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Apr 9, 2017 8:23 AM
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The new OP song is nice, I actually like it better than the previous one.

Diana and Akko's rivalry intensified more this episode. While Akko's campaign with her friends might feel like a futile attempt, I do like her determination. Interesting to see Croix show up this episode. Some of her devices are also quite impressive.

We also got the introduction of the SSS (Sorcery Solution System). Interesting development.
Apr 9, 2017 9:16 AM
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OMG THIS IS BECOMING SERIOUS AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN TAKE IT..

GOD..
I JUST SO HOPE THAT URSULA WON'T DIE IN THE FINALE. GOD PLEASE DON'T.
BECAUSE ENDING FEELS LIKE SHE WILL. T__T

AND THAT MOMENT WHEN URSULA SAW AKKO WITH CROIX. MY HEART BROKE OMG

WHAT IS THIS ANIME DOING TO ME. I EVEN STARTED LIKING OLD SENSEI WHO WANTED TO EXPELL AKKO, BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE THIS SSS SYSTEM.
Apr 9, 2017 9:56 AM
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Well looks like the new sensei has something up her sleeve things could get hectic.
And Ako seems to be a target of the new teacher tho this might be questionable.
Diana being put in her place by Ako was also a surprise but it's clear she will be needed in the future.
Apr 9, 2017 12:21 PM
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Okay, I'm now officially in the hype train now.
Apr 9, 2017 2:58 PM
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This shit is getting serious. Ursula Super Sayan God mode (Chariot) is coming.
Apr 9, 2017 5:19 PM
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I like the OP and the ED, but I prefer more the songs that we had in the previews episodes. Besides that, I love the fact that a new character has been introduced to the show and I'm quite excited to know the story behind the relationship between Ursula and Croix.
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Apr 9, 2017 5:46 PM
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Okay, I'm now officially in the hype train now.


Welcome aboard, toot toot.

I wonder what Diana has up her sleeve, it was cute when she went to break the strike and didn't notice at first that Akko was there. She backed off with a cryptic warning and then disappeared. And she has not been around when Croix Sensei was doing stuff, that is a pretty big sign.

Poor Ursula, she may miss out on her chance!

Apr 9, 2017 6:31 PM
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Takuan_Soho said:
pilotinha_ said:
Okay, I'm now officially in the hype train now.


Welcome aboard, toot toot.

I wonder what Diana has up her sleeve, it was cute when she went to break the strike and didn't notice at first that Akko was there. She backed off with a cryptic warning and then disappeared. And she has not been around when Croix Sensei was doing stuff, that is a pretty big sign.

Poor Ursula, she may miss out on her chance!



Kinda happy that she was put in her place. Like, she talks like she knows everything. BTFO!
Apr 9, 2017 7:40 PM
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Kinda happy that she was put in her place. Like, she talks like she knows everything. BTFO!


Ah, but in my perfect world she wasn't put in any place. For me, Diana is just in a different place. Unlike most of the teachers, I think Diana does know her stuff, it's just that Akko transcends it. But ultimately Akko will need Diana to advance.
Apr 9, 2017 8:57 PM

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Akko is too pure and adorable. Shit gets real once again, I like it.
Apr 9, 2017 10:09 PM

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New OP and ED sounds nice. Diana and Akko's rivalry got intense. Akko joining the strike was amusing. Interesting to see Croix show up this episode. Her gadgets are impressive. She is clearly plotting something with her devices. Everything she's planned is going perfectly. I wonder what she's up to. Ursula recognized her right away. They have some history together. Things are getting more and more interesting now.
Apr 9, 2017 10:50 PM

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New OP and ED was great!
Croix seems to be fishy!
Just look at Ursula-sensei & Prof.Finneran, both of them have different gut feeling to this new modern magic user teacher...
5/5.


