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Mar 14, 2015 5:44 PM

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stickmansam said:
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You try bargaining with a deranged lunatic who just saved the murderer of his most important person in the world. He spoke up only because Inaho was crawling towards the princess. There was no bargaining intended


I would have to say though, Inaho didn't know Saz was the murder, all he knew was that Slaine was Bat (which previously showed good intentions).


Saz shot the princess. Then he SPOKE, saying 'You saved me Slaine. I thank you' Inaho couldn't have not heard that since the room made echoes.
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stickmansam said:
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You try bargaining with a deranged lunatic who just saved the murderer of his most important person in the world. He spoke up only because Inaho was crawling towards the princess. There was no bargaining intended


I would have to say though, Inaho didn't know Saz was the murder, all he knew was that Slaine was Bat (which previously showed good intentions).


you raised some really great points, props.

Remember that incident ended with Inaho saying (paraphrased) "If you insist on making me the enemy ..."
Mar 14, 2015 5:49 PM
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stickmansam said:
If they have plot armour, don't bother, they'll just come back stronger


that's the time to unfold the portable guillotine.
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Darklight0303 said:
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We don't know if Slaine would have shot, that is just speculation on our part.


It's pretty obvious from his overall behavior that he would have shot. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see the tell tale signs.
Well, I'm quite convinced he would do it, because he fired first as well when he was on the Sky Carrier, so this time it could have been he thought of ending this quarrel once and for all.

We know Slaine is quite vindictive after watching what happened to Saazbaum and the way Marylcian was killed in his duel, so I guess he wanted Inaho to receive his payback for what he did to him at the end of episode #7.
Mar 14, 2015 5:52 PM

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Darklight0303 said:
You try bargaining with a deranged lunatic who just saved the murderer of his most important person in the world. He spoke up only because Inaho was crawling towards the princess. There was no bargaining intended


Still that's a bigger chance then reaching for a gun. Actually I was surprised that Slaine allowed him to get it and click off the safety. And more importantly any additional second gave chances, since they were in the middle of a fight and Yuki could arrive, for example.

Basically even if there was no way to avoid it (which is a specualtion), Inaho still did the action that was actively approaching his demise, so he has himself to blame for his injury too.
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Darklight0303 said:
stickmansam said:


I would have to say though, Inaho didn't know Saz was the murder, all he knew was that Slaine was Bat (which previously showed good intentions).


Saz shot the princess. Then he SPOKE, saying 'You saved me Slaine. I thank you' Inaho couldn't have not heard that since the room made echoes.


Ahh I though you meant the original assassination plot

But then Slaine went full out and nailed Saz right after that
Mar 14, 2015 5:57 PM
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stickmansam said:
We don't know if Slaine would have shot.


agree totally

but for Inaho I see it as a reasonable extrapolation.
Mar 14, 2015 5:59 PM

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stickmansam said:
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Saz shot the princess. Then he SPOKE, saying 'You saved me Slaine. I thank you' Inaho couldn't have not heard that since the room made echoes.


Ahh I though you meant the original assassination plot

But then Slaine went full out and nailed Saz right after that


doesn't change that he got hte princess killed and proven himself as completely unstable. Shooting him before he can shoot me is the best option when dealing with someone that crazy. And again he made demands. Same mistake that started this whole mess back in episode 7.
Mar 14, 2015 6:05 PM

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I actually think this might have been the best episode of the series so far!
Interested in what they're going to do with inaho now
Mar 14, 2015 6:09 PM

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Savethebestforu said:
Like, it could have been such a tragic scene when she finally realizes he had fallen too far after discussing everything he had done the last 2 years, but we were left with some half-assed confrontation about his plan. She never asked why he was doing these things. It just seems like she never even cared about Slaine to begin with, which I guess is still possible.


Agreed, I'd like to see it. It must be painful to see that someone you liked before has crossed the line. And I also agree with the idea that she should care about him more, since they know each other for long and his love for Earth has affected her.

