Episode 4 - HS





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This is of course a simplification on all fronts, but it still manages to address the complexity of the situation that Maria doesn't really bother to ever think about. Naturally her whole personality is about doing what she feels is best and might making it right, but that's why it's even better we continuously get the other views exposed. Like the fact that when she stops a fight or a few, it will bring forth other problems she will need to face without being able to solve them. I'm kind of annoyed by the Angels' attitude here, but otherwise the factions aren't so badly depicted. Church had all sorts of people, good, bad, and something in between, so basically the local clergy could be anything, and we have already seen a bunch of different kinds. We need to see the local lords as well. Perhaps we will, with how this ep ended.

What surprised me in this episode that Maria didn't turn down the other witch's proposal because she would lose her powers but because her heart is not ready for such ecchi stuff so suddenly. I imagined she would (seemingly) lose all interest in sex because that would be her end as a witch.

I'm quite amused by the recurring joke of the soldiers always recognizing the various monsters Maria summons.

Maria being teased never gets old. It's just a fact of life.