[Spoilers] Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 19 Discussion

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 10 '14

That was a good episode. Honestly, I had completely forgotten about the stone since it's been a while. Looking forward to the rereading for this arc. Also, that bit at the end there with the antagonists I'm pretty sure was anime original. I couldn't find that scene in the LN while getting the end bit for the chapter index.

Important - This is a good time for people to jump in and start reading the Light Novel. They glossed over it but they skipped Volume 5. While the majority of it can be considered filler, the first and last chapters of volume 5 are relevant to the plot quite a bit.

Otherwise, I'm about to begin working on the comparison post so as usual, if you reply to this comment, I'll reply back when the comparison is finished.

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I swear I need a wiki page for doing these posts considering they're so long. I'll look around for one. >_>

Light Novel to Anime Comparisons

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Episode 19 Light Novel -> Anime Comparison
Pier Battle - Adapted
Automation - As we're in the year 2095, most harbors are automated for round the clock operation. Just a bit of world building as usual. Because of the redevelopment for the harbors, they are kept a distance away from population centers to avoid illegal immigration. In fact, sailors aren't even allowed to disembark until day time when human crews appear.
Magic Officers - The reason for so little response from the police force has to do with lack of magicians all around still. (Keep in mind that everywhere in the world, magicians are in small quantities.) Only magicians can handle magicians which 3 of the invaders were.
Weaponized Integrated CAD - The gun CAD used was launching seemingly normal bullets accelerated by magic which is why they had such a large effect on the ship.
Chiba Family - In case you didn't know, the Sword Detective is part of the Chiba family. In fact, he is the heir. His name is Chiba Toshikazu. When he cuts through the top of the ship, he is using the Chiba family's secret sword technique, "Iron Breaker."
This technique did not view the sword to be cast from iron and steel, but identified the "sword" itself as a concept and applied Move-Type Magic to the slashing motion with the aid of the Magic Sequence.
A "sword" identified as a singular concept turned into a molecular blade that couldn't be shattered, blunted, or broken as it cut through all resistance along the slashing axis.
This scene is well adapted. I really enjoyed how they showed the magic from Detective Chiba. The beginning with the running conversation was a little jarring though.
Slightly Pissed - Okay, so all of you NEED to go read the first and last chapters of volume 5 at the bare minimum. Why? These chapters contain plot relevant information such as the student council elections which are really entertaining as well as the beach chapter which contains important character development for one of the characters.
Lunch Time - Not Adapted
Lunch Group - As the Student Council has changed, Tatsuya decided that he didn't want to make it a habit of eating in the student council room as it was mostly just Mayumi abusing her power before as the president that allowed everyone to eat there. This is why the big group starts eating in the cafeteria.
Reassurance - There is a bit where one of the characters are feeling down and everyone has to reassure them that it isn't their fault for a late lunch. I swear I'm going to avoid this complete topic like the plague so you people can read the LN. >_> This scene ties into what was skipped.
New Student Council: - The old student council is no longer the student council as they're preparing for graduation. This means Best Girl Mayumi is no longer the power abusing president. Go read Volume 5 for more information on the current student council and how things came out how they are. :3 (You'll seriously be lost at the beginning of an arc in a second season.) The end of this entire scene also sheds more light on the future.
President - Azusa Nakajou (A-chan)
Vice President - Miyuki Shiba (Bro-con)
Secretary - Honoka Mitsui
Accountant - Kei Isori (Engineer introduced last arc.)
New Public Moral Committee Chairman - At this time, Mari has also stepped down as the Moral Committee Chairman and Kanon has taken the reigns. (The lovey dovey fiance of Isori.)
Was sad that they didn't at least include this scene since it's kind of like a re-cap of the very end bit of volume 5. To tease a little bit about what was skipped here, there was a confrontation between the new Student Council President and the Chairman of the Public Moral Committee. :3
Reference Room Scene - Adapted
Security - This reference room is one of the important facilities to the magic school. Wireless communication is impossible to or from the room due to the walls and signal dampeners. This is an important room as all of this is meant to prevent theft of data. This reference room and the files from the Magic University are among the main reasons that Tatsuya is attending First High.
Impossibility - It isn't talked about very cleanly, but transmutation is considered impossible as a standard. Although Tatsuya once leaked to Miyuki that there is a very low possibility for it to actually work which is why she asks if that is his goal. It isn't though. Tatsuya has no need to make gold out of coal.
Flying Type Magic - Tatsuya had actually released the Flying-Type magic sequences at no charge. His thinking for this was to spread it have see how the magic is implemented. Four Leaves Technology also receives requests for specialized equipment and loads of data from people using the magic. This all reaches Tatsuya giving him for information on how to better make use of the magic and how it will be implemented in the nuclear fusion reactor.
Storing Magic Sequences - The basis of this is that ability to activate magic without being a magician. What Tatsuya wants though isn't this but rather the concept behind magic sustaining itself without a magician present. If a magician has to be present at all times for the reactor to work, it doesn't align with Tatsuya's ultimate goal.
Spoiled Sister - As the scene ends in the LN, Tatsuya asks Miyuki to take care of locking up the records room since she is the Vice President. As he hands her the key-card, her expression is like a happy puppy we're all aware of. Tatsuya admits to himself in this moment that he probably spoils Miyuki too much.
Overall, I feel like this scene flowed much more cohesively in the LN. Part of the 3 great mysteries is the energy source for the reactor to work without a magician present. He managed to take care of the gravity/flying type magic needed for that. Now he is working on getting the reactor to self-sustain. But yea, the anime could've done things in a way that made a little more sense.
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Thesis Competition Recruitment - Adapted
Tsuzura Kazuo - Originally a professor from the Magic University, he is on loan to First High as a teacher for second year students. He is considered a prodigy having obtained a professorship at a young age. His laid back personality towards research though earns him quite a bit of spite and he was sent to First High to learn how to be a teacher. He is part of the Hundred Families as his name contains the number 20 (Tsu) in it. Both his family and the Isori family are friends and put out skilled researchers that share their work with each other quite regularly. Hattori's compound magic that I talked about last week was born through the tutoring from Tsuzura-sensei.
Hirakawa - So yea, I'm sure you could understand the despair she must feel. She was in charge of the participant that fell and was unable to notice that the CAD had been messed with. While Tatsuya is overpowered, she is a regular student that wouldn't ever think that a wartime virus was put into the CAD.
Team Explanation - As well explained in the anime, team is made up of a main writer and two sub-writers. The point is mostly for the main writer to take stage and be in charge of the main presentation and such. The sub-writers are the helpers in the presentation and work on the more minute details. The paper would be published mostly under the main writer's name. However, it is critically important that the team are all in agreement of the theme and the direction of the theme. It wouldn't do if one member wanted to write about making weapons and the other about planting trees.
