I am so glad they didn't go with the traumatized route with Nick encountering Claudine. It was great to see him so confident in front of her and help another guy out who could have went through the same thing he did.

It was also nice to see himself handle Leon so well, that confrontation had me thinking Nick might be in trouble but it went completely different from what I was expecting.

This Arithmetic Bare Knuckle thing sounds kind of stupid though lol, are they going to be doing arithmetic whilst boxing each other or something?

we have Chess-boxing so why not

I saw this in another comment section but I'm not familiar with it, I feel like I might have scene a clip somewhere in passing but the idea sounds weird lol.

Two combatants play alternating rounds of blitz chess and boxing until one wins by checkmate or knockout.

Who the hell came up with that?! That's ridiculous lol.

it's a bit complicated

imagine getting your head rocked and then proceed to get all of your chess pieces stolen because you have a concussion haha 2 Ls in one

lmao

Oh yeah chess-boxing!:)

wat

First time I heard of this was from Disguised Toast & PointCrow's YouTube channel.

This Arithmetic Bare Knuckle thing sounds kind of stupid though lol, are
they going to be doing arithmetic whilst boxing each other or
something?

It sounds stupid and it's actually stupid, sadly.

Great, I'll go in expecting stupid next episode lol.

isn't that just Rock Paper Scissors?

Sounds like an RPG lol.

I kinda love this season of non pathetic MCs. All the MCs this season have been chads. Fking love it something average dudes can relate to. All the loser, passive, apologetic, nerdy MCs are way overplayed.

Nick went Kazuma, no f*cks given.

To be fair nick’s personality seems to be that type of guy.

Experienced, responsible, and confident. The man reminds me more of the dependable buddy the main character usually has than a main character I swear.

He’s even got an idol cheering him on.

Yeah, I personally am tired of waiting 8 episodes before I see the humiliation. Prolly that's one of the reasons redo of healer was so popular. The past tamer anime was not bad either in that regard.

I'd bring a calculator if i was Nick!

They do have that magic abacus...

I feel like I just lost 20 mins of my life.... this show feels like it's time to drop

I was scrolling down to check if I was the only one who got bored to sleep watching this episode

Its a pretty sorry adaptaion ngl

It's about to get slightly more interesting, if memory serves.

that's what i thought/ I am waiting for

How it works ? Like the first finding the correct answer can punch the opponent ? I'm not sure about it...

OH NO MATH

Lack of money

Elaina from wandering witch got me saying "Okaaaa ney" everytime i hear money.

when i hear money, my mind always hears 'SHAKEEM!' as said by the demon Senbei from 'Oh! My Goddess' voiced in the English dub by Kevin Collins. i know shakeem actually means debt, but it still just resonates in my memories. :>

I heard that in my head as I read it lmao

Hell megumin even knows the struggles of money

You have seen her Family's Living condition, Right? Of course she knows about money struggles.

Ur damn right I done forgot about her livin' conditions

In fact, I was rewatching the whole series just these past couple days and the only thing I hadn't gotten to yet was the movie.

This calls for me to review.

Mathematics bare knuckle....is that just a fancier way of saying rock paper scissors?

Hey, sounds like as good a guess as any

basically a 2v2 where one person answers test questions and the partner of whoever gets the higher score gets a free attack... its pretty roundabout

Well, that wasn't much money they had.
I really like Bond, he is a really fun character - and the way he walks is just hilarious. That parallel skill of his is quite useful and Bond himself seems like a strong sword/guy... whatever.

I really like the telepathy they can now use. But damn, was Bond annoying when he started shouting into Nick's head.

Anyways, good job Nick - saving that guy/boy (he looked kinda young) from getting swindled by Claudine.
Also - what the hell is Arithmetic Bare Knuckle?

The fact that Bond borrows his stamina from Nick is interesting.

I love how Curan instantly went from "You can buy a snack!" to "A snack is all you can buy!" XD

curran is already a snack

She's a southern fried meal.

So Claudine is swindling little boys now huh?

It’s not just me who thinks this entire episode felt incredibly awkward, right?

No, you are not alone. The animation is totally inconsistent. For example, Bond's fight scene was totally awkward but his tantrum was very smooth somehow. I don't think they got the priority correct lol

I watched it at 1.5x speed so the awkward pauses aren't so apparent. Although sometimes when they are walking it looks like I'm watching shadow puppet theatre lol

I feel like the quality of the show is kind of low so I've been coming in with such expectations but it's just hard to ignore lol. I like the setting with how the party was formed but I kinda wish it had either better writing or better animation, preferably both of course.

You can always donate your money and crowdfund their studio... 70k per episode and some more if you want it flashy.

Yup. It's kinda a weirdge episode. Especially the end. As for Claudine targetting kids now: Ew! She'll be swindling elderlies soon I'll bet.

That was kind of the point they were making about her. She is scraping the bottom of the barrel now after swindling so many peeps for so long...