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Feb 5, 2011 11:44 AM

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It would be nice if everyone in the anime were as dumb as Ichika('xcept harem members). At least he wouldn't be so annoying if he wasn't the only oblivious about his surroundings one. Really, why do you do this Japan, why?

Leaving that aside, fun episode~. Didn't think Laura would appears already in this episode, but she made a nice first impression.

Also, do want moar Ran, she looks the best of all girls there.
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Feb 5, 2011 11:46 AM

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-Lunacie said:
Why does every girl instantly fall in love with Ichika? And considering that as soon Charles walked in everyone fell in love with him too, every girl in this show must be completely desperate, which is annoying. I'd like to see him actually develop a relationship with someone, instead of it being one sided all the time.

Kind of a spoiler so don't read if anyone doesn't want to be spoiled

Feb 5, 2011 11:57 AM

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Well, it was extremely obvious Charles is a guy, liked everything else though
Feb 5, 2011 12:15 PM

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Laura is badass, Charles is a chick in men's clothing, and I'm so tempted to drop this show now.. XD But alas I am a man dedicated to finish what I start. Thankfully it's a 12-episode one. I think I can manage.
Feb 5, 2011 12:18 PM

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Yumekichi11 said:

I honestly don't get the impression the writers are thinking this out as much as either of you think. Ichika held "his" hand because he was guiding the guy as they ran.

Truth be told I'm not even entirely sure they've actually taken the time to define any characters personality beyond assigning archetypes. Fang scorned Houki for attacking without provocation against someone unarmed in episode 2 (think it was 2) using her wooden sword. Today, without provocation, she used her military level superweapon to attack ichika who was, you guessed it, unarmed. No one even blinked.

I've officially designated this to the same category I keep sonic comics and certain childrens television shows in. Enjoy the plot, have fun with the ride, don't expect it to be self consistent, realistic, or really in any way believable. Just enjoy it when they play out the cool factor and have Metal sonic build a clone of himself so that he can take on both Sonic and his evil self from an alternate universe. Don't focus overlong on questions like why the robot didn't build subservient clones before now if he could or how he was able to do so in a mere day, or how this alternate universe still exists when the special zone used to travel between them has been retconned, or why a robot who's so good at being rational and playing it smart wouldn't just wait for the 2 sonics to duke it out and then take out the exhausted winner. They don't intend for you to think about it so deeply.
Feb 5, 2011 1:41 PM

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Maan.. the quality / originality is dropping.. another harem with some dude and some stupid mecha.. im disapointed. Girls just keep adding.. >.>
Feb 5, 2011 2:04 PM

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OrochiPL said:
It would be nice if everyone in the anime were as dumb as Ichika('xcept harem members). At least he wouldn't be so annoying if he wasn't the only oblivious about his surroundings one. Really, why do you do this Japan, why?


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Feb 5, 2011 2:54 PM
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I want Charles to actually be male, Just to prove you all wrong xD.
Feb 5, 2011 5:35 PM

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I also liked the red haired girl

And the transfer student from germany is a win :)
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Feb 5, 2011 5:35 PM

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I feel so sorry for Houki because she tried to ask out the ever so thick head Ichika only to have it spread as a rumor of being a contest...Either way now Charles is added into this and Laura as well it looks predictable what's going to happen and of course Charles is not exactly a guy...
Feb 5, 2011 9:30 PM

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This anime makes for great entertainment! Can't wait for next week. Charles's secret, eh? I'll give ya three guesses and the first two don't count. :D
Feb 5, 2011 9:35 PM

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They confirmed it as 12 episodes?

Nothing good's gonna come out of a 12 ep anime where half of them is spent on stupid harem story. Where's my action? :/
Feb 5, 2011 9:41 PM

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ichika, why did not you eat sweet-and-sour pork first?
Feb 5, 2011 9:52 PM

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zimno said:
ichika, why did not you eat sweet-and-sour pork first?
Because Houki is first.
Feb 5, 2011 10:00 PM

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OrochiPL said:
At least he wouldn't be so annoying if he wasn't the only oblivious about his surroundings one. Really, why do you do this Japan, why?
To show that IRL its own people have a problem with noticing girls and their love for them? Ichika is obviously ignorant of love yet he shows emotions to it of blush, I think this could a problem of some people IRL. Could also be sending a message to the population to be more open to girls and not like Ichika.

