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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- This fight felt like a revenge battle. Asuka is getting payback for her friend that they tortured. Glad they kept the violence and she managed to win. Kurumi's fight was tough to watch in particular since her opponent is so sadistic. Poor Nozomi, she suffered a lot from the physical and mental damage. (so much that seeing a magical girl scares the fuck out of her) Well it's good that they at least managed to remove her terrible memories of the recent events. She didn't deserve that shit at all. |
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| Asuka was owning during combat tho it seems she had to make a sacrifice at the end for Nozumi. Well it looks like things are turning out well for them right now tho. But the enemy also got away, without her fingers tho. |
| God, a bum sucks. The scene she cut off the bitch's fingers she originally tried to cut off her head. And the next episode we goona see more filler fanservice. |
The battle is over.  Show respect for the fallen who fought so bravely. |
datratier said: Someone help me, werent they like 9 Mahou Shoujous at the beginning? Why did she say they used to be 11? Also is it just me or does the "Queen" look like the dead former Mahou Shoujo Squad Leader? Edit: Typo There were 11 of them. It is just that 2 did not make it to the final battle and 4 more died during it. And nah, Francine should be dead for sure. At best it is someone using her body. |
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datratier said: Nachtwandler_21 said: There were 11 of them. It is just that 2 did not make it to the final battle and 4 more died during it. And nah, Francine should be dead for sure. At best it is someone using her body. Please do tell me is there a sequel of some sorts or where did you get that meta knowledge? I only started this franchise with this anime. Erm... It is based on manga which is licensed on English BTW. |
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| No wonder that Nozomi ended up suffering from PTSD. But luckily they could still save her from living a miserable life. Erased memories seem like a small price to pay for this. |
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| To think that Abby was an illegal magical girl though. The fight between Asuka and the Russian tag team sure was fun. The fight between Abby and war nurse though was brutal. Given her personality its no wonder Kurumi hates that term. Too her that term is forgetting all of her friends that died ending that war Nice to see M squad make their debut as well. Asuka's expression as she fought Abby though. The queen appearing to save Abby was quite the surprise as was her powers. Though her physical injuries were healed the mental trauma unfortunately is not that easy. Its sad seeing Nozomi and Asuka's relationship fracture though. Though cruel i guess it was the only way. Excellent ep that did well in not just concluding the battle between Asuka/Kurumi and the enemy but also show how brutal their battles can be to their friends as well. If anything after this incident Asuka is more determined than ever. |
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| So glad Nozomi is going to be alright after all that. PTSD is a terrible thing to live with and it was the right decision to remove her memories of the past week. Good episode! |
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| These two screenshots are from the previous episode: "Dying."  Girl of mass destruction, seems familiar? (looking at you Mahou Shoujo Site..)  From today: I am pretty sure Francine either lived and got captured then turned or she died for real and something is possessing her body..  She does know Asuka after all and Asuka had deja vu as well. I wonder if we are getting extremely trolled here but I am holding myself back from jumping into the manga lmao.  These kills were GLORIOUS!   Also Asuka is pretty much the Japanese version of (American McGee's) Alice, confirmed lol.  One of her dresses is a bit similar to Asuka's.  |
MomoSinXFeb 8, 2019 3:43 PM
| now this... this right here i SUPER fuck with |
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| The scissors girl got her finger cut off. Good! After the torture, I knew Nozomi would get PTSD, but the way she behaved seemed unnatural. Wouldn't it be more natural if she'd begged Asuka and Kurumi to stay away and said she'd do anything? The same things she'd said to the other people? While I can understand not wanting to write a character that has to get used to their PTSD, wiping Nozomi's memory without any consequences seems lazy. Hope something happens as a result of the memory wiping. Are the superiors of Spec-ops bad people? Hope not. I am tired of seeing it being used again and again. The opening theme is really catchy. I have listened to it multiple times this week. |
