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| The random German offends me as a German... What the hell is "STRAFE" supposed to mean if you execute someone... |
| that girl in the end, was she the sister of the main character ? |
Byunjin said: The random German offends me as a German... What the hell is "STRAFE" supposed to mean if you execute someone... Strafe = Punishment |
MKusanagi said: Byunjin said: The random German offends me as a German... What the hell is "STRAFE" supposed to mean if you execute someone... Strafe = Punishment Read my post again. It doesnt make sense in an way... |
| KIRA YAMATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Oops, wrong fucking show. Seriously, who invited Shinn Azuka to Muvluv? My only solace is that Europe by the time muvluv takes place, essentially suggesting these guys all |
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| That was entertaining for sure. Hoping it keeps the quality... |
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| Great starter episode. A bit too rushed at places, but its already better than the piece of shit that was Total Eclipse. I can only hope this does well and both Muv Luv VNs get adapted too. So far 8/10. Depending on pacing might go up or go down. Warning to newcomers: DO NOT touch Total Eclipse. It has nothing to do with this. |
AhenshihaelJan 10, 2016 6:12 PM
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| Pretty dry, basic story here |
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| Sending a crazy chick with PTSD to the battlefield... GG anime logic! I hope she will commit suicide :) The main male character seems also pretty dense. |
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igundam said: Sending a crazy chick with PTSD to the battlefield... The PTSD or mental issues are pretty common in this setting. Its realistic in that way inthat characters snap just as easily as normal humans would. |
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| i'm feeling it, though Total Eclipse has already taught me a fair amount of what to expect from this series nothing but FeelsBadsMan blood and death and i doubt it's gonna get any better D: |
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katsu044 said: i'm feeling it, though Total Eclipse has already taught me a fair amount of what to expect from this series nothing but FeelsBadsMan blood and death and i doubt it's gonna get any better D: Total Eclipse is absolutely not representative of Muv Luv. Its Muv Luv Alternative after a lobotomy, with less politics and exploration of human nature and with more boobs and harem antics. Because who needs exploration of futility and horror of war and the darkness of human nature if we can focus on BOOOOOBIEEEES. The original had very interesting lead character and story, while the total eclipse replaces him with generic-japanese-self-insert and then does nothing. The only remotely decent thing about Total Eclipse is the first episode. |
AhenshihaelJan 10, 2016 6:24 PM
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ixarising said: Araneae said: This show is just plainly offensive to history. wtf No it's not actually. This will make you think history show is much kinder than this. Having mechs 50 years ago that won't even be close to possible 50 years from now is a little offensive, but not as offensive or completely impossible as the stupid gear they have in Attack on Titan, so whatever. |
Sokah said: ixarising said: No it's not actually. This will make you think history show is much kinder than this. Having mechs 50 years ago that won't even be close to possible 50 years from now is a little offensive, but not as offensive or completely impossible as the stupid gear they have in Attack on Titan, so whatever. Being close to extinction and having a threat does wonders to advancement of science. |
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| My first impression on this is well the pacing is fast and unless you know Muv Luv before, anything at all, from the visual novel or Total Eclipse you will pretty confused. I enjoyed hearing the whole beginning as it gave a discription of what is happening and the action was cool but they really didn't give us anything on who these characters are and fully what is happening just a little of Theodor's past and Katia's goal and then showing some bad guys that is all. Hopefully it will show more and teach us more about these characters in the next episodes because seriously I don't have any likeness for any of the characters as of this moment because we really don't know anything at all about them. Here is my full first impression and review on the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnS7n5RmW0&feature=youtu.be |
| They really just drop it right in there |
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| aaah nothing beats some good old Muv-Luv PTSD. and as icing on the cake we get a cluster f*ck of internal politics and "nationalism" xD I don't care about anyone in this show. I'm just here for a front row view of the despair train. |
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Fai said: Guess TE isn't the best representative of the Muv Luv series, whole reason why the actually VN are so well received hence the kickstarterkatsu044 said: i'm feeling it, though Total Eclipse has already taught me a fair amount of what to expect from this series nothing but FeelsBadsMan blood and death and i doubt it's gonna get any better D: Total Eclipse is absolutely not representative of Muv Luv. Its Muv Luv Alternative after a lobotomy, with less politics and exploration of human nature and with more boobs and harem antics. Because who needs exploration of futility and horror of war and the darkness of human nature if we can focus on BOOOOOBIEEEES. The original had very interesting lead character and story, while the total eclipse replaces him with generic-japanese-self-insert and then does nothing. The only remotely decent thing about Total Eclipse is the first episode. was just simply putting it shit's gonna get rough with in this and to not get attached to characters lol. |
