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| Decent setup episode. And Misaki has as much of a chance with Ryuuji as his buddy does with Marugo. |
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| A better episode than the previous ones, i'll give it that. Rose was a lot less annoying than usual, as well. Hopefully, that will continue. Next episode looks promising, too. Looking forward to the next! |
| I enjoyed this episode the most of any in this series. Onyx was a very dull character. I'm glad he's out of sight. Hopefully he doesn't return. Maruga is interesting, as is George. Neither is what they initially seem. And yeah, the white sailor uniform works for Rose. Even though the trim doesn't really match her eyes, she looks cute. The episode was filled with cuteness, with beach and festival scenes in one. Not sure what to expect from the new characters though although Aikawa's energy precipitated Maruga's joining them at the festival. It's getting fun and interesting. |
| I really like the characters so far. Good setup episode. |
| To all the females of this anime who like the main protagonist, or will eventually come to like him...you need to know one very important fact: |
| Ugh, this series is getting sooooo boring. Why are all these shows the same? Why is the main character so weak and annoying? Why can't they ever have a strong main character from the start? Why is there always some dopey side kick there to make jokes? Why even introduce a character like Etou when all that could possibly happen is for her heart to get crushed because the main character inevitably falls in love with the loli half-human? This series is the same as too many shows. Unless I see something game-changing in the next two episodes or so, I'm dropping. I don't have time to waste on cookie-cutter crap like this, no matter how excellent the animation is. |
| Romance comedy anime - Japan's gift to America |
| I thinks what really made this episode was 2 new character introductions, of which Margarite is most favorite after Rose. Margarite, is a Empress of the White Dragons most certainly means she is royalty like Rose. Although I though White Dragons are more for healing and blue dragons are the kings of water/ice. Anyways her mission that she entrusts to Rose/Ryuji/Eriko is what started the fun again. Sword being called "Ice Rage" did remind me of RPG's ice swords. Swords embedded with ice/freezing properties. I really think Margarite is the next cute character after Rose.  continuing on Margarite, find her necklace rather peculiar as to what it means other than the blue orbs are a association made to her element. Guess Margarite is pretty well informed to know what George plans to do. I think Margarite has her charms in many ways such as being already proposed to go to the festival by Aikawa Masato. It looks like Ryuji is already forming his harem with her and in fact even got competition from George who judging by his reaction likes her. What really I did like near the end is that she told Rose/Ryuji a story that George told them but thing is it's different. It has the element of love between Dragon and human while negatively speaking of the human nature of killing their own if they are with someone that they deem not of theirs. Rest in spoiler About preview, can't wait for it. Margarite using her powers will be nice. Ryuji VS Evans will be another fight to remember. There will be for sure more worrying about Ryuji/Rose. Ryuji saving Rose is one thing to wonder about whether he will be ok or not but I am more worried about Rose because if that sword's power hits her, did you not realize that it could kill her? She is a Red Dragon and they are weak against all forms of cold attacks. |
Yumekichi11Feb 2, 2011 12:41 AM
mcjazzman32 said: Ugh, this series is getting sooooo boring. Why are all these shows the same? Why is the main character so weak and annoying? Why can't they ever have a strong main character from the start? Why is there always some dopey side kick there to make jokes? Why even introduce a character like Etou when all that could possibly happen is for her heart to get crushed because the main character inevitably falls in love with the loli half-human? To answer all your questions...it's mostly because EVERYTHING has already been done, so to you and me this is just another anime with a weak main character, a loli, and all the other generic stuff. However, there are always a "sufficient" population that loves to see this generic genre over and over. That's just the sad truth, I tend to ignore the fact that I've already seen so many anime that are EXACTLY as this, and I just kick back and not have any expectations. If it turns out good...GREAT!!!, If it turns out bad.....who cares, when you don't have expectations, you can watch out of simple enjoyment and not take it seriously. |
