English Dub Review: Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey”

If you are only just checking out Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-, this is a great episode to start on: there was a recap of the past four episodes, cutting out most of the fluff and garbage, while giving a very barebones recap. There are no spoilers or anything, so that’s a plus to go check out the previous four episodes. If you haven’t, you’re pretty much missing out on a fairly decent show overall. As a side note, I am still digging the self aware, meta references to Isekai anime.

That said, “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey” begins with the direct aftermath of what happened to the village of Zetsuya, after Tomoe and Mio have a contest of strength, resulting in the complete destruction of the village. There struggle bus pulls into the station, so to say, because Makoto and the team have to reregister to be adventurers, because the town was destroyed before the registration went though.

I’ve said this before in regards to Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- and its harem tendencies. When the cast is pared down for the episode, I like the flow. Makoto gets room to grow, and not be forced into the tropes of the incessant in fighting between the women involved. Get one either Tomoe or Mio out of the picture, and Makoto thrives. And with “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey”, you see this.

However, there is one thing that I’ve been struggling with for the last few episodes. How is it that a character like Makoto, who’s borderline omnipotent, only has a power rank of 1 in the Adventurer’s Guild. There is proof of his power, he can do ungodly things, recuperate faster than normal, and be able to kill anything fast. So, I will need more background sooner or later.

Exposition moved along in “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey”, because there was a tease with the Rembrandt Company, who’s got a job posting at the Adventurer’s Guild. That led back to the group, who divvied up the materials accrued while staying in Tsige. “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey” ended by Makoto traveling to Rembrandt and deliver the ruby eyes, but ended with Makoto being told that everything was done wrong.

I’m feeling a lot better after “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey”. Getting a lot of exposition, and the story to finally move, is great. I’m glad “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey” got the story on its way to move. An anime doesn’t need a complete and constant stream of action and fighting to make it work. Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- has it like this. I can only hope either Tomoe and Mio spend more time apart, with Makoto even splitting time between the two. The story will suffer in the two women stick around like in episodes two and three. Let “The Greedy Wagon’s Journey” be an example of how to progress a story as correctly as it can.