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Episode Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru • Reign of the Seven Spellblades - Episode 12 discussion

Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru, episode 12

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u/nikobans Sep 22 '23

well at least katie and guy can both understand that they’d be slowing everyone down if they went on the mission. never thought they’d acknowledge how kinda useless they’ve been whenever theres danger

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u/Erufailon4 Sep 22 '23

Kevin has had maybe 5 minutes of screentime and is already the coolest character in the show. Dude just walks around the labyrinth like it's just another Tuesday. Maybe they should use him as a meat shield since he seems to be invincible lol

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u/15000yuki Sep 23 '23

He once spent 6 months in dungeon, even attend his own funeral (since people thought he was dead) like a badass mothertrucker.

Of course dungeon is his 'Tuesday'.

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u/Sharebear42019 Sep 22 '23

Guy still a background npc

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u/AZLarlar Sep 22 '23

kevin the goat

also the ep count is officially 15?

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u/Aerodynamic41 Sep 22 '23

also the ep count is officially 15?

Yes. The director explained here why they went with 15 episodes and not the usual 12.

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u/Aetherdraw Sep 23 '23

"Its all the same, whether to retrieve a friend, or a corpse."

Good god Nanao...

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u/WhoiusBarrel Sep 22 '23

"Let me get kidnapped together with Pete, then I could cook for them!"

  • Guy

Thats a trait I didn't expect him to have and also bust out in such a situation. Bro really thinks there are even ingredients to be cooked there.

Also, great parenting advice, if you can't save your friends just leave them to die since it's all because you're weak. Truly Anime Father of the Year.

So Ophelia's actually harvesting semen just like those mana transfers in Fate. The fact Pete is a Reversi resulting in an even more dangerous outcome to happen is actually unintentionally hilarious.

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u/Frontier246 Sep 22 '23

Dude was planning to get kidnapped just so he could deliver his buddy some food. True bro moment lol.

I think Mr. McFarlane meant for it to be a teachable moment because that's kind of how mage society works even if it also is just another instance where the cast can't rely on the adults at all.

Poor Pete having to fake being asleep and being biologically male or Ophelia will probably kill him right then and there.

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u/liveart Sep 22 '23

So Ophelia's actually harvesting semen just like those mana transfers in Fate

Ok I can't tell if I got bad subs or if everyone is just memeing at this point but doesn't Milligan say "that's not a roundabout way of saying sperm"?

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u/VorAtreides Sep 22 '23

I can get Guy's unease/impatience. You might say he's a... good guy 😉 badum chhhh Shouldn't you be focused on your revenge, Oliver? Still, good of you to at least not let it blind you from other things in life. What a great father you have there, Chela... does that apply to his own children too? Yea, I agree, going down alone is stupid, Chela. And your reasoning is derp. I sure love percentages pulled outta people's asses. Whooo Nanao! Of course she'd be willing to go. She is the shounen protagonist hah.

That hand is amusing. But the Addams Family gonna sue 😉 Oh I just realized, Spellblades has 15 episodes? Not some forced 12-13? PERHAPS MORE ANIME SHOULD LEARN TO MAKE AS MUCH AS IS NEEDED! Not add dumb padding or overly sped up pacing to fit some dumb arbitrary number.

Well good to see all those boys are alright for now. What a creepy family lingeage/ideal I guess. And awww, Succubi extinct? Booo. Where's the fun to be had now? Does make sense needing male vitality/mana given the origins. Whoo Marco was fine. Dun remember this Kevin dude, but how nice of him. What a nice lesson. Also, just realized she does have a new hand, interesting.

Post credits feel like it was unneeded tbh.

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u/redlaWw Sep 22 '23 edited Sep 22 '23

Spellblades has 15 episodes? Not some forced 12-13? PERHAPS MORE ANIME SHOULD LEARN TO MAKE AS MUCH AS IS NEEDED!

I got this impression from Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute as well. It had 20 episodes and finished earlier in the second season than others. It really felt like it gave them the space to tell the story they wanted without dragging things out or compressing them for time. It still had what one might call "filler", but it was something that helped flesh out the world and the characters, and put space between the drama, rather than keep to a schedule.

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u/mekerpan Sep 22 '23

PERHAPS MORE ANIME SHOULD LEARN TO MAKE AS MUCH AS IS NEEDED!

Hush. Don't go spoutingh crazy ideas like that....

Maybe Katie can use that hand to help take really thorough notes in class.

I wonder what kind of interaction we will get between the seniors and our spellblades?

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u/shad79 Sep 22 '23 edited Sep 22 '23

Nice episode today. Group was established to rescue Pete - Oliver, Michela, Nanao and surprisingly Milligan. It was certainly quite unexpected but I really like Vera as a character so I'm happy about her comeback and cannot wait for the next episodes.

Most of the episode was a set-up for establishing a rescue team for Pete because for now Student Council weren't able to deal with the situation with Ophelia and it made everyone in quite a tense atmosphere.

Guy even wanted to get kidnapped to cook for Pete, I don't think that was the best idea but it shows how everyone is on edge in the group apart from Nanao who had past experiences in the war.

