Aldnoah.Zero Season One
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| So many convenient/lucky events in succession these last episodes. |
| Great episode and inaho ftw! I like him more than slaine tbh, slaine is just.. lame I guess imo. Idk what I even think of his character, I guess I'm neutral about his character, I don't like him but I don't dislike him either, hopefully he becomes one of my favorites. |
| Slaine > Rayet > Everyone else > Inaho Just a bad cast of characters overall |
| The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth |
Blind_Guardian said: Inaho was not making the smartest decision. Even if Slaine was to try to do something to do the princess, he's one starfighter-class craft against a gigantic Martian battleship. They could have used the extra backup more than they would've had to have worried about him doing something. I hope he's at least just captured and he has a chance to join the good guys. Poor Slaine, dude never gets a break :/ Other than his spaceship landing in the Princess' bath chamber, lol. Well Slaine was holding Inaho at gun point so you could say he was defending himself. And while Slaine's fighter isn't a threat to the martian battleship, from Inaho's perceptive Slaine could always run away and get reinforcements. Grant I think it was Inaho's intention to capture Slaine since he could have easily blown him out of the sky. |
Rbee said: Damn you and your logic! :( Here I was hoping Inaho would become the true villian of the show. Oh well, haha."You knew the Princess was alive, so why?" Basically Inaho probably knew that Saazbaum was tracking him, so why he still came. Shot him down, escape as far as possible to get away from the incoming Martians. Good episode. I have lost all hope for this show to become a masterpiece, but it's still very entertaining. |
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| That ending... 0_0 |
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| Jeez, this episode was pretty intense. It was cool seeing Slaine and Inaho work together; their paths have finally converged so I can't wait to see how it all plays out from here. |
| I'm so hype about this show! Best Episode imo.. |
OSOI! |
| And there's the Earthlings' very own Martian ship with Aldnoah. I hope they still fight with tactics rather than "oh we have an OP ship now so brute force rawwrr!" "I'm not yet---" boom 1-shot! Made me laugh haha. That ending woo! At first I thought "Inaho's an asshole" but then again, he always acts in an analytical manner, surely there's a good reason for shooting down Slaine. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| God, the people complaining/bitching about Inaho. This is a freaking BATTLEFIELD for god's sake. Although Slaine helped them, he's also a Martian (or at least they think so), and he demanded to see the princess without a reason. Of course, the logical action would've been to be suspicious of Slaine, and so I don't blame Inaho at all for shooting him down. He did the right thing, in fact. |
| I want to see Inaho use that red kataphrakt someday. That would be awesome. |
| It's not like he blew out the cockpit. There'll be plenty of time for questions later. |
| Pretty good episode but I don't understand why she would start opening up her hands so they could get destroyed. Also the ending seems really dumb why would he attack Slaine? There's absolutely no reason for them to be enemies. Hopefully they take him in so he can explain why hes there. |
| Wow Inaho. No good deed goes unpunished, eh? Although I don't blame him. They're at war with a enemy with far superior technology after all. |
Meldoy said: God, the people complaining/bitching about Inaho. This is a freaking BATTLEFIELD for god's sake. Although Slaine helped them, he's also a Martian (or at least they think so), and he demanded to see the princess without a reason. Of course, the logical action would've been to be suspicious of Slaine, and so I don't blame Inaho at all for shooting him down. He did the right thing, in fact. To be honest, I wasn't mad at Inaho for shooting him. I just thought it was a bit inconsistent because at the start, Inaho basically referred to him as a friend for helping them but then as soon as the fight was over, he became very suspicious with an attitude. He did ask him logical questions, but he also said things like, "Would it be wrong if we exploited the princess?". What purpose was there to say that? Regardless, Slaine was also at fault. If he just explained the situation I doubt there would have been many issues. Unless of course his plan was to grab the princess and make it back to the Vers Empire but... Don't think that is what he wants to do. I just don't like how the scene was handled at all. It felt very forced like there were many different ways that it could have gone that would have ended peacefully but the writers made them say and do things in the wrongest of ways just to cause drama and rivalry. |
