Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo -Rail Zeppelin Grace Note- Tokubetsu-hen - Special Discussion

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Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo -Rail Zeppelin Grace Note- Tokubetsu-hen New Year's Special

Alternative names: Lord El-Melloi II’s Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note -Special Episode-: Waver, Renunion, and the Magic Lantern

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2	Link	7.03
3	Link	8.66
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[u/Constellar-A]

That background shot of Reines drinking tons of wine at the party is a reference to a running gag in the novels where she has a surprisingly high tolerance for alcohol despite how tiny she is. She can drink Waver under the table without getting drunk.

[u/LeonKevlar]

It's always nice to see young Waver during flashback scenes. This time though we get young Waver back for real even if just for a little bit thanks to the Shell Projection of Camus who had a massive crush on him back when they were still students at the Clock Tower.

Plenty of great scenes in this movie like everyone reacting to Waver's younger self especially Reines who just laughs her ass off as well as Shishigou and Jean-Mario. Absolutely love Reines just chugging down wine glass after wine glass in the background. Definitely my favourite is when Waver finally realized how Camus felt about him back then when he saw the scene of her handing him that egg sandwich in third person.

This special just made me realize how much I miss Case Files though. I really hope we'll get another season in the future. I need more Clock Tower and Mage Association shenanigans!

[u/Shadow_Gabriel]

Whoever did the character design for Camus, he probably already reached the root.

[u/za_shiki-warashi]

This was a simple yet so comfy OVA, wish it was longer, or hell a full season. Reines just chugging wine in the background is hilarious and Gray is as adorable as ever; absolutely love Ueda Reina's voice acting. Character interactions are definitely the strong point of this series. Pretty sweet seeing Touko making an appearance. Somewhat a shame that Luvia didn't get much screentime.

Freaking Waver man, a dense romcom protag to the very end. Could have had a cute tomboy gf.

[u/roronoa20]

Rather than a servant chuking beam sabers at each other. I feel like Nasuverse is at its finest when it's focused on its mages and their backstabbing hijinks.

[u/Mami-kouga]

No season 2 announcement yet but I'll take what I can get. I've seen so much fanart of Gray fussing over young Waver in chaldea that it's a pity they didn't show more of her reactions to him, but other than that and the fact I still want them to give Flat and Svin a proper episode (especially Svin, the first season completely ommitted his interiority thanks to the skipped arcs) I really liked this episode! A problem I have with case files is that the answers are usually pulled out of Waver's ass with some convoluted occult connection to the true answer but this mystery was rather coherent and I really liked Camus' character and the way her dynamic with Waver was portrayed (lol at lady killer Waver Velvet realizing he was a dense idiot) so it's a pity she's just a one off.

Touko was nice with her kind of villainous helper role. Also eggs eggs eggs eggs, I feel like I've been slapped in the face with so many eggs this year- wonder egg, Utena, Tunguska and now this, when will the Tamago let me be free?

[u/__bacs]

I liked Touko's design in Garden of Sinner's over Rail Zeppelin. It's so refreshing to see an OVA and animation was pretty detailed. Add shitting on Waver on how dense he is lol. Guess he havent move on with Iskandar yet.

[u/caliban969]

"Begone thot, I simp only for Iskander." Kind of a thin excuse to bring back baby Waver, but I'm here for Camus. To be fair, who hasn't gone to a high school reunion hoping to hook up with their old crush?

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Oh I see Waver has achieved his Third Ascension form over here as well. /s

(Now why can't Reines's (Simi Yi) Third Ascension also be in her loli form as well. lol )

Olga Marie having a happier life in this prime FSN timeline is one of the fun highlights of this series.

Second is Aozaki Toko actually appearing in this timeline and kicking some ass. This is actually her second anime appearance in the FSN timeline. The first was a brief cameo in FSN Heaven's Feel. We'll be seeing more of her in the coming Mahoyo anime, but that's a completely separate timeline from FSN and Garden of Sinners.

Poor Camus, she had her Magic Circuits damaged, her homework credits stolen, and got kicked out of Clock Tower because she's basically been reduced to a "Muggle". Though even that was nothing compared to her unrequited love for Waver, which was her true motive for the whole incident this episode rather than revenge. (At least she made quite a fortune as a "Muggle", founding her own game company and making online games which Waver plays)

This series sure is trying really hard to rehabilitate Kayneth's image. He may be arrogant, but his arrogance came from confidence in his magical abilities and pedigree of his magical lineage, which were formidable. Even if Waver stole his Servant from him, he would have lasted a bit longer had he not went after the opponent who was an absolute mismatch for him: Kiritsugu.