Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei LN - Archived Discussion

[kuroishinigami]

Originally Posted by maou87

ehh!... well guess so.. but waiting is too boring, so thanks 4 the info. lets just hope that many translators appear 4 this series..

Then you can try to... you know... learn Japanese instead of waiting to be spoiled if it's so boring? If you're dedicated enough, you'll be able to read a novel in 1 or 2 years of intense studying, and then maybe you can give us summary or translation by that time so you'll know how hard is it to translate something into another language, especially when we're not being paid for it

[Kleeyook]

Originally Posted by kuroishinigami

Then you can try to... you know... learn Japanese instead of waiting to be spoiled if it's so boring? If you're dedicated enough, you'll be able to read a novel in 1 or 2 years of intense studying, and then maybe you can give us summary or translation by that time so you'll know how hard is it to translate something into another language, especially when we're not being paid for it

Yeah, learn Japanese. But even with eager dedication, it'll take at least 2 years to be able to read light novel. And with light novel as complicated as this one, it'll take even longer. I wish I was good at language!

BTW, I learned Swedish within 6 months and mastered it to the level of middle school, but hey, Swedish and English is almost alike. Japanese is like a language alien speaks to most people in the west (I'm from Thailand btw, learning English for over 10 years before starting Swedish since I moved to Sweden).

I gave p learning Japanese when I met kanji. The grammar of this language is also a huge pain. T^T

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by maou87

can anyone give a long summary of all 4 existing volumes + web (after vol.4), just like HS DxD, because baka-tsuki is too slow on translations... pls. anyone.. I really want to know.

This.... this is why I kinda don't like the new fan base It's like they keep asking for more and do they even know how BT works? I'ts just funny seeing it in FB and various post asking for it and saying that BT is too slow oh great

[surerman]

Originally Posted by Kleeyook

Yeah, learn Japanese. But even with eager dedication, it'll take at least 2 years to be able to read light novel. And with light novel as complicated as this one, it'll take even longer. I wish I was good at language!

BTW, I learned Swedish within 6 months and mastered it to the level of middle school, but hey, Swedish and English is almost alike. Japanese is like a language alien speaks to most people in the west (I'm from Thailand btw, learning English for over 10 years before starting Swedish since I moved to Sweden).

I gave p learning Japanese when I met kanji. The grammar of this language is also a huge pain. T^T

there's another way to learn it fast, I mean FAST!
put your life on the line
One of my friends abandon all his wealth and just bring very important necessities to Narita.
He said, for 3 month, he only can eat rice with chicken/ egg, for that the only animal he can mimic infront of his benefactor

he mastered Japanese in 1 year and become fluent (Reading, Speaking,Writing,Listening) in all dialect in 2 years 6 month

well, like they said, if you want to get wet, don't just swim, dive in

[Kleeyook]

Originally Posted by surerman

there's another way to learn it fast, I mean FAST!
put your life on the line
One of my friends abandon all his wealth and just bring very important necessities to Narita.
He said, for 3 month, he only can eat rice with chicken/ egg, for that the only animal he can mimic infront of his benefactor

he mastered Japanese in 1 year and become fluent (Reading, Speaking,Writing,Listening) in all dialect in 2 years 6 month

well, like they said, if you want to get wet, don't just swim, dive in

I believe it also depends on talent...

But seriously, I think that is what would happen when we have no choice and are desperate.

[tsunade666]

An update was made and it shows Tatsuya's first capture of an offender. Lare was retired right? then is someone translating the part with the fight with the Hatori? I wish to know what exactly happen. The machine translation didn't help plus the part provided by Lare in bt forums was a bit short but that's all that what happen in the fight. A very short fight.

[Richocet]

Read Chap 5 update (tht was fast)
Tatsuya is a real badass...and a question is marisaki one of the guys who like starts tht fight we see at the end of chap3 in manga? He seems quite hostlie of MC, does he calm down??

[whsie]

Originally Posted by Richocet

Read Chap 5 update (tht was fast)
Tatsuya is a real badass...and a question is marisaki one of the guys who like starts tht fight we see at the end of chap3 in manga? He seems quite hostlie of MC, does he calm down??

Mariski or ANY 1st Year Bloom male hates Tatsuya's guts. He eventually gets popular with the 1st year girls after his super-bad ass job as an engineer during the 9 School Tournament. I'd never thought I'd see the day where an engineer can be as bad ass as Tatsuya looked.

I wrote this on another forum and it was meant as a background info on the 6 events of the 9 School Tournament, but I also added in Tatsuya's role as an engineer/technician in the tournament.

Spoiler for 9 School Tournament:

There are a total of 6 events. Each event is split into "All-Students" and "First Years". In terms of total points, First Years compose of 1/3rd of the total points while the Regular students compose of 2/3rd of the total points. The 6 events are 1. Speed Shooting 2. Crowd Ball 3. Battle Board 4. Ice Pillar Break 5. Mirage Bat 6. Monolith Code. 1-4 are available to both genders. 5 is exclusive to females and it's the premiere event of the females. 6 is exclusive to males and it's the premiere and final event of the males.

1. Speed Shooting: I'm not 100% sure. But there is this flying disk that will shoot out areas in which to shoot. The areas will be red and white and each contestant has 5 minutes to shoot any many (of their) spots as possible. This competition tests accuracy and speed, which is what the Student Council President is known for. In the end, the total is tallied up and the most wins.

2. Crowd Ball: For girls, there are 3 rounds and for guys, there are 5 rounds. Each round is 3 minutes and every 20 seconds, a new ball is spit out of the pressured hole. You can use either a racket or magic to move the ball onto the opponents side. The competition tests how many times the ball lands on an opponent's side (a bit like tennis).

3. Battle Board: This is like surfing. There is a race track and contestant are expected to use "acceleration" magic to help them get through the track as fast as possible. There is utterly NO use of magic directly (a key word that Tatsuya exposes) against other contestants.

4. Ice Pillar Break: The two contestants stand on opposite ends and there are a total of 24 ice pillars. 12 pillars on each side. The basic idea is to knock down the opponent's ice pillars before yours goes down. You can augment your pillar's defense or just focus on your opponents's pillars. This contest primarily tests a contestant's long range magic.

5. Mirage Bat: There are a bunch of balls in the airs and girls are expected to jump around the tiles to hit the balls with their bat. Because this test is the longest and contestants need to constantly use magic to move around, this contest tests endurance.

6. Monolith Code: This is the grand finale of the tournament. 3 vs. 3. You can ONLY use magic, no physical attacks. That said, Tatsuya abused the rule again and allowed Leo to use a sword without violating the rules. On each side, the boys will try to either A) knock their opponents out of commission or B) break the code hidden in the stone. If you satisfy either conditions, you win. There are lots of ways to play this. You can go all-offense. 2 offense-1 defense, etc. Tatsuya used the 1 offense, 1 defense, and 1 covert/support formation.

While I'm at this, Tatsuya was responsible for not only the CAD adjustment but also the battle strategy of all events his girls participated in. Officially, his girls were Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka who are the top three 1st year girls. Unofficially, he adjusted just about anyone's CAD who were in the same event as his official girls. Officially, he was responsible for Mirage Bat, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break. Unofficially, he also helped Honoka with her Battle Board.

In Mirage Bat, he was responsible for two girls including Honoka. School #1 took the top 2 spots. This is in large part because Tatsuya adjusted the CADs so that each movement across the tiles used minimal magic and therefore stress. This is a HUGE advantage in a competition of endurance.

