DanMachi IV: Episode 2 "The Great Falls" Review
The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of DanMachi IV, «The Great Falls» now streaming on HIDIVE.
The second episode of DanMachi IV almost seemed like things were going too smoothly for a time. There was some action, but it was brief, and this episode was far more concerned with lulling the heroes into a false sense of security, bolstered by enough downtime to reflect on how far they've come. In that sense, «The Great Falls» starts by riding high on the premiere's good vibes, with the party resting after a successful start to their expedition that capped off last week's caper. Bell had previously seemed to be internalizing a lot of his stress from last season but opens up a bit more about it here.
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Haruhime quite perceptively ascertains that there has been a lot on Bell's mind, and he doesn't deny it. He thinks back to his duel with Dix Perdix in season 3, where he called Bell a hypocrite for defending Xenos despite being a monster hunter. To the show's credit, lingering on such a notion is appreciated as it's a difficult situation to find oneself in, but Bell's resolve in this episode seems a bit odd.
In response to being a hypocrite, Bell seems to adopt an attitude that being a hypocrite must be the right thing to be, with a smile on his face and everything. It's true that through a certain lens, his actions seem contradictory, but there is a demonstrable difference between regular monsters and Xenos, so Bell is mostly a hypocrite to those who think little of the Xenos.
Learning to deal with the way certain people will vilify you for your actions is understandable and takes mental fortitude, but embracing the label and considering hypocrisy to be some
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