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Dec 12, 2020 11:22 AM
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I heard they cut off some parts from the light novel, but is it really that bad? I think the season 2 direction is much more interesting than season 1.
Dec 12, 2020 11:31 AM
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That's what I've been wondering. I definitely did enjoy season 1 way more than I'm enjoying s2 though.
Dec 12, 2020 11:26 PM
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There are few anime original stuff going on. So light novel viewers kinda not like it. We should respect both POV and enjoy the series. Hope they continue this series after this season. *fingers crossed*
Dec 13, 2020 7:37 AM
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Nothing cool happened this season compared to the first one. And the blonde girl is boring and the characters we know from the first season didn’t have much focus on this one.

I can't remember anything that happened this season, nothing memorable was all too vague. I do not know.
Dec 13, 2020 5:11 PM
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1. Incest.
2. This arc doesn't have much action.
3. Some LN readers felt it was rushed.
4. Some people just don't like this series and rate it badly even without watching (go figure).
Dec 13, 2020 5:13 PM
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Not enough onii-sama.

Dec 13, 2020 6:07 PM
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It's just not as exciting or interesting as the first season. I hope we get more but it's kind of boring. Ive rewatched the first a cpl times, but will skip this one if I ever do another go through.
Dec 13, 2020 7:52 PM
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To much character focus and development, not enough explosions.
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Dec 13, 2020 9:33 PM
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Chanbara said:
Nothing cool happened this season compared to the first one. And the blonde girl is boring and the characters we know from the first season didn’t have much focus on this one.

I can't remember anything that happened this season, nothing memorable was all too vague. I do not know.

RikaGe said:
1. Incest.
2. This arc doesn't have much action.
3. Some LN readers felt it was rushed.
4. Some people just don't like this series and rate it badly even without watching (go figure).


I kind of agree to all of this.
Dec 14, 2020 9:14 PM

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The score started really high because fans of the original were the first to rate it. As it aired casual viewers scored it, which caused it to lower. The score will continue to drop over time. Get used to it.
RikaGe said:
1. Incest.
2. This arc doesn't have much action.
3. Some LN readers felt it was rushed.
4. Some people just don't like this series and rate it badly even without watching (go figure).

And listen to this person. They know what they're talking about.
Dec 15, 2020 7:08 AM

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RebelPanda said:
The score started really high because fans of the original were the first to rate it. As it aired casual viewers scored it, which caused it to lower. The score will continue to drop over time. Get used to it.
RikaGe said:
1. Incest.
2. This arc doesn't have much action.
3. Some LN readers felt it was rushed.
4. Some people just don't like this series and rate it badly even without watching (go figure).

And listen to this person. They know what they're talking about.


At this point, I’m only just here to see if anything of particular significance actually happens through literally 39 episodes (besides Tatsuya getting banned from using nuke abilities lul). Looks like I won’t at this rate.
Dec 15, 2020 7:14 AM

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Ryuseishun said:
RebelPanda said:
The score started really high because fans of the original were the first to rate it. As it aired casual viewers scored it, which caused it to lower. The score will continue to drop over time. Get used to it.

And listen to this person. They know what they're talking about.


At this point, I’m only just here to see if anything of particular significance actually happens through literally 39 episodes (besides Tatsuya getting banned from using nuke abilities lul). Looks like I won’t at this rate.
I'm only here because I want to see how low the score drops when it finishes airing. And the reviews. I want to see more reviews like Lyter's.
Dec 16, 2020 9:57 AM
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Btw I love this series and I ship Tatsuya x Miyuki :D.
I simply typed most of the complaints I have seen on SM lol
Dec 27, 2020 8:25 AM

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MAL scores hold no merit, literally null, zero. Hate mobs gather here for most series other than the dumb mainstream ones.

And obviously, they love all the series with dense incompetent MCs, just see the lengths some people went to defend Rental Girlfriend and its god awful plot and MC.

Also people hate dialogue apparently, its all about explosions here.
Dec 27, 2020 11:08 AM
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Freestyle80 said:
MAL scores hold no merit, literally null, zero. Hate mobs gather here for most series other than the dumb mainstream ones.

And obviously, they love all the series with dense incompetent MCs, just see the lengths some people went to defend Rental Girlfriend and its god awful plot and MC.

