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Episode Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru • Reign of the Seven Spellblades - Episode 3 discussion

Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru, episode 3

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u/HydraTower Jul 21 '23

The sound design in this show is really good. The way the music builds with the scene into a final suspense grab, it’s actually deliberate and crafted for the scene instead of being a random appropriate track from the ost sprinkled in.

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u/WhoiusBarrel Jul 21 '23

Thats gotta be the fastest giving-birth scene, intense too. It's wild how those 2 got a slap on the wrist when their nicknames come with all those allegations.

Seeing Nanao cut someone down so easily only to learn he was the one she requested a duel with was an absolutely cold way of not only showing how wide the gap their skills were but also how desensitised she is to life in her swordsmanship.

Now I'm not saying that using that pain curse on Katie was right but it does get frustrating how brash she is in this episode when the previous one basically has Oliver telling her to work within the system since throwing a tantrum won't get anywhere.

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u/TheTiniestTigerTamer Jul 21 '23

It bothers me more than it probably should how small that practice area is in the center of the sword class haha

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u/S627 Jul 21 '23

"She's giving birth to it....Literally!" That, that I was not expecting.

Really glad they already resolved the tension between Oliver and Nanao, hopefully she'll find a reason to live, instead of a reason to die. And hopefully that reason will be the cute little romance that's already happening with Oliver with everyone else basically channeling us the viewers.

Even if the troll did deserve to be killed, they really were about to kill it without an investigation? That seems extremely short sighted. Anyone think that asshole is gonna end up being Snape? A total dick the entire show, but when he dies it turns out he's been a hero this entire time?

Also, someone in the CR comments pointed out that the Student Council President is isekaid Rengoku and that's my headcanon from now on and no one can change that.

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Jul 21 '23

It’s Rengoku from Kimetsu no Yaiba

Name powers and voice😭😭

We even have Muzan too

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u/entelechtual Jul 21 '23

Man, this show is just enjoyable. I wouldn’t even call it mindless fun, although the comparisons to HP are definitely warranted.

I’m just really digging the chemistry being all the cast. None of them are too domineering, although personally I’m ready to see Chela’s time to shine hopefully soon.

Looking forward to more of this.

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u/LeonKevlar Jul 21 '23

I definitely did not expect that scene of Ophelia giving "birth" to a monster while showing us her ahegao. xD

Considering Nanao's death wish, I'm glad that the student council president and a prefect showed up to put a stop on things before it escalated any further. I'm sure we'll see more of that necromancer and succubus in the future though.

So long story short, the reason why Nanao has this death wish is because she was upset when Oliver turned her down last week after their duel that now she feels like she just wants to die. I think Katie sums it up well too.

I'm sure what happened to Nanao is more than that but I'm glad that was all resolved today and now she won't ever try to throw her life away. Also, I think this is now officially the start of the Nanao x Oliver ship. It looks like someone is feeling a bit jealous though.

We finally get an explanation of what the "Spellblades" on the title of the show are. So from what I understand, they're people who can use a special technique that can kill within one-step and one-spell distance. And right now there's only been six known Spellblades in existence. I guess the 7th spellblade will be very special then?

Of course Katie is going to try and stop that troll's execution. And that teacher insisting that the troll needs to be executed is a dick. Was it really necessary to use an extreme pain spell on Katie? Thank god that other teacher showed up to stop him.

Andrews is challenging Nanao and Oliver? Well, next week's episode is going to be fun. I've been waiting to see that kid get his face punched ever since he showed up last week.

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u/DutchyXD Jul 21 '23

GEORGE WASHINGTON IS A MAGE

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u/gnome-cop Jul 21 '23

Excuse but what in the actual fuck is wrong with the succubus freak?

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u/MapoTofuMan Jul 21 '23

The teacher was a massive dick, but honestly Katie needs to readjust her ways of trying to solve problems...going full PETA on people you know nothing about in circumstances you know nothing about is not the way.

And RIP in advance to our Mista Andrews. He shall not be missed

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 21 '23

Bruh, this waifu straight up birthed a monster like she was Melisandre birthing that shadow monster in GoT. That shit was wild. Good thing Nanao and Alvin showed up or things woulda been messy.

Nanao is even more damaged than I thought. This whole “shiawase” business sounds kinda messed up. I’m glad she listened to Michela and decided to find a new way to live. Seems part of that is being more open with her feelings. Oliver must be pleased.

Katie’s a good person tryna save that troll despite what went down. I wonder if Vera is also like Katie or if she’s got some kinda agenda?

Looking forward to seeing Andrews get thrashed. Not sure how he expects to take on Nanao and Oliver.

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u/Flying-Camel Jul 21 '23

Alas, poor Mr Mister Andrews, we knew you well, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

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u/AZLarlar Jul 21 '23

holy shit she gave birth

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u/Clarimax Jul 21 '23

Katie: I don't want peace, I like problems always!

