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Jan 30, 2014 8:51 AM
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That was a fun little journey, a magical one rather. Finally some action again.

I am very curious about Tsuganashi's past still. Poor Kazumi though ;.; he can't catch a break.
Jan 30, 2014 8:54 AM
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So he sees her as the same kind who got hated by someone who they love. Dueling against the brother without able to use the power properly. Oh, he also saved the friend's sister in the past. Fire magic sword mastered?! That little principle saved them?

So a teacher is from the enemy group...
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Jan 30, 2014 1:15 PM
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Everything happen so fast!
Pretty cool that Ida get some more screentime than usually
and have role in fight!

Also Mui (I like her name, btw) *.*
In past and now, she is so cute!
I really like her character design *.*
Hope she will be like Shana!
Because in this episode she don't show off...
but she fight with her brother, so I can forgive her this
Jan 30, 2014 1:22 PM
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I truly hate Takeshi. He is a hypocrite, lack common sense, and have the cheapest power ups. So far this show is a little better than Blazblue. Instead of patching stuff with his own brother he's trying to be a fake hero.

So far in 2014 Takeshi is the worst male character. Can't wait to see who tops him. lol

I might drop it not sure yet. I'm a sucker for magic.
Jan 30, 2014 1:44 PM
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Takeshi dueled against Mui's bro.. using that cartridge and his evasion magic.
Good to see some action.
And Violet is working with them..
Jan 30, 2014 1:48 PM
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That was a good fight. Liked that sword attack that Takeshi used. Teacher being an enemy. This is getting interesting.
Jan 30, 2014 1:59 PM
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Awesome fight! Most entertaining episode I've seen all week. Takeshi finally unleashed his sword's full power, I thought the sword was going to turn into a gun but the attack was still pretty cool. I can't wait until Ida learns to control his fire magic though, he seems to be very powerful. And damn they have an enemy on the inside, sucks to be them.

Also Kurumi is getting more and more jealous, better be prepared for some drama.
Jan 30, 2014 2:03 PM
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I really hope Mui and Kurumi will take part in the offensive combat from now on, and not just be there for protections and healing, that would really annoy me.
Jan 30, 2014 2:51 PM
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Unoriginal, boring, stupid, generic, illogical... simply shit.
Dropped.
Jan 30, 2014 3:29 PM
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The journey in the Ruined World was nice.

That was one good fight. Takeshi released his sword's full power was awesome/
Jan 30, 2014 3:31 PM

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Awesome battle episode. And, here it is, a teacher of the academy is an enemy.
Can't wait when they learn to control their magic properly.
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Jan 30, 2014 3:33 PM

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Dandy episode c:
Jan 30, 2014 3:35 PM

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DarkDooM2 said:
Unoriginal, boring, stupid, generic, illogical... simply shit.
Dropped.

QFT.

Who the hell writes this shit? Dropped.
Jan 30, 2014 3:39 PM
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Enjoying Isoshima and Mui, Don't think I'm really paying much attention to the rest of the story.
Jan 30, 2014 4:24 PM

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The whole thing with Mui and her brother reminds me with the situation from Naruto and Sasuke, trying to get back a friend/loved one from the darkness, never giving up. The first 3 episodes were ALOT better than this one, but it was good, 7/10 for this episode.
Jan 30, 2014 5:08 PM

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Okay I give up, can someone please tell me why it seems like the mother hates Takeshi so much because all that hate can't just be from the brother getting in a accident. I mean she really didn't even care that Takeshi all of sudden was going to another school. Also can someone tell me in a spoiler if the moms personality is gonna do a complete 360 later on for some stupid cliche reason.
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Jan 30, 2014 5:09 PM

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Atleast that one shot was kinda cool,I guess.

Otherwise boring.
Jan 30, 2014 5:09 PM

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wew little Mui was cute and epic fight
Jan 30, 2014 5:11 PM
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I really hate Takeshi's character right now. Unbelievably bland.
Jan 30, 2014 5:14 PM

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After last week's snore-fest, this episode was a nice change of pace. It was good to get some action, and less love triangle drama. This is still holding on to it's place as my favorite for the Winter 2014 season, although Witch Craft Works is starting to get some momentum(if this week's episode was any indication).

The fight with Mui's brother was quite enjoyable, Takashi fared well against him but ultimately could not take the experienced magician without assistance from Ida and Twilight's OP ability. So, all in all, good battle sequence. It doesn't present Takashi as some kind of prodigy who cannot lose, and shows his weaknesses, while demonstrating what kind of potential he has with Twilight's ability.

Isoshima wasn't quite as annoying this week, and made herself useful without making her boobs grow unnecessarily. But, I'm not holding out for this to a be a trend.

It was cool that Ida got more screen time this week, and he's finally making a little bit of progress controlling his destruction magic. Maybe he just needs real combat experience to learn, since it's destruction magic and all.

The teacher being a Trailer, no big surprise there. Kind of saw that one coming after episode 2.