Also people hate dialogue apparently, its all about explosions here.


I disagree, as a mahouka fan this anime was genuinely garbage - there was no excitement and 'cool' fight scenes like the first anime, instead it was focused mainly on his emotional development (basically ruining the 1st season's focus on how his emotions were apparently removed and it was more a sudden thing rather than a gradual way of doing it), character crushes on him, fan service, and needless to say, they spent 90% of Miyuki's screen time shoving incest down our throats.

Whilst I agree MAL score means nothing most of the time, this anime doesn't deserve more than a 6 maximum: it was just a total let down. Every fight scene felt boring and effortless, and the producer's tried to make every fight scene better than it was by making characters say 'wow TaTsUyA sO StRonG' (rephrasing), it just shows how incompetent they were when making the audience actually feel the awe/excitement.
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Dec 27, 2020 11:41 AM
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Umm123 said:


I disagree, as a mahouka fan this anime was genuinely garbage - there was no excitement and 'cool' fight scenes like the first anime, instead it was focused mainly on his emotional development (...), character crushes on him, fan service, and needless to say, they spent 90% of Miyuki's screen time shoving incest down our throats.



Mahouka fan, are you anime only?

Tatsuya's emotional development is very important as it's one of his main challenges. Even in the light novels this arc focused more in his relationship with his friends and how he became kinder and didn't have easy solutions to each situation. At the same time Miyuki becomes more aware of her feelings, her and her brother share a couple of scenes and they even cut 2 scenes where the incest baiting is strong so I don't think they spent 90% "shoving" it on their viewers as the arc was condensed so much that subtleties were lost in the process.
Dec 27, 2020 11:54 AM
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RikaGe said:
Umm123 said:


I disagree, as a mahouka fan this anime was genuinely garbage - there was no excitement and 'cool' fight scenes like the first anime, instead it was focused mainly on his emotional development (...), character crushes on him, fan service, and needless to say, they spent 90% of Miyuki's screen time shoving incest down our throats.



Mahouka fan, are you anime only?

Tatsuya's emotional development is very important as it's one of his main challenges. Even in the light novels this arc focused more in his relationship with his friends and how he became kinder and didn't have easy solutions to each situation. At the same time Miyuki becomes more aware of her feelings, her and her brother share a couple of scenes and they even cut 2 scenes where the incest baiting is strong so I don't think they spent 90% "shoving" it on their viewers as the arc was condensed so much that subtleties were lost in the process.


Tatsuya's emotional development was definitely rushed, I guess like most things in this season (a lot of comments on other sites say the pace was off), but then again, as an anime watcher only, the flaw could be from the manga itself, who knows.
Dec 27, 2020 12:09 PM
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Can't take anyone's take seriously when they say emotional development is a bad thing. And the visitors arc is largely about Lina's growth as a person as well.

>there was no excitement and 'cool' fight scenes like the first anime
I very much disagree, though the scale is smaller, the action itself was good overall and some of the biggest fights actually had personal stakes as well, which most of the action from season 1 severely lacked. Production values weren't as good as s1, but it still wasn't that much of a drop off.

>character crushes on him, fan service
These things existed in s1 as well. Fan service may have been more abundant a bit, but definitely not a main focus. The same with the harem bait, which was mostly in one episode.

>90% of Miyuki's screen time shoving incest down our throats.
If incest is that much of a turn off for you, i suggest dropping the series now LOL.

>making characters say 'wow TaTsUyA sO StRonG'
Soooo no different than season 1.

Also could not help at laughing at the fact you called yourself a mahouka fan. Good stuff.
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Dec 27, 2020 5:18 PM
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The Irregular at Magic High School...which has absolutely nothing to do with "High School".

The primarily problems are the series bounces back and forth from one thing to another without any consistent direction, Tatsuya is way OP, and Angelina is a terrible character almost to the point that she's a walking trope.

The other factor is the sister incest angle. There is no debate to be had on this being incest. Miyuki has made it crystal clear in both the Anime and LN that she wishes to engage in an intimate sexual relationship with her brother. This subject matter isn't anything new, but the way she comes off is so incredibly creepy that even hardcore perverts cringe.


