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May 28, 2016 4:48 PM

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As expect Ayato will win -_-
Yabuki sure is something there.
Overall, super meh until the end where they show Ayato's sister in that capsule.
May 28, 2016 5:38 PM

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I think the animator was pissed so he decide to sneaky in this frame.

Yeahhh probably XD

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May 28, 2016 5:51 PM
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This episode suddenly became much better when Sylvia winked...

....even the dense Ayato blushed when he saw that...

Sylvia rules!
...she needs her own arc



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May 28, 2016 5:59 PM

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Wonder what the final three episodes will be... Obvious win and chairman guy was fishy from the start, so I expected that. Sylvia still best girl despite getting 2 seconds of screen time.
May 28, 2016 6:29 PM
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RayAdha said:
This episode suddenly became much better when Sylvia winked...

....even the dense Ayato blushed when he saw that...

Sylvia rules!
...she needs her own arc

I also thought the same :D
May 28, 2016 6:44 PM

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Oh man, we know who the true tsundere of Ayato's harem is now, it's Lester.
May 28, 2016 6:57 PM

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As i thought, the last episodes will be dedicated to Ayato's sister, finally, we will know what happened to her.
That detective/cop is somehow related to Ayato's sister and he probably knows where she is and they are planning to do something to her, that's why he said they didn't found any evidence to that guy, they are friends or at least the share the same objective.

Ayato got a new sword design!! Finally xD That old square design was so horrible.
Saya trying to sound badass and scary but what everyone sees is a cute girl :3 Kirin as always is the cutest girl and that moment when she began to hide under the sheets because she was embarrassed :3 so cuteeeee omg xD

We finally saw Sylvia again, Ayato even blushed when he saw her xD I really hope there will be more of her helping them and maybe in the future she will join to Ayato's harem ;)
Great fight, Ayato as always being so OP xD I'm actually enjoying so much this 2nd season that i wonder if there is enough plot for a 3rd season, because if there is i would certainly watch it.

By now this anime is a decent 9/10 for me.
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May 28, 2016 7:01 PM

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Better hope everyone watched after ED!
May 28, 2016 9:15 PM

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This was a good final fight between Ayato and that giant robot, and Julis still has a long way to become a really strong girl, but I really like the interaction that exists between her and Ayato, on the other hand Lester is a great tsundere, I think he was another joining the harem of the protagonist, and now a change of scenery, I'm looking forward to the last arc of the anime ..
May 28, 2016 9:26 PM

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You know things going down when Ayato switched his light saber from Mace Windu's to Darth Vader's. The dark side had cookies... ayato could not resist. The ep has that final episode feeling though it still has 3 ep's wonder how they'll wrap this up? I sure do hope its not a cliffhanger.
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May 28, 2016 10:25 PM

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Man I STILL love the ED song.

I felt the fight was a bit...lacking? But still not terrible. And that ending scene, quite the reveal!
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May 28, 2016 11:08 PM

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That Chairman really give of an evil vile since he first appears ,

Sylvia's Wink is very powerful to make Ayato blush
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May 28, 2016 11:36 PM

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As a fan of the LN I cannot help but be majorly disappointed by the conclusion of this arc...
The one thing that irked me to no end was how they portrayed that final fight. First off, Ardi was embedded with the remains of the Grav-Sheath, yes, but his body wasn't able to contain all the power that it was emanating, leading to his cracked appearance. From what I remember, Ayato and Julis were getting pinned down by his relentless attacks leaving them no chance to breath or form a solid plan on the fly. The only reason why they managed to garner enough time to adjust the Ser-Vesta was only because the Grav-Sheath nearly destroyed his body and he was forced to stop in order to "cool down".

Secondly, Julis sustained way more damage in the end than this poor adaptation let off. She was suppose to have been knocked unconscious after the Ser-Vesta adjustment, leading to a one-on-one situation at the end of the match.
Surely if they'd properly adapted the fight, it would have been way more epic (though budget-wise it probably would have took it's toll, but still...). To be honest, I did not like that fight in the least. It was like watching an abbreviated highlight reel, and it annoyed the hell out of me.

The actual prize-giving ceremony was also suppose to be held immediately after the match (in another arena since they totaled that one), so I'm not sure if what we got in the show was just people re-watching the ceremony... or if they actually changed it to a few weeks afterwards (which really wouldn't make sense). That's the reason why Ardi and Julis weren't present at the ceremony (Ardi was taken in for repairs by Carmilla and Julis was in the hospital).

