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| This episode had some amazing pieces of animation! |
| That punch was well deserved but Julius deserved way more than that. |
| Julius' crash out was glorious. Elfie best girl no doubt but...  |
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| Much better episode than the last, which belongs in a dustbin somewhere. It was kind of predictable that he wouldn't get the crown but that doesn't mean he didn't make waves. Still there were moments when he easily could have grabbed it. The animation was good too. |
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Reply to Kamquat420
Julius' crash out was glorious.
Elfie best girl no doubt but...
Elfie best girl no doubt but...
| @Kamquat420 Good point but Elfie could make at least 10 of her. So it's one Colette or an army of Elfie's? or both and more probably. I can easily see this anime go down the harem route if it wanted too with how many people are interested Will. |
| Why is it this anime has good animation but the lip sync feels off? |
| Ice dude was cartoon levels of delusional with all his maniacal laughter. The story feels like it's mostly deteriorating with the insane levels people want to go to pick on some dude just because he doesn't use magic. Pretty sure even in a world of magic, being that insanely strong would immediately get recognized. |
| Well, let's just say that this result was ultra-predictable, but frankly, it's exactly what I was imagining for the end, since he'd explained his plan and, basically, he wasn't planning to go for the crown. He'd gone straight for the other prick first. |
| Of course all the hard work that Will did was for nothing in the end. The writers made the mistake of making it that grabbing the crown meant you won, so a green hair nobody gets to grab it after being a coward in the shadows. What waste of an episode. |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
Reply to akfm31
Imagine if they were already married and in bed. 💀
| @akfm1031 Remember they are the opposite temperature as the caster, they'd be freezing against the skin 😅 |
| Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
Reply to neverenoughanime
The swordplay reminded me of Warframe, which was a good thing, but I still thought the fight was kinda meh. They didn't even trade blows, it was just Julius using copied, second-rate magic against a guy that grew up seeing it invented. And passing it off as a two-year-old inventing it is just silly. At least young characters that powerful that young are reincarnated heroes or demon lords. They may as well have had her walking 5 weeks after being born.
| @neverenoughanime Hold on, Julius was not a fighter, he is just a magic user that was copying another's spell at the lowest level of it, no where near the originator of the spell. Will is a fighter and stronger than any of the people there, it is not surprising his punch knocked him out. |
| Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
Reply to Rukodaime91
The ability of Julius didn't really make sense to be honest.
He said he could only "control 4 clone alone". Except, there were never more than 4 clone (until he created 8).
At the beginning, he had 4 clone, one exploded and 3 were used to "create the barrier".
At 08:00 you can clearly see there is no clone left.
He launched an attack and say "it's over", create four clone at 08:29 for no reason except showing off.
At 10:21, Will knocked out the 2 other guys, and two clone break down out of 4.
So, it doesn't really make sense, he would have needed the use of 2 other guys to create clone when he was just showing off.
At 13:01 ice guy said "I can only control four doubles at a time right now". HE NEVER USED MORE THAN 4 CLONE at this point...
Also, if this clone are so hard to control, how come in prior episode, he was able to send his clone at different location to attack other teams ?
In any case, I didn't like this combat at all, because there was no reason to have Will :
Get caught in an explosion of Ice and then break it because why not, (without any significant injuries),
Get caught in a barrier which he can't break and then a very strong attack and he just get out of the ice with no injuries,
Let's be real, there is no way, Will should have won this fight if he was caught twice, and if he was stupid enough to stay ten seconds without moving when they used a smoke screen,
Also, I really hate when people use "elemental magic" like Ice, but there is never a single different significant impact from the Ice, like getting colder, getting stick to the ice, having frostbite... I know, in fairy tail, element are also just glorified magic attack where no one care about the element, but, if for once, someone could actually use an element which feels like an actual element...
I also don't like the author decide all of sudden than "ok, I let my MC get shot three times in a row, with no significant impact, now, I'm just gonna make him invicible".
You know, if someone were actually breaking a fricking ice just in front of him, he would get hit by some ice,
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why not freeze all the ice one the ground so he lose his mobility,
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why not use some sort of blizzard all the time so he lose his vision,
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when you realize you're about to loose, why not just try to grab the crown.
Honestly, I can't believe this is the same author as DanMachi. But then again... I always wondered why in DanMachi there were so little magical ability. I'm starting to understand, it's because the author doesn't know how to make elemental magic interesting.
I repeat.
In a normal fight, considering the start of the match, Will had 0 chance of winning until the author decided to say "let's go".
