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| i LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| It was a pretty great start for a military anime. It gave me the right feels of military and an additional which is the presence of magic. I pretty much expected the magic stuff because of the tags and the comments and yeah, nothing seemed uncommon. Personally, I think the art was great and everything, let's see where this will lead us. |
"You can't do a double suicide alone, but you can do it with two" ~ Osamu, Dazai, Bungou Stray Dogs  |
| All I can hear is "Penis-sama!" |
| Sekkou Boys is an idol anime that features statues. |
| Very underwhelming experience. Reminds me of Maria the virgin witch or coffin girl - but in bad. Generic setting, generic villains, generic plot and very generic main characters. Feels like watching paint dry. Does Japan go full EA now and just recycle shit everyone has seen dozens of times? Welp. At leats there is some yuri-bait and a shower scene to entertain the mentally challanged target group this anime certainly has. Priorities right here. I give it 2 more episodes, just to satisfy the masochist in me. |
"Es irrt der Mensch, solang er strebt." - Faust I, Vers 317 |
| please be yuri lol |
Shirobako is AOTY 2015. Deal with it. |
| Knowing the guy who does the series composition I'm seriously worried for this series although I feel it has potential. We'll have to wait and see. The OST was ill fitting at some points but I liked it. Animation got wonky at the end even though it seemed like one of the most important scenes in the episode. I'm not going to expect a lot from this but I'm hopeful. Izetta and Finé's relationship is where it's going to be at for me. Yasamura said: please be yuri lol Yep, pretty much why I chose to watch this. |
idk why I was here but I'm prob back to playing Hunt: Showdown 1896 again when you read this |
Schenfel said: Miragee said: I think the problem is more that it's only undertones. The creators are just baiting but never follow up on it. That's just tiring. Either bring a real gay/lesbian relationship or leave it out. Yeah, I totally agree with you in this aspect. However, I guess we're all would be lying if we said that we never saw people who don't love each other in a romantic way kissing or even going further. I would LOVE if they became a couple, I hope they will, but even if it doesn't happen, people are so hypocrital. As I said, if they were a boy and a girl nobody would be complaning. Doesn't that make sense though? Friends of the same gender have different boundaries than friends of different genders. Girls can literally hold hands and sleep in the same bed with other friends. Like that's socially accepted bounds for friendship amongst girls. So yeah, if their genders were different people would see it in a different light. Their genders matter after all. |
| Quite addictive storytelling, not really exciting, but watchable throughout. Drawings, animations and scenarios, as in the standard quality, ditto for the CG. The sound department is not bad, for now I'm going forward with the vision that is not always the worst as history or as graphic quality. These are the witches, the twentieth century. XD |
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Mele said: Knowing the guy who does the series composition I'm seriously worried for this series although I feel it has potential. We'll have to wait and see. The OST was ill fitting at some points but I liked it. Animation got wonky at the end even though it seemed like one of the most important scenes in the episode. I'm not going to expect a lot from this but I'm hopeful. Izetta and Finé's relationship is where it's going to be at for me. Yasamura said: please be yuri lol Yep, pretty much why I chose to watch this. Don't worry even if it isn't there's a bunch of yuribait coming out this season, that has the chance of flipping either way so who knows. Still, I feel like that's a pretty sad criteria for wanting to watch a show. |
TitanAnteus said: Schenfel said: Yeah, I totally agree with you in this aspect. However, I guess we're all would be lying if we said that we never saw people who don't love each other in a romantic way kissing or even going further. I would LOVE if they became a couple, I hope they will, but even if it doesn't happen, people are so hypocrital. As I said, if they were a boy and a girl nobody would be complaning. Doesn't that make sense though? Friends of the same gender have different boundaries than friends of different genders. Girls can literally hold hands and sleep in the same bed with other friends. Like that's socially accepted bounds for friendship amongst girls. So yeah, if their genders were different people would see it in a different light. Their genders matter after all. Not really that's sexism. You are basic the expectations. of interactions off their genre, which just does not work And it is not hypocrisy. Queerbaiting is real problem with fictional works. It is genuinely offensive and Japan has a LONG history in terms of queer baiting and "silent shunning" directed towards LGBT communities. |
