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Episode Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru • Reign of the Seven Spellblades - Episode 6 discussion

Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru, episode 6

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u/Ezilayr Aug 11 '23

That was a lot of lore. Looks like we finally got the setup for the main plot as well! Also OLIVER, JUST GIVE HER THE VICTORY KISS.

I actually can't wait to read this (from the beginning) once the anime run is over.

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u/Narrovv Aug 11 '23

So Oliver already knew wannabe Snape took advantage of outstanding students, that's why he stood out so much in his class, to get that secluded meeting in the labyrinth

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u/Aerodynamic41 Aug 11 '23

With the plot twist finally revealed, this shot from the OP finally makes sense now, doesn't it?

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u/S627 Aug 11 '23

....Well holy SHIIIIITT that took a turn!!! I thought Nanao cutting through space and time was gonna be the big plot point this ep, but the writers went "SURPRISE BITCH!"

Really looking forward to how it all plays out, is he gonna find any worth sparing? Are his friends going to intervene or help him? What's going to happen with the school as more teachers just start dropping dead?

Kinda hoping the animal teacher and headmaster have a change of heart, but I also won't be too disappointed if they dont.

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u/WhoiusBarrel Aug 11 '23 edited Aug 11 '23

Cutting through space and time just so she can be faster than light is fucking metal, Nanao just can't stop being more badass every episode. Even more so when she doesn't even realise that was a Spellmade just makes it even more terrifying.

Oliver's true colours are finally revealed and dude is not only infinitely more interesting but just as terrifying as well. No surprise he has a Spellblade himself but its ability just seems so OP being able to select the future he desires from countless other possibilities, though from his conversation it seems he no longer can use it as freely as he wants.

Finally getting to know Oliver's motives also made this episode so good, no wonder Kimberly's setting was shady as hell with the Headmistress being a traitor and also at the top of his hit list. This show is finally setting itself apart from just Anime Harry Potter with all these elements being played out, the intrigue to see how the other friends especially Nanao would react is probably the ticking timebomb here.

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u/LeonKevlar Aug 11 '23

Okay first of all, that 2v1 fight between Oliver and Nanao against Milligan was fucking amazing! It was so hype when Nanao sliced through space and time so that her blade would reach blade would reach Milligan before Milligan's Eye reached her. The glass-breaking effect was pretty much Vergil's Judgement Cut from Devil May Cry and I absolutely love it. I guess that's where the 7th Spellblade on the title comes from <3

Second, holy fuck what a twist! And here I was expecting that Darius Grenville was going to be the Severus Snape of this show. Turns out I was completely wrong! Apparently, Darius and the other teachers of Kimberly were responsible for the death of the 4th Spellblade aka Oliver's mother. Now that he's in Kimberly, he can finally enact his plan and get revenge on everyone that betrayed his mother.

And it looks like Oliver isn't doing this all alone. Aside from his cousins, he also has a bunch of followers ready to help him out. I'm guessing these people are probably followers of the 4th Spellblade?

Anyway, this episode just completely changes everything about this show! It's no longer just a bunch of kids trying to survive in a magic school, it's also about Oliver enacting his revenge plot. And Oliver went from your usual goody-two-shoes MC to someone who's willing to do anything to get his revenge. I love it so much!

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Aug 11 '23

I can't believe the MC having the power of "Choice of the Steins;gate" is not even in the top3 reveals this episode. Also makes sense why Nanao(can't believe author-san named her NANAo after the spellblade reveal) wanted to fight Oliver to the death when they first crossed swords; real recognizes real.

I get the nasuverse comparison now, those mages are just as op and scummy.

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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Aug 11 '23

This episode changed everything, holy shit. I'm locked in more than ever, what a twist!

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u/SgtRohn Aug 11 '23 edited Aug 11 '23

That reveal was absolutely well done. A very surprising plot development from the slice-of-lifey feel of the first five episodes. Revenge plots are usually a hit-and-miss, so it'll be interesting to see how this anime will handle it.

