Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (light novel)
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| Another great episode. It's great to see Saya again and now she's become a witch. Yea I wouldn't live in a city where you could only tell the truth. |
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| Looool saya reactions when she saw elena was so precious.... |
RayReynolds said: Here we go again! One of this corny "nobody can lie" episodes that things like Buffy or Supernatural always use to force out whatever the secret of the season was. Not for any real reason. The king doesn't like liars! Cause, you know… lying bad! Except lying good because everybody is at their core an evil person unless they're a teenage girl because EVERYONE is EVIL but Teenage Girls. Now that's nuanced social commentary! Erm... you gave Kino no Tabi a 9, a show that heavily exaggerates conflicts in different countries with no real given reason  |
| That bread had a very suspicious shape... Must be my imagination. A country that only tells the truth, honestly that sounds like something doomed to fail and well I wasn't wrong. Glad to see that got fixed by Elaina and Saya. Speaking of Saya, ood to see her again as well, now that she has finally become a witch. Still thirsty for Elaina, maybe more than ever since that kingdom had that truth spell cast on it, so she wasn't able to hide it at all. Quite sad they had to part already, their interactions are fun and I would love to see Elaina have a travel buddy from time to time. ah yes, more controversy, Elaina didn't help in Ep 3 but did help the voiceless mage in this episode. It baffles me that people can get so upset over something so trivial. |
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| Notice how Elaina didn't fight head on, and actually came with a sneaky plan in order to defeat the king here. A more proficient witch, like, Mirarose, wouldn't have trouble breaking that sword in a blink of an eye. Saya is back and her feelings are very overwhelming lmao, Notice how Elaina decided to remain quiet when the "Tell the truth" magic was still on, I bet she didn't want to accidentally hurt Saya lol. Quite the amusing episode. @z00nex It's WAY different to act alone on affairs that DOESN'T CONCERN YOU (and no one asked for her help either back then), we also learn in episode 5 that there are witch jobs, so, a traveler witch who doesn't belong to any particular job that goes around helping people shouldn't intervene. It's like saying that just because you're a legal owner of a gun, you can shoot people outside because "you have the power". Things doesn't work like that. We learn this in anime like Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Misaka shouldn't get involved in any sort of trouble, because there's an organization for it that's specialized on it. (She still acts on her own, but out of her own stubborness) In this episode, Elaina was overwhelmed by Saya, and considering the place she was in, I bet she didn't want to accidentally hurt her feelings. nanimeanswhat said: Why would you trust a vendor who doesn't speak in order not to tell the truth? That's the one thing that didn't make sense to me. As a buyer, I'd say "speak and prove that those bread are fresh you coward!" Yeah, people lie to each other all the time but I'm surprised that no one forces vendors to speak and just go along with their lies and buy expired bread and stuff. No one in the kingdom gives a damn about it, they just go with the flow because it's better that way, they can keep living the same way they lived, lying. Also, they don't sell "expired bread", the bread was just old and stiff. |
CrimsonWandererNov 8, 2020 10:44 AM
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| Awww, that pinky swear at the end might have been one of the most sickeningly wholesome things I have seen in a long time. |
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| It was an ok episode. The idea behind it was great and all but I didnt enjoy it that much. I guess I really hate saya because the two episodes she appeared in are the worst so far. |
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| 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 |
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UncleJojo said: HoloisHolo said: Nice for them to make a cameo in the end. I loved their stories in volume 1.This episode was great I liked it alot. Saya is so cute and funny and her different reactions to seeing Elaina, while Elaina was just straight faced was hilarious. Also Saya at the thought of them staying together for a month was pretty funny too. The ending was cute. Also to LN readers, that was 100% the muscleman at the end! Haha yeah, both the Muscleman and the two brothers who tried scamming Elaina. |
| Another beautiful episode with an important life lesson. Not all lies are bad, and in fact, sometimes they’re necessary to avoid hurting people. That animation during the fight with the king was amazing. I’m glad Saya got to see Elaina again. |
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| These two shots really stood out to me and I've had trouble interpreting the intent behind them. Both of them are relatively dark, obscure her eyes, and feature a rather displeased expression. They also bookend this episode which makes me think that this was intentional. I wonder if they are foreshadowing a change in Eliana's attitude and pure heart or if I'm reading too much into them. Beginning of Episode - talking to the guards  End of Episode - receiving the necklace  Curious to know what your thoughts are! |
Cool this episode, I'm looking forward to the next city that Elaina will live |
