Episode 4



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For a Finn, a sauna-centric episode was nice, but it bothered me immensely the dudes were sitting on the footrest like little children, not on the actual bench, which you could see higher, right behind their backs. It's kind of embarrassing to make the episode mostly about saunas, yet then have such an elementary blunder in. But I guess it can happen when the director has never been to a sauna. In another country it would be enough if anyone at the studio had used a sauna before, but I guess in Japan an animator or another random employee trying to tell the director there's a factual mistake in the episode draft would be unimaginable.

I suppose Red hiding his actual battle power is wise in many ways. It draws less attention to him, making hiding his real indentity easier, including preventing his fame from spreading. It also ensures he can keep running the apothecary shop in peace, without people running to him, begging his assistance for various quests. Similarly the local adventurers' guild won't try to tell him to quit the store and work for them. A perhaps more rare benefit is being able to pull off stunts in secret, without people suspecting it was he who did it. A disadvantage is folks looking down on him, but it's a relatively peaceful town.