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Lefake said: Obviously because they're stupid.Seriously, why do all these protagonist always prioritize their petty justice over fulfilling the duties which needs to be done at that crucial moment? If we compare some other aspects of these nonsense-spouting protagonists, they're all dumber than a rock, and they're all completely oblivious to whatever sinister plots that might be taking place around them. If we could get a show with a protagonist who doesn't give a crap about this so-called justice and whatnot, I think it'd be an awesome show. Yumekichi11 said: >that initiated Houki's deep thinkingIt was precisely because of that that initiated Houki's deep thinking, which in turn spaced her out to completely ignore the enemy's fire. >Houki's deep thinking >deep thinking Now that's a good one. |
OosranMar 25, 2011 4:54 AM
| Protip: I don't really check the forums anymore, so if you want something, take it on my profile. Is it time for my long-awaited return to the forums? щ(ﾟДﾟщ) Nope™, probably not. |
| Ichika would have strike the final blow....if not the ship(from China) will be in danger.The ship almost sunk during the battle .Ichika's justice is a bit in inconsistence. Who cares about the fishing ship.It their fault fishing illegally without notice .Sunk it down the sea ^^ Laugh all the way till the end of the episode.Nowadays drama in Anime is so funny -.-"....the only drama I approve for this season is the Anime OnichaSuki Janain |
MorningGloryMar 25, 2011 5:19 AM
| Endings like this remind me why I'm a Tenchi Muyo fan.....Harem leads don't just leave the Moral Fag at home anymore and whoop ass like they use too. What's really gonna piss me off is how nothing will be resolved at the end, and even worst, houki might get ahead of charlotte because of this stupid emo shit she pulled. Do japanese anime fans get tired of this cliche shit as well? |
| I'm a bit confused with the episode LOL. I actually just skimmed through the fight since it wasn't interesting. |
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| IMO houki become too much self-confidence with her personal IS, and i don't understand, if akatsubaki 4th generation (and seem to be stronger one) why not use her as a striker (and laura or sesilia as a support)? And yeah, that slap was pretty fine, but imo too weak I think that end will be something like "i love all of you" (aka Kampfer) or ichika end up with houki, after receiving some subsidiary punch from other girls. |
| sorry, but my english is bad |
| @Yumekichi11 I agree with you that the designs of the characters and environments are pretty good. Ironically, I had IS as most anticipated anime of the season, while only had passing interest in Madoka. I swear, I also would find this series far more enjoyable if all the girls were vying for the attention of an inanimate object (i.e. a rock or piece of coal). |
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| Yawn. I just can't give a crap about what's going on. Way too much melodrama. |
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| IS is a shitty anime to begin with, but this episode just seemed WAY too rushed and overly cliche. I sometimes enjoy this show and this episode was definitely not one of those times. |
| Ok, so not the best episode with the moral talk, stupidly trying to saving that niceillegal boat and emo Houki. Though Houki looks much better with her hair down. Last episode will be the harem vs Gospel with Ichika waking up and delivering the final blow, I think. Looking forward to Houki in swimsuit in preview the conclusion |
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| So, Ichika has to go save illegal fishers? Uh, okay XD Interesting random naked bit in there? O_O Fight was pretty good IMO So Houki gets all emotional and starts regretting stuff ... loved the flashback. They were too cute as kids :3 The other girls getting Houki back into the game then charging off to fight the Gospel was nice Finally, ending battle! I bet Ichika will join them in the end. Harem ending, anyone? :P |
| The attacks themselves were good, but the morals, somewhat disappointing. |
'Everything is impossible until proven possible.' - Me |
| Yeah.....that was pretty, and painfully, bad. That entire idealistic speech, while not completely unnecessary, was drawn out for far too long. I get that Houki needs to be the character with the most flaws so that by the end of the series (referring to the light novels here) she would have the most astounding character development of the harem but the way it was handled is nothing but poor. With the series almost over I'm just hoping that it doesn't go for a lolanime only ending since novels 4 through 6 - and the end of novel 3 - has plenty of delicious jelly in it. |
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| So it seems Houki is a sadistic tsundere. |
| good episode!! looking forward for last episode! <---hoping for good ending..... |
[./spoiler]LuminaFlareMar 25, 2011 1:03 PM
| Sorry For my Bad English ^_^ |
| Houki > Rin, to be honest... :p |
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Ferrose said: ByeByeMrMoon said: Houki > Rin, to be honest... :p Houki's always been my least favorite. And now she gets the hax IS just because her sister invented the IS. She was the worst pilot, but now she beats everyone just because she has the best IS -_- totally agree with you It would be better if not just Rin smacked houki |
| sorry, but my english is bad |
| It was an OK episode. To be honest I didnt like Ichikas moral speech at all |