alexcampos said: mcjazzman32 said: Ugh, this series is getting sooooo boring. Why are all these shows the same? Why is the main character so weak and annoying? Why can't they ever have a strong main character from the start? Why is there always some dopey side kick there to make jokes? Why even introduce a character like Etou when all that could possibly happen is for her heart to get crushed because the main character inevitably falls in love with the loli half-human? To answer all your questions...it's mostly because EVERYTHING has already been done, so to you and me this is just another anime with a weak main character, a loli, and all the other generic stuff. However, there are always a "sufficient" population that loves to see this generic genre over and over. That's just the sad truth, I tend to ignore the fact that I've already seen so many anime that are EXACTLY as this, and I just kick back and not have any expectations. If it turns out good...GREAT!!!, If it turns out bad.....who cares, when you don't have expectations, you can watch out of simple enjoyment and not take it seriously. I love it when people point out my exact thoughts on things so I don't have to go through the hassle. Well that, and it makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only person with said common viewpoint. Although a funny thought came to me related to the original poster asking why. If the main character were to be more physically powerful and mentally motivated people would simply say this series was a rip off of index. With a main character who likes to punch things, make long speeches about justice, and keep his loli at home for protection. Of course that argument could be argued further and we'd eventually be whining over how Astro Boy totally ripped off the scratches on cave walls by our ancient ancestors. Back to the topic, Dragon Crisis is turning out to be plenty enjoyable for myself, even if it does follow a somewhat well trodden formula. This episode was a nice start to a new arc, and luckily it doesn't seem to be falling into the typical harem route of having Ryuuji's closeness to rose being trounced in order to allow more possibilities for the other girls in the series. |
| George for president! |
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| Slowly Turing out to be a another typical Harem. |
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Naelok said: To which the main character replied, "No, lol." Ha, nice depiction there and I have to agree. This is a somewhat unharemly harem. Well, still don't like any of the three main characters, but George actually turned out to be an interesting guy. I was expecting a typical bland villain there...also that white dragon lady had some interesting things to say. |
| And here comes white Minorin. Waiting for Ami in *thinks of a color different from Ami's hair* green. What a boring episode. "We don't know how to get that sword from him so let's go to a festival." Pfft. I swear, if the words "Dragon Slayer" is mentioned even once, I'm gonna drop this straight away. |
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alexcampos said: To all the females of this anime who like the main protagonist, or will eventually come to like him...you need to know one very important fact: The painful and epic truth, I especially want Rose to win Ryuuji over as she only loves him to death with no aggression towards him, when she comes, it's always for love. I also think Rose is part obsessive yandere affection-wise which makes it even better. Beatoriche-sama said: Lol I wonder if there always have to be a beach-episode in every anime =___=' it is boring as hell. This is a light ecchi anime with harem elements as well as fast paced action, it must have a beach episode. Got to keep your twenty something to early middle age fanbase satisfied. |
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| George Evans provided some good humor in this episode. Rose is a really enjoyable character how she just adores Ryuuji and the new dragon girl was really cute too. Judging by the ed credits I think they will add some more and I'm really looking forward to it. |
guan_hian said: The unexpected same trick from Index. Yeah, lol. And the harem is expanding. |
| George was hilarious. xD I hope that they will team up, I don't want them to fight. :'l |
| George was awesome xD I liked him a lot more than I thought I would. I'm cheering for something to happen between him and Maruga, considering how he fell head over heels for her at first sight. I think she's got enough of a backbone to deal with him as well, but she's still delicate. The story itself was also very nice. That's what George has placed his assumptions on, so perhaps hearing to actual story from Maruga or Ryuuji will change his mind. Overall, cute episode, mostly from Rose and Maruga. Especially cutieloli Rose. |
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| Rose goes Index! Lol, George falls for the white dragon xD |
| I'm really surprised with the level of quality this show has. It's definitely not like your typical DEEN fare which looks terrible and you can see the budget cuts everywhere in it. This and Kore wa Zombie are two of the best shows DEEN has done in years. Maybe all they need to do is stick to light novels instead of butchering popular visual novels and eroge. |