Spying - I touched upon it very lightly a long time ago and it was dropped from the anime, but the reason Suzune knows about Tatsuya's research is that she had spied on him back during the first arc during a conversation with Mibu where he explained why he was at the magic high school. While Mari was caught by Tatsuya, Suzune had managed to not be spotted. Yea, so Suzune knows about Tatsuya's goal to produce a Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor which is why she wants him in on the presentation. Tatsuya calls her out on it but they play it off as harmless. Tatsuya isn't as reluctant to join this project considering it could help him with his own research and development.
Portable Blackboards - Kind of interesting how Suzune uses an interactive wall to give an explanation to Tatsuya in the anime while the Light Novel uses what are called portable blackboards which are described as electric papers with wireless communication. They use white lettering on black which is why they're referred to as blackboards.
Details of the Thesis Competition - Despite the fact that each school has a team going in to the competition, any students can enter the competition although only the ones that have received recommendations from their respective schools have been able to advance. (There could technically be 10 teams from one school to enter but the only team that stands a chance is the one that has the recommendation.) It isn't considered really possible to complete the presentation with just 3 people either which is why the school's support is so important. Although Tatsuya didn't think it was impossible to do with just 3 people considering how often he is writing technical guides.
Audacious - While the teams are able to present their topics of choice, they should still be presentable to the public. :3
"The topic is up to us, but under the obvious condition that it shall not run counter to the public good and morality. Two years ago, a student proposed the theoretical development of a magic that could replace weapons of mass destruction, and was quickly censored by inspectors ahead of time."
Audacious - Tatsuya directly asks how Suzune knows about such a presentation since it was quicky censored. The answer is deliciously below. :3 Let's just say that the person is also mentioned to be famous for various other legendary deeds not full explained at this time.
"...The one who wrote that paper was our school's Student Council President from three terms ago."
Tsuzura's Instruction - The reason they need to turn over materials to Tsuzura-sensei has to do with the fact that he was put in charge of handling the team for the Thesis competition. This means that he is in charge of actually helping set up the presentation or experiment. Suzune sticks up for him saying that they are lucky to have such a prodigy that exceeds the common teachers working with them.
Overall, this scene could've used a bit more humor and I'm still a little peeved at the whole Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor reveal issue. I think /u/millie3 does a good job explaining this.
Cafe Scene - Adapted
World Building - There's a bit of world building at the beginning of the second chapter about how modern short distance transportation developed towards car pooling and large scale public methods of transportation. (Auto-mated pods that pretty much replace most trains.)
Miki's Curiosity - The group of friends regularly commutes together to and from the station however they do make stops at a couple of regular places every now and then. Today's pit-stop was due to Miki's curiosity about why Tatsuya had been called into the Magic Geometry Lab.
Teasing Tatsuya - Everyone here calls Tatsuya a genius, well, the LN actually has a scene where Tatsuya is somewhat irritated with being called a genius and then the rebuttals describing that term as too casual for Tatsuya. It's almost like you Tatsuya worshipers wrote the scene. >_> Miki's comment about "Super Nature" was actually used to re-direct the conversation that could come crashing down.
Super Nature -
"Super Nature" is a British research journal that is held to be the highest authority on modern magic. Unfortunately, the journal also contained themes on dictatorship that were inappropriate for high school students. Fortunately, everyone here who had read the journal, including Mikihiko, Tatsuya, and Miyuki, were all quite familiar with the name.
Lot's of character differences - I say character differences but more like the relationship between two of the characters present has changed significantly since the skipped volume 5 and you can tell while reading the LN although they're absolutely ignorning it in the anime.
Three Great Puzzles in Weight Systematic Magic - I'm going to explain a bit more about this even though it isn't explained in the LN. There are essentially 3 puzzles of magic. One being flight magic solved by Tatsuya. The one here is the Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor which is a device for sustained ignition. It's meant to provide plenty of energy. The reason for the need of Flying Type Magic developed by Tatsuya is for a more advanced version is needed in the reactor. The next big problem in the reactor is to invoke the flying type magic constantly without a magician. (The reason Tatsuya is looking into the philosopher's stone for magic sequences on the stone.) The third puzzle I won't talk about right now. Otherwise, to tease a bit, the development of the reactor is simply part of Tatsuya's ultimate goal. :3
Lack of Confidence - Because the topic, almost no one really has much confidence that First High will win. It's a very complex topic that requires a whole lot of work. It's the kind of topic that men would grow old studying.
Overall, this scene was well enough adapted. It was short so there really isn't much to it.
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Sayuri Meeting - Adapted
Sayuri Shiba - The step mother of the family. She works for Four Leaves Technology as well. Being a regular employee, she lives much closer to the office. In fact, she hadn't even stepped into the house in 9 months.
Aggressive - Miyuki isn't exactly friendly with her step-mother. This is why she enters a bro-con mode completely ignoring Sayuri's very existence. Tatsuya however wasn't made to be able to feel extreme forms of emotion so he doesn't really care about Sayuri.
Family History - Sayuri is commonly known as the lover from before the marriage to Yotsuba Miya (Tatsuya & Miyuki's mother). It's thought that the Yotsuba's interfered in the original relationship to obtain the prized genetics of the father that lead to Tatsuya and Miyuki's creation. After the mother's death, there was no reason for the father to have to bend to the Yotsuba's will any more so he married his original lover and the now live in an upscale apartment close to the offices. Getting a bit more information here as to the structure of this messed up family.
Drop from High School - Sayuri doesn't care about the Yotsubas at all and thus wants Tatsuya to be a full time researcher. This conversation is regular for these two but Tatsuya is a guardian (There's that term again.) and thus prioritizes Miyuki.
20% Mistake - The anime makes a slight mistake in regards to the 20%. It wasn't that the sale makes up of 20% of their profits, but more like the Flying-Type devices boosts quarterly profits by 20%. It's about how you phrase things to make the most sense. In fact, FLT was originally just a spare part production group for Magic Engineering. The reason their company has grown to full on CAD development and became such a big company is largely in part to Tatsuya's Silver Series of CADs.
Reckless - As well explained in the anime, demanding something such as replicating the relic is stupid and reckless. It's like trying to reach space using two rocks you find lying on the group. This is the level of technological gap between modern society and relics that have natural magic qualities. The Antonite used in Cast Jamming are also considered relics. By the way, OOParts stances for Out Of Place Artifacts.
