English Dub Review: Sugar Apple Fairy Tale “Embarking on a Challenge Once Again”

Overview

Anne focuses on her new job at the Paige Workshop, but the artisans there work in a way so different from other workshops that she feels quite lost. Given that the orders for their sugar confections have been decreasing, she has her work cut out for her!


Our Take

The next morning, Anne begins work as the new head of artisans at the Paige workshop, meeting her co-workers King, Nadir, Valentine, and Orland. Anne learns the artisans there have been working individually, creating what they want rather than working together with the focus on the clients. At night, Elliot shows Anne the debts the workshop owes as if the workshop cannot pay it soon, half of the workshop will be confiscated. The next day, Anne meets Challe in the workshop before opening, and Bridget comes in upset at Challe for disobeying her order and attempts to punish him by hurting his wing, but finds it missing. Elliot informs Bridget that Glen has taken possession of Challe’s wing for safekeeping, much to her anguish.

Sometime later, Keith and Radcliffe arrive to inform Anne about the selection process for the upcoming Holy Beginnings Festival, which is a prestigious honor that often leads to a huge boost in business for the selected workshop. Keith tells Anne that his decision to join the Radcliffe workshop likely led to the decline of the Paige workshop. After everything she heard, Anne decides to have the workshop participate in the selection, but Glen orders Anne not to.

Overall, part of me is glad that the wing was taken away from Bridget’s direct possession. I cringed HARD when she commanded Chelle to hug her & carry her to bed etc. I’m glad her dad got the wing because it was only a matter of time before she could’ve started asking for sexual stuff. I was afraid this whole season will be too focused on Challe and Ann, but now this workshop also has its problem too, each artisan also has his troubles. You wanna talk about contrivance? The Workshop is in huge debt, but conveniently there’s a tournament that just so happens to pay the exact amount to the winner. But hopefully, things go well next episode…