u/Theo1290

Have exam coming up, have learnt a fair bit but already becoming nervous wreck thinking how much more I need to study/learn in time I have left, days are just flying by too quickly. There's also practical element as it relates to coding/data structures, which takes up a lot of time studying and doesn't stick easily especially.

Looking for any study tips, but mainly need something efficient for quick memorising that won't take up many hours of my days. (since my memory is awful bit I can see the benefit in doing something quick repetitive like flash cards or quiz. Everything I find has very limited free features. Anything decent that's actually free or I can get a week free trial on, or very least has a very cheap monthly cost. (No annual subs)

It's been a few weeks since I've finished season 2 so I may be a bit hazy on other things, but there is one thing I remember that I still don't understand/was very confused by.

Without spoilers (let me know if it's explained later on): What is Curse? Is it a sentient entity distinct from Risu? My understanding is that it was the man inside Caiman's mouth (that looks like Risu), who then returns to Risu when En killed Caiman? (or Ebisu died?) Also he tells Caiman/Aikawa I'm not the one who killed your or something like that which I didn't get.

but more important question, why/how did it steal Caiman's head and somehow get to Sorcer world, leave it there, and then return inside Caiman's body. That part I really didn't understand, looking back I would've thought that hospital scene in S1 was Kai taking over Caiman's body. There's other scenes like that (such as when Nikaido under En's contract was fighting Caiman and was then attacked by someone else), that I'm not sure now if it was Kai or Curse.

Have 2 1L beef stock cartons (one salt reduced), best before dates: 16/04 & 9/05/2026. 1/2 months past the best before. Still safe to use for cooking or just throw away? Haven't been opened and unrefrigerated, found in pantry.

Edit: Thanks for reassurance, going to make a chilli with one of them.

Fantastic show, probably the most creatively bonkers anime I've ever seen. That said one thing I sometimes didn't enjoy is how jam packed certain scenes were, to the point it felt like certain details were forgotten or ignored/skipped over, or there was some weird/inconsistent writing. Just writing hoping to get some things cleared, maybe I missed certain moments or misinterpreted certain details. (no spoilers please, if something revealed in future chapters just mention that)

For instance in the last episode Caiman gets his legs crushed, back to walking fine somehow no explanation. I don't know if he can regenerate his human parts same as his lizard head or it was spooky decapitated man who healed him or if the devil healed him. It was also a bit of a weird transition between him fighting possessed Nikaido to rescue her (while he's silently accepted that Nikaido is a sorceror), no questions asked on why she's suddenly no longer attacking him but instead sulky/aggressive that she lied about being a sorceror. And the contract doesn't make sense either, one moment she's completely placid and dead-eyed allowing Caiman to lead her away while immediately recognizing him, then suddenly aggressive and with a condescending attitude. She's supposed to be under control by En who doesn't think to question it was odd that she wondered off on her own to vandalise a church, and talks to her like she has free will? I'm really confused on how the whole thing is supposed to work when it was previously stated he made the contract to control her.

Also bandaged guy last ep, was that Caiman's human face or some character that was already shown, the dream/horror sequences are vague and hard to remember.

There are many other such moments/details that confused me, many I've already forgotten. The few I remember include Noi's healing, she can apparently heal mushroom transformed people (does that make her capable of dispelling magic same as Chota?), zombies, first time she healed Risu it was just his head, next time his entire body came back? Also Baku and Yaku, how the hell did they get revived from their first encounter yet Matsumura can't be revived? One of them had his head crushed by a boul

I know I'm probably being a bit nitpicky and some of my points might just be the show's style, but want to reiterate that overall I loved what I saw, just wish certain things were a bit clearer.

Also read that apparently the anime goes at a very fast pace and cuts out a lot of background/side content? Is that covered in the ovas, or should I read the manga for anything removed?

When I try to google something like this, I get results geared towards children or people with very basic English understanding. Just something that can improve expressiveness in writing and speech. There's a mobile app (limited free usage/features) with a multitude of smaller games, has one where a random word is given and you have to enter as many synonymous words in a minute as possible, at the end it shows several words that were missed and you get scored on, non-relevant/misspelled words are miscounted. Something focused on word games like this would be great for a starter.