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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Got some actual mech combat again and it was off to an intense start. Amou displayed skill but it seems he still needs guidance in operations like this. It also seems he's also having a hard time letting the past go. Hope his mentality wil be ok. I'm also kinda curious how his relationship will affect Gashin and vice versa now. |
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| Damn my heart is aching when then the lady we barely knew got crushed by Ghost. |
| The Resistance's base camp almost got oblierated, and Amou with his AMAIM Kenbu and Gai is here to save the day against some powerful AMAIM, which Gashin has some feud with it. The backstory of Gashin and this AMAIM "Ghost" that came out of nowhere to kill his father in his AMAIM Jogan (the one that Gashin is piloting now), personal feelings can only get him so far. Some decent mecha action again with the teamwork of Amou and Gashin against the powerful Ghost that could use spare parts for weapons, and it's not an easy battle to overcome. At this stage, Amou is still quite clueless about his situation, and I'd expect him to at least get the gist of why he's piloting a mech to save mankind. But with the death of Risa, Amou cannot look back anymore to see more people die, and forsake Kenbu to hiding. For the military to easily discern and discover the sequence of events, it's a given according to whichever side of the story's focused at (Asian or Oceania military). Amou, it's either having a spine or be spineless. Accept that this is reality. |
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| If i ever learn anything about a mecha genre .. is that there always must be that one super edgy dark, black mecha robot who killed someone's parents/friend/sibling/hamster lmao. Regarding the onee-san, you know i kinda was expecting for her to die the next episode. She was like a reason for Shiiba, the main-kun to join the resistance, he had no one else, no family, friends nothing. So she was meant to be like a catalyst for his character. Now he as a reason to fight, to avenge someone .. now, saying all that there is still the rule of not showing the body = not actually dead, so im wondering if they do something with that or it's a definitive. Nevertheless i'm expecting some sacrifices as the show progress. And i hope this is a 24+ episode series, it seems to me like a big project. |
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| RIP Lucy... This is a pain. Now, I've wondered what will be the reason that will make Amou backs to fighting. We could know about it in the next episode. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| Damm that suit sure looks sinister. The black only serves to give it a extra chilling effect as well. RIP Risa to the very end she was trying to help others. Given Gashin's past with that suit though can't blame him for wanting to avenge his dad though. By itself Ghost is already powerful bit its ability to wield any attachment and weapon it finds on the field only enhances its power. The battle against Ghost though sure was a close one. Their teamwork was pretty good but Ghost proved to be full of surprises. But the losses that we took sure were harsh. But if anything the ability to deduce what actually happened and produce models of the suits involved with regards to their capabilities sure was impressive. Overall an excellent ep that while featuring some nice combat via the fight with Ghost also showed Amou the brutal realities that war can bring to those that you know. I do hope that Amou is able to discover the motivation that he needs to fight though. |
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| Great episode! Amou fights quite well for having not much experience and that fight scene at the start was really good. Was some insane plot armour for that enemy AMAIM to take freaking forever to end up not exploding and killing MC though xD. Amou has had to experience a death of that girl who convinced him to join the ‘terrorists’ (forgot her name lol) but it’s kinda hard to feel emotional at that scene as we barely saw her. Looking forward to the next episode! |
| AISHITERU...REM! |
| So the girl with the blues hair actually got red flagged last time? The setting at this point reminds me a bit of Victory Gundam and the fights remind me the first season of Full Metal Panic. phantomfandom said: If Sunrise is gonna play by Gundam's playbook, This is not Sunrise tho. |
alshuOct 25, 2021 1:18 PM
| Welp, just as we expected Risa became Amou's first casualty. However, I felt like her death was forced in a way to show Amou that people can die on the battlefield as a source of his trauma. As a result, Risa's death had little to no impact on the audience because most of us saw her death coming a mile away. So the Ghost AMAIM is the rouge mech that has been attacking random targets and murdered Gashin's dad. Thankfully, Amou and Gashin manged to beat Ghost and stop it from self-destructing. Risa's death took a toll on Amou mentally and has lost the will to fight and join the Japanese terrorist group. |
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| The Ghost is controlled remotely. Hoping it's the Char clone's machine. Appears to be fighting everyone. |
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| I figured that lady was going to die, but didn't expect them to kill her off before the opening. Made me laugh a little. The plot point of Amou leaving the resistance/AMAIM feels a little cliche and a little too early. We obviously know he's coming back (probably after some character development), but to do this so early in the story feels pointless. Also, the idea of leaving the AMAIM behind a waterfall unattended is kind of reckless. I know Gashin said that they'll send people to recover the AMAIM, but I can't imagine doing something like that with such an important equipment. |
| We expected Risa to die, but they really did it at the very start of the episode, damn. Some pretty sick mecha action this episode. I like that Amou left the resistance, though we know he's gonna come back eventually. Gonna have to process Risa's death first. That red haired dude has some strong observation skills. I wonder who made Ghost and where it aligns with. |