Apr 9, 2017 11:14 PM
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Just keeps getting better and betteeerrrrrr. LOVED the stance Akko took with the faeries. The burgeoise know nothing of the struggles of the working class. 10/10 baller. Also I really like Diana's character, that just keeps getting better ALSO Croix. instantly liked her and she's already really intriguing. and as always akko is the best. current favourite anime character. Im gushing and I can't contain my excitement every week for this show lasdfhalkhgaklfghalkdjh;kdfbvh;zdkajbd
Apr 9, 2017 11:35 PM

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DAMN THIS EPISODE
TOO GOOD I CANT
It told real-life society and the way it represent with LWA own world was seriously so good. 5/5.

"THE BOURGEOISIE IS BLIND TO THE CONCERNS OF THE WORKING CLASS" -Akko to Diana
well damn I couldnt even imagine our Akko really said this to Diana pls I laughed so hard
Apr 9, 2017 11:41 PM

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lol Diana got blown the fuck out



and wow the new OP is good

Croix vs Chariot/Ursula will be glorious, Scientific Magic vs Traditional Magic
Apr 9, 2017 11:43 PM

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Lol, Communist Akko ftw.
She is now Akkommunist.

Things are really heating up now and i like it. This show just keeps getting better.
Also it was really funny to see Diana getting flustered for once.
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Apr 9, 2017 11:47 PM

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Nice episode. Loving the new OP & ED song.

LOL Akko joining the Fairies on strike.
Croix Sensei is cool with her modern magic technology. The Sorcery Solution System is quite impressive.

What is Croix up to?

Ursula a bit shocked at the end. Looking forward to the 2nd half of the show.
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Apr 10, 2017 1:16 AM

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Time to reveal the "Real" Chariot... But don't need to be hasty, first let's enjoy the new OP then make the teacher in this case Ursula do some labor work.
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lol Diana got blown the fuck out

And then join the Strike to stand against Diana. LOL
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Apr 10, 2017 1:30 AM

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Ursula got NTRed by Croix lol (I'm half joking).
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Apr 10, 2017 1:52 AM

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I'll probably hate Professor Croix by the end but for now, I love her character design. Sleek and Stylish, kind of reminds me of Kamina with that cape.

Also, I can't help but feel sorry for Ursula because I've been in that exact situation before. To be sent to bring back something heavy only to be told you didn't need to by the time you get back.
Apr 10, 2017 2:02 AM

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Croix's character design is very good, and I like that the academia is now modernized
Apr 10, 2017 2:08 AM
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Am i the only one that hears "pikachu" in the beggining of new opening XD
Apr 10, 2017 2:26 AM

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The moment Croix entered the scene, I felt like something was wrong. And when Lotte said the fairy was like a machine, I was sure of it.
From what it looks like, Croix was Chariot's rival. The equivalent of Diana, but I am guessing more evil.
Apr 10, 2017 2:32 AM

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I must be remembering wrong but I thought I read that this was going to take a break after the first core was over. I'm happy to be wrong because I get to have more Little Witch. The ED is amazing, the OP is good too but visually the OP is lacking imo.
Apr 10, 2017 2:42 AM
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lol Diana got blown the fuck out



and wow the new OP is good

Croix vs Chariot/Ursula will be glorious, Scientific Magic vs Traditional Magic


Comrade Akko!

What made me laugh was the quasi-Marxist/Labour Union/Socialist lines Akko was dropping there!
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Apr 10, 2017 3:08 AM

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IT'S TIME FOR PLOT!

This getting really good! My heart fell when Ursula sensei saw Akko with Croix, that women is up to no good.
Apr 10, 2017 4:19 AM

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Members remember the scene where Akko getting the 3rd spell from episode 11?
Many red snap picture shown, its not the past but the future prophecies Akko will encounter. Many more still.


Apr 10, 2017 4:43 AM

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5/5

Loving the new OP video/song and it makes this series feel that happier times are behind us. Before we got a lot of happy and magical things, this time it has all the witches banding with each other while Akko and Diana's rivalry is seemingly getting more intense. The ED song is much better as well but I actually didn't like the video part as much as the last and I'm not sure if I actually like it at all.

At least it's better than SnK's ending song...

Croix is here and ever since I saw the PV of her I was super stoked and very curious on what her role will be in this story. Seems like she is up to no good and pulling strings behind the scenes. I get the feeling that it's not just wanting to get her new technology to replace tradition, especially with the visions Akko had.

