.

See also Adaptation Induced Plot Hole.

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

Yeah, was real confused about this one. Kuon is now obviously one of the girls' daughter with Hakuoro, but as an anime watcher was confused in that the previous anime, it was pretty much the Eruruu show. Thing is, Kuon doesn't resemble any of the characters, doesn't share any of the ear colours, and only resembles Yuzuha with her tail. But my impression of Yuzuha was that she was so frail that even the act of having sex is going to kill her, much less bear a child.

I'm not sure how to feel about this, but at the very least it seems like Eruruu is not the only one who seems Kuon has the most respect for judging by the flashback, Eruruu is the one she takes after the most, and Eruruu is the one who Kuon followed in her footsteps as a herbalist. So yeah, I CANT HEAR YOU GUYS; Kuon is Eruruu's child, whatever canon says be damned!

Kuon is everyone's child. All of them raised her. It wouldn't surprise me if Eruruu was the most "motherly" of the mothers, though.

[thundrakkon]

So.... Haku is surrounded by princesses for his harem... and it looks like another one is coming next episode.

Also, Yamato has some mystery that causes Karura and Touka to investigate.

Kuon is on a mission of discovery for herself. She is traveling the world to expand her horizons.

I do wish they pick up speed on the plot. It's nice to see the old characters, but I want to see the main story play out a bit now.... or at least show Aruruu!!!

[Random Wanderer]

I do wish they pick up speed on the plot. It's nice to see the old characters, but I want to see the main story play out a bit now.... or at least show Aruruu!!!

While the previous episode felt slow, this episode seemed to move at just the right pace, to me. Seeing Kuon interact with two of her "mothers" is absolutely delightful, and the emotional value of the fact that they've accepted her as an adult, and approve of who that adult is, cannot be overstated.

So.... Haku is surrounded by princesses for his harem...

If Kuon is Hakuoro's daughter, than that would indeed make her the heir to the throne of Tuskuru, by my reckoning. One could likely call her a princess.

[Anh_Minh]

So, Kuon is Hakuoro's daughter. And it seems Haku really has ties to Hakuoro. Are we going to end up with a gender reversed Oedipus?