Mahouka - Episode 17 Discussion / Poll

[pagan poor]

Looks like Tatsuya is ready to hand deliver a message with extreme prejudice written all over it.

[Miraluka]

Am I the only one who thinks Miyuki would have been better without that ugly outfit for the competence?

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by pagan poor

Looks like Tatsuya is ready to hand deliver a message with extreme prejudice written all over it.

From what he did to the official he caught, and the way he looked at the end, I imagine he's ready to send these guys back to China in pieces small enough to fit through a kitchen strainer.

[Irenicus]

Someone should do the "onii-sama" counter.

Based on what Tatsuya was saying there, was he implying that he can still feel the full effects of his emotions if it deals with Miyuki? I know it was implied, during that confrontation scene with the butler, that Japanese Jesus is kind of emotionally broken (muted?) because of his mother's experiments.

Originally Posted by Miraluka

Am I the only one who thinks Miyuki would have been better without that ugly outfit for the competence?

She looks like a magical girl, no? Especially with the flying and the wand.

[rladls2121]

These ugly outfits Miraluka mentioned, it is like making it look like Mirage Bat is some kind of ballerina event.
Well, if I think deep down, these outfits are too good for the Mirage Bat though.

Tatsuya said it is natural to be angry for Miyuki.
But, to me it is unnatural to me that Tatsuya is the one who naturally gets angry because of some criminal syndicate put Miyuki in danger.
Is Tatsuya's anger is natural? It is beyond natural, I call it supernatural, at least to me.

[Jerseykid]

I was thinking, I am no expert but has there been a main character that has enjoyed this much success?

[LKK]

Originally Posted by Miraluka

Am I the only one who thinks Miyuki would have been better without that ugly outfit for the competence?

I'm disappointed in it too. I expected something more floaty and ethereal.

Setting clothing choices aside, I thought this was one of the series' better episodes. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the scene involving Miki, Mizuki, Erika, and Leo. I like that foursome. To have a scene involving only them and about only them was a nice change of pace for the anime.

[tsukimori]

tatsuya is so manly ♥‿♥ i'm just fangirling nonstop ... i'm so glad that my brother isn't like him manly and hot... or else i don't know what i'll do ...

anyways enough of drooling... overall the ep wasn't tatsuya centered but still good.

[OH&S]

I thought that this was one of the better episodes as well. I'm surprised that reception for this ep seems mixed here on AS.

[arkxkra]

just looking at Tatsuya get angry is totally worth it.

[IceHism]

Originally Posted by Jerseykid

I was thinking, I am no expert but has there been a main character that has enjoyed this much success?

Do you mean in the story or by being a popular character in real life?

[Death Usagi]

Mess with anything related to Miyuki and you get the death route from Tatsuya >:3

Mad Tatsuya was epic today.

[Jerseykid]

Originally Posted by IceHism

Do you mean in the story or by being a popular character in real life?

In the show. Usually we would get at least one set back by now but Tatsuya is on some roll.

[Death Usagi]

I am going to guess Tatsuya will wipe the floor with those old assholes by massacring them.

[Wandering Soul]

Blanche was nothing compared to what Tatsuya will do to these guys.

[Ickarium]

Tatsuya's setbacks, it seems, tend to be social. He gets manipulated into things all the time. When he gets to actually pull out the kick ass, he does fine.

It kind of reminds me of Maoyuu Maou Yuusha.

Spoiler for comparison between Tatsuya and Maoyuu Maou Yuusha character:

The Hero was totally, totally overpowered in a fight (He even uses a magical nuke, too!). Hero's basically a max level Dragonquest hero with basically mundanes all around him. Much like how Tatsuya is Batman in High School.

Sadly for him, while there are fights he overpowers in, the show wasn't about the fights, but the social interactions. Heck, he also worries that he can't handle that sort of thing and is useless, much like how Tatsuya occasionally worries about his actions in school.

[Eclipze]

Come to think of it, did they ever explain how Mirage Bat works as a game/sport? Do you simply hit as many of those light orbs as possible, or are you supposed to only collect or avoid a certain color? I might have missed it in a previous episode, but I really don't remember.

Also, I am kinda irritated that we have gotten an incompetent criminal group as the "antagonist" in both arcs so far, especially since this one was motivated by profits. This competition arc could have done without them to be honest.

[Nvis]

Hate they stole his Flying Spell.

[Ickarium]

They did not explain how it works in detail in the anime as I recall. Ask in the Q&A thread.

[Benigmatica]

Originally Posted by Irenicus

Someone should do the "onii-sama" counter.

Agreed! Thanks to Tatsuya protecting Miyuki by beating up a No-Head Dragon secret operative, she uttered 12 times on this episode!

Still, those No-Head Dragons are lousy. Even if they send an enhanced human operative to disrupt the competition, sitting there and complain, whine, and wait for results makes them pathetically easy for special forces to dismantle them, once those kids from First High School found their hideout by pure luck.