Mahoutsukai showed just enough of the magic it's capable of - a magic pretty close to unique in animanga - to avoid losing me altogether.
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Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 01
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Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 11
"Can I pet your snakes?" is one hell of a pickup line. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 14
We’re spending an awful lot of time with characters I feel like I’m expected to care a lot more about than I do.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 13
Not much has changed with The Ancient Magus' Bride S2, which kicks off its second cour acting as if it had never left.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 21
Does the fact that I just don't care about any of this make me a bad person?
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 07
I think if I were to describe the pacing of this season of Mahoutsukai, it would be "glacial". Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 08
Who doesn't love Japanese actors trying to pronounce Gaelic names? Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 15
Nothing much happened here but it was more interesting than a lot of episodes following that track have been.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 20
It's patently obvious what makes this series work and what stymies it, and the season has obediently followed that pattern.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 04
Mahoutsukai is really starting to ratchet it up now. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 09
Chise brought back more baggage from that trip than she left with, that's for sure. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 17
it's going to be a very long time before we get any more Mahoutsuka no Yome anime - there just isn't enough material.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 10
This Hogwarts thing just feels like the series parading around in an ill-fitting borrowed suit. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 03
It's been sort of an odd start to the second season for Mahoutsukai no Yome. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 06
What seems clear is that neither Elias or Chise have any idea what their relationship is, Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 02
Is this series going to be as engaging in the basement of the British Museum as the mystical English countryside? Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 05
We seem to be zipping back and forth between Hogwarts and "classic" Mahoutsukai almost weekly now. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 12 (Season Finale)
That sure wasn't much of an ending. Read more
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This way the ideas in this story naturally flowed until they'd carved its only possible course was a marvel of brilliant writing. Read more
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I have no idea what happened there are the end. Read more
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I guess it's better to go out on a high, though that just makes the way this ended that much more frustrating.
Weekly Digest 12/10/2023 – Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2, Spy x Family Season 2
One thing I'm realizing is that the last two episodes of SxF did a lot of damage that's going to be hard to undo.
Weekly Digest 12/17/2023 – Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2, Spy x Family Season 2
SxF is incapable of giving us anything really nice. When it dishes out something with considerable charm, it comes back with a total clunker.
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Anime Taste Testing: Skip and Loafer, Mahoutsukai no Yome, Opus.COLORs
Having a grand old time with the good, the wish-it-were-better, and the hilariously ugly.
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Weekly Digest 10/29/23 – Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2, Tokyo Revengers Tenjiku-hen
This Mahoutsukai arc has the feeling of a series that's inherently unconventional doing its best to try and be conventional.
Weekly Digest 11/12/2023 – Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen, Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2
Digest posts make sense sometimes, but Tokyo Revengers and Mahoutsukai no Yome are mismatched in more ways than one.
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Weekly Digest 11/19/2023 – Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen, Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2
As indifferent as I am about the whole Philomela grimoire storyline, at least stuff is happening with it now.
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That Mitsuda Takuya has managed to keep Major fresh and vital after almost 100 volumes of manga is a great achievement. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome S2 - Episode 1 - Chise Eyes Closeup
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Yakusoku no Neverland 2nd Season – 11 (End) and Series Review
Just what in the hell happened here? Read more
Vinland Saga Season 2 – 24 (End)
This way the ideas in this story naturally flowed until they’d carved its only possible course was a marvel of brilliant writing. 「故郷」 (Kokyou) "Home"
Mahoutsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shounen to Seiran no Kishi (OVA) – 01
There's always a nice feeling of sweet nostalgia returning to a series after a long absence. Read more
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