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| It's back to focusing on Sara again. They did deal with a sensitive issue related to bullying but this episode was still lighthearted. Sousuke seems like a responsible guy who is there to help he helpless. He and Sara has a somewhat unique relationship. The witch outfit looks cute on Sara. They managed to make this episode as fun as possible with the trick and treat gimmick. |
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| Sara and Sosuke, introduced through Sosuke's junior Haruka Neya, take on an investigation into bullying. They head to meet with Yuna Naganawa, a first-year junior high school student and the client's daughter. Despite Yuna stubbornly denying being bullied, Sara and she bond over a shared hobby, eventually opening up to each other |
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| There wasn't enough Livia this episode, at least we got a few frames with her. Besides that the episode was pretty nice i liked that they dealt with a bully and hopefully the bully will get what she deserves. Sara is also nice to watch with the way she is so positive, just like Livia. |
| Alternate universe Nobunaga with magical power sounded very interesting, where can I watch it? 😂 btw, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms light novel that appeared in this episode is a real thing. Its title is Tadashi Shiroden: Maou Reijou kara Hajimeru Sangokushi. |
AkeZZZApr 25, 12:20 PM
何それ？意味分かんない  |
| That parallel world motif was unexpected. Why even bring that up? Why in such detail? Unless it'll be more relevant at some point in the future I don't see the need for that exposure of a world we won't see anymore. |
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| I think that Sara wants to go to the same school that Yuna is going to to hang out and socialize with her. Speaking of Yuna, I wonder if there will be any follow up with her and her mom once the bullies are busted. Side note, Sara looks cute dressed up as a witch for Halloween. |
| Ok this show is getting a 10 just for the fact that we have a competent mother for ONCE in anime. Literally the first time I’ve ever seen a character just say she’d sue if she got fired instead of cowering in fear from a boss. I can’t stress how much I HATE when characters are getting bullied and everyone just bows down to the bullies because they don’t want to upset the social hierarchy or stick out. So unrealistic and takes me out the story. The irony of this whole bullying situation being started by the daughter of Yuna mom’s boss is hilarious. Getting the bullying on camera was the perfect idea and a fitting conclusion. Yuna won’t be dealing with any more bullies. Sara coming from a parallel world instead of a straight up isekai fantasy world is a cool twist as well and explains how she knows so much about earth’s history and speaks Japanese well enough to be understood, but still uses some odd words. Just imagining a fantasy nobunaga magician spin off now lol. Looking forward to next ep. |
Marinate1016Apr 25, 3:48 PM
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| When Sara da Odin started talking with the Three Kingdoms otaku girl, I think that was one of the best moments in any isekai show. 1. There's a reference to another isekai light novel 2. Otaku three kingdoms girl (relatable character to many people, and generally a realistic character as well) 3. Sara is a princess from a fantasy world who successfully and rationally tries to adapt to Earth and not directly state that she is an isekai character 4. Fan (otaku girl) has a conversation with an isekai character = big wish fulfillment... It's like in Re:creators when creators or fans meet their anime characters in the real world. 5. BONUS: I've personally wanted to see how Japanese bullying can get contrasted with bullying in a foreign society. The authors cleverly (and respectfully for IRL victims) added that there is worse bullying elsewhere. Usually for foreign viewers of anime, you usually just see Japanese bullying (which is pretty bad in its own way), but it may help anyone reading or watching this content 'broad their horizons' just a little bit and remind them that, "It's bad now, but you can make it through because there are people who can help you even if it may seem like nobody will/could." Those people are in 'wider society', (the detective and the princess), and so they may not be so apparent at first. |
W3TFTApr 25, 3:47 PM
ow + nw = 90-2000s |
| Ah yes Oda Nobunaga and their coveted "Kaboom" technique XD. Pretty neat that Oda Nobunaga suddenly gaining magical powers could change history so drastically. |
| It does it's own thing, but I also see so much Hinamatsuri in this. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| I adore the connection and synergy between Sara and Sousuke, it's so nice to see, so wholesome. I hope we see Yuna more often, Sara needs a friend too! PROTECT SARA AT ALL COST |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it. |
| Yuna and her mum are pretty based tbh. Get those bullies!! |