Keten said: Meldoy said: God, the people complaining/bitching about Inaho. This is a freaking BATTLEFIELD for god's sake. Although Slaine helped them, he's also a Martian (or at least they think so), and he demanded to see the princess without a reason. Of course, the logical action would've been to be suspicious of Slaine, and so I don't blame Inaho at all for shooting him down. He did the right thing, in fact. To be honest, I wasn't mad at Inaho for shooting him. I just thought it was a bit inconsistent because at the start, Inaho basically referred to him as a friend for helping them but then as soon as the fight was over, he became very suspicious with an attitude. He did ask him logical questions, but he also said things like, "Would it be wrong if we exploited the princess?". What purpose was there to say that? Regardless, Slaine was also at fault. If he just explained the situation I doubt there would have been many issues. Unless of course his plan was to grab the princess and make it back to the Vers Empire but... Don't think that is what he wants to do. I just don't like how the scene was handled at all. It felt very forced like there were many different ways that it could have gone that would have ended peacefully but the writers made them say and do things in the wrongest of ways just to cause drama and rivalry. I'm not sure if anybody pointed this out earlier, but I think that the reason Inoha mentioned exploiting the princess to Slaine was to see if he would be provoked to confirm his loyalty towards her (it seems out of character for him to inform a potential enemy of his plans for winning the war). The fact that Slaine turned hostile after that is maybe the reason that he decided to simply ground him rather than kill him. Although, Inaho's line about him being the enemy regardless contradicts this a little (maybe it's just some of Inaho's anger/resentment towards the Martians finally breaking through after watching his friend and other soldiers die). |
LC713 said: I'm not sure if anybody pointed this out earlier, but I think that the reason Inoha mentioned exploiting the princess to Slaine was to see if he would be provoked to confirm his loyalty towards her (it seems out of character for him to inform a potential enemy of his plans for winning the war). The fact that Slaine turned hostile after that is maybe the reason that he decided to simply ground him rather than kill him. Although, Inaho's line about him being the enemy regardless contradicts this a little (maybe it's just some of Inaho's anger/resentment towards the Martians finally breaking through after watching his friend and other soldiers die). Slaine helped destroy one of the enemies knights though... I guess I can KIND of see where you are coming from, however considering the enemy probably would have been able to destroy the ship and everyone on board by itself if Slaine hadn't shown up, that shows that Slaine was on their side pretty clearly. Maybe if Slaine's jet was more powerful than the knight I could see that as a legitimate excuse, but it isn't. I don't really understand what Inaho thought Slaine was going to do. Kill them? He saved them and his jet couldn't stand up to a legion of kataphrakts so that sort of defeats that... Kidnap the princess? And do what with her? Go back to the people he just killed one of the knights of? For a guy who seems to pride himself on being very logical he didn't really think that through much. |
| The music at the beginning of the epsiode in combination with Slaine's escape was pretty epic. It was a bit too fortunate that they crashed their battleship into a cave and then immediately found a flying battleship afterwards. Why was only one such battleship created, and why wasn't it immediately in use at the beginning of the martian vs. earthling conflict? That's annoying. Was not expecting Inaho to knock Slaine out of the sky. Couldn't he have just gotten him to land and then had him arrested or something? (I suppose he doesn't know if Slaine would cooperate) Does he not trust his allies? Why does he feel he has the authority to make that kind of decision? Isn't he still more-or-less unranked? I mean seriously, what a waste of a martian fighter jet. Please Inaho, just because you guys have a flying battleship doesn't mean you couldn't use a martian fighter jet as well. I mean, maybe it's not critically damaged, but last I checked Earthling tech wasn't advanced enough to fix Martian tech. Why did the martians send a Kataphrakt to defend that island? Why would they care? Also, the whole "single molecule" psuedoscience bologna is annoying me. You can't turn a complex object into a single molecule, it just doesn't make any sense at all. >_> Anywho, all the things that bother me aside, this series is getting warmed up and it's great. Aldnoah Zero is one of my favorite currently airing series (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei is still better though). |
MatorAug 16, 2014 11:45 PM
| what an episode the battle was alright I guess, but the secret dock and the battleship is way too strange btw, Better than previous episode |
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| That red head is just a ticking time bomb, she will be a problem later. Anyhow, nothing spectacular this ep. well rounded development. But that ending just GAVE SO MUCH!!! so much inaho development!! IT changed to one of the best eps in the series! |
| "Justice Never Dies!" - Kenji Endou, 20th century Boys |