Overall, I'll give this episode 8/10.
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Jan 30, 2014 5:24 PM

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Considering that I'm watching this for the action, it was a pretty good episode. Every other main character is annoying though, what with:

- Mui just approaching her brother without any sort of plan and expecting him to suddenly stop being brainwashed.
- Ida not considering using his flame to melt the ice he was encased in, although in his defense he can't control it properly.
- Takeshi helping this girl he just met instead of, you know, talking to his brother and atempting to settle their dispute.
- Kurumi having no significant role except delivering generic tsundere lines and Takeshi-ing
Jan 30, 2014 5:46 PM

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im tired of 1 shot kills :/
Jan 30, 2014 5:50 PM

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Better than last episode, but thats not saying much.

All of these questionable actions.........
Like what is wrong with Mui? Did she even tell the director about the fortune teller??
The only thing that was interesting in this episode was that union attack thingy. And ofc, the ed.

Kadouzeki said:
I really hate Takeshi's character right now. Unbelievably bland.

They are everywhere man. ;P
But yea...
Jan 30, 2014 5:57 PM

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DGemu said:
Better than last episode, but thats not saying much.

All of these questionable actions.........
Like what is wrong with Mui? Did she even tell the director about the fortune teller??
The only thing that was interesting in this episode was that union attack thingy. And ofc, the ed.

Kadouzeki said:
I really hate Takeshi's character right now. Unbelievably bland.

They are everywhere man. ;P
But yea...


My problem with him is he seems too into Mui and the conflict with her brother, I mean didn't he just meet this girl and hes already risking his and the life's of his friends.
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Jan 30, 2014 6:04 PM

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DGemu said:
Better than last episode, but thats not saying much.

All of these questionable actions.........
Like what is wrong with Mui? Did she even tell the director about the fortune teller??
The only thing that was interesting in this episode was that union attack thingy. And ofc, the ed.

Kadouzeki said:
I really hate Takeshi's character right now. Unbelievably bland.

They are everywhere man. ;P
But yea...


My problem with him is he seems too into Mui and the conflict with her brother, I mean didn't he just meet this girl and hes already risking his and the life's of his friends.

Ya kno. That round-about-way of solving problems. He sees himself in Mui!
....Yea idk.
Jan 30, 2014 6:27 PM

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Holy Shit!!! This episode not only was nuts, it was so freaking intense that time went flying. They went pretty quickly into the battlefield and it was just as clear as they entered that it was merciless, I mean a guy becomes a puddle of blood or mud? then regenerates, but just as soon as that happens he's incinerated to death? Woah, talk about a cheap way to end someone.

The fight with the brother was interesting, lots of spells used and it felt very natural. It was not that one-side, Takeshi could fight to a certain extent with his abilities and then the party uses several Normal Magics to support each other, so all in all it wasn't as half assed.

The whole Twilight joint-attack felt a bit forceful since I doubt Takeshi ever pulled Blast Fog before to know how to use it, but otherwise it did not break the logic wall to much.

I gotta agree a bit about Takeshi's character, so far it is a bit bland and a bit too heroic, the only thing that somehow makes it attractive is that he has an interesting ability couple with his own set of conflicts so that may make him evolve.
Jan 30, 2014 6:47 PM
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The battle was exciting.

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Jan 30, 2014 6:55 PM

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Better than last week but it still wasn't great or anything. The fight was cool but I felt like Kazumi could have done more. Sure he charged the bullet but he should've activated his fire magic when he was trapped or tried to attack the brother himself. I understand that he can't control it but he doesn't need a focused blast to melt ice plus he had enough focus to put his magic in the bullet in the first place. Takeshi is pretty cliche (the heroic guy) which is normally okay but he just doesn't have any redeeming qualities. I love the concept of evasive magic even though it makes him OP.
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Jan 30, 2014 7:06 PM

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what the heck happened in this episode ? was this directed by a child or something ?

I mean c'mon, so many dumb shit that it got to the point that it really pissed me off, and that does not happens frequentely.

Starting with that completely awkward tsudenre rant by Isoshima.. "It's not like I care for you or something like that".. REALLY ? 2014 and you gonna give me that with a straght face ?
Then we have the vilain onii san just waiting till everyone is done talking until his next attack... It happens sometimes in animes but come on there was way too much of that, dont believe me go back and watch the episode paying attention to that.
and finally the epitomy of dumbness, blonde dude gets stuck in the ice and does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ? YOU HAVE FIRE MAGIC GODDAMIT... FIRE IS THAT THING THAT MELTS ICE YOU KNOW ??

Anyway its not like it was a completely awful episode, but the way it was so poorly executed really bothered me... there is a limit to dumbness (note that I didnt even go into MC topic, because after all dumb MC's is something I am already mentally prepared for every time I watch a anime)
Jan 30, 2014 7:30 PM

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Best episode yet, though that isn't saying much considering the first 3 episodes have been in the "I'm on the verge of dropping this" level.

Takeshi is just annoying now. "It's because Mui won't give up. I want to help her." That willfulness could have helped you clear that conflict between you and your brother, your mom as well. Ah well, he's written that way so there's no use complaining.
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Jan 30, 2014 8:04 PM

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...LOL
the dialogue is terrible.
i cant let mui go out there alone, so ill save her. ok we'll come with you. herpderp.
this show is cancer, i cant take it.