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Feb 5, 2011 10:33 PM

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At least after this episode, I don't have to read all the comments defending Ichika's denseness as being because he's a studious and serious type.

Some seem to like the Deutscher chick but while her self-introduction was fine, the striking Ichika was pathetic.

This show becomes more of an incoherent mess with each episode.
Feb 5, 2011 11:56 PM

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Ichika is definitely dense. However, I don't think his behavior with the new boy is abnormal. I might be desperate for a male friend in the situation as well.

And while Houki is clearly the best (and cutest) character, why do I just know she won't get him in the end (other than the obvious factor that Ichika is too dense to get any girl)?
Feb 6, 2011 12:22 AM

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"Throughly mind bending, this anime has me thinking about the deeper questions in life and my place in..."

Is what I would say if someone asked me what I would NEVER say in this anime. Cheap entertainment at its finest, I'm definately enjoying this anime for what it is.

About the episode. Clearly Ichika is too damn lucky for his own good. I like the question his friend poses at the start, at least the series can laugh at itself every once and awhile.

Not sure what will happen next, the plot doesn't advance so much as zig-zag and generally be unpredictable. But I find myself strangely entertained by this show, so bring on the next episode :D!

Poor Houki, seems like Ichika has a new roommate. Maybe she will make a comeback when that tournament thing rolls around. At least she got carried by Ichika into her IS though.
Feb 6, 2011 12:36 AM

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Man i wish i could get into a school that is an all girl, now that would be a paradise !!

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Feb 6, 2011 12:38 AM

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Not sure what will happen next, the plot doesn't advance so much as zig-zag and generally be unpredictable. But I find myself strangely entertained by this show, so bring on the next episode :D!

Yeah, the plot strikes me as similar to installment type plots found in certain comics or other medium where, despite having an overarching plot, they're blatantly just making it up on an installment by installment basis. They can be fun for a lot of reasons, and often become pandering at its' finest, but high art this is not.

Nothing wrong with that. It's entertaining in a way that doesn't generally happen in works caught up in matters beyond entertainment. I believe the term is "Guilty Pleasure".
Feb 6, 2011 1:25 AM

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For those who keep arguing over it

and little tidbit
The friend with Red hair his name is pronounced Dan I think
Dan Kohanda and Ran Kohanda
These can be different depending on how characters are read but Dan matches with Ran so....
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Feb 6, 2011 1:59 AM

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Damn epic reverse trap is epic, i wished her as a boy, would be awesome, 2 harem idiot masters, nice episode btw, lovely houki =D
OMFG did someone notice that Ichika's voice is the same of our big badass guy Soul? that, really shocked me
Feb 6, 2011 2:03 AM

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Gangler said:
EMChamp said:
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Not sure what will happen next, the plot doesn't advance so much as zig-zag and generally be unpredictable. But I find myself strangely entertained by this show, so bring on the next episode :D!

Yeah, the plot strikes me as similar to installment type plots found in certain comics or other medium where, despite having an overarching plot, they're blatantly just making it up on an installment by installment basis. They can be fun for a lot of reasons, and often become pandering at its' finest, but high art this is not.

Nothing wrong with that. It's entertaining in a way that doesn't generally happen in works caught up in matters beyond entertainment. I believe the term is "Guilty Pleasure".


I would use the term "Escapist Fantasy" myself.
Feb 6, 2011 2:09 AM

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Akamitsu said:
Won't accept that he's her brother huh? Lol. They're blood related, nothing you can do about it.


lol

at first i was like "oh , i hope she's not an idiot"

then

"wait , what?"
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Feb 6, 2011 5:02 AM
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It looks like Ichika's room mate will be replace from one hot babe, Houki with another babe, Charles, I hope Laura's butt get whooped by Ichika.
Feb 6, 2011 5:53 AM

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The Harem continues to grow it feels like its multiplying not just the occasional addition anymore.
Feb 6, 2011 9:07 AM

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That red-hair girl was hawt!!
And the obvious trap is obvious considering how he/she introduced himself/herself.
Ichika holds another man's hand (from his viewpoint) just to take him somewhere is increasing his denseness meter!! :/
+1 for the backhand slap which came out of nowhere. :D
Good thing the dere-dere scenes still amused me.
Harem population is increasing exponentially!!
Feb 6, 2011 10:17 AM

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meh this is getting worse and worse.

