The long-awaited latest anime series, "The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3" will be broadcast in 2024 this year, but do you remember the story of the anime's second season, which is the episode before the third season of the anime? The second season of this work was broadcast in 2020, which is four years before the third season of the anime. Therefore, there are probably many fans who do not remember what the story of the second season of the anime was. Since the production of the third season of the anime has been decided, you want to understand the contents of the second season of the anime in advance and enjoy it. This time, for fans who want to perfectly remember the contents of the second season of the anime before watching the third season of the anime, I would like to look back on "The Irregular at Magic High School Season 2". Since the content itself is huge, I will introduce it in two parts. This time, I will introduce the first half of the second season of the anime, so please read it before the article introducing the second half.
An exchange student is transferring to the school? ?
The protagonist Tatsuya and his sister Miyuki, who attend the Magic High School, hear the news that an exchange student from America will be transferring to the school. Thus, in the second season of the anime, a new student, exchange student Lina, who did not appear in the first season, will appear and play an active role. Lina is a girl with distinctive blonde hair and blue eyes, and is a character that perfectly fits the image of a beautiful girl from America.
The true identity of the exchange student Lina
Lina is such a cute exchange student, but as a member of the USNA in America, she was conducting an undercover investigation at the Magic High School that Tatsuya and his friends attend. Naturally, Tatsuya and his friends do not know her true identity, so let's also pay attention to the difference in intentions between Lina and Tatsuya and his friends who do not know her true identity.
Very skilled
Lina came to the school as an exchange student, but her skills are solid, and she had the opportunity to fight Tatsuya and Miyuki soon after transferring. Of course, it was just a light battle to test each other's strengths, but Tatsuya and Miyuki were surprised by how skilled Lina was during the battle. And Lina herself was surprised by the abilities of the two who were slightly stronger than her.
The Vampire Incident Occurs
The new transfer student has arrived and the Magic High School has become a little busier, but behind the scenes of school life, an incident known as the Vampire Incident occurs. Many dead bodies are discovered, apparently the result of an attack by some unknown individual, and Tatsuya and his friends take action to uncover the truth behind this incident.
Also occurs in America
This vampire incident has occurred not only in Japan but also in America, and it seems that Lina, who came from America, also came to Japan in relation to this vampire incident. As an incident that involves not only Japan but also the intentions of the superpower America, this vampire incident will soon become a major obstacle before Tatsuya and his friends.
Leo is attacked
In the series of vampire incidents, Leo was the first victim among those around Tatsuya. He encountered a vampire and fought it, but was seriously injured in the process. Leo barely managed to survive, but the severity of his wounds forced him to leave the battlefield. Leo is also a very powerful character, so it was a surprise when he was defeated by a vampire.
Parasite
During this battle, Leo begins to think that vampires are parasites. A parasite is a special entity that possesses a human, and Leo thinks that vampires are humans that have been infected by a parasite. Parasites themselves have been reported since ancient times, but there are many mysteries about their true identity, which deepens the mystery of vampires.
Parasites that parasitize humans?
The only thing we know is that parasites live on humans. Naturally, depending on the situation, it is possible that allies may be taken over by the parasite, making them an extremely troublesome enemy that has never been seen before. How will Tatsuya and his friends deal with this unprecedented existence of parasites?
Many unknowns
In any case, at this point, there was still not enough information about the parasite. Tatsuya and his friends not only gathered more information about the parasite, but also began to take action to actually encounter the parasite and discover its true identity. What kind of existence is a parasite that functions by parasitizing humans?
The Battle with Sirius
While working to gather information about the parasites, Tatsuya encounters Sirius, a US intelligence agent who is confronting the parasites. Naturally, Tatsuya tries to attack the parasites, but is unexpectedly hindered by Sirius.
Sirius won't let Tatsuya fight vampires for some reason
Tatsuya suddenly finds himself facing off against Sirius, who has been interfering with his life, but Sirius also has a very high fighting ability, and the battle drags on. This battle scene is one of the most detailed in the second season of the anime, so be sure to pay attention to it from the perspective of the battle scenes.
Her true identity was Lina
In the midst of the fierce battle, Sirius was forced to use the energy he had been devoting to his disguise to the fight. In such a situation, Sirius' disguise gradually came off, and he eventually took on the appearance of a person familiar to Tatsuya. In the end, Tatsuya uncovered Sirius' disguise itself, and it became clear that Sirius' true identity was actually Lina.
