Reign of the Seven Spellblades (light novel)
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| Ugh, some of these teachers are annoying to deal with in this show. Pete also seems to actt somewhat out of her charcter this episode. The students at this academy really has to deal with all type of strange shit happening there. That singing at the end was some next level stuff though. |
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| Good start to the vol 2 adaptation. I enjoyed the episode. |
| With Nanao's 7th Spellblade and Oliver's intention to kill those who afflicted pain on his mother last week, we finish Volume 1 of the LN. Especially, Headmistress Esmeralda and the other assailants, plus the OP's new final change in Oliver dawning the mask, Volume 2 starts here. Pete's sudden sex change which throws everyone off, and instructor Dustin Hedges teaching broomriding, this is also a display of being a Kimberly student, 6 months in. Though Nanao with her mana, the bucking broom is the one that she chooses, and once again, she shows her class because it's the same broom that his mother once helmed. Michela's father Theodore being the class's alchemy instructor, and he's a real headcore fan of him, though because of his sex change he can't quite focus. One of the assailants being magical engineering instructor Enrico Forghieri, Oliver knows the truth about him, though the others are skeptical about him. Oliver is sure about Pete's sex change, though this magic is something worth noting because his Reversi power is not just something that Withrow also knew about it, but a gathering that includes President Godfrey, this is a precedent that is not just Pete's alone. Many other students also experience sex-based magical traits, and have a closed community of their own, with includes his brother Gwyn and President Withrow's cousin Carlos. It's great for Pete to find his identity not being a lost cause, and more mysteries will pop up as we go. Enticing, at the very least. |
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| Nah this is insane, I was shocked when I saw the ED credits appear, this episode felt like it was only 5 minutes long. |
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| Btw I heard the last episode finished adapting volume 1. One volume in 6 episodes is really nice pacing actually. LN adaptations usually really rush through stuff. The opening changed! Now Oliver puts on the mast at the end. I thought for a second that I had been wrong all this time thinking Pete is a guy lol. The name of the episode makes sense now. The brooms being alive is certainly unexpected. I like it! Nanao tamed Oliver's mom's broom! How long do these things even live? "Azia" so as I thought this is basically set in our world in the past but with magic. That's cool. Pete's character is much more interesting now. Looking forward to everyone else getting their time to shine too. In what language was that song? Is it an artificial language or just gibberish? Good episode! This episode title: リバーシ（両極往来者）— Reversi (both extremes coming and going person (this is basically a bunch of japanese compounds combined)) Next episode title: ライバルズ（挑戦者）— Rivals (Challangers) |
EmbientAug 18, 2023 10:08 AM
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| Another great nanatsuma world-building episode that shows off just how rich and complex the magical elements of this world are. This episode was outsourced, but still turned out great! The brooms are not inanimate objects, but an actual living part of the world. It makes the relationship between rider and broom so much more intimate when both parties have to choose the other. Following volume 1’s plot twist and conclusion we also get introduced to the variety of characters and personalities that make up the Kimberly faculty. A real collection of oddities that will each pose their own unique challenge to Oliver and his group. Oliver has also lost the advantage of surprise, the faculty now know something is up. Additionally, we get introduced to the sex trait magical systems. It’s not unheard of to see this in an anime, but it’s usually treated more as a joke than a serious topic like this. Having an entire society dedicated to sex trait magical users being able to gather and make friends while figuring out their path in life is so cool. Pete being best girl and bro at the same time is really sweet. There’s just so many layers to the magical elements in this series that I could go on and on about all day. Remember if it seems like something isn’t clear or you didn’t understand, the LN will go into more detail. Obviously going from book to anime means that the internal monologues and narration get cut a lot. I still think they’ve done a great job of showing how many different personalities exist in this franchise and just how magical this world is. |
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| Terrible plagiaristic trash...unless this is a parody. Mashle for the win |
