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They really didn't hold back using Lina this episode. She went all out as her role in her mission.
Tatsuya's role this episode was very important as his bond with Miyuki allowed them to fight back against the parasite threat. Felt like this was one of the most important episodes of this arc after all the buildup and fighting.
after all, i like the loli no matter what happens to this eps. Miyuki did not fully have Tatsuya only in this eps. Tatsuya won over the two girls. Still didn't understand about Miyuki magic.
Lina was engaged with Parasite at the field training ground. And Tatsuya says he shouldn't kill the host until he seals it, but Lina doesn't realize it's Sirius's mission, and Parasites that have lost their hosts attack Pixie. Tatsuya and Miyuki unite their hearts and eliminate the entire group
Lina training and development episode? LETS FUCKING GOOOO. Needed this desperately after that Kamisama ep today. 8bit didn’t disappoint at all. https://imgur.com/a/T2KiW5Q
So many great moments today from all the Lina scenes, to Tatsuya and Miyuki’s Cocytus, to Chiba, Miki, etc.
As a Lina stan, my main takeaway is her gradually realising that she’s not built for this life she’s living. She feels compelled to continue being a sirius tho. Also, Tatsuya’s development has been great. He’s come so far from not being able to sympathise with and connect with others. He really does care for and empathise with Lina
Hmm a strong declaration of their views first thing in the morning between Lina and Tatsuya huh. The combination of Mizuki and Honoka's abilities really served to provide Tatsuya and co with excellent real time intel. The defeats handed to Lina by Tatsuya and Miyuki though really served to wound Lina's pride greatly. While the appearance of that platoon complicated matters Lina just charged through them like a knife through butter. Still her lack of affect against the parasites true bodies really served to push her over the edge. Tatsuya and Miyuki's counterattack to the mass of parasites though really was impressive. Ayako though really has both grace and guts to face Elder Kudou personally in dealing with the parasite problem. While in the end the parasite problem was dealt with successfully i think it served to give Lina a lot of thoughts that she never had to encounter before.
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Well this parasite business is over for now, but since Pixie is still there with a parasite inside, I wonder what will happen to her.
Miyuki using Cocytus again was pretty dope, also her reactions were amazing as well. The way she got lift up by Tatsuya and that blush was just perfect. She had to ask Tatsuya why he is saving Lina and if he has feelings for her, the jealousy never stops with this girl.
Speaking of Lina, hopefully what Tatsuya said will open her eyes to look at what her future will have in store for her. Cause honestly I agree with Tatsuya, being part of the Sirius will not do her any good from here on out.
I knew they weren’t going to kiss but it still got me thinking for a second there, nice bait. Miyuki and Tatsuya beat the parasite with their sibling power lol. Miyuki was so CUTE.
The incest baiting keeps on going strong here. So many blushing oni-sama moments.
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Amazing episode, parasites scums finally gets what they deserved after the suffering they have caused to the Great Godsuya himself in the last couple of episodes. That Miyuki x Godsuya combo attack is too good.
I hope Godsuya and Miyuki got married in the future, there is no better bride for Godsuya than the devoted Messenger herself.
THIS KISS BAIT SJKSJKSJKJ lmao I cannot with this showww
A little disturbed, but semi- likingTatsuya x Miyuki moments which is basically all the time. I'm dying to hear what their relationship actually is, there's no way that they are really brother and sister. If someone would like to spoil for me, that would be great. If they actually are siblings.... no comment yet.....
edit: nvm
They did Lina dirty. She acted like such a bitch this episode and now I'm really disliking her
The scene with her nude, the chains, and yellow light was absolutely beautiful
So, they did the battle against the rest of the parasite in one episode only, eh? Well, its fine considering there was only 3 episodes left. But, man, look how frustate Lina proceeding her mission, while in fact she still had a chance to built a nice image of her in front of Godsuya. Still, she was stay true on her character until the parasite went crazy and combined themself to devour Pixie physical body. What the girl could do? Nothing. Its really left out everything to Godsuya to finish the mess asap, without any cancellation. Thanks to Miyuki great deal of magic attack, and Miki sealing magic, everything could be resolve without any mistake. Mission accomplished, at least for now.
