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[@Aliciaxlife]

It’s amazing there are so many people who are like “I didn’t spoil! I said just remember what MaoMao’s dad said! Don’t judge Lakan on conjecture!” You are also a complete dumbass. That implication is that what I perceive of his is wrong aka THE OPPOSITE AKA YOU ARE SAYING THE PLOT TWIST! You are NOT some sort of smart person alluding to something so sneakily that it’s a mystery. You are telling me “hey your perception of him is wrong”. Which is also the fucking spoiler. Enjoy your banning too.

[@alexanderdelongchamps7594]

You and me both, people just don't know when to shut up

[@RukilEngetsu]

I remember people doing this for Endeavor from MHA too. People hated him at the beginning and after some backstory and context, suddenly love to defend him in front of people watching season 1 for the first time. Just let people enjoy the show!

[@ArlanKels]

Simplest approach is, if it ain't been in the show yet don't say it. Very concerned that our society might be the dumbest generation ever.

[@ITABehelit]

@@RukilEngetsuEhm... not to be rude but... you're doing the exact same thing spoiling another series, even telling charcaters names. I don't care cause i don't like MHA and i'll probably never watch it. But to someone who didn't watch that series and would like to start it ... well, you "helped" a lot 🤣

[@TubingKri]

I was all ready to see Alicia's reaction and now I'm disappointed 5 minutes into the video because people spoiled. Sigh well, at least I can enjoy her thoughts on the situation.

[@fivegears]

People spoiling all "Listen to my expertise on a subject which I only just now learned myself."

[@febed01]

Which is very annoying, like other "experts" cut and paste comments with no consideration about if it's redundant and already commented 3455345336235 times on the same video... My grandma was right, "Culture is like jam: the less one has, the more one spreads it."

[@fivegears]

@@febed01 I am 100% stealing your grandma's quote, love that.

[@LikeAFemaleDog]

It's very annoying. I see it all the time when people play story-heavy games as well, where people feel the constant need to explain everything even when the story explains later. It's even more frustrating when they probably felt the same way Alicia did when they were at that point in the story- but they lack the self-awareness to allow the story they like so much charm other people the way way it charmed them.

[@marar8045]

You weren’t wrong to hate him. The story wanted you to hate him as much as possible, so the twist lands that much better.

[@Tyarrk]

True. Unfortunately i got spoiled before that so i never went past the stage of confusion about this guy. I wish i could go back and change that so to get the full experience.

[@marar8045]

@@Tyarrk I’m sorry you got spoiled.

[@Tyarrk]

@@marar8045 nah, no biggy, it´s still a banger show 👍

[@Sarx-vw5oq]

It is actually morally wrong to have this visceral hatred, I've seen some people have for no reason at all.

[@marar8045]

@@Sarx-vw5oq this is subjective, especially when the show tried so hard to make us hate him. On the story’s perspective, Lakan acts like a villain because he thinks of himself as one. I don’t know who has reacted morally incorrect to this, but I don’t think she was one of them.

[@TheBobChat]

Dawn can we imagine how entertaining this reaction would've been if Alicia hadn't been spoiled

[@Alte.Kameraden]

I was look forward to it, know I'm disappointed. 😢

[@azentra7560]

​@@Alte.Kameradensaaaaame...😢

[@Tiggy110]

This is like that Patrick moment with the wallet. "Yeah, I told you stuff from a future episode, BUT I DIDN"T SPOIL IT!"

[@germanjc5873]

Man, I was so looking forward to her genuine reaction not getting spoiled. That's just sad... I hope you can still enjoy these last 2 episodes in your own way, and when season 2 rolls around, I wish your experience can be as spoiler-free as possible

[@jacksparrowismydaddy]

I love genuine reactions. geeze.

[@IZEASGT]

After how the fandom has handled Lakan, I am _really_ worried about people’s ability to hold it in about one particular plot point in season 2.

[@beyoncelong373]

Well dang, no one should spoil Alicia on animes she's currently still watching, it takes the fun outta of it a bit, like, come on, have some decency!

[@gildedphoenix]

Whole reason we watch these vids are to SEE her reaction. This not only takes the fun, it takes the very purpose. Shame.

