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Aug 10, 2014 4:48 AM

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A noticeable improvement over the last few episodes - a bit more exposition, some character building (the Orbital Knights are still super-generic villains unfortunately) and a battle that didn't last just half an episode for once. I just hope that the Martian mech isn't defeated by getting it to punch itself like in a video game :P
Aug 10, 2014 5:10 AM

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Inaho and Slaine will meet at last! I've been waiting for that. I wonder what are their reactions upon meeting.
Anyway, Slaine saved them just in time. Those flying arms are not so easy to dodge.
Aug 10, 2014 5:23 AM

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I find this show very dull lately. I liked the first 3 eps a lot, also really fond of Inaho at first, but now I find him kinda annoying. The last 3 eps are just about Inaho saving the day while everyone else looks like fools.

Well at least Slaine appear at the last second of this episode
Aug 10, 2014 6:21 AM

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Does the light of Aldnoah reduces the braincells of Martians? Why are they so grossly incompetent except for the distant main antagonist (until it's his turn to battle our heroic teenagers)?
Aug 10, 2014 7:05 AM

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Regular episode, there was not much action and the first part was very still, but offset by the final, Slaine is one of my favorite characters so far, and still hope, miraculously, something that protagonist.
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Aug 10, 2014 8:12 AM

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This is difinitely not going the way I wanted. -_- And surprisingly each new episode has less plot meat in it.

Will it kill them to show Slaine's side more? Escaping from a martian castle on high alert is a feat of some mastery, it was worth a whole episode. Either Slaine is a really good fighter, or the writers didn't even bother with believability. We even don't know what he is capable of.
Not to say, that it was unnecessary, in my opinion. I would prefer if Slaine's plot remained separated from the terrans'. Life in a martian space castle would be interesting to look at (not that they had been showing it before, of course). Also more martian aristocrats beating handsome blonde guys with a cane, please.
I don't like Slaine's development at all. His idea to run to the emperor without knowing the political situation was silly in the first place.
I kinda hoped that he will be an unwilling battle opponent to Inaho, trying t o make use of his acess to the martian tech. Instead we, as it seems, will get a lame love rivalry.

I greatly enjoy the leutenant's scenes, but they too do not do them very well. I mean, his reaction to the captain's words was great, but an explanation as to why was really needed, and at that moment, not a week after. Also I kinda hoped that he will get a hold of himself and do something (no love for him from the writers, eh?).

I believe that the story could've been told better, if they'd cut on unnecessary things. Two plotlines and long battle scenes demand much tighter focus on the main events. Inaho's schoolmates are underdevelopped anyway, why spend time on their chatter? Doctor's interview was unnecessary, the skygazing scene could be shorter. And instead Slaine's escape could be elaborated on and not look like a great gaping plothole it is now.

Btw, Saazbaum, probably, let Slaine escape, because he hopes, that he'll lead them to the princess. But still those guards missing so much...
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Aug 10, 2014 8:16 AM

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Thess said:
Does the light of Aldnoah reduces the braincells of Martians? Why are they so grossly incompetent except for the distant main antagonist (until it's his turn to battle our heroic teenagers)?


lmao
but that sazabaum is surprisingly smart, aizen styl keikaku doori against slaine.
well the rest of martians are braindead :p
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Aug 10, 2014 8:17 AM

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Princess is cute with her expression, and regardless on how boring the battle of this episode is, Inaho hasn't lost his smarts against a more superior enemy :) However, it looks like he won't be able to beat the female knight without a brand new martian cataphract though :S

Slaine is being potrayed as a minor character which stinks, I would love to see more screentime for him.
Aug 10, 2014 8:41 AM

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Slaine is being potrayed as a minor character which stinks, I would love to see more screentime for him.


Yeah, and they spend too much screentime on unnecessary stuff.
Aug 10, 2014 8:43 AM

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We past the 8 mark baby.
Aug 10, 2014 8:52 AM

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Rayleight Scattering? NEEERRRD!!!!

Yeah.. I liked the fact that the series had a good serene feeling when it was developing the characters, but the Martians are acting WAY too cliche. The Emperor was the FOUNDER of Mars? The time frame in way too short for that to be believable...