Meanwhile, the old man, and the girl (that i still don't attached much with her name) had a little chat, fighting over two miserable sealed parasites. Ah, the old man aggree to separate it, while in fact, it looks like the girl had a pressure against those black eye old man. Well, at least its a wise decision for both of side. So, yeah, no shit fighting, at least for now. Everything was just be done, without any friction. And, yes, you must considering the god's offer, Lina. Its really a good timing for you to made pressure into the better life. Say good bye to USA, Lina!
Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here.
Well, lots of action in this episode, only threw actions can we see the good stuff hehe.
This episode went crazy on the Tatsuya and Miyuki moments. I though they both were gonna kiss but I guess not. Princess carry was nice and Miyuki definitely deserved it after defeating her target.
Lunar magic...let me see it again...with a kiss next time though...xD.
Lina, showing everyone how weak she is compared to the people of Japan.
Lina really stepped into completing her mission role. Tatsuya telling Miyuki to look into his eyes was quite a lovely sight. Miyuki is so cute when she blushes. The princess carry was adorable too! I wonder if Lina is gonna accept Tatsuya's offer later on.
Lina used "Im not gonna be your friend anymore!
Tatsuya: Tough shit
It was not very effective.
Also yeees he finally said PANZER!!! again, I have been waiting for this soo long.
Also Miyuki beeing princess carried is the highlight of the episode. Even better than that one shot of lina.
I do have to wonder why some highschoolers have to fight the parasites when higher organisations and families are part of it too though. Like shouldnt you use your soldiers to just deal with the parasites instead of attacking highschoolers?
Overall I have to say I liked this season at first but I feel kind of lost now, for 2 episodes now all that happened is they captured some parasites and someone else took them.
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It is for Madoka alone." - Homura
or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
It was a messy battle considering Sirius (not Lina) did not realize the consequences she dumped on the team because of her parasite kills. But the big one we got is Miyuki and Tatsuya uniting to finish off the released parasites. I was freaking out during that scene.
Miyuki's blush and their very very close contact speaks everything to the two. Hopefully Lina will realize Tatsuya's plea to her quitting the military and the Sirius mask, she deserves so much better. As for our two....just kiss already.
Rinrinka said: Owah, this anime also have their own version of family kamehameha except this one is incestual brother-sister ice magic.
A bit disappointing that this show made Lina not that strong considering she is one of the best magicians in the world.
To be fair, she lost to Miyuki and Tatsuya who are also 2 of the strongest in the world and she struggled against the true body of the parasite which is near impossible for most people to even harm let a lone kill(unless they have magic that can destroy or effect the spirit, which Lina doesn't have in her skill set and is an extremely rare ability itself).
Rinrinka said: Owah, this anime also have their own version of family kamehameha except this one is incestual brother-sister ice magic.
A bit disappointing that this show made Lina not that strong considering she is one of the best magicians in the world.
To be fair, she lost to Miyuki and Tatsuya who are also 2 of the strongest in the world and she struggled against the true body of the parasite which is near impossible for most people to even harm let a lone kill(unless they have magic that can destroy or effect the spirit, which Lina doesn't have in her skill set and is an extremely rare ability itself).
Tbh I forgot how strong Miyuki is, kinda didnt expect that her magic skill is world-level too like Tatsuya hhe :)
I also feel like parasites are like Lina's worst opponents, bad ones to fight alone.
So... This episode was very intense in a lot of ways, but there are some details that you can't pick up in the anime. I'm using spoiler tags in case you don't really want to know, but they're not that big of a deal, as they don't reveal any future plot.
This girl is not "lower ranked" at all. She and her brother (Kuroba Fumiya) are direct candidates to succeed Maya as the family head, just like Miyuki is. Tatsuya is scorned by the family for his magical "ineptitude", so he was never a candidate.
