Episode Title: Parents Premiere date: Fathers day Rudy lost his left hand Paul lost his life Zenith is in a vegetative state Father's day is not great for Rudeus

Japan shares mothers and father’s day with the US. They purposely had Sylphies pregnancy reveal on mother’s day, then delayed this episode by a week so that it dropped on fathers day.

Not only did Ruby lose his father but he also lost the arm that he named Hercules as well to the Hydra.

Pauis last thoughts. "Am I dying?" "I want to confirm if Zenith was alive or not, at least." "Not only that, but Norn and Aisha..." "I wanted to see them again." "Are they going to school?" "Have they grown up?" "Lillia - what kind of reaction will she have to this? Even if it's a pain..." "Will she cry?" "Dammit, I'm filled with regrets." "I don't want to die..." "Still... there are.. still... so many things I wanted to do." Rudy: "Father!" "But..... Oh well..." "It's better than seeing Rudy die." "Chin up, my son. Stay positive..." He smiles one final time

The eyelids were as sharp and heavy as the rest of it's scales and it slammed down on Rudy's hand.

You know what's really impressive? A ton of those shots of the hydra were 3D with really good shading. Easily the best looking 3D CG dragon I've ever seen

Elinalise is strong, Paul just had a sword with a magic effect that slices through anything, no matter how hard it is.

So there is this CD Drama of Vol 12 that has Paul's Pov after he died: "Ahhh... So that's it... it was me, huh? Before the last head fell down unto Rudy, I kicked him. And then, instead, the Hydra fell on me. My lower half was crushed by the Hydra in one shot, and I lost it. A wound like this... can't be fixed with healing magic. Rudeus: "...W-Why?" "My vision is going dark... I can't breathe... I can't talk either... Am I dying? At least... I wanted to confirm... whether Zenith is alive or not... Not only that... Norn and Aisha... I wanted to see them again... Are they going to school...?... Have they grown up...? Lilia... What kind of face will she make? Even if I only gave her problems... will she cry? God damn it... I'm filled with regrets... I don't want to die...! Still... there are... so many things... I wanted to do..." Rudeus: "Father..." "But... Oh well... Smiles It's better than Rudy dying... (To Rudeus) Take care... my son-"

If you notice Rudy was being saved left and right throughout this entire fight by either Elinalise or Paul, he just couldn't keep up with those two with superhuman strength. At the end he was distracted by the Hydra attacking with it's necks so he didn't notice that he drew aggro on the remaining head.

People have to cut Rudy some slack. He was locked in. He's not a fighter he's a mage. There is an entire battle system that hasn't been explained in the anime. It's called battle aura. It basically is a physical enhancement to the body which gives you superhuman feats and reflexes. Rudy doesn't have this. Only his trained muscles and normal human reflexes. In the LN he literally couldn't see far enough into the future to tell what the hydra was doing because it was so fast. And even when he could it was only like 1 second, which is nothing. Doesn't matter if you can see it if you can't dodge it. Yet alone warn people in time for them to react as well. He had to be point blank in order to hurt it with magic. Basically at 10% HP the hydra went off script and started using its stumped limbs to attack, which Rudy had to focus on which made him lose track of the normal head. The limbs also kept Talhand and Elise busy as they had to protect themselves and Roxy. Also, Paul could cut the hydra because he had a legendary sword that gets sharper the tougher the object basically is.

Paul spent most of his life being a bad husband and a mid father but used the final moments of his life to finally earn both the Husband of the Year and Father of the Year awards, that too on Father's Day. Absolute GOAT of a character. RIP

The scales are so sharp that just grazing them takes chunks of flesh. In the LN the eyelid shutting is described as a guillotine. It sliced away all the meat and jerking it's head snapped the bone.

