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After this episode, I need extra episodes that don’t revolve round Rimuru. Whereas our little slimy particular person is current, this episode is way more Benimaru’s story (and Hakurou’s, regardless of his largely absence)—and for the higher.
Whereas he’s a powerful and competent chief – calm and quick-thinking – Benimaru will not be precisely a pure diplomat like Shuna, which will get him into bother on this episode. His go to to the tengu is de facto only a approach to take a look at them out, to see if Tempest’s plan to turn out to be the continent’s buying and selling middle would possibly inadvertently ruffle some feathers. He makes no threats or takes a hardline stance, merely saying “Listed here are our plans, do you see any issues with them?” But the tengu, particularly their princess Momiji, react aggressively as if on the lookout for an excuse to combat.
Quickly, Momiji and Albis are exchanging blows in the course of a tentative diplomatic dialog between international locations. Benimaru is sensible sufficient to cease issues earlier than blood is shed, however not skilled sufficient to know that he must dig deeper. He simply appears to imagine that this hostility in direction of the surface world is regular. It is just later, when Momiji travels to Tempest, that he realizes his mistake.
Frey was mainly centered on invading the tengu lands earlier than she stepped down as demon lord. Together with her within the south (although now beneath Milim’s command) and Rimuru within the north, the tengu are primarily surrounded by allied demon lords. Then Bennimaru enters with certainly one of Milim’s generals, additional demonstrating the shut alliance between the 2 international locations. It looks as if a present of power that claims “We will dig a gap via your mountain and there is nothing you are able to do to cease us if you wish to survive.” For this reason Momiji goes to combat. If she will be able to decisively defeat one of many Beastketeers in a good combat, she’ll present Benimaru (and Tempest as a complete) that her individuals are not simple to defeat.
After all, the entire misunderstanding might have been averted if Benimaru had been the primary to know concerning the tengu’s politics and their relationship with Frey. If he had identified, he might have merely knowledgeable them of Frey’s new place and alter of focus. After all, the tengu would have needed to affirm it, however the assembly in Tempest would in all probability have been a lot much less tense.
Exterior of the political implications, the remainder of the episode is generally humorous. Benimaru is mainly essentially the most eligible bachelor in Tempest, exterior of Rimuru himself. He’s a duke in all however identify. In case you had been to marry him to a common or a princess from one other nation, that might create an in depth bond with Tempest. After all, mentioned princesses and common don’t actually take into consideration worldwide politics – Momiji and Albis are simply extremely interested in robust males.
This all results in a foolish dialogue concerning the male characters and their quite a few admirers (or lack thereof) – the massive joke being that Rimuru does not understand he has his personal harem of suitors who’re hyper-focused on profitable his coronary heart. Lastly, we study a bit extra about Hakurou’s life. He has a misplaced love simply ready for him on the mountain, to not point out he has a daughter. I hope this will get extra follow-up in later episodes, particularly since Kaede will not be on this world for for much longer.
Judgement:
Random ideas:
• Man, Hakurou positive is taking the entire ‘all of the sudden having a daughter’ factor in stride, huh?
• I feel it is smart that Kaede by no means contacted Hakurou about their little one. It is clear she thought he had died of outdated age – and even when she had regarded for him, she had no concept what his identify was.
• So, Kaede and Hakurou met once they had been comparatively younger, proper? If Momiji is 15, what number of hundred years was Kaede pregnant along with her?
• I ponder if Rimuru may give Kaede one other identify and provides her a number of extra years with Hakurou?
That point I received reincarnated as a slime Season 3 is at the moment streaming on
Crispy bread.