ShanaFlame said:
Princess is cute with her expression, and regardless on how boring the battle of this episode is, Inaho hasn't lost his smarts against a more superior enemy :) However, it looks like he won't be able to beat the female knight without a brand new martian cataphract though :S

Slaine is being potrayed as a minor character which stinks, I would love to see more screentime for him.


There simply isn't as much to do with Slaine in his disposition. he is by far the most important character after Inaho, so that makes him the deuteragonist.

But all this Slaine fanboying is getting tiring, I get he shows emotion, but he is less of quality, or same quality as a character as Inaho. He is not BETTER.

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I think this is the first time I am enjoying this show...
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Aug 10, 2014 9:25 AM

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You guys suck. You go on all about plot holes and stuff for so many pages, but noone saw the most important and big hole in the series so far - Inko. She complained that the robot's cockpit was too cramped for her boobs while Yukine was fine in it. And so far Inko only showed legs in this show, she wasnt anything special on the boobs department. While Yuki was qute nice in this regard. So, wtf, anime staff? Who is in the wrong here, the animators or the script writers? I demand crarity on this important matter. Is Inko bigger than Yukine? If she is, will that be good enough for her to meddle in the triangle that you are forming so nicely? Let justice be done, trough the heavens fall!!!

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Aug 10, 2014 9:43 AM

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GodlyKyon said:
But all this Slaine fanboying is getting tiring, I get he shows emotion, but he is less of quality, or same quality as a character as Inaho. He is not BETTER.


I dunno, I like his side of the story, because he is regularly beaten in a nice SM fashion. :D That's a relationship that is kinda more interesting than the usual camaraderie.
On a more serious note, I hoped to see him being conflicted about on which side lies his loyalty, or, at least, having a complicated agenda. He is originally a terran, but he's lived for some time with martian knights and is in love with their princess. His situation is quite interesting, if you think about it. Unfortunately they didn't show any bright sides of him being on the castle, but he must've had some good things going for him actually - he was not incaracerated, he was hanging on the bridge with Cruhteo most of the time, so he must've been something akin to a squire to a knight, even if an unwanted one.
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ex_necross said:
We past the 8 mark baby.


Caring about series score on MAL which is pretty much strictly a measure of hype and popularity.
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Kaioshin_Sama said:
ex_necross said:
We past the 8 mark baby.


Caring about series score on MAL which is pretty much strictly a measure of hype and popularity.


Actually, it's mostly a measure of intensity of feels.

Hence why Clannad After Story and Steins;Gate are so top.

Since the characters have no personality, that more or less explains A,Z's site rating.
Aug 10, 2014 9:54 AM

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And.... there we have SLAINE. Well if he wasn't there they would be wiped out now..
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Aug 10, 2014 10:01 AM

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Princess is annoying, I hope she gets less screen time.
Aug 10, 2014 10:28 AM

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Inaho and Slaine will meet at last! I've been waiting for that. I wonder what are their reactions upon meeting.


Maybe Inaho will finally give us a different emotion than "zero fucks to give" or "ever so slightly smiling" (which he did... once... I swear).

It seems that Slaine is just as OP as Inaho; escaping from a Martian warship on high alert like that. Shame they decided to mostly skip over that part.

Also, I'm surprised Inaho's sister and Marito can still carry all those deathflags.
Aug 10, 2014 10:37 AM

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Inaho finally meets his fated person and soulmate, Slaine-chan. At last, my OTP is happening : it was written.

I got some serious White Base vibes when everybody was called to a meeting and turned into members of the military.
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Aug 10, 2014 10:51 AM

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Princess is annoying, I hope she gets less screen time.


Well I personally dont hate the princess but she is certainly the character I dislike the most in this series. She literally has done nothing in this show aside from episode 3 and telling the backstory of the aldnoah drive. Even though she is suposed to be a main character she does basically nothing to move foward the plot.
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The enemy was literally fisting her opponents.
Aug 10, 2014 11:54 AM

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ninjastarforcex said:
lmao
but that sazabaum is surprisingly smart, aizen styl keikaku doori against slaine.
well the rest of martians are braindead :p


So far. But almost barely, if he hadn't found out about Trillram's death thanks to Cruhteo's big mouth (he never corroborated his status before this) which depended too much on random factors.