RayReynolds said: Here we go again! One of this corny "nobody can lie" episodes that things like Buffy or Supernatural always use to force out whatever the secret of the season was. Not for any real reason. The king doesn't like liars! Cause, you know… lying bad! Except lying good because everybody is at their core an evil person unless they're a teenage girl because EVERYONE is EVIL but Teenage Girls. Now that's nuanced social commentary! Except this somehow managed to be even worse than those because there was no deep dark secret (except reaffirm that narcissistic complex that has Elaina), has everybody except the trio of squealing teenagers turns out to be asshole, and their big plan for getting around not being able to lie was… to lie. Seriously. The workaround was to write things that were true, and then use them in situations where they were untrue, falsely presenting them as fact. You're unable to tell lies of omission, and forced to be overly truthful even volunteering unasked for qualifications, but holding up a "no" sign that you wrote in response to a different question when the answer is "yes" isn't lying. Also, it's not even clear why they had to lie. What was keeping them from just flying over the walls or fireballing a guard in the face? They had zero compunctions about doing so as soon as they got past that guard, but how else were they going to show how clever they were! You're the kind of person that would use a sledge hammer to get rid of a moth attracted to a light source. They aren't going to siege a castle and run in guns blazing just to destroy a sword that would fix everything. Imagine all the colateral damage if they did that (both lives and also structures) Regarding the signs, they even explained (although it was only needed for those like you that pay no attention to details) that as long as the signs didn't have any lies, they could actually write them down. That was the ingenious part for themselves, they split everything in different boards that in single mode they are technical truths, all they had to do was to use the right boards in the correct order to go around the spell effects of the sword. |
KimurahNov 6, 2020 7:13 PM
| Well the ship is back finally! Elaina x Saya, they are great together and marriage approved! Another great adventure where we all can learn something. Everyone has already lied and without lies the life is so hard. Even if you know someone lies to you but as long as it's not an evil lie you can handle this better than the truth usually...I mean the king wants the best for his country for sure but by only telling the truth it isn't possible. |
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CeddyyBearr said: That bread had a very suspicious shape... Must be my imagination. Oh thanks god I'm not the only one seeing this. I thought my mind has transcended into a new realm of degeneracy. |
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| It says a lot about human nature when the townsfolk started gaming the "no lie"' system by not talking at all. lol Elaina would have probably noped out there fast if not for Saya. |
| -king prevents lying -townsfolk get around it by not talking or writing at all Also wow Saya control yourself, haha |
| This is not your planet to rule. The Fallen shall rise again. |
| blame it on the Gin i had tonight and this being the last show i watched i can't remember shit because i feel asleep watching at the start i was curious to see if there was anything more to country that "cant lie" because turns out people wont actually be honest when forced to shocker lol and the biggest bullshit of "i have a pure heart" i mean to herself she does briefly woke up to them being surrounded by guards so they actually did shit this week? will go back and rewatch soon i honestly wish at some point they just straight up laid out that Elaina will always help out when its regarding witches either it be some kind of code or just her at least it'd be less contradicting because it seems that's been the only time she does help out lol |
katsu044Nov 6, 2020 7:23 PM
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UncleJojo said: Also I thought that the studio was gonna adapt the “Runaway Princess” or “Before the Snow Melts” chapters next. We'll see next couple episodes I guess. I really hope they do "Before the Snow Melts" it's the best story imo, and I would be pissed it they didn't do it lol. How can you not do the story, when it combines both sad and dark themes and it's the longest story. I actually cried reading it lol. |
| Gotta love the light-hearted episodes of this show. I genuinely enjoyed the episode overall. And that reunion with Saya was cute as hell. |
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| It was a very heartwarming episode. We finally get to see Saya again. I like the relationship between Saya and Elaina. Saya is obsessed with Elaina and she is trying her best to make a good impression of herself in front of Elaina. Elaina, on the other hand, is trying her best to distance herself from Saya's affection. |
