To me the cover suggests that Miyuki and Tatsuya are finally intimate OR that Tatsuya is BTFO as he's in the traditional Japanese "dead man" robes and Miyuki is in a 'maiden shrine' robes who robes include cleaning shrines and talking to dead people.
>Tatsuya is BTFO If you mean actually dead, then no. The volume's title being "Isolation" and Miyuki and Tatsuya having made progress in their relationship in past 3 volumes, I'd rather say they are finally getting more intimate. "Isolation" implies it will be them against everyone and such things bring people closer. Not that they aren't already close, but it's the right environment for their relationship to grow
Isaiah Butler
>tatsuya and miyuki getting intimate Haha, good joke. But no, the brainwashing magic used on Tatsuya backfires and he annihilates Huge Man Jew's arm, but Mayumi gets knifed by fodder and he saves her, then he bones her.
Jack Cruz
>cover Oh, wow. Is Ishida Kana's art getting worse?
Adam Garcia
Was this that anime with the ultimate Gary Stu protagonist?
Brayden Gray
yes
Dylan Nelson
Where are spoiler text and illustrations? Mahouka threads were more active beofre. I guess it's inevitable with fan translations way behind and decrease in quality.
Daniel Hughes
I'm at work till 6. Links to spoilers can be found on animesuki
The second one, near the bottom of thread. Mayumi gets Shivd
Ayden Gray
Tatsuya, Miyuki, and Minami went to Izu to hide. Katsuto, Mayumi, and Mari also went to Izu to persuade him. Tatsuya already realized that the DIONE plan is to distance him from the army and reject it. They fought, Tatsuya use Baryon Lance and defeated Katsuto but was tired. at the same moment, the intelligence division sent to capture Tatsuya was defeated easily by Erika and co. Raymond Clark continue to reveal Silver's identity to the whole country.
Caleb Flores
But I thought Tatsuya didn't want to stay in the army? If so why reject it?
Bentley Scott
I haven't read that far in the novels because of the translations being behind but from what I remember Tatsuya sees the army as a force mitigating the influence of the Yotsuba.
Austin Nelson
>Tatsuya use Baryon Lance and defeated Katsuto How does he use it and not have Katsuto become an bloody explosion? Or am I misremembering what Baryon Lance is
Angel Parker
Because Juumonji's barrier was that strong I guess.
Adrian Bennett
>he's in the traditional Japanese "dead man" robes and Miyuki is in a 'maiden shrine' robes who robes include cleaning shrines Or... Mikihiko could've asked the gang to help out in their family's shrine or something for all we know.
Easton Hernandez
you mean stabbed or something?
Julian Gutierrez
White is only worn by corpses in Japanese society. If it was a shrine thing then he'd have some other accessory like a colored belt, but Pure white is how they prepare corpses for burials or cremations. In some anime, ghosts are even seen in white robes with some sort of white triangle tied onto their head.
Colton Ross
We can't even see his whole body though. It could also be an outfit for some sort of ancient magic ceremony.
Blake Ramirez
not like he hasnt been beaten before. But so far its all been circumstancial. He's been beaten one on one with his shinobi sensei but that was about hand to hand combat. He loses to Mayumi now and then over smart assery and pranks (pic related, devil woman poisons god with even chocolate) Against Jummonji (and inevitably Crimson prine) may be the only real events where he loses at what he's best at. And probobly Maya too.
Justin Walker
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Carter Wilson
So wait, is this true then?: everything except for the boning part?
Lucas Baker
iirc some monks and mikos also wears pure white robes in waterfall training and such, jumping straight to 'Onii-sama is half dead' theory is too big of a jump for me.
Tatsuya did have some trouble against some traditional based magic/opponents he could also be trying to do some sort of extra spiritual training in case Baryon Lance fails.
Grayson Myers
She's gonna get boned by juumongus as thanks for saving her from onii-sama's wrath
Andrew Rodriguez
Only is confirmed for now.
Jonathan Ortiz
I'm asking for actual spoilers here, so they're really a possible couple, please explain without fanart or lost zero cards.
Because with such parts as >Jummonji recommending Tatsuya marry her > coffee shop scene where Mayumi looks at all the couples, wonders if she'll ever find that kind of love, only for Jumonji to turn up, easily forgetting about the lovy atmosphere she was observing and get right down to politics >all the way to last volume where she was getting fed up about the rumors of her and Jummonji to the point she almost begged Mari to stay with them
It really does not seem likely. In fact, everything is saying the opposite. It was also mentioned in one of the books that a possible partner for Jumonji would be Fujibayashi Kyouko (who actually seems like a better match imo)
and after all the building of Mayumi doting, thinking and wanting to protect Tatsuya, it would have to have decent writing for her to just turn off that switch.
Charles Bailey
They are not interested. Even in the Visitor arc the ship was sunk during one of their conversations. Volume 10 or 11. A loveless marriage is the only possibility for that pairing.
