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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/ChChChillian Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

I think Arthur actually was freaking out, in a wise old guy kind of way. He and Hugh made it clear afterward that they're terrified of what might happen if they (edit: more precisely, the kingdom) found themselves not in Ryo's good graces for some reason. That's why they agreed to make no mention of Ryo's involvement, to keep him out of the eye of Knightley politics, which just might piss him off. Having said that, Ryo's "punishment" for ignoring the guards must have an ulterior motive of some kind.

Edit: It occurs to me that one reason for the carriage ride might have been that, given a meeting on very short notice, Hugh could more accurately gauge Ryo's reaction to consequences for blowing past the guards. It must have come as a great relief that he seemed to expect them and had no particular objection, as Hugh could hardly have insisted too strongly. I do wonder about his promise that it will be mutually beneficial though.

If the hole Ryo drilled won't close up on its own, it'll make a dandy elevator shaft for dungeon exploration convenience.

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u/i_reddit_too_mcuh Aug 29 '25

I don't quite remember...have we heard of "Whitnash" before?

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u/ChChChillian Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

Not that I remember. But we've seen everything hinted at in the OP except for that couple standing on the battlement, so I bet we're going to see them there.

I hope Ryo somehow runs into Roman and has cause to gently slap him around a little. That guy rubs me the wrong way for some reason.

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u/i_reddit_too_mcuh Aug 29 '25

Yup! For me it was when he said "someone stronger than me?"

That sentence probably shouldn't be perceived so negatively, but I guess there has been too many annoying narcissistic "heroes" recently.

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u/ChChChillian Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

It's the classic blunder, aside from starting a land war in Asia and going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line: Assuming there's no one stronger than you and that you're unbeatable.

Ryo doesn't make that assumption, and he's got far more justification. But then, he's also a little clueless about power scales. He also fought Leonore and sparred with Sera, so he knows how strong some others can be and that he's just barely keeping up in some ways.

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u/frand__ Sep 02 '25

 aside from starting a land war in Asia and going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line:

Lol, not the place where I expected a bit about history 

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u/ChChChillian Sep 02 '25

Cinematic history, anyway. If you haven't seen The Princess Bride, it's required viewing.

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u/frand__ Sep 03 '25

Ah, my bad lol

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u/ChChChillian Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

It's not exactly a recent movie, so it's not as if you were likely to see it in the theater.

There were four kinds of fantasy films back in the day: So bad it's good, just plain bad, good, and great. The Princess Bride is one of the greats.

I used to love the so-bad-it's-good genre, but no one makes them anymore.

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u/frand__ Sep 03 '25

Probably should watch it some day.

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u/frand__ Sep 02 '25

Honestly to me it sounded more like disbelief and shock than hurt pride, if anything the hero's partymates sounded much more aggravated and offended than him.