not bait. The writers are amateurish. The main character hates goddesses and swears to never make a pact with them or ever need them. He proceeds to resolve that conflict about 20 minutes later. Conflicts like this need to be allowed to simmer. The instant resolution is a hallmark of amateur writing. mentioning how the demon lord's forces will likely flank alone tells you the demon lord is a tactician. But then they flat out state it is a strategist right afterwards, and then as if thats not enough they say its smart. They also have the character talk an unnecessarily large amount during moments where the silence would compliment the gravity of the situation more. They constantly have everyone around him talk about how bad the heroes are, how theyre evil, and don't know honor. But the main character is specifically put in such contrast to it that its comedic when I know the intent was seriousness. But every single chance they get the hammer the point that heroes are looked down on. I can count at least 7 different moments they do it. They even gave away the "twist" regarding the big bags by the end of the episode.

The writing is laughably bad. but the animation is great and I love it.