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May 24, 2014 10:20 AM
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Damn, Amara is not messing around. Oh well, they'll probably catch him soon.

Anyways, I found the episode to be stylish with the cafe. The action was okay I guess. The Railgun launcher was awesome though. Ah and a new enemy. I wasn't expecting that telepathic kiss for a moment there.
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May 24, 2014 11:44 AM
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Daichi doesn't like being called captain lol. Amara and Moko found a new person to awaken. The fight was okay.
May 24, 2014 11:48 AM
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Uchiyama-san's character? He works in the casino. So he is also... True him is crazy.

Enjoy time. Everyone already calls him captain, and he cares about it except one time when mission starts.

They sees hacker girl bothersome and going to abduct her + another designer child going to be awaken.
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May 24, 2014 11:57 AM
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Akari's important information gathering :)
A new kiltgang as an enemy!
Zimbalt? That friend of him using his photo for a contest. Using that to make it into proffessional, I felt bad for Zimbalt.
Everyone calling him captain, I don't know why but it feels more distant than an actual first name.
May 24, 2014 12:04 PM
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didn't Daichi originally want to be a captain like his father?
May 24, 2014 12:30 PM
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yeah the fight was ok
so the thing in their hand is like a mark for every pilot so that means they are like 8?
May 24, 2014 12:34 PM
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Nice seeing these 4 working together like this ^^ I just hope Teppei stops being EMO.

Hana looked so friggin HOT in her one piece *A*

Akari's important info search for the cake XD And wanting to use Pitz for gambling XD And Paying the boss a "tip" XDXD

Daichi being called Captain by everyone was lol

Lol'd at how Amarok failed at provoking Daichi XD

I actually liked that Zimbalt was awakened. His life was just suffering so letting him have fun was nice :D He deserves to go wild ^^

Akari is awesome as usual even hacking their systems like that XD They didn't know what hit them hehe...Seems like they'll be kidnapping her nxt ep? Well she's too much of a hindrance for them. Hopefully Teppei will save his girl :D

Seems like there'll be a new character nxt ep too ^^ There r 8 of them? I wonder if all of them will be enemies or some will be on Daichi and the others side?
May 24, 2014 12:49 PM
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I wonder why teppei's ring is a rainbow where as the others have a single colour. :/
May 24, 2014 12:52 PM
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This was an interesting episode.
Nice to see our crew with formal attire.
So apparently, Daichi doesn't like being called "'Captain", what a shame.
It sure is handy to have a Livlaster, you can materialize it whenever you desire.
Zimbalt awakened, though what Takao did to him was very low.
The battle between Goodfellow and Earth Engine Ordinary was cool.
Goodfellow with the help of Zimbalt's orgone energy can cause EMPs, thats very useful.
I thought that Daichi was going to lose for a second there.
Though with the help of Mahou Shoujou Akari, that is not possible.
May 24, 2014 1:19 PM

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Loving the mecha fights and how they all act as a team. Funny how Teppei doesn't think he is useful when he saved Daichi twice.
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Midsummer Knight is assigned with a new mission; to stop the remaining 5 designer child from becoming Kiltgangs.

Hana looks nice with that dress!
Daichi's reaction to being called "Captain" by everyone.. ('.')

Akari's important info in searching for a special cafe. XD
I wonder what type of "tip" she gave to the manager..

Daichi encounters Amarok for a moment but he soon gets away..
Liked how Daichi remained calm even after hearing Amarok killed his father. Acted totally like a captain would. Hahaha!

Felt a little bad for Zin, being taken advantage of his talents. Poor guy..
Zin becomes Zimbalt upon coming in 'close contact' with Malkin.
1 down, 4 more to go.

Earth Engine Ordinary vs Zimbalt's mecha was pretty good.
It ended quickly though. For a moment, I thought Zimbalt's singularity will be the end of it.

Akari and her Brute Force Attacker-chan. XD
She was awesome, even hacking through Machine Goodfellow like nothing!

Good episode. Akari makes this show 3 times more enjoyable!
Looks like she's getting kidnapped next episode..

May 24, 2014 1:28 PM

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Daichi getting a little bit awkward being called their Captain. Looks like we might see the remaining designers child.
May 24, 2014 1:29 PM
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Well done Captain. And I have to say that without Akari this lot would really be lost.
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May 24, 2014 1:52 PM
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Funny of Teppei doesn't think he is useful when he saved Daichi twice.

Right? I guess he just wants to be actively helpful like Akari with her hacking skills, or Hana with her translating Pitz's information. Hopefully he'll find himself to be useful the way he wants to be to the team soon.