In Ice Pillar Break, Tatsuya was responsible for Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka. The three of them took the top 3 spots with a finals between Miyuki and Shizuku. Miyuki revealed A class magic such as Inferno and Nirfeim while Shizuku and Honoka also used some of the very latest techniques (taught by Tatsuya himself). As a matter of fact, Miyuki didn't even have one pillar melt or damaged at all until she faced off against Shizuku.

In Speed Shooting, Tatsuya was primarily responsible for Shizuku who ended up using some moves that are going into the Index/Archives. Shizuku absolutely dominated the competition with the CAD that Tatsuya adjusted. Shizuku was so impressed that she wanted Tatsuya to be her "exclusive" CAD technician. Shizuku's family is also insanely rich and the contract offered was on par if not greater than his salary when he was researching as Silver Taurus- the forefront scientist of CAD development. 2 other girls from School #1 took runner up and third place. It was implied that Tatsuya also had a hand in their CADs.

In Battle Board, Tatsuya technically wasn't responsible, but he decided to give a hand to Honoka. Since Honoka specializes in light magic, Tatsuya purposely used the rule that you can't directly interfere with other contestants. Tatsuya told Honoka to use her light magic against the water (and not directly against the other contestants) and therefore blind all the contestants. If a contestant can't see, they can't possibly navigate the track. In the later rounds, the contestants started to to wear sun glasses to negate light magic, but even so, the track is now darkened and therefore less clear. Tatsuya taught Honoka to memorize the track and she handled it without a problem.

In sum, the girls won every event Tatsuya handled including a clean sweep of the top 3 for Speed Shooting and Ice Pillar Break. Not only that, Tatsuya's strategy and CADs were far deeper and even superior to a lot of the ones seen in the "Regular" competition. Some people even wondered out loud which group was really the 1st year and which was the Regular. The one event he didn't handle- Crowd Ball- didn't do nearly as well. As for the First Year Boys? Well, they frankly stunk. As the president said, their performance is the exact opposite of the first year girls. For the boys, School #3 dominated with the Crimson Prince taking Ice Pillar Break and his sidekick/Mr "Cardinal" Boy Genius taking Speed Shooting. After all the events but Monolith Code was finished (right after the Finals of Mirage Bat with all the 1st year girls celebrating), Tatsuya was called in front of the Student Council.

As it turned out, School #1's contestant (Mirasaki) and his group was seriously injured during the Monolith Code competition against School #4 and therefore out of commission. If they were to give up and School #3 finishes second or higher in the Monolith Code competition, School #1 would finish #2 in the overall rankings for the First Years. That said, if they were to give up, School #3 would definitely win (and they were already the favorites) with the Crimson Prince and Cardinal Boy at their side. They were granted an exception and therefore allowed to bring in a replacement. Guess who the student council wants? Duh Duh, Tatsuya. After all, they witnessed his strength on multiple occasions in the 1st Arc. Except Tatsuya isn't exactly pleased. He's already the first 1st year Weed Engineer. Now, he's personally entering the tournament? This is NOT exactly what he had in mind when he wanted to maintain a low profile. Tatsuya tries to argue that allowing him into the tournament over the other 1st year Blooms would destroy all order, precedence, and potentially even the morale of the Blooms. Think about it, there are tons of supposedly elite 1st year Blooms yet you're letting a Weed ENGINEER take the spot in the biggest event of the tournament? Talk about an insult. Naturally, all the council members knew this and didn't know how to respond. This is when Jumonji comes straight in and overrules Tatsuya and forces him into the spot. Screw the Bloom students, screw the fact that you're an engineer, we picked you and you're going to be the replacement. We'll take all responsibility. End of story. Naturally, Tatsuya was speechless and realized it was pointless to argue further and accepted the spot. Think that's the end of things? NOPE. Tatsuya asked who his two partners will be. Jumonji says anyone. Tatsuya looked up and smirked, "a-n-y-o-n-e"? Including people from outside the "tournament team"? In case you don't realize it, Tatsuya is really stretching things here. All the student council members are a bit shaken, but Jumonji just says with a stone face, "yes, anyone you like". Tatsuya then chose two MORE Weeds- Leo and Mikihiko (the Ancient Magic Specialist). Everyone is like WTF. Mari asks why. Tatsuya says that's because he never saw the other contestants compete before. He doesn't understand their strengths, he can't cooperate with them, and he won't be able to adjust their CADs with the limited time they have (the event is TOMORROW and it's freakin 9 o'clock at night). Mari nods and then wonders what's the real reason, Tatsuya immediately states, "strength", which bewilders the others.

[surerman]

Originally Posted by whsie

Mariski or ANY 1st Year Bloom male hates Tatsuya's guts. He eventually gets popular with the 1st year girls after his super-bad ass job as an engineer during the 9 School Tournament. I'd never thought I'd see the day where an engineer can be as bad ass as Tatsuya looked.

I wrote this on another forum and it was meant as a background info on the 6 events of the 9 School Tournament, but I also added in Tatsuya's role as an engineer/technician in the tournament.

Spoiler for 9 School Tournament:

There are a total of 6 events. Each event is split into "All-Students" and "First Years". In terms of total points, First Years compose of 1/3rd of the total points while the Regular students compose of 2/3rd of the total points. The 6 events are 1. Speed Shooting 2. Crowd Ball 3. Battle Board 4. Ice Pillar Break 5. Mirage Bat 6. Monolith Code. 1-4 are available to both genders. 5 is exclusive to females and it's the premiere event of the females. 6 is exclusive to males and it's the premiere and final event of the males.

1. Speed Shooting: I'm not 100% sure. But there is this flying disk that will shoot out areas in which to shoot. The areas will be red and white and each contestant has 5 minutes to shoot any many (of their) spots as possible. This competition tests accuracy and speed, which is what the Student Council President is known for. In the end, the total is tallied up and the most wins.

2. Crowd Ball: For girls, there are 3 rounds and for guys, there are 5 rounds. Each round is 3 minutes and every 20 seconds, a new ball is spit out of the pressured hole. You can use either a racket or magic to move the ball onto the opponents side. The competition tests how many times the ball lands on an opponent's side (a bit like tennis).

3. Battle Board: This is like surfing. There is a race track and contestant are expected to use "acceleration" magic to help them get through the track as fast as possible. There is utterly NO use of magic directly (a key word that Tatsuya exposes) against other contestants.

4. Ice Pillar Break: The two contestants stand on opposite ends and there are a total of 24 ice pillars. 12 pillars on each side. The basic idea is to knock down the opponent's ice pillars before yours goes down. You can augment your pillar's defense or just focus on your opponents's pillars. This contest primarily tests a contestant's long range magic.

5. Mirage Bat: There are a bunch of balls in the airs and girls are expected to jump around the tiles to hit the balls with their bat. Because this test is the longest and contestants need to constantly use magic to move around, this contest tests endurance.

6. Monolith Code: This is the grand finale of the tournament. 3 vs. 3. You can ONLY use magic, no physical attacks. That said, Tatsuya abused the rule again and allowed Leo to use a sword without violating the rules. On each side, the boys will try to either A) knock their opponents out of commission or B) break the code hidden in the stone. If you satisfy either conditions, you win. There are lots of ways to play this. You can go all-offense. 2 offense-1 defense, etc. Tatsuya used the 1 offense, 1 defense, and 1 covert/support formation.

