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| That show was very nice, at the top of first episodes it was quite boring tho, but now I'm looking forward to second season! Overall 8/10. See ya next time! |
Roloko said: lol @ Bizon creating Zogillia just to kill Aoba? xD I laughed way too much from this. |
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| The best episode and i hope for s2 |
| wish the time traveling aspects would occur more often. that's what made this series interesting. overall series rating: 6/10 |
| lol This plot makes no sense regardless of multiverse or what have you. |
| 4/5 In a way, the authors were saved at the end with the choice that breaks the loop when Hina was to save Aoba! A little far-fetched certain things, due to the lack explanations, there will be some episodes to fill these holes in the plot? Or not? Anime series, full of potential that for now, goes to hell. I look forward to the second season for tirae sums. Provisional rating of 6/10! @ThangLong: Interesting your speech. |
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| I liked the final episode & thought the show in total was ok even though they still seem to half-a the explanation of why Aoba ended up in the future in the first place to cause Hina to make that first trip. Maybe they'll explain it more when it continues. I did enjoy how they showed how Hina got into the infinite time loop in the first place by showing it in a more browned/tanned out style & then showing the current situation or time line in color. It really showed how changing one thing could change your destiny/future. Also I was happy to see Bizon finally bite it to then be disappointed by seeing him return as Darth Bizon at the end. Bizon's really starting to annoyingly remind me of Kadowaki from Arata The Legend with his constant screaming & grudge against Aoba going as far as wanting to kill him because he didn't get his way. Aoba being nice to her isn't the only reason why Hina treats him differently it's his lack of respect or caring for her in general. A normal person would not have tried to force their feeling on someone & not care one bit (to actually enjoy) seeing her in the condition she was in (brainwashed & forced to follow orders) if it gets them there way. Just hope Bizon is taken out for good at some point in the future. Looking forward to the next season/part. Interested to see where it goes from here & what they'll do with the coupling mechas since Aoba & Hina are very high compatible basically(if not completely) matching while Dio is getting closer to Aoba stat/wavelength and is more trusted by the Alliance(Who really need to learn how to fight better or at least think before they act more). *Still annoyed about the episode before this one at how the alliance didn't have enough sense to think that maybe a giant cannon can turn & fire at you (taking out 51% of their forces at that). Facepalm. If I were to rate this part/season overall I think I'll give it 7/10. Nice anime at times, ok one at others. |
Raizo_35 said: Uhmmm... Etto... I have one question since i finished Buddy Complex... It's about the Time Travel of Hina and Aoba... If Aoba is from the past then Hina is from the future. Hina Brought Aoba in the future to meet Dio. And at the certain circumstances in Episode 13 there was some scenes where Hina was a very little kid and wearing an adult sized uniform that she wears in adult Hina. and also Hina only came from the past because of Aoba. Then What if she didn't met aoba?! How Hina From the Future came from the past. when she doesn't know Aoba yet?! Sorry it just Bugs me.... PS: DON'T TELL ME HINA'S FATHER WHOM FOUND HER WAS AOBA?!.... From what I understood Hina saved Aoba from Bizon in the past & brought Aoba to the future but since Hina was from the future already instead of disappearing she was sent to an earlier point of time turned to the age she would have been (wearing her tattered school uniform from Aoba's school) & had her original memory erased along with her memories of her time in the past with Aoba include how she got there. *Wonder if she'll get either of those back.* In that condition Hina was found in the middle of a war zone & was raised by Viktor & later became a pilot for Zogilla. Meeting Aoba various times & during different events Hina started to care for him. So that in the final episode when the time vector/tunnel/vortex/whatever opened the anime first showed how Hina ended up in the past & stuck in the infinite time loop. Where when she saw Bizon heading through it & figured correctly that he was going to kill the past Aoba so he wouldn't make it to the future in the first place. In the time line we saw originally Hina was able to chase Bizon into the past because Dio stopped Aoba from stopping her. After Hina made it to the past she noticed she was earlier then Bizon arrival so she relaxed some since she knew she had plenty of time & keep an eye on Aoba until the day came to protect him from Bizon. She