5/10
Jan 30, 2014 9:14 PM

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Better than the last 3 for sure. I want more magic fights!
I'm not expecting much from this show, never did in the first place, but I hope it gets better from now on.
Jan 30, 2014 9:15 PM

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Somehow this anime is too easy to predict, even Pokemon or even Power Rangers is even more interesting than this... I'll watch some more but ..
Jan 30, 2014 9:21 PM

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Easily the best episode yet.

The Trailer guy's va is the same as Imayoshi from Kuroko no Basuke :D
Jan 30, 2014 9:29 PM
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Looking forward to more, the fight scenes were pretty good
Jan 30, 2014 10:13 PM

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The fight scene actually wasn't that bad.
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Jan 30, 2014 10:15 PM

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By no means is this a much watch, but I'm still going to role it. It might not be the most interesting story but at least there is a story, not like Nourin.

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Jan 30, 2014 10:35 PM

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This is slightly better then the previous episode, well it is mostly about the action scenes, and some flashbacks. Though the only bad thing I guess I can say is mostly the main characters and the story of it which is pretty uninteresting in a sort of way.

As for the romance part in here, tbh I want Kurumi to win instead of Mui. I guess I could say I'm a fan of childhood friends. Seeing a couple of flashbacks of Takashi and Kurumi, and pretending to be BF and GF just gave points for them being together since the beginning.

Anyway, at least they retrieve Mui, but still wants to find her brother to recover his memories. And yet Takashi volunteers to help find her brother. Action scenes were good so I'm looking forward to more of this.

Jan 30, 2014 11:16 PM

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The only thing the MC's got going for him is he kinda looks like Lelouch when he activates his Geass evasive magic.
Jan 30, 2014 11:35 PM

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This is it for me. I'm out. Bland and stupid characters.. guuh.
Jan 30, 2014 11:37 PM

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DarkDooM2 said:
Unoriginal, boring, stupid, generic, illogical... simply shit.
Dropped.
+ awful characters. /dropped
Jan 31, 2014 12:01 AM

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well I like the action..
Jan 31, 2014 1:22 AM

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Mui is so annoing, like female version of Naruto Uzumaki
Jan 31, 2014 1:40 AM

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Awesome episode.Can't wait for next one.
Jan 31, 2014 2:42 AM

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That was one helluvan episode. Really nice battle.
Jan 31, 2014 3:25 AM

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Takeshi was quite the BA towards the end of that fight!

Tsundere's are annoying! Yep, Isoshima...I'm talking about you.

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Jan 31, 2014 3:49 AM

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I liked this episode, since we havent had any action in the last couple of episodes, I thought it was pretty good. Im glad they didnt show any romance this time around anyway, since this show´s best bet is the action, at least for me.
Jan 31, 2014 4:32 AM

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what the heck happened in this episode ? was this directed by a child or something ?

I mean c'mon, so many dumb shit that it got to the point that it really pissed me off, and that does not happens frequentely.

Starting with that completely awkward tsudenre rant by Isoshima.. "It's not like I care for you or something like that".. REALLY ? 2014 and you gonna give me that with a straght face ?
Then we have the vilain onii san just waiting till everyone is done talking until his next attack... It happens sometimes in animes but come on there was way too much of that, dont believe me go back and watch the episode paying attention to that.
and finally the epitomy of dumbness, blonde dude gets stuck in the ice and does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ? YOU HAVE FIRE MAGIC GODDAMIT... FIRE IS THAT THING THAT MELTS ICE YOU KNOW ??

Anyway its not like it was a completely awful episode, but the way it was so poorly executed really bothered me... there is a limit to dumbness (note that I didnt even go into MC topic, because after all dumb MC's is something I am already mentally prepared for every time I watch a anime)

This, and you forgot how the MC knew somehow some kind of magic fire attack and the enemy didn't even use a protective barrier (isn't that a basic spell?) or maybe he could just dodge it. A powerful enemy appears and doesn't one shot them for some reason. Also the director in the end.
That was disappointing, 1/10.

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Jan 31, 2014 6:19 AM

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Finally we're back to the action!

The fight with Takeshi and Mui's brother was pretty well done, but I was kinda surprised this one event took up the entire episode. Ah well, time flies.

Nice to see Ida getting some more screen time! It surprised me how he never thought to destroy the ice with his fire magic; even if he can't control it, it's destruction + fire, it's bound to get rid of ice.

The fact Takeshi just 'learned' how to use the fire attack can be explained away by saying the magic bullet imbued with the fire magic taught him how on instinct, or something like that, when he used it.

Violet being a traitor was obvious from episode 2. But it was nice to see it revealed. Also, why on earth did Mui not tell the Director about that?

The witch girl who does the previews is one of the best parts about this show. The OP/ED are fantastic as well. 7/10 so far, let's see how much better this show can get!
Jan 31, 2014 8:53 AM

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Action was good , animation had some flaws imo.
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