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Fai said: TitanAnteus said: Doesn't that make sense though? Friends of the same gender have different boundaries than friends of different genders. Girls can literally hold hands and sleep in the same bed with other friends. Like that's socially accepted bounds for friendship amongst girls. So yeah, if their genders were different people would see it in a different light. Their genders matter after all. Not really that's sexism. You are basic the expectations. of interactions off their genre, which just does not work And it is not hypocrisy. Queerbaiting is real problem with fictional works. It is genuinely offensive and Japan has a LONG history in terms of queer baiting and "silent shunning" directed towards LGBT communities. Ok let me give you an example of how boundaries defined by genders change situations. Two people like one girl. One's a guy and one's a girl. They're both friends with the girl but not by much. The girl goes and asks the other girl to go pick get some coffee after school. She accepts and they go on their merry way. To the outside world, it's the actions of a girl asking her acquaintance to drink coffee. The guy does the same thing, but since they're just acquaintances tensions rise and to the outside world it looks like it could be more. If that wasn't the case. If both occasions were seen as "tense" moments then in society people wouldn't be able to relax around the same gender because that'd be rude to potential suitors. You'd have to take every interaction from a stranger in that manner and that'd be legit tiring, even though the odds of it happening ARE SUPER low in the first place. It legit makes no sense to behave that way so the opposite/current way is what happens. If the lesbian wants her feelings to be seen as seriously as the guy she'll need to be more direct with her feelings. Straight priveledge and what-not. It's not something you can even get rid of, and isn't something people consciously do. |
TitanAnteus said: Mele said: Knowing the guy who does the series composition I'm seriously worried for this series although I feel it has potential. We'll have to wait and see. The OST was ill fitting at some points but I liked it. Animation got wonky at the end even though it seemed like one of the most important scenes in the episode. I'm not going to expect a lot from this but I'm hopeful. Izetta and Finé's relationship is where it's going to be at for me. Yep, pretty much why I chose to watch this. Don't worry even if it isn't there's a bunch of yuribait coming out this season, that has the chance of flipping either way so who knows. Still, I feel like that's a pretty sad criteria for wanting to watch a show. That's the only criteria I have nowadays for anime, since I don't care about anything else in this industry. I can't sit through a single episode because everything is extremely boring. Really in the end people will watch what they enjoy and look forward to, not what other people think they should watch, just saying. |
idk why I was here but I'm prob back to playing Hunt: Showdown 1896 again when you read this |
Mele said: TitanAnteus said: Don't worry even if it isn't there's a bunch of yuribait coming out this season, that has the chance of flipping either way so who knows. Still, I feel like that's a pretty sad criteria for wanting to watch a show. That's the only criteria I have nowadays for anime, since I don't care about anything else in this industry. I can't sit through a single episode because everything is extremely boring. Really in the end people will watch what they enjoy and look forward to, not what other people think they should watch, just saying. You're absolutely right. I didn't realize how judgemental I was sounding till I reread my post. Still... I hope you manage to be able enjoy more out of anime than yuri / shoujou ai though. I'd definitely like more people to exist who I can discuss shows with. |
TitanAnteus said: Mele said: That's the only criteria I have nowadays for anime, since I don't care about anything else in this industry. I can't sit through a single episode because everything is extremely boring. Really in the end people will watch what they enjoy and look forward to, not what other people think they should watch, just saying. You're absolutely right. I didn't realize how judgemental I was sounding till I reread my post. Still... I hope you manage to be able enjoy more out of anime than yuri / shoujou ai though. I'd definitely like more people to exist who I can discuss shows with. No worries! Thanks, I do too. I just feel like anime has become... a little weaker compared to not too long ago, I usually like to watch all kinds of things so I get what you meant by ''sad critera''. I'm sure you'll find people like that but on the other hand, MAL is full of judgemental people so don't get discouraged. |
idk why I was here but I'm prob back to playing Hunt: Showdown 1896 again when you read this |
| hey, where can i get one of those rider guns? tbh, i quite liked the ep, let's just hope it keeps up, especially with politics, military alt-history and stuff, and won't turn into magic pwns all. |
TitanAnteus said: Fai said: Not really that's sexism. You are basic the expectations. of interactions off their genre, which just does not work And it is not hypocrisy. Queerbaiting is real problem with fictional works. It is genuinely offensive and Japan has a LONG history in terms of queer baiting and "silent shunning" directed towards LGBT communities. Ok let me give you an example of how boundaries defined by genders change situations. Two people like one girl. One's a guy and one's a girl. They're both friends with the girl but not by much. The girl goes and asks the other girl to go pick get some coffee after school. She accepts and they go on their merry way. To the outside world, it's the actions of a girl asking her acquaintance to drink coffee. The guy does the same thing, but since they're just acquaintances tensions rise and to the outside world it looks like it could be more. If that wasn't the case. If both occasions were seen as "tense" moments then in society people wouldn't be able to relax around the same gender because that'd be rude to potential suitors. You'd have to take every interaction from a stranger in that manner and that'd be legit tiring, even though the odds of it