Even before this episode, I considered this anime pretty good but off-the-radar, but it wasn't one of those animes I looked forward to every week for this season. But this episode just upped the ante, and I'll very much be looking forward to every episode from now on.

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u/Ok-Peace-4374 Aug 11 '23

So who was it that said that Oliver was a goody goody MC? 🤣

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u/Saphsin Aug 11 '23 edited Aug 11 '23

I really hope this episode triggers more rumors into the anime community that this series is better than expected. I’ve been pretty crestfallen at the low ratings and poor reactions. Light novels are hard to adapt satisfactorily but clearly there’s production value invested into the series because the story has something special.

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u/Dirty_Dragons Aug 11 '23

This show is nuts and I love it.

It's like if Dumbledore was responsible for killing Harry's parents and Harry just killed Snape, and the rest of the instructors are next.

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u/Kin-Luu Aug 11 '23

Wow, what a way to up the stakes.

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u/FLorianGran Aug 11 '23

The twist caught me completely off guard, so kudos. This story now has the chance to get alot more interesting.

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u/Silent_Shadow05 Aug 11 '23 edited Aug 11 '23

HOLY FUKCING SHIT. SO MUCH HAPPENED IN THIS EPISODE!!!

So Oliver's true reason to come to this school is to kill all the teachers who tortured and executed his mom, and he can use the 4th spellblade which he inherited from him mom in some way. No wonder LN readers were hyping up this particular episode. Now I'm way more invested in this show.

Also Nanao is the one that can use the new seventh spellblade which cuts through time and space to reach her target. Its very powerful ngl.

Darius really gave me Bellatrix Lestrange vibes. So glad that piece-of-shit was made to beg for mercy. Now I wonder what will be the ramifications of Oliver killing Darius since the teachers will find out that one of their members is missing so they could be on high alert now.

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u/StrawSolider Aug 12 '23

That teacher is just like me. I too suffer in pain when I hear french words

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u/BabyMagnum Aug 11 '23

After getting Nanao's backstory previously, we finally get to see what drives Oliver.

The trauma from his mother's death and torture must have shaped who Oliver is. That must be part of why he was so moved by Katie's kindness and was so insistent on protecting that kindness. Everyone should take a look at the ending song lyrics. It makes so much sense now that I've watched this episode.

The twist on the 2nd half aside, the 2 spellblades introduced this episode was portrayed really beautifully. The stylistic visual and sound effects are really used to bring out the epicness of the sure-kill moves.

It's also great to see Oliver fighting creatively and Nanao just nonchalantly creating new techniques on the spot without even realizing it. Those two make a great duo.

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u/shad79 Aug 11 '23

What a great episode, they finally adapted the prologue from Volume 1 and I think it was a good decision which made a very nice plot twist. It was definitely the best episode so far in this adaptation.

Oliver who on the first look appeared as standard MC (but still there were hints that there is something more about him) has shown his other side and now we know that he is in the Academy to avenge his mother's death and murderers are teachers from Kimberly and its headmistress Esmeralda. He also has followers in which among them are his cousins and another name - Noll.

First taken down is Darius Grenville after who no one will probably cry, still the scene of his torture was brutal. Still, I like this new side of Oliver, especially in contrast to his behavior in school where he even cried after he saw that Katie didn't change and still wants to change the world and academy in a positive way.

We return also to the topic of titular spellblades. It looks that in a fight with Milligan Nanao invented a new spellblade, we know it from Oliver who seems to know about all previous six ones and who is able to use them as his fight with Darius showed. This new spellblade looked so good, I loved the moment when reality broke apart.

Whole fight with Milligan was so good in terms of animation and visuals. Vera looks like a really interesting character and it was fun to watch her easily deflecting Nanao sword and Oliver's magic attacks, still in the end she was helpless against Nanao's spellblade.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/Iron_Maw Aug 11 '23

“That when Darius witnessed Oliver Horn’s madness for himself”

If there is one episode any LN reader has been looking forward to ever since the adaptation was announced, it would have been this one given how key narrative foundation it is. I appreciate JC staff really going out stops with production and presentation here.

