This episode was a huge disappointment imo.
Like, I enjoyed most of it, but the resolution was such a letdown. It was so anticlimatic and weak, the author basically just axed the arc and completely invalidated memmeln’s character as explored throughout the episode before reaching that point. She was NOT built up as the type of character who will be swayed by a pretty man to swoon over.
What doesn’t a J-POP music video with a bishounen singer solve?
The resolution this episode felt sort of unearned. It seemed like we were being lead to believe that this A Tale of Perishing was deeper and more complex than the simple movie that existed in the real world, but then the solution to a philosophical disagreement was just a handsome anime boy and a musical number. And normally I’d be all for that, but that fixing Memmeln’s nihilism felt like a cop-out. Though I did still appreciate the handsome anime boy and musical number.
I think I know who the hawk is.
spoiler
There’s only one other character introduced thus far with that set of eyes.
Given how much Hirose is messing up the story, its only natural that the original animation director would make an appearance. She was also food-poisoned in episode#1, meaning Hirose and Original-Animation-director both could have been Isekai’d into this world.
Bruh ANOTHER Mappa show? Those animators won’t get out of the dungeons for another year atleast 💀