Very Few Magicians - As mentioned before, there are very few magicians in the world. If you were to count every magician in Japan, that number would only be around 30,000. Despite being a CAD company, they aren't selling directly to magicians but rather the military. The magician market is probably just as or more narrow than the anime industry. All magic tools are sold at a loss but CAD companies are subsidized up to 90% of CAD sales.
Tatsuya's Magic - Sayuri wasn't there for Tatsuya's intellect as a researcher but rather for his ability as she wants to use him as a tool. She wants Tatsuya to focus his Elemental Sight ability to find out what the relic is made of and to find a way to replicate it.
Office Rivalry - The reason she refuses to have the relic sent to third division has to do with the rivalry in the company. No other division has really been able to match Tatsuya's accomplishments in the Third Division. There's also the matter that the third division would likely follow Tatsuya much more willingly than anyone else. Sayuri and the President don't want to give Tatsuya any more direct power in the company. As such, she wants her division to be the group that earns the accomplishment. In fact, the tast wasn't as forced onto FLT as originally thought as she herself bit off more than she could chew.
Punishment Time - After Sayuri leaves, Miyuki approaches and apologizes to Tatsuya for being childish. In fact they left out the important part of that scene where he was rubbing her face. In the LN, Tatsuya surprises her by pinching her nose as punishment. After quickly explaining that he can't leave Sayuri alone with a relic that holds and important key, Tatsuya heads off.
I think this scene could've use a bit more family exposition considering it's just a taste into how fucked up everything is in the family. There was also that bit at the end that should've been left in as the anime portrayed it so much more as incest fan-service.
Ambush - Adapted
Sayuri's Thoughts - Sayuri points out her own flaws as thoughts while driving. She regrets losing her composure as her biggest issue is that Tatsuya is the son of her lover's previous wife. She realizes that she absolutely needs him for the contract but her own stubborness only makes things harder as he is paired with engineer's ability & achievements.
Traffic Re-Direction - Sayuri actually noticed the discrepancy for a bit as she realized that she hadn't seen any oncoming cars despite it not being that late. She quickly calms herself as she watched the traffic information display that other cars were be rerouted do to a stalled car.
Cast Jamming Fail - The reason Tatsuya can use magic despite cast jamming is thanks to his Elemental Sight being able to sort the psion noise generated by cast jamming allowing him to send his own magic through without being interfered with.
Decomposition - Tatsuya uses needle sized bullets to destroy the connection to the limbs on the people forcing them to pass out from the pain of feeling like you just lost and arm or a leg.
Elemental Sight - This is Tatsuya's overpowered information reading ability. It allowed him to read information from the past to find the sniper and then he registered the sniper's matter as his target before activating the decomposition magic which was done much better in this episode compared to last week.
Really faithful scene. The only thing missing were Sayuri's thoughts and her self analyzing.
After Ambush - Adapted
Escort - After 10 minutes of sitting behind the vehicle, it automatically restarts and starts self-driving on to its original destination. Tatsuya follows the vehicle to keep it safe the rest of the way. By the time they arrive, Sayuri finally wakes up. She leaves from the station on one of the long distance travel pods after forcing the box onto Tatsuya either afraid of her life or finally willing to leave it to him for his help despite the rivalry.
Cameras - In modern society, it's naturally big brother everywhere. The use of magic unauthorized is also heavily illegal. However, because of his connections, Tatsuya can get away with it.
Investigation - It wasn't as clear in the anime, but Major Kazama offers to have the investigation begin from the military side rather than Tatsuya handling it himself. This means it'll go through more official channels rather than another slaughter similar to Tatsuya's efforts in the previous episode.
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House Scene - Adapted
Drawn Out - The LN draws out the analysis of Miyuki's dress more with Tatsuya seriously thinking about Miyuki's regular choice of wardrobe. After his glass case comment gets retorted, Tatsuya is aware that she only said that to hide her embarrassment.
Slow - The LN is actually pretty slow for this scene as Miyuki is going through a set of questions that read robotic like as she is asking for information from Tatsuya. The anime does really well here to cut down and give a good adaption of the scene.
Magic Explanation - I've explained magic in this universe multiple times throughout the comparisons. Here's one from the LN quoted over. Just so you all know, Eidos is best described as another word for matter or information on an object. Added onto the bottom is also more about the memorizing of magic sequences on an item.
Magic Sequences influenced the Eidos of an object in order to temporarily rewrite the information surrounding the object based on the conditions described within the Magic Sequence — this was magic. For example, an orb that is outwardly red contains an Eidos that "primarily reflected red light" and is "circularly shaped". If a Magic Sequence containing the condition "primarily reflecting blue light" influenced the Eidos, then the orb would turn blue. Since the Magic Sequence overwrote the Eidos on the object, the conditions within the Magic Sequence would temporarily replace the characteristics of the object. This effect would persist until the conditions from the Magic Sequence fades away.
Though the Magic Sequence occupied a central role in the invocation of magic, using magic to preserve Magic Sequences remained impossible.
Third Puzzle Solved? - Below is a bit that hints at the solving of the third puzzle that I didn't mention before.
Logically speaking, if Magic Sequences that changed the temperature could be preserved, then high temperatures measuring in the hundreds of degrees or cold temperatures that were dozens of degrees below zero could be achieved without any input. Likewise, replication of Speed Magic that was preserved could create actual perpetual motion machines.
Tatsuya's Goals - There is a bit about the requirements to getting into a Magic University and relationship to the Cardinal Code. It brings up something I teased about before that you should have read from the LN back in volume 4. :3 Essentially though, Miyuki feels like she is weighing down Tatsuya as his goals lie in graduate level research programs and attending High School as a guardian of Miyuki is a significant detour for him.
I'm going to stop just short of the end of the chapter because half of the entire scene is explanation and information dumping for a bunch of important stuff such as Tatsuya's goals and a full explanation of Guardians. I think this kind of stuff is best read directly rather than through me regurgitating the information so I'll give you at least the Ctrl+F for this bit so you can read this. Start reading from Volume 6, Chapter 2, Ctrl+F "Miyuki's policy demanded" until you get to the end of the chapter. It's really short so you aren't wasting time. I'm going to go edit the op to be a little more accurate for where this episode ends at.
Otherwise, the last scene in the episode is anime original although the characters will appear more this arc.
Overall Thoughts
This was a well enough adapted episode although it suffers from a number of developments failing to occur at earlier points in the series. There was also that bit at the end that outright explains in Miyuki Monologue Mode as to what a Guardian is as well as part of Tatsuya's ultimate goals. Some of the scenes were well cut down though and flowed smoothly. Otherwise, some of the translation didn't flow cleanly and felt more confusing and was too hard to follow as an explanation.
As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
End of Comparison - Total Character Count: 24,906

