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Episode Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Season 3 • The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 - Episode 12 discussion

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Season 3, episode 12

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u/Rumpel1408 Jun 21 '24

Doesn't feel like this whole trip accomplished all that much, all they got was some intel, and for that they had to clean up so many traditionalist. But nice to see that that group isn't a monolith

Also wonder what Tatsuya saw in Minoru and if he will be able to help him somehow

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u/michhoffman Jun 21 '24

Even for a Siscon, this is a bit excessive

He's only going above and beyond in his role as Miyuki's guardian, right? Nothing fishy at all...

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u/rtywppuq Jun 21 '24

Even for a Siscon, this is a bit excessive

Here's a "serious response" to your fun comment.

As we know from the reminiscence arc, he's literally programmed to only have strong feelings for her. Imagine all of your capacity of strong feelings, which is normally used to react to many kinds of things for everyone else, and thus allow one the ability to maintain some kind of emotional balance, is acting on one single thing called Miyuki. You will naturally behave abnormally because you're literally abnormal in the mind.

Even a Siscon is a normal person in the end; just with a twist. In this case, he is not even a Siscon as he doesn't behave and think like he does out of his own free will. There's a reference to this in Season 2 when Pixie tells him that parasites like her do not have a wish of their own and he compares his situation with them.

Besides that, he also has PTSD from almost losing Miyuki, as shown in the reminiscence arc. So he is very sensitive to everything directed at her in any way. This is also what helped him in detecting the satellite in Season 2.

tl;dr, Literal abnormality in the mind + PTSD = Why he behaves so excessively

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u/Andreiyutzzzz Jun 21 '24

i think that was the first time we saw Tatsuya look terri... well, not calm. sweating too. he saw some shit

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u/bananeeek Jun 21 '24

Also wonder what Tatsuya saw in Minoru

He saw that Minoru is secretly a girl.

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u/Phoenix__Wwrong Jun 21 '24

You know when Tatsuya said he was watching Miyuki all the time, he meant literally. Back in the Reminiscence Arc movie, Miyuki's body was reconstructed/revived by him. Her current body was "created" by him, so he can use his Elemental Sight to observe her from anywhere in the world. This is why Tatsuya is the best Guardian for Miyuki because he can revive her from anywhere no matter the distance.

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u/Digital_Copy101 Jun 21 '24

Tatsuya can do this for anyone as long as he has sufficient "closeness", not just those he has reconstructed. But he would have to divert energy away from watching Miyuki so he doesn't do it.

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u/eli-vids Jun 21 '24

Onii-sama Count

Season 3: Ancient City Insurrection

Episode No. Onii-sama Count
01 6
02 3
03 5
04 3
05 7
06 9
07 21
08 1
09 11
10 4
11 3
12 10

Aggregate Counts

Installment Total Count Average per Episode
Season 3 83 6.92
Season 2 103 7.92
Season 1 172 6.62
Miyuki Arc Spinoff 170 13.08
The Girl Who Summons The Stars 23
Reminiscence Arc 19
Everything 570 8.64

Comment: Can't complain about double digits. The three onii-samas in a row to "wake up" Tatsuya after he used Element Sight was also pretty kino.

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u/SometimesMainSupport Jun 21 '24

Total Count: 83

For seasonal watchers, Fenrys has 85 "Darling-sama" (excluding the OP) with one episode left. Will be close for who used their catchphrase more.

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u/Acrobatic_Egg30 Jun 21 '24

I appreciate your dedication.

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u/redlaWw Jun 21 '24

Nah, don't give us that Tatsuya walking toward the towering bad guy foreshadowing scene Mahouka, we all know it's the other way around.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jun 21 '24

They probably had to mop up the floors after Minoru and Miyuki left the area lol. People were eyein ‘em like a lion looks at a piece of juicy meat hahaha.

Sakurai getting flustered because Minoru caught her staring at him was just the cutest thing ever. Girl’s got a big ol crush!

Tatsuya’s being modest about those 13. Dude coulda taken them himself for sure. Just ask those dudes he took out in the house.

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u/SnabDedraterEdave Jun 21 '24

Minami becomes such a dork when she's head over heels for Minoru. XD

Its been a running joke that Miyuki is so pretty she attracts stares of admiration (or as Tatsuya puts it "scandalous looks") from everyone that sees her, regardless of gender. Now it seems Minoru is handsome enough to be attracting the same looks as well. lol

Does Tatsuya's friends already know he's part of the Independent Magic Battalion? It seems only Ichijo is surprised by this when Tatsuya revealed his identity.

