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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Heh, I still wonder how well Yuuki can lead a nation with her current skillset. At any rate, we got war and more mecha action. I'm not sure which side to cheer for Animation quality still looks the same as usual, maybe they're saving the budget for some of the bigger fights later in the show. That cliffhanger though..I expect more casualties down the line. |
Stark700Jan 11, 2019 8:24 AM
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| Shit, the death flags were everywhere. |
| Damn, I'm really invested now. The death flags abounded, but I didn't think they'd kill Joshua this early. The animation and music's just average (although I liked some of the mech combat), but there's a bunch of interesting directions the story can take. I really like Yuki a lot too, and I'm looking forward to learning more about Stella. They're taking a good approach to worldbuilding with just the right amount of exposition and letting you figure out the rest for yourself. I picked this one up not expecting too much (I was just curious because of the studio) and it might still end up disappointing me, but I'm hopeful. Curious to see how Yuki approaches the war as her generosity fights with her grief and how much she seemed to enjoy that combat exercise. |
| I like how his death had a meaning and didn't make the first episode pretty stupid. Why is he even in the banner of the show. Now seriously. are they trying to make a Loli version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes? |
| Wait. Matsuoka died? Pardon, his chara just... It's the first time that his... Pardon again, in Re:Zero he died already as crazy mage... Anyway, this ep. had sure his/her seriousity and intensity, it must for Yuki sure a shock that she did lose her dear-best friend (just I do hope that Joshua somehow coming back...), this will sure her follow... |
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| Well it seems the childhood friend or better said steward didn't last long but he did went out in a heroic way tho. I have to say tho the fight looked rather convenient as in the withdrawing at the same time and no pursued battle or counter attack. Anyway it seems the princess learned a lesson which she needed as princess tho not a nice lesson. We also saw the other main character the one mentioned in the summary and she seems to be an enemy. |
| I thought all those death flags were just building tension and baiting us for the episode and was confident I was right when he got out and said he wasn't dead yet. And then boom the double bait. |
| Man i wish the actions scenes and backgrounds weren't so shitty buy i might keep watching anyway. |
| Wow the death flags where everywhere, but the one I thought was going to be MC. And the other female MC is possibly an enemy? I am really liking this anime |
| Damn...that was a gutsy move. One I didn't expect from this show. I figured Joshua would just be the type that'd make it through. Something that seemed likely when he was pulled out after triggering that explosion. But nope, that's it. I suppose the focus has always been on Yuki and Stella in the OP and such but...wow. Also still not sure how Yuki and Stella are going to cross paths. Yuki's not exactly going to be hanging around on the front lines. shiro_kai said: I feel we should be very worried about that girl in the bottom right corner...Anyone sharing his relative position may not be living long. Really this kind of thing is effective to make everyone that isn't Yuki or Stella have a target on their backs.I like how his death had a meaning and didn't make the first episode pretty stupid. Why is he even in the banner of the show. Now seriously. are they trying to make a Loli version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes? |
FlarisKnightJan 11, 2019 11:04 AM
shiro_kai said: I like how his death had a meaning and didn't make the first episode pretty stupid. Why is he even in the banner of the show. Now seriously. are they trying to make a Loli version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes? He is in the banner so that people don't expect his death so early. |
pikel69 said: shiro_kai said: I like how his death had a meaning and didn't make the first episode pretty stupid. Why is he even in the banner of the show. Now seriously. are they trying to make a Loli version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes? He is in the banner so that people don't expect his death so early. He could be a just a little in the back then, he is the first character showing up and the biggest smile. |
| Better than last episode. Joshua's death came as a surprise. And here I was thinking of him as the main protagonist. That scene actually was pretty sad. Ending theme song is fine. Stella made her appearance huh. |
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| wellll seen this coming previous episode. Bye joshua O/ and this anime. |
| Whoa... Going full No.6 already in the second episode? Did not expect it to go this far. Even Izetta took its while... |
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QPR said: why bother commenting if you didn't even give it a shot? Why did you even watch it if you hate mecha? They're literally in the promo artIt's got a pretty bad score and I dropped it 5 mins in when the mecha showed up. I usually have one drop per season, last time it was space fishing and it's this anime this time. |
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| First time an anime surprised me in a while lol. That death. Yuki's scream was pretty glorious too. Can't wait to see where they take this. Lol@ people dropping it cuz he died |
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balagergo said: shiro_kai said: I like how his death had a meaning and didn't make the first episode pretty stupid. I don't know, I think it was pretty meaningless all in all. Personally, I think killing off a character is something a writer should only resort to if there's nothing else left to tell with them outside of the consequences of their deaths, otherwise it's just a waste of the audience's time and emotional investment. On that basis, killing off basically the secondary protagonist of the story so far, when we're still on episode two, is kind of a bad sign as to how much creativity we're working with here. This will certainly be a trainwreck. |
| I did not expect that (Joshua I mean) How they animated Yuki's reaction was on point. |
| The sword that takes life gives life |
