This chapter is literally so important to me because of this little moment right here
It feels small, but actually, isn’t it pretty big? Anya, a child who often makes little sacrifices—sometimes BIG sacrifices, due to her ability to read minds, pretty much always for the benefit of others, ETC. is about to make another small sacrifice for Yor.
Anya clearly expressed her interest, Yor saw that, and instead of going along with Anya’s excuse not to go, Yor finds a way to go without revealing herself as being wounded, etc etc. then they have the most fun little sea adventure ever.
It’s not HUGE on the surface but honestly, this is really big to me. Anya’s always making these little sacrifices, always acting in a way that will benefit others, when she knows she can, because of unseen (by those benefitting) reasons, and often people just go along with it because it’s a perfect opportunity for them. For whatever benefit they’re seeking, usually it’s not something too big, and sometimes it’s something like Loid being able to go do something dangerously important while Anya gets out of the way.
But Anya is still making sacrifices and, here, she didn’t have to :’)
I'm so excited. Part 3 is probably my favorite part, and one of my favorite studios is animating it. I'm glad another studio is taking the reins as things are going to get more action packed from here on, not to mention We are finally going to be experiencing the fantasy part of this fantasy world as we finally get to leave the City and explore the rest duchy. We got a taste of that in part 2, but now we're going to actually get to know the duchy Rozemyne lives in.
This is also going to be a big shift for the anime-onlys their reaction to previous plot points and spoilers about the later 3 parts of aob have me worried for thier reaction as Part 3 turns the story into more of a political drama. Rozemyne is now an Archduke Candidate and one of the highest ranked people in Ehrenfest period, and now she has to learn to navigate not only this new culture that she's been thrown into but also learn how to appropriately wield her power and she will sadly make mistakes that are going to cause more trouble than good for those now ranked below her. I'm worried how some will take these moments, as I know many of Myne's captlitalistic tendencies were criticized in the past. I have hope that they'll power through this change, especially as we sadly leave downtown and those characters.
This is also going to be the deconstruction of Ferdinand that is going to continue all the way through to part 4. Now that they are essentially equals in the eyes of society, their relationship is going to evolve accordingly. I'm excited to finally see Ferdinand's bad habits animated🥰
All of my favorite LN moments are in part 3, so don't be surprised if I never stop talking about the anime when it comes out!
Honzuki no Gekokujou (Ascendance of a Bookworm) - Sequel (4th season) announced for the adaptation of the light novel's Part 3 "Adopted Daughter of an Archduke"
I'll be honest... I have a soft spot for DamiAnya... Damian's only six but he's so lost on Anya already, yet he has no idea how to handle it lmaoooo XD It's so cute... boy fell in love at first punch
Yoooo guys @shinreddear pointed out here that it looks like Ran's actually looking at Conan and not Shinichi (kid) and i can't agree more 😳! Damn what is going on!