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00:05I'm a 52-year-old bureaucrat,
00:09Kanzaburo Tondabayashi.
00:11Except, one day, I was turned into Grace,
00:14the big baddie of an Otome video game!
00:17A shocking transformation!
00:23Roughly a month has passed since then,
00:26as Ana and I have continued our studies here at Royal Magic Academy.
00:30Now we are about to reach a new stage of mastery over magic.
00:35And reveal by true form!
00:46Huh?
00:47Huh?
00:47Huh?
00:50Huh?
00:57Huh?
00:59Huh?
02:41Great. I will. I promise.
02:44A pegasus, huh? That's a perfect fit for Ana.
02:49All right, Hineko. All right. So I understand what the love in the title Magical Academy Love and Beast is
02:55all about.
02:56But what the heck is a beast?
02:58It's a magical familiar. They're little creatures that act as servants.
03:04In the game, the protagonist is granted an egg right after she enrolls in the school.
03:09An egg?
03:10That's right! A beast egg!
03:12After spending a month studying, the egg finally hatches, bringing forth her very own familiar.
03:20It then greatly expands the variety of spells she can use.
03:24In other words, the real magic lessons don't begin until after she obtains her own creature.
03:30And naturally, the story and the way various love roots unfold can change drastically depending on what type of beast
03:37is born.
03:38That's what makes this game so much fun!
03:41Congratulations on summoning your beast. Such an accomplishment.
03:46Wow, thank you, Lady Grace.
03:48This is a pegasus with the wind attribute. Isn't that right?
03:51So then, I imagine your future magic studies will mainly be focused on creating wind spells.
03:57That's right! I'm so happy! I love wind magic!
04:02If I remember correctly, doesn't wind magic share an affinity with the earth attribute?
04:08I think it's actually water that's the most compatible with the wind attribute.
04:12Wait, what? I thought it was the fire attribute.
04:17The ritual is still taking place! Keep quiet!
04:20They make a good point. Elemental attributes can be very complicated depending on the game.
04:27Hmm. Here's an idea.
04:30Pardon, Madame Crona.
04:32Before we continue with the beast summoning ritual,
04:35would you mind giving the class a refresher on elemental attributes?
04:39That looks to be necessary.
04:41Very well, then.
04:43Everyone, please pay close attention.
04:46Yes, ma'am!
04:47Lady Grace never disappoints!
04:55Our world's magic comprises of fire, water, the wind, and earth.
05:02Everything is split between these four elements.
05:05Furthermore, each element has its own strengths and weaknesses against the others.
05:10So it's important to know all possible elemental affinities,
05:13regardless of whether you're positioned in a combat role or a support role.
05:18For example, when fighting a water attribute beast, fire spells are particularly effective.
05:24However, trying to take advantage of elemental weaknesses alone,
05:29it's not enough to deal with more powerful beasts.
05:31In those situations, using a wind spell in coordination with a fire one
05:37will boost the fire spell's power and assist in defeating your opponent.
05:41Did you understand all of that?
05:44Yeah!
05:46Basically, the attribute of your beast determines the path you have to take moving forward.
05:51If this were a game, this is the point where you would keep reloading until you got the beast you
05:56wanted the most.
06:00Hey, Ana.
06:02Consider this a moment.
06:03If there was a spell that allowed you to repeat the summoning ritual over and over again,
06:08would you keep doing it until you got a rare beast for familiar?
06:13What? Repeat the ritual?
06:15Why would I do that?
06:17I love this little guy and feel lucky to have him.
06:21Hmm.
06:22Shh.
06:26No way!
06:30It's the Crown Prince versus you!
06:32And the Guardian Lord of Goots!
06:34Why would they come to our class?
06:38Sorry, pay us no mind, Madame Garnin.
06:41Please continue with the summoning ritual.
06:44We're just here to get a front row seat.
06:46We gotta see what sort of magical beasts our two little newbies on the student council end up with.
06:53Since ours are curious to find out soon.
06:59Crown Prince Virgil's beast is a griffon.
07:02It has the wind attribute.
07:04And Lord Auguste's beast is a garuda.
07:07It has the fire attribute.
07:10Those are both rare species.
07:12And they have way more mana than normal.
07:15The members of the student council really are on another level.
07:19Hmm.
07:20Hmm.
07:21Funny running into you two here.
07:24I take it that Pegasus is Anna's new partner?
07:26Huh.
07:27Yes, your highness.
07:29That makes sense.
07:31The Pegasus is a more docile beast.
07:34It's easy for them to reflect the talents of their masters.
07:37So it may be the perfect fit for a hard worker such as yourself, Anna.
07:41It's the efforts of the master that can ultimately make or break any sort of beast.
07:45Right.
07:46I'll do my very best.
07:48Well, well.
07:49Those two seem to be responding to this quite positively.
07:53Of course.
07:53That's good to know.
07:54All right.
07:55Let's continue.
07:57Grace Overn, you're next.
08:00Pardon.
08:00I must go take my turn.
08:02Of course.
08:02Good luck.