Battle with Lina
During the battle, Tatsuya discovers that Sirius' true identity is Lina, and becomes a target for Lina to eliminate. According to Lina, if her true identity hadn't been revealed, there would have been no need to fight, but because Tatsuya had completely uncovered her true identity, the two became enemies.
Miyuki joins
Just before the battle with Lina, Miyuki joins the reinforcements. Seeing the confrontation between Lina and Tatsuya, Miyuki proposes to fight Lina one-on-one. At the beginning of the second season of the anime, Miyuki and Lina had a showdown, and Miyuki had won, so Lina accepted Miyuki's invitation to avenge her.
The Battle Between Miyuki and Lina
Thus begins the showdown between Lina and Miyuki. Both have excellent skills and it is a very close match, but Miyuki ultimately emerges victorious. Tatsuya had specified that he would have to extract information from Lina as a condition for victory, and by winning against this leader, he succeeded in extracting information about the parasite from her.
Artificial Black Hole Experiment
Tatsuya learns from Lina that the parasite is a magician who escaped from the USNA in the United States. The US has been conducting repeated experiments to create artificial black holes as a new energy source, and it seems that the parasite was created during the process of these experiments. For this reason, the USNA was unable to make this issue public and pursued the parasite on its own.
Extracting energy from another dimension
This experiment to create an artificial black hole and extract energy was conducted under the premise that magic ignores the law of conservation of mass. It was an accident that occurred during an experiment attempting to combine the new academic fields of magic and energy.
An information body from another dimension
The parasite is explained as an information body that flowed in from another dimension during this artificial black hole experiment. It is an entity that came from a completely different world than ours, and even the USNA that summoned it could not ascertain its true identity. The information that Tatsuya was able to extract from Lina was that it was necessary to confront such an unknown enemy.
Settling the score with the parasite
Also, when Tatsuya encounters a parasite, he attaches a transmitter to it so that he can track it. Based on the information provided by Lina and the information from the transmitter that Tatsuya attached to show the location of the parasite, Tatsuya and his friends will challenge the parasite to a fight.
Freezing the Vampire
And then, the group tracked down the person in whom the parasite was hiding. It was Mia, who was traveling with Lina. Lina was confused when her friend Mia was suddenly attacked, but when she saw Mia's overwhelming fighting power and recovery power that only a parasite can have, she accepted that the parasite was Mia. And then, the group succeeded in containing the parasite by freezing Mia.
They manage to repel them, but...
The group somehow manages to freeze the parasite, but they are soon attacked by a mysterious attack from the sky. Mia, a parasite that has lost its host, suddenly attacks from the sky. The group is taken by surprise by the sudden attack, but by working together and acting together, they manage to repel the parasite.
Valentine's Day
Thus, the group somehow managed to repel one of the parasites, but there is still little information about the parasites, and there are still parasites that came to Japan, so it seems the situation will remain unpredictable. However, the incident has now come to a close for the time being, and the Magic High School will enter the Valentine's Day season. As the Valentine's Day season approaches at the high school, the Magic High School is filled with talk of Valentine's Day.
Chocolate from Honoka and Lina
Since it's Valentine's season, Tatsuya also gets chocolate. He receives chocolate from Honoka, a classmate of Miyuki who has always had feelings for him. Tatsuya knew about this in advance, but he secretly knew he couldn't respond to her feelings, so he gave her a gift he had prepared in advance. The second season of the anime had a lot of serious incidents, but this Valentine's Day event is relatively laid-back, so I think it's an episode that you can watch calmly.
Vampire Incident and Public Opinion
However, even while the whole school was talking about Valentine's Day, there was a new movement in the world. It was reported that the USNA of the United States was involved in the vampire incident, and public dissatisfaction with magicians intensified. What kind of organization is behind this sudden report and public movement? Tatsuya and his friends begin to think that an even larger organization may be involved in this incident. In any case, the parasite incident will move on to a new stage after Valentine's Day. There will be more parasite-related incidents in the future, so please continue to check out the review of the second season of the anime.
Summary
What did you think? This time, we looked back on "The Irregular at Magic High School Season 2" in preparation for the upcoming "The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3". The setting of "The Irregular at Magic High School" is complicated, and various incidents occur in small increments, so it's hard to keep track of them one by one. Therefore, each story and setting has depth, and it can be said that it is a work that you can enjoy carefully, but in exchange, it is true that as time passes, you tend to forget important settings. If you were able to remember the whole series through this review article, be sure to also take a look at the second part of the review article for Season 2 in preparation for Season 3 of the anime. If you review it thoroughly, I think you will be able to watch Season 3 of the anime, which has even more complicated developments, stress-free.
