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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Another cool demo battle for a luxury liner courtesy of the Bentemaru. Seems like Marika is having trouble balancing the demands of being captain with being a student, though. That should lead to some interesting problems further down the line. Stowaway has snuck onto the ship... and it's a princess? |
| It's good to see that Marika is still intending to graduate and not to drop out of school. Unlike Chiaki I think I understood what Mami wanted to express with her mountain analogy. Marika doesn't want to get outshined by her mother and want to show that she is something special on her own and doesn't need to rely on others to be respected. This time the mission was a bit more complex as they had to deliver a battle for the audience. It will be interesting to see what the stowaway wants from Marika. |
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| Chiaki is confirmed to be a spy from another pirate crew. |
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HalvorzN said: I think this show is a bit half-asses really. Loved the whole pirate in space idea, but being paid to troll around in space with permission isn't really any fun to watch. Unless something deeper starts, this show will fall. From 9/10 to 7/10 3/5 for the episode. This episode was a little more boring than the others, but it definitely had a point. It introduced the stowaway, who will (hopefully) play a big part. I mean, we still have like 19 episodes left. Plenty of room for good plot. |
MM-Rosiie said: This episode was a little more boring than the others Every episode so far was booooring, previous one was additionaly moronic. |
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| I guess the next episode is about a spoiled girl who due to her protective parents never went out on adventure before and thus wants to become a pirate to discover space. |
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Hoppy said: Chiaki is confirmed to be a spy from another pirate crew. I thought we already knew that she was the daughter of captain for another pirate ship? Wasn't that discussed in another episode? |
| This Universe is filled with some weird people who pay to be boarded by privateer ships :P but since in RL people are also doing weird stuff I can buy this - just a bit advanced form of rich people insanity. Plus good opportunity to both make money and train new captain without risk of being send into vacum (which is not a pleasant thing for crew I suppose). Well I liked to see some background on why Marika is behaving in her way. but still very good series and will look forward to next episode |
| Finally, not as slow-paced as always episode. Interesting all the way even, i fully enjoyed it and claim to be the best so far. I just wonder why did Marika get a makeup that'd rather fit a hooker than a pirate captain though. Also the hell is Lubumbashi and why is umeboshi translated to as such? And "tokay"? WTF CR? |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
OrochiPL said: And "tokay"? WTF CR? They are Hungarians in space |
OrochiPL said: Also the hell is Lubumbashi and why is umeboshi translated to as such? And "tokay"? WTF CR? Not to mention "Kat Marika". I briefly wondered whether the translator was drunk while working on this. |
| CR, what you doin'? |
| and Bentenmaru TL'd to Bicentenary or something like that... |
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| I'm just not feeling this anime... too cutesie. Really??? Pirates reduced to doing performances and robbing rich cruise ships? >.> Dropping it for now. Even though it doesn't do panty shots and other fan service (thank god), it's still far too cute for my taste... |
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| Pirates?!..Pfff more like Entertainers! |
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| Those are just small jobs, when the big jobs arrive, it will be real. I hope. lol. Anyways enjoyed this episode as well of course. But seemed like a missed an episode although I didn't. Hate waiting an entire week for each ep. I'm used to watching anime eps back to back ;D. oh well. next ep yay. |
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| I feel bored again with the anime. They are taking on small jobs are the ppl who are being pirated seem to be welcoming them. They are supposed to be feared. I wonder who the stowaway is. |
Xtc said: somebody didn't watch the preview ^^ lol.I wonder who the stowaway is. |
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| I'm really enjoying the show so far. The way pirates are portrayed is quite intriguing, as it is not anywhere near the way we think of them. But that doesn't mean that the story won't get serious later on. In fact, there's a ton of foreshadowing in this episode, and the next may be the start of something big. |
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| This show has me confused. Are they ACTUALLY pirating stuff from these ships or are they just pretending to as in putting on a show? |
