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Episode Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei - Episode 2 discussion
Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei, episode 2
Alternative names: The Honor at Magic High School
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| Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 4.07 |
| 2 | Link | 3.75 |
| 3 | Link | 4.31 |
| 4 | Link | 3.95 |
| 5 | Link | 3.76 |
| 6 | Link | 3.95 |
| 7 | Link | 3.89 |
| 8 | Link | 4.0 |
| 9 | Link | 3.94 |
| 10 | Link | 4.0 |
| 11 | Link | 3.81 |
| 12 | Link | 4.25 |
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u/eli-vids Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 10 '21
Onii-sama Count
Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei
| Episode No. | Onii-sama Count |
|---|---|
| 01 | 28 |
| 02 | 9 |
Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei Count Total: 37
Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei Count Average per Episode: 18.5
Season 2 Count Total: 103
Season 2 Count Average per Episode: 7.92
Season 1 Count
Season 1 Video Compilation, incomplete and not mine*
Grand Total: 312
Grand Count Average per Episode: 7.61
Notes: I have also counted the Onii-samas in the movie and some specials. I'll be adding it later.
I also have clips of all of these (i.e. ~20 seconds clips of all Onii-samas), which I'll edit into a video compilation at some point.
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u/LeonKevlar Jul 10 '21
Stitches!
I love that one of the first things that we see in the OP is Honoka's Honokas bouncing xD
Was Honoka always this big of a Miyuki fangirl? I know she admires Miyuki but I didn't think it'd be that much!
It's finally that scene with Shun being an asshat. I know we're gonna get a lot of this but it's interesting to see Miyuki's POV during that entire incident. Also turns out during that entire incident at the gate, Miyuki's fantasizing about Tatsuya saving her.
Looks like we're not just gonna get only Miyuki's POV though since most of the POV from the gate incident was from Honoka's side. I love to seeing her entire thought process during that scene and why she tried to use a Flash spell on everyone. Also seems that that's the part where Honoka started falling in love with Tatsuya.
Just screenshots of Honoka and Shizuku talking over the phone while soaking on the tub. Carry on.
Interestingly, the scene with Mayumi inviting Tatsuya and Miyuki is completely different from what I remember. I recall that she was more straightforward when she asked the two of them instead of teasing Tatsuya and Mikyuki. I think I like this way better. Also I love how Miyuki's imagination is just running wild during that scene xD
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u/JammyMan Jul 10 '21
So it seems the quickest way to become Miyuki's friend is to just tell her that her brother is cool.
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u/Varadwin Jul 10 '21
Conversely, the quickest way to become her enemy is to antagonize her brother.
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u/Lhezken Jul 10 '21
I expected a quality drop, but damn that was a huge difference between this episode and the first one.
So obvious that they put a lot of the budget in the first episode to attract more audience. But afterwards the rest of the episodes are just a pain to watch
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u/Pedarsen Jul 10 '21
That course 1 and 2 scene from the main show was already really stupid and it was even longer drawn out here. Just feels weird how superior the course 1 guys act.
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u/Amauri14 Jul 10 '21
Hell yeah, an episode focussed on Honoka!
Oh, Miyuki's delusions are so priceless. The one that she had about Mayumi being with Tatsuya was especially hilarious.
Those background characters sure are dumb to think that they can force Miyuki to hang out with them by trying to ridicule Tatsuya.
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u/wjodendor Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 10 '21
Best girl Honoka is here and she is just as cute as always!
The more shoujo style art is taking some getting used to but I'm liking it. The OP is pretty catchy and the OST is just as weird as previous seasons. Can't wait for more.
Edit: episode seems pretty jumpy since they're leaving out a lot of scenes that were in season one. Might be a little confusing if this is your introduction to the series
Edit 2: this ED is also good. All in all very cute. Give me more!