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Did anyone else hear the hypocrisy that dumbAsseylum spouted during her conversation with Lemrina? The one about how everything she does is for the betterment of her people, and that she loves them all?

Yeah, there's no evidence of that to be seen in the entire series.


I also noticed that, I was sort of confused, like, I'm pretty certain the martian people are struggling with the lack of resources.


Yeah, I was like "And when have you saved anyone?"

I thought Lemrina didn't go with her, because he couldn't stand being with her - because she is a paler copy of her.
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Makaze_no_Moujuu said:
Did anyone else hear the hypocrisy that dumbAsseylum spouted during her conversation with Lemrina? The one about how everything she does is for the betterment of her people, and that she loves them all?

Yeah, there's no evidence of that to be seen in the entire series.


I took the tone and the downcast eyes as her realizing what she thought was true and used to believe is now different.
Mar 14, 2015 6:52 PM

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Apparently the artifical eye also comes with a back-up A.I. which is really creepy when you start to think about. For a second, there I thought the Earth Forces were going to take control of Inaho through the A.I. and kill Seylum because plot twist. Good thing that didn't actually happen.
Mar 14, 2015 7:16 PM

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OMG, this show.... this episode in particular, it was the most cringeworthy single episode of anime I've ever watched....

That f.... Inaho vs Slaine scene was soooo forced, it was all soooo convenient, just like it was sooo convienient how basically the Earth forces and Inaho too knew EXACTLY where the princess was at ALL TIMES. Also I hated how overdramatic the Inaho vs Slaine scene was -,- they make a big deal out of such a lame fight.

Inaho is OP rekt Kirito noscoper... Gets a tiny bullet wound, loses consciousness, and then the op bs eye takes him over and CONVIENIENTLY conveys instructions to Asseylum and the lil one on how to get safely away. Then we get the lamest romantic scene in the history of anime, the most forced romance in any anime I've ever watched.... Inaho shows no emotion the entire series, at some point he randomly realises that he loves her, >that it>.... then the Seylum and lil one CONVIENIENTLY meet the blonde kiddo who also perfectly knew where they were..... Shouldnt the biggest and baddest and most powerful base of the Marsian side be big enough that actually finding someone your looking for randomly be hard? But nope, it sounds like the base is fooking 10 rooms big so finding anyone is very CONVENIENT

I love how they made Slaine say some unrealistic BS just to justify his future death.

I also hated how that Lemrina grill betrayed Slaine (which was sooo out of character -,-) she should've just shot the princess but instead we get a 'cliffhanger' for some time until the princess reappears, really did anybody expect her to be shot? Nah, the princess got bigger plot armour than Inaho himself....

Also I really hoped the god damn eye plot convenience eye AI would actually be aimed at killing Asseylum instead of just giving them convenient information for no reason. aside from plot convenience.

I hate the whole Inaho vs Slaine theme of this anime.... I would be MUUUCH happier if they made it a Vers vs Earth anime with world building & all but nope, everything revolves around Inaho and his OPness and Slaine and his Slaining.

The writing of this show is quite franky, horribru.

This show had a bunch of great ideas and themes but the execution is fucking shit.
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Mar 14, 2015 7:48 PM

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Icezera said:
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Who is the jealous idiot who blew out his eye in the first place forcing him to get a robotic one? It is Slaine's fault. Try to deny it all you want


HURR DURR!!!

Inaho pointed a gun at Slaine when Slaine told him to freeze. You're so choked on Inaho's cock that you can't even comprehend the basic facts. For you to be satisfied, Slaine has to bend down and spread for Inaho to do whatever the fuck he wants with no consequences and remain blameless INAHOJESUS for the entire show.

Clearly, when Inaho points a gun at Slaine, Slaine should stick the gun into his mouth so Inaho has a clear shot.