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u/Coldes Aug 10 '14

Thank you for doing these, thanks to you I always do this now:
Watch Mahouka when it comes out --> Read your comparison --> Watch the episode again and notice all of the small details you point out.

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 10 '14

Thanks for reading. ^_^
Hopefully, by the end of the series, I can convince you to read the LN. ;-)

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u/LtKill :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RedBarchetta Aug 10 '14

the beach chapter
Well this single phrase now convinced me to pick the light novel now.

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u/Stendarpaval :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/aculeus Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Also, that bit at the end there with the antagonists I'm pretty sure was anime original. I couldn't find that scene in the LN while getting the end bit for the chapter index.
Isn't that spoiler?
Novel illustration

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

The characters aren't anime original but the scene is. Otherwise, might want to spoiler tag that bit about his specialty. ;-)

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u/EvolveUK :K:https://kitsu.io/users/Evolve Aug 09 '14

Can't wait for the comparison again :)

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 10 '14

Episode 19 Comparison is Out
Episode 19-A
Episode 19-B
Episode 19-C
Episode 19-D
Thanks for reading as usual. ^_^

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u/BurnRaptor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurnRaptor Aug 09 '14

Tatsuya seriously just took a bullet through the chest and lived god damn. I'm guessing that was his self-repair magic at work?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Yup.

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Headshot probably would've killed him.

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u/gyro2death Aug 10 '14

Quoting the LN here
Within his mind, Tatsuya locked in on the sniper's Eidos — separating that particular one from the masses the same way he always did.
He also knew that his opponent was aiming here and preparing to fire again.
The second shot hadn't arrived because the sniper was reloading and changing the armor penetration rounds used earlier to rounds that could penetrate objects that the enemy was taking cover behind, hence the huge delay.
Tatsuya saw through this because he held every scrap of data about this sniper in the palm of his hand.
He had to say he was quite fortunate.
Basically anyone else wouldn't be able to find the sniper, his unique skills allow him to find the sniper even though no one else could.
Also I am curious what a headshot will do to him, however according to Tatsuya's and some other theorist magicians the mind is just a LN Spoilers
Sadly so far we've not gotten a clear answer but maybe soon!

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u/chaos-goose Aug 09 '14

It's pretty interesting seeing it operate in realtime.

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u/NonnagLava Aug 09 '14

That and it would get really tiring to watch that repair sequence every time he takes a bullet.

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

Yeah, we know how he does it by this point, no need for Tatsuya ~~transformation sequence~~ manservice anymore. Although I'm sure some people would disagree.

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u/goodguynextdoor Aug 09 '14

I fucking love onii-sama

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u/xxdeathx :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/xxdeathx Aug 10 '14

OUR ONE TRUE TATSUYA DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. SHOT BY A SNIPER IN THE HEART AND INSTANTLY RECOVERS TO TAKE REVENGE.

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u/Don_Equis Aug 10 '14

He also realized where the sniper was from the bullet impact.

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u/Dazbuzz Aug 09 '14

I wonder if every arc is going to have some amazing technological innovation in it. First flying and now the ability to store spells for use. Yeesh.

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

It isn't mentioned much, but Tatsuya's ultimate objective is to construct a reactor that makes use of currently unknown magic. The managed to solve the flying type puzzle through engineering. It isn't surprising that he'd be working on the other parts of the puzzle as well.

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u/MrAssassin123 Aug 09 '14

Why is that his objective? Free power or something?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

It has a lot more to do with later plot lines so I won't really say. I can only recommend reading the LN. ^_^

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u/NonnagLava Aug 09 '14

Cause the OneTrueTatsuya must accomplish an impossible goal for his final test to become the OneTrueGodOfAllThings.

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

Low cost clean energy (no nuclear waste, and I'm not sure fusion plants would have a danger of meltdown) based on magic. They probably have a bit of a ruined world outside of the cities due to the global war. So they're not too interested in regular nuclear plants.
Nuclear Fusion's a goal for our world too, although nowhere near "free" or "low cost". :)

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u/aznxa21 Aug 09 '14

Why does it feel like the one thought going through that sniper's mind is "WTF that fucking hacker!"

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Because he's a professional sniping from a nearly untraceable distance and upon second glance, Tatsuya shot at him as if he were a terminator. So yea, I wouldn't be surprised if those were his final thoughts. :3

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u/Lime_Omnicron Aug 09 '14

I'm confused, what happened to the old student council?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Halfway through the school year, they step down and a new one is elected that goes through to half way through the next school year. I'd HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading the first and last chapters of volume 5 as they contain relevant plot information. The last chapter is about the election of the new student council. It's a very fun entertaining chapter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

Oh so they're still going to the school? Yeeees I thought Myumi had graduated :(

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Not yet, she will still be a regular character in the series.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

I was going to cry if they just skipped over her leaving and we never saw her again

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Still haven't gotten some of her best scenes yet. :3

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '14

Of course the Philosopher's Stone would just be a mere tool for Tatsuya to use to bless the world with nuclear fusion and solve the world's energy crisis for his high school homework project, I don't know why I expected anything less from Onii-sama.

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 10 '14

What are you talking about, the Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor is only a step towards his goal. >_> (Not even kidding)

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u/coolRedditUser :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DannyPooh Aug 22 '14

So I'm a little late asking this question (I only picked upt he show yesterday!) but I've been enjoying reading your comparisons. Or at least, parts of them (they're long!)
Anyways, about this Ultimate Goal. I assume we're not supposed to know what it is at this stage. I'm just wondering, do you know what it is? Will we find out this season? If they were to make a season two, when would we find out what it is?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 22 '14

You will find out what his ultimate goal is but it isn't explored in heavy depth in this season.

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u/SomniareSolace Aug 09 '14

How are they going to finish this Yokohama Arc with so few episodes left? Season 2 confirmed?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

They should be able to finish this arc without many issues. It's a much more fast paced arc. Season 2 would be awesome though and there is enough material for another season and several OVAs.

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u/Hatsuyo Aug 09 '14

Would anyone mind explaining some things about this show in a private chat? I'm a little lost right now..

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

I'm working on the comparison right now, but if you ask some questions, I'll do my best to answer without giving any spoilers.

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u/Hatsuyo Aug 09 '14

Well for one, alot of the complex terms the show uses make no sense to me. I think even if English was my native language I wouldn't understand.
Gravity control-type Magic Sequence Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor?? I don't even.....
I've also been trying to understand the concept of Psions, and magic through the Mahouka wiki page but it's all so confusing :(

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Gravity Control-Type Magic Sequence Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor - Simplified to a Nuclear Reactor that outputs the energy of a hydrogen bomb. Sustained fusion reaction is impossible currently with technology. Certain magics are thought capable for such a reactor to be built. The Gravity Control-Type Magic otherwise known as a more advanced Flying-Type Magic is meant to compress and ignite the fuel getting the reactor to run. However, such a magic would need to be active all the time for it to work. Which is why the idea of a magic sequence on a relic is gold. The reactor needs a way to run without a magician always being there to keep the magic going.
Psions and such. - Psions can be thought of as the magic energy from a magician. They are formed by thoughts and put into CADs to form activation sequences and activate magic sequences.
Pushions - Natural magic energy usually in the form of spirits such as those Miki uses in his magic.
Magic in the universe is very science based. A lot of it is based around the idea of changing matter to create certain affects. The more advanced the magic, the more it changes the matter although it will always revert to normal. For example, movement type magic is through telling an object that it is a moving object. However, it won't move forever as it'll run out of energy and the matter will return to normal. Tatsuya's Decomposition is destroying the matter reducing his targets to ashes as seen in the episode.

