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Average 4.1
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- More aerial combat except this time, we got to see some action from the guys too. They tried to make the battle look as dramatic and some ways, it kinda works. However at this rate, I'm not impressed by the storytelling anymore unless it step things up. Also got to see some anti-air guns in action so the skies is never safe. |
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| They protected the town but failed to protect the aircraft, tho that last part wasn't their fault. It seems the one in charge of the aircraft isn't to smart tho the way his aircraft got stolen seems almost impossible not to mention rather strange. And it was also clear that Emma has some serious hatred in her. |
| There's a classic and nostalgic feeling to an episode like this. Gotta love the bad guys this week and their corporate LARPing. The series continues to be my favorite of the season. |
syncrogazerJan 27, 2019 8:43 AM
| Nice episode again. I'm loving this soundtrack during the tail fighting, has a very classical vibe to it and feels like I'm watching something unfold. xD In the end they protected the town but not the plane, but at least they gave the townspeople the will to fight again. :) |
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| It was okay, I guess. Though I would've preferred the vigilante shooting down some planes. Unnecessary fanservice at the start (If that's called fanservice.) I'm still wondering how they manage to incap the planes by always hitting wings and the like when in military themed movies, hits to the pilot and even explosions aren't uncommon. |
| All men, kings or peasants, die equally. |
The only fanservice we have only appeared briefly with Zara, so those so called Elite Industries wants the Raiden or the Mitsubishi J2M In the end them towns folks used their 11 Type 97's, which btw looks more like the Nakajima Ki 27.  |
JiangHaoyi1979Jan 27, 2019 10:01 AM
| Did that guy really give up on counting to five? |
| Sieg Zeon! |
| I am trying to like this series. I am not really concerned with the story at this point as it is more of a "dog fight of the week" anime. That being said, the animators do a great job on keeping to realistic maneuvers and paying attention to the engine power vs. weight ratio and climb rates of the types of planes. However, it is disappointing that the girls seem to have a fire control computer that allows them to hit wield seems, engine ports and fuel lines with each shot. Several times now they have taken on heavier planes that the .303 ammo they are firing would take such precision shooting and they have no problems. I would like to see a little more world building, or at least an explanation of why the pirates can field a flight of 40 planes but need to raid to survive. |
| The formula "a little bit of story then the rest is dogfight" could only work for so long. I'd rather have an episode just dedicated some of the main characters and few fanservice(i'm talking about them showing the planes and maybe doing maintenance because you watch this for the planes not the cgi characters). |
| I'm perfectly content with this formula. I've said it before, but if there's a good dogfight every episode i'm happy. The worldbuilding is lackluster, and the story arcs are pretty disposable, but that's fine. I have noticed everyone's improbable ability to miss the main fuselage of every aircraft and never hit a flesh target despite aiming at them... But i guess it keeps it bloodless and family friendly. But realistically speaking, taking non-fatal shots like that so consistently would take an obscene amount of extra piloting skill and carefulness, meaning you could end up getting screwed over because failed to take the shot. Oh well. This episode did far better with the more practical aerial maneuvers, and not just tail chasing and straight-on aiming all the time. |
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| and here it comes the first drop of the season After 3 episodes no improvement, zero plot and bad animation. the mix of 2D and 3D is so awful |
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| Another nice episode. The arial combat looks pretty good. I'd say the story will improve next week. |
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| Yay, slower dialogues hype. |
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| Emma's tantrum speech to the mayor really pisses me, made me wish I was there to answer her stupid question and statement. But I'm glad she saw the wrong in her, unlike some characters here who just blurt out nonsense for the sake of it. Damn I'm not liking these characters at the moment, they make me enjoy the plot less with their stinking attitudes. |
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| I really hoped they had dropped the 3D characters all together, since there wasn't any shown up until the OP. but alas, well I gave it a try but this is a dropped show for me, the constant back and forth between 2D and 3D characters is just killing everything for me. |
| Enjoyed the show. The mercenary girls actually acted like mercenaries. I'm interested in seeing how they plan and execute the raid next week. |
| The sword that takes life gives life |
| The sound design blows me away every time, as do the crazy maneuvers from our kotobuki squad god damn. The end of the episode insinuated that they would attempt to recover the plane, but idk if we'd really continue on this story. Episodes 2 and 3 were both like self contained missions for our crew, and this town doesn't seem to have any story significance. It was nice to get some more insight on what a typical town looks like in this world. Still curious on where this story will go tbh. It could be episodic just following our crew on missions and shit, but I'm interested into what the writers can whip up for this world they have created and give us some good plot. Oh yeah it's also nice to see our squad isn't invincible and can actually kind of fail a mission. Now the last part was mostly cause of recklessness from the mayor, tho it helped Emma perform a safe-ish landing after being hit. |