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| without hardcore highschool bullying as a catalizator for change, progress cannot be made on an individual level. for this reason alone i forever remain thankful to my bullies who took everything from me. |
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| Sara and her enthusiasm for skateboards, both her and Sosuke are met by the latter's Kohai of Haruka Neya of Gifu Prefecture's largest Kusanagi Detective Agency, and she comes to him with a request to see into some bullying issues. But her face is more than just an admiration for Sosuke, she's literally in the same line of work as Sosuke stopping cases of infidelity , which is why he quit in the first place. And that request comes from Mami Naganawa, of which her 1st year middle-school daughter Yuna has felt the strain. And the first thing that Sara notices is her father's collection of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Sara is not a fake fan for nothing. Everything else is all a coincidence in the same manner, and Sara is the only qualified person to understand Yuna better, which Sosuke can then link up with the case at hand, leading to the eventual confession. The bullying, which started from the corporate world of her mom, which trickled down to school with the president's daughter, they sure are going at ths the wrong way, which Sosuke has a better plan to record the evidence and get it over to their lawyer to have the case settled. And that warrants Sara wanting to attend school, of which Halloween is around the corner in town to do cosplay. Sara's addiction to Oda Nobunaga, more than her magic alone that is done with translation magic, it's not like current technology where lanuage can be immediately translated and understood. That comes down to the Ofim Empire from a parallel Japan where Nobunaga reigns supreme, though history suggests that hers and the real Japan's history are one and the same, combining Norse mythology in the process to form her own empire. It's throwaway plot device of Sara's origins, but still and nonetheless, surprising and interesting to learn that she doesn't just come from your bog-standard Isekai place. |
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Reply to Ronniejars
@felixsifuri it's just a chill anime that highlights interactions and conversations between characters, of course any topic can be discussed, right? it's like discussing the story of a haunted place with your friends even though you have nothing to do with that place and the next day you will forget about it. these are all like conversations in everyday life
| @Ronniejars I might be too hung up on the chekhov's gun rule |
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| Much better than the last episode. This anime is more interesting when it's about Sara and not the homeless bug eating knight. |
CocoaGalaxy said: here livia doesnt show up for the whole ep, and sara can't carry the entire anime by herself None of the other girls have shown up since their introduction either The other girls I dunno, if they show up again maybe. Right now we have no idea if or when they'll even show up It seems like, from everything about the presentation of the anime, that Sara and Sousuke are the main characters. As the main duo, it makes sense that they receive the most overall screentime and importance. |
WatchTillTandavaApr 26, 4:31 PM
| Sousuke should get Sara a helmet and knee/elbow/wrist guard, making it safer for Sara when she falls, something that often happens a lot for some beginners. I wonder if Sara will transfer to Yuna's school. Poor girl deserves a better life and good friends. I actually liked it when the mom was gung-ho about beating up the other girl, lol. That method might have worked in elementary school with petty fights, but when she has the resources to hire detectives and be introduced to the right lawyers through said detectives, the better power play they went with was the wiser choice. I hope the bullies get what they deserve. Fascinating tidbit about the worldbuilding they've done in this episode. Instead of the usual medieval-esque western otherworld countless other series go for, they made it into an alternate version of Japan that was influenced by the west like a magical not-Portugal nation. Nobunaga was known to have an open mind to the west, importing guns and steel-cuirass armor, so it wouldn't be too big of a stretch if several generations later, more caucasian people settled in Japan, inter-marrying into the magic-imperial family, and thus Sara being born already knowing a variant of Japanese. The one thing I didn't understand was Sara's reasoning for lying about using translation magic. Next week...the theme is scalpers...the scum of the earth. |
Estoy_GordoApr 26, 6:13 PM
