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Apr 19, 2017 11:55 AM
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Too much dialogue and exposure. The first half felt awfully slow. I hope they improve the pacing next episode and 'do more' while talking less.
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Apr 19, 2017 2:58 PM

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Slower episode, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.


Apr 19, 2017 5:14 PM

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this is totally different from Re:Zero,,,just because of the almost the same title...
Sorena a good witch slain from being burned.
Albus wants to let everyone know that Sorena's death should not be in vain.
3/5.

lol skyrim ref..


Apr 19, 2017 6:31 PM

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So anime makers in Japan are starting to slip in some memes here and there in their show or something? LOL.

Well, it's not like I didn't enjoy the reference. +1 just for that. Haha.

As for the original old Nordic saying, I thought that was proven false, back during the initial years of Skyrim. Or am I mistaken?

Hmm... I foresee that somebody is gonna soon load that clip from this show on YouTube and claim "look at the Skyrim meme in an anime!! LOLOL" or something...
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Apr 19, 2017 6:52 PM

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delloskill said:
The thing I'm disappointed about is that the animation seems lackluster. Like I still remember the fighting scenes of Akame ga Kill, Re;Zero, and Jormungand. White Fox can do better than this.


DarthWeeaboo said:
shameless skyrim reference


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my first experince with it was from skyrim idc where it orignated from

You do realize that it's an old English slang for getting married.
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That being said, I don't swallow the whole Sorena burned at the stake scene. Nobody would ever behave as if they didn't care about the fact that they were about to die such a horrible death. A powerful witch like that should easily be able to avoid being caught like that or manage to escape with the aid of her spells.

The only way this would make perfect sense to me is if the one who was burned turned out to be a mere copy of Sorena, but I don't think they'll pull off something like that. It seems to be an aspect that was overlooked on purpose in order to create a major pillar for the story. It kind of sucks that they never raised the question "how did she ever get in a situation she couldn't escape even with magic?", so I hope that'll be answered at one point.
I think the same. If she was that powerful, why she just didn't used magic to escape? Did she was suicidal or something?
witches need to make circles to do magic zero changed that
Apr 19, 2017 11:14 PM

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Feelsbad for Sorena. Took an arrow to the knee ;) And that pretty sad ending song. Good episodeeee
Apr 20, 2017 5:42 AM

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TobiasAmaranth said:
Mercenary is probably around the same age as most other main characters in anime. Sub-20. Zero is probably much much older. It's just hard to actually understand the mental age when you're not considering the world building stuff involved.

Zero is probably older (witches don't age like humans do), but her mental age and manner suggests she isn't very old. Or at least she spent most of her time doing something that did not contribute to her mental age.

michaelh19 said:
btw, does Mercenary has real name?? kinda want to know his real name...

He tried saying it in the first episode, but was stopped. Both MAL and AniDB list him as just "mercenary". It makes me wonder, will anybody have a real name in this story?
(note that Zero and Albus are pseudonyms)

Mich666 said:
Rather boring and bland episode. Yeah, I got it, witches are goodhearted, people are blind but what's with that? There are no morals in that. Literally nothing had happened and they could tell Sorena's backstory better in five minutes or so. There were tons of overused storytelling cliches and things were happening mostly as plotdevices.

It's called "show, don't tell". 5 minutes of exposition would not make us feel the conflict as much as this episode did.

Illyricus said:
FlamepriesT said:
That being said, I don't swallow the whole Sorena burned at the stake scene. Nobody would ever behave as if they didn't care about the fact that they were about to die such a horrible death. A powerful witch like that should easily be able to avoid being caught like that or manage to escape with the aid of her spells.

The only way this would make perfect sense to me is if the one who was burned turned out to be a mere copy of Sorena, but I don't think they'll pull off something like that. It seems to be an aspect that was overlooked on purpose in order to create a major pillar for the story. It kind of sucks that they never raised the question "how did she ever get in a situation she couldn't escape even with magic?", so I hope that'll be answered at one point.
I think the same. If she was that powerful, why she just didn't used magic to escape? Did she was suicidal or something?

Note that Sorena was old (older than her granddaughter, who was an old lady already), and witches seem to live with a different life philosophy than the people around them. No idea what it is yet, but we'll probably understand it as the story unfolds.

