Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

[Kraco]

Episode 3


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It would have been great if Lina, supposedly working for some kind of special forces with a considerable rank, could actually keep her mission in mind and not just do whatever, jeopardising everything. Like why on Earth would she even bother to face and attack Tatjesus at the end of the episode? She was there to kill the parasite host, foremost, I guess retrieving the body as a secondary objective. She wasn't there to engage the local high schoolers in a fight, especially one whose power she can't even begin to understand. Just throw a bloody flashbang between them.

The story is so simpleton-written every now and then.

[Kraco]

Episode 4


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So much nonsense. I guess strong magicians are so hard to come by that the USA has no choice but to keep employing Lina in her current position. She really should be sent to a military academy for a few years, though. She has no concept whatsoever of priorities. That idiotic duel with the bet was the worst of it.

Shizuku's managing to find some ultimate sucker dude with family connections, I assume, however, was far better thought out. Women ensnaring men and loose lips have always been two extremely potent tools used by intelligence agencies. Seeing how enamored that loser dude was, I doubt Shizuku even needs to give him a kiss to extract all the information in the world out of him.

[Buffalobiian]

So much nonsense. I guess strong magicians are so hard to come by that the USA has no choice but to keep employing Lina in her current position. She really should be sent to a military academy for a few years, though. She has no concept whatsoever of priorities. That idiotic duel with the bet was the worst of it.

It's funny how that was the exact point that was raised this episode re: USA military's standards.

[Kraco]

Episode 5


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By every episode I believe more and more that Lina shouldn't have a job in the special forces, at the very least not in a commanding position. She just doesn't have what it takes and is basically forcing herself, with not so good results. Perhaps the US military will realise that when this is all over.

Shizuku totally hadn't been drinking. Not a milliliter of booze.

[Buffalobiian]

Episode 06

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You're telling me that Mizuki supposedly only discovered her feelings now? :S.

[Kraco]

Perhaps this is the first time she said it aloud so that Tatsuya might have heard it accidentally? There's no way she wouldn't have thought about it before. Unless she's denser than tatsunium.

It's kind of tiresome how the cheap nationalism in the writing needs to make others so incompetent to make Japan look better. This story would lose absolutely nothing by not making Japan worlds above the rest of the world. Like Lina is suggested to be the strongest in the USA, but I imagine, based on what we have seen in the series so far, there're probably at least 20 people, or more, in Japan that could beat her. After all, we haven't actually really seen those outside of the school student bodies, more or less, apart from the monk dude teaching Tatsuya. You'd think the ruling families, whom Tatsuya also bows down to, would have monsters of their own, who aren't school kids anymore. Even if Tatjesus obviously is the best of them.

[shinta|hikari]

I feel like US incompetence in this series actually reflects reality uncannily.

[KrayZ33]

Perhaps this is the first time she said it aloud so that Tatsuya might have heard it accidentally? There's no way she wouldn't have thought about it before. Unless she's denser than tatsunium.

It's kind of tiresome how the cheap nationalism in the writing needs to make others so incompetent to make Japan look better. This story would lose absolutely nothing by not making Japan worlds above the rest of the world. Like Lina is suggested to be the strongest in the USA, but I imagine, based on what we have seen in the series so far, there're probably at least 20 people, or more, in Japan that could beat her. After all, we haven't actually really seen those outside of the school student bodies, more or less, apart from the monk dude teaching Tatsuya. You'd think the ruling families, whom Tatsuya also bows down to, would have monsters of their own, who aren't school kids anymore. Even if Tatjesus obviously is the best of them.

It's just a joke that high school girls that have 0 combat experience can beat a specialized and trained combat magican like that.
I have no problem with Tatsuya beating her, I have a problem with Mizuki being able to battle her.
I don't even have a problem with Mizuki winning in raw-power. But this is just dumb.

Don't build up characters like that when in reality they are some weak ass kiddos.
All these kids in that school are waaaay to strong.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm a little mixed about this. I get that Miyuki is supposed to be ridiculously strong amongst her peers. I do expect her to be inferior to Lina in terms of application and experience though. I can only say that "no killing" gimps Lina here since she's not Jesus and can't just delete whatever spells come out of the opponent. She seems to specialise in shooting psion bullets that wreck people's brains.

Lina's mentality is another issue though. She's nowhere near as professional as someone her rank should be.

[Kraco]

I'm a little mixed about this. I get that Miyuki is supposed to be ridiculously strong amongst her peers. I do expect her to be inferior to Lina in terms of application and experience though. I can only say that "no killing" gimps Lina here since she's not Jesus and can't just delete whatever spells come out of the opponent. She seems to specialise in shooting psion bullets that wreck people's brains.

Lina's mentality is another issue though. She's nowhere near as professional as someone her rank should be.

