(L+CR) Flying Witch

[Random Wanderer]

Kitaaaaa! The episode I've been waiting for! Chinatsu's big decision has arrived! Henceforth she's no longer just accepted into things because she's cute and because she's Maktoto and Akane's cousin: she now has a right of her own to be involved in witch matters. That may not seem like a big deal, since all the magical folks we meet are super-nice and easygoing, but I happen to think it's important.

In other news, I don't blame Makoto for hesitating about eating the bespelled food. The last (known) person who ate magical food Akane made was Inukai, after all. One might notice Makoto checked herself for ears and a tail after eating the pocky Koppy, too.

Originally Posted by InfinityDragonGod

Question:
Cry for an hour or laugh for an hour? Which would you choose? Or would you just try both for the heck of it?

For me, I would try both just for the heck of it.

Doing either would make your ribs sore and eyes and mouth and such ache and have other similar negative side effects once the magic wore off. It's one thing to laugh for a bit at something, or cry for a bit about something. It's quite another to be unable to stop.

[Freeter]

Random Shawshank Redemption reference out of nowhere. As if this show couldn't make me grin any harder

Also, whoever decided to fuse Rambo with Fast and the Furious deserves a raise

[Marcus H.]

It was a good idea to have my coffee run out before I could reach the dad scene, or else I would end up spilling them over my monitor.

Also, WTF Chinatsu, planning to eat people if she becomes a witch.

[Stark700]

Nice episode this week, we got some magical training and content thanks to Akane as well as some clever tricks from her. I think Chinatsu has the potential to be a good witch if she practices at it. Same with Mikoto as well as she's on the right track to learning the mechanics of flying.

[BWTraveller]

I hope they don't go too deep into the spells and symbols and stuff. I'm not entirely kosher with such things but I can handle them in fiction, but I'd like a friend to see this at some point and I know he'd be just a little edgy at the sight of someone holding her hands out over a magic circle like that.

That said, I was so much in agreement with Akane's line at the start: can I keep her!? I want her! Every house should come with a Chinatsu, you can't stay mad with one of her around. Here's hoping we get even more of her from here on out.

Also, I LOVED Chito and Kenny's reactions, those looks that said "why did I sign up to be with these guys again?" are just priceless.

[Kaizerkoala]

Originally Posted by Freeter

Also, whoever decided to fuse Rambo with Fast and the Furious deserves a raise

Nope, more like and Rambo and Speed.

[Iron Maw]

Geez, Chinatsu's parents seriously are chill as hell as with almost anything huh? Their mom is one thing since she probably grew up with her supernatural relatives, but even Chinatsu's dad had no problems with her becoming a witch. Maybe their those two were childhood friends before they got married and the dad found out weirdness in her family long ago...

And Akane being a Jackie Chan fan probably makes too much sense given her personality. He must look a Wizard to her too with all his crazy fighting antics.

Originally Posted by InfinityDragonGod

Question:
Cry for an hour or laugh for an hour? Which would you choose? Or would you just try both for the heck of it?

For me, I would try both just for the heck of it.

I'd think I would go nuts if I was uncontrollably laughing and crying simultaneously for an hour. No doubt it would definitely um... be an experience.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

I hope they don't go too deep into the spells and symbols and stuff. I'm not entirely kosher with such things but I can handle them in fiction

Well, in fiction they CAN produce effects, be it summoning a powerful demon or making you cry for an hour. So I tend to be more wary of them in that case, since in real life they merely are geometric patterns that do nothing at all .

Anyway when Chinatsu asked for apprenticeship my first thought was "well, now this is going to turn into a shounen show about Chinatsu trying to become THE BEST WITCH IN THE WORLD! with her guts and hard work despite not being born one". Then she said the whole man-eating candy house business and I thought "the girl trained must be not. In her heart darkness she holds!" .

[Shlugo]

Episode 6: Chinatsu wants to be a witch.

So the secret of not getting a sore butt while flying on a broom, is to just fly yourself while holding a broom? Why is the broom even necessary.

So flying pigs do exist.

Well, of course Chinatsu would like to become a witch after seeing how cool they are.

The parents are cool with anything.