[@Allen-R]

I don't I've been this pissed in a while

[@TheDustyPeaches]

Yeah the only "Spoiling" that is okay if it can even be called spoiling is talking about stuff that she has already seen and simply misunderstood several episodes after the information should be commonplace like how at the very beginning she misunderstood the nature of MaoMao being captured and sold into service at the rear palace, or when it was unclear if she understood that it was the old emperor who liked girls unreasonably young and that the new emperor will only partake in "ripe fruit". However in fact I think that phrasing that information in a way to intentionally deceive her would have been even better like if they connected old information like the beating on the stairs to make him out to be a murderous monster who wanted to kill his own daughter and take her head as a trophy it would have given Alicia pause and rather than spoiling it for her it would have caused the show to subvert her expectations additionally hopefully she wouldn't be mad about the deceit because it was more of an anti spoiler to make sure she still had a good first experience.

[@ArlanKels]

People can't stop themselves for some god damned reason. It happens with video games too. And they'll even do stupid crap like "I'm just going to HINT and not directly spoil"

[@shy2infinity]

So disappointing that people spoiled it for you :'( When I was watching it for the first time my friend constantly teased me about the show saying, "Oh, you are NOT ready." And because we're both writers by nature they were like, "There's a plot twist that you're going to love," referring to Lakan and I agree wholeheartedly. The show did such a good job as framing him as this shady dude even though he hadn't actually done anything evil, that even though I often realize plot twists before they happen, it still took me off guard. What's extra shocking about these people is that they act like it's such an easy thing to get when they're LITERALLY just regurgitating what the anime told them without thinking any deeper on the subject. The anime WANTED you to hate him. They WANTED you to think he was shady; so that the plot twist lands even harder. It's basic writing; not to mention we see him from the perspective of Maomao and Jinshi, two people that are understandably annoyed and angry with him... So there's the added bonus of unreliable narrator. Like... Ugh. Spoilers ruin everything for everyone >:C

[@BasilLecher]

Spoiling on patreon? That’s even worse.

[@TheSquirrelbeast]

Is it? At least she gets paid more there

[@BasilLecher]

@@TheSquirrelbeast Paid more, sure. But I would have expected the folks willing to pay and support her would be more considerate of her watching experience than youtube where just about anyone could comment or message spoilers on purpose or by mistake.

[@extrajimified4557]

Looks like bunch of 9 year olds got a hold of their parents credit card. oh well its over now. hopefully this wont happen again in any series.

[@michael_aagaard]

I hate that people had to spoil Lakan's twist, it not just ruined it for Alicia, but also for all of us who were looking forwards to seeing her get proven wrong about what kind of person Lakan is (and like Alicia said, it also shows just how dumb they are, as most if not all of them also had no idea that the twist was coming) I wish it were possible for people who spoil things directly to someone (especially if done with malicious intent), to have everything (books, movies, tv shows, animes, ETC) spoiled for them for the rest of their lives (maybe a bit much, so maybe 10 years). See if they then like spoiling things and/or find it funny to do to others.

[@LLGTMT]

This is unfortunately why most larger reaction content creators end up just having Mods read all of their comments and then filter out the spoilers for them. Which is sad, because you want a general interaction with your viewership, but they can't just STFU and let you enjoy the reveal the same way as they did.

[@Tyarrk]

It´s so nice that despite the spoiler Alicia still thinks so deeply about the episode. I really like hearing her thoughts.

[@thedarkvenom93]

I’m sorry you got spoiled. I hope you still enjoyed the episode

[@Alte.Kameraden]

They wouldn't survive the FFXIV community. Spoilers are an Immortal Sim which will literally get people treated as outcast. 😂

[@spcraftsman2656]

I think Lakan saw himself as the "villain" from his guilt and kept acting like he is the bad guy, speaking to Jinshi in a way like he conspired to devalue her like a horrible human being.

[@StarstormVGN]

After I saw this episode and read some very snarky comments on Crunchyroll about how wrong the rest of us were for "speaking based on conjecture," I wondered if there was anything in the earlier episodes with Lakan that could be taken two different ways. But nope, upon rewatch, the show really does go out of its way to make you distrust/hate this man.

