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REVIEW: The Irregular at Magic High School Sub.Blu-Ray 1

EighteenSky wrote:

Quote: and the filmy overdress the girls wear over their uniforms is a beautiful touch, even if the three (four?) different designs are never explained. Read most of the volumes and don't recall it ever being mentioned what it's purpose is for but I like it, a lot. Actually the whole uniform is stylish, one of the best I've seen in a series.

If this is referring to the different colours on the dresses, isn't this standard in Japanese school uniforms? I may be wrong as I don't remember what year group each character is in.

I'm honestly stunned that I even have to point it out. It seems pretty blatant to me.

First off, let me preface this by saying that there's quite a bit of of racism towards Chinese people going on in Japan. I can't say for sure how widespread it is given that I haven't lived in Japan my entire life, but it's pretty well documented that there's some tension between the two countries. To be honest though, I don't see this attitude represented in anime all that often. Anime has no shortage of well written characters with Chinese heritage.

That's where Mahouka comes in.

"I found Tatsuya to be the complete subversion of a Gary Stu as a character. Being the perfect killer machine, the perfect student, loved and admired by everybody in his school... while at the same time is have no strong feelings (because he was operated) whatsoever

(besides those about her sister, and he is ridiculously unstable with them, doing nearly psychopath actions for some things that "could have" happened to her)

everyone wants to control him (they already do, in a sense) and if not, everyone (even those who want to use him, but at a certain point can't) wants him dead.

Wow, I now feel dumb about complaining about this show's use of "my martial arts beats your magic". This somehow being a surprise to all those elite mages in the series who have sanctioned duels and only our main character has the sense to hit them... with his fist.. in a magic duel.... and this is a new idea, even if those monks were training on the school grounds. "When casting spells, he can always beat me. Maybe if I punch him in the face, I might just win." Clearly, these people have never played CRPGs.

This series was so stupid, it hurt me. And I'm not even getting my own sore points of how the terms "weeds" and "blooms" were used or the fact that his unique gun artifact was able to literally fire magic like a bullet while others had ones that were shaped like melee weapons and had to wielded as such to be used and this is all fair and equal somehow. Whatever happened to just everyone casting fireball and the better magic user won? With or without wands, I don't care.

And that "flash step", that was the point where I dropped the series. That's magic as martial arts and it never came up in a duel before? I never even made it to the point where I could complain about the plot, its basic logic about its magic system alone killed me.

My memory isn't the best, but could you please explain these "psychopathic actions" for the things that could've happened to Miyuki? I don't remember his actions being any more than a bit overprotective at times.

He was ready to kill that one guy for trying to sabotage Miyuki's CAD before Kudou stopped him. He then proceeds to mercilessly kill those pulling the strings solely because they threatened his sister.

B. Three years prior to the anime(but only explained in the LN) the GAA (Great Asian Allience) attacked Japan at Okinawa killing many people and when thay left thay never set a end to hostilities, thus for three year Japan and the GAA have been at war but not fighting.

The anime actually does mention Okinawa and the invasion by the GAA three years prior. The very first scene after they explain the world war and how magic was involved is of Tatsuya blowing up a convoy of ships at Okinawa. Ichijo was said to have gone to fight against another part of the GAA's invasion when they explain why he is known as the crimson prince. I'm pretty sure in the last arc they also reference the GAA's invasion three years prior.

this i know but thay never tell when, where or if its resolved to any degree except for the 30 second snip-it till the Yokohama Disturbance Arc but never explains more then that

and on the fact that thay show Tatsuya as a child along with Miyuki but never explain anything about it except it just leads to misinformation in the minds of the viewers