Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

[Kraco]

But the first use was unneccessary in my opinion. Unless Tatsuya's zapping spell has a size limit, I think it would have been a better option for the first strike.

They should have taken out the ship the moment they noticed it, and they noticed it quite early. The enemy commander was absolutely correct saying the Japanese were naive to leave them unchecked using environmental damage or whatever as an excuse. We saw in this episode at the latest that the enemy brought a whole fricking army with APCs and those battle mecha and lots of troops to the city. It was a war in the middle of a Japanese city, yet the Japanese couldn't afford to send in a single missile to take out the enemy command and cargo ship. It was utterly pitiful, even if they were victorious eventually and struck back highly efficiently. Not that the enemy ground troops would have been any better... But I guess an average Japanese author would be hard-pressed to write better than this considering pacifism is in their constitution.

[KrayZ33]

It's pretty funny how the conversation aboard the chopper tried to give Tatjesus a couple of weaknesses, but in practice they don't manifest at all. He repeatedly resurrected his squad members after having healed the students, without showing any hesitation or discomfort.

I wouldn't even call that a weakness

0,2s of pain... unless you pass out from it for some reason, a cramp is a bigger problem.
Sure, it's painfull, but when you start feeling it, its gone again. A cramp on the other side, thats a real problem I'm telling you!

[Inazuma]

He suffers for our sins~

[Xelbair]

Tatsuya-jesus is our lord and saviour.
Bask in his glory.

Wallhack/perfect knowledge about anything and everything(now with global range due to sattelite connection): check.
Omnipotent destructive power: check.
Omnipotent healing power with indestructible body: check.

[shinta|hikari]

He got Jesus beat. He comes back to life in .3 seconds while it took Jesus 3 days.

That scene with the light shining above him was intentional as hell. Even the creators wanted us to think he was Jesus, much like how Lelouch created a cross of blood when he slid down and pretended to die.

[Buffalobiian]

Would watch a second season for some fights with nice BGM though

[Funime-Forunesia] Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - Original Soundtrack Vol.1

I only really like Miyuki though. Insurance track was nice. The OST was otherwise unimpressive.

edit: on repetitive listening a few more tracks are also likable. It's still no Sawano Hiroyuki nor Kajiura Yuki, but even those can become tiring when their "signature sound" gets carried across too many anime too frequently.

[lelouch]

Soo... Is this show over?

[Munsu]

Soo... Is this show over?

No. First season is.

[Xelbair]

not enough material for S2 at the moment. thankfully.

[KrayZ33]

So... I watched the movie right now.
1,5h for about 10-15 minutes worth of fighting.
They should really make a more action oriented anime about this. The fight scenes are awesome, techno-magic is pretty cool.

The movie overall is pretty bad though and could be improved on by adding another 40 minutes of combat. It featured several high class special ops mages and even 2 "strategic" mages after all. Yet they didn't even have a showdown or anything remotely close to that.

Didn't even get to see that much badassery considering that, even Tatsuya was pretty mild this time around... *sigh* - he didn't even fight anything other than "objects" this time around

The spellblades and melee combat scenes were pretty dope though

Watched it for the blonde girl in the trailer.... expected her to be featured more, considering her position on the movie-poster.

[shinta|hikari]

They are probably reserving the Lina arc, which was in the LN, for the next season of the anime. That features a lot of one vs ones.

Shit movie. The plot is cliche and totally doesn't make sense. Even Tatsuya is a gene-manipulated kid. Why is there so much sympathy for these lolis even though such experimentation is so common?

[KrayZ33]

Even Tatsuya is a gene-manipulated kid. Why is there so much sympathy for these lolis even though such experimentation is so common?

But they don't/didn't know that - and it's obviously an issue, otherwise you'd have Tatsuyas all over the place.

Wouldn't say it's common.

[Kraco]

There were some good scenes in the movie, like the fighting scenes, scenes with lots of special effects, and also some comedy like the Darth Vader suit. However, the plot was more or less witless and didn't make much sense on any level. Like the Japanese Navy research lab trying to justify their existence and the worth of their technology by attacking the USA. The idiot researcher leader will probably soon wish he had died in the attack. He was even more crazy than the psycho Stars member.

In the end this is one of those anime movies that's only based on cramming the maximum amount of familiar characters in, providing some fanservice, and presenting a bunch of flashy scenes. The story is of no concern whatsoever. The Magical Index movie, for example, was exactly the same.

[Munsu]

Yeah, I thought the movie was crap as well. Seems like movies based on an animated series rarely are good, if that.

[Kraco]

S2 Episode 1



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A really low onii-sama count in this first episode, probably because Miyuki only had a few lines in the episode (of course it didn't prevent her from uttering it a couple of times). Glorious Nippon Banzai meter was showing quite high readings, however from early on. It would have been nice to know how tough Lina is against a broader spectrum of the school's student body. All in all, even her practical experience doesn't give an edge against Miyuki, after all, Miyuki as well has practical experience from the field. Not that I'd be impressed by Lina's professionalism because she did hesitate long and hard before shooting the traitor. On the other hand, it's better a teenager would hesitate. Otherwise she would be either broken like Tatsuya or someone who never had a childhood in the first place (a child soldier).

[Buffalobiian]

I ended up rewatching most of Mahouka to catch up because I remembered nothing.

"Oh, right. He blew up the Chinese Navy."

[Munsu]

They are probably reserving the Lina arc, which was in the LN, for the next season of the anime. That features a lot of one vs ones.

Seems like you were spot on. Haven't read the LN for this, but Lina is here now.

[Kraco]

Episode 2


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This show is quite good as long as Tatjesus plays only a minor role. His OP power makes everything so simple to solve that it ruins any thrill and excitement.

You'd think the Americans would know more about this particular parasite. It has been plaguing their country longer than Japan.

[David75]

Well, I guess it depends on their current president and administration... I know, I choose an easy one

[KrayZ33]

I always imagine Tatsuya as the MC from Darker Than Black and get disappointed whenever it's obvious that he isn't.
Show would've been so much better with less focus on his superpower and the constant pampering.

The world, the magic, the factions... all of it would do well without Tatsuya as a god character.
Especially if the high ranks wouldn't rely on him so openly. At least do your shit without him.