Daemons of the Shadow Realm #18 — Fan Reactions: HOOK. That sketchy voice makes Asuma so sus even though it's his face doing the heavy lifting!

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Ep 18 of #YomitsuGa – starting with Asa and his parents right after leaving the village. Dela confronts Shingo, but Yuru gets snatched again. Yozakura was filling Asa in on Asuma's deal the night before. Hating Shingo while having awful chemistry means playing along with a fake smile. Yozakura calling that shady grin "a facial penalty" lmao. And then Asa shows up for Danji's flare with a "galactic-level tongue click" w

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Done with ep 18. They say a clever hawk hides its claws, but this time it was more like a clever moth lol. But ohhh, so *that*'s the kind of past Kagemori Asuma has. Makes total sense why "nothing in this world is useless" is his core belief. Anyway, glad to know he's not an enemy, but man, having a face that makes people distrust you is rough 😅

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Yomotsu-Gawara Ep 18 "Fuijin and Raijin". Catching Akio right after last week! Thinking about Gabu-chan, Natsuki, and Haruo's feelings leaves you with such a mixed bag of emotions. Tying the opening flare ep straight into the fake Asas' situation is such good structure too, and then Asa-chan rolls up just to drop that galactic tongue click!

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Ep 19 watched. You'd normally expect a character who controls the Wind and Thunder Gods to be a main character type, but Arakawa-sensei's writing brilliance makes Asuma a scumbag secretly loathing guys like Shingo instead. And omg, thinking Yuru was gonna come save the captive fake Asas only for it to be *Asa*, not even big bro, just sighing at them? Absolute peak comedy.

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Tuned in live for once since the schedule shifted. It's a great episode for organizing everyone's stances, and seeing their grounded mindsets laid bare is just so satisfying. Even when the board isn't shifting massively, this show delivers. Asa is just too cute as always, tho.

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Ep 18. Never expected Asuma to actually lean toward the good guy side, what a plot twist. This chaotic blur of who's enemy and who's friend makes it so fun. For a pretty serious story, having this many random laugh-out-loud moments is insane. Arakawa-sensei is a legend.

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Shingo and Ivan gotta know the fake Asas are 2-in-1s (tsugai), right? But do Shingo's underlings actually know? Even if they do, they're not even sweating it (since they're interacting with Danji normally anyway lol)

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The pacing and structure here is honestly god-tier. It introduces Asuma as "looks sketchy af, but actually an ally," and then closes on the ultimate "Wait, the fake Asa *is* an ally to Yuru, but is he an ally to the *real* Asa?" cliffhanger.

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The writing flow is just too good fr. Thought it was just gonna tie the early flare chat straight into Yuru and Danji's bond and call it a day, but nope—it circles right back to the real Asa who learned about that exact flare from his dad earlier. Absolute cinema.

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Between Danji or Sayo-sama, who'da thought the real Asa would pull up on the *fake* Asa lmao. That instant tongue click upon meeting is too good lol. And Yuru's off to Sayo-sama's! Finally gonna get some lore on the parents next week? Can't wait 😊

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So Asuma's totally an ally then? Good to know he's reliable. Plus he's voiced by Ishida. If the current bad guys are just Shingo and Ivan, things got way simpler. And the real Asa showing up to save the fake Asa is pure gold lol.

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First time seeing the real Asa and the fake (tsugai) Asa meet since the premiere 😮 Leaving it on such a hype cliffhanger for next week is straight up evil 😭 Need the next ep like yesterday ☺️

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The scary one (Asa) came to rescue Azami-chan and Zashiki Warashi right at the end. So *that*'s why Mine-san taught Asa about the flare at the very beginning!

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In the manga, the flare backstory drops *after* Asa shows up to save the day, but moving it to the front made the flow way more natural, love to see it.

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How does he even make that scheming voice tho… Suffering from a cursed face (Wait, is this 100% unbetrayable Ishida-aa????)

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Wait, Murase Ayumu can pull *that* voice off too…? Had to double-check the cast credits 5 times, but yeah it was him, insane…

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Yume-chan's vocal switches mid-scene are nuts. Real Asa-chan, Little Real Asa-chan, Fake Asa-chan.

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Yozakura is voiced by Murase too?! Also at this pace how far are they adapting… was there even a good stopping point?

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Framing super grim situations with comedy bits is literally what makes this so good.

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Right when you're thinking "should they go or stay, should Dela split up," they just pull *this* on you.

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Wait, was the mom actually just a normal good person? My bad for assuming she was part of some sketchy cult

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Manga readers were cackling so hard when the Ishida casting announcement dropped lol.

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Dad: "Trust in his (Yuru's) strength." Viewers: "Bro turned into a full-blown barbarian."

