The Irregular at Magic High School (light novel)
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| Awesome episode.Can't wait for next one. |
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| First decent episode since... Wait, first decent episode, period. The Monolith Code matches were genuinely fun to watch, mostly due to the fact that the show didn't drown us in a sea of techno babble and let us appreciate the games instead. I'm still wondering, tho: why is the Monolith Code a men's only event and why is it, as if by chance, the game that brings the most points? That doesn't seem to make sense to me at all, since it's a sport men and women alike can do as it relies heavily on tactical planning and magic skills. That actually makes even less sense when you compare it to the women's only event, the Mirage Bat, that is nothing but a somewhat very degrading stupid magical girl colored bubble bursting contest. |
SapewlothJul 12, 2014 5:06 PM
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| I can't wait to see Tatsuya, Leo and Mikihiko in action! So Leo is going to be the defender, Mikihiko will provide back-up to both the offense and defense, while Tatsuya is going to be on the offense. Gram Demolition huh... op as ever it seems... I can't wait for Tatsuya to kick Masaki's ass. He's armed with a low-spec CAD :O? That's Tatsuya for you, kicking ass even with crap gear! Erika... you silly lil brocon you! So her brother and Mari are together or what? I thought all dem girls belonged to Tatsuya lol. Wow... getting told by Miyuki that you're a brocon... that must hurt... I can't wait to see 1st High vs 3rd High Monolith Code the rookie event final! |
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Sapewloth said: First decent episode since... Wait, first decent episode, period. The Monolith Code matches were genuinely fun to watch, mostly due to the fact that the show didn't drown us in a sea of techno babble and let us appreciate the games instead. I'm still wondering, tho: why is the Monolith Code a men's only event and why is it, as if by chance, the game that brings the most points? That doesn't seem to make sense to me at all, since it's a sport men and women alike can do as it relies heavily on tactical planning and magic skills. That actually makes even less sense when you compare it to the women's only event, the Mirage Bat, that is nothing but a somewhat very degrading stupid magical girl colored bubble bursting contest. i think monolith code is the most difficult, you have to balance offense and defense, and different terrain is also make it more difficult. you have to know enemy's strategy and also think a step forward than the enemy, like playing chess. but also physically heavy because you have to move while you thinking. that's what i see |
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| Looking forward to the final battle next week~ This week's episode seemed a little slow to me, excluding the actual matches, but I was definitely amused when Miyuki called Erika out on her brother complex. Takes one to know one. |
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| this one is a nice spisode, can't wait 1st high vs 3rd high in a plain ground. Erika, why did you have brocon? well Erika is kinda cute when he talks to Mikihiko, she's really cute didn't like her usual. and when called brocon by "queen of brocon", it feels like called stupid by the king of stupidity *bakatest reference* Crimson Prince is overpowered, just like Tatsuya, next episode should be the best if they clash. i don't really like Cardinal George, he's looking down to everybody, can't wait to see his face when he lose to 1st high because of his underestimating XD |
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Sapewloth said: I'm still wondering, tho: why is the Monolith Code a men's only event and why is it, as if by chance, the game that brings the most points? That doesn't seem to make sense to me at all, since it's a sport men and women alike can do as it relies heavily on tactical planning and magic skills. That actually makes even less sense when you compare it to the women's only event, the Mirage Bat, that is nothing but a somewhat very degrading stupid magical girl colored bubble bursting contest. Yeah, I don't get this. Especially since in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, we see Fleur Delacour participating in the Triwizard Tournament and it includes everything this guy is talking about and then some (unless the author wants to suggest that female mages are somehow incapable of physically laborious tasks or something): novian14 said: i think monolith code is the most difficult, you have to balance offense and defense, and different terrain is also make it more difficult. you have to know enemy's strategy and also think a step forward than the enemy, like playing chess. but also physically heavy because you have to move while you thinking. that's what i see |