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| With the newfound assembly of the teaching staff at their malevolent Round Table rendezvous, it's astonishing that I only realized they were far more than just distorted individuals after witnessing last week's episode, despite their outward appearances. The transformation of Pete through genderbending and the revelation of Brooms as Magical Beasts marked a significant departure, illustrating the stark contrast between the visible aspects of school life and the concealed machinations of its shadowy underbelly. |
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| So Pete can change gender between male and female. One more rival for Nanao? Hmm? I wonder who'll Oliver go after next. |
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| So now that we're done with the prologue, we're finally starting to get more of the strong year 1 students being introduced, with 3 new ones this time around. Stacy, Rossi and Fay now have a voice and a face in the anime o/ (I really like Fay's look btw). And we're also finally going to start having our main 6 characters getting some growth/development, with Pete starting the trend during this episode (well, technically I suppose you could argue that Katie already started the trend during the prologue). First appearance for the rest of the 6 targets as well (not counting the flashback) though two still have no voice so far. Also wasn't expecting that broom addict to look and talk like that, I thought he was way older. Speaking of brooms, yay the living brooms finally o/ and Pete being a Riversi is no longer a spoiler. Nice episode overall, and good performance from Carlos's seiyuu at the end, that sounded really on point. |
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| 4 months have passed since the events of Episode 6, with Darius Grenville being presumed dead. The prologue has ended and now we’ve begun the dive into the deeper aspect of Kimberly Magic Academy. With the higher faculty being brought to the table, they are vastly different on the inside than what they show to their students and classes. The way they’re presented with their areas of expertise, it seemingly looks like the two are tied with their respective teachers. What I’m trying to say is their area of expertise can be reflective of their personality which I like with how it is shown. Maybe there’s a better way of explaining it but I’m not the best so shrug. I really like how brooms are interpreted, being seen as living things with their own preferences instead of an inanimate object. Brings out more of the world and the life around our group of characters, not to mention the broom partnering with Nanao is the same one as Olivier’s Mother which brings curiosity. It’s fascinating to continue being able to learn and understand more of the nature of magic and the world with how this show is. Chela’s father has come into the mix as a substitute to Darius, the man who brought Nanao to the academy in the first place. (I think he did, correct me if I’m wrong) I wonder how he’ll teach a class but it is nice to see him being introduced. Speaking of introductions, we’ve also been welcomed to another target of the 6, that being Enrico Forgheiri. It’s kind of odd to see him, he reminds me of a crazy and wild scientist. With him being a higher faculty, it’ll be intriguing to see how he continues to act. Pete now is revealed to be a Reversi, which makes him more compelling now. It’s a surprise to see that the two genders have better handling with different elements of magic, I think it sets the contrast well as Pete can use it to his advantage with improving at magic. A whole society of sex magical trait students is pretty cool to see, now he doesn’t have to worry about having to deal with it alone or feel like an outcast. I’m really excited to see where this continues to go, this show has a lot of potential and I hope it uses that potential to its best. Also the OP is an absolute banger, just wanna say that. Leaving things off, have a magical Friday everyone :) |
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Secret333 said: Ok. I'm gonna ask this question wherever I can cause I NEED ANSWERS PEOPLE!! If Pete can change sexes completely, does that mean he can get pregnant? I imagine the answer is yes so my next question is: What happens if he changes back to male while he is? Does the fetus disappear along with the uterus or does it lose the placenta and die? Can Pete control his/her changing yet or does he/she need to learn quickly? I have no problem with Pete changing sexes but have you considered the implications, people? Also, nice to see Guy doing something. For once it's not Oliver saving the class. So I'm pretty sure the answer hasn't been given in the novels until now, so anyone answering you like they know is probably just inventing it. For all we know, it may very well be impossible for a prgenant Riversi to switch back to male when they're pregnant, as the foreign life part of them may hinder that completely. Or, in reverse, they may stay pregnant as male just the same even if they revert, or, the foetus may be magically still contained by simply not physically here, or something. After all, mages in this verse alter reality around them by just existing, and Riversi are more magical than normal mages. They're like a rare type of mage, like Nanao is with her innocent colour. As Oliver said, it is an advantage for a mage to be one. So it wouldn't be surprising if riversi had special phenomenons happening to them and their foetus when they're pregnant. |
