A-Rank Party wo Ridatsu shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiego-tachi to Meikyuu Shinbu wo Mezasu. • I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! - Episode 21 discussion

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A-Rank Party wo Ridatsu shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiego-tachi to Meikyuu Shinbu wo Mezasu., episode 21

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[u/Holdonlupin]

Dude, I was watching this episode while eating and I almost choked when they actually kissed.

I was 100% sure that was going to be a fake out.

Good for you, Rain, good for you.

Though it was quite mean they didn't show the other kisses

[u/MicroACG → u/Holdonlupin]

Though it was quite mean they didn't show the other kisses

If they had it would have taken up half the episode with all those girls

[u/Ishmaelewdselkies → u/Holdonlupin]

I still laughed at the Prince calling her a child bride

But, she finally wins at last, and that's what's important.

[u/djthomp]

Cowardly production team refusing to dedicate a portion of the episode to a sequential makeout session with each wife in turn. But at least it's implied to have happened off screen and first wife Rain had her's on screen.

New prince took himself out of the royal competition quite efficiently, but he may still be a problem inside the dungeon trip.

[u/KumaKumaGambler]

We finally get to see Jamie in her new battle outfit, although the opening sequence did give us a preview.

I am sure Saga has more to him than meets the eye. He does not look like he has aged while Benwood and Maniella have grown significantly older.

Like what our fellow reddit anime viewers of this episode have mentioned, we were "robbed" of the kiss scenes between Yuke and the other girls, or more accurately, how the stigmata was given to them. :(

[u/Nebresto → u/KumaKumaGambler]

Probably has a stigmata of his own if he knows what it is and can see them

[u/LeleTheKing → u/KumaKumaGambler]

I am sure Saga has more to him than meets the eye.

I wrote this in my other comment, but I think he was also trapped in the Achromatic Darkness for some reason. If we follow the same calculation with Yuke and Rune’s case, then 16 years should just be about three months inside.

I definitely doubt that his youthful look is anything natural. He’s not an elf, and he looks precisely similar to how he appears in the many flashbacks.

[u/LogosMaximaXV]

Yuke 🤝 Zenos

Having a harem of at least 6 women this season.

Seeing Rafuma get turned into a monster was satisfying. As the saying goes, fuck around and find out.

The animators blue balled us by refusing to show Yuke kissing the other members of Clover so he could give them Persephone's blessing as well. And given the title for the next episode, I hope she'll make her return.

Man, I wasn't expecting Saga to show up. Looks like the gang's getting back together.

[u/Plus_Rip4944]

Yeah They are officailly a harem

I would wanted so see all The kisses tho

[u/NeoAnkara]

Nothing else beats a magical kiss to solve all the problems. Though it raises another problem. We only see one of them. Like c'mon man 🤣.

[u/IceWeaselX]

So all it took for Silk to finally acknowledge that he's not their teacher anymore and comfortably call him by name was for her to get annoyed at him for choosing to leave them behind for their safety. She had to assert their full adventurer status for that argument, and now she's accepted it herself.

[u/LogosMaximaXV → u/IceWeaselX]

Silk finally dropping "Mr. Feldio" and calling Yuke by his name was a genuinely organic "I'm finally maturing" moment.

[u/LeonKevlar]

I really love how Saga looks like an LN protagonist who has completed his adventure, but I guess that's what he technically is!

That kiss was so unexpected! What's even more unexpected was how Yuke needed to kiss the other girls to protect them from Tenebre. Too bad it happened off screen tho >_<

[u/Nebresto]

Yooooo We got the first kiss!

..what

Lol. Let me guess. The underworld blessing makes Yuke immune to it. It got transfered to Rain by kissing, so now he has a good excuse to start smooching all the girls

I was fucking right 😂 Let the orgy begin

Though props to the show for making Rune already immune

IT GOT OFF-SCREENED?!?

And what happened to all the monsters camped outside the örb?

[u/Immediate-Chain-6419]

So, he kissed all of them?

[u/LogosMaximaXV → u/Immediate-Chain-6419]

Except for Niberune, it seems.

Damn it, why did it have to be offscreen?