happening ARE SUPER low in the first place. It legit makes no sense to behave that way so the opposite/current way is what happens. If the lesbian wants her feelings to be seen as seriously as the guy she'll need to be more direct with her feelings. Straight priveledge and what-not. It's not something you can even get rid of, and isn't something people consciously do. Except that that's not what people refer to as "queer baiting". The key point is implications of subtext. The way the scenes you described are shot can portray different kinds of implications. The writers then will procceed to ignore queries about that however they will have an out that still can explain it all away to the straight viewers as "nothing but imagination". And it is intentional. It is not accidental. While that is prevalent in all fiction and not just Japanese, it is VERY prevalent in Japan. Its why most of them have teenagers and end before end of high school(since that is an out for "Oh they were just experimenting" or "oh it was just innocent stuff" kind of deal). There's very few "yuri" works that actually clearly show the characters ending up together. |
AhenshihaelOct 2, 2016 7:29 AM
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| Bitch love cannon, nice first episode ! |
| - Childhood flashback - Fine-Sama - World War 2 reference - Waffen SS? - Sieg Zeon Reich ! - Panzer 3 short-barrel 7.5? - Izetta awakening, Fine "White Witch" - Deadly emotion burst...!!!! - Yuri bait at the end :) ps - good soundtrack |
| From the studio that made Sensitive Pornograph comes along a show with actual potential. Pretty good first episode. Got some nice action and music. Hope the narrative is as good. BUNBUN was doing the character designs for this series and I nearly mistook it for the likes of A-1's "same face syndrome". Here's hoping this series doesn't crash and burn. |
| Halfway, I wasn't paying much attention (well, mostly because of my lack of knowledge of WW). Did they just space'd in that falling plane? Good MC I guess. Will keep track for the meantime. |
RyuugamonoOct 2, 2016 8:01 AM
All people have their own sh*t tastes, therefore, there are no sh*t tastes, since everything is equally sh*t. A VERY LOGICAL PHILOSOPHY |
| Fine will become a top tier waifu. I can smell that . Also , I'm sure their relationship is not to become a yuri.. |
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| im not expecting much but it was pretty good apart from some scenes that made me cringe a tad. im hoping for actual yuri, we dont see that much. it's pretty likely with this studio since they made a yaoi, although it's worrying that i havent heard of this studio before one gripe i have is that the plane immediately lost most of its velocity when the engines went out. wtf, did she slow the plane down too? |
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I not a big fan of yuri, so I hope this anime would convince me otherwise. Man, Izetts broom stick is a Mauser 13 mm anti tank gun????? |
WhoahohoOct 2, 2016 9:53 AM
| This is my favorite of the new anime for fall that I have seen so far. Loads of action, interesting characters so far and a twist on history. Loved it so far. Looking forward to more. |
| The animation felt like a breath of fresh air in comparison to the shitfest known as ,Bloodivores' |
Fai said: TitanAnteus said: Ok let me give you an example of how boundaries defined by genders change situations. Two people like one girl. One's a guy and one's a girl. They're both friends with the girl but not by much. The girl goes and asks the other girl to go pick get some coffee after school. She accepts and they go on their merry way. To the outside world, it's the actions of a girl asking her acquaintance to drink coffee. The guy does the same thing, but since they're just acquaintances tensions rise and to the outside world it looks like it could be more. If that wasn't the case. If both occasions were seen as "tense" moments then in society people wouldn't be able to relax around the same gender because that'd be rude to potential suitors. You'd have to take every interaction from a stranger in that manner and that'd be legit tiring, even though the odds of it happening ARE SUPER low in the first place. It legit makes no sense to behave that way so the opposite/current way is what happens. If the lesbian wants her feelings to be seen as seriously as the guy she'll need to be more direct with her feelings. Straight priveledge and what-not. It's not something you can even get rid of, and isn't something people consciously do. Except that that's not what people refer to as "queer baiting". The key point is implications of subtext. The way the scenes you described are shot can portray different kinds of implications. The writers then will procceed to ignore queries about that however they will have an out that still can explain it all away to the straight viewers as "nothing but imagination". And it is intentional. It is not accidental. While that is prevalent in all fiction and not just Japanese, it is VERY prevalent in Japan. Its why most of them have teenagers and end before end of high school(since that is an out for "Oh they were just experimenting" or "oh it was just innocent stuff" kind of deal). There's very few "yuri" works that actually clearly show the characters ending up together. What are you bringing up "queerbaiting" for? This. >If the characters were a boy and a girl a lot of people wouldn't see it as friendship, only romance. But no, if it the characters are girls " HURRR IT'S TOO GAY", oh come on. Is what I was mainly responding too. At least respond to what I wrote before switching topics. And regarding queerbaiting you really need to calm down. Japan has class S relationships. True Friendship between girls there literally looks like a romantic couple without the physical romance involved. Obviously gay people will feel like they have been baited. It's just their culture and how they view the distance between female friends should be. I personally really like seeing true friendship between girls. It's why I love Love Lab so much. |
