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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Wow, that was freaking intense, loved pretty much almost every bit of it especially with the action in space. But yeah, imo this battle was worth the hype to wait for. Loved the intensity, momentum, and the pilots that carried the fight against the Gauna. There's also quite a decent amount of explosive action all over the place. Best episode imo of the season so far. |
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| THAT WAS FUCKING EPIC EPISODE! Intens as fuck, and very cruel. Based Poligon. |
| Aww, Tsumugi going half-berserk. <3 </3 <3 Also the battle was fucking awesome. Like I really love the different formations and stuff. |
| Aryashine! |
| Oh yeaaaa, that was so awesome and epic, most impressive episode so far. I thought Tanikaze was going for a kamikaze( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
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| Oh yes! It was awesome, best episode so far. And dat moe rage! Second season got much better direction of battle scene and camera's work. |
| Insanity. I don't get how his thruster turned into a gauna-core-seeking projectile though. How was it swerving around all those obstacles? It was deliberately avoiding them. But it's just a thruster... or so I thought? TanukiKid said: This episode was relentless. Tanikaze... first Tsugumori's left arm, now its thruster? The man sure is resourceful. I know it's deemed a sin to deviate from the source material but Polygon did a damn fine job with that climax. What was changed? How did it play out in the manga? |
ex_necrossMay 2, 2015 6:19 AM
| Felt like Tanikaze pulled a Luke Skywalker there didn't it?~ |
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| CG effects were top notch this episode. Fucking amazing episode and I hope that Izana is all right. |
| Oh god who are you people? |
| Awesome episode, hope tsumugi will be okay! |
| Definitely the most intense and suspenseful episode of the season so far =o That display emotion by Tsumugi in this episode was breathtaking and the way she just power through all those Guana through sheer strength and willpower was nothing short of amazing and sad at the same time I thought that Sidonia were going to take a big hit since the Guana combined into a Higgs canon but thank god they managed to stop it thanks to Tsumugi and the last chance efforts by Tanikaze.....I really hope that Tsumugi and Izana are okay though TwT |
HaXXspetten said: Felt like Tanikaze pulled a Luke Skywalker there didn't it?~ Exactly what I thought too... Nice fights. Hope we will see more of this kind. |
| One of the few OPs that are worth listening to this season. |
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| This was so exciting for my sci-fi heart, absolute epicness |
ex_necross said: Insanity. I don't get how his thruster turned into a gauna-core-seeking projectile though. How was it swerving around all those obstacles? It was deliberately avoiding them. But it's just a thruster... or so I thought? Yeah, I hope we get an explanation for that next episode. At first I thought Tanikaze was guiding it remotely, but he was pretty much wiped out after he fired the thruster so it definitely wasn't him. |
| This episode was so intense. |
| AHHH IZANA AND TSUMUGI YOU TWO BETTER BE OKAY! Loved this episode! On the edge of my seat the entire time! |
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| That was epic!! Once again Tsumugi proving she's best girl :3 Not only cute but friggin BA!!! The way she was REKTing Gauna left and right was awesome! Her cannon deflection was one hell of a move! From the pv u can see she's being repaired so hopefully she'll be fine <3 Nagate's sacrifical attack was BA!!! Time for a Izana power up :P |
Barion-ZaraMay 2, 2015 8:54 AM
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| It does show how a person would act if they had to do so much killing with his/her bare hands. No matter what life form, Tsugumi is having to take on the horrors much more closely was depicted quite nicely. Always enjoying how the group attacks the gauna with their different formations. Tsugumi blocking that attack and Nagate making that attack, it really was too close to home. The preview looks really interesting, can't wait. |
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| Wow, super entertaining episode as far as visuals go. Really impressed. I hope people also appreciate how damn good the sound effects are lol, they put so much effort into the entire watching experience, it really pays off. |
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Vexper said: Agreed. I feel like I think about this every time I watch this series.I hope people also appreciate how damn good the sound effects are lol, they put so much effort into the entire watching experience, it really pays off. |
