I still get that feeling of frustration sometimes though, where I can’t quite grasp what the hell they’re talking about, and that’s unpleasant. It probably needed more editing to smooth things out, but since it found success anyway (likely because the later volumes were stronger, from what I’ve been hearing from some of you), it didn’t end up scuttling the whole thing. To be honest though, I feel like this is 90% symptom of this having been the Tsutomu-sensei’s first novel.
I just wish they could integrate all the information into the story without making the characters seem dumb, because right now what they’re doing is making me feel dumb. The characters using all these terms also does a good job of making it clear how skilled and knowledgeable they are, instead of them explaining things that all of them rightfully should know. Compared to No Game No Life and Sidonia, I feel like this show suffers from not having a fish out of water character, because everyone is tossing around these specialized terms when I have no idea what they mean! Equivocation: It would be easy to explain all of this in narration, which we don’t get in anime (or aren’t getting in this one) but would in written form like in, say, a light novel. I can’t help but think it’s unnecessarily complicated sometimes though, when in reality most of what they’re doing can be directly translated to traditional magical terms (mana (psions), spells, casting times (Spell Invocation Speed), wands/focus devices (CADs), chain casting (Loop Cast System), etc). I’m becoming more familiar with the terminology of this series, so I’m starting to get a better understanding of what’s going on. This episode started out with some much appreciated exposition, which isn’t a statement you’ll find people saying often. I’d call this a great episode, except for that one scene. More was explained, Tatsuya showed more emotions, and some great fights were had.
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