Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (light novel)
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| Man, watching this first thing in the morning, that was definitely... something. You know things are going to go downhill when the show warns you its gonna be dark, AND there's no opening sequence. |
| This is not your planet to rule. The Fallen shall rise again. |
| This episode was darker that those other episode, we got bloods and time traveling. This was really intense there was a lot of killing but instead of Elaina helping her she just took off her ring and didn't do anything. |
cuzpLayNov 27, 2020 3:06 PM
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hazarddex said: wow you really just confirmed what i said last time that your literally watching it to try and hate it smh. you even inserted a line that was not even in episode 7. Considering I gave Kino no Tabi a 7 (a 7.5 if they allowed half integers) I'm very far from hating the show. It's just not an example of a consistent show that you seem to think it is. What I'm stating is just facts from the show, whereas it is clear you try to come up with excuses to hate this show, even though your reasons are self-contradictory. |
OpticflashNov 27, 2020 3:16 PM
| I thought nothing would top episode 4 but this was kicked up a few levels from that. I loved the twist that Selena was already fucked up at the point they travelled back to. Seeing an actual reaction to the point of tears from Elaina was also pretty fresh. (yeah I remember she cried too when her parents paid her teacher to bully her but this time it was from an actual out of the blue trauma...) Anyway it would have been big LOL if she took the money after all this but she didn't. Estelle also paid the price and most likely will be broken for quite a long time (if she even can come back from that...). |
| This episode was pretty predictable through and through but as I said to others before, just because you can predict something doesn't mean it's bad. This isn't so much about the plot but more about the characters. So those people who thinks it's bad because it's predictable completely missed the point. It's sad for both the character as they have to face their own reality each. And some interesting character development for our favorite witch. |
| This episode was hella crazy. The note when the episode began saying how this episode would not be suitable for some viewers is something I have only seen at least thrice out of all the series I've watched. For sure living up to that, haha. Did not even think that the girl was getting abused or whatnot by her parents, though I did think that most arcs in this anime do not end well on a positive note. This is also the very first time Elaina notices that she truly cannot help others due to her simply being a traveler and not a hero. Perhaps Elaina may begin to actually try to help solve horrid problems like this (unlike in the first few arcs). I wonder what she will be doing next. Yeah, this episode has definitely turned a new leaf for my enjoyment. Loved this and I look forward to this type of consistency even more than ever. |
| Yep, the episode in particular wasn't the gore nor even had much violence, HOWEVER, I liked the plot behind that story, it was a good one, but the execution was kinda ehh, need to be stretched a lil bit more to add "drama" and more emotions to it. |
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| I was thinking drop this show 2 weeks ago, but I feel like this episode should be commented on. A weird time travel episode with murder porn where they go back in time to save a sadistic serial killer, only to discover that she was always a sadistic serial killer. where the shock factor is the only content They do some half-assed "well, her family abused her" explanations as to why she totally deserved to be killed, it was even less convincing than gang of rapist pedophile slavers from akudama drive, if you edited out just ten seconds of the episode, all that justification would have been gone, leaving at least a couple minutes of a lunatic cackling about how much fun stabbing people is. Exactly as you would see in re:tarded. We're SUPPOSED to take the word of a cackling cartoonish lunatic covered in blood for it (like the idiot Petelgeuse). And then they milked the absolute hell out of torturing and decapitating her. Legit torture and murder porn here, bulging eyes, severed head, the works. I also can't help but think back to that earlier episode with this one about where she found the family with the enslaved, abused girl. Here, she's totally happy and willing to travel back in time and change the entire world as a favor for a friend. There, shouldn't have even tried anything, because making people happy makes them suicidal. It's completely in line with this show's writing overall, in that it seems to be authored by a pack of feral hogs. Hell, could've even used that girl as the same as this one to maybe make Elaina rethink her inconsistent world view on not helping people (even as she randomly helps genocidal witches and man-eating plants), but that would be character development, and we can't have that! |
Opticflash said: hazarddex said: wow you really just confirmed what i said last time that your literally watching it to try and hate it smh. you even inserted a line that was not even in episode 7. Considering I gave Kino no Tabi a 7 (a 7.5 if they allowed half integers) I'm very far from hating the show. It's just not an example of a consistent show that you seem to think it is. What I'm stating is just facts from the show, whereas it is clear you try to come up with excuses to hate this show, even though your reasons are self-contradictory. |
GrimAtramentNov 27, 2020 4:33 PM
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
| The serial killer is dead, that other witch forgot everything about it, only Elaina remains with these events in her memory. This outcome hited hard Elaina, she felt her own powerlessness for real for the first time. Great episode, 5/5. |
Hardgore_LasagnaNov 27, 2020 5:38 PM
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| What's the fate of Estelle? is she dead too? the episode finish in a way she seems to be on the verge of death on that chair... is there some info from LN about her fate? |