| Dat battle, those sound effects, those everything! I mean I know it makes no sense to have sound in space but whatever, this shit was Godly. Also I'm not sure if it's the 60 FPS upscale but the animation is miles better than in S1. 5/5 TanukiKid said: Not always. Tbh I'm more than happy with all the changes they made. I was on the edge of my seat for the whole episode, something that doesn't happen often when I watch adaptations of stuff I read. Anyway they more or less covered up most of the deviations and they should be following the manga by the next episode or so, however something tells me that they are going to skip some of the next chapters.I know it's deemed a sin to deviate from the source material ex_necross said: They probably just made it do that for rule of cool, unless thrusters can still autopilot when detached, which I don't remember was ever stated. I don't think he was aiming for the core though, he just wanted to cause a hyggs interference explosion like he did in S1 (and back then he didn't aim for the core, just anywhere that has a high density of hyggs particles, so basically any part of the canon inside is a good target).I don't get how his thruster turned into a gauna-core-seeking projectile though. How was it swerving around all those obstacles? It was deliberately avoiding them. But it's just a thruster... or so I thought? TanukiKid said: I think they just wanted to keep things fresh since they already changed the last battle in S1 into what you just described (Well, it wasn't Tanikaze but the idea is still the same).ex_necross said: What was changed? How did it play out in the manga? |
BotatoMay 2, 2015 10:44 AM
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| That explosion was music to my ears. |
| That was some of the best mecha battle footage we've had since Unicorn. Like someone said above, it was absolutely relentless. Polygon is doing an awesome job with this. I'm still baffled by the score it has in MAL. Some people sure are harsh with mecha shows no matter how good they are. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
Farabeuf said: Being mecha isn't the only reason it gets flak. There are other reasons like 3DCGI phobia, some manga purists, people writing it off as an Attack on Titan rip off in space, etc.I'm still baffled by the score it has in MAL. Some people sure are harsh with mecha shows no matter how good they are. Just ignore all that and enjoy the series, it's doing quite well in Japan too and that's what matters most in terms of reception. |
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| Epic space fight episode! Chimera seems to be split in half though. I wonder how serious that will be. Izana has probably only one hand broken. There were some issues with physics when they were shooting sideways but that would be nitpicking really. |
| Man that episode was amazing. The sound and the music continue to be impressive |
Mich666 said: Chimera is similar to Gauna physically, so as long as she lives she can still regenerate her body.Chimera seems to be split in half though. I wonder how serious that will be. Izana has probably only one hand broken. If you watch the last bits again, Izana's leg was trapped between broken parts of the cockpit as well. |
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| Why didnt Sidonia evade the cannon by emergency acceleration?.. and somehow the chimera was able to deflect a cannon that had the power of destroying the whole ship?.. |
~my listm-i-c-h-a-e-l said: Why didnt Sidonia evade the cannon by emergency acceleration?.. and somehow the chimera was able to deflect a cannon that had the power of destroying the whole ship?.. Did you forget the episode where Sidonia tried to accelerate in season 1? |
Seoko said: Not even 5-10 degrees, that's giving her way too much credit not to mention the beam wouldn't be so close to Sidonia if that were the case. 1 degree at best I'd say. She literally used herself as a meatshield and let the beam graze her to slightly alter its direction, the reason her plan worked at all is that there was enough distance between the deflection point and Sidonia for the very tiny angle to make an effect on the trajectory of the beam.m-i-c-h-a-e-l said: Why didnt Sidonia evade the cannon by emergency acceleration?.. and somehow the chimera was able to deflect a cannon that had the power of destroying the whole ship?.. Do you realise how much mass Sidonia has considering its size? To evade, Sidonia needs to fire it's rotational thrusters and accelerate using its biggest engines at the rear to get out of the hyggs cannon beam trajectory . Sidonia doesn't have that luxury of time. I also don't think Sidonia has emergency thrusters, remember Sidonia is a seed ship, a colony ship and not a military warship. As for the last question, no idea but it's Sci-fi which will likely be explained in the next few episodes. Also you have to consider chimera didn't deflect it fully, only by 5-10 degrees so requiring less energy/strength and even at that chimera still got heavily damage so also highlighting the Guana super-powerful hyggs particle beam cannon. Z4k said: Losing thousands of people is better than Sidonia getting annihilated entirely with 0 survivors. The problem here was that they didn't have enough time to do it; as said in the episode the beam would still hit them and they'd lose half of Sidonia or something so they're screwed whether they tried to evade or not.m-i-c-h-a-e-l said: Why didnt Sidonia evade the cannon by emergency acceleration?.. and somehow the chimera was able to deflect a cannon that had the power of destroying the whole ship?.. Did you forget the episode where Sidonia tried to accelerate in season 1? |
