Little Witch Academia

I'm not talking about Akko's status. I'm referring to how Akko can help the Witch community earn back the trust of the entire world because remember, a Witch (Croix), nearly killed everyone because of her selfishness.

The end already shows that the Witches and presumably most of humanity are not ready to forgive Croix for her actions.

It's a problem at both levels, but given the explosion of happiness at the end, I'd be inclined to think that the public might be more forgiving - particularly since the hatemissile was powered by a particular type of magic that would be easy to label as "the bad kind," whether or not that's accurate.

If this truly is a new age of magic, then people are going to need to understand how to work with it. That's sort of what I was thinking, with the "new way to be a witch" bit. It might change for the better or worse, but what it means to be a witch is going to change drastically in Akko's lifetime.

Hey, I just had an eerie thought about Annabel Creme. Why is that her name? I mean, she was chosen to be the new Annabel, but shouldn't she have a name from before that? Did it take her name? If Lotte had kept the pen, would she just be Annabel now?

EDIT: More likely, she just goes by the pen name to protect her privacy, but in that case, it'd be cute if there were eventually an episode or chapter where she invites Lotte over and trusts her enough that they use her real name.

Edited by Durazno on Dec 30th 2018 at 8:28:25 AM

Annabel is still a kid and some at her age might need a role model. Lotte could serve as some sort of older sister figure for Annabel.

What if certain events didn't happen such as Diana never found Akko on time but Akko still manages to restore the world of magic. However, Akko is still reeling from the betrayal decides to leave the school. How do you think it would affect the series and everyone around her?

Given that the climax revolved around people cheering for witches, I don't think earning back their trust is a thing witches need to worry too much about. The good witches thwarted and arrested the bad witches, so the system is working properly and everyone can go about their business as normal.

I'm a little confused. Is Chariot aware that the Grand Triskellion was a stick? Based on her reaction with Croix, she seems very surprised that it was a stick.

Also why didn't Croix tell Chariot that she wants Woodward's approval? It isn't wrong to look up to someone who was the founder of all magic.

Chariot never finished her quest, so she had no way of knowing what the Grand Triskelion looked like. As for Woodward, it's probably because neither character cared that much about him.

IMHO the fact the Grand Treskellion was a stick, and that it made stars, rainbows, and bubbles was proof that young!Chariot and Akko were always the Chosen Ones.

Only someone with a child-like wonder about magic could EVER restore that wonder to the rest of the world.

Cynicism like Croix, or even Diana's Pride could never do it.

Edited by ScrewySqrl on Jan 2nd 2019 at 2:45:26 PM

It's because the Witches who were so desperate to regain their prestige and fame that they forgot the people that look up to them, the people who were the very reason they had that Golden Age of Magic in the first place.

Akko never lost that heart, that believing heart. It is because of that aspect, that magic of hers that so many rose above and beyond.

There’s this weird subtext about magic being animation

I don’t remember if we’ve talked about it but a lot of characters are named for animators, you have a golden age when the nine old witches were around much like the nine old men, and you have people inside the community/industry being more concerned with the economics or precision and less with the wonder, dismissing Chariot’s shows for being pedestrian and giving witches a bad name for making magic something for the layperson, and people outside the community industry going on about how magic is for stupid dumb babies and it’s also obsolete

Akko’s goofy transformations do seem very cartoony as well

The lesson we can take from this animated story by some animators is that animation is neat.

Edited by Bocaj on Jan 2nd 2019 at 9:06:23 AM

One of the things I like about the subtext is how the witches themselves sometimes seem to straddle the line between "anime girl" and "rubber hose cartoon character." Or is that just Akko?

I also think that Little Witch Academia serves as a Decon-Recon Switch.

Akko is the Genki Girl and Fiery Red Head. We can see how blind determination could get her into a lot of trouble and at the same time her cheerfulness soon became a mask for her to hide her insecurities. However Akko continues thrive forward despite these issues because her dream in becoming a witch is something she believes as a worthy cause and how her presence could make even someone who is not that brilliant feel like a hero, a sentiment that Chariot definitely adores and appreciates.

Diana on the other hand is The Ace. However, new challenges start to pile up and even Diana cannot handle them because she's The Ace on one particular to field but its system has been so long ran its course that we can see why the Shiny Rod will never choose her. When she had to compromise for the first time, she fails at it. However once she open up her emotions and starts to bond with a passion that she loves, she's got it.

I poke fun at the possible theme being that animation rocks but when you remember that LWA was part of the Young Animator Training Program government sponsored thing and was produced just for the joy of animation and to train up a new generation of animators by letting them work on a project with established ones, and that lwa was well regarded enough to get another ova, an anime, and at least two manga serieses, it feels more fitting

Animation does rock.

Just curious but what exactly caused the Faeries to revolt in Episode 14.

My personal theory is that it happened somewhere after the Vajarois incident. Considering how much magical energy was used in the Samhain Festival, especially for a useless tradition that is Vajarois, it was a lot. While Akko did use a lot of magic but it was well worth it.