[@spcraftsman2656]

​@@StarstormVGNI agree. I tend to be fascinated by evil characters from a writing perspective, but even I felt a bit icky watching this dude.

[@TheLorax787]

Man fuck the people who spoiled it. It seems like there is a small group of people going around to different reactors as soon as they reach THAT episode and spoiling it (though someone from your patron is even crazier). Almost every single person I’ve seen has had it spoiled for them. There was even another reactor who called them out for it and someone in the comments was STILL justifying how they were right to spoil it because “you were misjudging his character!” And “you can’t let the show fool you!” THE POINT WAS THAT THE SHOW WAS TRYING TO MISLEAD YOU!

[@GhostScarecrow]

I'll never understand spoiler people. Like how are you not just excitedly waiting for the reveals and how the reactor will react to them?

[@SuperiorPosterior]

Seriously. I read the manga back when the anime was first announced, and I spent probably a *_week_* furiously wishing for Lakan to end up in a ditch, and then I reached this point and was sobbing like hell for the guy. I very specifically watch reaction videos to see _other peoples' reactions._ Can't know how someone's gonna *_react_* to a plot twist if they know about it beforehand. So stupid. Another reactor's comment sections were *_full_* of people arguing about a scene that shows up in Ep 24, all because it _didn't_ show up in 23, so they just *_assumed_* it had been full-on cut. It wasn't (obviously), but they tried to argue that they weren't spoiling jerks because... they were discussing the _manga,_ and that somehow absolves them of spoiling the selfsame scene that happens in 24???? This is 100000% why, if I ever had a genie, I'd have "Competent Media Literacy" as one of my wishes.

[@Mrinsecure]

Good storytelling is always more about the journey than the destination. Setting up Lakan as this evil manipulative bastard who toys with everyone around him, only to whiplash you and force you to rethink everything you learned about him, is good storytelling. But it doesn't work if you know he's not a bad guy from the outset, which is why the spoiler harms the story. In case, you know, some people don't get why spoilers are bad.

[@ShadowsMentor]

It's not even just when ep 23 came out. Novel readers were spoiling on every reaction channel on the episode Lakan was introduced

[@StarstormVGN]

I fortunately wasn't spoiled myself, but I definitely saw some high-horse comments after this episode aired.

[@Yuki_-.-]

Yes! novel readers are spoiling everywhere. In Facebook I get tooooo much spoilers about Jinshi and Maomao that I didn't want to know all that 😢

[@kaisokusekkendou1498]

"It truly is a sin to be ignorant." Whether it is white powder and babies, or spoilers and an audience.. don't be ignorant. I hope these people who spoiled have had enough shock to shame them into learning what not to do next time. Ugh.

[@MDiarmeid]

FFS First Hoeheim and now him!?!? The whole point is to misdirect the viewers on their intentions! The author WANT us to shit talk about those characters before the big reveal! Thats WHy is a fucking REVEAL!!!

[@kittehfaye6514]

I'm so SO mad that people spoiled that for you. I have literally been waiting for you to drop this episode so I could see your reaction to the big reveal. Now I don't get that because of the people who spoiled. Not only did they spoil the reaction for you, they spoiled your reaction for your whole community and that's incredibly sad and frustrating.

[@Xenobears]

Damn, I was avoiding commenting about the Strategist to avoid spoiling. I try to keep my comments to what’s in the episode-though it can be tough because of the fact that I’ve read the novels.

[@Xenobears]

21:31 yeah, MaoMao’s mind games are on point af.

[@bobemmerson1580]

It is such a shame (I'm manga only, but chose to flick through the Wiki). I always worry about discussing things that were skipped or brushed over in the current episode. Maybe I'm adding context, or maybe the director shuffled things around for a reveal later.

[@Unkyjar]

Well, the bright side is that with great storytelling you can still find enjoyment in the telling of a story even if you know what happens.

[@yukiko347]

I absolutely respect how you want the whole surprise element of watching, and it is a personal first i see someone lay rules of not wanting to get spoiled on a show and it has consequences you are open about it. Also appreciate this video on you informing a piece of writers intentionally doing a misdirection for it too give a perspective shift. You are awesome

[@spcraftsman2656]

Also, as someone who appreciates this story a lot, I absolutely love it when someone hates Lakan. I was so happy when I saw you hated him from the start, and the further your hatred grew, the more I looked forward to this episode's reaction. I am genuinely sad now.