| My only problem with this anime is that it has music. |
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| I was really disappointed by this. Even the dogfight scene was quite dull, tbh (like some flight simulator game from years ago, plus the ridiculous "we hit everything we aim at" stuff). And the overall story/worldbuilding went nowhere. Everything looks so wooden and...cheap, in terms of the animation. I'm unimpressed. |
| Welp this show tried to bait me by having some fanservice in the beginning but not even that can keep me interested. Show is completely pointless unless you're an airplane enthusiast. Dropped. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| So this time it's.... 11 vigilante + 6 Kotobuki + 1 Mayor + anti-aircraft batteries VS. 30+ pirates Seems kind of bad this time with one of the squad actually being shot down. I wonder how they would get back the stolen plane on the next episode? |
rastill said: I am trying to like this series. I am not really concerned with the story at this point as it is more of a "dog fight of the week" anime. That being said, the animators do a great job on keeping to realistic maneuvers and paying attention to the engine power vs. weight ratio and climb rates of the types of planes. However, it is disappointing that the girls seem to have a fire control computer that allows them to hit wield seems, engine ports and fuel lines with each shot. Several times now they have taken on heavier planes that the .303 ammo they are firing would take such precision shooting and they have no problems. I would like to see a little more world building, or at least an explanation of why the pirates can field a flight of 40 planes but need to raid to survive. .303 ammo? I would assume the first thing they did with those planes when they got them were swap the .303's out for twin .50cals. The IJA done so as soon as the Ho-103 entered mass production. |
| I just jumped in at this episode and found the overall episode slightly entertaining, Pretty good dogfighting scenes...which I found more entertaining than all the dialogue that took place prior. Taking on the nimble early design fighters wth a Raiden...something to keep the overall plot moving, I suppose. Found it mildly amusing how the "one shot lighter" maxim was maintained. |
Bahoma said: rastill said: I am trying to like this series. I am not really concerned with the story at this point as it is more of a "dog fight of the week" anime. That being said, the animators do a great job on keeping to realistic maneuvers and paying attention to the engine power vs. weight ratio and climb rates of the types of planes. However, it is disappointing that the girls seem to have a fire control computer that allows them to hit wield seems, engine ports and fuel lines with each shot. Several times now they have taken on heavier planes that the .303 ammo they are firing would take such precision shooting and they have no problems. I would like to see a little more world building, or at least an explanation of why the pirates can field a flight of 40 planes but need to raid to survive. .303 ammo? I would assume the first thing they did with those planes when they got them were swap the .303's out for twin .50cals. The IJA done so as soon as the Ho-103 entered mass production. I am just going off of what was said in episode 2 with their guns being called pitiful. 50 cals were standard armament of the time and .303 was what was originally mounted so I am taking a guess. If they just had something like a Fushou Akiyama Yukari no Sensha Kouza for this show we would know. |
| How the hell this anime is rated higher than Girly Air Force ??! I'm watching both, and Girly Air Force is easily better. |
S-Word said: Then watch something else whiner.The mix of 3D and 2D characters looks so awful when they're both onscreen at the same time. It doesn't look like the 2D/3D characters are talking to each other, it just looks like the 3D characters are standing in front of a flat screen or something. |
thepath said: Dont believe this for a second. This show is far superior.How the hell this anime is rated higher than Girly Air Force ??! I'm watching both, and Girly Air Force is easily better. |
arukidasuyo said: thepath said: please watch Girly Air Force air battle again. and look at the gripen aileron. the aileron doesn't even move when the plane maneuvers. and you say Girly Air Force is better (0_0)How the hell this anime is rated higher than Girly Air Force ??! I'm watching both, and Girly Air Force is easily better. It has no plot and inferior characters. Just because plane moves when doing maneuvers that does not make the anime better LOL NoviSun said: thepath said: Dont believe this for a second. This show is far superior.How the hell this anime is rated higher than Girly Air Force ??! I'm watching both, and Girly Air Force is easily better. Far superior in what ?! No plot and less likable characters makes it far inferior to Girly Air Force. I'm not even saying that Girly Air Force is great show or anything, but it just better than this trash. |