Feb 6, 2011 11:18 AM

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I don't expect too much for this series. it has to be amusing harem anime with mechs and it is...
but this episode had few defects and the most annoying is Charles. I still hope that he is a girl.
Unexpectedly new student appears. Pretty girl, but her outfit is... unattractive.



Feb 6, 2011 12:23 PM
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From the preview: "Charles's big secret will be revealed!"
Big secret my ass, who doesn't know he's a trap by now. And nice to see you joining the harem, now start running in the ED.
Transfer student count (including our dense hero): 4
Feb 6, 2011 2:17 PM

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lol nu, this story is going nowhere aside from the harem
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Feb 6, 2011 2:27 PM

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Wow. German transfer student is a bitch and Fan and Cecilia suddenly turn yandere. And nobody complains about their attempted murder of Ichika.

Well played 8bit studio. Well played.
Feb 6, 2011 3:31 PM

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This show just gets worse and worse, i want to drop it but i'm hoping that it gets better.

When that teacher fell on Ichika it was IMPOSSIBLE for him to be on top of her. Remember, she fell on him. He didn't fall on her. It made no sence.

Why does Ichika have to be dence like Ootani...come on open your eyes. You have a harem, every girl likes you. Why do you have to be so BLIND.
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Feb 6, 2011 3:39 PM

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I felt really wretched watching that...
Feb 7, 2011 12:06 AM
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Well it was pretty ridiculous that the supposed 'boy' is actually a girl. It was blatantly obvious (though for half a second I thought it was an actual guy, which would have been an awesome plot twist as it would have cast even more doubt on the IS only being operable by females and Ichika would have some support/competition). Oh well.

The German certainly was surprising. She certainly seems to mean business. I find it ironic that none of the country reps have been enrolled in the school yet. Why, if they are the reps are they all transferring in late? It is the only academy which trains people to use IS after all...oh well.
Feb 7, 2011 7:44 AM

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Wow, if Laura turns out to be a Yandere I can die happily.
Feb 7, 2011 2:37 PM
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lol a german pirate, lol a french fag, lol big boobs glasses green hair shy girl getting boob grab for some reason, lol at pointless episode
Feb 7, 2011 4:34 PM

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BACKHAND........
no further comment
Hide behind the mighty wall of internet, i shall
Feb 7, 2011 4:37 PM

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i want action .....enough with the harem ...>.>
Feb 7, 2011 6:58 PM

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BlackSnake56 said:
i want action .....enough with the harem ...>.>


I want more Houki, indifferent on action.
Feb 7, 2011 8:44 PM

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Yesyesyes! +2 characters to the haremfest. :)

Edit: Although I think Houki is most win.
Feb 8, 2011 6:00 AM
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From the preview: "Charles's big secret will be revealed!"
Big secret my ass, who doesn't know he's a trap by now.


The true secret is that Charles *is* a guy.

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Feb 8, 2011 7:22 AM

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I'm enjoying this series so far. Having just finished episode 5, I can see that I certainly see some untapped potential in the series that perhaps doesn't shine through as brightly for the first few episodes. I like the IS designs, and I think they've done a decent job handling the CGI. It's a bit refreshing that the girls aren't bouncing-off-the-wall energetic about who gets to be with Ichika. Equally as refreshing is that Ichika isn't the stereotypical wuss "let me just run away from all my girl problems", instead managing to keep everyone relatively amicable. I feel this is definitely a series worth continuing.

Feb 8, 2011 9:18 AM

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Yumekichi11 said:
I feel sorry for her falling for such a idiot.
But i agree she was great this episode and she was less of a tsundere then she usually is she actually went on to offense this time.
Ichika didn't even realize why she was angry when they where switching rooms and he probably doesn't even realize why she asked him on a date if she where to win the tournament.
The teachers comment was more of a excuse because Charles was coming and they are under the assumption she is a boy.