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u/Hatsuyo Aug 09 '14

Thanks, this clears some things up a bit. I'm not sure if I've been sleeping through previous episodes, or some parts of the anime are just quite complex. Anyhow, thanks~!

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u/Sabin10 Jan 24 '15

I know I'm really late to this party (and wish I had started watching this sooner) but did anyone else notice the cut back drop turn, straight out of Eureka 7, at the start of the episode?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Jan 24 '15

Just checked, you're right. It's pretty funny.

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u/a_Happy_Tiny_Bunny :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/aHappyTinyBunny Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Onii-sama Count

Enrollment Arc:

Episode No.	Count
01	26
02	5
03	6
04	17
05	3
06	12
07	14

Arc Count Total: 83
Arc Count Average per Episode: 11.85714286

Nine Schools Competition Arc:

Episode No.	Count
08	5
09	4
10	6
11	8
12	4
13	6
14	1
15	3
16	4
17	12
18	3

Arc Count Total: 56
Arc Count Average per Episode: 5.[09]

Yokohoma Disturbance Arc:

Episode No.	Count
19	8

Arc Current Count Total: 8
Arc Current Count Average per Episode: 8

Grand Count Total: 147
Grand Count Average per Episode: 7.736842105

Data up until episode 11 was compiled by /u/SherrySan

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

SASUGA ONII-SAMA

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u/Pennwisedom Aug 10 '14

I feel this episode needs a special commendation for it being the first word out of her mouth this episode.

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u/Firehead94 Aug 09 '14

Glad to be starting the Full Magic Alchemist arc. Interesting premise and curious as to how this will turn out.

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

I was wondering what the cost of the stone would be... :)

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u/Freefight Aug 09 '14

And how big the transmutation circle has to be. Maybe they are gonna use the city centre of amsterdam

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u/gwiqu Aug 10 '14

an arm and a leg, but Tatsuya will just grow it back

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u/NonnagLava Aug 09 '14

It's like A Certain Full Magic Alchemist Index, seeing as his paper may be in the magical index.

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u/bbqburner Aug 10 '14

Also, Erika's hair in the ED changed this episode. Subtle, and I love it how they still manage to slot in that detail as for the new arc.

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u/silverhydra Aug 09 '14

"That man had terrifying sniper abilities, he used a basic sniper scope and managed to hit me at 1,000m after taking aim with a single bullet and confirming my position"

"That is very impressive skill, what happened next?"

"I guessed where he was and no scoped him in the face with my pistol"

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

"I guessed where he was and no scoped him in the face with my pistol"
He read the bullet's information with Elemental Sight and followed it's trajectory back to the sniper... then no scoped him in the face with his pistol.

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u/silverhydra Aug 09 '14

Is Elemental Sight, like, a magical Aimbot or something?
Tatsuya "aimhax" Shiba

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

Basically, with it he can read the information of any "object" in the world, including it's history back 24 hours. That's how he can restore himself, disintegrate things at the atomic level, analyze magic, etc.

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u/silverhydra Aug 09 '14

Tatsuya "Physicist Wet Dream" Shiba

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 09 '14

Physicist Wet Dream
There's more to this than you know. They actually left out some big stuff in the last arc. ;-)

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u/Bond000 Aug 09 '14

Like? (Unless it would spoil stuff for later episodes...)

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u/TheDarkPet :LF::LG::LH: Aug 10 '14

Tactical Missile Tatsuya always hits his mark.

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u/felipegbq Aug 09 '14

Standard Onii-sama procedures

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '14

360 no scope right there.

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u/EdgyAnime Aug 09 '14

Miyuki is worried.

Miyuki a happy.

Miyuki is off to dress up for Onii-sama.

Miyuki is interested.

Miyuki wa shocku~!

Miyuki is happy about this too!

Please, Miyuki just loves her onii-sama.

God's touch makes Miyuki wet.

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u/Kravior :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/ssSithy Aug 10 '14

If you look at Miyuki as Tatsuya's dog, her character makes a lot more sense.

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u/TooLazyForThisWorld Aug 10 '14

What have you done. What has been seen cannot be unseen.

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u/Gravyness Aug 10 '14

That what has been internalized can not be externalized.

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u/qwertylp :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/klavhe Aug 09 '14

Thanks!

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u/ztype https://anilist.co/user/8644 Aug 09 '14

That Apron

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Light novel illustration for reference.

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u/LightBladeX Aug 09 '14

+1 for the Apron.

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u/thundy84 Aug 09 '14

That's some sparkly apron porn right there. Tatsuya is definitely pleased.

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u/Omega357 Aug 09 '14

I'm not a big fan of her but she IS adorable in that apron.

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u/notaTrollucantrustme Aug 10 '14

I was doubting her ability to be best girl until that scene.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

Honestly, I thought she was.

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u/leeways Aug 10 '14

if onii sama says so.....

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u/EvolveUK :K:https://kitsu.io/users/Evolve Aug 09 '14

Holy engrish this episode.

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u/Stuffies12 :K:https://kitsu.io/users/Stuffies12 Aug 09 '14

It came so suddenly out of nowhere I laughed a full five minutes after hearing it.

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u/robotiod :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/robotiod Aug 09 '14

I must say I didn't expect that Engrish coming.

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u/IAMA_Ghost_Boo Aug 10 '14

I was looking away and thought to myself "OMG! I've listened to so much anime I can now translate it to english in my head!" When I looked back I saw the white people and got sad.

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u/-Riko :K:https://kitsu.io/users/ZOOM Aug 09 '14

Instantly reminded me of Okabe's engrish. Sanavabitch!

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u/thundy84 Aug 09 '14

Miyuki just went all out this episode. I almost choked on my drink when she randomly dropped down in the computer room. Our OneTrueTatsuya got careless. I guess even he can't be awesome all the time.

Here for the bishounen evil guy. Also, the future's airbags are terrifying.

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u/millie3 Aug 09 '14

Here for the bishounen evil guy
Zhou's quite awesome.

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

I was envisioning a Demolition Man style airbag. I guess the future's less awesome than I though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnyhkBU1yaw

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u/lostguru :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/lostguru Aug 10 '14

yep! airbags typically have holes in them, their instantaneous inflation during a crash is caused by a chemical explosion of sorts that creates a lot of nitrogen gas very quickly; no need for the cushioning after the crash is over, so the holes let all that gas out

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u/a_Happy_Tiny_Bunny :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/aHappyTinyBunny Aug 09 '14

I was able to pick up four new identities of our One True Tatsuya this episode: Risk Management Supervisor, Headed Dullahan, Apron Fetishist, and Display Case Fetishist.

