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| Freaking hell... I wish Tigre would wear a more epic/awesome outfit already XD. Roland... such a bro T.T Damn, Ellen has to leave to protect her war maiden friend Sasha and her territory from another war maiden. Roland... no... T.T Boom headshots! Tigre's awesome aim once again :3 Dat Tigre strategy doe... Priceless... the enemy commander sure didn't last long XD. Wooohooo! Ludmila... The Snow Princess of The Frozen Nipple!!!... I meant Ripple! |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
| This gave me a "300" vibe from that scene where they're in the canyon Not gonna lie I wasn't really enjoying the past episodes that much but this show is really starting to grow on me. It's no masterpiece by any means but at least I'm able to thoroughly enjoy it. Hopefully the next few episodes continue this great pacing. |
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| I'm guessing that they crammed an entire novel into an episode here or something? It's a shame, because I really like this story and show and would like to see them go more in depth with things. I always thought that Denardier was going to be the ultimate 'villain' of the story, but it seems that there's some pretty worse characters out there. I wonder if he's final boss or not? So much for Roland joining the group, LOL. |
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RIP Roland, guy can withstand an attack made for dragons, but I guess everyone has a weakness.. |
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| It's a shame Roland died. He was a good character in the series. I wonder if Tigre will use Roland's sword in the future. |
| The episode is rushed as per usual but at least the key moments are done well enough. Rolands death was going to happen, but at least he lives up to been the Knight of all Knights! His sword he left for Tigre, Durandal, looks so nice when it transformed from a mere holster to a sword! As for the fight, the last bit where Tigre shoots the arrow I can't help but feel that it was kind of small in some way... maybe the way they animated made it feel less bigger than it should be... Also bits of the commanders life was left out as well as other stuff. And i think that most should recall that everyone in that world knows that Brune hates the bow, so when someone shows up in Brune with a bow and arrow they're going to be laughing thinking they'll be perfectly safe. Not to mention the distance should be impossible unless you're an ace shooter. |
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Newhopes said: [spoiler] I'd be lying if I said that didn't disappoint me :( [spoiler]Tokoya said: I have a question for people that read the LN |
| While the pacing wasn't fantastic, it's better than some of the previous episodes. I enjoyed this episode more than the last 2-3. |
TheNaturalPerm said: I love how they pronounce Zthect as "jizzedhard". They didn't even try hahaha. LOL. You made my day. I always thought it was "G-Starto" :) |
| Great war tactics were applied, and gradually they managed to chase away the enemies I thought the girl who was saved in the episode would have greater participation later, but she appeared not more, was it for just to show the legal side of Tiger? Or is one more to join his harem? At the end another Senki comes to support, I think that any girl who goes through Tiger gets already attracted to him, damn lucky of protagonists .. |
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| The way Roland dies surely deserves him to be called the Kingdom's mightiest knight. May his sacrifice will not go in vain. On the other hand, for Count Tigre's war tactics is still excellent. To be able to defeat the invading army in a dire situation surely makes him a formidable commander not mess with, and to think they were outnumbered by 10 times. Wew! The next battle now with decent reinforcement from war maiden will be a piece of cake for him. |
| That was quite a brutal death for Roland... D: Still standing despite dying. It was pretty cool to see Tigre's army slowly harass the enemy continuously before the main dealeo where he nailed the opposing side's leader in the head. And now, the ice war maiden is back just when Tigre gets in a serious pinch. |
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| Everytime I see a scene where they scroll up on a character, I always ask myself, "What would it look like as one shot?". Well.....  |
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I need to stop or I won't be able to finish the entire episode. |
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| Now Ronald died in a very ugly way, bees! Huh! I liked him and if he was going to die he should've died in a battle :( Actions were really fast in this episode I barely got attached to anything, looking forward for the next ep. |
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| Nrutal death for Roland. He died standing. Tigre saves HEADSHOT from over 300 metres away. Ludmila steps in to help Tigre :D |
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| Kinda a little bored from the start... |
| boooooooring. This anime is just a bunch of numbers and bad narration with poorly done representation pieces. Was that random dark skin girl voiced by amamiya sora? |
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| 2,000 vs 40,000 that is a staggering difference. Well I guess war back then was like that I guess. Great episode!!! |
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| Roland died standing up... So much epicness, just like Edward Newgate in One Piece (even though Shirohige died in more epic way and not shameful as Roland's) Lourie appeared in the end =D I honestly wasn't expecting such a good story for this anime. Fortunately I was wrong and still watched this. |
