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| Yikes, Alicia has to deal with a problem where no one remembers her anymore. At first, it seems very problemic but then I remember how much Alicia has grown this season and matured into a much more capable character. Felt kinda rushed imo but works for Alicia's way of solving problems again to prove herself. In the end, she embraced both a heroine and villainess role in her own way. |
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| If only the main character weren’t annoying for 3/4 of the show, this could’ve been decent at least. But hey, at least we got one last kid from Alicia and Duke that was WITH consent for once… Won’t be missing this :) Merry Christmas to all btw. |
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| Duke suddenly having amnesia...this sure came at a VERY wrong time. Even having the spiteful guys along to give him a nomal pep talk, Duke only confirms their worst fears, and it's clear that Alicia needs to tackle this unsettling trap, because she wants exile to head to Laval, though being targeted by the same high-level magic that is more or less the same as Liz's, but on a memory-erasing level. The school in uproar over Duke's situation and Mel's uncovering of Alicia's unintended fault with her exile, not to mention things about Roana Village, there's just too many things going on concurrently. Obviously, Liz confronting Alicia who only gets the news thereafter, but the fact that Duke would fake his own amnesia just so he could send her off to Laval, it's a dream come true that romance has to stand in the way of her objective. Just as is the liberation of Roana Village, Alicia's sendoff is quite the heartpain, and while Duke did not disappoint with his farewell kiss, the villainess route still stays true even to the end. What a fakeout for Alicia to finally let loose her villainess traits all the more, as she approaches Laval's gates. Damn, this show just loves to subvert expectations, yet keep the tones in line and check. It's decent, I'll give it that. |
KANLen09Dec 24, 2024 9:58 AM
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| Lmaoo this finale made us all look like idiots. Last week we were all in the discussion threads speculating why duke lost his memory. Some saying it was Liz, some saying it was Will and the Laval mages and whole time it was just Will faking it to get Alicia sent away lol. Anticlimactic twist tbh, BUT it does set up Alicia in a foreign country with no allies and intel. That would instantly be a better season than this one no season 2 announcement of course π That whole trial sequence was about to piss me off so much because how you gonna blame Alicia for YOU forgetting her. Even Liz called it a sham. But then as information started coming out it became more clear what Duke was planning. This probably was the best way to get her out of the kingdom tbh. Idk if the king knows she’s the one actually in charge of the kingdom’s fate, but I don’t see them letting her go under most circumstances. FUCKK NOO. I was so hoping that Alicia would just give that letter to Prince nonce and we’d be done with him for the season, but his weird ass had to come give her a kiss π I really can’t stand him man. He and Hadis this season were just too much of a weird age gap for me, mind you duke was crushing on Alicia when she was like 7.. but whatever they got their moment. I love that Alicia is more focused on her personal goals rather than romance and isn’t chasing a man or relationship. That’ll be there later, but helping the kingdom and growing as a mage won’t necessarily be! I’m most sad for her leaving Gil behind if anything. Poor guy is her biggest supporter I really wanna see what goes down in Laval so I’ll read ahead! Anticlimactic but still enjoyable finale here. I’ll miss this a lot |
Marinate1016Dec 24, 2024 12:10 PM
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| Wow...Duke knows how to hold back. He definitely got me with his amnesia act. Also surprised me Liz didn't revert back to being a....well a$$ like I thought she was going to be at the previous ep. Wellll....another open-ended season finale that leaves room for potentially another season but to me it's a bit on the mediocre side...could go either way...(meaning I'd like to watch a sequel but totally expect me to forget this if something is not announced soon-ish) At least it's way better than the OTHER anime with a FMC I was watching this season *COUGH* |
IkanoDec 24, 2024 12:19 PM
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| Man... what a finale, and what a cliff. I definitely want a sequel to this to see what she pulls off in exile. |
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| Duke the real chad. He went for the kiss. Noway he was just gonna let her go and Alicia also realised there's more to life than being a chuuni. Knew it was an act and as expected Alicia left for Laval. So she's the one who governs the fate of the kingdom, the black rose. Quite enjoyed this, felt just right for the most part and better than most villainess stuff that comes out every season. Though I have a feeling this'll go down with the reverse harem or more shoujo focus from next season. Cause new kingdom so new characters, prince and so on but still would like to watch more. |