Loixol said:
So is that blonde kid supposed to be a girl? The village mayor did think that, after all. I thought that both men and women would be able to learn magic, but are all witches female in this series?

On the other hand, he refused to wear a ring saying rings are for girls. I guess it's just hard to get his gender at a glance, so mayor might have mistaken.

TheFreycook said:
I really like how the citizens of this world actually seem smart and make sense in that they know the layout of the woods they have grown up and lived around, it actually made sense!

You know, making an ambush in that cave might seem smart when you're trying to catch a lone witch, and you don't know she has quick-working magic. But when you know they have a fierce Beastfallen bodyguard, putting just 2 men into that ambush is dumb. In fact, attempting to attack witches when they are fleeing is dumb in the first place, because fighting can get you killed.
Apr 20, 2017 8:43 AM

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Kinda boring for the second episode.
The people in that village is short-minded, and easily angry when they found someone used the ring. Make it cliche thou.

Still the backstory about Sorena is kinda scary and sad.
Hope for a step up for the next episode. Nice episode at least
Apr 20, 2017 10:50 AM
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GangsterCat said:
skyrim is boring game, don't care about that garbage.
Opening theme is quite good, but the episode is generic as fuck, this is like the most basic of basic generic formula of middle age village story theme. the boy (whom im sure will 100% turn out to be girl later on because this is LN garbage, and witch) is really annoying character, same with zero. good thing mr.bear is pretty ok character.

and it's hard to expect good thing from this since the story will definitely left hanging with 12 episode and just pretty ads for the LN. to make it worse, this isn't plotless episodic slice of life that and it's pretty shitty to only get ~10% of the story


Depends how they end it or where.

I got no idea with the light novel/manga etc what happens but it just needs to have a decent or good endpoint.

If it can do that then I'll be ok with it, as long as it doesn't end up like gansta or rokka braves of the six flowers where it's complete lack of a real end point ended up making my enjoyment at the end way worse.
Apr 20, 2017 3:36 PM

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Poor Mercenary so sensitive xD
"Arrow to the knee" LOL, it's been a while.

So nice people I thought and then they instantly turned on them just like that, I was like what the fuck o.O
Zero casually putting those two to sleep, can't wait to see more of her abilities.

Witches sure have it hard .-. although Sorena seemed pretty chill even though she was about to get burned, eh maybe I'm thinking too much.
Apr 20, 2017 8:05 PM

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"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then i took an arrow to the knee" hahaha nice reference xD
Can't believe such a big war started like that...
That witch was such a nice girl.
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Apr 20, 2017 11:10 PM

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Oh fuck no, you did not just do an Arrow in the knee joke.
Apr 21, 2017 12:49 AM
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The "Arrow to the knee" quote is not a bloody Skyrim reference. Please, do some research as to where the quote comes from. It's an old Nordic lifestyle quote basically saying "I used to (insert action here) but I settled down and got married"

Now, memesters and edgelords, please, stop. The first few people calling out Skyrim were cute, but now that you're all doing it, it is legitimately annoying.

Quoting myself hurts.
Apr 21, 2017 4:43 AM
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Antanaru said:
Can't this little blonde shit die already? What's the point of such annoying garbage character... Not to mention really badly written episode. Everything was so forced and predictable. Series looked promising at first but this episode was just awful.
i agree with everything youve written
Apr 21, 2017 4:45 AM
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leave said:
the
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Also, Zero is so OP putting two people to sleep with a wiggle of her finger. Love it. Nice OP too :)
light novels always have overpowered characters and or characters with hax broken powers its like a light novel thing
Apr 21, 2017 4:51 AM
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Who are the knights of the church
Apr 21, 2017 5:33 AM

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Skyrim reference :D
I don't want it to turn out into romance anime. I want Mercenary be like father and Zero like his daughter
Apr 21, 2017 2:02 PM
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So far loving this show!