| It's been a while since I read it but I don't remember this chapter being so...shallow in the LN. It was all telling instead of showing. It was never shown why being forced to always tell the truth is a bad thing (the two guys fighting doesn't count because we didn't see the truths that led to it). It was never shown how lying can be used for good, Eihemia just said so and the king was like, "Oh, okay." And the trick they used to get into the palace was hella stupid. Well, not really the trick itself, but the fact that apparently no one had thought of that yet. I guarantee if people found themselves unable to physically lie they'd immediately start trying to find ways around it and this is definitely something they'd reach. So I decided to check the chapter again for some small details. For one, Elaina wasn't so narcissistic when testing the magic. The whole "I am very beautiful" thing never happens, instead she tries to write and say "I'm actually a man" but it would always come out as "I'm actually a woman." Getting into the castle worked differently. Instead they figured out they could "lie" with writing by first writing something that is true, then erasing parts of it. And unlike in the episode, it's shown that the people in the country have actually figured out this trick, although the guard is duped by it anyway. The confrontation with the king was mostly the same. |
UkRs said: i love how the baseline for bad characters is kazuya xd. I agree with this, why would she go in. She could've just left, it's not like it's her problem. I guess I still enjoyed this episode but it's slowly going downhill.z00nex said: This show is starting to contradict itself. In the 3rd episode(the most controversial one), Elaina didn't care about anything that happened around her and kept her carefree personality. A lot of people who defended her(I was one of them) said Elaina kept her promise to her mother, she didn't get into trouble and kept a safe distance from anything that might end up to be dangerous. For some reason, Elaina is saving a country that has nothing to do with her in this episode. Which is the exact opposite of what she has done in the 3rd episode. I don't know what Majo no Tabitabi wants tell about to us anymore, they're just releasing random episodes and destroying their own ideals. so freaking agree with this.. so Elaine decided not to interfere in a Village Chief's problem cuz it will somehow affect her.. but decied to attack a freaking King of a pretty big castle.. What is this? No way in hell does Elaina NOT have a twisted personality.. she no way has a good heart.. Elaina is a trash MC.. and she is opposite of Kazuya yet her presense pisses me off.. |
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| I wonder if this anime/LN is designed in such a way, that when you think that you're watching some wholesomeness it suddenly goes dark? Previous two episodes were quite lighthearted, I'm interested what mood future ones will have or some different approaches to these things by the author. Overall a funny episode, but is quite simple. |
| I finally understand why I don't really like Elaina atm. She's a full blown narcissist. She barely shows empathy and regret about the messed up things that have happened around her, I know Fran said for her to not get involved in trouble but she never said anything about not caring about other peoples lives, and finally she constantly puts herself on a pedestal even when Fran told her to do the opposite. Don't get me wrong, this could be a cool character flaw if it gets addressed, but the show hasn't done that yet. I just really hope it does Edit: just checked through the discussion a bit, and apparently the specific scene that made me realise this was anime only. I have no idea why they changed it to make Elaina look more like a narcissist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
vp787Nov 7, 2020 1:03 AM
| One second she cant intervene to save a poor slave girl from a fat toad. Because she is a observer and shouldn't intervene. Next episode she fight a king in hes own castle? Eeeeehhh ok? Consistency? I do love the cute Yuri interaction between Elaina and Saya. And imo that is what this anime should have been all about .Two cute lesbian witches traveling together and a lot of lesbian kissing. Like Sakura Trick but in a fantasy setting ,,YEEEES! But nevertheless Imo this anime is boring inconsistent trash with to many males in it for my taste. And I give it 1/10 |
Yuri-CrusaderNov 7, 2020 6:25 AM
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| That was another good episode, wasn't expecting to see Saya so soon though. The Charcoal witch, lol, she has a huge crush on Elaina. Elaina hasn't seemed interested in either women or men so far, maybe she's like the Greek tale of Paris who falls in love with himself and his own reflection. Fairly interesting tale of a kingdom where you couldn't lie, wonderful setting as usual. Probably the weakest episode so far. |
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vp787 said: I finally understand why I don't really like Elaina atm. She's a full blown narcissist. It's funny and sad how ignorant kids just parrot what other ignorant kids have said before. All of you haters just call Elaina narcissit, but I haven't seen a single person explain how is she an alleged narcissist. There are several sites that explain the syntoms of narcissim, but I'll use just one to make it short. https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder.htm
1.- She never feels that others should bow to her and shower her in praise for being an exceptional person. 2.- She fully understands her surroundings. 3.- She doesn't expect praise for others. Don't confound her short inner dialogues that speak of her beauty to herself as narcissim, that's just a good way to provide self confidence 4.- She has never felt she's entitled to anything either because of who she is, or because she feels that people own her. 5.- She has never used anyone for her own benefit. She has exchanged favors though (Mirarose in her castle) but it's not the same as exploiting others. 6.