It’s my favorite time of the week again, it’s time for the weekend. And with the weekend comes a new episode of Tensura. I’ve been incredibly busy the past week or two, and this doesn’t seem like it’ll be slowing down for another week, maybe two. But on the bright side, if all goes well I’ll hopefully get my teaching degree in the near future and there’s more work on the horizon for me after the summer break. I know you didn’t ask and it’s unrelated to the post you wanted to read, but that’s life, sometimes you have to listen to someone ramble for a little bit. But let’s move on.
So Maribel has a plan. But it feels a lot like a Clayman level plan to me which means it is probably going to fail. At least her plan of sending the baby dragon that Milim lost as a child after her is a lot better than trying some cheap magic amulet on the demon lord. Yuuki seems to be the one doing all the hard work while Johan is getting more and more shocked at just how far Maribel is willing to go with not enough regard for the risks she seems to be taking. Desperate times ask for desperate measures, but if a crazy dragon gets loose that is a big deal too. Kagali is going with Rimuru and his people to these ruins of Amrita, which will probably become relevant in some way as well. My guess is that the content of these ruins is the reason Yuuki is actively working with Maribel at the moment. I doubt he’s being controlled, but if Kagali – the former demon lord – wants something from these ruins, a giant attack by Maribel and her people could be the perfect distraction for them to sneak out with this magic generator that can wipe out a nation. We’ll see if there’s any truth to this in the next few episodes I suppose.
In the meantime we see Rimuru and his party return to Tempest, bringing both Hinata and Glenda with them. Their new reception hall is done and it’s just the thing that a powerful demon lord would have built, except Rimuru is more humble than most of them. That doesn’t mean his followers are, and they’ve incorporated him into the design many times, making him look like a kaisar of sorts. Glenda will start working under Souei and apparently when Maribel’s control over someone disappears, they can no longer sense them. This makes me doubt my “Yuuki is in control all along” theory a little bit since it makes less sense if she could find out immediately that he isn’t controlled anymore, but perhaps he does have some skill that allows him to escape her clutches. Maybe I’m coping here and Yuuki ends up being a good guy who was just being controlled after all.
Can I just say that with Hinata no longer being a dumb enemy, her personality is great. She has absolutely no chill and doesn’t let anyone walk over her. She’s also making use of Rimuru’s wealth at every moment she gets. I was about to doubt Glenda’s motives when she announced she would no longer live for money, but she fixed that a second later. She is a big asset for now as she gets to explain to Rimuru and his people all the things we already knew as viewers, but they couldn’t know. We also learn about Blood Shadow, the Rozzo’s version of Souei and his spy network.
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Well when you put it like that Hinata, our harmless and innocent slime doesn’t look as harmless and innocent anymore. We know Rimuru doesn’t have bad intentions, but you cannot become a global powerhouse without encroaching on the powers that are already there, and they won’t like what’s coming for them. As per usual, Gobta comes in and almost immediately regrets his screen time. With the wisdom of Raphael-sensei, Rimuru is fully aware of the plotting that might happen at the ruins of Amrita in Distave. He’ll bring Shion with him and Gobta and Ranga as well. It is interesting to see how different people from our world cope with being in the world of Tensura. Where Maribel and Hinata seem to be strong-willed people who immediately know what to do, people like Glenda and Rimuru seem almost too naive to be a part of such a dangerous world. We saw in earlier seasons how the teenagers that worked with Falmuth were not prepared to throw away the luxury from their old world and were miserable shits because of it. Meanwhile Yoshida is just vibing as a chef. This is probably one of my favorite things about Tensura. It’s something that Log Horizon also had me excited about. Multiple people being sent to the same world but in different places and circumstances. It’s something I want to explore more of in the future of my Hesitant Hero series as well, but I don’t know when would be a good time to start introducing it. Either way, moving back to the plot at hand. Rimuru calling Hinata a Tsundere and Raphael immediately going “you’re wrong” was very funny.
Oh my days, Rimuru bought Shion a gift and she looks incredible in it. We got to see some of the other members of the squad in more casual outfits and now we got the same for Shion. Meanwhile the explorers all wear their ruins exploring clothes because of course they do. Rimuru is such a nerd after all. They even made some guns for himself and Gobta. Kagali is also ready to go, and we are done with setting up the next arc. We’re going to explore some old ruins while a greedy child with the morals of a deadbeat noblewoman is trying to hurt everyone involved. I can’t help but want Kagali and Yuuki to be successful to an extent, even though they’re actively opposed to Rimuru and his squad. It’s not surprising that Kagali is hard to read, even for Milim. And it’s probably no wonder that they introduced the concept of the Blood Shadow right before showing some shady figures alongside. After taking a shortcut to Distave, we meet what look to be drow/dark elves. With everyone in position, I’m excited for this season to start hitting max speed soon.
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