Oh man, and I liked Zin too, before he went "evil." I don't think I've watched another evil Uchiyama character since Daryl.
May 24, 2014 2:34 PM
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New introverted character comes, we see his depressing past, now he becomes an enemy. Well then.
May 24, 2014 3:11 PM

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Idol/singer designers child next.
May 24, 2014 3:13 PM
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Daichi really dislike being called captain by everyone.

Zin's real self finally awaken and became Zimbalt.
May 24, 2014 3:57 PM

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I liked this episode a lot. Fashion was quite showing here. The character interacion here was noteworthy. LOL at the new Captain :P

Amara vs Daichi, I thought it was going to be longer than that, and that failed provocation, I'm not sure if it was the proper way, or if having him raging a bit would have been better.

Anyway new enemy character clearly went nuts from human to Killtgang. Considering how sad his human experiences were, with everybody taking away what was his, well no wonder.

That punch in the guts to that Yakuza guy, was enough to make Amara a lot more memorable than he is already (it hurt from seeing it o_O).

And now Akari is the new target. I've seen seeing that since a couple of eps. Considering how Moco's memory-transfer kiss works, I wonder if she can become a hacker as skilled as her through kissing.
May 24, 2014 4:42 PM

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so the hunt begins for the 5 remaining enemies, 2 males and 3 females

that new enemy is psychotic lol and no next episode Akari will be kidnapped
May 24, 2014 6:50 PM

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Next episode = mahou shoujo Akari-chan(gets kidnapped?:O)

Dang.. Wonder what would happen if Teppei gets kissed

And I personally think that Akari would look so much better in black or brown and Teppei in purple
May 24, 2014 8:23 PM

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Star dr- Captain earth starts now seems we'll be getting new designers child each week,happy about this because i was getting sick of those two
May 24, 2014 10:01 PM

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Where will this team be without Akari?
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness."

"May those who defy their fate be granted glory."
May 24, 2014 10:36 PM

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Another great episode, seems the series will be picking up after all.

New character is cool, actually has some depth to him, and it really shows just what an impact their memory of being a kiltgang has on their characters, no wonder they are so insane, they go from not fitting in to thinking they are special.
Action was alright too.

I was a tad annoyed that Daichi repeated the same line over and over again... Hopefully he doesn't do that in the future.
May 24, 2014 11:19 PM

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I think it's something wrong with me because when I see that MAL score 7.05, I can't comprehend. This anime has been doing quite well compared to most other shows this season, yet the score doesn't reflect. Am I one of the very few who is actually finding the anime quite promising?

The launch sequences in mecha anime, I will never get tired of them! So sexy!

Other than the repeated joke of calling Daichi by captain and his instant follow-ups, the episode was excellent.

Akari is becoming more and more dominant character in the anime and it is about time we get an episode for her! But getting kidnapped? and another designer child to appear too? Can't wait for the next episode!

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May 24, 2014 11:42 PM
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Zin/Zimbalt could've turned into an ally like Teppei if he didn't have go through that suffering. Perhaps Naoko got together with that Takao. Nobody likes getting NTR'd, not even an alien would like that. Takao is the main antagonist and bastard in this whole series, he needs to die! xD

By the by, there is a theory that Zimbalt is based on Zimbardo - a psychology professor. He did the Stanford prison experiment to test whether the participants would adhere to their role as a prisoner or prison guard. He concluded that people's actions are influenced by the situation rather than their personality, demonstrating obedience and impressionability (easily influenced) when given support or a legitimate sounding ideology.

In this case, if Zin is actually based on Zimbardo then we can connect the two by assuming the experiment and the character is similar. Zin could not hold anything in his hand and had to obey authority. He had the talent, but decided to give up on going through with what he wanted because he does not have the power to stop the authority. In this case, he is a 'prisoner'.

When Zin has awakened as Zimbalt, he got the power he wanted and became a 'prison guard'. He got the power and authority that rules over others. Just as a prison guard has power to abuse the prisoners, it is his turn to abuse the humans after being subjected to a miserable life as normal human.

If this is true, don't you think it adds a lot more depth to the story? Also, Zin might also based on 'Djinn' - an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals. Doesn't that sound like the Kiltgangs?

Oh and the Yellow Kiltgang appearing next episode is definitely Ai who will be piloting the Aiatar in the near future.
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May 25, 2014 12:23 AM

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Dang. Dude woke up and went full crazy

May 25, 2014 1:05 AM

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this team is GG if not for Akari...

Emo Teppei is Emo... xD


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May 25, 2014 1:10 AM

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The enemy went up in members by 1, now they are more challenging.

Great episode!!!
May 25, 2014 2:19 AM

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Hana looks great in that outfit.

Isn't he a minor too?

That was mean he took credit for the shot.

"In the end, I'll never hold anything in my hand." Why does he keep saying that and what does it mean? Nothing will ever be mine is the only thing I can guess.

Telepathic kiss, if that's her power I wonder what Amara's is?