08:04Lady Grace, I wish you the very best of luck.
08:08Great.
08:09I appreciate it.
08:14Now, place your egg here.
08:17Yes, ma'am.
08:18Hard to believe it's already been a month since then.
08:21I will now hand out the most important item.
08:24So everyone, please pay very close attention.
08:28After I call your name, please come up to the front one at a time.
08:34The moment has come for you to form a personal contract with a beast.
08:40Once it is complete, your egg will be stored in a subspace for the duration of a month.
08:45And during that time, you will support its growth by supplying it with mana.
08:51Right.
08:57Let's begin.
08:59Please state your name.
09:03I am Grace Overn.
09:16Then a summoning ritual is held.
09:19And the beast reveals itself to its master for the first time.
09:25I order thee as master of the contract.
09:28Listen and heed my call and reveal thy true form.
09:33Well, seeing as how the main character that's on everyone's mind has already summoned her beast,
09:38nobody should care much about what kind I end up with.
09:41I'm the villainous, after all.
09:43This should be a breeze.
09:45It's gotta be a fire attribute.
09:47And, like, not just because that's what I have.
09:50Grace will clearly summon a wind attribute beast.
09:53The fact that we are engaged to be married is proof enough of that.
09:56I'd be over the moon if she got the same wind attribute as me.
09:59But at the very least, I hope she can fire because I'm the villainous.
10:03I'm sorry, do you say.
10:05One can only hold her.
10:12Restart until I get a good beast?
10:16No.
10:17That leans somewhat into scum-saving territory.
10:20I don't consider myself to be a hardcore strategist like that.
10:24And, like, even though it's just a video game,
10:27I hate the idea of deleting a beast that was born just for me.
10:31I'd feel sorry for it.
10:34You're completely right, Hinako.
10:38Especially considering this is a tangible world that can't even be reset.
10:42Nothing will surprise your old man.
10:44I promise to cherish whatever beast I get.
10:54Huh?
11:02What is that?
11:04Huh?
11:05Come find the monophore?
11:07How can I...
11:09direct comfort?
11:11Whose voice is that?
11:15Huh?
11:16Huh?
11:16Huh?
11:17Huh?
11:19Huh?
11:21Huh?
11:23Huh?
11:28Huh?
11:54That's a dragon, from the looks of it, right?
11:56It appears so. However, what in the world just happened?
12:01Well, that was a rather odd sight. But let's move right along.
12:06Miss O'Byrne's magical beast is...
12:11It's a species of dragon! An ancient dragon!
12:15Whoa, no freaking way! That's a beast so rare, it's legendary!
12:20And as for its attribute...
12:22There are two! Her beast contains both fire and water!
12:29But that's impossible! Every beast should be limited to one elemental attribute!
12:34How can there be two? Not to mention, those are opposing elements!
12:38It's unthinkable for both to coexist inside a single beast!
12:43So this basically means...
12:46Lady Grace is a genius! In every sense!
12:51Look, you can't just slap her with the genius label and call it final.
12:54To be continued after the break.
13:02I am Pinago Konjabayashi!
13:05Born 20 years ago, between an otaku mother and an otaku father!
13:12I am 100% pure brand meat!
13:15It all started yesterday.
13:18I was enjoying my latest challenge run in Magical Academy Love & Beast when...
13:29Hello! Go for Hinako!
13:32That's right. I'm home at the moment.
13:35Huh?
13:37Dad had an accident?!
13:39He seems to have taken a hard hit to the head.
13:43Thankfully, results from our tests have revealed there was no damage to his brain, and he doesn't seem to have
13:48any other significant injuries.
13:50The problem is that he won't wake up for some reason.
13:54His brain waves indicate that he's in a state close to dreaming.
13:59That's all we know for the moment.
14:02We'll keep him here for now, until we can perform more thorough tests tomorrow.
14:07Now, if you'll please excuse me.
14:28Well, it's great that he didn't get seriously hurt.
14:32I know he'll wake up when we least expect it and go...
14:36Jotaro, you big ol' fool! All thanks to your meddling, I live again!
14:42Good grief. Guess you're the real thing.
14:47But in seriousness, Dad is gonna be okay.
14:50I mean, he saved a kid by jumping in front of a truck!
14:54It's just like one of those toku hero stories Dad loves!
14:58So there's no way this ends with him in a coma forever!
15:02Yes, of course. I feel the exact same way.
15:08All righty. I have to stay and fill out the hospital paperwork.
15:13You head back and take care of the house, okay?
15:15Okay! I'll whip us up some dinner too!
15:27That's weird. I thought I turned the TV off before I left home.
15:33Uh-oh, that's not good. The controller's not working.
15:36Maybe the battery's dead?
15:39Uh, now the remote isn't working? What's going on here?
15:44Hm?
15:45Hold on. This is the scene where Ana gets bullied by Grace for the first time.
15:50Or is it? The graphics look kinda different.
15:53Hmm.
15:55Surely you're aware of that.
15:58And yet you're here in spite of that.
16:01How interesting.
16:02It can only mean one thing.