| Up until Elaina walked right in the face of the little killer I thought the culprit from back then was the uncle. I was (un)pleasantly surprised by this episode's twist. |
| DAMN, WHAT A CHAPTER, I LOVED IT! In this one, Elaina learned a lot about being a traveler. The last scene was great!  |
This episode was sinister and also has some horror scenes, very good this episode. |
hazarddex said: Opticflash said: Considering I gave Kino no Tabi a 7 (a 7.5 if they allowed half integers) I'm very far from hating the show. It's just not an example of a consistent show that you seem to think it is. What I'm stating is just facts from the show, whereas it is clear you try to come up with excuses to hate this show, even though your reasons are self-contradictory. |
OpticflashNov 27, 2020 5:24 PM
| I didn't expect that this anime would have such a dark and gory episode, it totally caught me by surprise. At the beginning of the episode, there was a note that the episode is "explicit" and not intended for younger viewers but I was thinking of another kind of explicit. |
| I mean, it was predictable BUT... it was masterfully directed/executed, i got the chills the whole second half of the episode and that finale left me teary eyed. |
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| jfc this episode outta nowhere pretty much became Higurashi lol |
| A very dramatic and dark episode to be sure. It had a bit of plot twist that made it interesting besides just throwing around a tank or two of blood. This series sure managed to change from the cute beginning episodes into a mature drama. Good stuff! |
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| As someone who is a big time travel fanatic, I was so excited to finally see it happen here. It turned out nothing as I expected. The lack of opening and the warning at the start were huge indicators I was in for something crazy, and crazy was delivered. Gonna definitely be reading this LN. No doubt now. I want to see this type of magic used more and how dark it gets later. And there's still three episodes left. |
| "More than anything, I wanted to protect her. Not cause it's my duty or what's expected of me, or anything like that. I wanted to protect her because of how amazing she is because I believe she's totally worth it. It's always been her, and it always will be...Forever." |
| this is what the big fuss was about huh, was predictable and somewhat disturbing but simply due to how over the top it was i couldn't really take it that serious, do feel bad for that witch going through all of it just for it to actually be pointless in a cruel way. Elaina on the other hand i can't even say if i'm glad she came to these realizations about herself because all theses stories have not been progressive in a story sense so i don't even know if she'll grow from this event seeing as she just ran away right at the end couldn't save the crazed child but i think that witch could have used some mental support but ya know i hate to say edge unironically but this had to be the edgiest episode i've watched in awhile..granted im not watching i'm standing on 1m lives good one by the director though hyping up your work and creating buzz got people to watch like me i normally save this for later in the week but this show thrives on controversy |
katsu044Nov 27, 2020 6:16 PM
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| Masterpiece episode once again. There hasn't been a single uninteresting dark episode to me so far. It was dark and brutal and I thought it worked perfectly with the context of this episode. This series keeps on getting better and better and it keeps on delivering |
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| @katsu044 ?? so far i'm standing on 1m lives isn't really even that dark. it's kinda just eh. unless i missed something that happened recently. it's probably one of the lightest shows that is not a comedy this season. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus |
| Estelle from parallel universe #1 hires Elaina from same universe and go back in time to find out who was the witch (Elaina's ring was left behind) that killed her best friend, Estelle #1 kills Estelle OG, Elaina OG explains to Elaina #1 what really happened, making Estelle #1 even more depressed than Estelle OG, now making Elaina OG actually Elaina #2 since she can't go back to her present, she spends her years in parallel universe #2 studying how to manipulate time so she go back, tell Estelle OG what happened and stop this madness, but actually creating Estelle and Elaina #3 where they arrest Selena before she murders her parents... I guess that's why people hate when time travel is introduced in stories. |
hazarddex said: i see i only watched the first episode and haven't been following it so i figured it'd be a bit darker but Majo kinda came out of no where this season with the edge @katsu044 ?? so far i'm standing on 1m lives isn't really even that dark. it's kinda just eh. unless i missed something that happened recently. it's probably one of the lightest shows that is not a comedy this season. |
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| Definitely the darkest episode of Majo no Tabitabi. The disclaimer at the start was not lying. I hope the next episodes will be more fun and wholesome. And less blood too, if I may add. |
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| I wanted to like this episode, but it was way too cheap. I appreciate what they tried to do, but not only I had no reason to care for Estelle, the murder scene was so unintenionally funny and over-the-top I felt I was watching Re:Zero. The """reason""" why Selena became a murder also is kinda stupid and I felt it was played for shock value. Real shame. I'm also not sure what this anime is trying to accomplish anymore. The magic of her Journey is just... vanishing each episode. |
| "No one hates anime more than the anime community, which is composed of some of the most spoiled, immature, pessimist and ungrateful people on Earth." -Anonymous anime watcher |
| I guess you could say that ep was a real slice of life. |
| The way darker elements were handled in this episode was much better than in previous episodes. While I felt that much of this episode was predictable, I felt that the time travel plot was handled well. It got a little too edgy to be taken seriously with the little girl laughing in pain. But, I liked how Elaina now feels she isn’t special and hopefully she continues to develop in the next episodes. |
