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| It is a bit strange that the school allows for gundam duels that could be lethal given the damage to the mechs, surprised more students don't die. In terms of characters and production the first episode exceeded any expectations I had, its really well done, just hope the story is good though given the setting decisions don't make that much sense. |
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RobertBobert said: Coolzweg2 said: Revolutionary Girl Utena moment. Seems like the made a school setting to make it more appetible to new audiences. I also feel like it will be a politically left show, which seems like the direction gundam is headead towards (considering IBO too). This project is being officially promoted as a project for a more modern and younger audience "around the world", so this is probably how Sunrise sees modern anime fans. I don't know how far this will go with yuri and politics, but given the direction you mentioned and Ichiro's latest scenarios (one of his recent projects even contains a gay twist and a message about migrants), there's a big chance. NagIsa_09 said: Really great episode. It’s my first gundam anime that i watching and tbh the animation is so good and the visuals. I like that they mix a little of yuri in the end of this episode. The "now you're engaged" twist isn't a yuri per se, it's just a cliffhanger for the end of the episode at the moment. It all depends on how it develops further. Yeah of course you are right!:3 |
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phantomfandom said: I'm a little bit salty that the first Gundam step into an LGBT era begins with a letter "L", not "G", but to be fair there's gay (maybe?) Gundam character before, but not as the protagonist like this one. But the first episode overcome my bias and now I'm rooting for lesbian love. I'm yaoi specialist and I have zero experience in yuri. Can any yuri specialist tell me who's top and bottom? I've no doubt that this will turn into an amazing anime but I've one concern like no other, I'm very intolerant to a high death toll. If this show turn into "who'll be killed this week" kind of anime, I'll immediately drop, no matter how good they're, just like I did to the rest of Gundam franchise, the only one I can finish is Gundam Build. Calm down dude, this is just the cliffhanger of the first episode, they haven't been announced as a romantic couple yet lol. And yes, there have been gay people on the show before, both male and potentially female. Animillion said: I’ve never really been interested in gundam and was considering watching this one as my first. Now I’m hearing about it being yuri bait, so I guess I’ll pass on it for now. The whole yuri bait is in the final twist. But rest assured, the shippers will spin it similarly to Licorice, lol. sitli said: Damn, there are definitely some similarities to Utena in this show. I can only hope that it doesn't end up like Utena, though. There are two Utena anime out there already and neither of them are good. Also, lol @ all the yurikeks in this thread. What shows are you talking about? About Revue Sarlight and Vermeil? But I thought both shows were good. |
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ACasualViewer said: It is a bit strange that the school allows for gundam duels that could be lethal given the damage to the mechs, surprised more students don't die. In terms of characters and production the first episode exceeded any expectations I had, its really well done, just hope the story is good though given the setting decisions don't make that much sense. I'll laugh if Ichiro didn't think about it for long, just "oh, I want to make Utena out of this! Duels, yuri bait, school!". |
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phantomfandom said: Lol, based on your comment I highly recommend that you don’t watch Chainsaw ManI'm a little bit salty that the first Gundam step into an LGBT era begins with a letter "L", not "G", but to be fair there's gay (maybe?) Gundam character before, but not as the protagonist like this one. But the first episode overcome my bias and now I'm rooting for lesbian love. I'm yaoi specialist and I have zero experience in yuri. Can any yuri specialist tell me who's top and bottom? I've no doubt that this will turn into an amazing anime but I've one concern like no other, I'm very intolerant to a high death toll. If this show turn into "who'll be killed this week" kind of anime, I'll immediately drop, no matter how good they're, just like I did to the rest of Gundam franchise, the only one I can finish is Gundam Build. |
| Seeing the Gundam in action was awesome. I guess this set 10 years or so after the prologu. Don't have a clue why she thought she could take on Guel in another person's mobile suit. The way Eri (Suletta) talks is very polite but the girl has guts and the skill to back it up. Now that they've got a hint that someone has a Gundam, which were supposed to be brought to an end back in the prologue, I wonder what they will do about the whole Gundam thing. |
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Dukino said: ACasualViewer said: It is a bit strange that the school allows for gundam duels that could be lethal given the damage to the mechs, surprised more students don't die.. That's probably part of the point. These spoiled rich kids feeling like they can do whatever they want. Lives aren't valued that much The spoiled rich kids are just as in danger as the normal students if a plasma blade or rifle beam hits their cockpit, its an absurd way of training, imagine training fighter jet pilots with live missiles against each other. |
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| YURI GUNDAM?!!!! LETS GOOO Tomato scene is an Amuro call back, damn that takes me back Suletta slapping Guel on the ass had me dying. Miorine and Suletta are going to have some amazing chemistry by the end of this I can tell. Was so satisfying seeing Guel get his ass beat so effortlessly. The sakuga during the gundam attack at the end was incredible. I love the more modern designs sunrise went with as well. Only complaint is it’s pretty stupid to have students duelling in actual mobile suits.. surely people have died before?? The YOASOBI song seems to fill in some plot gaps in the story too which is really cool. |