#Shotsfired

I repeat, shotsfired!
Mar 14, 2015 7:50 PM

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This show is getting so stupid, so the Terrans decided to let the knights have Earth and go for a full on attack to the martian base and the stupid vers don't even have proper installation within their base, like what?
I know this is anime but come on, the amount of ph10 (basic) in here is so bad, it's as if they think the audience are 10 y/o -_-
Mar 14, 2015 7:52 PM

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I was fine and dandy blaming everything wrong with this show on Slaine.... til InahoBOT.

Jesus H cluster oral sex!!!

What in the only in Japan are they thinking?!
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Raziel1991 said:
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seeing her have no compassion or interest in anything Slaine has been doing.


Why should she show compassion towards the man that:

1. Willingly continues a war she is against
2. Used her image without her consent for nationalistic war propaganda
3.Arranged a marriage with her without her consent
4. Used her little sister as a tool for his power grab.
5. Started a rebellion against her family and claimed independence from Vers.


LOL It seems you have that backwards. In fact I think it's some karma she's getting the cold shoulder (and mistreatment of her name and identity) from Slaine for being so blase about what was happening with him in season one. Oh, she didn't know and has yet shown any concern for him going off the deep end too or why he's lost it. I'm enjoying the fact Slaine has zero f*cks left to give to her and has decided to do what he thought Inaho was doing to her in episode 7.

I just hope he realizes what he has in Lemrina before that princess gets herself killed for either him or Asseylum. Seriously, Asseylum's lack of concern for Slaine is why I always questioned his motives and actions for her. She is just not worth it and seeing him turn on her, I have no problem with it. It would be nice if we got it from the horse's mouth that Slaine just doesn't love her anymore after being friendzoned despite all he did during season 1. It's been a lonely 20 months for him.
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broodo said:
I was fine and dandy blaming everything wrong with this show on Slaine.... til InahoBOT.

Jesus H cluster oral sex!!!

What in the only in Japan are they thinking?!


Please don't even try to guess what Japan is thinking by this point, specifically Japanese Anime writers.. don't, for your sanity. They've been giving us the crappiest anime lately and oh, especially this episode yup.
Mar 14, 2015 8:00 PM
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I don't think I even have to make points on why this episode was awful but still..

I wonder how the eye calculates trajectory of bullets that weren't seen. I wonder how inaho and slaine both miss point blank shots of each other but the follow up is with inaho accurately hitting a much smaller target from much further away. Also a backup A.I in inaho's eye? Really? Being able to hack security systems on the fly on top of it to? This is funnier to me because of a post I made a couple episodes back.

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1357731&show=40#msg38431597

skudoops said:

Interesting how the eye just randomly can do things now like picking up radio signals, who knows what power it contains still! You know, I think my biggest gripes with this show is that they try to put too many scenarios to make inaho look awesome and it's just badly done.


Why did they even send inaho on an infiltration mission anyway? Where in this entire show did it suggest he knew anything about conventional combat much less spec ops training? Also why would they send him alone? Why would they also risk losing him to such a stupid plan? If there are cameras (which inaho hacked) why did the vers troops escorting the princess even get ambushed? Wouldn't they be informed of enemy movements? Speaking of those guards + the sepcial ops team... narrow corridors + automatic weapons = can't hit shit? LMFAO

Shit, I wonder how Earth even has a space presence considering vers still has castles floating around. I also don't understand why they want to assassinate the princess.. what do they get out of this? The emperor is still alive so his DNA can be preserved and speaking of the emperor, I like how they wrote him back into the show all convenient like, I was mentioning this in the last episode discussion thread, and funny enough I mentioned this young Cruhteo might be in on a plan with him (we shall wait and see if this happens to, it's funny because he's the one who brought up the emperor, so in all likelihood he's also carrying out orders from him).
Mar 14, 2015 8:08 PM

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Raziel1991 said:
Also I would like to know with what exactly is Slaine currently "struggling". Slaine created a third faction and became its leader with almost zero opposition.


