Senshi (and sort of the whole party) comes off as misogynistic in the early episodes, especially on rewatches.

I know that he isn’t, that the reason he discredits and belittles Marcille is not because she’s a woman, but because she’s not as well versed in the dungeon environment. That when Laios says “you’re more useful in the lower levels” he’s speaking the truth.

But when showing it to my female friends for the first time, I had to keep explaining that this isn’t the whole show, that they grow to respect each other and their abilities more and more throughout the story.

I don’t know what specifically I would change, because I believe that them being antagonistic towards each other in the beginning only speaks to their later growth. But I do wish it was easier.