Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 9: Departure
Impression Lots of plot-driving this week, particularly during that opening scene at FLT R&D Division – the one place where everyone’s greetings are extended to Tatsuya instead of Miyuki. It’s a...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 10: Banquet
Impression It really should have come as no surprise that the car incident was resolved without any casualties bar the driver – especially when the target was a bus full of some of the...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 11: Effortless Win
Impression Even though the Nine Schools Competition has officially begun, it doesn’t really feel like it has – as is customary for Mahouka, we were treated to lots of little scenes mashed together,...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 12: Sabotage
Impression The first public incident at the Nine Schools Competition has finally occurred – and while there were several victims, Mari and the rest of First High probably suffered the greatest damage....
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 13: Ice Pillar Break
Impression It’s strange to think that Mayumi, Mari and Suzune were talking about struggling to stay ahead in last week’s episode – from our perspective, First High don’t know anything except victory!...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 14: Monolith Code
Impression I was rather disappointed to see Shizuku lose the Ice Pillars Break final to Miyuki. It was the most likely outcome (and Shizuku herself knew it too) but it was sad seeing her...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 15: Gram Demolition
Impression It was all about Monolith Code this week, so I’m glad they put aside a bit of time at the start of the episode to give us the run-down – teams of three...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 16: Showdown
Impression While there were some exciting parts to Tatsuya and Ichijou’s grand showdown, ultimately it was fairly anticlimactic once again – oddly enough, there was more suspense to the match on paper...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 17: Desperation
Onii-sama is angry. And one does not simply anger onii-sama. Impression Indeed, one does not simply anger onii-sama – especially when said onii-sama isn’t usually even capable of feeling anger in the...
View ArticleMahouka Koukou no Rettousei Episode 18: Demon Right
Impression Wow, onii-sama really did get angry this time. We’ve known for a long time that Tatsuya possesses the ability and experience to kill (he did it on a more detached scale with Material...
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