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Jun 14, 2014 11:46 PM
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Tatsuya does have more advantage though.

Without his emotions, he is smoother than any other characters I thought of.

The world Tatsuya is living in rather fit the current situation to overcome the barrier he will eventually confront with all of his friends and allies.
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rladls717 said:
Tatsuya does have more advantage though.

Without his emotions, he is smoother than any other characters I thought of.

The world Tatsuya is living in rather fit the current situation to overcome the barrier he will eventually confront with all of his friends and allies.


I could see that, but what really matters is the journey on how he got there. His past that hasn't been fully revealed.
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AquaWateria said:
Actually he's quite bothered he even says his life is a curse in the anime when he finishes talking to Mizuki. Though he can't express that since he lacks emotions. Then I guess no one would want to be Tatsuya if they knew his past, what justified reason would their be to be like Tatsuya? For awesomeness that'd be a good laugh. Now I'd understand if it were Kirito though I still wouldn't want to be him, but Tatsuya naw. Like I said above you'd have to be extremely desperate and full of apathy brah :)


Ever heard of curse with awesome ? Tatsuya was cursed so much we may actually believe he was blessed instead. What prices does emotions weight when you can have powers that make the world kneel before you ?
And if people have to be extremely desperate to self-insert as him, please tell me other reasons why people buy this LN if not for Tatsuya, or Miyuki ?
Jun 15, 2014 12:02 AM
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I have a bad feeling where is this discussion is leading to.

Miyuki sort of view Tatsuya as "lord and our savior", so much more than anyone that she wants to repay with her "Imouto-Moe".

Still what Tatsuya really thinks as of now isn't all that good about what he become.
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I think most of us have an idea how the it works in the military when it comes to addressing people with different ranks. A junior officer is addressing a senior officer by their rank is unheard of. For instance, a Major can address a captain by their rank, but when a Captain or Lieutenant is addressing a Major, they address them as 'Sir'. It has been present in Military since forever and it is internationally followed. I think the author of Mahouka is not aware of this rather simple fact. Just my random input because I found it a bit awkward.
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shanimebib said:
I think most of us have an idea how the it works in the military when it comes to addressing people with different ranks. A junior officer is addressing a senior officer by their rank is unheard of. For instance, a Major can address a captain by their rank, but when a Captain or Lieutenant is addressing a Major, they address them as 'Sir'. It has been present in Military since forever and it is internationally followed. I think the author of Mahouka is not aware of this rather simple fact. Just my random input because I found it a bit awkward.


You bring up a good point but I think it's because there's no Japanese equivalent of "sir" or "ma'am" that they can use as a form of address. I know for the US military what you said applies, but I'm not sure about the IJA (if we can assume they have a standing army in the Mahoukaverse; another thing they didn't bother to address unlike the BETAverse).
Jun 15, 2014 1:24 AM
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Wow a whole lot of nothing is happening in this show right now lmfao. Tatsuya is also an awful character and miyuki is worse.
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I'm pretty much okay with the episode, but I got really bored with this episode. The competition was pretty good, though I think it could have gone a bit better.

Jun 15, 2014 3:23 AM

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shanimebib said:
I think most of us have an idea how the it works in the military when it comes to addressing people with different ranks. A junior officer is addressing a senior officer by their rank is unheard of. For instance, a Major can address a captain by their rank, but when a Captain or Lieutenant is addressing a Major, they address them as 'Sir'. It has been present in Military since forever and it is internationally followed. I think the author of Mahouka is not aware of this rather simple fact. Just my random input because I found it a bit awkward.


A teacher said there are no equivalents to sire or ma'dam in japan.
Jun 15, 2014 3:43 AM

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I liked Megumi and Watanabe's respective competitions. Also Kanon's.

I liked this episode.
Jun 15, 2014 3:54 AM

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Not really much in this episode. Just Schools competing.
This was okay. Pretty decent.
Jun 15, 2014 4:19 AM

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Wow, I didn't understand a single shit with the magics the military was talking about. Am I really supposed to get that? Holy shit. I really hope they can explain things better.
Jun 15, 2014 4:33 AM
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Its not the anime that's scraping the bottom of the barrel here, its the GODDAMN FORUMS...