But then again, an author who creates 8 clone without any significant drawback.... Even Dragon Ball, 30 years ago, when Ten Shin Han used 3 clones said his power was divided between the 4 people. Also, the last time I checked, controlling several clone is supposed to be so complicated, in "I'm a spider so what" she had to get a skill just to be able to control one clone (if I remember correctly). There is no way this dude could have mastered controlling 8 clone... in term of magic/mental abilities, it's not possible he could have achieved that in total secret.
He said he could only "control 4 clone alone". Except, there were never more than 4 clone (until he created 8).
At the beginning, he had 4 clone, one exploded and 3 were used to "create the barrier".
At 08:00 you can clearly see there is no clone left.
He launched an attack and say "it's over", create four clone at 08:29 for no reason except showing off.
At 10:21, Will knocked out the 2 other guys, and two clone break down out of 4.
So, it doesn't really make sense, he would have needed the use of 2 other guys to create clone when he was just showing off.
At 13:01 ice guy said "I can only control four doubles at a time right now". HE NEVER USED MORE THAN 4 CLONE at this point...
Also, if this clone are so hard to control, how come in prior episode, he was able to send his clone at different location to attack other teams ?
In any case, I didn't like this combat at all, because there was no reason to have Will :
Get caught in an explosion of Ice and then break it because why not, (without any significant injuries),
Get caught in a barrier which he can't break and then a very strong attack and he just get out of the ice with no injuries,
Let's be real, there is no way, Will should have won this fight if he was caught twice, and if he was stupid enough to stay ten seconds without moving when they used a smoke screen,
Also, I really hate when people use "elemental magic" like Ice, but there is never a single different significant impact from the Ice, like getting colder, getting stick to the ice, having frostbite... I know, in fairy tail, element are also just glorified magic attack where no one care about the element, but, if for once, someone could actually use an element which feels like an actual element...
I also don't like the author decide all of sudden than "ok, I let my MC get shot three times in a row, with no significant impact, now, I'm just gonna make him invicible".
You know, if someone were actually breaking a fricking ice just in front of him, he would get hit by some ice,
or
why not freeze all the ice one the ground so he lose his mobility,
or
why not use some sort of blizzard all the time so he lose his vision,
or
when you realize you're about to loose, why not just try to grab the crown.
Honestly, I can't believe this is the same author as DanMachi. But then again... I always wondered why in DanMachi there were so little magical ability. I'm starting to understand, it's because the author doesn't know how to make elemental magic interesting.
I repeat.
In a normal fight, considering the start of the match, Will had 0 chance of winning until the author decided to say "let's go".
But then again, an author who creates 8 clone without any significant drawback.... Even Dragon Ball, 30 years ago, when Ten Shin Han used 3 clones said his power was divided between the 4 people. Also, the last time I checked, controlling several clone is supposed to be so complicated, in "I'm a spider so what" she had to get a skill just to be able to control one clone (if I remember correctly). There is no way this dude could have mastered controlling 8 clone... in term of magic/mental abilities, it's not possible he could have achieved that in total secret.
| @Rukodaime91 "0 Chance of wining" that is not true when you consider previous epodes. You are asking questions about the magic cast or not cast, but aren't you assuming someone created that type of spell? They can only do spells they know about from other magic users. Wil's durability as a fighter, someone who works out his body, and seems to have a resistance to physical attacks, would not that not explain why he could take some hits without being taken down. And he wasn't not moving, he was trying to read their movements, it would be good to follow the anime. |
| Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
| Sakuga was lit. Other than that, this was so anticlimactic. They really thought they were Black Clover with the OP playing xD |
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| to no surprise to anyone Will won! maybe if the guy was a little bit better at hiding how big of a evil asshole he was he might of been able to avoid Will but by whatever means nothing was able to work on Will anymore like the crazy ice spell that trapped him the first time? don't question it he just got out of it because hes the MC all he needs is a basic ass unbreakable sword that has no special powers unless Colette is secretly one the most powerful conjurer granting such a OP sword for will episode only actually looked really good for that one shot scene |
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This episode was stunning!! Ahh I love this series! <3 the black swordsman too |
| Almost a good ending, but ofc they decide to end it with a cliche and the people he's destroyed aren't learning their lessons, and so now this anime is coming close to drop fodder for me |
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| Amazing fight. Elfie is also hella adorable. Issue still remains that there's no tension with how OP he is. Granted this fight he had the advantage of know Elfie's magic so being able to win conditionally that way is very interesting. But how did he survive the big ice meteor smash one? They never explained how he survived that one |
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| Light work for Will against ice magic lol. Crazy that Elfaria was already that talented at such a young age too. Also her reaction to what Will said about her lol, she embarrassed. |
 Never ending plan to watch list... |
| Elfies expression are so cute holy sht. SMASH SMASH SMASH |
| sup dumbo |
| Absolutely beautiful Sakuga fest!!! Incredible fight scene. If only Tower of God season 2 would be this good. I loved when they played the OP during the fight scene. Such a classic Anime thing. |
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Reply to Kayro
This episode had some amazing pieces of animation!
