May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?”: Fists Against Slavery [Review]

May I Ask for One Final Thing? continues the story of Scarlet’s beatdown of the corrupt nobility in Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?”. This time, she gets to use her fists on the heart of the slavery trade, spilling their blood right after they spilled out just how absolutely amoral and corrupt they are. It’s immensely satisfying to see them all being used as punching bags, especially when treason is one of the many crimes they’re being taken down for.

May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?”: Details in Brief

May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?” is the fourth episode (you can read my review of Ep. 1 (and others) and Ep. 2-3 here) of this dark fantasy action anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the light novel series and manga series of the same name by writer Nana Ōtori, with Satsuki as the artist for the light novels, and Sora Hōnoki as the artist for the manga.

Liden Films Kyoto Studio (The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Goblin Slayer S2, Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider) is the animation studio behind this anime. Kazuya Sakamoto is the director behind the anime, with Deko Akao as the writer, and Hinako Tsubakiyama as the composer.

Synopsis

Alas, May I Ask for One Final Thing? is an ongoing anime series. In fact, May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?” only made its debut on October 17, 2025 exclusively on Crunchyroll. Thus, to avoid spoilers for this anime for those who haven’t watched it yet, here’s the official synopsis from Crunchyroll for this episode:

“Scarlet infiltrates the slave auction, but her priority is to find and pummel Lord Godwin.”

May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?”: The Good

Let’s be real: we all watch May I Ask for One Final Thing? for precisely one thing: watching Scarlet (voiced by Asami Seto (JP) and Morgan Lauré (EN)) punch the faces of people who well and truly deserve it. Fortunately, Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?” gives us a lot more of that, and spread out over quite a diverse list of villains to boot. You’ve got the general slavers themselves, who Scarlet whirls around at high speeds while laughing gaily, tossing slavers left, right, and center out of their second-floor gallery. Indeed, it’s like watching an uncovered blender in action, with all the hilarity that implies.

With the action finally finishing with Scarlet beating up a foreign adversary too, especially when he becomes an extremely unwanted suitor to her. It’s this fight that’s actually the most interesting because he actually puts up a fight…sort of. More like it’s impressive that he survives Scarlet punches to the face, but the fight also shows off Scarlet’s ingenuity at figuring out how to get past someone with ultra-tough skin and bones. Honestly, it’s this gradual diversification of Scarlet’s beatdowns that’s adding some flavor to them, as well as the developing conspiracy plotline around Terenezza (voiced by Ai Kakuma (JP) and Emily Neves (EN)). Let’s just say the revelation that this anime is actually an isekai but from the perspective of the local non-isekaied characters is quite an interesting development. We’ll be eager to see how this develops.

Of course, Liden Films Kyoto Studio’s animation team also gets some credit here. After all, their animation makes the fight scenes all the more entertaining. With fluid animation for Scarlet’s beatdowns, especially during the more brutal moments. Watching Scarlet repeatedly knee someone in the face is all the more satisfying when you see blood and splittle fly with each impact.

May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 4 “May I Go to See My Fists’ Beloved One (Punching Bag)?”: The Bad

Again, my one complaint about May I Ask for One Final Thing? is the lack of yuri. I feel like this story is just begging for yuri, especially due to Scarlet soundly rejecting her abusive suitor in the first episode after his idiotic breaking of their engagement. Alas though, this is not that kind of story, and Scarlet and Julius (voiced by Wataru Katoh (JP) and Reagan Murdock (EN)) have a very nice dynamic together.

Now if you want to watch more action-packed anime like this one, then you might want to give Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kaiju No. 8, DDDD, DAN DA DAN, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, Zenshu, Blue Box, Solo Leveling, Black Butler, Nyaight of the Living Cat, and/or Spy x Family a go. Or if you want to watch something a bit more calm or just odd, then perhaps you might want to check out Senpai is an Otokonoko, Apocalypse Hotel, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf, The Ancient Magus’ Bride, My Dress-Up Darling, and/or This Monster Wants to Eat Me?

What do you all think of this week’s episode of May I Ask for One Final Thing?? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.

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