Anime Episode 04

"The Forefinger Twitches" is the 4th episode of the "Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki" Anime adaptation.

''After Souma realizes the true gravity of Tomoe's ability, he ensures that it remains a secret, and that she is kept safe. Juna and Poncho host a program that shows how to prepare readily-available but unconventional ingredients during the food shortage.''

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.


 * Kazuya Souma
 * Tomoe Inui
 * Marx
 * Liscia Elfrieden
 * Ludwin Arcs
 * Serina
 * Poncho Panacotta
 * Juna Doma
 * Aisha Udgard
 * Robthor Udgard
 * Wodan Udgard

Changes

 * In the Anime, Tomoe meets the Demon Kobold when she went to the Mountain to collect food, while that Demon was their out Scouting, and was surprised to find that Tomoe could understand him.
 * In the Light Novel & Manga, Tomoe instead meets and talks to the Demon Kobold (who is a Solider), while they were attacking her settlement.
 * In the Light Novel & Manga, Souma & Liscia did a meeting with the Five selected people, after they had assumed their positions. Where as the Anime only showcased them doing a meeting with Poncho.
 * Compared to the Anime, the order of Food tasted is different in the Light Novel & Manga.
 * In the Anime, they tasted in the order of "Octopus", "Burdock Roots" & "Locust", with "Gelin" being covered in next episode.
 * In the Manga, the order was "Octopus", "Gelin" & "Locust" ("Burdock Roots" wasn't showcased).
 * In the Light Novel, the order was "Octopus", "Burdock Roots", "Gelin" and finally "Locust". Some extra ingredients like "Red Bear's Paw", "Sword Tiger's Liver", "Salamandra" were also showcased.

Trivia

 * The title is adapted from Chinese Spring and Autumn period history The Commentary of Zuo Chapter of Duke Xuan of Lu, 4th year (605 BC). In this chapter there was a person that his index finger moved when there was some delicious food present, and "index finger moving" got the meaning "delicious food that gets an appetite" in Chinese since then.