S5 - Episode 1


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Syr getting her arc was certainly needed. Her mystery has remained pretty solid for a long time. She's also a long-time admirer of Bell's, so it's somewhat inevitable she must have an arc. Especially when she's much more important than one would expect from an inn employee (even if it's hardly a normal inn). I can't really be surprised by it all leading to another training opportunity for Bell.

But, man, Hestia purposefully holding Bell back so that he would gain less attention is pretty annoying. Like that hostile Nameless woman said, everybody worth anything has already heard of him, so what's the point?

Other than all that, there's a really weird difference between this main story and Sword Oratoria. It really requires a different gear to watch Bell's romance troubles compared to everything going on in that spin-off. It's still the same world, naturally, and both are building it all the time, but the approach is so different.

I wonder if this season will see any dungeon exploration, though? I read the Sword Oratoria manga adaptation, but I don't know anything about this main series, anymore, aside from the anime.