Episode 9 - HS





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This episode revived my hope that this show might yet turn out to be worth some of the hype. The trading in this show has been vastly inferior to Spice & Wolf, the military side has been... well, let's say it has left much to be desired, if I wanted to avoid the word pitiful. However, this ep had such a nice long scene of a speech that I felt like I was watching one of Chihayafuru's matches on the edge of my chair. I guess you can't have too many of those in a show, but this was sorely needed. Even the scene of Older Sister Maid crying and lamenting her own powerlessness contributed greatly in retrospect, even though I paid it little attention when it happened. However, clearly the most impressive aspect of it was how she borrowed Head Maid's insects and mixed it with her own grim experiences, hopes, wishes, fears, and desires. A single speech and she changed the whole country, possibly the whole continent. I'm so satisfied with this episode that I wouldn't change anything in it.