Board Thread:Anime/@comment-24356739-20170916154229/@comment-4000370-20170917023311

You know.....as much as love this franchise and Touken Ranbu a whole lot, the fact that Mutsunokami and Izuminokami share more of a bond with each other on screen, in comparison to Horikawa and Kane-san's supposed partnership kinda makes the leverage of Hori's defection fall short imo.

Like we as fans know of Izuminokami and Horikawa's bond and relationship from in game, but even as someone who has prior knowledge of that, the anime kind of does not show much of it and if anything, Kane-san kind of seems indifferent and almost too blase towards Horikawa throughout his ordeal.

Like in episode 10 where Horikawa was clearly conflicted about saving Hijikata, Kane-san just walks away lmao, like dude! He is obviously hurting lol!? Coupled with the fact that I still think Horikawa is kind of a bit out of character for someone always depicted so level-headed leaves much to be desired honestly.

I still don't regret watching it, but the development and pacing could have been better, had the anime maybe spanned a bit longer I think?