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| Duke is actually a creep lmfao, like what. |
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| I want to publicly apologize to Liz, I was talking shit about her last week and she had been studying non stop, it was cute to see the red hair guy be mad in love with her. At first I had no expectation about this show, the animation was a bit rough and I assumed MC would be annoying after a while but it really grew a lot in me, it was just that much enjoyable to have a FMC with a strong conviction and knows what she wants while always training and working towards her goal, I would love if we get to see more of her. |
| This isn't the best but at least they tried |
| I knew making Liz a irredeemable manipulator is perhaps too much for shoujo show. So she turns out good in the end, kinda disappointing cz it could have been somthing grander. And so Duke pretend had amnesia just to find a reason to exile Alicia. Mel turing against Alicia would have been way too big of a 180 tbf. Alicia wanted to go to Laval and now Duke gave her the causes belli. Duke still getting criticized is herasy. He is willing to let Alicia go and willing to wait for her to show his love. He stared out a bit too pushy but by end he has been a fantastic character. And sure enough he ain't letting her go without a kiss. Finally convinced Alicia there's more to life than role playing a villainess. Alicia finally gave him back aswell. Such a lovely cute scene.  The romance started slow but it was still good to watch these two slowly getting there. Now Alicia has got his wish she can do whatever she want to do in Laval. Pretty much left it in a cliffhanger. This show MUST need a sequel. There's just too much left unresolved. Japan gonna add one more warcrime to the list of they doesn't deliver. As someone who loves isekai and villainess genre this was easily one of the better one but I liked every villainess anime I watched so.. One thing is it could have been the best one but it undersell it plot didn't go dark enough where the could have. Liz is a fine antagonist but she had potential to be even worse. So for now something like Tearmoon Empire is still better for me. But if they do a S2 and do it well it still has great potential to be even better. Great anime 7.5/10.. Alicia easily the best female character of the season imo and neck and neck with Yumilia in being the best "Villainess". Her giving no fuk attitude is so satisfying to watch everytime. My queen always slays..π  Alicia sama yes pleaseπ«‘ |
WaterMageDec 24, 2024 10:50 AM
| Being exiled as the last scene of the anime, well, i sure as hell didn't think they would play that far into the "villaness troupe" quite ingenious, normally its either they are exiled at the star of the shgow or they avoid being exiled at all, so this was a fresh take, on a troupe as old as isekais going to miss Alicia, for a vilaness anime while not as charming as bakarina claes, she is one of the better MC villanes that actually tries to be a vilannes (maybe the best since bakarina doesnt even try, just saing no one is as charming as bakarina XD) Definitely going to watch season 2, that we just know is going to be either the true route or the "game sequel" |
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Reply to TurnipFan
There is nothing like ending a show with sexual assault >.> This was disgusting.
| @TurnipFan umm...how was that sexual assault? |
As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"  |
Soupychecks said: TurnipFan said: There is nothing like ending a show with sexual assault >.> This was disgusting. Are we watching the same show like he just kissed her? Wow! Seeing it as SA is weird. They were watching something else or projecting. |
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| Surprisingly, I enjoyed this anime a lot, and I wasn't feeling it at first, but it's pretty good. I still don't like the Duke, and Liz is just annoying most of the time, but I'm still hoping we see a second season just for the Laval journey. |
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| I'm sad this is the last episode of the season. I enjoyed watching this one a whole lot. It was definitely a guilty pleasure. After Duke pretended to not know Alicia at the start, he smiled as he turned and walked away. It also was obviously when Mel still referred to Alicia as Ali Nah, Alicia rejecting Duke is such a stupid mistake. That actually pissed me off. Its fucked up to abandon Gill like that too /: I don't understand why she's so desperate to go to Laval. I mean looking for who sent the wolves is her only purpose? Poor Duke. I hope Duke doesn't fall in love with Liz during Alicia's absence. How many years as it been since people of Roana have seen sunlight? Also for everyone calling Duke a creep and saying that was SA. You're wrong. Clearly you don't know what SA is or even bothered to actually watch the anime as Alicia reciprocated all her feelings with Duke. Anyways, as I previously mentioned, this was a guilty pleasure and I'm going to miss this silly anime. I might pick up the manga, but I really hope they make a second season! This was a lot of fun. 8/10 for me even with all the inconsistencies and speedrunning |
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Reply to d2rkest
Duke is actually a creep lmfao, like what.