| This is my favorite anime this season after Kakegurui xx. Loved the battles. I'm hyped for the next episode to see Mia again. |
MomoSinX said: These two screenshots are from the previous episode: "Dying." Girl of mass destruction, seems familiar? (looking at you Mahou Shoujo Site..) From today: I am pretty sure Francine either lived and got captured then turned or she died for real and something is possessing her body.. She does know Asuka after all and Asuka had deja vu as well. I wonder if we are getting extremely trolled here but I am holding myself back from jumping into the manga lmao. These kills were GLORIOUS! Also Asuka is pretty much the Japanese version of (American McGee's) Alice, confirmed lol. One of her dresses is a bit similar to Asuka's. Man, look how good it was the design of the Alice, sick, elegant and badass, and great comparing to this anime generic shit. |
H_M_Gamer666Feb 8, 2019 8:15 PM
 I really enjoyed this episode! I'm truly hyped for the next one |
| Whaaaat?! So after all that, the only price to be paid is Nozomi loses a week's worth of memories and poor, sensitive Asuka who's supposedly lost friends in the most brutal ways in war cries because she has to deal with rewatching a movie and going to the pool again? Wtf? Nozomi should've been permanently damaged, that would've been a much better excuse for her to join the spec-ops. Dammit Kurumi! Keep your Jane Eyre healing powers to yourself, you want to get down with Asuka anyway don't you?! *SIGH* This writing is so weird... |
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| This show is super underrated. It's criminal that the score is only 6.5. I realised during the fight with the Russians and the subsequent butchering, that this show is what A Certain Magical Index wishes it was. Seriously, it's Index but with a plot that you can follow and fucking crazy violence. Definitely deserves a bit more appreciation, although it's pretty gruesome so I can understand why people might steer clear. |
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| This anime is trying so hard to be dramatic, I can't take it seriously. |
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| A bandage that can reattach severed limbs? Nifty...And a first-aid spray that quickly restores a burned portion of the body? Very nifty. Geez, Kurumi could open a clinic and that would be easy money for her... Barber Scissors Abby. I don't hear "Barber" in anime very often... The queen knows Asuka...is the queen Francine? Ugh...the sound effects are so underwhelming... Now Nozomi despises Magical Girls. You know, Asuka's eyes may look weird, but I think that design was intentional. It makes her eyes more expressive that way... War Nurse can cure PTSD if she does it soon enough? God damn it, Kurumi is one of the most OP medics I've ever seen! Awww...young Asuka is so cute. I like this take of Asuka being a Magical Girl. She wanted to be a hero, but what she found instead was a never-ending fight... Finally! After teasing Just Cause Mia last episode, we finally get to see her again next episode. Bring on the big guns! |
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| Now, this is a fun episode. Deliciously violent fights in Asuka vs mercenaries, and an even more brutal fight in Kurumi vs Abby. Don't have a problem with the violence, because I watched Yuyu Hakusho years ago. I guess those mercenaries could not get their paychecks anymore. Abby, really loyal to the queen.. she's angry and psychotic, but still would not kill Kurumi because the queen would not like it. Good to see Nozomi ptsd was cured. And Asuka can enjoy good movie with friends. Looking forward to next week. :) |
ElneFasto said: This anime is trying so hard to be dramatic, I can't take it seriously. Its actually kind of interesting and the "trying" is in the good way imo. The only downside i can think of is it being low budget, come on dude if it had a Fate zero like fight scenes, it would be epic! |
| Even though is bad, the anime is a lot of fun. Nice to see this kind of mahou shoujo. Looking forward to next week. |
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| Barber Scissors Abby, man she should be dead, oh well at least those 2 Russian were dead. So Nozomi was back in pieces again thanks to war nurse, but it looks like she not outta the woods yet since them JSDGF wanna use her as bait. If that suggest that she could be the "Queen." Then it maybe possible. |
| Abigail is the cutest! |
