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| It's sad to see something so hyped up end up to be so flat and BORING!!! |
| I can't stop surprised by the great amount of details that are reflected in the animation, without a doubt Mahoutsukai no Yome has one of the most beautiful works that I have the luck to watch. It reminds me of the delicate care in uniting everything in a perfect way, a quality that has my favorite anime, Monogatari series. 5/5  Let's go home together, ruth. |
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| Another beautiful episode. Elias was scary in his transformed form. The scene when Chise and Ruth made a pact and the insert song was amazing. |
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| Amazing episode! One of the best animes from this season. Would love to see Elias full potential. Chise got really insane in this episode, can't wait to see her using her powers! Amazing episode, gotta love this anime! |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
| Chise was so decided to act! So strong! The pact part was so beautiful! |
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| We get to see Elias go all out on the Chimera. I waiting for the all out fight for Elias and Joseph( I'm calling him this coz it's was easier) but i understand Chise fro stopping him. When Joseph unleashed the other Chimera, I was like, Why???? why did they have to go and pick the head of Isabelle?? Good to see Chise almost go all out. Shows how much she's grown in the knowledge of a mage plus how she can take care of her self. TBH i wasn't expecting the name Ruth (since he's a guy) but I'll just have to live with that. |
| Fine little episode. Adequately concluded last weeks. And set up Ruth for the future. I thought his story was one of the absolute saddest in the series so far. And this show's been surprisingly bleak. His whole Hachi story of being faithful jerked at my heart strings. And when he makes his familiar pact with Chise. It was so bittersweet. I can't wait to see what he does next. Ruth has a cool design and I like his personality. Want to see his role unfold. So Chise's a lot tougher than she looks. I mean surviving that stab to the chest is one thing. But to bounce back so completely. She must have some amazing healing properties. Still I liked her talking Elias down a lot. They've already grown so much together. That she's not even frightened by his more beastly form. God damn that little mage is annoying. What a wretched character I was hoping he just got keboshed there at the end. He's not even a particularly interesting villain (yet). Just a loathsome one. |
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Strawberrycake48 said: I just hope he doesn't end up largely ignored like Silky has been so far. Seriously, what is the point of her character? She's my only complaint in the series so far because she's added nothing. It sticks out like a sore thumb because all the other characters have pretty well-defined roles. I'm just hoping she'll get an arc or something eventually. Can any manga readers give me a heads up?? Just because Silky doesn't participate in the same battles or the endeavors the main characters do does not mean she is actually useless or irrelevant. It's just that her 'usefulness' and true use is tied to the house that Chise goes to. Just like how homemaker is one of the most underrated and unappreciated roles there is in a family. |
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| I like the pact between them but I felt like this was too rushed. I mean I know they saw within memories of each other but still |
| Oh, now I see why it's a shounen. It has the same bullshit where the main character gets mortally wounded yet somehow survives. Not to mention she's able to use some OP power when she barely knows anything about magic. Best part is how Elias is stopped from killing the annoying brat of a main villain because he's not acting normally / being too savage. Just an excuse to not kill the guy off and keep him for screwing with the characters throughout the show. |
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| I'm trying to acquire a taste for this show, but I am struggling. |
| The story of Ulysse and Isabelle was so sad 😭 "Am I not terrifying in this form?" "You're right. I don't think you could get through the door being that tall." What a great reply 😊 |
AndoDec 27, 2017 2:07 PM
| This was failure of the episode... - it was way too dark for most of the time, there were only two or three bright scenes and everything else was drown in needlessly dark filter. - deus ex machina met horrible plot device - the writing was all over the place. "I have hole in my chest but it's okay, I just woke up", no healing is needed, nothing happened and I can walk normally (if she really shares some power with Elias, it's even worse as she can't possibly die and their strive to prevent her destiny is useless as it is lame. And it really bad she didn't even question whether she is still a human). - "I just met you few moments ago but let's make a pact" This was probably the most wtf part of this episode, she met someone she didn't even know well and she already readily grows deep emotional bond with him and offer to share their life just based on one vision... how stilted is that? Whole developement with Ruth was rushed as hell and was really out of place in this stage of the anime. How can you introduce a character and in literally just the same moment expect that the viewer will grow some feelings for their barely started relationship? Instead of being something cool the pact completely absolutely lacked any impact. - and Cartaphilus is not only annoying but also probably the worst charcter of this season. He acts as the plot dictates and he's just wretch representing biggest powers of the nature so why they even portrayed him as teenage boy that would deserve a big slap every time he speaks? o_O. Not only that but everyone didn't even try to do anything with him and they even calmed themself enough to try find a reason with him, even though he almost sliced them up just for fun and even though the sufferring he brought on them was immense. - add the power Chise conveniently gained offscreen in the flashback, some random passerby oldster mage who randomly saved the day and also the fact that randomly they added some really out of place superdeformed pink scenes and you would be happy if your forehead doesn't hurt you a lot from all those facepalms. Honestly, after this episode I really think about dropping this show, everything just turned from rather interesting to downright appalling. Right now, I don't think I even care about those characters anymore. |
| I am stoping here. I'v give it a chance and i dont think was worth it. Very good musuc tho. |