I guess the source of Inaho's 'smarts' was revealed this episode. He browses wikipedia, Martians take note!

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Inaho finally meets his fated person and soulmate, Slaine-chan. At last, my OTP is happening : it was written.


Jokes aside, it's finally going to see him emote because Slaine and Inaho are thought to be complimentary characters to each others, iirc. Two sides of a whole deal. The main problem with Inaho is that they wanted to portray his focal scenes as using his tactics and limited resources to defeat the overpowered Martian knights. That explains why he's so underdeveloped in general. Unlike Slaine, who they thought a character arc where he would develop and become stronger emotionally and mentally.

After digging Aoki Eri's and the compositor's views of their portrayals (with the common ground of "survival"), it explains so much and how I'm cautiously optimistic that Slaine's presence would make him improve.

Inaho will benefit of having him around. While, admittedly, it sucks because I was enjoying the Martian intrigue, I concede he hit a wall and the Earthlings have a key person for his investigation which would allow that plot to continue: I'm talking about Rayet.
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Kaioshin_Sama said:
ex_necross said:
We past the 8 mark baby.


Caring about series score on MAL which is pretty much strictly a measure of hype and popularity.


This is coming from a guy who cares intensely about the ratings, since you always complain about them.

(most of the time I agreed with you, before I knew how biased you were)

fst said:

Actually, it's mostly a measure of intensity of feels.


Invoking emotions and making you think are the two most important aspects of art, which is why anime (or any type of media) that do either are generally well received.

Also popularity and ratings are different, and the above statement more often than not applies to the latter.
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Something to say: Princess being dumbstruck by the nerd was pretty cute.

I was just reminded of something: who is the princess shooting at in the OP? She held a gun and pointed it at the last scene of the OP, who would that be?
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Aug 10, 2014 12:22 PM

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GodlyKyon said:
Something to say: Princess being dumbstruck by the nerd was pretty cute.

I was just reminded of something: who is the princess shooting at in the OP? She held a gun and pointed it at the last scene of the OP, who would that be?


It's just a OP image. But I'll indulge you, since she's not in her hologram outfit, likely she's turning her gun to one of the grunts after her life or maybe Rayet (if she's forced to kill her to save herself).
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Thess said:
GodlyKyon said:
Something to say: Princess being dumbstruck by the nerd was pretty cute.

I was just reminded of something: who is the princess shooting at in the OP? She held a gun and pointed it at the last scene of the OP, who would that be?


It's just a OP image. But I'll indulge you, since she's not in her hologram outfit, likely she's turning her gun to one of the grunts after her life or maybe Rayet (if she's forced to kill her to save herself).


Ouuh. That ought to be interesting if she's trying to kill red hair. I think that it might be more than just an OP image though, it could be foreshadowing SOMETHING.
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Aug 10, 2014 12:43 PM

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Inaho pulling shit out of his ass again.

L-elf Slaine saves the day.

While Earth is in trouble of complete annihilation,moe princess is moe.
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im growing tired from the enemies being 1 dimensional murderous bastards
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im growing tired from the enemies being 1 dimensional murderous bastards

So Nazis.
Aug 10, 2014 1:14 PM

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Segneal said:
im growing tired from the enemies being 1 dimensional murderous bastards

I'm kinda waiting until they stop being so arrogant and start thinking instead of being all "hurr durr superior technology me better than those apes me invincible"
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WhisperBit said:
Segneal said:
im growing tired from the enemies being 1 dimensional murderous bastards

I'm kinda waiting until they stop being so arrogant and start thinking instead of being all "hurr durr superior technology me better than those apes me invincible"


When did Nazis stop having that mentality?
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ex_necross said:
WhisperBit said:

I'm kinda waiting until they stop being so arrogant and start thinking instead of being all "hurr durr superior technology me better than those apes me invincible"


When did Nazis stop having that mentality?


*looks at ISIS*

Can't they be more realistic about depictions of space nazis?
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GodlyKyon said:
ex_necross said:


When did Nazis stop having that mentality?


*looks at ISIS*

Can't they be more realistic about depictions of space nazis?


