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May 6, 2015 11:10 AM
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Decent episode. Seems like almost half of this series takes place in the sky or some fictional world beyond the realms of Earth so this one wasn't any different. My favorite part was probably the flight in space and reaching that piece of magical glory; even with a little competition.

Oh and I just love the artwork of this show:
May 6, 2015 11:17 AM
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Blue hair girl is chosen to be a prince for acting, and black hair girl is princess. Very scary story. Blue hair girl is good at drawing. The shy girl seems to have complex on her forehead. Meeting that boy again, and about being trapped like the story. Main girl and shy girl had alone time.

It's like extension of previous ep., where they described the planets as sweets. Saturn?? So faraway. Shy girl is unexpectedly brave, but controlled herself because what she did troubled others. She is afraid even though she got an idea. lol~ she does prince well (switched).

About that enemy next?
tsubasaloverMay 6, 2015 11:51 AM
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May 6, 2015 12:55 PM
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I liked it better than the last episode, mostly because Itsuki's personality blends better into the sentimentality they tried to do with Hikaru.
May 6, 2015 1:05 PM
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I didn't exactly like Itsuki's backstory as much as Hikaru's, but it was still pretty decent and led to good character development for her. Let's hope that keeps up.

One thing that does need to change though is the handling of Minato in the hunt for the fragments. At this point, he's become as useless as Team Rocket and always ends up getting blasted away at the end (just like Team Rocket). That said, the scenes with him in the special garden are continuing to be interesting, with the one this episode being particularly interesting and raising a lot of intriguing questions.

One thing I will say is that it seems to be the case that Minato has some kind of split personality, given his interactions with Subaru in the garden when he says that the garden is the only place he knows.
May 6, 2015 1:23 PM
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Who taught that Hikaru is even more tomboyish than Aoi -=)
May 6, 2015 1:44 PM
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This was also a nice episode, individual focus are always nice.

I like how the two recent episodes can be related-upon to at least a certain extent. How Itsuki's gradual change from her scar/personality being of a confession to being a profession. Showing a glimpse of Itsuki being true to herself at the end was great.

The exploration of the solar system in a way!
May 6, 2015 1:54 PM
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Nice to see the back-story of Itsuki.

The girls go into the solar system to get the fragment.
May 6, 2015 2:05 PM
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I wonder what backstories Nanako and Aoi will have. The next two episodes just might be about that.
May 6, 2015 4:52 PM
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That story was dumb as F! Why must the Princess be locked away just for one accident? The King and Queen were happy as long as she wished for wealth, but because a lion appeared, she just had to be sealed away forever. Lol'd so hard at the tragic ending. XD

Anyways, Minato is so friggin' smooth while he's inside the special garden! Didn't expect someone like Subaru to notice it early and asked him to refrain from teasing her.
Of course, it's nothing romantic. I'm just reading into it too much. :p

Itsuki backstory was alright. Though nothing special, it did granted her some character development. Hikaru is still best girl though.

Decent episode. Lately, Minato hasn't been as fabulous as he was earlier, making the Mahou Shoujo look like losers. Hope he can get one up on them again soon.

May 6, 2015 5:54 PM

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Good episode
This has turned into a really cute and enjoyable series that im waiting to watch every wednsday :)
May 6, 2015 6:44 PM

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Aoi looking cute in that dress she made
May 6, 2015 8:37 PM

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This show is so pleasant on my eyes.

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Aoi-chaaaan y u so cute????(≧∇≦)


Also, this.
May 6, 2015 10:27 PM

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another great episode, even if i didn't like itsuki's backstory quite as much as hikaru's. and the parallel to the story in their play was really nice.
May 7, 2015 3:33 AM

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saturn was too small. compare the girls to saturn. either they are giants or saturn shrank. also they can still breathe in space (but not underwater)
May 7, 2015 8:21 AM

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Episode pleasant, as usual nothing else that could spoil the sweetness seen before.
Drawings and animations always discreet; maybe they should make it a another season of this show because I do not think there will be time enough then to talk about anything and everything.
Construction of the characters is not so bad overall.
May 7, 2015 1:23 PM

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Not as good as the last one, but still a solid episode. I think it's quite nice how they're handling the character development in this series. It's straightforward and predictable, but the execution is good which allows for some really sweet moments and it helps that I find all the characters to be very pleasant and likable. I'm also a little hyped to see how far they'll take the scale of the series to, since we're already at planets by episode 5.

