Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (light novel)
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| This was the lesbian witch anime I needed this season. Also to all the "Why did Elaina help this time?" people...did yall just like miss the episode with the King's Daughter trapped in the castle who had to kill that weird beast thing? She literally wanted to help the witch but didn't. Or the episode with the slave girl?? It was the first time we saw Elaina want to help someone and not just be a bystander. Elaina *does* want to help people, but the show has already established that sometimes she just *can't* and that other times it's far better for her to just *not*. Also, these stories are months apart?? Did yall miss that part too?? Come on now, you guys have to pay attention lol. It's obvious Elaina changes as a person with each episode having learned lessons from the countries she visits. There are no plot holes here, some of you just literally haven't been paying attention and it shows. |
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| I know it's not related to the episode, but there's nowhere else to rant about it, but Damn it WTF they're already onto Volume 3 next episode?! So y'all just gonna skip over Volume 2?! And skip over the best story in "Before the Snow Melts?!" We just get one episode of volume 2?! Unless they go back of course, but I'm pretty sure they ain't coming back. They ain't coming back. BS. |
UncleJojo said: HoloisHolo said: really? That fast?I know it's not related to the episode, but there's nowhere else to rant about it, but Damn it WTF they're already onto Volume 3 next episode?! So y'all just gonna skip over Volume 2?! And skip over the best story in "Before the Snow Melts?!" We just get one episode of volume 2?! Unless they go back of course, but I'm pretty sure they ain't coming back. They ain't coming back. BS. Yup I know way too fast, unless they're setting up certain stories from volume 2 |
| That was an interesting episode. It was nice to see that Elaina help again, but I still don't like her narcissistic side. Also, when Saya shows up, I know there will be some yuri moments. |
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| First good episode in a while. |
| Are they skipping volume 2? (flashbacks to index.) welp i think it's safe to drop the show if that is the case. @HoloisHolo oh i thought i was the only one who noticed. Dreamxer said: Saya is the worse part of this series, She is just annoying and creepy. I mean if she was a boy everyone would be upset. However, since she is a girl it seems like people aren't disturbed by it. She did get better towards the end the LN and anime has a ton of yuri bait if you don't like yuri i suggest you stop here. Zadion said: So Elaina wouldn't save that slave from before, but she has no problems interfering in this town's affairs... naruhodo, naruhodo Supercuecaaa said: I hate Elaina so much. Why did Elaina save everyone this time? She didn't received anything in return. because she has people who know her here and she wants to show off to them. if you haven't guessed already she kinda narcissistic. Flan > Elaina |
GrimAtramentNov 10, 2020 1:59 PM
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
hazarddex said: Dreamxer said: Saya is the worse part of this series, She is just annoying and creepy. I mean if she was a boy everyone would be upset. However, since she is a girl it seems like people aren't disturbed by it. She did get better towards the end the LN and anime has a ton of yuri bait if you don't like yuri i suggest you stop here. I didn't mean it to come out that way, I enjoy yuri! and I have watched yuri series before. I am just not a fan of Saya. Sorry~ |
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Dreamxer said: hazarddex said: the LN and anime has a ton of yuri bait if you don't like yuri i suggest you stop here. I didn't mean it to come out that way, I enjoy yuri! and I have watched yuri series before. I am just not a fan of Saya. Sorry~ that is fine this show doesn't really subscribe itself to the best characterization (it has okay characterization that range form bland to decent. nothing i would praze as a stellar feat of writing.) i don't particularly like Saya or Elnina (i'm mostly just here for best girl flan.) anyway i was just letting you know because i could tell if it was saya as a person or saya acting like yuri bait that bothered you. @nanimeanswhat the people for this anime tend to flip there shit if anyone dares criticize any aspects of it. i was waiting for this story because i wanted to rub it in the face of the "She doesn't interfere because she doesn't want to get in trouble with an authority." crowd because a king has a lot more power then a mayor. it's fun to see some peoples reaction to the inconsistency of a certain someone. especially when some of those defended her actions back in episode 3 (well not inconstancy if you are not pretended shes not narcissist.) still curious to why this king doesn't really have that much defense. against witches is magic common or not? as a king in a fantasy setting you would think he would have a loyal group of spell casters to protect himself wouldn't you? |
