Life Is What You Make It (episode)

Life Is What You Make It is the ninth episode of the Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima. It aired on November 28, 2020.

Plot
It's the day of the Division Rap Battle final tournament, so all representatives arrive at Chuohku. The former The Dirty Dawg reunite, however, their hostility turns into an actual battle. Ichijiku and the group of the Party of Words officials stop them, so all representatives enter the district to participate in the matches.

Jiro and Saburo ask Ichiro why he hates Samatoki so much. He tells him how in the first battle when Jiro and Saburo were kidnapped by the Party of Words, Samatoki was ready to sacrifice them for his own victory. Meanwhile, Samatoki tells Jyuto and Rio how Ichiro convinced Nemu to turn against him, despite them being friends.

Buster Bros!!! and MAD TRIGGER CREW face off each other in the first round, Jiro VS Jyuto, Saburo VS Rio, and Ichiro VS Samatoki. Buster Bros!!! engage in a battle, however MAD TRIGGER CREW gain an upper hand and defeat Jiro and Saburo. Meanwhile, Otome and Ichijiku witness the battle and comment over their Rap Abilities which could even overturn the outcome of the battle.

Left alone with his brothers defeated, Ichiro uses his rap ability to take out Jyuto and Rio, so he and Samatoki confront each other face to face. Ichiro uses his full force, however, Samatoki's ability allows him to withstand it, so Samatoki's final strike takes Ichiro down. MAD TRIGGER CREW are announced as winners, while Buster Bros!!! are disqualified from the tournament.

Main Cast

 * Subaru Kimura as Ichiro Yamada
 * Haruki Ishiya as Jiro Yamada
 * Kohei Amasaki as Saburo Yamada
 * Shintaro Asanuma as Samatoki Aohitsugi
 * Wataru Komada as Jyuto Iruma
 * Shinichiro Kamio as Rio Mason Busujima
 * Yusuke Shirai as Ramuda Amemura
 * Soma Saito as Gentaro Yumeno
 * Yukihiro Nozuyama as Dice Arisugawa
 * Sho Hayami as Jakurai Jinguji
 * Ryuichi Kijima as Hifumi Izanami
 * Kento Ito as Doppo Kannonzaka
 * Yu Kobayashi as Otome Tohoten
 * Chiaki Takahashi as Ichijiku Kadenokoji
 * Nozomi Yamamoto as Nemu Aohitsugi

Supporting Cast

 * Songhwa as Ring Announcer

Music

 * Opening Theme
 * Rhyme Anima by Division All Stars
 * Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: invisible manners


 * Ending Theme
 * Bonds -SHIBUYA ver.- by Fling Posse
 * Lyrics: Yanosuke (AFRO PARKER), tofubeats
 * Composition/Arrangement: tofubeats


 * Insert Songs
 * D.R.B Rhyme Anima -1st Battle- Buster Bros!!! VS MAD TRIGGER CREW by Buster Bros!!! & MAD TRIGGER CREW
 * Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: invisible manners

Trivia

 * During the battle with Saburo, Rio summons the ghosts of dead soldiers, using "Battlefield crosses" (helmets on top of the rifles), a common memorial for a soldier killed in action.