Mahouka - Episode 12 Discussion / Poll

[Tormenk]

Active Air Mine is really the first time I have been wowed by the presentation of magic in Mahouka thus far. Hopefully they can keep this up for the other events, even though I'm expecting they will have to cut a lot more events in the coming episodes. Time to see who's up on the chopping board.

And one more thing..

Madhouse: Abandon all hope, ye who enter.

Mayumi fans:

[MonkeyDude]

Yey Shizuku

I really don't know what to think of the anime up to this point. Character development is barely there 12 episodes in while the in-depth magic explanations are so god-awful boring I'm starting to fall asleep watching it. Maybe Mahouka is just terrible source material for an anime adaptation or Madhouse is doing a god-awful job adapting it. Then again they are also doing NGNL and they've done a spectacular job so far...

Oh well on to the next episode of TATSUYA IS SO AWESOME KYAAAAA~
Lack of yandere brocon Miyuki makes things even more dismal.

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by GDB

But really, does anyone NOT expect the culprit to be Third High? I mean, that one guy who's basically their ace is shown in the OP as Tatsuya's rival or enemy or whatever.

I don't think it's Third High. There has to be a reason why they introduced this criminal group and even have the army people show up.

Originally Posted by MonkeyDude

Then again they are also doing NGNL and they've done a spectacular job so far...

And they completely messed up Mahou Sensou last season...

[Starway]

Originally Posted by MonkeyDude

Yey Shizuku

I really don't know what to think of the anime up to this point. Character development is barely there 12 episodes in while the in-depth magic explanations are so god-awful boring I'm starting to fall asleep watching it. Maybe Mahouka is just terrible source material for an anime adaptation or Madhouse is doing a god-awful job adapting it. Then again they are also doing NGNL and they've done a spectacular job so far...

Oh well on to the next episode of TATSUYA IS SO AWESOME KYAAAAA~
Lack of yandere brocon Miyuki makes things even more dismal.

It's madhouse the source material is fine the people doing mahouka just suck
if the people doing NGNL did mahouka it might of been a good anime but the people doing this just don't care at all.

[Benigmatica]

Originally Posted by MonkeyDude

Oh well on to the next episode of TATSUYA IS SO AWESOME KYAAAAA~
Lack of yandere brocon Miyuki makes things even more dismal.

Nah, she's hiding her fangs for Onii-sama... and then she'll strike those girls once the competition is over!

For some reason, I wonder if the No-Head Dragon are the ones responsible for making a sudden change of the water current that puts Mari and the other competitor out of contention?

Anyways, can't wait for the next episode. Despite having a good soundtrack and animation production, I feel Madhouse are overhyping Mahouka too much compared to NoGeNoRa.

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by Benigmatica

For some reason, I wonder if the No-Head Dragon are the ones responsible for making a sudden change of the water current that puts Mari and the other competitor out of contention?

I think they are by far the most likely candidates. Otherwise it would make no sense to introduce them and even have the army on surveillance. As for their objective, that's another questions, seeing how they specifically targeted Mari (or First High generally with that bus incident) and not the field as a whole.

[novalysis]

Originally Posted by GDB

First half of the episode was absolutely god awful.

Tatsuya - "Hey guys, I brought these two in to examine the video to see if any Spirit Magic shenanigans was going on."
Tatsuya - "So, do you think it was possible?"
Mikihiko - "I guess, but it wouldn't be very strong."
Tatsuya - "I see... no need to view the video at all or take your glasses off or anything. Let's just call it a day here. Thanks for coming all the way over to do something that you could've done on the phone since I didn't bother to show you the video anyway."

Ugh. In brighter news, the second half of the episode was much better. But really, does anyone NOT expect the culprit to be Third High? I mean, that one guy who's basically their ace is shown in the OP as Tatsuya's rival or enemy or whatever.

Originally Posted by Benigmatica

Nah, she's hiding her fangs for Onii-sama... and then she'll strike those girls once the competition is over!

For some reason, I wonder if the No-Head Dragon are the ones responsible for making a sudden change of the water current that puts Mari and the other competitor out of contention?

Anyways, can't wait for the next episode. Despite having a good soundtrack and animation production, I feel Madhouse are overhyping Mahouka too much compared to NoGeNoRa.

Crack theory. Let's merge both theories together

Third High is in cahoots with No Head Dragon. Perhaps, they even paid No Head Dragon to sabotage the competition.

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by novalysis

Third High is in cahoots with No Head Dragon. Perhaps, they even paid No Head Dragon to sabotage the competition.

Question is, what has Third High to gain in relation to the risks? If they are blown up their careers are basically ending in addition to repercussions for their families which are shown to be important in the Mahouka world. The maximum I can imagine is select members of Third High being used by the criminals similarly to how Mibu etc. were used in the last arc. I highly doubt that any of the competitors of Third High are actively working to sabotage the event, for that they have far too much to lose.

[n120cky]

Originally Posted by HayashiTakara

ZzzZzz.... Only good part is possible Mari NTR.

Right, normaly I hate NTR but I dont mind Mari being NTRed by Tatsuya...

[CatRules]

Originally Posted by SigUp

Question is, what has Third High to gain in relation to the risks? If they are blown up their careers are basically ending in addition to repercussions for their families which are shown to be important in the Mahouka world. The maximum I can imagine is select members of Third High being used by the criminals similarly to how Mibu etc. were used in the last arc. I highly doubt that any of the competitors of Third High are actively working to sabotage the event, for that they have far too much to lose.