I agree... Nazi's were not 1-dimensional. They had individual personalities besides just "We hate Jews". They were not just about superiority, they loved their nation and would do anything to keep it on top. That was what they stood for. They didn't think they were evil, they just did what they thought was right and it turned out to be evil acts.

Hitler was a vegetarian deeply involved with improving animal rights for goodness sakes. He wasn't just twirling his moustache every hour of the day shouting things like, "Oh those filthy jews, we are soooo superior, hwahwahwa!" There is more to war and politics then just feeling superior and killing people because you think they are beneath you.

PS. I am not defending Nazi's or Hitler, just saying that 1-dimensional people don't exist no matter where they are from or what they did.
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Keten said:
GodlyKyon said:


*looks at ISIS*

Can't they be more realistic about depictions of space nazis?


I agree... Nazi's were not 1-dimensional. They had individual personalities besides just "We hate Jews". They were not just about superiority, they loved their nation and would do anything to keep it on top. That was what they stood for. They didn't think they were evil, they just did what they thought was right and it turned out to be evil acts.

Hitler was a vegetarian deeply involved with improving animal rights for goodness sakes. He wasn't just twirling his moustache every hour of the day shouting things like, "Oh those filthy jews, we are soooo superior, hwahwahwa!" There is more to war and politics then just feeling superior and killing people because you think they are beneath you.

PS. I am not defending Nazi's or Hitler, just saying that 1-dimensional people don't exist no matter where they are from or what they did.


The martians could be not 1-dimensional in any of the ways you just said.

The superiority complex is pretty much the same for the martians and the Nazis.

GodlyKyon said:
ex_necross said:


When did Nazis stop having that mentality?


*looks at ISIS*

Can't they be more realistic about depictions of space nazis?


If the theme they are pushing is egotistical assholes who think they are superior to everyone else for silly reasons, then I'd say they've done a pretty good job with it thus far.

And it is sadly similar to a lot of real life factions, so to say it's unrealistic is unfortunately not true.
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Princess is annoying, I hope she gets less screen time.


Well I personally dont hate the princess but she is certainly the character I dislike the most in this series. She literally has done nothing in this show aside from episode 3 and telling the backstory of the aldnoah drive. Even though she is suposed to be a main character she does basically nothing to move foward the plot.

I agree, and the only special thing she has is activate Aldnoah. Please more princess in action.
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ex_necross said:

The martians could be not 1-dimensional in any of the ways you just said.

The superiority complex is pretty much the same for the martians and the Nazis.


Yes but they do not focus on them to show their more human sides. That is the problem. Of course they COULD have humanity outside of their hatred of humans, but all we ever see of them is cliche villainy. In some cases it's already too late to give humanity to some because they are already dead before establishing more than just "I am evil mwahaha".

They are 1-note because we haven't seen any other parts of their personality. Thus they are 1-dimensional. It is a flaw in characterization. Maybe if they showed that they have some sort of inferiority complex that they hide with the superiority complex that could be cool or maybe showing them as cowards or something like they have something to protect. Maybe even explain why they are SO evil, not just the whole power thing, it usually has to do with more than that. Show their families, show their relations, show their personalities.

They may be pushing for making them unlikable jerks who do nothing but feel superior and kill people they think are trash but there is no depth there, there is no complexity there, there is no humanity there. It is poor and lazy writing. They all have the exact same personality. "I am better than you so I kill you mwahaha" with some added quirk. They never question if what they are doing is right or not, they never even point out the other things they like to do. They are just evil, nothing else.

Maybe if there was another villain that wasn't all evil it could balance it out, but as it stands it's just the good guys vs the bad guys. Not to say war isn't EVER like this, but it is the most basic route a war-based anime can go with it's villains.

I am sorry dude. There is no possible way to defend 1-dimensional characters unless it's a show that doesn't take itself seriously and uses it's characters for comedy or ridiculousness. This show clearly wants people to take it seriously.
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You guys suck. You go on all about plot holes and stuff for so many pages, but noone saw the most important and big hole in the series so far - Inko. She complained that the robot's cockpit was too cramped for her boobs while Yukine was fine in it. And so far Inko only showed legs in this show, she wasnt anything special on the boobs department. While Yuki was qute nice in this regard. So, wtf, anime staff? Who is in the wrong here, the animators or the script writers? I demand crarity on this important matter. Is Inko bigger than Yukine? If she is, will that be good enough for her to meddle in the triangle that you are forming so nicely? Let justice be done, trough the heavens fall!!!