Let's see...

He got tortured.
He was discriminated
He was spit at
He was tortured
He was kicked multiple times
He was tortured (waiting for seujair!)

Anyways, did you not watch the whole show? It was, in terms of the show, a great showcase of nobody to someone in charge.

First off, he was tortured, quite a lot as well. His father died and his only salvation was Ass.eylum who eventually became a california teenager girl who goes to a party for the night and falls in love to someone, just like that.
He turned for help from multiple parties within vers and guess what!? He was given hope and crushed like the Seattle during that lucky catch when the emperor decided to simply kill him.
For several years, that basically happened, no help whatsoever, it's like he's alone in that dark dark world..

And that's the struggle, then when he realized that his only salvation doesn't even care too much about him, when he was fulfilling her wishes...

Tell me, whats your definition for struggle?
Lemme guess, Inaho clutching his eyes saying "owie, help me onesan"
Amiright?
Mar 14, 2015 8:17 PM
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OfficialMikoSM said:
Raziel1991 said:
Also I would like to know with what exactly is Slaine currently "struggling". Slaine created a third faction and became its leader with almost zero opposition.


Let's see...

He got tortured.
He was discriminated
He was spit at
He was tortured
He was kicked multiple times
He was tortured (waiting for seujair!)

Anyways, did you not watch the whole show? It was, in terms of the show, a great showcase of nobody to someone in charge.

First off, he was tortured, quite a lot as well. His father died and his only salvation was Ass.eylum who eventually became a california teenager girl who goes to a party for the night and falls in love to someone, just like that.
He turned for help from multiple parties within vers and guess what!? He was given hope and crushed like the Seattle during that lucky catch when the emperor decided to simply kill him.
For several years, that basically happened, no help whatsoever, it's like he's alone in that dark dark world..

And that's the struggle, then when he realized that his only salvation doesn't even care too much about him, when he was fulfilling her wishes...

Tell me, whats your definition for struggle?
Lemme guess, Inaho clutching his eyes saying "owie, help me onesan"
Amiright?

Suffering=/=struggle
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OfficialMikoSM said:
Raziel1991 said:
Also I would like to know with what exactly is Slaine currently "struggling". Slaine created a third faction and became its leader with almost zero opposition.


Let's see...

He got tortured.
He was discriminated
He was spit at
He was tortured
He was kicked multiple times
He was tortured (waiting for seujair!)

Anyways, did you not watch the whole show? It was, in terms of the show, a great showcase of nobody to someone in charge.

First off, he was tortured, quite a lot as well. His father died and his only salvation was Ass.eylum who eventually became a california teenager girl who goes to a party for the night and falls in love to someone, just like that.
He turned for help from multiple parties within vers and guess what!? He was given hope and crushed like the Seattle during that lucky catch when the emperor decided to simply kill him.
For several years, that basically happened, no help whatsoever, it's like he's alone in that dark dark world..

And that's the struggle, then when he realized that his only salvation doesn't even care too much about him, when he was fulfilling her wishes...

Tell me, whats your definition for struggle?
Lemme guess, Inaho clutching his eyes saying "owie, help me onesan"
Amiright?


You're so mad right now.
Mar 14, 2015 8:26 PM
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The protagonists

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jzmagic said:
OfficialMikoSM said:


Let's see...

He got tortured.
He was discriminated
He was spit at
He was tortured
He was kicked multiple times
He was tortured (waiting for seujair!)

Anyways, did you not watch the whole show? It was, in terms of the show, a great showcase of nobody to someone in charge.

First off, he was tortured, quite a lot as well. His father died and his only salvation was Ass.eylum who eventually became a california teenager girl who goes to a party for the night and falls in love to someone, just like that.
He turned for help from multiple parties within vers and guess what!? He was given hope and crushed like the Seattle during that lucky catch when the emperor decided to simply kill him.
For several years, that basically happened, no help whatsoever, it's like he's alone in that dark dark world..

