Someone like Yuru wouldn’t have much to do in the modern world. It’s not like he can hunt. Maybe TV would blow his mind, but my point is, he’s restless. So he immediately sets off on his own to find Asa. Already, the “parents” have allowed Yuru to wander off on his own. Can they keep an eye on him 24/7? Probably not. But you think they would sit him down with a smartphone, and give him like a crash course on how to use it. Then you could just turn on the location tracker and always know where the kid is. Even if it’s too much information for Yuru to handle at the moment, then fine, just tell him to literally carry the device with him at all time. Or give him an Apple tag. If it needs to be a legally distinct product, uh… Orange tag. Just do whatever, y’know? It’s the 21st century. Keeping tabs on someone — anyone — in this day and age is honestly trivial. Instead, the dog has to track Yuru’s scent, and then the cat (tiger?) tracks the dog.

Unfortunately, this means a lot of exposition. Some exposition is necessary to grease the wheels and get the story going. But I think this show could’ve done a better job at pulling back the curtains. Ah well. So what are we learning in this week’s episode?

Gabby, the teeth girl, is the first to show up after Yuru finally has his Daemons. She then simply asks Yuru to join her. I feel like you need an explanation. Not even a good explanation, but just any explanation. You need to start off with, “Hey, so uh this might sound kinda crazy, but the villagers have been lying to you this entire time…?” Clearly, Yuru and his Daemons aren’t attacking on sight. So why not be a little a little less blase about this? Instead, when Yuru asks if Gabby and her people are responsible for the villagers’ deaths, she’s just all, “We sure are!” Just strikes me as kinda stupid. Maybe they sent the wrong person to do this job.

I wouldn’t be too interested in this show if it was just a bunch of people from the past doing battles against demons. What can I say? A part of me simply can’t immerse myself in a story if I have to also imagine living in the olden days before the existence of modern conveniences. You might think I’m referring to stuff like smartphones and the internet — and sure, living without them would suck — but I’m talking more like refrigeration and a proper ass plumbing system. That’s why the thought of being isekai’d into a fantasy universe has no appeal to me. Yeah, yeah, I now get to cast magic… but I also gotta take a dump in an outhouse. Thanks but no thanks. Plus, could you imagine eating nothing but salt-cured foods all the time? But that’s what you gotta do before the advent of refrigeration. People also wouldn’t know about germs and bacteria, so they’d stick their grubby, lil’ mitts on everything. Ugh. No thanks. Keep the past away from me.