16:05You must have been lovingly raised by great parents who are undoubtedly proud of their brooded child-
16:12Oh!
16:14Dad?!
16:16So here's the thing.
16:18I know that this is probably gonna sound totally bonkers to you.
16:22And you're gonna wanna lecture me about keeping fantasy separate from reality.
16:26But I've analyzed the facts as objectively as possible and there's just one answer.
16:30I've concluded that Dad's mind is inside of this game!
16:33Alright, I'm convinced.
16:36That was easy!
16:37You have no idea.
16:38My generation read the never-ending bleep in middle school and we've been exposed to countless isekai stories ever since.
16:44Never underestimate the otaku power level of a mom.
16:47Talk about reliable!
16:49I watched Crest of the Royal of the Bleep, Machine Hero Wata Bleep, and even Ramun and Four Bleep.
16:54Not to mention Raiyir Bleep, Fushigi Bleep, and The Twelve King Bleep!
16:58Always trust the speed-talking otaku!
16:59How could I forget?
17:00You can't mention isekai without Aura Battler Dun Bleep!
17:04It wowed everyone by being both a mecha and isekai with a story well ahead of its time.
17:08We're talking 1983, girls!
17:10Speaking of the 80s, there was an excellent OVA by the name of Lita, the fantastic adventure of Bleep.
17:16Have you seen it?
17:16I highly recommend it.
17:18This is magic later.
17:19We can go even further.
17:25Okay, that's enough, Mom.
17:27I get it.
17:28Alright.
17:28Fill me in on the details.
17:31What exactly is the situation right now?
17:34Okay, let me explain.
17:36For starters, my Magical Academy Love and Beast game is shown as on.
17:40But it won't respond to any of the controls.
17:44And we can't even turn off the TV.
17:46It's just stuck.
17:48I see.
17:49That's definitely weird.
17:50The good news is, although the normal dialogue choices won't pop up, we can still progress the story forward by
17:57hitting the A button.
17:59Oh, plus the backlog works, as well as the diary option that summarizes the story thus far.
18:05Do you want to take a look?
18:07Sounds like a good idea.
18:09Let's do it.
18:09Okay.
18:10So we'll start from the first day of school.
18:13Would you pass on a message to the chef?
18:17Please tell them it was delicious.
18:19Yes?
18:20What is the elegance cheat?
18:22That does sound like something Dad would totally say.
18:24In times like this, you should divide by nine.
18:28Check out those business skills.
18:30Definitely giving Dad vibes.
18:32Hooligans best to be sharp or we'll make a stab at giving them a proper education.
18:38It's really him!
18:41Oh, jeez, I'm getting secondhand embarrassment from watching this.
18:45Well, you better get used to seeing more of this, dear.
18:48I'm not sure I can do that.
18:50The question is, if Dad's mind is actually stuck in this video game, then how do we get him back?
18:56Well, I think beating the game would obviously make the most logical sense.
19:01Of course, we can't say for sure that would actually bring him back, but at this point it's really the
19:07only option that's available.
19:08Good point.
19:10Since progressing the story forward is all we can do, you should keep playing the game to see what happens,
19:15Hinako.
19:15Roger that, Mom! I've got it covered!
19:25Morning already?
19:27Yeah.
19:28Good morning, Mom.
19:30Good morning.
19:32Don't tell me you kept going for the entire night!
19:35I've pulled tons of all-nighters playing games.
19:37I'm a pro.
19:39Thanks to doing that, I've already gotten a whole month into the game's storyline, which would mean that the flow
19:44of time between the game and our world is completely different from each other.
19:48But hey, now I've made it to the first major event of the game, the beast summoning ritual.
19:54How the story unfolds from this point forward changes depending on what beast is...
20:00Huh?
20:02Um...
20:02What the heck?
20:04Grace will now summon a beast.
20:05Would you like to lend a hand?
20:08Ugh!
20:09Holy crap!
20:10It's giving us a choice?!
20:11Up until now, we've been totally stuck on a set route!
20:14Does this mean we can actually influence the story?
20:17But what does it mean by asking me to lend a hand?
20:20Summoning a beast is based on pure luck.
20:23We shouldn't be able to change anything about it.
20:25Hey, Hinako, I think it's basically asking us if we want to help out Dad or not.
20:30Yeah, I guess so.
20:35Then...
20:36There's only one answer!
20:41Ah!
20:45Ah!
20:51Ah!
20:52Ah!
20:53Ah!
20:53Ah!
20:53Ah!
20:53Ah!
20:55Ah!
20:58Ah!
20:59Saburo's mana will now be used to create a beast.
21:02Huh?
21:03Please combine the two mana forms.
21:06Combine the mana forms?!
21:08How can I...
21:09Please use your hands to make direct contact.
21:12Direct contact?!
21:14But how?
21:15Do I use it like a touch panel?
21:17This thing is just a plain old LCD television!
21:20Ah!
21:32Ah!
21:41Ah!
21:42Ah!
21:43Ah!
21:48So this is what I meant by Linda Head?
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