So he has shot direction and an EMP shock-wave, unfair :O

The on Earth fights are cooler than the space fights and no annoying being-put-together sequence.

What a change after the kiss, I wonder what Teppei will be like if he is kissed. I bet it will happen :P
May 25, 2014 2:55 AM
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Awesome quality in the mech fights

Yet, I still don't get why they have to activate the MG (Machine Goodfellow) right away nor why the duo was at distance from its abreaction. Since they know Daichi was there, they would know Globe would be there too. They should've just left incognito with Zin and do it at Macbeth's HQ instead of the hassle of bringing the machine there, risking it being wrecked as well.

And also about the preivew, hoping that the next ep will be greatly executed


@Samhiuy
pretty cool, the more you know about Bones getting their inspirations.
The Djinn speculation maybe cool but before they told him his real name, I was thinking about Invader Zim instead :D
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It really has felt like the series has picked up the last two episodes which is good because it was getting a little dull. Hopefully it continues like this.
May 25, 2014 4:12 AM

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One thing I learned from this episode, Daichi doesn't like being called Captain XD
Brute Force Attacker-chan XD
A girl next ep.. and Akari gets kidnapped :o
May 25, 2014 4:45 AM

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Its finally starting to all make sense. Kind of. This episode and the one on the space station have probably been the best so far.
May 25, 2014 6:58 AM

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I think Zin was too conformist for his own good. I have no doubts that the Takao dude took the opportunity to steal Naoko and acknowledgement of his talents away from him, but why did he not put up a fight for both? He just went with the flow and hid his own feelings away. Even when she came back to look for him he was all "Lets just say Takao took that picture". I mean, he wasn't exactly hiding his existence from the world or anything (if anything it seemed like his memories of being a DC was wiped clean from him until Malkin's kiss woke him up. I personally don't think he deserves as much pity as being given. I think he himself is at fault for letting himself be manipulated.

That said, after the er... "data transfer"... his character did a total 180 and he became aggressive as heck. It was strange as heck and yet interesting as well. As Samhiuy stated, it was like the Zimbardo effect: Once you put on the uniform (or the status of being a Kiltgang in this case), you immediately conform to said status, and act accordingly. In this case, it was to wreak havoc as much as possible, or something like that.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode with all the fancy dress-up and nice locations shown. Hana looked stunning, and Daichi wasn't half bad himself. He really reminds me of a Captain, with the way he carries himself. Materializing the Livelaster in the middle of the fight was so cool! If anything it reminded me of instances of Star Trek, a show I totally loved.

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Oh and the Yellow Kiltgang appearing next episode is definitely Ai who will be piloting the Aiatar in the near future.


How do you know so much about the coming characters in this anime? I always thought this was an original anime script with no LN or manga references. Care to share? Who is Ai and what is the Aiatar? I couldn't dig up anything from the main site. Even the Japanese wiki site has no such information.

By the way, does it seem a bit ominous that the character map for the main site shows all 5 of the rest of the DC in a sect on its own? Makes me feel like all of them becoming Kilt-gang members is already set into stone or something.
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This is getting more entertaining but there are still a lot of things that don't feel right. Like I'm not too convinced with how they let Daichi and the other kids be the saviors or whatever, it feels like the commander is blind and relies way too much on his 'intuition.'
True they might have shown some of their abilities and that they are capable of doing stuff, but most of it has been too convenient and there has been too little explanation to all of it.
I can overlook these things, although I hope we get satisfying explanations soon, but one thing that is bothering me more than anything else in this show is the retarded technobabble. This show needs some serious info dumping to do..

Meh episode 3/5
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This is getting more entertaining but there are still a lot of things that don't feel right. Like I'm not too convinced with how they let Daichi and the other kids be the saviors or whatever, it feels like the commander is blind and relies way too much on his 'intuition.'
True they might have shown some of their abilities and that they are capable of doing stuff, but most of it has been too convenient and there has been too little explanation to all of it.
I can overlook these things, although I hope we get satisfying explanations soon, but one thing that is bothering me more than anything else in this show is the retarded technobabble. This show needs some serious info dumping to do..

Meh episode 3/5

Let's see...

1.- Daichi is a Neoteny with Livlaster and has shows prowess using it and is increasing his piloting skills.

2.- Teppei was (or is) a designer child so he's a pretty good info source regarding Killtgangs. Not to mention he has his own Livlaster and piloting skills at that.

3.- Hana, is maybe? Another designer child with abilities that have proved helpful, such as prediction through Pitz (or so she says), awakening Teppei's Killtgang mode, etc.

4.- Akari......do I have to explain this?

Seriously they have proven they have pretty good skills. At this point it is no longer intuition, it is well fundamented trust that he is giving to these boys and girls.
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Seriously they have proven they have pretty good skills. At this point it is no longer intuition, it is well fundamented trust that he is giving to these boys and girls.