And that's the struggle, then when he realized that his only salvation doesn't even care too much about him, when he was fulfilling her wishes...

Tell me, whats your definition for struggle?
Lemme guess, Inaho clutching his eyes saying "owie, help me onesan"
Amiright?


You're so mad right now.


A guy responds to a post and get called out for being mad right now.

How about you actually trying to refute my argument? :)
Mar 14, 2015 8:46 PM

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Darkerthandark said:

Suffering=/=struggle


I would call it his struggle since he was trying to fix things up most of s1 and failed generally
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skudoops said:
I don't think I even have to make points on why this episode was awful but still..

I wonder how the eye calculates trajectory of bullets that weren't seen. I wonder how inaho and slaine both miss point blank shots of each other but the follow up is with inaho accurately hitting a much smaller target from much further away. Also a backup A.I in inaho's eye? Really? Being able to hack security systems on the fly on top of it to? This is funnier to me because of a post I made a couple episodes back.

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1357731&show=40#msg38431597

skudoops said:

Interesting how the eye just randomly can do things now like picking up radio signals, who knows what power it contains still! You know, I think my biggest gripes with this show is that they try to put too many scenarios to make inaho look awesome and it's just badly done.


Why did they even send inaho on an infiltration mission anyway? Where in this entire show did it suggest he knew anything about conventional combat much less spec ops training? Also why would they send him alone? Why would they also risk losing him to such a stupid plan? If there are cameras (which inaho hacked) why did the vers troops escorting the princess even get ambushed? Wouldn't they be informed of enemy movements? Speaking of those guards + the sepcial ops team... narrow corridors + automatic weapons = can't hit shit? LMFAO

Shit, I wonder how Earth even has a space presence considering vers still has castles floating around. I also don't understand why they want to assassinate the princess.. what do they get out of this? The emperor is still alive so his DNA can be preserved and speaking of the emperor, I like how they wrote him back into the show all convenient like, I was mentioning this in the last episode discussion thread, and funny enough I mentioned this young Cruhteo might be in on a plan with him (we shall wait and see if this happens to, it's funny because he's the one who brought up the emperor, so in all likelihood he's also carrying out orders from him).


Military logic!? In my animu? away you liar!
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AppoX said:
OMG, this show.... this episode in particular, it was the most cringeworthy single episode of anime I've ever watched....

That f.... Inaho vs Slaine scene was soooo forced, it was all soooo convenient, just like it was sooo convienient how basically the Earth forces and Inaho too knew EXACTLY where the princess was at ALL TIMES. Also I hated how overdramatic the Inaho vs Slaine scene was -,- they make a big deal out of such a lame fight.

Inaho is OP rekt Kirito noscoper... Gets a tiny bullet wound, loses consciousness, and then the op bs eye takes him over and CONVIENIENTLY conveys instructions to Asseylum and the lil one on how to get safely away. Then we get the lamest romantic scene in the history of anime, the most forced romance in any anime I've ever watched.... Inaho shows no emotion the entire series, at some point he randomly realises that he loves her, >that it>.... then the Seylum and lil one CONVIENIENTLY meet the blonde kiddo who also perfectly knew where they were..... Shouldnt the biggest and baddest and most powerful base of the Marsian side be big enough that actually finding someone your looking for randomly be hard? But nope, it sounds like the base is fooking 10 rooms big so finding anyone is very CONVENIENT

I love how they made Slaine say some unrealistic BS just to justify his future death.

I also hated how that Lemrina grill betrayed Slaine (which was sooo out of character -,-) she should've just shot the princess but instead we get a 'cliffhanger' for some time until the princess reappears, really did anybody expect her to be shot? Nah, the princess got bigger plot armour than Inaho himself....