Dec 27, 2020 6:10 PM
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and Angelina is a terrible character almost to the point that she's a walking trope.
Okay you lost your ground here, every character in fiction can fall under a trope. In Lina's case, she falls under the blond foreign transfer student tsundere and you'd have a point if that was all she offered as a character, which is completely false. She has her own personal and moral struggles throughout the arc and even grows and matures by the end of it. Lina's one of the most complex characters in the series and you more or less just shrug it off or ignore that complexity completely by just labeling her a walking trope. Which in all tells me, you're just looking at everything from a surface level, so your critiques lose weight.
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Dec 27, 2020 8:55 PM
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Freestyle80 said:
MAL scores hold no merit, literally null, zero. Hate mobs gather here for most series other than the dumb mainstream ones.

And obviously, they love all the series with dense incompetent MCs, just see the lengths some people went to defend Rental Girlfriend and its god awful plot and MC.

Also people hate dialogue apparently, its all about explosions here.

This. Almost every time.
Dec 28, 2020 11:53 AM
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After the 1st season this one felt kind of empty
Dec 28, 2020 8:32 PM
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MadVandal said:

The other factor is the sister incest angle. There is no debate to be had on this being incest. Miyuki has made it crystal clear in both the Anime and LN that she wishes to engage in an intimate sexual relationship with her brother. This subject matter isn't anything new, but the way she comes off is so incredibly creepy that even hardcore perverts cringe.



I don't find it cringe. After reading their backstory volume it makes complete sense to me why she went from point A to B and has sexual desires for him. Sadly they didn't adapt that yet so when one is watching just the anime it can be difficult to comprehend even more when they do us a favor of cutting internal monologues.

The incest topic in this story is not random like Yosuga no Sora. And no, not all incest stories are my cup of tea. I just watched Koi Kaze and I didn't enjoy it at all lol
Dec 29, 2020 4:28 AM
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I don't understand it too. I personally found it pretty fun to watch but I guess not all people share the same opinion.
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Dec 29, 2020 1:31 PM
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RikaGe said:
MadVandal said:

The other factor is the sister incest angle. There is no debate to be had on this being incest. Miyuki has made it crystal clear in both the Anime and LN that she wishes to engage in an intimate sexual relationship with her brother. This subject matter isn't anything new, but the way she comes off is so incredibly creepy that even hardcore perverts cringe.



I don't find it cringe. After reading their backstory volume it makes complete sense to me why she went from point A to B and has sexual desires for him. Sadly they didn't adapt that yet so when one is watching just the anime it can be difficult to comprehend even more when they do us a favor of cutting internal monologues.

The incest topic in this story is not random like Yosuga no Sora. And no, not all incest stories are my cup of tea. I just watched Koi Kaze and I didn't enjoy it at all lol


It's primarily because of Miyuki...don't know why...she has this "creepy" vibe.

Dec 29, 2020 1:44 PM

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I feel like this season was way more slow-paced and had less action.
Dec 29, 2020 5:25 PM
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MadVandal said:
RikaGe said:


I don't find it cringe. After reading their backstory volume it makes complete sense to me why she went from point A to B and has sexual desires for him. Sadly they didn't adapt that yet so when one is watching just the anime it can be difficult to comprehend even more when they do us a favor of cutting internal monologues.

The incest topic in this story is not random like Yosuga no Sora. And no, not all incest stories are my cup of tea. I just watched Koi Kaze and I didn't enjoy it at all lol


It's primarily because of Miyuki...don't know why...she has this "creepy" vibe.


Creepy in which sense?
Dec 30, 2020 5:51 PM

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Can only speak for myself but this season simply got weaker over time. Like others here have said its hard to even point out what happened because it all just feels so boring and unimportant. In the beginning its easier to overlook holes by hoping they will be filled later. Like Linas seems cool when she is introduced yet she devolves into a trope later on. The anime simply cuts too much from the LN. You only really notice these cuts as the story progresses because stuff happens left and right without any explanation to it until the season is suddenly over and you are basically back at where you started.
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Dec 30, 2020 8:49 PM
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-Mahesvara said:
MadVandal said:
and Angelina is a terrible character almost to the point that she's a walking trope.
Okay you lost your ground here, every character in fiction can fall under a trope. In Lina's case, she falls under the blond foreign transfer student tsundere and you'd have a point if that was all she offered as a character, which is completely false. She has her own personal and moral struggles throughout the arc and even grows and matures by the end of it. Lina's one of the most complex characters in the series and you more or less just shrug it off or ignore that complexity completely by just labeling her a walking trope. Which in all tells me, you're just looking at everything from a surface level, so your critiques lose weight.