That said, both Ayako and her brother really admire Tatsuya (almost to Miyuki's level, actually) and they want Miyuki to be the next head (though they can't say that because their father is an ambitious prick). That i the case because Maya doesn't want them drawing attention to Tatsuya (a Strategic class magician) and Miyuki (The favorite candidate to next family head), as nobody knows that Tatsuya and Miyuki are affiliated with the Yotsuba. Not even the other 9 families.
It was never really said, but I suspect Ayako harbors feelings for Tatsuya, but has resigned herself. Just like Erika, during their first year.
Ayako and her brother study at the Third High, the same school as Ichijou Masaki and Kichijouji Shinkurou (the ones in red, during the 9 schools competition of the first season).
Ayako's innate magic is Mock Teleportation, a spell that manipulates vacuum tunnels to use the change of pressure for high speed, short distance movement. With her ability and her brother's innate Direct Pain (which applies unbearable pain directly in the target's mind, often quickly disabling), they're basically the top black operatives of the Yotsuba Family, often responsible for preliminary infiltration and scouting for Tatsuya. Him capturing those parasites alive and Kudou Retsu's agreement to her proposal was a blessing to her, as she's not nearly as good a combat magician as Tatsuya or Miyuki (and Kudou Retsu is).
This scene where Tatsuya hugs Miyuki is a means of synchronizing their magic. It's not a common thing to do, only a few close siblings can do such a thing, and theirs is not a powerful connection. Saegusa Mayumi's twin sisters (Kazumi and Izumi) have a much deeper connection and can synchronize even without touching.
Tatsuya did that so that Miyuki could make use of his Elemental Sight innate magic, which is basically a very OP unlimited range true sight. He can access the information dimension with it, which is why he only needs to be vaguely aware of something to know its size, weight, color, form, etc. He uses it passively in a small area and to watch Miyuki 24/7. Yes, he's literally watching Miyuki even when sleeping.
Anyways, with his sight, Miyuki is able to pinpoint the location of the parasite so that she could accurately cast her innate magic. Her innate magic is very scary. Cocytus has nothing to do with ice or snow, so the effects shown are just a representation. What the spell does is freeze the mind of everything he targets. Not the brain, the mind itself. Meaning it's effect is equivalent to brain death, but without any physical component. She uses it very sparingly because she doesn't want to kill anybody. She used it when they raided the Blanche's headquarters, and during the terrorist invasion. The Yotsubas know a way to revert the effect of it, but it's neither easy nor fast.
Erika's family owns a dojo. They train many policemen, and they also make very neat melee weapons. They're not terribly adept at magic, but they're peerless in close quarters combat. Erika is the youngest of 4, but she doesn't have a very good relation with her siblings because of their resentment due to her being born out of wedlock. That said, their relationship is not hostile either.
Her older brother is known as one of the best close quarters combat magicians in the world. Her oldest brother is a policeman. They all train lethal techniques. Coupled with their mediocre talent for magic, they're very deadly opponents, but not very good at just incapacitating. That's why she says she can't afford to deal non-lethal blows like Tatsuya (she doesn't have gram dispersion to save her ass, after all), unless she's sure to win. And against parasites, she's not sure at all.
While Leo uses magic to reinforce his skin and equipment, she uses magic to cancel inertia so that she can act faster and hit harder, but she only uses reinforcement magic on her blades (which also happen to be weirdly shaped CADs made by her family).
Then the parasite's arc came to an end, I think.
It was a very eventful episode, good that everyone participated in some way in the hunt for parasites.
I wonder what the two families are going to do with the sealed parasites.
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Rinrinka said: Owah, this anime also have their own version of family kamehameha except this one is incestual brother-sister ice magic.
A bit disappointing that this show made Lina not that strong considering she is one of the best magicians in the world.
