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Daemons of the Shadow Realm Ep. 2: A short-lived reunion and a predictable departure

Gabby, the teeth girl, is the first to show up after Yuru finally has his Daemons. She then simply asks Yuru to join her. I feel like you need an explanation. Not even a good explanation, but just any explanation. You need to start off with, “Hey, so uh this might sound kinda crazy, but the villagers have been lying to you this entire time…?” Clearly, Yuru and his Daemons aren’t attacking on sight. So why not be a little a little less blase about this? Instead, when Yuru asks if Gabby and her people are responsible for the villagers’ deaths, she’s just all, “We sure are!” Just strikes me as kinda stupid. Maybe they sent the wrong person to do this job.

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Daemons of the Shadow Realm Ep. 1: It takes a village to fool a kid

I wouldn’t be too interested in this show if it was just a bunch of people from the past doing battles against demons. What can I say? A part of me simply can’t immerse myself in a story if I have to also imagine living in the olden days before the existence of modern conveniences. You might think I’m referring to stuff like smartphones and the internet — and sure, living without them would suck — but I’m talking more like refrigeration and a proper ass plumbing system. That’s why the thought of being isekai’d into a fantasy universe has no appeal to me. Yeah, yeah, I now get to cast magic… but I also gotta take a dump in an outhouse. Thanks but no thanks. Plus, could you imagine eating nothing but salt-cured foods all the time? But that’s what you gotta do before the advent of refrigeration. People also wouldn’t know about germs and bacteria, so they’d stick their grubby, lil’ mitts on everything. Ugh. No thanks. Keep the past away from me.

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