To be honest, this episode kept bothering and rubbing me the wrong way. Since the majority of the plot points covered here weren’t that interesting, I decided to focus on what the characters were talking about…and what they’re talking about is confusing at best and frustrating at worst. Don’t get me wrong: there were a couple of interesting character traits being established here, like Raphtalia sort of struggling with PTSD for about two minutes, or Ost having some kind of internal struggle about how she feels uncomfortable being praised as a comrade by everybody even though, by her own admission, she has done and will continue to do terrible things. I like Rishia as a character, but I remain very confused regarding what her arc is supposed to be about. We already know that she’s pretty capable at magic, but everyone keeps treating her like she doesn’t have anything to…
