Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto Episode 8 Discussion

like from when they were in the shed and when they left, 5-6h passed and all that time prince was there and the bomb didn't go off! couldn't they make Casey's or for the sake of the argument, everybody's murder attempts a bit less idiotic! why would the prince spend like 12h in shed counting wood pallets? just cast the damn spell( fire spiral or whatever) in student council room or his own room or so!

@Zudoba I mean that's simply the nature of OP protagonist shows. There isn't supposed to tension in stuff regarding power, that's why this entire show focuses on the drama and SoL elements.

I disagree that the characters aren't deep/shallow. The show does a lot of stuff for laughs and giggles, but underneath that a lot of the characters seem fairly darker backgrounds.

Monica seems like a typical socially-inept mathematical prodigy, but a lot of her issues stem watching her father burned at the stake and beaten for trying to remember his life's work. Felix is your standard perfectionist student council president, but he sees himself in Monica since as a kid he was beaten(?) for being a failure. Cyril tries his best to become the ideal heir for his family, but as soon as he's adopted by the Ashleigh family, the mother he did it all far immediately renounced him for becoming an aristocrat like his father. The author uses a bunch of tropes, but unlike a lot of fantasy/isekai shows, she actually gives them some depth beyond what you typically see in anime.

@EarlThe2nd Wind came out! And I guess they wanted to prevent any and all damage. though yes, it would have been great if someone went to warn everyone in the meantime. Not tryna defend it, some things were weirdly written in this episode for sure.

@Mizuwa Well, I appreciate you giving a genuine comment.

I guess for me at least, no character has displayed qualities or backstory that has made me go "whoa, that's really something," but of course I can be shown wrong before the show is over. The SOL stuff, I think, is good for what it is, but any drama outside of Monica's struggles to speak coherently or act "normally," I can't really take seriously. Like her being pushed down the stairs or what have you, as she can easily and secretly prevent herself from being harmed, along of course with all her friends, as long as she's around when it happens.

The only part of the show I care about at the moment, from a deeper story point of view, is who The Boy is we see in several flashbacks so far. I've been building hope that Nero is him, but if the boy actually just became bitter and hated magic and gave up, that would be the worst-case scenario, as it's super obvious and boring to have it occur that way.

@Mizuwa Well, I appreciate you giving a genuine comment.

I guess for me at least, no character has displayed qualities or backstory that has made me go "whoa, that's really something," but of course I can be shown wrong before the show is over. The SOL stuff, I think, is good for what it is, but any drama outside of Monica's struggles to speak coherently or act "normally," I can't really take seriously. Like her being pushed down the stairs or what have you, as she can easily and secretly prevent herself from being harmed, along of course with all her friends, as long as she's around when it happens.

The only part of the show I care about at the moment, from a deeper story point of view, is who The Boy is we see in several flashbacks so far. I've been building hope that Nero is him, but if the boy actually just became bitter and hated magic and gave up, that would be the worst-case scenario, as it's super obvious and boring to have it occur that way.

The plot twist with Casey betraying Monica and even intending to kill the prince is quite good.
But why did he have to confess it in front of Monica? Especially when he wasn’t even in a threatening situation.

And then, how strong is the dragon tree created from the Thorn Sage’s magic? To the point that Monica had to summon the Wind King’s Gate.
Isn’t that a bit too much?

And why did Louis have to show up at the end of the episode?
From the start, I never liked this character because he kept taking advantage of Monica.

@Denkenisme

It’s strong because it won’t stop sprouting & moving unless she summoned the Wind King Spirit to chop it off. She couldn’t get to the formulas & the dummy formulas (a type of magical formula that’s meant to be a resistance against rewriting).

I think it’s very important to recall that Casey was literally shivering when the lumber almost fell on her. She clearly seems inexperienced in assassinations for the most part, & what drove her was grief & helplessness. Monica finding her out as a friend as well clearly just took out all her pretenses down. Casey’s expressions at the end clearly shows how she didn’t want to end up like that sort of friend either, but there’s a bigger picture at play & she was desperate. Some things going to be explained the next episode more like.

Louis also showed up because his barrier was attacked & rewritten by Monica lol He has a sort of signal when it is being rewritten/attacked because he’s to be alerted when Prince Felix is in danger. Literally why he prided himself on it last episode 7.

@shxtter I feel like it took Casey a bit to figer out what she was talking about. She not as knowable of the silent witch as Claudia. What I not sure about is why Casey messed with her tea.

