本好きの下剋上 領主の養女

It's great seeing the Harrisen scenes animated after they've shown them in the PV. They really directed it like an action scene from a shonen. You'd expect Rozemyne's hit to connect (Ferdinand had no idea this is a weapon) but not only did he block her, he disarmed her and reversed the attack perfectly lmao It was also interesting to see the broader context of Sylvester's family that we've been hinted about the entire season. Georgine seems both competent and, as Elvira notes, wronged by Sylvester's dad pretty roughly. She also managed to rise in the ranks of the greater duchy from 3rd to 1st wife, which aligns with her being a "very hard worker" / schemer. All in all the episode shows again Wilfried is simply unprepared for noble society and its many schemes. He rushed towards the other kids even though he was warned, diverted from the script talking to Georgine, etc. Meanwhile Rozemyne who had far less time in noble society already internalized the concept of being guarded and not giving your rivals any openings (post-credits scenes), despite Ferdinand still berating her as "carefree"... She still makes mistakes but she's already more socially-aware than Wilfried.

It's great seeing the Harrisen scenes animated after they've shown them in the PV. They really directed it like an action scene from a shonen. You'd expect Rozemyne's hit to connect (Ferdinand had no idea this is a weapon) but not only did he block her, he disarmed her and reversed the attack perfectly lmao This scene was brilliant, and showcases Ferdinand's relationship with Rosemyne perfectly . The two act like children with one another sometimes, but Ferdinand is almost always annoyingly right despite his smugness. Had he not been quite close, that would've been a scolding rather than a playful hit-you-back. It was also interesting to see the broader context of Sylvester's family that we've been hinted about the entire season. Georgine seems both competent and, as Elvira notes, wronged by Sylvester's dad pretty roughly. She also managed to rise in the ranks of the greater duchy from 3rd to 1st wife, which aligns with her being a "very hard worker" / schemer. What I find very interesting was her declining to hear rumors and wanting to visit, just to smile as she saw mother in jail. That woman is strange because those feel like they Could indicate that she's not pure evil? Like it seems like they are setting up a faux-antagonist in her. Though I could easily be wrong and it could just be that she's plotting revenge.

The show attempts to convey Georgine is a complex character. You had a scene where Elvira flat-out sympethizes with her and says she was wronged by their world's standards, or at the very least gotten the short end of the stick. Persumably, that decision was both of the late archduke and Veronica, who we know actually really loves Sylvester and Wilfried. So there's probably no love lost between Georgine and her mom, who in her mind backstabbed her for her young and brash brother. And while Ferdinand and Sylvester treat her visit as 100% ploy, we see she actually did care for the previous high bishop. Rozemyne read their letters and they weren't filled with conspiracy but actual supportive conversations. However, even if she is right to be furious and actually has been wronged, it still puts her in a collision course with both Sylvester and Rozemyne, which the show flat out tells us.

No she’s not and you admit it yourself, “she is wiser than her years” I’d hate to hear your opinion of Rudeus. Anyone that has 20+ years of memories and experiences is by all intents and purposes, mentally an adult. She exhibits child-like behavior but her originally personality is quite playful to begin with. She understands complex processes and has the wherewithal to build them from scratch in a medieval world. Myne also exhibits critical thinking (outside of book-related reacts). There is no way we are comparing all of this to an actual child in Wilfred.

It comes that way because the concept of reincarnation used by the writer is not "reborn as that person" she was born as myne, and her memories managed to resurface due to the devouring, she is literally a childs body with an adults memories. The previous life was 20 years so much more life experience that it drowned out and overwrote the memories of the 5 year old Myne. This is how the writer wrote this particular type of reincarnation. It's not so much subplanted a person as a child, more so the child unlocked a preivous life's memory and it was so overwhelming they merged with a lean towards the previous life.

I ask again, what are we if not the accumulation of memories and experiences? In the original context I’m simply saying it’s unfair to compare Myne and Wilfred. Myne has a major advantage of having an adult’s memories. She may lack total impulse control but she for sure has more than the average child. She is clearly far more mature than the average child given the responsibilities she has had to accept. I’ve never read what the author said in an Q&A/manga extra. I’ll follow their lead even if I don’t really agree with the concept fully. Regardless, comparing Myne to any other child is not a fair comparison.

I ask again, what are we if not the accumulation of memories and experiences? It's the nature vs nurture thing. The brain's composition, the various hormones - these are 100% nature. Just having someone's memories and experiences does not make you the same person. A child's undeveloped brain will remain a child's undeveloped brain no matter what past life memories and experiences you stuff it with.

I don’t really think that’s true and it’s okay to disagree, this is a story of fiction. It is impossible to know the actual nuerochemistry and brain development of an individual that has more memories in their psyche than the natural order. I think we humans are a culmination of natural personality, our lived experiences and eventually the memories that make us. To say 20+ years of memories being uploaded/taking over a person has no effect on their actual brain seems ridiculous. It clearly shows in her behavior and demeanor. In this context I am comparing Myne to Wilfred and how unfair it is to hold him to the same standard due to their circumstances.

I loved when Ferdinand gave her the fan at the end and just said “Do it!” Lmao. This episode was honestly one of the better ones. I also hate that the first thing they jumped to after seeing how woefully incapable Wilfred is, was to make sure Myne was with him and suggest (privately) they get married. Like, I know she doesn’t really want to be the next Aub but it doesn’t bode well for me when merit is so important to this worlds upper society. They literally have the Aub adopt anyone who shows significant promise to make sure the next Aub is the most capable one with the most mana and then snub the most capable person with the most mana by having her marry someone incapable to prop them up?