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| Hey, that was pretty good. If only all the episodes were similar to this one, it could be a good Anime. |
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torrentsven said: wow this was fucking bad, this series should just stay to the fucking porn and dont try fuck around and trying go get some story and action because it just fails miserably and i find myself skipping throuh the whole damn episode FKN DROPPED It's pointless the drop the series at this point, regardless of how you feel about it. There are so mangy negative comments because a lot of people expected much more from this series. It has good character designs, the animation is good, and the girls are somewhat likable, the suits are pretty nice. The problem was the execution and Ichika himself, this episode was a perfect example of how much FAIL Ichika is, and why the storyline is completely ridiculous. SERIOUSLY......"let's protect the illegal fishermen"......WHAT THE FUCK!?!!??!? |
It's pointless the drop the series at this point, regardless of how you feel about it. Yeah, the series should have been dropped from ep1. lol There are so mangy negative comments because a lot of people expected much more from this series. To be honest, I was expecting more action and a little bit of harem (you know, just to increase the sales). Instead I get stupid mecha fights and A HELL LOT OF STUPID HAREM It has good character designs Hell no. I hate the character designs lol and the girls are somewhat likable I find them retarded clones with different hair style and color the suits are pretty nice Yeah, that's pretty much the only good thing xD |
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| Damn, Houki feeling all guilty after Ichika getting injured by protecting her. After that she even got a lecture from Rin. It was nice to finally see some more backstory of Ichika and Houki. As for the enemy; we still don't really know what it is or where it came from. The lack of story and background of this series is pretty annoying sometimes. Looks like we'll finally have the fight we saw in episode one next time. Ichika was fighting in that one as well though, so I expect him to wake up and join in pretty soon. |
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| moralfag? sure the guy wasn't going to let innocent people die, why the hell would he? then Houki like a dumb bitch freezes up and almost gets killed. not a great ending though, I'm sure Ichika will show up fine to save the day or something. more harem action though.... especially Charlotte. |
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| What a crap episode, useless moral crap, useless flashback, and a really lame bullet hell style fight. "You must not kill bad people when you are at war against a berserk flying IS its not like you", what kind of stupid crap is that?! then she freezes up and retard kid jumps in gets hurt (i was expecting him to lose an arm or a leg or something). After that she feels all guilty and starts to Baww, loli shows up and smacks her , houki goes all like "but i want to fight D:" , and then the loli smiles and w/e crap happens next, afterwards they fly off like a bunch of retards to kill the unknown all powerful silver mech. When i first started to watch the PV for this show i was thinking "oh sweet a new mecha genre anime =D, so so it has some harem....hmm ok i can deal with that" but then this crap fest happened. After the 12th episode is done, i'll rate this a 1 a big freakin 1, huge waste of time damn it =_=, i'd rather Parappa the Rapper AGAIN (and even that was 10 times better than this. |
| ugh.. my head hurts. nekked pep talk + "coming just in time!" + general emo-ness = nothing redeemable at ALL. why was this show even made? FAIL. EDIT: I stand corrected... there was a bitchslap. that i liked. |
MusashiRoseMar 25, 2011 6:10 PM
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| Ichika sucks so much. Chastising Houki for not caring about a criminal's ship and saying the power has gone to her head? Screw him. I hate it when protagonists just want to protect everyone for no reason. And what Houki said wasn't a "Sad thing". It was a realistic thing considering the battle plan and nature of the crises. |
| when Ichika started talking about morals and protecting those criminals, I was like O__O ...uhh wtf just happened with the show? with that episode to be more specific. and houki just crying during the middle of the battle like that? (even though she's my favourite girls, along with charlotte), sighs smh.. the art though was pretty :D i couldn't help but stare at houki during the depressed beach scene with the sunset in the background-- houki was soo kawaii :3 ep 12 better be a major improvement over this one, considering it's the last one this season. :\ short season, wish it were the 20ish ep standard set, since we'll haf to wait a while for the 2nd season(if there is for sure) to start again. >:( |
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chessmaster1989 said: alexcampos said: and why the storyline is completely ridiculous. What storyline? :P Usually, I complain about plots which have holes in which you can drive tanks through. In this case, there is no plot to drive the tank through... On a side note, it seems that the lag issues on the forums has been resolved. Am I the only one noticing this? |
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| They didn't actually rush the series. It was all according to the novel. |
