Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei S3 — Episode 6 — 10 Second Anime

Tatsuya investigates the Kudou clan’s connection to military experiments and the Nine Schools Competition.

Episode 6 — “Steeplechase Part II”

Hmm.

I just recently remembered one result from Mahouka’s second season. Tatsuya has a maid robot with a parasite who has fallen in love with him inside it. Tatsuya is already ahead of the Kudou clan’s military research branch! Did the elder Kudou already know that? We know he assumed Tatsuya would protect the other students from the parasite weapons, whether they lost control or not. The Patriarch’s goal was to warn the military away from ever turning magicians into soldiers again. And the best way to do that is to show Mahesvara in action!

Here’s the other wrinkle about Tatsuya having P-Weapon in his corner: Shiba already has the resources of a single Master Clan. He has a research institute, a strategic magic weapon (himself), a harem of political wives among the clans, the government, and the military, and an interdimensional being! The Yotsubas have been trying to keep his growing powers a secret, but it’s getting tougher to hold onto his leash if foreign agents threaten his immediate friends and family. Mahouka’s storyline reminds me of Arthur C. Clarke’s Europa warning: “All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there.” Don’t mess with the First Magic High School while the walking neutron bomb is there.

Heh.

Sandwiches are necessary for student reports and data entry. It’s a training montage. Mahouka skips most of the slice-of-life stuff this season. Miyuki needs a reward, too. Headpats! Uh oh. “Somebody” emailed Tatsuya about the Kudou research into P-Weapons to test during the Steeplechase Cross-country event. Master Yakumo had heard rumors about a new weapon but not about testing it at the Nine Schools Competition. Field trip to Nara for investigations!

Tatsuya enters his motorcycle in incognito mode. It’s too late for virtuous young ladies to travel around. Miyuki is not an “immoral young lady,” is she? Huh. Tatsuya found well-behaved sleeping female robots. With parasites inside them! Ho. The clandestine subbranch for the Yotsubas, the Kurobas, needs to talk to Miyuki. Ayako’s father has the same intel that Tatsuya received, though they worked faster than Tatsuya and already had info on the parasite dolls. Welp. That’s enough investigating for tonight!

Ahaha. All that demanding work for nothing, Tatsuya! The Kurobas gave Miyuki the data he needed in the hotel lobby. Ha! Master Yakumo noted the Yotsubas owned the hotel. What a sneaky guy. The Kurobas also had info on the Ancient Magic users that the Chinese villain brought in.

And we’re back to slice-of-life high school hijinks for Mahouka. Tatsuya has a harem of girls around him, his athletes for whom he engineers. Mikihiko and Shun appear to have many male fans. Ho. Ayako and Fumiya “introduce” themselves to Tatsuya-oniisan. The Kurobas attend Fourth Magic High School. Maya called Saeki to warn her about the hard-liners’ plot against the Steeplechase Cross-country race. The military shouldn’t provoke a walking neutron bomb, you know.