[@spadeas49]

The thing that surprised me the most in this episode is something that can quickly go over your head, but it's Lakan's uncle. It is said that his uncle was a doctor of the rear palace, expelled from it because of a mistake and who now limps... Lakan's uncle is Luomen, Maomao's adoptive father. Showing even more meaning behind what he says when Maomao tells him that she was at the rear palace, but also that in a way, Luomen still cares about his nephew and wanted to raise his daughter the best he can. Maomao may not have met her father, but she had always been part of his family without knowing it.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

I did figure that out in this episode when I watched, but they hint at it again in the next for anyone who missed the first.

[@mistressabysstress]

Sorry people spoil things. I truly hate that…it’s so easy to just…not spoil things.

[@Luprocious]

One clarification I would like to see about this episode is that Lakan got sent on a military deployment, not really a summer in Europe sort of thing...

[@FlubbedPig]

Looked it up, 'cause I was curious why they were calling it Chess too. Apparently it's a game called Xiangqi, otherwise known as "Chinese Chess". But in Japanese it's still apparently just called "Shogi", so I assume what the characters are saying is "Shogi", so the translator turned that to "Chess", I guess?

[@StarstormVGN]

I was wondering if this was the same thing as shogi. I didn't pay close enough attention or think to look into it after the episode was over.

[@Boomstick836]

I watch your videos for genuine reactions to situations that occur in the anime. Spoilers ruin everything for everyone. You nailed it on the head calling those people utterly stupid.

[@artemisfowl7332]

Very unfortunate that your patron subscribers of all people would spoil such a nice story line. It turns lakan from a creepy sadist into a rather sad character. and those idiots spoil that reveal Which would have been a really nice reaction

[@modestoguevara7655]

People who spoil this shit there honestly some of the most annoying people who have nothing better to do and decide to ruin things for other like the whole point of a reaction is to see how the person expressing how they feel about something and they just ruined it

[@oscarperez1345]

First the fact they bullied her with TLOK so she won't post her reactions which I was looking forward more than anything; now they pull this shit spoiling her the reveal. FFS c'mon people

[@_ubiquitous_9766]

Maaaaan I was really looking forward to like the pure shock as she pieced things together… I’m still glad that she had some stuff not spoiled earlier on in the season but it sucks that it was this big plot point

[@yevaud6]

I'm so sorry that happened. I was really looking forward to the shock and seeing your opinion twist and turn in real time. Nothing like this should be spoiled for anyone. I'm so sorry that experience has been significantly diminished. I had real hope it wouldn't happen since you had been binge watching....I guess sometimes you can't stop the internet from being the internet.

[@pintsizedpicasso3402]

I'm so sorry that Lakan's arc was spoiled for you Alicia. Honestly, as someone who watched all of the show and grew to love Lakan, I was anxious for you to find out the whole story. However, I wanted to SEE YOU figure it out. Spoilers as always annoying, but it's especially annoying for a show like this where THE WHOLE POINT IS MYSTERY! THE AUDIENCE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THEORIES! We get excited when our theories are right and delighted when they're proven wrong with a great twist we didn't see coming. The jerks who spoiled it took all the excitement out the experience for both you and us in the audience who wanted to see you experience the same amazement we felt when we first watched it. YOU WERE 100% JUSTIFIED IN BLOCKING THOSE JERKS!!!😤 As you said, the people who spoiled this for you were idiots, and most of all IMPATIENT! All the things they wrote those long paragraphs about were going to be revealed in THE NEXT EPISODE! THEY SERIOUSLY COULDN'T WAIT 1 DAY TO SPOIL FACTS THAT YOU WOULD BE LEARNING IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT DAY!!!!!🤦‍♀

[@PearseNation]

Ah it sucks to get spoiled.

[@Zeromortisimus]

Sorry for the spoilers. These idiots simply dont think at all. I heard they were also on patreon as well? Even worse. As much as it is his fault for what happened to Fengxian, honestly, I myself cannot fully blame him. Him gone for three years was not his intention. I dont think he had any choice when he was sent away. He was ordered afterall.