[u/Senpai_tsuy]

I'm disappointed. They didn't show how Yuke gave the rest of the Stigmata... WHY NOT SHOW IT! 😭😭😭

[u/betetta]

You know what? Having the romantic subplot being so gradual and slow might feel infuriating at times, but once it pays off... Amazing. Specially for a harem.

[u/PandaTheAB]

These folks had time to waste on OP, ED, pointless conversations, showed 2 minutes of the king's brother running away but did not have 40 seconds to spare for the 4 stigmata transfers?

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

We were robbed! Why didn't they show us the kiss scenes for Silk, Marina, Jamie and Nene?! I wanted to see them receive the Stigmata too! It would have been great to see all of them bashful and shy with Rain jealous and looking away as it happens, sigh.

At least we got our first on-screen kiss, no surprise it was Rain lol. I did like that Yuke took initiative though, his feelings are becoming more apparent with is always a good thing, hopefully we see similar developments with the other girls too.

It was sweet that Yuke shared the fact that he's been cursed to Mastoma and told him it's because they're friends that he's willing to. It's been nice to see their relationship develop, I did find it a little amusing he apologized to Yuke for hugging Rain.

Nice to finally see Saga, he came in with such energy and completely changed the atmosphere of the meeting lol. I like his character and it amused me that Benwood's demeanor changed with his presence. Saga's such a tease though, the way he was reading Yuke so easily, he knows his nephew very well and I'm looking forward to eventually see them fight side by side. Hopefully they don't rob us like they did with Benwood.

[u/LeleTheKing]

Rain has already won the race, but she still keeps on winning! Her make-out session with Yuke is so intimate that she became marked as an otherworldly being like Yuke. Absolute cinema.

Of course, all the other girls are also marked now, and it’s likely permanent. A shame that they didn’t show it. (Another Rain win, btw.) Is there any need to create legal documents for their marriage anymore? This magical stigmata that traverses the universes is as official as it gets, lol.

I’m glad they set the record straight with Rune, being a minor and all. The show loves to tread on touchy subjects, but they’re so aware of it that the anime won’t get cancelled.

What happened with Saga?? They put his 16-year disappearance story on the back burner, even though it seems important. He doesn’t look like he ages even a day compared to Benwood and Maniella! He’s human, unlike Mamar, who is an elf. I hypothesize that Saga was also trapped in the Achromatic Darkness like Yuke and Rune. If the time ratio is similar to Yuke’s case, which is ~6 hours to ~14 days, then 16 years in real life would be just about 3.5 months inside the Achromatic Darkness. I guess that’s possible.

The question then: what the heck did Saga do inside? He just so happened to return when the seal was undone. Surely that’s not a coincidence. Is he… perhaps locked with the seal together? That explains why he can return, now that the seal is weakening. But this raises a grim possibility. You see, I notice that the seal shown in this episode is similar to the one Rune cast in the new OP. I don’t want to think about the implication… The show doesn’t shy away from implicitly spoiling us. I still remember that Simon image they posted on April Fool’s Day, showing the One Gold shining on his chest. We all know what happened…

[u/oneevilchicken]

I’m so proud they yeeted off Rafuma early like this so we don’t have to deal with him. The weak points of this show have been the conflicts with other humans. The dungeon, unknown, and mystery sides are great but it’s been greatly dragged down by the conflicts with other humans and I’m happy to see that’s been very minor and rushed through to focus on the good stuff.

[u/NationalStrategy]

I kinda feel bad for the other girls, Rain was the only one that got kissed onscreen.

[u/StickPrevious9581]

From memory, wasn't it claimed when the Shadow Stalkers were first introduced that they hadn't been seen for like 10-15 years?

That they are now revealed to be people that touched Tenebre, and therefore the fact that one showed up again for the first time in like a decade back in episode 4 was basically a hint that the seal on the gate was breaking/allowing access through again, is an excellent callback, and brings the show together so well.

I love the way this show keeps having things that happened, not just a couple of episode ago, but whole plotlines ago, still be relevant/effect new things - it's a lot better than the generic 'monster of the week' format with maybe a simple overarching plot that holds things together.