The choreography in this episode is amazing, the story too but it is devastating because Rudy’s vision of having his entire family together will never happen 🥲

"Did he [Gege Akutami] have a hand in this too?" "Rudeus doesn't" Bro is devious. 💀💀💀

... ... After cremating, Rudeus tried to pick a bone, (a part of of the ritual in Japanese funeral) but even the bones turned to ash.

bro became the honored one

Really felt it this episode, and Zenith getting the Casca treatment after all that was just salt on the wound.

100% right about someone like orsted, we actually saw him regrow the hole he made on Rudy, so regrowing limbs is a possibility, they just don't know that level of spell. When it comes to how he lost his hand, Elinalise pointed out in the episode how the scales of the hydra were extremely sharp, so when the hydra closed its eyelid was like a guillotine on Rudy's arm and how he died wasn't a matter of not paying attention, it was more the lack of physical abilities and how the eye of foresight have weaknesses like if what you'll see is either too big to fit within your line of sight or out of it before the attack even came it works more like an obstacle than anything else... Great video as always 👍🏼👍🏼

The worst part is the realization that the last time this family was all together was back in Buena village before Rudy got sent off, they didnt get to cherish that moment and now never will 😢

Man that battle felt so insanely well sequenced and choreographed, people are running around playing their role and there’s barely any time to think. I feel like so many anime lose that feeling when they have a fight full of like flashbacks, or slow mo’s with them explaining everything that’s happening. This shit just felt so raw and desperate. One of the best group battles in an anime for sure. And they really fucking nailed it. And to top it all off, this was one of the main action animators for Mushokus first try at an episode direction role and he absolutely killed it. Phenomenal

This and hotD really said yeah happy father's say no it's happy death day

Rudy was using his demon eye at the moment Paul saved him, but couldn’t process wtf was happening because the hydra was freaking the fuck out since it was almost dead. So Rudy was actually locked in, but it’s the same thing like with Orsted, he saw what was gonna happen but couldn’t react/ couldn’t process it in time since he’s a mage and usually fights from far away, but had to stay close up this fight so that the fire magic actually worked against the hydra. Also probably all happened in like 5 seconds, so rudy really couldn’t do anything since he’s not fast like Paul.

Them airing this father's day was just down right Diabolical, Im positive gege helped with the production for episode specifically.

Tragic what happened to Paul but it was obviously coming. Bro was giving out so many flags gyattt damn. They cooked this episode with the animation though

so the confusion about how he lost the arm is the follow. in the novel the explain that the Hydra's scales not only cancel magic but are sharp like blades, the second the Hydra closed the eyes was lieka guillotine closing on Rudeus's arm

Even if we can see it coming from a mile away, when the tragedy happened, it happened so suddenly and adruptly to where many of us will find it hard to immediately process what happened. No elaborated dramatic moment, no last words, no nothing. That's how it often goes in reality as well, which is why it makes it all the more painful. But what hurts even more for me personally is knowing that Rudy lost a father not just once, but twice. TWICE. The first time he had cut himself off from them in his past life, the second time, he had established such a heartfelt connection with, only to lose them in a moment of unfortunate timing just like that. 😢😢💔💔 Worst Father's Day ever.... That and Zenith despite being saved is now mute and amnesiac..

12:07 It probably just blinked. Giant eye, scales hard as diamond. It'd be like two stone blocks clamping down on your arm.

Paul fact they skipped: His off-hand sword has a special trait that makes it cut better against harder targets. So it's real effective against, say, a super tough hydra, but it also can't cut bread or butter.

They have to burn the body or it would turn into an undead. Also, Paul is not gonna get meet his grandkid. You know he'd be the best granddad.

If Rudy stayed at home, Roxy would've died which would probably be his worst regret

On the bright side at least they saved Roxy, had he not gone she definitely wouldn't have been rescued.

Damn now that i think about it, kinda was a shoutout to Berserk. Arm lost, an eye got ripped, woman went mute and mentally shattered....

What hurts me the most is the fact that Rudy's dream won't ever come true... Like having his entire family in his new home with Sylphie and his kid...

