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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Marika's mother shows her some of her toys from her past. They have some impressive firepower. Kane MacDougall (?) organizes a practice cruise for the space yacht club on a larger vessel that just happens to be an old pirate ship, though apparently this is known only by a select few. Marika and Chiaki detect a cyber attack and locate the source to another ship docked at the same port as the one they are at, and Marika decides to counter-attack! |
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| Well, Hell! I really like the way this is developing. Oh, and I really want an ArmaLite Armor-Penetrating Beam Gun. I'm gonna ask Santa for one for Christmas. |
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| I want one of everything Ririka had in the car and that ship as well. I wonder what Chiaki's motives are as well. |
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| Is it just me or did he whole episode feel rather short and uneventful? :/ Her mom showing off a few guns was basically it, and awesome they might be but honestly anything that goes through plate like that is just insane to have if you board a ship in space... As the last thing you want is holes in the hull^^ |
| Nope you are not the only one EternalDreamer that feel like that. A Beam gun huh? That's a dangerous weapon lol. But still cool. xD I got a feeling of the cyber attack was already plans becuase they want to test her ability. Next episode: Counter Attack. |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
EternalDreamer said: Is it just me or did he whole episode feel rather short and uneventful? :/ (shrug) everyone has different tastes. EternalDreamer said: Her mom showing off a few guns was basically it, and awesome they might be but honestly anything that goes through plate like that is just insane to have if you board a ship in space... As the last thing you want is holes in the hull^^ I'm sure they are for dealing with things other than cargo ships. When you're in a 'business' that involves potential violence, occasionally past 'customers' may have grievances and send well equipped associates to try to negotiate a better deal. |
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EternalDreamer said: Pirates are known for illegal weapons. In space take into account that it has a more free flow feeling kind of like not being restricted by the sea. The same was though of inventing. That weapon may be just an amplified version of its original but because there are genius on the ship it's possible. This episode was key to find out of Marika’s potential such as it was with the way she was flying in the beginning. Is it just me or did he whole episode feel rather short and uneventful? :/ Her mom showing off a few guns was basically it, and awesome they might be but honestly anything that goes through plate like that is just insane to have if you board a ship in space... As the last thing you want is holes in the hull^^ Marika's potential has just been awaken in this episode. More than before at the very least. You all know if Marika is not soon captain...their letter shall be revoked! That's bad! Grace period can only last a certain time. |
| If you are concerned about the beam weapons, there should be something similar to deflector shields or anti-beam coating to protect the ship. |
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Hoppy said: If you are concerned about the beam weapons, there should be something similar to deflector shields or anti-beam coating to protect the ship. Personally I'm thinking more along the lines of current military grade armored vehicles or even armored soldiers that pirates forced to fight off ship might have to face. I don't know much about the story background, but I would think that the tank Marika holed was probably an antique. Just consider the weapons of today compared to the best of WWII - the long 88mm of the German King Tiger wouldn't even make an impression on the front of an M1 Abrams with that depleted uranium armor, while the 'silver bullet' of the Abrams would probably go through two or three king tigers lined up in a row. |
CratexJan 14, 2012 11:31 AM
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| That seemed pretty cool. Cant wait for when we actually get the characters doing pirate stuff. Chiaki keeping onto the banana parfait in the beginning was cool and working together with Marika was nice. |
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| The other thing to note about carrying around 'heavy' weapons like that is just as Marika's mother stated - it's about impressions. When boarding a ship, you don't really want to have to fight. If your target's crew gets the impression you are ready, willing, and able to cut their ship apart, with them in it, they are far more likely to surrender without a fight. A little research into the history of piracy in the real world bears this out. Some of the most famous pirate captains appear to have rarely had to fight to take their prizes. In particular, Blackbeard was killed in what apparently was the only ship to ship engagement he participated in as captain. His reputation for ruthless slaughter prompted every (non-military) ship he met to surrender without a fight, and he put the captured crews on shore. |
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| Im not sure if im going ot keep watching this or not. Marika is too damn dumb im so sick typical dumb main characters in animes lately. There either dumb or a pussy. Well the end of the episode got good i admit that. |