Other than that, all the important conversations were carried out as in the novel, and I'm just glad that they kept Yabuki's awesome-sauce moment in there, since it will tie in with stuff in the story later.

No spoilers up to now, since they also did the Haruka reveal in the novels as well. Overall they'd done decent with everything else, but the way that they toned down the fight scenes was somewhat unforgivable.
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May 28, 2016 11:53 PM

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I always shipped Julis and Ayato together, but I don't know, Sylvia just looks so cute! And it seems Ayato is starting to like her, and he sees Julis as a best friend.
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May 28, 2016 11:57 PM

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I don't care how little she appears, Sylvia-sama is the one and only worthy girl in this series.
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May 29, 2016 1:22 AM

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Sylvia is OP, in more ways than one.
May 29, 2016 1:27 AM
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As a fan of the LN I cannot help but be majorly disappointed by the conclusion of this arc...
The one thing that irked me to no end was how they portrayed that final fight. First off, Ardi was embedded with the remains of the Grav-Sheath, yes, but his body wasn't able to contain all the power that it was emanating, leading to his cracked appearance.


It wasn't Gravi-sheath but a different Ulm Mana Dite. Ayato said that it felt similar to Gravi-sheath as they were both Orge-Luxes going out of control but Ardi managed to control it though his body took a toll. I think that was shown and said rather well in the anime especially with all those big cracks and malfunctions.

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Secondly, Julis sustained way more damage in the end than this poor adaptation let off. She was suppose to have been knocked unconscious after the Ser-Vesta adjustment, leading to a one-on-one situation at the end of the match.


Julis was conscious (at least from what i remember) but her hand suffered much bigger burns than shown in the anime. It still shows how dangerous Ser-vesta is since a Fire-user like Julis got burned by it.


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Surely if they'd properly adapted the fight, it would have been way more epic (though budget-wise it probably would have took it's toll, but still...). To be honest, I did not like that fight in the least. It was like watching an abbreviated highlight reel, and it annoyed the hell out of me.


Well considering the amount of information they put in this episode it can't be helped that the fight was done rather quickly. The main parts of the fight are fine in my book but maybe a bit faster pace and a little extension would have made the fight much better. They already devoted 5 episodes for this volume and managed to show most of the events so i will let them off the hook even though i got my hopes up because the earlier fights in the second course were pretty nicely done. Ayato's technique with Flaming Ser-vesta looked pretty cool animated though.

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So now that tournament is over what are they gonna do?
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As a fan of the LN I cannot help but be majorly disappointed by the conclusion of this arc...
The one thing that irked me to no end was how they portrayed that final fight. First off, Ardi was embedded with the remains of the Grav-Sheath, yes, but his body wasn't able to contain all the power that it was emanating, leading to his cracked appearance.


It wasn't Gravi-sheath but a different Ulm Mana Dite. Ayato said that it felt similar to Gravi-sheath as they were both Orge-Luxes going out of control but Ardi managed to control it though his body took a toll. I think that was shown and said rather well in the anime especially with all those big cracks and malfunctions.

L-Ryoshi said:

Secondly, Julis sustained way more damage in the end than this poor adaptation let off. She was suppose to have been knocked unconscious after the Ser-Vesta adjustment, leading to a one-on-one situation at the end of the match.


Julis was conscious (at least from what i remember) but her hand suffered much bigger burns than shown in the anime. It still shows how dangerous Ser-vesta is since a Fire-user like Julis got burned by it.


L-Ryoshi said:

Surely if they'd properly adapted the fight, it would have been way more epic (though budget-wise it probably would have took it's toll, but still...). To be honest, I did not like that fight in the least. It was like watching an abbreviated highlight reel, and it annoyed the hell out of me.


Well considering the amount of information they put in this episode it can't be helped that the fight was done rather quickly. The main parts of the fight are fine in my book but maybe a bit faster pace and a little extension would have made the fight much better. They already devoted 5 episodes for this volume and managed to show most of the events so i will let them off the hook even though i got my hopes up because the earlier fights in the second course were pretty nicely done. Ayato's technique with Flaming Ser-vesta looked pretty cool animated though.


Went back to the novel and you are correct that Julis was still conscious.

However, I always thought that they implied in the novels that Dirk had picked up the shards of Grav-Sheath and presented it to Priscilla's team to use on Ardi. I'm actually pretty positive of this point, anyway.

