Overlord, Season 1, Episode 5: Two Adventurers

Bit of a slower episode, honestly, and it seems that we're starting on a different story arc. Ainz/Momonga is now masquerading as a fully-armoured black knight, and has entered the city of Erantel in order to investigate this city of adventurers. Part of me also thinks that he just wants to play an RPG and quest around under the guise of 'information gathering' and 'making funds', but at least he's serious about it. Ainz is accompanied by one of the Pleaides maids, Narberal Gamma, who looks like a normal human woman, but we all know that the guild Ainz Ooal Gown doesn't allow humans to join their group, so it's interesting -- are the Pleaides maids (and Sebas, for that matter) the exception because they are servants? Or are they shapeshifters like Demiurge? Narberal, for her part, clearly isn't shy at referring to humans as lesser beings and insects, so she's likely just a humanoid-looking monster of some sort.
Anyway, after a brief flashback of Ainz talking to Albedo and Shalltear about journeying into Erantel and establishing how racist the humans of this world are towards non-humans, we establish the dynamic between Ainz and Narberal, disguising themselves as two simple adventurers "Momon" and "Nabe", and while Nabe is very, very eager to cut down any who would insult her lord and has trouble not referring to Ainz with the sama honorific, the two manage to work through the guild registration with little problem, and sort of befriends a group of four adventurers whose names honestly sort of went over my head.

Ainz/Momon also takes off his helmet in front of the guild's adventurers, showing off an illusion of a person from another race, noting that he comes from far away and preferred to keep his visage hidden. Ainz (and the viewer) quickly learns about how the ranking systems in the guild works, as well as about "Talent Holders", which are people born with a specific passive ability. Sort of like Sorcerers in D&D, kind of? Oh, and the long-fringed dude from the potion store, Nfirea (Npheria? Nphiria? Nferiea? God, fantasy names!) is one such talent holder, someone who can use magical items without any training.
Nfirea, clearly interested in Ainz/Momon's usage of the red potion, ends up showing up and hiring them for an escort mission. Whether this is sinister or not, again, is still a bit of a mystery.

Overall, it's interesting. While the setup honestly feels kind of mundane, with the only real danger to Ainz being if Nfirea discovers his true nature as an outsider, it does set up Ainz's infiltration into the adventurer's guild and society pretty well, while setting up a bunch of arc villains. Definitely having fun with this series, for sure.
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