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ThrowMeOut wrote:

I might have missed it, because I was laughing too hard at how ridiculous it all was, but did they explain how an eight year old with no special powers managed to single handedly take down three grown adults, one of which was a super powerful magic user with experience fighting violent serial killers?

I think it's fair to say that part was glossed over but if you wanted to fill in the blanks, I suppose you could argue that even a child with a knife could do some damage if they had the element of surprise.

Everyone, I think Elaina's mom, Fran and Sheila's teacher, and Nike might all actually be the same person! Crazy idea, I know, but I've just got this feeling, and since no one seems to be thinking of this I just wanted to put it out there.

(Yes, that was sarcasm)

ThrowMeOut wrote:

I might have missed it, because I was laughing too hard at how ridiculous it all was, but did they explain how an eight year old with no special powers managed to single handedly take down three grown adults, one of which was a super powerful magic user with experience fighting violent serial killers?

I've seen enough anime to know that the more tragic your backstory, the stronger you become.

Thank you Reviewer-san for the article that got me to check out Ep9 after checking out of this show at Ep3! While not a laugh-riot for me, it was a nice little drama that was delightfully disconnected from character building so at the end I didn't care in the least what had happened. Well, I did care about just two things. Why was Selena not automatically suspect after hearing Estella's story and why did Stupid Elaina not take off with the mondo bag of money after going through all that given how hungry she was. I don't like very sad stories, and this was just right. Heck, even Selena looked like she was having a good time (being decapitated). Vapidly pointless and a good reason why I should stay away. The artwork is gorgeous though...

And thus, every witch that has appeared more than once is tightly related to each other.
The episode itself was very nice, but I can't shake off the feeling that doing this makes what should be a large and mysterious world feel very small. Everyone knows (and have learned from) each other and they have been to the same places.

ThrowMeOut wrote:

I might have missed it, because I was laughing too hard at how ridiculous it all was, but did they explain how an eight year old with no special powers managed to single handedly take down three grown adults, one of which was a super powerful magic user with experience fighting violent serial killers?

Well, the reason why the witch didn't defend herself is pretty clear.
The abusive parents, however... child killer superpowers I guess. She probably also made some sick flips and pirouettes while doing the deed.

Yuvelir wrote:

And thus, every witch that has appeared more than once is tightly related to each other.
The episode itself was very nice, but I can't shake off the feeling that doing this makes what should be a large and mysterious world feel very small. Everyone knows (and have learned from) each other and they have been to the same places.

ThrowMeOut wrote:

I might have missed it, because I was laughing too hard at how ridiculous it all was, but did they explain how an eight year old with no special powers managed to single handedly take down three grown adults, one of which was a super powerful magic user with experience fighting violent serial killers?

Well, the reason why the witch didn't defend herself is pretty clear.
The abusive parents, however... child killer superpowers I guess. She probably also made some sick flips and pirouettes while doing the deed.

She drew the knife in a sexy way? It worked for our apprentice witches after all against whole group of battle-hardened thugs Smile

Well I find the show to be at times superficial and not very good, so seems fitting. Laughing

I had really high hopes for this one based on the first episode, but it's now more a "meh" for me.

On the plus side, I did like this latest episode. And the sad part is probably because Elaina was not in it.

Kiskaloo wrote:

On the plus side, I did like this latest episode. And the sad part is probably because Elaina was not in it.

I had that same reaction. I quite enjoyed this installment then realized I hadn't seen Elaina at all.

yuna49 wrote:

Kiskaloo wrote:

On the plus side, I did like this latest episode. And the sad part is probably because Elaina was not in it.

I had that same reaction. I quite enjoyed this installment then realized I hadn't seen Elaina at all.

I remember having the same reaction to lack of Arararagi in many arcs of the Bakemonogatari's second season. Usually it's the bland male harem protagonists that are the weakest part of the cast (not saying that Araragi was bland, this just general remark).