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GarLogan78 said: Thus comes the failure of the setup brought upon a rather bad conveying of what it's supposed to transmit to the audience, that of saving lives no matter what because each of them are precious, yes even criminals are better to rot in jail than being killed off according to someone with a moral standing like Ichika. The good thing about all is that Gospel is not manned by a human so it would have been a sure win if not for that stupid illegal ship. They just want to do the same crap in the beginning of the series, is you all remember girls fight and Ichika suddenly shows up.And what Houki said wasn't a "Sad thing". It was a realistic thing considering the battle plan and nature of the crises. |
darthfanta said: They didn't actually rush the series. It was all according to the novel. That's scary.... To think that the LN is like this??? Honestly, there are things I like about this anime, unfortunately there's just too many bad things that keep it from being "good". |
| That episode was herping and derping all over the place. |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
| I originally thought this was going to be an alright show, but then that unexpectedly idiotic drama appeared in the middle of an intense battle. Who in their right mind would have a conversation like that, without even moving, during a battle where they could die?? ... but I guess they still had to lead it up to the end anyway though :P |
alexcampos said: The LN is on big sales...yet I couldn't even read pass 100page ,same goes to Kore wa zombie.....The producer sure like to choose this kind of LN to adapt >.>: darthfanta said: They didn't actually rush the series. It was all according to the novel. That's scary.... To think that the LN is like this??? Honestly, there are things I like about this anime, unfortunately there's just too many bad things that keep it from being "good". good sales = good Anime, that's what the system of our so called "pop" culture. Omniknight said: heaven lord, MAL is fixed .I never even dream this will come true. Now I can post and edit my message without any problem/hassle and I will be a bit more active in MAL with my nonsense post ^^On a side note, it seems that the lag issues on the forums has been resolved. Am I the only one noticing this? |
MorningGloryMar 25, 2011 10:40 PM
| Well that was uncalled for during a battle a lecture on power and etc. i am starting to wonder how everything will end, my guess is on good terms hopefully. Since next week is the last episode i really hope they go all out on it to bring a good ending to this season. |
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| this anime is so cheap and cheesy... damn(( |
| one more episode i think it will be a harem ending however i not 100% sure because of this episode in this episode is so much action i just can't see the true ending |
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| Oh fuck. Ichika's such an annoying guy, at least it was him who got injured, not Houki. : D But now i see the end's gonna be shit, pretty sure of it. Houki with hair down was obviously the best part of the episode. <3 |
OrochiPLMar 26, 2011 4:58 AM
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| About this ship, why HQ don't detect it before they sent ichika and houki. general impression about this ep. is only question "why", especailly 2 close-range unit vs 1 long-range unit with aoe, this equal 2 cavalrymans against tank The series should be finished in ep 9 |
TenzoriMar 26, 2011 6:20 AM
| sorry, but my english is bad |
| Moral pep-talk amidst heat of battle = EPIC FAIL |
Omniknight said: Warning: Long Rant on the stupidity of this anime I ended up just skimming through this episode... For an apparently action-oriented and emotional episode, it was executed terribly... Can this show do anything original? And we must get angsty Houki followed by "we will win with friendship" crap again... I'd be hard pressed to find a male lead I hate more than Ichika at this point. And when fanservice shows get serious, you know its time to jump off the ship (pun intended). I'd actually rather have the brainless fanservice now. On a side note about the plot, it must make an infinite amount of sense to send Ichika, a complete rookie, and Houki, who may be experienced, but in a completely new suit, to deal with the very disturbing news of a rogue IS. It's like if people sent schoolchildren to deal with the threat of a weapon of mass destruction after giving them instruction pamphlets. All the teachers and security forces don't deal with this situation? Plot needs to make some sense... even if a little. Apparently, Ichika isn't smart enough to realize if he actually attacked when Houki wanted him too, he woundn't have had to block the addition shots that were fired in the direction of the ship... Ugh... This just irritates me. And next episode: - Friendship will win out! Yay! *groan* - The unmaned IS will be destroyed by the awesomeness of friendship! - Ichika will still not realize he is liked by all the girls - Charlotte will get little to no screen time - We will get an ambiguous ending Soundtrack said: Last episode better deliver. Depends on what you want it to deliver. So far this episode has delivered a large increase in heat on my forehead from my palm of my hand hitting it so many times. P.S. It's not Madoka Thursday without Madoka! Edit: I found a picture to describe how bad this episode was.  Agree |
| saving the powerless fisherman? come on! naruto-like story? |
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