Apparently if its Mahouka, people will just keep hating. For gods sake, if you want to look for super awesome battle scenes, go watch Gurren Lagann or any over the top Shonen.

Mahouka's appeal is not complete badassery: its more talking and scene setting than fighting.

(Then again, the adaptation is quite mediocre, go read the LNs if you can't be bothered.)
and how are we supposed to enjoy that when the writing is dreadful?


I say the adaptation was awful to a sense, but I can swear Satou Tsutomu is better than the guy who wrote SAO. :-)

I think the story board writer is the one at fault.
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Jun 15, 2014 4:50 AM
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Crap... I'm just sad...

I was kinda betting it all on this and the next few episodes... I just hoped it would get better, especially since the last episode seemed to be doin that...

But this episode, which was supposed to feel exciting and pick up the pace, felt unbelievably boring -_-

I can't believe they made the competition events so boring... I don't mind fast, (which it was... it also felt too short...) but how did it end up boring???

Meh... now I'm really really hoping they don't screw up Monolith Code (I'm not even hoping for an epic fight anymore; i just want a cool-looking action scene...)

Why do I feel that animation quality seems pretty low for this series?? Besides the very very short and few action scenes, normal actions just look damn stiff...

Also, I don't understand why the dialogue sounds so bad in this episode... it sounded cool, or funny, or interesting in the LN, and I swear they took the content word for word frm the LNs, but holy crap, they sound so boring in the anime xp
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Wow, I didn't understand a single shit with the magics the military was talking about. Am I really supposed to get that? Holy shit. I really hope they can explain things better.


They will explain it better later as Tatsuya will actually use said magics.Some have been shown already in the anime,like
For Material Burst
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the nuclear bomb like explosion that young Tatsuya used, shown at the first few minutes of ep 1.
Jun 15, 2014 4:55 AM

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The chances of an engineer having to compete are very low? That statement alone is going to have him to participate :P
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Hahahaha...

It's like your taste are the same taste as everyone.Shit to you might not be shit to me,shit to me might be the best to you.So better stop comments that what you think is fact,but in truth it isn't.This shit is better than most LN series I've watched and or read,I'm talking about you IS,STB and Mahou Sensou.


Like I said, Stockholm syndrome is real. And you have some serious issues if IS, STB, and Mahou Sensou are the best series you can think of when comparing to Mahouka, when in fact they're all bottom of the barrel. Try reading some quality stuff for once.


Sigh. Let's leave the amateur-psychology alone, shall we? Stockholm syndrome is a very defined concept, where hostages express sympathy towards their captors; it's a form of traumatic bonding. It is NOT the same as just general 'brainwashing', which I think you meant. The analogy fails thus, because there is no stress or traumatic event in the first place; everyone is free to look at the anime and watch it or drop it. No-one is being forced (to watch it) against his/her will, so there also isn't any traumatic reaction.

Secondly, what you use here is a typical catch 22, and is worthless as an argument. It's a well known phenomenon, especially in/with psychology.

"You were raped as a kid, and because of this and the feeling of shame, you are stuck in a phase of denial."
"Ermmm...no, I wasn't."
"See!? You're denying it! That proves my point!"

So if one agrees with it, one is right. If one disagrees with it, one is also right. This makes it nonsensical as an argument. Basically, it's a logical fallacy based on an appeal to authority.

Thirdly, while everyone deems his own opinion as the most important, the fact is, all opinions, as such, are worth equal (which basically is nothing at all). Only when there are given logical arguments as substantiations to those opinions, are they worth more than the next opinion (which lacks any substantiation). With objective and logical arguments, one can also come to a fruitful debate (aka, determining what/who is right or not) - you can't do that if everyone just states merely his belief/opinion without further argumenting it.

The problem, in this case, is that most things are based on taste. And you can't really discuss tastes, since by their very nature, they are inherently subjective. One would first need to start with a common premise, what constitutes a 'good' anime, or what is 'boring' writing. What you are doing now, however, is exclaiming your opinion - without much objective argumentation, I must say - as being the only one that counts, and the opinion of people disagreeing with it, you classify as being worthless. Or you erroneously use a term as a pseudo-psychological excuse to the same effect, which is, ultimately, no less self-serving.


