I usually get Frieren Friday before this trainwreck of a show. That usually puts me in a decent mood. Alas, we live in an unjust world…

— When we last left off, Class 1-A was taunting Class 1-B. When we pick things back up, they’re still doing it. Some of the insults, however, could use a little work. Like what is this girl even saying? We only ever see these kids in their uniforms.

— The two classes eventually split up to start preparing for their upcoming bout. As a result, we get a quick training and strategizing montage before the action starts. For me, this whole thing is stupid. It’s one thing to have rivals, but the animosity between these two classes is over the top. The teacher in charge of Class 1-A legitimately wants Enishiro dead. So ideally, I want this competition to be done and over with as quick as possible. I mean, c’mon, you guys say you’re exorcists, so go exorcise some ghosts! You tell me you’re going to fight ghosts, and so far, we’ve done that like… twice: in the first episode where Enishiro discovers his powers, and then two episodes ago when Sad Boy K crashed the party? Get back to hunting ghosts! Why are you hunting each other? I want to see weird, creepy ghosts with weird, creepy powers! Not a bunch of brats being nasty to each other for no good reason!

— Sadly, ghosts only show up once in this week’s episode, and it’s when Sad Boy K uses the pedophile machine to send someone an ominous message. At this point, I wouldn’t even be surprised if one of the teachers — the one that hates Enishiro — is a traitor.

— And the sad thing is, it’s always the same familiar setup: one side is always the major underdogs, but it’s totally gonna be different this time! It’s gonna be different because our protagonist is speschul!

— I wish this was a Metal Gear Solid reference, but no, it’s just because the girl is a hikikomori.

— Sigh, what am I even watching?

— Class 1-A thinks they’re all individually superior to every member of Class 1-B, so their strategy is to just split up and assume 1-B would also split up for 1v1 duels? But if 1-B is inferior, then why would they also split up? So wouldn’t you run the risk of… ah, forget it. This show is full of idiots.

— Aw c’mon, the hikikomori is like the one nice person in 1-B, but even this stupid competition is making her look like a moron.

— Case in point, the leader of 1-A — I’m not going to bother learning his name — gets jumped by the entirety of 1-B. They’re executing exactly the same strategy we see on the whiteboard from earlier in the episode. Good job sticking to a plan, I guess. By using all of their powers in conjunction, Enishiro gets one hit in. One. Welp, I guess 1-B does suck.

— It just looks like this guy is stabbing himself, but no, the anime tells us he’s so accurate, he’s merely slicing the goo off. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

— And just like that, the other class’s jackass leader is ready to strike back. Ugh, this competition between 1-A and 1-B is going to be a multi-episode affair, isn’t it?

— Look, man, this isn’t that hard: have the protagonist fight ghosts, get some sad ghost backstory, go back to training himself, fight some more ghosts, get some more sad ghost backstories, rinse and repeat. This is a tried-and-tested formula that the Demon Slayer stuck to with great aplomb. I don’t like that shounen either, but at least it knows what it’s doing!