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Nov 25, 2023 7:28 AM
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A battleground at the Clock Tower with demons involved? I must say, these ranking battles are raising the stakes with each episode.

Some of these characters are battling for survival. I'm not impressed by the plot but they kept the episode tense with some of the on-screen character rivalries.
Nov 25, 2023 10:01 AM
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The Privius Clock Tower sounding its bell again, and everyone gathered around it as Desir, Romantica and Pram ready their defense, with the other groups fighting against each other to lessen the numbers. And make no mistake that Azest Kingscrown is not a person to be underestimated, though a surprise that there was no announcement made of disqualification.

With old enemies, Desir is awaiting his moment to strike with Azest; Pram making light of Percival and Romantica stuck with Doneta, with the pendant being an artifact, and Doneta has ggone insane over the artifact's control of him. Despite being targeted one-on-one, Pram sticks to the fact that they're all a party together, and both Desir and Azest can finally go all-out on each other.

Kind of dragging on the fated final battle...
Nov 25, 2023 10:22 AM
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Action focused episode but the action sequence were pretty bland. Anyway they are fighting well against the alpha team, Romantica struggled a bit but with Pram there they'll probably win?
Nov 25, 2023 10:28 AM
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At least this anime tackles the fight scene head-on.
Nov 25, 2023 10:30 AM
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Episode was hard to watch, visually. Finally getting to the major fights only to be bombarded with even more bad special effects, constant use of speed line backgrounds every other shot and whatever the heck Pram's fight was.
Nov 25, 2023 11:56 AM
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Not too thrilled with the animation and incessant banter, fight going on for too long. also pram had so many openings but just stood there.
Nov 25, 2023 12:54 PM
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it was a good episode

he really tried a good trick...
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Nov 25, 2023 1:19 PM
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Damn man I loved the set up of the fights in this episode, but the action animation really let it down. Some of these scenes should’ve been extremely hype, especially with the sound design which is really good, but the animation lets it down. The speed line backgrounds in particular are .. not good.

Hopefully next episode is better. I do really like the story and character interactions, just an issue of production values.

Desir vs Azest was cool though. Wish she was in the show more, def my fave character.
Nov 25, 2023 2:23 PM
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the animation was a little worse than in the other episodes, but the plot is still interesting, the manhwa is very good, they are cutting some things, but for an anime it's good!
Nov 25, 2023 2:56 PM

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Desir & Romantica's strategy of hiding in Big Ben and launching attacks from there succeeded in bringing all the other teams to fight each other. Only Azest caught on to what they were planning, and locked the others into her ice magic so they couldn't fight; her primary goal being to wipe out the Beta team from the course so they can't move to the Alpha rank.
It's kind of an evil strategy, but not surprising from extremely arrogant and entitled people. The one I hate the worst is that Doneta guy, mostly because of how he's just a bag of hate and violence and he was incredibly vicious toward Romantica and spouting your bigotry toward a girl when she turns you down for dating is beyond unacceptable bruh. I have a feeling Desir will still reach his goal of placing at least one of his party into the top 9; he's so confident and capable facing off against Azesto it's hard to see him failing completely unless the three of them gang up on him after defeating Pram and Romantica. But Pram is pretty capable himself. Good episode but they're dragging out these fights too long. Let's get some actual progress next time and conclude this trial arc
Nov 25, 2023 3:15 PM

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pay atention im yourjusr here .. I did ot say that

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Nov 25, 2023 9:25 PM
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I really liked the bouts happening all at once but the pacing feels like it's like reading the manga; it's just too slow than necessary (also giving the characters enough time to chat like there is nothing going on; the way they are chatting, Romantica should've recovered her mana).