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| Good episode, reminds me a little of the movie 300 :D Finally a war maiden to the rescue^^ It stinks for Roland to die in the most inglorious of fashion, cowardly enemies >.< |
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| Very intense episode! ^^ |
| Damn, this episode was much better than the past. The pacing didn't feel rushed at all here and the actual war seems were far far better executed than previously done in the past. |
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lucidbrandon said: boooooooring. This anime is just a bunch of numbers and bad narration with poorly done representation pieces. Was that random dark skin girl voiced by amamiya sora? Hmm, I've been thinking / wondering the same thing about the show. Half of the time they are just spitting out numbers and showing pieces moving around on a map. However, I like that they focus more on strategy than the main characters (since if they did it would just become some magical power slug fest.) The strategies are fairly rudimentary and well known, but I don't thinks that's necessarily a bad thing. I would, however, like to see the actual scenarios play out rather than watching a few chess pieces knocking against each other on a map. I have to hand it to the producers though, even though what I watched was 50% clashes between chess pieces they still managed to entertain me. I'm wondering now whether this show will get another season. I'd be okay with watching a second season, however something tells me they will just end it this season and let the first season just serve as a advertising effort. It seems like they have plenty of material left to animate (I mean.. I haven't read the novel but I think it is pretty safe to assume they haven't gone through 9 volumes of content), but the BD still has to sell for them to consider a second season. Just a waiting game from here on out. I just hope that we get some resolution at the end of this season. |
| Seriously? they killed Roland? he comes back with necromancy, Calling It!!! XD |
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| Decent episode. I liked Tigre leading the army. TheNaturalPerm said: Also the shiny ping spots on the papaya boobed females are actually visible THROUGH their clothing. at least on their breasts. Lmoa. I also haven't noticed it until this ep. |
| That was an awesome display of tactics. I love this show and its display of battle field maneuvers. I wonder how this next battle will go now that theres a Warmaiden and her army joining the fight? |
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| My thoughts: Well....everything seemed to go downhill fast for our characters, they are just basically holding on for dear life at this point. I'm surprised it got this intense so quick. Almost actually touched on the realistic and horrifying results of war, not quite well enough though. So long and thanks for all the fish, Roland. You should not have said "I'll be back soon." to the graves of your men. Invisible and very ironic death flag went flying up just then. The insult to the audience of blacking out the Vanadis girl's face when Eleonora talked about her was face-palm worthy. They showed her weapons, which we have seen (along with the character herself) in the OP for 7 or 8 episodes now...We know who it is. This is why OP's should be hand-tuned to each episode/arc. That way we don't get innate spoilers like we do with so many anime these days. What a stupid animator/director who thought that was a good idea. Who was the blond girl in the hood who Tigre saved early on.. Was she just a sad orphan plot device or will she have relevance later? ...I don't see her in character lists... Also, that guy that chewed out the Bruneze or whatever after Tigre and his men saved him should have known his place. "Yeah jeez thanks, why didn't you save us earlier when the enemy was primed for you to attack and they outnumbered you 10 to 1?" What a cowardly a-hole. Sad that the girl lost her dad though...legitimately made me shed a quick tear. Tigre at the end when he sees Lumdmila: "Yay, my blue-haired side-waifuu is here!" IMO, definitely the best episode so far, by far. I think they tried to do a little too much as far as number of battles for one episode, and the CGI and lack of animation for most of the battles was irritating. Well, at least they now know that to animate arrows you need to make them spin. Physics[Trademark]. The army movement on the maps and the blocks of definitions and explanations before and after previews are obviously heavily influenced by AoT. Stark700 said: Welp that escalated. A lot of casualties this episode.. Truth. Tohka_Yatogami said: RIP Roland. RIP Roland indeed... llcruz said: NOT THE BEES! OH, YES, THE BEES ARE HERE NICK CAGE!! belatkuro said: BEES  RIP Roland. We hardly knew you but you died in the most manly fashion. Such manliness....reminds me of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. |
| So they could not take out Roland with fighting so instead they trapped and poisoned him and from the looks of it, it wasn't a popular move. What Tigre did on the other hand should have been a popular move and should contribute to his reputation a bit. It should also give his enemies the impression that he is fearless considering he was outnumbered 10 to 1. Seems Ludmila accepted another job offer from Thenadir and this time one that's more suited for her saving people from slavery by holding an enemy advance. And with that she can also pay of her debt to Tigre. |