Not only were the traditionalist didn't entitle Akko to be Moonlit Witch but they also unwilling to provide with the considerable portion of magic now that can be use to pay for the Faeries.

Which might explains why the Faeries took a lot more shine towards Akko because she help a lot more. Also, it's also bad karma against the other Witches.

Two things:

1) The fairies' conditions were legitimately really bad, and they likely would have struck sooner or later.

2) It's unclear how much of a role Croix had in it, but she at least sparked the riot off (or doused it off?), and it's strongly implied that she supplied them with the anti-magic plates.

Croix saw anger and discontent among the fairies and used to her own ends - it kind of foreshadows her ultimate scheme, come to think of it.

I wonder if the fairies were ever suspicious that they were manipulated, or if they cared.

I think at this point, the Faeries lost respect towards Witches except Akko.

In fact, they spared Akko and her friends during their rage and consiering what happened in Constanze's episode, they still hate them but they are willing to listen to Akko since she asks nicely.

Does this count as an Oh, Crap!?

That would be an understatement. Upon being unable to use the Grand Triskellion, Croix reacts in sheer horror what this means. She has just depleted all remaining supply of the world's magic to break the seal, causing her career and that of others to be rendered useless. Having being exposed not long ago, she will most likely be hunted down by her own kind for crippling magic of their children and having done criminal actions upon them. And she just drove away Akko, the only person who can use the Grand Triskellion to save magic.

Also, does this count as All for Nothing.

One can say don't judge a look by its cover but this is nothing to Chariot. Her people are too deluded in their beliefs and traditions to ever stray away and wield the rod, she has alienated thousands of children because of her unintentional use of the Dream Fuel Spirit and her self imposed exile. Had she just focused on making amends with Akko, it could have save her world which she didn't and Chariot believes Akko will never believe her. As far Chariot was concerned, it really just a stick.

Can anybody help me with a trope I added in the page for the series? I need help in summarizing the thing and find the right tropes for each of them.

Deconstruction/Reconstruction: The series serves to break down all the classic magical cliches and elements. But at the same time, piece them back together which made them worthwhile

• Kid Hero/ Fiery Red Head: Akko's acts and outbursts can be seen by those as obnoxious and overwhelming and sometimes causes trouble for almost everyone which worsens having to bear heavy burdens of an epic quest when she hasn't graduated school yet. It's gotten bad that Akko at times doubts herself and wears her persona as a mask to hide it. However as Akko continues her journey, she sees the good and bad of magic and this motivates her to further push forward and strengthening her beliefs because she honestly sees making people happy with magic as the right course. Diana lampshades that what Akko does is more powerful than any words that cast spells.

• The Rival/ Ice Queen: Akko has no chance in beating Diana in terms of magic prowess. At the same time while Diana wins more than her opposite, the only reason these victories happen because Diana supports the system that only benefits solely one party than all which ironically causes the very problems she wanted to end. She gets called out on several occasions when it became clear she's only helping the small party. Although, Diana doesn't mean to be cold-hearted to Akko and her friends because she had to grow up without her parents and fears for her family's legacy that is about to fade away.

• Stealth Mentor/ It's the Journey That Counts: Just because someone like Woodward founded magic, doesn't mean she's always right and her outdated methods would bring more harm than good to the person she is claiming to help. While learning to be better about ones self is a good moral, it won't do any good if they are in too deep in problems to the point they do need compensation for everything they've been through which is something that happen when it's implied that Woodward wanted to deliver a similar speech but is too embarrassed to say it after ruining Chariot and Croix's actual lives. It also didn't help that she abandons the latter two leaving them to see her as less of a mentor.

Personally I find that Deconstruction and Reconstruction are overused on this site and would avoid using them for anything that I'm not very sure was intended to be a deconstruction. So my preference on the wording would be to, uh, not have any, which I recognize is not necessarily helpful but I didn't want to leave you just shouting into the void.

Just to say, it is against site rules to put 2 tropes on the same bullet point in the trope list, something all of those are in violation of.

Just checking: there is no news at all of a second season right? If there is going to be one they'll probably say something soon, right?

Trigger is going all-in on some secret project right now, but we have no idea what it is. Their next announced project coming out is Promare.

Edited by darksidevoid on Mar 19th 2019 at 11:17:06 AM

It’s about time someone made a Kamina vs Alice Margatroid anime

It's like you drew a magic circle to summon me.

The Akko Nendoroid has been rereleased for the second time! She must be one of the most in-demand ones, second to Miku, who gets like a new Nendoroid every season.

Edited by kyun on Mar 19th 2019 at 9:38:50 AM

I picked up Akko and Lotte. My bookshelf is now 200% more adorable! I'm wondering whether I should get Sucy as well or go for Ryuko instead. Sucy is cool, but I don't like her quite as much as the other two.