[@gamer3428]

noooooooooooooooo, I really wanted to see your reaction to this one, now I'm sad. I know there's a desire to change someone's mind about a character you like, but we all know that explaining something halfway through watching the story just doesn't work!!!

[@silvervibranium2832]

A little trivia: Maomao's mom VA is the legendary Clare from Claymore! Also DOA's Kasumi!

[@adviel]

At the very least they didn't spoil the relationship they had. The face blindness was not the main plot of the episode.

[@Negian2]

People spoiling Alicia and claiming they didn't, have the same energy as the old man in One Piece giving spoiled milk and claiming it was cheese "spoiled? whaaaaat? I would never!"

[@hannibal-rb3go]

He was gone for 3 years due to some war to be fair. Still makes him neglectful, but adds to the tragedy of the situation.

[@MillyKKitty]

I wasn't saved from the fans excusing Lakan even before these few episodes even came out. Like, how was I supposed to know him looking shocked was the look of a worried father and not a guy who was shocked his plan to assumably kill someone failed?! Irks me the wrong way, let me figure it out myself, people!

[@ishanbasak5088]

He doesn't even know that she is alive yet . Truly a sad backstory... 😭

[@Tyarrk]

and both of them fell victim to circumstances they had no control over. That´s truly tragic. I wonder if Maomaos dad took her in because he felt responsible? Like "i messed up my nephews love/life. The least i can do is take care of his child."

[@commandergs]

"haha see look at me everyone i know something alicia doesnt and ill spoil it to prove it!" mentality is beyond me

[@Lolo1995-R]

I love how Jinchi and Gaoshun think that the game is fair. But the players knows that is unfair and 100% impossible for Lakan to win. And he just accepted to play with her daughter.

[@horo-horoxdive8046]

Holy shit you said every single thing I said before about how they showcase Lakan as this ominous guy. You have such bubbly personality and keep gushing for the characters that sometimes I tend to forget that you know your shit when comes to storytelling, cinematics production and this stuff. Now I remember why I missed seeing your reactions. 😎👍

[@Nitram4392]

Wow. Now I am even more appreciative, that I wasn't spoiled about Lakhan's backstory because the twist was really well done.

[@UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

I have a suggestion. So there's another reactor I follow that called wee lass reacts. She has her fans flood the comments with fake spoilers. So the real spoilers get flooded with the fakes so you can't tell which is real or not. Would that work for you alicia.

[@relic5752]

The problem was that they used her patreon to spoil her. It's a bit harder to do misdirection on that front

[@gitruih]

So he has a clumsy uncle who was a doctor and got his ass exiled from the palace... Hmm where did I heard that before :D

[@levrapport2033]

Damn, sorry to hear you got this episode spoiled. As someone who read the manga months ago, I've been really looking forward to your perspective on Lakan's character/past since you first encountered him. The fact that a bunch of people couldn't be patient and had to "correct" you (which, as you said, was a dumbass mentality to take) is a real shame. I'm glad you still found this episode to be enjoyable, and look forward to watching you finish out the series!

[@Nour-db7ig]

The fact that he chose to play go knowing very well that he’ll lose…he wanted to give her everything she wanted before she becomes too expensive for him to even meet

[@marcoftheninja6278]

3:30 I'm actually not the only one, who immediately thought about buying out Maomao's mother... What a positive surprise... Everyone else was still guessing who at this point...

[@evildarkkitten]

this was such a big reveal, sorry it got spoiled, he really rises in the rankings as a likeable character

[@nolan4339]

Spoiling things doesn't really make them stupid, it does however make them weak willed and arrogant. They get excited about knowing something that you don't and lord it over you by seemingly explaining the truth of your ignorance. Not being able to restrain themselves really shows the content of their character.

[@miroslavradev9006]

I find it funny that since now we confirmed Lakan is maomao's dad, if her actual name would technically bee L(a)MAO. There are a few more name that i am not sure if i should specify, because in the novels i think they just expected people to get that from context even though it wasn't stated until much later, but in case that is a spoiler i will refrain from mentioning it, but i believe we were supposed to get that information from either this season or potentially the next. Mainly the problem was due to the translation.

