Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (light novel)
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Well, the new characters Elaina encountered this episode seems friendly including Nino and that boy, Emil. I felt bad when Nino got scolded by Emil's father but it's a good thing Elaina was able to literally fix the problem. The flower segment was also an elegant segment imo this episode. Elaina meeting new people brings a lot of charm to her adventure. |
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| I wonder if shes ever going to get a friend to travel with. |
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| Flesh eating plants a naive kid and an old pervert. I guess this is the dark side of their world, since the story so far has been pretty rose coloured it's a clear sign that not everything is as it seems. The question is should she have helped them or not i kind of like the idea that she isn't a overly righteous person since that's something we see way to often in anime. She seems more of a realist tho she is a bit of a narcissist. |
| No better way to start off my bday than with Majo no Tabitabi and Assault Lily back to back. First volume of the LN came in today too so I’m excited for that. First of all, feel really bad for the guard who ended up becoming plant food. I wasn’t expecting that. I thought maybe the story would be that there was a misconception about the flowers being poisonous. I wonder what happened to those plant like zombies that were walking towards the village as well. I also feel sad for Nino because we never got any conclusion with her story and unlike Elaina, I would’ve loved to find out how she and the guy fared. I hope it was a happier ending than the story with the guy and his wife. Lastly, I think the story of today’s episode was a very important one. Just because you’re doing something for someone else doesn’t mean it’ll help them or that it’s the right thing to do. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. |
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| Nino came out of the fat bastard's room still getting dressed... |
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| Yep, this was a pretty dark episode with things it tried to portray. Especially where kindness can be cruel. :( And Elaina continues her journey. Now I'm conflicted whether or not I should read the LN at this point or just wait till the anime finish airing. MrAwesome2018 said: Nino came out of the fat bastard's room still getting dressed... I noticed that but never thought of it that way. Pretty stupid of me. :P |
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Leo said: I noticed that but never thought of it that way. Pretty stupid of me. :P I was doubting first but then i saw the village chief ogling Elaina. |
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| I think the plot is similar to Violet Evergarden. Every chapter, there's a new character and a new setting. The animation is so clean specially in that part where Elaina fixed the broken pitcher. I hope Nino can find her happiness.  |
| Pretty disappointing episode. This time we had two stories in one ep, which really made each very short in time and story. The first one ended in a cliffhanger for some reason. And I'm not sure why the hell Elaina just got the hell out of there when she saw the guard. Then we see the zombie people marching towards town and... that's it? What's next? What's gonna happen? The second story as well, she saw the abuse Nino is receiving, and again just up and left like that. Is this what we're going to get all season now? Incomplete stories? |
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dadnaya said: Pretty disappointing episode. This time we had two stories in one ep, which really made each very short in time and story. The first one ended in a cliffhanger for some reason. And I'm not sure why the hell Elaina just got the hell out of there when she saw the guard. Then we see the zombie people marching towards town and... that's it? What's next? What's gonna happen? The second story as well, she saw the abuse Nino is receiving, and again just up and left like that. Is this what we're going to get all season now? Incomplete stories? Didn't she promise to her mother to run away from danger? |
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| Elaina was like: "Yeah that was tragic, I'm outta here." |
| Wait, so that guy turned into a plant and that’s it? I want to know what happend to the servant after she saw that happiness. If she killed herself, that wouldn’t have happened if Elaina remembered the ending of that story. Can’t blame Elaina for not wanting to get into trouble. It’s not her job to save everyone, she’s not a saint who always needs to do the “right” thing either. |
z00nexOct 16, 2020 3:36 PM
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So just ruin whatever she comes across and run away? It's pretty much her fault the town has become like that, since I assume burning the flowers made people turn into zombies. ShiroHachi said: about Nino, read my comment above #3 Ya, I did. It's kind of a shame that it was an afterthought of "Oh by the way, she probably killed herself. But I don't really care anyways" -Elaina, Probably |
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| Alright this travelled to very shady alleys. Keep in mind that Elaina is just a lovely traveller and thank god she is. Those flowers sure are frightening and that girl deserves better, I felt so sad for her. This episode gives us two stories where no one will get a happy ending with Elaina spectating from afar. What a way to go dark this week. |
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| what did i just watch i thought this anime will be great but maybe i was wrong this ep was horrible a witch traveling trough the world. watching ppl suffer and dying and doesnt give a single fuck i might drop soon if she keeps staying completely useless |