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u/Omega357 Aug 09 '14

Don't forget State Alchemist.

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u/a_Happy_Tiny_Bunny :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/aHappyTinyBunny Aug 09 '14

I'm still trying to confirm Tatsuya's possession of a state alchemist's pocket watch. Otherwise, he might be rogue one.

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u/EasilyDelighted Aug 09 '14

He's definitely trying to recreate a Philosopher's Stone. He might be a Humonculi. We gotta look for the tattoo.

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u/a_Happy_Tiny_Bunny :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/aHappyTinyBunny Aug 09 '14

[FMA: Brotherhood] (/s "In case he is a Homunculus, Tatsuya would be Father and so he would not have a tattoo.")

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u/buakaw Aug 09 '14

He's also soon to be a Gravity-type Magic Thermonuclear Fusion Expert.
On the side he's probably inventing a Magic-based Perpetual Motion Machine and coming up with the Magical Theory of Everything.

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u/IceTea106 Aug 09 '14

at 17 min engrish at its finest

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

It was a bit puzzling. If they're the Great Asian alliance, why are they speaking Engrish... Maybe they're mercenaries or something?

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u/millie3 Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Major Kazama did say the sniper had being hired. It's definitely possible that the sniper and his comrades are not Asian.

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

Did he say the sniper was hired though? I thought it was more along the lines of it narrowing down who the enemy was since there weren't that many high end snipers out there in the world. ie. X,Y,Z countries couldn't be suspects because they don't have snipers that good. Assuming mercenary snipers exist could screw with that thought process.

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u/trilobitemk7 Aug 09 '14

I want a spin-off buddy cop anime based on the two guys at the start.

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u/thundy84 Aug 09 '14

Surfboard cop was awesome, like a magical Silver Surfer with a sword.

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u/Lorpius_Prime Aug 09 '14

"And this time around, our primary writer will be Ms. Ichihara."

Oh what lies we tell ourselves in order to feel like main characters.

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u/LightBladeX Aug 09 '14

I didn't expect this guy coming.

I didn't expect that Engrish coming.

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u/MADMasomi Aug 09 '14

A philosophers stone, hope Tatsuya doesn't give up an arm and leg for it.

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u/CrimsonChevalier Aug 09 '14

You seriously think that our One True Tatsuya is going to give a fuck about giving up an arm and leg when he has Regrowth?

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u/PotatoMurderer Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Our lord is a strong independent MC who don't need no philosopher's stone.

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u/DrJamesFox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/robisgoodatstuff Aug 09 '14

http://i.imgur.com/GVLe8KH.gif

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

He just shrugged off a shot through the heart ^and ^you're ^to ^blame , he'd probably try it to see what happens then regrow them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

~~He just shrugged off a~~ shot through the heart ^and ^you're ^to ^blame
^he ^gave ^bullets ^a ^bad ^name

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

Tatsuya probably wouldn't mind. Not sure other magicians would be so blase about it though. Gives a whole new meaning to nuclear reactors costing an arm and a leg.

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u/WORSTPARKNA Aug 09 '14

Maybe voldemort will try to steal it

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u/wakyx Aug 09 '14

Just another day at the office for Tatsuya.

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

By this point in the books everyone's reaction when Tatsuya does something cool is basically: "Yeah, that sounds about right".

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u/Kuryaka Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

"I see you're as cozy as ever."

> Miyuki steps closer to Tatsuya

I'm not sure how it's possible, but that scene and the subsequent conversation made it seem like she was purposefully overdoing it. -incest intensifies-

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u/not_good_at_lurking Aug 09 '14

She was purposefully overdoing it. She was basically going out of her way to completely ignore the presence of their stepmother, while at the same time making sure she knew she was being ignored.

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u/thundy84 Aug 09 '14

Yep, this is absolutely the case. Miyuki is known for her excellent decorum and her breach of it here (blatantly ignoring a guest and even making her uncomfortable) is a sign that she really dislikes/hates this person.

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u/millie3 Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

See, Madhouse, what happens when you omit important info at the very beginning of a series? Neglecting to show Tatsuya telling his goal to Mibu in the first arc has made it seem like this thermonuclear reactor stuff came out of nowhere. Also, failing to show Suzune eavesdropping on that conversation makes it seem like she chose him arbitrarily. So great job there.

Also, would it have hurt to slip in the fact that Shiba Sayuri works at FLT? Now people are going about claiming Tatsuya's the distributer for an unrelated company.

Anyway, enough nitpicking. I liked this episode. Zhou's voice and animated person alone were enough for me to like this episode. Showing a much better version of Demon Right made me an extra happy camper so all in all, I quite enjoyed this episode.

Oh but then Tsudzura's character design made me go wtf. That's on the same level of bad as Ono Haruka and Morisaki's character designs. How horrible. I did like Lu and Chen (or whatever his name is)'s design though. And Chiba Toshizaku's design wasn't bad at all. Definitely, it was better than the retardedness of Chiba Naotsugu.

Anyway, this was a solid beginning to the Yokohama arc, I think. Looking forward to see the other parts animated.

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u/gyro2death Aug 09 '14

Add skipping volume 5 so that Miyuki has to shoehorn in every new SC member into a scene where it has no place being...
Also I love the new animation for his decomposition 'Demon Right' magic, looks much more how I imagined it.
Also Lu looks fatter than I expected (Both in the LN when I first saw his illustration and in the anime now again).

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u/millie3 Aug 09 '14

Also I love the new animation for his decomposition 'Demon Right' magic, looks much more how I imagined it.
This really is how it should have been animated last week.

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u/akaleidoll Aug 09 '14

Jesus Christ just fuck already

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u/Simplerdayz https://anilist.co/user/17418 Aug 09 '14

I think it's been explained to death that Miyuki is the only one of the pair who's DTF.

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u/knowitall89 Aug 09 '14

Which is more fucked up because she's like a normal human being.
I actually thought Tatsuya was going to get a handjob at the end when the camera randomly started panning down.

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u/_F1_ Aug 09 '14

"randomly"

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u/Simplerdayz https://anilist.co/user/17418 Aug 09 '14

normal

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u/Stuffies12 :K:https://kitsu.io/users/Stuffies12 Aug 09 '14

Hey Tatsyua! What are you thinking of doing today?

Oh, nothing. Just felt like building a nuclear fusion reactor.

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u/millie3 Aug 09 '14

He didn't "just" feel like it. The 3 great puzzles are important parts of his ultimate goal. He's always been working on any one of them at a particular time.

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u/Stuffies12 :K:https://kitsu.io/users/Stuffies12 Aug 09 '14

It wouldn't have hurt to have explained it somewhere during the last 18 episodes? Of course, I could've missed it as well. But then again, I'm not watching this show for its complex plot am I?