[@matthewwilliams3579]

It sucks idiots spoiled MaoMao's father for you Alicia, personally I was getting a lot of hints that her father wasn't the villain that the anime was portraying him as. By the way I noticed you missed a minor but important detail in this episode, the fact that the uncle in her fathers story is actually the same elderly eunuch apothecary from the rear palace IE MaoMao's dad. Which means they are actually related since that would make him her great-uncle. I'm not surprised you missed it since it was a very short line and easily miss-able since their faces aren't shown since it is from her fathers perspective. But you do see his uncle walking with a cane, also since we found out MaoMao and Jinshi are very close in age like less then a year apart and we also know that her dad got thrown out of the rear palace after he delivered the Empress Drowager's baby and Jinshi, then was thrown out of the family right after. When his father is yelling at his uncle "First you became a doctor in the rear palace, and now you're exiled" that was our clue that MaoMao's dad and the creepy strategists uncle are in fact one and the same person. It's one of those things where if you aren't paying enough attention it is really easy to miss.

[@sweetpixiesmile]

Go is a game I could never understand how to play. My dad tried to teach it to me, but even though I could grasp Chinese Chess, Go was beyond me. It's a game of surrounding and taking territory, but there are a bunch of rules I could never keep straight. I always felt bad I couldn't learn even the basics of Go, which I could tell really disappointed my dad, because it was his favourite traditional board game. A great Go manga is Hikari no Go.

[@wessltov]

The inability to distinguish faces is called "prosopagnosia". This (as well as mere difficulty with faces) has been speculatively linked with autism

[@HMSK-i1l]

People who spoil genuinely need to know how to control themself. Especially when they forget the whole idea of character growth and understanding.

[@confloashton3617]

Please watch Ancient Magus Bride. The magic is beautiful, the art is beautiful, the characters are intriguing and well written.

[@norvelled]

Imagine signing up for someone's patreon just to spoil them on a pretty big reveal and to get banned. Why are people so fucking stupid?

[@janina3879]

I read this five years ago and by the time the anime came out I forgot a lot of details.. Lakan was one of them. I totally fell back into "oh yeah he was the bad guy and Maomao´s father right?".. to ep 19 when I started questioning my memory and went to reread it.. it´s like I experienced the plot twist twice and it really got to me emotionally.. So it makes me sad you had this one robbed from you.. it´s such a good twist most people didn´t see coming. And it´s what makes it so fun to see people react to. What the hell is the point of spoiling a reactor or someone who´s reaction you want to see!? You´re ruining it for them, for the viewers and even for yourself!

[@speculativemusings3593]

There’s a thing one of the other reactors I watch has their comment section do: false spoilers! The idea is to have so many convoluted and conflicting theories and predictions in the comments that there’s no way to tell what’s the truth. For example: Maomao was trying to pull off something like the “Inconceivable!” poisoning scene from “The Princess Bride”, but forgot that Lakan was a lightweight drinker. She took advantage of the results. Is that true? You have no idea! I might’ve made it up, but you don’t know! (I totally made it up! LOL 😂)

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

In my experience, I often see people replying to those comments saying stuff like "You are dead wrong. Where the hell did you get that from?", with some even going ahead and spoiling the actual plot to prove it. Worst case scenario, it will be impossible to tell who is telling the truth, but also it would turn the comment section into a hellscape of people fighting each other where you don't even know for sure if the gaslighting is for the sake of hiding spoilers or just to make people mad.

[@speculativemusings3593]

@@rafaelcalmon2858 while that may be true when the commenters take it upon themselves to fake spoilers, it’s different when the reactor requests it specifically. The reactor I mentioned before specifically requests fake spoilers at the start of every video, so that there’s no confusion or correcting happening. It’s been going on for a few years now, and there’s been very few issues.

[@stillmaomao]

​@@speculativemusings3593ooh that's actually a pretty neat idea. which reaction channel is it if i may ask?

[@speculativemusings3593]

@@stillmaomao It’s “Wee Lass Reacts”, she started it during her “Owl House” reaction, and it’s spread throughout her other shows. Most of the time, it’s just a way for the audience to harmlessly troll her with ridiculous theories.