| I was paying a little bit more attention during the opening song today and noticed Stella was getting more spotlight than Joshua and I felt like he might die sooner or later...guess it was sooner. lol I'm not interested enough in the show itself to continue after this point unfortunately. |
| Common! That was unfair letting Joshua die so soon... and so young :( I really liked his friendship with the princess! Her heart is broken into pieces ;-; |
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| a character with kiritos va actually died huh.. guess he finally ran out of plot armor i figured he would get captured or come back as that stella character but guess not i admit this kinda lowered my interest in the series.. ill probably just put it on hold and rush it when it ends |
| RIP Youshua, we hardly knew ye. I still don't understand why he would put him self on the battlefield in the first place. Especially if he didn't want Yuki to see how gruesome war could be. He should have just stayed by her side, they could have let her know about the war, and deal with it from there, but clearly all of her constituents are assholes who don't actually trust her enough to lead or let her in on what's going on outside of the space city until his death, including Youshua. For all of his talk of how much he loved her, he did the cruelest possible thing he could ever do to her, which is rush into battle like an idiot and get him self killed, so that the way she finds about the war IS HIS FUCKING DEATH BED. Wow, I didn't expect this post to go on for as long as it did. Anyway, the other female protagonist doesn't look as interesting as Yuki, but that's mostly because it seems like her personality doesn't contrast Yuki's enough. Maybe the future episodes will change that, but I think I would have preferred the other princess to be more disaffected and, "Cool." In her archetype. |
Kougeru said: First time an anime surprised me in a while lol. That death. Yuki's scream was pretty glorious too. Can't wait to see where they take this. Lol@ people dropping it cuz he died If people want to drop it because of that it’s their choice, lol @ you for being so pathetic |
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| Unironically my favorite show this season. I hope we go full Military anime. Reminder the title is literally THE PRICE OF SMILES. I have a good feeling we are going to see Tomino kill em all |
| damn killing someone off the first two episodes i see.. it'd be meaningless to do that unless they invest further into the aftermath of what his death will become though. yuuki's scream was pretty cool though. |
| Hey who the hell changed the script? Urobuchi is that you?!? |
neonie said: RIP Youshua, we hardly knew ye. I still don't understand why he would put him self on the battlefield in the first place. Especially if he didn't want Yuki to see how gruesome war could be. He should have just stayed by her side, they could have let her know about the war, and deal with it from there, but clearly all of her constituents are assholes who don't actually trust her enough to lead or let her in on what's going on outside of the space city until his death, including Youshua. For all of his talk of how much he loved her, he did the cruelest possible thing he could ever do to her, which is rush into battle like an idiot and get him self killed, so that the way she finds about the war IS HIS FUCKING DEATH BED. Wow, I didn't expect this post to go on for as long as it did. Anyway, the other female protagonist doesn't look as interesting as Yuki, but that's mostly because it seems like her personality doesn't contrast Yuki's enough. Maybe the future episodes will change that, but I think I would have preferred the other princess to be more disaffected and, "Cool." In her archetype. I can't really say anything about Joshua other than maybe he felt that it was his duty to serve both his country and the princess, quite likely motivated by the death of his father, even at the risk of losing his life. Otherwise, he wouldn't have volunteered to go into battle if he wasn't aware of the risk. He loved her that much and willing to die for her so she could keep smiling. As for Princess Yuki, keep in mind that she's still child who's been sheltered her entire life. From what we've discovered here in this episode her kingdom is in very fragile state and the last thing it needs is a weak leader. Granted, showing her Joshua on his death bed might not have been the best thing for her, but something like this was bound to happen sooner or later. The harsh reality of the real world has now hit her in the worst place possible so now we must see how she's going to deal with it. Will she rise up to be a real leader, or will she simply fall apart and let her kingdom fall with her? |
| "You talk too much. Think too much." "I don't care how justified you think your reasons are. I won't tolerate liars or thieves." "If you're not going to be nice to me, don't expect me to be nice to you." "I'm a soldier, not a superhero. Don't ever think of me as one." "The world doesn't revolve around you. Get that through your thick skull." "People who live by their emotions go nowhere in their lives. They only find misery. "If you don't like the way your life is than do something about it instead of sitting there feeling sorry for yourself." "You want something go get it. Period." |
| That's one big protect smile fail. |
| they sunrised sooner than sunrise ,this show had some serious red flag vibes going from the start but didn't think he would die so soon,well lets see how much of a impact he'll leave on the rest of the characters going forward |
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| Awesome mecha war fighting. |
| well, Joshua got easily fodder'd! it was quite a ride! oh well...haha 3/5. |
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| so did joshua die from getting stabbed by the debris or was there more to the war that didnt get shown |
| What the fuck was that? That's literally all I can say. Welp...cliffhangers are only gonna serve to upset me with this one. Time to slip this one on hold and binge it after the season ends. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| So sad to see the ship sank before it sailed. RIP Kirito. Sachi's gonna take over I guess. |
franzjpm said: I'm fine with Joshua dying so soon, since it will serve as a fine plot device in Yuki's character development. But I am disappointed that they haven't introduced Stella properly despite it being 2 episodes in already. I think Yuki will take personal command in the theater of battle, and at one point drive the empire into a corner wherein she captures Stella as a prisoner of war, or you know their paths never really cross. watch post credit. |
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