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| Who's the author bro and what kind of books he read before penning down this stupid as fuck idea of "gender interchange" spell lmaooooo. And moreover having the nerd go through this. I mean there were already enough girls to give our invincible-kun company, there was no need to go this modern right? |
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| pete is revealed to be a reversi, meaning he can switch between genders. basically gender fluid, lmao. and oliver really cementing himself as my favorite character in the series by not making a big deal about it when he realizes what's up. he instead gently explains to pete what happened and what it means for him. he then points out the positives of it to help pete feel better about it. oliver is such a sweetheart. i really do like him |
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| Gender bending has its audience and stuff (especially ecchi centered anime) but in this series it just feels out of place. It adds nothing to the plot, I want to see Oliver commit more murder. |
| Lmao so now we got the magical gay and the magical gay clubs. I mean sure let's get woke af with it. |
Vooo said: lmao. There is zero sense in the Mashle world. 7 spellblades at least trying to do something rightTerrible plagiaristic trash...unless this is a parody. Mashle for the win |
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| Wow I didn't know MAL was a lair for so many transphobic peoples, that's crazy. It's not even like Pete is a trans, he genuinely became a full female and has every single part of a body a woman has, and none of those exclusive to a male anymore right now. It's not like Pete wished for it too. Also, the story isn't trying to be woke or anything, but I'd suppose this kind of subtlety is fully lost to peoples like that. Like, literally, as we've seen since the beginning of the show, if something is a benefit for their research or goal, mages will approve of that something. If it's a hindrance to those, even if that thing is better for others, they will disapprove of it. Reversi condition, as Oliver started to describe, brings plenty of advantages to a mage and no real inconvenient to their research or goal. So the Reversi condition is, per se, something regarded as envious by most mages out there. just for that. Just like any other rare beneficial condition, like having Nanao's condition of hair turning white for example, is regarded as a good thing. Truth be told, mages don't give a f*** in one way or the other about gayness or gender fluid or trans peoples or whatever. They just don't care at all. I don't think I've ever seen any character in 11 volumes have a comment about any LGBTQ+ peoples and I don't think there'll ever be one. Because LGBTQ+ isn't giving any change to their magic or helping their research whatsoever. But Reversi? Now we're talking, that's something they, as mages, get benefit from, so bring it on. Not more, and not less, than any of the other condition like the Innocent Colour from Nanao. But yeah, if this triggers you so much you're better quitting this anime now. The second arc will last until the end of the season, and Pete... Is a very important character in the second arc. And no, not a single mage in the story is going to get disgusted at Pete for being a Reversi like you did, so you won't find any kindred spirit in there either. So get lost lol. |
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MomoSinX said: Dude this isn't a doujin. If you don't like a potential trans narrative about one of characters just say so.Gender bending has its audience and stuff (especially ecchi centered anime) but in this series it just feels out of place. It adds nothing to the plot, I want to see Oliver commit more murder. There is also basis for the first part of your comment either. Nothing says magic can't affect your body anymore than lets shoot fireballs. In fact we have already examples with Nanao's hair color changing due mana her body becoming high excited, Ophelia's charm magic being an aspects of her body chemistry, Vassna can transform her part of her body in beastly claws. Pete's traits is just an extension of that. Spellblades more than just about Oliver's revenge, there world and characters that exist outside of him and thery are getting fleshed out right now. phantomfandom said: Is this the first ever support group for sexual minority in anime history? Michela's father, Professor Theodore McFarlane, reminds me of Gilderoy Lockhart. KennaIsANerd said: Yep, It show the depth of magic of this world, its not just shooting fireballs and callng it a day. It core culture and eevryday and impacts people significantly.pete is revealed to be a reversi, meaning he can switch between genders. basically gender fluid, lmao. and oliver really cementing himself as my favorite character in the series by not making a big deal about it when he realizes what's up. he instead gently explains to pete what happened and what it means for him. he then points out the positives of it to help pete feel better about it. oliver is such a sweetheart. i really do like him As expected, some posters would be pretty terrible about this. One minute the show is generic, and then when its doing unique stuff its bad too, classic MAL. |
