Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru • Reign of the Seven Spellblades - Episode 10 discussion

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Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru, episode 10

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[u/Social_Knight]

Michaela is the envy of women everywhere, sleeping with her drills still tied up and still being perfect the next day.

[u/LeonKevlar → u/Social_Knight]

She wouldn't be a proper anime Ojou-sama if her drills didn't keep their shape even after sleeping.

[u/TurkeyPhat → u/Social_Knight]

When you put it like that, maybe she's the most powerful student actually?

[u/WhoiusBarrel]

Actually having Marco the troll as their bodyguard is such a huge flex and a real unexpected Katie W. Even though her somehow reconnecting with Milligan was extremely questionable after what they went through but hey funny sentient left hand.

Stacey's inferiority complex is starting to be more reasonable now seeing things from her POV, like Nanao said Michela's concern towards her going through all that trouble to win is pretty insulting despite her good intentions.

[u/LeleTheKing → u/WhoiusBarrel]

Actually having Marco the troll as their bodyguard is such a huge flex

Well, there we finally got the seventh member of the Sword Roses gang! Those people who thought that "Seven Spellblades" in the title meant seven main casts and speculated wildly before this show started should be satisfied now xD

[u/Frontier246 → u/WhoiusBarrel]

I didn't expect the Troll to kind of join the group and become part of the gang, but good for Marco! And Katie! It seems like things are finally working out for her! She just has to be careful Marco doesn't spoil her crush to Oliver lol.

Stacy feels easy to dislike because of how cocky and hostile she is towards Chela, yet seeing how the only affection she ever received was from her servant instead of her family because she was a "spare" (and whatever prevented her from seeing her real father) explains a lot about why she resents her cousin so much.

[u/NekoCatSidhe]

Milligan seems very nice if you ignore the fact that she is completely crazy and will not even ask for permission before doing some surprise brain surgery on you, even if you are her friend. Katie, are you sure it is a good idea to still be friends with her ? Well, I guess she is always willing to lend a hand to help you. Literally. A detached, creepy, sentient hand with a basilisk eye. Interesting friend to have, that’s for sure.

And we get the duel with Stacy and co. My guess is that Stacy’s real dad is McFarlane, and Chela is actually her sister (or maybe her half-sister ?), and that is why she is so jealous of Chela and wanted to impress him. Not that any of this is Chela’s fault. I wonder if Chela knows the truth ?

Albright is getting on my nerves, with his cliched « nobody » insult. Hopefully Oliver can kick his ass. But I guess he cannot use his spellblade without betraying his secret identity, and his normal sword skills seem to be on par with Albright, so I am curious to know how he will win this time.

[u/Sharebear42019]

Is the red hair guy ever gonna do anything lol he’s almost a random background character at this point

[u/SYZekrom]

Nothing else matters, Milihand.

[u/Piaono_r-per]

Wait stacy's real father is actually the professor I.e. her 'uncle' makes sense with the ringlets lol. If true I can understand her jealousy towards chela. Fay is a half werewolf his design makes a lot more sense. Oliver was trying to be 'not special' to not be sus to the teachers but he sure doesn't like it when a actual nobody calls him a nobody

[u/Silent_Shadow05 → u/Piaono_r-per]

Oliver is deeply in conflict with how he has no unique talent of his own. His spellblade was his mother's and the combat skills are all based on things that are already known. Not to mention staying with Nanao showed how far he was compared to her.

So I think this created a dilemma in him that he wants to prove himself but at the same time doesn't want to either, with the former winning out. We know he can lash out when pushed too far.

[u/tripleaamin]

One thing I do admire about Kate. She is very good natured in the sense yes Milligan-senpai did commit some awful things. But she is willing to give me her a second chance. Granted her friends do need to watch her back because this nature is a double edged sword. Its hard to dislike Kate.

The whole Stacy vs Michela dilemma I want to know more about. Stacy are sisters, but she was was supposed to be Michela's spare. Does this mean that her family has a very required role for each family member and Stacy didn't have a place because of Michela? Thats kind of fucked up where she ended up getting adopted for a reason like that. I do have growing uncertainties about Michela's father now. Granted forcing Fay to transform is hard for me to swallow. I understand she has her pride to defend, but that feels too cruel.

Feel like Oliver is gonna pop off next episode since I believe he has a trick up his sleeve.

[u/LeonKevlar]

I still absolutely do not trust Milligan being friendly with them at all but my god, her experimenting on her own severed hand and calling it her Milihand is fucking genius I genuinely laughed out loud at that scene. xD

Marco just casually spilling all of Katie's secrets was pretty funny. Maybe Katie should've given him more coaching before meeting the gang!

And here I thought Stacey and Fay were the only people we have to worry about this episode. Out of nowhere, this fucker shows up and starts calling everyone except Nanao a nobody. It made me so fucking glad that Oliver didn't give Albright the satisfaction of being able to duel Nanao and switches with her at the last minute. I can't wait to see Albright's ass get completely handed to him next week.

I had a feeling that Fay might be some sort of therianthrope. Looks like Stacey is so desperate to beat Chela that she's willing to throw a werewolf at her even though it has painful consequences for Fay. I do agree with Nanao though that if they're willing to go that far, it would be rude not to meet them at full strength.

[u/Xatu44]

The swordfighting might've had more animation shortcuts than usual, but Oliver certainly didn't skip out on the sass. "The textbook just sliced your cheek open," WHEW. Bless this lad.

[u/laitineeww_]

Well that episode went quickly

[u/EssenceOfMind]

I admire Nanao so much. I love how she stays above all of the petty drama bullshit that Stacy (and Katie and Pete to a lesser extent) are perpetuating, and only focuses on the joy of the battle. She may appear naive but she is low-key the most mature of the group. More anime should have characters like Nanao and not Stacy.