[@weathansplays6981]

Dang, I was really excited to see the astonishment and surprise of Lakan’s Character cause when I watched it it was like dayum now I feel dumb. I’m sorry that you got spoiled that really sucks.

[@gprovidakes]

While I better understand Lakan, Fengxian remains a puzzle for me. Was she in love with Lakan or merely admired his gaming skills. Lakan’s guilt was his enjoyment on travel (or in military per light novel) and failing to write even once in 3 years or 1000 days. Yes his father hid your letters, yes the Brothel failed to contact him, yes his Uncle Loumen and now Maomao’s adopted father, … all failed to contact Lakan. I wonder how much this hidden story was promoted by the prideful Fengxian.

[@johnhoover3695]

Maybe my percpective is diffrent, but I dont think he deserves as much blame for the results. In some ways Fengxian really set up that situation. She sent her attendant away they both knew what they are doing. Both could cummunicate better. It really depends on how much they planned and how much was spur of the moment. I just feel that the person with an inability to connect with people in a normal way due to a real mental illness is less able to know what the reaults of something might be without communication and training. Granted neither communicated well before during or after at least as we were shown. He should had told her he was leaving and what was up, she should have told him she was pregant. Idk just feels like two people that failed to communicate and then life seperated them in an unexpected way but because of failed communcation neither had enough information to relize what was about to happen and couldnt take steps to avoud the bad consquences.

[@Baltierrian22]

Maomao with that 5-head strat to take on the weirdo

[@crowhaven895]

Alicia I am sorry to hear that you had to deal with fans spoiling your enjoyment of the show. Hopefully lessons will be learned and you can safely get invested in another show without people jumping ahead of you. You actually pushed me to finish the series before you so I could both support the official release and to more fully enjoy your reactions. I hope there are more "Moamoa s" for you to enjoy in your future viewings.

[@WhitepawWolfGaming]

If it makes you feel any better, I got spoiled by a novel reader immediately after Lakan was introduced. I mean I had a feeling he was gonna turn out to not be so bad because of the opening but that still would've been more fun to figure out on my own.

[@AraumC]

Man, I was so excited for this, now I’m just sad

[@hellen9594]

I love this episode! I'd also love to see Alicia react to That time I got reincarnated as a slime

[@lionheartx-ray4135]

Damn that sucks I wanted too see your genuine reaction from that.

[@TheThreadWeaver]

I was prepped to gush about Lakan today, kept my damn mouth shut for weeks. I'm sorry it got spoiled for you. All I can say anymore is that I appreciate that the story allows a complicated character like Lakan to exist. He's not a good person. But there are people he's capable of being good for. It's a very mature author who can write that way.

[@chemislife]

That sucks. I was holding back waiting to see how you reacted after finding out the truth as a manga reader.

[@anaser-ramy1847]

Damn , I was waiting for this reaction specifically cuz I knew it would be fun to watch , but of course people had to ruin it & spoil , fuck em

[@wezzco_br8169]

Damn I'm so sad you got spoiled on this part, I had the same reaction as you, thinking Lakan was really evil and only saw people as pawns for his benefit.

[@marcoftheninja6278]

10:23 people actually also spoilered many things about Maomao's parents episodes before the anime revealed it...

[@gprovidakes]

In previous episodes Pairin and Meimei were being harassed by the old woman to accept a buyout. But wording as usual is pretty ambiguous. The author at times drives me nuts, but that is why I am hooked.

[@gregperianayagam4522]

I think chess is a little of a localization. I believe they mention its a game called elephant chess. Which is similar to shogi I think.

[@xgemina]

It's a real shame it was spoiled for you. I was really looking forward to your reaction to the Lakan reveal.

[@Waterbaer97]

A message to the folks who spoil: Idiots will spoil later reveals acting like they never hated the character and understood things faster than everyone else that watches the show after everything aired. Normal people with at least double digit IQs will silently wait with excitement for seeing people's reactions to the reveal actually happening. There are times when someone will overcook something that is displayed as true knowledge into some wacky theory that could have bad consequences if continued seriously into later reveals. It's ok to correct a misconception with displayed info using info that has already been revealed, but if you can't differentiate this from spoiling by using future info then you should keep your mouth shut. It's ok to be stupid but don't drag everyone else's intelligence down by speaking when all you're good for is inconsequential jokes. A message to Alicia: Cook all you want queen. We are here to watch your takes laugh with you.