GrimAtramentNov 10, 2020 1:56 PM
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus |
| Never hated a character so much So she couldn´t help a little girl who was being abused by a fat bastard, but she could hit a freaking King in the back to change something that King decided by himself for his country? Maybe I´m wrong, but I don´t remember any of those 2 asking her for help, she just went with the flow She easily could take the girl to her town or another country to search for someone who could take care of her, even the witch in this city could take her as her assistant or maid or something, but no, they needed to add some dark stuff for no reason and no logic I hoped the mc could make me change my mind about the show, it ended well tho, dropping this sh*t who shouldn´t even be compared to Kino |
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| @Hazarddex @UncleJojo Yeah hopefully they go back on to volume 2 |
| i won't be able to live onto that kingdom if all you say is full of honesty and absolutely cannot lie? oh man! i'd live full of shame if that happens! or i'd rather not talk so that i won't harass anyone perversely! anyways great episode and the reunion with Saya was a great plus! shame they have to part ways again! 5/5. |
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knktzvra said: Never hated a character so much So she couldn´t help a little girl who was being abused by a fat bastard, but she could hit a freaking King in the back to change something that King decided by himself for his country? Maybe I´m wrong, but I don´t remember any of those 2 asking her for help, she just went with the flow She easily could take the girl to her town or another country to search for someone who could take care of her, even the witch in this city could take her as her assistant or maid or something, but no, they needed to add some dark stuff for no reason and no logic I hoped the mc could make me change my mind about the show, it ended well tho, dropping this sh*t who shouldn´t even be compared to Kino Another kid that watches just shonen anime and expects an MC to become superman to save the day for everyone. The situation in this particular country is quite different to that of the townchief and his personal slave. For starters Heihemia had sent a letter to the mage society asking for help to undo her work that causes grief to the population and also deprived her of her magic and her own voice. The mage society agreed and sent Saya as a "problem solver" recognizing this situation as one for them mages to take control. Now lets go back to the dilemma of the slave girl in a faraway village. Most likely this small country has it's own laws regarding owning a slave wich are not frown upon, and also most likely it either has strong connections with a bigger country providing protection from anti slavery countries or it's just a backwater region nobody has ever heard of. Regardless, nobody sent a letter begging for help to either the mage society or other countries that would overrule their slavery customs. You're totally expecting a single traveler like Elaina to get her hands dirty and face charges like "stolen propierty" and/or Assault & Battery towards the town chief. Now going back again to the country that cannot lie, Elaina wasn't asked for help, but it's obvious for her to understand the task ahead was too much for a freshly graduate like Saya, and they obviously have the support of the mage society, so it's natural for her to lend a helping hand. Regarding that Nino's story (the slave girl) was made for no reason nor logic, there lies your poorly vision. The moral of the story is that in reality you cannot save everyone even if you're willing to become part of a bigger conflict and there's nothing wrong by accepting this harsh reality. This also goes for @hazarddex rant expecting Elaina to act as a Vigilante in episode 3, but ignoring that the whole mage society didn't aprove this King's bidding, wich allows Elaina to act under the mage society mantle. I also challenge you hazzarddex prove that Elaina is a narcissist, since nobody has been able to prove it, they just parrot ignorance spread by other parrots. |
KimurahNov 10, 2020 8:24 PM
| @Kimurah first this is a shonen anime. there are tons of dark shonen anime i find it funny that you think "shonen anime." is some how an insult it sounds like you have a personal issue. Please explain to me how a king doesn't have a single powerful witch or spellcaster in his entire army? in a magic setting did you actually read my post? the problem here is an issue of logistics no king worth his salt in a fantasy setting would some how not expect witches or other spell-casters to try and disrupt his rule. mage society. You expect me to believe that the entire world is over saw by this mage society? does everyone who owns a gun answer to the government? we have plenty of black market mercs to prove the problem with that logic. obsesses over how beautiful she is. demands people to praise her more. literally writes down that she doesn't have a twisted personality. getting salty when flan tells her that her talent isn't everything. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus |
| Lol @hazarddex going at it again, screaming inconsistency and trying to "rub it in people's faces". So far there is no demonstrated inconsistency with her actions. Give it up. It's blatantly obvious why, unless you weren't paying attention to detail at all in the story. hazarddex said: as a king in a fantasy setting you would think he would have a loyal group of spell casters to protect himself wouldn't you? There are multiple possible reasons why, including, but not limited to:
At this point you're just trying to come up with excuses to hate this story. |
OpticflashNov 10, 2020 10:55 PM
| @Opticflash do we know this? or is this a case of thinking. who said an army? one or two and not limited to witches we've already learned that not all the spell casters are witches. again do we know this? or is this presuming? also most dark ages countries are small to begin with. hate story =/= pointing out world building flaws this story is far from the flawless masterpiece a lot of the fanboys try to make it out to be. if i hated it i would have stopped watching by now smh. i don't watch AOT because i don't like it. |
GrimAtramentNov 10, 2020 10:41 PM
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus |
Corrected my previous post to include the word "possible". hazarddex said: who said an army? one or two and not limited to witches we've already learned that not all the spell casters are witches. again do we know this? or is this presuming? also most dark ages countries are small to begin with. Sure, replace "witch" with "spell caster" and "army" with a "few". There is no difference in the points I am making. hazarddex said: hate story =/= pointing out world building flaws Lack of information to make a rational judgement call is not a world building flaw. hazarddex said: this story is far from the flawless masterpiece a lot of the fanboys try to make it out to be. Nobody is saying this anime is a flawless masterpiece. However none of the critiques against this show presented so far have been logical, save for one (that the flower story was rather rushed). |
OpticflashNov 10, 2020 10:59 PM
| More Elaina and Saya moment it feels like everytime Elaina gets reunited with the people she knew it becomes a more wholesome episode. And that kingdom was pretty interesting where you cannot lie was interesting. And looking at Saya she seems like a good witch and has feelings for Elaina. |
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| I actually liked this episode. |
| This was an almost perfect episode. A nice and entertaining story, meeting again Saya, having a great development, nicely animated and made battle, and a nice happy ending, rounding up every character in this episode with a nice story and feeling. The only bad thing? If she got in a fight with the king, that means the argument of "not putting herself in danger" got destroyed. So... her Episode 3 excuse was not true? Also she broke her mother´s promise... Still as I said, a great chapter, completely 5/5 and loving to see Elaina becoming every episode a better character |
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| Enjoyed the episode ... minus Saya. Sorry, she is the "little sister" in so many anime that is annoying. Artwork is nice and I do like the MC's voice actor.... nice voice and her artwork is just relaxing to look at. Happy to be watching the series as an escape to real life events. |
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| Damn, what a sweet episode! Is it me or is Saya becoming the best girl? Never thought but Saya is really amazing now, glad that she was able to become a witch, this episode was probably the happiest we had so far! Kinda sad that she's leaving again, Saya was so happy to see her lmao xD Pure face of joy haha I do hope we get to see hear again.  I mean, this time she went out of money because she wanted to buy that thing, so that's why she met her again so xD Btw at the end, there were 3 witches, they could have cast that spell again without losing anything, but it's for the better. |