| @Kayro The show has been superb animation wise. |
Rukodaime91 said: @ejleon ""0 Chance of wining" that is not true when you consider previous epodes." Amazing argumentation from someone who "follow the anime" (cause I don't apparently). Yeah, it's NOT TRUE, because in prior episode, so, I will not give you even one exemple, but trust me, really. Dude. Give me one example of Will tanking hits. First episode : He doesn't get hit. And in episode 2, he get hit TWICE by the teacher, and he's on the ground to the point he doesn't even try to get away when the teacher put his foot on his shoulder. Remember, the teacher was not even using his best spell, only two. Now, because people were considering that ice guy is the "successor" Elfaria and the teacher is close to Magia Wende, we can assume there is no significant difference in term of magic. So, how come the teacher get two hits with basic spell and Will is on the ground and the ice guy get a major attack and Will just break it 50 seconds later because reason when ice guy has finished his speech. Also, I would argue, if ice work like Ice, when you're immobilized on your whole body, you can't even move, so, unless you can use magic, you are supposed to stay stuck in ice. Like in One Piece for instance. "You are asking questions about the magic cast or not cast, but aren't you assuming someone created that type of spell? They can only do spells they know about from other magic users." I don't understand what you mean. "Wil's durability as a fighter, someone who works out his body, and seems to have a resistance to physical attacks, would not that not explain why he could take some hits without being taken down." --> Except they spent the prior episodes explaining any race with no magic, even with significant physical abilities, could not win against a mage. To the point, 1000 dwarf can't win against a single mage. How come a very large zone spell can destroy 1000 dwarf but a very strong pinpoint accuracy spell can not even hurt Will in significant way when he could not avoid it and he didn't even break it when it hit him ? "And he wasn't not moving, he was trying to read their movements" How about you "follow the anime" instead ? Please dude. They used their spell at 03:44, then Will was thinking for 18 seconds, letting himself getting surrounded by 3 ennemies. And he finally moved after they attacked him at 04:11. Almost 30 seconds later. Any decent fighter would have been out of the way as soon as ice guy started to throw the spell (the "smoke" should never have ben able to reach Will considering it was the slowest speed used in the match), not waiting to be attacked AND not moving letting 3 people surround you. If you can't even see the problem, I can't help you. But, of course, the only reason Will stayed in the smoke has nothing to do about "reading their movements", it was just so the author could do the "reveal" about the clones and Ice Guy say "we didn't even move". I shouldn't have to explain that... if you "follow the anime", you should have understood it... Ok, let me tell you why this fight doesn't work because the author is not having a natural fight, but, a fight to "reveal" stuff in an unnatural way. Will who is supposed to be really fast let himself get trapped in the smoke spell so... there is the reveal of ice guy. Will who is supposed to be really fast let himself get trapped in a barrier so the ice guy can throw a very strong spell so that he can do his little speech when we can't see the real situation and then when everyone decide Will is actually fine, then, for no reason, the ice is broken, Will instead of attacking directly the ice guy only attack the two other guys because they need to explain he "didn't fully mastered it", And of course, the author snatches the victory at the end, because he can't let Will win because reason. Instead of having a real fight, we have a choregraphed fight so the author can throw the lines he wants like "oh amazing but you know a two years old baby were doing better than you, like, sure a two year old baby... why not at 2 months old". The only thing Will is supposed to have is speed and ability to break spell with his sword. Not being able to withstand hit after hit while telling us that species with low magic/no magic but amazing physical abilities can't stand up to mage. From the start you have made a ton of assumptions about what you think the author / anime is doing, instead of paying attention to what the anime is actually showing us. And no, you are not even trying to follow the anime’s story, you are just trying to find fault. This is not “one piece” or another anime, the way magic works in this show is different, I can tell already that you are not following the anime’s story and world building, you are just forcing in other anime stories and magic rules. I don’t even like this show, but I can tell when someone is assuming they know more than the writer or anime creators. Everyone assumes in this world that magic rules, so they are bullies biased prejudice persecuting those without, this anime is trying to show that their assumptions are false, that they don’t have a clue what they are talking about. All the students are learning spells that previous magic users established, people are still creating new spells, but if no one had frozen the floor before with a spell, these students would not think about doing that, they don’t think outside the box. The teacher is obviously far far far more powerful than this arrogant Julius creep. This Teacher is considered the closest to becoming a magia vander and he mastered a specific technique with magic, Julius is nothing