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We get a new view of Gluttony's ability from Beatrice's perspective, like being disassembled and reassembled/rewound.

The announcement voice announcing that everything was OK was quite strange, are we supposed to accept it plainly? None of the characters seem to find it strange. They make the announcement immediately, and the announcement systems looks to be in very bad shape.

The show has hinted hard as to what's up with Al with a few of these recent episodes. I wonder if that's going somewhere, or if it's going to be a slow burn.

I'm quite surprised that they want to keep Wrath alive, I guess they're that desperate to get any edge they can against the Witch Cult.

And that ending scene with the happy-carefree music, lol. Poor dude.

why didn’t Natsuko draw Mighty Greatsword Luke to begin with?

Natsuko drew the Luke she's drawn all her life. Throughout the show she's been drawing existing animations. In the dark she comes to accept that drawing that Luke isn't enough. In the end, with the emotional support of QJ, she realizes that she should draw her own Luke, the one she's come to know and fall in love with. It's her coming to terms with her feelings towards Luke, which is emphasized by what she says after she draws him. Or so I say. A line from Natsuko about what sparked the change would've been better than listening to QJ moan. Really anything probably would've been better than listening to QJ moan. "I know, I should've drawn him shirtless!", whatever, anything else, please.

I was hoping that Natsuko would take more agency over a new ending for Tale Of Perishing after this point.

I was definitely hoping to see Natsuko draw an entire new in-canon ending for Horobiku Monogatari. Do a complete revision! That's literally the title of the show!

Title drop! Zenshuu is easily my favorite anime of the Winter 2025 season. This is partially because the Winter 2025 season on a whole may have been weak and I've delayed watching a few shows that I know I will like, but Zenshuu itself is a delightful experience.

That PV got me excited, I like the vibe. Action fantasy with pretty good animation? Count me in.

The Spirit Tortoise arc, part of season 2, was particularly painful to watch. So it does get better after the tortoise, but it does not get good.

I watched Sonny Boy over the last week or two. I quite enjoyed it overall, it's interesting on multiple levels. The ending was a little bit melancholic and upsetting, but that's consistent with the rest of the show. I didn't think too deeply about the philosophy and metaphors that the show put forward; it might've been good to reflect on and write about each episode.

I was a bit unenthusiastic going into this episode, thinking that it might be some drawn-out flashback. While the flashbacks were long, I found the whole episode to be a fun trek through Natsuko's inadvertent romcom maneater adolescence.

Each flashback had little surprises, while also emphasizing how Natsuko is 200% dedicated to her craft.

Fukushima's (the animation studio's president) perspective was also interesting. Drawing a parallel between Natsuko and the director of A Tale of Perishing (who, unlike the bird, is smiling in Fukushima's recollection), and challenging Natsuko to surpass her current limitations.

The PV linked above is from 3 years ago and is for the first novel. Here's a PV from 10 hours ago for the anime. The new PV is mostly just review quotes.

We get some, uh, character development with Destiny, we get introduced to Justice (and actual character development), and we have a brief encounter with lady-bird.

It was a bit hard to watch the end with all the foreshadowing that Natsuko was going to mess things up.

Also, I like how the village chief's attire serves as an excuse for Destiny's clothing, but they don't force feed you this excuse.

Also,

The only one who could make Luke smile from the bottom of his heart was Destiny.

Hm, at the end it looks like Natsuko is noticing some of the suspicious behavior, which might not have been in the original story. Or maybe it was in the story and Natsuko is just playing it cool.

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Lupa, you almost died from blood loss. Please do not stand up.