English Dub Review: TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy “A Certain Student’s Secret”
Overview
Due to the incident with Zara, Makoto decides to join the demons, and after witnessing the fighting tournament, he decides to leave Rotsgard. The next day, Jin and his friends advance to the finals of the team competition and face a team led by Ilumgand.
Our Take
In the aftermath of his clash with Zara, Makoto contemplates his next move, leaning towards supporting the demons and preparing to depart from Rotsgard after witnessing the students’ tournament.
Meanwhile, the martial arts competition heats up as Jin’s team advances to the finals, setting the stage for a dramatic showdown against Ilumgand’s formidable opponents. Across the arena, Jin and his team find themselves in a gripping final battle against Ilumgand’s formidable opponents, setting the stage for an intense and extremely unexpected showdown…
Overall, the episode provides insights into the complexities of relationships and the consequences of trust in a world rife with deception. All I can say is whatever is happening to the noble Ilumgand, I’m left puzzled at why they decided to add a backstory to him now. Was the point of this episode to make the audience empathize with him? Because both his and current previous behavior only made him an even bigger douche than I Imagined, and I hope he gets what’s coming to him next episode.
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.