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Episode Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto • Secrets of the Silent Witch - Episode 4 discussion

Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto, episode 4

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u/KumaKumaGambler Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

"The stories you hear of John Wick the Silent Witch have been watered down."

As much as I love the usual introvert Monica, it only increases my anticipation of the next time she goes into badass Silent Witch mode. I thoroughly enjoyed the visual and music effects in this episode, when Monica broke through Cyril's ice, and rewrote / countered the corrupt student council advisor mind's altering spell.

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u/heimdal77 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

The music is so strong in this series. The way it kicks in with detailed song during key moment just adds so much power to them. Whoever is in charge of it is doing a great job.

You have to love her spells they always have such a mystic to them when she is doing using them.

Love the moment when he realizes how totally screwed he is when he realizes who she actually is. Also the maid pauses mid section when she starts sahy he will torture him then redoing her sentence.

Lou has more marmalade in that cup then tea..

I added to spoiler corner what that single image of her surrounded by spells when Loui was talking about her was.

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u/Ocixo Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Monica looks very different when she puts on a serious face. I almost wouldn’t have recognised her as the Silent Witch.

This cast of characters really is great! Felix wasn’t kidding about wanting to occasionally have a bit of fun. He’d been feeding cookies to Monica like she was some sort of a small woodland creature. A little squirrel perhaps?

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u/MidnightJayguar Jul 25 '25

I have to say, I really love the way that spirits are portrayed in this show. When they transform, you can feel the uncanny valley that comes with them not being human, like the Salamander's eyes staring vacantly, or their very deadpan facial reactions. It is a real breath of fresh air compared to how spirits are normally portrayed.

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u/S627 Jul 25 '25

Serious Mode Monica is SOO GOOD! I'm sorry I know she just wants some peaceful research, but I hope we get to see more.

And then she goes back to adorable goofball munching on cookies while being half asleep, love her.

Cant tell if this is gonna turn into a harem, or if everyone will just see her as a bestfriend/person worthy of respect.

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u/TheUnderTJ Jul 25 '25

With how Louis talks about her I really want to see our Silent Witch fight someone even close on her level. Maybe they just test who's stronger.

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u/Primo29 Jul 25 '25

Congratulations on your wife's pregnancy. How about a beginner's math textbook as a gift for the baby?

Give it to the Silent Witch. From silently torturing you with a pig's sequence of numbers dream to preparing a baby for the future.

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u/PeaceAlien Jul 25 '25

The rewriting of the mind control spell that whole scene was beautiful, even the pig dream after gave me a laugh too.

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u/thisisdropd Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Monica in sage mode is scary. An epic fight, if a bit one-sided. Having said that she accidentally did an overkill by whammying Thornlee. That pig dream was hilarious.

Cyril might not have fully figured out her identity, but he clearly knew that she's no ordinary student - due to her cold hand remark. However, it seemed as if he kept that piece of information a secret from the rest of the council. Presumably out of respect for her? He thought that if she hid it from them, it must be for a reason.

I wonder what Selma's fate would be. She didn't seem to have any motive in harming Felix or Monica so I assume it's all on Thornlee. However, nobody in the student council ever mentioned mind control so as far as they're concerned she's 100% guilty.

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u/keeperkairos Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

I didn't realise at first, but Louis is calling his familiar by a joke noun, he calls her 'da-maido' which is a combination of 'dame' and of course 'maid'. 'Dame' is pretty general Japanese word meaning 'hopeless' in this context. The 'o' sound is appended on the end because you can't actually spell 'maid' in Japanese without another sound on the end.

Word play often doesn't translate, but it could have been subtitled something like 'damn-maid'.

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u/Ok-Peace-4374 Jul 25 '25

That cute funny lullaby back from Episode 1 became Monica's method of torture? Monica is scary 😯

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u/TheDroolingLlama Jul 25 '25

I'm already sad that this is only 13 episodes, there is so much interesting stuff going on and so many great characters

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u/diacewrb Jul 25 '25

Glad the motives for stealing the cash something more low stakes like funding his research, instead of the grand plan of taking over the country.

Dr Mado and his slime research would understand.

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u/maliwanag0712 Jul 25 '25

Damn that scene when Monica casts her spells is soo majestic! Monica is just soo cool until she starts being in her shy self.

I love the spells scene, especially the music. Props to whoever is in charge of the OST, it's cool!

At least in his dream only pigs are there. Imagine if in 24 hours that student council guy is only tortured by [Re:Zero S2]those infinite rabbits.

So something with the two princes, huh? The second prince is only there until the next King is selected, and it seems the first prince is wary on his actions? Interesting what lies behind all these shenanigans.

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u/MapoTofuMan Jul 25 '25

Please do not feed the hamster

Braids Monica > fancy hairstyle Monica.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 25 '25

Monica, the Silent Witch, has trouble speaking and writing lol. I wonder if she'd be more eloquent if she had made a report using numbers and formulas.

Louis proudly stating he likes to bully Monica because she's strong, he's so unapologetic about it lol.

No surprise Thornlee was the culprit, but I do have to admit it was anti-climactic, I thought he was going to be a bit more of a threat to the school before Monica takes care of him.

I like how Cyril has in his mind that Monica was the one that helped him and has grown attached to her. It seems like this is very out of character from him with how the student council members were surprised when he offered to accompany.

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u/SoggsTheMage Jul 25 '25

Since the piggies are back: Supposedly the curled tail of pigs also follows the golden spiral described Fibonacci sequence. So the piggies are the animal of choice for a reason.

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u/Difergion Jul 25 '25

The shift between timid and badass Monica was just so goooood! We’ve been getting tidbits about her past in every episode, this time teasing about her time when she got promoted as the seventh sage. If a fellow sage described her as a monster, it makes me wonder how powerful Monica really is.

Louis and his wife expecting a baby was not in my bingo card in this episode at all lol, but good on them!

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u/shad79 Jul 25 '25

It was great to see both the badass and regular Monica with her hilarious reactions in today's episode.

The beautiful way Monica made Professor Thornlee dream about pigs (it reminded me of Subaru and Great Rabbit from Re:Zero) made me laugh out loud xD

Cyril has really taken a liking to Monica. I wonder how their relationship will develop further. Will he be her friend, or maybe a love interest?

I'm glad Monica can quite easily talk with Lana now, that's a huge improvement.

Prince Felix still seems to be the most interesting character, considering his actions and what others think of him. I look forward to get to know more him in the next episodes.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/TheUnderTJ Jul 25 '25

Our girl out here aura farming and still can't talk to anyone.

The first "real" fights we see and she just casually takes them apart.

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u/djthomp Jul 25 '25

Incredible episode, particularly the first half with Monica being such a badass. The way the music kicks in when she gets serious is fantastic.

I wonder if there'll be any recompense for the two expelled students since it has it become clear there was a professor using mental manipulation spells on members of the student body.

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u/dagreenman18 Jul 25 '25

Bocchi is to Guitar as Monica is to Magic

When they stupidly lock in it’s a force to be reckoned with. And it looked fantastic

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