This show really does execute a pretty ordinary story really well. I have said before that my biggest annoyance about this series is how Ars gets so much credit from the powers that be for things that his retainers did (and he often played literally no part in). However, I think what makes it bearable is that Ars knows this. He is constantly saying that he didn’t do anything. If he wasn’t a humble Japanese person reincarnated and, instead, arrogantly assumed the credit, he would be a lot more insufferable.
SatouKazuma@ani.social 3 weeks ago
That, and as we’ve discussed in previous episodes, Ars isn’t the story so much as he’s the instrument through which the story is told, with the primary focus being those in Ars’s inner circle (e.g., Mireille, Rietz, et al).
jherazob@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
He’s the duct tape that keeps the story together, without him there would be no story, and if he were to disappear it would dissipate into nothing, plus he serves as our audience proxy. Also i just cannot get enough of him and Licia interacting, they’re too damn adorable!
SatouKazuma@ani.social 3 weeks ago
You know, I wasn’t going to mention Licia, but you’re absolutely correct, and then some!