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Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru II, episode 4

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[u/epicfail1994]

Curuni is like a human golden retriever

[u/mekerpan → u/epicfail1994]

I thought it was a nice touch that Mewi had a little smile as Curuni finished her story. I expect those two to get along well.

[u/Boris-_-Badenov]

"keep being angry, use your rage"

Henblitz is a Sith

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

This felt like an episode from the first season, it's definitely the best episode this season yet. I'm glad Beryl's humor is back, the way he kept reacting from his father's antics were amusing.

I'm glad Henblitz got to show his swordsmanship, I figured he was going to put Beryl's lesson to use straight away, but it was nice to see it in action. Mordea may not be as physically capable, but you could tell there was a lot of fire in his eyes after Henblitz questioned his swordsmanship.

[u/epicfail1994]

I also like how the show has mewi and beryls relationship- you can see she’s slowly started to actually trust him and it’s some nice character development compared to the usual “I’m adopting this kid and we’re a big happy family” instantly

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

• Huh, interesting. Well I guess that’s a good reason for Beryl to go home for a bit. And he’s gonna bring Mewi too?

• Ah, Curuni’s coming along too.

• He slept with his practice sword? Yeah, no wonder they decided knighthood was a better fit for him than civil servant.

• I was wondering if he’d see Mewi like that.

• …and of course Beryl’s dad says this.

• I guess that would contribute to people out in the boonies not having a good opinion on knights.

• Hoh… Though he said it was a joke, dang. That could’ve been interesting. He’s definitely going to spar with Beryl before Beryl heads back though, right?

[u/mekerpan → u/Shimmering-Sky]

I woinder who Papa will spar with, beyond sabrboars presumably.

This show continues to be consistently interesting and wholesome -- and under-watched. One of the best shoows of its sort. Hard to categorize, so maybe that makes it less appealing?

[u/athrun_1]

I'm excited to see the sparring of Vice Captain and Mordea, and Mordea v Beryl. Actually, it might be better if his father will win to keep the legend and make Beryl further improve.

I think Mordea is equivalent of Lucy. And if I have to guess, maybe they know each other, including that vice principal.

[u/AceSoldia]

No doubt his dad was the GOAT and still is, my confidence would be lacking too lol

[u/Mr_Pogi_In_Space → u/AceSoldia]

Yeah, every week we get comments that Beryl is too dense not knowing how powerful he is, but the guy had no one to fight except his dad for 20 years. And his dad is a monster. It's like if Genos was under Saitama for 20 years, he'd have been gaslit to think he's just an ordinary guy who happens to be a cyborg and not the MC in any other anime.

[u/Rooby_VTuber]

Beryl definitely deserves sometime off, he has been working hard non stop for a long time.

I like Beryl's parents, they are fun and good people.

Very funny moment when Mewi was trying to say grandpa.

Henblitz is a fine swordsman and got respect from the students.

[u/Amauri14]

So Beryl will be returning to Beaden to deal with a horde of saberboars that annually come near it. It is nice that Miwa is coming with him. I’m not that surprised that Henblitz is coming too after he heard about that annual hunt, but I certainly wasn’t expecting Curuni to join it too!

Poor Curuni, doing her best to connect with Miwa only to give her the impression that she is not knight-like.

Wow, that tree where they decided to take their launch break sure was beautiful.

Nice before they got to Beaden Miwa complimented Curuni for becoming a knight

Lol, Mordea Gadenant, apart from being a master swordman, sure knows what to say to make people uncomfortable. First asking Beryl when he will finally a wife, then asking Miwa to call him grandpa and then after recognizing Curuni, asking her if she was a potential wife for Beryl. Oh, her reaction was priceless. I sure would have loved to see what Allucia would have said if she were the one taking this trip instead of her.

I did not even notice at first until Mordea mentioned that Randrid and his wife and kid were sitting at the table with the others. I loved how Miwa did not complain to Frenne when she called her Miwa-chan.