Siegfried10 said: Zanfroni said: I wanted to like this episode, but it was way too cheap. I appreciate what they tried to do, but not only I had no reason to care for Estelle, the murder scene was so unintenionally funny and over-the-top I felt I was watching Re:Zero. The """reason""" why Selena became a murder also is kinda stupid and I felt it was played for shock value. Real shame. I'm also not sure what this anime is trying to accomplish anymore. The magic of her Journey is just... vanishing each episode. I dont know man, i dont think she had a reason to become a murderer, she was just crazy. After getting caught for killing her uncle she said she was raped, and then when Elaina saw her killing her parents she said the same of her dad. To me, it sounds as a way to gain simpathy and its just a lie. I find it hard to believe that most people here actually believed her so easily. I think your point is pretty valid, but that just makes her even more edgy and one-dimensional in my perspective lol, especially considering she is a child. I think my biggest issue was the overall execution. I think it was because nothing was nuanced, everything was so over-the-top and in-your-face I couldn't take seriously (I mean, I laughed my ass off at her expression when she was about to get decapitated). That's unfortunate, but at least I can see alot of people liked the episode, so I guess it's a positive note. |
| "No one hates anime more than the anime community, which is composed of some of the most spoiled, immature, pessimist and ungrateful people on Earth." -Anonymous anime watcher |
| Darkest episode in the series so far, although I already predicted that plot twist from the start (and confirmed it when Elaina said that multiple stabs would be going too far for a mere robbery). Compelling and thought-provoking nonetheless, it was interesting to see. Now as for Elaina. So many people branded her as evil for not doing anything to help those in need of help, but this episode can easily disprove that argument. Actually, it was a stupid argument in the first place, but to anyone still thinking she's evil for not being an unrealistic "white knight" MC, there's much to see in her character here. She may not be the purest and kindest person, but she's far from evil, nor is she completely apathetic. All the terrible things she's witnessed in her journey have been weighing down on her, and this episode is where it finally reaches to the point where she breaks down. She feels helpless, she holds herself in high regard, but in the end she's not a very strong witch, or a strong person. There is little she can do to help, because the consequences for helping others are always far greater than the benefits (at least in her case). I hope Elaina's characterisation in this episode doesn't go forgotten in the later ones as if it never happened. I don't think it's an exceptional episode or anything, but it's still really good. |
Zanfroni said: Siegfried10 said: I dont know man, i dont think she had a reason to become a murderer, she was just crazy. After getting caught for killing her uncle she said she was raped, and then when Elaina saw her killing her parents she said the same of her dad. To me, it sounds as a way to gain simpathy and its just a lie. I find it hard to believe that most people here actually believed her so easily. I think your point is pretty valid, but that just makes her even more edgy and one-dimensional in my perspective lol, especially considering she is a child. I think my biggest issue was the overall execution. I think it was because nothing was nuanced, everything was so over-the-top and in-your-face I couldn't take seriously (I mean, I laughed my ass off at her expression when she was about to get decapitated). That's unfortunate, but at least I can see alot of people liked the episode, so I guess it's a positive note. Majo no Tabitabi uses a rather comical, fantasy-ish tone to deliver its emotional moments, rather than a more serious or "mature" one. This is quite obvious from, for example, episode 4 when Mirarose decapitated her father and laughed maniacally. It's similar to shows like Kino no Tabi where issues are very exaggerated for effect. It's fine to adopt a more natural tone, however I believe this comical approach is more resonant with the theme of the show. |
Siegfried10 said: Zanfroni said: I think your point is pretty valid, but that just makes her even more edgy and one-dimensional in my perspective lol, especially considering she is a child. I think my biggest issue was the overall execution. I think it was because nothing was nuanced, everything was so over-the-top and in-your-face I couldn't take seriously (I mean, I laughed my ass off at her expression when she was about to get decapitated). That's unfortunate, but at least I can see alot of people liked the episode, so I guess it's a positive note. Well, you can like it or not. I just wanted to point out that her "reason" to be bad seems like a pretty big lie, and im surprised that in all the thread only one more person pointed it out. The point of the story is too show the girl is crazy and beyond saving, a sociopath. Some people dont need a reason to do bad things and this was one case. The witch thought she could save her friend because she was a naturally good person screwed by circumstances but it was the complete opposite, she was just rotten to her core. I'm inclined to believe that the backstory for why she's screwed up is intended to be the truth, given the dad's comment about the resemblance of the nape of the neck for why the other witch could be the girl's sister... I think one of the big reasons why this episode was just not good was because, rather than letting that subtle creepy detail be there to explain as was done with the unlaced shirt in the earlier episode, in this one they hamfistedly expounded on it with a monologue by a child. The blood and graphic violence was just there for unnecessary shock value. I have to assume that this was true to source, and that the source was written when the author was feeling both edgy and uninspired. The early ep with dark overtones gave the story depth; this one was just trite and gross. The only redeeming thing about this ep was Elaina's façade breaking a bit at the end. |
MiaAyendeNov 27, 2020 8:43 PM
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