After the premiere episode for this season of Ascendance of a Bookworm laid out the setup for the new status quo of the series moving forward, the next episode is able to move on from that and get right on…continuing to lay out the setup for the new status quo. Look, Main’s only barely moved into the cathedral, and there’s still a whole winter season coming that she’s going to have to stay through. There’s going to be an adjustment period, and the struggles therein are what we’re currently following along with all the structural shifts affected by our titular tiny bookworm. The show’s presentation and explanation of so many of those worldbuilding elements are as considered and thoughtful as ever. But there might be something of a balance issue in its focus on those elements alongside the more emotionally-affective material of the 28th episode.
Coming off the evocative…