If you're wondering why rudeus arm got rip off, its because the scales of the Hydra is razor sharp and it rip rudues arm off, same thing happens when Elinalise went in to cover for paul the first attempt, she got graze and you can see blood coming off in the frame. and oh yea, remember when badigadi(the four arm demon dude) told rudeus about battle aura? that probably why rudeus arm got ripped off easily when the dwarf guy didn't lose his leg

LN illustration: *Shows Paul's upper body facing Rudeus with his lower body dimmed and cut by the edge of the page* Anime: *Slows pans Paul's whole(half) body to show how gruesome it is* They really had to rub it into anime viewers' faces that he really dead with that last zoom on his lifeless face.

Paul trying to pick up Paul's ashes is particularly unsettling.

This is the point, remember to value your parents while you have them, you never know what will happen tomorrow.

Something that I believe was explained a loooong time ago, like first half of season 1, the world they’re has mana literally everywhere. In this world, if a corpse is not burned the mana in the air will be infused into the corpse creating a zombie. If they didn’t burn Paul’s corpse he’d be a half torso zombie stuck in the last room of the labyrinth forever.

The man god had warned Rudy not to go to that city/continent before he even met up with Sylphy again. So it seems like something like this would have always happened. Although perhaps he could have had better team work with Paul at that point. But then he wouldn’t have had the book on teleportation magic. So many just what ifs.

People have to cut Rudy some slack. He's not a fighter he's a mage. There is an entire battle system that hasn't been explained in the anime. It's called battle aura. It basically is a physical enhancement to the body which gives you superhuman feats and reflexes. Rudy doesn't have this. Only his trained muscles and normal human reflexes. In the LN he literally couldn't see far enough into the future to tell what the hydra was doing because it was so fast. And even when he could it was only like 1 second, which is nothing. Doesn't matter if you can see it if you can't dodge it. Yet alone warn people in time for them to react as well. He had to be point blank in order to hurt it with magic. Basically at 10% HP the hydra went off script and started using its stumped limbs to attack, which Rudy had to focus on which made him lose track of the normal head. The limbs also kept Talhand and Elise busy as they had to protect themselves and Roxy. Also, Paul could cut the hydra because he had a legendary sword that gets sharper the tougher the object basically is.

The hydra has extremely sharp scales that even just getting grazed by it will cut you up like crazy. Like how Elinalise had her shoulder cut. When Rudy pierced the eye the eyelid chomped down on him and basically guillotined his arm off. Raw af. Never seen another character in fiction lose a limb to an eyelid.

I think the position is Paul - Head Cutter Rudeus - Head Burner Elinaliz - Protect Rudeus - 2nd Damage Roxy - Healer - 2nd Head Burner Talhan - Protect Roxy Geez - Distraction So, I think the one who is out of position at the end is Elinaliz. She needs to stay next to Rudeus.

The way I thought of the "regret going and regret staying" was that obviously now he will always have regrets and wish they could have done things differently, so Paul survives as well. But if he hadn't gone then they never would have found Roxy, who only survived because Rudy found her at the last second. And they would have never found the mom, since they were only able to find her because Rudy went and had that book. So, I thought the entire regret warning was focused on that side of the choice, rather than regretting anything with Sylphie back home.

Rudy went, Paul died If he didn’t go. Roxy dies (possibly) They never find zenith Either way Rudy ends up with regret

The father's day release was Diabolical

Zenith became a vegetable... and Paul became fertilizer for her.

Maybe someone said it already, but the reason they burn Paul's body in the dungeon, was because he could have become a zombie or something

I have no idea how Rudeus gonna tell Norn and Aisha about paul's death when he gets home in next episode. Damn, it must be tough🥲

rudy lost his arm cause of the hydras eyelid closing, since its whole body is covered in super sharp and heavy scales

the hydra eye socket closed on his hand and arm so hard and the skin is so tough it ripped it off

the hydras whole body is sharp as hell and when it blinked when rudy smashed its eye, the hand was sliced off

Damn shit got real quick 👀

i like that every one got to show off this episode. paul and elinalise got to show how crazy strong they are. Roxy was a perfect all rounder. talhand can actually move, thats the craziest part to me. like a god damn bowling ball breaking the hydra's ankles

Fun fact: Rudys left hand was named Herkules, and he lost it to the Hydra....

to answer your question fathers day in japan is also the 16th of june so yes this was wild for those in japan too.

