Ok, I was mistaken. I thought this was only 12 episodes… no, it’s 13! So there’s one more!

As for this episode, I think they did a good job showing the background of the other characters and did just enough to get you to be interested in them and feel for them. Also, I think they handled the informing Rena aspect better than the game, but the one big change they made… Well, watch the episode or be spoiled by reading our commentary.

krymsun00: Somebody needs to die
jakeman95: Maybe Kuroe?
krymsun00: But who kills her
jakeman95: Mami?
krymsun00: Naw. Kaede
jakeman95: Hmm. That feels even more like a stretch…
jakeman95: I mean, Mami does go full wacko in ch6
krymsun00: It’s the the quiet ones you have to watch out for
jakeman95: Fair
jakeman95: Well, she is the biggest difference in this so far in a way…
jakeman95: That end there felt like she joined the dark side
krymsun00: She definitely did
krymsun00: I wonder if we’ll ever get a season two
jakeman95: I don’t think there’s a date yet
krymsun00: We need Madoka and company, Nagitan, etc
jakeman95: Lol, yes, Nagitan
jakeman95: I’m sure there will be one, just dono when

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This episode is all sorts of wrong… the chess board has pieces in places they can’t be, Mami doesn’t show up in this part of the story, where were Madoka and Moemura… I’m not happy with these changes, Shaft… I also don’t like Mami, so every moment she’s on screen is painful.

krymsun00: I think Mami showing up (even when she’s not supposed to) more than Madoka and Akemi is proof that even the anime staff think she’s a better girl
jakeman95: Lol. Or maybe she’s more easily used as fodder <__< krymsun00: Better fodder than never

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So, they changed a number of things again in this, and also added this whole Kaede being a recluse thing… Why the changes, Shaft?

Also, I don’t think TheThing will ever trust me when I say there won’t be much TS in a show again…

krymsun00: I have to say, the way they’ve gone completely off the rails with the story development is kind of annoying.
krymsun00: Like Iroha chasing Tsukuyo in there alone.
jakeman95: Or that Mami showed up in there…
krymsun00: I still want to know wtf is going on with Kaede too
jakeman95: Yeah, that’s out of left field… unless somehow they’re going to bring in stuff from ch6 & 7…
krymsun00: They’ve been dragging this Kaede stuff out like 3 or four episodes now
krymsun00: Hell, they keep throwing the random Ui, Nemu, Touka stuff in there too
krymsun00: Still waiting for the glorious return of Kuroe too
jakeman95: Yeah
jakeman95: Or did they just sideline her at this point… I hope not.
jakeman95: Don’t need her being the sacrificial lamb, either… but I suppose if need be…
jakeman95: Maybe she got to Kaede and they’re both going weird…

jakeman95: Random question. The lines at 4:40ish, When she says Rena never responded… does that seem odd to you at all?
krymsun00: The fact that Rena doesn’t seem aware that she didn’t respond to Iroha? Yeah, it’s a little weird
jakeman95: Yeah
krymsun00: It’s 5:40 btw
jakeman95: That’s what I was wondering about
jakeman95: I’m kinda wondering if none of her texts are going out or something
krymsun00: But she can call Yachiyo?
jakeman95: Yeah… but that’s calling… ?
krymsun00: Technically, but why would Iroha’s phone being broken be a plot point… That would be werid
jakeman95: I dono… something about the AI and how it contacts her…?
jakeman95: I mean, how did the AI find out about her in the first place?
krymsun00: Hmm, maybe it’s not that her stuff isn’t going out, but that nothing is coming in
krymsun00: Cuz Yachiyo says she tried to contact her after getting the message but couldn’t
jakeman95: Hmm. Could be.
krymsun00: It would also explain why Rena was confused. If she did actually respond
krymsun00: Still why though
krymsun00: Obviously something to do with Ai, but a bit weird
jakeman95: It’s also weird that Iroha would even say you didn’t respond… wouldn’t someone normally say I messaged you or something?
jakeman95: Or is that just a normal Japanese-ism?
krymsun00: I’m not sure the way she said it is important. But she did say it was the same with Kaede and she explicitly told Kaede she was transferring. So maybe she did try to tell Rena and it didn’t get through, making it a general failure to communicate in any direction properly
jakeman95: AI’s tapping her phone
krymsun00: And cutting her off from her friends

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So this episode they deviated a bit from the game in how the events happen and how this particular rumous works. In the game it counted down 24 hours, where as this it’s counting down with every lucky thing that happens? Also in the game, Kyouko is also under the effects of the rumour…

jakeman95: I’m going to apologize right now for this Gossip section
jakeman95: I’ll try improving it in my second pass
jakeman95: but fucking god
jakeman95: oh ffs this ending part
jakeman95: I hate when they do this stuff
jakeman95: take a sentence and split (butcher) it between like 4 – 10 characters
krymsun00: Okay, I feel your pain Jake. Those stupid Gossip familiar things not only talk like they’ve been huffing helium, they also use weird words I wasn’t even familiar with. Makes it a real pain to decipher
krymsun00: I’m not sure this should be strung together as a proper sentence. It’s not in the original. Especially the last part But I guess this reads better
jakeman95: un-strung them together

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krymsun00: Are we going with familiar? I asked before but I don’t think it’s been used until now
jakeman95: I think that’s what 使い魔 most often gets TLd to. Zero no Tsukaima > Familiar of Zero
jakeman95: Its been a while since I’ve watched the original series with official subs, but i think that’s what they used as well.
krymsun00: I’m not suggesting it’s wrong. We just have the opportunity to decide what we want to use. If that’s what you want to use, it’s fine.
jakeman95: Is there some alternate that you’d like to suggest?
krymsun00: Clearly we should go with Ojii’s minions idea and have TT overlay the yellow fuckers over all of them
jakeman95: Hahaha
jakeman95: Just imagine that fight at the beginning
jakeman95: Huh, Yugioh uses minion
krymsun00: What? There are 使い魔 in YGO?
jakeman95: Winged Minion
krymsun00: Oh, it’s just some random monster card
jakeman95: Also found a short forum on the debate of using familiar or minion in Madoka.
jakeman95: One point kind of discussed was normally magical girls have familiars, which would kinda be Kyubey in Madoka, so what are what the Witches have… still call them familiars or use minions
jakeman95: The typical thing for witches to have are familiars in a lot of folklore, so I’d say we should probably stick with that.

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