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richard360 said: aaah nothing beats some good old Muv-Luv PTSD. and as icing on the cake we get a cluster f*ck of internal politics and "nationalism" xD I don't care about anyone in this show. I'm just here for a front row view of the despair train. Relevant: |
| This was pretty meh. I was honestly expecting something a whole lot more engaging. I just couldn't "feel it", just kinda went through the motions. That being said, both the LN and the VN have good ratings here and on vndb (even though only 20ish people have read them), so hopefully things will get more interesting. And I really hope so, because this is one of the few series I'm making a point of watching. At least for the time being. |
| Honestly it was pretty good, but so was the start for Total Eclipse. But at least there's more Muv Luv and I really can't get enough of that :] Hopefully age will release the VN here in the west after that amazing kickstarter. |
| I thought that Theodor was her brother that she lost when she was younger xD but i was wrong. |
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ixarising said: Valaskjalf said: that girl in the end, was she the sister of the main character ? Yes though Theodor is actually a distant relative of her father who adopted Theodor into the family. Oh I see where did this going ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
| That was pretty decent to me at least. Nothing amazing though. The PTSD stuff really reminds me of some instances of Alternative. That was my first time seeing TSF's fight BETA in real time (read Muv Luv Visual Novels about 1.5 years ago was advised to stay away from Total Eclipse). If nothing else Alternative really made it obvious how easily the BETA slaughtered so many humans and the horror of it all, obviously the black mark 666 squad here probably has special training with beefed up TSFs , but anime did well to show they can die as well. Kinda hard to recreate that fear factor against the BETA from anime 3rd person perspective but I thought it was done fairly well. Not sure how I feel about all the cold war stuff, I'm hovering towards disinterest and annoyance right now. I'm hoping the series isn't going to go more after a melodramatic alternate history cold war Germany stuff, and focus more on surviving against BETA and good character relations and interactions. The characters are okay so far I suppose. |
midnightbladeJan 10, 2016 7:49 PM
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Fai said: Great starter episode. A bit too rushed at places, but its already better than the piece of shit that was Total Eclipse. I can only hope this does well and both Muv Luv VNs get adapted too. So far 8/10. Depending on pacing might go up or go down. Warning to newcomers: DO NOT touch Total Eclipse. It has nothing to do with this. There's no reason newcomers shouldn't watch TE if they are interested in Muv-Luv. There's a few things that TE explains that would make watching Schwarzesmarken easier to understand. It's not reasonable to expect everyone to read a VN series in order to enjoy the anime. Fai said: katsu044 said: i'm feeling it, though Total Eclipse has already taught me a fair amount of what to expect from this series nothing but FeelsBadsMan blood and death and i doubt it's gonna get any better D: Total Eclipse is absolutely not representative of Muv Luv. Its Muv Luv Alternative after a lobotomy, with less politics and exploration of human nature and with more boobs and harem antics. Because who needs exploration of futility and horror of war and the darkness of human nature if we can focus on BOOOOOBIEEEES. The original had very interesting lead character and story, while the total eclipse replaces him with generic-japanese-self-insert and then does nothing. The only remotely decent thing about Total Eclipse is the first episode. TE didn't replace anyone from MLA. It's a completely different story, a spinoff. Boobs and harem antics? Yeah there was a bit of that, I don't think it got in the way of the plot when things mattered. Let's not forget that MLA is an eroge - if anything MLA had far more explicit sexual content than TE ever did. |
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| Pretty much what I was expecting for this. It was enjoyable start and hopefully its more about fighting the BETA than Total Eclipse where it turned into more of a side note. |
| Not being anyone who cares about the VN, the episode was alright, enough to keep watching but I'm not particularly interest in whatever the story/plot is. |
| Honestly after Eclipse i didn't expect to see another Muvluv anime but so far this seems interesting apart from the overly happy girl. East Germany as a setting this time and in the 80's no less this might turn out very bloody and treacherous. |
hoopla123 said: richard360 said: aaah nothing beats some good old Muv-Luv PTSD. and as icing on the cake we get a cluster f*ck of internal politics and "nationalism" xD I don't care about anyone in this show. I'm just here for a front row view of the despair train. Relevant: Good Game bro, GG. Took me out of sleep first time Show pretty average, just waiting until MLA get adapted |