And what's up with the crazed nobility supremacist? I understand his tragic backstory but at his rate, he will one day become a wizard n@zi. No wonder he is already dead in Desir's original timeline.
Nov 25, 2023 9:27 PM
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70% of why I am here is because of the first scene in the opening song and the bomb ass ending song.
Nov 25, 2023 11:58 PM
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This episode had more padding than Power's tits. Disgraceful.
Nov 26, 2023 1:40 AM
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The fight's going well for desir's party even though they are pushed to the wall, they are near to their success
Nov 26, 2023 2:51 AM

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@Roch2001 What the f is this post. Im doing a rewatch and I guess I did not say that. Inception has nothing on myanimelist
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Nov 26, 2023 5:08 AM
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This entire anime is literally when the Manwha beats the actual Anime Adaptation. The Animation is so bad for what the Manwha is showing you. Honestly just read the Manwha instead of watching the Anime.
Nov 26, 2023 6:41 AM

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the battle is superbly good !!!

cant wait for next episode !!

stop compared to manhwa , this is tv series dumby ^
Nov 26, 2023 6:35 PM

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I really don't get why they are downgrading animations on all most important episodes on the anime:

- first on the 1st episode, with the cgi + meh animations

- then now on the 1st hype battle on this manhwa


It's like the studio wanna kill this manhwa even though the manhwa is really good. I feel really unsatisfied from this. They even removed good scenes and added nonsense small scenes...

Hope that this anime will get a season 2, but with way better animations cuz Prilecha Kingdom arc with outers is one of the best arc
Nov 26, 2023 6:39 PM

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the face off against the two team was nice and all, but damn, i have to wait a week to find out who kicks whose butt!
Nov 26, 2023 7:42 PM

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kind of a bland episode hmm

Nov 27, 2023 6:54 PM

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They really dragged out this episode so much, that it's boring to watch it in 1.0x. so I had to play it to 4.0x just to make it barely watchable... πŸ₯²πŸ˜‘

I can't wait for Azest to be in Desir's party because Romantica and Prum are rather lacking in character nowadays. πŸ˜”
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Nov 28, 2023 11:32 AM
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music is way more appealing than the animation. But yeah, thats because they don't have the money for it.
They are giving their best, so yeah i have a little fun!
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Nov 28, 2023 2:15 PM
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Those of you who haven’t read this should really give it a shot when u get the chance. Even though I will say doing so will make you want them to hurry up and get to the crazy stuff lol. Desir has been through ABSOLUTE hell and he’s hell bent on stoping it from repeating. I just wish they hadn’t used 3 episodes for the ranker test. I haven’t looked and I’m sure it’s just 12 or 13 but if we could get a 25 episode season this would be right up there close to the top as what’s to come is mind blowing. Go read it people! lol πŸ˜‚
Nov 28, 2023 2:16 PM
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Paul said:
Episode was hard to watch, visually. Finally getting to the major fights only to be bombarded with even more bad special effects, constant use of speed line backgrounds every other shot and whatever the heck Pram's fight was.

lol, then you create and direct one Paul.. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Nov 29, 2023 8:53 AM

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Paul said:
Episode was hard to watch, visually. Finally getting to the major fights only to be bombarded with even more bad special effects, constant use of speed line backgrounds every other shot and whatever the heck Pram's fight was.

lol, then you create and direct one Paul.. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Why would I need to? What a meaninglessly comment.
Nov 30, 2023 4:57 AM

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The Unnecessary Pauses Between Worthless Exchange Is Killing This Masterpiece . Yeah , Ok , Hmm , Let's Do It . Are You Really Shitting On Manga ? Don't Nerf The Next Episode .
Dec 4, 2023 9:47 AM
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decent episode could maybe have been better
Dec 4, 2023 9:50 AM
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decent episode could maybe have been better
Dec 5, 2023 3:50 AM

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haha Doneta's rampage is getting out of control! to the point that he only want is kill kill kill! hahahah
4/5.


Jan 2, 2:12 AM
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Madoka Fotnite sure is something special.
Jan 9, 6:11 AM

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Damn the quality is ass. At least Desir's fight looks sorta entertaining
Jan 20, 5:08 AM
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Loving what they're doing here, the fighting is excellent and Desir's plan to lure everyone into the tower everyone but Azest fell for. She saw right through it.

