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Panino Manino
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small correction: Archduke Candidates are forbidden from taking the Attendant Course. But he is. Yes, Sylvester does his job when necessary, but he was depending too much on Ferdinand for too many things, one reason why Myne taught him to refuse stop helping so much and I have to say, this little act of Myne getting Ferdinand more free time will have bigger consequences that people can imagine. There's more but people will see, we will have a lot to discuss when this season ends.
Same way Commoner Kids starts working at 7 years Noble Children need to be able to play AND COMPOSE songs to play in public, is just part of life. Yes, there can be real talent as there can be the contrary, but is not that Philine didn't want to play, don't like to play, is unable to play. Problem was that SHE IS POOR! Remember that in previous seasons was mentioned some merchants are healthier than some Laynobles? Remember how Damuel's brother has a contract with Frieda's grandfather? Being a Noble is expensive. For the Debut you have to buy an instrument if you don't have one laying around from an older children or some inheritance from the parents. You need to buy compositions and pay a musical tutor. Is a huge expense. Upper Ranking Nobles are more refined and "talented" because they have more money and can pay for a better education at home. Is simple generational wealth. Some people noticed, the woman who gave Philine her instrument was Jonsara, her stepmother. People noticed because she is one of the most hated characters in the entire series. She was there because there was no one else. Normally is the music tutor who accompanies the child, but Philine doesn't have one. Compare it with Myne, who was taught by Rosina and Ferdinand both, two of the greatest musicians in the Duchy, plus she has knowledge of a lot of songs from Earth to "create" new compositions. Isn't fair! It's also "impossible" to become a writer. On what would she write? (if this production was any better the musical part could be a highlight but I guess was an impossible to overcome obstacle. LN readers identified some of the music Myne "creates". There are some very well known songs, like Pokemon and Anpanman themes, but of course copyright would never allow)
I actually had this theory while reading. At some point some historical information is given about Ehrenfest that made it very plausible for an explanation for why Myne was born with Mana and why she had so much. But I was all wrong. While is still possible for Elfa, more than Gunther, to be descendant from nobles of the past, it's actually irrelevant. Reason why Myne is so Mana Strong is due to a series of events that plays on each other, because Myne was NOT born with strong Mana, on the contrary. She only survived so long until +5 years because her Mana was weak. Dirk, the baby that became Delia's brother is the Mana Strong Devouring Child. That's why his Mana started killing him so soon as a baby. If subject to the same series of events that made Myne so strong Dirk would be a monster worth of long past Golden Age Legends.
This Season will have 24 episodes, taking a week break. |
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HannoX
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I've read everything Bookworm that has been translated into English so far. I don't think what I'm about to say regarding Angelique is much of a spoiler, but if you don't want any spoilers, better stop reading now.
spoiler[There are reasons why Angelique chose to be a knight beyond not wanting to study. She's widely regarded as barely smarter than a rock, though that exact term isn't used in the LNs. This to the point she's regarded as a waste of beauty. I guess in Ehrenfest they prefer brains to go with beauty. Whether that's actually true or whether it's because she makes minimum effort to learn isn't entirely clear, but it seems that she really is dumb. So she could never make it as an attendant and even more so as a scholar. On the other hand, she's eminently suited to be a knight. She's much stronger than she looks and is obsessed with getting stronger. She happily trains under a knight (Rozemyne's "grandfather") whom other knights dread being trained by. And she has insanely fast reflexes. So all in all, being a knight is the best path for her. But in typical Angelique fashion, she just gives the easiest answer to Rozemyne's question, one she can give without having to think about her answer.] Spoiler tags added. Errinundra. |
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Hiroki not Takuya
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As for writing, she said she wanted to make a picture book with the collected stories her mother told her and Rosemyne volunteered to write the text. If her mother told lots of good stories, I'd bet she was a "closet writer" and some of that might be present in Philine. Thanks for filling in that Dirk was the real example of "devouring", I have assumed Myne had huge mana capacity due to being a reincarnatee before wondering about noble connection. Also thanks for pointing out we are at the halfway point of a two-cour run, makes a lot more sense...[/quote] |
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IronWish
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As an anime only I don't quite see some of the pacing issues people mention, but but one thinks which is obvious is how anime completely failed to sell me on surprisingly strong bonds Myne has with her first adoptive family (or "fake real family" not sure how to refer to them). Cause she's spent like half an episode with them, but in real time it was what, closer to half a year?
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Panino Manino
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People pointed and don't know why, in the waiting room Myne noticed Philine and gestures to her, which makes Philine panic (because she was informed who Myne is and TO NOT GET NEAR HER NO MATTER WHAT!). This little scenes would take just 5 seconds, why did they cut it? Myne is more than happy to help other people, and in Philine's case there's the added motivation that Myne is very, VERY interested in her stories. To make books she needs works to put in the pages. I don't remember, but the anime mentioned that Myne started "Operation Grimm"? With the Playroom and Hasse Myne is collecting stories. Local histories, familial histories, folklore, to compile and make a book. So for now at least the lack of paper is solved. And as always, there's more, but you'll see later.
As I have much complained, anime almost removed all the tension and suffering from this beginning. She spent months without seeing a familiar face, and when she got back at the temple she was forbidden from interacting as before. The moments when her family was allowed near Myne were not all cute, those were to showcase the reality of the new situation. Those moments were always tense and painful and full of fear. And not only for Myne, the people watching over her where also in fear, because of the possibility of she snapping ans killing someone unintentionally. |
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Panino Manino
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He means ANGELICA, Myne's Guard Knight that don't likes to study. Don't read the spoiler. Only knows that yes, she is not smart as you may have guessed. Episode 14 will be about her and about this "issue". |
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