novian14 said: i think monolith code is the most difficult, you have to balance offense and defense, and different terrain is also make it more difficult. you have to know enemy's strategy and also think a step forward than the enemy, like playing chess. but also physically heavy because you have to move while you thinking. that's what i see Iirc, Mirage Bat is just as, if not more, strenuous than Monolith Code. Plus it's the longest event in the competition. I personally think of Monolith Code as the equivalent of Major League Baseball. Even though women can conceivably participate in it, it's open to only boys with Mirage Bat being an only girls event. Mari did complain about this so I guess the author has a reason for making it so? |
Nice episode though overall. Seems like Madhouse is finally getting in the groove. It's too late for that. There's also a nonzero chance of the next arc being just as screwed up as this one. |
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Sapewloth said: I'm still wondering, tho: why is the Monolith Code a men's only event and why is it, as if by chance, the game that brings the most points? That doesn't seem to make sense to me at all, since it's a sport men and women alike can do as it relies heavily on tactical planning and magic skills. That actually makes even less sense when you compare it to the women's only event, the Mirage Bat, that is nothing but a somewhat very degrading stupid magical girl colored bubble bursting contest. At the end of the day monolith code is also a very physical competition where it is most likely that the contestants will sustain injuries. One condition for ending a match is to knock out the opposing team and you have seen what for example they hurled at Ichijou or how leo pounded the opposing attacker in the first match. You always have to expect that one of the players catches such an attack face first and therefore they made it a men's only event. As for awarding it with the most points - you have to remember that all the other events are solo ones. With each school entering with up to 3 players. So in effect it is possible that in a single event multiple placements which award points are taken by players of the same school. As opposed to Monolith Code where all 3 players of a school enter as one team. And of course can only can reach a placement together. And for Mirage Bat it may seem stupid - but it is for one supposed to be beautiful especially on matches during the evening. So by setting it up they consider its promoting effect. And further more as far as magic is concerned it is probably one of the most taxing competitions. They have to apply several different kinds of magic in a continuous succession (accelerating, decellerating, etc.), coordinate their jumps, avoid other contestants mid-air. And this while the matches lasts of this event generally are the longest compared to the short bouts in other events. |
AsturaetusJul 12, 2014 5:54 PM
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millie10468 said: novian14 said: i think monolith code is the most difficult, you have to balance offense and defense, and different terrain is also make it more difficult. you have to know enemy's strategy and also think a step forward than the enemy, like playing chess. but also physically heavy because you have to move while you thinking. that's what i see Iirc, Mirage Bat is just as, if not more, strenuous than Monolith Code. Plus it's the longest event in the competition. I personally think of Monolith Code as the equivalent of Major League Baseball. Even though women can conceivably participate in it, it's open to only boys with Mirage Bat being an only girls event. Mari did complain about this so I guess the author has a reason for making it so? Yeah, if we consider the Mirage Bat to be just as much, if not more physically straining than the Monolith Code, it makes even less sense that the latter would bring much more points. It also gives the impression than the girls' events ultimately matter less than the boys, since it's a men's only event that makes the difference in the end. Mari's complaint is totally justified. @user above I still don't see how a physically straining event can't be performed by women. I mean, unless they're made of porcelain the female athletes should be able to sustain injuries too. And afaic they're just as capable as their male collegues to move around and think at the same time. At least I hope so. See the paragraph above to know what my problem with the whole "more points for the Monolith Code game" is. Also, the entire premise of the women's only event as the "beautiful one" and the men's only as the "real sh*t" bugs me. Its a sports event, not a cabaret nor a fashion show. The athletes (more specifically the female ones, since they're the one getting that weird treatment) aren't there to look good and please the audience: they're there to compete. |
SapewlothJul 12, 2014 5:59 PM
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| Still waiting to see Tatsuya and the Crimson Prince battle head-to-head. |
| I can't wait to see Tatsuya kicking some cocky pricks |
| Next episode will be the final battle eh? |
