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Jul 10, 2015 7:32 PM
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Nicromatic said:
This is like an alternate version of Outbreak Company..


Stop being a troll.

This story was written long before Outbreak. It is not a "version" of anything. Both shows took the same basic idea and went in different directions. To compare them is meaningless.
Jul 10, 2015 7:47 PM

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Great episode!!! Improvement from the first
They ended right as it was getting really good though! :)
Jul 10, 2015 7:57 PM
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SakurasouBusters said:
Great episode!!! Improvement from the first


From an aesthetic viewpoint I have to disagree. While of course the development of a story should improve upon what was previously shown, this is very different from saying "this is better".

Having never heard of this series before watching the first episode, I can say, no this was an "improvement". The first episode was fantastic, it created the scenario that made this episode great. The second episode ran with what the first created. I don't want to belittle this accomplishment, but I also don't want to not give the first episode its proper due.
Jul 10, 2015 8:03 PM

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Very good episode, with a lot of comedy.
9/10
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Jul 10, 2015 8:19 PM
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omg waifu joke is hilarious omg


Still not understanding the Outbreak Company comparisons.
Outbreak company was basically full-on comedy, this is not looking like comedy to me.
Note my sarcastic waifu joke line above.

Anyway, this is actually not as bad I thought it was but I don't see myself enjoying 24 episodes of this. So I won't.

You can say that i've been predisposed to disliking a lot from this that is not necessarily Gate's fault but more like visuals/studio etc. Just personal taste and yes, when i'm watching almost 20 new shows i'm going to let these minor things affect me.
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It's not even a battle. It's a slaughter to pit such primitive forces against modern era weaponry. I laughed so hard when they dropped artillery onto them. 10+ miles away.
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Jul 10, 2015 9:08 PM

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I'll say the art for the anime is a lot better than the manga, I haven't looked at LN art so I wouldn't know however.
Jul 10, 2015 9:09 PM

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Pretty good second episode. I think this is a keeper. The trap set by the Imperials was really wicked.

The way they covered the USA's ass (potential involvement) for now was pretty ridiculous though. In reality, the USA won't simply suck on their thumbs when there are chances of getting hand on new resources. It's a fantasy story, so let's just let it slide for now.
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Jul 10, 2015 9:21 PM
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is there a come back soon? ..
Jul 10, 2015 9:46 PM

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still weird.. and not that good.. hopefully next episode actually shows something interesting.
Jul 10, 2015 9:54 PM

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BetaKnight said:
is there a come back soon? ..
For who, the Imperials? Do you 'want' them to stage a comeback?
Jul 10, 2015 9:59 PM

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I like how one day they slaughter tens of thousands of people, and then the next they're like 'let's go out and make friends'. I haven't been in war, but they seemed just a little too unconcerned immediately following that massive bloodbath. But it's a pretty good show so far, and i'm glad the blonde elf chick showed up like i hoped, if only for a moment.

Also, i liked the evil, resource hungry Americans. F*** those guys.

And man did that battle bring back memories of playing Civilization. I never get my units upgraded in time.
Jul 10, 2015 9:59 PM

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Those losses 0____0

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Jul 10, 2015 10:02 PM

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I really liked the large scale conflict feel to it. It's awesome! I hope they can maintain that. I will be sad if they replace the large scale conflict with the small scale one(female characters fighting for the protagonist's love, maybe?). But I do not mind if those conflicts exist side by side.
Oh, and that CGI dragon was pretty cool compared to the one in Chaos Dragon.


Takuan_Soho said:
From an aesthetic viewpoint I have to disagree. While of course the development of a story should improve upon what was previously shown, this is very different from saying "this is better".

Having never heard of this series before watching the first episode, I can say, no this was an "improvement". The first episode was fantastic, it created the scenario that made this episode great. The second episode ran with what the first created. I don't want to belittle this accomplishment, but I also don't want to not give the first episode its proper due.

From the aesthetic standpoint? Is there any difference? I think it's even better since we could see the Imperial City.

