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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Mm, this episode felt like a mix of buildup for Saya and Kirin but also with some action. Cute seeing Kirin deliver her little gift though ^_^ Ayato and Julis' fight this episode felt pretty fast tbh against their opponents. Not really surprising though since they were like jobbers. I expect to see even more action next time in the arena with more skilled opponents. Hope they are ready...  |
Stark700Nov 28, 2015 4:08 AM
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| Kirin :3 Hmmm... this episode went by fast. Haven't really see Ayato's real power yet though. |
| Well they had no trouble making it past the first round anyway. Those puppets were kinda annoying tbh. |
animefan8800 said: I really liked the puppets.....Their dynamic with each other is hilarious yet still great lol and their skills were super impressive (That female one is a beast lol) imo.Well they had no trouble making it past the first round anyway. Those puppets were kinda annoying tbh. Not surprised to see Team Atari and Julis make it past the first round so easily however I will say that I really like their strategy for the tournament....The tournament itself is pretty cool and I can't wait to see the rest of it That director guy in the beginning was odd to me however that one dude thats the council president of that out a school...That whole scene with him and the girl with the fangs was interesting and I wonder how strong she is and what she can do =o |
| Apparently a school can lock and chain it's students in the basement. I liked the robots they were pretty funny. |
| Wow this is getting more interesting, those puppets are too well-built to be robots, as they could joke, unless they're cyborgs. Ernesta is always entertaining |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| Someone posted Ayato's VA reading some of this episode's lines earlier today from the AFASG2015's anisong concert. |
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| Dat episode, and the visuals <3 The puppets are funny, lol. Best episode so far. The Phoenix Festa is kinda exciting. |
| Well, those tournament rules certainly seem legit and unbiased. Not. Also, what kind of world is this that students can be locked up in school basements? |
| Ayato and Julis had no trouble in their first match. And damn students being locked up in that school lol. Not a fan of the puppets, meh. |
Oh yeah, finally the Festas. First fight ended way too quickly. Second one was definitely more interesting. Looking forward to seeing them fight the puppets.  |
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| Oh wow, I thought that red haired girl that was locked was a guy because of the opening - the camera moved so fast I didn't even see that she had boobs. |
| Irene might be a challenge for Ayato and yet I have a strange interest in the chairman for some dumb reason |
| Ayato/Julis vs. minor characters was shorter than I expected, lol. Saya and Kirin still kawaii. Those machines were given a sense of humor, nice. 4/5 |
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| Thought today's episode would be full-on action after watching the episode trailer at today's Asterisk event but got a magical girl-esque sequence with Ayato instead (not that I mind). Anyway looking forward to seeing the Festa heat up. Those robots are so unfair though :/ |
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| The robots are terrible, bad comedy. Also Ernesta is just annoying, not the best episode. |
konatachan80 said: komasan said: Thought today's episode would be full-on action after watching the episode trailer at today's Asterisk event but got a magical girl-esque sequence with Ayato instead (not that I mind). Anyway looking forward to seeing the Festa heat up. Those robots are so unfair though :/ It is their strategy so they can hide their teamwork etc as long as possible. Making it seem like a performance is also to hide what it actually is. I got that much from the episode. I'm not saying I didn't understand. It was just different from what I expected. |
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| Over Powered puppets... And fighters that not even take part of the fight... Not a good start fot this festa |
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| I'm more interested in what season 2 will bring (just because we know it will happen) |
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| Participation of those puppets made this tournament seems unfair already.. How is that even allowed? Saya's asking for headpats and her reaction. <3 |
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Kay_Lite said: Participation of those puppets made this tournament seems unfair already.. How is that even allowed? To put simple, entertainment. They allowed to try make the tournament more exciting but in contradiction they don't wanna the puppets to win. |
| The male robot must have the BADASS program installed XD I think they really killed their opponents :(  |
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| No surprise that Ayato and Julis (but mainly Ayato, since he's the one who actually took them down) cruised past the first round, especially since their opponents were worthless fodder characters. Those puppets look like they could be a pain in the ass somewhere down the line, and that Irene person also seems like a threat. Not the most exciting start to the Festa, but it'll probably get better. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| yes ayato was amazing as hell. Fiesta has commenced// can't wait for more |
