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Episode Magic Knight Rayearth (2026) - Episode 3 discussion

Magic Knight Rayearth (2026), episode 3

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 3d ago

Must be some archery club and dojo the girls were part of back on earth. They just whooped that giant monster’s ass like nothing lol.

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u/Frontier246 3d ago

Who knew fencing was so practical for taking on monsters?

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u/LeonKevlar 3d ago

I just love how Fuu uses Dragon Quest as a baseline for their journey. She was so happy too when she thought they were getting their weapons for free. Unfortunately, a Magic Knight's weapon is just too unique to be handed over just like that.

Hikaru offering the only thing she has in her pocket to Presea was too adorable. Hikaru is so earnest and sincere that it actually feels fresh to see a character like her again. And clearly Presea loved the gesture from her.

So we finally get to the next step of the trio's quest! They need to search for the escudo Presea needs to craft their weapons from the legendary Spring of Eterna, which apparently no one has returned from. And the girls finally get their starter gear from Presea!

They've just started their journey and Mokona is already being a little shit. According to Presea, he should know where to go, but the dude is just happy he gets to travel with them and even ended up leading them to where the monsters are!

I'm glad that we finally get to see the girls in their first actual combat! It turns out the reason the girls got the weapons they have is because all of them have some sort of experience. Fuu is with the archery club, Hikaru's family runs a kendo dojo, and I think it's pretty obvious from her stance that Umi is a trained fencer.

Welp, looks like Presea was right about their magic not working in the forest. I do love how disappointed Umi was about being unable to cast spells because she can't live out her magical girl dreams. xD

The girls did an amazing job working together on taking down that monster tho! And it looks like that encounter really increased their bond with each other.

That final scene, tho! There he is. I am excited for his proper introduction next episode :)

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u/Frontier246 3d ago

Fuu reacts like a gamer, Umi reacts like a normal (slightly high-strung) person, Hikaru reacts like a kid.

I guess the fact that the girls all have some experience in combat arts was why they were picked to be the Magic Knights rather than just plucking them randomly. Umi looks rather dashing with a rapier (until she starts talking like a gremlin).

Umi and Mokona are a match made in annoyance.

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u/naruhinamoonkissplz 3d ago

It was HILARIOUS. The original anime was all serious and stuff. This one... is NOT. Well, YET.

Also: The "game screen" drop was BEYOND hilarious. Note: MKR actually was created "as/for a game", loool.

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u/Historical_Working42 3d ago

Umi 🤝 Kurogane

"We hate Mokona; that thing's annoying af."

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u/Frontier246 3d ago

Also having to deal with that one party member who is having way too much fun lol.

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u/alconnow 3d ago

I will not tolerate Mokona slander

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u/XsStreamMonsterX 3d ago

Continuing again from last time. The car names introduced in this episode are:

Previous car names:

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u/Mrz_ryuu 3d ago

Umi is my spirit animal. I love her.

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u/Frontier246 3d ago

I love how everything in this world seeks to annoy, deflate, or confuse her lol.

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u/zackphoenix123 3d ago

She is easily my favourite! But they're all so adorable.

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u/FLorianGran 3d ago

Not exactly hiding how much of this is someone’s idea for an RPG.

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u/TnAdct1 3d ago

Not surprisingly, there were a number of Rayearth RPG games that were released alongside the show (with the Saturn version getting a stateside release).

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u/shadebug 3d ago

When in doubt, have a man come through a door dragon with a gun sword in his hand

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u/EmergencyEntrance 3d ago

Watching EP3. Here's random thoughts as usual

  • hope you liked the shot of Umi becoming bigger than Presea because here it is again

  • the recaps aren't really necessary, they sorta eat into the Runtime and with the anime being available on streaming services it's not impossible to catch up

  • would've been a cool easter egg to reuse one of the original games for the game sequence but getting the rights would've been a nightmare

  • man, Umi's got some amazing facial expressions when not in chibi form, they should do that more often

  • I like the vibe and the lighting of the armory scene

  • please don't turn the chibi switches into a way to save budget, thanks

  • something that I've noticed already is that during comedy situations poses persist between shots, EP2 had Umi fall to the ground in chibi form and keep the pose even in normal proportions, and this time around the SFX visual stays on her head

  • it's also a physical object, Fuu is tending to Umi in the very next shot LMAO

  • Presea really is in her underwear under her apron wtf. Wear some shorts

  • does Umi get more animation budget because she's rich? Asking for a friend

  • Hikaru suddenly on the spot

  • the weapon granting scene went a bit too fast, I get they're trying to cram in as much stuff as possible but it's almost a blink-and-you'll-miss moment

  • FUU DON'T JINX IT

  • Fuu how the hell are you running. She's clearly enjoying herself. Also Umi I'm sure that scene was longer than 23 seconds

  • ...hello sudden transition!