most likely gained the info about the date when she performed coupling with Aoba. This then leads back to the first episode where she brought past Aoba to the future & in the process infinitely continued having the same thing happen over & over. This infinite loop was ended when Dio shared memories with Aoba & saw or figured out what happened and decided to change things to save her from this endless cycle. Instead of letting her go to the past to stop Bizon, Aoba & Dio destroyed Bizon's mecha which both saved Aoba's life in the past & saved Hina from her endless cycle of repeating events creating a new future which no one knows and different from what happened in the first episode. Not sure if that helps but that's the best I can figure out from it. The only things I am wondering now & that will hopefully be explained at some point whenever this is continued. Is how Aoba ended up in the future in the original timeline before Hina was even involved & will we ever see her original life. Also why Aoba & Hina wavelength are the standards for the coupling project/program. Maybe original Aoba had something to do with it's creation though probably will never find that out but who knows. Only time will tell. Would be weird if they say original Aoba & Hina were somehow related but that would explain a few things so I really wouldn't be surprised if it somehow ends up like that though I hope not. Well I'll end there. Sorry, if my random thoughts have gotten you more confused or added more questions. |
| This got me excited for second season |
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| Great last episode! Best one of this season. Interested to see what happens next season in light of the cliffhanger with old man Bizon turning up! |
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| Wow that was amazing. yay hinaaaaa AND LOL @ THE OLD UGLY LOOKING BIZON AT THE END Zogilia's new leader and seems like he's still obsessed with Aoba huh. SEASON 2 PLS |
| Well... They certainly wrapped that up. I'm surprised they did it this season though... the whole time-tunnel thing... Your paradoxes are no match for my anime-logic! Yippee! Aoba x Hina coupling! |
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| Really enjoyed this anime! It was very interesting, so many theories and questions. I hope it gets cleared up in the second season. 8/10 for me. The story wasn't amazing but it wasn't bad either, definitely kept me watching. I will surely watch season 2 to find out just what is going on and to figure out the time loop. Looking forward to it! |
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| Really enjoyed this show to be honest~ Maybe I just really like main characters winning. |
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| so let me get this straight... this Bizon dude goes to the past, forms a massive half-earth-populace empire, declares and starts WWIII killing a bajillion people in the process.... just because another dude ran off with his waifu? heh. looking fw to S2, but goddammit sunrise lol |
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| WTF Bizon, why is he still alive? What I don't understand is how did Aoba ended up in the future/Hina ended up in the past before the "loop" starts? If they didn't, then how did the loop even started in the first place? I didn't like the first half of the episode, but the second half was nice. Gonna watch the sequel. |
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| Heh, I knew that was Bizon in the wheelchair... though at first I was thinking it might be Dio's sister before I thought about it. Eh, all the theories of time travel are too complicated for me to feel like getting into right now... but my simplified guess is that the Bizon in the wheelchair is the exact same one we just saw get sucked back in time... since this time Hina wasn't there to kill him, and so he survived until current events. If he's the leader of Zogilia, that's pretty badass. I still say you can't really blame Bizon for the way he acted... all of these events were completely new to him, and if anything it was that Doctor Hahn's fault that all of this happened, since he was the one who forced Hina to couple without anyone's knowledge. But in the end, I knew he'd get the shit end of the stick. I was honestly hoping that they'd stop Bizon from getting sucked into the time tunnel as well... but I guess there was no other choice. I actually expected the second season to be about Hina and us seeing how things go differently this time... I'm glad they didn't though, because I think this way was much more satisfying. |
HalibelTheEspadaApr 10, 2014 10:46 PM
| Sunrise anime, has pretty much the same formula over and over again. But, I must admit that I am a big fan of this kind of anime. Great anime so far. Looking forward to the next season! The ending was quite unexpected. Looks like things will get really interesting in the next season! :) |
