From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2

That scream at the end got me. Whole episode builds this calm New Year mood then just rips it apart in the cathedral

Half the fandom is mad about the mercenaries defending the wedding and I get it. Vesper is crippled and now Beryl has to fight beside those guys

I couldn't stop thinking about Beryl saying he can't shake the grudge against the assassins. He is usually so even keeled so hearing that edge in his voice hit hard

the Mewi parkour course was the breather this episode needed before everything went sideways

Beryl actually sitting with the fact that Shust confessed and not pretending he heard nothing is such a small thing but I did not expect this show to go there

I keep telling people the Archbishop is the one behind this whole thing. The experiments get mentioned early and then boom undead swarm right in his own building. That is not a coincidence. Ibroy set this up and everyone else just walked into it

Cathedral security for a royal wedding and a zombie pile comes up through the floor. Cool plan guys

Shueste waiting for him like that after he told her no... she gets his rural roots in a way the nobles in the capital never will. Allucia keeps circling around her feelings but Shueste just went in direct. Twitter is right about the chemistry

I was half expecting ambush after ambush on that highway but they made it to Dilmaha clean. Which means the real threat is waiting inside. Beryl knows it too he was already suspicious the whole way. That stalker reveal at the end has me on edge for next week

Kuruni and Ficelle dragging Mewi into secret training is pure gold. Three disciples of the old man building their own little squad while he is away. And Mewi refusing the dorm because 'this is my house' melted me. She really is his daughter in every way

The new Beryl is hitting different these days. Took on a full escort mission without a single humble excuse. But watching him blame himself over Vesper while Surena had to scold him for it... that guilt is still the old man showing through

Shueste really pulled up and confessed like it was nothing. That scene in the guest room was so warm and awkward. Allucia asking that weird philosophical question earlier makes way more sense now. Ship war is officially back on

Vesper's whole situation is gutting me. Beryl carrying that guilt like he could've moved faster or fought harder when he literally saved everyone. Surena read him correctly telling him to drop it. This show wastes nothing on power fantasy

That escort actually made it to the Holy City without a single attack. Suspicious. Real suspicious. Anyone watching from the shadows at the end has to be Verdapis or worse. And can we talk about how Beryl just accepted all that responsibility without downplaying himself

Beryl splashing that wine on the smug noble lady while playing the clumsy bumpkin was the best part of the episode. He didn't even hesitate to embarrass himself so Shueste could keep her dignity. That's a real one. The ambush after that though felt like it came from a completely different show

I couldn't look away when Henblitz was holding Vesper's body. That fog spell came out of nowhere and the whole tone just snapped from lighthearted romance to straight up war. Beryl parrying that giant green guy was clean but six dead guards is a heavy price. This show knows how to twist the knife

I'm so tired of jealous Allucia. Every episode it's the same blush and stammer routine while she watches another woman take a shot at Beryl. Girl please just make a move already or sit down. The Shueste stuff was way more interesting than another round of that gag

Allucia standing in that Scarlet dress and Beryl barely registers it until the party's basically over. Warren's right about him never getting married on his own. The man needs a nudge and honestly the whole harem lineup just keeps growing and I'm here for it

That ring scene had me screaming at the screen. You don't show a proposal ring to your buddies right before a carriage ride home and live to tell about it. Then six guards dead and Henblitz crying over Vesper. The show went from wedding bells to funeral bells real quick

Nice and slow paced easy to understand the plot