Botato said:
True they might have shown some of their abilities and that they are capable of doing stuff, but most of it has been too convenient and there has been too little explanation to all of it.
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L-Ryoshi said:


How do you know so much about the coming characters in this anime? I always thought this was an original anime script with no LN or manga references. Care to share? Who is Ai and what is the Aiatar? I couldn't dig up anything from the main site. Even the Japanese wiki site has no such information.

By the way, does it seem a bit ominous that the character map for the main site shows all 5 of the rest of the DC in a sect on its own? Makes me feel like all of them becoming Kilt-gang members is already set into stone or something.


The Japanese Wiki does not have information on them? That's quite shocking considering that there is a scan of all 5 DC with their name.

Red - Zin
Yellow - Ai
Purple - Setuna
Light Blue - Lin
Green - Baku

This is the reason why the Wikipedia has all of their names down. Sorry to disappoint but all I know who each character is and that's all. There isn't much information about them except the ones already given on the Wikipedia. Aiatar is her Kilt-gang name just like how Zimbalt is Zin's other name. It is also the name for their Machine Goodfellows or whatever you call them. I was interested because the Wiki had some information and I thought it was fake. It took me a while before I found the scan which did show their names and faces (it's a Japanese scan). Don't get your hopes up though, you can only see half of Zin and Lin's face anyway. The others are all facing backward. You can see Ai's face in the preview though. Given that the scan had Zin's name right, I assume that the rest of the names are not fake. If you search it on Google photos, you'll just get a bunch of unrelated ones.

Here, I had to find it back again though:
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i find it funny that teppei doesn't think he's being useful to the team since if it weren't for him globe wouldn't have realized that amarok and malkin were trying to revive another designer child.

still, great episode. the show gets more and more entertaining
May 25, 2014 9:00 PM

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New person to awake. ^^
What the hell is going with Amara. :P
May 25, 2014 9:28 PM

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Woah, didn't expected the telepathic kiss.
The world shall know the truth soon.
May 26, 2014 12:56 AM

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I really liked the formal attire in this episode! The new mission is something interesting too, trying to prevent more KillTGangs. I'm glad they failed I'm up for more villains! Zin could be interesting if he gets developed more.

Anyway, a new female villain next week, totally up for it! Plus we might get a song or two!
May 26, 2014 6:01 AM

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I wonder if any of the other designer children will become good guys.
May 26, 2014 7:23 AM

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I loved the MC's casino outfits.

Although I hoped Zimbalt would have stayed how he was, I much prefer the cute, innocent type over crazy psychopath. Oh well.
May 26, 2014 10:10 AM

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This was the episode: "Can you please stop calling me like that?"

Next episode new girl? Or was she Akari disguised?
May 26, 2014 3:39 PM

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Wow they look good in those outfits.

Fighting on Earth is different change from the space battle. Ximbalt has awoken and another one next week : 0

Akari NOOOO
May 27, 2014 4:51 AM

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Whenever they talk about "Libido" I just can't help but laugh :D
May 27, 2014 4:57 PM
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sephatu said:

Yet, I still don't get why they have to activate the MG (Machine Goodfellow) right away nor why the duo was at distance from its abreaction. Since they know Daichi was there, they would know Globe would be there too. They should've just left incognito with Zin and do it at Macbeth's HQ instead of the hassle of bringing the machine there, risking it being wrecked as well.


Maybe they thought they could sneak in another full Kiltgang attack quickly after activating Zimbalt, before Globe could fully repair the Earth Engine?

Okay, that plan didn't work out, but now that they have 3 DCs, they can just take turns attacking with Kiltgangs and sooner or later Globe/Earth Engine will be overwhelmed or sent into space under-repaired and Globe will lose unless Albion's Kiltgang shows up again to save them.
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Gotta say. The designers children are a lot more interesting than main cast ;z
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Maybe they thought they could sneak in another full Kiltgang attack quickly after activating Zimbalt, before Globe could fully repair the Earth Engine?

Okay, that plan didn't work out, but now that they have 3 DCs, they can just take turns attacking with Kiltgangs and sooner or later Globe/Earth Engine will be overwhelmed or sent into space under-repaired and Globe will lose unless Albion's Kiltgang shows up again to save them.


True, and I forgot about their "immortality" which influence their sense of superiority over humans.

But I still wish they would break from the typical haughty villain trope. You'd think that they would learn from losing 3 times in space (4 if you count Daichi's dad) and once on earth, with the latter not even against a mobile weapon, that they ought not to underestimate the MCs and Globe.

So far, they're very lax for an advanced alien race but it's still to early to guess from the current DC are even a good representation of the Killtgang.
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