KyoAni really needs to sue for copyright infringement.

@-You_Too-

The anime didn’t execute it well, but Monica and Casey should have been still outside & not inside a building (the LN/manga I believe shows this). It also didn’t go off only after 5-6 hrs. Like where did it even say that? They were basically running immediately to the garden. Monica had to know where Louis’s barrier is to rewrite it.

Also, Prince Felix wasn’t checking wood pallets lol Cyril literally told Monica that Felix is overseeing FIREWORKS. If the Spiralflame burst, it would have been a bigger explosion, that’s why Monica had to do a compression code so the combustion would be isolated and make this internal attack be suppressed by Louis’s barrier.

Everyone saying “Monica is OP” so there’s no tension & this is the anime’s fault in not showing it properly but if you completely analyzed this Episode 8, you’ll realize that Monica ACTUALLY USED LOUIS’S BARRIER. Because BARRIERS ARE NOT MONICA’S EXPERTISE. She had to use Louis’s barrier knowing that he is a great barrier mage.

She didn’t know where the barrier he set up was & that’s why she had to attack the school to know where it is & change the barrier’s code to internal attack because the barrier was only meant for external attacks.

Also, Monica is not OP because her mana capacity isn’t endless. This episode, Nero even pointedly commented how she lost her mana after all the things she had to do. This isn’t the 1st time she lost mana. She lost it in episode 4 too.

Overall, this episode could be better if the series has more eps to work on, but it’s not the worst I’ve seen from LN/manga adaptations. It did well in some aspects.

I don't get it. She doesn't try to actually diffuse or dispose of the bomb. Instead she runs around elsewhere, has to use some of her strongest magic to deal with a VINE - yes, a vine - and then rewrites somebody else's magic to take care of the bomb instead of just doing it herself with her own magics?

It was impossible for her to build her own barrier around it, to launch it into space, and it into a pocket dimension, or whatever? Just makes no sense. Bad writing

Casey being a secret mean girl... his feel bad that mc loses one of her only friends even though she already knew she was doing mean things to her. And she hates mc why, solely because she's on the student council where the prince is, because she thwarted the fake trading company assassination plot that Casey then saved mc from the horse(?), and so on? It doesn't make sense

First 5-6 episodes were really solid. This was way better than I expected and perhaps my favorite show of the season. But this episode immediately following an episode where arguably the world's greatest mage unknowingly gets poisoned by some high school girl is NOT doing this series any favors

@HagePotPotato I saw in a YT comment that they skipped a lot of the content the explains why Monica did what she did. She contemplated about whether to go there or not and decided not to because (a) The bomb works by absorbing mana. If you mess up any spell near it, it'll explode instantly and (b) She doesn't have the confidence with all her social anxiety and stuff to convince people to leave the warehouse. I think she also detects that any normal barrier isn't strong enough to hold it back. So instead, she has Nero carry her at high-speeds to the garden where the spell is engraved.

I see they're preparing for the school festival. If anything, this show really revolves around a lot about school activities and its culture.

Monica's new friend Casey is tougher than she appears. I kinda respect it that she stands her ground. Monica's magic talent is still impressive, no matter how many times she shows it.

I don't get it. She doesn't try to actually diffuse or dispose of the bomb. Instead she runs around elsewhere, has to use some of her strongest magic to deal with a VINE - yes, a vine - and then rewrites somebody else's magic to take care of the bomb instead of just doing it herself with her own magics?

It was impossible for her to build her own barrier around it, to launch it into space, and it into a pocket dimension, or whatever? Just makes no sense. Bad writing

Casey being a secret mean girl... his feel bad that mc loses one of her only friends even though she already knew she was doing mean things to her. And she hates mc why, solely because she's on the student council where the prince is, because she thwarted the fake trading company assassination plot that Casey then saved mc from the horse(?), and so on? It doesn't make sense

First 5-6 episodes were really solid. This was way better than I expected and perhaps my favorite show of the season. But this episode immediately following an episode where arguably the world's greatest mage unknowingly gets poisoned by some high school girl is NOT doing this series any favors

Damn. The worst episode ever. Not onlt the pacing too fast, but i dont understand wtf with the plot. Gate open and no one come out? Rather than try to change the formula, you can go to Prince ez with flight. I dont even care with carey. Cause from previous episode, her action made no sense. I dont even feel emphaty cause the pacing and the plot lol. I prefer some accident rather than quietly solved problem. This episode really trash. Idk about novel,prob better.