While I'm at this, Tatsuya was responsible for not only the CAD adjustment but also the battle strategy of all events his girls participated in. Officially, his girls were Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka who are the top three 1st year girls. Unofficially, he adjusted just about anyone's CAD who were in the same event as his official girls. Officially, he was responsible for Mirage Bat, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break. Unofficially, he also helped Honoka with her Battle Board.

In Mirage Bat, he was responsible for two girls including Honoka. School #1 took the top 2 spots. This is in large part because Tatsuya adjusted the CADs so that each movement across the tiles used minimal magic and therefore stress. This is a HUGE advantage in a competition of endurance.

In Ice Pillar Break, Tatsuya was responsible for Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka. The three of them took the top 3 spots with a finals between Miyuki and Shizuku. Miyuki revealed A class magic such as Inferno and Nirfeim while Shizuku and Honoka also used some of the very latest techniques (taught by Tatsuya himself). As a matter of fact, Miyuki didn't even have one pillar melt or damaged at all until she faced off against Shizuku.

In Speed Shooting, Tatsuya was primarily responsible for Shizuku who ended up using some moves that are going into the Index/Archives. Shizuku absolutely dominated the competition with the CAD that Tatsuya adjusted. 2 other girls from School #1 took runner up and third place. It was implied that Tatsuya also had a hand in their CADs.

In Battle Board, Tatsuya technically wasn't responsible, but he decided to give a hand to Honoka. Since Honoka specializes in light magic, Tatsuya purposely used the rule that you can't directly interfere with other contestants. Tatsuya told Honoka to use her light magic against the water (and not directly against the other contestants) and therefore blind all the contestants. If a contestant can't see, they can't possibly navigate the track. In the later rounds, the contestants started to to wear sun glasses to negate light magic, but even so, the track is now darkened and therefore less clear. Tatsuya taught Honoka to memorize the track and she handled it without a problem.

In sum, the girls won every event Tatsuya handled including a clean sweep of the top 3 for Speed Shooting and Ice Pillar Break. Not only that, Tatsuya's strategy and CADs were far deeper and even superior to a lot of the ones seen in the "Regular" competition. Some people even wondered out loud which group was really the 1st year and which was the Regular. The one event he didn't handle- Crowd Ball- didn't do nearly as well. As for the First Year Boys? Well, they frankly stunk. As the president said, their performance is the exact opposite of the first year girls. For the boys, School #3 dominated with the Crimson Prince taking Ice Pillar Break and his sidekick/Mr "Cardinal" Boy Genius taking Speed Shooting. After all the events but Monolith Code was finished (right after the Finals of Mirage Bat with all the 1st year girls celebrating), Tatsuya was called in front of the Student Council.

As it turned out, School #1's contestant (Mirasaki) and his group was seriously injured during the Monolith Code competition against School #4 and therefore out of commission. If they were to give up and School #3 finishes second or higher in the Monolith Code competition, School #1 would finish #2 in the overall rankings for the First Years. That said, if they were to give up, School #3 would definitely win (and they were already the favorites) with the Crimson Prince and Cardinal Boy at their side. They were granted an exception and therefore allowed to bring in a replacement. Guess who the student council wants? Duh Duh, Tatsuya. After all, they witnessed his strength on multiple occasions in the 1st Arc. Except Tatsuya isn't exactly pleased. He's already the first 1st year Weed Engineer. Now, he's personally entering the tournament? This is NOT exactly what he had in mind when he wanted to maintain a low profile. Tatsuya tries to argue that allowing him into the tournament over the other 1st year Blooms would destroy all order, precedence, and potentially even the morale of the Blooms. Think about it, there are tons of supposedly elite 1st year Blooms yet you're letting a Weed ENGINEER take the spot in the biggest event of the tournament? Talk about an insult. Naturally, all the council members knew this and didn't know how to respond. This is when Jumonji comes straight in and overrules Tatsuya and forces him into the spot. Screw the Bloom students, screw the fact that you're an engineer, we picked you and you're going to be the replacement. We'll take all responsibility. End of story. Naturally, Tatsuya was speechless and realized it was pointless to argue further and accepted the spot. Think that's the end of things? NOPE. Tatsuya asked who his two partners will be. Jumonji says anyone. Tatsuya looked up and smirked, "a-n-y-o-n-e"? Including people from outside the "tournament team"? In case you don't realize it, Tatsuya is really stretching things here. All the student council members are a bit shaken, but Jumonji just says with a stone face, "yes, anyone you like". Tatsuya then chose two MORE Weeds- Leo and Mikihiko (the Ancient Magic Specialist). Everyone is like WTF. Mari asks why. Tatsuya says that's because he never saw the other contestants compete before. He doesn't understand their strengths, he can't cooperate with them, and he won't be able to adjust their CADs with the limited time they have (the event is TOMORROW and it's freakin 9 o'clock at night). Mari nods and then wonders what's the real reason, Tatsuya immediately states, "strength", which bewilders the others.

hmm..after reading the spoiler...Tatsuya not resemble Lulu (Code Geass) only but also Koizumi (Mx0)

[Richocet]

Originally Posted by whsie

Mariski or ANY 1st Year Bloom male hates Tatsuya's guts. He eventually gets popular with the 1st year girls after his super-bad ass job as an engineer during the 9 School Tournament. I'd never thought I'd see the day where an engineer can be as bad ass as Tatsuya looked.

I wrote this on another forum and it was meant as a background info on the 6 events of the 9 School Tournament, but I also added in Tatsuya's role as an engineer/technician in the tournament.

Spoiler for 9 School Tournament:

There are a total of 6 events. Each event is split into "All-Students" and "First Years". In terms of total points, First Years compose of 1/3rd of the total points while the Regular students compose of 2/3rd of the total points. The 6 events are 1. Speed Shooting 2. Crowd Ball 3. Battle Board 4. Ice Pillar Break 5. Mirage Bat 6. Monolith Code. 1-4 are available to both genders. 5 is exclusive to females and it's the premiere event of the females. 6 is exclusive to males and it's the premiere and final event of the males.

1. Speed Shooting: I'm not 100% sure. But there is this flying disk that will shoot out areas in which to shoot. The areas will be red and white and each contestant has 5 minutes to shoot any many (of their) spots as possible. This competition tests accuracy and speed, which is what the Student Council President is known for. In the end, the total is tallied up and the most wins.

2. Crowd Ball: For girls, there are 3 rounds and for guys, there are 5 rounds. Each round is 3 minutes and every 20 seconds, a new ball is spit out of the pressured hole. You can use either a racket or magic to move the ball onto the opponents side. The competition tests how many times the ball lands on an opponent's side (a bit like tennis).

3. Battle Board: This is like surfing. There is a race track and contestant are expected to use "acceleration" magic to help them get through the track as fast as possible. There is utterly NO use of magic directly (a key word that Tatsuya exposes) against other contestants.

4. Ice Pillar Break: The two contestants stand on opposite ends and there are a total of 24 ice pillars. 12 pillars on each side. The basic idea is to knock down the opponent's ice pillars before yours goes down. You can augment your pillar's defense or just focus on your opponents's pillars. This contest primarily tests a contestant's long range magic.

5. Mirage Bat: There are a bunch of balls in the airs and girls are expected to jump around the tiles to hit the balls with their bat. Because this test is the longest and contestants need to constantly use magic to move around, this contest tests endurance.

