Red Cat Ramen #9 — Fan Reactions: The Battle of Mount Sanfeng between Mongolia and Jin! Wanyan Chenheshang was actually a total legend, huh!

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Wait, let me check their ages roughly around 1232? Fatima (Sitara) like 24? Toregene ~42? Ögedei ~46? Tolui 40, Sorghaghtani mid-30s, Hulagu 14, Kubilai 17, Batu 25, Güyük 26… wild list lol

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Episode 9: -Upper management who are completely out of touch always ruin organizations smh. -Tolui out here summoning blizzards like a madman "Snow storm incoming lol" -Literally can't even celebrate winning, poor Fatima & Toregene… -Moge be like "I'm just a dummy idk anything ~" -Don't use cursed water for a comedy gag omg. -Tolui is a certified flag-building architect.

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Ep 9: Insane battlefield competence paired with comedy gold. Tolui is way too massive an asset for Mongolia right now. He's tight with the Qan, but power like that's gonna cause problems down the line. Wonder who's pulling the strings behind the scenes? That one split-second smirk tho… Meanwhile Sitara and Toregene are just caught in the crossfire of revenge :/

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The scale is so massive it genuinely warps the dialogue lol. Bro literally summons blizzards. That smile was pure villain energy fr. Extravagant welcomes, massive hangover (wait what), detective Moge, and palace drama heating up. "Don't make noise in front of the sick guy," yeah except that exact stuff spikes your heart rate and temp. Wonder who's laughing first…

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Ep 9 "Tengri"! Part A covers the Mongol-Jin war! Between the stellar tactics and Heaven itself backing them up, you can really feel the unstoppable momentum of the Mongol Empire. Part B has Toregene slipping poison to the Great Qan! It's so unsettling cuz you can't even tell how much of it is Borakchin's master plan!

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Borakchin is pulling out literally every stop to protect her status as Great Khatun. Makes you realize she survived Genghis Khan's era doing the exact same clever moves. On the flip side, Toregene making her "grudge" so painfully obvious was definitely seen as "foolish" by the standards of the time.

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If Ep 9 is a mystery, Borakchin is totally giving off "murderer awkwardly trying to clear their own name" vibes while Moge is doing the "I know who the real killer is but I'm covering for them" routine. Moge definitely figured out Borakchin's behind all this before even talking to Fatima.

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Didn't vibe with Tolui at first, but he's got so much conviction, totally flipped my perspective on him tbh. Borakchin is definitely scheming something tho?! Like, hoarding the Jada stone to do some alchemy later… (for immortality maybe?)

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Amidst all these fragmented hints, Fatima's tiny yet super dynamic movements stood out so much. Seeing these genuine brotherly bonds connect while someone watches from the shadows is chilling. Fatima practically pushed them into it without even realizing it herself. Terrifying episode.

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Sitara finally handed over the Jada stone… 😓 No clue what Borakchin's aiming for, but what's Sitara plotting too? 🤔 Tolui's brushing off the suspicion, but Sorghaghtani's bad premonitions are 100% gonna come true 💀 Doing rituals and needing a surrogate for the curse… what was even in that water, and what's gonna happen to Tolui…?

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Sorghaghtani-beki is as sharp as history says, but ngl, I keep imagining how many years she spent agonizing, "If only I'd stopped Tolui from going to ögedei's sickbed back then…" Probably just as miserable as Fatima's daily struggle.

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Tolui is way too good of a general, but it's just so sad seeing him stuck with the pure mindset of a naive steppe nomad… Totally oblivious to the political conspiracies already rotting the palace from the inside out, even though it's already a full-blown empire with real power struggles now.

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Wait, who the hell smirked the exact second Tolui drank that?! Looked kinda like Borakchin's mouth ngl. But even if Tolui gets poisoned or whatever, whether ögedei actually recovers is a whole separate issue, right?

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Oh damn, the poison was rigged into the cup… since the ritual transfers the evil spirits away, objectively it doesn't even look like murder! What insane tactics! Who the actual culprit is… man, this got so good out of nowhere.

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Tolui did nothing wrong… but his raw strength and genuine nature draw people—especially soldiers—in, so naturally someone's gonna decide he's gotta go. The Great Khatun is already looking way past the end of the war.

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Man, sneaking in that split-second shot of Borakchin is genuinely creepy. And the VA is ridiculously well-cast. That said, Tolui is just so endearing this ep. Poor guy…

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Bro, why is the plot moving at Mach 1 speed rn??? Are both the Great Qan and Tolui doomed? I mean narratively that's the whole point, but Toregene and everyone else are rushing things way too fast!

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Since it's from Fatima and Toregene's POV, it's easy to root for payback against imperial cruelty, but ögedei and Tolui are so damn likable too—no matter which side you sympathize with, the emotional fallout hurts.

