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Aug 19, 2011 7:56 PM

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It's nice to see the male protoganist to be intelligent, brave, quick thinking, and handy in a fight. Though I guess so far he has no flaws, which makes for an uninteresting character doesn't it? Guess we'll see...but it still makes me wish Kujo of GOSICK took a page out of Huey's book.
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Aug 21, 2011 10:19 AM

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Was it a parody or what?

I was LOLing hard through the entire episode. I hope this episode was supposed to be full of narm and tongue-in-cheek, 'cause it's totally impossible to take it seriously. :p First the romance gags and then Power Rangers / Captain Planet fight, antagonist going "lol ok brb" and troll ending (thought she'd choose Huey, it managed to surprise me! XD). Lulzy episode, but I was hoping for something different. :p
Aug 22, 2011 12:40 PM

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This episode was a crap.
The only thing I liked was this little GIGA DRILL BREAKEEEEER!!!11 at the end.
Honestly, I continue watching this stupid show only with hope to see something that reminds of other Gainax series, which are MUCH better.
Aug 23, 2011 5:23 AM

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"I knew you had an interest in prostitutes." was one funny line.
I agree with people saying this show, and especially this episode, makes no sense. This was just some random action. I still find the manga more interesting.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:00 AM

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I agree with people who say this episode was so bad it was good. I was actually quite surprised at how badass all the book reading was. I certainly thought we had ourselves a real badass reverse harem. Alas, it was not to be. Given the outcome of this courtship, I'd say our little pseudo-courtesan is ALL woman.

Sep 27, 2011 4:03 AM
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Not a very good episode. I just knew something like that was going to happen at the ending. :D


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Oct 17, 2011 5:32 PM

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Kurosane said:
I laughed at the ending. But I somewhat expected she'd choose Huey for some reason. And the pretty lights reminded me of TTGL.

i was thinking the same thing. the other guy never came, so i didnt expect him, lol
women ARE way more complicated than a mere phantom book.


Oct 17, 2011 11:18 PM

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A Power Rangers parody, never expected that from this series. And it looks like that magician guy had his eyes on Huey's key (although I might imagining things)

The ending was funny. I know she will not pick any of the 5 men and probably she will pick Huey but a man that never appears throughout the episode? She's really a magician's daughter all right~
Mar 22, 2012 10:22 PM

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It's interesting how different the poll results are from the comments.

Anyways, the tongue-in-cheek was pretty obvious, and it's not "so bad it's good" if you're actually doing it on purpose.
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Apr 9, 2012 11:30 AM

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Whoa, Power Rangers! Can't say I didn't expect the ending. :P

And once more we get the library-opening scene. Every time I see it, it brings memories of Utena and arena climbing/Dios's sword appearing. Same with you, anyone?
Apr 29, 2012 7:27 PM

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shitty episode
at some point I stopped paying attention and just fapped to Dalian
Aug 8, 2012 4:51 AM

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This episode was more like a parody than a genuine episode, but it actually did a lot of good for the show, probably one of the better episodes 4/5. I loved the hell out of that ending, so fitting.
Sep 3, 2012 3:08 AM

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This was really stupid...
The ending was the only nice part, even though I was expecting it.
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Jan 25, 2013 9:17 PM

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This series isn't making much sense to me.
Jan 29, 2013 6:16 PM

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shitty episode
at some point I stopped paying attention and just fapped to Dalian


Lmao.

I really dont like where this anime is heading, such a promising start.. :(
Jan 29, 2013 10:38 PM
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Dafaq. It's like errbody knows of Phantom Books now.

There were knights...lolwut.

Wow, a mage. Is this plot?!?

The ending was kind of meh, but whatever. She would go for the guy that did absolutely nothing and showed up after the entire ordeal was over. Wow.
Feb 16, 2013 8:51 AM

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I want to see more of Dalian and her other self, Dalian's past, and how little Huey (who I assume is the little boy we keep seeing) is connected to all this^^
Jul 20, 2014 12:40 AM

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It's abit plotless so far. (if plotless is a word) However, it's not as boring as the first few episodes. It has me watching still. So that's good. I don't like dropping stuff anyway.
Sep 15, 2014 12:20 PM

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Rueby said:
It's abit plotless so far. (if plotless is a word) However, it's not as boring as the first few episodes. It has me watching still. So that's good. I don't like dropping stuff anyway.

Hmm Gosick was plotless too on the beginning... ;)
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May 31, 2015 7:09 AM

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I was completely thrown off at the end of that episode. 5 men looking to marry the woman they love and she chose a man that did not appear in the episode at all!


I found it cute anyway because she was talking the way before that she loves someone else. Okay the guy looked odd but oh, what the heck.
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Nov 22, 2015 3:20 AM

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Oh, hey. It's Kinzo.


Oh Desire!

There's some sort of lesson about thinking you can "buy" love in here. probably.
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Viola was really popular with men... too bad she chose that other random guy xD
Dec 20, 2023 12:32 PM

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Blame the men for giving a prostitute a funded job? Sounds pretty bitter of Dalian. This is a parasocial relationship. Everyone in the scenario is the victim in the case of this episode, including Viola herself for being forced into it and the guys for being sexually coerced.

So I'm glad the moral of the story turned out to be about the bad effect it has on the vulnerable men (as much as the roles reversed, people would call it "grooming") - and the women who get roped into it (pushed by her father). But Dalian's vacuous inputs from beginning to end is another story.
Apr 22, 10:39 AM

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This series isn't long enough to have the liberty of making these gratuitous, theatrical parody episodes without compromising on other aspects as a consequence. Nothing in this episode was funny, and the introduction of magicians is pointless.

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