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Sep 27, 2009 8:34 AM
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Awesome, awesome, awesome episode. I like that Fuu was getting hurt when she was attacking herself. It changed the cliche events a little. I am loving this series.
Nov 22, 2010 3:52 PM
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This episode was like Fushigi Yuugi all over again.
Nov 6, 2013 7:53 PM
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So they literally have to level up their armor and weapons. This is amazing, but unfortunately, it makes me want to stop watching and play some of the older RPG games I haven't touched in years.
Sep 20, 2014 2:53 PM
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I like how their armor evolved magical girl style.
Jan 22, 2015 6:07 PM
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Escudo obtained! Magic Knights leveled up! Armor Upgraded! New weapons now available! Omg this game is literally an RPG in anime form :p

That is one straaaaange spring o.o Must br really traumatizing to have to kill what appears to be your dog or family or self.

Thank you Captain Obvious...

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Jun 20, 2017 12:09 AM
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The combat was pretty nice in this episode, as was the development in general.

It feel like the show is starting to come into its own.
Dec 14, 2018 5:42 AM
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"Those are not my parents!"
Umm yeah, I'm sure mom and dad can't shoot laser beams :D

This is not your planet to rule. The Fallen shall rise again.
Feb 14, 2019 11:46 PM
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Man, at first I was certain that, when all three characters are facing illusory versions of important people in their lives, and the prep is up against her rich parents with their faces in shadow, and the nerd is up against herself, they'd have to symbolically overcome a bad, distant parental relationship and a bunch of self-loathing, respectively. Turned out it was basically the opposite. Then again, I didn't really have any idea why Hikaru would need closure with her pet dog.

I'm not sure whether CLAMP just set out to mash up Sailor Moon and medieval fantasy, or explicitly embrace how close they already were. I mean, season one of Sailor Moon is about a magical princess and her brave knights fighting an evil sorceress queen, it just happens to take place in Juuban in 1992 instead of CLAMP's D&D game Cephiro. I decided to watch this series mostly because I liked the crazy mashup of genres, but if there's more to that than juxtaposition, that makes me even more anxious for the giant robots to start showing up.
Sep 26, 2020 9:15 AM
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Alrighty, the girls did it! Escudo has been obtained and they beat the middle aged woman again!

Their armor upgrade looks nice too!
Dec 10, 2021 8:07 AM
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That line over the spring.. couldn't they just jump up and see the pool? They were on eye level with it. Also, what would the pool be like from below?

Ikr about Fushigi Yuugi, Miaka in the mirror.. but If Fuu killed her other self, wouldn't she die herself too?

I found it disappointing that Emeraude had to show up to basically tell them what to do, instead them finding their own strength and reason to defeat the illusions.
Jun 30, 2022 6:52 AM

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Hikaru has a dog that's basically a wolf, and it's name is Hikari? Crazy.

Also, if the illusions are people that they hold dear, and Hikaru's is her pet, and Umi's is her parents. What does it say about Fuu that the person she holds dear is just herself? Like, damn, lmao.

It sure was convenient that Alcyone managed to time poison so that it would go into effect when the girls found their escudo. Whenever that might possibly be in the sometime future, lol. I guess it doesn't particularly matter anymore since she's dead now. Ah, never mind, I guess somehow she survived.

Anyway, having learned some new spells, powering up, and acquiring escudo, the girls are one step closer to becoming Magic Knights. I still have no idea how mechs are going to come into play though.

"...Is your mother worried? Would you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?"

Nov 10, 2022 11:58 AM
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Very nice episode, glad to see the girls work on getting Escudo.
Jun 30, 2023 7:26 AM

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This is boring so far
Sep 22, 2023 9:29 PM

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It's truly like a RPG except I'm not playing it ._.

So Hikaru has her beloved dog/wolf Hikari, Umi her beloved and rich parents and the glasses girl has herself, ummm talk about self-love but also, she didn't doubt to point her arrow to it unlike anything else she found before.

Mokona was a bit annoying.

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