| Muv-Luv TE was alright so I have no problem going through this. In truth this actually started better then Muv-Luv. However....Katia is just the worst right now. Her existence clashes with everything around her. My major complaint. Hopefully this adaptations "theme" stays in the course. |
IZEROIIJan 10, 2016 9:17 PM
Sokah said: ixarising said: No it's not actually. This will make you think history show is much kinder than this. Having mechs 50 years ago that won't even be close to possible 50 years from now is a little offensive, but not as offensive or completely impossible as the stupid gear they have in Attack on Titan, so whatever. lmao. I suggest you don't say anything if you don't know what you are talking about. First of all, the TSFs aka Tatical Surface Fighters (aka the mechs in the Muv Luv verse) were all made due to a huge amount of resources poured into mech development instead of a proper air force like in the real world. If you look at all the TSF names, they all have names similar to real life aircrafts and fighter jets. This is because the Laser Class Beta fuck up anything that can fly as high as a helicoper or jet, so humanity decided to invest in TSF technology to combat the BETA rather than something as useless as aircrafts. As a result, TSFs in the Muv Luv verse are essentially what aircrafts and jets are to us today. Air support has been shown to be extremely effective in the Muv Luv universe only if there are no Laser Class Beta present. Otherwise, it becomes a one sided massacre. |
| Came in not knowing it was a spin-off of Muv-Luv. Which I haven't watched either. Seems interesting enough. Character settings are pretty dumb. There's no military in the world that would throw a soldier with PTSD back onto the battlefield. It just causes unneeded troubles and necessary death. I hate when stories do that. It's a dumb plot device. Other than the PTSD chick and the ridiculously optimistic new girl that spouts all the nice things about peace and friendship that's needed in every mecha/war anime, this interested me enough to check out Total Eclipse. |
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ixarising said: Valaskjalf said: Oh I see where did this going ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Unfortunately where you see this is going and where this is actually going is completely different. Good, cuz I actually don't want it to go where I saw it going. |
| The ep was alright,pretty good start. Those who want to know these are some of the general classes of beta. |
| Well, uhh, this seems like a very happy show. |
| Mmmm love me some torture porn. |
| Nice first episode, let's just hope it's not going to be another Total eclipse |
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KazuhoYoshii said: TE didn't replace anyone from MLA. It's a completely different story, a spinoff. Boobs and harem antics? Yeah there was a bit of that, I don't think it got in the way of the plot when things mattered. Let's not forget that MLA is an eroge - if anything MLA had far more explicit sexual content than TE ever did. TE is all about taking the same setting and telling a different story with different characters. Harem antics and crap like that absolutely got in the way of what matters. TE barely has anything resembling politics or character development. Yes Muv Luv is eroge. Where mot of "eroge/visual novel" elements are masterfully used to build up characters and make you care for them and where the lead character goes through a very fascinating and complex character arc. TE on other hand spends more time to find excuses to show naked women. Total Eclipse is literally "There's no Tsukihime anime" of Muv Luv. AthrunZ29 said: Character settings are pretty dumb. There's no military in the world that would throw a soldier with PTSD back onto the battlefield. It just causes unneeded troubles and necessary death. I hate when stories do that. It's a dumb plot device. They don't really have a choice on that matter. Stable people are kind of in shortage due to the situation the earth is in. Other than the PTSD chick and the ridiculously optimistic new girl that spouts all the nice things about peace and friendship that's needed in every mecha/war anime, this interested me enough to check out Total Eclipse. *facepalm* |
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| MC-kun is a cunt and that PTSD girl made me mad because she got that girl killed all because she's an idiot but I can overlook this depending on how things go from here What I will say is that I'm glad that this show feels like Muv-Luv and isn't censored.....Action was pretty standard for this series, mach designs and just the art and animation in general were good and the battles were handled pretty great What I loved the most though was all of the political stuff and seeing how fucked up this country is and how the people there are even worse lol, like holy shit everyone are so cruel and rude xD Dat ending tho......That girl at the end is so the MC's sister (At least that's who I'm assuming the girl from the flashback was)....My only fear is the pacing of this series so if it's handled well enough I'll be very very pleased Also, Captain is bae and the silver haired girl is 10/10 would bang |
TokoyaJan 10, 2016 11:49 PM
| better than muv luv.. |
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| Still hoping it was Takeru's Muv-Luv. Anyway, no effects on me YET. Just watching because of it's "muv-luv". |
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