A "small, independent movie" that she's too embarrassed to talk about, huh? That sounds interesting. Kei should try and find it.

Snack magic!

That scene where Chinatsu is holding a pentagram just begs for some funny edits.

Okay, that's just bullying. I don't think there's even a purpose to this spell besides pranking someone.

And that's what happens when you eat both at the same time.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by Shlugo

A "small, independent movie" that she's too embarrassed to talk about, huh? That sounds interesting. Kei should try and find it.

Obviously porn .

[Dark Wing]

Originally Posted by Shlugo

So the secret of not getting a sore butt while flying on a broom, is to just fly yourself while holding a broom? Why is the broom even necessary.

As was said this episode the broom cleans away gravity. They are feeding the magic into the broom in order to make it a kind of charm so all they really have to do is touch it.

Also I'm 100% for a Chinatsu spin-off about her learning about the world of witches.

[Random Wanderer]

I would say that the broom functions as a talisman of sorts: it makes the whole process simpler and easier to control. While they could, theoretically, just levitate themselves and fly without the broom, having a physical object there to "ride," even though they aren't actually resting their weight on it, makes the process much easier for them to visualize and control.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

I would say that the broom functions as a talisman of sorts: it makes the whole process simpler and easier to control. While they could, theoretically, just levitate themselves and fly without the broom, having a physical object there to "ride," even though they aren't actually resting their weight on it, makes the process much easier for them to visualize and control.

Or maybe they just can't without the broom. I like how magic works in this show, and it makes sense it wouldn't follow logical rules as "how could they possibly NEED to hold a broom to fly?". They need it, screw logic , it wouldn't be magic if it made sense. Instead it follows an arbitrary criterion as "the broom is necessary because it sweeps away gravity". It's very magic-like to follow more a kind of broad reasoning that relies on symbols that make sense to the human mind rather than abstract, rigid rules independent from the user - that would be science.

[Marcus H.]

I think the broom works the same way as why motorcycles have brakes work independently.
If you lose control of your own flotation, the broom is there to prevent a splat.
If you lose control of your broom, you can just ditch it and make a safe landing.

[cupumanager]

This is why magic carpets are the superior magical flying ride

[Albel VII]

All this talk about the logic behind the flying broom made me wonder how a flying pig would work. Chinatsu clearly liked the idea, so who knows, maybe she will choose a pig instead of a broom. Chinatsu on a flying pig would be a sight to see, although that would make it difficult to live in a candy house, I guess.

So Makoto wants to be a witch for others and for herself. She reminds me of the protagonists of the Atelier games more and more with each new episode. I'd happily play an Atelier game starring her~

By the way, the dad ate almost every magic snack, right? I wonder if it enhances the effect somehow.

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Manga translations have flip-flopped back and forth between using male pronouns and female pronouns for Chito, so I've been assuming this is a standard case of Japanese not using gendered pronouns, and Chito's gender never having been specifically stated. I tend to think male, given the seemingly flirtatious comment towards Nao last week, but I can't say for sure.

I see, thanks for the info~

[Key Board]

When she said her house would eat people or that went though my mind was.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clP4e6x-4hU

[Proto]

I thought Makoto would apologize in her heart to Hansel-san and Gretel-san.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Gan_HOPE326

Or maybe they just can't without the broom. I like how magic works in this show, and it makes sense it wouldn't follow logical rules as "how could they possibly NEED to hold a broom to fly?". They need it, screw logic , it wouldn't be magic if it made sense. Instead it follows an arbitrary criterion as "the broom is necessary because it sweeps away gravity". It's very magic-like to follow more a kind of broad reasoning that relies on symbols that make sense to the human mind rather than abstract, rigid rules independent from the user - that would be science.

Except that's a translation-based interpretation. And it's not why the brooms are used. Brooms, specifically, aren't necessary, since Akane said witches used to fly on pigs. There's a witch who we may or may not see some time later who uses more standard sort of conveyance, and just happens to make it fly. Currently witches use brooms because of tradition and symbolism, but brooms are not required.

[Kazu-kun]

The way I see it, the object serves as a sort of catalyst. Be it a broom or a pig, it doesn't matter. But without it, they may not be able to levitate at all.