Strike Witches 3: Road to Berlin Episode 5: Heksen in Nederland

In deze episode gingen we samen met Perrine, RAMBO en Shizuka naar Nederland aan een missie om de koninklijk to helpen. Laten we evens zien hoe ging het.

Of course the rest of this post won’t be in Dutch.

We joined RAMBO and Shizuka continuing their training to help control her magic. Didn’t mention this last time because that’s all they were doing before the Neuroi attacks. Perrine noticed them kinda sulking and gave them a tsundere push. Later she was called by Minna to go on the mission The Netherlands/Holland.

Upon arriving they saw a portrait of the castle and legendary Blue Tulips. The queen informed our heroines they were summoned in hopes their magic could help the few remaining tulips grow after they were nearly all wiped out by a Neuroi attack. The tulips bloomed thanks to the power of a Witch long ago.

Unfortunately it didn’t work. I’ll skip most of the scenes featuring the middle aged farmers. One of them disliked Witches. It’s the classic “grumpy old man slowly convinced our heroes are pretty cool after all” setup so no need to go into detail. What I will say is the grumpy farmer’s grumpiness got Perrine riled up determined to prove they could get the tulips to bloom.

Come on Perrine, tanks are cool.

The next day after a whole day of farming they went to the greenhouse to check up on the remaining tulips. They had to be in an environment with a temperature of exactly 20 degrees Celsius to prevent wilting. Unfortunately the radiator that kept them warm malfunctioned (There you are again Coincidence Imp). Fortunately a farmer remembered an old Strike Unit that could help generate heat. Perrine offered to power it up but RAMBO insisted she do it in hopes of it helping with her magic training. We’ll get back to this and the unit later.

The next day was time for the tulips to hopefully bloom. While it looked like everything was theoretically ready there was one missing ingredient the farmers couldn’t recall. As Shizuka went to pump water at the well it needed an extra push. She used magic and uncovered a hidden Neuroi. It wreaked havoc on the greenhouse and only one tulip remained.

To think the path to RAMBO learning to balance her flight magic would come from a cold shower. Thank you Perrine.

RAMBO’s signature badassery created an opening for Perrine to zap the Neuroi good. The day was almost saved.

Turns out the missing ingredient was lightning and the Witch that made them bloom back then was Perrine’s grandma who the old unit belonged to. Hopefully Nederland will lend their support in the upcoming battle for Berlin.

Decent episode. Next time it looks like Barkhorn and Hartmann will get the spotlight