Also I really hoped the god damn eye plot convenience eye AI would actually be aimed at killing Asseylum instead of just giving them convenient information for no reason. aside from plot convenience.

I hate the whole Inaho vs Slaine theme of this anime.... I would be MUUUCH happier if they made it a Vers vs Earth anime with world building & all but nope, everything revolves around Inaho and his OPness and Slaine and his Slaining.

The writing of this show is quite franky, horribru.

This show had a bunch of great ideas and themes but the execution is fucking shit.
You forgot, how aside, everybody can find the Princess with no problem EXCEPT for Slaine who wasn't far behind Inaho but still NEVER gets anywhere near her.

Yes, Slaine is being written into a corner on purpose and giving BS to say to paint him as a "real" villain now instead of an anti-villain. The show is written with a clear bias for Inaho with Inaho even hating on Slaine for repeating something Inaho himself said verbatim back in episode 7. See, you ARE evil because you just want to exploit Asseylum for your own ends!! Dun dun dun!! Umm, Inaho, this supposed exploitation of Hime line is EXACTLY what made Slaine lose his cool, shoot at you when you guys first met and you coldly declared Slaine your enemy after shooting him and leaving him for dead. Even Inaho is being written with zero logic to, as you said, justify Slaine's inevitable death.
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This episode was the epitome of its so bad its good. Did like the infiltration angle. It's those moments where it seems like the writers might make something interesting happen and then they drop it. (I mean earthlings cant deal with the suits... no clue how they survived for 17 months... but there's no reason they simply cant infiltrate and anihilate in close quarters combat.)

Really sad Slaine is going to be the villain yada yada with inaho being so unbelieveably soulless. I mean he's not great but he's the interesting thread in the anime and with these writers you can see them throwing him out.
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I can't believe that this show took seriously about Inaho being a robot character and eh.

Anyways, my ship is still intestifying. Yes.
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Thank you for this. LMAO
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Lol, how would the robot understand that Inaho thinks of her as part of himself. Oh well.

All I know is that she better not have told him not to kill Slaine, I've been waiting for justice for too long.
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Would you look at that, first 5 pages of comments are the exact same people who say they hate this show every single week and yet can't stop watching. Plus there is seriously someone still defending slaine o.O seriously, I mean i get some people like him as a villian but there is still someone saying "slaine did nothing wrong".
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skudoops said:
I don't think I even have to make points on why this episode was awful but still..

I wonder how the eye calculates trajectory of bullets that weren't seen. I wonder how inaho and slaine both miss point blank shots of each other but the follow up is with inaho accurately hitting a much smaller target from much further away. Also a backup A.I in inaho's eye? Really? Being able to hack security systems on the fly on top of it to? This is funnier to me because of a post I made a couple episodes back.

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1357731&show=40#msg38431597


Why did they even send inaho on an infiltration mission anyway? Where in this entire show did it suggest he knew anything about conventional combat much less spec ops training? Also why would they send him alone? Why would they also risk losing him to such a stupid plan? If there are cameras (which inaho hacked) why did the vers troops escorting the princess even get ambushed? Wouldn't they be informed of enemy movements? Speaking of those guards + the sepcial ops team... narrow corridors + automatic weapons = can't hit shit? LMFAO

Shit, I wonder how Earth even has a space presence considering vers still has castles floating around. I also don't understand why they want to assassinate the princess.. what do they get out of this? The emperor is still alive so his DNA can be preserved and speaking of the emperor, I like how they wrote him back into the show all convenient like, I was mentioning this in the last episode discussion thread, and funny enough I mentioned this young Cruhteo might be in on a plan with him (we shall wait and see if this happens to, it's funny because he's the one who brought up the emperor, so in all likelihood he's also carrying out orders from him).


Military logic!? In my animu? away you liar!