6. Monolith Code: This is the grand finale of the tournament. 3 vs. 3. You can ONLY use magic, no physical attacks. That said, Tatsuya abused the rule again and allowed Leo to use a sword without violating the rules. On each side, the boys will try to either A) knock their opponents out of commission or B) break the code hidden in the stone. If you satisfy either conditions, you win. There are lots of ways to play this. You can go all-offense. 2 offense-1 defense, etc. Tatsuya used the 1 offense, 1 defense, and 1 covert/support formation.

While I'm at this, Tatsuya was responsible for not only the CAD adjustment but also the battle strategy of all events his girls participated in. Officially, his girls were Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka who are the top three 1st year girls. Unofficially, he adjusted just about anyone's CAD who were in the same event as his official girls. Officially, he was responsible for Mirage Bat, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break. Unofficially, he also helped Honoka with her Battle Board.

In Mirage Bat, he was responsible for two girls including Honoka. School #1 took the top 2 spots. This is in large part because Tatsuya adjusted the CADs so that each movement across the tiles used minimal magic and therefore stress. This is a HUGE advantage in a competition of endurance.

In Ice Pillar Break, Tatsuya was responsible for Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka. The three of them took the top 3 spots with a finals between Miyuki and Shizuku. Miyuki revealed A class magic such as Inferno and Nirfeim while Shizuku and Honoka also used some of the very latest techniques (taught by Tatsuya himself). As a matter of fact, Miyuki didn't even have one pillar melt or damaged at all until she faced off against Shizuku.

In Speed Shooting, Tatsuya was primarily responsible for Shizuku who ended up using some moves that are going into the Index/Archives. Shizuku absolutely dominated the competition with the CAD that Tatsuya adjusted. Shizuku was so impressed that she wanted Tatsuya to be her "exclusive" CAD technician. Shizuku's family is also insanely rich and the contract offered was on par if not greater than his salary when he was researching as Silver Taurus- the forefront scientist of CAD development. 2 other girls from School #1 took runner up and third place. It was implied that Tatsuya also had a hand in their CADs.

In Battle Board, Tatsuya technically wasn't responsible, but he decided to give a hand to Honoka. Since Honoka specializes in light magic, Tatsuya purposely used the rule that you can't directly interfere with other contestants. Tatsuya told Honoka to use her light magic against the water (and not directly against the other contestants) and therefore blind all the contestants. If a contestant can't see, they can't possibly navigate the track. In the later rounds, the contestants started to to wear sun glasses to negate light magic, but even so, the track is now darkened and therefore less clear. Tatsuya taught Honoka to memorize the track and she handled it without a problem.

In sum, the girls won every event Tatsuya handled including a clean sweep of the top 3 for Speed Shooting and Ice Pillar Break. Not only that, Tatsuya's strategy and CADs were far deeper and even superior to a lot of the ones seen in the "Regular" competition. Some people even wondered out loud which group was really the 1st year and which was the Regular. The one event he didn't handle- Crowd Ball- didn't do nearly as well. As for the First Year Boys? Well, they frankly stunk. As the president said, their performance is the exact opposite of the first year girls. For the boys, School #3 dominated with the Crimson Prince taking Ice Pillar Break and his sidekick/Mr "Cardinal" Boy Genius taking Speed Shooting. After all the events but Monolith Code was finished (right after the Finals of Mirage Bat with all the 1st year girls celebrating), Tatsuya was called in front of the Student Council.

As it turned out, School #1's contestant (Mirasaki) and his group was seriously injured during the Monolith Code competition against School #4 and therefore out of commission. If they were to give up and School #3 finishes second or higher in the Monolith Code competition, School #1 would finish #2 in the overall rankings for the First Years. That said, if they were to give up, School #3 would definitely win (and they were already the favorites) with the Crimson Prince and Cardinal Boy at their side. They were granted an exception and therefore allowed to bring in a replacement. Guess who the student council wants? Duh Duh, Tatsuya. After all, they witnessed his strength on multiple occasions in the 1st Arc. Except Tatsuya isn't exactly pleased. He's already the first 1st year Weed Engineer. Now, he's personally entering the tournament? This is NOT exactly what he had in mind when he wanted to maintain a low profile. Tatsuya tries to argue that allowing him into the tournament over the other 1st year Blooms would destroy all order, precedence, and potentially even the morale of the Blooms. Think about it, there are tons of supposedly elite 1st year Blooms yet you're letting a Weed ENGINEER take the spot in the biggest event of the tournament? Talk about an insult. Naturally, all the council members knew this and didn't know how to respond. This is when Jumonji comes straight in and overrules Tatsuya and forces him into the spot. Screw the Bloom students, screw the fact that you're an engineer, we picked you and you're going to be the replacement. We'll take all responsibility. End of story. Naturally, Tatsuya was speechless and realized it was pointless to argue further and accepted the spot. Think that's the end of things? NOPE. Tatsuya asked who his two partners will be. Jumonji says anyone. Tatsuya looked up and smirked, "a-n-y-o-n-e"? Including people from outside the "tournament team"? In case you don't realize it, Tatsuya is really stretching things here. All the student council members are a bit shaken, but Jumonji just says with a stone face, "yes, anyone you like". Tatsuya then chose two MORE Weeds- Leo and Mikihiko (the Ancient Magic Specialist). Everyone is like WTF. Mari asks why. Tatsuya says that's because he never saw the other contestants compete before. He doesn't understand their strengths, he can't cooperate with them, and he won't be able to adjust their CADs with the limited time they have (the event is TOMORROW and it's freakin 9 o'clock at night). Mari nods and then wonders what's the real reason, Tatsuya immediately states, "strength", which bewilders the others.

This guy is pretty OP...n i agree with sureman he does resemble koizumi in picking out fine details in the rules and overcoming them with the use of his brains

[maou87]

Originally Posted by whsie

Mariski or ANY 1st Year Bloom male hates Tatsuya's guts. He eventually gets popular with the 1st year girls after his super-bad ass job as an engineer during the 9 School Tournament. I'd never thought I'd see the day where an engineer can be as bad ass as Tatsuya looked.

I wrote this on another forum and it was meant as a background info on the 6 events of the 9 School Tournament, but I also added in Tatsuya's role as an engineer/technician in the tournament.

Spoiler for 9 School Tournament:

There are a total of 6 events. Each event is split into "All-Students" and "First Years". In terms of total points, First Years compose of 1/3rd of the total points while the Regular students compose of 2/3rd of the total points. The 6 events are 1. Speed Shooting 2. Crowd Ball 3. Battle Board 4. Ice Pillar Break 5. Mirage Bat 6. Monolith Code. 1-4 are available to both genders. 5 is exclusive to females and it's the premiere event of the females. 6 is exclusive to males and it's the premiere and final event of the males.

1. Speed Shooting: I'm not 100% sure. But there is this flying disk that will shoot out areas in which to shoot. The areas will be red and white and each contestant has 5 minutes to shoot any many (of their) spots as possible. This competition tests accuracy and speed, which is what the Student Council President is known for. In the end, the total is tallied up and the most wins.

2. Crowd Ball: For girls, there are 3 rounds and for guys, there are 5 rounds. Each round is 3 minutes and every 20 seconds, a new ball is spit out of the pressured hole. You can use either a racket or magic to move the ball onto the opponents side. The competition tests how many times the ball lands on an opponent's side (a bit like tennis).