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So now that tournament is over what are they gonna do?

Obviously it's a victory tour in Julis' country, even the preview title implies that.
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L-Ryoshi said:

Went back to the novel and you are correct that Julis was still conscious.

However, I always thought that they implied in the novels that Dirk had picked up the shards of Gravi-Sheath and presented it to Priscilla's team to use on Ardi. I'm actually pretty positive of this point, anyway.


The present was Ayato's inability to use Ser-vesta so Ernesta's group can get a much easier win. Ardi already had a Ulm Mana Dite core being restricted by Rimsi. Putting 2 Orge Lux cores would have been really really bad not to mention their personalities could be incompatible as well. Gravi-sheath core survived complete destruction and they were making a new one with the core (Dirk said it in the LN......can't remember where but it is mentioned).

I maybe remembering wrong though........i will take a look at the LN later.

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Yeahhh probably XD

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iApollo said:
bastek66 said:

THERE IS NO NEED FOR CHARACTER IN BACKGROUND TO BE DRAWN DETAILED. THERE IS EVEN NECESSITY FOR THEM TO BE DRAWN THIS WAY, otherwise we would get monstrocity like https://gfycat.com/RemotePastKiskadee


We are just having fun with it.

Holy f**k.. lolol, good one
May 29, 2016 5:35 AM

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So now that tournament is over what are they gonna do?


Liseltania(Yulis home country) > 6 school festival > gryph festa (5 vs 5).

Anime most likely until Liseltania arc.
May 29, 2016 6:52 AM
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Why are they always given time to talk and power up? How long is the actual time between matches given the cost the time it takes to repair the stage after it's been obliterated per match?
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Why are they always given time to talk and power up? How long is the actual time between matches given the cost the time it takes to repair the stage after it's been obliterated per match?


The fiesta lasted for 2 weeks. I think they have different stadiums, so even if one is destroyed there are others where the matches can be played. Julies "explains" in the first season episode 2 or 3 but isn't very clear, since the series didn't spend any time exploring or explaining the world.
May 29, 2016 10:42 AM

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That fcking twist at the end tho... wat d flying fck.
May 29, 2016 11:23 AM
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Guys, why is the hammer of the robot still intact, i mean.. hayato slashed it in two in episode 8 end.....
May 29, 2016 11:48 AM

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ohnoooo, why does the chairman have the sister :|
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I KNEW IT! THAT GUY WAS WAY TOO SUSPICIOUS to be just another student. He was appearing so randomly out of nowhere and almost always when something happened. It was just too convenient to be coincidence.

I was wondering what they are going to do now that the tournament is over and we still have some episodes left. But now with that revelation I'm kinda hyped. I really hope we get to see a bit more of Yabuki and his true abilities. Even though I have doubts whether we'll actually see more of him. Probably only a few more moments but nothing special or revealing in any way :(
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Is it only me, or it 's like nobody really cares about the festa. The Le wolfe president and Allelkant girls just laughed it off, and the main characters, yeah they are celebrating the victory, but it feels so off and as it takes the whole season the simple question what was the point?
I probably expected too much from average harem-shounen story, but with that in mind i think it 's overcomplicated for no reason.
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Curious which direction we'll be heading now that the Festa has finished up. Will it move directly to the search for his sister? Maybe we can actually have that rematch... would be happy with more Saya. Glad that the finals were given more time and action than Ayato and Julis's semifinals match, but it really does boil down to a 1v1 and kind of wish AR-D actually went berserk.
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I knew it!

Great too see some glimpse of mysteries revealed ----- Yabuki's ability and the whereabouts of Ayato's sister.

Since the Phoenix Festa is FINALLY over, new and more interesting scenes to be expected.
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You know what they say, cook til' golden brown.

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May 30, 2016 4:12 AM

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JUST ONE SCENE, SYLVIA WAS TAKING OVER THIS EPISODE :P
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Is it only me, or it 's like nobody really cares about the festa. The Le wolfe president and Allelkant girls just laughed it off, and the main characters, yeah they are celebrating the victory, but it feels so off and as it takes the whole season the simple question what was the point?
I probably expected too much from average harem-shounen story, but with that in mind i think it 's overcomplicated for no reason.


Well the festas (lindwurm, pheonix and gryps) are just events for the audiences and for the ranking of asterisk city, what makes it so important is that any wishes can be granted to the winner. And obtaining wins in all three festas can go to grand slam(not confirm yet).

