(This is basically a ramblings of what comes to my mind first, so apologies if you see writing mistakes)

Bojji is definitely a better person than I am because he is SO forgiving. Which is a good thing since it’s not good to carry hate in your heart. But from his step-mother to his own guards, they did not have any faith in him whatsoever. It’s wild because at first Queen Hiling (Bojji’s stepmom) was breaking her neck to get along with Bojji. She absolutely adored him and her son Daida together as a family. But as they get older, Hiling just becomes so cruel to Bojji and insults him to his face because she thinks he won’t understand but, SURPRISE he can read lips lady. Then King Bosse states on his deathbed that he wants Bojji to be king, but the moment the king dies, Hiling and everyone at the meeting disregarded what the king wanted. They gave Daida the crown and she had the audacity to be surprised Bojji ran off crying. Like wtf y’all outright lied and expected him to be cool with it?? They know he can’t speak for himself and they took advantage of that!

(I understand Queen Hiling is maybe ‘tsundere’,  and I know she truly loves Bojji. But I don’t have the patience for a flip-floppy attitude of her caliber. I don’t hate her, just ‘meh’ about her. The queen’s relationship with Dorshe is cute tho.)

But only two people at that meeting voted to keep Bojji as king, but it didn’t go so well for them either. However, the Queen and those men’s plan to have Daida as king bit them in the ass since they played right into Manjiro’s hands.

Speaking of, I’m iffy about Daida. He came off as an ass the moment we meet him. Everyone was gassing him up on how so much better he was than his brother, but was getting played by a damn woman in a mirror for years! I was hoping we would see more of Bojji and Daida bonding as brothers (especially since Daida mentioned how he came to understand Bojji’s predicament more when stuck in that abyss). But instead we get a story about him and Manjiro. (I genuinely didn’t care about Daida’s mini storyline tbh). Then when that proposal happened I cringed so hard. I had to search up comments about it because I wanted to be sure I wasn’t the only one cringing from Daida proposing to Miranjo. It was sooo out of left field. I didn’t see it coming at all. Like the only times we see Manjiro and Daida are when she’s manipulating him to do what she wants, then she had Apease attack him and forced him to switch bodies. His whole reason for existence was because she wanted King Bosse to take over his body, so why do you want to marry her so bad?

I read a few comments saying it was platonic and that he was marrying her to keep her safe. But couldn’t he have just made her a member of his royal court? She really gets to be made a queen just like that? Good for her... I guess? I just wasn’t feeling it and I really hope it’s considered ‘platonic’ because the way he was talking to her and about her felt the exact opposite. Not to mention he’s stuck for who knows how long in King Bosse’s mind so who knows what side effects that had on his psyche.

I understand Miranjo had a shitty life, but just because something bad happened to you doesn’t excuse shitty behavior. She hurt, manipulated, and killed a good chunk of people! I think she should’ve stayed in that demon’s head longer and subplot could’ve happen to rescue her out because she was saved too fast.

Also, Bosse’s and Miranjo’s relationship is weird to me. He called her a mix between his daughter, mother, and mentor. I’m like ‘that’s a new combination’. But they way Miranjo spoke of Bosse and how they danced together, you can tell she LOVED him. Bosse even called her the most important person in his life and was willing to DIE for her. I would think when he actually died he would leave a heart-felt message to his sons, but he’s like “Daida take care of Miranjo!”

Bruh that man is a shitty dad. I also wasn’t sure if he loved his actual wives. Like he compliments Hiling and cares for his first wife, but her I didn’t feel as if he LOVED love them. Then he has the audacity to think Bojji’s weak when he’s the reason Bojji’s strength is gone in the first place, BRUH!! (Also that demon was freaky as hell, nice design!)

Then there’s Domas the twat, like he genuinely thought Bojji was weak and attempted to ASSASSINATE him. But newsflash asshole, YOU’RE NOT A GOOD TEACHER! Granted, Despa had some magical abilities to asses Bojji’s weaknesses. But magic or not, a good teacher knows how to use said weaknesses and flip them into a strength. They also realize when a technique isn’t working and switch it around to improve their student. Domas did none of that and just assumed Bojji sucked. Bojji clearly struggled with a sword, so he couldn’t just find him another weapon to practice with? Why just a sword?? Hokuro said it best that Domas is only good at training himself.

A few positive notes, Bojji’s fighting scenes are top tier and I was so hyped when he whipped the shit out of his dad (in Daida’s body). Despa was such a good mentor for him and I adored their dynamic. In fact, besides Bojji/Kage friendship, I enjoyed all three Underworld brothers. Hoping Desha and Despa save their baby brother Ouken is what keeps me more interested. I know Bojji forgave all the people I bitched about above and that’s perfectly fine! I’m just glad he moved on from that kingdom and plans on creating his own from scratch. 

I have sooooo many more thoughts about this anime, but this post is already ridiculously long. If you read this far, thanks and feel free to give your own opinion if you watched the show!