Danmachi Season 4 Episode 7 Review No Spoilers

Danmachi Season 4 Episode 7 Spoiler Free Review for first time watchers or anyone looking for an interesting insight.

Mother Earth Father Sky

A great disaster cometh. Do not approach it, for it is the embodiment of ruin. Do not touch it, for it is the oracle of death. A mother's lament shall invoke calamity as the newborn wails of despair resound. The fairy who is sworn to be an usher of doom shall drag the surging white flames into severe plight. Take heed. It is a banquet of tragedy. 

I want to talk a little bit about the words of Cassandra's prophecy. ''A mother's lament shall invoke calamity''. The mother is probably the dungeon itself it has been described as a mother before. I was thinking about who the natural enemy of the gods are in mythology and particularly greek mythology because of Zeus and Hera's significance to the story. The natural enemy of the gods was the titans maybe the dungeon is some incarnation of a titan. Or perhaps at the core is mother Gaia but speculation, speculation. If Quranos is the god of the sky the dungeon's source must be a god or titan of the earth, it has to be something divine something with limitless supplies of power. 

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Character Detail Or Perv Appeal

Cassandra was sleeping naked, this could just be fanservice or maybe more to do with her state of mind. As Miach put it Cassandra is constantly burdened by the unknowns of the lower world in this episode we learned even in her sleep and she woke up sweating. Cassandra going to sleep naked or removing her clothes while sleeping because of how vivid her premonitions are could be about the anime showing us how plagued she is by her visions they are not enjoyable for her. 

In most of the dungeon, you have to be on high alert all the time for Cassandra to sleep naked may show how safe she felt before her premonition.  Bell's presence may make her feel safe enough to go to sleep vulnerable. Naza vocalises that Cassandra is always bothered by something but there are times she has a glowing smile and for example, that is when Bell is around. 

Lady Fortune And Lady Luck

I think this is the first time that Cassandra's prophecies have been directly acknowledged by characters the first time we have gotten an explanation. To me, there is still a lot of mystery in the origins of her prophecies. Finn has his thump which is the closest we have seen to Cassandra's prophecies. Key difference everybody believes and trusts Finn. Are Cassandra's visions a status skill that can be seen in status or something else? Can Miach tell because of status or is it because he is a god? Hestia noticed something about her so maybe the specifics are in the status, if so why did Apollo not listen to her vision about Bell? 

Bell has shown himself on several occasions to be able to change Cassandra's visions and even give them some merit. Casandra influenced the group into allowing Bell to go further down the dungeon solo seemingly avoiding Cassandra's vision. Is this the first time this has happened? 

Luck and fortune are closely related perhaps Bell's luck skill allows him to change his and his comrade's fortunes for the better and somehow believe Cassandra. In this very episode, Casandra thought maybe Bell would. 

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Daphne chose to agree that they should not go any further down when Cassandra did not expect her to Welf making Bell goliath scarf and Aisha not goign down any further, all reasons given made sense to their characters but it seems like a big coincidence, I think Bell's luck was at play and without him there Cassandra would not be able to stop her vision.

We are left in the dark about how Bell convinces Aisha to stay with the rest of the group, maybe it's so they can get back safely.

How Strong is Ryu?

80 million valis for Ryu considering how many low-class adventurers would have to split the proceeds is not worth the risk. The sheer number tells you just how strong of a level 4 Ryu is if an adventurer is strong enough to collect her themselves they would you would if you are as greedy as Bors you would not tell anyone unless you had to.

Level 4 adventurers are rare and level 5's are rarer still right now the strongest adventurer who has wind of Ryu's bounty and in the dungeon is Bell. Ryu was the last one standing against Asterius. Bors tells us that the rumours are that Gale Wind is top class even among Level 4s and that means Rabbit Foot is their ace in the hole.

Aisha tells Bell that she does not think he can handle Ryu alone, Bell replies he's putting his faith in Ms Ryu to which Aisha retorts "your funeral". 

I am not sure Ryu is stronger than Bell and, Bell is no ordinary fledgling level 4 he is the equivalent of peak level 4 strong and most likely level 5 strong. I think Aisha may mean that Bell's naivety may get the better of him and the Ryu he knew is not the one he will find.

I have a semi-random question that the anime only's may want to have a crack at answering. When Bell gets his next update how many status points will he have accumulated?

Bell was able to gain 600 points in three days at level 1 before he got the Hestia knife. If he ever slows down it would be at level 5, it took Ais three years to level 6. I'm gonna go big and say 3000 overall this looks like a big adventure and Bell has more motive to get stronger than in previous seasons.

Misdirection Keeps The investigation Interesting

Before I read the comments of my last critique I was not sure that it was the real Ryu. Episode 7 has done a fantastic job directing and misdirecting me and probably the anime-only audience in general. The animation team has made sure to show us how angry Ryu is. So far I don't think Ryu has done anything irredeemable, I think this is more about Bell trying to save Ryu from herself. Turk is lying about the first time he saw Ryu because he didn't recognise her from the Goliath event. Someone must have informed Turk about the adventurer known as gale wind, Ryu must know something that he and who Turk gets orders from above him want to die with her that's probably why he's so gung ho on seeing her dead murder is the best justification for murder.

Ryu is not an indiscriminate killer she's ways the thin line between Justice a question that has plagued me for years is the definitive difference between justice and revenge. It's a big question but if anyone feels free to chime in. ?

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