Maybe you should consider the possibility that people having another opinion than yours, and find the anime worthwhile, do NOT have a psychological disorder... what do you think? Try it as a hypothesis. Just imagine that they are as sane as you, and actually like the anime, contrary to you. And try to debate it then.
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Eh.... I was wondering a few episodes back then, why there's no short explanation about the 9SC events. The competition starts, and no short explanation at all, even though just watching from Battle Board, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break people should have a general idea about those two events.
But the Crowd Ball, it would be quite confusing to understand that event without any explanation at all.
Hopefully, they would put some explanations regarding Monolith Code, since it's the most important event of 9SC.

This episode is a clear sign that Madhouse will put all their attention to Yokohama. The pace was really quick, and they cut some interesting parts, even though they managed to keep the important parts in.

I considered this episode as a fun episode (as it is in the LN), a glimpse of what other Magicians capable of. Not bad, not excellent either, but still enjoyable to watch.

Good to see Fujibayashi made an appearance. Quite liking her design, much better than Ono-sensei.
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Eh.... I was wondering a few episodes back then, why there's no short explanation about the 9SC events. The competition starts, and no short explanation at all, even though just watching from Battle Board, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break people should have a general idea about those two events.
But the Crowd Ball, it would be quite confusing to understand that event without any explanation at all.
Hopefully, they would put some explanations regarding Monolith Code, since it's the most important event of 9SC.

Battle Board, Speed Shooting and Ice Pillar Break are self-explanatory already so I don't mind it.
Crowd Ball is pretty much tennis match using magic, Mayumi's outfit and the field pretty much explains it already imo.
About Monolith Code, I don't think it will be such a big deal if they excluded the explanation too though it would be better with it.

I was a bit disappointed with the way they adapted this series at first, but looking back at it now, it wasn't really all that bad of an adaptation imo. I still have my hope on this series, just not too high as before. It can't be any worse than it already is since the story starts to pick up later, except for those hating on the OPness of the MCs in Mahouka.

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They will explain it better later as Tatsuya will actually use said magics.Some have been shown already in the anime,like
For Material Burst


Hopefully they will.

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I say the adaptation was awful to a sense, but I can swear Satou Tsutomu is better than the guy who wrote SAO. :-)


That's a funny joke!
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Note: Mahouka, Mahou Sensou and Kuroshitsuji was good writing, bad adaptation.
SAO, IS, and AW was bad writing, good adaptation.
Log Horizon, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is good writing, good adaptation.

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Jun 15, 2014 6:19 AM

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I don't understand jack shi^, i do know they destroy everyone in the competition. I wonder where the story will go for now on, please don't pull a fairy tail oh god no....
Jun 15, 2014 6:32 AM
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-MgZ_ said:
darkreaperix said:

They will explain it better later as Tatsuya will actually use said magics.Some have been shown already in the anime,like
For Material Burst


Hopefully they will.

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I say the adaptation was awful to a sense, but I can swear Satou Tsutomu is better than the guy who wrote SAO. :-)


That's a funny joke!


Material Burst is simply converting matter to energy. Ask your physics professor for the rest.

Also, SAO's author writes stuff on the level of Twilight. And I'm not kidding.
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Jun 15, 2014 7:07 AM

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For a magic competition between powerful schools....BOY was this boring???!!! 3secs of the competition and our heroes win and then boring conversations among boring characters. I actually believed people when they said that this will become better.... Well at least this is just my opinion others might see something here who knows.
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I'm gonna start calling this anime Buildup: The Anime

Cause that's how it feels to me
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Jun 15, 2014 8:36 AM
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Fantastic episode yet again. Liking the events in this competition, variety and a unique spin on some traditional events. Mayumi with her perfect score, damn she was impressive. The Ice Pillar break event is great and Kanon dominated it thus far, liking her, cannot wait to see Miyuki in it. Looking forward to seeing what Tatsuya's new toy can do, Taurus worked fast in building that. 5/5 episode just like the previous 10.
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Holy shit, the dialogue for this episode was awful. How can they read it out aloud and not realise that it doesn't sound normal whatsoever to talk like what we just heard in the majority of that episode? It feels like whoever wrote it has never had a conversation in real life before.