venk said: Enemy of my enemy is my friend. But you're still my enemy, so you must die too. O hisashiburi da na, lelouch. and yeah EVA 02 cataphract for Inaho, YAY People and their bitching... First of all, Enemy of my enemy is my temporary ally. That is a real war mentality. Secondly, since Inaho did not know Slaine's true affliction, and he seems to know that the princess is alive, it is no wonder why he would think he is someone trying to go after her; we already had one of those happen and there is a supposed spy. And it was mostly poor wording in questions. He says "would you care if she is exploited?" made it sound like he was saying "Watcha gonna do about it? I'm gonna NTR you right in yer face," instead of "are you someone that would care to exploit her?" This is interally consistent, albeit the whole series is somewhat poorly handled by the compilation of USELSS reactions: Eg blonde girl saying "NO WAY!!" and Inko saying "we're still alive??" and "EH!???" but again this is decent. Oh yeah, also: Slaine's mindless fanboys are starting to get to. They praise him as the "ONE TRUE CHARACTER IN DA SERIS!!!" and even insult INaho without looking at the bigger picture... sigh. I am starting to dislike Slaine. |
GodlyKyonAug 17, 2014 12:14 AM
| "Justice Never Dies!" - Kenji Endou, 20th century Boys |
GodlyKyon said: People and their bitching... First of all, Enemy of my enemy is my temporary ally. That is a real war mentality. Secondly, since Inaho did not know Slaine's true affliction, and he seems to know that the princess is alive, it is no wonder why he would think he is someone trying to go after her; we already had one of those happen and there is a supposed spy. And it was mostly poor wording in questions. He says "would you care if she is exploited?" made it sound like he was saying "Watcha gonna do about it? I'm gonna NTR you right in yer face," instead of "are you someone that would care to exploit her?" This is interally consistent, albeit the whole series is somewhat poorly handled by the compilation of USELSS reactions: Eg blonde girl saying "NO WAY!!" and Inko saying "we're still alive??" and "EH!???" but again this is decent. Oh yeah, also: Slaine's mindless fanboys are starting to get to. They praise him as the "ONE TRUE CHARACTER IN DA SERIS!!!" and even insult INaho without looking at the bigger picture... sigh. I am starting to dislike Slaine. Mhmm... I can only like Slaine so long before I realize that he.. like the rest of the characters... are getting absolutely no development or even all that much insight into their personalities... He's got more personality than Inaho but that doesn't make him a "Good" character... Also, why didn't Inaho just.. Idunno... say something along the lines of, "We can take you to the princess but you need to be checked out first. You should know why.". That would have been a much more logical thing to say in that situation but nope, just implied they are exploiting her.. Course Slaine was an idiot too, in that situation he probably should have just been honest, "Yes I do have a problem with you exploiting her but I am not going to attack you over it, I just want to see her.".... Seriously how is that so hard to say for both of them? I understand it's kind of a tense situation but geez, it felt so forced. |
| Nice action filled episode. Hopefully more Slaine to come. Either he gets captured or he'll get that martian mech. |
GodlyKyon said: venk said: Enemy of my enemy is my friend. But you're still my enemy, so you must die too. O hisashiburi da na, lelouch. and yeah EVA 02 cataphract for Inaho, YAY People and their bitching... First of all, Enemy of my enemy is my temporary ally. That is a real war mentality. Secondly, since Inaho did not know Slaine's true affliction, and he seems to know that the princess is alive, it is no wonder why he would think he is someone trying to go after her; we already had one of those happen and there is a supposed spy. And it was mostly poor wording in questions. He says "would you care if she is exploited?" made it sound like he was saying "Watcha gonna do about it? I'm gonna NTR you right in yer face," instead of "are you someone that would care to exploit her?" This is interally consistent, albeit the whole series is somewhat poorly handled by the compilation of USELSS reactions: Eg blonde girl saying "NO WAY!!" and Inko saying "we're still alive??" and "EH!???" but again this is decent. Oh yeah, also: Slaine's mindless fanboys are starting to get to. They praise him as the "ONE TRUE CHARACTER IN DA SERIS!!!" and even insult INaho without looking at the bigger picture... sigh. I am starting to dislike Slaine. Also I would like to add that Slaine actually pointed his turrets at Inaho, maybe if he didnt do that the situation would not have escalated the way it did. And I already said this before but a fraction of a second before Inaho shot Slaine you can clearly see Slaine shooting Inaho with his turrets, so Inahos decision was not wrong. |
Raziel1991Aug 17, 2014 12:41 AM
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| Wow that episode was a lot better then I would have expected, props to inaho and the princess for that one. Slain isn't very cool though thb |
DejWoSWK said: Exactly my thoughts. It could have easily been handled in less harsh manner and this seemed to be only a source for drama,even though it would be understandable if they did not trust one another. But it is still better than Martian woman calling those flying arms her children. That was WAY too cheesy. Everything that woman said was cliche, cheesy and cartoony evil. I swear if we don't get at least 1 semi-decent villain at some point I am going to pull my hair out. They aren't even trying to add any moral conflict. Even if they want to stick with the cliche villains, at least make one immensely overly hammy so I can laugh at them... Not cringe-worthy cliche... |