Of course this episode was based on what's going on in the first episode, because that's what a first episode does, establishing what's what with the anime & an introduction. If what you mean is there's no plot point that changes the course of the story, then that's not even a legitimate thing to be criticized.
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Jul 10, 2015 10:24 PM

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Well, they got it coming, you come invading our world and killing our people, you can't complain if we come to yours and fuck shit up.
Jul 10, 2015 10:33 PM

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Great episode. Better than the first and even that was quite good. I especially loved how the medieval army was decimated.
Jul 10, 2015 10:43 PM
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Really great episode! This is the best anime this season, incredibly entertaining! Can't wait for the next episode
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Jul 10, 2015 10:56 PM

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That king must have some sort of secret weapon, otherwise he's a giant fucking moron.
Jul 10, 2015 11:14 PM

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I'll kill you if you badmouth my waifu. Best line. Hahaha.

I guess on what we are seeing, technology is winning against the barbarians, even the dragons are getting shot down. I can't wait to see some equilibrium once sorcery/magic is announced.
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Jul 10, 2015 11:17 PM
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Well, for one thing, I hope that arrow didn't hit anyone.

I did find it a shame we didn't see that army, that was seen ealier by the end of episode 1, wiped out.

Annoyingly, the ignorant majority of the Japanese citizens are protesting, saying they want the gate to be closed and that the JSDF should just call off the invasion. I will hope they think differently when
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ReaperCreeper said:
That king must have some sort of secret weapon


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otherwise he's a giant fucking moron.

He's more worried about other parts of his empire revolting than this new threat. He may be right.
Jul 10, 2015 11:44 PM

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Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.

I mean how do you go "lets see what this place is like" AFTER you just walk in and decimate over 100,000 Roman-empire age people? Yeah I get rolling in and kicking *** after being attacked, but don't pull the pacifist card after that "JAPAN **** yeah!" display and then also toss a jab at the USA at the same time.
Jul 10, 2015 11:46 PM
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loved that dragon at the end!
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Jul 10, 2015 11:50 PM

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singleturbo said:
Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.

I mean how do you go "lets see what this place is like" AFTER you just walk in and decimate over 100,000 Roman-empire age people? Yeah I get rolling in and kicking *** after being attacked, but don't pull the pacifist card after that "JAPAN **** yeah!" display and then also toss a jab at the USA at the same time.

Don't expect too much from JSDF banzai: the anime, it's an okay entertainment when not thinking deeply about "realism(kek)" in the series.
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Jul 11, 2015 12:13 AM

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I like the pace so far. Not as much action in this episode, but I suppose the stuff shown in this episode was necessary for story development. And I love the bit where the guys were talking about magical girls and stuff while driving.




Jul 11, 2015 12:14 AM

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DawnJ said:
singleturbo said:
Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.

I mean how do you go "lets see what this place is like" AFTER you just walk in and decimate over 100,000 Roman-empire age people? Yeah I get rolling in and kicking *** after being attacked, but don't pull the pacifist card after that "JAPAN **** yeah!" display and then also toss a jab at the USA at the same time.

Don't expect too much from JSDF banzai: the anime, it's an okay entertainment when not thinking deeply about "realism(kek)" in the series.


I know, I just found the episode to be very hypocritical.
Jul 11, 2015 12:17 AM

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That war not people vs people but people with sword vs tank and bomb.
They start the war first with kill the civilian at akihabara so japan strike back
Jul 11, 2015 12:30 AM

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Modern army is too op and too brutal, they just massacred 120k without second thought, didn't even take captives to talk to.
Jul 11, 2015 12:49 AM

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sadfacelv said:
Modern army is too op and too brutal, they just massacred 120k without second thought, didn't even take captives to talk to.


Can't really blame them. Those guys invaded and killed lots of Japanese people too. Although both of them are in the wrong.

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singleturbo said:
Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.

