Julius Juukulius

It's already been a week! As always, the author will be live-commenting from 23:00 today, and today is an episode I really, really love! It's insanely good, so make sure you watch it! Well, every episode of this anime is insanely good, though! Gahahahaha!

All right then, once again, thank you for joining me today! Today is n-n-n-n-no way, a name episode! Which means someone's guaranteed to be hugely active. Nice!

It's started! But! This is a scene from some time ago...

Yes! The OP! We've got the OP this week!

That was quite a suggestive start, but what exactly is it foreshadowing? Last time, they went up to the second layer and encountered a red-haired man there. The man who called himself "Stick Swinger"... what is going to happen, and why...?

Meanwhile, Shaula is still asleep.

Red hair, blue eyes...

By the way, the red-haired man's "Omee" is written in katakana. That's important for character portrayal, so remember it.

By the way, even though he's right-handed, he's holding his chopsticks with his left.

The "Jiwald" Anastasia (Echidna-in-the-scarf) is firing off is an offensive Yang magic spell. It's the same class of magic as fire spells like "Goa," and it does have proper power if it hits. If it hits.

Julius is being treated like a child, but even in his current state, with his contracts with the quasi-spirits on the verge of breaking, his swordsmanship still ranks among the top five in the Kingdom of Lugunica. Top three, maybe.

Player substitution! Emilia, having turned the mind game (!?) to her advantage, goes in!

Creating lots of ice weapons, launching them, and picking them up herself to attack with them is Ice Brand Arts, and it really should be super strong, but her opponent is just that skilled.

Perverted bastard! Shitty bastard! Sin Archbishop! Subaru's top three insults in his repertoire.

Because he's a red-haired man, he's taking it in stride (?), but if Subaru got hit with that huge chunk of ice with Emilia's arm strength, he'd probably be dead.

Big Sis's cold stare. But it can't be helped. It doesn't look like anyone except Emilia-tan could get through.

The camp has a strong adverse reaction to letting Emilia-tan go up to the higher floor alone. They understand her very well.

Subaru and Emilia saw the battle with Regulus, so judging him to be Reinhard-class isn't really off the mark. Well, even then, that's still underselling it, really.

Oh! There was artwork here you can only see in this scene! For this episode alone, Otsuka-sensei prepared things like characters who didn't have designs yet, and even the country's flag! Mm, luxurious.

"Stick Swinger's" name is revealed! Revealed!

That name is Reid Astrea. The reason Shaula had such an intense rejection reaction is probably because she has a whole lot of bad memories tied to him.

Julius disappeared from the "Green Room," and where his feet carried him was to the place where he'd just suffered a crushing defeat. It's not like him, so what is his true intention?

The one teaching swordsmanship to the young Julius in that flashback is a man named Rickert Hoffman. He actually appeared in this episode's opening segment too, and he's the civil-official type who can also use a sword. Quite an unexpected stat build.

By the way, Rickert Hoffman has a son. He used to hang around the back alleys of the royal capital with his friends getting into trouble, but these days he's working for a blonde royal selection candidate.

The first-generation "Sword Saint," Reid Astrea, is an out-and-out genius, so it wasn't provocation when he said it: after only three months of swinging a sword, he had surpassed every swordsman. Before that he rampaged barehanded, but even barehanded he was the strongest in the world.

By the way, the eye covered by his eyepatch isn't injured either. He wears it because unless he keeps one eye covered, nobody can match him, and because it looks cool.

Subaru and Julius. A scene of stubborn pride between the men who came to this tower.

...So there's no way we're leaving Julius alone on these stairs.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, ending...! But it was a good episode...! It was a good episode!!

And just like that, this week flew by too! But it was a truly worthwhile blur! Presented by the backs of men standing side by side, and thank you again this week! See you next week, and look forward to finding out what happens next! And don't forget the mini anime on YouTube after this!

This week too! The mini anime is Julius-focused, titled "Practice What You Preach Memorandum"! Watch it! https://t.co/fHnOGxE4JD