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Jin originated from the Jurchens in Manchuria, so they should totally be used to northern cold… Did they just forget how to fight in freezing weather after turning into a city-dwelling empire? (Especially the upper ranks smh)

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Tolui is just too powerful. Dealing with war heroes after the peace is always a nightmare. Wonder if the seeds of doubt Fatima planted are spreading without her even knowing.

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As the audience with god-mode vision, we literally saw Borakchin slip the poison, yet she asks Sitara—who probably sees right through her—to handle the treatment? What's her angle here…

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Is Borakchin's actual target this guy? Was the whole "let's trick someone else into drinking it" part of the scheme? Guess we find out next week! Poison or not? What's the master plan? The mystery rolls on!

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Total historical 'what if', but if the death order was reversed here, world history would've shifted so much. Like the timing of Batu's western campaign or the post-3rd Qan succession lol.

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Borakchin's got a rock-solid motive to centralize the empire's dual power structure back under the Great Qan. She gets the guaranteed cure AND a way to slip the poison. Big brain play.

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Borakchin literally tries to drink it herself first. Is she the culprit or not?! Then she gets stopped… or was THAT part of her master plan all along??

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Borakchin is sus as hell. Bet she's gonna steal the healing stone and toss it. What's the play if he just dies here, total benefits? Something's definitely fishy…

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The fact that "Sitara's whole happy life" was just another tiny sacrifice Tolui made along the way for his grand ambitions… hits different in the worst way.

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And just like that, the Jin dynasty is wiped out… Old-school generals looking at Tolui probably see a ghost of Genghis Khan himself.

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Did they lower the commercial frequency and stretch the runtime this week?? Feels way more like watching a prestige TV drama now.

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That smile… creepy af. Getting to watch anime like this is peak Japanese media consumption. Also, "The Queen Bee's Star" is such a slow-burn bop.

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Ah man, handing over the key item, the Jada stone… such a brutal visual symbol of total defeat for both her and Toregene in a single cut…

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This part is a massive turning point even in the source material, but the anime's tension is unreal—gives me goosebumps even knowing what happens. Absolute cinema.

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If Borakchin's whole 5D chess move was framing Toregene by planting stones in her room and poisoning her hubby just to wipe out the competition and take down Tolui, that's legitimately terrifying…

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It's so blatantly obvious and everyone sees right through it, yet somehow only Sitara actually clocks it. Like, maybe recruit some allies in your own camp bestie??

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Uh, doesn't he look super pale…? Don't want Tolui to bite the dust, and Fatima probably doesn't want him dead either, but the death flags were waving hard…

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The only person who profits from this exact setup is the Great Khatun… though on the flip side, is Tolui literally the one person Sitara hates the most anyway…?

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Are they trying to cause internal fracture?! They set the trap and walked right into it lol. Getting played so easily smh.

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Hold up, what's gonna happen to Tolui?! Damn it, ending on a cliffhanger again… Also, who the hell was lowkey smirking back there?!

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Tolui my guy?! Absolute chad behavior. Knowing full well it might be poisoned. Is this divine revelation? Did he consult the bones? Just testing them? Tolui is lowkey terrifying!

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The cinematography is so good… They're nailing the direction and framing to keep viewers on edge with this delicious tension.

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I mean, since he's basically taking the fall as a substitute, he's drinking it fully prepared to die—Tolui is honestly so cool for that.

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Honestly, more than whether ögedei or Tolui live or die, I'm way more stressed about whether he just had a falling out with Toregene?! She's literally his soulmate!!

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Isn't Borakchin trying to stir up infighting here? Fatima no… Did Borakchin seriously just farm the Jada stone like that?

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Is Borakchin actually plotting something? Did she use mining dust specifically because she already knew she had the cure?

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The scariest part is that at the Mount Sanfeng battle, a winter storm genuinely flipped a 4x disadvantage in troop numbers—that's actual history wtf.

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Sitara and Toregene aren't even cut out for revenge deep down, but Moge is genuinely the worst person ever for court politics lol.

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From Borakchin's perspective, if Tolui kicks the bucket here, she can just spin it as "for ögedei's sake lol" and get away with it, though the military hit hurts…

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Ravaging and pillaging, fully aware of his own sins, yet he still loves war while keeping that cheerful personality. Such a weirdly fascinating guy.

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Easy to forget Toregene is ögedei's wife, so y'all do the math. Also Borakchigin is terrifying.

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Sacrificing the Jada stone—the literal symbol of her bond with Toregene—just to save Borakchin and ögedei? The writing here is just too good.

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Being smart doesn't mean you're trustworthy… Chagatai's got nothing on Borakchin when it comes to who's actually eyeing Tolui as a threat.