I mean how do you go "lets see what this place is like" AFTER you just walk in and decimate over 100,000 Roman-empire age people? Yeah I get rolling in and kicking *** after being attacked, but don't pull the pacifist card after that "JAPAN **** yeah!" display and then also toss a jab at the USA at the same time.


Eh I don't know what you're expecting. Should they just play the pacifist card all the way and let a MARCHING army of 100000 approached the gate and risk them entering Japan? I don't think so. Even bows and swords can kill you if you don't defend yourself

So far we've only seen JSDF on the defensive position and never purposely went out of their way to invade more than the area around the gate. What exactly would you do in that situation? I'm curious.. Even if they've sent scouts before it'll be stupid if not downright idiotic to march in without proper battle preparation. Do you expect them to just go "oh we've sent scouts anyway, let's go there not bringing tanks even though we know they're a bunch of murderous barbarians riding freaking dragons"? After all it's an unknown world with known hostile residents who had just invaded your nation and kill hundreds if not thousands of people. If anything I found it quite lenient that the Japanese has yet to launch a full scale invasion to nearby villages/cities in an act of revenge and instead sent envoys in hopes of finding non-hostile locals.
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Jul 11, 2015 1:58 AM

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That's a lot of casualties.. Talk about one-sided battle. Earth army too OP!
Not bad so far. Dunno where will this going, like what is their main goal in this war again? Conquering? Slaughtering? Avenging? idk
Jul 11, 2015 2:24 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
Best part


This entire episode reminded me of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs


and that time when they sang an anime song i miss my homies
Jul 11, 2015 2:58 AM
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I know this is just an anime , but for some reason, I kinda think that it's an unfair fight between the JSDF vs Middle age knights.

I hope they just limit thing to just 12 ep.
Jul 11, 2015 3:09 AM
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Loving this show so far, really glad to her it's going to be 24 episodes.
This is much more up my street than Log Horizon and SAO. More like Outbreak Company.
Jul 11, 2015 3:16 AM
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singleturbo said:
Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.


I think drones need satellites, which are not available. Earlier scouts were only deployed to gain info surrounding the landing area, not deep into the enemy territory. Despite modern weaponry, small team of scouts can still get overwhelmed with numbers. What JSDF is doing in this episode is basically securing the landing area and establishing HQ perimeter. Spending years investigating before making a move is stupid, especially when wars depend on momentum and public support is strongest when it's closer to the tragedy. For example, US reacted swiftly after 9/11 attacks.
Jul 11, 2015 3:26 AM

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My man Duran was loyal to the end although he was quite skeptical of the Emperor's plan on sending him and other kings to attack the hill.
9/10 episode great in politics, animation can't wait for the next episode.
Jul 11, 2015 3:31 AM
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oldskoolpunk said:
ReaperCreeper said:
That king must have some sort of secret weapon


ReaperCreeper said:
otherwise he's a giant fucking moron.

He's more worried about other parts of his empire revolting than this new threat. He may be right.

I really hate that guy
Jul 11, 2015 3:33 AM
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Yamada2 said:
One simply doesn't badmouth a JSDF officer's waifu. Too bad for Itami that he couldn't find his mahou shoujos there.

So this was another good enough episode. The emperor of fantasy land had all his allies go kill themselves while he did nothing. It's no surprise that swords and arrows were defeated big time by guns, missiles and land mines.

The JSDF now has to learn about the locals and get on their good side, make friends (Itami will make his harem) and learn about the land itself.

The thing which I fear is the harem part. Itami doesn't seem like a guy who knows his way around women considering his otaku nature. He may be a good enough guy in other places, but he may not be when it comes to females. Well, let's see how the harem part is played out. I was planning on dropping this, but looks like it will live another day.


Here's a spoiler for you[spoiler] he was once married and divorce
Jul 11, 2015 3:41 AM
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Sourire said:
still weird.. and not that good.. hopefully next episode actually shows something interesting.

Sourire said:
still weird.. and not that good.. hopefully next episode actually shows something interesting.

