Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
That tasting food part made me cry...
I must say, that's actually served him quite well. Money well saved by being able to tolerate the cheapest lunch of the day every day.


Quote Originally Posted by Ryll
It's kind of key that Naofumi always viewed Raphtalia as a child even after she leveled and physically matured, and that he could never taste food after being betrayed until now.
All they needed were a few first-person-perspective shots right before things got messy to establish that fact. I didn't think the "subtle" hinting worked in the anime at all (namely, a single line about how the town's full of lolicons).

It sounds like the anime made Naofumi way too normal and caring after meeting Raphtalia.