| One of the top 3 anime this season. (Along with Dororo ofc) It outperforms that crap Shield Hero shit in terms of characterization, character development, antagonists, setting, meaning of fighting, and how trauma is handled (looking at shield hero , hahaha) by miles. This is not a series about shallow torture porn or violence, but an illustration our post war situation in real life. The 2nd World War was over decades ago, but it doesn't mean the world is really at peace, and everyday somewhere there's someone who's suffering. Soldiers and police can't take break and retire just because the war is over when threat of terrorists and other malicious figures still roam around our world somewhere, and no-one is really safe. This anime does not shy away from the brutality of combat , fighting, and even its victims. It also uses very technical terms and style when it comes to combat, explains its mechanic perfectly and let the magic setting bland in so well with reality. It is like watching Fate Zero on a budget (animation can use some improvement, but I can tell the studio already tried pretty hard with limited budget they have. A lot of studio with low budget perform much worse than this.) Seriously I lost hope in Mal already giving low rating to series like this just because they can't handle brutality which perfectly represent real life situation. They give anime like Shield Hero good rating when the villains, side characters, world building of that series is laughably bad , irrational, and childish. Just because it's Isekai, everyone forgives all the bad writing, bad characterization, and typical light novel pandering. (just make every good guy a loli so otaku will love it) |
Ventus_SFeb 9, 2019 8:19 PM
Ventus_S said: I pretty much agree with everything you said. War and it’s after effects aren’t glorious, and a grand adventure, it’s ugly, brutal and pure misery. One of the reasons I like anime so much is that it has a high percentage of series that don’t glorify violence but rather depict the stark reality of it.One of the top 3 anime this season. (Along with Dororo ofc) It outperforms that crap Shield Hero shit in terms of characterization, antagonists, setting, meaning of fighting, how trauma is handled, and character development by miles. This is not a series about shallow torture porn or violence, but an illustration our post war situation in real life. The 2nd World War is over decades ago, but it doesn't mean the world is peace again, and everyday somewhere there're someone who's suffering. Soldiers and police can't take break and retire just because the war is over because threat of terrorists and other malicious figures still roam around the world everywhere, and no-one is really safe. This anime does not shy away from the brutality of combat , fighting, and even its victims. It also uses very technical terms and style when it comes to combat, explains its mechanic perfectly and let the magic setting bland in so well with reality. It is like watching Fate Zero on a budget (animation can use some improvement, but I can tell the studio already tried pretty hard with limited budget they have. A lot of studio with low budget perform much worse than this.) Seriously I lost hope in Mal already giving low rating to series like this just because they can't handle brutality which perfectly represent real life situation. They gave anime like Shield Hero with good rating when the villains, side characters, world building of that series is laughably bad and irrational. Just because it's Isekai, everyone forgives all the bad writing, bad characterization, and typical light novel pandering. (just make every good guys loli so otaku will love it) |
Liddo-kun said: I thought the fight with the Russians was pretty good too. Asuka regains her throne as my favorite series so far this season.Now, this is a fun episode. Deliciously violent fights in Asuka vs mercenaries, and an even more brutal fight in Kurumi vs Abby. Don't have a problem with the violence, because I watched Yuyu Hakusho years ago. I guess those mercenaries could not get their paychecks anymore. Abby, really loyal to the queen.. she's angry and psychotic, but still would not kill Kurumi because the queen would not like it. Good to see Nozomi ptsd was cured. And Asuka can enjoy good movie with friends. Looking forward to next week. :) |
| Also Asuka is pretty much the Japanese version of (American McGee's) Alice, confirmed lol. One of her dresses is a bit similar to Asuka's. [/quote]Wait i watch Alice in Wonderland and i never seen her with knife and covered in blood. And also what game is that |
