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Finally finish reading ep4...gonna save the tea parties for later, and deductions for even later...thoughts and comments:

Spoiler for First Half: Title~Sakutaro:

Spoiler for Bottom Half: To witches' Island ~ Ushiromiya Enje:

Spoiler for speculations and irresponsible theories:

Overall a good episode, but I personally like the other ones better. Maybe my opionion would change after I read the tea parties later.

2009-01-01, 05:13	Link #213
Rias Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003	Finally finish reading ep4...gonna save the tea parties for later, and deductions for even later...thoughts and comments: Spoiler for First Half: Title~Sakutaro: -Similar to Himatsubushi-hen, ep4 is much like a side arc that accompanies the other question arcs. It adds lots of infomation, but the focus is definitely not anti-mystery vs anti-fantasy any more. -It's interesting how the main focus of the game is on Enje and Maria. Definitely a fantasy-heavy episode as they talked about them learning magic and what nots. -It was a bit confusing at start as it jumps around in the time line, yet in the meta sense that Maria and Enje knew about events that would happen between them "in the future" (ie Maria (pre-rokkenjima) knew about Enje breaking off from alliance (which took place when Enje was in St.Lucia)) -It's arguable that Ginzo is probably dead already before all the game starts, but still surprised me when he first showed up. -"Blue Truth"...didn't get used too much -I knew that Rosa isn't a good mother from ep1-3, but ep4 sure has brought her to new heights...Enje has a harsh life in the academy too. -The events and new casts that appears in the "12 years later" timeframe is interesting. Not too much was mentioned about Amagusa, Okonnogi changed his hair color, Kazumi is kinda meh. -Bottled note kinda strengths the "novel-theory" of episode 1, but quite intriguing that it also linked to episode 2. -Nice to see some of the named people to finally get a potrait (ship captain, Nanjo son, Saba son)...I wonder if this hints that they will have a bigger role in later episodes. Spoiler for Bottom Half: To witches' Island ~ Ushiromiya Enje: -Ginzo...I had my suspicions for you in Ep1, but you didn't have to go overboard with your summons -Gapp (Gaap?)...intresting new character, tho not as refreshing as Nia's appearance is ep3. That costume sure ensures good air flow -Siesta 00...at first kinda reminded me of sakamoto from strike witches. Alright personality, and seeing the trio is action was fun. I wonder if the other Siesta would get to show up even tho they kinda stopped talking about her... -I thought Kannon would level up again and this time be able to beat more stakes or maybe even the siesta sisters...turns out that it's Shannon that gets a boost, now being able to do "hacking" and "counter emp" -Jessica and George fight. The first thing I thought was, "is Ryukishi07 trying to promote a fighting game or something?" It's nice to see them fight, added with magical abilities, but also makes me wonder, "why didn't they use that in ep1~3?" -Krauss fight was very funny, with the counter multipliers and the "loser flag" multiplier. The whole escape scene was well done, loaded with humor and action at the same time. -Battler and his crime...Beato and Beatrice... -Enje vs Kazumi + evil witch + Eva...I guess it's kinda cool in a sense, but I'm starting to get confused when thinking in a anti-fantasy sense" -Enje at the end revealed some good hints...but the red text spam at the end appeared too fast and I couldn't catch them all... Spoiler for speculations and irresponsible theories: -Probably one of the biggest thing at the end was Battler. From the red texts that we can speculate that he's actually Kyrie's son. He's not Asumu's son, but still Kinzo's grandchild. Also he's still Enje's brother. (I don't think they ever put red text on the "not-blood related part) -Although it seems like a mess, and less than half the story is actually about the 2 days of Rokkenjima, and Beato even refused to make a move and left the game, Beato's strategy of this episode seems to be the elimination of Gretel/Enje-Beatrice. -Another reason why I can't really deduce anything yet is the lack of infomation from the game itself. The only confirmed death is Gohda, Kumazawa and George. It also lacks alot of red text support (perhaps it's because the game is hosted by Ginzo this time, or perhaps it's just not favorable to Beatrice) makes it seems quite easy to argue in the anti-fantasy sense. I am hoping this game board would be revisited and closely examined again in ep5 or something. -Considering the condition of Enge-Beatrice's corpse in the meta-world, I wonder if Enje blowing up in meta world is a reflection that Enje vs Kazumi scene actually ended with Enge's defeat. That is, not of them magic happened. Overall a good episode, but I personally like the other ones better. Maybe my opionion would change after I read the tea parties later. __________________ Last edited by Rias; 2009-01-01 at 05:41.