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| YOOOO THOSE PRODUCTION VALUES TENSHION GA AGARU im so hyped for the next episode honestly. the confetti scene was absolutely gorgeous as well as julis and ayatos entrance. cant wait until they get into the longer fights as theyre weeding out the weak currently. |
| What a tease, I wanted to see more of Irene Urzaiz.... She looks interesting.... |
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| Finally at the Festa- things should be more interesting now. |
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| those robots are just trolling them wow too op |
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| End the fight when it just start...such badassness lol. For some reason, I don't like Ernesta and her partner... Looking for to see Kyouko's fight since even Claudia warn Ayato and them to be careful... |
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| Kirin being cute as always. Also that robot fight was pretty amusing. Idk about you guys but ayato's match felt underwhelming,even though he's supposed to be OP :c. |
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| Good build up episode, the fights were short but still cool with Ayato being a badass and the puppets being pretty funny and badass as well. Also another thing a saw was that that school had people locked up...um I don't think that is legal but I cant wait to see that girl go up against Ayato later on. Next episode should be Saya and Kirin vs the puppets so I cant wait to see that big battle. Here is my full review on the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-h4wTATRsg&feature=youtu.be |
| Oh, I hope that this show won't stick to show whole tournament or rather pointless fight scenes.... :| And that CG in last fight was awful. Really really awful. |
rsc-plNov 28, 2015 12:23 PM
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Feel like a build up for the next episode. Ayato and Julis battle, that was really fast. and that robot or puppet at the last battle, that look badass to me. Can't wait to see that two badass looking robot fight Ayato and Julis.... Wait! or maybe that robots will fight Kirin and Saya? Can't wait to see that. This is just the beginning, obviously there is no intense battle. i think this season will end up with a really shit cliffhanger. |
YizelTroNov 28, 2015 12:22 PM
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| Well, I was about to drop the show this episode, but those puppets are both beastly and hilarious. Still a pretty "meh" show for the rest of it, but at least the puppets are fun to watch. More of them please...! |
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| Can we just appreciate how corny those light-saber sounds for the swords were? I really liked this contrast in animation for this twister with all the CG/Sci-Fi shit that was going on.  |
| Robots with shields? that doesn't seem fair, good episode this series has really hit it's stride . |
| Next episode showcase the vampire princess Irene Urzais, and those vampire fangs ! |
| Finally, the Tournament starts, and as expected Ayato just eradicates the first opponents. But it seems hardly fair that the puppets are allowed to fight, because when it comes to fighting a machine as virtually no response time at all, whilst humans have about a 215 millisecond respond time.(yeah and people are still arguing if a 3ms screen is better for gaming than a 5ms one...I mean the human brain can´t even see any difference) So even if they were exactly as strong, fast and with the same knowledge and experience as a human, they would still win. Also a machine can come up with tactics way faster than the human brain, as we can see on chess computers that surpassed even the best human players ages ago. Mostly people will argue that "humans have like you know a more creative way of thinking and thus they can be unpredictable for machines." While that might be true, a computer can easily analyze the movement of a single person and find it´s flaws, especially if it´s already familiar with the patterns, as the two puppets are with most of the students.(because they spyed on the contestants bevorehand like on Ayato) But I´m shure our heroes will find a way to win against the machines.(either that or the machines will take over the world and we will gat skynet. Would be fun too, even way more than the series right now) This small Rant on the unfairness of the Tournament aside, an enjoyable episode, I loved how they actually gave the two robots characters rather than "evil fight robot". |
| Why are all the first page non-main characters so useless? |
| Saya's voice is awesome. Saya is awesome. I wish we had a bit more Claudia, though. Anyway, episode was pretty interesting. Ayato one-shotting those guys was enjoyable to see. Then again, those robots did the same. Seems the first battles were stomps. We should be seeing more balanced matchups soon. 4/5 Never skipping the ending of this anime. |
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| Another boring one.. |
| Hopefully the next episode will have Saya and Kirin fighting in the Phoenix Battle. Things are starting to get interesting and now I want to learn more about the dark redhead vampire teeth girl. Very good episode. |
| And so, the Pheonix Festa finally begins. Ayato's first fight was rather quick, but that's to be expected of our #1. And the puppets seems to be really strong. |
| How i got the feeling like using those puppets were kinda like cheating? Were that whole festival idea to get to know which school have strongest fighters, and then you put machines to fight. |
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