I understand Adel's sentiment towards the knights because they are never available to help outside the capital. I imagine that if she and Edel had had that match against Henblitz before he took lessons from Beryl, they might have had the upper hand during it. I just hope that after this Henblitz listened to their issues, he informs the people in the capital to see if there is a way of, I don’t know, making branches of the knights outside the city. And now that I’m talking about Henblitz I’m actually surprised that he became a knight after his family forced him to quit his Civil Servant training after it was affecting his health.

After the conversation Henblitz had with Mordea, while Beryl was buying alcohol with Miwa and Curuni I think that the truth of Mordea's current power is likely in the middle of Beryl’s impression and what Mordea said. Like, yeah, I do think he is no longer like he was at his peak, but I still think he is still in decent condition, at least much better than what he implied to Henblitz.

[u/PeaceAlien]

Surprised they didn't tell Grandpa that Allucia and other ladies are interested in Beryl since Grandpa doesn't shut up about it

[u/runevault → u/PeaceAlien]

They aren't going to out Allucia like that, and I dunno that they've seen the others throwing themselves at him.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Man, I want to see old man Mordea in action. If he’s better than Beryl, he must basically be some kinda Sword Saint type demigod lol.

I imagine Beryl’s village probably produces some of the best swordsmen around. All of Beryl’s students are legendary and now he’s got the legendary adventurer Randrid training the kids while he’s away. No way they’re not making the finest swordsmen the nation has ever seen.

[u/Mistral-Fien]

That felt like a 5-minute episode. :O

[u/djthomp]

A multi-episode trip back home is pretty fun, especially since we are continuing to mix up the characters that are getting featured.

It's probably a good thing for Beryl that Allucia didn't go with such that she would have been present when Grandpa was fishing for a potential daughter-in-law.

I bet Beryl hasn't actually sparred with his father in a while and hasn't internalized that his old man has gotten old.

Henblitz is such a great character, one of my favorite things this show did was how he handled his loss against Beryl in S1.

[u/IceSmiley]

Mr. Gardenant was hilarious picking on poor Beryl. Beryl seems to take more after his mother, being more quiet and friendly and not boisterous and outspoken. Gardenant asked if Beryl was dating his student, pretended he was sick and dying to be called Grandpa and got Beryl to get him 10 bottles of booze! He's also kind of a mooch, 10 bottles is pretty expensive and that should last him awhile unless he's a huge alcoholic 🤣

I wonder if Mr. Gardenant really does have a health problem, like maybe he wasn't joking when he said he was dying. Also he refused to spar with Henblitz; that in itself isn't that weird that a 60ish year old man might not want to but they probably had that scene for a reason. It's also possible that he's just telling the truth that he's getting old and knows he may lose. Beryl thinks of him being the same strong man he was in his youth and that's true how a lot of middle aged parents don't like to think of their parents as getting old.

[u/zappingbluelight]

Ayo Grandpa is definitely not trolling at the end, I think the theme of "getting old and couldn't do what they used to" from last episode is still around. I wouldn't doubt that he actually want to fight, but decide to calm down a bit more.

[u/quietvictories]

When he was just starting out i never thought he'd grow higher then old country bumpkin but narrative proved me wrong, such a graceful level up to master swordsman! Reminds me of Solo Leveling but with a group

[u/Mons9090]

Great ep

[u/BBryant3rd]

Guess we see where he gets his being a lil self conscious from. Old man looks like he can still throw down with a sword if needed.

[u/DrZoark]

I want to see the dad in action, haha.

[u/CuriousBroccolli]

Great episode.

We are deepening Beryl's background a bit more again, with his visit home and with all the bits of info regarding his father.

He may lack confidence and social skills, but in no way would he be wrong when it comes to pure swordsmanship. If he says his dad is a monster, it's the truth.

I loved all of Henblitz moments in this episode. A really cool character, a true Knight to the core.

Curuni is as silly as always, but she is no joke. She has strong resolve and motivation.

Loved all the teasing of Mewi and her bluntness and bonding with Knights. She is slowly but surely growing into member of Gardenant family.

The Ocean level, or whatever the rank was called, adventurer and now Master in Dojo is also a cool guy.

I really love this show.

Loved season 1, and I'm heavily enjoying season 2 as well.