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| When I finished episode 13, my impression was we ended in mid-story here. So breaking the time loop was the conclusion? |
| 04:06 kioku ga modotta 13:57 dat DB scene LOOOL 14:36 timehole? 18:28 Reading Steiner 7.5/10 for this episode. C'mon S2. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
Nope said: This got me excited for second season Somehow me too. This show screamed "mediocre" all over the place but it has been an enjoyable ride for me. Next season I want to see Hina and Aoba "coupling" if you know what I mean. |
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| The plot makes no sense. Characters were lame especially Aoba I passionately hated his character if only they could replace him with Dio the show would have been way more interesting. I only watched it for the action which was good. 6/10 |
I-JitsuJul 24, 2014 9:16 AM
| lol chill out guys... just wait for the 2 EP sequel... hopefully those will answer all the inconsistencies if not then all we can do is laugh and move on... |
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| what a mess. I expect (at least) that the OVAs make some justice to the plot. |
| Aoba is becoming more obedient to Dio. I'm liking Hina's expressionless face better. The clash of random colors were awesome. 7/10 series. |
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| A bit tired of some of the Sunrise mecha shows just being rehashes of their other successful shows, but even so, it was still a decent enough show to make me wanna watch it all in 2 days. So for that a 7/10. |
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tevicomaster said: OMG!!!!!!!!! Im bothered by the amount of people who dont see this plot as still broken!!!! Lets recap then. Hina comes back to save Aoba from Bizon i get it. but the real question is the ORIGINAL story line without Aoba going to the future. "hmm what are you talking about tevicomaster? Buddy i dont blame you let me exsplain" (1) In order for Aoba to be targeted in the first place by Bizon he'd have to be in the future already to create a wormhole. so how the heck did he get there prior to the loop, or if the loop was inevitable why was he targeted in the first place! My theory iis that Aoba developed the coupling system and with his presence in the future won the war, solving the question of why he can couple with anyone. Although if Bizon was the leader in the first place then why did he create a war just to kill one guy he could've assassinated without the whole "War" thing?? And since the loop was altered then the future mustve been altered, but that brings back the fact of who was the original leader before the fixing of the loop by Aoba which put Bizon in power and who was the leader even Before the whole Time warp Happened!!!!!!! Please dont tell me its ALL a coincidence and this was what would've happened anyway the whole FATE card gets old after a couple thousand anime. Also whats with Hina's coupling abilities?? In a way it contradicts what my theory was with Aoba using himself as a standard for coupling. Are they related? Cousin, Sister, Daughter, or is it by chance w dont know!! and IFFF aoba did create or played a large role in creating a coupling system in the original timeline, wouldn't his warp to the future stop the coupling system from even being created therefore the would be no coupling system for the loop to have even started in the first place!!!!! -sigh- Its not that i hate this anime, quite frankly its in my top ten of mech's ( Gundam seeds, Gundam wing, Gundam 00, Code Geass, Break Blade the list goes on) But it seems like the creators are yet again giving a good plot complete and total ANAL ANNIHILATION like they did to Valvarave... witch i fucking hated the way it ended, feels like they took the easy way out of a good and rather complicated plot-line (Like the american FOX series L.O.S.T. and dont get me started on that!)..... maybe im spoiled from other time skip telling stories like mass effect or even the happy or better endings of code Geass or Gundam series, but this is too much. the plot dosent make sense anymore and i don't see any way of it making sense other than the previously mentioned comment of a multiverse (which would explain Aoba still being the standard for coupling but still makes the time loop explanation a whole universe full of confusing) I'm sorry for sharing this long thread, but as my mother always said " Misery loves company" and I cant be the only one in this mental mindfuck at this moment or i at least need someone to help me out of it. Lol i even created an account to even make this comment so please give me any criticism or help with this as possible. I know alot of anime new and old, though im still a noob at this -thanks for reading and letting me vent XD p.s. -sorry for my grammar lol Maybe time travel creates another universe. Time travelers' age and memories are sometimes altered via time tunnel. We see young hina and adolescent hina live in the same time zone. Perhaps there are multiple Bizons and Aobas from multiple universes, lost their memories, and are different age? |
