8.024 minSeason 3 • Episode 13
LatestThe night before the Thesis Competition. Tatsuya receives a report from Fumiya that they have located Gongjin Zhou's whereabouts. He was hiding at the JGDF's 2nd Supply Base in Uji. Tatsuya speculates that he would not have enough offensive power to fight alone at the JGDF's base, so he contacts Masaki. When Masaki hears that they would need to invade an army base to get to him, he hesitates for a moment but decides to accompany Tatsuya to fulfill his responsibilities as a member of the Ten Master Clans. The two invade the army base where soldiers controlled by Gongji Zhou await...
In a world where magic is not a fairy tale but has existed for one hundred years siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba prepare to begin their studies at the elite Private Magic University Affiliated High School (Magic High School for short). Entering on different levels of the academic spectrum the two turn the once peaceful campus into a chaotic one.
Visual Effects
CAD activation sequences are genuinely gorgeous mechanical magic
Acting
Saori Hayami's Miyuki delivery walks a razor's edge of devotion
Writing
Surprisingly coherent magic system engineering
Yuichi Nakamura
Tatsuya Shiba (voice)
Saori Hayami
Miyuki Shiba (voice)
Yoko Hikasa
Angelina Kudou Shields (voice)
Yumi Uchiyama
Erika Chiba (voice)
Takuma Terashima
Leonhard Saijou (voice)
Satomi Sato
Mizuki Shibata (voice)
Atsushi Tamaru
Mikihiko Yoshida (voice)
Sora Amamiya
Honoka Mitsui (voice)
Yuiko Tatsumi
Shizuku Kitayama (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Mayumi Saegusa (voice)
Marina Inoue
Mari Watanabe (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Katsuto Juumonji (voice)
Kiryuu Kouji
Colonel Sakai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tsutomu Satou's original web novel was so detailed with magic theory that the light novel editor made him cut 30% of the technical explanations.
The 'weeds vs. blooms' class system directly critiques Japan's exam hell culture and university hierarchy, though the show ultimately validates the meritocratic fantasy rather than dismantling it.
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