Festas is just part of the series along the way, not a plot itself. So participating in festa is not the main plot, but just participate along the way as every year there will be festa ( this year Pheonix, next year Gryps, next next year lindwurm, and cycle again). And winning the festas won't destroy the antogonist or anything, it just grant you some wish to proceed along the next plot.

You might see Lewolf pretty weak and evil, but asterisk city strongest fighter(Ophelia) is in Lewolf. Sylvia is just in second, lose to Ophelia.
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Guys, why is the hammer of the robot still intact, i mean.. hayato slashed it in two in episode 8 end.....


Thats because Ardi can continuously construct the hammer.
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valvravetruth said:
allenjke said:
Is it only me, or it 's like nobody really cares about the festa. The Le wolfe president and Allelkant girls just laughed it off, and the main characters, yeah they are celebrating the victory, but it feels so off and as it takes the whole season the simple question what was the point?
I probably expected too much from average harem-shounen story, but with that in mind i think it 's overcomplicated for no reason.


Well the festas (lindwurm, pheonix and gryps) are just events for the audiences and for the ranking of asterisk city, what makes it so important is that any wishes can be granted to the winner. And obtaining wins in all three festas can go to grand slam(not confirm yet).

Festas is just part of the series along the way, not a plot itself. So participating in festa is not the main plot, but just participate along the way as every year there will be festa ( this year Pheonix, next year Gryps, next next year lindwurm, and cycle again). And winning the festas won't destroy the antogonist or anything, it just grant you some wish to proceed along the next plot.

You might see Lewolf pretty weak and evil, but asterisk city strongest fighter(Ophelia) is in Lewolf. Sylvia is just in second, lose to Ophelia.


Yes, i get it, but then what was the point of it if it was nearly for the whole season. I assume that 3 remaining episodes won't give us the full ending (if the LN ended), so all this was just preparations for the main story aka supposed 3rd season which i (highly) doubt that will happen.
And again , it was most likely my problem, i expected too much from this series for no reason.
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Dang. Dirk is cahoots with that higher up. My goodness. They finally won though. I expected more party, but I didn't get it. >.<
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The victory was predictable, but they deserved to win.
I'm disappointed about two things:
- I don't like the end of the fight, this kind of simultaneous hit is so boring.
-The reward of the tournament should be to make their wishes true, instead of that the chairman said "good luck to find her by yourself". I expected that they will help him ...

So, the girl in the capsule is his sister. Interesting twist, I wonder if 3 episodes will be enough.
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imo, it's the best episode so far. the fight was enjoyable and amusing to watch too. and i like how Ayato's weapon upgraded into something cool :D

and Yabuki in this episode tho. i always expected him to be someone like that but that scene still makes me want to say "WOW" and especially the most scene which suprised me was the after-credit scene. i even pause it for a sec. i'm thinking, she would got used for the another puppet experiment ? seriously, that would be so cruel imo. 3 episode left, cliffhanger incoming!!!! i hope, this time! they will put a shocked cliffhanger or more like a twist cliffhanger in the end of the final episode xD cause that would be awsome imo for this show XD
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The victory was predictable, but they deserved to win.
I'm disappointed about two things:
- I don't like the end of the fight, this kind of simultaneous hit is so boring.
-The reward of the tournament should be to make their wishes true, instead of that the chairman said "good luck to find her by yourself". I expected that they will help him ...

So, the girl in the capsule is his sister. Interesting twist, I wonder if 3 episodes will be enough.


Oh i think the asterisk will continue help Ayato to search for his sister, thats Ayato's wish after all.
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Of course the chairman is involved...everyone is involved.
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Maybe Sylvia can find Ayato's sister?

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Pretty great fight and end to the festa overall. Looks like the plotline surrounding Ayato's sister is getting more complicated...
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Am I the only one who found the fight to be anti-climactic? I mean with his new sword he now became too OP and was able to take out AR-D in his final form without breaking a sweat. -_- I'm just glad that they have some mystery still to play with and pray that someone stronger comes along and gives Ayato a challenge. lol
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Sylvia where? Gakusen pls.
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Am I the only one who found the fight to be anti-climactic? I mean with his new sword he now became too OP and was able to take out AR-D in his final form without breaking a sweat. -_-
What do you mean without breaking a sweat? He collapsed on the spot right after when Ardy was standing still. He only won by the competition rules.
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