They literally have the Aub adopt anyone who shows significant promise to make sure the next Aub is the most capable one with the most mana That is not why they adopted RM, not officially, and not in-secret. The official reason is because she's a saint-like figure touched by god, the Saint of Ehrnfest, and that adopting her will give her the position advance printing, a duchy-wide industry priority only she can lead. The secret reason is because she's an unholy isekaid abomination that needs to be closely watched and hopefully steered for good and not total upheaval. None of these two reasons are what you wrote. In fact, Wilfried is the declared heir and this position in uncontested. Syvester-Georgine feuds over inheritence is exactly why Sylvester wanted to avoid this situation.

They’ve talked repeatedly about how the Aub adopts every noble child with a large amount of mana to become ducal candidates and that Myne is a ducal candidate because of that. If it were just the printing industry and keeping an eye on her they would have just kept her as an adoptive high nobles daughter, not the Aub himself. The current Aub is the only one that broke tradition by declaring Wilfred as heir apparent early because the current Aub didn’t like that he was competing against siblings when he was a candidate. It’s also been noted multiple times that it isn’t a sure thing if he doesn’t meet expectations. There were multiple episodes specifically saying that he would be replaced if he didn’t get his shit together. Yes, I’m aware that Ferdinand is concerned about her past memories and needs to keep a closer eye on her and yes the Aub is interested in her printing industry in hopes that it will improve the duchy’s standing and influence, but neither of those things change the fact that the aristocracy and political leadership in this world are entirely governed by mana capacity and merit and that these are the standard customs for ducal candidacy which Wilfred lacks. Edit: It’s also weird because just a couple episodes ago they talked about her marrying Ferdinand because of how important matching mana capacity is for mating and there is zero chance Wilfred will come near Myne’s.

They’ve talked repeatedly about how the Aub adopts every noble child with a large amount of mana to become ducal candidates and that Myne is a ducal candidate because of that. I don't recall this. She has been introduced as having a lot of mana, but this was not the reason for adoption and at no point did they say that's the rule, "A child with a ton of mana, join the archducal pool as a potential candidate" - it directly contradicts Wilfreid as the designated heir. Maybe you're confusing things with LN content or other duchies?

You’re missing my point. My entire point was that, the way this Aub is doing things does not bode well for the duchy . Specifically because of what is required from the Aub for the duchy to succeed, as is discussed in ep9 at 9:15 and throughout the rest of the episode and episode 10 where they specifically tell Wilfred he will be removed as heir if he does not meet expectations. The current Aub went through the succession struggle I referred to and I specifically said he was the first to break this tradition. It is also specifically said that Myne is a ducal candidate even with Wilfred designated as heir apparent and the fact she’s adopted.

Adoption like that isn't common in Ehrenfest, but not rare enough in the country anyone would question it. You're correct that the main reason is her mana, but the original plan was being adopted by Karstedt. Ferdinand only realized how much mana she has after the healing ritual during the Trombe hunt, and that why he wanted to check her memories right after. It's like, way too fucking much mana, more than the current Aub at age 7. She isn't an asset someone would stumble upon and ignore, and making sure she receives proper training to control it is pretty much mandatory at that level.

Unless RM was adopted by Sylvester she couldn't pour mana in the duchy foundation. She needed to be of the Aub's family. Even if RM couldn't conceive children, Wilfred could still marry other women. Sylvester and Florentia are ready to sacrifice RM for their son, that's sad but not unthinkable. We learned that Ferdinand entered the temple before his father's death, probably not to be perceived as a threatening aub candidate to his less talented brother. In other words, his future as a man was sacrificed to let him survive. Unlike Sylvester, the other nobles still think of Ferdinand as a threat since they pointed out that he is manipulating Sylvester. And, to be honest, he could if he would. It's just that we know he hasn't any ambition to dethrone his brother. In fact, he has let his brother use him as he pleases so far, like if it was is life duty to support Sylvester. An outsider, though, couldn't tell that. They would assume that he has common reasonable ambition.

They literally have the Aub adopt anyone who shows significant promise to make sure the next Aub is the most capable one with the most mana and then snub the most capable person with the most mana by having her marry someone incapable to prop them up? That's incorrect. They never mentioned that the Aub just adopts everyone with a lot of mana. In fact if you recall the original plan was for Myne to be only adopted by Karstedt when she turned 10yrs old, before everything went tits up during the temple incident.

She doesn't seem to like the mom very much either. She probably was pretty ruthless to everyone in getting Sylvester to be archduke. Honestly don't think she'll do anything drastic against Sylvester and Myne unless she senses weakness. She became first wife from 3rd. She's gathering options. A strong ehrenfest can benefit her as an ally. Or if there is weakness, she options to usurp it with her mother's old faction now that Veronica is out of the way. Anyways. Basically she's in an amazing position now. My guess is she will basically act in whatever way maximizes her power and influence. Unfortunately Wilhelm is a huge point of weakness for Sylvester so I could see that becoming a problem. As he also reminds her of Sylvester. She works hard and really doesn't respect Sylvester who doesn't or didn't pushing her out of Archduke. Wilhelm could easily earn her ire more than Myne probably.

Yeah I think Daemons of the Shadow Realm is generally also much better at utilizing its time. The scenes generally flow well. The scenes themselves can go long, etc, but it generally doesn't feel like we're jumpcutting because we have to get to the next scene 30 seconds ago . I also feel like the scenes we see throughout the series are centrally more important to the plot advancement, at least generally speaking. Comparatively, Ascendance of a Bookworm has a number of scenes that kind of feel like they're just fleshing out the sides, which would be fine if you had time to spare, but it's eating up even so much as a proper transition between scenes, or cuts short entire moments. For example, Rozemyne fainting and being dragged by Wilfred was just... the end of an episode, and then never spoken of again. That... seems more important to me than a lot of other things we had time for.