That's mostly for show. The impact of their recent measures on the population pirating stuff is next to zero, and that even if they jail someone you'll get 10 new streamers on their place.
It was the same thing with the alleged seizure of people streaming for TV boxes. (Mine still works fine, by the way.)
To be frank Lucrezia looks far more interesting than Tinasha, personality-wise.
I love those small tidbits of their past. Such as jii-san melting baa-san's heart down.
The manga is fun, so I'll probably pick this series up once it starts airing. Protag manages to be cynical and serious without being edgy, Seras (the sidekick) is okay, and I kind of enjoy those "we shall punish God!" sort of story.
Not gonna lie, I got pissed that Arse decided to pay off Charlotte to the slave dealer.
Rudeus being close enough to hear Bananahoshi's meltdown literally saved her - I'm fairly certain that she'd use the dagger, she might be psychologically strong but she is no superwoman. And she's smart enough for her own good, I don't think that she'd be able to fool herself with "the grapes were sour anyway".
It's kind of funny how Zanoba, of all people, had the answer for how to solve the circuit. Because of his hobby, instigated by Rudeus on a whim.
I picked this series on a whim, but now I'm glad that I did. There's something different about it; I'm a sucker for beautiful melancholy.
The fight was okay? I'm more interested on how Tinasha and Oscar develop as a couple.
First, Lily says that it would be a loss to have Makoto going to another country. Dangerous, too.
Then, some arsehole guild master happens to kick Makoto off. And he happens to decide to conduct businesses with the demons fighting hyumans. And Lily happens to be spearheading that fight.
Oopsie.
Some heads will roll.
(If any of you all did not see season 1, please skip this comment. It's actual, heavy spoilers.)
When you mentioned Brazil, you were likely referring to the devaluation of the real in the 2010s, right? The situation actually resembles older events:
what's going on
Money printing.
Brazil mass printed money in the 1980s, and the Trenni kingdom is doing the commodity money equivalent of that, melting old coins with higher silver content to issue more of a newer coin with less silver, but same nominal price.
Even the motivation is the same, the government is trying to pay off its debts. Likely the internal consequences too*.
The kid dealing with Lawrence is part of a huge scheme. His company is amassing the old silver coins, to exchange them with the kingdom itself - basically "Look, I gathered 100 high purity old coins. You'll be able to make 150 shitty coins out of them. But I want some part of the profit, and a few concessions".
*It's a bit off-topic but I remember those events in Brazil well, because they taught me what inflation is. First I was able to buy four sweets with a 100 cruzeiros cowfish coin, then two, then only one. I was eight back then.
One of the reasons why I like this series is that it contradicts a few isekai cliches: the protag is isekai'd, but not from Earth; there is slavery/subjugation, but he flat out refuses to employ it. It also reminds me that shōnen thing where the former enemy becomes your ally. (I'm trying to restrict the examples to the first two eps, but people who read it know that there are better ones.)
Cute, fun episode. Most development was towards the relationships: Ariel with Sylphy, Sylphy with Elinalise, Elinalise with Cliff, Cliff with Rudeus.
In a hindsight I feel really sorry for Laws.
Bananahoshi's comment towards Rudeus is interesting. On the surface it's a simple lie, but deeper down it's like she's acknowledging that he ditched so much of his past - a past that she does not know about - that she can't see him as a Japanese any more, but rather as a local who happens to speak Japanese.
It's nice to see Ars recruiting the three brothers, and actually fixing the relationship of their father with the younger one. And he's a bit more relatable to Ars in age, Charlotte grew so fast that she literally became a "boob gag character".
They omitted a few details from the manga, but frankly? I think that it was a good distillation.