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| really fun episode - i wish they had more of mami's character in this as i love the seiyuu that plays her, chiaki omigawa (she's amazing as maka in soul eater) - speaking of the fictional chiaki on this show, she is so kawaii, especially her insistence on leaving off the -chan! |
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| People should seriously learn to not pin their expectations solely on the title. Just because it has the word pirates in it does not mean that the show SHOULD have massive swordfights, gunplays and deaths, like I see many people complaining that this series lacks. Seriously, you guys all scream and label every single anime as "generic", so when this anime displays piracy in a different NON-GENERIC fashion, you complain? The hell. |
 Tonight... we are young... so let's set the world on fire, we can burn brighter, than the sun... |
| Okay I get the fact that its more of a performance for them however its still cool that there is a high factor of risk while doing the job at hand. I like how this story is turning out so far and stowaway princess on board what could she possibly want(to be a pirate too?). This was an enjoyable episode we got to see some Mami air time with Chiaki. I still watch the OP and ED for this show that just how great the songs are and i rarely watch the OP and ED of shows I love this anime they do alot of stuff right. |
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| I haven't read the source material (Manga or LN) so I'm going strictly on intuition, but my feeling is that the princess is more likely to be Leia than spoiled rich kid running away to be a pirate...(actually I'm also going on the title of the next episode as well). Keep in mind that these folks are privateers, not pirates. Ultimately they are auxilliary naval units driven by a strong profit motive. As privateers they are able to keep more of the value of the ships they capture when the ships are sold in prize court. That's where the big money is, not in relieving rich passengers of their pocket change and baubles. (Note that the crown--or whatever form of government issues the letters of marque--will still claim a share of the prize money as a form of taxation.) It looks like the long peace might be coming to an end, and the Bentenmaru will return to its original purpose. |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| ....Da hell did I just watch .___. At this point I'm not sure if their Pirates, Privateers, or Circus performers >___> Still, kids will be kids :) |
| hmm... The royal cruiser hired these "pirate" to attack themselves. Hopefully war will break out in this forsaken peaceful world >.<" That heavy make up of Marika made me lol !!! That oracle women should have told them bout the hacking. Oracle: I see something .... but I ain't tellin u =p |
| lol we'll finally see her in the show |
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| Fantastic episode, one of the best of the series, piracy in peace times sure is intriguing. Plus Marika is growing to be quite the formidable main character. |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| Another most amazing episode although I got totally trolled by that fight whom was only a figment imagination of Marika. Good thing cause I though she would die. I cannot fathom enough that I face-palmed at how immature the progress level adjustment was of Marika. I mean “I don’t want to brutalize them?” OH COME ON MARIKA! Get with the program already you are a pirate and must act like one. Get used to it fast and worst of all don’t act like a baby during a fight. Heck the beams almost got the Bentenmaru. What really bugged me of Marika is the following,  And here. OMG please do not wear any make up at all Marika! Please just NO! Do not want! She looks sexy but to me in a slutty way and I don’t like that. Moreover I know better that makeup before 18 = skin damage for the most. So when I think of Marika with no makeup in the spoiler The Bentenmaru firing its cannons and in general its appearance in the spoiler Totally adored Mami/Chiaki in the spoiler About the preview, OMG the new loli in the following,  Is super adorable. I want to get her Kingdom considering she is royalty. In any case I can’t wait to see her next episode since she is part of the OP she will play a vital role. While it’s interesting that the ship can show nicely infrared and even height/weight of the object. From the looks of here she will be going to the same school as Marika and Misa seems primed up here. Can’t wait to see her go more wild. This shall be fun because now her Kingdom can take this shit as a offence and make war. That can be good for this show. We can be immersed into a war for the whole season with a resolve at the end. Plenty of deaths await with action and drama should it happen. Sounds nice for this show. Don’t know how much blood realism there shall be but sounds mild to me so far. Might edit later if time allows. BTW Image Stitches are done in the club: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=404887 Marika with a blaster is good but makeup no. Ririka looks good too there along with some Chiaki. |
