Feels
(This review contains
MASSIVE spoilers!)
(Seriously, if you haven’t
watched the episode yet and you wish to do so, stay away from this review.
There’s some “Luke, I am your father” level stuff here)
The biggest question since the first
episode of Little Witch has been if
and when Ursula would reveal herself to be Chariot to Akko. We’ve known the two
were one and the same ever since the first short, so with the big reveal kind
of inevitable as the series shifted gears much further towards Akko and Ursula’s
relationship in the second cour it became kind of a guessing game for how the
answer would be given.
This episode gave answers to not only
that question, but to multiple others as well, as Croix’s master plan began to
unfold. Despite all this, the writers still managed to create an episode packed
with Little Witch’s trademark brand
of sweetness and humour.
Honestly, it’s hard to tell where to
begin with this episode. The seventh word is on the horizon, but before that
can happen Andrew stops by town to return Akko’s hat. I love how Andrew’s
finally had stuff to do these past few weeks aside from bail Akko out of some
wacky situations she can’t fix herself. The chemistry between the two of them
is just fantastic, as we can see in the scene the two of them share where he
encourages her to stop trying to be Chariot and start trying to be herself. It’s
a lesson she’ll probably be taking to heart after the events of this episode.
The weird soccer game controversy that’s
been popping up these last few weeks also finally got some explanation. It’s
the result of a growing animosity between two competing countries, except
amplified by Croix. Her master plan is to harness people’s negative emotions to
forcefully break the seal on the Grand Triskelion, while at the same time
guaranteeing a future for magic even when the old style fades away.
Croix finally decides Akko is
interfering with her plans too much, and targets her with her evil robots.
Ursula swoops in to save her, and while doing so lets her disguise slip and
reveals herself to be Chariot.
Now, for most shows this would be a
good place to end it. But here’s where Little
Witch decided to go full-on Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D on us, leaving a cliffhanger that changes literally everything
about the overarching plot of the series.
After Ursula apologizes to Akko for
not telling her sooner, Croix decides to explain why Chariot stopped performing.
Similarly to how Croix is currently using magic to control emotions, Chariot
used to harness the power of dreams to fuel her magic. The downside is that
everyone who she used the dream magic on could never use magic themselves later
on.
This explains so much about the series
that most of us never gave a second thought. Why Akko spent so much of the
first cour being the worst witch ever and why she can’t ride a broom? Chariot
stole her magic. Why Diana grew up alone and friendless because she was so
dedicated to relearning magic and becoming a witch worthy of the Cavendish
family name? She attended the same Chariot show Akko did. It even explains why
Akko, a witch not from a magical family, was accepted into Luna Nova in the
first place. Wizarding children are vanishing by the hundreds because Chariot
stole their magic.
This episode also ruined that adorable
opening scene in the first episode forever. So there’s that.
Obviously Akko is more than a little
distraught to discover that the idol she’s been searching for for years is the
reason why she’s so much worse than all the other Luna Nova students, and the
episode ends on that note. Honestly, it’s anyone’s guess where it’s going to go
from this point, but considering this is Little
Witch Academia, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s all smiles and magic again
before long.
While I’ve been a little frustrated
about how wishy-washy Trigger seems to have been over the Chariot reveal since
the second cour started, this episode absolutely made it worth the wait.
Everything from the writing to the animation to the music to even how
everything was lit was just perfection, and it really gave the episode a stake
nothing else before it had.
FINAL SCORE
10/10
Legendary
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