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Very interesting. Gonna have to keep my eyes out for this important matter haha. And after rewatching that cockpit scene again, it really does look like Inko was hiding some pretty nice plots. Inko, you sneaky girl.

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While Earth is in trouble of complete annihilation,moe princess is moe.
And that's the most important part. Cute as fuck.

Hmm guess its time for Slaine to join the team. Wonder how everyone is going to react to him.
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Gotta say, that's some bad writing, if those, who discuss it, start to look into Nazis' motivation.
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Keten said:


I agree... Nazi's were not 1-dimensional. They had individual personalities besides just "We hate Jews". They were not just about superiority, they loved their nation and would do anything to keep it on top. That was what they stood for. They didn't think they were evil, they just did what they thought was right and it turned out to be evil acts.

Hitler was a vegetarian deeply involved with improving animal rights for goodness sakes. He wasn't just twirling his moustache every hour of the day shouting things like, "Oh those filthy jews, we are soooo superior, hwahwahwa!" There is more to war and politics then just feeling superior and killing people because you think they are beneath you.

PS. I am not defending Nazi's or Hitler, just saying that 1-dimensional people don't exist no matter where they are from or what they did.


The martians could be not 1-dimensional in any of the ways you just said.

The superiority complex is pretty much the same for the martians and the Nazis.

GodlyKyon said:


*looks at ISIS*

Can't they be more realistic about depictions of space nazis?


If the theme they are pushing is egotistical assholes who think they are superior to everyone else for silly reasons, then I'd say they've done a pretty good job with it thus far.

And it is sadly similar to a lot of real life factions, so to say it's unrealistic is unfortunately not true.


One problem with portraying the villains this way though is that we're viewing it from the POV of humans, terrans, which we are suppose to place ourselves into. It's way harder to take a complex theme such as enemies' thoughts and emotions when the story is formulated this way, and they villains end up looking simple.
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Maybe I'm giving credit where it isn't due for this anime, but I feel like whatever Aldnoah is, will become significantly relevant later on.
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ex_necross said:
Kaioshin_Sama said:


Caring about series score on MAL which is pretty much strictly a measure of hype and popularity.


This is coming from a guy who cares intensely about the ratings, since you always complain about them.

(most of the time I agreed with you, before I knew how biased you were)

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Actually, it's mostly a measure of intensity of feels.


Invoking emotions and making you think are the two most important aspects of art, which is why anime (or any type of media) that do either are generally well received.

Also popularity and ratings are different, and the above statement more often than not applies to the latter.


I just don't understand why of all mecha shows to take a hardline stance on you pick pretty much the most blatantly commercially oriented and constructed ones and not to mention one of the more kind of soulless ones at that that for a while almost seemed like it was actually heading in the direction of trying to outright undermine and trivialize the things I appreciate most about the real robot genre (interesting characters, complex politics, the feeling of tension in combat, the interplay of philosophies, how force ought to be used) before the new writer took over. I mean is it because of the GRIT? You seem pretty big on the whole GRIT thing, a lot of people seem pretty drawn to this show because of that really and the hype but I mean that's exactly why I liked this episode so much more than just about any other to date because it feels like for once it just side stepped all the blatant audience management and hype stuff and just cut to the having an actual solid episode thing. Its like wow the show isn't afraid to just have some unhype decent character interaction and exposition stuff that isn't directly related to GRIT, I honestly didn't think the show had it in it and really was all I asked out of the show for a change. I mean if it could keep this up I'd really have absolutely no problem just rolling with the show from this point on and enjoying the ride.

@Keten: I can't believe I'm saying it but as a comparative standard the Vers might be a more one dimensional and less interesting billion faction in a war themed mecha anime than the Vagans from Gundam AGE and the Vagans are pretty much widely agreed upon to be the lamest villain faction in all of Gundam history by a considerable margin so that's saying something. You'd have to go back to the 70s and shows like Mazinger Z with characters like Dr. Hell to find a more rotten to the core antagonist faction. Like they give these guys nothing lol, even this week.
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I just don't understand why of all mecha shows to take a hardline stance on you pick pretty much the most blatantly commercially oriented and constructed and one of the more kind of soulless ones at that.