To be fair, she lost to Miyuki and Tatsuya who are also 2 of the strongest in the world and she struggled against the true body of the parasite which is near impossible for most people to even harm let a lone kill(unless they have magic that can destroy or effect the spirit, which Lina doesn't have in her skill set and is an extremely rare ability itself).
Tbh I forgot how strong Miyuki is, kinda didnt expect that her magic skill is world-level too like Tatsuya hhe :)
I also feel like parasites are like Lina's worst opponents, bad ones to fight alone.
Miyuki is arguably the second strongest character in the series behind Tatsuya if that tells ya anything. In fact Lina is really the only person she's fought that gave her any trouble at all. So Lina losing to her isn't really a big mark against her, especially since she lost mainly due to strategy and her growing fatigue.
Parasites are a bad opponent for anyone unless they have the magic to deal with them, especially against the true body.
This was a pretty good episode. I feel like it at least showed that Lina is quite the capable fighter, even if her way of dealing with the parasites was ineffective. That combo magic was pretty strong, but the whole lunar magic bit was a bit confusing. All in all, still enjoyable.
Ishikami said: So... This episode was very intense in a lot of ways, but there are some details that you can't pick up in the anime. I'm using spoiler tags in case you don't really want to know, but they're not that big of a deal, as they don't reveal any future plot.
This girl is not "lower ranked" at all. She and her brother (Kuroba Fumiya) are direct candidates to succeed Maya as the family head, just like Miyuki is. Tatsuya is scorned by the family for his magical "ineptitude", so he was never a candidate.
That said, both Ayako and her brother really admire Tatsuya (almost to Miyuki's level, actually) and they want Miyuki to be the next head (though they can't say that because their father is an ambitious prick). That i the case because Maya doesn't want them drawing attention to Tatsuya (a Strategic class magician) and Miyuki (The favorite candidate to next family head), as nobody knows that Tatsuya and Miyuki are affiliated with the Yotsuba. Not even the other 9 families.
It was never really said, but I suspect Ayako harbors feelings for Tatsuya, but has resigned herself. Just like Erika, during their first year.
Ayako and her brother study at the Third High, the same school as Ichijou Masaki and Kichijouji Shinkurou (the ones in red, during the 9 schools competition of the first season).
Ayako's innate magic is Mock Teleportation, a spell that manipulates vacuum tunnels to use the change of pressure for high speed, short distance movement. With her ability and her brother's innate Direct Pain (which applies unbearable pain directly in the target's mind, often quickly disabling), they're basically the top black operatives of the Yotsuba Family, often responsible for preliminary infiltration and scouting for Tatsuya. Him capturing those parasites alive and Kudou Retsu's agreement to her proposal was a blessing to her, as she's not nearly as good a combat magician as Tatsuya or Miyuki (and Kudou Retsu is).
This scene where Tatsuya hugs Miyuki is a means of synchronizing their magic. It's not a common thing to do, only a few close siblings can do such a thing, and theirs is not a powerful connection. Saegusa Mayumi's twin sisters (Kazumi and Izumi) have a much deeper connection and can synchronize even without touching.
Tatsuya did that so that Miyuki could make use of his Elemental Sight innate magic, which is basically a very OP unlimited range true sight. He can access the information dimension with it, which is why he only needs to be vaguely aware of something to know its size, weight, color, form, etc. He uses it passively in a small area and to watch Miyuki 24/7. Yes, he's literally watching Miyuki even when sleeping.
Anyways, with his sight, Miyuki is able to pinpoint the location of the parasite so that she could accurately cast her innate magic. Her innate magic is very scary. Cocytus has nothing to do with ice or snow, so the effects shown are just a representation. What the spell does is freeze the mind of everything he targets. Not the brain, the mind itself. Meaning it's effect is equivalent to brain death, but without any physical component. She uses it very sparingly because she doesn't want to kill anybody. She used it when they raided the Blanche's headquarters, and during the terrorist invasion. The Yotsubas know a way to revert the effect of it, but it's neither easy nor fast.