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| what a epic first episode we got !!! this is very very promising anime !! also Yoasobi for ending song is a banger song !! |
| trailer got me really hyped, first ep isn't bad, but also not that good. i like how the plot focuses more on the other characters instead of the main character, it really helps flesh out the environment more. i'm also interested in whether this anime can bring new perspective to the yuri genre. it's rare to see yuri declared so explicitly in ep1. however, the worldbuildling seems really forced, the baddies fall into standard archetypes, and the whole story is nothing new. hoping the next eps are better, because right now, ep1 doesn't have any of the themes introduced in the pv. would be sad to let that amazing prologue completely go to waste. |
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VolKur said: Oh! Forgot to mention, Sulleta is now the groom of miorine, lol. We have a mecha + yuri anime and I'm also watching an another yuri fighting anime right now, Lycoria Recoil, great! Licorice has never been or promoted as a yuri show, and it only has one cliffhanger so far after the first episode. Seriously, I never thought people could jump to conclusions so quickly. ACasualViewer said: Dukino said: That's probably part of the point. These spoiled rich kids feeling like they can do whatever they want. Lives aren't valued that much The spoiled rich kids are just as in danger as the normal students if a plasma blade or rifle beam hits their cockpit, its an absurd way of training, imagine training fighter jet pilots with live missiles against each other. You are confused by the threat of life, but not forcing someone to marry the best brute, lol? Marinate1016 said: YURI GUNDAM?!!!! LETS GOOO Tomato scene is an Amuro call back, damn that takes me back Suletta slapping Guel on the ass had me dying. Miorine and Suletta are going to have some amazing chemistry by the end of this I can tell. Was so satisfying seeing Guel get his ass beat so effortlessly. The sakuga during the gundam attack at the end was incredible. I love the more modern designs sunrise went with as well. Only complaint is it’s pretty stupid to have students duelling in actual mobile suits.. surely people have died before?? The YOASOBI song seems to fill in some plot gaps in the story too which is really cool. Dude, just wait for new episodes. It is not known what kind of chemistry they will have (forced marriage leads you to the conclusion that the characters will have good chemistry? Are you living in the 19th century or what?), not to mention whether they will be a couple at all. I get that yuri fans love this, but the way people literally jump to conclusions about their entire relationship and the nature of the show based on one short scene at the end of the first episode really scares me. |
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otherdummy said: trailer got me really hyped, first ep isn't bad, but also not that good. i like how the plot focuses less on the other characters instead of the main character, it really helps flesh out the environment more. however, the worldbuildling seems really forced, and the whole story is nothing new. hoping the next eps are better, because right now, ep1 doesn't have any of the themes introduced in the pv. would be sad to let that amazing prologue completely go to waste. But it has a bunch of almost frame-by-frame homages to Utena. After all, Utena is cool, no? |
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VolKur said: @RobertBobert I added word "Yuri" in metamorphic way. I don't intend to say that it will be Yuri, where 2 girls love like each other. It's okay, I know they will be like friends in upcoming episodes and even in Lycoris Recoil, there is no Yuri, they both are shown as great freinds. Nobody said they DEFINITELY wouldn't be a couple. The show still has too many chances for that. I just find it disturbing that people jump to conclusions about character relationships before they're actually shown. It's like that joke about people who expect porn characters to get married because they "obviously love each other very much." |
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| I think this might go the path of Utena in one way or another. Can't say anything is set in stone yet, but it does seem that it might be a Yuri, key word is MIGHT. (Looking at you, RobertBobert, before you try and start shit.) Anyways, for those who really enjoyed this first episode, I recommend reading ゆりかごの星, which is available to read on the official G Witch site. Aerial is such a sweetheart, but I recommend reading it, because it offers a nice bit of background in regards to Mercury and Suletta, written from Aerial's perspective. |
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| Overall nice episode, I don't like how they made all male characters just be bad people so they can push all the yuri they want, some good old yuribait, it felt quite weak. Narrative wise I don't expect this to be good, probably gonna be mid but with some nice action will see. |
VolKur said: RobertBobert said: Nobody said they DEFINITELY wouldn't be a couple. The show still has too many chances for that. I just find it disturbing that people jump to conclusions about character relationships before they're actually shown. It's like that joke about people who expect porn characters to get married because they "obviously love each other very much." Yeah, I kind of jump to the conclusion here but it's okay, as I said, I have no problem either, they are going to be couple or not. And sorry, if I offended you in some way! No, no offense. It just reminded me of shows like Carol and Tuesday, when people calling it a yuri show only to find out that there would be two female leads. And you guessed it, they weren't gay... True, half of the characters around them were gay, but that's another story. Mod Edit: Removed baiting. |
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Marinate1016 said: The YOASOBI song seems to fill in some plot gaps in the story too which is really cool. There's a prologue episode if you are interested in knowing more about the series. |