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Fantastic episode yet again. Liking the events in this competition, variety and a unique spin on some traditional events. Mayumi with her perfect score, damn she was impressive. The Ice Pillar break event is great and Kanon dominated it thus far, liking her, cannot wait to see Miyuki in it. Looking forward to seeing what Tatsuya's new toy can do, Taurus worked fast in building that. 5/5 episode just like the previous 10.


Honestly I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, I've seen hardcore fans talk like this so it's 50/50.
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Tatsuya's ability to sense enemies is better than that of an alien from AvP lol, and he's way more powerful XD.

The tournament is finally starting lol.

Overpowered, has an important in the army or w/e that was, attracts dem ladies, Tatsuya is way too much XD.

That perfect score wow...

Helping the student council president stretch huh Tatsuya, you lucky bastard.
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Jun 15, 2014 9:47 AM
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Tatsuya called Mikihiko an idiot two times.
It feels kind of weird coming from him.

At first, Tatsuya analyzed Mikihiko magic wont make it, concluded that it is slow.
And complimented him for using a magic that only knocked out the intruders.
Calling Mikihiko an idiot for underestimating himself is just.
At least take out the word "idiot" and use more encouraging words Tatsuya you idiot.
Mikihiko is not a soldier like you, Tatsuya you Idiot.
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Honestly I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, I've seen hardcore fans talk like this so it's 50/50.

Not sarcasm, I genuinely love this show and am fully engrossed in it's world and hit's all the right spots. I am also not a hardcore fan (if I was I'd have caught up with all the LNs by now). I may be when the series finishes and it tops what's gone before though and that is looking likely at the moment.
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Vexper said:
Honestly I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not, I've seen hardcore fans talk like this so it's 50/50.

Not sarcasm, I genuinely love this show and am fully engrossed in it's world and hit's all the right spots. I am also not a hardcore fan (if I was I'd have caught up with all the LNs by now). I may be when the series finishes and it tops what's gone before though and that is looking likely at the moment.


This is some Poe's law shit, but good on you, m8. If you like Mahouka, you might also like Fullmetal Alchemist and the Muv-Luv trilogy (especially Alternative, oh, the feels~).
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Tatsuya called Mikihiko an idiot two times.
It feels kind of weird coming from him.

At first, Tatsuya analyzed Mikihiko magic wont make it, concluded that it is slow.
And complimented him for using a magic that only knocked out the intruders.
Calling Mikihiko an idiot for underestimating himself is just.
At least take out the word "idiot" and use more encouraging words Tatsuya you idiot.
Mikihiko is not a soldier like you, Tatsuya you Idiot.

Tatsuya no BAAAAAAAA-KA!

Also no one bothered answering my question about the competition.
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Finally caught up with this show. I'm liking this arc so far. I'm not falling asleep and it's very enjoyable. I like competition/tournament arcs anyway. The magical terms aren't bugging me as much anymore although I think they're still overdoing the unfunny incest jokes.

When the midpoint airs, I think my score will be a solid 6.

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Note: Mahouka, Mahou Sensou and Kuroshitsuji was good writing, bad adaptation.
SAO, IS, and AW was bad writing, good adaptation.
Log Horizon, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is good writing, good adaptation.

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SAO is good adaption??????? Am I missing something or
Also, I like LH but it could have done so much better.
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I think most of us have an idea how the it works in the military when it comes to addressing people with different ranks. A junior officer is addressing a senior officer by their rank is unheard of. For instance, a Major can address a captain by their rank, but when a Captain or Lieutenant is addressing a Major, they address them as 'Sir'. It has been present in Military since forever and it is internationally followed. I think the author of Mahouka is not aware of this rather simple fact. Just my random input because I found it a bit awkward.


A teacher said there are no equivalents to sire or ma'dam in japan.


