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Cam0



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:10 am Reply with quote
Ok thanks. That cleares things a bit. Good thing we have a walking Mahouka Encyclopedia here Very Happy

And Mari's boyfriend is the world's greatest swordsman? When was this told?
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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:51 am Reply with quote
I've just read all the novels.

Looking back, Miyuki only calls him a "world class" swordsman in episode 15. His status is explained more extensively in the books.
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:13 pm Reply with quote
Pray for me guys, with college I have nothing--and I truly mean nothing--so I am thinking of marathoning this series because I have 3-4 hours between my classes each day. In spite of Tatsuya working every second to warp the entire story's universe around him the political stuff intrigues me and honestly at the very least I can see how ridiculous it gets.

Also, on a more random side note I saw some artists on Pixiv posting preliminary yaoi doujins/artwork of this series. Half of the porn of this series is Miyuki for some crazy reason even though she's not even the most attractive girl (and I love himecuts so it's really the fact that she manages to rival her brother in terms of warping the universe around her).

I find it odd that ANN hasn't done a streaming review of this yet.
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EmbraceMe



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:40 pm Reply with quote
@Chagen46


That was answered in this thread.

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Why aren't you covering shows from last spring that are still going, like Mahouka?

Because we have limited time and finances for this project. As much as I'd like to have done that, the reviewer would've had to find time to write a catch-up article that covers 17-18 episodes, and it would've expanded the number of shows we're covering to the point where our freelance budget couldn't handle it. We also didn't want to wait until October to launch, so we went with this. Once the summer 1-cour series end, we'll start fresh with the fall season. If a show from the summer is continuing through fall, the reviews will continue as well.
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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:31 pm Reply with quote
I would have done it for free~

Chagen46 you were the one who was comparing the show to Red Dawn and some other things right? Well, spoiler[the current arc is where that stuff will happen.]

Once the anime started the other girls started getting more artwork, but Miyuki still gets the most. The novels are always touting her as a perfect goddess and most beautiful girl around. So it's likely a "coveting things you can never have" kind of deal. Also, wincest.

So far as yaoi art goes, I do see quite a bit with Tatsuya as the sub. Katsuto is also ideal bara fuel.
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Stark700



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:38 pm Reply with quote
You can cut that tension at the dinner with a knife Laughing

Well we got a spoiler[cliffhanger in the latest episode but also some more science dynamics because of the thesis competition. Not a big fan of it though.]
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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:14 pm Reply with quote
Heh, right after talking about all the artwork Miyuki gets, I buy a doujinshi that features many of the girls except Miyuki Laughing

But yeah, all the sciencey mumbo-jumbo doesn't do much for me. The tension and build up were good, though. Finally, it begins.
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Cam0



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:49 pm Reply with quote
Is there anyone that could understand all that science + magic mumbo jumbo? They'd have more success teaching the quadratic equation to a dog than making me understand all that babble.

Well at the very least it seems that the next episode is going to fun. I don't like that spoiler[Lu Gonghu escaped behind the scenes though.]

And was the relationship between Erika and the Inspector ever explained. Is it another thing they just mentioned briefly or was it mentioned at all? I don't remember the Inspector's name since I'm very bad with names which is very annoying because Mahouka seems to expect the opposite from the viewer.
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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:20 pm Reply with quote
Cam0 wrote:
And was the relationship between Erika and the Inspector ever explained. Is it another thing they just mentioned briefly or was it mentioned at all? I don't remember the Inspector's name since I'm very bad with names which is very annoying because Mahouka seems to expect the opposite from the viewer.


You might remember him being called "Inspector Chiba." Kyoko also called him the "scion of the Chiba family." He's Erika's eldest brother.
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Cam0



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:34 pm Reply with quote
Oh yeah, they might have called him that. Still, too many names to remember, some just fly right past me.
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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:53 pm Reply with quote
Well, just remember that he uses a sword, and if you use a sword you're likely to be related to the Chiba family in some way.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:12 am Reply with quote
I'm not sure what to make of the new villians' character designs.
Zhou's dressed like a cosplay butler and Lu looks like a 53 year old tiger-man hybrid dressed like a 15-year old.

Hardly awe-inspiring for such deadly people, IMO.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:24 pm Reply with quote
I've been zoning in and out these last couple episodes, so I'm not sure what Fujibayashi has been doing. could you shed some light on that Vaisaga
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:56 am Reply with quote
zztop wrote:
I'm not sure what to make of the new villians' character designs.
Zhou's dressed like a cosplay butler and Lu looks like a 53 year old tiger-man hybrid dressed like a 15-year old.

Hardly awe-inspiring for such deadly people, IMO.

Laughing its true.
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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:24 am Reply with quote
getchman wrote:
I've been zoning in and out these last couple episodes, so I'm not sure what Fujibayashi has been doing. could you shed some light on that Vaisaga


She knows that some shit's about to go down, so she's been meeting with Erika's bro to get the police ready for it. She's also been helping Tatsuya out when he requests it.
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