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Again proof that he absolutely has no idea about the opposite sex.
He is probably wondering why Cecilia and Rin attacked him.
I don't know whether he is gay but what i do know is that there is something seriously wrong with him.
He doesn't even notice when someone is hitting on him, something that someone who is gay does notice.
And it could be that he was blushing because of Dunoa's feminine face which also appeared to be rather cute at that moment.

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About Rin/Cecilia, this time around they worked rather in combo. Even so their fight against Maya failed by them banging each other. That was really terrible and sad. So immature with no experience doing such a grave mistake. Their poses at the end of the fight were hilarious. They should showed them without there IS on, it would have made for more fan service possibilities. Their expressions at Ichika feeding Houki were so priceless. In fact so much they were willing to force feed him near the end of the lunch break. I would seriously eat Rin’s food. It looked delicious and Ichika himself said that of all the girls he can talk to Rin the most.
Rin and Cecilia still have allot to learn when it comes to working together as a team.
Seeing Rin is short range and Cecilia is long range they should be a good combo if they manage to work together, tho it was mentioned that Cecilia's IS was build to work solo.
I figured Maya was able to pilot a IS but that she was so good at it came as a surprise guess he clumsiness is just for show.

Yumekichi11 said:
Unlike her little brother Chifuyu is well aware of the situation and unlike her little brother she is pretty smart.
So keeping the situation under control is pretty easy for her.
You can't call someone like Ichika a harem master he is way to stupid for that.

Yumekichi11 said:
Nothing wrong with a girl that likes watching sports as long as it isn't soccer since i hate that sport.

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There is something else that gives her away which is a body build.
She has a similar as Rin making her shoulder width smaller then that of Houki and Cecilia and many of the other girls in there class.
Her waist is also pretty slick and in general she has a very feminine build.
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I gave up on him after the first episode he is absolutely a hopeless case.
Feb 8, 2011 10:46 AM
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Ichika is either retarded or simply gay. I hope he's just retarded and that he'll come to his senses.
Feb 8, 2011 11:17 AM

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Aversa said:
Rin and Cecilia still have allot to learn when it comes to working together as a team.
Seeing Rin is short range and Cecilia is long range they should be a good combo if they manage to work together, tho it was mentioned that Cecilia's IS was build to work solo. I figured Maya was able to pilot a IS but that she was so good at it came as a surprise guess her clumsiness is just for show.
I think Cecilia was only trained to use it solo so I am sure there is a way to make cooperative, it all depends on the pilot in the end. Besides if Ichika proved he can be a good combo with Rin so can Cecilia and Rin can also be a long range supportive IS, she has those cannons.
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Aversa said:
You can't call someone like Ichika a harem master he is way to stupid for that.
Ok maybe not a harem master but certainly one who can attract enough girls to make one, after all he might be just too stupid to organize a orgy with all these girls. That might be so easy at this school.
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Aversa said:
Nothing wrong with a girl that likes watching sports as long as it isn't soccer since i hate that sport.
Well see here, that's the problem with me, I don't really like jogging so her hobby would not do the job for me at all.

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Feb 8, 2011 12:34 PM

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Stupid harem is stupid.

We finally get another "boy".. and hes....yeahhhhhhhhhhhh.

There was some blushing when the new "boy" was talking to Ichika... boylove!? haha.
Feb 8, 2011 11:49 PM

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Contains tsundere(s): Check.
Who is/are cute: Check.
And get significant airtime: Check.

All requirements for a good show satisfied.

And a harem full of tsunderes? What could possibly be wrong with that?
Feb 9, 2011 1:49 AM
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For those who haven't seen it yet: http://i.imgur.com/dXfhZ.jpg

I wonder if the girls were that jealous back in the day... If his closest friends turned into murderous beasts every time he did anything that might suggest he liked girls, can you really blame him? It would be like blaming Pavlov's dog for salivating every time it hears a bell.

Feb 9, 2011 7:31 AM

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Seriously....why Germany is always the strict-serious-tsun type?

AND LOL, YOU GUYS/GALS HATE HAREM BUT YOU'VE STICKED TILL EPISODE 5 xD....and yeah originality stuff...it's debatable...


And yeah....another dumb preview...

still...it's Harem so A-ok
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