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FenixFiesta
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S2 ep 8
Alright, that rescue fight was pretty awesome to watch. Frankly, it was more exciting than the tourney bout as our little shadow ninja was playing up "I take my job seriously" spiel so the context felt as high stakes as this show can probably get even if the audience expected the heroes to win. |
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Cam0
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Ok this was one of the strongest episodes so far. The fights were decently good. Kirin's sword move would have been much better if she actually sliced the dude in half.
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Stark700
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Nice, they concluded the fight. I knew it would eventually had to end so concluding it this episode made sense considering there's also a sub-plot that needs more focus. (already building up on that after the credit song)
Ayato and Julis' win was rather predictable but imo, it's still a lot better than the semi-final fight. Hope to see more of Sylvia for rest of the season. (oh that little wink LOL) |
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FenixFiesta
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s2 ep9
The Festa comes to a close, but that isn't the end of the story for the season just yet. There is much posturing in the shadows with the usual suspects and hopefully the action comes to a head besides those in power being overly vague with there poker faces. |
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HaruhiToy
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Duplicitous bastards. Duplicitous bastards everywhere. I love it. If this anime had been doing this all along it would have had much higher ratings and popularity.
You would think Ayato could ask Julis for just one kiss, at least. She wouldn't say no. |
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Cam0
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Where was Julis during the ceremony? And I know Julis wasn't present in many of the scenes, but somehow I felt like Julis wasn't getting recognition for winning the festa. Everyone was just congratulating Ayato.
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Dessa
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She was answering questions for the police, because of Flora's abduction. That's why, when she met up with them later, he asked if they were done. I'd assume that, since Flora is her countryman and friend, and, given that Flora is 10, Julis is likely the closest thing to a legal guardian that she has there, Julis had to be there. Plus, really, Ayato was the one who won it for them, so if one of them had to answer questions for the police, and one stay for the ceremony, it fits that it was Ayato staying. |
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Shikiari
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Season 2 : Episode 10
Okay... So there's two episodes left, with no 3rd season mentioned (as of yet). They still haven't got any closer to finishing the main Ayato sister storyline and now they've added another festa arc... It's just a bit of a shambles. Did anyone notice Flora's voice changing from really high to normal and Kirin's seemed off a bit. I also found it funny that Nao Toyama voiced two characters in the same scene without changing her tone whatsoever. The last 5 minutes was all over the place. They fight a Chimera and an old geezer with a tash is suddenly a new villain from out of nowhere. If it wasn't for some Claudia screen time, this episode would have totally been a stinker. |
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Spotlesseden
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For those who read the LN, do we still have Sylvia in the anime?
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Stark700
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Season 2, episode 11:
Geez, Orphelia is a powerhouse. I doubt she showed her true powers in that brief fight. I wonder how much we'll learn about her with just one more episode left? The teasing of the festival though. Also, I got laughs about the marriage conversation. Julis' bro teasing is priceless. Just imagine how Saya and Kirin would of reacted if they heard that 
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FenixFiesta
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s2 Ep 11
That was a great set up for Ophelia, even if the season is effectively over and we may or may not see a Third season that was a spot on method to set up a rival character. The other nice part is this was a Julis episode, she was presented as the main character where Ayato effectively was "the chick". |
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HaruhiToy
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Wow. Claudia useful for something. Unpossible.
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Stark700
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Series finale:
Hmm, this episode felt more like an advertisement. Quite frankly, I'm underwhelmed especially with the storytelling about Ophelia and Julis' background story (and the experimentation). Just the way it's used to conclude the show with the Festa teasing leaves everything rather open ended unless it gets another season. The action was okay I guess..at least Saya got some screen time but definitely not impressed with the finale. Although by technical standards, I have to admit that this season had quite a decent soundtrack. |
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FenixFiesta
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The obvious problem is that the narrative concludes on what should be the beginning of a season's worth of an arc.
For what we got in the second season it was "just ok", I was entertained but there is no doubt substance was lacking. Julis certainly by the end of the second season has become a comparatively more complete character than our dull male lead, the rest of the lead girls are enjoyable but simply did not have enough use of there screen time as usually they were between some sort of event. As a magical academy adaptation, it is far from the worst but certainly not something to be on the top of the list to recommend to friends. |
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Cam0
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I guess I've seen worse. We get the standard "read the light novels" ending, perhaps even a bit worse than usual since so many plot threads are left hanging. But yeah like FenixFiesta, I found the show entertaining enough to keep watching, but overall it was unimpressive.
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