Romantica's opponent seems to just be blinded by rage making him weaker, should make the battle a bit easier for her and Pram.

Next episode, hopefully we'll see the conclusion of this fight, I like where this is going.
Jan 21, 5:33 PM
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The only thing I didn't like about this episode was they let Pram and Romantica talk for too long while still in combat at the end while that Noble guy was standing there enraged. I liked all the other clever things going on though, Pram not falling for Romantica's "save yourself" ploy, and Azest foiling Desir trap of pitting the other parties against each other. Like she just froze the other parties instead of killing them, I guess it was more than just to spite Desir though, I almost forgot she was tasked not to let the commoner party come out in the top 9. Oh and the enraged noble against Romantica, he almost gifted an artifact to a commoner unknowingly, even more reason to explain why he's so pissed. Like maybe it's a family heirloom, yet to be unknowingly trying to give it to a commoner who he views as a group who tried or did kill his family or whatever his flashback was about.
Dec 3, 7:35 AM
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Right off the bat 2 blue get taken out by some of Romantica's wind arrows (15/30). Down to 3 Blue, 4 Red, 3 Green, and 3 on Beta....and....2 others somewhere? Well, they are 2 Green members who were not with the others who look like zombies. They got taken down by Romantica with ease (13/30). only 4 more people to eliminate. I really hope it includes Percival and Doneta. When Beta gets promoted to Alpha Class it would be awesome for them to be able to have that hanging over their heads.

As it turns out the reason that Desir wanted to go to the clock tower was so that they could more easily pit the other parties against each other. It worked perfectly because nobody would believe Romantica would be able to snipe people so Blue Moon had no defense when questioned by the Pine Tree Party and the Fire Party. Azest seems to be handling them all pretty well, but is not taking any of them out, just disabling them. She really wanted to fight.

The Blue Moon Party goes head to head with the Beta Party. It's Pram vs. Percival, Romantica vs. Doneta, and Desir vs. Azest. This is what I wanted to see. It would have been really boring if the initial plan of just letting the Alphas all pick each other off had worked out. If this were real life, someone would say something stupid like, "You can't make this up! These juggernauts are gonna go head to head to head to head to head to head!"

Desir makes some steam out of iced stone snakes and thinks he has the advantage because his eye magic thing can see through the haze. The haze clears and Azest sends some ice at Desir which he easily inverts. She pulls a Trinity and runs on the wall but he inverts her steps magic. More ice and it's gone again. Desir blasts some fire at her and she almost dodges straight onto another magic circle. She is not even scratched so Desir taunts her saying that he'll have to try harder.

Since Pram isn't using a great sword this time he is dancing circles around Percival. For some reason neither of them are using magic. And that is pretty much it, pretty disappointed that Pram didn't just take him out right away. But he needs to be there to back up Doneta when Pram goes on the attack again next episode maybe?

With Romantica and Doneta, her attacks are easily being deflected by his sword. She used too much mana sniping people from the tower earlier. Doneta uses some magical reaction from the necklace (which turned out to be an artifact) he was going to gift to Romantica. Doneta goes on some classist rant and uses another artifact to blast her into a wall. Pram runs to her aid and Doneta says he wants Percival to stay while he finishes the two off. Pram takes over for Romantica and as Doneta charges he uses his ring artifact to encase Pram in a giant boulder, but Pram is boss tier and escapes it as Doneta is swinging at Romantica. Pram gets a good swipe in and cuts off the necklace artifact. Percival is mad Doneta is taking over his fight. Now Romantica wants to take on Doneta alone again because she thinks she is going to slow him down. Pram refuses because you don't leave party members behind and all three need to make it to Alpha Class.

In the post credits we get nothing! just a preview of Azest using some stronger looking ice magic.

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