I'm also intrigued on Croix and Ursula's relationship as well. Things are starting to get very very interesting and we may finally get a lengthy story arc now that we got the introductions and character building out of the way. It's also great to see Akko and Diana interacting more as it seems Diana is flustered around her. This is gonna be fun.

On a final note, seeing Akko randomly join up with the strike made me giggle. Then Akko gets promoted to General Secretary and the Principal being happy for her moving up the ranks was great.



Apr 10, 2017 4:54 AM

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Comrade Akko was the best. While a little upset we have to wait another week to find out what Ursula is up to this was a great set up for Croix, and Akko finally had something to say to Diana that actually made sense for once. Really put her in her place finally. Akko is consistently entertaining. I also loved when Sucy had the mushroom to defend herself from Akko spitting her tea as a running gag from earlier in the episode; nice touch.
Apr 10, 2017 5:13 AM
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First of all love the OP, looks like they are about to go with war. I love that this OP it is not just Akko and to a lesser extent Sucy and Lotte that got the change to shine and had screen time in the OP unlike the first one, all my favorite characters got their showcase Diana, Amanda, Constanze, Jasminka, etc. Like the thought Chariot and Croix = Akko and Diana of a previous generation. And the hand holding, that was nice. And the song is awesome

Onto the episode, they teased with Ursula telling Akko everything, dam it is it ever going to happen. Is Diana going to steal the Shining Rod one of these days, I think they are setting up for that, her ultimate mistake that Akko is going to have to fix is going to be that. So we have a strike, and you know what this feels like this problem of the week is going to be a thing of the past soon, used a setup for Croix entrance, so this might the swan song of the plot of the episode.

Croix has her theme, a character with their own theme music, that is a red flag. I know Croix is the villain, but leave it to those old stubborn teachers to get me to side with for a moment when they wouldn't except her help originally.

I love Akko siding with the fairies, though I wanted to see how they got her on their side. The Akko / Diana confrontation, Akko called her an aristocrat, is that suppose to be an insult Akko, I think Diana was taken more at back at that weirdness of the insult than anything else. Though that could help her character development, while Diana is not a snob, but she subconscious does look down on people, when you have the attitude I know best to help everyone, her hearts in the right place, so maybe she needed to hear that. I guess you can say it is payback for a couple of episodes when she told Akko she pouts things go her way. It is hard truths.

I think in the second half of this series, we could have role reversals with Akko and Diana, with things always working out for Akko while Diana is flustered.

Looking like Akko is becoming more distant from Ursula and going with Croix, perhaps Diana will find out all the information Ursula wanted to tell Akko first including Shinning Chariot's identity. What we might have is each generation counterpart worrking with the other generation counterpart, meaning Akko and Croix, Diana and Ursula.

I said when I saw her design Croix reminded me of Kurvia from Legend of Korra, and here she is using Kurvia's playbook which create a problem so you can solve it and look like a hero.

It pains me to say this but Finnelan is right, not being on board with Croix, we are suppose to agree with her, but she has always been wrong about everything and she is mean.

Speaking of mean people, when they focused on Hannah and Barbara getting a shower first of all together a little shipping tease there, anyway it had a horror movie vibe to it, but when you focus on girls getting a shower especially with girls with their personality, normally they get attacked by a mask man with with a knife.

I loved this episode, good start to the second half, I am interesting where Akko's relationship with Ursula and Diana is going to go, it could be bad with both of them before it gets better, but that is okay it is what you expect with story telling, I am worried Akko is going to be drinking of the Croix koolaid, and going to take advantage of Akko's kind nature. If Croix is Kurvira, is Akko going to be her Bolin?





Apr 10, 2017 5:24 AM

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If Croix is Kurvira, is Akko going to be her Bolin?