Erika's family owns a dojo. They train many policemen, and they also make very neat melee weapons. They're not terribly adept at magic, but they're peerless in close quarters combat. Erika is the youngest of 4, but she doesn't have a very good relation with her siblings because of their resentment due to her being born out of wedlock. That said, their relationship is not hostile either.
Her older brother is known as one of the best close quarters combat magicians in the world. Her oldest brother is a policeman. They all train lethal techniques. Coupled with their mediocre talent for magic, they're very deadly opponents, but not very good at just incapacitating. That's why she says she can't afford to deal non-lethal blows like Tatsuya (she doesn't have gram dispersion to save her ass, after all), unless she's sure to win. And against parasites, she's not sure at all.
While Leo uses magic to reinforce his skin and equipment, she uses magic to cancel inertia so that she can act faster and hit harder, but she only uses reinforcement magic on her blades (which also happen to be weirdly shaped CADs made by her family).
This was fantastic and provided lots of insight. I hope you would be willing to do this for the remaining episodes if there are any details left out that would be good to know.
Lina's desperation to see her mission through successfully was proving to be a headache for Tatsuya's squad, and the results of her sloppy finishing led to the parasites combining together to become a monster parasite. No doubting how strong Lina is, but she didn't have anything in her arsenal that could do anything against the parasite, and attacking within her state of mind wasn't going to end well, either.
Thankfully, Tatsuya came to the rescue as he combined with Miyuki (the incest teasing was strong in this scene! XD) which led to Miyuki unleashing her Cocytus attack once again, which was a sight to behold.
Another sight to behold was Tatsuya carrying Miyuki bridal style, after they defeated the parasite. The talk they had between each other was sweet and it put a smile on my face. =)
3 episodes left now and the parasites have been taken care of for now. I do look forward to seeing what happens next, even if I don't have much of an idea as to what will happen next. ^_^;
Cocytus is a Mental interference Magic which targets Mind/Consciousness/soul/spirit. It has nothing to do with Physical elements. Also, Miyuki can only use this Magic with her full control and resources (Magic Calculation Area) at her disposal. Generally, she is using her 50% power sealing Tatsuya's power. Therefore, Tatsuya is also working at 50% of his OPness. But we have seen Tatsuya at full power when Miyuki removes her seal as seen in Yokohama terror attack in season 1. At that time both Miyuki and Tatsuya were on 100% battle prowess. Miyuki was able to use Cocytus then because of that.
Cocytus requires full control, she isn't able to use it now and can only rely on zone interference which too can only be applied to a smaller area of effect otherwise it would interfere with other's magic. Under such circumstances, Tatsuya decides to relieve his seal and allowing her to use Cocytus and with his Elemental Sight he synchronized/copied his Information body (Eidos) with hers giving her the power of Elemental Sight to be able to view the unseen. With her full control back and aided with 360 degree vision of elemental sight, she was able to initiate a pinpoint attack targeting only the parasites even though Pixie was surrounded by parasites.
So they gonna spend the next episode wrapping up the visitor arc? there's not much material left, i wonder how are they going to time the next episode, unless they adapt battle royale ss.. Meaning we only get 2 episodes for double 7? Damn, i was hoping to see million edge getting animated.
and damn, my bruh naotsugu didnt even get a milisecond of screentime. feelsbadman.
unfortunately i'm starting to lose my interest in this anime because Miyuki's jealous and how Tatsuya treating her sister like that, well that's my opinion in the end
zHyDra said: unfortunately i'm starting to lose my interest in this anime because Miyuki's jealous and how Tatsuya treating her sister like that, well that's my opinion in the end
If you dont like the incest, just drop it, because that wont change.
zHyDra said: unfortunately i'm starting to lose my interest in this anime because Miyuki's jealous and how Tatsuya treating her sister like that, well that's my opinion in the end
If you dont like the incest, just drop it, because that wont change.