Originally I thought there were more, but it turns out there are only four current demon lords: Frey, Carrion, Milim, and Clayman. My guess is that he’s going to be the next major antagonist of the series, but we’ll have to wait and see because the other two demon lords are also on the move. And, because his scouts refuse to acknowledge the Jura Tempest Federation as a country, it’s likely that Carrion doesn’t either. So, just who is this demon lord Carrion? He’s the protector and leader of the Beast Kingdom, which lies to the south of the Great Forest of Jura, and between the domains of the demon lords Frey and Milim. Simply by sending this scout, Carrion has broken the promise between the various demon lords to not intervene in each other’s affairs. It turns out that the guy she beat up was none other than a scout sent to the Jura Tempest Federation by another one of the demon lords, Carrion. And, what a way to start the better portions of the episode than with everyone’s favorite demon lord, Milim, beating up some people for disrespecting her bestie. Well, at least we got the worst part of the episode out of the way right at the beginning, so it’s all uphill from here by default. Of all the ways to relay information to a viewer, this has to be the worst. They know that they don’t need me to remind them. What these characters did in this scene is essentially the same as if I went to NASA and told their top scientist that the Earth orbits the Sun. Honestly, this is the kind of thing I expect from an anime with a rating of 3 or below, not from a 5, which is what I have TenSura rated currently. Every character present in the lab knows the difference between the two potions, and yet they each take turns verbally explaining it to each other. However, while this is what I would expect from TenSura, what I didn’t expect was to be even further disappointed by what actually occurred. While I consider this a fairly cheap way of getting around the issue, the fact of the matter is, it works. For example, Rimuru could have explained the differences between the two potions within his own mind. One popular, and more acceptable, way of doing this is through internal monologue. That in and of itself isn’t an issue necessarily, but there are certain rules to follow when going for a more direct approach to expressing information. That’s all the information we would have needed to understand the situation, especially since it’s previously been established that Rimuru’s potions are extremely high-quality.īut, I get it, sometimes, for various reasons, an author or director may choose to go with a route that involves a bit more telling than showing. However, what this means is that there’s a balance which needs to be struck.Īs far as the explicit description of the potions goes, we could have just seen Rimuru appraise the potion made by the scientist, and then have him mention that it’s as pure as one he could make. I get it, the concept of “show, don’t tell” is a difficult one, especially when I’m saying that certain episodes need to tell more while others need to show more. Not only are we explicitly told about these potions, but it’s done so in one of the worst ways possible. So what’s wrong with this scene? Basically everything. I don’t remember his name, and I don’t care enough to go back and find it, but the scientist from Dwargon who now works for Rimuru has been researching a way to manufacture these 99% pure potions. We’re told, very explicitly I might add, that the healing potions Rimuru makes are 99% pure, while typical high-end healing potions are only 98% pure. Luckily, the “wrong” of this episode came early on when we’re shown the Jura Tempest Federation’s healing potion laboratory. Every time TenSura does something right as a series, I feel it has to balance it out by doing something wrong.
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