[conceptual, anyway; I don’t actually get paid extra when a piece of network gear disconnects an entire data center’s virtual machines]

Literal Dream Girl Elf Waifu, episode 4

In which Our Sleepy Hero teaches Our Perfect Waifu how to play with pussy(cats), meets a neighbor who wants to be her friend, rents children’s books and movies for her, gets rewarded with a suggestive-but-sadly-innocent straddle, and briefly enjoys the shaking produced by a small earthquake. Buy-the-bluray, perhaps?

TL/DR, a day in the life, ending in the decision to rescue the cat-shota and defeat the villains. Next week.

Verdict: cute and relaxing.

(good thing I always have spare shots of Zelda around when I need a hot-elf)

The Apothecary Diaries 2, episode 4

Hmmmm, now where are we going to find an extremely tall woman who’s beautiful enough to outshine a pair of gorgeous foreign gals? Maomao gets it, Gaoshun gets it, Jinshi is not happy to finally get it. All of this naturally ties into The Locked-Room Mystery Of The Pregnant Daughter, in which Encyclopedia Maomao’s solution only works if the room just happens to contain a recently-mentioned really expensive item.

Verdict: weaksauce mystery is really just a cover for foreshadowing.

Hammer Of The Guild Gal, episode 4

Back to the normal credits order, which means we’re whiplashing back to sweetness and light (with a side order of psychotic rage). As expected, the bat-signal on the mantel goes off and Our Hammer Gal races to the rescue, after a brief introspective moment where she considers saying “fuck it” and leaving them to their deaths.

It’s an awkward (and bloody) time for character growth, and it almost makes her too late to rescue her not-yet-but-growing-on-her friends, but she gets there in time for Our Lovestruck Tank to reveal both his cool side and his stalkery side. The downside is that having to fight The Biggest Baddest Big Bad (for now) requires her to not only break out her superpowers, but to level them up mid-fight into super-duper-powers with no explanation except “gosh, that’s convenient”.

Verdict: speaking of level-ups, we’ve gone from the premise of boss-monster-of-the-week to dark-god-of-the-week, all with powers that The Rules tells us are above the level of everyone except Alina. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that means more overtime.

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