Episode 6 – Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- [2021-08-13]

You know, it may be because I am a mere four days away from going back to work as a teacher in the increasingly fraught environment of a “Post”-But-Not-Actually-Post-COVID public education system, but you know what I really didn’t need Tsukimichi to spend fully half of this week’s episode on? Incredibly boring standardized tests. That cliffhanger from last week may have given you the impression that something interesting or important was going to happen regarding the frosty Patrick Rembrandt, but nope, that was just a pointless misdirect. The whole “You’re doing everything wrong” remark was based purely on Rembrandt misunderstanding Makoto to be a rank amateur, and when our hero reveals all of the valuable monster bits that he procured last week, it’s nothing but apologies and exposition dumps from the guy. Basically, Rembrandt’s family has fallen ill on account some kind…