| Strong first episode, quite possibly anime of the season material here. Love the yuri undertones between Izetta and Fine. |
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| Very good episode. The animation was crisp and the OST was amazing. |
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| I'm sad that the bodyguards of the princess died. I liked them. Also, I was expecting yuri and was not disapponted. For the people bitching, GTFO. It's nice to have a good plot with a yuri pairing that isn't just porn. |
| - Historical fantasy anime - Military action - DEATH - Badass female MC - Cute girls - Yuri bait THIS IS LITERALLY EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED IN AN ANIME 10/10 AOTS |
| Well now... That was crazy, pretty intense, and very interesting. A country basically fell in the first episode, the princess got captured, got shot, gave a nice speech and got help from some magical girl in a coffin. The music was fantastic, visuals were gorgeous, characters seem pretty interesting. I think I'm gonna enjoy this a lot unless they some ruin the quality of everything in the coming episodes. |
A Wild and Small Otaku has Appeared! |
| Does this article in German makes any sense or are there just random words? I wonder how many people knew to what event Britannia ambassador was referring to. I didn't notice it while watching (well, I was concentrating on something else :-P) until someone else pointed it out in a comment. The shower scene was to show Finé scar. |
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| decent debut. Picked it up for alternative European setting, staying for possible yuri. I'll be watching this show closely. |
| well it is hard to say how good the show will be. The show goes into action even before you get to know the characters and setting, thus making it hard for me to care about it. although the image of a witch using a gun as her broom is pretty cool. |
| So Switzerland is that Elsteyn country and Austria = Westria is the neutral country in this anime. Poland and France (Thermistor) got different names. And Brittania vs. Germania. Now I wanna see that emperor. Hopefully some old badass guy. But I guess the main enemy is the guy with glasses. Liked the episode. 4/5 and going to watch the next episode. I like fantasy/war setting and it is better than that other medieval-set witch anime some seasons ago. Char design is nice. Let's see if they can keep up with this and bring some decent plot. (At least it is original so there is hope - at least less likely to get some stupid ending where they just stop in the middle of some manga arc for manga adaptions.) I liked that the grammar/words for the newspaper (which the guy on the train read) were mainly correct. You even could read some stuff where there were hints at Switzerland. (There was stuff written about "Zug": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Zug / Also fun fact: The word Zug also means "train" in German and the guy was on the train reading the newspaper. ) |
| Im sure there will be flashbacks interspersed throughout this show. I was pleasantly surprised by the animation in this though. I think it will do well throughout the season. This probably needed to be 24 episodes though to really get the story fleshed the way it should. Looking forward to more from this. Also Im hoping that Fine is actually the white witch |
Around and around the cycle goes. |
| It's a very promising first episode. If they stick with "historical thingy" and "war aspect", it should definitely be one of the better Anime for this season. I just hope that the magic part isn't too surreal --- by that, I mean "epic explosion that blows away an entire army because of the power of Yuri". We shall have a better idea of where this is going by episode 3... hopefully ^_^ |
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| I think I'm gonna like this show and I have a Yuri vibe with this 5/5 |
| All I can really say about this episode is... SHE RODE A FREAKING RIFLE LIKE A BROOMSTICK, Definitely not dropping. |
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Bad Guys = Hit target Good Guys = Bad at hitting targets Score = more good guys shot than bad guys shot. Roof of train scene thoughts......never a tunnel around when you need one to wipe the bad guys off the roof. And now to my final thought .... the witch riding the gun.....it looked like an NRA membership recruiting poster. |
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anactor0 said: IIRC, "seig" means to win or attain victory. "Reich" more directly translates to "realm," but can also be treated as a term for a regime or empire. It thus means something along the lines of "victory to the empire" or "victory to the regime." It's clearly based on the actual Nazi rallying cry of "sieg heil," which is typically translated as a simple "hail victory."the show looks promising but I didnt get this word (sieg reich), what does it mean? when do they use it? |
| So far no complaints. The writer wrote Qwaser of Stigmata and is pretty half in half on the good/bad he's written for, so this could turn into a SAO (amazing animation/art, poor writing/characters). Though I do like how they're not doing it where the characters who knew each other in the past take half the series to remember each other. Waiting patiently for the next episode. |
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