Jinsei ni Tsukareta Saikyou Majutsushi wa Akiramete Nemuru Koto ni Shita - Vol. 3 Ch. 14

[UdenEmpati]

I know the novel had more drama and tension here… but I almost like this better. Just “you will never beat me!” directly into “oh shid he beat me” is awesome xD

This story--the adaptation at least--has been so light and fluff-focused for pretty much the entirety of the plot up to this point. There were the dark moments of her remembering how tortured she was within her former kingdom, but effectively the whole story is her rehabilitation and her learning to accept that she's allowed to be happy and have nice things to look forward to in life, like friends and good food and a warm bed and of course love.

Having this happen, go this hard this fast, but then immediately be "solved" by having Matthias show up and save her when she needed it, helps keep all the momentum from before from being ruined by going super dark and edgy and into SA/V-Land.
Yes, the tension and urgency and terror are all right there, but nothing fully happens to her - so the tone doesn't shift so much that it undoes all the progress in the narrative up to this point.

So while it's also arguable that it's happening this fast because the series has to end in like 1 chapter (maybe 2), I think the abruptness of the "bad stuff" into the "back to good stuff" part of this final act was the correct call.

And now with any luck we get to watch Matthias free up some positions in this kingdom's management.

 

[KnightCommander94]

I was hoping to see the Princes' arm going flying off, but I can make do with whatever happens.

 

[BulbaCPG]

KILL HIM!!!!

 

[Syanalassa]

If they are able to just bust into the palace that easily now just kill the royals and end the war that way like there isnt really a reason to keep them alive just make that kingdom a vassal state and then most of the problems would be gone or reduced

 

[Sugarbeef]

That was a surprisingly quick resolution. I was hoping they'd cut his arm off to resolve the curse, but hopefully they have something worse in store.

This was chapter 14, last chapter was 15.5 according to the title page. It smells like axe, but still resolved in a satisfying manner instead of the typical rush ending that just ruins what came before. Or even worse, Gal Cleaning.

 

[halcer]

oh I'm glad that Fiona didn't have to suffer that much longer