Low key this hurt 😢 on fathers day

The reason they cremated Paul there is because they couldn't carry back the body and fight their way out of the Dungeon. Bodies buried inside the dungeons rise up again as undead and here's the kicker, they have to crush his cremated bone remains because Skeleton Knights are also a thing and Paul would make a hell of a knight.

He lost his arm when the hydra closed its eye

Yoo ngl the guy in the pink kinda looks like Even from rttv but aside from that Paul went down like a G respect 🫡

If only rudy was "half" the man that Paul was....heh...

Thumbnail says it all. I still cant believe they aired this on fathers day

the battlefield was to messy for rudy to tell what was happening with demon eye

In the anime it wasn't shown well but rudy couldn't tell what was going on his eye could only see what's in front of him when the hydra got to one head its started wildly moving all its neck and with rudy directly next his eye couldn't process all that information nor could he see all of it. going even further rudy doesnt have battles aura the ability to coat your body in mana so he can't enhance his speed/strength so its not like he could just duck in out of the fight like paul and the others funny enough it was because of this battle aura that paul died as a kick he used would actually pushed them both out the way if he didnt have it but ended up leaving paul in place Tldr rudy wad focused the whole time and didn't space out

Now, think if Rudy hadn't used the circles to get there way faster than the 8 months.... He would've showed up after Roxy is dead and then lost his dad still due to helping them clear the labyrinth.

The reason why Paul was so strong is his new sword. The harder the thing he wants to cut, the more effective it is, but almost useless against soft things. One of the books they had back in Buena Village was a long story and at one point it mentioned a similar sword. So when they seller was going "I've got that nice sword but it's shit because it can't even cut butter !" Paul's brain went "Heyyyyy wait a minute, maybe...?" and manage to got it for cheap .

All of the hydra’s scales are razor sharp, including the ones around its eyelids. When the hydra shut its eye, it sliced into Rudy’s arm.

in the light novel the hydra's scales have edges like swords due to the condensed mana flowing to the dungeon center so its eyelid would have been like a chainsaw - then i mean ultimately its a massive creature so realistically all of its physics should be pretty deadly it closing its eyelids is probably like the strength of four arms closing then it moving its head is probably like a large construction truck moving so even without the scale swords this thing just moving would be so powerful lol

every part of the hydra is serrated even a slight touch can graze people (elinalize wound) the fact that rudy go full hand inside that hole no wonder his hand got cut off.

in the first cour of season 2, he called his left arm hercules. now its gone. with his father. and probably a mother. the opportunity and excitement to introduce his first child to his father and his mother is also gone. and its going to be hard to explain paul and zenith situations to his sisters, especially norn.

You are the only person to mention that the manGod told Rudy he's going to regret his trip 😭😭😭

The eyelid of the Hydra cut his arm off. Also they had to cremate him there as it's an adventurer thing where they do it in the labyrinth they died.

Bruh that hydra squinted really hard and severed rudy's hand

Paul's sword actually is cuts sharper the tougher the thing he's cutting, which is why only he could cut the heads of the hydras because it's scales are so tough and sharp. They were so sharp that just closing it's eye on Rudy's hand basically severed it.

Yeah. That's pain right there. Amazing episode, but damn did it hurt. Also when there was one/two heads left the Hydra was going crazy so Rudy's eye couldn't predict it's next move which was to target Rudy because it determined him as the biggest threat.

Happy Father's Day to Paul!

I think y’all have a point about one thing they saved his mom but at what cost

earlier in season 2 when Rudy was up north, he named his arms, the one he lost was the one he named Hercules, kinda ironic huh.

