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Episode Mizu Zokusei no Mahoutsukai Daiichibu • The Water Magician - Episode 8 discussion

Mizu Zokusei no Mahoutsukai Daiichibu, episode 8

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u/Magicbison Aug 28 '25

Its such a weird thing. This guy only Abel really knows just pops down from the ceiling, having dug a hole from the 39th floor or so, and then proceeds to cut the head off a legendary monster and then cast a spell 256 times simultaneously and no one bats an eye. Such a terrible aspect of this show. I have to wonder if the source material is better about that.

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u/stephenthatfoste https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rexagonal Aug 28 '25

It made sense to have him banter with Abel at least. But everyone else should be FREAKING OUT. Everything he's doing completely breaks what everyone thought they knew. And only like 3 of them have any warning for it. Even could have just had the dungeon expedition leader swear people to secrecy or something.

I'm also curious about the giant hole he drilled now. Seen too many shows with dungeons actually showing repair mechanisms of it for it to just be ignored.

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u/bama501996 Aug 28 '25

We didn't see much of an initial reaction. Which could be chocked up to shock. The fight was extremely short after all. The failing to me is we didn't see any reaction in the background as they were coming out of the dungeon. It makes since that none of the adventurers approached him to ask about it though. Dude, just dropped from the ceiling and soloed a demon prince, and complained about how weak he was the entire fight. If I was one of the random adventurers I would probably let Able handle that situation too. The court Mage has less of an excuse where that's concerned though.

I wondered about the giant hole too. It seems like the sort of detail that is going to get ignored. It feels like it could do all sorts of weird things to the ecology of the dungeon though. Not to mention 40 floor holes are a hell of a falling hazard.

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u/stephenthatfoste https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rexagonal Aug 28 '25

The battle with people we've never met to name-drop Ryo got thrown in there, so things kinda got mixed up with how much time was actually spent dealing with the whole situation. And even without the falling hazard, nobody has ever been past 38 and now level 40 has a direct route to the top. But the fact that it wasn't mentioned again once they got off the bottom floor, and the series doesn't have the word "dungeon" in it(I realized all the ones I was thinking of do) means they'll probably just ignore it and move on.

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u/bama501996 Aug 28 '25

The court Mage said he eliminated the monsters in seconds. It seems like it only took 1 spell for the fodder, 1 exchange of swords, and 1 supper spell for the leader, so It didnt look like it took very long. But I agree you never really know how long something takes in these sort of fights. 5 minutes to blow up a planet is 8 episodes and all that.

It could just be a difference in subs (I let my crunchyroll laps last month for reasons) but the guild master called it a dungeon a couple times in the carriage. I forgot they mentioned 38 was the furthest explored. If I was them I would worry about something using the holes as an express way to fly up. Either way I agree them not making a bigger deal about the hole would be a literal plot hole. Maybe they'll throw a line about repairing it somewhere down the track.

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u/stephenthatfoste https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rexagonal Aug 28 '25

Oh, I meant very specifically the title of the show. Dungeon Meshi, Dungeon people, Is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a Dungeon? Those are the ones that immediately come to mind that have the dungeon changing and responding to stuff. There's a few others that have it in their long title but I'm less certain the dungeon system is as advanced for those.

I'd be kinda surprised if they even go back to it at this point. He's got an escort mission deliberately outside it. The most I'd expect is his roommates hearing rumors about a giant hole and he acts suspicious and changed the subject. And the elf girl has barely got any time still, and she's the ED like she's a main character.

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u/frand__ Sep 02 '25

Maybe in this episode they'll deal with it while he is put doing whatever random shit the guild master could come up with on the spot. 

Like, while Arthur threatens and/or pays off the others, the Guild master classifies shit, pays the adventurers that were there (or earh mages) to fix the holes and to keep their mouths shut.

Safe to say, Abel's party is gonna be entirely mind blown.

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u/Earlier-Today Aug 29 '25

"...and 1 supper spell for the leader"

And it was his last supper.

(I think spellchecker did you wrong, should be "super", because supper is an evening meal akin to dinner.)