Anime Fall 2025

Scarlet Turns Her Fists onto a Corrupt, Religious Piggy

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May I ask for One Final Thing? Ep 6 Review

You know what’s worse than political corruption? Religious corruption. Fiction and the real world are filled with examples of people who use religion to justify being a jerk, and it’s the worst. And if there’s one thing that our saint of fisticuffs, Scarlet, can’t stand, it’s people who abuse their power for evil. With the corrupt nobility in her country out of the way, it’s now time for Scarlet’s next victims: this new religion that’s popped up.

They definitely deserve it.

Stupid Religious Jerks

The Prime Minister and his ilk have been dealt with, but Terenezza has flown the coop. With her still out there, Scarlet and Julius cannot rest easy. But for the moment, they have more immediate concerns. For centuries, a young woman has been born with the power to raise a divine barrier to protect Pallistan from monsters, each given the title of Diana. It’s almost time for her annual pilgrimage, but recently, a new religion worshipping Terenezza’s benefactor, the Goddess Palmia, has sprung up. And they are the worst.

Look in the history books around the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and you’ll find real-world examples of when organized religion was at its most repugnant. Even the Papacy became bloated by fat, corrupt, and self-serving people. The exact same thing is what’s happening with Palmianism in this episode, with its members actively harassing their rivals. When Scarlet and Julius journey to the religious quarter of the capital, they find the Palmianists have built a wall around the place to mark their territory, and even go so far as to bar their entry. I’m pretty sure that defying the royal family like that is considered a serious offense! Thankfully, their wall and their Inquisitors are no match for the likes of Scarlet. Another piggy gets a pounding.

Right after beating down the irksome swine, though, Scarlet is beset by another problem. A newcomer to the Knights serving under Diana named Dios starts hitting on her, and before she can slap him, Julius gets mad. While she doesn’t understand why he’s reacting like this, it should be more and more obvious what this means to the viewers. Julius may not realize it himself, but he is falling for Scarlet. Having seen what she can do, though, I don’t think any of us can blame her. Scarlet is a top-tier waifu thanks to her fists of justice! She even has her own number one fan!

Jad Saxton Does it Again

One would think that someone carrying the title of Saint would be a lady of grace, poise, and dignity. However, the show shuts down that notion when we meet the current Saint Diana, a girl who’s even younger than Scarlet, and acts like it. She and Scarlet have been friends for a long time, and Diana looks up to Scarlet as a surrogate big sister and role model, while also ignoring Julius in the process. It’s humorous to see Julius get put on the backfoot twice in the same episode, but there’s a deeper reason why Diana is so attached to Scarlet. The truth is, she lost her powers recently, and combined with being born in the country and her young age, she’s under a lot of stress. That’s why she sees Scarlet and her willingness to live how she wants as a role model. Anyone who has had to deal with jerks in their lives who deserve a punch would likely feel the same way.

Speaking of jerks, before the episode is over, the Palmians prove to be gluttons for punishment. As the parade that marks the start of the holy pilgrimage begins, they start shooting blanks from their church, threatening to cause a riot. Which means that they’re asking for a double-dose of punishment from Scarlet.

I Give “May I Send This Pig Flying Into the Sky?” a 4/5

Scarlet Finally Finds her Punching Bag

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May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep 4 Review

There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that Scarlet and the agents of the CIO (Julius’ task force) are ready to infiltrate the slave auctions and shut them down. The bad news is that an outside power is meddling in things, as Godwin has called in aid from the kingdom’s rival nation to help him take Scarlet out. But it’s already too late to back out on things, and Scarlet’s fists will not be denied their punching bag.

This is gonna be good!

Don’t Get Between Scarlet and Her Punching Bag

So, the operation goes off almost without a hitch. As expected, countless nobles are there and flaunting their presence, ignorant of the fact that their good fortune is about to sour. Before that happens, though, Scarlet finds herself accompanied by none other than Julius himself. He was supposed to be coordinating everything, but he wanted front-row seats to what comes next, so he went AWOL. Which leads to the two continuing their cat-and-mouse game of not-flirting. Julius may claim to not be attracted to Scarlet romantically, but the anime makes it clear that there is some chemistry going on. Which only grows when Scarlet, in order to get the chance to beat up Godwin, she makes a promise to serve him loyally from here on out. Granted, that will also mean serving the kingdom, but Julius can’t wait that long.

So, anyone whose shipping these two might have hope yet. Unfortunately, her brother, Leonardo learns of this, and it can easily be misinterpreted as a marriage proposal. Poor Leonardo. He loves his sister dearly, but the stress of dealing with her antics will bring him to an early grave. Considering how he had her repress her nature for years instead of finding a healthier way to channel it, though, I would say he partially brought brought this on himself.

But not as much as Prime Minister Godwin brought Scarlet’s fists upon herself.

I Can’t Even!!!

So, it’s revealed that Godwin has secretly been backed by the Pallistan Kingdom’s rival, the Vankish Empire, in the hopes he could destabilize the country. Now that he’s been outed, though, the man whose supposed to be his backup, Crown Prince Alflame, decides they dont need someone like him anymore and tries to kill him. But Scarlet isn’t having of it, and she hits him so hard he winds up flying into a wall. And instead of getting angry, Alflame is enamored by this, and asks her to marry him on the spot!