Levi Jenkins
I never intended to mean Tatsuya would actually die. He's the MC so that wouldnt make sense until the story reach the main climax.
I just meant to point out that wearing a 'dead mans' robes is more of a bad omen that he's about to get into deep shit, not that he's gonna die with his resoration ability and all the other story lines set up.
Asher Garcia
Is that evil Jumonji?
Lincoln Rogers
Even Honoka knows she's a threat
I remember someone posting last volume that the many in Japan where getting fed up that Tatsuya was becoming a dog of Yotsuba and would drop the series if this volume didnt improve his situation. so whats the consensus this volume? good enough for them to stay?
Jonathan Thomas
Since that reveal I would not say he is treated like a dog. It's the opposite even.
In the middle of battleground strategic class spell is used again, in retribution the spell Tatsuya developed for Shizuku, active air mine is used, Nine Schools is canceled because it was blamed for its development into arms grade spell also USNA exposes true identity of Taurus Silver as Shiba Tatsuya while inviting him to the Venus terraforming project as countermeasure against ati magician factions, Magical Associantion plans to offer Tatsuya to USNA because of that Jyuumonji is asked for cooperation to persuade Tatsuya into accepting the invitation.
Colton Gray
Juumonji who is supposed to help persuade Tatsuya attacks him, Tatsuya uses Byrion Lance its super effective, Intelligence police that thought about capturing Tatsuya while he was supposedly exhausted is surprised by Erika & co, intelligence police is defeated by Erica and friends.
Dominic Ward
>Magical Associantion plans to offer Tatsuya to USNA WTF?
Eli Ward
thanks for translating
Also >Tatsuya uses Byrion Lance its super effective >Intelligence police that thought about capturing Tatsuya while he was supposedly exhausted Other spoilers also said Tatsuya was exhausted after the fight. I wonder how that happened if Byrion Lance is supper effective. I didn't get the feeling the magic itself is that exhausting back when he demonstrated/talked about it/practiced it. I wonder if he's exhausted because he tried to fight Katsuto without it but ultimately opted against it
Justin Walker
Presumably in context that means offer to have him work on the project, not permanently make him fight for the USNA.
Leo Clark
They don't know yet that Tatsuya is also the Ooguro Ryuuya and USNA plan may decrease the pressure coming from anti magician factions.
Leo Richardson
But its seems to be USNA hidden agenda
Henry Edwards
Yeah they may suspect or have fully realized that Tatsuya is the strategic class magician. By telling people is Silver they put him in the public eye and get a good reason to request his cooperation. And the rest of Japan doesn't know he's the strategic magician so it's hard to find a reason to refuse the offer so they'll pressure Tatsuya into going.
Brody Reed
I interpreted that as Intelligence Department's agenda. It may also be Magical Association's agenda, with the purpose of weakening Yotsuba or just removing a dangerous element from Japan. If they all knew he was a Strategic-class magician they'd know that's even more dangerous, but not even Intelligence Department has this confirmed.
Camden Morgan
Other spoilers points that it was very easy for Tatsuya, the exhaustion bit is probably just guess from intelligence police that was trying to capture Tatsuya.
Ryan Barnes
So when Taurus Silver is invited to USNA, his identity isn't publicly revealed yet, right, just to the government or whoever? And then later it is revealed to the public by Raymond Clark to the general public, at the end of the volume, so we don't yet find out what most people think about that?
Ryder Cox
But still, he is a Japanese from the Yotsuba. It is hard for even talented magicians like Shizuku to travel. This sounds retarded.
Cameron Murphy
A portion of Japanese government and and upper echelon from magical community wants him gone at same time USNA wants him.
Ian Torres
translations never.
Eli Sanchez
So I guess the fight is the big event? Looks like there is no progress between Tatsuya and Miyuki. Good.
Jayden King
Supposedly the only one that stands a chance against Tatsuya was one-shotted
Elijah Stewart
There is still his master and that Aoba guy. But if Juumonji has been one shotted it's pretty disappointing. It's better to wait for more details I guess. Last time people said Tatsuya had easily destroyed his Phalanx and it turned out it was not the case.
Aaron Brooks
Do you not remember when tatsuya first let the yotsuba see his new magic and it was for defeating the juumonji? Then the foreshadowing last volume when Tsukasa said Katsuto can defeat Tatsuya? It makes sense he'd get btfo.
Oliver Moore
Good job Erika and co.
Oliver Stewart
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Zachary Clark
Dunno
Jose Parker
>upper echelon from magical community wants him gone Yeah, even some of the Yotsuba are scared witless of him, wouldn't be surprised if they were cooperating in getting out of Japan.
Bentley Collins
>guns don't work >"Hey! Imma use a knife!"
Nathaniel Mitchell
It's Miyuki unsealing him. They are wearing the priest and miko outfits for nine schools competition. It's same one Miyuki wore for ice pillars versus Shizuku.
Robert Kelly
That's because Tatsuya can probably be killed but not captured. Still think Lina and Masaki are best contenders to actually kill him.