1x12 The Woman with the Demon Eyes

A solid start to the new cour. I'm enjoying seeing the Dead End party work together more, rather than Rudeus take on everything on his own. But of course, after they hit another dead end with no other "ethical" options, Rudeus decided to sacrifice something precious to him so that the team could gather the necessary funds for boat travel. Although I'm glad Rudeus is being more considerate of how Ruijerd would feel about his actions, man does it hurt knowing he feels as if he can't let him know about his plans. The confrontation between Rudeus and Ruijerd was tough to see, with Ruijerd in pain, wondering why, after a year of him sticking with me despite how difficult it is, does he still not trust me. And, while I'm glad they made up, it sucks that Ruijerd is being forced to bend on his moral principles for the sake of getting Eris and Rudeus home, with him agreeing to Rudeus' smuggling plan so that he doesn't have to sell off a precious gift from Eris.

Also, I'm liking the new Demon Lord girl Kishirika, hopefully we'll get to see more of her eccentric personality as the season goes on. And I'm looking forward to seeing how Rudeus' new demon eye of foresight will help him in this adventure.

Regarding the demon eye, it sucks for Eris that now, after all of her hard work to master sword-fighting, Rudeus has essentially gotten a cheat code and became better than her. It must suck suddenly feeling useless after your only advantage had become null before your very eyes. And its weird that Rudeus feels proud of himself for beating Eris by getting a new skill by pure chance (-ish since Man-God told him to go down the alley).

Also, I'm really wondering when this Man-God will play a bigger role in the story, rather than just being the advice guy for Rudeus when he's hit a roadblock.

Also, this episode teased us so much with the Roxy and Rudeus reunion, I'm just praying it happens soon.

And, I'm looking forward to seeing what's so special about this Gallus Cleaner guy that was just introduced.