Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 Episode 5: A Smiling Farewell

Stephan dissolving into light while saying thank you for letting us go broke something in me. He spent his whole undead existence bound to a master who was losing himself and still smiled at the end. That gentle farewell landed way harder than any of the fights this arc

That Announcer lady sitting there reading out upgrade numbers while the island falls apart had me checking my phone. Cool character design though. Merging sword arts into Sword King Arts felt like patch notes for a game I don't play

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that monochrome Heavenly Eye view was gorgeous and then they follow it with tentacles hoovering up magic crystals. visually the season has been carrying the arc