3. Battle Board: This is like surfing. There is a race track and contestant are expected to use "acceleration" magic to help them get through the track as fast as possible. There is utterly NO use of magic directly (a key word that Tatsuya exposes) against other contestants.

4. Ice Pillar Break: The two contestants stand on opposite ends and there are a total of 24 ice pillars. 12 pillars on each side. The basic idea is to knock down the opponent's ice pillars before yours goes down. You can augment your pillar's defense or just focus on your opponents's pillars. This contest primarily tests a contestant's long range magic.

5. Mirage Bat: There are a bunch of balls in the airs and girls are expected to jump around the tiles to hit the balls with their bat. Because this test is the longest and contestants need to constantly use magic to move around, this contest tests endurance.

6. Monolith Code: This is the grand finale of the tournament. 3 vs. 3. You can ONLY use magic, no physical attacks. That said, Tatsuya abused the rule again and allowed Leo to use a sword without violating the rules. On each side, the boys will try to either A) knock their opponents out of commission or B) break the code hidden in the stone. If you satisfy either conditions, you win. There are lots of ways to play this. You can go all-offense. 2 offense-1 defense, etc. Tatsuya used the 1 offense, 1 defense, and 1 covert/support formation.

While I'm at this, Tatsuya was responsible for not only the CAD adjustment but also the battle strategy of all events his girls participated in. Officially, his girls were Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka who are the top three 1st year girls. Unofficially, he adjusted just about anyone's CAD who were in the same event as his official girls. Officially, he was responsible for Mirage Bat, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break. Unofficially, he also helped Honoka with her Battle Board.

In Mirage Bat, he was responsible for two girls including Honoka. School #1 took the top 2 spots. This is in large part because Tatsuya adjusted the CADs so that each movement across the tiles used minimal magic and therefore stress. This is a HUGE advantage in a competition of endurance.

In Ice Pillar Break, Tatsuya was responsible for Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka. The three of them took the top 3 spots with a finals between Miyuki and Shizuku. Miyuki revealed A class magic such as Inferno and Nirfeim while Shizuku and Honoka also used some of the very latest techniques (taught by Tatsuya himself). As a matter of fact, Miyuki didn't even have one pillar melt or damaged at all until she faced off against Shizuku.

In Speed Shooting, Tatsuya was primarily responsible for Shizuku who ended up using some moves that are going into the Index/Archives. Shizuku absolutely dominated the competition with the CAD that Tatsuya adjusted. Shizuku was so impressed that she wanted Tatsuya to be her "exclusive" CAD technician. Shizuku's family is also insanely rich and the contract offered was on par if not greater than his salary when he was researching as Silver Taurus- the forefront scientist of CAD development. 2 other girls from School #1 took runner up and third place. It was implied that Tatsuya also had a hand in their CADs.

In Battle Board, Tatsuya technically wasn't responsible, but he decided to give a hand to Honoka. Since Honoka specializes in light magic, Tatsuya purposely used the rule that you can't directly interfere with other contestants. Tatsuya told Honoka to use her light magic against the water (and not directly against the other contestants) and therefore blind all the contestants. If a contestant can't see, they can't possibly navigate the track. In the later rounds, the contestants started to to wear sun glasses to negate light magic, but even so, the track is now darkened and therefore less clear. Tatsuya taught Honoka to memorize the track and she handled it without a problem.

In sum, the girls won every event Tatsuya handled including a clean sweep of the top 3 for Speed Shooting and Ice Pillar Break. Not only that, Tatsuya's strategy and CADs were far deeper and even superior to a lot of the ones seen in the "Regular" competition. Some people even wondered out loud which group was really the 1st year and which was the Regular. The one event he didn't handle- Crowd Ball- didn't do nearly as well. As for the First Year Boys? Well, they frankly stunk. As the president said, their performance is the exact opposite of the first year girls. For the boys, School #3 dominated with the Crimson Prince taking Ice Pillar Break and his sidekick/Mr "Cardinal" Boy Genius taking Speed Shooting. After all the events but Monolith Code was finished (right after the Finals of Mirage Bat with all the 1st year girls celebrating), Tatsuya was called in front of the Student Council.

As it turned out, School #1's contestant (Mirasaki) and his group was seriously injured during the Monolith Code competition against School #4 and therefore out of commission. If they were to give up and School #3 finishes second or higher in the Monolith Code competition, School #1 would finish #2 in the overall rankings for the First Years. That said, if they were to give up, School #3 would definitely win (and they were already the favorites) with the Crimson Prince and Cardinal Boy at their side. They were granted an exception and therefore allowed to bring in a replacement. Guess who the student council wants? Duh Duh, Tatsuya. After all, they witnessed his strength on multiple occasions in the 1st Arc. Except Tatsuya isn't exactly pleased. He's already the first 1st year Weed Engineer. Now, he's personally entering the tournament? This is NOT exactly what he had in mind when he wanted to maintain a low profile. Tatsuya tries to argue that allowing him into the tournament over the other 1st year Blooms would destroy all order, precedence, and potentially even the morale of the Blooms. Think about it, there are tons of supposedly elite 1st year Blooms yet you're letting a Weed ENGINEER take the spot in the biggest event of the tournament? Talk about an insult. Naturally, all the council members knew this and didn't know how to respond. This is when Jumonji comes straight in and overrules Tatsuya and forces him into the spot. Screw the Bloom students, screw the fact that you're an engineer, we picked you and you're going to be the replacement. We'll take all responsibility. End of story. Naturally, Tatsuya was speechless and realized it was pointless to argue further and accepted the spot. Think that's the end of things? NOPE. Tatsuya asked who his two partners will be. Jumonji says anyone. Tatsuya looked up and smirked, "a-n-y-o-n-e"? Including people from outside the "tournament team"? In case you don't realize it, Tatsuya is really stretching things here. All the student council members are a bit shaken, but Jumonji just says with a stone face, "yes, anyone you like". Tatsuya then chose two MORE Weeds- Leo and Mikihiko (the Ancient Magic Specialist). Everyone is like WTF. Mari asks why. Tatsuya says that's because he never saw the other contestants compete before. He doesn't understand their strengths, he can't cooperate with them, and he won't be able to adjust their CADs with the limited time they have (the event is TOMORROW and it's freakin 9 o'clock at night). Mari nods and then wonders what's the real reason, Tatsuya immediately states, "strength", which bewilders the others.

What happens next after tatsuya chose his teammates 4 the event?...

[FRS]

LoL and i thought Tatsuya was trying to not get noticed

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by FRS

LoL and i thought Tatsuya was trying to not get noticed

Spoiler for weeds:

well I suppose as the sole weed in the group he would be noticed easily but by having 2 other weeds in the group would make up for it and only give like 1/3 of the attention as long as he doesn't do anything too drastic to single him out from the group.

[AlaAlba]

Originally Posted by whsie

Mariski or ANY 1st Year Bloom male hates Tatsuya's guts. He eventually gets popular with the 1st year girls after his super-bad ass job as an engineer during the 9 School Tournament. I'd never thought I'd see the day where an engineer can be as bad ass as Tatsuya looked.

I wrote this on another forum and it was meant as a background info on the 6 events of the 9 School Tournament, but I also added in Tatsuya's role as an engineer/technician in the tournament.