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| This isn't even close to worth it anymore. Waste of a third of a show. Cheap deaths, slim and moronic plot development, and just as dull as the last few episodes. I'm off at this stop. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| It's kind of hard to care about the death of a character when it was completely obvious they were going to die. I was laughing my ass off when Amou was flashing back to all the things she said to him - you know, from all those conversations they had over the three days they knew each other lol. I don't mind a series having clichés, but it would be nice if it wasn't this paint by numbers. |
| That Amu scream.. the horrors of war man. This is going to be a turning point in his story you can tell. He truly knows loss now. |
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| 4th ep, it's still painful. that was a lot of fight with a lot of still pictures. we're going flash animation? this is where I stop until we learn how long the series will be. it's so goddamn slow I'm expecting at least 24 eps. if so, I'm not watching it to the end. the mechas are really cool. to the point I want the kits. the characters are boring, the mc is downright annoying. the mascots are the opposite of fun. |
| 馬鹿げた倫理 全部ガラクタで |
bacd1990 said: I recommend watching Gundam Zeta. Haro destiny in that anime is opposite to those mascots. PS. Mascots are selling targeds for kids, youtubers, and hardcore fans. Characters are boring because they are developing, it's not a Isekai OP character standards. we're talking gundam? interestingly it had cap Bright who slapped Amuro and told him to stop being a bitch. that's exactly what this show needs. kyoukai mascots don't sell anything as of now, because there is no merchandise of them YET. [url]https://myfigurecollection.net/browse.v4.php?orEntries[]=220191&rootId=0[/url] powers don't make a character, and it has nothing to do with isekai. the most important thing is to have resolve and a clear goal in mind. it's something most shows lack these days. you can like this show all you want, there's nothing wrong with that. I feel it will end up the same way iron blooded orphans did. they present us a very rich world full of storyline opportunities to explore. some amazing mecha designs. then the actual show will focus on the dumb, clueless character and nothing else. never doing anything with all the background it built, nor living up to it's potential. because kyoukai's world would be worth exploring. |
nyugvo6Oct 27, 2021 8:58 AM
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alshu said: So the girl with the blues hair actually got red flagged last time? phantomfandom said: If Sunrise is gonna play by Gundam's playbook, This is not Sunrise tho. you mean 'Sunrise Beyond' and not 'Sunrise' ? |
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| Risa got Matilda'd Got damn this Graham Aker type dude "imagines battle playing and can tell exactly how many robots there were". |
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matias067 said: alshu said: So the girl with the blues hair actually got red flagged last time? This is not Sunrise tho. you mean 'Sunrise Beyond' and not 'Sunrise' ? Well they added "Beyond" for a reason...it's actually the studio previously called Xebec. So they are using the Gundam's playbook...but second hand. |
| I'm starting to have mixed feelings about this show. On one hand the pace is moving way too fast. From the start of the show, we go from Amou on the run, to helping a farmer, to getting cornered and saved, to the resistance trying to convince him to join, to an ambush from Ghost and Amou’s first real sense of loss, to him going out on his own again. These events need to be rearranged in order, and to be given more time. Because there’s so little time in between these events, we don’t have enough time to fully take in the events to see the development on how things work or characters’ interaction or motivation. And with more time it might have been less obvious that Risa was going to die. Something else that’s been bugging me is the lack of grit. I was going to bring this up in ep 3, when Gashin showed Amou that picture of the dead people in the street, but there should have been more of that. Without any on screen death, the darker tones feel less impactful, whereas in a show like this, it’s one of those important aspects that makes the conflict seem believable. From the way the show is framed in the opening monologue, Japan was divided and conquered in a territorial war, and there were no casualties to the native population? I get that this show is made for a younger audience and/or people that don’t like that kind of thing, but I think people of that age range are able to handle at least that level of violence.(On a personal note I was 14 when I first saw Geass, and got through all the brutal moments and the you-know-what scene just fine.) I’m not asking for over the top gore or everyone dying all the time (alah a Tomino anime), but I think more brutality would go a long way in this show’s favor. On the other hand the action, animation, and mechanical design does not disappoint at all! In a general sense, the Amaims have a good balance of being detailed without being over designed. As well as some being not fully humanoid shaped, and looking more like Battletech robots. I really like the asymmetrical design of Ghost, and the fact that it’s compatible with any Amaim part it finds. I’m looking forward to what’s going to be revealed and how it operates in the coming episodes. The walk cycles in particular are really good. If mundane actions like that are animated this well, then it’s a testament that the people animating them really know what they’re doing. Seeing as this is a Sunrise show and the mechanical designer (Ebikawa Kanetake) worked on Full Metal Panic and Gundam IBO. The animation stands out even more when compared to the other mecha airing this season. Viewing the other shows of the season thus far has been disappointing. Because even if the CGI isn’t horribly rendered, it still looks out of place and stilted when compared to the 2D images surrounding it. As a result the overall animation quality suffers as a result. |
GundamojoNov 8, 2021 6:40 PM
| Sure that kind of Ghost AI AMAIM is hardcore especially how it already killed Gashin's father before, but RIP Risa even though she was quite random for us viewer but now Amou is depressed and wants to stop being part of the resistance army :S |
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| mc and his whims just ticks me off |
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