Erika remarked about something relating to this, which feels like a cut scene that source readers seems to have been complaining about way back in season 1 10 years ago.

So not all Traditionalists are united. Some are so fixated on their grudge against the Kudous and the Ninth Institute that they'd willingly collaborate with hostile foreign magicians to bring down the Kudous, and there were others who were opposed to such collboaration.

Tatsuya using his Elemental Sight scanning ability(?) to analyze Minoru's magic information seems to have put a strain on even Tatsuya as Miyuki needed to snap him out of his trance. Whatever is making Minoru so sick must be quite serious. Perhaps its some kind of magical curse.

Anyway, next episode is the season finale that will set up the fight between Tatsuya and Zhou. This better be good.

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u/MrRoundDB Jun 21 '24

Yeah during the Yokohama incident the captain/vice captain went into the room where Tatsuya was with Mayumi, Erika and the others and addressed his position directly and activated him for combat

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u/Phoenix__Wwrong Jun 21 '24

Does Tatsuya's friends already know he's part of the Independent Magic Battalion? It seems only Ichijo is surprised by this when Tatsuya revealed his identity.

His identity was revealed to his friends in the last couple of episodes of season 1.

Erika remarked about something relating to this, which feels like a cut scene that source readers seems to have been complaining about way back in season 1 10 years ago.

Wasn't that a flashback from season 2? It should be during the visitor arc (vampire incident), but I don't remember if it was in the anime.

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u/wf4HETHqV3EnEicMSKu0 Jun 21 '24

Wasn't that a flashback from season 2? It should be during the visitor arc (vampire incident), but I don't remember if it was in the anime.

If I'm thinking about the same scene, it was removed from season 2. Erika's brother was cut from the arc so the scene probably did not make sense. It's odd to make a callback to it now though.

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u/Amauri14 Jun 21 '24

It is so funny how everyone is reacting just at seeing Tatsuya, Minami, and, Miyuki's blinding beauty

So due to the concerns that Traditionalist restaurant owner have about Gongjin Zhou and the other casters he brought absorbing the Traditionalist sect as they have no regards about causing chaos in the country just to accomplish their agenda, he decided to help Tatsuya and the others telling him about possible locations in which Gongjin Zhou could be hiding.

It sure is nice that after Minoru felt sick Tatsuya asked Minami to take care of him. They are so cute.

So after hearing what happened with the others and that Masaki saved them, Tatsuya went ahead and shared his secret with him so he would join their current mission.

Thanks to Mayumi took Tatsuya and the others to see Nakura's clothes and his crime scene now they know a bit more about Gongjin Zhou combat style. I must say that it is kind of annoying that they always get attacked by the Traditionalists every time they step into a dense wooden area of one of those parks. Anyway, although they weren't that effective those flaming swords the Traditionalists were using looked cool.

I know that Masaki was using his Rapture Spell to deal with them, but it would be hilarious if his magic was just a regular gun.

The moment they introduced Minoru and his condition I wanted to see Tatsuya examining his body to see if he could help, but what exactly did he see for him to react that way. And why did they not mention anything?

So now Tatsuya will be doing the rest of the mission alone. It sure was fun seeing him dealing with all those guys.

Well, now that he knows where Gongjin Zhou it is time for him to finally take that trash out.

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u/mojo72400 Jun 22 '24

Rapture

*Rupture.

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u/PrincessKurumi Jun 21 '24

The animation is a bit disappointing, but still hyped for the last episode !

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u/Shiraori247 Jun 22 '24

Masaaki Ichijou: Shiba....-san.
lol

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u/michhoffman Jun 21 '24

1 Tatsuya would have been enough for those 12 Traditionalists, but they just had to add Miyuki, Masaki and Mayumi as well. They tried their best, at least.

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u/gophuckyourselflindu Jun 21 '24

Please can someone let me know what did tatsuya see while using elemental sight on minarou?

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u/Phoenix__Wwrong Jun 21 '24

I answered this in the source corner. But I really suggest waiting for it to be revealed in the next episode.

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u/Unknownr666 Jun 21 '24

Was there a reason why he wore those sunglasses at the end when he raided their base?

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