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| Pretty good and interesting story, sad everything happened too fast, wished it was sth around 23/24eps. 7.5/10 |
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| Pretty nice wrapup I must say, I would've liked it either way even if they ended it that Hina started the time loop again or like this, I find it in general a pretty decent way to end it! As thought Bizon didn't die and well I do wonder what the sequel ova's will offer us aside this as well it ended quite openly. All in all I quite liked the overall story and its characters, they could've put a bit more effort in the overall plot and final episode but well it's decent as it is! |
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| So for everyone that is confused. Hope this kinda helps. http://buddy-complex.wikia.com/wiki/Buddy_Complex_Timeline It's the time travel timeline for Hina and Aoba. Even reading this, I'm still confused about what happened at the end of the 2nd season (ova) and where they are ending. Anywhere, there are like 3 timeline in which Hina goes to and is send back mulitple times cause of different reasons. The 2nd Hina is sent back to the timeline to save Aoba. |
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| haha, I really liked the story, although, I was reluctant to even watch it before because of the strange title lol... Is there going to be a second season or was the ova all there is like so many other shows? I really did enjoy this and hope there is more. EDIT: nvm, sadly the ova is everything. sigh, so short... |
SympathyRSFeb 23, 2016 6:42 AM
| And so it all comes full circle. The way they changed the coloring to that flashback style was interesting, it added to the drama in some respects. That ending sure was a jaw dropper. I had a feeling Bizon would survive but I never imagined he'd live through those 70 years to become the supreme leader of Zogilia. Certainly another enjoyable Sunrise mecha series. It was nice to get one that took itself seriously, although after what Cross Ange and Valvrape put me through it was a little bit lonely that Buddy Complex wasn't so far on the goofy side. I mean the name was enough for me to put off watching it, I never imagined it'd be this good. 7.5/10, reserving my full thoughts for the finale. It can really go either way. |
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| If the last 4 episodes hadn't happened I was considering of giving this show a 6/10, which is a pretty good score by my standards, but since they fucked up, a 4/10 seems better. |
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| These last 2 episodes really surprised me. Thank you Sunrise. 8/10 |
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Stark700 said: I am guessing that's bizon who was pushed into the time tunnel; ended up going into the past; and aged to that wheel-chaired fellow in the present(by present i am referring to 2088).THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- About damn time Hina snapped out of that. Bizon or whatever his name is still pisses me off with his rage against Aoba. Well, at least it was climatic but felt a bit predictable imo. Hina though <3 And holy shit, a wormhole. HINNAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. But seriously, it's about time Bizon gets some pain. I can't stand the guy. What's with the ending? Darth Vader vibes |
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| Are you telling me this war started because Bizon was so butthurt over Aoba? |
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| Oof Bizon, Aoba coupled with Hina, how does that make you feel!? Dr. Fermi was giving hints that Aoba's story might be true as the Coupling System uses time travel (but with data, not matter) to work. But with the immense energy from the Garapushka's beam, and two Valiancers' coupling systems, this is enough to create a time tunnel that can send matter through time. Everything that's happened in this anime up to the time tunnel scene coloured in sepia has been happening over and over in a loop: Hina constantly chases Bizon through time, becomes Aoba's classmate then sends him to the future where he meets Dio. But Aoba and Dio finally break the loop by killing Bizon before he can go back, so Hina doesn't have to (this is the scene not in sepia). Why this time? After so many time loops, this was in Hina's mind and Aoba saw it when they shared memories. In the previous loops he was likely confused but with enough memories of the same event from Hina, he understood that he must break the loop to free her. Or so they think; it turns out Bizon survived and became the wheelchaired politician/commander. Everyone, go watch Kanketsu-hen now, it's the actual conclusion to the series and explains the origins of the time loop. |
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