Indeed. I'm surprised that, with the potential presence of Kataphrakts in the base, that no-one on the spec ops team thought to bring anti-tank rockets or satchel charges. Because if a 75mm l/70 gun (the KG-6 and 7 are 13.5 meters high and the 75mm autorifle including stock is about half that, thus the barrel length is about 70 calibers) firing APHE can penetrate a martian kataphrakt with relative ease then i'm sure HEAT fired from a light anti-tank weapon can do the same in confined spaces, needless to say that modern spec ops teams usually carry at least one anti-tank weapon for demolition purposes, such as the Carl-Gustav.

Additionally, conducting a significant strike on your opponents' home base when the enemy has revised their tactics and are gaining ground almost across the board is strategically unsound, especially when even a comparatively light defense force is so technologically superior as to be able to defeat sheer weight of numbers.

But enough about tactics, we're along for the ride.

I have to say that this episode was poorly planned. What difference would assassinating asseylum make? It was obvious from the second episode of the first season that, as Marito implied, the Counts are the ones with the real power; the emperor, and thus asseylum, is largely a figurehead.

That aside, it should be obvious that things are coming to a finale.

Slaine has been painted into the corner as the penultimate villain of the series--a man who, having shed his innocence and sold out his own ideals, has become the definitive product of the society that raised him; he is a man who--having spent his youth being treated as less than human due to ascribed status and all but tortured to death for it--seeks to guarantee his own safety and power through the annihilation of anything that might threaten him. To that end, even the people he cares for are merely tools.

Meanwhile, Inaho--the flawed savior--has been taken out of the action at a moment having relied too much upon his mechanical left eye as his Munin and Hugin, though a more apt comparison would be to Al, the onboard-AI for Arbalest in Full-Metal-Panic. It is apparent to me that, while Inaho's condition is potentially fatal, he will end up surviving this. Lemrina, Asseylum and Slaine are another matter entirely, however; Lemrina's fate remains unknown, though it should not be forgotten that she can imitate asseylum. I suspect that she will either pass herself off as asseylum and take a bullet, allowing the real asseylum to escape, or just the opposite happens, allowing Lemrina to visit earth. As for Cruteo Junior, he has served his role. He is a deus-ex machina that allows Asseylum to escape in some form or fashion.

As for Marito, Yuki and the others, their fate depends on how competent the two marian kataphract pilots are; the yo-yo pilot is easily defeated, as the spools can be destroyed or circumvented. The real threat is Harklight and his bits, of which there are at least twenty. There will be at least one major character death next episode, I can say that much, and Slaine's death is virtually preordained; his death would spell the end of his new kingdom, and fracture the remaining knights into squabbling factions which could then be dispatched individually.

Other than that, I had no problems with the episode, other than that it seemed inconclusive.
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Inaho x Princess wooooooooooo
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People trying to hate on this show still grasping at straws. Making shit up and calling out random scenes without paying attention. For fucks sake, if your just going to bitch about it DONT FUCKING WATCH IT.

Anyway, pretty cool episode, but nothing goes as planned ever. Though, i do have to admit a fault...slane is TOO smart. He always see the surprise attack coming. Its like he just happens to know the enemy plans.
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Wow, that Deucalion Kat launching device is primitive as fuck. ...Oh, well our Kats can fly well so we'll just have them cable themselves to a swinging arm and fucking throw them. Classy.

Slaine's Ivory tower is falling down. Hope all the Slaine fans heard him say "she's just a means to achieve my goal".

Inaho = I-Robot. The fuck? I couldn't even tell if it was responding to what Asseylum was saying, or if it kept blurting out random shit it was supposed to say.

Klancain saving the day at the end. Now if Seylum and Edelrittuo got to the air lock just to get captured again I'm going to have a fucking fit.
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People trying to hate on this show still grasping at straws. Making shit up and calling out random scenes without paying attention. For fucks sake, if your just going to bitch about it DONT FUCKING WATCH IT.

