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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Miyu was talking about Illya like Illya was a total failure as a magical girl Class Card hunter when Illya was absolutely essential in not only capturing Saber Class Card, but even of everybody simply surviving it. So I think Miyu's comments were unwarranted and unjustified given the bigger picture of how Illya has done overall as a magical girl.
Miyu never wants to fight alongside Illya again, after Illya saved her life very recently against Saber Class Card? All because of an understandable sequence of events in a battle against Assasssin Class Card?
I think the anime-makers really goofed here, because this scene played out much differently in the manga (and in a better way for Miyu's characterization) than what we had here. Such a shame that after a simply fantastic episode 6 they follow it up with an anime-original change in Episode 7 that's very questionable.
And all of them probably would have died at the blade of Saber Class Card if not for Illya.
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Were you paying attention at all? Miyu doesn't honestly mean any of what she said to her. If you pay attention to her facial expressions and cues it's blatantly obvious that it's painful to Miyu to say this to her. Miyu has recgonized that her friend doesn't currently have the courage or resolve to fight in the world of magic that could kill her at any given moment. This version of Illya is a normal girl, a civilian. In both the battle versus Saber and Assassin when things went badly she froze up and began to panic.
Miyu is trying to protect her friend by pushing her away from this dangerous fighting so she doesn't get hurt anymore in these kind of fights. It's not the nicest way to go about this, it may not be the best way either, but Miyu doesn't want Illya to have to fight anymore as unlike before the Caster fight, Illya is now a friend to her and no longer just a casual acquaintance/stranger. What's more Illya seems to be Miyu's first friend and is even more precious to her because of that.
Also look at it this way, Illya was rapidly approaching a freak out over the release of her powers twice now and the frighteningly close calls she's had with death twice now. She isn't going to be able to fight well in this state or even at all and that will get her and maybe the group itself killed in a fight. Miyu, mean or not, was right about this. Going against the remaining Berserker card with anything less than a cool head is complete and utter suicide.
Life and death fights like this are NOT a game, and Illya has shown again and again she's not prepared to face that just yet. Don't demonize Miyu for pointing this out. Illya may have been instrumental in surviving the Saber and possibly the Assassin fight but both times involved the Dues ex Machina that Illya can't directly control. Illya has done undeniably well to survive in the fights she's been in, don't get me wrong, but with her current mindset she was on her way to becoming a liability in the fights to come.
Bottom line: Miyu willingly put herself in the villian's role in that conversation with the best of intentions to try to protect her friend's life and happiness, regardless of the emotional pain Miyu would have to shoulder and the hurt feelings Illya would suffer from being treated that way.
It's not like Miyu couldn't try to patch things up with Illya after subduing Beserker in the next fight, her primary concern is getting Illya out of the life and death fights to protect her.