- She has never bullied or talked smack of other people vp787 said: She barely shows empathy and regret about the messed up things that have happened around her, Put yourself in her shoes with real life problems. When you see a homeless guy asking for hand me downs, do you seriously talk out loud all your inner thoughts so that other can see how much empathy you have towards that guy? No, of course you don't. You can feel empathy for thee neighbour, but it's not easy to show unless you make a big gesture using your own time and resources to help the needed. Regarding regret, why should Elaina feel regret for already stablished situations she has stumbled upon? vp787 said: I know Fran said for her to not get involved in trouble but she never said anything about not caring about other peoples lives, and finally she constantly puts herself on a pedestal even when Fran told her to do the opposite. This was actually her mother, not Fran. At least get your facts right. And seriously, name a single situation where Elaina has put herself on a pedestal? Last but not least, she has helped every single new character she has stumbled with in the last 3 episodes (Mirarose, Fran & her students and Saya & Eihemia in this episode), maybe if you pulled your head out of your ass you could see she's been helpful/caring all along. |
KimurahNov 7, 2020 6:40 AM
| This was basically a lighthearted (and tbh a lot less interesting) version of "The land of understanding each others pain" from Kino. Still an interesting concept, though in Kino it was mind reading so ppl literally couldn't be anywhere near each other. Also seemingly major contradictions from Elaina's personality this episode. It's not just that she helped out. It's that she did so completely willingly, with basically no complaint, in a land where you couldn't even lie about how you really felt. |
| This show went from AOTS to disappointment.What's with this inconsistencies? She decided to play neutral in the slave girl's situation.I thought she was like Kino.Just observe and move on without interfering.I feel like stupid for defending episode 3.It was mine favourite in the series. She didn't help the witch directly in ep 04.So,it was understandable to quite an extent.She helped Fran because she was her master but what happened here? Why did she decide to save a kindom she isn't even involved with?You can just move on as you did with the kingdom with deadly flowers.You can just move on.She decides to help on a whim just coz Saya was involved. It's not like Elaina was assigned the job by witch association.It was Saya's job and she could have moved on.I really hated such turn of events. |
| This episode shows that time when Elaina it did not help the slave girl it was totally forced thing, really the problem with this story is the inconsistency and the writing is really bad. Everyone who defended Elaina in chapters 3 and 4 should feel like idiots, in this episode I help save an entire country facing a king and his guards that's way worse than hitting a ugly bastard from a small town, she totally lot of out of character. |
Kimurah said: vp787 said: I finally understand why I don't really like Elaina atm. She's a full blown narcissist. It's funny and sad how ignorant kids just parrot what other ignorant kids have said before. All of you haters just call Elaina narcissit, but I haven't seen a single person explain how is she an alleged narcissist. There are several sites that explain the syntoms of narcissim, but I'll use just one to make it short. https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder.htm
1.- She never feels that others should bow to her and shower her in praise for being an exceptional person. 2.- She fully understands her surroundings. 3.- She doesn't expect praise for others. Don't confound her short inner dialogues that speak of her beauty to herself as narcissim, that's just a good way to provide self confidence 4.- She has never felt she's entitled to anything either because of who she is, or because she feels that people own her. 5.- She has never used anyone for her own benefit. She has exchanged favors though (Mirarose in her castle) but it's not the same as exploiting others. 6.- She has never bullied or talked smack of other people vp787 said: She barely shows empathy and regret about the messed up things that have happened around her, Put yourself in her shoes with real life problems. When you see a homeless guy asking for hand me downs, do you seriously talk out loud all your inner thoughts so that other can see how much empathy you have towards that guy? No, of course you don't. You can feel empathy for thee neighbour, but it's not easy to show unless you make a big gesture using your own time and resources to help the needed. Regarding regret, why should Elaina feel regret for already stablished situations she has stumbled upon? vp787 said: I know Fran said for her to not get involved in trouble but she never said anything about not caring about other peoples lives, and finally she constantly puts herself on a pedestal even when Fran told her to do the opposite. This was actually her mother, not Fran. At least get your facts right. And seriously, name a single situation where Elaina has put herself on a pedestal? Last but not least, she has helped every single new character she has stumbled with in the last 3 episodes (Mirarose, Fran & her students and Saya & Eihemia in this episode), maybe if you pulled your head out of your ass you could see she's been helpful/caring all along. fair enough. I am wrong with a lot of the claims I said. And to be honest the scenes that made her seem like a narcissist are not that important. Hell, the "I am not beautiful" scene was apparently anime only. And the start of every episode isn't really that full of self praise. one thing I still don't understand is why she doesn't seem to remember the flower incident when fran gives her flowers, only thinking "If I saw the same kind flowers in another country later, they would remind me of Celestelia and miss Fran, and that would make me sad." completely forgetting the traumatic experience she's had with flowers. Idk maybe they skipped the part were she dealt with the trauma. And as I said in my previous message narcissism would be a really cool character flaw since she doesn't really have any yet. |