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GARBrotato said: Z4k said: Losing thousands of people is better than Sidonia getting annihilated entirely with 0 survivors. The problem here was that they didn't have enough time to do it; as said in the episode the beam would still hit them and they'd lose half of Sidonia or something so they're screwed whether they tried to evade or not.Did you forget the episode where Sidonia tried to accelerate in season 1? That's what I meant. Last season made it clear that accelerating Sidonia takes time which they didn't have in this episode . |
Z4KMay 2, 2015 3:38 PM
| Series would be probably better off if it would stop letting Tanikaze hog all the clutch plays for himself. Otherwise it was a solid eppie. |
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| lol dat how every MC is gedata MC get all the spotlight hehe overall best eps yet |
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| Nope sorry that adaptation of Tanikaze's maneuver was confusing and they didn't show him coming literally face to face with the true body, which actually looked like this, , which is more chilling than just for the thrill of it. |
FormXMay 2, 2015 5:14 PM
| “A grown man does not apologize. It lowers the value of his soul.” -Araragi Koyomi |
| Friggin' Tsumugi was epic as F! Loved how she went berserk and crush them Gauna. Not to mention that badass Hyggs cannon deflection move. Hands down, best girl of Sidonia. No competition. Tanikaze's Kamikaze move was pretty awesome too; paving the way from the other knights to destroy the core. Quite daring of him. Good episode. Thankfully, Izana and Tsumugi will get their fixes by next week. |
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FormX said: Nope sorry that adaptation of Tanikaze's maneuver was confusing and they didn't show him coming literally face to face with the true body, which actually looked like this, , which is more chilling than just for the thrill of it. It's more edgy, that's for sure. I'm not sure how that makes it better? |
ex_necross said: FormX said: Nope sorry that adaptation of Tanikaze's maneuver was confusing and they didn't show him coming literally face to face with the true body, which actually looked like this, , which is more chilling than just for the thrill of it. It's more edgy, that's for sure. I'm not sure how that makes it better? That looks fairly human to me. Wouldn't something like that in the manga tie into some important development later on? Still, Tanikaze's suicide efforts are fun to watch! I really hope Tsumugi didn't survive that unscathed, since it was powerful enough to destroy Sidonia. Excellent episode though. Exciting to watch. |
| a rare case of anime > manga |
| I like how they made this battle the one where Izana hurts his/her arm and leg, it works well, and also how Izana went to try to tell Tsumugi to stop, but she only stops when Izana got in an accident. Can't say I liked hearing Tsumugi scream, but I think the portrayal of her anger pretty well. I don't remember this battle being that long either, but it was quite intense and I enjoyed what they did here. |
ex_necross said: FormX said: Nope sorry that adaptation of Tanikaze's maneuver was confusing and they didn't show him coming literally face to face with the true body, which actually looked like this, , which is more chilling than just for the thrill of it. It's more edgy, that's for sure. I'm not sure how that makes it better? Really that makes it edgy for you? It's just a bit more thought provoking on the nature of Gauna than just having a fancy action scene. |
| “A grown man does not apologize. It lowers the value of his soul.” -Araragi Koyomi |
| Watching this episode was like having this great foreplay then getting constant multiple orgasms, face a short rest thinking that everything is over and getting multiple orgasms again only to to face sadness after realizing how much was spent.. 5/5 |
CyberNTMay 2, 2015 11:33 PM
| HOLY SWEET JESUS. This episode was incredible. This season is amazing. Tsumugi ftw Kolios said: Watching this episode was like having this great foreplay then getting constant multiple orgasms, face a short rest thinking that everything is over and getting multiple orgasms again only to to face sadness after realizing how much was spent.. 5/5 QFT +100000 |
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| Holy shit! This episode was intense as fuck, this anime is too good. |
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