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Looks cute enough, but since it's a mountain bandit's tsugai, that ability is anything *but* cute… w

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Asuma has his mom's looks, but the mom doesn't look shady at all—wonder why that is lol.

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Why do Zashiki Warashi always have such random busted abilities. Are they actually lowkey OP?

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Sneaking jokes into serious moments so it doesn't get *too* edgy is top tier w

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The dad teaching him the flare in the avan paid off so Asa could come rescue them.

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Nagisa-sensei has 200 IQ, nerves of steel, literally best mom ever.

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Being the author of FMA, she really has zero mercy when it comes to mob characters dying.

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Bro's literally just trying to walk away like nothing happened wtfｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

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Running away all by your lonesome like a coward ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

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Pigeon-toed and cross-eyed gremlins are way too wild, Shingo do something about this rn

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Thought big bro was showing up, but it was just (real) Asa. Poor fake Asa-chan

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The flare strategy… actually worked thowwwwww Here comes the annoying onewww

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Ahh, so using violence against the East Village lackeys is totally fair game. Got it.

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Dela's black face mask is hitting all my buttons, what am I even supposed to do with this

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Pretending to be a brainless dumbass tsugai without talking lol Σ(￣□￣ 😉

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Aw shit, Asa-chan went out w Here comes the scary one w

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Wait? Yozakura is voiced by Murase too? Where is that voice even coming from? Is it voice-modded?

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Whenever Asa is simping or raging, it's guaranteed peak content w

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Well yeah, if you show that scene pre-OP, you already know Asa's pulling up w

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That human has no tsugai with him~ We can sneak past no problem~

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Uncle basically wouldn't care if Ishida-nii just dropped dead (kinda his honest thoughts?)

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What are you even doing in front of a "Beware of Bears" sign ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

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Wind and Thunder Gods, simplest and most straightforward tsugai ever.

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I just love Jin-san, he gives off major "tired reasonable adult" vibes.

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"Greedy bastard" coming out of the mouth of the most greedy bastard himself (Wait—)

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Wait, what timeline is this? Oh, young Asa and dad.

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"Makes it easier to chase, nice." …Are they letting themselves get tracked on purpose?

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Their chemistry was so abysmal they literally had no choice but to wait for an opening.

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"You also suffer from a facial penalty, don't you?" (Spoken in the gentlest voice imaginable)

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Dela apparently explained the whole exhibitionist lore here in the manga too lol.

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Sayo-sama will probably manage somehow if you just leave her be.

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I was deadass starting to get emotional thinking big bro came to save the day, and then *this* happened!

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And that's how Yuru turned into an all-out hunting maniac.

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Yuru-kun has officially evolved into a premier barbarian lmaoooo

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This old dude's tsugai uses wind and lightning~~~~~

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Did he just get possessive because he didn't want to hand him over to the uncle?

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Asuma is an ally!! He just suffers from bad voice-and-face combo syndrome!

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Yozakura's voice is way too ikemen, I pictured him sounding totally different.

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The Kagemori boss brought way too many tsugai along for this.

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Danji launching the flare with the cosmic tsugai, absolute cinema…

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Ohhh, Dela and the bandits showed up right on cue!

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Parasitic brainwashing type?! Creepy af!? He's technically an ally, right?!

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Basically a parasitic talking head, Mamegarasu is terrifying.

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Guess Ishida Asuma isn't technically an enemy for now.

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Right now Sayo-sama is fighting that thing to capture it alive.

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Pigeon-toed and cross-eyed are lowkey adorable!! Even if their ability is terrifying w

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Bro sneaked right in and tried to snatch Yuru in the chaos, typical Ishida.

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Sucks to have bad matchup compatibility against naturally broken Wind and Thunder Gods.

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Fake Asa-chan's tryna escape using their tsugai powers too?

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If Jin-san says so, Asuma is 100% confirmed ally.

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It was actually Asa-chan's side ｗｗ Worst case scenario for fake Asa lol.

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Money design changed too… Old bills still work though.

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Violence is the answer… Violence solves everything…!

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Info leaking everywhere, this is why you don't hire part-timers.

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Mamegarasu's ability is wild. Looking at it again, total psycho move.

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Mamegarasu doing way more hardcore stuff than its looks let on.

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Framed like a gag scene, but that's lowkey super terrifying w

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Can we really trust this sketchy-ass Ishida though.

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Suffering not just from the face, but the voice too (CV: Akira Ishida)

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Yozakura Asagiri is more of an undercover stealth build after all…

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Dela only got the rundown on Asuma specifically.

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The fact that common sense makes the plot move faster is a bug ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

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The slander against Ivan is spreading faster by the minute w

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Is getting found by Asa-chan a blessing or a curse w

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Little kid Asa! The flip phone gives off such massive nostalgic vibes.