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I love shows that start slow but keep getting more and more enjoyable towards the end compared to ones that do the opposite. Spent a lot of time wondering whether something was actually going to happen especially for a show about space pirates but my patience was rewarded during the second half.

Nice music, animation, setting and fun characters. Stronger second half pushes it from a 7 to an 8/10.

The final episodes bumped this back up to a 7 for me as the series returned to its strengths. I found the romance arc and the dinghy race to be pretty boring, but the fight against Quartz redeemed the show somewhat. I would have liked to have gotten a bit more character development in 26 episodes to go with the gradually unfolding story of intersteller politics and galactic upheaval. So even though I would like to find out just why the greater galaxy needs this pirate fleet to emerge, I'm still not terribly excited about seeing any more of the high school yacht club. Frankly I'd rather find more out about her mother and father's relationship and history, as well as the crew of the Bentenmaru.

Great anime, I really enjoyed it. The grand finale felt badass. Speaking about badass... coorie's uber1337 typing skillZ were WIN.

The fight was really intense, and captain marika's plan worked perfectly ofc.

Only downside of the episode: Showing us the Yacht club in their outfits.... NOW I WANNA SEE MOAR OF THEM!

alltogether: 9/10 for the anime and 5/5 for the episode.

This show has been a mixed bag. I expected something completely different to what I got but once I adjusted my expectations, there's enjoyment to be had here.

It's very hard to recommend it from the first couple episodes alone. I think ep.3 was largely the most boring of the lot with a focus on electronic warfare. The latter half was much better than the first 13 eps. In the end, it's worth it for the ending. Bit of a shame that 'Lost Child' didn't play at the end but the two tracks at the end were beautiful and the combat sequences were fluid and intense. The characters were mostly unmemorable except for Marika who instantly shot up to my favourites from the debut.

From the loose ends, I hope there will be more of Marika to come. Very glad I stuck with it to the end. 6/10.

It started really slow with a few good eps in the middle and finally started picking up towards the very end with the big space battle finale. Sadly that was not enough to save the series from being anything more than average, overall 4/10. Hopefully the movie will be better than the series.

Very exciting last episode! Thanks to Coorie, everyone could predict where the enemy ships will strike.Didn't know she could type with her toes XD And the short fight after the boarding on one of them was pretty interesting too. Even in their time they have ninjas with strange techniques, like that pirate ninja demonstrated some. I also see Shnitzer in the background smashing down androids.

So Ironbeard was, like we thought, Marika's father and Gruer had probably known all along.

I give this last battle a 10/10 though for the whole series maybe 9/10

5/10 All around a terrible show with the only the pretty good last episodes redeeming it a bit.

I loved the battle against Grand Cross, a great way to finish the season. It was unexpected but this series turned out to be highly enjoyable and fun experience, i'm looking forward to the movie, hopefully it'll be a sequeal and we get to Marika's family issues. That would be great especially now that Ironbeard was officially confirmed for Marika's father.

This episode and that space suit were incredibly amazing. Can't wait for the movie!

i will never give a 10 so : 9/10

can't wait for the movie

An amazing final episode to my favourite series of this year yet. Feeling real sad to see this end. I'm gonna miss my weekly dose of Captain Kato Marika and the crew of the Bentenmaru. And of course Chiaki-chan going all dere dere for Marika. But I guess there is the movie, which is probably years away from release.

So the not-so-shocking secret that Ironbeard is Kato Gonzaemon has finally been revealed, and it looks like everyone except Marika knows her father's still alive. The fact that even Gruier is aware that Gonzaemon's still alive and kicking gives an added dimension to why she chose Marika and the Bentenmaru for her quest in finding the golden ghost ship. And Chiaki-chan is finally following what her heart says by moving back to Hakuoh Academy to be closer to her beloved Captain Marika. Too bad for Gruier though, but I guess Hildegarde will be happier she gets to spend more time with her onee-sama :-D

i don't particularly like the "being in a group is better than being alone" type of shit. clearly that fight was far too easy. considering the firepower of those ships, its likely they were sacrificial lambs to see how they do in real combat. since currently there is no force that can fight seriously other than pirates, they were used to test the capability of those ships.

still though, the technologies being used are far too different. perhaps there is an "alien" threat that they simply didn't even allude to. otherwise why have such an overwhelmingly powerful ship when the galaxy is largely peaceful, that the only "combat" people ever see is fake piracy by some high school chick. either that or a secret organization that wants to take over the world sort of thing.

An anime I started expecting to drop, but instead I watched it through and loved it!

The first two reviews say it all for me. (artist-retired and cafekun)

9/10

8/10. The anime has some parts that are hard to understand but everything else was great. Art, story/plot, and character personality.

Splendid ending. I would really like to see a second season.

Great Show Overall, last episode was awesome, Pirate,Robots and Ninjas, whats not to like lol, i was gonna drop this after the 1st episode but hung around for a while and im glad that i did, for the sole fact alot of the characters grew on me after a while, i mean they're where some spot this show got dull but that to be expected, then you got part that were highly enjoyable like this episode and other.


Enjoyable show, hoping for a 2nd season would like to see more of this.

8/10

It is obvious that this wasn't a series that would appeal to everyone, since many people seem to have some pretty serious hate for it, but I loved it. It is good, old-fashioned Science Fiction/space opera with a nice firm grasp of the science end in most of the show and some of the best characters to come around in a long time! Marika, Chiaki, and the crew of the Bentenmaru are all fantastic characters! (Chiaki especially! I loved the way she called Marika up to let her know that she believes in her right before the battle! The tsundere showing her dere side! So CUTE!)

I am hyped about the movie! The director also indicated that there may be more after that, or the translation of what he said was a bit misleading. At his panel at Anime Expo he said the following:


If there is a surprise after the main story ends in movie format, that would suggest that they are going to do more of the books in anime at some point, right? (Episodes 19-26 were anime original stories by Sato-sensei, according to him.)

I enjoyed this show. Loved the fact that it's a pretty clean show (no excessive fanservice). It would be nice if they continued to show what happens after Marika is done with school and becomes a full-time pirate (probably won't happen). At least we get a movie.

this show could be so mutch better if we had more episodes like the lastz one 7/10.

I knew it! Ironbear is really Marika's dad. Seems like Gruer has been hiding that fact from her

yay i made it to the end! had some good moments but not enough for me to remember just wasn't my cup a tea 6.9/10.