compared to him, that much was obvious. Julius just did physical attacks which Will is durable against, and Julius had to cheat to use a 2 year old’s spell, then took all the credit, but he couldn’t even create as many clones as Will’s friend could without draining his MP very fast, proving him to be a liar and a weak mage. “Will only has speed and ability to break spells with his sword”, if you had payed attention, Will has strength surpassing all of the students and the teachers and is a fighter class. Will broke spells with his arms and legs in the show already, plus he survived and pushed on through the teacher’s best attacks to get 1 hit on him (just like the dwarf leader), even the teacher was not surprised about Will’s ability to fight against Julius’ magic. They all had assumed Julius was fit to be an apprentice, but none of them really knew how powerful Will’s friend was at such a young age, that was a reveal even to the teachers, this proves that Julius was nothing in the scheme of things, and that Will’s friend is a true powerful genius. This was also the topic of discussion in a previous episode in the tower meeting, that there were few mages alive that could be recognized as being worthy of moving up to the next academy. At this point I would consider Sion a better candidate for an apprentice than Julius, yet Will was able to survive and respond against Sion’s best attacks too. In the Dwarves’ rebellion, all the dwarves fought till they couldn’t go on any more, it wasn’t just one hit and done, the mage used a lot of attack spells that hit many of them, but the main dwarf continued to fight until he hit the mage 1 time. The anime obviously showed Will listening to there steps and tracking there movements, plus the mist didn’t do anything but obstruct his vision, he did not need to move, it did not hurt his lungs or breathing and did not poison him. If Will had jumped out of it, he still could not see what was happening inside the mist. Will explains he lost composure because Julius mocked his girl, then Will thanks Julius for helping him to “cool down” (pun completely intended 😂). You are missing the fact that nobody but Will picked up on the fact that Julius was using the two others magic users to help him cast and control the spell, hence why Will attacked them first. And Will also could tell right away who was the caster because he had information on the spell, pointing out how he uses his exceptional study skills and knowledge of magic to help him fight. After Will successfully provoked Julius he is no longer fighting with his head, he is fighting with emotion, which is always the enemy’s downfall in most stories, this one is no exception. Will does not win, he loses the entire festival because he didn’t “grab the crown”, all Will did was survive and defend against attacks from jealous or arrogant people. “Bullied by 8 clones” come on, that line even made me laugh after seeing Will’s friend reaction at the end, “Is there a spell to change the past or erase memories? 😭” Hahahahaha! 😂 |
ejleonAug 26, 9:09 AM
| Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
Reply to Rexnihilo
@Kamquat420 Good point but Elfie could make at least 10 of her. So it's one Colette or an army of Elfie's? or both and more probably. I can easily see this anime go down the harem route if it wanted too with how many people are interested Will.
| @Rexnihilo Word I digress, there really is no beating a cloning waifu, and funny you mention a harem route, its a real possibility I could've sworn I noticed a new simp for Will as the eps go by. |
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| Just seeing the difference in animation quality, choreography, directing, and passion between this anime and ToG S2 is straight up depressing. The animation when Will defeated all of Julius's ice clones and one punched him is fucking insane. Will defeated Julius so easily, as expected of an OP protagonist. But wow, Elfie invented ice copy magic when she was only 2 years old!?? Julius just got smacked in the face with humiliation just from that knowledge alone lmao. T |
  "As promised, all that you seek, all that we desire, is prepared up there. On top of the Tower." |
| Fantastic fight visually, Will could've just finished Julius off but rubbed his face in such a thorough defeat by taking out all the ice clones. Julius never really managed to be anything than the flame version of Sion, but I still enjoyed Natsu's voice actor getting to chew the scenery as such a detestable scumbag and the punch was oh so satisfying. I did think it was a little weird Will managed to escape multiple ice attacks that snagged him. In the dwarf tavern he was stuck to the wall. Is the difference he had a sword this time? Never really explained and that was a bit unsatisfying. Early on in the show I was wondering why Will was going through all this effort for Elfie. She hasn't been in the show too much, but the couple of episodes she has it's like okay, I get it now. Just adorable beyond all the other girls and apparently way more powerful, too. |
| It's a bit anticlimatic, but Will has proven his worth. The scouts will consider him and Julius' arrogance will count against himself. |
| The ending was stupid |
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| Why is Will telling everyone about his past with Elfie? I feel like thats kinda weird haha. And it was obvious he isnt going to get the crown in the end. I was internally screaming he should get the crown the moment he punched that guy before other teams come up. Will baka. |
| The fight is a big downgrade... |
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