| Shadowhunt8, this Alice is based on Lewis Carroll's but set in alternative timeline where she loses her parents in a fire and becomes insane. Timeline wise it takes place after the books. ahleung said: Shadowhunt8 said: Wait i watch Alice in Wonderland and i never seen her with knife and covered in blood. And also what game is that This? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrs5UGB-ns Correct. I also recommend the first game although it's very dated by now (released in 2000) but it's still a classic nonetheless. |
| That annoying flying squirrel popped in to 'explain' and an explanation was unnecessary. Aside from that this episode was awesome! |
| The sword that takes life gives life |
JiangHaoyi1979 said: Barber Scissors Abby, man she should be dead, oh well at least those 2 Russian were dead. So Nozomi was back in pieces again thanks to war nurse, but it looks like she not outta the woods yet since them JSDGF wanna use her as bait. If that suggest that she could be the "Queen." Then it maybe possible. I have a hunch this is the case too. Maybe even necromancy from the underworld that revives her corpse? |
| Awesome episode. I'm enjoying this a lot more than I thought I was going to. |
| if Kurumi was not a support type Mahou Shoujo, then Makino Nozomi wouldn't have her left arm back! and oh! how convenient! they even solved/fixed/healed the PTSD by wiping-out her memory for the past week! hmmm M squad is back! looks like the higher-ups are grateful with that...but something's fishy with that higher-up... 5/5. |
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| This episode is shit. The whole stuff about Nozomi's arm and her memory were solved so easily. They removed so much of the tension of this anime. |
NurguburuFeb 13, 2019 4:11 PM
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| The early scene where Asuka is dreaming about her fallen comrade from before and waking up in tears is very affecting. |
| Maybe Queen was one of the 11 magical girls... |
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| It was a bit confusing when Nozomi suddenly got her arm back. Aside from that I quite enjoyed the first half; the second one was okay. Ugh, poor War Nurse, even though I am not too fond of her. The monster smashing her against the ground was so savage. I liked that it was shown thata although mainly a "healer2 she knows how to fight on her own. I'm gonna keep on watching this. I was thinking about dropping this but now I'm gonna give it at least 2 more chances, considering that next ep seems to be a filler). |
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| That was awesome. Asuka vs the twins fight where short but good. Asuka still suffering from that PTSD. |
Nurguburu said: This episode is shit. The whole stuff about Nozomi's arm and her memory were solved so easily. They removed so much of the tension of this anime. Her nearly getting killed wasn't tense enough? You'd rather her suffer EVEN MORE? What the fuck? And War Nurse's powerful healing has been established since episode two. It's also a war crime to take and torture hostages. I want shit to get resolved as quickly as possible. You DON'T fuck with civilians. It also seemed that Asuka might've been against War Nurse administering that procedure for moment. Thank God she saw the validity of it. And they are still going to see that show after all like they were going to at the end of episode 3! |
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| Well, it's more than obvious that "Queen" is one of Asuka and Kurumi's old comrades. Oh, so Kurumi can cure PTSD, nice. Honestly, I'm really glad Nozomi won't have to remember the experience she went through. That said, it's a shit that she will be used as bait from now on. Overall, this was actually a good episode I mean, I really enjoyed it despite its absurdity. |
| Huh? I cant wait to see when the Queen reveals herself as Asuka and Kurumi's 'dead' squad leader. |
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| Great episode!! I actually didn't know that much that Queen could be Francine. Still, there are still 6 dead Mahou Shoujo girls with remaining 3 still not on the squad. Can't wait to see all of them! |
| i mean its pretty obvious who the queen is lol besides that this was a nice ep also was nice to see the scissor girl get beat as she is really annoying |
| "one step at a time" |
| Ah-ha. The Queen has to be Francine, refurbished? lol Scissors Girl reminds me of Justice-chan lmfao. |
| Well, the mercenaries got what was coming for them. Abigail got off lightly, but her type deals poorly with failure and pain and it will prey on her mind. Erasing Nozomi's memories was the right call and it at least didn't affect their relationship. Now that Asuka decided to take action, the curtain is rising. |
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