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Episode 13 was a mixed bag IMO.

Spoiler:

The good: The current arc (with Negi and his students being stuck in the same castle from episode 6) definitely shows some promise, with things looking to picking up thanks to Asuna “opening Pandora’s door”.

The bad: While the space bit was indeed funny, that and the dinosaur bit ended up wasting so much potential. Two big examples of what I mean by “wasted potential”:

1. A great fight scene. After seeing Ako, Sakurako, and Satsuki becoming possessed by the fire fairy, I was waiting for Negi to finally return to his human form so that way we can see his Ministra Magi take on those girls. Unfortunately, thanks to the subplots: Negi is still a Chupacabra; Takahata ends up sealing the fairy instead; the Armor forms of Kaede, the twins, and Nodoka’s fellow Library Trio members are being held back for another episode; and some possible coolness from Ako and Satsuki is wasted.

2. Makie and Ku Fei. Personally, these two definitely deserve their own episodes. Hence, it’s disappointing to see their “moment in the spotlight” is wasted on comedy subplots instead of episodes in which they can finally shine (and possibly make a Pactio with Negi).