Keten said: DejWoSWK said: Exactly my thoughts. It could have easily been handled in less harsh manner and this seemed to be only a source for drama,even though it would be understandable if they did not trust one another. But it is still better than Martian woman calling those flying arms her children. That was WAY too cheesy. Everything that woman said was cliche, cheesy and cartoony evil. I swear if we don't get at least 1 semi-decent villain at some point I am going to pull my hair out. They aren't even trying to add any moral conflict. Even if they want to stick with the cliche villains, at least make one immensely overly hammy so I can laugh at them... Not cringe-worthy cliche... I have high hope for Saazbaum. Just wait and see.:)) |
y123y said: The should change the title of this anime to: Slaine's Misadventures This is accurate. Slaine attracts dramatic happenstances like an 80s action star. Well, at least getting shot down works out pretty well for him now. He can infiltrate Aldnoyamato under the guise of a human, since he is one, and also since no one knows his face except the princess, her adorable retainer, and maybe Rayet. Also those older people on board who are coincidentally connected to his father somehow. Inaho, on the other hand, will be instantly obvious to Slaine due to his particular speech . . . eccentricities. Inaho will of course suspect nothing since he can barely pass for a human himself. Next episode: Drama and tension ensue. Will Slaine somehow find his way to the middle of it? Will the people of the Aldnoahverse ever eat gumbo again? |
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| Now they have a battleship! And possibly more higher tech mecha too. Inaho is a great MC. If he really plans to use the princess, then he's growing up on me, since it shows he's got fight and smarts in him and it feels like he's willing to save humanity at any cost. I like that. |
| Well dang they have the trust absolutely nobody policy, sorry Slaine. Great episode!!! |
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ninjastarforcex said: when will useless marito die? inaho just become inasshole, shot down your life saver Slaine shot him first. Take off the fanboy goggles. |
Iri said: y123y said: The should change the title of this anime to: Slaine's Misadventures This is accurate. Slaine attracts dramatic happenstances like an 80s action star. LOL true |
Darklight0303 said: ninjastarforcex said: when will useless marito die? inaho just become inasshole, shot down your life saver Slaine shot him first. Take off the fanboy goggles. you are so tryhard sir, everytime A : "inaho this, inaho that" You : "stfu slaine fanboy" |
| *yawn* Guess what guys? Yet again no character growth or development. Yet again no real lore progress. Yet again convenient asspull plot twists to move forward the plot as Emotional-Suzaku and Emotionless-SUzaku do their deus ex machina. At least Inaho has an excuse of mysteirous backstory, while Slaine is just a generic fujoshi bait. 2/5 |
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ninjastarforcex said: Darklight0303 said: Slaine shot him first. Take off the fanboy goggles. you are so tryhard sir, everytime A : "inaho this, inaho that" You : "stfu slaine fanboy" I'm a try hard? Haha you're a riot. You're the one who didn't give any logical arguments and just slammed Inaho. Come back when you have a real counter argument. Don't waste any more of my time. |
ninjastarforcex said: when will useless marito die? inaho just become inasshole, shot down your life saver An enemy of my enemy is a TEMPORARY ally. Still, if that person is still considered my enemy, I would not hesitate to bring him down. Inaho just acts logically, that's all. Slaine is so stupid that he demands things with no negotiation ground and readies the weapon first. Admit it. Inaho's action may not be the best one but the real asshole this episode is Slaine. His brain becomes incompetent the moment he sees Hime, lol. |
solomon585858 said: Kalypze said: Damn you and your logic! :( Here I was hoping Inaho would become the true villian of the show. Oh well, haha. Good episode. I have lost all hope for this show to become a masterpiece, but it's still very entertaining. He is the protagonist and true main hero of this show. Slaine is the one who will be the main antagonist. And everything because of love and jealousy which is going to happen soon. See, this is why nobody likes mindless Inaho fanboys. You keep spouting this idiocy without checking out a couple of facts. Slaine has been called, from the start of the project (since the first interview), the "Good child" (even if he's bullied) of the two of them (meaning Inaho is a darker character, even having a classic anti-hero or 'inverted' hero blood type officially - AB. Recent Archive also confirm Slaine is a "prince like" hero type, the more stereotypically heroic). He's also been called the Hero/Main Character with Inaho. The idea of two main characters who didn't fit the hot blood or the whiny I don't want to pilot tokens, so they made Inaho and Slaine. The main antagonist in case you weren't watching the show is Saazbaum. Inaho is getting his only character development courtesy of Slaine and nobody else. This episode proves it. Because it's obvious male bonding > everything else. Why people don't see this is a typical misunderstanding that will be solved in a couple of dramatic episode twists, it's beyond my comprehension. It's irritating but it always happens. |
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