bonifideJan 14, 2012 12:07 PM
| This series is extremely slow and so it's boring at times. I think it's a good show though. Hopefully the pace picks up a bit soon. |
bonifide said: Marika is too damn dumb im so sick typical dumb main characters in animes lately. There either dumb or a pussy. She doesn't seem dumb. She seems to be a capable/realistic teen that has some natural gifts when it comes all things space sailing. |
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| Well aren't we off to a slow start here? The first episode made me think they would, after all that attempt kidnapping stuff, rush things over to get her accepting being the captain already so we could skip to the good stuff. But nothing like that in this epi, and the preview made it look like we will still be having few things happening for a while... |
bonifide said: Marika is too damn dumb im so sick typical dumb main characters in animes lately. Yes, I suppose every teenager who has lived a sheltered life should be able to immediately adjust to the idea that her parents were engaged in what she would consider violent crime and that unsavory people of all types would be out to get her simply because she has become the inheritor of a role she had no idea even existed the day before. |
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TBOkmph said: Well aren't we off to a slow start here? The first episode made me think they would, after all that attempt kidnapping stuff, rush things over to get her accepting being the captain already so we could skip to the good stuff. But nothing like that in this epi, and the preview made it look like we will still be having few things happening for a while... (guess I'm chatty today...) Here is my take on that. Put one's self in the place of the officers of the Benten Maru. To keep your 'job' you need to get your former captain's teenage daughter to take over so the government continues to recognize your charter, but she's almost a complete unknown. Sure, she can fly, but you need to know if you can depend upon her in a crisis, life or death situation - does she have what it takes to learn to be captain? Also, apparently, they need more than just her. Some of the crew must have bailed after the former captain died. It seems that Marika has a group of friends, all of whom have flying experience and with some in particular with some very interesting skills. It would be worth while maybe to see if they can work together as a group and solve some challenges. Then, having laid the groundwork and with the right pushing it might be possible to get some of the better ones to sign up to serve under their friend. I actually like this way better than if Marika and half a dozen of her friends took 2 minutes to decided that the life of a pirate was what they all wanted to have. It may seem a little slow, but I personally like character and story development and this is working for me. |
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| This episode went by to quick. At least its not boring :] |
| Things seem to be that way when you think it finishes quickly. did i mention how much i liked the OP and the ED if you've got a pair of subwoofers plugged in crank it up and feel the bass |
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| Excellent episode, it was even better than the first with a huge number of references to the 70's space opera classics, great direction and very nice character development. Anime_Name said: bonifide said: Marika is too damn dumb im so sick typical dumb main characters in animes lately. There either dumb or a pussy. She doesn't seem dumb. She seems to be a capable/realistic teen that has some natural gifts when it comes all things space sailing. She seems more gifted than dumb at the moment, clearly. A bit of a rough diamond that will probably grow as a great pirate captain (well, isn't it her role really ?). |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| I liked how they took time this episode to show Marika practicing with her mom. |
| Nice episode. I have no problem with the pacing so far, as long as they start introducing the main plot soon. |
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EternalDreamer said: Is it just me or did he whole episode feel rather short and uneventful? :/ This. And her mom is kinda forcing this pirate life on her. The "cliff hanger" wasn't that exciting either "UH OH SUPA HACKER ATTACKU!!". Fighting hackers and viruses isn't what I look foward to in a space pirate anime :/ |
VioLinkJan 14, 2012 4:19 PM
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| It's good to see some people here didn't expect Marika taking command Benten maru right away just create some random battle scene. |
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| Not really feeling this anime. I'll keep watching though. 3/5 |
| Wow. This anime might be the dark horse of this season. |
| This show is really fun I think. The characters, their interactions and the animation are all a pleasure to watch and I think the pacing is perfect. It's just enough to keep me sticking around without getting bored out of my mind or getting lost in all the technobabble and blinking lights. It's the perfect mix of exposition regarding the ways of the early SPACEPIRATES and action scenes so far, and I can definitely see myself enjoying what this series has to offer immensely further on. It has plenty of promise I think, and is easily my favourite show of the season. I'm so glad this is getting 26 episodes. |
| The hip firing of those guns really made me cringe. Other than that nothing too exciting happened in the episode until the very end. |
