Blue Archive the Animation Episode 6 Discussion

That alliance between P68 and Abydos seems like it should have been more uneasy for having just blown up the ramen shop, but it was fun to see them cooperating given the unusual circumstances. Or perhaps in a world with bullet-resistant characters and liberal use of explosives, maybe blowing up a ramen shop or shelling another district with a mortar is the sort of thing you apologize profusely for. O.o?

Because it's boring if the protagonists start off stronger than their enemies. Also more exciting if Abydos can't win without P68's help. Disclosure: I haven't played the game, so I don't have any existing notion of how this battle actually went or how it should have gone.
Could also put it down to Iori's mental state - calm and focused, she has the advantage; frazzled and angry, she's at a disadvantage.

@Takata

There's a key thing here. You can be strong without "winning". The problem is how it's depicted that Abydos has 0 competency in every episode until now. This is problematic because if they do show some competency in the future, what will be the cause? What made them stronger? This is not a battle shounen when there's reason to make people stronger. I already had a hard time believing this episode when they turned the tide for no real reasons.

In the game, Abydos hold off the prefect team including Iori and Chinatsu by themselves. Then Ako come in and bring tons of hidden reinforcement to attack them with which is where the P68 girl come to help. In the anime Iori can just beat them all and then suddenly she loses against only 2. You can go off about mental state but I saw no reason for Iori to get frazzled and angry. Yes the enemy force doubled from 4 to 8 but she is still only dealing with 2 people with her own troop helping her. It's inconsistent and feels like bad writing.

I am glad you can enjoy the anime but as I wrote, I just re-read the story recently and the contrast is very striking which damper my personal enjoyment and it feels like they are purposely changing the story for no reason. Major key points like Sensei's character and Abydos strength are misrepresented and it makes me wonder how they will deal with the rest of the story.

This episode was a big turning point in the game and with how this ep was depicted I just don't feel confident that they will do the rest of the story justice but I will still look forward to see more of the girls being animated.

@Thai777 Iori's loss is a direct reference to her character profile, which states she will fall for the simplest of traps because she hard focuses on a enemy.

@Tiau

That very interesting to know, I don't look at the character profile. I think it was not conveyed very well in the anime however since there was nothing that made me remotely think that was the case. Her line of not fighting fair registered to me as a loser's rambling because nothing in the fight showed traps.

Still think the show need to show Abydos being competent in one way or another but I can give it a pass to Iori's shenanigans.

I think the manhole thing is also a reference to her momotalks? I don't own Iori unfortunately so some easter egg were lost on me.