The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom

The footsie under the table got me. After all that slow burn Insomniac just goes and does that? Ellie's stunned face was everything

the lore dump at the start lost me a little. seven thousand countries becoming eight and then all this saint business was a lot to keep track of in one sitting

Johann carrying the whole mission on his back while the little princess senses something off about him. that kid noticing before anyone else says a lot. the man is hiding a burden for sure and nobody is talking about it enough

QUEEN HIROKIN SAID SHE WILL TAKE NEMUKUNAI AS HER OWN AND I AM NOT OKAY. all these spirits whispering to her and now I dont know if shes a villain or just being used. the twenty year promise stuff is eating at me

The footsies under the table got me smiling like an idiot. Ellie in that dress and then the whole thing with the blue flowers catching her anyway. She tried so hard to dodge the trap and walked right into another one

The cathedral overlooking the castle and Insomniac immediately clocking that the queen might not be the one in charge. He does this thing where he says the obvious scary part out loud in the calmest voice and it gets me every time

The queen gets one thought about disposing of the brat and suddenly the fake engagement plan feels a lot less clever. Rene sold it like a neat little trick. Eleonora is walking around a hostile court with a sign on her back

The show got scary in a quiet way this week and I did not sign up for spirits whispering to sleepers. That opening narration about dreams maybe not being your own stuck with me more than any of the politics

the prince consort's face still being hidden is driving me insane. every time they cut around it I get more suspicious. that has to be someone we already know

Cute artstyle and storytelling, it feels like a children's picture storybook

her heart beating loud enough to wake him up is such a dumb cute detail and somehow the whole episode hinges on it. she will punch a soldier with her bare hands but one blue lady and she is done for. I like that she is not invincible

I couldn't stop smiling when Insomniac complimented the dress and she just froze. Two seasons of them tiptoeing around each other and a shoe does more work than any confession could

that water clock statue was so cool. a country where sundials dont work so they build something this elaborate instead. small detail but it made the whole place feel real to me

Something felt off about how they kept the delegation fed and warm and waited on while the queen was quietly counting the ways to keep Insomniac. The hospitality is the trap and nobody in the room is saying it out loud

Those three blonde girls all peeking in at once gave me chills and it was supposed to be a hospitality scene. Something about identical faces smiling at you in a foreign castle just lands wrong

Seven sons and eight daughters is not subtle at all. Whole continent of kingdoms and the first thing we learn about the other royal family is that they have one more kid. I want to know what that eighth one is up to

blue hair reveal at the very end is a mean way to close an episode. no explanation. no follow up. just a sleeping boy with new hair and a girl staring at him. I need next week now

that old stargazer giving advice in the middle of a swordfight like he is watching a sparring match was the funniest part. then he turns out to be the High King and I laughed again. good episode

Slice of life feel with cute art! The namings are simple and easy to understand, really give the vibe of a cute fairy tale.

I could not stop grinning at the archbishop calling Eleonora a goddess. she spends the whole episode being told she is too brusque for anything delicate and then a stranger just says it plain