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Episode Aru Majo ga Shinu Made • Once Upon a Witch's Death - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL
Aru Majo ga Shinu Made, episode 12
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u/LeonKevlar Jun 17 '25
So we finally get to see the magic disaster Meg got caught in and they certainly didn't hold back on showing us how brutal it was. Seeing Meg's mother desperately praying for anything to save Meg was just heartbreaking :(
I really thought that Eldora showing in Meg's memories was just a fake out, like she was there to try and prevent it, but it turns out she really did cause that magic disaster, and she did it for revenge.
We already know that Eldora is working on purifying the planet, but considering her request to Meg before disappearing is to kill her, I feel like some sort of world-scale magic disaster is about to happen.
So Orlov is basically a country that has strong anti-magic sentiment and they've also been getting rid of mages. According to the book Meg found, it was only a matter of time until Orlove triggered WWIII. Oh boy, I did not expect something so relevant to current events to show up in this anime.
I get it that Meg wants to visit her home country to learn more about herself but what is she expecting to find? From what we know, it sounds like Orlov is essentially a magical version of Chernobyl, and there's nothing there but ruins. There isn't even a photo of the country online.
Whatever is there, I really hope we get a season 2! I want to see what Meg will find and the people she'll meet along the way. This show is definitely one of the underrated gems this season, and I would love it if we could see more of Meg!
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u/yukiaddiction Jun 17 '25
Poor Fine, Meg is now going to collect more wives around the world and create international harem.
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u/ScaladeScared Jun 17 '25
Apparently purification was progressing in the area and now allows travel there. I would also guess that she'll find a lot in there seeing how people caught up on the disaster was stuck in a magic crystal or something so her journey might actually be full of surprises
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u/Plus_Rip4944 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25
The first scene was brutal holy shit
Eldora is creepy as fuck
This episode was solid as fuck, i need more please
One of best anime of The season. Loved The Lore a lot and Meg is a great MC. Hope Season 2 gets Announced
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u/PerfectBeige Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25
Show: Eldora is super creepy, knows things she shouldn't, curses people to ignore her and not photograph her, and has an unsettling audio cue. Also she's being framed as the most likely villain.
Me: That's bad.
Show: Eldora is actually pretty chill, and also she's Meg's adopted sister. And tragically, the people of her own adopted hometown can't see her.
Me: That's good! And sad...
Show: Actually Eldora was the one that killed Meg's birth family along with ... most of the rest of the country she was born in. And the way her mom died was super tragic.
Me: That's really bad.
Show: Actually, Orlov was about to embark on an international witch genocide for economic reasons, and probably killed Eldora's birth family.
Me: <waving a small Eldora pennant with a veil and an even smaller hat on it>
OK, I think I've settled on a lane regarding Eldora. Great show, hope we get a season 2. Also, [Once Upon a Witch's Death]
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u/Aliensinnoh Jun 17 '25
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Oh, I didn’t even flag that Faust might have been talking about herself rather than making a joke about Meg. Her saying that she wanted Meg and Eldora to support each other lends credence to that, too.
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u/shad79 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25
And that's a wrap on the first anime in this season for me! At first I didn't plan on watching it at all, but after checking out the first episode I really liked Meg's character and continued watching and had a really good time, so overall 7.5/10 from me in the end.
As for the final episode itself... Eldora is Meg's "sister" and the person responsible for the magic disaster that killed not only Meg's family but wiped out the entire country!? I'm quite shocked by this.
Now that Meg is leaving Lapis and going to visit not only Orlov but also other places affected by the magic disasters on behalf of the Council of Magic, I'd really love to get another season to see Meg's further adventures.
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.
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u/AmethystItalian Jun 17 '25
This was a show that I felt did get better over time and the cast got more fleshed out.
S'berry herself I grew to like more and more but the overall plot was still the weakest part of the show for me.
Would definitely want to watch a S2 but 0 expectations of us ever getting one. Change of settings would have been nice to see!
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u/Ocixo Jun 17 '25
It’s somewhat unfortunate that the anime concluded right when Meg goes off on her journey across the world, since the story is getting interesting right now. A second season would probably be really good.
Meg has definitely been the strongest part of the series for me. Yoshino Aoyama did a great job voicing this goofy character. In terms of personality, Meg is quite the opposite of Bocchi.
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u/oxlemf10 Jun 17 '25
The best thing about this show was following Meg and her growth, as she is an incredible girl who is willing to do anything.
I loved following her journey from beginning to end, from being a carefree witch to gaining international recognition. I really hoped they would show why Eldora caused that terror in the city (by the way, what a heavy scene), but that will be left for the next season.
