Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - generic discussion thread (NO SPOILERS)

[GreyZone]

Originally Posted by Lexxus

But but but but he's already surrounded by girls! Two of his classmates, his sisters and the two senpai's. That's a harem!

Seriously, this is what my friend told me when read the manga.

I didn't know that about 20% of world population has or had a harem, while about another 20% of world population has or had a reverse-harem.

Yes I just pulled these numbers out of thin air with my magic, so don't ask for sources.

[Caelus]

Originally Posted by Solace

The magic system and overall setting aren't all that interesting yet. In fact they kind of feel generic. Not only do I get no sense that the tragedy of losing over half of the worlds population actually happened, the magic system is too "science" for my tastes. I know, Clarke's Laws, yeah yeah. But personally I like it when science and magic have boundaries from each other.

Why would you get a sense of tragedy when the war ended about 30 years before the current time in the story?

[Caelus]

Seriously where the hell do people get the whole harem thing from? just because there are female characters around doesn't mean that they will automatically fall for the mc and form a harem.

[iCK]

Why does Miyuki jump every time Tatsuya talks to her/touches her.
It's annoying how the anime makes it seem like she is more scared of her brother than loves him.

[Death Usagi]

Eh, incest route is welcome for the two 8D

[allfictions]

Originally Posted by Solace

The magic system and overall setting aren't all that interesting yet. In fact they kind of feel generic. Not only do I get no sense that the tragedy of losing over half of the worlds population actually happened, the magic system is too "science" for my tastes. I know, Clarke's Laws, yeah yeah. But personally I like it when science and magic have boundaries from each other.

Dude, you are making the fundamental error of making science out to be a thing rather than a method of thought.

[Birdway]

This series is more like techno magic than magic from the old school.

[ReinZwei]

Again other characters will come later on.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Caelus

Why would you get a sense of tragedy when the war ended about 30 years before the current time in the story?

Because serious wars have long lasting effects? This is a war that obliterated the world population and caused tremendous damage, redefining the national boundaries of the entire planet, and it even shifted the climate itself. Yet you see this beautiful town/city with people dressed very well and it looks like the war never happened.

It's sort of like if you meet up with your friend and, totally serious, he says "man, you should have been here five minutes ago, there was this crazy gun fight!"....and yet when you look around there doesn't appear to be anything which suggests he's telling the truth. No bullet holes, no shells, no victims, nothing. He's your friend, so you want to believe him....but there's no evidence to support his claim, so you feel skeptical.

Again, this is a commentary on the first episode. If future episodes show otherwise, my impressions will change.

Originally Posted by allfictions

Dude, you are making the fundamental error of making science out to be a thing rather than a method of thought.

Erm...no? Science is a process, so is magic.

[allfictions]

Originally Posted by Solace

Erm...no? Science is a process, so is magic.

Hm, maybe I understood your comment wrong. It's because I understood this sentence:

Originally Posted by Solace

But personally I like it when science and magic have boundaries from each other.

As you saying that science and magic are incompatible?

[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by Solace

Because serious wars have long lasting effects? This is a war that obliterated the world population and caused tremendous damage, redefining the national boundaries of the entire planet, and it even shifted the climate itself. Yet you see this beautiful town/city with people dressed very well and it looks like the war never happened.

This isn't really contradictory. Much can happen in 30 years. Just compare Germany 1945 and 1975. While most German cities were smouldering ruins in 1945 those same cities were in a beautiful state with well-dressed people running around and no physical scars of the war to be seen. Now, of course a war that halved the world's population is an even bigger affair than World War 2, but that doesn't preclude significant recoveries, at least in some parts of the world.

[c933103]

Is it just me that feel like the MC wanting to deepen the conflict between Yuutousei and Rettousei...?

[Death Usagi]

You want to know what there should be?

A fanart of Ayase and Kyosuke being in Miyuki and Tatsuya's outfits in a romantic setting

[XFire]

Originally Posted by ReinZwei

Again other characters will come later on.

The I'd like this one.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by allfictions

Hm, maybe I understood your comment wrong. It's because I understood this sentence:

As you saying that science and magic are 2 different things?

I'm saying that wearing a mechanical armband that utilizes a holographic interface and calling it magic doesn't feel very....magical. That's why I referenced Clarke's Laws, in particular, the third one: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

I just prefer my magic to feel less technological. That's all.

Originally Posted by SigUp

This isn't really contradictory. Much can happen in 30 years. Just compare Germany 1945 and 1975. While most German cities were smouldering ruins in 1945 those same cities were in a beautiful state with well-dressed people running around and no physical scars of the war to be seen. Now, of course a war that halved the world's population is an even bigger affair than World War 2, but that doesn't preclude significant recoveries, at least in some parts of the world.

Germany isn't the best example, considering the wall and everything. But that wasn't what I was getting at. The start of the episode makes it a point to say "there was a horrendous war a few decades ago which did all these huge things", and the rest of the episode doesn't show that at all. The exposition may be important for the story as a whole, but it didn't seem to matter much for the first episode.

I realize they could be in a nice area and if you step outside the world could be rubble. All I'm saying is that the story starts with something incredibly huge and then focuses on some kids in a high class academy, and to me, it feels a little strange. And again, this is my impressions from the first episode, and I've already stated my opinions will probably change as future episodes air.

[dniv]

Originally Posted by Solace

Because serious wars have long lasting effects? This is a war that obliterated the world population and caused tremendous damage, redefining the national boundaries of the entire planet, and it even shifted the climate itself. Yet you see this beautiful town/city with people dressed very well and it looks like the war never happened.

It's sort of like if you meet up with your friend and, totally serious, he says "man, you should have been here five minutes ago, there was this crazy gun fight!"....and yet when you look around there doesn't appear to be anything which suggests he's telling the truth. No bullet holes, no shells, no victims, nothing. He's your friend, so you want to believe him....but there's no evidence to support his claim, so you feel skeptical.

Again, this is a commentary on the first episode. If future episodes show otherwise, my impressions will change.



Erm...no? Science is a process, so is magic.

You like Magic that is fantasy based and not Techno based. I can understand that.

I personally like Fantasy/Techno based magic if it's both. That's my favorite. But I also liked things like Harry Potter/ Index as well.

Well, this series is interesting. I've read more. Now I'm going to see more of this series, but only after reading Hamlet. I have some reading to do before I can read the next book in a series I like.

[omega253]

Originally Posted by ReinZwei

Again other characters will come later on.

I'll just be taking this, if that's alright. These are brilliant!

[BW95]

Originally Posted by Lexxus

But but but but he's already surrounded by girls! Two of his classmates, his sisters and the two senpai's. That's a harem!

Seriously, this is what my friend told me when read the manga.

Can you even count? The guy:girl ratio is 2:3. 1:1 if you count Mikihiko. He was in the advertisement.

[HypeDemolition]

Originally Posted by BW95

Can you even count? The guy:girl ratio is 2:3. 1:1 if you count Mikihiko. He was in the advertisement.

He said it was a friend and was talking about the manga, calm down lol.

Originally Posted by ReinZwei

Again other characters will come later on.

Thanks for these.

[HandofFate]

has there been a full va casting list revealed?