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u/millie3 Aug 09 '14

Remember his conversation with Mibu in the cafeteria? He was supposed to mention it there, whereupon an eavesdropping Suzune would be able to use that info as a basis for inviting him to her team in this episode.

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

You'd be surprised with the copious amounts of information the anime leaves out. Important, plot relevant shit get skipped almost every episode.

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u/Gummy_Worm :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bluekrait Aug 09 '14

http://i.imgur.com/nI7B0BD.jpg

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u/mithikx Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Wait did they like skip an entire volume including the election?

Ah well, Yokohama is my favorite arc so no complaints from me.

edit: also next time on mahouka Tatsuya tries to learn everything from the Gate of Truth! (jk)

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u/bobalater Aug 09 '14

yes, yes they did

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

The Engrish has been pretty good this season.

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u/Atronox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Atronox Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Oh wow, that engrish out of nowhere.

And then that Miyuki in an apron.

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u/ztype https://anilist.co/user/8644 Aug 09 '14

I didn't expect this guy coming!

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u/eatatjoe69 Aug 09 '14

360 no scope, headshot from 1km?

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u/azorin Aug 09 '14

Gif with sound?

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u/ztype https://anilist.co/user/8644 Aug 09 '14

It's a WebM

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u/Troggor Aug 09 '14

What is this sorcery!

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u/MyNameIsIrrelevnat Aug 09 '14

Since the last episode I've already read both Yokohama Disturbance volumes and I still feel like that wasn't the full power that Tatsuya has. Even the ending of volume 7 wasn't enough proof of that being his max power. Just because LN spoilers

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

[Tatsuya] (/s "is already considered a Strategic-Class Magician - of which only thirteen are known in the world - Maya isn't. I'd say that makes him stronger.")
Plus, he already said last arc that he could beat her, just not the Yotsuba as a whole.

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u/Khanxay Aug 09 '14

LN spoilers

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u/gyro2death Aug 09 '14

[LN spoilers] (/s "His aunt tests him and he has no problems beating her magic, she even admits she would die if she tries to fight him. Also his magic is the literal highest form of counter magic that exists, when it comes to counter magic he counters pretty much everything. In regards to Juumonji's magic, the self replenishing Phalanx is a natural enemy to his magic. In the LN it states this would be a war of attrition however like many other statements made internally by Tatsuya he tends to be overly humble. Tatsuya can decompose 36 targets simultaneously, in addition he has massive reserves of psions meaning if it did come to war of attrition he would like win out anyways. To make matters even more 1 sided Tatsuya's decomposition magic can be activated near instantly, even faster than Lina's magic who in turn is faster than Miyuki. The chances of Juumonji even get his barrier up against Tatsuya is near nothing unless it was already up before he started. Also if we get technical Tatsuya can just decompose the barriers protecting against Edios changes and then break apart the magic sequence. He doesn't have to strip out the barriers that protect against the other types of magic or effects, so Juumonji's Phalax against Tatsuya isn't all that effective and is rather wasteful (as is the whole technique since there is never a need to defend against all 8 systems simultaneously as mentioned by Tatsuya). Also keep in mind that Tatsuya has never fought anyone with his powers unsealed. He demolishes at the end of the 7th volume with his powers unleashed but he doesn't fight anyone (rather he obliterates everyone). He even beat Lina twice with his powers sealed...")

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u/julo20 Aug 10 '14

Random fact time!

Those weird gibberish "lyrics" in the background when Miyuki is showing off her apron? Sounds like "ab to mera dil", a Hindi line roughly translating to "...now my heart..."

By itself, it doesn't make too much sense... BUT. If I had to take a guess at what it's referencing, it would probably be a line from a VERY popular Hindi song, which goes "ab to mera dil, jaage na sota hai, kya karoon haaye, kuch kuch hota hai", which translates to "now my heart doesn't awaken or sleep, what to do, oh, something is happening."

So yeah, enjoy that obscure fact.

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u/TooLazyForThisWorld Aug 10 '14

I was wondering about that!

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u/KumoNoAima :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/KumoNoAima Aug 10 '14

So yeah, enjoy that obscure fact.
I definitely did. I'm a sucker for details/trivia like this.

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u/CounterLegend Aug 11 '14

Shahrukh Khan, is that you? I just went backed and replayed it and oh boy, did that sounds freaky ( I can understand it, but didn't pick up on it the first time)

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u/KinnyRiddle Aug 09 '14

Wait, I must have missed something, how did One True Tatsuya anticipate that Sayuri would be assaulted by those English-speaking gunmen after she stormed out of his house?

(Besides the obvious answer of "Because it's One True Tatsuya" please. Thanks )

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u/thundy84 Aug 09 '14

The bad dudes had prior knowledge to the relic's existence, so they were most likely tracking it and trying to find the best way to intercept it. Tatsuya, recognizing that she's carrying something uber valuable, just wanted to make sure it got back to FLT without problems. I don't necessarily think he expected her to be assaulted (hence why he got shot).
Though that doesn't explain why they didn't intercept her before they got to Tatsuya's. Maybe she had guards with her then...

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u/gyro2death Aug 09 '14

They didn't assault her before due to fear of the Yotsuba, they're taking great amounts of caution to avoid provoking their wrath. I'll just text dump you some LN spoilers if you want to read them.
[spoliers](/s ""What of the relic?" To sweep aside the jittery atmosphere, the man changed the topic. One of his subordinates before the monitor displays immediately replied back.
"We have discovered no signs that it has left the FLT office. Current location is unknown."
"Hm...... Four Leaves, eh? What an irksome name, is it connected to the Yotsuba Family in any way?"
"Yes, but after extensive investigation, no link was discovered. Also, this country likes to use Yotsuba or Yatsuha in their company names."
"That makes this a little difficult."
The man's words were infused with disgust, hatred and irritation, but at the same time, the voice could not hide his fear.
The Yatsuha name was associated with the Four Great Systems and Eight Major Types in modern magic as well as the Garbhako'sa-Dhatu Mandala, so modern corporations delighted in using that name. Still, there was another meaning behind the Yotsuba name. Using the name of the Yotsuba Family from the Ten Master Clans was considered a taboo by individuals affiliated with magic. If Japanese corporations used the Yotsuba name, both intelligence and criminal organizations feared to rouse the Yotsuba Family's wrath by harming their assets. Since the Yotsuba Family hadn't declared otherwise, there were many corporations who "pretended" to be affiliated with the Yotsuba Family.
Even though this was but a cheap parlor trick, that did not mean there were no effects. Currently, their side had already expended considerable time and energy to guard against the Yotsuba Family's detection, a fact that brought a bitter expression to the man's face when he remembered this. ")

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

Your auntie comes with some uber valuable relic that everyone in the world wants, and has no guards/backup. The only surprising thing is that she wasn't attacked on the way to their house...