Anyway, pretty cool episode, but nothing goes as planned ever. Though, i do have to admit a fault...slane is TOO smart. He always see the surprise attack coming. Its like he just happens to know the enemy plans.

Give up on those people, they don't even know what proper criticism is. Like you said they are literally grasping at straws, and the majority of the time they say the exact same things that were debunked a long time ago. They have no argument at all anymore, and now they are just ranting for attention.
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I CALLED IT! Inaho was a robot the entire time. which explains why he was emotionless from the very beginning!
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Inabot heuheuheuheu, watthehel
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I CALLED IT! Inaho was a robot the entire time. which explains why he was emotionless from the very beginning!


But he had so much emotion!

Just look at the difference in his voice when he talks to different people!
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Inaho becomes a robot hahaha. God he is such a bad character.

Slaine aims to leave a paper cut mark when Inaho was standing still. What the heck?!

Inaho was too much of a pansy so he went into robot mode and made a machine confess for him. xD!!!!!!
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NintensityCrowds said:
I CALLED IT! Inaho was a robot the entire time. which explains why he was emotionless from the very beginning!


Nah pretty sure that robotic part came with the eye and only took over when he lost consciousness in this episode. He's still human.
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sgs2008 said:
NintensityCrowds said:
I CALLED IT! Inaho was a robot the entire time. which explains why he was emotionless from the very beginning!


Nah pretty sure that robotic part came with the eye and only took over when he lost consciousness in this episode. He's still human.


You don't say?
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My prediction for the ending is happy end for Asseylum and inaho, Slaine gets severely wounded/ disabled and is taken care of by lemrina in the guise of Asseylum
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sgs2008 said:


Nah pretty sure that robotic part came with the eye and only took over when he lost consciousness in this episode. He's still human.


You don't say?


indeed.
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KamiAlice said:
Rebelhero said:
People trying to hate on this show still grasping at straws. Making shit up and calling out random scenes without paying attention. For fucks sake, if your just going to bitch about it DONT FUCKING WATCH IT.

Anyway, pretty cool episode, but nothing goes as planned ever. Though, i do have to admit a fault...slane is TOO smart. He always see the surprise attack coming. Its like he just happens to know the enemy plans.

Give up on those people, they don't even know what proper criticism is. Like you said they are literally grasping at straws, and the majority of the time they say the exact same things that were debunked a long time ago. They have no argument at all anymore, and now they are just ranting for attention.


Not everyone who is disappointed with the show is incapable of putting together a valid opinion.
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KamiAlice said:

Give up on those people, they don't even know what proper criticism is. Like you said they are literally grasping at straws, and the majority of the time they say the exact same things that were debunked a long time ago. They have no argument at all anymore, and now they are just ranting for attention.


Not everyone who is disappointed with the show is incapable of putting together a valid opinion.

Nah I get people who are disappointed and actually have good criticism, and I don't mind those people pointing out their concerns. I'm talking about the half sentence posters who's entire post consists of "this show is so horribly bad" without anything to back up their statements and who post the same thing in every episode thread since like episode 4 of the first cour... of course i'm exaggerating but you get the point right?
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KamiAlice said:
ANGRY2011 said:


Not everyone who is disappointed with the show is incapable of putting together a valid opinion.

Nah I get people who are disappointed and actually have good criticism, and I don't mind those people pointing out their concerns. I'm talking about the half sentence posters who's entire post consists of "this show is so horribly bad" without anything to back up their statements and who post the same thing in every episode thread since like episode 4 of the first cour... of course i'm exaggerating but you get the point right?


Eh, yea. I know what you mean. There will always be those people. They don't encourage any discussion generally, which is pretty bleh. Some of them may just think the board is toxic though. It certainly has... uh... personality.
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well this episode was really ridiculous tbh. inaho is a robot now? lol
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Not sure if someone mentioned this already but the voice actor for the Vers Emperor, Shinji Ogawa, sadly passed away recently, so we might not see him again for the rest of the season.
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