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Sentenced to Be a Hero Ep. 4: So what’s the plan?

Our heroes just saved a bunch of miners from a Demon Lord, so it’s time to slow down, drop some exposition, delve into a backstory or two, treat ourselves to ice cream, and prepare ourselves for the next suicidal mission. Yes, ice cream exists in this setting. Teoritta and the heroes travel to a fortressed city that is holding the Great Exchange, a festival where soldiers (and heroes) can trade their scrips for goods or just general fun and merriment. There’s candy to snack on. We have what looks like yakisoba, ’cause even in a fantasy universe, we can’t escape Japanese cuisine. Ah well, at least it’s not takoyaki or a bowl of curry. But sadly, this episode won’t be all fun and games. Despite the festivities, Teoritta not dropping her ice cream is probably the only real bit of good news we get.

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Tamon’s B-Side Ep. 5: Still waiting for the romance to show up

Ori has now started requesting Utage from her cleaning agency. Does she have the right to refuse this assignment? She should. It might put her job on the line, but any decent business would side with its employees. Besides, if someone called you up and specifically requested the underaged girl on the team, shouldn’t that raise an eyebrow or two? “Huh, I have a team full of capable of employees, but you want the high schooler? That’s odd…”

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Journal with Witch Ep. 4: Resentment

Makio says she can’t take on the responsibility of adopting Asa and becoming a foster mom. Hopefully, she never says that around the girl. She’s with her friends at the moment, and she should be able to open up to them about her true, honest feelings… even if some of those feelings are pretty silly. I mean, of course Asa can be immature at times. She’s fifteen! Makio also says, “Still, I cower at the thought of her being that woman’s child.” C’mon, they’re two separate people. Most of all, no kid wants to hear that they’re exhausting to be around. Makio keeps insisting that she’s barely related to Asa, but I have no clue what that means. Okay, I know what she means; what Makio really wants to say is that she barely knows Asa. But the kid’s literally your sister’s daughter. You are so related. There is just no relationship.

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You and I Are Polar Opposites Ep. 3: Sometimes, it’s okay to give the people what they want

It has been pretty Suzuki/Tani-centric thus far, and for good reason: this is their love story, after all. But this week’s episode finally shares the spotlight with a couple of side characters, specifically the aptly named TairAzuma duo. Suzuki is the one who gives them this moniker, so perhaps this is a harbinger of things to come: a girl who keeps stumbling into bad relationship, and a guy who overthinks his relationships — what a pairing they would be.

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Frieren Ep. 30: Of immutable futures, and immutable nature

In the first half of the episode, Frieren and company are hired to once again polish a hero’s statue. Naturally, we assume that it’s another statue of Himmel. After all, they did go on a 10-year journey, and Himmel saved a whole lot of people. It just makes sense. At the same time, however, I can’t help but wonder if they ever failed, and if they did, how often? That’s probably not the sort of thing Frieren wants to remember, but failures due tend to feel more… hm, vibrant in our memories? Maybe that’s not the right way to phrase it. Still, it might be a nice change of pace to see that the party doesn’t always succeed. So far, most of their “failures” have had a positive spin. For instance, them running away from danger in last week’s episode. Or when Himmel failed to pull out the hero’s sword. The only time I feel like they’ve truly failed was when they allowed that demon child to survive a little longer than necessary and thus take an extra life.

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