Magi Discussion Thread

[Damius]

- Alibaba will have a lot of work to do before he can become a king…
- It won’t be hard for Sinbad to convince Kougyoku. Couple of words will be needed.
- Awesome, Morgiana was able to help Alibaba to make up his mind.

[Buckeye]

- Time for Alibaba to take charge, but his confidence says so otherwise.
- Alibaba is mobbed, then rescued by Cassim.
- As much as they want to make a stand, Cassim wants war, Alibaba says no. And Judal is apparently supplying the weapons.
- Next step is to get some training from Sinbad to use the Djinn.
- It's time for action.

So the day of reckoning nears where Alibaba is up against the wall trying to not only stand up to the king, but to the Fog Troupe as well. Now that Aladdin is not going to be much help that Alibaba has to do something. It is going to take a miracle to use his Djinn powers properly, but his willpower will determine everything. And then there was the weapons dealer who I think is Judal considering his black butterflies and his war-loving attitude. Next episode will really be intense as it's a three-way war to stop the slave trades.

[ookamigirl]

Alibaba really stepped up this time.
Kou princess was not thrilled with her arranged marriage.
Ahbmad loved the idea, though.
Seems like Alibaba bit more than he could chew.
Well, until he finally managed to get Amon's sword.
After that it was just wow. Morgiana was impressive as well.
It was nice to see Alibaba still had some friends in the palace.

[FUNiOP]

From a band I knew from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to a band I know from Fullmetal Alchemist. Not as good, but the visuals are at least as good as the first OP. And supercell for the ED!

Speaking of which, Kou is even better at making chimeras than Amestris. Not necessarily as cool, though, particularly that elephant.

And Morgiana has her best fighting moments in quite a while. Great stuff. Alibaba is also quite the awesome badass here. Great animation all around.

[Buckeye]

- Alibaba is taking charge now. First obstacle, a mutant elephant.
- Djinn equip is failing. But remember what Aladdin said.
- And the Djinn equip succeeds with the Sword of Amon unleashed. That elephant is dead meat.
- Next obstacle, monkeys. Just leave them to Morgiana.
- Now, it's the leopard, and his magoi has ran out. Gotta go with the temporary alternative.
- Alibaba has arrived at the final boss, Ahbmad. Seems like his henchmen aren't exactly thinking with their hearts.
- It's the start of a coup d'etat by Sahbmad.

Alibaba and Morgiana were definitely great in this episode showing that they have what it takes to fix this corrupt monarchy. The next episode should be really something now that Alibaba has taken control and that Ahbmad is being backed into a corner. That tub of lard sure made a huge mess of things.

[ookamigirl]

Wow! I was seriously impressed by Alibaba.
Looks like everyone was against Ahbmad.
And suddenly Alibaba got a chance to be the king.
He turned it down... wow.
Regarding that huge debt to Kou empire, that was brave.
It was nice of Sinbad to offer help.
Balbadd as a Republic, a nice idea, but will it be doable?
People don't like change, especially if they don't understand it.

[FUNiOP]

Big plans there, Alibaba. Pretty epic despite lack of action. Talkiness can be good when done well, and it definitely is here.

[Ingraman]

Originally Posted by FUNiOP

Big plans there, Alibaba. Pretty epic despite lack of action. Talkiness can be good when done well, and it definitely is here.

To make up for the lack of Morgiana in the episode (she was there, but not enough of her), I rewatched her happy, smiley, dancing segment of the OP a few times. Too bad it's sooooo short. ;_;

I'm getting sick and tired of Banker and his crap.

Are Cassim & Co. on their way to the palace in order to register as a political party? ^^

[ookamigirl]

Alibaba dreams of a Republic.
I doubt it will be as easy as he thinks.
Even Kassim was surprised by the whole Republic thing.
Kassim may have rained on his parade, but he also did make a good point.
Ugo's explanation of dark Magi was interesting.
Aladdin was going through his own rebirth.
So was Kassim who totally crossed over to the dark side.

[FUNiOP]

Well, Alibaba... good luck taking down that giant demon. Especially after having fought through basically several armies and used up all his magoi. It was just so important to be the villain, wasn't it, Cassim?

Maybe Aladdin will wake up and join the battle. That conversation with Ugo's head was pretty interesting. I'm sure that will lead to something very exciting very soon.