The Three Behemoths, episode 2

In which Our Ample Heroine parties with Our Braless Catgirl Blacksmith-nya, goes full Bobbitt and gets spunky, while Our Experienced Monster Kitten imagines a much worse ending to the fight. Note that taking a bite out of crime grants him both tentacles and cross-breeding, powers that are sure to support the narrative. And where she might have appeared mildly catsexual last episode due to the booze, she has now confirmed that she is eager to give it up as soon as he can get it up. And a little life-saving action by Our Mighty Kitten gives the catgirl a tingle as well.

Yes, this is faithful to the source material.

You won’t believe this, but when the third party gal shows up (which requires a bit of plot advancement first), she’s going to be even more catsexual, although unlike the other two she has an excellent reason for it.

Verdict: exactly what it says on the tin. Except the part about the guild-receptionist “person”.

(unrelated blonde-elf with maybe a quarter of the volume possessed by Our Weapons-Of-Mass-Distraction Heroine)

Magical Pixie Dream Homeless-Ninja-Gal, one and done

Cheap art and animation, weird shading, shouty, self-consciously THIS IS WACKY, with a narrator to point out things you definitely didn’t miss.

(five minutes of that and I need a cocktail with a catgirl chaser)

Solo Leveling 2, episode 1

The new OP is surprisingly non-horrible, and even includes a quick glimpse of Esil and a full backal shot of Our Telegraphed Girlfriend. Pity about the ED and the fight music. This week, a brief recap of the plot, then not nearly enough time spent admiring Our Plucky Little Sister and her insta-crushing schoolgirl friends. The only schoolgirl we have time for is the wannabe hunter from last season who made money padding out Our OP Hero’s group so he could raid a bunch of dungeons with His Rich Kid Sidekick.

He takes Schoolgirl Hunter on a field trip in what should have been an easy dungeon raid. Operative word being “should”. It doesn’t go well for the officially-highest-rank members of the raid, leaving the noobs and A Clever Babe We’ll Never See Again safe in the woods under Our Hero’s protection.

Next week, part two of Behind The Red Gate.

Verdict: look up “overpowered hero”, and you’ll find a picture of Jinwoo strolling casually through an army of humongous ice bears.

(I already used up most of the decent cheesecake for season one, including this pic, so unless the fan-artists get cracking or someone makes an Esil LoRa, I’ll probably have to fill in with random leftovers; they’re fighting elves next week, so maybe Frieren…)

Update: should have checked first. There are seven LoRas for Esil! Three for Pony, one for Illustrious, the rest for earlier base models. That should take care of things.

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