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Frieren Ep. 31: Nobody actually knows anything

Frieren’s been teasing an onsen since the first episode of the new season, but her sense of time is so different from ours. Her “[it] used to be here” could mean anything. Girl, be specific. Rather than “Where’s the village?” how ’bout we start with “When’s the last time you’ve been to the village?” Ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Well, in this specific case, only “over thirty years ago.” But that still means the village is long gone by human standards. But for some odd reason, Stark remembers hearing a thing or two about the legendary hidden hot spring deep within the mountains, so… all hope is not lost? I dunno, I don’t really care about hot springs. I don’t really care about seeing these characters get naked and jump into one either.

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The Holy Grail of Eris Ep. 4: Storytelling at 100 mph an hour

For the rest of the world, that’s roughly 160 km. Just trying to be helpful. Anyway, this is probably my least episode yet. Not only is it all over the place, it also introduces a billion characters in its short runtime. A woman by the name of Deborah Darkian summons Constance to a secretive but nevertheless investigative tea party. Odd, but okay. This is just some random woman, though. Okay, not exactly random; Deborah supposedly belongs to one of the four great houses. Nevertheless, she has no jurisdiction over anyone or anything for that matter, and Randolph even says as much. He advises her to ignore the “summons.” Constance still insists on attending, however, because, y’know, she’s trying to gather information on her ghostie girl’s death. But when the meeting finally goes down, there is no new information to be had. All we get is Deborah threatening Constance over… um, what, exactly? Pamela’s false accusations? I thought we settled that. And again, what exactly can Deborah and her followers do to Constance? Deborah mocks Scarlett’s death, so is she implying that she can also frame Constance with a similar crime?

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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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Everything Else: Winter 2026, Week 4

The answer to that question is anime characters.

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