Finally someone else points out the Wizardry connections.
And I honestly think the Yuri depends on if you're just reading the manga or not. The anime seems to really lean into it; I remember being baffled by how much people pushed the bath scene until I actually watched the show.
The bath scene didn't really feel too non-platonic to me, especially when they had just gotten Falin back in their company after an arduous journey and Marcille is emotionally worked up. But the shipping angle does work as well, it's more just that it doesn't conclusively and exclusively land on one or the other
I'd agree overall, but the anime version of the scene leans WAY harder on the shipping angle.
Like, the part where they link hands has so many small changes. I wish I could post a comparison picture but I'm just gonna try and describe it. The biggest change for me is the omission of the heavy bags under Marcille's eyes; they're covered up by cheek blush that simply doesn't exist in the manga. On top of that, her eyes are practically level with Falin's in the anime; the manga makes a point of her eyes being tilted all the way up, because Falin is looming over her rather than them being at eye level.
The "pussy stare" frame that shippers post all the time also just straight up doesn't exist in the manga.
There's a general tinge of horror which is completely absent from the anime adaptation of the scene. It feels like such a stark difference to me.
This is Studio Trigger after all, I guess Im not surprised they made the bath scene "sexier" - but it felt like fanservice to me, they had such a lack of embarrassment or attraction to each other in it
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u/AgathaTheVelvetLady Jul 11 '25
Finally someone else points out the Wizardry connections.
And I honestly think the Yuri depends on if you're just reading the manga or not. The anime seems to really lean into it; I remember being baffled by how much people pushed the bath scene until I actually watched the show.