It is definitely one of the better ones on Crunchyroll this season. I think I prefer it over Solo leveling at this moment.

That PV got me excited. Action fantasy with pretty good animation? Count me in.

Please be good... Looking promising with what they've put out, but you never know.

That cover art monster looks like it is straight from fear and hunger 2

Man, i did not see this coming. I am actually sorta at a loss for words here, i can't wait to play it

Top tier smug pose there

i meant that ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler he's 18 😅. please dont make jokes like this :::

The light novels are very formulaic and the anime does nothing to smooth it out. The meta plot does progress and the anime should end in a decent spot, but yeah, the slice of life overtime moping gets old, fast.

Considering how many cute faces Alina made this episode, no wonder Jade tires so hard to melt that mountain of ice around her heart.

Great episode - everybody got some character growth. Lululee overcoming her self-doubt was the obvious original focus of this arc, but it was still nice to see. Jade showed both determination and creativity, both of which he's going to need if he's going to keep up with Alina. Lowe being unexpectedly badass was particularly great to see. Ah but the highlight - I've been especially waiting for the moment when Alina would finally let her guard down, and it was every bit as awesome as I'd hoped it would be. And she even opened up a bit about Shroud. Of course, neither one lasted long before her tsun kicked back in, but still...

Is that an uncensored hand holding?! I didn't know this show can be this lewd! Seeing Alina actually enjoying the festival put such a big smile on my face. Both her and Jade were so adorable this episode!

Just a nice, solid episode - backstory details, character growth, a few more clues to the mystery and Alina being oh-so-Alina.

The next episode is apparently going to focus on Lowe, and I suspect then Alina's going to relent and join them, notably not just because of Jade, but because of all three of them. And tsundere that she is, she'll likely make pretty much that exact point. But Jade's smitten, and that's not going away, and he genuinely is a good guy. I think she'll come around.