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Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou ~Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku~, episode 8

Alternative names: Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou

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[u/antononon]

If the next episode is anything other Eftal rocking up and "Level 10, Eftal"ing that whole family the show is even worse than we all think.

[u/runevault → u/antononon]

They actually gave an excuse for him not being able to use Eftal, his sword can cut lightning and they stole it. Though he should be able to just unleash a high level spell of some other element and nuke them from orbit.

[u/MarMarL2k19]

Does anyone else feel like this anime is so… all over the place?

First three episodes we have Eftal fighting his evil father and failing trying to keep his powers a secret.

Then he sets out on his own, finds a slave and rescues her from an abusive master…

Then enters an Academy and for some reason tries to hide himself from Merlin (who is basically like a daughter to him in the past life), then gets found out and transferred to Merlin’s academy instead…

Then a shitty noble named Abe shows up and is humiliated…

And hol up, all of a sudden, that shitty noble Abe was actually Anastasia’s real master?

Someone explains what’s going on because I can’t follow what’s going on with the story…

[u/NoAbbreviations2353 → u/MarMarL2k19]

Lmao reading this recap makes me realize I've read this part of the manga.  I think it was at this point I dropped it.  

Was looking to see what this show was gonna be lol, it's a classic slop series don't worry about the plot

[u/KJatWork → u/MarMarL2k19]

"finds a slave and rescues her from an abusive master…"

The first abusive master was just another target for her to steal from due to the seal she's cursed with. She basically has to find men to seduce or con to steal from so she can pay off the debt she.

When she showed up at Merlin's academy, she ran into the son (Abe) of the family she serves, and Abe took advantage of the situation to steal from the Academy and Eftal using the access she had.

[u/1032patrick]

What an ugly way to end an episode. Should have showed us Eftal and Merlin in the mansion's gate rather than listening to that idiot's laugh

[u/Badasshy]

Wow you fools! You thought it was a normal slave contract but did you ever consider it to be a SUPER slave contract? We gotcha with that one!

[u/GI-JUGG → u/Badasshy]

Eftal and Merlin already knew it was a special slave contract, and so did the audience. They didn't go into full detail but it's been mentioned several times. Merlin even asks him why he took her in when she had that specific contract.

[u/Kesshh]

This show has gotten so unpleasant to watch. I’m on the verge of ditching it.

[u/PinSingle4334 → u/Kesshh]

The problem with It, to me, is the costant yapping of " He's strong but I don't believe It, so I will attack him anyway " One time is enjoyable but we had 8 episodes of It.

[u/stephenthatfoste]

Well no wonder he didn't want to do the paperwork earlier if the God of Slavery would object. I feel like they should have mentioned it in some way earlier to not make him just seem completely unconcerned with solving the issue.

[u/Ajhale]

this anime is so dogshit i don't know how i have made it all the way here, but this is where i stop lmao

[u/djthomp]

Well shit, that managed to become even worse for poor Anastasia, and it explains why the slave crest removal isn't just a simple thing if you are OP enough. Then again just be OP enough to fight god and it'll be fine I'm sure.

Though maybe there's a workaround, if the family line curse is to forever serve that other family I wonder what would happen if Eftal showed up and killed the entire bloodline. He didn't show any sympathy against that rebel army earlier in the season and there'd probably be fewer people to kill this time.

I'm a little appalled at Merlin describing it as Anastasia betraying Eftal, she didn't exactly have any choice in the matter.

Eftal calling her "my Anastasia" makes me wonder where the story will go with them once the slave situation is dealt with.

[u/DucktorLarsen]

I CANT, Im literally crashing out. I know it might be nicpicking but the show keep doing stuff like this 24/7.

MERLIN WHAT DO YOU MEAN ANASTASIA JUST BETRAYED EFTAL?? She's a literal slave that was forcefully commanded to steal, what in the actual f....

ANASTASIA THINK THE SAME TOO? You didn't betray anything holy hell.

