Keegen

So that’s how Reid was able to get out of his exam room across all the loops, he raised his Ego stat so high he can overpower others personality and very bodies just with his memories alone - what a legend! This entire season has been incredible but I think this might have been my favorite episode so far. The whole Shaula moment, Subaru facing death again and again and learning from every mistake as he keeps looping over and over, and the very human moment of trying to play things off but his body failing him as he finally breaks down from the trauma of seeing his friends die again and again. Peak isekai continues to deliver!

Who is Rem? --> Who is Emilia?

Absolutely brutal tease, I was ready for it to be the new meme but Satella mercifully spared us from that timeline with her interruption.

It’s finally back! This wait was killing me!

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I feel like we’re fast approaching a point where Chokki must choose between upholding her eccentric “romance” views or prioritizing her actual romance. She’s been content to just enjoy her happy random moments together but the reality is about to come crashing down once graduation day comes. Either one of them breaks and goes for it or the manga is inevitably heading towards a bittersweet conclusion, which is something I wouldn’t even mind if done right - sometimes things just don’t work out.

(Disclaimer: This is a personal opinion.)

Neat! Seems the Brimmed Hats are likely to be more involved from now on based on the last two episodes so I might actually enjoy the second season more, who knows! They were pretty much the most interesting characters in this series for me, I’m a suckers for rebels and I like how they seem to skirt the line between being villains and just wanting to abolish the authoritarian chains of the Witches.

When they first announced this adaptation the hype levels for it were the same as for Frieren. While the latter definitively lived up to them I can’t say the same about this one. I wasn’t a big fan of the characters and how they almost seemed like caricatures of their character types at times. 7/10 overall, enjoyable enough watch, would likely watch a second season but won’t be overly sad is the story ends here.

I think you perfectly put into words why I don’t enjoy watching adaptations of manga/LNs that I’ve read. Baring some exceptions, I always feel like the adaptation doesn’t really add much compared to the source material and in many cases it detracts from it, skipping scenes for the sake of pacing or just being badly animated because of budget/timing constrains.