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Precipitation said: alexcampos said: mcjazzman32 said: Ugh, this series is getting sooooo boring. Why are all these shows the same? Why is the main character so weak and annoying? Why can't they ever have a strong main character from the start? Why is there always some dopey side kick there to make jokes? Why even introduce a character like Etou when all that could possibly happen is for her heart to get crushed because the main character inevitably falls in love with the loli half-human? To answer all your questions...it's mostly because EVERYTHING has already been done, so to you and me this is just another anime with a weak main character, a loli, and all the other generic stuff. However, there are always a "sufficient" population that loves to see this generic genre over and over. That's just the sad truth, I tend to ignore the fact that I've already seen so many anime that are EXACTLY as this, and I just kick back and not have any expectations. If it turns out good...GREAT!!!, If it turns out bad.....who cares, when you don't have expectations, you can watch out of simple enjoyment and not take it seriously. I love it when people point out my exact thoughts on things so I don't have to go through the hassle. Well that, and it makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only person with said common viewpoint. Although a funny thought came to me related to the original poster asking why. If the main character were to be more physically powerful and mentally motivated people would simply say this series was a rip off of index. With a main character who likes to punch things, make long speeches about justice, and keep his loli at home for protection. Of course that argument could be argued further and we'd eventually be whining over how Astro Boy totally ripped off the scratches on cave walls by our ancient ancestors. Back to the topic, Dragon Crisis is turning out to be plenty enjoyable for myself, even if it does follow a somewhat well trodden formula. This episode was a nice start to a new arc, and luckily it doesn't seem to be falling into the typical harem route of having Ryuuji's closeness to rose being trounced in order to allow more possibilities for the other girls in the series. lol um but Index is the same crap and the main character is also weak. Just because the story keeps having him punch things doesn't mean he's not weak. It just means the author loves him some duex ex. rare shows comparable to this one that have strong male leads from the very beginning are: Kaze no Stigma and Seiken no Blacksmith. Man I would have loved if Ryuuji was a character like those guys. It would have tripled the appeal of Dragon Crisis. |
| Romance comedy anime - Japan's gift to America |
| I am hoping at this point we get another couple instead of a harem...forgetting the school people... I don't understand what compels shows to go down the harem path all the time when you can actually have viable male characters... But hey if i got my way the world would have peace and there would not be anyone starving. Glad they kept the beach episode part to the bare minimum. That and the school friends had the perfect amount of air time. |
| These school friends of Ryuuji are extremely annoying. |
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| Damn, so many foreigners with blonde hair and blue eyes. |
mcjazzman32 said: lol um but Index is the same crap and the main character is also weak. Just because the story keeps having him punch things doesn't mean he's not weak. It just means the author loves him some duex ex. rare shows comparable to this one that have strong male leads from the very beginning are: Kaze no Stigma and Seiken no Blacksmith. Man I would have loved if Ryuuji was a character like those guys. It would have tripled the appeal of Dragon Crisis. With his ability being kind of a silly thing which cancels out every single ability thrown at him it would be hard to say that having an advantage in a confrontation is not amount to strength. Again, I'm just pointing out that would be considered "strong" in these situations, which in itself is kind of a silly argument due to the fact that the main character in Dragon Crisis has what would be considered "strength" within the world by having a high natural ability for Lost Preciouses. In the end you're arguing personality, not ability. When it gets down to that argument it's simply preference, but don't begin to argue that something is bad because it has a trope from other anime when you simply want a separate trope to replace it. I'm not saying you should change your preference in characters, since I love both sides of the coin here, but arguing for a change in an anime like that is no better than playing mad libs with the cast. "Well what would happen if Rose was a yandere?! Oooh." It's curiosity which belongs to fan fiction fanatics, and not legitimate criticism. Now then, with all that said, I have a delightful head full of frightening images of Rose being a yandere in my head. I shall blame you for that. |
| This episode was nice. I'm starting to get the feel of the series. I'm sure if I'd see all the episodes all in one day I'd love it! :3 |
| i usually read every post before leaving my comment but i'll leave that for later for know i wanna say something to that guy (mcjazzman32). if the main protagonist is pro from the start it would be horrible.ex. beyblade: metal fusion. it usually leaves no room for character development. and when those kind of characters do have development if often leads to things like skill inflammation.ex,bleach, one piece and naruto (not saying they are bad; i just don' like) skill inflammation: over increase in ability making plot unrealistic. i'm hoping the George guy finds out about the story and turns into one of the protagonist allies instead of enemies. i mean having George find out that the girl of his dreams is what his life is dedicated to kill would lead to a pretty heavy plot. witch i personally think isn't that great for this kind of anime. unless they plot it well. |