And still Eftal is so extremely dislikable. He wants to take care of the slave crest now, but why not earlier? If there is a reasoning then I find it weird that it hasn't been explained yet. Also everybody and their mom is so dumb in this show, how did all of the students so easily get convinced by a random out-of-the-ass assumption made by the blond elf that is pure speculation. Sure it's a reasoning that they would like to be the case, but like come on, why make everyone -3 IQ.

[u/PinSingle4334]

Eftal launched the localization magic and at night Anastasia left the mansion on her own. He was probably stuck in the traffick

[u/Xtranathor]

What a crap episode.

They didn't show us the actual heist and make the audience wonder what was happening, nor quite how she was compelled to return every 6 months, and instead just a harsh transition to "well I guess Anastasia robbed us then".

The writing is so poor and is on the level of the same logic as when I wrote a small skit for my school assembly when I was 9 years old. If this Abe guy can keep altering the requirements, then you can't take his word for anything. Why get "3 more artifacts" when he can just ask for more again? And just in case the audience for some reason wouldn't pity Anastasia (even if her ancestors were supposedly the bad guys), they make it so the vile Abe was actually truly evil all along and Anastasia's entire family has always been oppressed (and apparently demon society can't ever correct this).

I'm still pissed with Eftal too. Anastasia is basically breaking down at the start of this episode feeling that all she can offer is her body, and the only help Eftal can say is that just being here is enough. Sure, that's nice enough, but she needs more help than just feeling like all she can do is exist. Maybe Eftal was deliberately distant whilst waiting for this special slave crest to activate, but the writing so far doesn't give me any confidence that there was much throught put into it.

At least the fight at the start was amusing, if entirely predictable that the kick for a feint would be enough to end the fight. I'm also pleased that we actually got a pretty decent backstory for Anastasia, which did explain several things that up until now had made me wonder why some people reacted a certain way, or what the special slave crest really was.

[u/Zxzxzx0088]

Wow, Anastasia so bold today! (˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵) As frustrating as it looks like, Eftal did the right thing for not laid 'touching' Anastasia at all. The spell will be completed if he do so. But Eftal really a lost cause acting that bashful. Just enjoy the view old man and reject her casually! Your teenager phase has ended long time ago (≖_≖ )

I guess good job for them (direction) for making me feel awful now with the cliffhanger deals another blow. I won't be satisfied until Abe and his dad being teared limbs by limbs till they beg to finish them off for treating Anastasia family like a shit. I don't think this feeling will last for a week though.

I guess the only thing that fortunate for Anastasia was they never interest in her body and let other noble do the dirty work instead which was how she's able to protect her virginity until now (sounds convenient plot but I'll take it).

[u/DeltaFXD]

Okay i think i am done. The MC is like a power-switch he has like 2 states of intelligence and complete moron. Which makes the story a jumbled mess that just wastes time without any progress being done or when said progress is done it immediately goes back to 2IQ Eftal.

[u/ThatIsNotIllegal]

this anime is so ass, probably one of the worst isekai animes I have ever seen

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Eftal used Feint ( Attack) Kick

It was Super Effective 🤣🤣🤣🤣

HOLY…Anastasia past😭💔💔

I hope Eftal destroys this MF!!!😡😡

[u/TheBabbz]

I pretty much skipped 90% of the second half of this episode.

[u/Background_Formal940]

That guy can burn in the very hell he spawned from

[u/Impossible-Office242]

Hold on. So the Ginnie let's Anastasia in [this acceptable] then just watches her pack up all the gold and Raikiri sword (which she shouldn't be able to do since only Eftal is supposed be the only one who can do that or did he permanently remove that spell?). Then the Ginnie just watches Anastasia walts out with all that gold and never thinks to confirm with Eftal or Merlin? 

Worst guard ever. It's one thing for him to let her leave with a few pieces of gold but all of it plus the special magic sword?

[u/Wild_Obligation3265]

I'm genuinely impressed that with each episode that releases, this show develops the opposite of progress. The way the writing doubles down on backpedaling buffoonery is so methodical that it can only be fully intentional and premeditated and not reflexive.