| This one went a long way in showing just how bad the premise of the series actually is. So, as suspected, the whole thing with robbing a ship is just one big show. That really make them performers with really dangerous props rather then actual Pirates, doesn't it? Setting aside why the private sector would even put up with this, the insurance companies in particular, you still have to wonder how all this actually benefits the government. It's not like the haul they'd be getting from these ships would really help the bloated economy of a planet/system. Can't even call something like that a drop in the bucket and the political implications would have to be a problem. There's still the whole high school, hereditary chosen captain thing as well. Well, whatever. Despite everything it's still managing to keep it's head above water (mainly because I like the setting) so will stick with it, at least for now. |
| Bah I've had it with this ridiculous boring drivel >.< Feels like the show have become ever so more slightly disappointing with each episode but still managed to maintain a small level of promise due to the great idea of "Space Pirates" , was somewhat expecting an anime version of Firefly but clearly that bar was set way to high^^ Can't be arsed to continue watching this and continuously get more annoyed each time. Waste of time and dropped -.-'' |
| Seems like the job wasn't a raid on a luxury liner but a escort of a young girl. The attack was a bit odd as well the as mentioned in the episode as well still i have to say that there way of fighting is very peaceful. I wonder what the little stowaway will bring to the story. And Marika should not be wearing makeup like that it looked very bad. |
| Probably the first time I was not satisfied with the pacing, but I'm sure it's because they have ended the episode at such a crucial time, I want more so badly... I hope we will get real fights, these staged ones have the potential to become boring. I'm interested in the role the princess will play. Marika needs to have those boxes moved, quite the hassle to go through all of those aerobic exercises. 4/5. |
| I guess the point of this mission was to get her on board for some reason. The "extra" space battle seems to have been there just so they could disrupt Bentenmaru's security systems enough to let the princess sneak inside the ship. The preview suggests this will lead to some international conflict drama but I don't trust those anymore with this show. |
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| I agree with the point that if this show doesn't start getting any serious soon enough, it'll start getting tedious and boring to watch. This episode was pretty boring, next one looks to be promising as it seems that the plot will finally get moving. |
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| Ohhh now I see how the pirates work, they just accept hires and missions. Then they put on a show or do whatever they're told to do. Looks like this one is more than just a show for the luxury cruiser huh... A princess ended up sneaking on board. :o I wanna think this is going to be serious, but I doubt it. This is still enjoyable I guess, and I've still got hope they're going into more legit problems later on. Marika's makeup, can't help but just laugh. |
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| I feel like a fool. |
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Cratex said: I feel like a fool. For some reason I also feel like one. |
I almost never read discussions after I made my post, if you want to reply PM me or post on my profile page. |
| If I didn't pay to watch this show, I would probably drop this. Well let's try to hang on for a little while more. |
Neane1993 said: Not a Hater...This show is just cute girls pretending to be Pirates. And at that, the Cast is generic at best. Just an average Moe Show just set in Space. Same here. I just completely mis-understood the intent of the show -- I really was hoping for it to be a good hard sci-fi space warfare show -- and I let myself get carried away in discussions and disagreeing with people about it. I'm annoyed at myself for doing so. At least the discussions were very reasonable. Sir_Lexa said: Well let's try to hang on for a little while more. Same here, again. There are many things I like about the show, I just was really floored when I had it beat into me that they are basically entertainers and not actually engaged in low intensity undeclared warfare with their neighbors. Oh, when Chiaki was on the phone talking to her dad, that picture of the person she was talking to - that looked a lot like Marika's dad...? |
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DarthObsidian said: Yeah, I was also a little dissapointed to find out they were basically pirate cosplayers. On the other hand, like I mentioned back on page 1, they're still using electronic warfare to take over their target and the ships are firing real weapons at each other (hence Misa's "an attack is still an attack") so maybe/hopefully there's more to it than just staged entertainment. or that those attacks are more staged than rest of their job - after all with not so experienced captain it would be foolish to go into real battle where they could indeed die they have weapons able to damage other ships - as it was already shown. |
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