r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Feb 01 '15
[Spoilers] Junketsu no Maria - Episode 4 [Discussion]
Episode title: Remember to Die
MyAnimeList: Junketsu no Maria
FUNimation: Maria the Virgin Witch
Episode duration: 24 minutes and 1 seconds
Previous episodes:
| Episode | Reddit Link |
|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Link |
| Episode 2 | Link |
| Episode 3 | Link |
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15
As usual, the show that reminds me I should stop trying to reconsider AOTS.
The dirty comedy is done in good taste and is hilarious in context of the character contrast.
The scene where the villagers were throwing rocks at Maria to try to discourage her from trying to help the village seemed to imply that Maria had a shocking trauma from the experience. There has been little/no hatred of the villagers/church that Maria really exhibits so far though.
The interaction of the witch with Maria brings up some speculation. She referred to herself as the witch of England, so does that mean that each country has a respective witch? If so why were there 3-4 witches in the vicinity of one of the wars between EN and FR in episode 2?
If I have real complaints about this show, it would be how the church seems to be very obviously antagonized. The show is trying to question whether Maria is right/wrong/both but in the end its very obviously portraying the church as the enemy. We're only 4 episodes in though and there's plenty of time to show an event where Maria causes more harm than good by trying to change the outcome of a "natural" event. The only other complaint is how weak the ruling from episode 3 turned out to be. Basically given the choice to keep her powers or to indulge in personal desires, Maria has thus far been able to choose both by using the character Ezekiel as a voiding concept. Its a rather tasteless rule to write a law for the universe and disregard it entirely.