That's actually a shocking accurate comparison :p

And when you think about it Akko is actually a very similar character to Bolin. They are both headstrong and determined but also kinda dumb and gullible.
Apr 10, 2017 5:29 AM

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The best thing here is Diana saying she was beginning to respect Akko for her performance at the festival. Seems all the people last week saying she was jealous were just plain wrong. I really like that :)

But here she uses the typical cliché speech from the management perspective in the case of a strike. Well she is from the upper class after all. She can't be that clever. It can't be helped.
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First of all love the OP, looks like they are about to go with war. I love that this OP it is not just Akko and to a lesser extent Sucy and Lotte that got the change to shine and had screen time in the OP unlike the first one, all my favorite characters got their showcase Diana, Amanda, Constanze, Jasminka, etc. Like the thought Chariot and Croix = Akko and Diana of a previous generation. And the hand holding, that was nice. And the song is awesome


What's most interesting is the white background of the opening as it shows how lifeless the world of magic has become. I love Akko's transformation from Dumbo to dolphin to a Phoenix to mouse. It really shows how Akko is changing, evolving.

I love Akko siding with the fairies, though I wanted to see how they got her on their side. The Akko / Diana confrontation, Akko called her an aristocrat, is that suppose to be an insult Akko, I think Diana was taken more at back at that weirdness of the insult than anything else. Though that could help her character development, while Diana is not a snob, but she subconscious does look down on people, when you have the attitude I know best to help everyone, her hearts in the right place, so maybe she needed to hear that. I guess you can say it is payback for a couple of episodes when she told Akko she pouts things go her way. It is hard truths.

I think in the second half of this series, we could have role reversals with Akko and Diana, with things always working out for Akko while Diana is flustered.


Even with all her knowledge, Diana is unable to see from other's perspectives or in this case that the Witches are clearly ruining magic. The Witches should have formed a solution to help the problem but they didn't, they wanted to force the workers back to service. It doesn't help that her lackeys were bribing a spirit which further proves that Witches are the ones that need change.

Looking like Akko is becoming more distant from Ursula and going with Croix, perhaps Diana will find out all the information Ursula wanted to tell Akko first including Shinning Chariot's identity. What we might have is each generation counterpart worrking with the other generation counterpart, meaning Akko and Croix, Diana and Ursula.


It isn't to say Akko is distant from Ursula. Its just that Croix took advantage of Ursula's absence to get to Akko. Whatever might happens, I know Akko would make the right choice in siding with Ursula.






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Wow! I was expecting something new, but I did not believe in these, there were also a new opening theme and ending, for now, not the judge, but I'm pretty catchy. The narrative shows as usual, a trend quite telegraphed in the events, and exhibitionistic comedy of Akko, which is not unpleasant. Really excellent certain scenes, so also the quality of the drawings and animations, always excellent.

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Members remember the scene where Akko getting the 3rd spell from episode 11?
Many red snap picture shown, its not the past but the future prophecies Akko will encounter. Many more still.




Of course it is. So the fate of Akko, began shooting, strange that she has not grasped the symbolism of these recent events.
Apr 10, 2017 5:42 AM

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Comrade Akko was really amusing to watch. Not only that, but when Diana came along to give the strikers a verbel beat down, Diana ended up receiving one herself. Her flabbergasted look was really amusing though. =P

For Croix, her design looks slick and awesome, but she's obviously up to something. The red visions showcased her and the striking workers here, so if Akko remembers those visions, then hopefully she'll be better prepared for the time to take on Croix in the future.

For Ursula, being sent to get all of those items which took her a good 2-3 days, only to be told when she got back that it's not needed must've annoyed her. I know I would be as well. ^^;

But she does recognise Croix. She must have some history with her, and in certain parts of the OP, it shows hints in there as well.

Speaking of which, the new OP and ED songs are a blast to listen to. =D

Great episode overall.
Apr 10, 2017 5:50 AM
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Well Akko and the fairies they needed a strike song, many labor unions have those when they go on strike. May I suggest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRD6BNSFKDM
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it's getting interesting. looking forward for next episode.
btw, kinda unpleasant saw english typo in this episode :((
Apr 10, 2017 7:14 AM

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This was a pretty good episode! I'm glad LWA is finally getting better and makes much more sense than it did before. It was going downhill with being so episodic but now it's all good.

