This week, Our “Powerless” OP Hero goes looking for work and picks up two men. Literally. Meanwhile, First and Second Waifu gather with Our Oddly-Dressed Mage and Our Well-Displayed Atelier to exposit about the nominal plot and come up with an excuse for the waifus to spend all their time with him.

Kurt’s new temp job is hauling loot for a small adventuring party that gets in way over their heads, and he breaks the cutie by taking out three massive iron golems, treating it as a mining problem instead of combat. Having seen too much, they swiftly get recruited into the exclusive club of Defenders Of Kurt’s Delusions.

Bonus points for a brief but timely appearance by The Mysterious Bandana And Her Faithful Bandana.

Verdict: I don’t think we’ve even come close to Peak OP yet. In fact, I’m sure we haven’t. Will this become a complete trainwreck? Stay tuned!

(no fan-art to speak of yet, so I’ll just put a loving waifu here)

Unhappy with this season? Bad news…

What’s been announced for summer so far is worse. The only things I’m willing to watch on this list are Call Of The Night 2 and Kaiju No. 8 2. Even the trashy harem shows are weak, with Private Tutor To The Duke’s Daughter exceeding the statutory limit for loli haremettes, with a ridiculously OP lead who constantly insists he’s weak before busting out never-before-seen magics.

There appears to be only one obvious kicked-out-of-the-hero-party show so far, where the biggest departure from the usual format is that the shy busty mage gal with underrim glasses is fully dressed. Real curveball there. The trailer wastes no time recruiting Our Underconfident Hero into a new party through the power of a manic pixie half-dressed twintail S-rank adventure gal. I’m heartily sick of this genre, but I kind of fear the thought of what will replace it.

Advantage: Trump

So, right after Apple spends a fortune flying planeloads of iDevices into the country to beat the new tariffs, Trump announces that they’re exempt from the new tariffs.

Meanwhile, every “market expert” explanation for what the stock market did last week has been contradicted by the next day’s explanation.

Tomorrow Never Dies:

Admiral: “What the hell is he doing?”

M: “His job.”

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