| The bee trap was rather ingenious - Roland is known for his fighting skill, and he certainly wouldn't have stood down. Maybe for known, but the moment he becomes aware that they want him dead, he would have fought. So why both gamble on the outcome of a fight aswell as waste men? I wonder how long that bee trap has been there, though. And why he didn't try to use his cape to protect himself. He was mostly clad in armor or several layers of sturdy cloth (certainly not silk, more thick wool or even leather) anyways, his cloak would be enough to wrap it around his head even when fold in half etc. If it didn't work out, it would hardly be the most manly death, but there was a rather good chance.. I also don't follow the counts of enemy soldiers. They have 20.000 in total at the start. 3000 infantry are sent first. Makes 17.000. They later diverted another 3.000, so we arrive at 14.000. 1.000-2.000 died in between to varish ambushes, so we should be at 12.000. Yet they made it something like 19k first, then 18k, and ultimately, 15k left. But even that is only when only counting dead, not wounded. Tigre had 1.700, 300 stayed behind. 200 died, several hundred where injured - but the enemy most have hundreds to thousands of injured too, unless they wiped out the whole enemy force each time. So by extrapolating, the enemy should have something like 10.000 still able to fight.. He still would need Ludmillas army and her personal effort, so it doesn't matter in the end, but i wonder how they came up with those numbers.. |
| Wow, rip roland~ he single handed deflected magic beam last episode but something about bees man..manly tears. |
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| RIP Roland The battle escalates kinda fast but I don't feel like they missed anything(unless maybe I read the LN) |
| RIP Roland fuck man that escalated quickly. Titta needs to die, i mean they kill others but not her, why?!? what is an alsin anyway like meters? |
| Jesus can walk on water. Cucumbers are 96% water. I can walk on cucumbers. I'm 96% Jesus. |
| Yeah Roland died a bada**. RIP. And Lourie is here to reinforce. |
| RIP Roland badass to the end |
| Honestly I expected a lot less, but I have seen a marked improvement in the hardness of the narrative and in the evolution of the conflict, not bad even designs. I wonder if further enhances this show, boobs apart! LOL Roland was fucking great even in death, remains in peace hero! I pose a question: Will they close the circle at the end of the TV series? |
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| I'm sure the pacing compared to the LN is terrible, but despite how rushed it seems, I'm still really enjoying they story and watching how the battles unfold. Even with the fanservice (which I'm never against) I like the whole war concept and pretty much everything about what's happening. And Medieval war style stuff has never been my thing either. Look like the blonde loli he saved is the one war maiden from the OP who has hearts in her eyes and is a stone cold killer. Hope we get to see her in action. Ice queen showed up at the end, those guys are gonna get rocked now. Would like to see Tigre using his power more. He has it and yet only used it twice. Those battles would be a lot more one sided had he actually used that power and decimated everyone. No matter how this ends I'd really like to see a sequel. Hopefully it sells well enough. I want to see a lot more of all the war maidens, which I know we wont get enough of with the time left. **also was really hoping that when Roland was in that room, he was going to survive and be like "guess those lions are fucking bitches" and strut out like a boss...that didn't happen... |
turtleinshell said: lucidbrandon said: boooooooring. This anime is just a bunch of numbers and bad narration with poorly done representation pieces. Was that random dark skin girl voiced by amamiya sora? Hmm, I've been thinking / wondering the same thing about the show. Half of the time they are just spitting out numbers and showing pieces moving around on a map. However, I like that they focus more on strategy than the main characters (since if they did it would just become some magical power slug fest.) The strategies are fairly rudimentary and well known, but I don't thinks that's necessarily a bad thing. I would, however, like to see the actual scenarios play out rather than watching a few chess pieces knocking against each other on a map. I have to hand it to the producers though, even though what I watched was 50% clashes between chess pieces they still managed to entertain me. It's a matter of perspective. I don't think showing every minor skirmishes would make this any better than it is right now. They showed Tigre taking out a portion of the enemy's troops with ingenious trap, I don't think showing the same thing thereafter would make that much difference. We must also consider budget and time constraint as we're talking about thousands or even tens of thousands soldiers. I don't think they'd be able to animate more than 1 or 2 full scenes of soldiers slugging each other every episode and they can't always revert to CG. Personally I find it refreshing that they focus more on strategy and tried to explain it as simple as possible instead of showing some random soldiers killing another random soldiers and then suddenly proclaiming "20000 soldiers had been whittled to 180000 soldiers" or something like that. |
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| It was a great episode, but damn their leaving out a lot of details. And wtf, Roland was badass in the last episode and already he got killed off? He should have listened to Tigre in the first place. At least Tigre has Durandal, yet he never used this in this critical moment!?! And when did his bow slowly turned into black? Lol that Muozinel commander never thought Tigre could shoot an arrow in the middle of 300 people. Morale of this episode? Never underestimate your opponent :P And who was the blond girl who Tigre saved? For some reason she knows him. Man the fights are awesome, but they really a longer episode count. Can't wait for the next episode though! |
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