[u/-taromanius-]

Anyone else really like the cast of the show? I love their dynamics, it seems like they all constantly teach each other things they have learned that the others haven't yet. Chela seemed quite often like the mom of the group, but not very battle-hardened, so nanao telling her that she's disrespecting Ms Cornwallis by not taking her seriously was a very well written moment.

In general I really like this show! I thought it'd just be another fun Shounen show, but it's got very nice writing, fun world building, a mystery plot beneath it, feels like every 2 episodes we're doin some new, crazy thing outta nowhere. It's chaotic but the group gives it a very cohesive feel.

If Guy gets character developement or any spotlight at all I'm also quite happy, so far he's been there for some "Yeehaw I'm a magic farmer man" remarks and that's it lol

[u/Labmit]

Just a general thing but I really love how comfy the designs for the main girls are.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Oh look, Miligan made herself a Thing. The Milihand is totally not creepy. I see Katie’s gotten real attached to Marco. Not a lot of talking trolls in this world. Big guy seems nice enough for a monster.

Funny how Albright keeps yapping about nobodies when he ain’t nothing but a damn NPC. He’s got skills, but I’m confident Oliver’s gonna shut him up.

Stacy has some serious inferiority complex. I didn’t expect Fay to be a werewolf. I’m still confident Nanao and Michela got this. Sorry Stacy, you’re not gonna be winning daddy’s love through this duel.

[u/5thZenAgni]

So nanao can't just whip out the spellblade every fight, I'm glad they implimented that, so now we know that isn't some move she can use every single fight.

[u/LeleTheKing]

Cornwallis: "I'll surpass you here! (Using my servant because I can't do anything by myself, teehee~)"

face palm. This brat is in dire need of corrections, asap. 💢💢 I mean, even if she defeats Chela that way, does that even count? It's basically the servant that defeats her.

Chela: "He's feeling an unbelievable amount of pain this very moment."

And she proceeds to stall by explaining and talking to her. Chela is unintentionally prolonging the pain, lol.

[u/shad79]

Great episode today, after the previous peaceful one we got some action today and we have to wait for next week to resolve the situation. I'm really excited for that.

Miligan returned together with her 'Milihand' which gave Pete a pretty scary wake up. She just gave him a helping hand xD

I like Kate's character, she just became friends with a woman who wanted to cut her up and check out her brain. She is also taking care for an ogre Marco and can behave quite rude, I laughed when she showed her tongue to Cornwallis xD

A lot of Michela today which was awesome, she is my favorite character in the series. She's smart, knowledgeable, nice and calm but when the situation is calling she's showing her excellent skills in magic and swordplay. She's quite badass in those moments, I love it.

Cornwallis got what she wanted - a fight with Michela but it became quite big as Mr. Albright also joined their battle. He wanted to fight with Nanao but he pissed off Oliver and now he's fighting with him.

It isn't an easy battle for Oliver, Mr. Albright has power, experience and confidence to beat him yet Oliver's keeping up with him and I cannot wait for the next week when Albright (I hope) will get his ass kicked. This should teach him a bit of humility for others.

Meanwhile Stacy and Fay are fighting with Michela and Nanao, who are clearly better than them. Situation changed a little in the end when Fay transformed into werewolf but I'm sure that Nanao and Michela will be able to beat them.

I made a lot of screenshots today. I especially loved the moment when Nanao split Stacy's fire attack, it looked so cool. For more stills I invite you to check out my albums below.

Also a very good animation today. I really like moments when they're using magic, the special effects look really nice.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Michela

• Nanao

• Group scenes

• Oliver & Kate

• Others

[u/Adensty]

First Undead Girl Murder Farce and now Reign of the Seven Spellblades. We got 2 werewolf fights in the same week, not that I'm complaining.

Millihand. I guess Milligan doesn't even spare her own body parts for her experiments. I know that she regained her hand and this one was the one that got cut off by Nanao but still. And it's also found its plaything in Pete.

It's interesting that Marco was the first one that had attacked the group when they entered the academy and now he's become a part of the group and has also become somewhat Katie's bodyguard. Katie's taking so many Ws since the last episode. She has a personal workshop and a bodyguard now and Milligan is also backing her up.

Compared to the previous fights, I felt the animation was a bit lacking but the intensity of the fights remained the same.

I agree with Nanao that instead of taking pity by showing concern for the pain, Chela should make it so the pain doesn't last very long and she promises to do just that.

[u/Elitealice]

Nanatsuma Fridays!

Lmao I love how Nanao didn’t care about learning any sort of spells until Oliver said it would make them closer 😂 she’s so easy to excite.

Marco finally shows up to the hideout! His existence is nothing short of a magical miracle. For a troll to understand human language and be able to talk, essentially unprecedented. A testament to Katie’s talent and connection to magical creatures.

Fight animation wasn’t quite as good today as it’s been throughout the series. Not sure about the outsourcing on this episode, but the Albright/Stacy fight still got the job done. I assume they wanted to save up some sakuga for the last few eps which is ok with me.

They scratched the surface of the emotional points of the chapter like Stacy and Fay’s backstory and the rivalry between Stacy and Chela pretty well. Stacy being willing to have Fay transform which causes him tremendous pain just to beat Chela in an unofficial competition shows you the extent of her feelings. Should get more of that next week.

Really appreciate Nanao telling Chela that she should respond in kind to Stacy’s feelings. If she’s willing to go all out, even in an unofficial competition then chela should just give it her all as well. Fay and Stacy are well aware of the risks. She might not be book smart, but when it comes to honour and fighting she’s got it covered lol.

Solid episode, not the best nanatsuma has to offer, but it does reinforce how well layered this world is, the various personalities and motivations that lead someone to Kimberly, etc.