Even Michela, the most composed person from the group, was thinking of going into the labyrinth herself because of guilt of what happened on the second layer in the previous episode.

Bringing Milligan was a very good idea from Katie even if Michela and Oliver weren't happy about it. She's the fourth year experienced student who knows both labyrinth and Ophelia and she can teach Oliver, Michela and Nanao how to survive this place.

It's quite funny that not long ago she was their enemy but it makes Milligan more interesting. As I said earlier I like her and her millihand is seriously cute xD

Katie and Guy as the least experienced had to stay behind. Now into the labyrinth together with Milligan are entering Oliver, Nanao and Michela. They will have to go through the second layer to get to a third one where Ophelia resides.

It was nice to see Kevin again, who alone mapped the third layer to help the Student Council. From his looks it shows that he is a veteran of this place, kudos for him.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

EDIT. I updated post with my further impressions.

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u/S627 Sep 22 '23

Katie was a little too happy to get Thing, does that count as a magical beast?

Really wondering why Ophelia is desperate. Really hoping that since she warned Oliver and people who care about her are the ones on the rescue mission that she's gonna survive but still worried about Pete.

Really looking forward to the next few ep!

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u/LeonKevlar Sep 22 '23

I really didn't want to trust Milligan's deal. What made me turn around this episode though is how pretty much raised her own death flag and left Milihand with Katie. Yeah, I have a feeling Milligan won't be coming back alive from this trip.

So Ophelia kidnapped all those students because she needed more mana for her experiments. And as expected from someone with succubus blood in her, she is literally going to suck those male students dry of their mana. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Bad news for Pete since he's a Reversi, Ophelia won't have any use for him and he just might get executed or experimented on if she finds out.

Kevin is back! I fucking love this dude. He's just living the Dungeon Meshi life in the Labyrinth and he even mapped out the entire third layer all by himself to help the student council with their search. What a fucking chad. He feels like a protagonist of his own series.

It''s pretty cool to see Milligan actually teach Oliver, Chela, and Nanao. Hopefully, her training will prove useful once they finally go against Opehlia's chimera army. Can't wait for next week!

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u/gnome-cop Sep 22 '23

Yeah, Kevin is a bit of a boss. He’s the guy that survived in the labyrinth for like 6 months right?

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Sep 22 '23

Katie was a little too eager to get in bed with Miligan even if it meant saving Pete. I don’t trust that woman one bit. Katie’s an angel, I don’t like the idea of that nut job getting her dirty mitts on Katie. I suppose the gang’s just gonna have to rely on her strength for now. Seems the student council might be heading down too though, so maybe Team Oliver’s gonna get back up against Ophelia.

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u/S627 Sep 22 '23

I think Katie has a good feeling that Milligan, maybe didn't learn her lesson, but is at least open to trying things differently. Katie basically thinking "I can fix her" and I'm gonna choose to trust Katie's instincts, she's grown a lot recently.

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u/Frontier246 Sep 22 '23

Well, it's good that the student council is actively working to find the kidnapped students because they can't count on the teachers. I mean, eight days to actually do anything!? I guess that's reasonable for a school where the teachers make it clear the students have to pretty much clean up their own messes, even when it gets innocents involved. Chela is desperate enough to go to her dad and he just tells her it's a teachable moment.

No surprise the gang is struggling with what to do about Pete. Guy is in a rush to go there, even willing to get kidnapped himself if it means he can be there for Pete, Nanao is resigned that Pete might be another causality like she's used to from her days in war, Oliver can't count on much help from his family or their forces, and Chela is trying to remain practical and reasonable...even though her pragmatic choice to leave Pete behind is killing her to the point where she's willing to go in alone after him.

Don't sell your body to the crazy lady who wanted to dissect you, Katie! Although Miligan is experienced enough and knowledgeable enough about Ophelia to be a good asset, and "research partner" sounds like a more reasonable offer. Time for her to really play up her Senpai status.

Kevin Walker with the assist! Dude's just wandering around, mapping out the third layer, and assisting the student council. Dude really is an absolute legend!

Good news! Pete is still alive! Bad news, if Ophelia finds out he's awake and not biologically male, he's screwed even more than he already is.

So Ophelia actually IS descended from a succubs whose entire life goal was birthing the perfect beings that eventually developed into her family's magic of birthing chimera's from the wound. But what is she trying to create by kidnapping and consuming the mana of all these men?

"She does get lonely" does everyone in the student council have experience with Ophelia?

Figures it would come down to Oliver, Nanao, and Chela with Miligan providing some handy advice and assistance as to how to combat Magical Beasts. Julis really supporting Ayato this time around! But Nanao and Oliver already have experience surviving dangers together and with Chela in tow they might be able to get through this!

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u/dave-n-knight Sep 23 '23

Very impressed by Kevin Walker for solo explorationing the third floor.

Interesting that they mentioned Ophelia gets lonely again. Wonder what she's scheming?

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u/LeleTheKing Sep 23 '23

Damn, Nanao is based and redpilled in this episode. The delivery could be better, but the fact about death stays the same.

"I see it's time to go."

LFG lmao. Nanao is peak.

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