Danmachi Season 4 Episode 4 Review No Spoilers

 

Danmachi Season 4 Episode 4 Review No Spoilers

With Bell otherwise engaged we get to see the team without him. Aisha admitted she thought the group was done for without Bell which shows just how much of a big deal it is that a party of mostly level 2's can hold their own this deep in the dungeon. Lilli is doing an excellent job as a strategist.

Both Welf and Ouka are fighting in the vanguard a job Bell could have done himself. Mikoto was  able to pull off her new move thanks to having a good weapon that Welf made

Although I am impressed with the growth of the group and how they are handling things it feels forced. I think that once the party has reached its limits Harihume's magic Bell will come to the rescue.  I don't feel any fear for the group even with the danger because Bell will come to the rescue. I think a better job could have been done to make me fear for the group or at least some of the members.

Reading the comments on my last critiques/reviews has made me feel like I'm missing a lot.

She's not evil after all 

I was not sure about Marie despite her positive demeanour but now that her character is on display we have some confirmation that she is not evil.  Marie is in many ways the opposite of the Moss Huge. She is limited in travel, only able to traverse water, the moss huge can travel whole floors on land and through water, Marie does not enjoy violence her ability to mesmerise docile runs parallel to the Moss Huge dominating violent monsters to get them to do his bidding.

How Smart Could It Be?

Because we don't get to hear the moss's thoughts and some things may be coincidences like the monster party the anime does not directly tell us exactly how smart the Moss is.  What I found most interesting was trying to figure out just how smart the Moss Huge is and how intentional it is.  Every time it's not on screen I wonder how much of what's on the screen is it dictating is it all just part of its plan?

 

To try to figure out the Moss Huge as an anime only I am going to use what we anime only's have learned from the anime and something I learned from Jordan Peterson. It went something like this if you can't figure out what someone is up to look at the result and infer the motive.

Once again the Moss Huge's cunning is on display, its strategy is absolutely genius. It has created a win win situation for itself. Creating a pass parade has forced the team to destroy the dungeon's monster and leave behind the stones in the aftermath. This episode made sure to show its smile at the magic stones at its feet and when Welf used a fire magic sword the anime paid attention to the stones that resulted.

Not only does the Moss knows where they are at all times because of the trail of stones but by the time it reaches them after consuming stones along the way it will be even stronger so if the Pass parade does not get them he will.

In the last episode, the Bell questioned if the Moss Huge tried to cripple his ability to use magic and this episode we learned it's not vulnerable to slashing or lightning magic, only Bell's fire magic has worked so far. So it's a grass-type pokemon. For it to have tried to stop Bell would suggest that it knew it was vulnerable to fire magic and it knew that Bell could use fire magic. It must watch adventurers for a while to ascertain knowledge of skills,  strength and stones. Aisha noted in this episode that the Moss is watching them from somewhere.  Cassandra can only cast so much healing magic so magic swords break and Haruhume's magic is a trump card. I infer that the Moss Huge is learning about everything in their arsenal and forcing them to use up their strength and weapons. It won't show itself until Welf's magic fire weapons are broken.

That Moss is planning on killing everyone including Bell it wants no witnesses left alive. According to Aisha Bell is around a mid-level 4 and his agility is up there with the best. Having faced him before the Moss knows it could lose however if it consumes all those magic stones by the time Bell reaches it, it will probably be stronger than he is, pinnacle level 4 or higher.

Hopefully I will be blown away by Harihume's magic next episode.