First thoughts after watching Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 17 (season 2, episode 5)

This post includes a spoiler.

I watched Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 17. 7/10. Story was 3/5, animation was 3/5, voices and audio were 3/5. Well, this episode was the epilogue of the academy arc, and mostly about how they recovered from the last fight, and the graduation ceremony of the academy.

Finn released Will's power and he needed someone to remove his power. It looked like Caldron was able to do it with the Mage Queen's wand, but Finn just watched it so he couldn't. Then he thought he wanted to take Will and also Aaron thought Will should be taken care of by Finn. But somehow, Finn was satisfied that Will climbed the tower, and didn't stop him. What happened? What did he mean by taking him?

As for Will, he was sad because Rosty was broken into pieces and was gone in front of him. So was Colette, and she floated a set of white flowers into a stream. They didn't have his body, so they couldn't make him a grave. That showed a little culture in this world.

When the dean of the academy asked everyone to clap for Will, at first I thought: didn't Colette clap first? Sion was in a good position to do it as he was a rival, but wasn't she the first person who was glad and did that? That felt a little off to me.

So, because this academic arc was over, Eliza, Workner and Edward may not show up afterward? Or will they still be important people in the next episodes?

So, from the next episode, they're going into the tower. Going into the tower doesn't mean they've become Magia Vander, so probably training or something will start. Let's see.

Watched 2nd time. So, the name of the king of the Magia Vander was Aaron, and the head of the academy was Caldron.

I still couldn't get why Finn gave up Will, but Caldron allowed him to enter the tower so maybe that's what he wanted to avoid. I wondered why Colette didn't clap at first but maybe she was crying or walking too long and couldn't clap at first.

Iris could stand in a Magia Vander's meeting and didn't have any shield but just stood there and I wondered how. But she was a 4th year but already a watcher so she could probably use some magic and can protect herself somewhat.

And this episode or the previous episode would have been a good episode to end a season on. I wondered why season 1 couldn't have had more episodes, so it could have included the previous episode or this one. Well, doesn't matter.

The last narration said that the year will be a year of hope and loss. Hope will be definitely Will, and then what is loss? Perhaps the tower will be gone, or that barrier in the sky? Or maybe some Magia Vander will be defeated?