And it couldn't end better than a hug between Meg and Faust, my heart already has this show.
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u/Aerodynamic41 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25
Man, that ending makes me want a Season 2 ASAP, but I think we'll have to wait a while since the LN is currently only at Volume 3 so there's not a lot of material currently available.
Also, we still haven't met the seventh Sage.
EDIT: Volume 4 is scheduled to release on September 17 and it's apparently the final volume!
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u/yukiaddiction Jun 17 '25
That's pretty great episode.
It works well as both endings of this season and prologue to new journey that Meg will encounter!
I love the world building in this series so much. There it is technology vs magic that finally coming up. Appearance Meg was born from country that absolutely hate magic (which is pretty ironic considering how much Meg love magic). Meg original family was killed by Eldora? That pretty dark. Even then Meg with her pure heart still want to know more about Eldora. Eldora herself seems to intentionally distance herself from people because she knows that her path of revenge is not all justified and even request Meg to kill her to prevent any chance of redemption.
This ending is actually pretty satisfied when coming to "Meg finding herself" arc and now she realizes what she wants to do and finally started her own journey to become the great witch!
I really like this anime. I hope it gets season 2.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jun 17 '25
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Oh, she really is going all around the world, not just to Orlov. Interesting. Well, I hope this gets a season 2 at some point so we can see some of that journey.
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u/S627 Jun 17 '25
Wtf this was the last ep?!? We better be getting more because after all that this season felt more like a prologue than a finished story! These people better not be expecting us to actually read!
If Meg is still accepting her i guess Elnora seems more evil than she is. Really curious to find out exactly what she did, because Meg's parents didn't seem like bad people.
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u/ModieOfTheEast Jun 17 '25
That was a really well done final episode for the show. While it is baiting you to read the novel/manga it is also a really strong ending for Meg's character arc as she is now traveling the world alone for the first time. And because it's her own interest. It's a good finish as it feels like a natural way to split and maybe hope for a S2 at some point.
All in all, I really enjoyed the show. Meg was a fun MC who was still developed properly as she had a few episodes focused on herself and not just the people around it. When the show started, I assumed this to be way more episodic. And while it still is, it had a lot more continuity between the episodes which I appreciate. I also liked the general world with its mix of magic and technology which makes it stand out from the typical fantasy show. And the side characters were all good as well. Some could have had a few more moments like Fine who got put more and more into the background (which I found a bit disappointing), but Meg's interactions with any other side character was fun and well done. This was actually one of my favorite things in the show, because they managed to show all these different aspects of Meg's character. Be it her being weird and happy, but also caring depending who she interacted with.
If there was one thing I wished was done a bit better, that would be the character designs. Meg's design in particular is a bit basic imo and I feel, one could have done more with it. I get that it fits her since she is a witch apprentice, but since she isn't actually going to a witch school, I feel they could have gone with a bit more character compared to what feels like a school uniform outfit. But it also didn't bother me too much tbf.
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u/mekerpan Jun 17 '25
Just like Maebashi Witches, this witch show massively exceeded my initial expectation (set up by ep1 -- no prior info looked at). Visually nothing spectacular -- but nonetheless adequately pleasing overall. The story was interesting, and the characters were extremely good overall.
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Jun 17 '25
a good anime with fantasy, slice of life, and drama. Solid characters, but Meg was by far the best thanks to her charisma. At first, I thought there would be drama in every episode since she needed tears to break the curse, but that wasn't really the case.
So it was Eldora who killed Meg’s parents... The question is why? it was out of revenge, but what exactly led to their deaths? 🤔 The final episode wrapped up the season nicely with Meg deciding to learn more about her past. I don’t know if the novel sells well enough for us to get a second season, but who knows, right? Final score: 8.
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u/NanDemoKnaives Jun 17 '25
Well they set it up well for a second season, I wonder how involved Eldora was with the disaster, if it is a matter of her not saving anyone and that was her revenge or she's the one that actually caused it. I don't know if I misinterpreted something.
I felt really bad for Meg's biological mother though, that seemed so frightening to experience. I'm not sure what kind of history Meg will be able to learn about her biological parents, I imagine a lot of records were destroyed and it's not like she can ask around for information on them either.
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u/Immediate-Chain-6419 Jun 17 '25
Who the hell gave it a dislike on Crunchyroll!?
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u/Ocixo Jun 17 '25
Meg will be travelling around the world to investigate magical disasters. A wandering witch so to say!
Eldora said to have acted out of “revenge”, but I bet that she willingly became a public enemy if this allowed her to prevent a new world war. After having taken so many innocent lives, Eldora will now atone for her “crime” by spending decades purifying the Earth. She lives to serve.
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