[Spoilers] A Wild Last Boss Appeared! - Episode 5 Discussion

One of your employees?

wait shit u right

You have to think about the fact the guy is now in Rufas' body, both physically and mentally as we've seen in previous episodes, so saying she/he might not be sexually attracted to women in her/his current body isn't really far-fetched

I usually feel some kind of guilt when I skip content from an anime, even if it's filler, but I felt absolutely nothing when I skipped that.

TBH I didn't read this scene like that. It felt more like "I'm not horny on main anymore". Such level of unprompted and sudden horniness may be regular occurence for a teenage / developing boy but it's definitely not regular for an adult woman like Lufas (ofc libido levels differ between people, but just saying that young boy will be reacting to everything while adult woman will probably need something more than just a naked body, especially considering that women see naked women bodies constantly (i.e. their own while bathing) so it's not that much of an incentive anymore for horniness). Also body reaction, sexual attraction and romantic attraction are all different things.

That scene with frogs was both transition affirming but also "and then they became straight". But Lufas throwing off the representation of the green frog as a sign that she will not fall in love with a man was funny. She is right tho, it's not how it works in humanoid species (and even animal kingdom is kinda fruity - companionship over gender).

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I feel like she's important antagonist wise.

Yes, I’m complaining. The story stands out because it’s not your typical isekai full of fan service and clichés, adding something like that just ruins what makes it special. Also, regarding the adventurers, I get what you mean, but I think they might become more important in the future.

Spoilers for volume 7 of the light novel, which has not yet been adapted to manga and will likely not happen in the anime until season 3:

The MC was actually Lufas the whole time. Basically, Lufas knew the Seven Heroes were coming after her, and she knew that when she came back, the goddess Alovenus would try to nerf her by placing some hapless Earth loser into her body. So, she sent a small part of her soul to Earth, into the body of a newborn boy in Japan. Said boy grew up and subconsciously recreated his true self in a video game, then when the time came for Lufas to revive, his soul was chosen to be the lock on Lufas' body. There is no "taking over," because they're the same person, just two different perspectives. Once he realizes this truth, they just become one soul once again.

I spent the entire onsen scene writing the initial post for this thread and trying to figure out the logic behind it, so you're not alone.