Wait a minute, with the ice spell last week and the stage play this week… Am I in a gag anime? <insert always has been meme>

There’s a lot I forgot about the source material, including Shiki’s theory that the attack on the empire was also a diversion based on his views of which hero is a long term threat rather than a short term one.

Also is nice that we finally get to see the demiplane residents actually do something after all the training they’ve been doing. Convenient to have a small army in your pocket.

And not sure how to feel about the goddess meeting. Perhaps sad he didn’t get a punch in, but not for lack of effort at least? An interesting relationship where it seems they’re clearly at odds, and vocal about it, but can’t really do anything against each other easily too.