[@FenrirVP]

It really sucks it got spoiled for you, i was so excited to see you react to it.

[@gprovidakes]

I wonder how much Maomao understands her father and mother. Maomao is very wise but also a bit judgmental. Recall her initial lack of sympathy for someone who over indulges in alcohol (salt poison episode). I think she understands people’s motivations and misunderstandings - how they can do terrible things but while maybe selfish but also deeply caring, Fengming and Lihua’s Lady in Waiting and Lishua’s food taster. It will be interesting to see what she thinks about Lakan and her mother. But the person who is emerging as heroic is her big sister, Meimei. It is pretty clear she really cherished, Loumen, Old Lady, Meimei, Pairin, and Juka aka her true family - I don’t think she has arrived at that point with any of the Rear Palace ladies, although she does like and/or admire them. It’s these rich, subtle, and changing feelings that make Maomao and the anime characters so interesting. I wonder will we get backstory on identified villains (Suirei) and suspicious Loulan.

[@procrastinationpanda3911]

*GOOD GOD I AM SO READY FOR THE NEXT EPISODE. I NEED IT SO BADLY*

[@gprovidakes]

I am amazed at Maomao’s enthusiasm for sake and poison. She is definitely OP.

[@RollingDodge]

I'm confused why people wanted to spoil something. But it sucks, because I have been annoyed and spoiled by things like recommended videos, like thumbnails or something giving away a story, or a character search on a browser shows images or talks about something that I wasn't even looking for. Sometimes it will tell me the fate of a character. But despite being spoiled you got to see the journey getting there at least.

[@hellbornbeast]

That sucks that happened, I'm sorry that happened

[@fivegears]

There's a documentary from 2001 called The Human Face that I remember being introduced to this disorder and the idea of a human being having it is wild. Such a huge amount of the human brain has evolved to recognize faces and their emotions and micro-emotions and a ton of other information - having such a highly specialized evolutionary tool just stripped from you must cut off such a huge part of your connection to the human experience.

[@febed01]

also, loved the animation for the hands movements during the chess game.

[@IZEASGT]

I’m honestly too bummed to even watch the video. Based on an argument I had on /r/anime in this episode’s discussion thread… I have a pretty bleak theory about why so many source readers seemed to find it so intolerable for a viewer to be tricked about Lakan even temporarily, to the point of failing to realize people are _supposed_ to be tricked (and maybe even forgetting that they themselves were). It’s the fact that he is specifically a male character falsely believed to have raped a woman. And on the modern Internet, that strikes a very specific emotional chord, taps into a very specific narrative, evokes a specter that has for years now been a bogeyman to a great many men. _The dreaded false rape accusation! It’s everywhere! It could happen to you! We must protect ourselves from those devious…_ well, you get the idea. Nobody, real or fictional, owes Lakan an apology (other than his father). He’s not a victim of any kind of injustice. But to a lot of people, it _feels_ like he is.

[@Juice1984]

23:48 😅

[@lostpupper2632]

people who spoil things like that should be forced to go to etiquette school

[@dizzyizzy7403]

I had a feeling that’s what was spoiled. Sad that happened because it’s really fun seeing someone think the story is one thing but suddenly it’s revealed it’s something else and their reaction to the revelation. But I guess people just want that but in the immediate instead of enjoying that slow build up both in the story itself and with the person reacting to the story.

[@StarstormVGN]

I'm glad you were still able to get some enjoyment out of this episode, despite the idiots. Looking forward to your finale reaction.

[@retrospectiverants2304]

Damnit…I was really looking forward to this. It’s Hohenheim all over again.

[@Dotterelly]

Genuinely really sad that people spoiled that for you. I was really looking forward to your reaction when you saw his story. 😔

[@flaminsouljah]

Dammit! We were so close! I was waiting to see her reaction to this episode!!!! That's so awful!

[@inferlynx737]

DAMNIT!!!!!😰