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Rispettivi Segreti
“Their Secrets”
Kisses, ropes, handcuffs, love potions, and eating Cannoli off each others faces guess what todays episode was all about herbs of course, or did you expect something else?
Wow, this anime will probably never let go of Nova and Libert. I thought we were getting an episode about Luca but I was wrong! While Luca was a catalyst for todays story, the main plot was about our very well known duo. I dont dislike Nova or Libert at all, theyre both respectable characters in their own way, but its a bit frustrating to see them having so much screen time when there are so many other characters in this show deserving that kind of treatment. Most of the characters pointed out the fact that Nova, Libert, and Felicit are children who need to develop their powers; therefore all the adults are mischievously plotting this kind of events that might help them reach their goals. Does this mean that the duels wont begin until most of the characters are equal in strength? It seems like that to me as the duels are getting further away while the Arcana development is becoming the main issue. I wouldnt be disappointed in this show if my assumption would happen to be correct, but Id be a bit sad because I really want to know more about the other characters in a way that wont involve the children, except Felicit of course.
Speaking of Felicit, while being aware of her fate, she didnt seem to be interested or even thinking about romance until now. Mamas letter to her probably opened up her eyes. If she doesnt win, she will be married against her will. Felicits reaction to the letter has me confused. Her facial expression clearly indicates embarrassment, but her heart says gli amanti which means lovers in Italian. Im not entirely sure what to make of that but I hope to see some romance soon this is a shoujo anime after all. Like most otome shows, I dont expect Felicit to actually end up with someone, but at least, itd be nice to have some typical shoujo clichs every now and then. We already know that some of the males are romantically interested in her the latest one to reveal his feelings for Felicit is Luca!
I didnt expect Luca to hold any special feelings for Felicit. To me, he appeared to have a fatherly role, or perhaps, an eccentric older brother who acts like a father now, where have I seen that before? Lucas feelings surprised me a little bit, but theyre also understandable. I doubt Felicit will ever understand his affection for her with him being so over protective of her to the point that it might be slightly annoying.
Something else that surprised me today was Luca and Jollys relation. Who wouldve thought that Jolly could teach alchemy? He doesnt seem very social to me; in fact, hes the complete opposite of his student who doesnt seem to like his teacher very much. Im wondering why the family is ignoring Jollys personal experiments. With todays episode weve learned that the family is aware of his unauthorized methods in the lab so why arent they doing something about it? Its a bit strange but I guess well find out soon, hopefully.
Aside from the main events of this episode and the very short scene about Paces past, it seems like there is a cheater in Regalos casino. I dont know her name yet, but Im sure shes voiced by Tamura Yukari. Hopefully well see more of this little cheater in future episodes, however, it doesnt seem like shes part of the upcoming one next week, but Jolly and Debito are, so Im looking forward to that!
Full-length shots: 4, 12, 18, 23, 30, Omake 1, Omake 3
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Sumire explained how to develop Arcana power in this episode, it isn’t by physical training but by spending time with each other. Looks like it is inspired from how Social Links in Persona 3 and 4 works.As of the duel,Mondo said in the 1st episode that the duel will be hold in two months, the reason of that is hinted in this episode. When Mondo and Sumire are talking, Mondo says “Time is limited”.
I had some hopes on this episode after seeing the Debito screenshot on the last week preview. I thought it would be somehow different and the show would be taking focus on other characters, but I was wrong. Just more atention to Liberta and Nova. I didnt like them from the start and I’m starting to hate them because of the huge screentime. Just feels like the other boys are filler characters.Seems that next week will happen an event involving Debito and Jolly and I cross fingers hoping that they wont show it in 2 minutes to leave the rest of the episode to Liberta and Nova.By the way, a big thank you for keeping reviewing the show, I am one of those silent readers who thought that would be nice showing support for once. Keep up the good work 😀
Thank you so much for the kind words! It means a lot to me, really! ;o;
You seriously can not still find this anime to be good. Its like a bad reverse harem
It’s still entertaining.
Thanks Stereoman for continuing to blog the series, I know that is isn’t a great series but I enjoy the characters interaction (and a big fan of the game).
I can’t express my feelings, but this comment means so much to me! Thanks! ;o;
Based on the opening, its gonna predominatly be Liberta and Nova.They are involved in all the event even though they werent present in the actual game.I recently did the game (Only Luca and Debito’s route) but im pretty sure the event where the trio goes and get herbs….Liberta and Nova didnt come with. Even the Piccolino was a Trio event thing. :-S
Yeah. they weren’t there and I don’t like that they keep inserting Liberta and Nova in everywhere
Same :/. I don’t hate Liberta and Nova but this episode reminds me why I partially dislike the anime’s choice/use of events. In the game, this event was with Felicita and the older guys and while I don’t think it’s a bad thing to include Liberta and Nova if they wanted to emphasize more of the bond between the whole group, the episode ended up making it STILL focus on Liberta and Nova even if it was someone else’s event. I’m somewhat looking forward to seeing Debito’s event with Jolly, as it looks like the preview for next ep is heading towards, but I’m now half expecting Liberta and Nova to show up again and take some of the spotlight.
I agree. I thought that maybe this episode would focus and develop Pace/Luca/Debito more, but they’ve only showed little tidbits of their background story so far. What the anime is doing is pretty much squishing in every single route’s main events but adding the main two in.As much as I like the interaction between the two (especially the part where they used each other swords
because that involves reaching towards the crotch area yes good)I think next episode will also feature Liberta/Nova because of the shot of Liberta/Felicita/Nova in the preview, and hopefully Debito’s past will be revealed a bit more (I thought that they’d cover it this episode, with the shot of Debito and his emo hair in last episode’s preview .-.).Just 5 more episodes to go.The adults sure are childish in this anime.
I so far still like like but I am a person who has a different taste than eveyerone I know 🙂 but my reaction after this episode is: LUCA LUCA LUCA LUCA PACE PACE PACE PACE DEBITO DEBITO DEBITO DEBITO! :p I like those three alot 🙂 Next episode better be one where Luca slaps Jolly silly or something like that :D…..Thanks for covering it still! This might be my 2 cents in, but I don’t believe an anime that’ll show people fighting the duel from point one to be good, particularly when you know nothing about its charecters. Sure, they can begin their duel and showcase each charecter meanwhile, but that’ll just be another Bleach or Naruto. I so far have no troubles with how the story is laid out, episode two was too calm for my taste, but so far its nice, in my opinion.Cheers,M
The cheater sounds like Ise Mariya.
gah… tired of nova and liberta. I WANNA LUCA!! He seriously needs more screentime!
Ok, dropping this… too boring stuff going on.