Episode
The Ancient Magus' Bride: Better bend than break.
Overview
Alice and Chise to try and sort through their feelings on their complicated relationships with their respective masters.
Details
- Series
- The Ancient Magus' Bride
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2023-05-11
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Better bend than break. is Episode 6 in Season 2 of The Ancient Magus' Bride. It aired on 2023-05-11. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 5: First impressions are the most lasting.
Chise learns a bit more about the history of both the College and her classmates. Zoe's secret is revealed, and a pact is formed.
Episode 7: Slow and sure. I
Chise attends P.E. as Elias looks on. Philomela is summoned home. Alice stubbornly continues her training, while Adolf consoles Renfred through his troubles. The students embark on a camping trip.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: The cowl does not make the monk.
Two separate conversations reveal the multitude of revelations that Chise and Elias have had about one another, and the ways they've both grown and changed. Hazel guides them on a dangerous shortcut back to the College.
Episode 8: Slow and sure. II
An otherwise educational and relaxing camping trip with her classmates ends with a terrifying encounter in the shadows of the night forest, forcing Chise to rely on her own wits and abilities instead of Elias' magic.
Episode 3: Birds of a feather flock together. II
Chise shares a meal with her new classmates, but several teachers and students at the College have their eyes on both her and Elias for reasons yet unknown. Chise and Elias head home for the weekend and Stella drops by for a visit.
Episode 9: Conscience does make cowards of us all. I
After returning from camp, Lucy is still unconscious and it's still not clear what's behind her sudden loss of strength...this worries Chise deeply.
Episode 2: Birds of a feather flock together. I
It's a day of new beginnings at the College as Chise attends her first day of classes and meets some of her fellow students, and Elias adopts a mysterious guise for his first time teaching as a visiting instructor.
Episode 10: Conscience does make cowards of us all. II
While watching over Lucy, Chise discovers her connection to Seth and their family's tragic history. While a professor seems to have been the victim of a user of a banned book, a mysterious killer seems to resurface...
Episode 1: Live and let live. II
Chise attends her first day at the College with Elias in tow.
Episode 11: A small leak will sink a great ship. I
Apparently, a forbidden magic book called "The Testament of Carnamagos" is being used to rob Lucy and Simeon of their magical powers. But who exactly is behind it is still unclear. Elias takes care of the matter because he fears that otherwise Chise will put herself in danger for her friend and because he himself wants to protect a friend.
Episode 12: A small leak will sink a great ship. II
It's time for family explanations, whether between Lucy and her brother, or Alice and Renfred. The College is also going through a complicated period where other magicians seem to want to harm new students.
Episode 13: Nothing venture, nothing have. I
The College is sealed off to protect the students and staff from whatever or whoever has been sapping magic from victims. Zaccheroni puts the students' survival abilities to the test, but with a catch: no sorcery allowed.