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Can we all agree that Rishe is really bad at living up to the premise of this show? I’m not talking about the villain, because that’s just a buzzword to attract attention to the book, but about her stated goal of doing nothing during her seventh engagement. Rishe is good at many things, as the show has thus far clearly demonstrated, but “doing nothing” is not one of them. She’s not even good at pretending she’s doing nothing: Arnold’s reaction to Theodore “holding her hostage” last week shows that he has her number and almost every interaction he has with her are all colored by his expectations that she will do something, well, unexpected. Take this week for example—Rishe was barely walking around the house, she was preparing (because you know she doesn’t just let the maid do everything) a bedroom for Arnold, planning how to It can promote the best relaxation and planning. to get a wig so she can attend the knight cadets’ training. I’m not sure the last time I saw someone relax so poorly.
But that’s part of what potentially saved her in the end, and Arnold along with her. Rishe has come this far because she doesn’t want to sit back and let things happen; with each new loop, she goes in a different direction and learns new skills. Sure, it was and will continue to be, all in the name of not getting killed by your current fiancé (directly or indirectly), but it shows that ambition and intellectual curiosity are two of her defining characteristics. And really, I think saving Arnold from his future this time is as important a part of her effort as keeping her head attached to her body. It’s cute that he’s jealous of his future self when she talks about the best swordsman she’s ever met, but what’s more important is that she forces him to (gently) take care of himself. better. When Oliver told her that Arnold wasn’t asleep yet, she coaxed him into taking a nap, even making the comforting gesture known in my family as “ah-ah baby” (after that verse, for some reason). , people said while doing it). She wants him to be comfortable, rested, and healthy.
How much she knew remains unclear. She has a few anime heroine blind spots, such as when she offered to let him touch her neck because he let her touch him—and taking off her collar also revealing a healthy chest to his gaze. Arnold has made it clear to those of us who aren’t anime heroines that he’d love to touch her more often (and possibly more sensually), but Rishe doesn’t pick up on her clue. him, even if she becomes less and less strict about her initial behavior. There are no touching rules. Romance doesn’t seem to have been a factor in any of her past lives, or at least not important enough for her to mention it in her flashbacks, so she might actually not recognizing Arnold’s signals or even being fully aware of them. she is sending it back. She may be so focused on survival that she is unaware of anything else, or at least convinced that her every action is taken more strictly to save herself than to save Arnold.
In any case, this was a lovely, lighter episode following Theodore’s storyline. Seeing Rishe and Arnold simply exist together is sweet, and it’s also important for their future that Arnold not become a maniac trying to wash away his pain with human blood. other. And even if he still goes down that path, Rishe will be there to stop him – with or without one hand tied behind his back.
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Time Loop 7: The Villainess Enjoy a Carefree Life is now streaming on Crunchyroll.