![]() ![]() This fanclub becomes an entire subplot wherein Ikki starts training his classmates on how to become better physical fighters–which is what leads the characters to the pool scene in the first place, as he ends up holding a training class there.Īll throughout the episode, Ikki and Stella continually fail at communicating with one-another, and we mostly follow along with Stella as the strain of the situation really starts to put a damper on her perspective of their relationship. ![]() Considering the way that Ikki was treated by his classmates up till this point, this radical shift in his reputation is pretty important to his character arc. Just like in Ass War, the early part of the episode establishes that Ikki has taken on a bit of a fan following after his previous victory–but the significance of this is vastly different. Whereas Ass War’s filler episode focused on fleshing out the relationship between its largely irrelevant side characters, Chivalry’s is dedicated to fleshing out the newly-minted official relationship between its main characters the focus here being on how, in spite of having hooked up more than a week ago, the couple hasn’t actually done anything romantic together yet. It is also set in-between major arcs, just like the Ass War episode–with the biggest difference being that it’s in episode five, between the first and second arcs, as opposed to the second and third. It is still very much a pool episode, largely existing in the name of getting its main characters naked–and the dip in art and animation quality reflects this. Considering the pretty lackluster animation and artwork throughout most of this episode, it was probably made as a way of saving money, as it’s common practice in the industry to save on budget by making an episode out of panning shots of girls in bikinis at the beach or pool.Ĭhivalry of a Failed Knight contains a similar filler episode–but in a different part of the show, and with a very different function. There probably wasn’t quite enough material to turn the second volume of the novels into a four-episode arc, so they came up with an excuse to make a pool episode and to get Kirin and Saya into swimsuits. It’s not difficult to imagine how this episode came about. They then talk about Ayato and how cool he is for a little bit before the episode rounds off on showing how their bonding has made them better team fighters. After all that, the girls have a moment together wherein they briefly share the most meaningful conversation in the entire show, with Saya offering Kirin some reassurance and guidance on how to have more respect for herself. The second half has the girls visit a pool so that Saya can teach Kirin how to swim, and get into a dumb fanservice battle with some rich girl in a g-string. The first half of the episode follows Kirin and Saya on a little shopping excursion, as Saya seeks an illegal weapon to purchase for her father. It’s worth mentioning that in this cafeteria scene, we learn that Ayato has developed a sort of fan following as a result of becoming the number-one fighter at school after beating Kirin. After talking to Ayato and Julis about it, they decide to hang out for the rest of the weekend and get in some good old-fashioned bonding. ![]() It follows the new partnership of Kirin and Saya as they realize that their teamwork is rather lackluster due to their lack of personal chemistry. Funnily enough, episode eight is probably the least offensively terrible episode of the series, in spite of also being an anime-original filler episode. Back when I was talking about the last two arcs of The Asterisk War, I kind of just glossed over episode eight. ![]()
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