Iron_MawAug 18, 2023 4:11 PM
Dukino said: Because any good story more than just big actions moments. More importantly about fleshing out the character and world this what is about. Spellblade's just killing his teachers and then stops. More importantly this episode is showing how much Spellblades is own thing not just some derivative other magic academy stories or HP. Following last episode wild tone shift this episode here basically just reverted back to the beginning of the show like almost nothing happened. Other than the evil teachers gathering to discuss Grenville disappearing and the students making a brief comment, its like last episode didn't change anything. So this episode was kinda just fine like the early ones. No big moments or even any action other than zapping snakes. Broom riding class was pretty cool at least. It reminded me of an extreme version of when in harry potter the sand chooses the wizard. Here the brooms being sentient in their own way not letting just anyone ride them. They were almost temperamental in their behavior with some easy approaching the students while others didn't come close. Nanao picking the same broom that Oliver mother had before is pretty telling. Maybe it can be Nanao that pulls Oliver back from the edge of his revenge abyss. Pete switching genders is interesting, didn't even imagine that could be a possibility. I'm glad that Pete could find other magic users there for support. Oliver was very understanding and helpful too. I hope we get more revenge stuff soon. |
Iron_MawAug 18, 2023 4:32 PM
| One more magical girl looks good. Just the guy who wets himself and electrocutes snakes to go and we full harem! Best girl and her bucking broom. MCs mams broom no less. The guy who found best girl is is princess dad has tured up back at college and teaching alchemy. It did have me thinking if the reversi effect has anything to do with alchemy, giving well, alchemy changes things. Solid episode this week. Could of done with a little more action and wizard battles for my liking but pace seems decent and the dungeon at night is an ever present threat. |
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| That's nice way for the brooms to be depicted as living entities instead of just magical tools. More interesting to go that route. Hopefully Pete will be a little less annoyingly big headed acting in girl mode. But I do wonder what this other sex type magic is supposed to involve if there is more than just reversi. Do they mean biological sex or do they also mean sexual stuff too? I'd hope they'd show some amusing ones lol. |
traed said: That's nice way for the brooms to be depicted as living entities instead of just magical tools. More interesting to go that route. Hopefully Pete will be a little less annoyingly big headed acting in girl mode. But I do wonder what this other sex type magic is supposed to involve if there is more than just reversi. Do they mean biological sex or do they also mean sexual stuff too? I'd hope they'd show some amusing ones lol. To be clear it is heavily implied in what Oliver said that Pete never really was "tsundere" archetype per se, and that his latent Reversi condition was making him unable to really measure properly his place in society among his pairs, making him behave awkwardly and reject other getting too close. So contrary to many tsundere out there that are just like that for the sake of the "waifu archetype", Pete had good reasons to be rejecting others being too close and for being socially awkward. |
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| Series actually brings something interesting into its worldbuilding and ofc peope complain because OMG gender bender and potentially LGBT Really looking forward to seeing how is this gonna be more explored since rarely do you see this stuff portrayed seriously in anime |
Zefyris said: traed said: That's nice way for the brooms to be depicted as living entities instead of just magical tools. More interesting to go that route. Hopefully Pete will be a little less annoyingly big headed acting in girl mode. But I do wonder what this other sex type magic is supposed to involve if there is more than just reversi. Do they mean biological sex or do they also mean sexual stuff too? I'd hope they'd show some amusing ones lol. To be clear it is heavily implied in what Oliver said that Pete never really was "tsundere" archetype per se, and that his latent Reversi condition was making him unable to really measure properly his place in society among his pairs, making him behave awkwardly and reject other getting too close. So contrary to many tsundere out there that are just like that for the sake of the "waifu archetype", Pete had good reasons to be rejecting others being too close and for being socially awkward. I wasn't getting tsundere vibes more like arrogance and stubbornness out of trying to prove one's self to others due to not being from a magical family is what I meant. Otherwise I don't see a reason it would keep being brought up. |
