e-five@kbin.run 6 months ago
A bit of backstory at the start which sort of rounds the plot out. Feel like most of it was pretty obvious, but they really spelled it out for people just in case they weren't able to pick up on hair styles in shadowy back alleys. I am shocked by what happened at the end of the episode... If it wasn't for the opening which has had the scene this whole time.
I can't quite remember if the whole Hibiki thing was a thing in the WN or if that was added in the LN. I don't quite remember it from the WN, but as 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi noted, it's been mentioned in the manga at least.
It does feel like the demons really had a ton of pieces to play for here. A potential hero party member, messing with Rotsgard, which I can't remember if it was a trade center or education center or both for the humans, but I'm pretty sure it's important. The Limia, king? was it? Empire princess, adventurer guild master, and those Lorel Union folks. And all they had to do was potentially make Makoto less favorable to them. Seems like it should be worth it. Especially since Rona just made an informal verbal agreement not to harm Makoto, it's his fault for not getting things in writing, so he can't be too mad, right?
Excited that it's finally kicking off, one more week, and then another, and then maybe a few more... until the end.
wjs018@ani.social 6 months ago
I have only read the WN and I remember Hibiki and Ilumgand talking about their ideals and future society developments, so I am pretty confident it was in there (though I also read the manga, but pretty sure it was in the WN).
As for Rotsgard, my memory is that it is an unaffiliated city-state that is essentially used as a neutral academy city that other country’s nobles send their elite and gifted for education. The thing that made Makoto want to set up base there in the first place is that it is unaffiliated with a greater power, so he would not be asked to do things like espionage against other hyuman powers.
I am really looking forward to the next couple episodes. Makoto has been holding in a lot of anger/frustration with the world around him, so it is about time for that come bursting out.
e-five@kbin.run 6 months ago
I probably just forgot it then, most likely has been a while, and I think when I did reread it I probably started where this episode ends, funny enough, since everything before it kind of felt like the prologue to me.