I do know, however, that even an episode that should have been full of fighting and thus good can be made pitiful simply by Minori being there. That's really all to know about this episode.

I can't help but think the Odyssey Knights really do know dying and seeing glimpses of their past doesn't mean they are getting any closer to RL, but they are willingly fooling themselves as they are sinking into oblivion.

It's pretty hard to see what exactly is going on in Minami. It's also quite annoying they are supposedly making huge leaps in all kinds of magic technology (even the mobile cathedrals of the Odyssey Knights are from there, I believe), but we haven't seen anything fancier than the old steam ship from Akiba, despite the fact there're supposed to be thousands of people in those guilds.