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| WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE PIRATES? 2 EPISODES AND NO SWASHBUCKLIN!!! |
| i think this is my favorite new anime of the season,and ive watched almost ALL the new ones that just came out,also brave 10 is good ^^ |
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| Well, normally I'd be pissed that the plot hasn't picked up after 2 episodes, but this is a 26-or-so-episode anime so I can forgive. For now. But the promise of piratey antics better not fall short. |
| Dear Math, I'm not a therapist. Solve your own problems. Oh, and Algebra? Stop asking us to find your ex, she's NEVER coming back. |
| Wow actual quality character development in an anime. Sure, it may not have been too eventful. but this is already slated for 25 episodes. I rather have slower good storytelling episodes like this one instead of useless filler episodes of them at the beach later on. On a side note, I'm nicknaming Chiaka, "Kuromeganekko". Since Kana is the voice actor and she's using the same tone as she did with Ruri/Kuroneko from Oreimo. |
| #1 show of the fall season right here. |
| tfw no gf tfw i keep getting the banhammer on here tfw Koleare keeps banning me every other day tfw I'm misunderstood by le mod |
| Loos like this is a two part episode since in the next one comes the flight. |
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| AWW YEAH INTERNET PIRACY |
icamehere said: #1 show of the fall season right here. winter perhaps? Jacut said: Excellent episode, it was even better than the first with a huge number of references to the 70's space opera classics, great direction and very nice character development. Silent_Scream said: Wow. This anime might be the dark horse of this season. nuff said. viewers nowadays don't know how a good story is told. they just need their "UBERCOOL main character, " "illogical plot twists" and "adrenaline-pumping DUMB action scenes" and then the series is already an "amazing" show in their eyes, what a waste of brain |
| Simplistic beauty can't be appreciated by someone who looks for something grand in everything he watch. |
| I love Marika's eagerness to learn something new. She doesnt know what electronic warfare is but she wants to learn and help out. |
| Can't wait for more space pirating. |
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| this show is really doing a good job when it comes to developing the story and characters.. and are taking their time to do so since it's a 26-episode anime anyway.. heck, slow starting shows like these are usually the ones that are gonna be worthwhile watching later on.. this can turn out to be a legitimate space opera.. btw, i'm glad that despite the Miniskirts (even the title has it) in zero gravity, they did not capitalize them for fanservice.. i mean, they're roaming around, sometimes vertically, in zero g and they won't mind whether their skirts are flipping and/or their pantsu are showing.. but thankfully, they magically just don't.. and that made the show flow seamlessly without most of us noticing.. this is serious space navigation that we should be focusing on.. |
| I think this will be the best show this season. |
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| When she started tracing who was trying to attack them the list that was shown seemed interesting. The cargo ships where named after Japanese gods the passenger ships where named after Greek gods and the war ships where named after country's i noticed because one of them was named after the country i am from. The ship that attacked them was named after a element so was standing out besides the fact that it had a huge antenna sticking out. Also how did the school manage to get one of the original privateer vessels. It's a strange coincidence and somehow very interesting. Also a mother taking her daughter out at night to show her the power of holding a weapon tho it seemed irresponsible considering the situation Marika is in it didn't seem like a strange choice. It did teach her some responsibility. What i am wondering about tho is why Marika addresses her mother by her first name and not by mother or mom it just seems like a unusual relationship. And i also wonder what Ririka thinks of her deceased husband since it looks like she doesn't seem to care much that he is death not to mention the fact that her daughter has never met him. |
| Bah the way I see it, the "haters" are the people who just want to see action, whereas the rest of us who are enjoying it are enjoying the fact that they're actually TELLING A STORY. I swear there were craploads of people hating on Majikoi when the first episode was all action without any of this buildup, and now people are complaining about the buildup. Though I also like the fact that this show is teaching me things as well, and not only from the show, but from the various discussions about pirates that people have here and there. Before last week, I had no idea what a Letter of Marque is nor what Blackbeard was really like. |
 Tonight... we are young... so let's set the world on fire, we can burn brighter, than the sun... |
| Loved it, every minute of it. It seems that this anime is replacing Ben-To as my "Sunday Morning Before Mass Anime" and it's living up to the expectation so far ~ |
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| This episode is a bit hard to swallow for me .Maybe I am not good with high tech pirate .I prefer pirate with musket pistol , Cutlasses and gun powder lol |
| 2/5 Umm... Dropped this series before it bores me to death. |
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