| @d2rkest Please explain how he was a creep? I don't understand why so many of y'all are coming to this conclusion. |
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Reply to ApfelMyName
Do y'all think i can hope for a second season?
| @ApfelMyName I'm sort of doubtful since the score keeps dropping. Maybe if manga sales are good we can hopefully expect a second season. |
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| I'm glad the Duke just pretend to be amnesia, although the story good, hoping for the second season. |
| For those of us who thought Liz had erased Duke's memory just to keep him for herself, we end up like this: π€‘. That Duke sure knows how to fake amnesia, although I think his plan was a bit over the top. I understand that his intention was to send Alicia to Laval, a hostile nation, and banishing her was a good idea so that no one would suspect her, but staging that whole act seemed a bit excessive to me. Still, at least he was rewarded with a kiss before Alicia left. I was really impressed by this anime, especially by Alicia as a character. Even Liz got better when her true personality was revealed. I really hope they get a second season. |
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| Everybody thought his memory was erased; me included. lol. What gave it away was Mel's abrupt attitude change towards Alicia, when Duke's memory was the only one supposedly affected. Honestly I thought it was just another side-effect caused by Liz's emotions. |
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Reply to cooldogmom
@d2rkest Please explain how he was a creep? I don't understand why so many of y'all are coming to this conclusion.
| @cooldogmom there's nothing wrong with being forward if there is consent from both parties, which there wasn't to me. for me, it doesn't matter if alicia did or did not have feelings for duke, he probably shouldn't have just kissed her randomly. there was also that scene from ep 2 when he kissed her to give her a medicine which i also found strange. obviously alicia is not going to have a problem with it because that's how the author wrote the story to be, but i did. it doesn't really matter to me b/c i thought the show was enjoyable anyway, but i never really understood his purpose as a character. tldr, you can think duke is cool and that's all well and good, but i found it strange. |
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| Well that fooled me as well. Decent episode, but go spend some Christmas time with your family instead |
| I was completely wrong about Liz, I guess that book glowed for some other reason. It was a nice twist though that Duke found a way to help Alicia getting to Laval. Now we also have the freedom of Raona village. My favourite anime this season. 9/10 |
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Reply to FutoiOtaku
@d2rkest You have a lonely future ahead of you if you cry sexual assault every time a significant other acts spontaneously. Hope you get over your hypersensitive phase soon.
| @FutoiOtaku i didnt say that lol ππππ they also are not in a relationship π |
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Reply to FutoiOtaku
d2rkest said:
@FutoiOtaku i didnt say that lol ππππ
they also are not in a relationship π
@FutoiOtaku i didnt say that lol ππππ
they also are not in a relationship π
He’s already confessed, she showing lots of body language suggesting reciprocation. Being romantically bold is not assault, just spontaneity. Does he need her to sign a consent form for a kiss in your world?
Also yes apologies due, Turnip Fan said that, you were only mildly complaining about kissing without consent. Still not realistic but my mistake, crossed my wires over who wrote what.
| @FutoiOtaku did i even say the word assault? i said he is weird and he is. he's been doing this since he was a kid. its not like this was a one time thing, he has been doing these things since like age 7. |
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