Sapewloth said: Yeah, if we consider the Mirage Bat to be just as much, if not more physically straining than the Monolith Code, it makes even less sense that the latter would bring much more points It is not really worth more points! In other events you get 50 points for 1st, 30 points for 2nd and 20 points for 3rd. While 1st place in Monolith code equals 100 points. 2nd 60 points and 3rd 40 points. So the overall amount of awarded points in Monolith Code may be higher - but there you can only get one placement with the 3 players forming 1 team opposed to the solo entries of 3 different players in other events. |
AsturaetusJul 12, 2014 6:05 PM
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Asturaetus said: It is not really worth more points! In other events you get 50 points for 1st, 30 points for 2nd and 20 points for 3rd. While 1st place in Monolith code equals 100 points. 2nd 60 points and 3rd 40 points. So the overall amount of awarded points in Monolith Code may be higher - but there you can only get one placement with the 3 players forming 1 team opposed to the solo entries of 3 different players in other events. 1st place in Monolith Code is equivalent to getting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the solo events. 2nd in MC is a little more than getting 2nd and 3rd (or only 1st) in solo events. 3rd is slightly less than the previous scenario. Unless your school is gonna be flooring everyone in the solo events, realistically speaking, you're probably only fortunate enough to place in one slot of the solo events. |
Asturaetus said: Sapewloth said: Yeah, if we consider the Mirage Bat to be just as much, if not more physically straining than the Monolith Code, it makes even less sense that the latter would bring much more points It is not really worth more points! In other events you get 50 points for 1st, 30 points for 2nd and 20 points for 3rd. While 1st place in Monolith code equals 100 points. 2nd 60 points and 3rd 40 points. So the overall amount of awarded points in Monolith Code may be higher - but there you can only get one placement with the 3 players forming 1 team opposed to the solo entries of 3 different players in other events. Yes it is. Even though it's a team sport, getting first at this single event is still worth having two solo competitors getting 1st in their respective events. It's also worth more than three solo competitors getting 2nd place, and it's finally worth having all your solo competitors getting at least 3rd place. Considering the fact that nine freaking schools participate in the competition and that there are only 5 solo events, it's pretty much a given that most schools will count on the Monolith Code to make a difference in their final ranking, since it brings a large amount of points at once. |
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
| Well... at least this episode was interesting, was starting to get seriously bored these past few weeks with all these boring eps... Took way too long to get to this point. |
Sapewloth said: Yes it is. Even though it's a team sport, getting first at this single event is still worth having two solo competitors getting 1st in their respective events. It's also worth more than three solo competitors getting 2nd place, and it's finally worth having all your solo competitors getting at least 3rd place. Considering the fact that nine freaking schools participate in the competition and that there are only 5 solo events, it's pretty much a given that most schools will count on the Monolith Code to make a difference in their final ranking, since it brings a large amount of points at once. In addendum, there are only TWO cases where Monolith Code is actually worth less across three solo events. 1st, 1st, 1st, = 150 pts 1st, 2nd, 2nd = 110 pts |
| Man I cannot wait until the finally round. Great episode!!! |
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| "He can't wield very powerful magic." I can't keep a straight face after hearing this. Cardinal George isn't an LN reader XD "I don't want to hear that from you Bro-con Queen!" Erika reminding us who the best girl is haha. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
eliterodriguez said: 1. it started airing in springThis is still the best summer anime out there. 2. its far from one of the best |
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| Erika a brocon! LOL Erika not wanting to hear that from the "little bro-con queen" XD Liked the conversation b/n Mikihiko and herself in this ep. Masaki so OP lol HAHA Ono-sensei and Tatsuya's conversation. Getting a little close there sensei XD And the battle to come next episode.. Gah have to wait another damn week for that. |
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| Sensei wants Tatsuya's Headed Dragon ;) Erika :O Welcome to the dark side XD Looks like those techniques aren't the prince's real techniques :O Ii think Tatsuya's gonna bribe him with the no head dragon info :) |
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| this Tatsuya is really overpower, easily won all the battles of your event, but now will face strong opponents in the final challenge, but I do not doubt that he will win, I'm curious as to how it will do so this episode was focused on battles and some feelings of Erica, and it was fun to see Miyuki saying that Erica has complex by brother, soon she say this would not be fair next episode will be Tatsyua running low with the such prince .. |