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hazarddex said: first this is a shonen anime. there are tons of dark shonen anime i find it funny that you think "shonen anime." is some how an insult it sounds like you have a personal issue. No it's not shonen, we've been thru this several times with your baseless argument. The anime is an adaptation of the Light Novel, wich is the source. Just because the manga was produced in a shonen publisher, doesn't mkake the anime adaptation that takes after the light novel, in the shonen demographic. Also, shonen is most of the time very watered down and cheap so that "kiddies" wich is the main demographic don't get too conflicted, even using dark themes that are most of the time just superficial. Just for the record, I'm not saying that Light Novels are dark/thought provoking or controversial most of the time. hazarddex said: Please explain to me how a king doesn't have a single powerful witch or spellcaster in his entire army? in a magic setting did you actually read my post? Because the king was an idiot. You could easily tell this by expecting that an utopia where people wouldn't lie would be a flawless place to live. Elaina herself even blurts this out so that the thickheaded king realizes how dumb he was. hazarddex said: the problem here is an issue of logistics no king worth his salt in a fantasy setting would some how not expect witches or other spell-casters to try and disrupt his rule. mage society. You expect me to believe that the entire world is over saw by this mage society? Based that mages are the most powerful beings in this world so far, it wouldn't be a surprise that they either oversee all territorial issues or are part of a bigger congress formed by humans and mages and most likely other orders like knights. Take for instance the whole world of Harry Potter being overseen by mages, but obviously being conceited all the time. All this is a possibility none the less hazarddex said: does everyone who owns a gun answer to the government? we have plenty of black market mercs to prove the problem with that logic. I don't understand your point, anyone with a gun obviously has to answer to whatever goverment they belong to. In the case of mages, I want to believe that there's at the very least a code of honor in order to keep the status quo and in the worst cases of a rogue mage there should be a justice corp like anti-mages to hunt down vicious mages. hazarddex said: obsesses over how beautiful she is. demands people to praise her more. literally writes down that she doesn't have a twisted personality. getting salty when flan tells her that her talent isn't everything. Another point that has nothing to do with the actual conversation, This feels more like a petty complain from a kid who hates his peers for having a different personality. There's nothing wrong with Elaina having a healthy self steem and calling herself beautiful. It's a breath of fresh air from emo kids in shonen that start with little to no self steem and the whole series is about him or her becoming more self confident. Secondly, I never seen Elaina "demand" other people to praiser her. Please present actual evidence on any of the episodes already aired. Third. What's wrong with writing down she doesn't have a twisted personality? Again, just pure pointless salt from your behalf. Fourth. Elaina was still a kid in growth, of course she's going to make a salty reply (pretty much like yours), the whole point of that was to make her more humble and not to abuse of her powers, all this is part of growing up, a lot of teens rebel against their parents or tutors until they finally grasp how society works and how to fit in. She's obviously not humble in the current present, but that's not bad, she has used her powers wisely when she has needed it, with the exception in the last episode with the grape tossing, but it was completely harmless. |
KimurahNov 17, 2020 7:10 PM
Best moment of the episode, maybe even the show so far lol |
| Saya ga chou kaiwaii! An interesting episode. It's fun except for the preaching part. Even junior high school students understand this…… |
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| Saya is also a witch and she looks damn cute and beautiful!!! The Kingdom where you can't lie....Scary!!! Well, it was another relaxing episode. I wonder when's the depressing episodes gonna start again!?? |
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VenezDoran said: Well, it was another relaxing episode. I wonder when's the depressing episodes gonna start again!?? It seems Episode 9 released just now is depressing, though I still haven't watched it. |
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GavinHon said: VenezDoran said: Well, it was another relaxing episode. I wonder when's the depressing episodes gonna start again!?? It seems Episode 9 released just now is depressing, though I still haven't watched it. Ya, it was pretty dark! |
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| Another really solid episode. Im happy to see the series hasnt forgotten how to be enjoyable and chill. I love that side girl. Her absolute love for Elaina is cute. It hits my yuri craving lol. But that last scene was sketchy as hell. The face she made when putting that necklace on was like she put some sort of spell on the necklace and was secretly planning something. It was fishy as hell. Im glad that side girl is a reoccuring character and I hope we see her again. (Cause she's on the cover so I'd imagine she's gonna pop up a lot.) |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Loved it, loved the lesbian interactions and how it was gey asf, wish the entire series continued like this I cant lie oof and yikes the honesty spell in on me eek |