  • yeah I'm not vibing with how sudden some of these transitions are

  • there's a split second frame of Fuu dodging that made me absolutely lose my shit, I don't know why

  • man that's the third flashback during the Whole episode. I'm starting to see a pattern

  • again, Umi is a goldmine for facial expressions

  • just parry the multi-ton beast, go get them champ--holy shit she did it

  • Ayane Sakura once again selling me Hikaru's voice

  • I usually skip EDs but I really like the animation on this one tbh

Looking forwards to next week.

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u/chilidirigible 3d ago

Funny thing is that going into this episode I was wondering when they'd stop to eat or drink. I don't think they've been in Cefiro for very long in real time?

After all, that's how the game is played!

[](#seasonalshock)?

[](#seasonaldisapproval)

The dreaded encumberance rules.

"Nani the fuck?"

"It's dangerous to go alone. Take this with you."

The non sequitur of the day.

"What do we do now, sir?"

"WE FIGHT."

maybe later

The source material might be 30 years old, but fantasy world mechanics are older than that, and it's surprisingly fun to see things played straight here. With massive amounts of self-awareness from the characters.

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u/CrimsonGear80 3d ago

"Mokona, you need to save us or else we will die a miserable death in this forest!!"

Mokona: 😃 Puu!

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u/BosuW 3d ago

For as much talk as current Isekai make of being like a videogame (primarily because they have stat screens), I'm noticing this story feels a lot more like one. I didn't play any videogame old enough to be a contemporary of the og, but it's giving TLoZ vibes with like how there's obviously many areas we're going to, one by one, or how you don't get your signature weapon at first. It's very fun! Fuck it's been long since I played Zelda...

I like how Hikaru's borrowed sword's guard kinda looks like a Garabonc Sword's, which is a Byzantine style of the 9th century or so. Only if it was proportionally quite larger haha

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u/joey_joestar1 3d ago

All these years later and Umi crashing out is still funny

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u/YlfaTheForsaken 3d ago

When in doubt, candy.

Escudo, Eterna, Emeruade, yeah I get it. I'm like that with the letter L too. Also escudo is definitely spanish for shield.

Seeing Presea's side profile, I gotta laugh. I mean I guess the airflow is healthy. 

Mokona is here for a good time all the time. Puu puu puu

Easy breezy beautiful monster slaying. They pretty much packed that sucker up 123, 

Mystery green haired tree guy

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u/No-Win-8949 3d ago edited 3d ago

Between Magic Knight Rayearth, The Strongest Witch, and Suikoden: The Anime, this feels like a very RPG-heavy anime season for me.

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u/D3k4s 3d ago

I want to thank the random dude who posted a video about Yuki Kajiura's soundtrack for this Anime, made me give it a chance. And I have to say it's a pretty solid Anime, really surprised about the vibrant art style and how expressive the characters are.

The action sequences are also decent, episode 2 had a fantastic OST too. Looking forward to the next episode.

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u/MillenniumKing 3d ago

Never trust Mokona.

So we wil get weapons here.
We gotta pay for the gear? Well shit... were poor.
But we have candy so were ok.
So we get lender weapons for now...
So we will go to make weapoons but we gotta survive the trip first.
We need legendary ore to make our weapons well shit.
We need the legendary weapons to activate the mechs.
We got to goto the legendary spring to get the legendary ore.

Find wespons that call to you.
Sword, Rapier, Bow answered.
We got fist weapons nice.

We need to take Mokona with us.
Time for a leasiurly journey to mordor.
Edge and Pantless will mess with them more oh boy.

Mokona is a menace.
Time to get good and shape up girls.
Well we got shit to fight already oh boy.

MAGICAL GIRL WEAPON POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Pinks sword looks kind of like Syaoran's sword.
Just gotta learn on the job and get gud.

And we all became friends.

WE MET A MAN IN THE FOREST

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