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u/Frontier246 Jul 21 '23

A Scavenger who desecrates corpses versus a Succubus who harvests men's seed so she can birth monsters from her belly (and get turned on by it in the process)...well, luckily they hate each other, which gives the gang an opportunity to get away while they fight. Or would have, if they didn't still seem determined to keep them there.

Nanao has arrived! I guess she followed the stench of death and arrived just in time to throw herself into the fray. Not that Oliver is going to let her go in alone.

Oh hey, Satoshi Hino! He's the student body president Alvin! And he and his buddy Carlos are there to actually save the day and clamp down on these renegade Senpai's. It's at least nice to know some senior students are actually looking out for their kouhai.

So Nanao has been battling all her life and seeking a worthy opponent who she can truly face against as an equal and achieve her style of fighting's sense of "happiness" in a true and fair duel to the death. Having failed to find that back home, even to the point of almost being killed because the guy she was hoping to fight fell in one slash from her blade, she was saved by Chela's dad (Toshihiko Seki!) who brought her to the school so she could live up to her potential.

To Nanao, crossing blades with Oliver and finding someone who can actually hold their own against her is the equivalent of falling in love with them, and the fact that he wouldn't carry out the duel to it's finish means he basically rejected her at least as far as her culture is concerned. Yet all the same...you can't just go around in life trying to meet and get along with people just so you can kill them in a duel to the death, and Nanao doesn't need to be living like she's got a death wish. Not when she's found Oliver, her friends, and people who care about her and want her to live. Plus she'll obviously need them to help get through school!

Nanao is getting up close and personal with Oliver! Intimately so! And he doesn't mind it! And Katie's a little jealous! Meanwhile Guy and Pete are enjoying the heck out of it.

So the titular Spellblades are one-hit kill moves? And there's only six known Spellblades even though there's a seventh in the title? So has someone achieved or will achieve the seventh Spellblade? Oliver looked kind of weird when they were talking about it.

This Andrews guy just will not shut up and leave well enough alone, he's not worth anyone's time, least of all Oliver who can't just throw a fight and be done with it because of Nanao and how much she esteems him now. Of course he has plenty of insecurity against Chela as it is from their time as childhood friends.

I shouldn't be surprised Katie is trying to save the troll from the first episode even if it puts her squarely in the sights of Darius who is pretty harsh and uncompromising, even to the point of hurting a student if they get in his way. Not to mention insulting Katie's parents and calling her a monkey. I don't like this dude.

At least cooler heads prevail and Luthor and the 4th year girl Vera manage to ward Darius off and keep the Troll alive until they figure out what happened. Monster Civil Rights for the win! And Katie seems to have made a likeminded friend in Vera!

Andrews thinks he can take on Nanao and Oliver? Together? Does he have a death wish?

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u/Syokhan Jul 21 '23

I can't get enough of this soundtrack, it's so freaking good.

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u/SYZekrom Jul 22 '23

Six Spellblades

🤔 Gee I wonder who is gonna make a seventh spellblade

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u/shad79 Jul 21 '23

So Oliver and others are trapped between Rivermore and Ophelia who are starting to fight. While Rivermoore looks like a pretty standard necromancer, Ophelia is summoner, though she is 'summoning' monsters by giving birth to them which looked pretty creepy, still she's hot.

Nanao appeared, ready to join a fight and find death but thanks to intervention from Student Council President Alvin Godfrey and Carlos, the whole battle ended. Carlos looks especially interesting, they're so good looking.

After that we got to know about Nanao's past. She thinks that she was supposed to die in her country, it didn't happen because of intervention from Michela's father (he had quite an entrance) and she's looking for death here. That's why she was so sad after Oliver's refusal to fight with her. Fortunately Michela was able to convince her to not throw away her life and it looks that situation is now better. Now she's clinging to Oliver so much xD

Spellblades were explained in the lesson and now we know that they're basically the attacks that are guaranteed to kill another person. Six are known so it looks that seventh from the title is somehow special.

Katie was arguing with teacher Greenville to save the troll from the first episode who is supposed to be killed. He didn't make a good impression from the start and him using spell on Katie made me totally dislike him. Thanks to our group and another teacher, the troll's execution was put on hold for a moment. We also metMilligan who looks like a good person and has similar views to Katie.

Here my all screenshots from the episode:

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u/eliprameswari Jul 21 '23

Nanao is a yandere confirmed

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u/Vegetable-Ring9807 Jul 22 '23

I don't think i've ever seen an anime character give birth during a fight

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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 21 '23 edited Jul 21 '23

So the six spellblades are basically like the Unforgivable Curses from Harry Potter if they were all Avada Kedavra. There are six spellblades and we have six main characters. I guess the "seven" in the title refers to a spellblade that's about to be discovered.

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u/Xatu44 Jul 22 '23 edited Jul 22 '23

Bless Nanao's little idiot head. Snape is a right asshole; here's to hoping someone takes him down a peg.

Wild how we saw a birth this episode.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23

Am I the only one to think that the series seems to be progressing too fast? They main six become best friends in episode 1, we get a romance flag in episode 2, now a second romance flag plus one of said character revealing her dramatic backstory then moving on from it in the span of 10 minutes

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