Story summary from MAL: "Far away from the reaches of demons and war, near the borderland of Zoltan, D-Rank adventurer Red lives a normal existence. Through perseverance and hard work, his dream of starting his own apothecary and peaceful life in the countryside finally came true. Abruptly, Red gets a live-in partner and assistant named Rit—the princess of Duchy Loggervia and an adventurer herself—who gives everything up to join him. Although honest, kind, and loved by all, Red has a secret shared only with Rit: his real name is Gideon, brother of Ruti Ragnason, the “Hero” and a former member of her party. Ares Drowa, the “Sage,” kicked Red out of their party after their war against the Demon Lord after deciding he was weak and insignificant. Now, even though Red has left the Hero’s party behind by assuming a new life together with Rit, his past has yet to let go of him." * * * * The series full Japanese title is another one of those super long ones: “Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita”, roughly translating to “Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside” in the English LN translation from Yen Press. Things went a little more smoothly with episode 4 of Shin no Nakama thankfully. This is definitely much more of a "quiet life in the countryside" kind of episode. Akebi-chan ep 01 is being QC'd now and hopefully we will be able to release it in the next few days! The songs in the early eps slow things down a bit, as you all know. * * * * Staff Encode: Pikminiman TLC: Shadeseeker Timing: Olivo28 TS: arvon2 Editing/OP and ED stuff: Flower QC: Bunny, Goethite Note that we try to create the releases optimized for mpv - other players may give odd playback results.