Spoiler for 9 School Tournament:

There are a total of 6 events. Each event is split into "All-Students" and "First Years". In terms of total points, First Years compose of 1/3rd of the total points while the Regular students compose of 2/3rd of the total points. The 6 events are 1. Speed Shooting 2. Crowd Ball 3. Battle Board 4. Ice Pillar Break 5. Mirage Bat 6. Monolith Code. 1-4 are available to both genders. 5 is exclusive to females and it's the premiere event of the females. 6 is exclusive to males and it's the premiere and final event of the males.

1. Speed Shooting: I'm not 100% sure. But there is this flying disk that will shoot out areas in which to shoot. The areas will be red and white and each contestant has 5 minutes to shoot any many (of their) spots as possible. This competition tests accuracy and speed, which is what the Student Council President is known for. In the end, the total is tallied up and the most wins.

2. Crowd Ball: For girls, there are 3 rounds and for guys, there are 5 rounds. Each round is 3 minutes and every 20 seconds, a new ball is spit out of the pressured hole. You can use either a racket or magic to move the ball onto the opponents side. The competition tests how many times the ball lands on an opponent's side (a bit like tennis).

3. Battle Board: This is like surfing. There is a race track and contestant are expected to use "acceleration" magic to help them get through the track as fast as possible. There is utterly NO use of magic directly (a key word that Tatsuya exposes) against other contestants.

4. Ice Pillar Break: The two contestants stand on opposite ends and there are a total of 24 ice pillars. 12 pillars on each side. The basic idea is to knock down the opponent's ice pillars before yours goes down. You can augment your pillar's defense or just focus on your opponents's pillars. This contest primarily tests a contestant's long range magic.

5. Mirage Bat: There are a bunch of balls in the airs and girls are expected to jump around the tiles to hit the balls with their bat. Because this test is the longest and contestants need to constantly use magic to move around, this contest tests endurance.

6. Monolith Code: This is the grand finale of the tournament. 3 vs. 3. You can ONLY use magic, no physical attacks. That said, Tatsuya abused the rule again and allowed Leo to use a sword without violating the rules. On each side, the boys will try to either A) knock their opponents out of commission or B) break the code hidden in the stone. If you satisfy either conditions, you win. There are lots of ways to play this. You can go all-offense. 2 offense-1 defense, etc. Tatsuya used the 1 offense, 1 defense, and 1 covert/support formation.

While I'm at this, Tatsuya was responsible for not only the CAD adjustment but also the battle strategy of all events his girls participated in. Officially, his girls were Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka who are the top three 1st year girls. Unofficially, he adjusted just about anyone's CAD who were in the same event as his official girls. Officially, he was responsible for Mirage Bat, Speed Shooting, and Ice Pillar Break. Unofficially, he also helped Honoka with her Battle Board.

In Mirage Bat, he was responsible for two girls including Honoka. School #1 took the top 2 spots. This is in large part because Tatsuya adjusted the CADs so that each movement across the tiles used minimal magic and therefore stress. This is a HUGE advantage in a competition of endurance.

In Ice Pillar Break, Tatsuya was responsible for Miyuki, Shizuku, and Honoka. The three of them took the top 3 spots with a finals between Miyuki and Shizuku. Miyuki revealed A class magic such as Inferno and Nirfeim while Shizuku and Honoka also used some of the very latest techniques (taught by Tatsuya himself). As a matter of fact, Miyuki didn't even have one pillar melt or damaged at all until she faced off against Shizuku.

In Speed Shooting, Tatsuya was primarily responsible for Shizuku who ended up using some moves that are going into the Index/Archives. Shizuku absolutely dominated the competition with the CAD that Tatsuya adjusted. Shizuku was so impressed that she wanted Tatsuya to be her "exclusive" CAD technician. Shizuku's family is also insanely rich and the contract offered was on par if not greater than his salary when he was researching as Silver Taurus- the forefront scientist of CAD development. 2 other girls from School #1 took runner up and third place. It was implied that Tatsuya also had a hand in their CADs.

In Battle Board, Tatsuya technically wasn't responsible, but he decided to give a hand to Honoka. Since Honoka specializes in light magic, Tatsuya purposely used the rule that you can't directly interfere with other contestants. Tatsuya told Honoka to use her light magic against the water (and not directly against the other contestants) and therefore blind all the contestants. If a contestant can't see, they can't possibly navigate the track. In the later rounds, the contestants started to to wear sun glasses to negate light magic, but even so, the track is now darkened and therefore less clear. Tatsuya taught Honoka to memorize the track and she handled it without a problem.

In sum, the girls won every event Tatsuya handled including a clean sweep of the top 3 for Speed Shooting and Ice Pillar Break. Not only that, Tatsuya's strategy and CADs were far deeper and even superior to a lot of the ones seen in the "Regular" competition. Some people even wondered out loud which group was really the 1st year and which was the Regular. The one event he didn't handle- Crowd Ball- didn't do nearly as well. As for the First Year Boys? Well, they frankly stunk. As the president said, their performance is the exact opposite of the first year girls. For the boys, School #3 dominated with the Crimson Prince taking Ice Pillar Break and his sidekick/Mr "Cardinal" Boy Genius taking Speed Shooting. After all the events but Monolith Code was finished (right after the Finals of Mirage Bat with all the 1st year girls celebrating), Tatsuya was called in front of the Student Council.

As it turned out, School #1's contestant (Mirasaki) and his group was seriously injured during the Monolith Code competition against School #4 and therefore out of commission. If they were to give up and School #3 finishes second or higher in the Monolith Code competition, School #1 would finish #2 in the overall rankings for the First Years. That said, if they were to give up, School #3 would definitely win (and they were already the favorites) with the Crimson Prince and Cardinal Boy at their side. They were granted an exception and therefore allowed to bring in a replacement. Guess who the student council wants? Duh Duh, Tatsuya. After all, they witnessed his strength on multiple occasions in the 1st Arc. Except Tatsuya isn't exactly pleased. He's already the first 1st year Weed Engineer. Now, he's personally entering the tournament? This is NOT exactly what he had in mind when he wanted to maintain a low profile. Tatsuya tries to argue that allowing him into the tournament over the other 1st year Blooms would destroy all order, precedence, and potentially even the morale of the Blooms. Think about it, there are tons of supposedly elite 1st year Blooms yet you're letting a Weed ENGINEER take the spot in the biggest event of the tournament? Talk about an insult. Naturally, all the council members knew this and didn't know how to respond. This is when Jumonji comes straight in and overrules Tatsuya and forces him into the spot. Screw the Bloom students, screw the fact that you're an engineer, we picked you and you're going to be the replacement. We'll take all responsibility. End of story. Naturally, Tatsuya was speechless and realized it was pointless to argue further and accepted the spot. Think that's the end of things? NOPE. Tatsuya asked who his two partners will be. Jumonji says anyone. Tatsuya looked up and smirked, "a-n-y-o-n-e"? Including people from outside the "tournament team"? In case you don't realize it, Tatsuya is really stretching things here. All the student council members are a bit shaken, but Jumonji just says with a stone face, "yes, anyone you like". Tatsuya then chose two MORE Weeds- Leo and Mikihiko (the Ancient Magic Specialist). Everyone is like WTF. Mari asks why. Tatsuya says that's because he never saw the other contestants compete before. He doesn't understand their strengths, he can't cooperate with them, and he won't be able to adjust their CADs with the limited time they have (the event is TOMORROW and it's freakin 9 o'clock at night). Mari nods and then wonders what's the real reason, Tatsuya immediately states, "strength", which bewilders the others.