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| Probably one of the best episodes so far, really getting into the Monolith Code contest and I can't wait to see the Prince and Cardinal George realize how they've been played. Tatsuya hasn't even begun to show his tricks, even baited them with Gram Demolition to make them underestimate him. Was hoping they'd skip the prelims and go straight to the main event, but guess waiting another week isn't going to kill me. Really love Erika in this episode, she's one of my favorite characters from this series and got to see a good bit of her this week :) |
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| Miyuki, the queen of all bro-cons, calling Erika one. I laughed. Those two guys from Third High don't realize their opponent is a god? Oh man they're in for one hell of a match. |
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| Props to Leo for being a club wielding beast this episode. Tatsuya being a badass as usual. Lol poor Crimson Prince and Cardinal George. They thing Gram Demolition is going to be Tatsuya's trump card in the finals. As that lady said when watching the match, little do they know about his flash cast and elemental eyes huehue. Third High is going to get their shit pushed in. |
| I guess they should start to skip all that boring explanation like this, i am okay with it(probably because i read the LN). I still can't get used with that incest OP though. ugh That crimson whatsoever just don't know that his opponent is one true Tatsuya. Be prepared for curb-stomp, you lot. What a pretentious name. Crimson prince....XD |
| I hope Tatsuya gets his ass kicked next match, can't stand humble cool guy winning all the time. |
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| Tatsuya: "before we start worrying about the prince and the cardinal, we've got that match against ninth high.." Me: ohhh snap shit is gonna go down I can't wait, maybe a close call or a great fight between tatsuya and ninth high?! Tatsuya flips out of a tree, presses on the trigger~ *wins in 15 seconds* wow so much tension and entertainment I can't handle it. |
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| Well, I think it's expected Tatsuya will flat out own Masaki w/out breaking a sweat. Cardinal George is completely underestimating Tatsuya's abilities and how Gram Demolition is just his only trump card... With that said, I was completely caught off guard that Erika also has a brother complex. I'd imagine that this info is completely unnecessary to the plot whatsoever as this may be the first and last time we ever get to see her brother.... |
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| man, I don't know who to ship with whom but at least Tatsuya is freaking badass that I don't care if he has any love interest or not. Suzaku will go down next episode |
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| Interesting, main guy actually participated the cmpetition. |
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| that was a nice battle ep n next weeks the week when the prince gets 2 lose 2 Tatsuya XD |
| Monolith-Code does seem to be the most interesting of all the events out there. Watching Tatsuya's team making it all the way to the finals against Third High! Can't wait for that duel! Erika having a brother complex as well xD Her response about Miyuki commenting on it, nice to see an other side of her. |
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| Yes, finally Monolith Code! I laughed a bit during the second match when Leo happened to bump on the other school's player, lol. Mikihiko is strong, thank you Erika for noticing that. That "bro-con" statement from Erika, glad they put it in! Next episode would be more interesting. Hopefully they won't cut anything from the battle scenes. |
| Only 4/5 this ep too many cuts for me especially when Mayumi and Mari was slightly surprised Tatsuya's team actually won their 1st match,yup they still had doubts they may win,it might counter the always getting praised complaints anime viewers have. Lol'd at Miyuki's "you have a brother complex" comment to Erika,and Erika's reply to the brocon queen,I re-watched that scene a couple of times,happy that they didn't cut that scene out. They made Cardinal George to evil looking,he's just a kid that see's himself too highly.Will Masaki push Tatsuya to the limit?Or will he stomp the Prince?Both have restrictions to their more powerful magics but the Prince is more versatile magic wise as seen in this ep. Seems no one commented on Tatsuya's underhanded strategies to the point of playing dirty :) He recruited Leo because of his specialty in Fortifying magic with the strategy that he use it to prevent anyone from opening their Monolith,which in this ep an opponent commented that it's playing dirty :) and the way that Mikihiko's spirit's are the one inputting the codes (2nd and 3rd match) (which are basically almost invisible to most magicians as they are made up of pushions. edit: Anyone still think this is a harem?Another girl (Mari) is shipped to another guy this ep,and who needs Tatsuya if your boyfriend is a famous sword magician bishonen?But the reverse harem thing is still good as Erika is trying to have one (Leo and still trying to pull in her brother, Mikihiko and Tatsuya :) ) |
