Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 Part 2

Following a series of attacks that have left teachers and students alike sapped of their magic, headmistress Liza Quillyn decides to seal off the College, rendering it impossible to enter or leave the premises. As a result, Philomela Sargant is unable to comply with her grandmother Lizbeth's order to withdraw from the school.

Trapped inside the College, Chise Hatori and her classmates begin to adjust to their novel and stressful circumstances. But as time goes on, Philomela's condition only gets worse—both mentally and physically. Meanwhile, details about the tragic past of Chise's roommate, Lucy Webster, continue to resurface. As Chise grapples with worries about her friends and with her evolving self, the identity of the mysterious magic-draining culprit plaguing the College may finally come to light.

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Hatori, Chise Main

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Ainsworth, Elias Main

Takeuchi, Ryouta Japanese

Ruth Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Silky Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

Cartaphilus Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Sargant, Philomela Supporting

Kawase, Maki Japanese

Webster, Lucy Supporting

Tsuda, Minami Japanese

Swayne, Alice Supporting

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Jade Ariel Supporting

Naitou, Ami Japanese

lvey, Zoe Supporting

Kobayashi, Daiki Japanese

Fujiyama, Naokado Producer

Hasegawa, Hiroya Producer

Naruse, Kouichi Producer

Shinfuku, Kyouhei Producer

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Dec 21, 2023

whiteflame55

Recommended

An improvement from the previous part, I think this is the moment where I can best see why it’s worth sticking with this series. I can’t say it’s really grabbed me before this (aside from the OVA “Those Awaiting a Star,” which I still think is the best this series has to offer), but when it delivers on its mysteries, shows some genuine character growth and gives Chise a chance to substantially contribute to someone else coming out of their shell, it really works. It’s nice to see the lessons Chise learned coming to the fore here.

The season looks great as always, and that OP ... is top tier. Very solid all around. The plot really gets and stays going this time rather than the fits and starts of the last half season, and it answers enough while leaving plenty of mysteries left to be solved that I’m both drawn in and satisfied.

Not to say it’s perfect. There are still a lot of enigmatic characters here, some of which get enough screen presence that we should really know more about them. It’s also brought down a bit by just upping the ante a lot in the last couple of episodes. When you have to bring in gods, you know things are getting spicy, but I don’t think this show does enough to justify it, particularly with the villain being a tad one dimensional. They gave her good backstory, but her motivations just seem so basic, especially given that very background. Just felt like it was going somewhere and petered out.

Still, a worthwhile and in places a powerful watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 21, 2023

bossunhimeswitch

Mixed Feelings

Once again the cast is stuck at school and the story moves extremely slowly in a lot of places. One of the nicer things about this season compared to the previous season was that there felt like there were more stakes to the story and it helped push things forward even when the narrative wanted to meander. That said, the ending paid out and it was worth the watch, though at times things were drawn so darkly that it was difficult to follow the action and understand what happened. But there were still things to like. I liked watching Chise grow and socialize. I liked ... watching Elias learn to let Chise do things even though he's still (at times understandably) over-protective of her. I will gladly watch another season though I'm hoping that we can get closer to the pacing of the first season which was more dream-like and didn't feel lost in the woods.

If you enjoyed the previous season, then you'll like this one too. If you also found the previous season sluggish then be prepared for a similar pace and tone but the ending is worth it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 22, 2023

chekkit

Not Recommended

Incredibly slow and sluggish from start to finish... we have finally come to an end with this school arc. And thank goodness for that!

This whole arc, from first to second cour, has been a difficult watch. In that I very much enjoyed the typicals that come with this series: The gorgeous art and animation, the music, Chise and Elias, the familiar magical elements... the OP is fun to see with every episode beginning! Beyond that however, our main characters are sitting around twiddling their thumbs playing second fiddle to Philomela. The true MC of what felt like the longest filler arc I've come to watch.

By ... the time this season ended, I couldn't recall a single moment that particularly caught my interest. It was all situated around helping Philomela as she painstakingly hid everything from the cast up until the final moment. Impossible to talk to, impossible to get close to... we spend almost the entire time watching her suffer alone and refuse all aid. To the point you know what to expect in that it self-destructs on her sooner or later. To the point you can sum up both parts of season 2 into a few words: "Chise goes to sorcerer school and makes friends+helps them with their problems". That's it. What few moments you get to even see of Chise and Elias doing SOMETHING together, I was cheering for that little bit of familiarity before taking a back seat to everyone's problems once more.

I guess the only thing that really came out of all this is Chise getting a little bolder and coming out of her own shell. She made friends. Elias made a friend. But nothing was exactly... learned or necessary in the grand scheme of things. Lots of foreshadowing on Chise's part from the tiny hints we've got here and there-- which looks promising in the final preview of a new arc we got at the end of the last episode. Something that looks actually story-driven!

This is my hope that we can return to form in the next season. Because otherwise? You could entirely skip season 2 and just know that there are now Friends in the mix I guess. Though if we're lucky they'll all just go back to school and Chise will be done with her studying so we don't have to suffer anymore.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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