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Episode 18, “You Guys Are Kind of Awful, Huh?”, fully returns to focusing primarily on best spider girl, Kumoko, and opens on her devouring a giant crocodile-shark beast. Now that her spiderific body is seemingly healed and no longer relegated to censored head territory, she fancies the thought of heading to a nearby town with all the delicious food that entails. Well, she
would be doing that, if she wasn t, you know, a giant spider.
While using her Clairvoyance to gaze into the fut-, er, distance, she spies a carriage – the same one carrying Sophia in episode 14. Turns out that after rescuing them, Kumoko has left a strong impression on both of Sophia s parents. Sophia s mother seems to consider Kumoko a divine beast, a term so high and mighty that if Kumoko heard it, she d be liable to lose her head again. Meanwhile, her father, the lord of the town, is aware of Kumoko s reputation as the Nightmare and thus a lot more wary of Kumoko s puzzling intentions.
Episode 17, “What am I doing?” doesn t open up with Kumoko. Instead, this time, our episode opens with Demon Lord Ariel since Kumoko…kind of got turned into Spider Paste at the end of episode 16. Ariel is preparing to attack the Elf Village with their hordes of spider monsters. Naturally, this attack will have a high cost for the elves who dwell there. But for Ariel, it s just another assault.
Back to Kumoko who, of course, isn t Spider Paste. You didn t really believe that she would actually
die right? What a tragic ending that would be for best spider girl! But.we re not quite ready to return to her post-OP. Instead, we shift fully over to Shun, who walks the Great Elroe Labyrinth with his companions. After five hours of fighting their way through the labyrinth, their guide suggests they rest, specifically to avoid labyrinth sickness, a form of fatigue that results from pushing too hard in the dark depths. Unable to sleep, Shun ends up sitting near the fire to distract him
Kumoko has had some close calls and had to flee from foes before, but here she learns that all the bravado in the world means squat when faced with menaces so much stronger than herself.