Now we're getting somewhere, the first high stakes, multi-episode arc of the series. We are introduced to who seems to be the first "antagonist" of the story, but it is heavily hinted that they wouldn't be the type that many of us has seen before. This would also be the long awaited trial by fire of the bond our hero has made not just with the love interest, but also of his friends back home. Can their friendship overcome this ordeal? This is admittedly getting exciting, looking forward to the next one.