This episode hurt to watch. I watched it all the way through, but he really regressed a lot and imploded into a black hole of misery. A real “worst timeline” kind of episode. It highlights how fragile his psyche still is, that losing a single person in tragedy can make him push away everyone else like that.

Makes me wonder if this is actually the second attempt at betrayal by Man God…? Rudy already disobeyed instructions last time with the “don’t go save your mum” thing. MG claims that his dad would have found a way to save his mentor and mum without dying but is that really true…? It seems highly unlikely; Rudy played a critical role in that segment. The scenario where he successfully and happily marries the beast girls also seems really dubious.

My money is on his father would have failed, everyone in the party dying including Grandma, which then leads to an emotional black hole, regret, shunning Sylphie, etc… just like the bad timeline shown here. The rat was just backup plan #1. I wonder how many other backup plans Man God has up his sleeve? Rudy won’t get another paradox warning, I think.

I wish I’d waited a bit longer to catch up so I could watch the next episode as a palette cleanser. I’m gonna be all moody for a while now.