Although I'm a little shocked that this has become one of my favourite anime to watch this season.
May 7, 2015 6:12 PM

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Pretty nice episode, Itsuki makes a nice prince.

Also, pleasantly surprised that they chose Saturn as the battlefield for this week's episode!
"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!"

May 7, 2015 10:22 PM

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Pretty good episode, better than the last one in my opinion. Although it still feels like this show is missing something, it might be just me but it feels like it's trying to give the characters depth without actually committing to it. They'll dedicate the episode to one of the girls then the next episode it feels like none of that progress happened in the first place.

I'm really hoping this will get better in a few weeks as the plot thickens.
May 10, 2015 8:11 AM
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I'm patiently waiting for the reasons why the guy is going after the fragments.
Great visuals once again.
May 11, 2015 8:03 PM

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I now have a dream of destroying Saturn's ring.
May 14, 2015 7:29 PM

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"The prince ought to save the princess, after all."

A prince, a princess and planetary rings. :3

This episode was dedicated to Itsuki, aka miss navy blue:


I enjoyed this episode. It's got a little twist in it about Itsuki that I actually liked. Unexpected, but I thought it actually works for the character. Never thought she had it in her. Nothing overly negative or depressing so far; it's still a relaxing ride that handles well... like (supposedly) what a Subie ride would be like.

On another note, I really want to hear the full version of the OP, Stella-rium but it's not yet out till the 20th...
May 18, 2015 7:28 PM
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Poor Minato. Sucks to suck.
Really surprised they went/are going that route with Minato though.
Maybe next episode will help him restore any lost pride, because Minato's seriously getting comically throw off the screen. How the mighty have fallen.

Okay episode.

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May 20, 2015 2:34 AM

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Itsuki is a qt.
Jun 1, 2015 2:48 AM
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A simple backstory well done, about forehead inferiority complex.
They actually established 3 parallels: storybook princess, Itsuki changing from tomboy to princess-poi due to a selfish wish, and Minato stuck in a dream tower. I can guess collecting fragments are related to the storybook.
Them catapulting toward Saturn was pretty cool with the wild perspective animation.

Propeller info on Saturn's belt:
Apparently they only occur in a 1000km wide belt.
http://www.eos.ubc.ca/~mjelline/453website/eosc453/E_prints/newforfall2010/Esposito_saturnringsAREPS10.pdf
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/products/pdfs/20080826_CHARM_Cuzzi_Seal.pdf
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Jun 19, 2015 11:05 AM

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good old happy mahou shoujo fucking up with saturn's rings

AWAY WITH OVERLY AMBITIOUS, EDGY MAHOU SHOUJO

that physics is fucking messed up by the way
not unless they're on koro-sensei's level or even more
Jul 16, 2015 3:24 PM

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Cute episode, especially liked that ending! Let's see what's next.
Sep 6, 2015 7:45 AM
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Poor Saturn. Her rings got all messed up, so many empty spaces. xD

I like how they focused the episode on Itsuki. Her backstory was a bit sad, poor brother must have been scolded harshly.

Minato has been reduced to a comical goof, as a villain he's terrible. Hopefully next episode is where he returns to establish credibility as a bad guy.

Sep 6, 2017 6:18 PM

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Itsuki looking so beautiful i space.
Itsuki is the princess. Nice.
SUGOI! Dat Itsuki pure back and behind the back oppai.
Dat Minato head tilt.
Dat Ituski half booty. Dat pure skin.
Dat fall.
Poor onii-chan. He's getting blamed for what happened. He's not the parent. The parents should have been looking after her.
Dat intermission art.
Demon Lord is back.
Dat scar.
Ike! Itsuki!
Itsuki is now the prince. Darn. Wanted to see her in the dress.

Nice episode for best girl.
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