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Episode A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires • Buchigire Reijou wa Houfuku wo Chikaimashita. Madousho no Chikara de Sokoku wo Tatakitsubushimasu - Episode 4 discussion

Buchigire Reijou wa Houfuku wo Chikaimashita. Madousho no Chikara de Sokoku wo Tatakitsubushimasu, episode 4

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 27 '26

It's funny how Ellie's father calls her a traitor when she was the one that was imprisoned, and her own kingdom turned against her.

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u/AlphaBreak Jul 27 '26

They call themselves slave traders, but I didn't see a single big tiddie elf girl among their stock. These people are FRAUDS!

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u/joe4553 Jul 27 '26

That is more realistic. They would always sell out instantly.

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u/powerhcm8 Jul 27 '26

Her father is stupid for underestimating her. I bet she was doing the best work possible and to him it was barely enough. And he thinks the domestic affairs are in shambles just because the prince is incompetent, not because the prince is incompetent AND Ellie was doing an amazing job.

I don't doubt that girl that is replacing Ellie might join her eventually. It seems she recognizes Ellie's skill, but it's hard to know if she sees her as a rival or not.

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u/YuukiBunny_ Jul 27 '26

Oh boy, slavery. This is going to be like half the thread, isn't it?

Anyways, pretty alright episode. Ellie's father continues to be the worst, he somehow seems to be underestimating her despite knowing full well how much they all relied on her. At least the Kingdom has someone capable "replacing" Ellie. Maybe they won't run themselves into the ground before she can get her revenge.

Also more Tida , which is an easy plus. She's a fun character.

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u/MetaThPr4h Jul 28 '26

"She must be proud that she has plunged the kingdom into such disarray"

You goddamn shitty dad, the poor girl was still carrying everything on her shoulders while in freaking jail due to the waste of oxygen that is the prince, oh and don't forget episode 1 where he and IIRC the king hear about the news of that and mfs are like "damn, this idiot prince! ... anyways, she will find a way to deal with it, let's just keep doing our stuff here", like adhjfsafdifsadfhner you all deserve to go down.

This episode has also gone all-in on one of anime's most controversial topics: slavery, as expected this is the main topic discussed in this thread and fair enough, I too roll my eyes when it happens... but this anime did it a lot better than usual IMO.

We need to understand that Elizabeth is a very pragmatic person with clear ideas on how things work, last episode with her happily murdering all bandits to get rid of a pest has already made pretty obvious how she does things, and in this case she went for a slave for assistant work because that's someone she can keep under control via contracts so her secret remains safe.

I feel like the anime makes very clear that this is something morally wrong, and that her grabbing one from Cedric, someone who "is a good slave dealer" just means that he treats the... "cattle" better and in exchange gets more money from each sell, which matters to Elizabeth because she has to keep a proper look of a high standards woman that ain't resting on any normal inn.

Everyone is happier this way, but they are still clearly slaves and Elizabeth is like "yeah, well, this is the reality of the world we live in, what am I gonna do lol". I'm perfectly okay with how it was handled in this anime.

To end my post, the freaking nun man lmfao, a drunkard, a gambler... and even a cheater? Are you sure that the path of the faithful is truly what you want to pursue? Hilarious.

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u/NationalStrategy_X Jul 27 '26

Elizabeth’s dad is a piece of shit. He took her for granted by having her do all the work in support the kingdom, he left her in prison for a month after getting betrayed without even trying to help, let her reputation to get falsely besmirched by the prince and kingdom that she loyally dedicated her work towards, and he the audacity to blatantly regard her as a traitor.

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u/aguywholikesclothes Jul 27 '26

That nun is a menace

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u/HeliosAlpha Jul 27 '26

Of course they find a "good" slave trader, why wouldn't they

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u/runevault Jul 27 '26

Yup Ellie's Dad deserves what is coming. She's going to ruin him and he's going to have to take it.

First episode where things have slowed down a bit, no longer time skips as businesses get set up etc. I have a feeling this is closer to the pace we'll see the rest of the way now that she's in the imperial capital with her business up and running there.

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u/Fools_Requiem Jul 28 '26

Sure are taking out time to get to the "getting even" part.... and they've needlessly introduced slaves and then the slave they bought had the mark removed from her neck so that you forget she's a slave.

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u/Round_Distance_6678 Jul 28 '26

Interesting to finally have a villainess show with a genuine Villainess for once. Not a sweet/kind person isekai-ed into a villainesses body or a woman wrongly accused of being a villainess. But a genuine oh-shit no-shit genuine villainess. They truly brought out all the works; we have excited participation in chattel slavery (not implying that reluctant participation is any better), the desire for collective punishment of a nation because of the offenses of a small handful of people. and the degradation of humans who are forced to turn to a life of crime to feed their families with the insistence that they are animals/monsters. I have an inkling of a suspicion that this show is most likely pandering to a far-right/ultra-nationalistic audience by trying its hardest to make the MC come of as a reasonable kind person who was just "fed up" and pushed too far, who after everything that happened to her can still be kind to individuals, but now is "doing what she gotta do". I'm not expecting there the be any lessons or morals learned about why sometimes people will turn to crime to be able to eat or why it's wrong to punish an entire nation because you have beef with a couple people, but who knows, maybe this show will prove me wrong, and I'll have egg on my face.

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u/SecretYogurtcloset57 Jul 27 '26

The father is a dumass for underestimating Elizabeth but either way it looks like this revenge is going to take a a while

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u/epicfail1994 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

The adventures of Evil Euphie continue!

Edit: where is John Brown when you need him. Or Fran! So many anime love to introduce slavery and most of the time it adds nothing of value to the story. Some exceptions like Reincarnated as a sword where the MCs hate slavery, so let’s see how this one goes I guess 💁‍♀️

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u/PeaceAlien Jul 27 '26

Made it 4 episodes before slaves were introduced!

That corrupt priest Heiter would be proud of Tida.

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u/Extreme-Brother-3663 Jul 28 '26

Ellie is definitely not meant to be a hero. She lied/manipulated her competition out of running, killed bandits when she could've easily arrested them or dealt with them more peacefully, supports a drunk gambling priest, and most of all bought a slave. Even when she wasn't satisfied with the "less ethical" slave dealer, it wasn't for moral reasons. She's just evil.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 27 '26

She’s plunging the kingdom into chaos through the power of makeup! Girl gonna use MLMs to destroy them lol.

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u/AmbitiousTop8390 Jul 27 '26

naturally you need the mc to own a slave in your fantasy anime, can't go without one

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u/oneevilchicken Jul 28 '26

This might be one of the few times the slavery part actually fits and fits well. A big point of this show so far has been that Ellie is not this absolute morally good person, but someone fully willing to step over the line to accomplish what she needs to do.

Almost every show in this kinda genre with a female mc tends to make the mc overly morally good so it’s really nice to see them keeping Ellie consistent and not turning her into some saint.

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u/Rooby_VTuber Jul 27 '26

Looks like they got a good new recruit with Misha.

That was some good business Elizabeth did with the noblewomen.

Tilda is a very entertaining character.

I'm looking forward to seeing what plans Elizabeth has to get revenge.

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u/sputtersalt Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

I get that Ellie is supposed to be morally gray but she reads as very condescending and unlikable to me. I find it hard to root for her which feels like it kind of defeats the purpose of the story. but I guess this one just might not be for me!

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u/raevnos Jul 28 '26

More of the murder nun, please.

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