I can’t even with this episode, everyone. First we got to see Scarlet pummel Godwin’s entourage while dancing around to classical music and throwing them around like ragdolls. That alone was hilarious. But this? This almost had me in mental stitches from laughter. Though in Alflame’s defense, I can understand the appeal. As Spike Spiegel once put it, “I love a woman who can kick my ass.” Some people find a strong person naturally attractive, and there is no denying that Scarlet is awesome. But it takes a special kind of person to win the heart of someone like Scarlet, and Alflame isn’t it. All he gets for his troubles is being blasted off like Team Rocket.

Having disposed of the distractions, Godwin starts pleading for mercy, and manages to reveal something interesting about Terenezza: she wasn’t born in their world, but in Japan. She died there, and some goddess reincarnated her into this world of magic and swords. In other words, this was an isekai in disguise!

This is honestly an intriguing premise for the show. In most isekai’s, the person who winds up in a new world is the protagonist, while someone like Scarlet would be an antagonist. However, the story reverses the roles, making Terenezza the bad guy and Scarlet the one everyone roots for and wishes they could date. Color me impressed! I guess I made the right choice choosing to watch this instead of Let’s Play. I’m going to keep reviewing it for as long as this show runs, because the Queen of Crashouts is only getting started.

I Give “May I Go To See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?” a 4.5/5

May I Ask for One Final Thing? Or, Crash Out: the Anime

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May I Ask for One Final Thing? Initial Series Review

Crash outs; a slang term commonly used to describe what happens when someone becomes angry to the point where they can’t control it. Usually, it’s because they hit the limit of how much grief they can tolerate, or they just saw someone hurt someone they care about. The important thing, though, is that when people crash out, they tend to lose all restraint and just tear through anyone foolish or unfortunate enough to get in their way. There have been some legendary crash-out moments in anime before, and most of them are downright enjoyable to look back on. However, I think I might have just found my favorite crash out in a good, long while. And the best part is the fact that it’s pretty much an entire anime: May I Ask for One Final Thing?

Scarlet El Vandimion, the Mad Dog Princess

Meet Scarlet El Vandimion, the daughter of a Duke in the kingdom of Pallistan. On the outside, she seems like the epitome of a Kuudere. She’s poised, beautiful, and gets the top scores at school. But underneath her icy persona, she’s got a secret: she loves nothing more than to pummel people who act like jerks. She’s been like that since she was a kid, but for the sake of her family, she’s done her best to repress it.

Unfortunately for her, it’s like the universe is trying to find ways to make her blow her stack. She is engaged to Kyle von Pallistan, the second prince of Pallistan, and he is an absolute jerk. He spends the next ten years treating her like a slave, bullying her, demeaning her, and being utterly insufferable. And the whole time, she has to keep repressing the urge to punch his face in for the sake of her family. So she just keeps this icy exterior and acts as stoic as Nano Eiai from 100 Girlfriends. And almost everyone buys that this is who she is, when in reality, she might be the long-lost sister of Eris Greyrat from Mushoku Tensei, because her anger keeps building the entire time until it threatens to boil over.

It actually almost does one day while they’re at school. Kyle barges into Scarlet’s classroom and starts running his mouth, complaining about she did better than him on the recent exams. So she just stands there and lets him yap, until he gets the idea of cutting off her hair as punishment. And this is where the crash out almost begins. Thankfully, Kyle’s smarter older brother is nearby, sees what Scarlet is about to do, and steps in to defuse the situation. Not to save Scarlet, but to save his brother from getting his butt kicked. But all Julius did was buy his brother a temporary stay of execution, because the pain was going to come to him. And he was going to deserve all of it.

This finally brings us to the start of the first episode, and the moment when the crash-out begins.

The Crash Out Begins

So, Kyle summons Scarlet to this gathering where he and a bunch of other nobles are in attendance, along with some girl that she’s never met before. Then Kyle starts saying how her name is Terenezza and that he had fallen in love with her. Kyle then started spouting all these lies saying that Scarlet had been bullying her during their time at school, when in truth, she had never even met her until that very moment. And the other nobles are all in on this, acting like he’s doing the right thing. And Scarlet just listens to this whole thing until he finally declares that he’s ending their engagement so he can marrying Terenezza.

Little did Kyle know that he just signed his own death warrant. Because after she heard all of this, Scarlet feels this…release. She realizes that she just wasted ten years of her life holding herself back for nothing. But she also realizes that now, she has no reason to keep holding back.

And this is when the crash out ten years in the making finally begins as Scarlet asks for one final request: “Can I punch this b**** in the face?”

And from that moment on, Scarlet was off the leash. And Terenezza is the first victim.

She Crashed Out, and Got Rewarded for it.

Now, one would think that beating the ever-loving tar out of a Prince and all those nobles would get Scarlet in trouble. After all, she did attack royalty during her crash out. But what does Julius do? He congratulates her for finally showing her true self. The royal family disinherits Kyle for his utter stupidity, so he gets punished while she gets off scot-free. Even better, since all the nobles that were mocking Scarlet were corrupt scumbags involved in the slave trade, they’re all getting punished.

All of this leads us to the main plot of May I Ask for One Final Thing? Julius offers Scarlet a job helping him to weed out all the corrupt nobles in the kingdom and punish them. Which means that she’s got an excuse for her to continue crashing out on people who deserve it. And which leads me to say that I like this show, and I think I’m going to be watching it a lot this season. Scarlet is like the kuudere version of Eris Greyrat, and I’m all for female characters who can kick butt and take names.