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Mostly another setup episode this week. It does feel a little weird that Makoto and Co. are essentially letting the city burn down around them while they don't really do too much to stop it. However, there is a strategy here, and I think it shows a moment of character growth for Makoto. He isn't simply running off and being the hero, he is diligently making sure that he gets everybody to ask him to be the hero first. It makes his exploits much more public and instills a debt that he is owed by those in power. If he were to simply exterminate all the monsters without being asked, then he wouldn't get as much benefit out of it.
I had forgotten about the Mio/Ilumgand scene from back when I read the WN, so that was a bit of a surprise for me. The way that Ilumgand was content that Kuzunoha hated him so much only for Mio to say that he doesn't think of Ilumgand at all gave me Don Draper vibes for sure. I mean, she is telling the truth, Makoto even completely forgot about Ilumgand for a big chunk of the academy arc this season. Mio wasn't done though, she also unintentionally burned Hibiki pretty badly. Hang in there Hibiki, you are the true shonen protagonist of this series. You will get your moment I am sure.
Next episode is when we should see the Kuzunoha Trading Company come alive, so I am looking forward to it. @rikka@ani.social:
Could've gone with an Estelle shot to farm that sweet, sweet clickbait😝
I would be lying if I said I didn't think about it, but I didn't like how she was framed in her shots for the screenshot. I have often found doing these episode screenshots that shots that work fine when it is animated might not be great when it is a still. For Estelle, she was often only partially in frame (usually a panning shot of her) and usually way off-center. That just doesn't make a good thumbnail when it is cropped and resized square.
I just swapped to a different screenshot since it seemed like the previous one was being a bit buggy and not displaying correctly.