Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito Episode 1 Discussion

Faederwulf said:
While this is an excellent series, I will quote Murry Hope's "Practical Egyptian Magic" in regards to the misuse of words such as "Magus" and "Magician":
"Magic, or, more accurately, Magism," says Christian in his Hidoire de la Magie, "if anyone would condescend
to return to its antique origin, could be no longer con-
founded with the superstitions which calumniate its
memory. Its name is derived to us from the Greek
words Magos, a Magician, and Mageia, Magic, which are
merely permutations of the terms Mog, Megh, Magh,
which in Pehlvi and in Zend, both languages of the eld-
est East, signify ' priest,' ' wise,' and ' excellent.' It was
thence also that, in a period anterior to historic Greece,
there originated the Chaldsean name Maghdim, which is
equivalent to ' supreme wisdom,' or sacred philosophy.
Thus, mere etymology indicates that Magic was the
synthesis of those sciences once possessed by the Magi
or philosophers of India, of Persia, of Chaldsea, and of
Egypt, who were the priests of nature, the patriarchs of
knowledge, and the founders of those vast civilisations
whose ruins still maintain, without tottering, the burden
of sixty centuries."

Likewise, with matters such as Fae in pre-Christian Europe, nobody truly believed in physical Elves, Dwarves, or Giants - they were simply metaphors. The belief (concocted by hollywood) that our ancestors were a bunch of pointlessly-violent, idiotic drunkards is hilarious.

If we ever discover fantasy-like "magic", however, I'll be more than happy. I'd like to live my life as a horned man with a 16 year old wife (without getting dirty looks from bitter old hags), in an idyllic alternate England in which I won't be stabbed by a somali/gypsy/chav/etc.

Faederwulf said:

With hollywood it's intentional, with the Japanese they're just uninformed (not blaming them, no-one should be forced to learn about the culture of a foreign race, we get enough of that crap in the "education system" of "western" nations despite virtually nobody understanding their own culture and traditions. It makes me sick to my stomach).

ilok said:
So much budget wasted on this borefest.

The_Deceiver said:
Are abusive guardians really the thing in Japan, or is this another retarded anime stereotype?
Whatever it is, it's getting really annoying.

LimeNade said:
I don't remember the part where she found the magician in the forest in the manga. Did it not happen yet in the manga? Since from reading the manga I already knew about all her past history and how Elias found her but I don't remember the magician in the forest at all. Anyone know what chapter that was from if it is out yet?

WillSygle said:
Love this. The flashback is sad and I'm feeling bad for Chise. Elias is lolicon :D, Chise reminds me of Natsume from Natsume Yuujinchou that can see supernatural thing and have a bad childhood.

Overall, good OVA