It's definitely not the most commercially oriented thing out there. It's not like the entire show is just a toy commercial.
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fst said:
Kaioshin_Sama said:
I just don't understand why of all mecha shows to take a hardline stance on you pick pretty much the most blatantly commercially oriented and constructed and one of the more kind of soulless ones at that.


It's definitely not the most commercially oriented thing out there. It's not like the entire show is just a toy commercial.


There are model kits coming I hope you know as well as lots of Merchandise. I hear Slaines Pendant is a pretty popular seller and obviously the music was chosen with marketability in mind too. Plus the arrogance with which the producers approached the project that turned out to just be a load of bullshit was and to some extent remains a pretty major turnoff.

No its not "just" a toy commercial nor is Gundam if that's what you're implying to try to start shit or whatever.
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All I meant was that it was not conceived by a toy company. That is to say, the toys did not come first.

Then it would be the most blatantly commercially oriented thing out there.

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All I meant was that it was not conceived by a toy company. Then it would be the most blatantly commercially oriented thing out there.


There's more ways to be commercial and greedy than just having toy tie ins. Perhaps you should familiarize yourself further with the infamy of Aniplex and A-1 pictures and things like their price gouging of customers and drive for 600 hour work months have lead the company to be listed as one of the top 8 worst working environments in all of Japan for 2013-2014 and even lead to employee suicides.
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Slaine and Inaho turning into another Dio and Aoba?
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Slaine and Inaho turning into another Dio and Aoba?


I don't think they are trying to mimic a poorly sold mecha show that was pathetically trying to be next L-Elf and Haruto but failed who were in turn a more unfair version of Lelouch and Suzaku.
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I could almost swear that I've seen something similar to this new robot before, I just can't remember where and it's sort of bugging me now xD

Hmm wasn't a bad episode. I am now even more curious about the lieutenant. Screw Inaho's backstory, what the hell is the lieutenant's deal? Stop teasing me like this and get to it already :|

Slaine's escape was very questionable/retarded <_<
I think it would have worked better if they, for example, explained that the people after him were aware that the princess is alive and they want him to find her for them so they just were trying to drive him out of the castle.. Or something along the lines, but making him escape so easily without any explanation wasn't a very good move. I'm hoping they just did it because they didn't have time to fit in the episode this week and will add it in the next episode.
Aug 10, 2014 4:28 PM

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I'm seriously worried where this is heading now. It has estabilished some pattern of 1 mecha, 1 physical law per episode. No major twists so far 6 episodes in and all characters are fairly underdeveloped.

There is a difference between being calm and intelligent and dull as a brick. I would like to see more of our protagonist, what's running in his head, his personality and his past. Things that could be grasped from dialogues, but almost every sentence (not like there were many) he has said in this show was either about battles or science that makes me wonder if physics is all that's running in his little head. This is a poor writing, nothing else.

Same could be said about the princess, she also has very little screen time. Yet, we get to see Lt.'s panick attack at least 2 times every episode or they are wasting minutes on unimportant things like a role assigning or on some girl steering the ship or explaining why mechanics are important (lol). They could have gave us some nice dialogues between Inaho and the princess to develop their characters instead of showing tons of uninteresting side characters while neglecting our protagonists. (Not even asking for someone absorbing on Vers side, that would be apparently too much when they can't handle even main heroes)
I just hope Inaho's sister or Inko dies anytime soon to get things going, because it's starting to get boring.

These were just major flaws that are transmitting throughout whole show. If I had to point out each flaw in this episode or previous I could go on and on. Nevertheless, I'm enjoying Aldnoah.Zero but I'm very dissapointed with the last 3 episodes. Plot has moved almost nowhere since then. It's kinda sad to see such a big potential being wasted.
Although, the arrival of Slaine to the party brings at least some ray of hope and progression. (looking forward to spicey love triangle)
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Aug 10, 2014 4:34 PM

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Slain switches sides, fuck yeah.
Other than that, nothing special happened though. That the captain was Marito's best friends little sister didn't really surprise me and that Inoha came up with the allmighty laws of physics was almost a given.
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