Looks like Witch Hunt is a scary thing that people learnt :P
Apr 21, 2017 4:37 PM
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Great Episode ! It showed how humans can be injust (Sartre:Hell is the others). And that Skyrim ref omg
Apr 22, 2017 12:28 AM

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Anndd grandma saves the day.
Apr 22, 2017 12:43 AM
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ep felt short, or granny & Sorena backstory was just getting good & it ended. Those misunderstandings, marrying human & bitterness reminds of Izetta.
That OP lol fish reminds of Chaika's dragon. skyrim was the funniest.
Apr 22, 2017 11:16 AM
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That Skyrim reference.. LOL!
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Apr 22, 2017 12:28 PM

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I was expecting this to be as good as Re:Zero, but seems like impossible. OP and ED are good, they really made the atmosphere, though not as impressive as Re:Zero. (Really, it's actually somewhat wrong to compare both. But yeah, since they're made by the same studio, I guess it'd be fine...)

Also, agreed that this episode is abit underwhelming. It's still enjoyable though. 7/10
Apr 23, 2017 2:24 AM

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I hope they don't slow down the pace again, the episode was ok but I didn't like the blonde kid...

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Apr 27, 2017 1:55 PM

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All I saw was bad directing. Meh. Not worth the time.
May 1, 2017 6:33 PM

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We found a witch!

Pretty chill episode actually.
May 6, 2017 12:35 PM

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Sorena was a nice witch, too bad she was killed...
May 6, 2017 9:47 PM

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I really don't like Albus ... his type of character really gets to me -_-" I hope they ditch him after he leads them to where Zero's Grimoire is being kept. Plus I thought it was silly how the village turned so quickly against them just for seeing that ring. Anyway we learn more about Sorena one of the most well-known witches ... I'm more interested in next episode where we get to see another beastfallen! Hope it'll be a bit better :P
May 14, 2017 10:12 AM

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I liked this episode.. Sorena RIP
May 17, 2017 11:01 AM

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I finally decided to give this show a second chance, and i have to say that this was a lot better than the first episode!
May 27, 2017 6:26 PM

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This episode made me drop the show. I could tolerate the Skyrim reference, maybe. I'm not that petty, but once the Zero asked "Why would we come to you for lodging if we just stole from you?" (good question), and some old lady said "That's exactly what a thief would say!", I knew this show wasn't for me. What a cringe-inducing way of advancing the plot. And of course they just happened to find the ring beforehand. What a load of tripe.
Jun 13, 2017 7:20 PM

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That skyrim reference creep me out a bit
Aug 10, 2017 5:11 AM

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Quite lovely progression I must say! Quite like where this is going, up to the next episode!
Nov 23, 2017 5:13 PM
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Why are they taking the boy with them again? Just ask him for directions and get rid of him >.> So annoying. The other two make a funny pair though.

May 31, 2019 6:55 AM

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Nice OP song and also they almost got killed.
Nov 9, 2020 7:50 AM
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Wow the witches are really persecuted in this world... at least they found a nice grandma witch at the end who helped them to escape, heartwarming in this cruel world
Mar 13, 2021 2:50 AM

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"I took an arrow to the knee"


It feels like i heard that somewhere
Jun 19, 2021 10:00 PM
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i don't like this boy witch, who sounds like a girl in the dub

this episode started out ok and then kind of dragged a bit for me
Sep 9, 2023 2:40 AM

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Skyrim guard got isekaied into an anime 😭
 

Oct 27, 2023 8:01 PM

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I was quite surprised when they showed the Skyrim Guard meme in this anime.
Oct 27, 2023 8:03 PM

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The main characters were interesting.
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The kid witch is kind of annoying, Skyrim meme reference is too obvious, and the villager's prejudice mob mentality was too quick and exaggerated. It's painting the humans too bad and the witches too good too much. Luckily Tiger Mercenary is there to point out some witch genocided a village, making things feel less forced and one-sided.

All in all, still good, but weaker than the first episode. The way the ring was found, and how Zero casually told the kid to wear it, felt like Zero planted it there. So far no indication that was the case despite it being suspiciously turning out to be a significant item to another witch. The show could have executed that better, just like how they could have done a better job on not making the villagers seem so eager to grab the torches and pitchforks on something so little as a misunderstanding over a ring. It almost felt like a joke of somebody calling out "witch, burn them" over something trivial. I'm not even sure why the villagers hate witches so much, when they passed by all the graves they said the witch hunting group did all that...so shouldn't they hate the witch hunters?
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