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| Oh no please not that horror! Not anime males! Omg they were so annoying loud and abusive. IMO anime males are almost always like that. And I cant stand them For having so many irritating males I give this anime 1/10. And IMO that was easily the worst episode so far |
Yuri-CrusaderOct 16, 2020 7:44 AM
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Hanfos said: what did i just watch i thought this anime will be great but maybe i was wrong this ep was horrible a witch traveling trough the world. watching ppl suffer and dying and doesnt give a single fuck i might drop soon if she keeps staying completely useless Yep, my thoughts exactly. Why even bother watching these stories if they're not going to have a conclusion? |
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dadnaya said: Hanfos said: what did i just watch i thought this anime will be great but maybe i was wrong this ep was horrible a witch traveling trough the world. watching ppl suffer and dying and doesnt give a single fuck i might drop soon if she keeps staying completely useless Yep, my thoughts exactly. Why even bother watching these stories if they're not going to have a conclusion? yea why did she even want to become a strong witch? to have the power to help people but not doing it cuz shes a sado? (see ep2) hopefully not just to traveling the world to watch ppl suffer i clearly dont understand what the anime wants to tell us that the world can be cruel it is certainly not since the most cruel person is actually the MC in this case is this some kind of cliffhanger - the animation in Cyanide & Happiness style? so many questions |
HanfosOct 16, 2020 7:34 AM
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| I think this episode will really set in what people should expect from this anime. I really did enjoy watching this tonight, I was also pretty happy this ended up being 2 stories in 1, but also fairly :/. As much as the flowers story was rolled over, I guess it did the job.... ehhh? And for the slave story reflected much better. My disappointment spawns from my bias of the novel... I just wish they stayed close to the smaller details which from the novel that really get you going, and are really needed to put the icing on the cake. Really wanted to see them expressed in the big screen... kind of a shame really. Definitely recommend people go read the novels if they think they're interested because yeah, its better thats for sure. (yep im for sure biased) I feel like I should step down my expectations to feel what I felt from the novel, but at the same time, I'll keep watching out for them because there is so many moments so far that have locked together like gears and made my insides feel great. |
RainbowsaurOct 16, 2020 7:43 AM
| Great episode again but with a surprisingly darker undertone and vague conclusion to both stories. It felt weird to me that the flower story was just skipped over, I thought there would be more to it. Elaina just left after seeing what was going on, I guess it is more correct for us to view Elaina as a bystander almost an observer in the grand scheme of things. Her journey doesn't involve going around the world to help every single person she comes across but to observe and understand the natural order of things. To me it feels like, she is trying to understand life in it's many forms because the plant feeding off that village is a form of life in itself. It's just a parasite. Emil is a good kid, I liked him though it sounds like his good intentions might get Nino in trouble more often than not. Elaina was there to help this one time, but I wonder what happens all those other times. The scene with Emil giving Nino the 'happiness' was very nice. Just want to point out that Elaina and her smug expressions give me life. Marinate1016 said: Lastly, I think the story of today’s episode was a very important one. Just because you’re doing something for someone else doesn’t mean it’ll help them or that it’s the right thing to do. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. +1, couldn't have said it better my self. |
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Hanfos said: yea why did she even want to become a strong witch? to have the power to help people but not doing it cuz shes a sado? (see ep2) hopefully not just to traveling the world to watch ppl suffer i clearly dont understand what the anime wants to tell us that the world can be cruel it is certainly not since the most cruel person is actually the MC in this case is this some kind of cliffhanger - the animation in Cyanide & Happiness style? so many questions Elaina just wanted to travel and see the world, that's pretty much it. Just so happens she's also talented. Basically, I see it more like Kino no Tabi, she's a traveler or more specifically, an observer and an outsider; she's just passing through and it's not really in her 'right' to interfere even if it came across as cold. With the zombie plant, you could argue that she could use her magic to firebomb the flower field but with the slave girl, the situation is much more complex. Kill the village chief? Just snatch the slave and run away and risk the village chief using his position to paint a target on the witch wherever she goes? How's she going to handle or take care of her after that etc. Also, the chief's kid is completely ignorant of her plight. There's no easy solution here. This isn't a typical battle manga where you beat down the enemies and move on. And I disagree with it being a cliffhanger. It implies just enough about the endings. The people are most likely fucked by the zombie flowers while even if the slave girl didn't commit suicide, the meaning is still delivered: she's become even more miserable. UncleJojo said: Very well said, it was something that was completely out of her control, and that everything is not sunshine and rainbows. Akzao said: I see some ppl complaining why Elaina didnt help them. But why would she? Thats none of her business. She didnt become a witch to help others. She just wants to travel around the world and write her diary. This show is way more realistic than your average anime where MC helps every single person they come across. Come to think of it, it's pretty much like Star Trek's Prime Directive (which the crew often breaks lol). ----------------------------- Mod Note: Merged censecutive posts |
