(MFI) Zero no Tsukaima (second series) - Episode 9 Discussion / Poll

[Pellissier]

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[mist2123]

wow the animation was good but i liked the heart breaking ending in the novel

[garra113]

Yeah me too.. I need to get my hands on them novels... Well anyway... Did you know that this was probably the only episode that she actually did normal magic right? I mean like... ZOMG.

[mist2123]

Originally Posted by garra113

Yeah me too.. I need to get my hands on them novels... Well anyway... Did you know that this was probably the only episode that she actually did normal magic right? I mean like... ZOMG.

i think it was just pure luck

[Kazuma77]

waiting for a sub version, but the ending was heart-breaking

[Raykun]

so pure luck for once OMG OMG

[serenade_beta]

If only the ending song changed... It's strange to have a sad moment broken by happy music...

Great episode though.

Agnes needs to chill, really chill. She should take Colbert's advice and retire.

[asdffdsa]

Finally a good episode (or maybe I'm just happy the Agnes plot is finally over and done with ).

Anyhow, the next episode appears to be something of interest. Looks like Louise and Saito are FINALLY going to be back in the limelight.

But next Sunday is so far away...

[ipernorris]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Agnes needs to chill, really chill. She should take Colbert's advice and retire.

Easy for you to speak... Agnes lived a terrible experience so stop with the pacifism...

[mist2123]

Originally Posted by ipernorris

Easy for you to speak... Agnes lived a terrible experience so stop with the pacifism...

It was terrible but Unlike saito his country got nuked but the US.
I feel sorry for colbert the real reason the village was burned was

Spoiler for novel:

because of religion the plague was just a cover up

[Kazuma77]

Colbert could leave her to be burned alive, but he rescued her... why?

[Kakosan]

Nice episode, really touching.

[ChainLegacy]

I don't know what Saito was doing that entire time when Kirche, he, and Louise were supporting the dying Colbert and Anies was about to kill him. I was expecting him to whip out Delflinger and stop her O_o... Oh well.

This was probably my favorite episode this season, maybe of both seasons. It was serious, but I think it was done really well, especially the letter at the end.

[ipernorris]

Anyway this show is surprising me because I expected it to be a retarded anime bullshit, but on the contrary the authors shown very large balls.

[Anh_Minh]

Wow. Good men do die in ZnT.

Though I can't exactly agree with burning a whole village just because it has the plague. Setting up quarantine procedures? Sure. Burning the corpses and houses? Right on.

But burning people alive on some vague suspicion there's a plague around? Madness. And not the "this is Sparta" kind.


I also wonder about Colbert's pacifism. Just because he, in the name of military discipline, committed a monstrous act, doesn't mean every soldier is a monster. I prefer a phrase from Bujold's Winterfair Gift:

"A higher honor must underlie ours, the count says. We can’t ever obey unthinkingly."

[ipernorris]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Wow. Good men do die in ZnT.

Though I can't exactly agree with burning a whole village just because it has the plague. Setting up quarantine procedures? Sure. Burning the corpses and houses? Right on.

But burning people alive on some vague suspicion there's a plague around? Madness. And not the "this is Sparta" kind.


I also wonder about Colbert's pacifism. Just because he, in the name of military discipline, committed a monstrous act, doesn't mean every soldier is a monster. I prefer a phrase from Bujold's Winterfair Gift:

In Middle Age they didn't have the concept of quarantine, do you know?

[mist2123]

Originally Posted by ipernorris

In Middle Age they didn't have the concept of quarantine, do you know?

even if they did quarantine them then what?.

[Anh_Minh]

The quarantine is a precaution so you can observe them without risking a further spread of the disease.

Keep the sick people separate from the healthy. If there's really no cure for the plague, well, maybe a quick, hot fire would be better... At least there'd be some justification to burning them.

But if, after you've observed them for a long time, and no one shows any sign of plague, then don't bloody burn them!

[devildog23]

No offense, but that episode was corny.

Spoiler for episode 9:

I didn't really feel anything when Colbert died. I don't really know why, but I just thought "That sucks." and thats it. Maybe because I was just watching a different anime...

[thundrakkon]

The episode story was a nice change of pace, with the drama involved. It may not be the best drama around, but the letter scene and the Saito/Louise crying scene were really touching. I agree, the happy music right after kind of ruined the mood. Nevertheless, that last scene was just excellent.