This kind of feels like how her character was always supposed to work in theory but in practice she's been a literal nothing character. Firstly, other's point out how little she strives to achieve, and secondly Akko's relentless enthusiasm for magic is enough to rekindle her own love for magic. However, two (yes, she has more than one motivation in a single episode!) things push her to change. She starts off indifferent, keen to follow tradition and remain unambitious. Sucy remains a cipher as ever, but Lotte actually gets some decent moments here too. You actually care about everything Akko is doing here because you feel like she's doing it all for the right reason and she's working hard. Heck, her friends don't want to do it at first (wow, they're actually been characterised as more than just doormats to Akko's every want!) but she eventually wins them over in a manner that makes sense. Akko actually wants to help the ghost, and she develops a plan to do so on her own (!) and successfully recruits help from her friends and teacher. But this simple motivation is actually built upon in this arc. Thirdly, she identifies not that she wants to be like Chariot, but she explicitly says why she wants to be like Chariot, namely, to entertain others. Secondly, she trains and not only does it feel like she's self-motivated it feels like progress it made in a reasonable manner. Firstly, she's not literally the worst witch on the planet. I think actually well reasoned motivations have to be the biggest success of this episode. In this episode, Diana is depicted like a human being, something that hasn't been the case since her introduction. In this episode, Professor Ursula actually fulfils her role in the show perfectly, she doesn't tell Akko how to solve a situation but she provides her with the ability to reach a solution. In this episode, Akko feels like she has friends, and you can understand why Akko might actually be able to motivate her friends. In this episode, Akko is actually charming and her imperfections are literally her charm - she also has more motivation than simply "wanting to be like Chariot". In this episode, it feels like all the characters have clearly thought out and reasoned motivations. It feels like this episode was written by a human being who understands characters, motivations and story beats. Well, the obvious and easiest answer is: the writing. So, why does this succeed where the previous episodes have all fallen terribly short? It actually nearly all the previous episodes look like filler because they were all about nothing, where as this story has an actual core. I'm actually curious who wrote this particular 'School Festival Arc' because it feels almost completely disconnected from the way the series has been structured up until now. Episode 13, meanwhile, almost feels like the pitch idea of Little Witch Academia as a TV series, because it really brings together all the elements that could have been potentially good, but never where. I've already praised episode 8 for the things it does well, but the strengths of that episode as almost completely disconnected from the rest of the series - it's largely just an entraining visual showcase. Now, as I've been dumping on this series for months on end, it's only fair that I give the series its due when it actually does something right.
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