| Hide behind the mighty wall of internet, i shall |
| The only thing that saved this episode from being completely dismal was George. |
| Rose looks awfully cute in the white sailor dress. Poor Misaki is being ignored. |
| Rose is still awesome. She's seems to have advanced her speach again which is good. White sailor suit is awesome, but no one has commented on the shoes! Those shoes were great^^ Giving her boobs was terrible. Either she has boobs or she doesn't. Why would they decide that the dfc should no longer be deliciously flat chested at the exact moment we want it the most? It's like angelina jolie in a spy movie, hits the shower scene and suddenly *poof* boobs are gone. It doesn't make anyone happy. Eto was adorable moving like a crab in her snuggie. Poor girl just can't catch a break with Ryuuji. That's good though. I'm all for multiple women, but let's avoid the trappings of the harem genre shall we? I had a panicky moment when I thought we'd have a character development reset and Ryuuji would start being interested in other women, but they neatly dodged that whole thing and then Ryuuji didn't even protest when snow queen claimed they were engaged. Zero no tsukaima this aint. George was awesome. There's a name for what he is. I can't remember which is the Holy Knight that specializes in Demons and various mythical beasts. Paladins make everything better. Even things they shouldn't. Does the story take place in a dystopian post apocolyptic future with excessively advanced tech? Throw in a Holy order of anachronistic Knights and you will be surprised to see that it is an improvement. He seems like he might not know the situation. I'd wonder if he could be reasoned with and become an ally, but paladins aren't exactly known for being reasonable lol. I'm sure that what's evil is evil and no one can tell him differently. When he tells the story he'll tell how the poor man had been ensorceled by the dragon's black arts and made to love her, and how he couldn't save the poor man. Died protecting hellspawn. Also, if he was gonna join the team they'd have probably made him a level nine. We don't need two level tens on the team. I'm hoping he's got some kind of armor under the robe. An unarmored knight is kind of losing the vision a bit. Doesn't actually have to be armor, but he needs some method of defense. If someone could fell him with a shank that will displease me. Snow queen was also cool. Really hoping she doesn't fall for Ryuuji. They seem to be going in that direction, but it would be much better if she just became part of another cool couple. Perhaps one of the thugs from today's ep? lol. The artificial skin felt kind of silly once we saw that ice queen was just using a glove. Eriko needs to learn to keep it simple. So I guess the previous arc was the first time Ryuuji successfully used his powers. He's a level ten though. This would mean that the level is innate rather than an actual representation of skill. I'm not a fan of hard-set power levels. I'm also not a fan of when there seems to be no reason for them. I'm not a fan of when they can't even bother to explain why all this power, and thus responsibility, was thrust upon the man against his will. This is not a pleasing development for me. As far as the thugs go, did anyone else notice the one calling george ossan looked like he was in his fourties? That freaking stache. Can't stop laughing at it. |
Gangler said: I wanted Margarite to fall for Masato. He would have been a good team mate. Unfortunately I don't think he qualifies as a breaker. If anything make Margarite fall for George and they live happily. I so want Margarite to stop George and some development in regards to that.Snow queen was also cool. Really hoping she doesn't fall for Ryuuji. They seem to be going in that direction, but it would be much better if she just became part of another cool couple. Perhaps one of the thugs from today's ep? lol. Gangler said: I think the set power level are determined according to the rarity of the artifact but as of right now it's kind of confusing. I am not sure if they are going to explain the breaker world but if anything on the side can, then I could check it out like for Index second season I did with the LN. Someone already spoiled me about Ryuji and in a way I am glad because I understood last episode far better and thus spent less time scratching my head.So I guess the previous arc was the first time Ryuuji successfully used his powers. He's a level ten though. This would mean that the level is innate rather than an actual representation of skill. I'm not a fan of hard-set power levels. I'm also not a fan of when there seems to be no reason for them. I'm not a fan of when they can't even bother to explain why all this power, and thus responsibility, was thrust upon the man against his will. hellsascendant said: I will agree with this 100% Ryuji needs to grow in this series not be Mister I know it all and grow into Hulk, he needs 1) Have skill development in protecting what is in danger in front (mainly his friends, Eriko and Rose), through situations (like the mission of this episode) and his own character growth. IMO it gets shitty if the character does not learn from his past. |