Also, in Japan the use of rank words is far more popular, many times you will not use a proper name with it unless there is the possibility of confusion. Hence "Sensei" for teacher, "Senpai" and "Kohai" for people older or younger than you in the same environment (school or work). The military also uses ranks (of course) instead of names. Kanchou for Captain, Chuu'i for lieutenant (see Sakura Wars).

The way Japanese deals with showing deference isn't with words, but rather that words you use with it. So you wouldn't say "yes sir", you would use humble language to those of higher rank.
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Wait..where did my post go to? Was there a 'cleanup'? Normally, you get a message if a moderator deletes a post, now I got nothing. Also... I'm not sure why it was removed. I basically said the likings/dislikings of some people here are mostly based on the mindset one has when watching the series, and how some things that are worthless to some, can still be enjoyable to others (and why). Finishing in the reasons why I personally still think, while the series isn't the best of anime out there, it still is rather enjoyable.

I'm not sure why that got deleted.
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WOW they even managed to make this part boring.

xD And they managed to slowly make me enjoy the god-like onii-sama's presence xD since it's everywhere in this show and I hardly see any other important "plot" xp But we will see more onii-sama O.O Don't kill me for this one xp I really enjoy this anime. I really do! Ever since I've understood I should watch it for comedy and romance reasons ;p
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MagicianX26 said:
Note: Mahouka, Mahou Sensou and Kuroshitsuji was good writing, bad adaptation.
SAO, IS, and AW was bad writing, good adaptation.
Log Horizon, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is good writing, good adaptation.

(Just leaving this here)


Are those officially recognized facts or your biased opinions? Please don't force your personal biased impressions on us, we can make judgments on our own.
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rladls717 said:
Tatsuya called Mikihiko an idiot two times.
It feels kind of weird coming from him.

At first, Tatsuya analyzed Mikihiko magic wont make it, concluded that it is slow.
And complimented him for using a magic that only knocked out the intruders.
Calling Mikihiko an idiot for underestimating himself is just.
At least take out the word "idiot" and use more encouraging words Tatsuya you idiot.
Mikihiko is not a soldier like you, Tatsuya you Idiot.

Tatsuya no BAAAAAAAA-KA!

Also no one bothered answering my question about the competition.


In the LN i dont think there was an explanation why the events are seperated by gender if i remembered correctly. But your reasoning makes sense since magic skill level doesn't depend on gender.
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Mayumi is one of the best because

1. she got personality
2. its kana hanazawa
3. no two
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MagicianX26 said:
Note: Mahouka, Mahou Sensou and Kuroshitsuji was good writing, bad adaptation.
SAO, IS, and AW was bad writing, good adaptation.
Log Horizon, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is good writing, good adaptation.

(Just leaving this here)


Are those officially recognized facts or your biased opinions? Please don't force your personal biased impressions on us, we can make judgments on our own.


Ahem.

Let me explain.

The first case is where the original creator of the series wrote well, but messed up by the anime producers.

Second is where the adapters stayed true to the series, but the source material itself sucks.

Third is both good writing and faithful adaptation, k?

Remember this is IMHO.
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Sapewloth said:

Tatsuya no BAAAAAAAA-KA!

Also no one bothered answering my question about the competition.


In the LN i dont think there was an explanation why the events are seperated by gender if i remembered correctly. But your reasoning makes sense since magic skill level doesn't depend on gender.


Correct but i think that some games require physical strength.
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Mayumi the sharpshooter, that part was pretty cool.

"omg these characters TOO OP"
"omg these characters are USELESS"

People will always find things to complain about YET here they are still watching said series.


Airing wise, there really isn't much else. Plus I think a lot of us are waiting to see if it gets better. So far, almost half of the season has passed and nothing has happened yet.
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Airing wise, there really isn't much else. Plus I think a lot of us are waiting to see if it gets better. So far, almost half of the season has passed and nothing has happened yet.


Actually you meant almost an entire season (which is usually either 12 or 13 episodes), or it would be half the series (since this is a two season show).

But yeah, agree with the rest. It has been a very weak season. A couple of decent shows, but nothing that really has the "it" factor.
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Episode was ok. Appreciated the fast pacing, because it's boring enough as is and that way we will get to the (hopefully!) more interesting events more quickly.