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SunLED said: Overall nice episode, I don't like how they made all male characters just be bad people so they can push all the yuri they want, some good old yuribait, it felt quite weak. Narrative wise I don't expect this to be good, probably gonna be mid but with some nice action will see. Regardless of yuri bait, I didn't notice that they made ALL the male characters bad. Ichiro certainly loves to abuse lame tropes (dude, why do you hate character fathers so much?), but this show is clearly a far cry from the "all men are ugly, that's why I became a lesbian" cliché. |
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hai_X_is said: Marinate1016 said: The YOASOBI song seems to fill in some plot gaps in the story too which is really cool. There's a prologue episode if you are interested in knowing more about the series. I obviously already watched the prologue? Lmao the OP fills in the gaps between the Prologue and episode 1. |
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RobertBobert said: SunLED said: Overall nice episode, I don't like how they made all male characters just be bad people so they can push all the yuri they want, some good old yuribait, it felt quite weak. Narrative wise I don't expect this to be good, probably gonna be mid but with some nice action will see. Regardless of yuri bait, I didn't notice that they made ALL the male characters bad. Ichiro certainly loves to abuse lame tropes (dude, why do you hate character fathers so much?), but this show is clearly a far cry from the "all men are ugly, that's why I became a lesbian" cliché. just felt like they tried to feed us the pity spoon on that scene with Rembran and the other guy I forgot his name, as I said I don't expect much from the narrative |
SunLED said: RobertBobert said: Regardless of yuri bait, I didn't notice that they made ALL the male characters bad. Ichiro certainly loves to abuse lame tropes (dude, why do you hate character fathers so much?), but this show is clearly a far cry from the "all men are ugly, that's why I became a lesbian" cliché. just felt like they tried to feed us the pity spoon on that scene with Rembran and the other guy I forgot his name, as I said I don't expect much from the narrative Well, the duel could easily be read as "a strong woman saves another from male toxicity" and other shit, which is its own lame gay cliché, but other than that I don't see it as much of a toxic yuri story. At least Suletta is tomboy enough to conclude that if it really is yuri, it's more because Japanese writers seem to be afraid that the audience won't be able to empathize with the pursuit of a male love interest even in a show with a female MC. If you look at male shows with boy-ish female MCs, this is a fairly common problem. They just take the straight romantic tropes and replace the male MC with a female character. |
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RobertBobert said: KuroNavi said: i cant claim to have watched all the gundams but i've never watched a school and yuri one before If you've seen Orphans, then you've already seen yuri gundam. But joking aside, this show hasn't been billed as yuri anywhere yet. was Orphans yuri? it was more of group...i mean what, but yeah, i'm just saying that as a half joke from the final scene, lets see how it turns out |
NirvashX1 said: also Yoasobi for ending song is a banger song !! That was actually the opening song. The animation should be different next time though, since it was credited as "スペシャルアニメーション映像" (special animation video) this time. |
| 4/5 Apart Yuricrap, it's a good start |
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Wow, that was an amazing first episode and that ending was incredible |
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KuroNavi said: RobertBobert said: If you've seen Orphans, then you've already seen yuri gundam. But joking aside, this show hasn't been billed as yuri anywhere yet. was Orphans yuri? it was more of group...i mean what, but yeah, i'm just saying that as a half joke from the final scene, lets see how it turns out Anyway, if it really turns out to be yuri, it will be funny to realize that the mainstream in every sense Ichiro turned out to be more radical than Okada, who is openly feminist and more serious in her attitude to yuri. She even made sure that there were gays and bisexuals in Orphans, by the way. |
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Marinate1016 said: I obviously already watched the prologue? Lmao the OP fills in the gaps between the Prologue and episode 1. Oh I see. That was my mistake. |
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| Thats one impressive school. But that was one hell of a overreaction from her upon seeing the person doing EVA. The training suits used by the students look pretty neat. But man the school's grounds sure were expansive. The dual sure injected some nice excitement into their first day. Looks like schools are also places where company takeovers are learned as well. But using duals to decide things sure is interesting. Getting used to the culture and food is going to be an interesting task for Suletta. The jerk sure had one hell of a experience though being spanked. But in the dual Suletta sure gave him one hell of a lesson one that he won't be forgetting anytime soon. Upsetting the rankings and gaining a bride in the process that's one hell of a first day that Suletta had. Overall a solid opening ep that while impressive visually also did well to introduce the setting and the cast as well as the kind of sub plots we can expect to see as well. Catchy ending as well. |
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I do not argue, but I was confused only by one thing. As someone who literally wanted to run away from the academy and even went into a duel to avoid being forced into a forced marriage, she is rather neutral about the idea of returning to the academy to become someone's forced bride through winning the duel. It's like the whole dueling thing was just to get yuri engaged. Unless she uses it as part of a plan against the academy or her father, it literally doesn't make sense. |
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| This is the first Gundam Series episode I've ever watched! A good start with solid looking animation, and intriguing characters. Has your academia tropes. |
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