Alright final episode. Generally a good season, but I have big hang-ups about the new Asaemon wanting to kill the other Asaemon if they’re working together/protecting the criminals, no questions asked. It’s just not believable to me.

They were sent to the island, each partnered with a criminal. What did they think would happen? They had to work together. The reasoning makes no sense. Especially given that it’s hypocritical since the new Asaemon are also working together with criminals, the Iwagakure… Ones similar to Yuzuriha and from the same clan as Gabimaru. Like, just fucking talk to them and ask for a brief on the situation as even they should be able to tell they’ve been through hell and that there’s more important things going on.

The entire thing feels like a frankly unimportant sideplot to pad everything out and as an forceful plotdevice to be a hindrance to get to where they’re wanting to go. It doesn’t add anything beyond “oh man, I hope our MCs will make it in time to the boats”.

The Iwagakure side is a bit more interesting since it’s more relevant to Gabimaru’s own character and his established doubts/relation to the clan.

How can they end it like this? 😭 There better be a sequel announcement.

This turned out to be peak battle shounen.