The no killing doesn't gimp her because she doesn't want to kill anyone, anyway. She's just a school kid. At least that much is realistic, haha. I very much agree with KrayZ33 on the role of the school kids and their capabilities. Tatjesus aside, since he's supposed to be a biological weapon, it's just stupid. It's also stupid Miyuki is some miracle powerhouse alone in the world. What's Japan's population compared to the population of the rest of the world? China or India should have multiple Miyukis, even the USA should have a few. Not to mention there should be more Tatsuyas here and there in the world. But no, because glorious Nippon banzai.

This is basically no different from the isekai subgenre, where the MC has godly cheat powers nobody can challenge. Only here it's the whole Japan. This is clearly a unique storytelling culture created by the light novel authors in Japan. It's like the Mary/Gary Stu to the power of 10.

[Kraco]

Episode 7

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In the Tatjesus universe, the whole US military should quit military. They aren't up to the task. That whatever commander of Lina's, she had no idea what exactly they were going to fight, she only knew Tatsuya is far more powerful than Lina, but she nonetheless ordered a top talent in the US forces to engage that unknown. Normally in the military you plan operations so that you have a chance to win, unless you are in an exceedingly desperate situation.

I'm almost tempted to believe that woman even wasn't who she was supposed to be, but was an impersonator, working for the third party. Thus she wouldn't give a shit about whether the operation succeeds or if Lina lives or dies. However, to have someone infiltrate the American operation like that would be even more pitiful for the Americans than simply being incompetent at catching the parasites and studying Tatsuya's case.

By the way, what happened to the super weapon, Brionac? Is it still lying in that park, until some dude taking his dog for a walk finds it and turns it into a floor lamp? I'm just going to assume that's what happens.

[shinta|hikari]

Kraco, unwarranted confidence is the most American thing in existence. Haven't you learned that by now?

I live in the US but am not American. It gives me a bit more perspective than others.

[Kraco]

Episode 8



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Yeah, the robot is definitely a keeper. It must not be destroyed. It's far too comedic in how it revealed certain someone's feelings for all the world to hear.

[Buffalobiian]

By the way, what happened to the super weapon, Brionac? Is it still lying in that park, until some dude taking his dog for a walk finds it and turns it into a floor lamp? I'm just going to assume that's what happens.

FABLED CELTIC WEAPON GIFTED TO BRITISH MUSEUM

[Munsu]

Just caught up to episode 11, and didn't like this arc at all, found it quite boring. Hopefully the next one is better.

[Buffalobiian]

S2E12

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They built a building reliant on dynamic stability provided by gyros?
I mean,.. yeah, that's cool and you can make super tall buildings I guess.. but that's only slightly more efficient than an flying castle - and those are just way cooler.

[Munsu]

This arc started more interesting to me than the previous one. I mean, the other one had a solid start with killing rogue magicians and what not, but I was really not into the whole parasite thing and I thought Angelina would end up being a more interesting character than she ended being, but overall I like the staging of this next arc so far better.

[Buffalobiian]

So since last time we've had the Miyuki Highschool Version of the show, and now the Reminiscence arc.


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-So I thought this would be a "How Miyuki came to like her brother" arc, but really she already liked him. She just had to figure out why.

-Soldier acting like a punk on the street, got his ass handed to him by a ~10 year old, then got it handed to him properly again but was okay with it? Seems weird.

-The whole "collateral" thing doesn't check out. If the "target" for the attack was the CEO family, then why did the soldiers hesitate when they were invited to take them into protection? Why did they ask the Yotsubas first? Given how all-knowing the aunt appears, this doesn't seem right.

-The military just happens to have child-sized armour?

-Security around mother seemed lax. But turns out the body-guard woman could block missiles, so why didn't she block bullets? Seems dumb.

-Tatsuya: the Origin at least makes sense somewhat. If the mother also lost emotions, and "only she could perform the surgery", I'd argue that it's less an Artificial Magic Calculation Area and more "Mother transplated part of her magic circuit into her son". Seems like she still sees him as a lesser person because of her magician prejudice, but also tried her hardest to fix that for him.

-Miyuki sounds like she's only known her brother for a brief period of time. Did they hide him for the past 10 years?

-The revival thing was dramatic from Miyuki/Tatsuya's POV, but really this seems to be super easy for him. It's actually his base ability.

-Body-guard girl wanting to die doesn't quite make sense either. She didn't seem to resent life. The whole "Let me at least choose how/when to die" only makes sense when the alternative of "Living while obeying someone else" is bad. Didn't seem to be the case, and Tatsuya can revive her whenever anyway.

-Anyway, overall impression is that this seems a little forceful, but I'm up for backstories.

[MFauli]

LOL, and here I start reading the thread from page 1 ...

[Ryllharu]

LOL, and here I start reading the thread from page 1 ...

You made me go back to see when I dropped the show, and to my surprise, all the same reasons I ended up hating Aquatope's second cour through the Fall 2021 season were littering this franchise. (Same issues that Remake had, that Tsuki no Laika had, etc.)

At least I'm consistent.