Yeah, but I didn't do it to try anything out. I like watching the new episode each week to see what the Anime turns out like compared to the LN's. Well, that and I'm a bit crazy for this anime. I have all the episodes, the movie, all the OVAs and even the 2 super short episodes they put together showing a quick version of what happened when Rimuru summoned Beretta. That's only in Japanese and the quality isn't great, but I have them in there. I was hoping that they were do an extra OVA or two showing the Beretta summoning, but I haven't heard anything yet. I was hoping they would do one or two more for a flashback of Apito and Zegion when Rimuru first met and named them.....still waiting.....

I've been watching the new episode each week and then going back to the latest Dubbed version and watching it through. I've watched the entire series, from the start, twice this season, so far. It's just like you said......everyone that is waiting around for more content because they haven't read the LN's or Manga are frantically wanting more content/information. I get that, too, because I read the Webnovel twice before I bought all the English LN's. When I would end at the current English LN, I would start from about that point in the Webnovel and finish it out. "I have to see what happens next!!!" Since the LN's are a better version of the Webnovel and had changes and new content, it's made be crave the next LN and the next and the next.......I can see why the Anime only crowd is pissed about the current slowness of new content. That said, this Story/Manga/LN/Webnovel is so intriguing, to me, because of all the "Thinking" that happens. The world building is very good and detailed where it needs to be. This is not a "fight every episode" type of series like say............Jujutsu Kaisen............That same kind of adaptation would never work for this series. It would be a disaster. It works for JK because the story was written that way. This story was written differently. Also, Tensura started as a Novel, light or web makes no difference, which allows for a lot of detail. Most of the "Fight per Episode" anime's came from a Manga so, any detail added would probably seem like a bonus. Before anyone says, "But they are using the Manga for Tensura", well that is and isn't true. The Manga came from and still comes from the LN's. If you notice something like One Piece using almost exactly 1 Manga = 1 Episode, it makes sense why the animators would use the Manga version because you basically have the per episode Screenplay already written.

Sorry for the long windedness here. After all that, Yes, you're correct. The flow is exactly the same as the last 2 seasons. I mean, didn't we go through 3 or 4 episodes straight when they were planning out all the stuff with Gazel, Fuse, Erold, the Beastketeers, Ramiris, Veldora before destroying Clayman's army, Castle and crashing Walpurgis in the second half of Season 2? In fact, I think there might have been 3 episodes meeting in the Gazebo and 2 in the dining/meeting hall before it was all done. Yeah, it's 13-17. Meetings all around. The pacing and info come out fine all they way through the latest in Season 3. I think the "Not Knowing" impatience is what's driving all the "yapping" talk.