| A positive of this anime is that you can expect it to look good week in and week out. A big problem still remains with the character writing, though. Elaina is very inconsistent with who she will and won’t help, often choosing not to help when it matters most. She is consistently full of herself, but we never we never learn anything else about her character. The concept of a country where nobody can lie could have been more interesting than it ended up being. Most of it was spent on Saya and the other witch instead of exploring the concept more. For all the people excusing her actions in episode 3 as her being a neutral observer, that is looking less true by the episode. |
z00nex said: This show is starting to contradict itself. In the 3rd episode(the most controversial one), Elaina didn't care about anything that happened around her and kept her carefree personality. A lot of people who defended her(I was one of them) said Elaina kept her promise to her mother, she didn't get into trouble and kept a safe distance from anything that might end up to be dangerous. For some reason, Elaina is saving a country that has nothing to do with her in this episode. Which is the exact opposite of what she has done in the 3rd episode. I don't know what Majo no Tabitabi wants tell about to us anymore, they're just releasing random episodes and destroying their own ideals. I also was wondering if we skipped some episode... but I think it is just adaptation issue, if I remember correctly someone said that in "flower episode" LN she tried to help but it was alredy too late and in case of monster king she said that in worst case scenario she would intervene. So if anything there is "problem" with magic that sometimes can do anything but sometimes doesn't aka "soft magic system". |
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| Another great episode, I really enjoyed it. And it was probably the funniest episode in the series so far. Lmao that intro scene was hilarious, "Welcome to this damned country" that made me laugh for a few seconds. Even with the truth barrier thing, Elaina and Saya ain't affected because they're always full of confidence and honest lmao. Elaina definitely helped because of Saya and also that other witch. Elaina definitely wouldn't have help if Saya wasn't there. Plus the situation isn't really as dangerous or problematic as in episode 3. Really liked Saya this episode though, I can hear swindler from Akudama drive in her. Well they do have the same VA. Saya has definitely grown compared to episode 2 Saya but, of course her love for Elaina stays the same lmao. Looking forward to the next episode. |
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z00nex said: It’s not like she was going to lose anything if she had refused it, there’s no way that she pitied the deaf girl either. As shown in episode 4, 5 and 6 Elaina only helps people when is asked by another witch. Or when the circumstances directly effect her. Or out of pure curiosity. Or when she's bored. It's not uncommon for people to do whatever they want. I appreciate your autism, though. The truth in that town is what people actually know or believe in. She does believe that's she's beautiful and have a pure heart therefore she can say that. You can go in that town and say she has twisted personality but I doubt you can say she's ugly. |
| I hate Elaina so much. Why did Elaina save everyone this time? She didn't received anything in return. |
| So Elaina wouldn't save that slave from before, but she has no problems interfering in this town's affairs... naruhodo, naruhodo |
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| *Checks if the magic in the town works* Watashi wa totemo utsukushi 私わとても美し HAHAHAHAHHA "I'm very beautiful" *Let me try writing* "I have an exemplary personality" <3333 Love Elaina <3 |
| Honestly, this episode was ass. The jokes are just getting overused now, and the gay jokes in this anime just doesn't hit. I don't have a problem with gay jokes, I laugh my ass of when there's gay jokes in Grand Blue but Majo no Tabitabi's gay jokes just didn't work for me. |
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| Elaina actually thinks she's pure hearted? Yeah... that's a nice one. So a kingdom where none of its inhabitants can lie, uh? Though not exactly something new, narratively speaking, it's still a rather interesting concept overall. Truth be told, this episode could have explored it with a more serious approach but decided to keep things kinda lighthearted instead. Not that I'm complaining tho. Okay episode overall, I guess. Both the King and his logic behind the intention of eradicate all lies were super one-dimensional and the way how the very beautiful Elaina and co. managed to get so easily close to the King was quite stupid in my opinion. So you can actually trick the "no lies system" by just writing a lie but on separate notes so that they can be taken as truths, uh? And no one else found out about this because... Anyways, as for the good side, it was nice to see Saya again. I didn't care much about her in episode 2 but I found her antics rather charming this time. It's a shame she's in love with someone with such morbid personality and who wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible but well. Love is blind, some say. |
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