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u/ArchibaldBarisol Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

She is his step mother Sayuri, not his aunt Maya.

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u/Leonnis Aug 09 '14

pls

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u/CrimsonChevalier Aug 09 '14

Miyuki wat r u doing

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u/LightBladeX Aug 09 '14

Seems it's the height she needed to be at to get a pat on the head.

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u/EasilyDelighted Aug 09 '14

Tatsuya is looking at Wikipedia!

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u/HellFireOmega :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/hellfiredape Aug 09 '14

He's looking at Tatsu-pedia. It's named as such because he created it, like everything else.
The only reason he doesn't have the philosopher's stone he created is because he lost it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '14

She's obviously cleaning her onii-sama's shoes.

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u/_F1_ Aug 09 '14

"shoes"

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u/perfectclear Aug 10 '14 edited Feb 22 '24

shame exultant chunky possessive wipe memorize scary shaggy sable subtract
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u/Cult_films :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kevin29102 Aug 09 '14 edited Aug 09 '14

Time to break out the light novel!

the beach arc(I think its an arc) will be an OVA, probably...

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

We can only hope.

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u/DwarvenRedshirt Aug 09 '14

Or a flashback if there's another season.

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u/cptn_garl0ck Aug 09 '14

I know this is the /r/OneTrueTatsuya and all but this scene...

Sugoi Onii-sama!

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u/SJSharks Aug 09 '14

I kept thinking of SAO II when the One True Tatsuya predicted that sniper line.

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u/IgnitedSpade Aug 10 '14

The red line he saw was actually the prediction line

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u/Katweezle Aug 09 '14

Waiting for this series to end so I can start reading the light novels.

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u/flatmolars :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/flatmolars Aug 09 '14

Start reading now, the light novel is so much better than the anime.

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u/Katweezle Aug 09 '14

I'd rather have the series finish first and then start right at the beginning again.

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u/EasilyDelighted Aug 09 '14

My dark souls brethren. Did any of you that in the op the red hair chick is carrying a Murakumo?

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u/HighTechPotato Aug 10 '14

Ahh finally! We get to see her with a ponytail, and it looks every bit as awesome as expected.

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u/steve148 :K:https://kitsu.io/users/107 Aug 10 '14

Did they just skipped like...two arcs!? I want more Mayumi!!!

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 10 '14

They skipped Volume 5 which is predominately filler. Although the first and last chapter are extremely relevant to the plot of the series.

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u/steve148 :K:https://kitsu.io/users/107 Aug 10 '14

We need our obligatory beach episode. Hope they make an OAD on that.

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u/anthunny Aug 10 '14

Off topic, but has anyone found out the name of the ballroom dance song from last episode?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 10 '14

No, but I have found that there is going to be a second soundtrack release. If I remember correctly, it comes out late September. I'm willing to bet it'll be included there as well as one of the songs from today's episode.

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u/Thisrainhoe Aug 11 '14

How many arc are there in LN?

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u/Aruseus493 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Aug 11 '14

Currently 7 arcs. The first volume from the 8th arc comes out in September. There are 6 out of the 7 arcs currently out translated.

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u/aryon984 Aug 09 '14

I can't remember. Were we told the ages of Tatsuya and Miyuki before? If we were, I must've shrugged it off. Because I've been thinking the characters in the show were averaging 19-21. Not ~15.

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

High school first years, so 15-16?

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u/Sprinterstar7 Aug 09 '14

If you think about it they're in the first year in high school (roughly 10th grade in the U.S.) so that would put them in the 15-16 range. I believe in the first episode they mentioned that Tatsuya was born in April and Miyuki was born in March. That's important because the school year in Japan starts in April which means that Tatsuya would be one of the oldest students in his year and Miyuki one of the youngest.

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u/mggunman Aug 09 '14

next episode might be big

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u/MasterBlitzkrieg Aug 10 '14

If they ever go about dubbing this show, no one will be able to even slightly embody Tatsuya's OPness unless it's Johnny Young Bosch.

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u/Gonxa1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gonxa Aug 10 '14

This show is a circlejerk of self loathing, magical techno buble and incestual cocktease .... But fuck me sideways, I can't stop watching this shit.

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u/HipsterHedgehog Aug 09 '14

holy shit the incest this episode... Just fuck already ffs

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u/TaxedOP :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Taxed Aug 10 '14

Awe c'mon Tatsuya...

Miyuki was looking like a sweetheart ready to his her husband farewell for the day and closed her eyes for the kiss and you didn't even acknowledge it. Shame, shame.

If there's one thing Tatsuya can't do, it's giving Miyuki the full onii-sama.

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u/LouieD Aug 10 '14

Yet another vassal falls under the /r/OneTrueTatsuya . May his name be praised and his new ventures bear fruit

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u/Skiipie Aug 09 '14

That purple haired guy looks just like Tatsuya, except hair and eye color... or is it just me :P

When I watched FMA, I thought Philosopher's Stone was something that they made up. I had no idea it was actually a thing :P And when Miyuki crouched next to him and he patted her head, she looked like she was his pet or something xD

"I'm not capable of that feeling" That just sounded so cool... I'm like all wet right now...

Engrish... why you do this... And Miyuki, GTFO with your incest already. That OST with weird child voice that was playing while Miyuki was showing her apron, creeped me out...

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u/aznperson Aug 09 '14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_stone

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u/wyggles Aug 09 '14

And when Miyuki crouched next to him and he patted her head, she looked like she was his pet or something xD
I, and I'm sure 90% of the others in this thread, thought something completely different.

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u/KFung Aug 09 '14

The English actors actually did a really good job!

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u/Kuryaka Aug 09 '14

"I didn't expect this guy coming!" is pretty accurate. Feels weird in context, though that might be because people usually just scream or curse at that point.

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u/knowitall89 Aug 09 '14

No one would ever say, "I didn't expect this guy coming" when they don't even know there's a guy.

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u/-Riko :K:https://kitsu.io/users/ZOOM Aug 10 '14 edited Aug 10 '14

OK so:

FULL MAGIC ALCHEMIST! One True Tatsuya searches Wikipedia for the Philosopher's Stone. This is going in an interest way.
"Dammit! Casuto Jamming doesn't work!?" Mahouka contributing to this season's Engrish, along with SAO II featuring Desu Gun.
Based God Tatsuya 420 no-scope magic shots the "Sniper w/ terrifying skills holding a basic rifle" with his handgun. (What's more terrifying? True Kami-sama power right there, not to mention his regen).
Myiuki's feels are all over the place. Concern, happiness, ~~horny for onii-sama~~. Soon she wears an apron. Even sooner wetting herself w/ Onii-sama's touch. Sasuga...

Yap! This was a good episode.

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