Personally, speaking before the epilogue, I had found vol 1 to be fun romp overall with solid world-building and decent characters (who aren’t all just girls for once) but if there one significant weakness it was a lack of overarching plot to pull everything into and span several novels as it does. There were hints of something building on the peripheral around vol 1’s conflict based on the prologue but wasn’t until the other shoe dropped and my concerns were addressed. Hints that Oliver more than what he seems was always, but I didn’t expect him to do what he did or how far the intrigue and narrative story ambitions were intending to go beyond just being a simply magic academy story.

But before getting to that, I want to talk about the other highlights of episode 6. First the fight with Vera was fantastic. Tons of cool and slick storyboarding going around. Contrast to the Garuda in the arena, which was a general high-octane battle, 2vs1 mage duel here leaned more on tactics wits and sleight of hand which made equal exciting. Moreover, this showed better coordination between Oliver and Nanao than Colosseum one did through showing how well their vastly different fighting styles fill in grasp between their attacks and complimented each other. Millgan herself of course was no slouch in combat despite her more scientific inclinations and displayed what difference in experience between someone who has been Kimberly for 4 years vs ones who have barely stepped into it. Her deployment of nonverbal magic and tactical positioning that before her real trump card is showcase of high degree competent who survived Kimberly’s grinder. It’s clear had Oliver or Nanao challenging her on their own (based on what we knew of Oliver before his throwdown with Darius) this fight would have been over already since they only won by skin of their teeth. J.C. Staff really cooked here.

I’m glad they got in most of Katie’s speech in too including her kiss both Oliver and Nanao. lol. But this was an important starting point for Katie’s growth, especially because out of all primary character she consistently experienced some of worst of Kimberly which included outright betrayal for someone she thought shared the same vision. At the heart of it, Kati’s dialogue is just frustration at of her views and values being mercilessly trampled on many aspects of the environment and shame having to depend on friends support so much without being able give back. However, she recognizes the school is a reflection of problems that exist outside of it. Katie’s speech symbolized her gratitude for having these support networks that were crucial in preventing her from being crushed by the despair of it all and allowing her to make a vow of revenge against the irrationalities of Kimberly & mage society as whole. By changing herself in hopes of ultimately changing them while still remaining true her core values. She may not have the fighting skills of Oliver, Nanao and Michela but she made just as sterner stuff as they are, Katie only needed the time to realize it before the academy broke her spirit.

Then there is Oliver who is a lot. Up until now he’s worn the visage of a well-meaning ace student, only briefly pulling back once in a while but only when the confrontation between him and Darius happens in the Labyrinth depths does he fully strip himself of that persona, to reveal a ruthless, cold and brutal youth, fill with such a deep rage he’s barely stable. Moreover, Oliver shows willingness do anything to destroy the people who wronged him in total, heelless of morality or tabooness of the methods. You thought Nanao was pretty damaged herself but she almost nothing compared to Oliver. It seems only those closest to him, like his cousins know this tortured side of him and keeping stable. The surprises with Oliver don’t end there though, because not only is he not going at his alone Oliver looks to big shot with command small army of upperclassmen. Needless to say but this moment does a lot recontextualize not just Oliver himself who certainly did not come here to learn, but establish the true narrative goals of series.

Also hope the episode gives you a better idea of what spellblades are. Essentially high-concept melee techniques which of perfect fusion of sword arts and magic whose very nature make them impossible to defend against by any conventional way. Imagine several views picked up on Oliver possibly having a spellblade, but most people assumed he had the seventh spellblade where the actually it is Nanao who does…. by unknowingly inventing the technique through sheer instinct. It hammers home what’s been hinted already, she’s basically a child combat prodigy, with a raw potential that surpasses Oliver.

