“In which magical surfing feels a lot like an episode of Speed Racer.”
In general, The Honor Student at Magic High School is at its best when it either 1) fixes continuity issues from The Irregular at Magic High School in a way that better reflects who the characters are and will become, or 2) blazes its own path, telling new stories never before seen in the original. This week’s episode is one of the latter.
This entire episode takes place between the 05:00 and 06:15 mark in episode 14 of The Irregular at Magic High School. The only bit of overlap between the two series is the scene where Shizuku and Miyuki decide to fight it out rather than share first place between themselves and Eimi. The rest of the episode tells a brand new story.
The first half of the episode features Eimi’s Ice Pillar Break battle against Shiori. And while we’ve spent several episodes…