Still annoyed at the Tatsuya hyping going on, but I guess that will never stop!? So he would be able to drastically improve a spell that was developed by generations of magicians after having seen it for a second? Yeah yeah, we get it. He is brilliant.

But seriously, even Tatsuya cannot escape the lack of perception concerning girls' feelings every other generic MC is cursed with...

Mayumi is still the only character I really like and want to see more from.

And something else concerning that Ice Pillar Break game. Didn't Mari just explain one episode ago that multiple spells (targeting the same object) cancel each other out? So how was Kanon able to break the other girl's pillars although she used defensive magic on hers? Or did I misunderstand something there?
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"omg these characters TOO OP"
"omg these characters are USELESS"


Well, you can't entirely blame Madhouse for that. It seems that the author has a boner for Wild Wild West-style duels where victory or defeat is settled by who shoots first. It sometimes makes for a sym(pathetic) loser and a viewer disgusted at the curbstomp that occurred.

Also, mad props to Madhouse for making a school competition as tasteless as the rest of the series.
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Tatsuya hyping, I understand their feelings though.
Tatsuya is really smooth with what he always does best.

Since there are possibilities of criminal syndicate, Nohead Dragon is aiming to sabatoge the Nine Schools Competitions, Tatsuya is rather at disadvantage.
If Tatsuya might be used as First Magic High School's trump card to win, Tatsuya might have no choice to reveal his "true power" he always kept secret from his friends.
Major Kazama was it? He forbids Tatsuya to use his military level of magic.
Even so, Tatsuya cannot just forfeit his role as a competitor, to intercept those criminals.
If he really use forbidden magic powers to the public, that is his one of the worst possible outcome of his mission.

In the first place, Miyuki has her faults convincing him, and not considering Tatsuya is not interested in participating and positions, situations he is in.
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phantomgoat said:
Mayumi is one of the best because

1. she got personality
2. its kana hanazawa
3. no two

Mayumi in this anime is not half as awesome as she is in LN, the anime staff butchered her character so hard lol
Jun 15, 2014 4:34 PM

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This tournament looks so cool.
Not sure if Tatsuya is the smoothest person ever or as dense as a main male character in a generic anime harem.
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Fast, but it was still good.
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ncnoobkill said:


In the LN i dont think there was an explanation why the events are seperated by gender if i remembered correctly. But your reasoning makes sense since magic skill level doesn't depend on gender.


Correct but i think that some games require physical strength.

Yea maybe that is one of the reasons why it is separated by gender.
BeatzMe said:
Episode was ok. Appreciated the fast pacing, because it's boring enough as is and that way we will get to the (hopefully!) more interesting events more quickly.

Still annoyed at the Tatsuya hyping going on, but I guess that will never stop!? So he would be able to drastically improve a spell that was developed by generations of magicians after having seen it for a second? Yeah yeah, we get it. He is brilliant.

But seriously, even Tatsuya cannot escape the lack of perception concerning girls' feelings every other generic MC is cursed with...

Mayumi is still the only character I really like and want to see more from.

And something else concerning that Ice Pillar Break game. Didn't Mari just explain one episode ago that multiple spells (targeting the same object) cancel each other out? So how was Kanon able to break the other girl's pillars although she used defensive magic on hers? Or did I misunderstand something there?

Multiple spells on one object does indeed mess with one another. For example in the bus scene there were multiple spells launch at the burning car. Mari asks them to stop because the more spells present the higher the interference needed to cancel the magic. That's why Katsuto could not put out the fire and stop the car at the same time within that short period because he needs to cast magic that has higher interference strength than the combine magic of the 3 people who cast their magic on the car.

In Kanon's ice pillar break it was 1 vs 1. So for Kanon's magic to break the ice that the opponent cast her defensive magic, all Kanon has to do is cast magic that has a higher interference strength than her opponent's defensive magic.

Just to throw in some extra info, there are 2 types of methods to break the ice. One is to directly cast a spell on the ice pillar itself and the other is to cast magic on the area around the ice pillars. Which method use makes a lot of difference :)
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