thepath said: I'm entitled to my opinion. If you hate this "trash" so bad why are you watching it? Don't you have something better to be doing with your time than coming here and letting us all know what superior taste you have compared to the riff-raff who are enjoying the show. Do you get some kind of weird sexual jollies whining about shows you don't like? I think you do...arukidasuyo said: please watch Girly Air Force air battle again. and look at the gripen aileron. the aileron doesn't even move when the plane maneuvers. and you say Girly Air Force is better (0_0) It has no plot and inferior characters. Just because plane moves when doing maneuvers that does not make the anime better LOL NoviSun said: Dont believe this for a second. This show is far superior. Far superior in what ?! No plot and less likable characters makes it far inferior to Girly Air Force. I'm not even saying that Girly Air Force is great show or anything, but it just better than this trash. |
| Continues to be really one of the only shows I care to keep up with this season. Kate's negative G roll made my head hurt just looking at it though |
Kottery said: Continues to be really one of the only shows I care to keep up with this season. Kate's negative G roll made my head hurt just looking at it though I would like to know why her float carb did not cut out during her upside down flight. |
| Zara on her undies is WOW! the sound effects on this show is really something! top class! oh man! Raiden got stolen! 4/5. |
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firemagnet said: You bring up some pretty good points. NoviSun said: Dont believe this for a second. This show is far superior. Depends. I'm watching both. In terms of worldbuilding and originality of characters, Kotobuki is unquestionably superior. On the other hand, in terms of character development and general plot development, Girly Air Force has the upper hand. They might be so generic that the character growth and plot development can be seen and tracked from across the damn solar system, but it's plot and character growth nevertheless, and it makes the audience (kei aside; he's a plot device) invest themselves in the characters. All of them have clear desires and wants (apart from Kei, of course). I can't say the same of Kouya no Kotobuki. Sure, the sense of world is fantastic, but there's no real driving force or motivation for the characters other than Kylie (who seems to live for pancakes). Girls und Panzer had the girls saving their school from being closed, but there's not yet (a quarter of the way in) any overarching plot other than "let's show the next IJAF/IJN aircraft." To make matters worse, the combat is simply too formulaic and too clean. It worked for Girls und Panzer because of the limitations of tank combat (GuP's director is directing Kouya no Kotobuki), but the same formula used for air combat makes it feel far too slow, to the point that it removes all of the tension. The combat is still better overall than GAF (which actually caught up this episode), but there are things that occasionally just don't make sense. For instance, in the last episode, Ki-61 Hien pulling a sustained turn with the Kotobuki Squadrons' Ki-43 Hayabusa, a much lighter and more nimble aircraft; the Hayabusa flown by the Kotobuki squadron actually has just two thirds the wing-loading of the comparable Hien. >[no] motivation for the characters other than Kylie (who seems to live for pancakes). I gotta say, that made me laugh pretty good. |
| It seems this is going to be an episodic one. I'm actually enjoying this little arc. Worldbuilding and flight scenes continue to be the highlight. I will probably stick with it if things don't get too repetitive. |
| Zara looking hot earlier this episode, also, that guy seriously gave up counting the enemy planes whilst there were only five of them. |
EmperorAlfredFeb 7, 2019 3:52 AM
| “What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?” ― Lelouch Vi Britannia |
| "Elite Industries" - rather clever. Was there really any difference between Mitsubishi and a crime syndicate? Like Girls und Panzer, I love the transitioning between first person gun or cockpit 'mounted cameras'. The sound effects really pop! They're very punchy, more so than in other anime. Really good. I'm pretty puzzled by negative comments here. What are people expecting, War and Peace? |
| How sad to see no improvement in the part concerning the plot: the characters remain flat and with no room for improvement, until now. The speech changes when the air fights start, the acrobatics and the action are quite engaging and make the viewing of episodes pleasant. The animations are still at unacceptable levels given the times. I hope you improve this anime, after all it is not to be thrown away. |
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| The mayor... ugh, the mayor, what an incompetent man he is... yeah, he saved Emma but at the same time, he let the other guy rob his aircraft in the most unrealistic way possible. All in all, it was an OK episode. The dogfight was well handled again but sadly, it was the only part of the episode that I actually enjoyed. |
| Still loving all this aerial combat but that scene with the mayor wuuut lol the dude jumps on his plane has time to open up the cockpit make a quick speech, with both hands holding on to a gun and painting and some how the mayor decided to eject?? Dude you could of so easily have rolled the plane and fkn killed the dude lol that was a silly scene |
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 The only fanservice I accept of this anime is that of airplanes blowing up some other airplanes, miss me with panty shots |
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| My satisfaction here only to seeing Leona and Zara nice body. Because the main course one, the aerial battle, seems lack of excitement to me, because, yeah, they failed. Atleast they try to show us how the city had its own defences, so the sky pirates won't be a thread in the future. They succeeded to increase the moral of the city squad. Thats good for them, referring how bad their relations in the previous episode. |
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