Mahouka - 10 [HS]


I guess power corrupts.

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It's more than a little disturbing in the fact that the students ensure that the driver of the crashing SUV is dead by attacking it to save themselves, when they had more than enough ability to stop it more gently. You can excuse the first three for having an abrupt panicked reaction. But the other three (including the uber-genius Tatsuya), make sure the driver is dead, except Miyuki would probably would have saved him if the other guy didn't smash it into a magic concrete wall.

Good Acceptable details:
- Yes, it was a suicide attack.
- Younger student and hotheads act too hastily.
- Additional lives were saved by swift action.

Bad Oversights:
- These are the best students the school has, since they're going on a competition trip.
- Tatsuya stops the magic buildup. Miyuki puts the fire out. Other guy (who we know has more control than that) simply smashes it.
- None of the students except Tatsuya knew it was a suicide attack during the act.
- The hasty students feel bad because they are embarrassed for acting hastily, not that they helped murder someone.
- No one on the bus is concerned that Tatsuya and the police are looking at a clearly a totaled vehicle and dead body within. Even Mari is only concerned about who cleaned up the stacked magic spells so the other two could act "safely".


It's also not so much that the main characters don't care someone just died, but that NONE of the students are even phased a little bit. Tatsuya and Miyuki not caring is fine. More than fine, I'd be pissed if she was upset. We know they're both capable of murder, and both have probably done so. Even the sword guy is fine, same deal. It's all the other girls and the clearly sheltered boys. None of the participants seemed phased that they turned what might have been just a really bad accident into a certain casualty.

It seems a lot more like all of the students get the same insight that only Tatsuya (or Mizuki) would have the ability to notice, and instantly all recognize it as a suicide attack and don't feel guilty in the least. Or they all instantly knew the driver was already dead, which is just as damning.

It's really bad writing.