Is anyone else getting possible demon lord vibes from Patrick? There was a lot of focus this episode on him being so impressed with Yumiella being open and owning the "bad" things about herself, and how he went to great pains to hide his own flaws. IIRC the game didn't really focus on Yumiella too much, so maybe the two of them teamed up/why she was the hidden boss. Just something that occurred to me while watching.

It shows up at my local grocery store every now and then for the normal price. They still have the tag for it, with all the rest of the knock offs, but it does sell out quick when it comes in. I snagged a bottle a month or so ago, as none of the replacements scratch the same itch and my kids only like the real stuff.

Went into this show completely blind, and have to say it's one of my favorites this season. Early on candidate for AOTS for me. Once the show is complete I may have to pick up the source material, as I hear it is also amazing.

Last year I think. The lead singer has started a new project called Q.I.S (Queens in Sweaters) with 3 songs out so far, plus she wrote stuff for halca and performed some with Kana Boon. Miku (the drummer) is doing some DJ sets and playing drums with some other bands. The bassist seems to be taking a break for now and hasn't been up to much.

I understand the frustrations of being relegated to wing-man driver and occasionally feel like team doesn’t support you unfairly,

I was thinking this exact thing. Like when he was making the suggestion, and then got let down, I was on his side that the team wasn't being fair. However, him snarling at Haru and refusing to follow instructions really shows why he's the wingman driver and not the main event.

Same! I also thought up until around last episode that the dad was actually not strong or anything (which is why nobody had heard of him and he had a bad opinion of himself) but then he whooped that A rank without sweating.

I even know someone who smokes menthols because he said it makes people less likely to bum cigarettes off of him.

That's why I switched to menthols back when I smoked. That, and I just liked them more. I didn't like the ultra menthol ones like Kools or Benson & Hedges, but Marlboro Milds were just about perfect, and the amount of "Oh...those are menthol? Nevermind" was the cherry on top.

Please tell me that the 2nd cours is starting up right away? That was so much of a trolly cliffhanger.

I'm excited to see Helck's backstory and more of their journey home.

Was this supposed to be 1 or 2 cours? Since Summer is ending, and Fall shows are going to take this spot, I can see why they'd just put it on hold until they're ready. Lots of shows have been doing that lately (Nier, Misfit of Demon Academy, Ayakashi Triangle off the top of my head.)

I feel bad because the show started really strong, but the repeated delays caused it to lose a ton of steam. I may try the live action movie on Netflix to see where the story goes/see if it's worth it to pick the anime back up when it comes back.

Wait, so you mean the absurdist comedy movie made by the guy that made Beavis and Butthead doesn't go deep into the causes of the issues experienced nor tackles potential solutions?

This episode made me super angry with everyone. After 2-3 fillerish episodes, the action finally starts, and things go to shit for Miyo again. Kudo not listening to her. The trash Usaba family that let her suffer for her entire life all of a sudden showing up like you're dad's 3rd cousin after you won the lottery. Them stating "we can totally teach her to fix the nightmares, but we're not going to" and deciding things with a duel. Just overall a very frustrating episode.

I feel like her mom sealed her power to hide her from the trash family because she knew what they were like. I doubt she planned on dying, so she figured she'd be there to unseal the powers and help Miyo learn to use them when she was ready. Just tragedy that she ended up not being there, and the family she ran away from got their claws on Miyo anyway.

Oh man. :( That's so sad to hear. This has been on my ptw for a while.