The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World II

Capping the power creep by having Albert's field just cancel magic and force a fistfight is such a cheap trick and I respect it completely. Keeps Ray from being untouchable while still above them

Amelia and Ariane shaking hands and calling themselves rivals in love is the funniest possible way to end a magic war arc. Professional sportsmanship over a boy

Ariane finally landing that punch through Lucas after remembering Ray's words about her straightforward nature. Came out of nowhere and it landed cleaner than the fight choreography did

Albert stripping down and shouting he wants to beat Ray with his own hands got me more than any magic blast this season. The muscle conversation was ridiculous and I mean that as praise

The scene of Ray offering his hand to Ariane in the sunlight got me. She blushes and he just thinks she has a fever. That obliviousness is so him yet I still smiled at it

Ariane crying after Ray took her hand was the part that got me. She spent the whole flashback hating herself for resenting Amelia and then someone just told her it was okay to feel that way

Ariane has completely run away with the Ray contest after this one. The piggyback ride and the jacket on the balcony and the hand holding. She earned the screen time and the flustered faces sell it

Pacing felt cramped this week. Lydia's author reveal and the ominous shadow figure and the tournament all crammed together. Still fun but the subplots are stepping on each other

Stella telling the lost little girl she'd help find her parents not knowing she's escorting a princess around the arena is the kind of dumb sweet thing that makes me love her. Olivia hiding from her guards to hang out was precious

Lydia casually revealing she wrote Amelia's favorite novel and then calling Ray her boyfriend in the same scene is such a chaotic flex. Amelia short-circuiting after that was worth the whole library detour

Ray fighting a full-power Ariane and Stella and still winning with his mask blown apart is exactly the smurfing joke everyone keeps making. Man is just built different and the show knows it

Ariane crying under the stars got me. Ray just saying jealousy is normal and taking her hand like it was nothing. That whole balcony scene wrecked me a little

animation still has that slideshow feel in spots and some models look off but I'm not watching this for sakuga. Ray wearing an I Love Elf hoodie on a swan boat is enough return on investment

Them holding hands on the snowy street and both overthinking every step got me more than it should. Two people being awkward together is weirdly harder to watch than any fight scene

So the trial is fetch a mandrake and Ray clears it in like ten minutes flat. Then Cathy just starts inventing chores? Laundry? Fishing? Cleaning? At some point this stops being a test and starts being a job interview for a butler

Carla coaching Ray through boyfriend basics like it's a military briefing and he's taking actual notes is the whole show in a nutshell. Zero romantic instinct and yet he's out here winning

I can't take Cathy seriously as a threat when her whole squad is just the elf version of Amelia's crew. Same energy. Same stalking. Different ears

The waterfall bit with Evi and Albert in loincloths charging Lucas is the dumbest thing and I want more of it. Sorcerers doing muscle training instead of spells never stops being funny

Ariane getting that final punch through after remembering what Ray told her about her straightforward nature was the moment the whole tournament earned. She was completely drained on the floor and I felt every hit she took

I could not stop laughing when the boys just started stripping in the middle of a tournament final. Two episodes of serious magic duels and then shirts off. Absurd and I respect it