Daemons Of The Shadow Realm Episode 23 Ties Up The Sengoku Reveal
The reveal gives the series a historical frame but asks viewers to accept a revenge motive standing in for four centuries of dead participants, and the episode spends its remaining time on loose ends rather than a climax.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Episode 23 reveals the series' conflict as a continuation of the Sengoku Era, with the Battle of Sekigahara and the Tokugawa victory recast as the work of Higashi Village and a pair of twins. The defeated Daemon wielders of Nishi Village went into hiding and planned revenge. The reviewer questions whether a grudge carried more than 400 years can carry weight.
The reveal lands on one side of the episode: the war at the center of the story is the Sengoku conflict, with the Tokugawa win recast as the work of Higashi Village and a pair of twins. The defeated Daemon wielders, Nishi Village, went underground and planned revenge. Episode 23 otherwise settles loose ends and plays out light comedy after the previous episodes' tension. The review questions whether a grudge that old can mean anything, and notes that neither village holds much power in the modern world beyond a Tokyo gang war and money.
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- Anime News Network Daemons of the Shadow Realm Episode 23