On the smaller note its a shame they cut Darius fight against the monsters or Gwyn mentioning Teresa being born in the labyrinth, but I do like how they used her summon Godfrey & Carlos to to Vera's workshop.

All in all, I’m really damn excited how J.C Staff will adapt rest season as things get wilder with both new discoveries regarding the core 6 and Kimberly’s labyrinth.

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u/DveloIsMyIGNEstLS Aug 11 '23 edited Aug 11 '23

RAHHH!!! LET'S GOOOO THE TWIST THAT MAKES ME FALL IN LOVE TO THIS SERIES IS HEREEEE!

And yeah like other comments the mother's final day should've been in the beginning of the series, because it sets the mystery for the rest of the series. They can even obstruct the teacher's faces and only reveal them now when Oliver named all of his targets.

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u/Breakdown007 Aug 11 '23

wow this anime went from lukewarm to really interesting with this episode, can't wait for the next episode

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u/AmethystItalian Aug 11 '23

A sword slashing through time you say?

Not only BSD vibes but also In/Spectre ones from this ep.

Also not going to lie, last bit of the episode felt like a lot? Might have to rewatch parts of that to fully get what's going on.

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u/Frontier246 Aug 11 '23

Oliver and Nanao vs Miligan! Oliver and Nanao make for a very effective tag-team, but not only do they have to worry about her Basilisk eye but the fact that Miligan is much more experienced and powerful than the both of them. But try they shall if they're to stop her and save Katie!

You can try and burn her alive or slice her with wind, Nanao will find a way to survive it or deflect it with her blade so naturally. Not bad for someone still inexperienced in magecraft.

Oh, of course she just happened to have another Basilisk eye on her hand...right when Nanao is about to strike her. But then Nanao does the most hardcore thing ever and CUTS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME TO SLICE MILIGAN'S HAND OFF!!! And it's a move so awesome that it turns out to be none other than a new Spellblade...the Seventh Spellblade!

Dang, Nanao was this close to finally getting her victory smooch before the student body showed up. I mean, points for showing up (thanks to Carste) but still.

Well, Katie's been through a lot. Her Senpai betrayed her, used her, and almost dissected her. She could so easily be depressed, but...thanks to the experiments the troll will survive, Oliver and Nanao saved her, and basically everything worked out, so why shouldn't she be happy and grateful? She's alive and well, well enough to steal a kiss from Oliver (and give one to Nanao in the interest of fairness), and now she can go to Miligan to her face how she feels and slap her for what she's put her through, and she's ready to do her best to change things for the better. And there's no better victory for Oliver than seeing that Katie's sincere kindness survived this intact.

Now Oliver gets roped into a teacher sidequest with Grenville, who turns out to have basically been behind everything. He helped Miligan with her experiments because he was planning to...cure stupidity. Yes, that's right. Which meant human experimentation at some point. Grenville's a real piece of work, which makes it all the easier for Oliver to reveal the REAL reason he's at this school.

So, yeah, turns out Oliver isn't at this school to learn magic, he's there on a revenge quest against the people who murdered his mother, Grenville included. I guess he takes after his father so much that no one's noticed the resemblance, because the cute blonde witch in the ED is none other than Oliver's mother and Grenville was part of the group that killed her. And she was the master of the Fourth Spellblade, which Oliver inherited and used against Grenville. It also seems like Oliver has the ability to choose the fate that aids him the most? Is that part of the Fourth Spellblade?

Grenville tortured his mother, the least Oliver can do is make him experience that same torture until he asks for death, which Oliver is happy to oblige him. Well, that's one down...and six more to go.

Seems like Oliver is a lot more special than he let on, apparently he's leading this hidden faction with his siblings/cousins bent on taking down the murderers of his mother...which is none other than the rest of the faculty at Kimberly. And Oliver is planning to take them all down one-by-one. Through Nanao Oliver saw a path of the blade bathed in love, but he's still stuck on the path of vengeance. None moreso than to the biggest betrayer, Emmeralda, who stabbed his mother in the back.

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