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In Bladedance of Elementalers, there is a scene where Kamito's girlfriends get jealous and feed him cakes violently. What's surprising is there are 2 versions of this scene:

  1. His girlfriends use sticks to feed him. enter image description here

  2. His girlfriends push the plate against his face. enter image description here

Why did the studio make two versions of this? It's quite rare that a studio would bother to do extra work, since one version is enough.

Michael
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This was possibly a scene correction done for the DVD & BD release.

The scene happened near the end of episode 12, "Ren Ashbell". Cross-checking the reviews reveals that the scene with "cake-shoving" was initially broadcasted on TV, on September 30, 2014.

  • http://tiwaha.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2014/09/tokyomx92912-b4.html (Japanese, September 30, 2014, TokyoMX)

    私のケーキを食べてとカミトの顔面に押し付けるフィアナ、リンスレット、トドメはエストだった。

    "Eat my cake", said Fianna, Rinslet, and Est while shoving the cake onto Kamito's face.

  • https://ameblo.jp/cm118466081/entry-11932644894.html (Japanese, October 1, 2014)

    エリスのドレスが似合ってると褒めたカミトに詰め寄る他3人(爆)
    それはケーキ食わせるじゃなくてパイ投げもとい、ケーキ投げやん！

    The other 3 girls crowded around Kamito after he compliments Ellis' dress
    That's not feeding the cake, that's pie-throwing, or rather cake-shoving!

  • http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/58516 (Japanese, 30 September 2014) showing the archive of 2ch thread, with screencaps from episodes 12 added, including the cake-shoving.

However, the scene is actually different from the original source (light novel) where the girls are forcing Kamito to eat the cake using forks instead of shoving it, and it disappointed some Japanese fans.

  • http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/58516 (Japanese). From one of the comments on the article,

    1. 名前：名無しさん 投稿日：2014-09-30 01:42:00
      てか、ケーキのシーンは原作通り全員フォークでカミトの口に入れてあげろよ…
      何であんな雑で、しかも印象悪くするようなことした
    1. Name: Anonymous　Posting date: 2014-09-30 01:42:00 (JST)
      I mean, the cake scene should be like the original source, everyone should use a fork to put it in Kamito's mouth...
      Why did they do it so rough, moreover it makes a bad impression

  • https://sakuhindb.com/janime/7_Seireitsukai_20no_20bladedance/2014-11-02T14_33_50.html (Japanese).

    【悪い点】
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    最終回でチョコレートケーキをカミトの顔にぶつけるシーン。食いモンを粗末にするんじゃねえ。もしこれが「ドリフのコントみたいでおもろいやろ?」とか思ってやってるんだとしたら救えない

    Bad Points

    The scene where chocolate cakes are shoved onto Kamito's face in the last episode. Don't waste food. If this was done with the reasoning "this should be interesting like Dorifu's skit", then it is beyond saving.

Aki Tanaka
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