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Sonny Boy might have released its best episode yet. The 12-episode anime started with a large cast for us to be acquainted with, but as the show's themes become clearer each week, it's easier to care about some characters and want them to do okay.

In Episode 5 we're once again bombarded with mysteries, reminding us that the plot is as mutable as the setting. No one and nothing can be trusted. At this point, I had expected things to take a turn for the violent, or for pure horror, but no episode has disappointed so far; even if things remain weird and symbolic, Sonny Boy has enough potential to be one of the summer's best anime. The opening/closing theme song doesn't hurt either.

If, like us, you can't wait for Sonny Boy Episode 6, keep reading. Here's everything you need to know:

Sonny Boy Overview and Episode 5Recap

Sonny Boy Episode 5 Release Date and Time
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Sonny Boy is an original anime by Studio Madhouse. It all starts with a classroom of 36 students on a regular summer day. The day, of course, stops being regular when the high-schoolers are transported into another dimension, school building and all.

Warning: Spoilers below!

As we were already suspecting, Ms. Aki, the teacher who ended up in the students' new dimension, known as "this world," proves to be a dividing force. Proclaiming that God sent her to finish the children's education, she favors Asakaze, a rebellious student with somewhat violent tendencies, trying to fashion him into a messianic figure and insisting he's destined for great things.

The true nature of Nagara's powers is up to debate for much of the episode. Ms. Aki seeks to turn students against him by accusing him of purposefully setting the school adrift since it appears that some of the students had already developed powers before, rather than after their disappearance.

It turns out that many students were suspecting the same - or merely looking for a scapegoat. Ms. Aki suggests that he has the power of Escape, rather than traveling through dimensions; he wanted to escape his miserable life and thus set the school adrift, meaning he can't take his co-students back, as he's only able to escape worlds and not return to them.

Nagara insists that this is not true, but most students refuse to hear him out, believing that he indeed caused the strange phenomenon, not caring that they have lives they wish to return to. Nagara admits that he doesn't care much about his classmates, but when alone, he cries, admitting to himself he also wants to go home. A mysterious voice is heard, telling him there's still time.

It since that the nature of God is also an important theme of the episode. Mizuho and Rajdhani discuss theological concerns, with the former claiming she heard God talking to her about her powers, which she still cannot understand.

As Ms. Aki tries to pin everyone's hope on Asakaze for reasons we can't fully understand, Mizuho, Rajdhani, and Nozomi go looking for Nagara and insist that they will support him, no matter what the others say. Rajdhani concludes that, after all, Nagara's power is Creation, meaning that he can create new worlds from scratch, possibly including the one they're in.

Who is the messianic figure then? Asakaze, or Nagara? Why is Ms. Aki's behavior so strange and unfair? The power struggle between the misfits and those accepted by society becomes clearer than ever. The episode ends with Nozomi feeling, with her Compass power, that the light is near. Could it be time to move on to yet another world? Episode 6 can't come soon enough!

Sonny Boy Episode 6Release Date

Sonny Boy Episode 6 Release Date and Time 1
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The release date for Sonny Boy Episode 6, titled "Long Goodbye," is next Friday the 20th of August for subscribed Funimationand Huluusers. International fans might be able to access it from the 19th of August.

Non-subscribed users will have to wait one more week, until the 27th of August. Episode 5 should be available to all by then. No dub has been announced yet, but we're hoping that we can expect one soon. The show totally deserves it!

Sonny Boy Episode 6Release Time

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We are expecting Sonny Boy Episode 6 to air next Friday the 20th of August at 00:00 PM JST. If the above timeline remains correct, Episode 6 will air in different time zones at or around the following times on Funimation:

Pacific Time: 8:30 AM (August 19)
Central Time: 10:30 AM (August 19)
Eastern Time: 11:30 AM (August 19)
British Time: 4:30 PM (August 19)

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Just 6 days before Episode 6 of Sonny Boy hits our screens with new enigmas and hopefully some answers! Other anime you can watch during the Summer season include Scarlet Nexusand Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy.

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