Maturing? By first regressing her down to a ditzy school girl? She's supposed to be an older experienced military officer. What got resolved? Nothing. She's just another hanging plot detail, one of many, from butchering LN to make this.

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MadVandal said:
-Mahesvara said:
Okay you lost your ground here, every character in fiction can fall under a trope. In Lina's case, she falls under the blond foreign transfer student tsundere and you'd have a point if that was all she offered as a character, which is completely false. She has her own personal and moral struggles throughout the arc and even grows and matures by the end of it. Lina's one of the most complex characters in the series and you more or less just shrug it off or ignore that complexity completely by just labeling her a walking trope. Which in all tells me, you're just looking at everything from a surface level, so your critiques lose weight.


Maturing? By first regressing her down to a ditzy school girl? She's supposed to be an older experienced military officer. What got resolved? Nothing. She's just another hanging plot detail, one of many, from butchering LN to make this.

"Older" She's a 16 year old girl, its natural for her to act her age and she's only had a few years of active duty experience. What got resolved? The pressure she puts herself through as being Sirius, she now knows that she alone doesn't have to solve everything and has a chance of a better future. She's just another hanging plot detail? No, she's now Tatsuya and Miyuki's ally, which will be incredibly important in the future.
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Dec 31, 2020 9:26 AM
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Scores are subjective regardless of where your viewing them. Lets face it, everyone lives within their own bubbles, so you either agree with it or dismiss it.

And with that said, I kinda understand the ratings dropping here. Some people who thought season 1 was great are finding season 2 to be a snooze fest in comparison, which I agree. I haven't seen the animation yet, but I thought the LN volume was pretty meh, and I'm sure that's still the superior version, seeing how they bastardized season 1.

Tatsuya and Miyuki are portrayed way better in the LN.
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Jan 4, 2021 1:03 AM

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Honestly, I ended up just dropping this after the 9th episode. It felt more like a chore to continue watching it every week because of how boring it was. And it's crazy, cause I really liked the first season and was looking forward to the second.

In a way, it doesn't even feel like the same anime, rather than a continuation, it almost feels like a spin off, alternate reality. The fact I find King's Raid to be more entertaining to watch (and that one is pretty bland too), says a lot.
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Not a spec of action, snail paced, Tatsuya is somehow the second coming of our lord and savior jesus christ himself and is able to do anything

Man it was just boring to watch compared to S1
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Feb 26, 2021 2:41 PM
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As much as I like mahouka, second season was just boring. Like others said basically nothing memorable happened unlike the first season.
Mar 16, 2021 12:40 PM
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For me :
1. Too much onii-sama. Let's be real here ,it used to be 'awww cute" moment in first season ,but now i kinda fed up of this incest thing.
2. DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SAEGUSA MAYUMI!!! Let's be real , SAEGUSA IS BEST GIRL. HANDS DOWN.
3. Too much talking ,less action. No best memorable scene.
4. For the non LN reader + stupid people like me ,i think after episode 7/8 i don't quite understand what happen in the story. Why the old man with black eyes spying on tatsuya & tried to take the Parasite etc. And who tf the goth girl kuroba ayako?? I know he's related to tatsuya family but who is she ,what's her role/job and why no further introduction. And why the police / special army doesn't like the magician? I thought people living on normal no hate to magician.
5. Last but not least , where dafuq is the busty & big (.)(.) Ono sensei????? Lol
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Overpowered character with the characterization of mashed potatoes and too much "onii-sama bullshit"


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It was terrible. Honestly shocked its as high as it is now lol. The 1st season was much better imo.
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I’m only two episodes in so it’s just from my first impressions but I don’t like the new characters.
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RikaGe said:
1. Incest.
2. This arc doesn't have much action.
3. Some LN readers felt it was rushed.
4. Some people just don't like this series and rate it badly even without watching (go figure).


What's wrong with incest?
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RikaGe said:
1. Incest.


why is this such a prominent thing in anime?

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