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| HAHAHAHAH The Lame Sword! Damn Saya is cute |
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_Maneki-Neko_ said: Btw. I don't why a lot of people are calling Elaina "narcissistic" like it's a bad thing. I have absolutely enough of these "UwU I'm soo shy and a wallflower and a doormat"-female protagonists, not only in anime, but in a lot of media. [...] It's a really, REALLY nice change, when a female protagonists actually thinks of herself as beautiful and everything else would be a lie to her haha It's not only in anime, but I remember this shitty high school-movies, where the wallflower is the good and nice girl and the beautiful and popular girls were mean. It's the same in a lot of shoujo anime unfortunately. I'm really glad that I finally found a female protagonist again, who takes so much pride in herself and isn't a shy wallflower lol Thank you! I think it's refreshing to see a female protagonist with high self esteem, who knows how skilled she is. I think a lot of complaints about her actions not being in character are totally unfounded and based more on what these people would like Elaina to be like, rather than what she is. She's not the type of MC to put her life on the line for someone she's spent 5 minutes talking to, or jump into battle without regard for her own safety. I liked seeing Saya more competent but I can't say I like her pushiness or the yuri bait. The sequence with her fawning over a deadpan Elaina was hilarious, though. |
| This Anime is good but I will not expect somemind blowingthings. She still loves herself. Lost her voice for the sake of this stupid king and kicked you from the castle... Wait why did this king not have any guards with him, like personal guards inside the room he was in??? Anime logic I guess. Yuri is here everyone lol. Looking forward for more! |
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| Elaina and Saya friendship would be great without Saya's obsession for Elaina. |
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| While episode 5 looks like a sequel of the first episode, episode 6 is a sequel to episode 2. There was a serious issue but I think it was not well explored and the king being generic does not help much. Next pls. |
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| I really enjoyed this episode, introducing the idea of not being able to tell lies and say only the truth got me thinking what would it be if this was nowadays hehe~ |
| I really don't like Elaina, and I do not like the way the writers of the series view her. What really set me off about this episode was simply the fact of how she wrote "I have a pure heart" instead of "I have a twisted personality". Like throughout the series so far, I have not seen many redeeming qualities about Elaina, seeing as she mostly refuses to actually be a hero and help people who are actually in need. I guess the only exception to her piss poor personality is the fact that she is strong willed, but that does not make you have a "pure heart". Another odd thing about this episode is the fact that Elaina has stayed neutral in a variety of smaller issues, but decides she needs to play politics in a situation that was extremely dire for this episode. This is really unfortunate for me, since I actually like the show's worldbuilding and whatnot, I just haven't found the characters or their purpose rather likeable in any way. |
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| Saya's Interests on Elaina is always a charm Haha especially on this episode. Elaina has that confidence all of us want lol. This and last episode were both wholesome , I can't shake the feeling it's in preparation for something really dark hm... Overall , Straightforward and Nice episode , the sequence of Elaina Disarming the King was nicely done . "Also , Liars are not necessarily. Good lies can sometimes be like lubricant, smoothing the relationships between people." Good quote OwO, Lying isn't always bad depending on how you handle them. |
| It's only episode 6 and the anime already destroyed its own foundation and turned into casual shit. Elaina turned from true neutral into moralist that suddenly cares about others. Saya's totally gay for Elaina and it's all her character is about. More cliche anime comedy pervy jokes and cliche speeches. Why do you have to ruin one of the rare series that was already good and original... It's now a f***ing lighthearted comedy with few dark moments??? |
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| I can just hope it goes back to being dark and realistic fairytale and not continues as slice-of-life comedy for teenagers. I feel a strong urge to drop it right now...after 2 last episodes I don't see any potential to be honest ... |
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