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8. I've forgotten just how entertaining Marisa can be!

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1. Rating at 8/11
2. 8/11

3. I've gotta admit that persuading the griffin to give away a feather had me smiling. 10/11
4. The Port of Departure is shown to be a deathtrap. 9/11
5. Arusu save Qoo -- in more than one way. 8/11
6. Sheila's mother comes to wish her a happy birthday. A war with the warlocks is implied. 9/11
7. Alice implores Sheila to help free the fairies that the warlocks have imprisoned.
8. Alice, Sheila and Eva have been deceived.
9. The truth is devastating; nothing is as at seems. 10/11
10. Now things get real.... 11/11
11. Alice and her mirror find each other. More adventures await! 10/11
12. What does the future hold for both Alice and her mirror? 10/11
13. At the 7:30 mark Arusu talks about Alice from the Lewis Carrol book.
    The animation in the 2nd ½ is strange. I don't know what it's about.
    For now, I'm rating at 9/11.
14. The warlock army invades. The episode ends on a cliffhanger. 10/11
15. So Lennon is a boy! And he's been misleading the girls. He is the son of Jidan. And Jidan is the father of Arusu. Jidan gave The True Book of Spells to Arusu on her birthday.
    This does not make sense. How did Lennon end up on that pirate ship?
    This violates the previous world building; I'm rating this at 3/11.
16. The witches riot because all hell will soon be breaking loose. Sigma is used and then betrayed by Grande.
    Episode #15 is still a stone on this albatross' neck. 8/11
17. Everyone is heading to the Wizard Kingdom. The problems of episode #15 still remaiin.
    Rating at 8/11
18. All hell breaks loose. Jidan is seemingly murdered.
    Contradictions of episode #15 still unresolved. 8/11
19. The last ½ dozen episodes have all had cliff hangers; but none of them have resolved the contradictions of episode #15 ─ and this episode is no different. 8/11
20. All ends well; after all, this show is aimed at 'tween girls.

• I am neutral about the earth tones used.
• The actual animation is a turn off for me.
• The actual plot structure of the whole damned series is problematic for me.
• So I'm rating this at 7/11.
• Rating the dub at 6/11.
• I like the ED, but I will not bump the rating up a notch.

ep.#6 "Searching for a Reason" | The internal monologue is heart breaking; also, I've come to like the ED song..... The end of the episode is inspiring. [PRO]
The different EDs with the same song that reference plot elements to each episode are simply sublime.
ep.#9 The animation is exceptional. [PRO]

Yoshino Takatsuki

Chizuru Sarashina

Saori "Saorin" Chiba

Kanako Sasa

Makoto Ariga

ep.#2| Middle school sure can be a hostile environment.
ep.#3|"Juliet X Romeo" Shuuichi and Yushino work together on a genderbender play for the school cultural.
ep.#4|"I Give you my Name. ~The sound of your name."
ep.#5| a summer of emotions 10/11
ep.#6|"Dream of Butterfly" A play at the school cultural festival.
ep.#7|"Growing Pains" Shuuichi dates a helpful girl.
#8|"Brand New Me" Anna Suehiro is quite the understanding girl.
#9|Shuuichi goes to school as a girl. What will the repercutions be? "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down."
#10|Black Sheep "They Only Laughted at Me"|Shuuichi's sister, Maho feels humiliated and stops going to school. Shu's attendance is erratic. Those around Shu have a variety of opinions.

1. Animation is minimal. Interesting, to say the least.

1. "The Melody of Reunion"|Setup 8/11
2. The Promise From Recollection

5. That street-rapping scene is funny!
6. Gotta admit that that rapping contest was impressive. Very impressive!
7. The music is just too cool, man!
8. And the hits just keep on coming!
9. Nanami talks about Azalea.
10. The date of the competition quickly approaches.

The central plot premises are not explained.
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