Leadale no Daichi nite

[Ryllharu]

It's uneventful and really feels like a 90s fantasy series.

I'm okay with it, knowing it is generally low-key and low-stakes.

They are really downplaying how vicious Cayna is though, covering it up with reaction faces and stuff. She had a little crisis of faith earlier, after killing that other thief, but she was more than willing to kill someone she strongly suspected was a child-player, knowing full well the consequences of her actions.

It's what I like about this series despite it being a power-fantasy isekai.

Cayna actually acts like she is absurdly overpowered. Not in a forced way like Overlord's roleplay settlings force on Monmonga. She has full control of her actions, and is fully aware of the consequences of what she's capable of.

Thus, she's very aloof, wants nothing to do with anything but her own individual affairs, and she's mildly malicious about it all. She enjoys this, and casually threatens others because they're really no threat to someone like her.

There's no feeling of Mary Sue about her. We know she's earned all of this by overplaying the game in her hospice bed. They don't try to play it dramatic, loading up the gravitas and attempting to bullshit the viewers with misdirection like she has any chance at all of losing. They explore her situation from a fun perspective instead, with the rare flashes of guilt, resignation of her isolation, and her cold lethality to contrast the fun moments.