darkreaperixJul 13, 2014 6:16 AM
| It was first episode that was IMO good and moment when Miyuki mentioned that Erica is brocon was hilarious. darkreaperix said: Only 4/5 this ep too many cuts for me especially when Mayumi and Mari was slightly surprised Tatsuya's team actually won their 1st match,yup they still had doubts they may win,it might counter the always getting praised complaints anime viewers have. No, just no. It's very good that Madhouse is skipping crap like that. Everyone being constantly surprised by Tatsuya's awesomeness is annoying. Seems no one commented on Tatsuya's underhanded strategies to the point of playing dirty :) I think he was openly violating rules. Supposedly bringing own CAD was restricted. He recruited Leo because of his specialty in Fortifying magic with the strategy that he use it to prevent anyone from opening their Monolith,which in this ep an opponent commented that it's playing dirty Wasn't it rather strange, that underachiever was easily stomping elite students from other schools in open fight? edit: Anyone still think this is a harem?Another girl (Mari) is shipped to another guy this ep,and who needs Tatsuya if your boyfriend is a famous sword magician bishonen?But the reverse harem thing is still good as Erika is trying to have one (Leo and still trying to pull in her brother, Mikihiko and Tatsuya :) ) Mari's boyfriend was mentioned much earlier so it is nothing new. Tatsuya still has bunch of female followers. |
jakkubusJul 13, 2014 7:00 AM
No wonder, dragon with no head must be retarded. |
jakkubus said: It was first episode that was IMO good and moment when Miyuki mentioned that Erica is brocon was hilarious. darkreaperix said: Only 4/5 this ep too many cuts for me especially when Mayumi and Mari was slightly surprised Tatsuya's team actually won their 1st match,yup they still had doubts they may win,it might counter the always getting praised complaints anime viewers have. No, just no. It's very good that Madhouse is skipping crap like that. Everyone being constantly surprised by Tatsuya's awesomeness is annoying. Seems no one commented on Tatsuya's underhanded strategies to the point of playing dirty :) I think he was openly violating rules. Supposedly bringing own CAD was restricted. He recruited Leo because of his specialty in Fortifying magic with the strategy that he use it to prevent anyone from opening their Monolith,which in this ep an opponent commented that it's playing dirty Wasn't it rather strange, that underachiever was easily stomping elite students from other schools in open fight? edit: Anyone still think this is a harem?Another girl (Mari) is shipped to another guy this ep,and who needs Tatsuya if your boyfriend is a famous sword magician bishonen?But the reverse harem thing is still good as Erika is trying to have one (Leo and still trying to pull in her brother, Mikihiko and Tatsuya :) ) Mari's boyfriend was mentioned much earlier so it is nothing new. Tatsuya still has bunch of female followers. You misunderstood,I meant that even though Mayumi was the one who recruited Tatsuya she was still doubtful that he will actually win. Tatsuya wasn't using his own CADS,those were competition CADS. I think you still think that course 2 students are like the level 0's of Index (have no power),most course 2 students have specialized magics that are strong,and they can easily use,but they just suck (slow casting speed) at magics that are tested in the entrance exams,which some takes 10 processes to activate,Tatsuya can cast normally magics that have 5 processes or lower. Female followers?I only count at least 3 including Miyuki. |
Douglas24 said: Nice seeing Tatsuya in action, hopefully we see some more next week. finally, up the rating for tatsuya this ep. ♥♥♥♥♥ |
| It's fun watching Tatsuya bullying that students in the first half. |
darkreaperix said: Tatsuya wasn't using his own CADS,those were competition CADS. I was reffering to Leo's CAD, which certainly wasn't competition CAD. I think you still think that course 2 students are like the level 0's of Index (have no power),most course 2 students have specialized magics that are strong,and they can easily use,but they just suck (slow casting speed) at magics that are tested in the entrance exams,which some takes 10 processes to activate, But still guys from other schools were elite and selected students of military facility yet Leo stomped them with little effort. I find it very hard to believe. Female followers?I only count at least 3 including Miyuki. Beside Miyuki we have also Mayumi, Shizuku, Honoka, Erika and Mizuki. |
jakkubusJul 13, 2014 10:11 AM
No wonder, dragon with no head must be retarded. |
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