I said metaphorically. But... well :D
Fuck. This season ending was well made. It's clear that they tried their hardest to make it bittersweet, and they got it.
Rudeus lost a father, but got a daughter; he lost an arm, but he has Roxy to support him. Norn might have bawled and created drama, but she's learning how to defend herself. Zenith is disabled, but she has Lilia to back her up. There's a "but" for every down that they got.
That scene with the grave was specially beautiful IMO. I feel like drinking booze with your parents is special, for both sides - they're acknowledging that you're an adult without losing that parent-child link. (Fuck, now I feel the urge to buy a bottle of liqueur and drink with my mum.)
I feel like this is something that Mushoku Tensei does amazingly well, in comparison with a lot of series made for masculine demographics: the main character is powerful, but not invincible. He has to sacrifice things to get other things. And it plays really well with the theme, that it's worth to go further and chase what you want, that you won't get things without effort.
I'll provide some LN spoilers simply because I can't help but talk about this. I'm excited for season three, after all.
heavy LN spoilers, from multiple volumes onwards
Zenith didn't lose her memory. The time spent in the mana crystal made her into a Blessed/Cursed Child. She's telepathic, but lost her ability to talk "normally". People talk with her, but she only gets an idea of what they're talking from their thoughts, and then she "talks" and nobody hears it.
Eventually she'll get a granddaughter to talk with her, Lara (Roxy's daughter). Lara is not a Blessed/Cursed Child or anything like this, she's simply inheriting the Migurd ability for telepathy that for some reason her mother lacks. It's kind of funny because almost everyone in the family will see Lara as a silent kid, except Zenith - who sees her as a chatterbox.
In fact, Lara is the reason why Hitogami was so hellbent on making Rudeus not go to Bergaritt. If Rudeus didn't meet Roxy again, Lara wouldn't be born, and Lara is an essential pawn in the fight against Hitogami.
Urrrrgh, the urge to talk about it! I can't though - as I'm re-reading the LN right now. At least, until the next episode.
It was an OK episode, I guess. A bit unfulfilling as a season ending episode, but I'm glad to see Mireille joining the ranks after showing her value, without lowering the value of the other vassals.
The whole thing feels so awkward, but I'm glad that it does. It would feel really off if either knew exactly what to say, and how to say it.
Good girl gone ~~bad~~ bird!
Keep in mind that the series are only similar when it comes to the protag hating the goddess, but past that they're really different. Like, Makoto is by no means as sly and deceitful as Touka, while Seras (the deuteragonist elf in the PV) is there for the drama (unlike Tomoe and Mio).
Still, I think that it's worth checking out.
It was overall a good episode. A nice mix of action, romance, and the marriage to kick in. I guess that the next episode will be their early life as a married couple?
I wasn't expecting Lavinia to show up though. My sides went into orbit!
spoilers from the wiki, based on the LN
She's half-lying when she says that she's just there to "take a look at his eccentric bride"; she's Oscar's maternal grandmother, it's literally her grandson's marriage. I don't think that Tinasha knows this because of her wondering about "if witches didn't intervene", well, then your hubby wouldn't be born you baka.
This is likely related to why Lavinia cursed the Farsas' royal family. Her daughter Rosalia (Oscar's mother) is dead as the series start; she probably cursed her son-in-law Kevin (Oscar's father, former king) out of sorrow, or Kevin did some major fuckup when treating his wife. Aah, I really need to read this LN...
Exactly my thought!
It was a decent ride, I guess. Not overly exciting; but I like how ending the season with Gobjii's death gives it a "book endings" feel, at the start we see a bunch of goblins being born and then one dying, while the others move on with their lives.
And goddammit Aporou, let a dying person talk.
Depending on how they do it, the animation might be really fun. The story has the same "driving force" as Tsukimichi, of a character wanting revenge on the goddess that dumped him in a world; but it's far more serious, the overpowered skills aren't as flashy, there's no "city building" aspect but a lot of "my strategy beats yours".
Okay... I'm rather pleased with this first episode. Yes, it is edgy. Yes, it makes you feel like singing "CRAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIN...". But you know what? It's fun.
The higher the number of people summoned from Earth, the higher the chances that the summoner is scum, and someone is trashed away. (Relevant detail: I can't help but associate the goddess' name "Vicius" with "vice".)
She doesn't get Touka's ability right, does she? She was talking about low accuracy, but apparently at least Paralyse hits true all/most of the time.