| Another great episode if you ask me and with a new character in the picture it sure makes it even more interesting! Let's see what's next. |
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| Figures as soon as Chise tries to do something useful she is prevented from doing so. Straight back to weak and passive. |
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| Ah... what a magical, enchanting anime this is turning out to be. The potion-making, mantras, the rituals, the scenery; it's all so fairytale-like. Chise surviving that shot through the chest seems to have gone completely unexplained, but whatever. Can't tell if Joseph is supposed to be our antagonist or not. He should make an interesting one, if so, as he's already established a human side to his character (perhaps ironically). |
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| Hope this doesn't turn into reverse harem |
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| Awww, Ruth :} I like the name. It's like it's derived from ruthless :D I'm really happy he became her familiar :') Protecting Chise from day 1 lol Also. Chise and Elias both keep each other at bay <3333 it's quite nice ^.^ having a partner who makes sure you're safe and aren't going haywire |
| Fantastic episode, but - They could have done a little bit better of a job explaining how the "chimera" connected to the caster. Wasn't really intuitive to me why Ulysee forming a pact with a new owner and killing Isabelle's chimera-form brought about Cartaphilius' demise ._. |
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| That was pretty intense! That Cartiphilus guy is a piece of shit! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| The two stories that come together during the narration are interesting and intriguing. The context is very poignant when it comes to Ulysse, mysterious and ambiguous when the subject is the Cartaphilus character. Funny certain contexts, thanks to the characters so far known and interesting the atmosphere, thanks to the new character of Will or`The Wisp. |
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| Great episode, good to see that Ruth is now the familiar of Chise |
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| The pact between Ruth and Chise was a bit too fast I think, but otherwise it was a good episode. Though that little shit seems to be quite strong, guess he has to be defeated later in the show. |
| So you are telling me that she got stabbed in the back and was talking fine because she had a dream? And you also telling me that Caprapeowrawe whatever the hell his name is just stood there and let the pact happened? |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| That black dog Ruth just does not seem reliable to me :l I hope she can make more pacts with familiars. Somewhat like a tamer and have a army lolz |
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| For the first time, the pacing felt a little rushed. Specifically, Ruth becoming Chise’s familiar that quickly. That being said I’m still completely on board with the show and everything else that happened this episode. I am also curious to see where his character goes; he seems promising. |
| Awesome episode as usual from this show, not even surprised given how consistently great the quality has been with the first third of the anime as a whole, especially as an adaptation that feels more lively and beautiful than the manga to a degree. Easily the highlight of the episode was the presentation of the pact between Chise and Ruth, as the sequence was animated and drawn beautifully with such a beautiful song used for it too and the incantations being really nicely done, especially in the dub form that I'm rewatching it in. Ruth managed to move on from Isabel and Isabel managed to finally move on to the afterlife via the assistance of a Will-o’-the-wisp in the forest. Pretty brutal stuff for him to go through let alone Isabel, and the amount of times he was waiting at her grave for her to come to him was depressing, felt like seeing a child cry out for her mother to return but it just never happened. At least now, he's set her free and has moved on to help serve someone who he quickly felt compassionate to help and protect in Chise, and they travel together home alongside Elias. Nice to see him now not have to be alone again for now. Final words about this episode - fuck Cartaphilius too. |
| I really like the ending theme after an episode ends the way it fades then transitions to the music its calming |
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| I loved how Chise's first reaction to seeing Elias's monstrous form was to say how he wouldn't fit through the house door, while he's backing away thinking it disgusted her. Strangely cute. |
| Well of course a gun isn't enough to take him down, like no way it'd be that easy-peasy lol. Chise losing herself was an unexpected hype worthy moment, though it didn't last that long. Anyways good thing they fucked lil boy, he won't come chasing for a while. |
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| It looks like Chise got really close to using some "dark/forbidden" magic that comes at a price. Both she and Elias lost/nearly lost control this episode, and it looks like the aftermath of that is coming next Although, it was nice to see Chise have such powerful emotions and how easily she's able to smile now. |
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| Ruth? Sirius Black will be your name |
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| Isabelle and Ulysse's backstory was very sad T---T I'm glad to see he has Chise now to call him by a new name, take him to a new home and give him the warmth he hasn't felt in a long time ♡♡ |
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| What that punk did to Isabel.....ugh I hate spiders. And the son of god cursed him????? JUDAS?????????????? Either way he needs to die. Also, what's in Elias' back and.....HOW THE HELL IS CHISE ALIVE?!?! SHE WAS IMPALED!!!!! |
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| she got a dog when there was a town full of cats ;( |
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| One thing that bugs me about shows revolving around magic is how magic can apparently solve everything. Since magic has no grounding in reality, writers can arbitrarily decide what magic can and can't do. If they mumbo jumbo enough, then I'd be willing to believe anything. I have nothing against Ancient Magus' Bride in this regard, it's just a personal gripe. That being said, I'd be lying if I didn't at least take notice of how often Chise is able to suddenly either magic her way out of problems, or someone else magics her away from it. |
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