Yumekichi11Feb 2, 2011 12:52 AM
| George and his little acts of comedy did play a role in keeping the episode alive, but how he falls for the white dragon is just kind of ironic since he's hunting dragons and falls in love with one...I wonder what will he do once he finds out that she is one? Just hope that no one has to die just like the tale they were telling about the human/dragon relationship. |
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| Maruga was really cute in that yukata |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
Spirit_Sempai said: Still no Ai :( But nice setup-episode with cute Rose moments =) I think we can expect a good action episode next week true, oh so true.. Rose~ <3 and I want Ai >:T |
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Nibbles335 said: George and his little acts of comedy did play a role in keeping the episode alive, but how he falls for the white dragon is just kind of ironic since he's hunting dragons and falls in love with one...I wonder what will he do once he finds out that she is one? Just hope that no one has to die just like the tale they were telling about the human/dragon relationship. Is he actually hunting them or does he just consider them to be a metaphor for evil? That's what I got after his talk with Ryuuji. |
| You can keep the loli. I prefer Eriko,and yes I know the concept of real girls. Strange. Her bikini made her boobs smaller it seems. Guess they become smaller if you give them support. I'm not even sure if she even wears a bra. |
RocknRollOtaku said: You can keep the loli. I prefer Eriko,and yes I know the concept of real girls. Strange. Her bikini made her boobs smaller it seems. Guess they become smaller if you give them support. I'm not even sure if she even wears a bra. What's nice about Eriko's breasts is that they have just enough droopage and mobility to look real, but not enough to be unnatractive or saggy and without looking like we're using the bounce effect. They're natural boobs. As far as the bikini making them smaller, maybe the animators just don't know how to do swimsuits. Etou turned out well, but if both the Rose fans and the Eriko fans have complaints about breast sizes in swimsuits, maybe this just isn't their forte. |
| Another good episode! The first half was a little boring though. I hope this doesn't turn into just a generic harem with action elements though. The first couple episodes were exciting, but its sort of getting less interesting. |
| JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL BOYA!!!! lmao... oh man that will be imbbeded in my head for life.. |
| Currently Watching: Durarara!! |
| After watching episode 4, I am still really surprised with the animation quality this show has. It's not like your usual DEEN works where you see the dropping in quality work midway or whatnot, it's almost as if they got a new animation team doing this show and they got the budget for that. As for this episode Rose was so cute in this episode, she`s seems she can speak and communicate more now which makes her character standing more. I just loved her and that white sailor suit is awesome. That OST is a masterpiece with all that new background music when Margarite was introduced in this episode as the White Dragons` Empress and she is a royalty like Rose, is just makes you Love the OST....I sooooo wanna get it ^.^. Maruga is an interesting character indeed, she is a noble, a young princess with a pure heart though she doesn't wanna show that to no one especially not to the humans, she can be scary sometimes but I just like her and her Seiyuu is Horie Yui, oh man, she is one of my favorite Seiyuus, The Anime staff did really a good job picking her for that role. My drawback is that they skipped some prior introductions from the light novels; for example George Evans introduction, like how he was given orders from the Knight Order to exterminate the Dragon that appeared in Japan & all the dragon`s accomplices and to head there ASAP especially after the damage the dragon caused in Japan and also George doesn`t know whether that Dragon is a male or female, . |
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| Poor Misaki got totally ignored! Looks like George will find out about the dragons next episode, but it was good to have him for comic relief in this one. Maruga was pretty cold (ha!) in the beginning, but later on opened up a bit. Hopefully she won't become another member of Ryuuji's harem though. Of course Rose was cute as always, especially at the festival. So Ai's the one with the gold and silver eyes? Look forward to her appearance! I wonder what her element is. ^^ |
OnyxthegreatFeb 6, 2011 10:06 AM
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Naelok said: Thanks for the info dragon. Think you could post what they skip like that every week? :P I have done that for the past three episodes, you can check these links below: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=281250&show=120#post123 http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=281250&pages=7&show=120#msg10246257 |
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