The Holy Grail of Eris Ep. 5: Nice doesn’t have to mean naive

When we last left off, a mysterious man had pulled a gun on Constance, but she is luckily saved by Aldous. Wait, who? Oh, that guy we met for the first time in the previous episode. That guy who was onscreen for about… what? A minute or so? See, this is the problem you run into when your pacing is frenetic. Obviously, Constance isn’t going to die midway through the series. But how she survives the dangerous encounter can still surprise us. When the story is all over the place, however, nothing ends up having any impact. Aldous apparently works for Abigail, who apparently runs a brothel (I’m not even going to get into how gross that is). Shocking? Or just more extraneous details to add to the long list of information that the anime is constantly throwing at us?

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Sentenced to Be a Hero Ep. 5: Heroic magnetism

Does Xylo have a plan for the upcoming suicide mission? Of course he’s got a plan. The plan is to lure out the demon lord, then have Xylo swoop in and kill it like he has been doing since the start of the series. This way, they don’t have to rely on the original strategy of poisoning the demon lord (and themselves) to death. But as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. So of course, the plan falls to pieces when they fail to account for every possible contingency. It always goes wrong, because it has to. ‘Cause we need the drama. And the problem is precisely because Xylo is too nice — too heroic for his own good. And this is all in spite of his surly attitude.

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Tamon’s B-Side Ep. 6: We needed more romance, but not like this

I’ve been griping about how this anime doesn’t really feel like a romance. After all, not only does Utage worship Tamon like a god, she only sees herself as one of his millions of girlfriends. She loves him in that distant, platonic way, not the “I want to go on dates and snuggle with you” way. Or to put it more simply, she loves him, but she’s not in love with him. But what does Tamon want? Unfortunately, this is a Pandora’s box we might not want to open. Ever since Tamon misunderstood Utage’s encounter with Ori, he’s been off his rocker. When Utage takes her weird-looking dog on a walk one day, the “criatura” somehow leads her straight to Tamon’s apartment. It has great timing too, because when the girl looks up, she sees Tamon about to jump from a building. Yep, it’s that serious. We’re actually talking suicide.

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Everything Else: Winter 2026, Week 5

Yup, I’m feelin’ it too, buddy.

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Journal with Witch Ep. 5: An offbeat teen rebellion

Asa used to watch musicians perform on TV, and her mother would tease her about possibly liking one of the guys onstage. The girl insists, however, that it’s the song she likes, not not any of the performers. Maybe she’s embarrassed, maybe she’s not. Maybe she just actually likes the music. But this is something parents seem to do a lot. My parents were the same way. I guess it’s fun for them or something. And because they provide for you, or because they’re higher up on the family hierarchy, they feel like this should give them carte blanche to do a little “harmless” teasing every now and again. I dunno, I think it’s shitty to make someone uncomfortable for your own amusement. Yeah, the kid will get over it, but that’s not a good argument in and of itself.

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