I've been watching Shinigami Bocchan s3, and kind of surprised that people aren't too much into the series. It's fun, and I'm fairly certain that the story is reaching its conclusion.

Glad to see that the issue was solved in a bloodless way. It might be naive, but it fits rather well the idealism of the series.

So many great things about this episode.

Paul and Rudeus' mended relationship. He's certainly better than he was before, as a human being, but still being recognisably Paul - a pervert who tries to brag about stuff and look cool in front of his son. Also mending his relationship with Elinalise, with Rudeus' internal voice mocking Paul for not knowing that they're "family" now, mwahaha.

Geese still calling Rudeus senpai, after all those years. That TP book happening to be just perfect to brave that labyrinth would, most of the time, feel like a deus ex machina; but here it felt incredibly natural.

But the cherry on the cake was the end of the episode. It was just... right, you know? Roxy being surrounded by monsters, losing all hope, only to see the threat suddenly gone and some young man - her saviour - walking in, with a smile on his face. They could've animated Rudeus reaching her (how did he know that she was there?) but I guess that they'll do it for the next episode?

Like that other user often says... peak fiction.

Hiya, don't piss off the nice guy. It'll never end well.

Ditto. I don't exactly mind well made 3D, but things done the "right" way are always great.

That scene was hilarious!

Making her a "good hohoho" would be damn great, indeed. But I like how it showed that, even with all her ambition, she's just a dreamy teen. Talented and capable, sure, but a dreamy teen.

Rudeus did a lot, by not doing the shit that people trying to help depressed people do, that only digs the knife deeper into the wound. He didn't try to lecture Norn, or that stupid "LotSa PpL HaD iT WoRsE LOL LMAO" +> "stop being a crybaby".

Comparing her case with Nanahoshi, it's like water and oil, isn't it? Nanahoshi was having a meltdown out of frustration and hopelessness, her mindset is completely different from JP!Rudeus and Norn.

Fuck. I really love this series.

It's nice to see Ars recruiting the three brothers, and actually fixing the relationship of their father with the younger one. And he's a bit more relatable to Ars in age, Charlotte grew so fast that she literally became a "boob gag character".

They omitted a few details from the manga, but frankly? I think that it was a good distillation.

That's mostly for show. The impact of their recent measures on the population pirating stuff is next to zero, and that even if they jail someone you'll get 10 new streamers on their place.

It was the same thing with the alleged seizure of people streaming for TV boxes. (Mine still works fine, by the way.)

To be frank Lucrezia looks far more interesting than Tinasha, personality-wise.

I love those small tidbits of their past. Such as jii-san melting baa-san's heart down.

The manga is fun, so I'll probably pick this series up once it starts airing. Protag manages to be cynical and serious without being edgy, Seras (the sidekick) is okay, and I kind of enjoy those "we shall punish God!" sort of story.

Not gonna lie, I got pissed that Arse decided to pay off Charlotte to the slave dealer.

Rudeus being close enough to hear Bananahoshi's meltdown literally saved her - I'm fairly certain that she'd use the dagger, she might be psychologically strong but she is no superwoman. And she's smart enough for her own good, I don't think that she'd be able to fool herself with "the grapes were sour anyway".

It's kind of funny how Zanoba, of all people, had the answer for how to solve the circuit. Because of his hobby, instigated by Rudeus on a whim.

I picked this series on a whim, but now I'm glad that I did. There's something different about it; I'm a sucker for beautiful melancholy.

The fight was okay? I'm more interested on how Tinasha and Oscar develop as a couple.

First, Lily says that it would be a loss to have Makoto going to another country. Dangerous, too.

Then, some arsehole guild master happens to kick Makoto off. And he happens to decide to conduct businesses with the demons fighting hyumans. And Lily happens to be spearheading that fight.

Oopsie.

Some heads will roll.

(If any of you all did not see season 1, please skip this comment. It's actual, heavy spoilers.)

When you mentioned Brazil, you were likely referring to the devaluation of the real in the 2010s, right? The situation actually resembles older events:

One of the reasons why I like this series is that it contradicts a few isekai cliches: the protag is isekai'd, but not from Earth; there is slavery/subjugation, but he flat out refuses to employ it. It also reminds me that shōnen thing where the former enemy becomes your ally. (I'm trying to restrict the examples to the first two eps, but people who read it know that there are better ones.)

Cute, fun episode. Most development was towards the relationships: Ariel with Sylphy, Sylphy with Elinalise, Elinalise with Cliff, Cliff with Rudeus.

In a hindsight I feel really sorry for Laws.

Bananahoshi's comment towards Rudeus is interesting. On the surface it's a simple lie, but deeper down it's like she's acknowledging that he ditched so much of his past - a past that she does not know about - that she can't see him as a Japanese any more, but rather as a local who happens to speak Japanese.

This episode in a nutshell, for me: those poke a jaguar with a short stick and those who are wiser than that. Laurel/Sairitsu is handling Makoto in a cunning and smarter way, while the Hopleys family... eh.

...but then the jaguar turns upside down for belly rubs. Goddammit Makoto, you almost spilled the beans about being from another world with the kudzu vs. medicine reading of "kuzu"!

False compared the situation of Japanese in Laurel with Latin. False is extra messy to explain stuff, and this info is second-hand for them, but I think that I got it:

• Japanese as used by Makoto would be like Vulgar Latin. It's simply a language spoken by a population.
• Japanese as used in Laurel would be like Mediaeval + Modern Latin, after the Romance split. It's a prestigious variety, partially derived from the above, without native speakers.