Apr 10, 2017 7:42 AM

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Is the ED a poignant song, it gave me this weird bad sad feeling.. @.@
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Apr 10, 2017 7:51 AM

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What an episode!!! After catching up a little bit.(I was two eps behind before ep 14 came out). I really enjoyed this episode a lot pushing the plot along while telling an effectively story. I think many people will be cosplaying Croix at upcoming cons. She is awesome!

I also liked the solution to this type of plot. I also liked how both sides had a good point. I think Croix may be our villain of the series.
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Apr 10, 2017 7:55 AM
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This is getting hype AF REAL QUICK

First off I wanna talk about the new OP. Not only is the song great but the visuals kinda makes it seem like there's a war coming with Akko leading the way but at the same time, it looks like Diana will be in an antagonist type of role since they paralleled her with whom we now know as Croix, and based off of the OP, she was Ursula's rival

And that's ignoring the fact that clearly Croix is the foreshadowed villain from a few eps back which was noted by @valvravetruth up above....It's really awesome to see when foreshadowing comes back full circle. As of right now though, I really like Croix and even though the show will probably demonize it later on, I really like her technological advances and her personality and mindset in general (Plus she's kinda hot lol)

Overall this was probably the best episode yet, we had great Akko moments (I'm loving her more and more with each episode), the stuff with the fairies was powerful and just and I found myself constantly rooting for them, the principal continues to show why she's great and the foreshadowing for future events are playing out quite nicely

I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens between Croix and Urusula, and I wonder if she'll figure out that she's Chariot
Apr 10, 2017 9:43 AM

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Loved this episode! Diana getting taken down a peg was fun to watch, and seeing Akko being Akko was so worth it.

Obviously Croix has an ulterior motive for setting up what she did. But despite all that, I still have some faith that her reasoning is sound, since as of now none of the characters have been actually "Bad" Bad guys.

Ursula-sensei vs Croix is gonna be epic!
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So it's gonna be old magic vs. modern magic.

Also they definitely attempt to draw parallels.

Akko - Diana and Ursula - Croix
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I wonder what Diana has up her sleeve, it was cute when she went to break the strike and didn't notice at first that Akko was there. She backed off with a cryptic warning and then disappeared. And she has not been around when Croix Sensei was doing stuff, that is a pretty big sign.


Diana knows the truth about Shiny Rod. That's what she's talking about when she says Akko has other things to worry about.
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Pure sexual tension.
Apr 10, 2017 11:24 AM

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Love the new op. Such a banger
Apr 10, 2017 11:48 AM

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SSS seems really cool. But something is suspicious. Oh well, I like Croix. I think she will bring in some good changes to Luna Nova even if she is a potential semi-villain. This episode made me like her quiet a bit. Also Ursula vs Croix is going to be fun. Did anyone like Diana/Akko moment as much as I did? Like wow. That tension. Loved it. One of my favorite moments in the entire series.


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Oh no, the main villain(?) appears. Now, I wonder when that weird dragon-looking thing from the visions Akko had will appear. Seems like a final boss-ish kinda thing.

Admittedly though, I like Croix. She also appeared at a really bad time and seems like she'll influence Akko.

This 2nd half is really getting interesting.

Once again, the OP and ED are really nice, but I think I preferred the last ED and OP a bit more than these.

Apr 10, 2017 12:53 PM

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Corix seemed so nice, interesting contrast to Luna Nova's issues of adapting versus tradition, which played out somewhat in the previous episode how the guest witches were bored by the same song-and-dance tradition but it would appear she's up to no good. I do wonder the relationship between Ursula and Croix, were they classmates, maybe she was Ursula's teacher at one point before she went to the dark side? I guess the classmates seems more likely given how young she looks and it could be likely the Headmistress was Usula's mentor who encouraged her but we'll see in the end.

Really love the new OP and ED, even more than the originals just love this show can't come out quickly enough yet the episodes fly by in a heartbeat and before i know it, the show will be over.
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I just want Akko and Diana to have a fist-fight already

Also that fucking ending.


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