Roxy would have died if rudy stayed. He saved her.

It was absolutely diabolical to have this air on Father's Day 😂. But it was such a bad situation because had Rudy not gone, they likely wouldn't have saved Zenith but Paul would still be alive 😢

Damn, was enjoying the Tengen and Tanjiro v Gyutaro fights and they end it like that 😢

Not only am I sad. But I also really want to know what the heck Paul wanted to tell Rudy. I doubt it was about getting a second sword again.

I guess in the end, Rudy was only able to see half the man Paul was 🗿

Nah the Hydra has armored eye lids, it simply shredded his hand by closing its eye

when the hydra closed his eye lid thats when rudy's arm was chopped off, and also if rudy didn't go to begarit roxy would have died since rudy saved her.

If Rudy never went, the outcome would have been a bit different, but would ultimately still be as sad... Paul would likely just give up trying to find Zenith, at some point after failing multiple times, and probably succumb to depression, Roxy would most definitely be dead, and Zenith still stuck in that crystal... so yeah, Hitogami definitely positioned it in such a way that Rudy, assuming he chose not to go, would be "happier" just focusing on his new family, while leaving behind his old one.

This is a lot to take in. In one fell swoop, we lost Paul, Zenith got Casca'd, Rudy lost Hercules meaning he can neither hug both Aisha & Norn at the same time meaning ONE of them is going to feel rejected always & he can never use the stranger ever again, AND I learnt to that Terrance is a father. _____ Father's Day, I guess.

The Hydra's scale is so hard and sharp when it closes its eye, it cuts down Rudy's arm. Also the Hydra's blood is acidic. Also Paul short sword is a magic item. It can't cut through butter but it can slice through steel, in this case, the scales are hard. Paul got it cheap cause merchant thought it is useless.

The hydra closed its eye and cut his arm off with the scales.

I honestly can't remember how they talked about it in the LN, but Anime wise, I thought it looked like he crushed his arm IN his eye socket by closing it hard. Imagine how strong a 7,000lb lizard is, snapping a twig of a small humans arm is nothing. And that thing you guys said about the ashes, definitely.. I think its WILD that in Japan they go through the ashes and pick the bones out, I do not think I could EVER do that. When my mom passed I got her ashes and I couldn't even deal with them as is.

There's no way they planned for this to drop on fathers day right

There’s a reason they didn’t bring back Paul’s body. But I’ll give them next episode to explain it. Unless you want to know right now.

Still watching the video but incase you haven't figured it out Rudy lost his arm due to the hydra closing his eye and cutting the arm clean off Edit: also the regret Rudy would've had if he chose to stay was Roxy dying but Paul probably would still be alive since Rudy wouldn't be there to find the entrance to the boss teleportation circle

If Rudy hadn't gone Roxy would almost certainly be dead at the very least. He got to her just in time. So he really would have had regrets and loss no matter which choice he made.

Nah bro, whenever they play that fucking song (it’s fire) some fucked up shit happens

The thing with the details of Rudy's arm coming off is you have to know mythology/have read the book. Hydra blood is both poisonous and acidic, so basicaly his hand is melting off the entire time its in there. And hydra scales aare so sharp they can cleave flesh off gods. He hydra eye lid, covered in scales, closing was like super sharp tree trimming shears closing on what was left of his arm.

The emotions…… I’m just hurt!!

They pushed back episode 19 by week just so this would land on Father's Day 🥶

Turning Points aren't when bad things happen to Rudy, they're when the story changes in direction TP1 changed the story from slice of life to adventuring TP2 changed the story from adventures to a coming of age TP3 changed the story from Rudy's maturing to something else

I just finished volume 21 of the LN and I’ll just say it’s not all in vain. By the end of the book I was in tears.

The sad thing is even if Rudeus stayed or went. He would end up regretting it. One of the FEW times the Man God spoke the truth