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Perugius, Orsted or Man-God?

Assuming Studio Bind sticks to their standard 3 volumes per cour pace and Season 3 wraps up with the hype of the Asura Kingdom arc , I'm honestly worried Season 4 is going to be the most poorly received season yet... specifically Cour 1.

If Cour 1 tackles Volumes 18 through 20, the pacing is going to hit a massive wall for anime-onlies:

• Volume 18 is widely considered one of the slowest stretches in the series. It’s almost entirely low-stakes slice-of-life, tech logistics (refining the Magic Armor), and minor subplots like Linia's debt. Coming off the massive high of the Asura arc, this is going to feel like the story completely ground to a halt.
• Volume 19 (Shirone Kingdom) is peak storytelling with Zanoba and Pax, but it’s structured almost like a standalone movie. Adapting this volume that has its own beginning, middle, and end right between two massive slice-of-life and setup heavy volumes is going to make the cour's flow feel all over the place.
• Volume 20 (Millis Holy Kingdom Part 1) is pure setup, dense religious politics, and Latria family tension. It exists almost entirely to build the foundation for Volume 21.

Because Volume 20 is literally just pure setup for Volume 21, cutting Cour 1 at 20 might be a massive mistake. Leaving viewers with a slow slice-of-life reset (Vol 18), a self-contained story in Shirone (Vol 19), and a cliffhanger on church politics with zero payoff is going to kill the hype. To fix the pacing, Bind could adapt 4 volumes and push Cour 1 to the end of Volume 21. That way, the entire Millis arc stays intact and viewers actually get the massive payoffs with the Latria family and the Blessed Child before the mid-season break. But that might be financially hard on the studio so idk but ending on vol 20 just feels off

https://x.com/misakamian/status/2089284903901016396

https://x.com/misakamian/status/2088936242423730618

https://x.com/misakamian/status/2088233842658423063

https://x.com/misakamian/status/2089880684785717479

The episode is titled: 慟哭 - Lamentation.

Synopsis: >!Nanahoshi suddenly collapses after coughing up blood while using the Chaos Breaker. The cause is "Dryne Disease"—a disease thought to have been eradicated 7,000 years ago. Devastated, Nanahoshi falls into despair, while Rudeus, determined to help her, approaches Perugius. He then sets out to find someone who might know about "Dryne Disease"...!<

I just finished up episode 4 of season 2 and, despite knowing who rudeus ends up with and honestly really, really liking Eris compared to Roxy and Sylphy I can't help but feel incredibly sad for both Rudeus and Sara...they would've been such a good couple I think ;~;

Kinda curious if anybody's writen a good fanfic about this now--

Just a friendly reminder to support the series by buying the novels. A lot of people in the West watch anime illegally and then complain when the show quality drops, seasons take too long to produce, etc. You need to support the work you enjoy if you want it to thrive.

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I feel like ignoring this to say he isn’t mentally a child is crazy