WOAH, what are these wall of texts Could you be the next translator for this serie? after lare retired?

Jokes aside, do you read the raws or chinese translation whsie? and until what volumes are chinese version is out?

[whsie]

Originally Posted by AlaAlba

WOAH, what are these wall of texts Could you be the next translator for this serie? after lare retired?

Jokes aside, do you read the raws or chinese translation whsie? and until what volumes are chinese version is out?

Lol, I thought about being the translator for Campione and High School DxD (when the thread was still in 10s) last November but then life just took over after that.

I can read the raws, but it's absolutely excruciating on me. I read at a snail's pace. That said, there are parts where I just have to read on and I force myself into maze. I have a far greater grasp on Chinese and if there are translations, I read it first. And last but not least, if there's English, I'm running to that version. Unfortunately, while my language proficiency is in the order of English>Chinese>>Japanese, the amount of material released is in the order of Japanese>>>>Chinese>>English.

The Chinese translations, which are my best bet, translated volume 1, volume 2, 2/3rd of volume 3, 2/5th of volume 4, 1/3rd of the Past Arc, and some side stories. For the others, I have to read the japanese version.

[for3ver]

thankyou for that whsie ^^

[whsie]

Originally Posted by maou87

What happens next after tatsuya chose his teammates 4 the event?...

Spoiler for Event after selection:

At 9 o'clock the night before the before the Monolith Code Competition, he gathers Mikihiko and Leo to discuss their plan. Whereas most other people had time to organize their CADs and strategy, Tatsuya and his crew didn't even have their combat uniforms prepared.

First thing's first, Tatsuya explains the rules of the competition. There are two ways to win- knock all your opponent's unconscious or read their code. After the explanation, Tatsuya decided that the battle formation would be Leo-defense, Tatsuya-offense, and Mikihiko-support/covert.

Since this tournament doesn't allow physical contact and only magic, this is highly disadvantageous towards Leo who specializes in physical close quarter combat. In order to bend the rules, Tatsuya gives him a disconnected "magic sword". The sword operates like any normal sword except the the middle of the sword is disconnected with magic holding it together. Since the attacking point of the weapon is no longer "connected" and thereby floated through magic, it's a usable weapon. Leo's job were to A) prevent opponents from entering 10 meters of the monolith B) protect the monolith from cracking and C) if the monolith cracks, protect the code at all cost.

Next is Mikihiko. The normally drowsy dude is now fully pumped. First, Mikihiko wonders how he's going to have a role in this competition since his ancient magic that relies on incantations is considerably slower and thereby "ineffective" against modern magic. Tatsuya says that he will rewrite his CAD, eliminate all redundant and extraneous magics, and improve his efficiency. Not only that, Tatsuya says that Mikihiko's role in this formation is to act as a covert unit who specializes in stealth and support. He explains that ancient magic may be slower, but when completed, the magic is more subtle (i.e. good for stealth) and more powerful than modern magic. In sum, Mikihiko is best served in a stealth role where he's not competing against other modern magicians in speed (which he would definitely lose). Tatsuya also says that he'll be using Mikihiko's special eyes (which I'm not going to bother to understand).

After the pep talk, he went to work. He spent one hour on Leo's sword to customize it so that everything fits Leo's body, stats, etc. After that, Leo went and practiced with Erika in order to get a feel of the CAD. While I'm at this, I should note that Leo's customization was done in a mere 1 hour while most experts need at least 3 hours.

Next, Tatsuya went to operate on Mikihiko's CAD. Asuza, who is part of the Student Council and the 2nd best CAD technician in School One, was utterly stunned by what she saw. Tatsuya completely scrapped everything in Mikihiko's old CAD and completely rewrote the whole thing. In short, Tatsuya was not adjusting, but rather creating a whole new CAD on the spot. To make it even more amazing, Tatsuya was translating between ancient magic scripts and modern magic on the spot (it's like translating Japanese between German non-stop). He was done in one hour. After witnessing this, Asuza was convinced that Tatsuya was Silver Taurus (she's correct)- the CAD scientist who pushed modern magic science ahead by TEN YEARS.

After the preparations? It's time to RUUUUMMMMBBBBLLLEEEE.

LONG Side Note: The reason why specialized CADs are generally superior to general CADs is because CADs need to customized to fit a person's physiology, magic quantity, mental health, and physical abilities. This is why they say when someone allows another person to work with your CAD, you're allowing the technician "to see your inner self". It's also part of the reason why the 1st year girls were hesitant at first with Tatsuya handing their CADs, but they didn't object after Shizuku, Miyuki, and Honoka gave Tatsuya the green light. Later on, they were even proactive in wanting Tatsuya analyze them.

Part of the reason why Tatsuya's girls were so dominant was that he combined their CADs with their battle strategy. In other words, there is a direct relation between the customization of a certain CAD and the strategy in that event. Normal technicians just merely focused on getting a good CAD.

For example, Tatsuya customized Honoka's CAD in the Battle Board to maximize her inherent talent in light magic. In a racing event that focuses "acceleration" magic, Honoka's magic is considered a misfit. Yet Tatsuya told her to use magic on the water and therefore indirectly interfere with all the other contestants. In the Speed Shooting, which is an event that tests accuracy and speed, Tatsuya gave Shizuku a never-before seen state of the art CAD that combines the strengths of a general CAD (multiple magic/broad range) with customized CAD (accuracy system). This invention is being sent into the Index/Archives (under Shizuku's name due to Tatsuya's low profile goal).

EDIT: I decided to mention two more characters who will be important in the 9 School Tournament Arc

Spoiler for Crimson Prince and Cardinal George:

In a normal year, the Crimson Prince and Cardinal George would be the undisputed best for all of first year. It's actually considered extremely coincidental that these two elites ended up in School Three. The Crimson Prince is the next head of the "One" family. He earned the nickname Crimson Prince at the age of 13 for his frontline military experience. Back then, he joined his father- the head of the "One" family- on the frontlines and had major military accomplishments. Part of the reason I consider him at least on par if not greater than the Big 3 of School One (all third years) is because of A) his frontline experience and B) his special ability- Explosion, which is a A Class Killing Magic. This ability is so deadly that it vaporizes and explodes any H2O based entity (including humans which in case you don't realize is composed of water). Kazuma, who is Tatsuya's military superior, says that the Crimson Prince is a Combat level Magician. In effect, you can leave him alone in a strategic spot and he'll defend it against a platoon. If you stop here, his abilities are tailor made for military combat and is superior to just about anyone other than Tatsuya who has A) more frontline experience and B) an even broader degeneration ability that decomposes all organic and non-organic materials including metal and C) is able to destroy a whole army. Even so, I should note that Tatsuya is technically at a disadvantage Masaki in this specific competition because his two upper level magics (the killing version of Degeneration and the large scale Material Burst) are military secrets and off limits. Likewise, Masaki's Explosion is off limits directly against other contestants. That said, there is nothing preventing him from summoning a tube and exploding the water inside, which will generate a shock wave strong enough to knock out 3 contestants, which is exactly what he did.

Cardinal George in a normal year, would be considered an extremely rare genius. He actually found a special code in magic manipulation at the age of 12. This allows him to extremely meticulous and subtle in magic manipulation (he won the Speed Shooting event that tests accuracy+speed). That said, even Cardinal George bowed down to Tatsuya's intellectual superiority when he saw Tatsuya's handy work. After the Speed Shooting contest for the girls, he noted that the girls at School One weren't necessary more talented. Rather, the difference lies in the specs of the CAD. According to him, there was a 2 to 3 generation gap in the spec levels. Of course, Cardinal George was correct as every event Tatsuya had a hand in, School One won.