| I do appreciate as well the backstory behind the history of Sara's world included in this episode. It's still another world and a separate world, but it makes it seem more like a parallel universe mirroring ours which, for whatever reason - chalked up to cosmic fate, differing mathematical probabilities in the laws of the universe, or whatever, diverged from our own on its historical trajectory and went down a different course. As opposed to what I would usually assume is the case in most isekai, where it's just a completely disconnected world with zero relation or similarities apart from basic practical ones and just located in some entirely separate universe or dimension which never mirrored ours. This feels more like her world in relation to our own Earth was more like the parallel universes in Steins;Gate, Higurashi, etc., except instead of diverging from events in our/the primary world usually hours, days, or weeks ago (from the main events in the story), they diverged centuries ago. At least around 500 years ago (if the Nobunaga events in her world took place a similar distance from the present as our own, around 1570 in the Sengoku period to 2024 - her world still resembles a more traditional medieval system and aesthetic, so maybe it's more recent there). |
WatchTillTandavaApr 26, 9:25 PM
| Didn't expect such lore about Princess and her world, this is getting more interesting. |
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| OH FUCK OFF.... she should have physically fought all 3 of them... smh... |
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| Not their best, but an ok episode. It needs more Livia and much less about Nobunaga. |
dragynfaerieApr 28, 12:20 AM
| They expanded Sara's cover story to name drop a specific province in Sweden that's she's supposedly from. They just happened to pick one that is probably the smallest and most sparsely populated, though they do have delicious kroppkakor. They could have picked one that is easier for a Japanese person to pronounce, because "Ö" is never pronounced like "O". It pretty much sounds like she says "Åland", which is a demilitarized and self-governing island/province in Finland which has mainly Swedish culture and language. It's also completely useless information, because no one outside the Nordic countries is going to know about the Swedish provinces. So a Swede wouldn't bother telling foreigners what province they are from. The actual backstory of her country and name which she tells the detective is bonkers and completely unnecessarily convoluted. Why would Nobunaga claim to be an incarnation of a Norse god? |
Kapten-NApr 28, 11:49 AM
| Good episode with some interesting world building. I kinda missed Livia though, it's weird that they totally dismissed her and that she is doing her thing (homelessness xD) alone. |
| Why is Sara not wearing a helmet. It doesnt seem needed for a bike but a skateboard when you're new to it you totally need. Well at least it's nice to know Japan has some laws against wrongful firing of people. The bit of that figure claiming to be a Norse god ...what? That's pretty random lol |
| Man doesn't know about AI... We're already using AI systems to start building lexicon for whales. When the day comes we meet aliens, we'll be using AI to analyze and translate their language after hearing enough speech.  I myself have already designed a hypothetical universal translation circuit that could be either wired into the brain cyberpunk-style as a conceptual interpreter rather than an acoustic translator... or perhaps just coding it into organic neuron computing in the brain. |
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| LOL imagine someone as great as Nobunaga being able to study magic, indeed everytime he would just easily EXPLOOOOOOOOSION everyone :D |
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| Sad to see that bullying exists in anime too. But this anime teaches you how to deal with the problem right - you should never physically respond to a bully, because in this case you become an accomplice and lose your advantage. Its best to record all bad actions on video/dictaphone and involve as many people as possible in the problem: teachers, directors, police, etc. The main thing is not to remain silent and fight! I really like this anime not only for its good humor, high quality graphics and cute girls, but also because it talks about such uncomfortable topics. |
Reply to Lurik259
The bullying segment was so hollow. Why was the girl bullying the other girl? Because she realized she could? In a cartoonish display of evil, a middle school girl realizes she, by virtue of her father's wealth, can take advantage of her classmate, whom has lossed her own father...
Outside of that, great episode. The character dynamics are fun.
Outside of that, great episode. The character dynamics are fun.
| @Lurik259 Bullying being cartoonishly evil seems unrealistic to you? I guess you've never seen or experienced it. Bullying IS cartoonishly evil. There's no rhyme or reason behind it. Bullies are garbage people. |
| That bullying problem was rather easy to resolve. Didn't take too much to get Yuna to open up to Sara. Also, for someone aware of the corporate politics that she could get entangled with for reporting the bullying, Yuna is surprisingly ignorant of what could happen if she just retaliates physically. I thought the language translation problem would be that natural language translation is usually somewhat lossy. There will be concepts that don't translate cleanly. It should eventually become apparent that the participants aren't understanding something because one language lacks the capability to express it succinctly. |
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