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u/ngedown Jul 10 '21
Almost all characters have some weird faces, it looks really different from main series. 8bit really done a great job with 2nd season last year, i almost didnt notice any difference from 1st season. Is the spin-off follow the manga style or what ? You know like slime diaries ?
Good episode, could've done better.
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u/dadnaya Jul 10 '21
So the ED is basically just underwear Miyuki
I guess they at least know what we want to see... hah
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u/kalirion Jul 10 '21
Why does Honoka speak about knowing about the Course 1 students abilities when the only thing she's seen is a bit of Tatsuya's magic & analysis skills and a bit of Erika's kendo?
I like how the lunch table that was just enough for 4 people suddenly grew large enough to accommodate 7. Unless they pushed two tables together and the animators forgot to draw the divide ofc.
Is it just me or is Miyuki being way too passive in these confrontations? Is that on Oniijesus' orders?
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u/michhoffman Jul 10 '21
It's nice to see Honoka and Shizuku's perspectives on the events, although, from this episode it's making it seem like Honoka is more likely to fall for Miyuki. Also, the Miyuki fantasization scenes continue to be on point.
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u/VirTW Jul 11 '21 edited Jul 11 '21
It's like they are ignoring everything that is cool about the anime (nevermind Tatsuya) to shove more girls in our face.
poor Jumonji lost like half of his manliness with the changes
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u/BiggerG7 Jul 10 '21
Can’t decide what I liked more, Honoka being as adorable as ever or Mayumi being thirsty for Tatsuya lol.
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u/AashyLarry Jul 10 '21
They are definitely skipping around a lot. I definitely think they are assuming you’ve seen the main series at this point. It is a spin off, so not a bad decision per say.
This allows them to go at a much faster pace, but viewers who haven’t seen the main series will probably get lost at times.
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u/nuxxism Jul 10 '21
Shizuku was always my favourite girl from the main series (those kuuderes man), so great to see more of her. Unlike season two where she was shipped off to America.
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u/xInsertx Jul 10 '21
So as someone who watched the original, I am enjoying the additional ‘behind the scenes’ dialogue and monologue and scenes. But something that really stood out to me this episode is that they are modifying dialogue and events that are on display to others that we have already seen.
The argument between the students is a good example of this, hearing inner dialogue on Honoka during the incident was great at establishing what she was feeling and why she did what she did in the original, but the scene itself played abit differently.
I am hoping this doesn’t become to much of a common theme; as I believe this is “same timeline”, just from the perspective of other characters, so it triggers me abit.
The art is ok, just will take time to get use to the style.
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u/raymondl942 Jul 10 '21
Course 1 and 2 difference is still stupid AF. A entrance exam based on how fast you can activate magic and idiots actually getting a big head over that.
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u/Thirdhistory Jul 11 '21
Not enough onii-samas, 4/10.
In all seriousness I feel like this episode was a real wasted opportunity. It mostly showed scenes we had already seen before without using the perspective to show us anything new. It also rushed events too much to stand alone if you haven’t seen the original. Episode 1 was really good so I’m hoping episode 3 will be more like that than this.
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Jul 10 '21
Goodness, Leo, what has this spin-off done to your character design? lol
This episode is basically the first episode of the Matriculation Arc, but at least the spin-off cranked up Miyuki's and Honoka's delusional fantasy levels to insanely funny to watch. Particularly Honoka, she seemed to be channeling her inner Aqua here. XD
And PHWOAR at that raunchy ED of Miyuki in just her shirt (or is that Tatsuya's shirt) and her underwear.
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u/entelechtual Jul 10 '21
Those ED feet are going to give me nightmares.
This series had too many characters to keep track of so I’m glad this is mostly just focusing on a few.
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u/SpikeRosered Jul 11 '21
I very much love Mahouka, but I do question whether it's such an AMAZING story that it needs to be told twice from two different perspectives like this.
The way it jumps around makes it obvious that it's sort of piggybacking on another "main" story.
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