The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest

Lol, Krasia and Ornest being a Yorha x Alec shipper XD Anyway, I guess it's a pretty chill ep. Half of it was just them all having fun and being silly while the remaining half taps into another unfolding subplot that would drive the story in a new direction. I'm not too fond of this new dude that claims to be a cute boy, though, like who tf does that?? Lol, he seems suspicious, too. Well, this ep is still important, so I'd say it's a must-watch. Or at least, the latter half of it if you're not interested in them being silly, lol.

Okay, first off, peak fight. Definitely worth the freaking cliffhanger. BUT, just when I thought the battle would be the highlight of this ep and some light rest or recovery after, we ended up getting a character development?? Yea, I know, holy hell, that was freaking rare in stories with this concept. I'm actually glad about it. It's a fresh breath of air to contrast the usual no-redemption crap with the people who banished the MC. I'm happy this one was different. I can definitely say now that this was worth the watch.

I'm bitter at the fact that it was a cliffhanger! We were approaching the absolute peak of the fight after Loki set the stage for Alec. I didn't even notice that the episode was ending T_T Aaaaa episode 1, forgive me, I shall atone starting from this episode onwards. Anyway, as I've observed, the animation was pretty well done for such a series. Especially the fight scenes; it was actually smoother than I expected. As for Yorha and the others, they truly live up to the titles of four geniuses/sages. They coordinate really well, but as individuals, they're also one heck of a monster. That aside, finally, the arrogant prince was slowly getting slapped by reality. I wonder what he'd do next; would he stoop lower than he already have? Or would he redeem himself?

We only got to see a bit of Alec's capabilities here, yet that alone was already quite the show. Makes you think how stupid the palace can be for letting Alec go. Loki, the new character we see here, is too silly and wicked in his own right. But he's quite formidable, too, considering how long he survived there until Yorha's team came. Either way, we got a good warm-up fight scene here, setting the stage for the next episode perfectly, yayy.

You know what, I kinda take back what I said on the previous episode XD Alec is still kind of a pushover, but we're seeing more of his boundaries here earlier than expected. He's very protective of his friends too. Speaking of friends, I think I may be slightly drawn now to the plot. The premise is still your usual trope, but I feel like there might be something more to this, especially given how we got a glimpse of his history as a student with his friends. Surely, given his ranking, he was not a court magician for nothing. Like yeah, he may have held back, but now I'm curious just how far his strength actually goes, given that he's friends with such talented people, too.

Obviously, it's similar to those usual 'banished' concepts lately. The only reason I decided to watch this before was that Eldas looked really good XD I did lose interest immediately after he was gone, though. But I picked it up again since I wanted to know why Eldras was banished in the first place. Also, that annoying crown prince with too much ego---it kept bugging me and I wanted to see how he'd fail, lol. Arrogant little prick, and yet he had no skill to back it up aside from his flimsy title. Kinda hate too how the MC was like a pushover half the time, but hey, the first friend we get to see here was pretty cute and seemed reliable, so that's one good thing added to the little list we have for now XD