Hey is that you on youtube on that reaction video on anime our an I getting the wrong person.
Jul 11, 2015 3:44 AM

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Awesome ep. I love this series because somehow reminds me of Civilization (The Game Series). I hope i dont see Archers destroying Tanks like in CIVIII

As for the battle:

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Was a fun episode. We got to see a focus on the Imperial Politics and such. What a wily emperor, creating an "Allied Army" of neighboring countries to wipe them out in a single wave. Hi Princess Pinia Colada!

And so... NeoCon Amurricah shows it's head. Considering the current Neoliberal hegemony I wouldn't be so shocked if this is how things turn out. Expanding markets w00t!

Though letting Japan foot the bill on this campaign is quite interesting, might actually get the deflated Japanese economy get going again considering it's dire straights in that timeline.
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It's been a fun episode :) It feels like it's going to get even better as the relationships start building. (I predict an accumulative harem).

For a moment though I thought that Itami was gonna poison his entire recon team. xD

I've got high expectations of this season so far.

Jul 11, 2015 4:13 AM
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singleturbo said:
Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.

I mean how do you go "lets see what this place is like" AFTER you just walk in and decimate over 100,000 Roman-empire age people? Yeah I get rolling in and kicking *** after being attacked, but don't pull the pacifist card after that "JAPAN **** yeah!" display and then also toss a jab at the USA at the same time.


Side of you not familiar with actual war situation then dint try to justify anything regarding that.
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NettoAzure said:
Was a fun episode. We got to see a focus on the Imperial Politics and such. What a wily emperor, creating an "Allied Army" of neighboring countries to wipe them out in a single wave. Hi Princess Pinia Colada!.

That name always makes me want to go to a bar.
Jul 11, 2015 4:39 AM

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That name always makes me want to go to a bar.


I can't remember. Did the JSDF members react to that name? XD
Jul 11, 2015 4:46 AM

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Its great that they adapted the battle of Alnus hill.
Really enjoyed.
"Il kill you if you badmouth my waifu" quote of the year.
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Of course some will claim their ship is the BATTLESHIP but they all do. This is why battles occur because of factions fighting each other to justify their favourite ship.
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Jul 11, 2015 4:54 AM
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ichii_1 said:
councilman: king we just lost 60% of our military with no casualties for the enemy!
king: good just what I wanted send the remaining 40%


actually its not like that. but lke this

king: i understand the concern that this will change the military balance and make neighboring kingdom attacks us.

King: here i command a joint-force between our army and army from kingdoms arround us to attack Japan.

King: but make sure to never actually send our men. <-- the one eyed dude in battlefield actually realized this dirty strategy and wonders why that one kingdom did not send army

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about the military tech,
i wonder will the anime "modernize" the army with showing drones
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singleturbo said:
Americans: RESOURCES!
Japan: Lets investigate their culture and politics (after killing 120,000 people)

They supposedly sent in some scouts before, but their first major move is to just roll in with tanks and men and get into a fight with a much inferior force? Wouldn't they send in drones and have all sorts of recon on the (potential) enemy first? I'd imagine the world would spend years investigating before even making a move. Also, I'm sure they would definitely know how the gate works before making a major move.

I mean how do you go "lets see what this place is like" AFTER you just walk in and decimate over 100,000 Roman-empire age people? Yeah I get rolling in and kicking *** after being attacked, but don't pull the pacifist card after that "JAPAN **** yeah!" display and then also toss a jab at the USA at the same time.


it is not explained in the anime and manga (other than political pressure) but there is a lot of factors that can be though as the "triggers" to explore ASAP:

- they dont understand how the gate works and afraid it it get closed, then re appear somewhere else
- they want to keep enemies from entering japan
- The massacre is because the enemy keeps attacking the gate, what can they do to prevent them attacking?
- We dont know what the recon team achieved or failed to achieve. This factor alone can breed countless reason why the haste to put defense zone on that mountain/hill.
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love the ed. cant wait to meet leafa next week (:
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