| Edgy is a word I don't often use when I'm describing anime, but some of these scenes lol, it really brings it home that this show was tailor made for teenage boys (yes, teenagers can watch gory stuff as well lol). That teacher meeting was hilariously cringe and that final scene "iT piSsEs mE oFf" was the cherry on top to finish this episode off. I put it in the same tier as Tomodachi Game, Blue Lock, etc, shows that take themselves seriously, but aren't stimulating enough or mindlessly entertaining enough, they fall somewhere between the middle and become pure mediocrity (well, Tomodachi Game was absolute garbage, while Blue Lock was just OK, though the point is there). Also, I bet some of you clowns didn't drop To Love Ru, when a gender bending character was introduced lol, what a ridiculous reason to drop, especially when there's a multitude of other things to complain about. |
| What has anime industry stepped into... WHY does everything has to have a slight chunk of LBGT? I hope this is not going to a mainstream thing for future animes. I've seen enough of this for the past 3 years. |
ReiaaAug 18, 2023 6:19 PM
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MomoSinX said: I highly doubt you will see more than 2 murders, 1st one being way too late. (Ep 6) Gender bending has its audience and stuff (especially ecchi centered anime) but in this series it just feels out of place. It adds nothing to the plot, I want to see Oliver commit more murder. |
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MRD_Crowe said: traed said: Ophelia's monster birthing ability is actually a prime example of sex-based magic. That's nice way for the brooms to be depicted as living entities instead of just magical tools. More interesting to go that route. Hopefully Pete will be a little less annoyingly big headed acting in girl mode. But I do wonder what this other sex type magic is supposed to involve if there is more than just reversi. Do they mean biological sex or do they also mean sexual stuff too? I'd hope they'd show some amusing ones lol. Ahh now you mention it yeah that would make sense for one. |
GakutoDeathGlare said: I don't you know what edgy is if your calling this show that. Edgy describe over-top violence, gratuitous rape and other things done for shock value rather than character or narrative benefit. Spellblades has no content close to that and certainly nothing like Tomodachi Game. Edgy is a word I don't often use when I'm describing anime, but some of these scenes lol, it really brings it home that this show was tailor made for teenage boys (yes, teenagers can watch gory stuff as well lol). That teacher meeting was hilariously cringe and that final scene "iT piSsEs mE oFf" was the cherry on top to finish this episode off. I put it in the same tier as Tomodachi Game, Blue Lock, etc, shows that take themselves seriously, but aren't stimulating enough or mindlessly entertaining enough, they fall somewhere between the middle and become pure mediocrity (well, Tomodachi Game was absolute garbage, while Blue Lock was just OK, though the point is there). Also, I bet some of you clowns didn't drop To Love Ru, when a gender bending character was introduced lol, what a ridiculous reason to drop, especially when there's a multitude of other things to complain about. |
Iron_Maw said: Directing wise, it's incredibly edgy, but that's just my opinion. The stuff you explained is generally used for both shock value and character/narrative benefit, they're oftentimes not mutually exclusive, and yes, they're sometimes edgy. I know you're a stern defender of this show, but my opinion is unwavering this far into the show lolGakutoDeathGlare said: I don't you know what edgy is if your calling this show that. Edgy describe over-top violence, gratuitous rape and other things done for shock value rather than character or narrative benefit. Spellblades has no content close to that and certainly nothing like Tomodachi Game. Edgy is a word I don't often use when I'm describing anime, but some of these scenes lol, it really brings it home that this show was tailor made for teenage boys (yes, teenagers can watch gory stuff as well lol). That teacher meeting was hilariously cringe and that final scene "iT piSsEs mE oFf" was the cherry on top to finish this episode off. I put it in the same tier as Tomodachi Game, Blue Lock, etc, shows that take themselves seriously, but aren't stimulating enough or mindlessly entertaining enough, they fall somewhere between the middle and become pure mediocrity (well, Tomodachi Game was absolute garbage, while Blue Lock was just OK, though the point is there). Also, I bet some of you clowns didn't drop To Love Ru, when a gender bending character was introduced lol, what a ridiculous reason to drop, especially when there's a multitude of other things to complain about. |
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