The Domination of the Seven Magic Swords

Well, I almost got my wish with this week’s episode of Reign of the Seven Spellblades. The focus here is mainly on the main group of friends, with only a little Oliver at the same time becoming the center of attention. Those trace amounts seem fine, as they remind us of Oliver’s quest for stealth revenge even if he had no reason to do it in recent episodes and said it would motivate his guidance to his teammates even as he kept them naively ignorant of it. The rest is about how the kids support each other as their activities develop. Yes, the fact that they’re grouped in the first place seems very rigidly mandated from a pure story mechanics perspective, but there’s been enough bonding moments so far that I think they’re considered real friends. Therefore, an episode like this has the effect of showing that they really interact like that.

Seven Spellblades knows how to cleverly use some of the details given earlier to facilitate that. We return to the topic of Pete’s inversion, not just to further world-build on the various magical biosystems at play here, but because doing so gives you His friends have more ways to interact with him. Is the ability to use one’s uterus to activate some kind of magical Kaio-Ken some kind of strange power? Sure, but it’s also interesting that Chela jumped on that explanation because she realized it could help her friend solve a problem he was struggling with. I’d consider a dozen more odd aspects like this than any of the crass jokes about Pete’s magical gender change, or the awkward contrivances about his friends suddenly being attracted to him. She’s sexually attracted, which I could see happening if Spellblades was just a slightly dumber series.

It’s not just Pete’s coming-out party, though, but the episode also recalls some of the out-of-place elements of Katie’s earlier plot, which refer to Miligan’s entire situation. That wasn’t enough for me, mind you, because I still don’t think the Spellblades ever decided to say anything about Miligan’s approach to paranormal activism. Instead, we’re here to discover that Katie has inherited one of Miligan’s old workshops off-screen, which doesn’t mean giving Katie anything specific to do but more. is to give our entire wonderful kids’ club here a secret base where they can congregate.

Achieving that idea all went well. Yes, it’s funny how the rest of the group still secretly looks to Oliver for final approval on whether they and Katie should continue using the workshop because the show’s story cannot escape his shadow. But that shadow, and the light that shines through it, is the problem here, as we witness a little internal assessment from Oliver about how he wants to support his friends in their high pursuits. theirs even as he seeks his bloody vengeance. It adds some inherent nuance to how he might eventually want to achieve the productivity revolution he’s been slowly making: He’ll need to see a good version of the academy built as well as his tearing down the bad version of it.

It’s the conceptual underpinnings that I can only hope to emerge more clearly as the Spellblades move into what could be the final phase of the season as the rest of this episode focuses primarily on the world. Quirky basic Harry Potter-style display-building. This latest dive into the maze for the kids, despite initial warnings from Oliver, proves to be a little less direct danger than before, with traps that really only lead to some heinous tricks. caused mild Scooby-Doo comical injury to our brave investigative team (namely Guy, who continues to be a member of this team and has absolutely nothing to do). On the other hand, we’ll see Oliver and his companions encounter an eccentric underground store owner or a group of monster barbecues who are mostly meant to remind me of the upcoming Delicious in Dungeon anime. .

The way we do it, everything is fine. follow people to an overnight stay at their new workshop. There is also an indication that Oliver will use it for his stealthy purposes. And on the other hand, the artifact of the tournament storyline that began last week (which Rossi himself, haphazardly, omitted in this episode) is likely to escalate a bit to catch up with the gang in next week’s episode. On the other hand, the main development here is just that our main group of characters strengthen their position by taking the name “The Sword Roses” as their official title. Oliver admits it really sends shivers down your spine in that incredibly adorable teenage way.

More than that, I enjoyed the spirit behind it that Nanao explained when she provided the name. There was something so resonant about her saying “Warriors cannot tell the future,” and made me think of what I like so much about Nanao’s portrayal as a real soldier. I don’t know if they can give her and/or the others too much to do as things play out in the final few episodes of Spellblades’ season. But if the plot points presented in this section are like short snippets, the tones touched upon in them are at least good enough.

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Reign of the Seven Spellblades is now streaming on Crunchyroll.

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