Finally, Masaki is absolutely infatuated with Miyuki.

[Okashira]

There it was a slight update on baka tsuki, based on this thread reactions and stuff + the love for spoiler and some translation work; it looks like this title is really picking up with the eng community.

whsie's spoilers are great as well.

[Valky]

Well, it's no wonder this LN steadily gaining it's popularity. The story plot and the main character's ability, personality and circumstances are pretty much what drawn me into this series.

Too bad it's not a harem story, but Miyuki existence is enough to make me happy.

How is the LN sales in Japan btw?

[maou87]

Originally Posted by whsie

Spoiler for Event after selection:

At 9 o'clock the night before the before the Monolith Code Competition, he gathers Mikihiko and Leo to discuss their plan. Whereas most other people had time to organize their CADs and strategy, Tatsuya and his crew didn't even have their combat uniforms prepared.

First thing's first, Tatsuya explains the rules of the competition. There are two ways to win- knock all your opponent's unconscious or read their code. After the explanation, Tatsuya decided that the battle formation would be Leo-defense, Tatsuya-offense, and Mikihiko-support/covert.

Since this tournament doesn't allow physical contact and only magic, this is highly disadvantageous towards Leo who specializes in physical close quarter combat. In order to bend the rules, Tatsuya gives him a disconnected "magic sword". The sword operates like any normal sword except the the middle of the sword is disconnected with magic holding it together. Since the attacking point of the weapon is no longer "connected" and thereby floated through magic, it's a usable weapon. Leo's job were to A) prevent opponents from entering 10 meters of the monolith B) protect the monolith from cracking and C) if the monolith cracks, protect the code at all cost.

Next is Mikihiko. The normally drowsy dude is now fully pumped. First, Mikihiko wonders how he's going to have a role in this competition since his ancient magic that relies on incantations is considerably slower and thereby "ineffective" against modern magic. Tatsuya says that he will rewrite his CAD, eliminate all redundant and extraneous magics, and improve his efficiency. Not only that, Tatsuya says that Mikihiko's role in this formation is to act as a covert unit who specializes in stealth and support. He explains that ancient magic may be slower, but when completed, the magic is more subtle (i.e. good for stealth) and more powerful than modern magic. In sum, Mikihiko is best served in a stealth role where he's not competing against other modern magicians in speed (which he would definitely lose). Tatsuya also says that he'll be using Mikihiko's special eyes (which I'm not going to bother to understand).

After the pep talk, he went to work. He spent one hour on Leo's sword to customize it so that everything fits Leo's body, stats, etc. After that, Leo went and practiced with Erika in order to get a feel of the CAD. While I'm at this, I should note that Leo's customization was done in a mere 1 hour while most experts need at least 3 hours.

Next, Tatsuya went to operate on Mikihiko's CAD. Asuza, who is part of the Student Council and the 2nd best CAD technician in School One, was utterly stunned by what she saw. Tatsuya completely scrapped everything in Mikihiko's old CAD and completely rewrote the whole thing. In short, Tatsuya was not adjusting, but rather creating a whole new CAD on the spot. To make it even more amazing, Tatsuya was translating between ancient magic scripts and modern magic on the spot (it's like translating Japanese between German non-stop). He was done in one hour. After witnessing this, Asuza was convinced that Tatsuya was Silver Taurus (she's correct)- the CAD scientist who pushed modern magic science ahead by TEN YEARS.

After the preparations? It's time to RUUUUMMMMBBBBLLLEEEE.

LONG Side Note: The reason why specialized CADs are generally superior to general CADs is because CADs need to customized to fit a person's physiology, magic quantity, mental health, and physical abilities. This is why they say when someone allows another person to work with your CAD, you're allowing the technician "to see your inner self". It's also part of the reason why the 1st year girls were hesitant at first with Tatsuya handing their CADs, but they didn't object after Shizuku, Miyuki, and Honoka gave Tatsuya the green light. Later on, they were even proactive in wanting Tatsuya analyze them.

Part of the reason why Tatsuya's girls were so dominant was that he combined their CADs with their battle strategy. In other words, there is a direct relation between the customization of a certain CAD and the strategy in that event. Normal technicians just merely focused on getting a good CAD.

For example, Tatsuya customized Honoka's CAD in the Battle Board to maximize her inherent talent in light magic. In a racing event that focuses "acceleration" magic, Honoka's magic is considered a misfit. Yet Tatsuya told her to use magic on the water and therefore indirectly interfere with all the other contestants. In the Speed Shooting, which is an event that tests accuracy and speed, Tatsuya gave Shizuku a never-before seen state of the art CAD that combines the strengths of a general CAD (multiple magic/broad range) with customized CAD (accuracy system). This invention is being sent into the Index/Archives (under Shizuku's name due to Tatsuya's low profile goal).

EDIT: I decided to mention two more characters who will be important in the 9 School Tournament Arc

Spoiler for Crimson Prince and Cardinal George:

In a normal year, the Crimson Prince and Cardinal George would be the undisputed best for all of first year. It's actually considered extremely coincidental that these two elites ended up in School Three. The Crimson Prince is the next head of the "One" family. He earned the nickname Crimson Prince at the age of 13 for his frontline military experience. Back then, he joined his father- the head of the "One" family- on the frontlines and had major military accomplishments. Part of the reason I consider him at least on par if not greater than the Big 3 of School One (all third years) is because of A) his frontline experience and B) his special ability- Explosion, which is a A Class Killing Magic. This ability is so deadly that it vaporizes and explodes any H2O based entity (including humans which in case you don't realize is composed of water). Kazuma, who is Tatsuya's military superior, says that the Crimson Prince is a Combat level Magician. In effect, you can leave him alone in a strategic spot and he'll defend it against a platoon. If you stop here, his abilities are tailor made for military combat and is superior to just about anyone other than Tatsuya who has A) more frontline experience and B) an even broader degeneration ability that decomposes all organic and non-organic materials including metal and C) is able to destroy a whole army. Even so, I should note that Tatsuya is technically at a disadvantage Masaki in this specific competition because his two upper level magics (the killing version of Degeneration and the large scale Material Burst) are military secrets and off limits. Likewise, Masaki's Explosion is off limits directly against other contestants. That said, there is nothing preventing him from summoning a tube and exploding the water inside, which will generate a shock wave strong enough to knock out 3 contestants, which is exactly what he did.

Cardinal George in a normal year, would be considered an extremely rare genius. He actually found a special code in magic manipulation at the age of 12. This allows him to extremely meticulous and subtle in magic manipulation (he won the Speed Shooting event that tests accuracy+speed). That said, even Cardinal George bowed down to Tatsuya's intellectual superiority when he saw Tatsuya's handy work. After the Speed Shooting contest for the girls, he noted that the girls at School One weren't necessary more talented. Rather, the difference lies in the specs of the CAD. According to him, there was a 2 to 3 generation gap in the spec levels. Of course, Cardinal George was correct as every event Tatsuya had a hand in, School One won.

Finally, Masaki is absolutely infatuated with Miyuki.

Thank a lot 4 d spoilers, that is just great... what happened in the fight vsbetween CP & CG . Tatsuya's Group... and aftermath of their battle, sorry 4 d trouble i got cliff hanged...