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Sorghaghtani tho… Why does this woman always make me go "Are you seriously gonna be fine with that…?" every single time 😂

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For Sitara, Toregene isn't just an accomplice; there's so much emotional weight attached to her as the only person who actually gets her.

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Thinking about the relationship between the Tolui and ögedei households during his sons' era makes this episode hit so much harder in retrospect.

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Toregene's got that underlying mental instability, so the fact that things worked out *too* well to hide her plotting is hilarious ngl.

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"Are you really sure about that?" "Think back." "Wasn't there something suspicious?" So slick.

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Calling someone over under the guise of "illness" is assassination 101 fr. Anyway, look at these cute little ducklings in my backyard-

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Did Fatima actually trust Borakchin to any degree at this point in the timeline?

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Tolui… okay yeah, he's got the blood of Fatima's people on his hands, but you can't deny he genuinely loves his older brother.

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Even though she vents her hatred, no way I can picture Toregene pulling off something like this entirely on her own…

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Licking your lips and inviting a general over for a "sickbed visit" just to arrest and purge him on the spot… classic power play trope lol.

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Wait, what if Borakchin engineered the whole thing just to frame and take down Tolui… that's a nightmare scenario ngl…

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Things took a super sinister turn out of nowhere… What was that ominous final smirk? Can't wait for the next ep 😨

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Tolui just chilling and drinking booze right next to his beloved big bro. If ögedei's cool with it, I guess… it's fine…?

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Toregene-san?! The poison just dropped… Moge's still just calling her "slave girl" huh?

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Digging into Mongol history makes you realize way too many VIPs conveniently dropped dead out of nowhere under "mysterious circumstances" lol.

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Battle of Mount Sanfeng! The Jin dynasty's final legendary general Wanyan Chenheshang is here! No way they're losing!!

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Tolui probably realizes how twisted the Mongol setup actually is, and yet he's still absurdly loyal to his clan and people.

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Borakchin is from the Genghis generation, so her weight class is completely different from the ögedei generation, makes total sense.

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Borakchin met with Toregene earlier, so is she trying to wedge these two apart on purpose or what?

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No way, it's the woman who literally poisons herself, Lady Borakchin! Don't trust her!! It's a trap, it's so scary…

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This gives off such a weird mix of Golden Kamuy and Kingdom vibes. Divination and warfare fused right into the worldbuilding.

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Since he's studying imperial statecraft the traditional Mongol way as an Otchigin, he obviously knows how to manipulate people too.

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Huh? Toregene-san? Did Borakchin say something to her? Oh—the Great Qan's…?!

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Looking at things from a grand world-history lens, kingdoms falling just looks like an everyday Tuesday…

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Toregene's got a track record of literally screaming "I'm gonna kill ögedei" every five minutes, so her side definitely shares some of the blame lol.

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Sitara-chan just gave up all the Jada stones, losing the literal anchor of her connection to Toregene… pain.

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The scariest part about the Great Khatun is how casually she drops single sentences that effortlessly cause both division and assimilation.

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Backed by the favor of heaven and geography, did they actually win? They basically speedran that with pure divination, vibes, and luck!

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Fatima (Sitara) really is totally lost tho. A wanderer with literally no country left to go back to…

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From Fatima's perspective, watching Toregene seemingly snap and go rogue wouldn't even be out of character at this point.

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What's gonna happen to Tolui, who even pulled the strings, and that water definitely looked laced with something sketch af…

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Is this the raw might of a Mongol empire backed by heaven itself… You can really feel the overwhelming currents of history in this episode.

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No shot Toregene-san, after showing us all those raw emotions, would actually betray him like this, right??

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Literally dismissing Sitara so she's alone with the Great Qan… Yeah, 100% something's about to go down…

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ögedei feeling sick has way too many potential culprits to even guess. Man's karma is off the charts.

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Can't wait for the day Moge's own heavy suspicions finally land squarely on Fatima. Looking forward to it.

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Sitara really hated the idea of the stones disappearing for good too. And now they're entirely gone…

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Deciding that this exact moment was the golden window to approach Toregene? Lowkey top-tier spy instincts.

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Totally contrasting the ridiculously convoluted women's psychological warfare, the actual military campaign is just straight-up sweeping victories lol.

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The detail of Tolui's eyes trembling when he gets praised by ögedei and actually touched by it is so good.

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Souvenir for Borakchin? Gifts for everyone? Oh, Sila's still alive.

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"Slave girl" probably isn't even her actual name. Even if it's meant as a term of endearment though…

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>"If I wipe out Jin, will everyone finally listen to my ideas?" Is this a massive death flag??

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Ah wait, no? I thought maybe ögedei would be saved on the condition of using the Jada stone, but then…

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Tolui doesn't seem like the type to buy into curses or evil spirits at all. Which is exactly why next week's (redacted for spoilers) is gonna hurt.