dipItFooOct 16, 2020 8:57 PM
| really liking this so far. We get to see the good, and the bad of our majo no tabitabi |
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| Classic example of comfy OP deceiving expectations. This is not comfy at all. It's turning quite dark. |
Nilvius said: Hanfos said: yea why did she even want to become a strong witch? to have the power to help people but not doing it cuz shes a sado? (see ep2) hopefully not just to traveling the world to watch ppl suffer i clearly dont understand what the anime wants to tell us that the world can be cruel it is certainly not since the most cruel person is actually the MC in this case is this some kind of cliffhanger - the animation in Cyanide & Happiness style? so many questions Elaina just wanted to travel and see the world, that's pretty much it. Just so happens she's also talented. Basically, I see it more like Kino no Tabi, she's a traveler or more specifically, an observer and an outsider; she's just passing through and it's not really in her 'right' to interfere even if it came across as cold. With the zombie plant, you could argue that she could use her magic to firebomb the flower field but with the slave girl, the situation is much more complex. Kill the village chief? Just snatch the slave and run away and risk the village chief using his position to paint a target on the witch wherever she goes? How's she going to handle or take care of her after that etc. Also, the chief's kid is completely ignorant of her plight. There's no easy solution here. This isn't a typical battle manga where you beat down the enemies and move on. And I disagree with it being a cliffhanger. It implies just enough about the endings. The people are most likely fucked by the zombie flowers while even if the slave girl didn't commit suicide, the meaning is still delivered: she's become even more miserable. yea i mainly mean those flowers she could just kill them with fire and no one would blame her for that that saving the slave would have needed more eps is sure since it would have created drama but my main problem is that i see no reason why this show was even created The MC is completely useless, sadistic and narcissistic and then we get short pointless stories which act like they would have a deep meaning but actually they are stale af |
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| Wait, this is basically just Kino no Tabi but with magic...? Then why is it so popula...... *Cute Sadistic MC* Oh..... Okay then. |
XXXXXXXXXIIIOct 16, 2020 8:07 AM
| both of those segments ended pretty grim. the ones complaining seemed to be spoiled rotten by happy endings and or not paying attention. not everything in art and in life can have happy endings. it didnt hit me till the end of the episode (and agreeing with the recent comments) that Elaina is just a traveler and those issues are really none of her business and she chose that route to avoid danger. could she have save the first country from plant zombies? sure. the slave girl however there’d be more baggage than shed like. shes learning the world is not as lively as she is used to seeing. they even set the tone for the show in the opening monologue on the first episode about how her home country is like problem-free or whatever the term they used so you are going to get stories like these |
| so this is why the novel have "tragedy" tag in novelupdates. And also it become more like Kino No tabi. |
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Ple0k said: This episode was really disappointing, everything that happened was really unnatural and forced. That's not well written and it's rushed. Imo it's a discount Kino no tabi atm. Agree Kino No Tabi , especially the original version is more better. |
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Hanfos said: It's easy to call her useless but consider this: at the end of the day, she's still just a teenage girl going out alone into a world she knows little about. Sure, she knows magic, but knowing magic isn't unique and you never know what other repercussions may occur. Not all stories need to have clear cut solutions to have a point to having it made. Perhaps it's better for you to think of this series to be akin to Twilight Zone style of anthology series with Elaina functioning more like the Rod Serling equivalent who introduces us to the various setting.but my main problem is that i see no reason why this show was even created The MC is completely useless, sadistic and narcissistic |
Nilvius said: Hanfos said: It's easy to call her useless but consider this: at the end of the day, she's still just a teenage girl going out alone into a world she knows little about. Sure, she knows magic, but knowing magic isn't unique and you never know what other repercussions may occur. Not all stories need to have clear cut solutions to have a point to having it made. Perhaps it's better for you to think of this series to be akin to Twilight Zone style of anthology series with Elaina functioning more like the Rod Serling equivalent who introduces us to the various setting.but my main problem is that i see no reason why this show was even created The MC is completely useless, sadistic and narcissistic ur right maybe its just a type of anime which doesnt fit me this anime ep was just as dark like real life every day ppl get hurt and other ppl which have the power to help stay around and record it with their phone she doing the same but write it instead in her dairy at the end of the day i watch anime to get taken in another world and not to watch real life in anime style |
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