Well i knew the story from the start, the minute it mentioned different social class between the cook and princess it was obvious the cook could die to the king or some negative action would be taken, and thus the story played out as expected.
That aside, it was still good.
I think
@Scalpelexis really covered everything i wanted to say so i will just borrow (steal) some snipits from their post (sorry i am tired!!!)
I enjoyed that a lot. When Mirarosé without spouting any dumb charms just showered the monster with bolts, icycles and went full Gilgamesh on him, I had a nice evil smile on my face. I also liked the shadowing when Mirarosé was either confident in words or thoughts. Darkness through revenge can be satisfying.
This, oh god this. I couldn't help smile a evil grin, seeing her rain down divine punishment, she spared no mercy, from simple magic bolts to wind blades to ice shards to bolts to swords, she had it all, and she didn't go easy either - seeing her satisfied look and she launched her final attack for revenge was pretty sweet, especially as this point confirmed (that memory flash for a second was all i needed) it was indeed her father, as you say, darkness through revenge is indeed very satisfying.
People might find the dark ending, but I don't know, I don't feel necessarily so. The king apparently didn't act in any mercy, so I don't necessarily expect some from Mirarosé
As someone who is enjoying the dark ends, i can't see this end was dark really, as you say, the kind offered no mercy and neither did she, it really became eye for on eye in a way (just with the city as collatoral... but that wasn't Elaina's doing so it's not our place to say there. I think the end was pretty neutral, the princess got her revenge and went a little crazy, Elaina didn't really help and just moved on.
Now, Elaina is really an oddity. Everywhere she goes she is so welcome,
Door burning aside, i wonder if this is related to her being a witch. Ignoring her promise to not act better than others, she is clearly proud of herself but that aside, i get the idea these witches are possibly a bit "noble" like to some, she expects to be welcome wherever she goes which tells me it likely isn't down to
who she is but
what she is, this has been my take anyway, don't quite think it warrants burning a door down but i guess she
assumed it was empty or abandoned considering the state of the city.
Finally, to the ending displease of Elaina - why so? Ok, Mirarosé's curse wasn't the nicest thing, but when done, there was no better solution than to kill the monster. Death of Mirarosé by the monster would solve nothing, both dying wouldn't change much. Could the curse be lifted? Looks like not. I would probably fly away shrugging and if I don't wanna know other persons's skeletons, it would probably be for the better do only some sightseeing.
This.
I actually think this is Elaina's whole
objective anyways, just to go see the world and not interfere much. I get the idea she has no interest in getting involved with others affairs and equally is probably why others see her so negatively. She is simply a traveller, a passer-by who just writes what she sees and moves along.
Generaly I was ok with the story. Action and magic was cool, it looked cool and I enjoyed it. This time I freed my mind from any..lesson learning..and I think it is for the best. Elaina and he feelings were not important, she served me as a cinema screen through her eyes.
I enjoyed the episode again though this is how i see most episodes, i don't expect to lesson learn from Elaina, sure she is a bit full-of herself but i don't think she is meant to be the lesson-teaching hero people expect, who knows, her actions could come back to haunt her in the end, some might say she has it coming to her (i personally don't, i think she is just self serving over selfless), regardless, i think she isn't the hero people expect her to be, and that's fine for me.
