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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 – 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 – 06
What seems clear is that neither Elias or Chise have any idea what their relationship is, 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 – 04
Mahoutsukai is really starting to ratchet it up now. 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 – 10
This Hogwarts thing just feels like the series parading around in an ill-fitting borrowed suit. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 07
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Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 08
Who doesn't love Japanese actors trying to pronounce Gaelic names? Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 05
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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 – 09
Chise brought back more baggage from that trip than she left with, that's for sure. Read more
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 01
Where's the sorting hat? Read more
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 – 15
Nothing much happened here but it was more interesting than a lot of episodes following that track have been.
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Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 12 (Season Finale)
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