Bon got his first assignment as an Official Time Patrol and proceeded to make the same rookie mistake: not turning on his forgetter. He also could not resist showing off his awesome time powers to Yumiko, which also served as something akin to a recap of Time Patrol's tools and abilities, as well as a cameo of Ream. The Time Patrol had given Bon some time off since last episode's happenings, so Bon felt nostalgic seeing her again.

Yumiko of course wanted to become a Time Patrol after the experience. Seems like her wish would be fulfilled too and we'll see her assisting Bon in the coming episodes. Buyoyon also came back and joined them.

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It is a pretty good manga, except for the fact that Inoue-sensei got into a slump and put it on hiatus for years already.

If the Studio do animate it, I wonder how they would handle that the manga not having an ending.

The guy that made that Chuunibyou move "my eyes hurts when I use their power too much" then hurt them for real by looking at Rick was hilarious.

We found out Rick's mentors (one in particular) deceived him into thinking he was weak. Well at least he realized he was "stronger than he thought" now and knew now people was far less discipline than him can already be A-ranked. We'll see how he'll do with this information.

Depends on how much time he spent training with those time magics, Angelica might be correct in calling him "around 40".

An examiner used the most powerful magic known to mankind in a low-rank exam and nobody blinked an eye?

Everybody is weak when you compare them to Saitama…… Having said that, I just realized that Rick basically one-punched Raster.

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Noor knew about the warrior job but he didn't know what one looked like? I wonder how long this show is going to keep him so dense and information somehow not getting to him.

Also, was the King living in just a large house? I thought at first they were just visiting the town and that was where they stay when I saw the not very fortified looking gate, but it had a throne chamber.

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Maybe I was not in the right frame of mind when I watched this, I found Rick in this episode very annoying, going on and on with his lack of confidence. I find it hard to believe he worked for the Adventurers' Guild for years but apparently have no general idea how strong adventurers of each rank were and how OP he was.

At least it seems we'll be getting some pay off next episode.

Knew of this title but have not read the manga or LN. It is okay but nothing special so far, the protagonist is OP without needing to work towards it, so we are just touring the world with him basically. Let's see if they can make this interesting enough.

Japan needs that construction crew for their sorely behind schedule preparations for Osaka World Expo.

Rimuru's Minecraft skill + Ramiris' 3D printing = easy room remodelling for Veldora.

That floating map of Ramiri's dungeon made me think of Aincrad.

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Beretta became Ramiris' subordinate, which was IMO more of less just a formality since she was literally willing to die for (and Treyni willing to commit murder for) Ramiris in this episode already.

I think this was some interesting world building how they tried to explain RPG mechanics of the dungeon, even though it was just mostly "Ramiris sugoi".

Yes, not the best things people have done in the name of their country.

• One of the government's justification for the practice was "It was lawful at the time". Now the Supreme Court ruled the law was never constitutional.
• The Supreme Court also decided that "statute of limitations" does not apply so plaintiffs can still seek compensation.

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Finally caught up with this series.

One thing that stands out in this episode is the beautiful poem by Osada Hiroshi that Kurushima recited. Turns out the inclusion of such a long scene in the anime is by the author's request: it was supposed to be in the life-action TV drama adaptation years ago, but on the day it was scheduled to be filmed (2011-03-11), the Tohoku earthquake happened; they were not able to film it and it was cut out.

It is a pretty good adaptation overall I think, even though many things are cut out from the source material due to length. (The source manga is 21 volumes long and we are at around volume 8 & 9.) I certainly enjoyed it very much. I still don't know why they decided to re-adapt a series from 20 years ago but I am glad it happened.

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I thought they agreed to tell the world that Rimuru and Hinata's fight ended in a draw, but I guess Dwargon is pretty good at information gathering that they were not fooled.

Since last episode we get a new opening song, with visuals of (what I presume is) the upcoming festival.

Ramiris is still so funny and her VA gave some excellent voice acting. The usually calm Treyni acts really, really differently around Ramiris and spoils her rotten. I forgot she's not a subject of Rimuru; she helps and cooperates with him in the interest of the forest, and as a friend I guess.

The elven nation Thalion's emperor Elmesia El-Ru Thalion is introduced. She seems quite impressed with Rimuru's economic sense. We also get a glimpse of how much a doting parent Erald is, which Elmesia took full advantage of.

Meanwhile, Rimuru got the idea of asking Ramiris to create a dungeon and run it as a tourist (adventurer) attraction. Ramiris is delighted to lose her unemployed shut-in status.

We also have a new ending song since last episode, showing Shuna in a modern Japan setting.

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Thanks. Not sure what’s the best way to handle it, this show didn’t seem to get enough discussion last season to have threads for every episode. Appreciate you trying to work on a solution.