First half of the episode: Kazuma got SHIT ON. The mfer tried to take on a bunch of lil goblins at once and then fucking died, bro had a whole ass staring contest with Eris for minutes straight before getting lectured on how he treated “Chris” last episode, bro got outshined by all of his teammates INCLUDING AQUA SOMEHOW. If this went on for any longer it could be classed as a Kazuma torture episode, but I’m thankful it didn’t, because the second half more than makes up for it.
Second half of the episode: Kazuma switches bodies with Iris. I found it interesting how they didn’t swap voices like most body-swap episodes on TV do. Wonder if the dub’s gonna roll with that or not. Anyways, this “the prince and the pauper” storyline was pretty funny on Kazuma’s end, with him trying to get to second base with Darkness and Claire (and subsequently freezing up in “I don’t know, I never thought I’d get this far.”). Unfortunately we didn’t get much from Iris’ end, only watching her get her ass beat by thugs before Megumin roasts them. Would’ve loved to see more of teenage boy Iris. 8/10 episode
Honestly I thought it was buffering when Eris was staring at Kazuma, that was comedy gold. Plenty of moments in this episode had me laughing. Especially the body swap it was so good. I was expecting the main content of next week’s episode to be in this one but I’m glad it’ll be in its own as it’s another part which will be amazing if they adapt it well, and after how good the season has been thus far I’m sure they’ll deliver