It’s like, “Ho-hum, just another day.” Rather, Mayumi is already handing out the praise. They don’t even seem the slightest bit nonplussed, though. It makes the world seem fake and artificial.
But it is nevertheless immersion-breaking. No, I’m not saying that a lack of cars in a single scene makes or breaks the anime. No adults, no cars, no anything but super awesome high schoolers with magical powers! World-building at its finest, folks. I’m sure I mentioned this last week, but I love how the freeway is also practically devoid of vehicles as well. Maybe the story’s creator just has some sort of complex about adults. The only faculty member we’ve even seen is the ridiculously endowed Ono Haruka, and she may as well be a student ’cause she doesn’t seem like much of an adult to me. Hell, these buses are filled with the school’s best and brightest students on their way to a prestigious competition, and yet it’s completely unprotected! For all the ballyhoo about Mahouka‘s supposedly superior world-building, it seems pretty terrible from my vantage point. Sure, we’ve been told that faculty members are on short supply, but considering how the school has already been targeted by motherfucking terrorists, it’s hilarious that two buses full of students are completely unchaperoned. As I’m watching these students attempt to deal with their current predicament, I can’t help but notice that there isn’t a single adult amongst them. But if you really must read what I have to say about nothing, then go on right ahead. Practically nothing happens in this week’s episode, guys.