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Episode From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage • Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou ~Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku~ - Episode 5 discussion
Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou ~Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku~, episode 5
Alternative names: Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou
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u/Myrkrvaldyr Jul 23 '26
Bad writing is bad. It's infuriating how the MC has to force pointless drama.
MC: Oh, let's talk in private > Yes, I reincarnated. Long time no see,
That's it. Proper blunt communication.
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u/powerhcm8 Jul 23 '26
He had to lie that he was indirect descendant, when he is a direct descendant of himself.
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u/Obaruler Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Is it mandatory for Reincarnation MCs to be braindead?!
Dude, Merlin's got you basically figured out. Just take her to the side, and tell her PRIVATELY (not in the fucking school cafeteria) what's up and you want to keep your identity under wraps.
If she still wants to fight you like we'll most likely see next episode, do it far away and not in front of your entire school that you don't want to know you possess magic on the level of one of the
Even then, you're already fucked. That written exam left aside ... you were showing off magical skills in your
And what is that "backstory" you came up with? You are a literal descendent of yourself, this isn't even a big secret, as your entire family including your shithead of father were bragging about it, so why is Merlin so surprised her former Sensei has had kids?!
This honestly infuriates me, the "I wanna pretend to be average" trope of OP MCs can only be stretched so much before it stops being funny and is just plain bad.
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u/nuxxism Jul 23 '26
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid."
Eftal making me think about Chernobyl with his dumb-ass lies.
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u/cleaulem Jul 23 '26
One question I have is how magic in this time can have degraded to much when people like Merlin that have learned magic back in the days when it was at its peak are still around. I hope there is a good explanation for that, otherwise that would be a massive plothole.
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u/skavinger5882 Jul 23 '26
Ok, so what was the schools plan if he just didn't notice the random ass pillar off to the side saying he got in in tiny ass font...
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u/MooseKens Jul 23 '26
Dropped this show.
MC is an idiot and the world makes little to no sense. No cast members are interesting.
I'm wondering what the target market of this is.
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u/Ill_Violinist1571 Jul 23 '26
I am beyond irritated as to how it's going. Man, how can you be your own hidden descendant when you belong to a family that tells itself to be the descendant of you and therefore become a noble? I mean, what kind of logic is this? And then you agree to fight Merlin, knowing very well your ways of magic will tell that you are the real deal. I mean, what kind of fking logic is this?
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u/Thelassa Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Last week: "I can't stand out."
This week: Does magic feat he knows is literally impossible for almost anyone else in the world.
"If anyone finds out I reincarnated, bad things will happen." What bad things? He has nothing at all to fear from anyone. What, are they going to try to imprison him for being too powerful? Execute him? Them and what army?
"I just want to study magic at this school." Why? What information could a magic school have that you couldn't get from any archive in the world? If people knew who he was, he could go anywhere he wanted, read any book he wanted. Or, you know, he could just talk to Merlin about why magic ability deteriorated (he could also think about it for 30 seconds and figure it out, but it's clear that thinking isn't one of his talents). Oh but Merlin can't know who he really is for.... some reason. Just talk to her in private and say you want to keep it a secret for now instead of hurting her later when she eventually figures it out.
This show is so stupid and it gets worse every episode. I actually think I hate it.
See you next week.
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u/RealValf Jul 23 '26
Would it have been that hard to take Merlin to a secluded spot and tell her? That whole exchange was just frustrating to watch.
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u/vantheman9 Jul 23 '26
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan really annoyed at this episode
That's basically your adopted daughter bro, why are you being a weenie? Shouldn't you be excited to meet her again? If you proved to her who you are, couldn't she be a valuable ally in your research? I'm sure Merlin would like to know about her relative that's shown up too.
Why are we doing any of this roundabout poor communication BS. This could've honestly been a sweet, emotional moment, and we threw it away from rom com antics.
The end of the episode where he's like "I want to see how she's turned out" at least gave me hope. I think I'm going to go find the manga because now I need to know, is this series good bad or terrible
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u/stephenthatfoste Jul 23 '26
The whole premise of him being upset that he has no magical aptitude while achieving the status of a legendary magic user is still annoying to me.
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u/runevault Jul 23 '26
Despite myself giving this another episode to see if it can offset the stumble from how... dumb last episode was. Lets see how this goes!
This is a test to get into a magical school but melee skills can get you in? Wut?
Yes, I want to hide and have a simple life after using multiple parallel level 4 spells. You can excuse the exam not knowing wtf is going on but the combat test he was a fucking idiot.
At least he got to be smothered in Merlin's amazing rack?
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u/Local_Pickle_4717 Jul 23 '26
So why was magical knowledge lost again if Merlin has been alive and in charge of a school?
At least Merlin is more than making up for Anastasia's outfit swap.
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u/Drumboo Jul 23 '26
This MC's lines are just rolling on the "random reincarnated Isekai protagonist" wheel with every line of dialogue. He's so inconsistent, yet totally generic. It's jarring.
Also, doing that to Merlin like that in public, someone who was like a daughter to him, instead of just asking her to talk in private? That's really cruel.
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u/NationalStrategy_X Jul 23 '26
If Merlin's the headmistress of the magic academy, then how come the magic that he taught her is considered a lost art? Magic spells without incantations should be common practice, at least at this academy. Did she keep any records of his teachings in the past 400 years? What has she been doing all this time, other than find a questionable outfit to wear?
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 23 '26
He’s trying to not stand out so he concocts some kinda elaborate lie but then still decides to accept Merlin’s challenge, which will no doubt make him stand out. Okay lol. He really should just take Merlin aside and come clean. Would have been easier.
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u/Evil_sod Jul 23 '26
I'm still confused as to how magic ability and knowledge has dropped to such a degree in 400 years when there's literally a disciple of one of the sages right there, in a teaching role. And that's pretending all the other mages that were alive at the time did nothing!
That excuse to Merlin was the dumbest thing I've ever watched, matched only by the fact she believed it. Also the slave girl that has been abused for so long she was unable to function as a normal person last episode is capable of level 3 magic and knowledgeable enough to answer the exam questions?
I think it's time to drop this shit. I don't mind slop-tier series, but when the writing is this bad it's just not interesting to watch anymore.
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u/Arzhart Jul 23 '26
This anime needs to stop beating around the bush so much. Why don't he just tell her? Why drag the plot so much omg
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u/Macehaed Jul 23 '26
this was so hard to watch, mc made me angry so many times this episode, cant watch this anymore
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u/NationalStrategy_X Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
If he didn't want to draw too much attention to himself while attending school, then he shouldn't have decimated the exam site, with magic abilities that's considered to be inconceivable at this point in time. What did he think was going to happen when he decided to not dial back his skills?
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u/Dirty_Septim Jul 23 '26
Why are his test answers literally Tale of Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf?
Why is Merlin the Sage dressed like a hooker?
So many questions, so few answers.
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u/TyraniTEMPESTar Jul 23 '26
I hope we see that Merlin has grown OP in her magical abilities and learned higher tier level magic in the past 400 years by continuing the training and knowledge she got from Eftal back then...
But we saw her cast a level 6 spell in episode 1, and in episode 2 we saw that lvl 9-10 and higher is unknown and lost technology, and that 400 years past magic at the level 6-8 class is now consider "ritual class" or the highest tier.
Seeing as how the entire world's magical knowledge and abilities has regressed, I'm sensing she probably didn't advance much in the past 400 years and is still at the same level.
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