May be the teachers?

Like, wanting to promote Third High so next years the most skilled students will enroll there?


p.s. I just realized. May be the reason why First High gets the most skilled young mages is because it's located in Tokyo(the capital/center of power)?

[kagato3]

Originally Posted by CatRules

May be the teachers?

Like, wanting to promote Third High so next years the most skilled students will enroll there?


p.s. I just realized. May be the reason why First High gets the most skilled young mages is because it's located in Tokyo(the capital/center of power)?

Seems a bit extreme boarding on traitorous, what with these all being state run schools.

First high is likely the oldest of the schools so it likely gets it's prestige from that and as you said it is in the capital

[HandofFate]

Kind of weird that they skipped why Tatsuya invited Honoka as well about the video.

Spoiler for Honoka:

He wanted to know if Honoka saw anything due to her special eyes, but she said she had her glasses on, so no. But it was another way to show that even the most minor side-characters has some purpose.

The animation for the active air mine was pretty good. I guess they don't want TOO much Tatsuya worshiping

Spoiler for Mari:

Since Mari was so impressed with the Active Air Mine, she wanted a copy of it for her own use.

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[LKK]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

Kind of weird that they skipped why Tatsuya invited Honoka as well about the video.

Spoiler for Honoka:

He wanted to know if Honoka saw anything due to her special eyes, but she said she had her glasses on, so no. But it was another way to show that even the most minor side-characters has some purpose.

Honoka?? I think you're talking about Mizuki.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by SigUp

I don't think it's Third High. There has to be a reason why they introduced this criminal group and even have the army people show up.

Who just conveniently screw up a race that Third High had no chance of winning based on prior years? Who, after screwing up said race, are now in the finals and the two previous finalists are out?

Originally Posted by Starway

It's madhouse the source material is fine the people doing mahouka just suck
if the people doing NGNL did mahouka it might of been a good anime but the people doing this just don't care at all.

Did the source material have less emphasis on Japanese Jesus Tatsuya? Because that's my biggest beef with the series.

Originally Posted by novalysis

Crack theory. Let's merge both theories together

Third High is in cahoots with No Head Dragon. Perhaps, they even paid No Head Dragon to sabotage the competition.

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by GDB

Who just conveniently screw up a race that Third High had no chance of winning based on prior years? Who, after screwing up said race, are now in the finals and the two previous finalists are out?

Being a beneficiary doesn't equate to clear evidence that they are the culprits. As I said before, the rewards of such a sabotage pale in relation to the risks. We are not talking about some desperate losers here. Guys like Ichijou Masaki are apparently from reputable families themselves. They would be incredibly stupid to risk the reputation of the school and their whole clan for a school competition. If they indeed are that stupid, well, then it's a pretty poor setup by the author.

[Mcfart]

I know this is based off of novels, but there was WAAAAAAAAAAY too much pointless exposition in this episode. They spent almost half the episode engaging in prolonged exposition about the water incident. Then the rest of the episode was like "NOBODY'S ATTACKNG US IN THE PRELIMS". Gee, ya think?

[Awrya]

First half felt awfully rushed, second part had a nice pace.

I find it hilarious that Tatsuya invited Mikihiko and Mizuki to help analysing the video and discussing potential third party intervention, but only asks Mikihiko about his expertise.
Mizuki was simply standing around with no line or purpose, if Tatsuya didn't call her said that he knew of one more person who might be of assistance and will contact her later, the interaction between those present in the room wouldn't have changed at all.

[kagato3]

Originally Posted by Mcfart

I know this is based off of novels, but there was WAAAAAAAAAAY too much pointless exposition in this episode. They spent almost half the episode engaging in prolonged exposition about the water incident. Then the rest of the episode was like "NOBODY'S ATTACKNG US IN THE PRELIMS". Gee, ya think?

Non of the information is pointless. with how stripped down the series is compared to the novels if anything is mentioned or shown, it is more then likely something important to either the understanding of how this world works or is some that is relevant to either the over all plot or the current arc.

Originally Posted by Awrya

First half felt awfully rushed, second part had a nice pace.

I find it hilarious that Tatsuya invited Mikihiko and Mizuki to help analysing the video and discussing potential third party intervention, but only asks Mikihiko about his expertise.
Mizuki was simply standing around with no line or purpose, if Tatsuya didn't call her said that he knew of one more person who might be of assistance and will contact her later, the interaction between those present in the room wouldn't have changed at all.

He does bring up that Mizuki is overly sensitive to magic particles and was already shown to have been able to see spirits so it is not hard to figure out why she was called

[Mcfart]

Originally Posted by kagato3

Non of the information is pointless. with how stripped down the series is compared to the novels if anything is mentioned or shown, it is more then likely something important to either the understanding of how this world works or is some that is relevant to either the over all plot or the current arc.


He does bring up that Mizuki is overly sensitive to magic particles and was already shown to have been able to see spirits so it is not hard to figure out why she was called

I don't mean pointless, but felt overly drawn out. I think they could've abridged the explanation...

[Random Wanderer]

You know, in any other show I would think that last scene with Shizuku would be a death loss flag, what with all the "It's perfectly adjusted to me" "keep doing what you've been doing and you'll win just fine" "I'll definitely win" stuff, but I'm not sure this series knows enough about drama and proper story construction for it to be an issue.