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Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07 – Quick Summary

In Wistoria: Want and Sword episode 07, “Twelve Secret Ice Magics, El Glace Frosse,” Will made it to the stadium. But now he has to face off, alone, against not only Julius Reinberg, but his two teammates, too. With help no where near the stadium, can Will hold his own against one of the most powerful mages in the school – so powerful, in fact, that it shocks even Professor Edward Serfence? Can Colette and Sion get there in time? And if they do, whose side will Sion take?

Note: This post may include spoilers, so be cautious.

Favorite Quote from Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07: Elphie felt terrible for having tormented Will

I didn’t think there was any way Elfie could take the title “best girl” from Colette. After this episode, I’m not so sure! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.

Sarissa told Elfaria that the contest had ended. In the background, you see that Elfie hugging her knees to her chest. She looked distraught.

Was she upset that Will had not taken the crown? Did she even care about stuff like that? We know she and Sarissa were aware of what was happening. And if we didn’t know at this point in the episode, we found out with my favorite quote.

Quivering, upset, Elphie asked if there was any magic to undo the past. Sarissa said of course not. Could she at least erase memories? Sarissa said that such a spell might exist among the magics that were forbidden, but nothing Elphie could use.

What had Elphie so upset?

“It wasn’t like that, Will!” she said, astonishing Sarissa (20:58). “I wasn’t tormenting you!”

She was referring to my favorite moment, but she had mistaken how Will saw it. He didn’t see it as something terrible. He didn’t see it as a torment to be endured. For him, it was a foundational precious memory. Let’s talk about that a little more in my favorite moment.

Favorite Moment from Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07: Multiple clones of Julius? A trifle! Will has faced worse!

Behold the terrors that Will has faced in his younger days! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.

Setup: Fine Example of a Shōnen Sub-Genre

There should be a sub-genre of shōnen that specializes in showing obnoxious bullies (which is redundant, but I say it that was for emphasis) getting what’s coming to them. This episode gave us a bully beat-down that I found very, very satisfying. Not only did Julius receive punishment for bullying Will (which Will didn’t care about); not only did he get retribution for disrespecting Will’s dwarf friends; but the dude had the lack of foresight to bad-mouth Elphie.

In Will’s ear-shot.

In front of witnesses.

Seriously, talk about a red flag! Julius went on and on and on about how he had duplicated Elphie’s magic, which everyone in the world knew was top notch. He bragged about how he did it all by his lonesome. All because he was just that gifted.

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07: Will reacted poorly to Julius disrespecting Elphie

Will did not react well to Julius bad-mouthing Elphie. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.

One of the magics Julius was so proud of was his ability to create clones. He thought his technique was flawless; he thought there was no way Will could tell which were the clones and which was really Julius. Things started to look bad for Julius when Will showed that he was more than capable of telling the difference. Because – and this is where things started to get fun – Will knew more about the technique and its properties than Julius.

Julius couldn’t believe it. He could not accept that Will knew more about the technique than he did. For the slightest part of an instant, I felt sorry for Julius. How hard is it for any of us to change out thinking with new data – especially new data that toasts our world view? 

Julius practically begged Will to explain how he knew which were the clones. Will didn’t just explain how. He explained the theory behind it. Enraged, Julius asked how Will knew. So, Will explained. He had been there when Elfie created the spell. He had watched young and joyous Elfie create the spell from scratch. The same spell whose use Julius had just bragged about to a stadium full of people.

Delivery: A Beat-Down on Multiple Levels

Will said he was childhood friends with Elphie. He said he loved her magic; he had studied it. By this time, the crowd seemed to hang on his every word. Julius was listening, too, because he said there was no way a “no-talent” like Will would ever best it. Yet, Will kept shrugging it aside.

“Julius,” Will said, and I think I heard the tiniest bit of pity in his voice (15:38). “You truly are incredible. Until now, no mage has been able to reproduce Elphie’s magic.”

Notice how he referred to her as “Elphie?” That casual intimacy had to sting Julius like crazy. Will, though, wasn’t done. 

“But,” he said (15:45). “Ars Weiss is a spell she invented when she was only two years old.”

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07: Will explained Julius had just figured out the same magic Elphie figured out -- when she was 2 years old

Will explained that Julius was nearly as good as Elphie – when Elphie was two years old! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.

Boom. Any vestiges of Julius’ pride vanished. He tried to rally, but his heart wasn’t in it. It didn’t help that Will added a detail that links my favorite moment here to Elphie quote above.

When explaining how Will found Julius’ attacks to be so weak, he said that he’d been used to (17:21) “being tormented by ten Elphies.”

Which might be the most adorable image this year. So far. Because it’s that adorable. 

I have to say, Will punching Julius in the face felt dramatically satisfying. It taught an arrogant ass a valuable lesson in life. It showed how Will is willing to stand up for his friends – and for Elphie. And it also showed just how powerful Elphie really is. 

I do have to say: I’m a big admirer of Colette. But seeing how sweet Elphie is, and seeing how dedicated she truly is to Will, I am much more willing to see her as the One True Pairing in this series.

Unless, of course, they introduce a harem route. I think I’d be open to that!

What did you think of who won the tournament? What were your favorite moments? Feel free to let me know in the comments!

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2 thoughts on “Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 07 – Favorites

  1. It was like Will gave Julius a beat-down across all aspects of the human condition — physical, intellectual, emotional, and even spiritual. Very cool stuff!

    I had a thought similar to yours about the crown. I would have liked Will to let Colette or Sion claim it. I think in both your idea and mine, Will would have had a role in deciding the matter. As it was, though, he just didn’t care — which kind of worked!

    I agree that the winner showed solid tactics!

  2. I was giggling like a little fiend, seeing Julius’ vaunted ego shattered so thoroughly, so fast, and repeatedly. He put on a good show of bragging, but he was just a pompous, puffed-up pretender. He congratulated himself on his grand achievement, because of sheer “talent,” but he tried to keep it secret that he can’t use it even as well as he pretends. That’s a hollow shell just waiting to be shattered, and shattered it was. For all his high-handed and self-congratulatory talk, he doesn’t even come close to measuring up to a toddler. The last line where he can’t even make as many copies as Elphie was just magnificent! And that’s what you get for staking your entire self-worth and ambition on nothing but talent: it eventually gets dwarfed.

    One small thing, I would have liked to alter. Once Will defeated Julius, it would have been rather grand for him to turn down taking the crown at all. He’d just humiliated Julius after all – REAL humiliation, not the slight offense that Sion experienced seeing that someone he dismissed as worthless was actually greater than himself – and proved himself in front of an entire school that has all but universally harassed and dismissed him. The crown, really, isn’t necessary.

    That said, I am also highly amused by how the winner did the simple, clever, common sense thing that I, myself, would probably have done: take it while the idiots were fighting each other.

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